Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 495: Revenge, the Eight Banners of Jingzhou are annihilated

The gate of Jingzhou slowly opened.

The drawbridge is lowered.

Sun Zhengying took the lead and led the unarmed Green Camp soldiers out of the city in an orderly manner.

And handed over his seal and sword.

Zheng Hean didn't feel anything about Sun Zhengying's constant mention of "his ancestor was Sun Kewang of the Ming Dynasty", and thought he was an unpopular general.

I was thinking of reporting to His Majesty after the war.

……

He rode on his horse and gave a speech to the assembled soldiers.

"The Eight Banners of Jingzhou abandoned the city and fled. They can't go far!"

"Brothers of the 2nd Legion, catch up with them and kill them!"

"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

Morale is high and the military is ready to fight.

This time, the light infantry went out in full force, without even any flags!
Each battalion carried a 2-pound cannon in case of emergency, and only 10 rounds of ammunition. They carried as light as possible, just to catch up with the Eight Banners of Jingzhou as soon as possible and wipe them out.
……

6000 people, running fast and jogging slowly.

All the way in silence!

Try to conserve your energy as much as possible.

The 2nd Legion has rich combat experience. Although the soldiers are not actually very old, they have a long military service.

Zheng Hean was riding a horse.
He examined the marching performance of his troops and was quite satisfied.

The soldiers' belts were hung with all kinds of odds and ends.

Ammunition box, bayonet, simple matching tools, cotton towel, gourd ~
Behind him were bags of dry food, an engineering shovel, and thin bedding.

The flintlock rifle was carried horizontally on a square blanket, and the soldier could just hold the rifle belt with his hands.

……

Wu Jun's carrying equipment has undergone many improvements, and the belts distribute the weight reasonably.

The waist and shoulders should be properly stressed.

Well received by soldiers.

but,

Military boots have a mixed reputation.

The advantage is that it is strong and has ideal puncture resistance.

Soldiers on the front line reported that if they accidentally stepped on the bamboo sticks provided by the Qing army, they could basically ignore them, and that they even had some protective effect against the caltrops made of questionable material.

But, it's uncomfortable!

It's suffocating in the summer and unpleasant in the winter.

The soles of military boots are hard and uncomfortable to walk in, as if you are hanging a brick. This is a long-standing problem.

Even in an era of rapid development of materials science,
Many of Guo Jia's troops were still troubled by this embarrassing problem.

The controversy within Wu’s army regarding military boots has never stopped.

The current plan is that each soldier will hang a pair of straw sandals or cloth shoes on his back, at the discretion of the commander and the soldier.

……

Before the 2nd Army set out,
In order to march quickly and with light equipment, all members changed their military boots and wore cloth shoes or straw sandals instead.

fortunately,

Although the weather started to get cooler, it didn't snow.

Farmland along the way.
Some have been harvested, some have been left unattended, and some have even been burned.

Anyway,

The autumn grain losses in Huguang are definitely not small this year.

Zheng Hean, who came from a poor family, felt deeply moved.

but,

This is not something you should worry about.

When the war broke out, the people from the Civil Service School came in groups on transport ships.

The army was conquering cities in the front, and they were silently taking over in the rear.

……

Zheng Hean urged his horse to
Shout out encouragement:

"Quick, speed up and run."

"Our army must take over the fat piece of meat of the Eight Banners of Jingzhou alone. We must not repeat the lesson of Wuchang City."

Incentives are effective.

It is visibly that the marching speed has increased.

The soldiers cursed and started to trot.
"Kang Niang, Kang Niang!"

When the officers thought about how the 4th Corps had inexplicably snatched away the credit for capturing Wuchang and the 10 silver coins that His Majesty had rewarded them, they felt irritated and wanted to curse.

Even want to hit someone!
Find an opportunity to beat up the lone friendly soldiers and vent your anger.

……

The Fuyang officers headed by Zheng Hean unanimously believed that if it came to a fistfight, looking at the entire Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui entrepreneurial belt, only the Xuzhou guys were worthy of attention!

Xuzhou has belonged to Jiangsu since ancient times.

But the style doesn't fit.

The martial virtues of Xuzhou people have never weakened for more than 2000 years, which also indirectly illustrates the embarrassing situation of Xuzhou fellow villagers.

When troubled times come,
Various heroes coveted Xuzhou and fought fiercely one after another, chanting "Since ancient times, Pengcheng has been one of the Nine Provinces, and dragons and tigers have fought for thousands of years", and they regarded Xuzhou as their treasure.

Whoever controls Xuzhou will get half of the Central Plains.

however,
After the world was settled,

Xuzhou? Where is Xuzhou?

I remember deploying 10 elite troops there, so the people of Pengcheng can farm in peace.

Anyway,

As long as the world is peaceful, Xuzhou's presence is shockingly low, even not as good as some scenic towns in the frontier.

……

Front,

Gunshots suddenly rang out.

The Eight Banners of Jingzhou cut off their rear to survive, leaving behind 1000 people to rely on an abandoned small village to block the enemy.

Zheng Hean saw clearly through the telescope.

sneer:

"Leave three infantry battalions and one artillery piece, do not attack, surround them."

"Yes."

The large group of people bypassed the official road,

We walked 2 more miles and continued the pursuit.

There is only one official road from Jingzhou to Yichang, so there is no need to worry about the Eight Banners of Jingzhou changing the route, unless General Hengling of Jingzhou abandons all baggage and women and children.

Zheng Hean thought of this.
He urged his horse to rush to a small earthen slope,

shouted:
"Brothers, gather a light infantry company, carrying nothing but ammunition. As the vanguard of the army, run for your lives and catch the Eight Banners before sunset."

……

roadside,

An infantry company that boasted of their good legs and wanted to make a contribution (earn money) left behind a lot of debris.

then,

Run away as fast as you can.

Half an hour later,
They finally saw the dust ahead.

The lieutenant took off the gourd and drank a lot of water.
He tore off some dry biscuits and stuffed them into his mouth to replenish his energy.

After everyone took off their flintlock rifles and loaded them, they chased after them.

Not long after,

Then he saw the Eight Banners of Jingzhou running in a panic and with a bloated army.

There was a burst of gunfire.
More than 20 mounted flagmen serving as the rear guard fell.

……

General Hengling of Jingzhou, who was sitting on the cart, struggled to get up, covering his injured right arm.

"Report~ The Wu army's vanguard has caught up and is exchanging fire with the rear guard."

"how many people?"

"No, I don't know."

All the generals and officers present looked at Hengling with sad expressions.

Waiting for the backbone to make the final decision!

Actually,
There are only two roads, one is the road of life, the other is the road of death.

Way out:

The only 500 remaining bannermen mounted their horses, decisively abandoned all baggage, women and children, and ran westward without looking back, running into the Daba Mountains.

Dead End:

The whole army turned back and fought to the death.

The road of life and the road of death,
Like parallel lines that never intersect.

But according to the latest mathematical theory, parallel lines may have an extremely small probability of intersecting.
……

Hengling took off his helmet.

He rubbed the dough with his intact left hand, tears rolling down his face.

Everyone around knelt down in unison:

"Master, we must die together."

"Fight!"

"Yes, let's fight the Han thieves."

To be honest, it is the Eight Banners stationed in the Northwest that are the most courageous.

If it were a Beijing-style gentleman, he might choose to survive.

Hengling's face, which had turned pale due to excessive blood loss, also turned rosy.

He climbed onto the roof of the big car,

Looking at the familiar faces around me.

Do your best,

Shout out 2 words:

"Fight to the death!"

……

Thousands of people followed and roared:

"Fight to the death!"

All baggage carts were removed, and the war horses and pack horses were distributed to the bannermen to form the cavalry.

Hengling was busy distributing weapons,

He handed his bow and arrow to a young man:
"Sixth son, this is for you. Be alert on the battlefield and don't bring shame to our Xi'an Eight Banners."

"Whoo."

He then handed his musket to a rather colorful woman:

"Take it."

After thinking for a while, he took off his knife and handed it to her.

The woman's expression changed slightly, and then she said:

"Don't worry, General. I won't be captured."

Hengling smiled.

Still reminded:
"Don't be soft-hearted, or you'll live a life worse than death."

……

After chasing all the way, the Wu army's vanguard suddenly realized something was wrong and immediately slipped into a patrol inspection compound around the official road.

Light up a row of rockets to send out a signal.
The patrol station has 4 rooms, with a river behind them.

There is no such thing as a cavalry charge.

More than 4000 people from the Eight Banners of Jingzhou, who were determined to die, ate in silence.

Be prepared to wait for the main force of Wu's army to arrive for a decisive battle.

It is a matter of victory or defeat, as well as life and death.

One hour later, the 1nd Legion arrived.

With the help of others, Hengling struggled to get on the warhorse, holding a short spear with his only remaining left arm.

He wanted to die on the battlefield, at least it wouldn't be a coward.

500 flag bearers followed closely behind!

The cool breeze blew across the battlefield, adding a touch of tragedy.

……

but,

The atmosphere in the 2nd Legion was fanatical.

According to the pre-war agreement,
The city of Jingzhou and the eight garrisoned banners can exchange military merits for 10 big-head coins, and military promotion is not included.

not only that,

The seized gold and silver could belong to the legion, which was another large sum.

War horses, large livestock, and food must be confiscated, and the Army Department will give appropriate rewards based on the quantity.

"Get rich!"

A soldier muttered, pulling out his bayonet and installing it.

After thinking about it, he moved the engineer shovel on his back to a position where it was easy to use.

The Wu army was equipped with a large number of engineering shovels, with at least three in each squad.

To lose weight,

The wooden handle must be strong and made of jujube wood.

The shovel is only the size of two human palms and is made of hardened steel.

……

The 2nd Army did not use a hollow square formation, but instead formed a neat line infantry formation.

The few light guns we had,
Pushed in front of the line infantry.

All the skirmishers knelt on one knee in front of the artillery.

2 mile away,

The Eight Banners Cavalry launched an attack.

The 500 flag soldiers roared, clamped their spears, lowered their bodies, and whipped their horses desperately.

After the horse team,

It was the families of the soldiers who howled and charged forward.

As part of the city, the term "old, weak, women and children" is not appropriate, but "military families" is more appropriate.

Military dependents are also military!

These thousands of people were armed with swords, spears, bows and arrows, and muskets. They had killed people before and were familiar with the performance of their weapons.

……

The skirmishers aimed at the oncoming cavalry and fired first.

White smoke rose one after another.
In the opposing camp, people were constantly being shot and falling.

Hengling died first!

A bullet hit the horse's head, and the warhorse rolled over silently on the spot.

Such high speed,
Hengling was thrown out and his neck was broken.

after that,

It was trampled by horse hooves again.

In the end, he failed to realize his wish of killing the enemy with his own hands.

……

After one round of shooting,
The scattered soldier turned around and ran backwards, holding his gun.

Pass through the gap in the line of infantry, return to the rear of the formation, stop and continue reloading.

The rifled guns in the hands of the skirmishers were much more difficult to load than smoothbore guns.

The neatly lined infantry still didn't fire.
The front row kneeled on one knee with their guns pointed.

The second row stood with their guns pointed, while the third row extended their guns over the shoulders of the second row.

Everyone was silently waiting for the officer's order.

"Steady, steady."

"The artillery is firing, you guys fire again."

The officers raised their swords and looked at the Eight Banners cavalry rushing towards them.

50 feet~
40 feet~
10 feet!
When I almost saw the hideous and distorted faces of the Eight Banners soldiers,

The artilleryman pulled the rope first.

The few 2-pound cannons at the front of the formation spewed out white smoke.

The hot shotgun shells sprayed into the cavalry formation, causing a commotion.

but,
too few.

It was not enough to stop the cavalry charge.

……

The gunners ran back a few steps and then dropped forward suddenly.

Almost at the same time,
Intensive gunfire rang out.

Thousands of muskets fired at the same time, turning the sky into a bloody mist and causing the horses and men to wail.

500 riders are still too few.

Under the intensive flintlock fire, the army was completely defeated.

Only a very few lucky ones rushed through the blood mist and threw their spears hard at the soldiers in red and black uniforms who were loading.

Zheng Hean saw that
At least three horses did not slow down and crashed into the line infantry formation.

The soldier in front was caught off guard and was knocked back a dozen feet with his gun.

Subsequently,

These flag bearers who had successfully charged into the formation and were struggling to get up after falling to the ground were stabbed hard by the soldiers who rushed over with their bayonets.

……

Once the cavalry is dealt with, the rest will be easy.

The second round of gunfire sounded~
Thousands of Eight Banners soldiers' families who charged into the battle fell down.

The remaining ones were still as ferocious as ever, still charging forward with weapons raised and howling.

"Kill Nikan!"

The sounds of bows and arrows and gunshots rang out sporadically.

Among the immortal infantry formation, there were some injured and fallen to the ground.

at this time,

The officers have given the order to switch to free firing.

As long as the soldiers have loaded the gun, they can aim and shoot.

……

At least 2000 people died on the way to the charge.

then,

The 2nd Legion once again picked up its most familiar tactics.

The front infantry company,

The lieutenant yelled:

"Bayonet charge! Kill them all."

Then he led the charge with his sword raised, and brother No. 200 followed with a shout.

Hand-to-hand combat,
Some soldiers looked closely and found that the enemies opposite them had gray hair, or looked childish, or were wearing Manchu clothing with a waistcoat.

But his eyes were fierce and unruly, and he didn't look like a good person.

……

A 4-foot-tall kid with wolf-like eyes rushed over with a dagger in hand.

"kill!"

A Wu soldier stopped where he was.
He took a big step forward with his left foot, pointed the gun upwards, stretched out his left arm and right leg, pushed the gun hard, and the bayonet hit the kid's shoulder.

Then pull it out, put away the gun and put your feet.

Looking at the kid who fell to the ground, supporting himself with his left hand and backing away, with the sharp blade still in his right hand.

The soldier immediately followed suit.
First, use the bayonet to knock the dagger away.

Then, thrust the spear forward.

Enter the abdomen, pick up ~
He sank his qi into his dantian, squatted down in a horse stance, and exerted force with his arms. In an instant, the scene became extremely bloody.

The soldier, his face splattered with blood, wiped it randomly with his hand.

shout:
"Tube!"

……

Even the strongest nerves cannot withstand this kind of killing.

Just a quarter of an hour,

The surviving soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt in surrender.

The soldiers of the 2nd Legion surrounded the prisoners, exchanging glances, and it seemed that they were ready to kill them.

Since Wu Ting established his army,

The style of dealing with enemies is cruel and cold-blooded.

Besides,

On the opposite side are the remnants of the garrison who massacred the people in the city.

"Wait a minute."

Zheng Hean suddenly came up with an idea, a brilliant idea that would make him drink two more cups every time he thought of it.

……

He walked into the encirclement.

Looking around at the prisoners, I estimated that there were nearly a thousand of them, including the old, the weak, women and children.

"I can give you a chance to live, but you have to help me open the gate of Yichang."

"Let me be frank! I don't trust you. I'm afraid you might betray me. So I need you to pledge your loyalty and kill one of your companions first."

"Okay, let's get started."

Wu's army surrounded the enemy from all sides, armed with live ammunition.

They even pushed over two 2-pound cannons and watched this interesting scene with a smile on their faces.

……

Each batch is 50 people!
Under the threat of gunpoint, he surrendered.

as predicted,

This group of Eight Banners military families lack sincerity.

The first group of people who got the daggers turned around and rushed towards the soldiers.

As expected, he was shot dead on the spot, with blood all over the floor.

Zheng Hean was so angry that he laughed.
Pointing to the remaining prisoners:
"I am probably too lenient."

"Come on, raise your guns!"

Another group of diehards who howled "Long live the Qing Dynasty" were slaughtered into bloody piles.

……

Zheng Hean turned his head and looked at the remaining 200-odd flag family members who were kneeling on the ground and dared not say a word.

I thought,

The rest of this pile should all be cartilage, right?

(End of this chapter)