Chapter 380 The bloody nature of the eight flags
The Nian Army's cavalry was sent out in large numbers after noon on October 24. Except for the Huangqi Nian Army cavalry directly under Zhang Lexing, the other four flags were all broken into small camps and spread out. The Nian Army was not a strict force at all. If they were to concentrate on fighting a large-scale cavalry battle with the Eight Banners, they might not be able to gain any advantage. But if they were to be disassembled to fight a small-scale battle, their advantages were still very obvious.
Because these Nian Army were originally bandits that rampantly swayed at the junction of the four provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui - of course, this was the hats that the landlord class had put on them. In fact... these people have all developed martial arts and horse skills in the years of struggle with the feudal government and the landlord class, which is far better than the pampered Eight Banners Cavalry under Senggelinqin.
However, the cavalry of the Eight Banners New Army did not recognize this. Compared with foreign guns and cannons, it would be fine if their bannermen were not good at it. But if they had to compare the horse skills left by their ancestors, who had ever been afraid of by the Eight Banners? Not to mention those Nian bandits who dressed similarly to those of the farmer, even the legendary Western elite cavalry, they were no match for the Eight Banners.
So... the two small horse teams encountered each other and immediately started a fight. The border between Ji County, Qi County and Hua County was unknown for a moment. There were many sporadic battles being staged at the same time.
On the afternoon of that day, a large-scale cavalry encounter broke out in a place called Anduzhai in Ji County. On one side was the horse team of the Eight Banners New Army's Red Flags, with about 500 people; on the other side was the Blue Flags of Nian Army, with more than 500 people, which was a small battalion.
This Eight Banners' Red Flag Team is composed of the children of the Beijing Banner. The team is led by a co-leader named Fu An. Fu Fang, who is well-known as Senggelinqin, is a brother of the old surname, both of whom are Fucha. Before the establishment of the Eight Banners New Army, he worked as a leader in the Beijing Banner Forefront Battalion. Of course, it is good to be good at riding on the horse and shooting arrows. This ability was really nothing great 200 years ago, but at present, it is amazing. A comment of "good riding and shooting" can be lost. However, among the 500 people he brought, not many of them could shoot a few arrows on the horse, with only seventy or eighty ones at the top of the sky. Less than 200 left are considered strong, and the remaining ones are young and old, and they can only make up a number. But these people are the Qing Dynasty's economic army. Although they may not be able to fight, the formations listed on the battlefield are still very neat.
The leader of the Nian Army Blue Banner was Li Yun, a leader of the Nian Army Blue Banner. He was also famous for his "good cavalry and shooting". The 500 people he brought were his personal guards. Before joining the Nian Army, most of them were gangsters with outstanding force in northern Anhui. They were usually domineering characters in the villages. They were brave and cruel, arrogant, and thought they were extraordinary heroes, but they were all defeated by Li Yun and accepted as personal soldiers. The combat power of such a team should naturally not be underestimated.
However, seeing the opponent's strict appearance, Li Yun knew that his team might have encountered a tough problem... These Eight Banners Power Brigade are powerful soldiers who have fought all over the world. No matter how weak they are, they are stronger than those guys who can only escape by looking at the wind!
"Brothers with bird guns and bows and arrows dismount and prepare!"
Li Yun ordered loudly. He would not be able to fight because the opponent's team was strict. That was the head of hundreds of Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers! How much credit would that be? Maybe he could be a marquis, but he would be glorious in his ancestors!
With a command, the cavalry with bird guns and bows and arrows all turned over and dismounted, lined up three rows of horizontal formations, with bird guns in front and bows and arrows behind. Among the 500 people, less than 150 were carrying long-range weapons. The Eight Banners soldiers on the opposite side were all carrying bows and arrows, and riding and shooting were originally the basic skills of the Eight Banners soldiers. However, Fu An did not order his troops to dismount and shoot arrows, but shouted: "My sons, kill the thief with me!" He drew out his sabre and rushed towards the Nian Army on the opposite side.
Seeing the charge of hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers, Li Yun and his Nian Army soldiers were a little surprised, but they were also funny. Several of them simply laughed out loud. Although they were not old corpses, they fought old horses. They all knew that fighting horses was impatient, because not only people were fighting, but also horses were fighting. The horses were extremely limited and they could not rush after they were used up. Therefore, when the horses confronted each other, they often had to continue their strength, and at the same time they used bows, arrows, and birds, and then charge. When the horses had the strength, they rushed over. Those Eight Banners soldiers seemed to have come out in the morning, right? Their horses were almost the daytime, and they still had the strength? Since these Eight Banners soldiers were in a hurry to die, Li Yun was not polite. At the command, about 200 Nian troops holding wooden guns directly placed flat wooden guns and rushed forward face to face.
"Crash! Crash! Kill the thief! Kill the thief!"
Seeing that there were only 200 Nian Army soldiers rushing over, Fu An was extremely excited. Although he had never studied any books, he still knew that 500 was bigger than 200! He used 500 people to attack 200 people, and he could win no matter how he looked at it!
The Nian Army officers who led the hedge were also old bandits who had been around for a long time, named Li Erhu, and were the uncle of Li Yun. I don’t know how many horse battles he had fought. Although they were small battles of dozens of people, there were those who could match the Beijing banner soldiers? Seeing that the soldiers rushed over without caring, they couldn’t help laughing and told their subordinates to keep their horsepower and not to rush too fast. When the Eight Banners masters approached, they were caught off guard. These were originally basic common sense of horse warfare, and were taught in Beijing’s bannermen’s martial arts. But which bannermen would listen carefully when they went to school? It was useless to listen to them. The Daoguang Nian is not the Shunzhi Nian. Who would have thought that they could be promoted by riding horses to fight?
So when the two teams were less than a hundred steps apart, the horses on Fu An had no strength to start slowing down. At this time, Li Erhu had a bell and whistle, and more than 200 Nian cavalry suddenly accelerated and rushed forward with a spear. At this time, Fu An knew something was wrong. Everyone tried hard to speed up - a few people still vaguely remembered that in martial arts, it seemed that someone said that riding a horse was about to borrow horse power. The faster the horse ran, the more force it borrowed...
Now the Nian Army's horses are running much faster, so there is naturally no suspense in the outcome of the battle. Once the two collided, hundreds of eight banner soldiers were directly killed by wooden guns. The remaining more than 300 or less than 400 people still wanted to fight hand in hand, but these Nian Army's lances only fought forward and ignored them.
At this time, Li Yun was in a hurry and the remaining 300 cavalry on the Nian Army also began to charge!
How is this possible? How is this possible? Aren’t the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry invincible? How could it be...
Seeing the second wave of charge of the Nian Army being rushed towards him, Fu An was panting, and his lower body felt like he was peeing, and his calves began to cramp, and he felt very urged to turn his head to escape. But the remaining reason in his brain told him that he could not escape, he could only fight! Because... he could not escape! The opponent's horse's strength was stronger than his own, so he ran faster!
"Kill the thief, kill the thief!" He shouted, and danced his saber and urged the war horse to rush forward like crazy. Seeing his actions that were not brave or brainless, the bloodiness of the Eight Banners on the battlefield was aroused.
If you rush forward, everyone has to rush forward. Even if you die, you can’t embarrass your ancestors!
The Eight Banners must be bloody, and there is no doubt about this. In history, the performance of the Eight Banners in various internal and external wars in the late Qing Dynasty has proved this. Whether it is against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Nian Army, the later ** Army, or against various foreign invading armies, the casualties rate of the Eight Banners children will always be higher than that of various brands of Han troops, and they can fight jade-breaking battles from time to time.
With a loud bang, the war horse under Fu An's crotch collided with the same Nian Army horse running at high speed. The opponent easily knocked Fu An and his men and horse to the ground with the momentum.
I'm dying, I'm really unwilling to accept it...
Fu An, who fell off the horse, knew that he was dead because his right leg was pressed by the fallen war horse, and a piercing pain came over. It was a broken leg. He was knocked off the horse and then broke his leg. It was a myth to survive again! (To be continued. Please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!)
Chapter completed!