Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 140 Qingtian is dead, Zhoutian should stand!Five (ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a subscription)
South of Fushun County, Rongxi Bridge Battlefield.

The battle here was fierce from the very beginning, the gunshots were like popping beans, and the bullets rained like weaving.The black smoke from the exploding bombs fired by General Weiyuan's cannon created clouds of smoke on both sides of the Rong River.There were also several double-heavy projectiles fired by the mother-child cannon drilled into the soil, stirring up wisps of smoke and dust.

All of the above, coupled with the repeated fighting between infantry and cavalry on both sides, constituted a bloody and cruel picture of war.

The firepower of the Eight Banners soldiers on the Rongxi Bridge battlefield is so fierce that it is really difficult to connect them with the invincible archer and horse.

In fact, in the original history, the Qing army of the Kangxi Dynasty had the strongest firepower of the Qing army before the Westernization Movement!
As for the cattle that "take the world with bow and horse", Kangxi never boasted.

Kangxi is very aware of the importance of firepower. What he likes is the sub-basket cannon that can quickly replace the sub-guns, the Weiyuan General Cannon that can fire heavy explosive shells, and the heavy siege cannon that can easily cost several thousand catties!

Seems to be a bit of a lack of firepower phobia
In addition to artillery, Kangxi is also very keen to equip his Eight Banners soldiers with shotguns. The proportion of shotgun equipment in the Eight Banners infantry is usually as high as 50.00%, and even many Eight Banners vests are also equipped with shotguns!

Moreover, the artillery and shotguns made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry in the Kangxi Dynasty were of high quality gunpowder, which was no worse than the European artillery and muskets of the same period, but there were not a lot of flintlock guns.

However, at that time, the armies of European countries did not complete the replacement of flintlock guns for matchlock guns, and the Ottoman Empire did not even begin to equip column-mounted flintlock guns.So until the Kangxi Dynasty, there was no generational difference between the firearms of the Qing Dynasty and the firearms of Western countries.

Although the artillery and shotguns of these Eight Banners soldiers were quite good, they did not cause much casualties to the Wu soldiers on the other side.This is because Wu Yingqi's choice of formation position is too ingenious, just avoiding the firepower coverage of General Weiyuan's cannon, and of course the shotgun can't hit it, only the single projectile fired by the sub-cannon can reach it.However, the mother and child guns equipped by the Eight Banners soldiers are very light, and they are used as direct-pointing artillery for field battles. Because the guns can be replaced, the rate of fire is quite fast, but the lethality is very limited.If the distance is far, it will only kill one person at a time.

And after the Eight Banners masters fired their guns indiscriminately for a while, what sounded was of course the shouts of the Green Battalion soldiers!

Another "death charge" by the green battalion cannon fodder has begun!

Their "death charge" has been fought several times, and now the corpses of the green battalion soldiers in uniforms are lying on the Rongxi Bridge and the open land in front of the Wu soldiers' position on the Rongxi Bridge and the south bank of the Rongxi Bridge.Especially in the place adjacent to the Wu Bing phalanx, there are layers upon layers, which is shocking.However, the Green Battalion soldiers on the north bank of Rongxi Bridge, still driven by the Eight Banners masters, launched wave after wave of attacks.

Moluo's Ganshan Green Battalion is the main force of this almost suicidal attack. They use the battalion as a unit, like a stormy sea, to repeatedly attack the Wu Bing phalanx south of Rongxi Bridge, one wave retreats, one wave after another to.

The reason why you have to risk your life so much is because the situation that was originally good has suddenly become very critical!

The mere [-] hundreds of Wu soldiers blocking the south of the Rongxi Bridge are the chief culprit for the sudden change in the situation on the battlefield!With such a blockade, they cleverly cut Yue Le's [-] Qing army into two parts!
Yue Le's troops, who were separated by Rongxi and the south bank of the Tuojiang River, were also flanked by two Wu armies, both numbering more than [-]. The situation was very critical.

If Leerjin and Moluo can't get through the Rongxi Bridge as soon as possible, and when Yue Le is defeated by Wu Yingqi's (maybe Wu Sangui's) two armies, then the entire battle situation in Sichuan will only have one word--the Qing Dynasty can't win in Sichuan. The hearts of the people are not supported by the soldiers, and the logistics are also very difficult, so they rely on the phantom of "the eight banners are strong and the heavenly soldiers are invincible".Once this phantom is completely shattered by Wu Yingqi (Wu Sangui), the entire province of Sichuan will have to surrender, and the remaining Qing army will be beaten by everyone. It is hard to say how many can run back!
Since the gains and losses on the Rongxi Bridge are so critical, the Ganshan Green Battalion soldiers can only be driven up by waves to charge the Wu soldiers' phalanx.

However, the terrain of Rongxi Bridge was too narrow, and every time a battalion crossed, soldiers had to line up in a crowded column. When crossing the bridge, they would be fiercely shot by the Wu army's firepower, almost like a living target!

Wu Bing's firepower is of course a little bit behind that of the Eight Banners soldiers, mainly because there are not so many explosive ammunition-how expensive is the gunpowder!Put it in a hollow iron ball and blast it out with a short tube, and you may not know whether it will explode or not. This is simply throwing money!

Wu Sangui's territory is so poor, and he has no conditions to spend money like Kangxi, but Wu Bing has a lot of shotguns and small bronze cannons!

Their shotguns are of the same type as those used by the Eight Banners soldiers, and they are quite well made.Wu Yingqi brought the elites of the Wu army to block the road at Rongxi Bridge, so the proportion of muskets in the infantry is not low, almost half, and they are all experienced "old guns". The enemy gets closer and then hits.

And their bronze cannons are miniature versions of red cannons, let's call them small red cannons. Wu Yingqi's troops brought a total of six this time. It doesn't seem like many, but they are all facing the guns on the Rongxi Bridge. When the Qing army bombarded it, the lethality was still very large!

Under the impact of shells and bullets that rained down like raindrops, the Rongxi Bridge, which was only a few dozen steps long, quickly became a bridge of death for the Ganshan Green Battalion soldiers!
Even if these Ganshan Green Battalion soldiers could charge up against Wu Jun's shells and bullets, their formation would be smashed to pieces.There are often one or two hundred panicked Green Battalion soldiers huddled together, which is the ideal "prey" for Wu Jun's Bamboo Lancers.

The impact of these bamboo spear cavalry is extremely strong, and if the infantry does not form an array, it will be impossible to resist.Moreover, they withdrew after rushing, coming and going like the wind, leaving only the enemy's corpses and broken bamboo spears all over the place, and did not give their opponents a chance to fight hand-to-hand.Not to mention that the green battalion soldiers in a mess had nothing to do with them, even the dozens of cannons mobilized by Le Erjin were hard to hit them, only occasionally killing them.

Le Erjin and Mo Luo, who were standing at the head of the Fushun County city and supervised the battle, were already sweating all over their heads and faces at this moment, and their official robes were soaked. It looked like they were fished out of Rongxi!
The Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Battalion soldiers under their command have tried their best - the Eight Banners soldiers tried their best to fire guns and cannons, and the Green Battalion soldiers tried their best to rush to the death, but no matter how hard they tried, there was no way to shake the Wu Army formation to the south of Rongxi Bridge!
Under their own eyesight, the onslaught launched by the Ganshan Green Battalion was once again repelled by those damned Bamboo Lancer cavalry. Moreover, the failure of the Ganshan Green Battalion came faster and more simply!
At the beginning, the Green Battalion soldiers tried their best to resist the impact of the Bamboo Lancers, but soon they found that the resistance was completely futile!It is impossible for them to stop the dozens of hundreds of cavalry who are lining up in a row, holding long bamboo spears, and roaring towards them!
So this time, as soon as the light cavalry of the Wu family launched an attack, the green battalion fell into collapse, and the cries of "defeated, defeated" rang from the ground to the ground.

But how can two legs run faster than four?

Le Erjin saw with his own eyes through the binoculars that a small green battalion officer wearing a plain gold cap seemed frightened by the roaring bamboo spear cavalry, and plunged headlong into Rongxi in a panic, but his water skills did not seem to be very good In this way, after a few splashes in the rushing stream, it sank, and never floated up again.

He then discovered that some veterans of the Ganshan Green Battalion were very quick-witted. Seeing that there was no way to escape, they simply knelt down and begged for mercy. There are so many ministers these days, not to mention that they are just soldiers. of?

The cavalry of the Wu army who rushed into the formation were quite happy to capture prisoners, and when they retreated, they still escorted dozens or hundreds of green battalion soldiers who surrendered.

Seeing such a scene, Shuncheng County King Le Erjin's spirit was a little broken, and he said to himself with trembling lips: "Why is Wu Sangui's cavalry better than my Eight Banners' cavalry?"

Mo Luo was also a little confused, and he just kept yelling: "Rush for me, rush for me. Those who retreat will be cut, and those who surrender to the enemy will be cut!"

On the other hand, Lu Yifeng, the alternate Daoist in Yunnan, kept his calmness rarely, and at this moment he was able to come forward and make a loud suggestion: "My lord, Zhijun, you can't beat me hard like this! The brothers below can't die in vain!"

In fact, Le Erjin knew it was impossible, so he gave him a sideways glance: "What do you think should be done?"

Lu Yifeng said: "My lord, don't let the humble official take people to find a few boats, let's build another bridge elsewhere."

When Mo Luo heard this suggestion, he also thought it was a solution, so he nodded and said, "Yes, yes, that's the only way!"

Leerjin looked around. The banks of the Rongxi River and the Tuojiang River were desolate!Where is the boat?
In order to build the Rongxi Bridge before, I have searched all the boats that can be searched around. Now even if I can find a few boats, it is not enough to build a pontoon bridge.

But he didn't have any good tricks now, so he had no choice but to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, so he asked Mo Luo to send Lu Yifeng a Ganshan green infantry battalion who had collapsed from the front line, suffered heavy losses, and was unable to fight anymore. Lead to find the boat.
When the Qing army on the battlefield of Rongxi Bridge was completely unable to move, in an open area in the northwest of Daguan Town, more than 20 miles away from Rongxi Bridge, two cavalry teams that met on a narrow road had just formed formation.

The one fighting was the [-] cavalry with bamboo spears led by Wu Sangui's cavalry general Ma Bao, and the other was the [-] Banners vest soldiers led by the right wing commander Garhan of the Eight Banners New Army!

Among them, Ma Bao on the side of Wu Jun is Wu Guogui's deputy general.

In today's battle, the Wu army attacking from Yibin was divided into two groups, front and rear, with [-] troops in the front, and the main general was Wu Yingqi. The task was to block the Rongxi Bridge and divide the Qing army into two parts.

There are 1 main troops on the back road, the main general is Wu Guogui, and Ma Bao is the deputy general. Their task is to fight the main force of the southern line of the Qing army ambushing at Tazi Mountain and Mojia Tomb Mountain, attract them as much as possible, and avoid Wu Yingqi fell into the enemy's front and back.

In addition, there are as many as [-] Wu troops attacking from Nanxi County, and the main general is Wu Sangui himself!Since Nanxi County is far away from Tazi Mountain and Mojia Tomb Mountain, Wu Sangui may not be able to reach the battle area until late at night or early tomorrow morning.

As for when it will arrive, it mainly depends on how many troops Yue Le will send out to fight against it?

Of course, it also depends on the outcome of the battle between Wu Guogui and Yue Le!

Zhuangzi, where Wu Guogui's troops rested this morning and noon, is also a certain distance away from Tazi Mountain, Mojia Tomb Mountain and Daguan Town.In order to ensure that they will not be harassed and blocked by the cavalry of the Qing army during the march, they can rush to the battlefield in time to fight with Yue Le's troops.So Wu Guogui sent his deputy Ma Bao to lead the cavalry first!

And Yue Le had already identified Wu Yingqi's (Wu Sangui) intention at the first time, and immediately made the most reasonable choice at the time - he did not choose to evacuate immediately, because he believed that Le Erjin and Mo Luo could Using 3000 troops to quickly defeat the 5000 people in the front of the Wu army, so he decided to send 5000 people to delay the Wu army coming from the direction of Nanxi, and at the same time concentrate [-] people to fight against the Wu army's rear. Team, this battle will be able to win a big victory.

In order to prevent the Wu army's rear from occupying the relatively open terrain in the northwest of Daguan Town, Yue Le also dispatched [-] Banner soldiers led by Garhan as the vanguard to hinder the Wu army's advance.When dusk came that day, the two cavalrymen finally encountered near a shallow stream four or five miles northwest of Daguan Town.

On the north bank of the creek, two cavalrymen formed their respective formations in the weeds taller than a person in the sultry heat of dusk.

Among them, the formation of the Eight Banners soldiers is a team of four hundred cavalry of the same flag color. They have launched a large horizontal formation and stretched the formation very long in an attempt to encircle the cavalry of the Wu army with superior strength.

Ma Bao, on the other hand, formed a team of hundreds of cavalry, forming fifteen dense two-row charging formations.Ma Bao personally took the center, and there were seven charge formations in two rows on the left and right.Including Ma Bao himself, every bamboo spear cavalry carried two bamboo spears about one foot five feet in length, as well as sabers, bows and arrows!
Every cavalryman has put on cloth armor and a helmet with a red scarf.

As for the Qing army, the Eight Banners cavalry temporarily gave up their most powerful "weapon" - house slaves!
Although many slaves may be better at fighting than the master, Yue Le still does not allow them to replace the master.When marching, the slaves can be served, but they have to come by themselves when they go to battle, otherwise the slaves will have the heart of deceiving the master.So all the slaves were left in Fushun County.
The soldiers of the Eight Banners, who had no servants to serve them, put on the heavy cloth face armor, which was very hot and stuffy, and the helmet that was not breathable at all, and rode a long distance in the hot sun. I was bored and tired, and some people didn't even have to drink water because they didn't have a servant to serve them (the water bag set off before it was full, and they drank it halfway through), and now their mouths are a little dry.

The relative of Xianglan Banner, the "Bear Killer" who killed a panda outside the city of Shunqing Mansion, is dying of thirst now, his throat is so dry that it is almost smoking!

He is a child of the Eight Banners who was born after the Qing Dynasty established the Central Plains. He was born and raised in the "Old Beijing". Waiting on the side.Even if a new army is selected later, there will be slaves accompanying them, and it is the first time that no one is serving them until this time on the battlefield.

He couldn't figure it out, why couldn't he bring two servants to serve beside him during the war?Who sets the rules?I can't come down to catch my breath after playing for a while, how inconvenient is it that no one is waiting for me then?
"Boom, boom, boom."

Just when the kiss was crying in his heart, a drum suddenly sounded.

Then, the participating leaders and assistant leaders who led the team began to yell.

"It's about to charge, check the bow and arrow, and raise the spear"

"Rush forward at the sound of the second drum!"

The mother quickly regained her mind, and shouted together with the others: "Hey!"

"Qingtian is dead, Zhoutian should be established, and the land will be divided, and the world will be safe!"

At this time, the opposite side began to shout slogans!
The sixteen-character slogan was shouted very neatly, as if shouted by a single person, and the voice was very loud and full of murderous intent, which made my heart tremble when I heard it!
The pro's attention was attracted by the neat slogan, and she stretched her neck to look forward, only to realize that something was wrong!

The Wu Jun cavalry formation on the opposite side is too neat, right?Why is it like chopping with a knife and an axe?Are these rebels in Pingxi Fan all fed up and having nothing to do, are they practicing formation every day?
Just when the mother was extremely surprised, there was a rush of drumming sounded from the opposite side.

Afterwards, most of the cavalry of the Wu army raised their spears, shouted the slogan "Qing Tian is dead, Zhou Tian should be established, equalize the land and divide the land, and the world will be safe", and began to ride their horses forward.

Not all Wu Army cavalry moved forward, but fourteen Wu Army cavalry in two horizontal formations began to move forward, and the horizontal formation led by Ma Bao in the middle remained motionless.

Although there were only [-] cavalry advancing forward, and only [-] cavalry in the front line, the formation was tight and orderly, like moving walls, rolling towards their opponents.

"dong dong dong"

The Qing army's second drum sounded, and the leading officers and assistants opened their throats and shouted.

"Rush! Rush, hurry!"

"Don't embarrass your ancestors! Go!"

That pro also acted very bravely, and roared: "Don't embarrass your ancestors! Charge! Long live the emperor! Thousands of years of Qing Dynasty!"

While roaring, he raised his whip, raised it high, and patted it lightly—but he couldn't hit it too hard, or the horse would hurt, and once the horse hurt, it would be impossible to run!The spear on the opposite side looks very long, and it will kill you if you stab it.

And there are quite a few people who hold similar ideas to that kiss!

They are all men who grew up in Sijiu City, and their minds are so vivid, how can they compare with the ancestors who grew up in the white mountains and black waters?

But when there are more people with active minds, the formation of the cavalry charging becomes a bit sparse.
(End of this chapter)