Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 462 Kangxi, the foolish king, hold on! (Please vote for me, please subscribe)
"Recover the city of Beijing and capture Kang Mazi alive!"

"Destroy the Qing captives, become a countryman, and divide the land!"

"Rise up, those who do not want to be slaves, their blood is already boiling."

When the sky was dimming, the shocking slogans and the exciting "Song of Datong" sounded one after another, and the harsh suona sounds and strong rhythmic drums also played together.One after another, red teams walked out of the eight gates of the Ming army camp. Thousands of soldiers followed their respective camp flags and brigade flags to form dense marching columns and walked towards the pontoon bridge on the Jinggou River.

Eight pontoon bridges have been erected on the Jinggou River for a long time - each of the eight divisions of the First Army and the Fifth Army has a dedicated pontoon bridge and a dedicated camp gate.Between the dedicated gate of each division and the pontoon, a small pennant with the number of the division was also used to mark the marching route.

The staff officers of the Military Command of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army indeed planned very carefully!
In addition to the cavalry, infantry and artillery of each division currently advancing, each division also has one of the most elite infantry battalions, an artillery team and a light cavalry team, which have long been placed on the north bank of the Jinggou River to guard It maintained eight bridgeheads while maintaining contact with the Qing army's front lines.The Qing troops originally deployed on both sides of the Beisha River began to retreat toward the boundary river. They discovered and reported it.

While the Ming army marched to the front line in a mighty manner, the cavalry and infantry of both sides had begun a small but very fierce battle on the north bank of the Jinggou River. Several small villages located between the Jinggou River and Beisha River were still fighting. There were bursts of musket fire and grenade explosions.

These villages were key points used to cover the retreat of the Qing army.Kangxi wanted to lead the Ming army to the front line of the Beisha River where they could be forded, and attack halfway across the river!Of course, we had to pretend to be retreating, so we placed mounted musketeers in these villages, asking them to rely on the villages to resist, and then run away on horseback when they could no longer withstand it.

However, the intensity of the Ming army's attack far exceeded the imagination of the Qing army's musketeers guarding these villages!
The troops placed at the bridgehead on the north bank of the Jinggou River were all "seed battalions" of the Ming Army, which were basic infantry battalions that were retained as "seed troops" during peacetime. They were all "Long March soldiers" who had served for a long time.Although during the expansion of the army, most of the "Long March soldiers" were sent out to serve as platoon leaders and squad leaders.But there are still many veterans who stay in these "seed camps" and continue to be "seeds."The new recruits who come in are all selected from the recruit camp and cultivated as "seeds of the future".

Therefore, the combat power of the "seed battalions" of each brigade of the Ming Army is not comparable to other ordinary battalions.In addition, the officers and soldiers in these "seed camps" are particularly eager to perform meritorious service. Not only are they able to fight, they also dare to fight, and they are also very willing to ask for war.

And this willingness to proactively seek battles allowed them to exert astonishing and powerful combat power that was beyond the expectations of the Qing army in night battles and melee battles that required the proactive spirit of officers and soldiers!

In the outpost battle in the early morning of October [-]th, the eight "seed battalions" that stayed at the eight bridgeheads and strengthened an artillery team and a cavalry team showed a strong desire to fight, and each sent as many as three infantry teams. Together with a cavalry team, they participated in the battle for four villages located between Beisha River and Jinggou River - this was the maximum force they could send before the follow-up troops came to take over the defense as permitted by their superiors!
In other words, the Ming army invested two cavalry teams and six infantry teams in each village. This was a full strength of two battalions, which far exceeded the expectations of the Qing army and was much better than what Kangxi had left there. There were many more musketeers in the rear in several villages.

These brave Ming army elites braved the dark night to advance quickly.And during the march, they also sent out a large number of skirmishers to cooperate with the cavalry operating in platoons, clearing out the Qing army's rangers as they advanced.Although there were sporadic exchanges of fire along the way, they quickly advanced to the vicinity of the four villages that had long lost their residents.

And when they arrived near the target under the cover of dim sky, the Qing musketeers guarding there didn't even know how many enemies were coming?

They thought they were just cavalry exploring the road, so they sent musketry cavalry outside the village to drive away the Ming army's light cavalry.As a result, as soon as they left the village, they were knocked down by the elite infantry of the Ming Army with rifle rifles and Mini bullets. Then they were attacked and killed by the light cavalry of the Ming Army. They suffered heavy casualties and then retreated to the village in defeat.

And the light cavalry of the Ming Army were all extremely brave veterans. How could they let go of those "heads" riding on horseback?He directly chased the Qing musketeers into the village, and while chasing them back, he stabbed the Qing cavalry in the buttocks with his carbine!
Although they were guarded in the village later, a large number of Qing army musketeers blasted out of the village and suffered some casualties.However, the infantry of the Ming army had already figured out the strength of the Qing army through their cavalry brothers. They also took advantage of the opportunity for the Qing army in the village to recover from the melee and sounded the suona of the attack.

Amidst a sharp and piercing sound of trumpets, the Ming army infantry rushed in, and then began to use flintlocks and grenades to fight with the Qing army house by house!

The battle around the four frontier villages decided the winner in a short period of time!
As soon as the Qing army's musketry cavalry came up, they were stunned by the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Ming army's infantry, their grenades, and precise shooting. Before they could even organize effective resistance, they were beaten by the Ming army and suffered heavy casualties. Crying "Failed! Defeated! The exposure is great!" and fled the village in defeat.

The tragedy of the Qing army on the seventh day of October began with the failure of the battle for these four frontier villages!

Just as the vanguard of the Ming Army and the Qing Army's musketeers were fighting for these frontier villages, the battalion headquarters of the eight Ming Army seed battalions and a team of infantry and the artillery assigned to them who stayed at the bridgehead finally waited. Arriving at the troops coming from the south bank of Jinggou River to take over the defense.

After handing over the defense, the battalion headquarters of the eight Ming Army seed battalions pulled an infantry team and an artillery team and advanced towards the village being contested.

And when they arrived, the "red background sun and moon flags" were already flying over these four villages!

The eight Ming Army artillery brigades immediately began to establish artillery positions based on the villages. When the sky finally lightened up, 48 6-pound cannons had been set up and could be used to bombard several nearby shoals that were crowded with people who wanted to retreat to the north. The Qing army on the north bank of Shahe River!
At the same time, four battalions of infantry, under the cover of four teams of cavalry, began to approach the Qing army that was crossing the Beisha River.

Those who were thrown by Kangxi to lure the enemy on the south bank of the Beisha River were of course not elite direct descendants, but the miscellaneous Manchu army of Prince Kang Jieshu. Since Kangxi established the "Feudal United States", the Manchurian heavenly troops would naturally be divided into Manchu direct descendants and Manchurians. It’s a mixed bag.

Of course, direct descendants do not necessarily eat meat, and miscellaneous people do not necessarily serve as cannon fodder. It is just Kangxi's best wish, and it is hard to say whether it can be realized.For example, Chang Ning and Ba Hai, two Manchurian bastards, were originally assigned the role of cannon fodder, but due to their good luck and Empress Yang's good fortune, they now went to Dongping Prefecture to "eat meat".

And Jieshu has been a cannon fodder in his life, and the miscellaneous Manzhou who follows him will also be cannon fodder Manchu!
Most of this miscellaneous brand followed Jieshu from Jiangxi and Anhui to the north after losing battles.There are also some real veterans of the Manchu and Han armies, but most of them are original Baoyi slaves, other households, householders, green camp soldiers, as well as Manchu, Han army and Baoyi domestic slaves.

These people were always used as cannon fodder on the battlefields in Jiangxi and Anhui. After arriving in the north, they lived a peaceful life with Queen Yang for a few years. They settled down in Tai'an Mansion, married wives and had children, and could live out the rest of their lives in peace.Unexpectedly, the rest of his life was not enough, and he was caught by Kangxi and sent to the battlefield again, and he was also sent as cannon fodder.

Of course, this cannon fodder didn't know Emperor Kang's clever plan. This group of veterans thought that they had been abandoned by Kang Mazi to serve as palace soldiers so that they could cover the escape of the Manchurian direct lineage, and they were immediately unhappy.

The Manchurian veterans of the Jieshu Clan who were originally lined up on the south bank of the Beisha River, preparing to fight and retreat to lure the enemy across the river, were bombarded by the Ming army's cannons, and then accurately shot by the Ming army's rifled guns filled with Mini bullets. Shooting, there was no need to pretend to be defeated immediately, because they were really defeated. Tens of thousands of miscellaneous Manchurians rushed to several shoals, scrambling for the first place, fearing that they would be slowed down, and shouting loudly: "lost, defeated" while running.

At dawn, when Emperor Kangxi, wearing a suit of well-made Western-style plate armor, was escorted by a group of bodyguards and pro-army "white armor soldiers", he crossed the boundary river and arrived at the Qing army's frontline Chinese army positions in the Beisha River and the south bank of the boundary river. The Qing army is encountering the enemy's "half-crossed attack", and it is already a bit defeated.

From the high ground where he was located, guarded by cavalry regiments with yellow flags, he headed south.On the battlefield on the south bank of the Beisha River, the roaring artillery shells of the Ming army were flying everywhere. Some of them hit the crowd of Qing soldiers crowded by the river. Several of them fell down at the sight of them, wearing blue coats and hats to keep warm. Hat soldiers!Some of them fell on the hard ground in front of the Qing army's formation, then bounced up suddenly and flew towards the panicked crowd, and then ruthlessly harvested their lives.

The infantry of the Ming army drew out thin "red lines" and fired round after round of long-range shots with their flintlock guns at a distance of a hundred steps away from the Qing army on the south bank of the Beisha River.Although the distance was quite far, the Ming army's marksmanship was very accurate. The Qing army crowded together by the Beisha River suffered heavy casualties. They fell down in rows, which seemed to have exceeded the level of perfect shots!

Some of the Manchurian miscellaneous soldiers were also firing back, but they couldn't fire a salvo and could only fire sparsely. There seemed to be no accuracy, and only a few of the "red line soldiers" over there fell down occasionally.

And more Manchurian miscellaneous soldiers, just thinking about escaping for their lives, ran as fast as they could. They crowded into a few shallow shoals that were not open, rolling and wading to escape. Some soldiers were squeezed to the edge of the shoals. , one step in the air and it sank. If you know how to swim, it's okay, but the worst thing you can do is throw away your musket and swim across the river.Those who didn't know how to swim were in dire straits. After a few flops, they sank and lost their lives.

However, Prince Kang Jieshu, who had already taken the lead in retreating across the Beishahe River, was quite brave and did not continue to run away - nor did he dare to run away. Kangxi was watching behind him!So he had no choice but to send out his soldiers and form a line of people dozens of steps away from the north bank of the Beisha River where he was sitting. Everyone unsheathed their swords and saw large groups of defeated soldiers wading in. Just before they It's blocked here.A few unlucky officials were caught on the spot, executed on the spot, and had their heads chopped off!Even so, more and more troops were defeated. Although they were blocked, they did not have the courage to go back and take the bullets. They just shouted and cursed, making a loud noise!
"Your Majesty! My brothers can't even get five taels of silver a month, but the Emperor's Eight Banners New Army can have two taels of silver from Ruixin Tang every month. They are all soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. Why!" "The Eight Banners New Army has all the money. It’s a flintlock gun, with cavity bullets and sleeved bayonets, but half of us still use matchlocks. There are no cavity bullets and insufficient gunpowder. How can we beat the explosion?"

"My lord, I'm sorry for you, we old brothers who have followed you from south to north for so many years. We are already old, so we only get married and have children. If we die here, what will happen to our wives and children at home?"

"Your Majesty, give the order to withdraw! There is no way we can fight this battle, and that stupid king doesn't care whether we live or die!"

"That's right! The world is so corrupt, and it's all thanks to that foolish king. Originally, Grand Master Ao ruled the world, and the country was peaceful and the people were safe. How easy was the life of our banner people? Who knew that his little pockmarked our Grand Master Ao?"

I don’t know who is so mean-tongued that he actually scolded the emperor and mentioned that Taishi Ao, a no-name Manchu, was probably a genuine old Manchu who came from Beijing together with Prince Kang Jieshu!
After all these years of consumption, there are not many of this number left in Jieshu's army.

Jieshu heard what this man said and knew his identity, and he resonated with him for a while - he missed Taishi Ao too!How comfortable was life when Master Ao was here?He is a prince who eats, drinks and has fun every day
His sadness made more people scold the emperor and want to worship him.

"Our Qing Dynasty was defeated by that pockmarked emperor! Now he wants us men to die and take bullets. Are we still fucking human beings?"

"He has no conscience. He is capable of stealing the Yellow River, and yet he still wants to blame Prince Gong. He is so damn despicable and shameless. He is not worthy of being a king!"

"Yes, Kangxi was not a human being. We cannot bury him with him."

Okay, scold the emperor in front of the army!

Those who didn’t know thought they were the Republican Ming Army on the opposite side!

Jie Shu, who had resonated with the officers and soldiers below, finally came to his senses at this time. The emperor was still supervising the battle from behind!If he heard this, would Jieshu, the Qing prince, be regarded as such?Oh, it’s okay if it’s inappropriate!He was an Aixinjueluo prince, and Kangxi, a cheater, had dug up the Yellow River before. How could he be spared by the other side, Aixinjueluo?
Thinking of this, he quickly shouted: "Stop talking, stop talking. The emperor didn't run away, the emperor is supervising the battle from behind!"

But the people below have already scolded him, so who cares what the clay Buddha-like prince is yelling about?
For a time, there was a lot of curses on the north bank of Beisha River!
Among the scoldings, there were two words that were shouted the loudest: "Kangxi" and "Faint King"!
In the midst of this shouting and cursing, Kangxi came!

Kangxi's plan was to lure the enemy deep, and then set up a last-ditch formation to give the Ming army a half-crossing attack!

This plan is very good and the tactics are very clever, but the execution seems a bit complicated.

It's not easy to lure the enemy deep... Hu Yiqiang did a good job before.Successfully lured Kangxi in!

Now it's Prince Kang Jieshu's turn to seduce him... Jieshu seems to be unable to seduce him!

The Ming army's brigade had just left camp and were lining up to cross the Jinggou River. They had not yet fully formed their offensive formation.Jieshu's army has already "failed to be defeated" and is about to collapse!
These tens of thousands of people were beaten by several thousand leading troops of the Ming Army, with bruises and swollen faces. They were even beaten halfway across the river - they were hit halfway across the river when they were escaping!

If this continues, there will be no need to wait for Li Zhongshan's army to come up. The thousands of elite Ming troops in front of them will be able to drive the defeated army across the Beisha River.

This is great. More than 1 people "fake defeat" and only lured the enemy to a few thousand... How to fight next?
We can't let Kangxi's tens of thousands of troops be "forced" into a last-ditch fight in just a few days, right?This is too fake!

Therefore, Kangxi had no choice but to move forward with the cavalry with yellow flags and his bodyguards in white armor, trying to use his imperial power to cheer up the defeated troops and let them turn back to fight for a while.

As a result, when he led the cavalry and approached the royal flags of Kang Qing and Wang Jieshu, he heard the shouts of "Kangxi" and "Faint King"!
This made Kangxi very angry... It would be fine if the Ming army scolded him, but why did Jieshu's soldiers scold him like this?

Could it be that in the past few years, he has united the princes, opened up his voice, and asked the king and ministers to discuss politics? As a result, the princes and ministers under him dared to curse the emperor casually?
If this continues, won't the Qing Dynasty lose its generals?

Just when Kangxi was about to have an attack, someone suddenly pulled his reins: "Your Majesty, calm down..."

"Are you still angry?" Kangxi turned his head and saw that the person you were trying to persuade him to calm down was his confidant, the eunuch chief Xiao Guizi.

Nowadays, the princes and ministers of the Qing Dynasty are relatively powerful, and there are not many ministers that Kangxi can absolutely trust.

As a result, the status of eunuchs like Xiao Guizi naturally improved.Although it cannot be compared with the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, Xiao Guizi now also wears "white armor" and turned out to be one of the general managers of the guards.

Xiao Guizi came to Kangxi's side: "Your Majesty, we are facing a formidable enemy. It's rare to be confused..."

"But they..." Kangxi was still very angry.

Moreover, as soon as he is the emperor, he is also dignified by letting his subordinates scold him like this!
At this moment, cheers suddenly sounded from the other side of the Beisha River: "General of the King of England, General of the King of England..."

It turned out that Li Zhongshan, escorted by Shanziying, appeared in front of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers who were forming their team.

Xiao Guizi heard the shout from the other side and had an idea. She raised her arms and shouted: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live the emperor!"

When he shouted, the surrounding guards and yellow flag cavalry also shouted together. After a while, all the Qing troops on the north bank of Beisha River followed the mountain and shouted long live... Finally, the shouts of a few people were suppressed!
(End of this chapter)