Dege's idea was right. At this time, more troops must be added to support the infantry of Zhenglan Banner.
However, he ignored one thing, that is, these remaining infantrymen under the Han Army Flag were not the heavy armored infantry who had been beaten and almost wiped out. They were all light infantry wearing cotton armor.
They are also very poor in physical fitness and fighting skills, and their equipment is also poor.
If they were proficient in using cold weapons, would they still give each of them a crude fire blunderbuss produced by the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, but was embezzled by eunuchs and superior officials at all levels?
Of course, these people did not dare to flee in the face of the battle. After all, the Dege-like two hundred guard troops and cavalry were supervising the battle behind them.
These people had no choice but to put down their broken magic guns, three-eyed guns and other firearms, drew out their waist knives one after another, and rushed forward with shouts and screams to rescue the Eight Banners gentlemen who had fallen into the formation and were in very bad shape.
While the infantry was already in a melee, the cavalry of Zhenglan Banner also began to move towards the battlefield from the side. At this time, Yang Fan's cavalry also drove out of Checheng and began to move towards each other opposite the enemy's cavalry.
Zhou Yuji was riding on a horse, surrounded by fifty of his soldiers.
Looking at the situation on the battlefield, he made a judgment immediately.
He needs to deal with these Zhenglan Banner's heavy armored infantry as soon as possible in order to defeat the enemy's infantry group. This will allow Lord Yang to concentrate on dealing with Jiannu's six thousand cavalry.
He was born and raised in Liaodong and knew clearly how terrifying the Jiannu cavalry was. These people are physically powerful to the point of being abnormal.
You can tell how strong these people are from the bows and arrows they use.
It is no exaggeration to say that Qing Gong is the pinnacle of ancient bows and arrows. There is no distinction between East and West. Qing Bow is the highest achievement of bow and arrow.
Maybe many people don't know much about bows and arrows. If they don't understand bows and arrows, they can't clearly explain the power of Qinggong.
It is difficult to explain clearly why the Manchus who use such perverted weapons are so difficult to deal with.
What is so great about them?
Generally, a bow is composed of several parts: bow tip, bow arm, bow handle, and string pad. Their functions are as follows:
The bow tip is the compound recurve bow, the two straight parts at the top and bottom of the bow body. It mainly plays the role of hooking the bow string.
When you normally string a bow, you hang the string on the tip of the bow. The bow tips are mostly made of hardwood, and animal horns are also used.
Single wooden bows generally have no tip. Just like the English longbow, the single-piece bow has a simple arc shape after being strung.
What a string pad is, it's a small cube on the bow tip. The bowstring is hung in the uppermost and lowermost top grooves of the bow tip. After the bowstring is hung, it is close to the bow tip.
But this doesn't work. Part of the bow string is close to the bow tip. When shooting an arrow, the bow string vibrates violently. This will cause the bow body to vibrate, making it impossible to aim the next arrow.
So add a small square to the tip of the bow. Support the part of the bowstring that is close to the bowstring so that it does not fit the bow tip. This avoids vibration of the bow tip.
String pads are mainly used to reduce the vibration of the bow string when firing, making the bow more accurate. It also has the function of protecting the bow string from being damaged by frequent collision with the bow body.
Some types of composite bows do not have string pads, such as the Hungarian bow. The single wooden bow does not even have a bow tip, and of course there is no string pad.
The bow arm is the most important energy storage structure of the bow, which is the curved part between the upper and lower ends of the bow.
Compound bows are made of wooden bodies and animal horns bonded with animal glue. Single wooden bows usually only use wood to make the entire bow body. Therefore, for two bows of the same length, a composite bow has a much better storage capacity than a single wooden bow. .
The bow grip is the place where the user's hand holds the bow. It is between the upper and lower bow arms, which is the middle position of the bow.
Its purpose is to provide support, and this part is usually the thickest part of the entire bow.
The bows of the ethnic minorities in Northeast China have their own characteristics historically, and are obviously different from the bows of various ethnic groups on the Mongolian Plateau and the Han Dynasty. That's the oversized bow tip.
Historically, the origin of Qing bow shape can be traced back to the large-tip recurve bows used by the Jurchens during the Liao and Jin Dynasties.
Because of its powerful performance, from the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, this kind of large-tip recurve bow was a standard weapon widely equipped in the armies of various dynasties. Especially among the northern frontier armies of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of bow was very popular to deal with the Mongolian cavalry bows.
Li Chengliang was once Nurhachi's military godfather.
In 1583, the eleventh year of Wanli, Li Chengliang once again sent troops to attack Wang Gao's son Atai. Nurhaci's father, Takshi, was Wang Gao's grandson-in-law and worked as a lobbyist for Li Chengliang to persuade him to surrender. Unfortunately, he died in the war. Nurhaci and his younger brother Shuerhaqi were later adopted by Li Chengliang and served as soldiers in his army for three years.
Li Chengliang was a Korean. In his later years, he had the ambition to go to North Korea to become king and establish a new Lee's North Korea.
At that time, he wanted to support the Jurchens as his mazai in seeking North Korea.
The princes of the imperial court were not fools, and not a single impeachment memorial was groundless.
That's why he did so many behaviors that are incomprehensible to us today and have the consequences of raising tigers.
Including giving up hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land in Kuandian to Nurhaci, sending servants to massacre the entire families of Han people who refused to move, etc. This is such appalling atrocities that we cannot understand.
In fact, there are many records in history that we cannot understand, and even weird things happen every day in today's society. In the unit, the leaders do a lot of weird things that go against common sense. It even seems like a ridiculous decision. They are all the result of the various forces behind the game playing for their own interests.
None of the players in these games are fools.
Of course they are well aware of the absurdity and ridiculousness of these moves and decisions.
The reason why we look at it and find it ridiculous only shows that we are outsiders. Those with low status are not even qualified to participate in the game.
If you knew the truth behind these things, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to laugh anymore.
Because Nurhachi was the adopted son of Li Chengliang, he had close contacts with the Liaodong border army and was deeply influenced by him.
By the time the Jurchens in Jianzhou rose, he had already become accustomed to this kind of bow and arrow.
In addition, the large-tip recurve bow was already popular in Liaodong, so the Jianzhou Jurchens headed by Nurhaci chose the large-tip recurve bow as the military standard bow.
After they adopted it, the Jurchens of Jianzhou used this kind of bow and arrow in a better and more labor-saving way. A series of improvements have been made to it.
For example, making the bow tips at both ends larger and longer, and bending them in the opposite direction. These improvements are all standard long bow tips with large reverse curves.
Through these improvements, under leverage, archers can draw a bow of greater weight with less draw force.
In principle, a bow with this structure can improve the energy conversion rate when drawing the bow. That is to say, it is easier to draw the bow and the draw distance is increased.
Of course, these improvements also have side effects, which also make Qing Gong's shooting posture extremely ugly. You need to bend to one side to shoot the arrow. Whoever looks at it gets scolded. This posture slows down the Qing Bow's shooting speed. Saving effort will definitely slow down the firing rate, because the string pulling stroke is longer and it will naturally take longer.
