The junction of Shan County and Feng County
At this time, both sides deployed troops and horses, preparing to fight to the death.
But when you look closer, you can see that both sides are holding wooden knives and guns, and even the bayonets are made of wood.
Therefore, this is just an exercise between the two parties.
In fact, both parties have signed an agreement, so it is not necessary to engage in such an exercise. But Aliha Edoba told Hesheli Harehe that he may not really be the only envoy of Qianlong, so if the two sides had never fought once, it would be difficult for him to explain to Qianlong.
Hesheli Harlech had no choice but to spend another two thousand taels of silver to ask the Yi army to send out help to conduct such a drill, and let those who paid the "life-saving" silver know that they could hand in the "life-saving" silver. "Saving one's life" money is a lucky thing.
Otherwise, when they actually go to the battlefield, they won’t know how they died.
Of course, the two thousand taels of silver spent could not really come from Hesheli Harekh.
Since Hesheli Harlech is willing to give money, Yijun is more or less interested. What's more, practicing with the Eight Banners recruits can also train your own recruits' bayonet skills, so that they will not look timid on the battlefield in the future and cause greater casualties.
"Start the war..."
The drums beat loudly and the charging bugle sounds...
The rules were agreed upon by both parties. No matter who it was, as long as the body, head and thighs were tattooed with red, they would be deemed to have died in battle and must lie on the ground and not move again. Violators will be severely punished by military law, during which officers will maintain discipline.
The war was about to break out, and both sides began to mobilize and charge.
The Qing army used the square formation in traditional tactics to charge, while the Yi army used the three-by-three system of charge that was conventionally trained in their army.
The three-three system seems to be a very simple combination, but it requires a lot of training to run in and finally master it.
The biggest special feature of the three-by-three system is that only a few players are needed to draw a long front. At this time, the Yi army released only a regiment of nearly a thousand people, but the Qing army on the opposite side saw tens of thousands of people, and the mountains and plains were filled with people.
Such a huge scene is indescribably nervous for the Eight Banners recruits who have been neglecting training. If they hadn't known that the swords they were holding were just wooden swords, they wouldn't have killed them. They would have wanted to drop the weapons in their hands, turn around and run away.
"The Yi Army is really terrifying. If you really encounter them on the battlefield, just run away if you can!" Looking at the menacing Yi Army soldiers, an Eight Banners recruit couldn't help but stop charging, even holding a weapon in his hand. They couldn't help but tremble a little, and after taking a deep swallow, they said to their friends next to them.
"Yes! No wonder my cousin pulled me when he was leaving and said, no matter what, I have to pay 'life-saving money'. My cousin doesn't want you to be as helpless as me when facing despair. I thought my cousin was Just kidding," his friend replied.
...
The charge was short-lived. As soon as these Eight Banners recruits came face to face with the charging Yijun, they immediately fell to the ground.
The three-three system uses a small team to divide the whole, and then it is a style of three people dealing with one.
One block, one tease, one thrust.
With the skilled cooperation of the three people, the entire three-person team is like a killing machine that never knows how to tire, killing people in seconds.
So many Eight Banners recruits felt their bodies and heads hurting before they could react. They couldn't help but squat down holding the pain point. This was only possible because the wooden bayonet on the opposite side was wrapped with a strip of red cloth. , if their military thorns were really used, the consequences would be beyond their imagination.
A thousand Yijun troops faced off against three thousand trained soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, but at a very small cost of "death in battle", the opponent was unable to fight back until they completely surrendered.
This result was nothing to the Eight Banners recruits who surrendered. After all, others either surrendered or were "killed", and it was normal for them to surrender themselves.
But for Yijun, who was sentenced to "death in action," this was simply a shame and a great humiliation. He didn't know how he would be laughed at when he returned. He could only secretly swear in his heart that he would have to train harder so that he could not do it the next time he drilled. He would "die" so cowardly.
So in the following days, almost every three months, both parties will inevitably come to perform this time.
Slowly, with the deliberate push from Yi Chao, it became at least once a month. So much so that the officers responsible for bringing in the Eight Banners recruits for training were all familiar with the officials from the Yijun side, and they could greet each other by name when they met.
The exercise didn't take long, and it was over in just half an hour.
The next step is for both parties to prepare their own meals, and after eating, they go back to their respective homes.
In the Qing Dynasty, because Hesheli Halley had been deducting military rations, the food had not been very good. Although Hershey Halley also specially approved a lot of good things for this military exercise, compared with the food on the Yijun position opposite, it was still far behind.
The Manchu food here is just a steamed bun, a flatbread, a bowl of broth per person, a small piece of meat, and some pickles.
Even if it was just such a simple meal, the Eight Banners soldiers who were hungry after the drill were full of joy.
But as the fragrance wafted from the other side, someone ran to the other side to take a look.
Good guy, there are rice, steamed buns, flatbreads, braised pork with potatoes, mapo tofu, braised pig's feet with soybeans, fresh meat soup, salted fish, canned meat, bean sprouts, cabbage and many other dishes on the other side. The soldiers chose.
"Da Yi, are you really so rich?"
Even the Eight Banners officers who always had small stoves to eat couldn't help but ask enviously when they saw the food on the opposite side.
None of the officers like them can afford such good food!
After the generals on the opposite side warmly greeted them several times, the Eight Banners officers slowly and naturally went to the opposite side to have a meal. Later, they felt as if they had returned to their own homes, following the Yijun before the drill. The generals greeted them in advance, prepared more food for them, and then brought their own men and horses to eat together.
Regarding this phenomenon, the Yijun generals did not reject it, and they did not even have any disgust at all. They seemed to enjoy hearing it.
...
At this time, the thoughts of Harji Noqi, the eldest son of the general stationed in Kaifeng Mancheng, came back again.
As Harji Noqi, who had also participated in recruit training, naturally ate the food at the Yi army camp. He tried to resist, but in the end he understood that the rise of Da Yi must be unstoppable.
Even though his father was a Manchu garrison general, he still had to consider the future of the people around him.
