"Dong, dong, dong..."
Different from waiting for the Qing soldiers to take the lead in attacking in the past, now the drums of the bandit suppressing army sounded.
Although the Qing army arrived at the battlefield earlier than the bandit suppressing army, they could not withstand their large numbers. Moreover, most of the Green Camp soldiers were recruited from various places. With little training, it is natural that they cannot have strong military qualities.
Many of the green soldiers of the Qing army were guarding the city gates a few days ago, and many were guarding rivers, inns and serving as "urban management". In order to encircle and suppress Zhang Rui this time, Li Shiyao mobilized a large number of troops to bring them over to fight.
The Qing troops were quite elite before entering the Pass, but after entering the Pass, the Eight Banners' combat effectiveness declined rapidly.
Many times, the Qing court's victory in battles relied on these green soldiers from chaotic places. What counts is not having more elites, but having more "**** people."
At that time, Kang Mazi, who was known as the "Eternal Emperor", mobilized nearly 8,000 bannermen and horses to besiege 800 hooligans who came all the way from Moscow in order not to rely on the green battalion soldiers.
As a result, they were unable to defeat them, so they could only rely on more people to build walls to defeat them. Just like that, when I heard that they were going to transfer another 1,500 people to Moscow. This "Eternal Emperor" signed over hundreds of thousands of square meters of land in Siberia to others. This included Lake Baikal, which the Han people called "Beihai" and which was actually controlled by the Mongols at the time.
It is ridiculous that these more than 800 hooligans who fled from Moscow only managed to win the battle with 8,000 men and horses for a year after thousands of people were killed and injured in the personal conquest of "One Emperor of the Ages". Among the 8,000 men and horses who besieged the enemy You can imagine the amount of grain and grass that needs to be consumed. How many Han people will die to transport grain and grass?
The 1,500 soldiers in Moscow, which is 10,000 miles away, are worthy of the "Eternal Emperor" being so nervous that he did not hesitate to sign the "Treaty of Equality" called the "Treaty of Nerchinsk" in modern textbooks. This is enough to illustrate the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners. The decline is severe.
By Qianlong's reign, the performance of the Green Battalion soldiers after San Francisco was mediocre. This was shown in the battles with Big and Little Jinchuan and Big and Little Hezhuo, that they were more "bad" than the other party's troops.
Obviously the Qing soldiers and horses were more "bad", but they couldn't stand up to others, so everyone fought hard. Both Big and Small Jinchuan and Big and Small Hezhuo mobilized the "Jianrui Camp" built by Qianlong Xu with a lot of money to win.
In the Myanmar War, the two sides fought for nearly five years, and Myanmar also saw this. Finally, Myanmar proposed peace (the Qing court asked for surrender). In the end, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties gained face and Myanmar gained benefits.
It's ridiculous that the face of the powerful soldiers of the Qing Dynasty was slapped by Burma. For this reason, the Manchu Qing also killed two feudal governors, including Yang Yingju.
Because Zhang Rui's men and horses were small and well-trained, the repairs were naturally much faster than that of Li Shiyao's Green Camp. The green camp soldiers who defected to Zhang Rui in Guangzhou City also needed more training than the disorganized green camp soldiers outside, especially since they were still under the leadership of Zhang Rui's military officers.
"General, the rebels are coming soon. If our troops and horses don't rest and arrange themselves quickly, the situation will not be good if this continues." Chen Muqing, who was beside Li Shiyao, said worriedly
"I know, flag officer. Send the order immediately and ask the generals below to rest and prepare the square formation immediately, otherwise this general will kill people and establish his authority." Li Shiyao shouted anxiously to the flag officer beside him.
"Yes, general." The flag officer knelt down and shouted quickly, then ran out to give the order.
"Master Chen, have you noticed that there are not only a lot of rebels but also a lot of people?" At this time, Li Shiyao was holding the Qing Dynasty's few clairvoyance eyes in his hand, closing one eye and looking at it at Zhang Rui. of men and horses.
"Some of them look like they're wearing Green Camp uniforms?"
After speaking, Li Shiyao handed the clairvoyance in his hand to Chen Muqing. Chen Muqing took over the clairvoyance and followed Li Shiyao's example to look at the situation on the other side.
"Indeed, General. Could it be... could it be that the Green Camp soldiers from Guangzhou defected to the rebels?" Chen Muqing suddenly said nervously
"Surrender to the rebels?" Li Shiyao was stunned for a moment after hearing Chen Muqing's words, and then said: "This is impossible! Those Green Camp soldiers are not fools. This rebel will definitely be wiped out by our Qing Dynasty, and surrendering to the rebels will definitely be a dead end. .”
"I'm afraid what tricks those rebels used. Otherwise, why would there be such green soldiers here?" Chen Muqing handed his clairvoyant hands back to Li Shiyao and said
Li Shiyao took the clairvoyance that Chen Muqing handed back, used it to look at the situation on the other side again, and said: "Damn, it's true. If this is true, Guangdong is in danger!"
"Yeah, I hope we can defeat them with one blow this time. Then we can make time to deal with them." Chen Muqing was also nervous.
Li Shiyao saw with his clairvoyance that the Qing army's front row of phalanx men and horses were almost all lined up.
Originally, Li Shiyao wanted to make a wooden cart to block the rebels' muskets, but everything was too hasty, and he didn't bring any craftsmen with him this time. Li Shiyao had no choice but to give up, but in order to deal with Zhang Rui's musketeers, he deployed soldiers with simple shields in front.
To say that the green camp soldiers were sad enough, the court gave them a sword, and they even had to prepare their own shields. So not many people use shields.
Originally, the battlefield was not large, and the use of Mini bombs by the bandit suppressor army allowed the two sides to fight at a greater distance. Therefore, the bandit-suppressing army entered the shooting range without advancing for a while, while the Qing army on the opposite side was still desperately forming its team.
"Enter one hundred and fifty feet..."
"First row, get ready..."
"Fire..."
"Bang..."
A neat volley of gunfire sounded
Due to the Qing Dynasty's ban on muskets, and since the "San Francisco", the green camp soldiers in remote areas of Guangdong have had very few opportunities to use bird weapons. During the Qing Dynasty, news was not spread well, and many Green Camp soldiers had never seen one since their birth, so they did not know that there was such a thing as a musket.
When many Qing soldiers on the opposite side of the bandit suppression army heard the sound of gunshots, they thought they were setting off firecrackers somewhere.
"We haven't started fighting yet, why have they started burning firecrackers?" One of the Qing soldiers asked strangely to another one next to him.
"How do I know, celebrate their victory?" The person who was asked also replied incomprehensively.
"I don't think it's to celebrate their victory. It's probably used to pray before the war begins." The Qing soldier who asked the question expressed his opinion.
"Pray for blessings? They only have so many people, and they don't think about how many people we have here. A spitting mouthful of saliva from one person is enough to drown them. Still want to defeat us like this? Unless they can all pray to the gods. Otherwise, they will all be dead. One piece." The Qing soldier who was asked laughed and said
"Are you asking for help? With so many people, it's possible!" The Qing soldier didn't seem to understand the meaning of the person being asked.
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