Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 314 Qin Army PK Green Battalion Soldiers

Under the blue sky, there are mountains with many peaks and peaks, and there is a vast wilderness in front of the mountains.

The two armies met here, the Qing army on one side and the Ming army on the other, hundreds of meters apart, both overwhelming, boundless, and neatly chopped like knives and axes.

Today's weather is fine and the visibility is high. Both sides are densely armored, battle flags are hunting, swords and guns are like ears of wheat, swords and halberds are like hemp forests, people are like fierce tigers, and the horses are full of joy and power.

Yue Le, who was covered in armor, was sitting on the horse, next to Man Dahai, who was fully armed, and the two young men from the Tartars turned their mouths away, looking at the Ming army on the other side, showing extremely disdainful expressions.

In their view, the Ming army actually confronted them in the wild like this. First, they did not dig trenches and repair trenches, and second, they did not deploy weapons.Really overwhelmed!

Yue Le waved the green flag, and Tong Yangjia couldn't wait a long time ago. The 5000 cavalry he led formed a square formation, like a giant chariot, rumbling out, and the momentum of tens of thousands of horses galloping, like overwhelming mountains and seas, rolling iron currents, unstoppable .

Lin Yi, who was immediately on the high ground here, also observed the Qing army on the opposite side for a long time.This is not the first time Lin Yi has come into contact with the Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers. Their legends and their fighting power have long been known to him.Since he had defeated them many times, Ji Dong had long dismissed the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

But today is different. When Lin Yi saw the Qing soldiers on the opposite side, they were no longer dressed as soldiers of the Eight Banners, and there were no distinctions between Zhenghuang Banner, Bordered Yellow Flag, Zhenglan Flag, Bordered Blue Flag, Zhengbai Flag, Bordered White Flag, Red Flag and Bordered Red Flag. Yes, all green flags.

This made Ji Dong immediately think of a concept - the Green Battalion.

The Green Battalion was a very important unit in the history of the Qing Dynasty. It can be said that it basically ran through the entire history of the Qing Dynasty.

If it is said that the Eight Banners of Manchuria created the Qing Dynasty, then the Green Battalion was strong and continued the Qing Dynasty.

Historically, the green battalion soldiers of the Qing Dynasty appeared in the early years of Shunzhi. The biggest difference from the Eight Banners Army was that this army was composed of Han people who surrendered. It absorbed the strengths of the Ming Army and adopted the establishment of the Ming Army. become.

He was much more than the Eight Banners Army, reaching 60 at the most, and became the standing armed forces of the Qing Dynasty. He wiped out the anti-Qing armed forces in the late Ming Dynasty and suppressed the San Francisco Rebellion. function that cannot be exerted.

Before the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the Green Battalion had always been the elite troops of the Qing Dynasty.Now this is a newly established branch, or something called a new thing, which came into being along with the new Qing Dynasty.

According to the law of historical development, new things have strong vitality, so they can replace old things.It's like changing a dynasty, the old dynasty is corrupt and the new dynasty is full of vitality, so it can overthrow the old dynasty and replace it.

Now the green battalion is also a thriving army in the Qing Dynasty, and its main body is the Han people near Shengjing.

Shengjing is now Shenyang, and now he is the capital of the Qing Dynasty. This generation of Han people could be called Liao people at that time.

The Liao people at that time were very powerful, because this generation was a mixed generation of Manchu and Han. Out of the nature of self-preservation, some things were for business. Therefore, they all have a tradition of martial arts. The typical ones are the Tong family and the ancestor family. martial arts family.

The Tong family has long surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The Tong family was originally a big businessman who did business with the Jin people, and later became a veteran big traitor. The most representative brothers are Tong Yang and Tong Yangjia. They are anti-Ming and pro-Qing Vanguard.

Not to mention the ancestral family in Liaodong, it is Zu Dashou's family, and their family is a family of martial arts, not to mention the previous generations, Zu Dashou's family, the family is very large, what Zu Dabi, Zu Dale, Zu Zeqing, Zu Zeyuan, etc., are all generals. The famous Guanning Iron Cavalry is mainly composed of servants from the ancestral family, which shows the prosperity of their family and the prosperity of martial arts.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there were still many families of martial arts like the Zu family and the Tong family in the Liaodong area.

Therefore, after the Han people here were networked by the Manchurian Tartars, they formed a new army, the Green Battalion, and trained them. Their combat power can be imagined, and it can be said that it is not inferior to the Eight Banners Army at all.

Therefore, Ji Dong didn't dare to underestimate the team in front of him, but facing the iron cavalry rolling in front of him, Ji Dong didn't use his trump card, but let the Invincible Battalion attack.

The Invincible Battalion is Sun Chuanting's Qin Army. Although the combat power of Lin Yi's army is among the best, it is definitely not first-class.

The reason why Lin Yi sent the Invincible Battalion first was of course his own plan. He wanted to see how powerful the Green Battalion was. He also wanted to see how the Qin Army, one of the three major armies in the late Ming Dynasty, compared with the Green Battalion of the Qing Army. , who is better.

There are now more than 4000 people in the Invincible Battalion, and there are two generals in command, Zuo Yi and Zheng Jiadong. These are Sun Chuanting's former commanders of the left army and the commander of the right army.

Since Lin Yi rescued them, he also obeyed Sun Chuanting's order. They regarded Lin Yi as their new master, loyal and benefactor. Battle exploits.

After they got Ji Dong's order this time, they felt even more honored.

Because now they also know that Taishi Lin's men are like a cloud of fierce generals. When it comes to fighting, all the battalions are scrambling to be the first. Prove yourself.

Seeing that Jiong Yi clicked on them first again this time, it shows that they still have a considerable status in the eyes of Grand Master Lin, otherwise why did they click on their camp first?

Therefore, the Invincible Battalion felt extremely honored. At that time, all the generals of the Invincible Battalion felt like this: Use me in the first battle, use me to win!Master Lin must not be too disappointed!The late Governor Sun must not be discredited.

Therefore, after these two generals received the order, they led more than 4000 soldiers of the Qin Army and came out vigorously.

Nearly [-] soldiers from the two battalions will confront each other, like a mountain torrent erupting, the shouts are earth-shattering.

"Use the bow and arrow!" Tong Yangjia yelled, hung up the sword skillfully, and took out the bow and arrow from behind.

All the 5000 soldiers under him also took out their bows and arrows.

It turns out that these green battalion soldiers are all dual-weapon, and they are good at charging on horseback and archery on horseback. The people on horseback are good at riding and archery, and they still have the characteristics.

After visually measuring the distance between the two sides, he felt that he had reached the range of the shooting. With a crunch on the galloping horse, he pulled the bow round and pointed at the target in front of him, and shot.

The wind of arrows roared, covering the sky and the sun, and the arrows were like raindrops, attacking the charging Ming army.

"Raise the shield!" The soldiers of the Invincible Battalion had been on guard for a long time, and the two generals gave an order, and the soldiers of the Qin army who rushed to the peak raised their shields one after another, but the charge continued as usual.

If you don't receive special training, this trick can't be done at all.The horse charged rapidly, and a large shield was erected in front of the horse. How much resistance was there?There was a mess immediately, but the Qin army was orderly, but the speed of charging forward was slowed down by half, and the speed of charging was slowed down in order to connect these shields into one piece to reduce the threat of flow arrows to them.

From a distance, it looks like a steel phalanx moving forward.

At this time, countless arrows flew over and hit the shield, crackling like a rainstorm hitting the window.

Bows and arrows were scattered all over the place, and some shields were filled with bows and arrows like hedgehogs.

However, there are still many stream arrows that penetrate through every hole, some penetrate through the gaps between the shields, and some fly obliquely from the top of the head, shooting the horses and the Qin army soldiers who are not strictly guarded.

Zuo Xie and Zheng Jiadong galloped forward while waving the swords in their hands, blocking the rain of arrows flying towards them and falling to the ground one after another.

In the blink of an eye, the two armies rushed together.

"Use the knife and cut it for me!"

After Tong Yangjia shot three arrows in a row, the bow and arrow was useless, because the bow and arrow were too close and too far away to work well, and the next step was close hand-to-hand combat.

So he gave an order, skillfully put away his bow and arrow, raised his hand to put away his big knife, and rushed into the ranks of the Ming army at the head of the horse.

The Green Battalion soldiers under him were all as familiar as he was, and their movements were basically uniform. They put away their bows and arrows, picked up their machetes, and charged into tomorrow's team with a howl.

The soldiers of the Invincible Battalion had shields in their hands, and as soon as they raised the shields, they opened their swords. The other hand was not idle, and they also held a broadsword and spear in their hands, hacking and poking at the Qing army.

Just like this, the two sides were fighting together, and the sound of clanging and clanging weapons was endless, and there were also screams in the middle, the sound of soldiers falling off horses, running, chasing, shouting, people shouting and neighing, it was almost indistinguishable. Here comes the number.

The green battalion soldiers are all fierce, and the Qin army is not a vegetarian. This time it is the tip of the needle, the tiger on the mountain meets the tiger on the mountain, and the dragon in the cloud meets the dragon in the fog.

It was as if two great masters could not tell the difference between the winner and loser. After killing a chess match, the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, heads were rolling, and blood flowed like rivers.

After a while, the Green Battalion soldiers had the upper hand, cut down a large area of ​​the Qin army, chased the Qin army, rushed and killed, and pushed the front line forward tens of meters at once.

But after a while, the Qin army turned around again, killing the green battalion soldiers to the ground, retreating steadily, unable to hold back.The Qin army chased after the green battalion soldiers again, and chased the Qing army far away.

In this way, the two sides launched a tug-of-war.

The main generals of the two sides also fought at this time. They each committed suicide. I don’t know how many generals the other party had, so they encountered each other. First, Tong Yangjia fought Zuo Ying. After the two killed for a few rounds, Zheng Jiadong rushed up to help.

Tong Yangjia resisted Zuo Yan and Zheng Jiadong, the first and second, and the third was inseparable.

At this time, Lin Yi, who was watching the battle on the high slope behind him, nodded and nodded. The Green Battalion soldiers really lived up to their reputation, and they were able to draw with the Qin army. Their combat power is really impressive.

But if they want to fight like this, it is estimated that they will have to fight until dark, and they may not be able to tell the winner.How can the grand master have time to spend time with them here?
So Ji Dong thought of this and decisively ordered the Invincible Battalion to be withdrawn.

General Zuo and Zheng Er were a little puzzled. The one who played well has yet to decide the winner. Why did he ask us to withdraw?In half an hour, he will definitely win.Isn't this retreat now an opportunity for the Qing army to take advantage of, and they will definitely come after them.

But how dare they disobey the grand master's military order?Therefore, the two chief generals ordered the troops to retreat.

The soldiers of the Invincible Battalion also felt that it was not enough, but they didn't dare to disobey the military order, and retreated with a bang.

Sure enough, the thousands of Green Battalion soldiers headed by Tong Yangjia saw it, oh, they ran away, they finally couldn't hold on!But if you want to run, how can it be so cheap?

"Come on for me!" Tong Yangjia rushed over with his men and horses, chasing after him.

At this time, Lin Yi ordered: "The standard battalion attack!"

(End of this chapter)