A sentence written at the beginning: According to the current plot, the protagonist has no generals and does not know how to form a formation for a battle like this. He does not even know how to keep a reserve team, and he goes all-in in one fell swoop. He is very stupid. [ ] But.
The so-called handsomeness is rarely born. After all, the protagonist of modern people is not a member of the military. He must mature through constant fighting. Please also ask for collections and red tickets, haha. The daily update volume of 7,000 words does not count.
not enough.
Unfortunately, it was a step too late. By the time Zhao Qiang and Yan Qian and the others chased after him, He Bao had already led his men to run out for 200 to 300 meters. In the meantime, the remaining Qing army vests led by Henusu blocked the way.
After the soldiers, He Bao was nowhere to be seen. There were many trees in the mountains, making it difficult to catch up. Zhao Qiang could only think of killing the Qing general and lead his men to deal with the rest of the Qing army.
It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. Zhao Qiang is really frightened by this battle. He is afraid that another group of Qing troops will appear from nowhere and come with a mantis stalking the cicada and an oriole behind them. There will not be another Qi Zhuang at that time.
Cavalry battalion, the second fire horse formation!
So many war horses rushed into the valley to disperse the Qing army. Of course, it was impossible for the wild horses to be smart. Zhao Qiang had already arrived at the cavalry camp gathering the frightened horses on the slope. Qi Zhuang was looking for him everywhere with an anxious look. Naturally, he knew that it was time.
Qi Zhuang arrived and saved his life.
The frightened horses ran five or six miles into the valley before they stopped. More than a hundred horses fell to the ground with their ankles sprained by the rocks. For a time, the valley was filled with the screams of horses. The men from the cavalry camp
The sergeants and the Cossacks were driving out the uninjured horses under the command of their respective flags.
There were still dozens of people in the remaining Qing army resisting by Gu Shang. Seeing that the situation was over, his leader Asutai huddled in a ball and made a futile last resistance. Finally, under tight siege, Asutai drew his sword and committed suicide.
After the Zhenghuang Banner vests made their last counterattack, they wiped their necks with the daggers they carried. Different from the bravery and bloody display of these Zhenghuang Banner Qing troops, the seventy or eighty Zhenghong Banner infantrymen threw down
Weapons, they squatted on the ground and surrendered consciously. They were Sauron people and Daur people. Some Daur soldiers saw that there were several people of the same race among the other party. They were busy trying to get close to the tribesmen, hoping that the other party would not kill them and let them go back. Therefore
Without official orders, the few Daur men did not dare to make any decisions. They did not answer the Daur Qing soldiers and just told them to stay calm.
When Zhao Qiang descended to the bottom of the slope, what he saw was full of flesh and blood. Some corpses were trampled into mud by horses, and it was difficult to tell whether they were his own or those of the Qing army. He struggled through the mountain road to reach the Qing army who had committed suicide.
Looking at his body in front of the leader, Zhao Qiang was silent. The suicides of these Qing troops made him re-evaluate the combat effectiveness and bloody integrity of the Eight Banners. It was really hard for him to believe that the elite Eight Banners with more than 200 yellow flags almost lost their lives.
His entire army was wiped out.
In the future, he cannot be harmed by dogmatism. Zhao Qiang has always been deeply influenced by the views of later generations, believing that the Eight Banners of the Qing Army had long been corrupted when Kangxi pacified the Three Feudatories. Although the Eight Banners outside the Pass still maintained some old foundations, they were not expected to be strong enough.
Where to go? When I saw it today, I realized that the words that the Eight Banners were invincible were indeed not blown out. Only these elite Eight Banners with the Zhenghuang Banner, no matter which dynasty they were placed in, could be regarded as elite divisions. If God hadn’t favored me again
, let Qi Zhuang come at the critical moment, I'm afraid he would have lost his body and head.
Fear, admiration, and envy are the biggest reflections of Zhao Qiang's heart at this moment. He really wants to have such an elite army.
Although Zhao Qiang hated the Manchus, he had to face up to these elite Eight Banners who were good at fighting. The bloody facts told him that he must not be a petty enemy, and he must not take it for granted and fight randomly, otherwise he would only lose.
Qi Zhuang was looking for Zhao Qiang. When he saw him checking the corpses of the Qing soldiers, he hurried over and whispered with concern: "Qianhu, are you okay?"
"fine."
Zhao Qiang glanced at Qi Zhuang gratefully. If he hadn't arrived in time with his people and used the fire horse formation, he didn't know where he was lying in the corner now. He was so deeply touched at the moment. He thought of the soldiers who died under the arrows of the Qing army.
, Zhao Qiang couldn't help but feel pain and almost shed tears. After asking Qi Zhuang a few questions about the situation of seizing the horse, he asked him to lead the cavalry battalion to assist the gun battalion to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, and take the bodies of the dead soldiers back to Shouui City for burial.
Also take away all undamaged weapons and try not to leave anything useful behind.
This battle made Zhao Qiang deeply aware of his shortcomings. He had always relied on fire guns, thinking that with an army of fire guns, he could win in small-scale battles. However, he ignored the shortcomings of the matchlocks themselves.
He thought that relying on the three-stage shooting method could make up for the shortcomings of the fire gun. However, the facts of the battle made him deeply realize that to completely change this idea, he must not go too far before improving the fire gun and expanding the army on a large scale.
Rely on firecrackers. Because not every opponent has time to form a formation and shoot, and not every battle is on a plain, and it is impossible to encounter strong enemies like these Zhenghuangqi Qing troops.
Their longbows are really terrible! Another important point is that the troops under Zhao Qiang cannot be called elites, or even a qualified army. If you have to call this army of Han and Yi people,
, it is appropriate to describe it as "rabble". The various mistakes shown in the battle just now and the cowardly performance of the sergeants made Zhao Qiang feel a deep sense of shame.
It can be expected that in the future, there will be more and more mountainous battles like Tu'erling. If we encounter a situation like today again, Zhao Qiang believes that it will be impossible for him to win again. He can no longer rely solely on firecrackers.
After all, the structure of the matchlock gun is relatively primitive. It has the shortcomings of relatively short range, poor shooting accuracy, long reloading time, and relatively large target. In terms of combat effectiveness and range, it is actually not as good as the longbow equipped by the army. Therefore, if the firearm can truly suppress the Eight Banners' bows and arrows
, it is necessary to improve the current firecrackers, and it is best to replace them with breech-loading muskets. The power of breech-loading muskets is definitely better than that of longbows, because the killing mechanism of breech-loading guns is different, although the advantage in armor-piercing ability is not great.
, but the musket sphere and the ellipsoidal lead of the flintlock gun will rapidly release kinetic energy after being injected into the human body, causing an explosion-like effect in the human body. Coupled with the combined effects of tetanus and lead poisoning, the person who is killed will be the luckiest.
It was also seriously injured. However, it is a pity that by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the development of muskets fell into a misunderstanding. The Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty studied Japanese iron cannons and came up with a bird gun, which is the matchlock gun currently used by the gun camp.
The worst design. The barrel of the matchlock gun is slender and the caliber is small, which greatly limits the power of the gun. The barrel wall is thin and easy to explode, and the amount of charge is very limited, which further limits its power.
At the same time, the guard system of the Ming Dynasty can be described as poison to the army's combat effectiveness. Each guard station made most of the military households work as serfs to support a small number of elite cavalry and mountain infantry. Naturally, there was little training for the muskets equipped by the vast number of ordinary military households, especially the muskets. Soldiers are a force that sacrifices a lot in combat and requires a lot of training. At the same time, the official group had an extremely dogmatic understanding of the battle mode of whether the musket should be placed in front of the cavalry or behind the cavalry. All this led to the fact that in the late Ming Dynasty, although the regular Ming army had muskets and artillery equipment However, most of the 70 soldiers became decorations and were suppressed by the Manchu bows and arrows, which made them famous for riding and shooting enemies.
After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, although they strictly controlled the production process of firecrackers, they did not pay attention to the development of firearms. The existing firecrackers were of good quality, but they were insufficient in combat effectiveness. However, Zhao Qiang knew that there were many benefits to muskets with paper bags at the back, but Zhao Qiang I am not a firearms expert, but I have people with talents in this field. I don't know if Europe has already produced muskets with paper bags at the back, so the idea of replacing them with firecrackers can only be put aside.
After seeing the power of the longbows of the Zhenghuang Banner Qing Army, Zhao Qiang couldn't help but want to have such a longbow battalion immediately. The problem is that qualified archers need to go through long-term training, at least three years. Zhao Qiang remembers that later generations once In the Hundred Years War, most of the British longbowmen even had their spines twisted due to long-term drawing of bows. However, it is precisely because of such high-intensity training that the power of bows and arrows can be demonstrated. The country has used bows and arrows as standard weapons for infantry since ancient times. , which shows the importance of bows and arrows in battle. In the Song Dynasty, 60% of the infantry carried crossbows. Zhao Qiang, the famous master of the divine arm bow, was astonished.
The fire gun method has been improved, and there is no time to train archers. Zhao Qiang really has a headache. Everything he thought was wonderful, but now, nothing is good.
The Qing troops who fled back will definitely come to retaliate in large numbers. Zhao Qiang's previous idea of focusing on dealing with the Russians, supplying guns and ammunition from them, expanding the territory, and recruiting troops is no longer feasible. It is likely that the situation he will face in the future will be that he will be attacked from both sides. There were not many troops in the first place, and now half of them are gone. If the remaining three to four hundred men want to cope with the pressure from both sides at the same time, unless they are gods, they will be eaten up by others. The top priority is to quickly swell the horses. Use the quantity of your troops to replace their quality, and trade your lives for victory!
But how to have a large number of troops in the shortest time to resist the double attack from the Qing army and the Russian army? Zhao Qiang fell into deep thought. Although Wuer Leng had already gone to bribe the Oroqen people, the strong men of all ethnic groups who were sent out were also pulling for him. Heads came, but obviously not enough.
"Sir Qianhu, what should we do with those Tatars who are raising red flags?"
When Zhao Qiang was thinking about how to expand his army as soon as possible, Qian Lin interrupted his thoughts at an inappropriate time.
Seeing that Zhao Qiang seemed to be thinking about something, Qian Lin thought that he came at the wrong time, so he asked cautiously: "Are they all killed?"
"Kill, I don't need prisoners!"
Zhao Qiang issued the order to kill and capture the prisoners without hesitation. Although it was not the Zhenghong Banner Qing army that caused the huge losses to his men, they would also be responsible for the blame.
"Wait a minute!"
However, when Qian Lin heard the order and was about to kill the prisoners, Zhao Qiang stopped him again: "Don't kill them yet, take them all back."
"Yes, Qianhu!"
Qian Lin couldn't understand why Zhao Qiang changed his mind again, but he didn't dare to ask and followed the order.
The reason why Zhao Qiang suddenly changed his mind was that he did not want to waste these Zhenghongqing Qing troops, but also because he thought of a way to quickly expand the army, which was to use the old wild boar skin to expand the power of Manchuria and plunder the population!
He will forcibly recruit all living people within a hundred miles into his own army. If he doesn't obey, his entire clan will be destroyed!
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It is necessary to talk about the fighting methods of the Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty. The Eight Banners were mainly engaged in mounted archery. The so-called mounted archery was basically dismounting and shooting arrows from a distance, disrupting the enemy's formation and then charging on horseback. This is similar to the Mongolian fighting method. Unless it is
Both sides are cavalry. When fighting, they go directly to kill. Otherwise, when the Eight Banners faced infantry, they mostly dismounted, shot arrows and then charged. This was the case in the Battle of Sarhu, and the same method was used against the Ming army in the late Ming Dynasty.
This tactic was used during the Peace of San Francisco, with the green battalion as the main force, with more infantry, and 10,000 people fighting with large-scale cavalry. This battle at Tuerling was based on the battle example of Lao Yezhupi when he raised troops, and was slightly improved.
There have been battles in all dynasties when horses startle into battle. It is not a child's play. Readers who have watched the movie "The Heroes Returning from the East" must still be impressed by the scene of thousands of horses galloping in the film. The overwhelming momentum cannot be stopped by human power.
On a narrow mountain road, hundreds of frightened horses were driven in. The consequences can be imagined. However, this type of battle that reduces horse power may not be a critical situation and is rarely used by generals.
In comparison, before there were large-scale firecrackers and segmented shooting methods, the lethality of longbows was much greater than that of firecrackers, and the range was also longer.
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