Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 225: Queuing up to be shot, injecting bravery into the Eight Banners Taijun
The captain of the soldiers said with a smile:
"A slave doesn't dare to deceive his master. It was Xiao Shanzi, a slave from the county prince's mansion next door to ours, who said that he went to Guangzhou City on an errand and said that it was as hot as the Flaming Mountains there. When the locals went out, they would find a leaf. Get in front.”

Mingliang smiled so hard that his stomach ached and asked:
"What can palm-sized leaves block?"

"Xiao Shanzi said that the palm leaves in Guangzhou are 3 feet long. If you block it in front, you can't see anything. It's gentle and airy."

Mingliang couldn't help laughing and asked with a smile:

"What about the back?"

"No need to block the back, it all looks the same."

"Shacai." Mingliang smiled with tears streaming down his face.

Marching is boring, and it's nice to have a servant who can tell jokes to accompany you.

This killer who loves to tell stories is good at everything except fighting.

When he was appointed as the leader of the Ili army, he wanted to kick him out of the army, but when he was patrolling the border, Karen got lost. This killer actually endured it for two days and left a skin full of water. Own.

"How many people and horses?"

In the evening, when the camp was set up.

In terms of maintaining combat effectiveness, it is far ahead.

Art is a lifelong pursuit and has nothing to do with money or gains.

You don’t have to respect the winter cold in Jiangnan, but you must respect the summer heat.

However, the night was uneventful.

As indigenous people, most soldiers in the military know the importance of preventing heatstroke.

Qianlong did not mobilize this army after careful consideration.

Wearing cotton armor in this weather is really provoking God!
"Master, unless you fight hand-to-hand with cold weapons, you can no longer wear cotton armor."

After this incident, Mingliang looked at him with admiration and promoted him to a core confidant!
……

"Well, pass on the order."

This made him lament that the thieves did not know how to fight. It's really unreasonable to not play Night Raid. I definitely don't watch Three Kingdoms normally.

Among the 1000 pioneers wearing cotton armor, more than 300 suffered from heat stroke, which was quite serious.

"Report~ A large number of traitor soldiers have been found gathering in the south of Jiangning City. Looking at the flag, the traitor chief is also in the army."

In the Qing army camp, Mingliang personally arranged many secret sentries and an ambush.

The temporary positions of the Li Jiajun and the simple tents are the best evidence.

Crossing the river was troublesome, and it was even more troublesome when horses died of illness in the hot weather.

There was no cavalry in the Eight Banners reinforcements from the capital, which made Li Yu relieved.

Not to mention this era, even hundreds of years from now, there will be no cure for heat stroke caused by heat stroke, and even gods will not be able to save it.

"Whoo."

Smoke curled up from the Qing army camp.
The civilian husbands and green camp soldiers who were temporarily recruited were busy cooking, taking advantage of this time when it was not too hot. Making a fire to cook in the summer is an experience that many people have never had.

It can be said that it directly increases the chance of winning by 30%.

A musketeer who has lost his formation is no better than a peasant.

Only fear of cavalry.

……

In the early morning, the sun has not yet risen, and the breeze is still cool.

In the end, he thought it would be better to use firearms against firearms to show the confidence of the Qing Dynasty!
If Li Yu could stand in front of Qianlong,

"No less than five thousand, we can't get too close. The thieves chief has light cavalry scouts, spying on our army all the way."

The flag men of the 1000 Firearms Battalion quickly took down their matchlock guns, gunpowder, and lead from the baggage truck, hung up their waist knives, put on their cotton armor, and acted as the vanguard of the entire army.

"Okay, deploy the 1000 firearms battalion as the vanguard and march at a distance from the main force to prevent ambushes. If the enemy's light cavalry peeps, fire away the enemy."

The army was a little depressed because there were more than a dozen people suffering from severe heatstroke and there was no way they could be saved.

The Eight Banners in the capital has a cavalry regiment of 3 people - the Xiaoqi Camp.

Of course Li Yu doesn't read Three Kingdoms. What he likes to read are banned books, such as Mei and Ji.

In addition to the Lord's repeated instructions, drink more water, drink cold water, drink cold water with heatstroke prevention herbs added, and Soviet-style mung bean soup (mint and candied date flavor, very dark).

After the sun goes down, we jump into the river in batches and cool down happily.

He will definitely be in awe and give a thumbs up: "Your Majesty, you must continue to remain confident."

……

The liver, spleen and stomach are already 70% cooked.

Very touched, very surprised!
A slave does not need to be talented, it is enough to be 100% loyal.

Once there is a loophole in the military formation and the cavalry seizes the opportunity to rush in, the battle will be over.

The Li family army is almost a pure firearms army. As long as it is a sunny day, it will fight against any army, even if the number is several times larger.

The soldiers' meals before going to the battlefield were extremely rich.

Someone has concluded that there are three kinds of food in this world that cannot be saved.

The first is to eat without one's head, which is a matter of moral integrity!

The second type is the meal before going to the battlefield. Qiu Ba and others were so angry that they declared defeat directly!

The third type is to have dinner together, and miss the opportunity to express your true feelings and grasp the innocence for the last time, which will be a lifelong regret!
……

Fucha Mingliang and a dozen officers sat in the commander's tent, eating relatively exquisite food.

One of the freshwater bass was fished out by the husband just after he went down to the river.

The commander of the left wing of the outer camp of the Firearms Camp looked worried and asked:
"Sir, are you really not wearing cotton armor?"

"Don't wear them, otherwise if this battle lasts for two hours, the soldiers may not be beaten to death by the bandits, but they will die of heatstroke."

The left wing of the outer camp sighed, wiped his sweat, and began to deal with a piece of beef fiercely.

He also has to fight in person, so be sure to eat more.

The leader of the left wing of the inner camp was from a distant branch of the clan, and his food was relatively gentle.

But he couldn't help but ask:
"Sir, won't our inner camp's artillery take part this time?"

"Yes, I want to get to know the thieves chief first before deciding on the follow-up strategy. I have read all the information about Jiangnan from the Ministry of War. To be honest, I can't trust those people. Our officials in the Qing Dynasty are not honest in what they say. ~"

Mingliang suddenly fell silent, feeling that he had gone too far.

Everyone pretended not to hear and ate in silence.

There was a "rattle" inside the tent, as if a dozen wild boars were digging into the trough.

……

Suddenly, a guard came to report with a strange look:

"My lords, the thief chief sent people to display flags and come to invite a battle."

The sound of digging into the trough suddenly stopped.

Everyone looked at the coach Liangming in disbelief, and the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.

Mingliang cleared his throat and asked:
"Has the Thief Chief declared a challenge?"

"Correct."

"Let's take a look."

A concise letter, after opening it is a flourishing calligraphy:
"The heat in the south of the Yangtze River is unbearable. I have come all the way from here. At the end of the Chen Shi and the beginning of the Si Shi (9 a.m.), each will send out an army to fight firearms against firearms. It will be a fair and open battle and a quick victory. Okay? Li Yu, Suzhou Prefecture."

Bright handed it to everyone to take turns to watch.

A tough leader slammed the table and the plates jumped up.

"The thief chief has gone too far to bully others."

Everyone agreed and asked for a fight.

The sooner we win this war, the sooner we can enter Jiangning City and be happy.

I have long heard about the reputation of the Qinhuai River. I must have a good time now to let the southern barbarian women know how powerful the men in the capital are.

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Mingliang wrote at the end of the war letter:
"What you wish for is solid."

Then he folded the letter of challenge and handed it to the guard:

"Tell the thief chief to send 4000 men each. I admire his bravery and will choose a good coffin for him."

……

Outside the handsome tent,

The flagmen are organized in units of assistants, with 6 people per table.

In fact, there is no table, so a cloth is spread on the ground, and a large basin full of food is placed on it.

In addition to various meats, white rice, and wine, there are also some snacks that Jingqi likes to eat, such as Shaqima, almond pastry and so on.

Everyone ate in silence, for fear of not eating enough!

because
For emperors, war is an art.

For generals, war is a career adventure.

For the bannermen, war is a blood tax paid to the Aixinjueluo clan, and every bite of the hard-core crops is eaten for free.

Although I don’t wear cotton armor, the load is greatly reduced.

But the hot weather, the fear of death, and the large amount of adrenaline secreted will cause physical exertion to be exhausted extremely quickly.

Li Jiajun, seven miles away, was doing the same thing.

eat!
After eating, he sat quietly and inspected the musket and the ammunition he carried with him.

In the leather box on his waist were 20 rounds of nitrated paper fixed ammunition.

The advantage is that the paper burns completely and leaves no residue.

……

However, today is different from the past.

The 3000 militiamen who were preparing to lead the charge had only one round loaded in their guns.

All the portable ammunition was replaced with small bamboo tubes filled with 25g (standard charge is 20g) of gunpowder and round lead bullets.

Last night, Li Yu suddenly urgently summoned all officers above the squad leader to teach a new loading method-the gun loading method.

Take out a bamboo tube from the leather square box, pour a little gunpowder into the medicine pool, and put down the medicine pool cover.

Then he held the flintlock musket in his hand, placed the butt of the gun on the ground, poured the remaining granules of gunpowder in the bamboo tube into the muzzle, and tapped the butt of the gun twice on the hard ground.

As for lead bullets, grab three or five in advance and put them in your mouth.

At this point, you can quickly take out one and put it into the muzzle of the gun, and then hit it hard twice.

Raise your gun and shoot!
This anti-process filling method almost made everyone present stupid. Omitting the step of solidifying the strips, the speed is very fast, but the power and range are greatly reduced.

Li Yu gave a demonstration on the spot and fired a shot at a large willow tree 30 meters away.

The lead bullet was still embedded in the bark, just not too deeply.

"Guys, who wants to stand there?"

Everyone laughed and joked, who can be harder than tree bark?

Lin Huaisheng asked calmly:

"My lord, what if the Eight Banners soldiers wear cotton armor and go into battle?"

"It's very simple. Then let my Guards go into battle. Use rifled rifle mini bullets to defeat these savages from a long distance."

Someone else asked:
"Then what if the Eight Banners refuses to fight?"

Li Yu sneered:

"They're all here, it's not up to them whether to fight or not."

……

3000 militiamen armed with muskets, and 500 musketeers of the First Corps armed with rifled muskets.

After leaving the camp, the team quickly formed four platoons.

In the distance, the flags of the Eight Banners Army appeared.

Flags of various colors cover the sky and the sun.

Flags of different colors symbolizing the eight flags appeared on the battlefield.

The formation is strict, the drums and trumpets are neat, and the armor is bright.

Li Yu opened the telescope, observed it for a long time, and whispered:
"energetic."

"It seems that Eight Banners is not completely bad, and there are still some things that can be fought."

It was clear from the camera that although many firearms battalion flag officers could not hide their nervousness and fear on their faces, their steps remained firm.

No looking around, no vacillating steps.

The Capital Firearms Battalion is worthy of being the strategic reserve of the Qianlong Dynasty.

They are present in every war.

……

Li Yu gently pinched the horse's belly and rushed out of the camp.

He rushed to the front of his own army formation, reined in his horse, drew his sword and pointed to the south:
"The ones coming from the south are the most elite legions of the Qing Dynasty. They defeated Junggar, Hezhuo and Jinchuan. Are you afraid?"

Led by the officers, the soldiers shouted wildly:
"Not afraid, not afraid."

Li Yu yelled again:
"All officers above captain, please step forward."

Whoops, dozens of people walked out of the queue.

"Unsheath the sword!"

Brushing, dozens of people drew their swords as a symbol of officer status.

Li Yu also raised his sword high and shouted:

"Lead your soldiers, advance, and advance again, and shoot wildly at the Eight Banners at a distance of 50 steps. He fires one shot, and we fire at least two rounds, and strive to fire three rounds, breaking the backbone of the Beijing Banners with a dense rain of bullets. "

"Zhao Erhu!"

"My subordinate is here."

"After this battle, everyone in the world will know the name Zhao Erhu. You are the nemesis of the Eight Banners."

The encouragement made his eyes turn red and his arms trembled slightly.

Li Yu rode slowly and patrolled the formation horizontally, letting everyone hear his voice.

"In the first platoon, all those who survived were promoted to captains."

"Anyone who is seriously injured in this battle and cannot fight again should go to the village office to manage a village for me. If you die, I will build a big tomb for you on this Yuhuatai so that you can enjoy the geomantic treasure forever. At home, my wife, children, mother, I’ve raised it.”

"Long live, long live."

Crazy roar, earth-shattering.

Even those who are timid and have distracting thoughts will be quickly infected by this collective crazy consciousness.

……

Fucha Mingliang, who was also watching the battle, was also greatly amazed.

If not for the uniforms, he even thought he had encountered a second firearms battalion.

Fully equipped with firearms, bright military uniforms, tight formations, and high morale, they are no less powerful than the Eight Banners.

"Sir, push the cannon up."

"The bandit chieftains are well organized and their morale is high. If they fight, there will probably be many casualties."

"Yes. We Eight Banners athletes can only die on the road to charge. It is unwise to engage in a war of attrition like this."

The officers suddenly regained their senses and began to give advice before the battle.

Mingliang was so angry that he wanted to chop off a few heads to vent his anger.

In the current war, shaking the morale of the army is a capital crime.

He had told everyone half an hour ago.

In this battle, whether it is an officer or a soldier, anyone who is timid and runs away will be killed! The whole family was exiled.

Those who hesitate to move forward and do not carry out military orders will be killed!

The first one to break into the enemy's position will be rewarded with 200 taels. The second one will be rewarded with 100 taels, and the third one will be rewarded with 50 taels.

Kill the flag-captor and upgrade to level 3!
Those who fight bravely and show dignity will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver each in the team.

A total of 100 people from each banner were specially selected to supervise the battle and record rewards and punishments.

The captain of his personal soldiers was not sure whether he should give his master a step, so he whispered:
"Master, the thieves are a little evil."

"Shut up. Get out of here."

……

Seeing that the pace of the Eight Banners soldiers slowed down significantly, Li Yu was a little worried.

Opening the telescope, I found that the Qing army was pushing the cannon outward.

This is too much fun!

Under his instruction, a cavalryman ran to the area between the two armies, holding a small flag symbolizing the identity of the messenger.

Shout loudly:

"My unit only sends 3500 troops to challenge the 4000 troops of the Eight Banners. How about it?"

In response to his provocative remarks, hundreds of militiamen stopped where they were and turned around to return to camp.

Mingliang and the other officers were trembling with anger.

If word of today's incident spreads, the people of Jiangnan will completely lose their awe in going to the Eight Banners.

Look, even the superior troops dare not fight.

So scared.

For the Qing court, which ruled hundreds of millions of Han people with a small number of banner tribes, making the subjects of the world doubt the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners was more terrifying than losing the battle.

The reverence of the people in the world is more precious than gold.

As a royal relative and a descendant of the Fucha family, he naturally knows all this.

He drew out his saber and roared with a ferocious expression:

"Send the order, stride forward, and resolutely defeat the traitors."

……

500 musketeers of the First Legion stood in the first row. Suddenly he knelt down on one knee and held a flat-ended flintlock.

The bannermen of the Firearms Battalion made a fuss and were confused.

This distance is quite far, it is estimated to be about 700 steps, and even a hair cannot be touched.

"No shooting is allowed. Anyone who shoots without orders will be killed."

"The thieves are shooting randomly because they are afraid of the might of our Eight Banners."

A member of the Guard Guards with blue flags and a shotgun guard had just finished speaking loudly when he saw puffs of white smoke rising from the opposite side, and screams immediately came from his own formation.

A doubt arises in everyone's mind? How can this be.

Especially the coach Mingliang grabbed a telescope to observe Li Jiajun.

There are no artillery, no guns, just hand-held flintlock guns.

The weapons of the thieves are so terrifying?
In the camera, the musketeers of the First Legion were reloading quickly with expressions on their faces.

Free fire!

The gunfire is not dense, but the accuracy is good.

The camera shifted to the firearms camp that was still advancing, and we kept seeing people being shot and falling down. Although most of them were injured, anyone who had fought in the war knew that it was only a matter of time before they died from lead bullets.

Lead poisoning will slowly torture you to death.

……

"Speed ​​up the pace and hit 150 steps."

The commander of the left wing of the outer camp promptly revised the military order. The formation could no longer be maintained and speed must be given priority.

If you march slowly, you will be shot by the enemy on the way.

After advancing another 50 steps, he was killed.

A mini bullet penetrated his throat and he fell on his back.

The right wing commander of the outer camp took over command and loudly urged the troops to run forward. As the distance gets closer, the casualty rate increases.

Because the Mini ball is played more accurately.

Li Yu observed this scene through the telescope and showed a cruel smile.

At this point, even if the Eight Banners soldiers found themselves at a disadvantage, they could only bite the bullet and move forward.

If you retreat, it will be equivalent to giving victory to yourself.

400 steps, 300 steps, 200 steps~
The blood of the firearms camp stained the land red, and the casualties exceeded 500.

Looking at the Eight Banners soldiers getting closer and closer, the musketeers of the First Legion calmly fired the last mini bullet.

He retreated to the back through a gap in the military formation.

(End of this chapter)