When troops are sent out to quell rebellion, people should always be left to defend the city.
The Wuwei Battalion is the absolute main force in the expedition, and Yuzhu must be taken away by all of them.
The artillery armor of the firearms battalion is also a key point and must be taken out of the city. After all, although the cannon cannot be used to attack cities, it is just suitable for bombarding temporary camps.
To deal with the Junggar people's camel formation, it is a weapon made in heaven and earth to deal with the cannons, which are easy to carry and have a range far greater than that of muskets.
As for the flintlocks equipped by the Armed Guards Battalion, they are the latest dog-lock flintlocks imitated by the Netherlands. In terms of range and power, they completely crush the matchlock guns used by enemies throughout the northwest.
Doglock, the free translation of Doglock, means that in the bolt locking brake assembly, a screw knob is used to lock the flint hammer, which looks like a dog.
The guns and cannons were all activated, and only the cavalry troops were left to expand the results of the battle.
The problem is that at this juncture, the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Xining collectively lost their control.
Zhang Sheng stammered and couldn't explain clearly, and Yuzhu didn't bother to force him, so he just put forward the conditions.
"Sir Zhang, if you don't send troops to garrison the Eight Banners and send 500 war horses, there should be no problem, right?" Yuzhu called Mr. Zhang, not Zhang Sheng's name, which meant that they were talking about serious matters.
Zhang Shengchang breathed a sigh of relief, quickly nodded in agreement, and explained: "To be honest with you, Marshal Yu, there are actually people in the camp who dare to fight. However, the journey back to the capital from Xining is too long. Once he is killed in battle,
But it’s hard on the family members, wives and children.”
Yuzhu knew in his heart that this was a tough-talking sophistry.
It would have been impossible for a Manchu banner general to bargain with Zhang Sheng and just order the Eight Banners soldiers to go out.
However, Yuzhu had other plans. The Xining Eight Banners soldiers' initiative to retreat gave Yuzhu a great opportunity to train elite soldiers through actual combat.
The previous attack on Yakutsk was, to put it bluntly, a sneak attack taking advantage of extreme weather, and was not a regular battle between the two armies.
This kind of sneak attack only allowed the soldiers of the Wuwei camp to see blood and kill people.
Yuzhu's true combat effectiveness in a head-to-head confrontation is still doubtful.
To be honest, in the future, after the collapse of Shanling, if Yuzhu wants to control the government with the army, he will definitely not be able to rely on the bannermen and nobles. The backbone of the army can only be the new army or the green camp soldiers.
Therefore, the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Xining gave up because they were afraid of death. Yuzhu did not force them cruelly, but instead negotiated complementary terms.
After some bargaining, Yuzhu got 500 war horses and 500 pairs of Eight Banners standard cotton armors.
The Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were generally equipped with cotton armor.
The so-called cotton armor is an armor made of silk fabric, with an inner lining inlaid with iron sheets and an outer layer made of cotton, which serves as a double layer of body protection.
The emergence of the matchlock gun made traditional heavy armor vulnerable. Moreover, iron armor was cumbersome to wear and extremely uncomfortable.
In a word, compared to iron armor, cotton armor has huge advantages in protecting against firearms and dealing with bad weather in the north and south.
Cotton armor is not just made of cotton cloth and iron sheets. After the 20th year of Kangxi, in order to increase the defensive power of cotton armor, other fabrics, cowhide, paper and other materials were added.
No one in Kangxi could completely believe that he allowed the Wuwei camp to be equipped with new dog-lock flintlock guns, but he never issued the most powerful defensive weapon, the cotton armor of the Arms and Reserves. He just kept it.
The doglock flintlock gun is the first generation flintlock gun that replaced the matchlock gun in a real sense.
Where are the cavalry?
Hehe, Yuzhu has been in Xining for almost two months, and he is not doing anything for a living.
Because it is located in the northwest, Han and Hu people live together, and people are not ruthless and are bullied by others. Surprisingly, all of the three hundred rural soldiers in the volunteer camp can ride a horse.
Zhang Sheng is willing to send armor and horses, and the volunteer battalion can serve as the pursuit cavalry unit, and the basic team of Yushuai for the expedition is ready.
This time, little William recruited more than fifty craftsmen of various types from Europe.
The gunsmiths and gunsmiths among them were all left in the general's mansion, and Liu Kan arranged for them to prepare equipment and tools and imitate dog-lock flintlock guns and double-deck cannons on the spot.
The rest of the people, especially sailors who were proficient in navigation and positioning technology and retired Royal Navy officers, followed Yuzhu into Qinghai.
The purpose of Yuzhu is also very clear. The second step is to suppress the rebellion, draw a detailed march map along the way, and then make a sand table, which is the real big thing.
You know, in the first snowy battle between Qingzhun and Qingzhun, the Eight Banners soldiers in Jingzhou were completely wiped out.
Now that Yuzhu has arrived in Xining, he will definitely show off his prestige and attract Kangxi to change the direction of his invasion of the snowy region to Golmud in Qinghai.
In history, the Sichuan-Tibet Highway was able to be opened to traffic smoothly, but the heroic road-building soldiers paid a huge price.
Everything is ready, all we need is a big car.
Yuzhu was the local emperor of Xining. With one order, he commandeered nearly a hundred Mongolian carts and more than a hundred camels in the city.
These requisitioned Mongolian carts all have distinctive characteristics: each Mongolian cart is a mobile yurt, and they are all four-wheeled.
Qinghai's topography features plateaus, basins and valleys inlaid between mountains. Most of the mountains and valleys above 5,000 meters above sea level are covered with snow all year round and are widely covered with glaciers.
The western part of Qinghai is extremely high and slopes downward from west to east. It can be divided into three natural areas: Qilian Mountains, Qaidam Basin and Qingnan Plateau.
Learn from the barbarians and use their skills to defeat the barbarians!
According to Yuzhu's information, the Heshuote Mongolian tribes in Qinghai all use this special four-wheeled Mongolian cart due to their survival characteristics of living in pursuit of water and grass.
After the military order was issued, Yuzhu led the expedition team this time, which consisted of more than 500 people from the Wuwei Battalion, more than 300 people from the Green Battalion, and more than 300 people from the Volunteer Battalion, with a total strength of more than 1,100 people.
Among them, the real main force of the soldiers is the Wuwei camp, and the green camp soldiers are just the auxiliary soldiers responsible for setting up camp.
As for the volunteer battalion equipped with war horses, it is a good helper in chasing the enemy.
In the battle in the northwest region, killing people came second, mainly due to logistical supplies.
One thousand one hundred men attack, with flexible maneuverability, secure logistical support, and complete equipment.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Compared with the weapons of the Qinghai Mongolian tribes, the weapons of the soldiers and horses on the expedition have a crushing generation difference.
The Rakshasa sent Cossack bandits to invade eastward. No matter the logistical supplies, weapons and equipment, or total military strength, they were far inferior to Yuzhu, but they were able to conquer the entire Siberia.
On the day of the expedition, all the soldiers lined up neatly on the playground, waiting for Yuzhu to issue the military order to set off.
At the time of Maozheng, Yuzhu, wearing a large-brimmed military hat and a straight gray military uniform, rode on a tall horse and appeared on the playground in a majestic manner.
Today's Yuzhu has a British military-style command knife hanging on the cowhide around his waist. On the left side is a flintlock pistol in the holster on the right side. He is wearing long riding boots. The whole person looks extremely proud!
"Everyone stand at attention and salute!" Following Lu Wu's order, the soldiers of the Wuwei Battalion on the playground put their legs together and saluted with guns in both hands!
"Pa." The heels of more than a thousand military boots touched hard at almost the same time, making a dull tapping sound.
The green battalion soldiers and country soldiers who were lining up in the playground were all dumbfounded, with their mouths wide open, dumbfounded.
Is this still the Qing army?
Who doesn’t know what the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Xining are like?
It can be summed up in three words, Dandy Soldier!
Unexpectedly, the Wuwei camp that Yuzhu brought from the capital was so elite, which is really jaw-dropping!
Yuzhu urged the war horse under his crotch, slowly came to the front of the square formation of the Wuwei camp, and said loudly: "This commander never likes to talk nonsense, just say one word, and use the blood of the enemy to dye our military thorns red. The time has come."
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"All of you, salute Commander Yu!" Lu Wu cooperated very tacitly and took the lead in saluting with his sword.
Yuzhu looked at the high-spirited soldiers, nodded slightly, raised his right palm and pointed diagonally at his temple, and returned the salute to everyone.
Everyone followed him from the capital to North Korea, then from North Korea to Heilongjiang, and then from Heilongjiang to attack Yakutsk thousands of miles away. Their tenacious willpower has been tempered.
"Let's go." Yuzhu turned to look at Lu Wu and gave the order to march.
So, in accordance with the military orders issued in advance, everyone boarded the Mongolian cart one by one.
The third day of September in the forty-eighth year of Kangxi's reign was destined to be an unforgettable day for Yuzhu.
The enemies outside the city are not vegetarians either.
As soon as the army left the city, the people who were spying on them mounted their fast horses and quickly conveyed the urgent military information back.
The Kalkanan Right Banner has rebelled, and Xining will send troops to quell the rebellion sooner or later. This is already a clear sign.
However, Yuzhu's enemies did not expect that the young Yuzhu was very calm and remained stationary.
To be honest, if Kangxi had not issued a strict order to force Yuzhu to fight, Yuzhu would not have bothered to pay attention to the internal strife in Qinghai and Mongolia.
It's not a civil uprising in Gansu Province, so Yuzhu has no reason to meddle in other people's affairs!
Although Yuzhu shoulders the important task of coordinating and managing the Mongolian tribes in Qinghai, he knows better than anyone that as long as the Junggar Khanate is not destroyed, the Qinghai region will not be able to truly stop.
In this era, when large armies go out for battle, if they want to maintain combat effectiveness anytime and anywhere, they cannot march too fast.
The jade pillars hang the heads of sheep who went on an expedition to quell the rebellion. They sell the business of drawing military maps along the way, which makes it even more impossible for people to march in a hurry.
In Yuzhu's army, Alice was sitting on a Mongolian cart.
There is no way, the military is proficient in Western bird language, and is someone Yuzhu trusts, that is, Alice.
Yuzhu was busy with military operations, so Alice was responsible for maintaining close contact with the foreign sailors and officers who drew the map.
Outside the city, Yuzhu's enemies were closely monitoring him. However, they were all dumbfounded.
Yuzhu strictly followed the requirements of the Qing military law and only walked thirty miles a day. Then, he used Mongolian carts to form an iron barrel formation near the water source and camped on the spot.
The enemies were all stunned. Are they here to suppress rebellion or are they here for an outing?