Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 302: Desperate, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia made a desperate move, betting that Li Yu would not dare to be cruel!
Find yourself in a desperate situation,

The stubborn Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers may not surrender, but the Green Camp soldiers are definitely willing to surrender.

According to intelligence, a large proportion of the Hukou Green Camp soldiers are from refugee backgrounds, with no three generations to kill and no wives or children to look after.

The open-pit iron mines in Ma'anshan, the limestone mines in Changxing, the coal mines in Tongling, and the kaolin mines in Huizhou are in urgent need of a large amount of labor.

Li Yu wanted people to do the work, but he didn't want to pay them for the work.

Prisoners of war are the best substitutes! It can relieve the king's worries.

Of course,
Even the donkey grinding mill has to hang a carrot.

There is a hope for hard labor, the term is 2 years, and everyone can be released after the expiration of the term. When the time comes, we will recruit local workers and turn these people into construction workers. Contribute to the economy of your subordinates!
It is impossible to recruit them into an army.

The bad habits of these old green soldiers could easily contaminate the pure Wu army.

It's hard to change an adult unless you have enough money, or a knife that's fast enough! But it’s not necessary~
……

Half an hour later, the war horse stopped due to fatigue. The river is still so wide, and there is no possibility of wading across it.

Torgut will gradually disappear in the long river of history.

It is essential to be on guard against others. It is extremely possible for the Qing government to mix a few grains of gravel among thousands of people. Therefore, the location of the training camp should be in a remote area that is easy to attack and difficult to defend and close to a river.

But if they surrender, the Qing emperor will definitely be furious. With an edict, the scattered tribes will still be slaughtered by General Yili.

He didn't have a good personal relationship with the governor, and since he was a high-ranking official, he had no choice.

Half an hour later, Manchuria and Mongolia reunited.

"It's impossible to capture it in three to five days."

Shelen didn't speak, his forehead was already covered with sweat.

He stood on the edge of the cliff with thousands of Torgut cavalry under his command.

Maybe it can help Wang Danwang take a further step? Turn Fujian into a buffer zone.

Raozhou Fucheng,

Shelen's hands were trembling slightly, as if he had returned to the day he decided to leave the Volga River in the Obasi Khan tent.

……

After arriving with his troops, Shereng only glanced at it from a distance.

The forward troops of the 3rd Army have been stationed in Jinhua.

The word surrender haunted him.

The degree of unity between the people of Fujian and Zhejiang in working together to make a fortune is unmatched by any other province.

He made a judgment:

"The commander-in-chief ordered that the green camp soldiers cut down trees to make rafts, and the entire Torgut army moved north to cover the army's crossing of the river."

The security is tight, and the trench-low wall system outside the city is layered one after another, which makes people feel frightened.

This actually gave Li Yu some thoughts.

Qi Zheng spoke quickly and urgently as soon as they met:

All were accepted and placed in Tongxiang County for training.

If they all die here, the tribe's cattle and sheep will become other people's livestock, the young women will become spoils of war for other tribes, and the boys who have never grown up will never have the chance to grow up.

The mountain people of Fujian and Zhejiang are closed, but they are united! The main theme is that if there is a way to make money, you must bring in relatives, friends and neighbors, so that everyone can make money together.

……

"Scout up the river."

An Eight Banners messenger with a red flag on his back ran over quickly:

Wu Jun actually has no shortage of troops.

If it weren't for the deputy capital commander Qi Zheng and more than 1000 Manchurian Eight Banners cavalry who were also surrounded by the Wu army, he would have suspected that old boy Qianlong killed someone with a borrowed knife.

You know, 8% of the entire tribe's young people are here.

"As ordered."

Mainly because the people who were recruited with huge sums of money sent money home! Free money and simple ghostwritten letters from home are the best publicity.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Dahu sent a letter asking for instructions on what to do with the men from Fujian and Zhejiang who voluntarily defected.
Li Yu gave direct instructions:

suddenly,

Fortunately, the governor of Zhejiang, Wang Danwang, is sensible and has never taken provocative actions recently. He also took the initiative to explain that the several cross-border attacks some time ago were not his fault. Instead, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang personally deployed the plan and the Fujian Green Camp troops executed it.

"Commander Shelen, the current situation is very critical. Only if we cooperate sincerely can we have a chance to escape."

Deliberately borrowing the sword of the rebels to destroy the Turgut tribe.

Mountain people, miners in southern Zhejiang, and fishermen from Fujian and Zhejiang all have a tendency to defect spontaneously.

"Leader, what should I do?"

In this way, if there is chaos in the camp, it is easy to send troops nearby to suppress it!

Sheleng bent down slightly and put his hand on Yue Xiong's mouth:
"Torgut will always be loyal to the Qing Dynasty."

Qizheng looked at his pious appearance and whispered:
"My officer has transferred all the green battalion soldiers into the mountain. We are waiting for the cavalry to form a formation on both wings to resist the Wu army."

"Whoo."

Soon, Seleng understood the reason for this arrangement. Because the vanguard of the Wu Army erected several tall poles, and the vertical flags hanging on the poles read:

Only fight the Eight Banners, not the Green Camp.

The green camp soldiers surrendered to avoid death, but the Han did not kill the Han.

Considering the high illiteracy rate in this era, the vanguard of the Wu army also selected a few soldiers with loud voices to shout continuously.

……

Qi Zheng had already seen that many Green Camp soldiers were moved, especially the ordinary soldiers who clearly had bad intentions.

So he urgently ordered to withdraw all the tens of thousands of remaining soldiers of the Green Battalion, and under the supervision of the relatively loyal generals of the headquarters, they went into the mountains to cut down trees and make rafts for crossing the river.

One hour later,

吴军主力赶到，第2军团、第4军团、独立轻骑兵营、第3军团第1混成营，总人数超过2万。

However, there was no immediate attack.

Li Yu rode on his horse and opened his telescope to observe the battlefield.

Rolling hills of gentle lowland with a plain in the middle. There are several rolling hills in the area near the river.

He smiled and said:
"This is the best area for a decisive battle. According to my king's orders, all the Eight Banners must be wiped out in this battle, and the war horses must be captured as much as possible. The Green Camp must surrender to avoid death."

Several personal guards held high flags and ran on horseback to deliver orders.

Everywhere they went, the phalanx shouted "Long live."

It is an unwritten practice of the Wu army to receive orders on the battlefield. If the king is present, he will shout "Long live". When Wang Jia was not there, he shouted "Wan Sheng".

……

The louder shouts of long live cheered up the morale of our own side and made the Qing army fearful.

Morale is always an effective weapon!

An army without fighting spirit is useless even with the most advanced weapons.

Wu Jun is on the rise, and everyone from the legion commander to the soldiers has a strong desire to make achievements. Silver rewards, military positions, and houses are beckoning to everyone!

"Father, our battalion can be the vanguard." Li Ergou asked for a fight.

"My second legion can also be the vanguard." Miao Youlin also smiled and asked for a fight.

Since the 4th Army had no commander in chief, no one asked to fight.

Li Yu looked at these excited officers and drew his sword:
"The 2nd Army Corps uses the battalion as a square formation and arranges it horizontally in a standard formation!"

"The 4th Army Corps' second-line formation is half a mile away from the 2nd Army Corps' battle line."

"Everyone sit down on the spot, keep your weapons in your hands, eat first and then attack."

"As ordered."

……

The cooks carried big bags and distributed portable military rations along the square one by one. There were scones, fried rice and cut cakes, all of which could be eaten directly. The soldiers rested their muskets on their shoulders and devoured their food to gather strength for the battle.

After eating the dry food,
The cooks chopped bacon strips and dried chili peppers into large pots and cooked them for a while before bringing them over together with the iron pot.

Hot food high in salt and fat is the best food on the battlefield.

Everyone drank it up at lightning speed and then passed the empty bowl back, while the next person was still waiting to eat.

Hygiene, don’t expect it yet.

If you are not that rich yet, you will be happy if you can fill your stomach.

Looking at this scene, the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners four miles away were a little surprised.

Qi Zheng originally wanted to attack, but after observing the order of Wu Jun's meal for a while, he decided to give up!

The square formation is not in chaos, and the weapons are never out of hand.

Meals are also staggered.

For example, adjacent phalanxes no longer eat at the same time, but at intervals.

If one's own cavalry is dispatched, the phalanx that is not eating will quickly move forward to form a formation.

Moreover, Wu Jun's artillery was also in position one after another. The field light artillery was slowly advancing under the push of the gunners and was deployed in front of the square formation.

……

Qi Zheng looked back at his own side, and the bannermen were also silently eating to replenish their strength in preparation for the upcoming battle.

Someone took out a handful of white rice from the pocket he carried with him, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it slowly, then opened the leather bag next to the saddle and poured some cold water into it, swallowing it until his face turned red and his neck became thick.

Although uncooked rice is difficult to chew, it is a serious food after all. Eating it can always satisfy your hunger.

The Torgut horse team was eating biltong brought from their hometown. This classic marching food left over from the Genghis Khan period was comparable to rafter strips. Biting them directly with teeth would only leave a shallow mark.

The correct way to eat it is:

Cut it into small pieces with a machete, put it in your mouth and soak it slowly. It takes about as long as a cup of tea to swallow.

If the stomach power is strong enough, it is a kind of food that can provide the host with plenty of energy.

Of course, those who can survive thousands of miles of fighting in the Volga River are very tenacious!
……

"Du Tong, what are you waiting for?"

Sheleng urged his horse to come over. He was very dissatisfied with the current situation. Did our side wait until the Wu army had eaten and drank enough and its cannons were in position before charging?

Qi Zheng waved his hand and pointed backwards indifferently.

She Leng looked in the direction of his finger and took a deep breath.

I saw a dark crowd of people, probably tens of thousands of people, staggering forward under the threat of the Green Camp soldiers' swords and spears.

"Totong just wanted to~"

"Correct!"

Shelen sighed, not because he sympathized with these people, but because he lamented how the powerful Qing Dynasty had gotten to this point. In war, they actually had to rely on innocent people to block the enemy's bullets?

Just 5 years ago,

Emperor Qianlong took a tough stance and informed Catherine II's envoy:
"I have deployed a large number of troops at the border. If the Rakshasa soldiers dare to enter the country to pursue Turgut, it will be regarded as a war. If you don't accept it, give it a try?"

In the end, Catherine II endured this.

It's not that the old ladies were suppressed by the old man, but that the situation in the Black Sea has changed. Suvorov's elite regiment, which was already preparing to collide with the Qing army in the Western Regions on the way out, was temporarily transferred to deal with the Ottoman Empire.

But no matter what the reason was, the result was that Qianlong indeed won.

Therefore, the chain of suppression of the Qing Dynasty > Rakshasa, Rakshasa > Turghut is very clear.

……

There were tens of thousands of people who retreated with Qizheng from Hukou. They continued to fall behind and reduce their numbers along the way, and now there are still seven or eight thousand people, including many gentry, wealthy households, and scholars.

They were used as mobile human shields, and moved slowly forward, driven by steel knives.

Wu Jun's artillery phalanx looked solemn and began to prepare for battle.

The cooks hurriedly picked up the iron pot and left the phalanx. The soldiers stood up at the command of the captain, checked the flintlock muskets, checked the ammunition in the leather box, checked the bayonets, then put the muskets on their shoulders again, and aligned themselves left and right to clean up the formation.

More than a dozen rectangular red and black squares gradually shrank and became neat.

All the officers turned their eyes back to a gold-rimmed banner with "Wu" embroidered on it.

……

Under the great banner,
Surrounded by a group of senior officers, Li Yu casually handed the brass telescope to his personal guard, tightened his cloak, took off his gloves expressionlessly, and stretched his fingers.

Miao Youlin hesitated to speak, Zheng Hean was eager to try, Yang Yuchun looked confused, and Huang Si was uncertain.

suddenly,

One person said loudly:
"Your Majesty, the Qing army was in a hurry and had no time to build a shield chariot, so it sent its auxiliary troops to charge into the formation. This is a God-given opportunity."

Everyone stared at the man who spoke in stunned silence.

It turned out to be Huang Si!
He was wearing heavy armor and even had his hollow mask down, so no one could see his true expression at the moment. All they could see was a pair of hard-to-describe eyes exposed, with a cold gaze.

Miao Youlin's palm even trembled, and he quickly pressed the hilt of the sword.

For a long time,

Li Yucai took a breath and said with a smile:
"Everyone, please return to your positions. In this battle, I will stand under this banner and watch you all make great achievements."

Everyone accepted the order and immediately mounted their horses and ran back to the army.

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"The 2nd Army Corps obeys the order." Miao Youlin raised his sword high and shouted, "On the opposite side are the Qing auxiliary troops, trying to break up our army's formation to open a gap for the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry. When to fire, follow my military orders! "

"Do you understand everything?"

"Long live, long live."

The roar of the 2nd Legion was like rolling thunder.

Huang Si stood at the side of the military formation holding a long sword and did not make a sound. Beside him were 500 spear soldiers and 100 sword and shield soldiers.

In terms of cost, the soldier battalion is much higher than the musketeer battalion.

This set of plate armor is time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive. This is the premise that Ma Steel is promoting hydraulic hammers on a large scale, otherwise it will only be more expensive.

Manufacturing processes are always being improved.

All Babuta-style iron helmets have an additional attachment - a detachable hollow iron mask.

On the outside of the helmet at about the height of the cheekbones, two protruding rivets are added, which can just fit the hollow iron mask.

The elite soldiers in the first and second rows also have a pair of chain mail gloves that are woven from hundreds of thin iron rings and are as long as the wrist. Over a layer of linen gloves.

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"Go, go quickly."

More than a thousand green soldiers held spears and stabbed the people who fell behind from time to time, like sheep dogs driving away the sheep! Just move forward!

Qizheng turned his head and looked straight at Sheling:
"Commander Sheleng, you should divide half of the cavalry to follow closely. If you can break through the Wu army's formation, you will be the first to take credit for this battle. I also want to sworn brothers with you as different surnames."

"The Man and Meng family join hands to fight to the death!"

Sheleng's eyes were slightly red, he nodded heavily, raised his right hand and made a forward cutting motion.

The cavalry behind them blew their horns and slowly urged their horses forward.

Everyone was staring straight ahead, and the atmosphere was maddeningly oppressive.

Qizheng thought silently in his heart:

Li Ni, you are a scholar. You should know that the history pen is like a knife, and the evil deeds of massacre of the people will be punished with words and writings.

As long as you are soft-hearted, I will be able to break your musket formation today.

Then the cavalry broke in and turned defeat into victory.

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3 miles, 2 and a half miles~
The pace of the driven people became slower and slower, and the formation became more and more crowded, with people pressing against each other. Some people were crying and begging for mercy, while others were cursing loudly.

In short, death is right in front of you.

(End of this chapter)