This sneak attack launched by the Qing army and the people who returned to the palace did not develop according to the plan from the beginning. His original plan was to have Bacina and his men ambush at the mouth of the ditch. Shaslin, who heard the sound of gunfire, then led the cavalry to charge from the hill and wiped out more than thirty Northern Marines through close combat.
However, due to Zhao Xin's impromptu idea, he suddenly galloped to the top of the hill. Xia Silin, who was ambushing on the northwest side of the hill, thought he was about to be exposed and ordered his men to shoot.
As soon as the gunfire rang out, Bacina, who was lying in ambush in the snow pit at the exit of the ravine, knew that something had happened. He had no choice but to fire the arrow, and immediately attacked Fan Tong and the others behind them.
Compared with the cavalry returning to the palace, the Liangzhou Man soldiers had more frequent musket shooting training and were more accurate. Especially after the Ministry of War of the Qing Dynasty was inspired by the gunpowder of the Northern Navy's "Type 79 Rifled Gun" and improved the formula of the gunpowder for the matchlock gun the year before, the effective range of the gun increased from 90 meters to 110 meters, which was a significant improvement. .
The unlucky Fan Tong was targeted because of his leadership style. As a result, he was shot in the thigh as soon as he came up. The blood dripped down his trousers. Two of the accompanying soldiers were shot and killed. One of them was the telegraph operator who was carrying a radio because he was right next to Fan Tong.
When the deputy platoon leader of the escort saw that Fan Tong was injured, he panicked. Without thinking, he let everyone cover him and entered a mountain col to the east, intending to find a place for emergency treatment.
However, after arriving at a jagged place in the mountain and setting up defenses, the distraught deputy platoon leader remembered to send a telegram to the headquarters for help, only to find that the telegraph operator and radio station were gone.
how to say? We must know that from the time the Western Front troops set out from Khovd to the completion of the campaign objectives, the total number of attrition in each department was only more than 400 people, of which only more than 70 were actual combat attrition.
More than 10,000 troops were dispatched, and more than 70 people were killed or injured. It really didn't even make a splash. This caused the officers and soldiers of the Western Front troops to generally develop the complacency of "I am the best in the world" and underestimate the enemy, and the people in the guard platoon were no exception.
After Bachina and the others succeeded in one blow, they took advantage of the situation to launch an attack, but were quickly repelled by a hail of bullets. So they had to frequently launch feint attacks, consuming the opponent's ammunition while looking for a breakthrough, waiting for Xia Silin After finishing there, join forces together to kill the opponent.
Speaking of the confluence of these two groups, Bachina and Sheng'e, it was purely accidental. When the people he and Sheng'e sent to scout discovered Zhao Xin and the others, they also discovered Bachina's people. Afterwards, he discussed the ambush plan with Xia Silin, and on the other hand, he sent his confidants to contact Bachina. So while Zhao Xin and the others were busy drinking, barbecuing and gossiping, the two groups joined together.
When he learned of the sneak attack plan, Bacina was resistant at first. More than 20 of them traveled day and night for several days, which exhausted their physical strength. The problem was that I couldn't reconcile myself to Sheng'e. I thought the opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so we started to talk to each other.
It is said that the Manchu Qing Dynasty adopted the "original title concurrent" method in the appointment system of ministers in various places in Xinjiang, that is, what rank they were before being demoted, and what rank they were when they became ministers. This resulted in everyone being second or third. Governor-level officials above grade. The ministers were responsible for one city and one place, and were not subordinate to each other. They were responsible for their own affairs and were directly responsible to the emperor. Only when emergencies such as civil unrest, rebellion, and invasion require unified and coordinated action across Xinjiang, will ministers from all regions obey the "military and political restraint" of General Yili.
Even though Bachina was only a third-grade co-leader, and He Sheng'an was a second-grade commander, because his chief officer was Urumqi Dutong Shang'an, he could ignore the latter. Not to mention that He Sheng'e is now a phoenix with no feathers, not as good as a chicken. He wants soldiers but no soldiers, and he wants territory but no territory.
However, after listening to He Sheng's highly motivating speech, Bachina was moved. With such a big piece of fat in front of me, it would be a pity not to eat it; besides, I am outnumbered and far away from the military camp, so I can kill them by surprise if I calculate it with my mind but not my intention!
Another point is that Bachina and his Liangzhou Eight Banners soldiers have been stationed in Xinjiang for many years and have never fought against the Northern Navy. Although the Northern Navy is rumored to be very scary and brave in combat, they feel that they Not bad either. Elites always have their nostrils turned upward, and they are second to none in martial arts. You can only tell whether they are a mule or a horse by taking them out for a walk!
However, when several feint attacks were overwhelmed by the opponent's intensive firepower, and when Jiang Fan and five soldiers suddenly turned around and rushed into the mountain col to join the people inside, the Liangzhou Eight Banners soldiers finally learned the lesson. When it comes to the power of the Northern Navy.
The reason why Jiang Fan agreed to join Fan Tong was because he was worried that there would be other enemies ambushing him on the way back. Instead of doing this, it is better to huddle together and wait for reinforcements. Anyway, the guard platoon has a field radio and can contact the headquarters at any time.
He learned that Fan Tong was injured as soon as he arrived, and was even more shocked when he saw the other party's pale face. The health worker reported that Political Commissar Fan was shot in the thigh. After emergency treatment, he had used a tourniquet to stop the bleeding and applied medicine. But the problem now is that the bullet is stuck between the muscle and the femoral artery, and the bleeding point is on the femoral artery. He dare not operate to remove the bullet without sufficient external blood transfusion; moreover, the tourniquet can only Use it for 40 to 50 minutes. Over time, mild cases may have sequelae, and severe cases may cause limb necrosis.
So Jiang Fan quickly asked the deputy platoon leader, when will the reinforcements from the headquarters arrive? Unexpectedly, the deputy platoon leader cried sadly and said that the telegraph operator had been shot and killed. In the panic, he forgot about the radio station. Jiang Fan almost fainted from anger and wanted to kill him. But he also knew that he couldn't have an attack just yet, and the military morale couldn't be disrupted.
After calming down a little, Jiang Fan felt that the trouble was far more than that!
The distance between the attack site and the Jingyuan City military camp is almost forty miles. A fast horse can definitely arrive there in an hour, but the problem is that the enemy's situation is unknown. Even if we and others charge forcefully and try to cover Fan Tong's escape with casualties, they can still If there were any ambushers ahead, wouldn't it be a trap?
Compared with Fan Tong who was seriously injured, he was actually more worried about Zhao Xin who had disappeared. If there is something wrong with that person, it will be a big deal!
With his thoughts in turmoil, Jiang Fan felt that the best way at the moment was to hold on and wait until the headquarters noticed something was wrong and sent someone to respond. As for Fan Tong, he can only ask God to bless him.
At this time, in the woods outside the mountain col, He Sheng'e, who was in command, was confused about the field radio captured from the dead telegraph soldier. He had no idea what it was used for.
The radio was carried in a field camouflage-colored backpack, with a half-meter-long antenna exposed outside. When he tried to open the backpack, what appeared in his field of vision were five extremely weird black knobs and an LCD screen half the size of a palm, with some strange symbols flashing and dancing on it.
This shocked He Sheng'e, and he almost gave up and threw him out. As a military general, he quickly felt that this thing was too evil. After taking it back to Dongquan Temple, he asked the Taoist priests to set up a formation and perform a ritual before carefully studying it.
In addition to the weird backpacks, the weapons and bits and pieces of equipment on the two dead North Sea soldiers attracted his attention more; repeating rifles, daggers, field kettles, ordnance shovels, goggles, and nylon weapons Belts, compasses, cutlery bags, first aid kits. There are a lot of them, and each one is eye-catching.
He Sheng'e asked his confidants to put everything away, and nothing could be lost. You must know that these things, plus several sacrificed heads of the Northern Navy, are the capital for him to ask for merit from the court and save his life. Not only can he avoid the sin of losing his land, but his rise to the top is just around the corner.
Many people in later generations have the impression that the Manchu Qing Dynasty punished civil and military officials who lost their land very severely, and the only option was to be executed and imprisoned. Therefore, many generals and state and county officials chose to commit suicide when their cities were lost. The more famous ones include He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang who led an army of 100,000 during the Taiping Rebellion but abandoned the city and fled; Ding Ruchang, who was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894; and Ye Zhichao, who was saved from death by Li Hongzhang.
In fact, in the "Laws and Regulations of the Qing Dynasty", the correct explanation for the crime of losing land is "the general guarding the border fell into the city and was planning to behead the prisoner", and it was not until the "Wang Lun Rebellion" in the 39th year of Qianlong that Changed. For example, in the third year of Yongzheng's reign, it was stipulated that if a city was lost, the general guarding the border would be invaded by thieves and captured the people, and the army would be sent to the border.
But, well, that’s too much to say. Since the Qing army has never been victorious when facing the Northern Navy, if all the generals are to be executed, first Fukang'an will not escape death, and then the likes of Changlin, Songyun, Baoning, Qinggui, Mingliang, etc. Sun Shiyi, and even Agui, none of them could escape.
Qianlong deeply felt that there were too many criminals. If he killed them all, no one would dare to lead troops to face the Northern Navy. Therefore, in the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign, he stipulated a variety of circumstances that could excuse the commutation of sentences, such as what happened just after Let it go, besieged for a long time, etc. Anyway, all the civil and military officials in the dynasty understood the meaning. If you have a backing, you can survive, but if you don't have a backing, you will die.
Although He Sheng'e also had a backing, unfortunately, Agui died of illness last year, and he was still unwilling to join He Shen. So this is troublesome. If you want to use merit to compensate for crime, you must have great merit.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty established its country through military force, and its greatest contribution has always been military merit. Since Shunzhi entered the Pass, there are only six ways to obtain military merit, namely, attacking a city, trapping a formation, water battle, advancing with a banner, appeasing the enemy, and appeasing the city. As for beheading people, there is no reward.
However, in the face of the Northern Navy's repeated defeats, Qianlong, who was forced to panic, no longer cared about "benevolence and righteousness". In order to boost morale, he asked the Ministry of War to secretly issue a "head reward" in the 52nd year of Qianlong's reign, and it only targeted Beihai Town.
To put it simply, for every beheading of an ordinary Beihai soldier, he will be rewarded with 60 taels of silver, with an additional level of civilian service, an additional level of military service, and a third-class merit medal; a lieutenant-level officer will be rewarded with 100 to 150 taels of silver, and awarded with a cloud Cavalry Lieutenant, civil service plus second class, military service plus second class, awarded a second class merit medal; school-level officer rewarded 300~500 taels of silver, awarded first-class male to first-class uncle, civilian service plus third class, military service plus third class , be awarded a first-class merit medal; if you are a high-ranking official of the Northern Navy above the school level, you will be awarded a first-class marquis, with a reward of 5,000 to 10,000 taels of silver, an additional five levels for civilian service, an additional fifth level for military service, and a first-class merit medal.
And Zhao Xinhehehe! Whoever can get his head will be rewarded with fifty thousand taels of silver, and the green camp will raise the flag and be promoted to the capital; the Eight Banners will be promoted to the first-class Duke, and will not be demoted for three generations; in addition, his descendants can also obtain worldly positions.
As for whether someone would kill a good person and take credit, Qianlong was not worried at all. You must know that outside the pass is not the same as inside the pass. First of all, there are not so many good people to kill; secondly, most of the border residents outside the pass have become subjects of Beihai Town, and it is not unfair to kill them.
He Sheng'e was having a sweet dream when Xia Silin came back with his men. When he learned that the other party actually lost more than thirty cavalrymen in order to kill five Beihai soldiers, and almost all of the others were injured, Bacina, who had already lost many of his men, finally couldn't stand it any longer.
"My lord, I think we should withdraw. If we continue to fight like this, the remaining people will have to answer here!"
Xia Silin also echoed: "Yes! Sir, I will leave the green mountains without worrying about having no firewood. With these heads and seizures, I can also explain to the prince. This Northern pirate is not a three-headed and six-armed person." , when our troops and horses are strong, if we encounter him again, he will never come back."
"Hmm" and Sheng'e pondered for a moment. Although they were reluctant to give in, they still agreed to their request.
Retreating is not a matter of just leaving. There is a point here, and the Beihai navy in the mountain col cannot notice it. Otherwise, if the other party counterattacks, it will be a steal.
Unexpectedly, just as the three of them were discussing the retreat steps, a sharp whistling sound similar to "whoosh" passed through the forest, followed by several more in succession. Immediately afterwards, the cavalrymen of the Yiwei Battalion, who were still hot from sitting down, fell into chaos. There were cries of ghosts and howls of wolves in the forest. Almost everyone shouted "Hu Da Bless" and ran around like headless flies.
"What happened!" Xia Silin, the staff leader, grabbed a subordinate who stumbled over and asked loudly. The subordinate pointed randomly to the northwest and said with a horrified look on his face: "Ghost! There is a ghost!"
"I'm sorry!" Xia Silin cursed "bastard" in Uyghur, then raised his hand and slapped the other person in the face.
The subordinate didn't bother to cry out in pain, he covered his face and said: "Sir, there is really a ghost! Mr. Hu, three of our people died without making a sound! Two of our heads exploded!"
"what did he say?!"
He Sheng'e and Bachina who were standing by could not understand Uyghur and quickly asked Xia Silin. When they learned about the situation, their expressions suddenly changed. Both of them are masters who have been fighting for a long time and never believe that there are any ghosts in the world. Don't ask, it must have been the North Sea Pirates who did it!
He Sheng'e hurriedly separated Xia Silin and the cavalryman, and asked in Mongolian: "How many thieves are there?"
The cavalryman was so panicked that he didn't even bother to kneel down. He turned around and replied, "I don't know! It's just because I didn't even see anyone. You guys are like ghosts!!!"
Before the soldier finished speaking, he suddenly felt a heat on his face, as if some hot liquid had been sprinkled on his face. He turned his head and glanced inadvertently, then wailed at the top of his lungs and fell down at the same time. On the ground, using both hands and feet, he kept moving back.
I saw the leader who had been scolding me with an angry face just now. Half of his spiritual cap was gone. His strong body shook, and then he fell to the ground. His pink brain was clearly visible.
"Enemy attack!" He Sheng'ou only froze for a moment, and then suddenly woke up. He didn't have time to wipe the red liquid from his eyes, and hid behind a thick pine tree as his butt was dripping with urine. The moment he hid behind the tree, the tree trunk on the other side facing away from him suddenly exploded at a height of about one meter, and countless sawdust crackled and flew everywhere.
Immediately afterwards, those whistling sounds, like miserable ghost screams, sounded in the forest again, hoo~~hoo~~hoo.
Suddenly, two black things slightly larger than eggs flew through the air and landed in front of several restless horses. They rolled on the ground a few times before stopping. The pupils of the several cavalrymen who were unbridling their horses suddenly dilated when they saw the thing clearly. They had seen this thing before. The Beihai soldiers on the hill used it to kill and injure many people!
boom! As violent explosions sounded one after another, several Yiwei battalion cavalry and the horses beside them were bloody and bloody in the fire and thick smoke.
Until then, Bachina, who was hiding behind a tree with a bow and arrow, finally discovered that there seemed to be a gray-white shadow hiding behind a tree more than sixty steps to the west of him. Those two "shaking thunders" were Thrown from there.
Bachina didn't have time to think too much, he quickly drew the bow string, turned slightly, raised his hand and shot out. The bowstring made a "crack" sound, and plum needle arrows more than three feet long shot out like meteors. He was sure that he would be able to hit the nasty sneaker, so he ducked back behind the tree as soon as the arrow escaped his grasp.
You must know that in the "Bloody Battle of Shifengbao" in the 49th year of Qianlong's reign, he personally shot and killed seventeen bandits, almost killing them with arrows.
However, when he cautiously poked his head out to check a moment later, he saw that the arrow with the scarlet tail feathers was clearly stuck on the ground. Apparently, it had not hit anything.
Bacina said in her heart that she couldn't do it! There was a trace of confusion in his eyes.
1. The Qing army did not count their merits by beheading in battle, which was completely different from the Ming Dynasty. Of course, there are also those who kill good people and take credit, but they are either classified as "charging in the front" of "trapped formation", or they are classified as "siege of the city"; water battles are divided into three levels according to the size of the ships that conquered the place. 2. In the Qing Dynasty, there were also military medals called "merit medals", which were divided into five levels and could be used to exchange for the rank of "Yunqi Wei". In the early years, if someone could achieve first-class merit, the merit card they received would be six feet six inches long, more than two meters long! The second and third-class merits are also more than one meter long. Because the size of the military merit plaques was too large and inconvenient to hold, starting from the 24th year of Qianlong's reign, the length of the first-class merit plaques was reduced to two feet and eight inches.
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