Surrounded by the Qing army on the east bank of the Daling River was Xinyi Town, which belonged to the Dongjin Corps. This town was one of the three towns of the Zhili New Army established by the Corps Commander Wang Fu in Baoding.
The three New Army towns in Baoding and the two New Army towns in Tianjin have a distinctive feature that distinguishes them from other troops, that is, the hats, upper bodies and trousers of the officers and soldiers are all red.
When the Zhili New Army was first formed, Jia Liu required that the uniforms of the new army must be bright and colorful, because the training standards of the new army were based on the musketeers of the pure musketeer era.
It cannot be said to be a complete army of a great power, but rather a typical army of a great power.
Although flintlock muskets have been prepared for troops in batches, this weapon still cannot be called a gun. Both the range and accuracy are far inferior to guns. Therefore, infantry is required to be concentrated in a queue on the battlefield in order to launch intensive firepower at the enemy.
to improve killing efficiency.
The short range of fire cannons means that the fighting distance between the two sides is also very close. The enemy can easily get close, which will cause the problem of mixed enemy and friend being difficult to identify. Therefore, it is best for our infantry to wear brightly colored clothing to facilitate identification of each other, otherwise it will be easy to identify each other.
Accidental shooting incidents may occur.
On this basis, Jia Liu originally designed the military uniform colors for the new army to be mainly blue and black.
However, after Wang Fu took over as the commander-in-chief of Zhili and was fully responsible for the construction of the new army, after several small-scale gun volley exercises, he believed that black was not suitable as a military uniform because it would become a nightmare for officers and soldiers in hot weather.
Although blue has no heat absorption and heat dissipation problems, it is a bit awkward as a military uniform color, so Wang Fu changed the new military uniforms to red.
At the same time, officers are required to put a red feather on their hats, which can make it easier for soldiers to identify their own commanders and can also be used as a kind of honor to give officers a sense of belonging.
Similar to the effect of Single-Eyed Flower Ling and Yellow Mandarin.
Jia Liu agreed with Wang Fu's improvements, and it didn't matter if officers had bird feathers in their hats, because it would take at least a hundred years for snipers to appear.
The commander of Xinyi Town, Anmu, is not the second son of wealthy Zhang Jia, but the security captain who has followed Jia Liu for the longest time, and is also one of the senior generals born in Sauron.
After crossing the Daling River, Anmu agreed with the chief of staff, Jiang Biao, who was from the Sichuan Green Camp, that Anmu would lead the main infantry in the front, Jiang Biao would lead the artillery, and the baggage and the town's direct cavalry battalion would follow.
In the early morning, after the commander and chief of staff, as well as the commanders and regiment leaders of the various associations and regiments under the town's jurisdiction, checked the time with the standard pocket watches issued by the Ministry of War, more than 7,000 officers and soldiers advanced in the dark toward the Thirteenth Mountain.
According to the intelligence sent by the Second Army yesterday evening, the Manchu and Mongolian coalition forces have discovered Xinyi Town, which leads east from Jinzhou to the Daling River. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that Xinyi Town will be attacked by the Manchu and Mongolian coalition cavalry troops on its way eastward.
For possible attacks, Anmu and Jiang Biao formulated two plans, A and B.
Half an hour later, Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were spotted in front.
The total force is more than 16,000, and except for more than 5,000 Manchu Eight Banners soldiers, they are all cavalry from various tribes in Monan Mongolia. The commander is Gongglabutan, Prince Zhuoliktu of the Horqin tribe.
The Manchu-Mongolian coalition's attack on the Thirteen Mountains area did not achieve the expected results. Therefore, after Tan Ma discovered that another puppet army had crossed the Daling River in Jinzhou and was preparing to reinforce the puppet army in the Thirteen Mountains area, Shengjing General Hong Ye
We decisively decided to annihilate the puppet army crossing the river first, because the puppet army only had a few thousand soldiers.
If it can be severely damaged, it will definitely shake the morale and morale of the puppet troops in the Thirteen Mountains area.
After discovering the enemy, Anmu decisively ordered to form a formation on the spot. Not long after, the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry launched an attack on Xinyi Town.
Faced with the fierce volley fire in Xinyi Town, the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were not afraid and charged one after another.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry found a gap between the front and rear troops of Xinyi Town, so they took the opportunity to rush in and once broke through the Xinyi Town defense line.
At the critical moment, the Corps' emergency deployment of more than 200 "Jatling" repeating guns in Xinyi Town played a huge role.
This gun can be fired 48 times at a time. Although it has various problems, it is undoubtedly the best equipment equipped by the Reform Army.
“Bang bang bang!”
The intensive firing of continuous muskets caught the hundreds of Manchu and Mongolian cavalry who came in by surprise.
The commander of this unit was Tenzin Wangbu, the second son of Prince Gonglabutan of Cholictu of the Horqin tribe, who had accompanied Guorui in the Burma expedition. Tenzin Wangbu successfully intercepted the puppet army's front and rear armies after suffering heavy casualties.
He was overjoyed at the victory, and then with the sound of gunshots ringing in his ears, the former second-class bodyguard Beizi was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he screamed.
An extremely horrific scene.
Most of the hundreds of Mongolian warriors were knocked down by the puppet army's firecrackers in the blink of an eye, while only a few dozen were still running around in panic on their frightened horses.
Whether it was a man or a horse that fell to the ground, they were all screaming and struggling.
The scene in front of him made Tenzin Wangbu's scalp numb. He did not expect that the puppet army's firearms were so powerful. They did not even need to be loaded with gunpowder like fire blunderbuss. There was just a "bang bang" sound, and the heroic son-in-law under his command
They all fell off their horses.
The puppet troops on the opposite side also burst into cheers, seemingly proud of their new weapons.
A dense burst of gunfire sounded again, and this time all the dozens of remaining Mongolian soldiers fell to the ground. Even Tenzin Wangpo himself was thrown heavily off his horse.
After he struggled to stand up, he discovered that one of his beloved horse's legs had been broken by a musket.
"Is this a blunderbuss or a cannon?"
With his final doubts, Tenzin Wangpo's neck was wiped off by dozens of reform soldiers who came up to him with short knives.
His father, Prince Zhuliktu Gonggrabutan, who was watching the battle from a distance, found that his son's military flag was no longer flying. After the hundreds of men who rushed into the puppet army were all wiped out, he was shocked and sent out a cavalry of more than a thousand people to try to attack.
The puppet army rescued his son and escaped.
This Mongolian army obviously did not see the scene just now. They fought hard and shouted in unison to kill the enemy. However, due to the lack of firecrackers, they could only hold spears, bows and arrows on their horses, and rushed towards the Reform Army position with enthusiasm.
During the charge, artillery shells fell from time to time. When they got closer, they were blocked by volleys of rifles from the Reform Army. When they finally rushed to a few dozen meters in front of the position, they were attacked intensively by repeating muskets that they had never seen before.
Where visible to the naked eye, what can be seen is that the Mongolian soldiers on horseback fell off their horses one after another and fell to the ground. The horses also stopped suddenly and could no longer neigh.
In front of Jatling's firing position, the Mongolian soldiers fell to the ground one by one like waves of wheat blown by the wind. The movements were as if they had been rehearsed, and they were like the sweep of a ruler. Wherever the ruler touched, no living people or animals were left.
Jiang Biao, chief of staff of Xinyi Town, looked into the distance with a telescope and found an enemy soldier who looked like a general still riding on the bridge waving a yellow flag in his hand.
But there are fewer and fewer cavalry charging towards our own positions.
After putting down his telescope, Jiang Biao glanced at the officers and soldiers around him and saw excitement in their eyes.