Chapter 499 What is the competition with the Eight Banners!
Many of the artillerymen who bombarded the Eight Banners in Rehe were also bannermen.
But the surname of this group of bannermen is Jia, not Ai.
When Jia Liu was suppressing bandits in Linqing, Shandong, he wanted to be Jia Polun and was very interested in artillery. Therefore, he transferred the outstanding artillerymen from the vanguard camp, guard camp, firearms camp, and Shanpu camp under his control with high salaries.
, formed the Changwei Army Artillery Brigade. Later, due to organizational problems, Lao Yang was temporarily asked to help hang it in Zhili Green Camp.
There are those who support integrity with high salaries, and there are those who support soldiers with high salaries.
In order to build the strongest artillery force of this era, Jia Liu spent a lot of money on the Changwei Artillery Corps. In addition to Lao Yang helping to get a salary from the Zhili Provincial Finance Department, Jia Liu himself also got a salary
share.
The name is called Eight Banners Special Pay, and so far more than 110,000 taels have been spent on more than 900 gunners, with an average of more than 110 taels per person.
This is only for five months. Over the course of a year, the average per capita expenditure will be at least 200 taels.
In terms of income alone, it is four to five times higher than what these gunners received in their original unit.
For example, I originally earned 1,000 yuan a month at Ai Company, but I received 5,000 yuan a month at Jia Company. This positive attitude, this people's heart, and this morale can only be described in one word - top guagua.
When Wan Chaoxing went north under the orders of the great scholar Shu Hede, Jia Liu specially wrote to him to bring the artillery team with him. He originally wanted to use it to suppress the rebel clan troops, but he did not expect that it was actually used to suppress Qianlong's son-in-law and those who were loyal to the emperor.
No one would have thought of the Heba Banner Soldiers.
The entire artillery team has more than 900 gunners and auxiliary gunners, including auxiliary gunners, more than 100 large and small guns, and more than 300 carriages and horses for towing the guns.
The standard for joining the artillery team of the Changwei Army was five guns and three guns, so the gunners were very professional. Although there were not many soldiers, they could be said to be the best artillery team in the Qing Dynasty, comparable to the Wuzhenha Super Battalion back then.
As early as when the Eight Banners of Rehe was still in Shunyi, Wan Chaoxing, the commander-in-chief of Zhili, began to deploy defense lines.
The chief of the artillery team led a group of professional officers, Eda, who was born in Manchuria's Xianglan Banner, to conduct advance drills based on the artillery range given by General Wan. This resulted in the most precise attack on the Eight Banners soldiers in Rehe on the road.
The sudden bombardment caught the Eight Banners of Rehe, guarded by King Xinqin, off guard, and the frightened Captain Zalantai almost had the shells hit the corpse on the spot.
In this case, there may not be any more casualties.
Unfortunately, Zalantai was lucky, and the cannonball missed his pointed helmet by a few inches.
"put!"
Following the officers' continuous orders, large and small artillery continued to deliver firepower to the Eight Banners of Jehol on the road.
Guan led Eda to use a telescope to look at the miserable situation of the Rehe rebels who were bombarded, and found that the bombardment was very effective, basically beating the rebels to the point where Eniang could not be found.
Some rebels who were frightened by the bombardment foolishly held up torches, fearing that the enemies who ambushed them would not know where they were.
After several rounds of shelling, the road was filled with howls, and corpses of people and horses were everywhere.
Preliminary estimates suggest that the number of Eight Banners soldiers killed by artillery shells will not be less than three to four hundred.
The remaining Eight Banners soldiers in Rehe either ran around at a loss, or jumped off their horses cleverly and lay on the ground.
There are people hiding behind the larger rocks on both sides of the road.
"Brothers, the time has come to kill the Tatars and make contributions to the Qing Dynasty!"
Yan, the commander of the Green Camp, who had led his brothers to turn around and run away, turned back with his men, and then led his troops to launch a brave charge against the Eight Banners soldiers without looking back.
Even though there are still many Eight Banners soldiers in front.
"Kill!"
Dozens of Green Camp soldiers were either brandishing knives or holding spears. Their faces showed no trace of fear, but instead, they were extremely excited.
Yan Dusi behaves like his mother, Changshan Zhao Zilong.
A few months ago, at the foot of Linqing City, dozens of soldiers from the Changsheng Army and Cavalry drove several hundred of his people into jumping into the canal.
Now dozens of people dare to attack the Eight Banners of hundreds of people!
Still a cavalry!
It’s really hard to look back on the past. To count the heroes, we still have to look at the present.
"Good job, artillery brothers, it's up to us next!"
"Tell brothers, today is the time for our Zhili Green Camp to show its face. If anyone tries to make trouble for me, I will turn around and crush him to death!"
Wan Chaoxing, the commander-in-chief of Zhili, also ordered a general attack signal - three Diamond Sky Dragons.
Stealing credit is totally stealing credit.
According to Master Jia Jia's deployment, Zhili Green Camp was responsible for the second wave of attack missions, which was to join the Eight Banners of Rehe when they were dragged by Shandong Green Camp, outflank the Eight Banners of Rehe from the rear, and completely annihilate the Eight Banners of Rehe together with other fraternal troops.
As a result, Wan Chaoxing, who was unwilling to lose his great achievements to the only one, openly disobeyed military orders and took the lead while the Shandong Green Camp was still on the road.
Facts have proved that Wan Chaoxing's vision was right. The Eight Banners of Rehe was just a paper tiger. It would make a hole when you poke it with your finger.
Of course, Wan Chaoxing dared to launch an early attack on the Eight Banners of Rehe alone because he had an absolute psychological advantage.
Eight Banners, Xiao Xiao Di.
Green Camp is the big one.
What's more, it's under the wise command of Lord Jia Jia.
"Kill!"
More than 3,000 Zhili battalion soldiers lurking here rushed out from their hiding places and came down the mountain like tigers to point their swords at the chaotic Eight Banners of Rehe.
"Third uncle, who should we fight?"
"Fight the Tartars!"
"Manchu Tatars?"
"What, are you scared?"
"Third uncle, don't you look down on people? Your nephew is afraid of fighting bandits, and your nephew is still afraid of fighting Manchuria. I am worthy of the Qing Dynasty, worthy of the emperor, and worthy of third uncle!"
"..."
The officers and soldiers of the Green Camp of Zhili were like little tigers, and they were all as fierce as flying. They perfectly embodied the bravery of the Qing Dynasty soldiers in Laolaogou, the forbidden area of the imperial mausoleum.
"Sir, there is an ambush!"
I don’t know who it was that called out this. Did Zalantai not know that there was an ambush among them?
But he still didn't realize that he had been tricked by Jia Jiashikai. He just thought that the news of their arrival was leaked, and the rich and lustful thieves who held his father-in-law hostage made preparations in advance.
Seeing the ambushes coming from all directions in the dark night, Zalantai felt a little panicked, but he did not just run away. Instead, he waved his sword and reined in his horse in order to command the remaining soldiers under his command to launch a counterattack.
He can't embarrass Ama Zhaohui!
"Hold on, hold on!"
Zhadutong's voice was louder in the dark night.
"Brothers, follow me!"
The voice of Wan Chaoxing, the commander-in-chief of Zhili, was equally loud. The commander-in-chief, who had never been on the front line when attacking the Linqing religious bandits, actually wore armor and led the charge this time.
Since the Zhili Green Camp was stationed in the heart of Gyeonggi Province, their weapons were mainly swords and spears. Ten soldiers only had two muskets, which could not provide enough long-range fire suppression when attacking the enemy.
However, the officers and soldiers of the Zhili Green Battalion with high morale simply knocked off the arrogant Eight Banners soldiers one by one.
Many warriors emerged in the process.
There is the young hero Wang Sanmazi who jumped from his horse and knocked down an Eight Banners leader;
Pan Huanghe, a strong man who stabbed three Eight Banners soldiers with a spear;
There is General Qian Zhao Changjiang, who did not get out of the firing line after being injured but still led his troops to charge;
Countless heroic officers and soldiers from Zhili Green Battalion fought like wolves like ants, killing the Eight Banners soldiers in Rehe so much that they cried for their fathers and mothers.
"Sir, I can't stand it anymore!"
The counselor led him, Tara Gulha, to fight for his life, his eyes were red, and he wanted to continue fighting with the green battalion soldiers.
"withdraw!"
Knowing that it was irreversible, Zalantai stamped his feet fiercely, gritted his teeth and retreated to the rear with the remaining troops. At the same time, he ordered his troops to quickly inform Ji Qing, the deputy commander of the infantry, to prepare for the response.
"Chase!"
When they discovered that the Eight Banners soldiers in Rehe were trying to escape, the commander-in-chief Wan Chaoxing would not let them go. He immediately led his troops to pursue them regardless of his own danger.
When the Shandong general soldier who had just rushed from Xiliu Mountain heard the sound of cannons, he had already cursed: "Wan Chaoxing is a bastard who has the ability to fight bandits, so why bother with the Eight Banners! Damn it, I'll follow you later."