There is no such thing as the Kangxi and Qianlong eras

Chapter 82 Fighting on the battlefield
It is impossible to be invulnerable to swords and guns, it is just a layer of bulletproof armor added to the lining.

The rate of wearing armor is not high because it is expensive, very expensive!
A low-end bulletproof armor costs more than 10 stainless steel knives.

However, although it is called a low-end version, it is invulnerable to the Qing army's bird guns, which are still in the era of matchlock guns.

The Qing army's bird-gunners were all stunned. In order to ensure accuracy, they only fired their guns after getting close.

According to past experience, they would launch three consecutive attacks, and then at least a hundred enemy soldiers would fall. Then they would change their swords and charge forward with the front army, using their superior forces to crush the enemy locally.

It's not that you can't continue firing, but the fighting on the battlefield is often very fast. It takes too long to reload, clean and ignite a matchlock gun. By the time you finish reloading, the enemy soldiers are probably right in front of you.

Often, only when a large army with sufficient troops fights, with cavalry raiding through the formations and the armies coordinating with each other in their detours, can the muskets fire continuously and until the barrels explode.

"All troops charge! The bird gun battalion changes swords!"

Fu Zhina reacted quickly and roared angrily almost the next second.

"Kill me!"

The Qing army had no control over whether the Han army was invulnerable or not. Now the only chance of turning defeat into victory was to charge with local forces.

The Zhenxiang soldiers came from the poor mountains and bad waters of southwestern Hunan. Among them were both Han and Miao people. But regardless of whether they were Han or Miao, their characteristics were that they were fierce, elite, and fearless of death. Those who were afraid of death could not become Zhenxiang soldiers under Fu Zhina, nor could they follow Fu Zhina to achieve great military exploits.

Even though they were horrified and frightened, they did not collapse immediately. Instead, they drew their swords and followed the rattan shields of the front army to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Han army.

The vanguard of the Han army also drew the Tang swords from their waists. The formation they used was no longer the original Mandarin Duck Formation, but a more conventional cold weapon square formation. It might be a bit crude, but who cares about that on the battlefield.

The vanguard soon collided, and the Han and Qing soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

"Kill the clear dog!"

"Kill the traitors!"

Different screams and roars intertwined.

There was no room for tricks. Even though the Han soldiers had stab-proof and bullet-proof armor and were not afraid of being cut by swords, they could not withstand the large number of Qing soldiers and they were too chaotic.

With several spears stabbing at you, even an iron man can’t withstand it!

Unlike the local Green Camp and Manchurian soldiers who had never fought a war, the Zhenxiang soldiers were organized to prevent and pacify the Miao people. Not only did they have to fight, but they also had to fight the fierce southwestern Miao people. Their combat power was not on the same level at all.

The Han soldiers relied on their superior armor and weapons to withstand the charge of the Zhenxiang soldiers, but they also did not gain much advantage.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Amid the sound of horse hooves, it was Fu Zhina who led the Manchu cavalry and the remaining Green Camp cavalry, harassing the flanks of the battlefield and engaging in a fight with the Han scouts.

There were too few Han scouts. Even if they captured some Qing war horses, these horses could not be quickly converted into cavalry combat power. At most, they were just some additional mounted infantry.

The Manchu cavalry's combat effectiveness was not very good, but their riding skills were indeed good, as these were their core skills. They might not be able to fight, but they had to know how to ride horses, otherwise their descendants would not be able to inherit their iron rice bowl.

Fu Zhina was very smart. The Manchu cavalry and the Green Camp cavalry were not as strong as the Han scouts, and the performance of the Han scouts before had also left a shadow on morale. It was unwise to engage in battle, but they could rely on their riding advantage to engage in a fight with the Han scout Le Hou.

Once the enemy horses are entangled and exhausted, we can then make a detour to encircle and eliminate this group of Han soldiers.

"Shhhhhhh!"

The Han scouts shot arrows!

The Han soldiers' cavalry was not as good as the Qing soldiers', so they didn't compete in cavalry and just shot arrows directly.

How to practice horse riding and archery skills?

Why did Nie Zi need to train? He simply bought 1000 civilian crossbows (spear guns) at once. They were not expensive, about the price of a stainless steel knife, and at close range, they were as powerful as a pistol. They were specifically designed to make up for the Han army's lack of firearms and the inability to train archers from scratch.

More than a hundred fish arrows were fired at once, and because the distance was very close, the power and penetration were very strong.

The Qing cavalry did not run in a dense crowd, but more than 30 people still fell off their horses.

Wearing cotton armor is useless, the recoil and penetration of the arrow can penetrate three inches into the flesh.

"Shhhhhhh!"

After the Han soldiers finished shooting a round, they took out the arrows and inserted them, slightly adjusted the direction without any effort, and then started another wave of random shooting.

More Qing soldiers fell this time because some of them were stunned and were caught up by the Han soldiers.

"Shhhhhhh!"

"Quick! Keep your distance, everyone! Spread out!"

Fu Zhina's desperate shouting was actually completely unnecessary. Under the threat of death, the Qing soldiers sped up their horses, trying to distance themselves from the Han soldiers.

But it was useless. The war horses on both sides were southern horses, and neither was much faster than the other.

This sudden acceleration caused some of the warhorses to lose their strength and slow down. The slowed-down Qing soldiers were either unhorsed by fish-shaped arrows or felled by the pursuing Han soldiers. Initially, the Qing soldiers were still engaged in a tug-of-war with the Han cavalry, with Fu Zhina even deliberately taking a leisurely approach, hoping to wear down the Han cavalry.

But in the blink of an eye, the crossbows taken out by the Han soldiers taught him a good lesson.

Who says that horse archery requires you to actually bend the bow and shoot the arrow?
Horseback archery is not exclusive to the Manchu cavalry. Han soldiers can also perform horseback archery, and their shooting speed and power are even greater than those of the Manchu cavalry!
More than one hundred Han cavalrymen chased the Qing cavalry, which was several times larger than their own, in a roundabout way, just like hunting.

The Manchu cavalry became the prey, and the Han soldiers became the hunters.

The prey struggles desperately, but the hunter does it with ease.

"Boom boom boom!"

On the flanks of the battlefield, cavalry from both sides were chasing each other, while on the front battlefield, the Han soldiers' artillery fired again.

The artillery position was reinforced a second time, the angle was adjusted, and the armor-piercing shells were replaced with solid shells. One shell after another was fired, passing over the heads of the Han soldiers and flying straight into the center of the Qing army.

The Qing army's vanguard became garrison troops, and the central army naturally became those militiamen with low combat effectiveness.

To be honest, these militiamen in the central army still haven't figured out what's happening on the battlefield ahead.

The most we know is that the fighting seems to have started, but no one has a clear idea of ​​the outcome.

This is also the norm on the battlefield. When a real large-scale army fights, reaching the level of tens of thousands of people, the participating troops that basically decide the outcome of the battle may be less than one-tenth of the total.

Most of the soldiers may not have actually participated in the battle from beginning to end, but just blindly followed the main force.

Why are you running? What a mess you've been in! Where are you going?
The most typical example is the Battle of Feishui. There was a traitor among the surrendered soldiers who shouted "The Qin army is defeated!" in the front. Then the 500,000 Qin soldiers knew nothing and collapsed inexplicably because of the blind obedience effect.

"Oh!"

"Ah, where did this come from!?"

"Liuzi is dead, and his head is gone!"

"My leg! My leg is broken!"

The central army, composed of militiamen, had not yet figured out the situation when they saw a large black object flying towards them.

Several people's heads were smashed open on the spot, and those who were lucky enough had their legs broken.

Despite the severe pain, he did not faint. Instead, he fell to the ground, twisting, struggling and wailing.

The Qing army’s central phalanx was destroyed!

Because they were all militiamen, in order to enforce strict discipline, they were arranged in dense formations and under unified and coordinated command.

Twenty red cannons fired solid bullets at once. Even if a few of them missed the target, the remaining ones could still kill one or two hundred people.

It doesn't have to be that everyone dies, half dead and half seriously injured, that's enough.

Two hundred people have already reached one-tenth of the central army formation.

Even if one-tenth of the ordinary Green Camp collapsed, they would be considered qualified regular soldiers. Even if there were militia officers at all levels to suppress it, it still caused violent unrest.

"Shhhhhhh!"

On the front battlefield, hundreds of Han soldiers held arrows and shot at the garrison soldiers on the side.

The half-armored and well-equipped Zhenxiang soldiers shot down a large number of them in one fell swoop.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Next came the grenadiers, who took out their hand grenades, pulled the white fuses, and threw them into the pile of Qing soldiers.

Under the terrifying explosion of sugar gunpowder, no matter whether the bombs hit anyone or not, hundreds of shells were fired.

The Qing soldiers were blown to pieces in an instant. The Zhenxiang Qing soldiers were more elite than the local Green Camp, but they were not iron men and were not truly fearless of death.

The Han soldiers took out strange weapons that they could not understand one after another. The power was amazing, even terrifying. In addition, the Han soldiers in the front army were "invulnerable to swords and guns", so it took several of them to kill one.

Under such a huge disparity in casualties, the Zhenxiong soldiers finally collapsed. The collapse was sudden, but just right.

The Qing army collapsed and the Han soldiers rushed forward.

Nie Yu issued a military order: "All troops, charge!"

Chen Younian, who was already extremely frustrated, immediately raised his sword and shouted, "Kill the Qing dogs! May the general win!"

After saying this, he took the lead and led his troops to chase and kill the fleeing Qing soldiers, fearing that others would take his head.

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