This sneak attack launched by the Qing army and the people who returned to the palace did not develop according to He Shengquan's plan from the beginning. His original plan was for Bachina and his men to ambush at the mouth of the ditch. Xia, who heard the gunfire,
Silin then led the cavalry to charge from the hill and wiped out more than 30 Northern navy soldiers through close combat.
However, due to Zhao Xin's sudden inspiration, he suddenly galloped to the top of the hill. Xia Silin, who was ambushing on the northwest side of the hill, thought he was about to be exposed and ordered his men to shoot.
As soon as the gunfire rang out over there, Bacina, who was lying in ambush in the snow pit at the exit of the ravine, knew that something had happened. He had no choice but to fire his arrow, and immediately took action against Fan Tong and the others behind them.
Compared with the cavalry who returned to the palace, the Liangzhou Manchu soldiers had more frequent musket shooting training and higher accuracy. Especially after the Qing Dynasty Ministry of War was inspired by the gunpowder of the Northern Navy's "Type 79 rifled gun" and improved the matchlock gun.
After adjusting the formula ratio of gunpowder, the effective range of the musket increased from 90 meters to 110 meters, which was a significant improvement.
The unlucky Fan Tong was targeted because of his leadership style. As a result, he was shot in the thigh as soon as he came up. The blood dripped down his trousers. There were also two soldiers accompanying him.
One of the people who was shot and killed was the telegraph operator carrying the radio, because he was right next to Fan Tong.
When the deputy platoon leader of the escort saw that Fan Tong was injured, he panicked. Without thinking, he let everyone cover him and entered a mountain col to the east, intending to find a place for emergency treatment.
However, after arriving at a jagged place in the mountain and setting up defenses, the distraught deputy platoon leader remembered to send a telegram to the headquarters for help, only to find that the telegraph operator and radio station were gone...
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How do you say this? You must know that from the time the Western Front troops set out from Khovd to the completion of the campaign objectives, the total number of personnel attrition in each department was only more than 400, of which only more than 70 were actual combat attrition.
More than 10,000 troops were dispatched, and more than 70 people were killed or wounded. It really didn't even make a splash. This made the officers and soldiers of the Western Front troops generally have the complacency of "I am the best in the world" and underestimated the enemy, and the people in the guard platoon were no exception.
After Bachina and the others succeeded in one blow, they took advantage of the situation to launch an attack, but were quickly repelled by a hail of bullets. So they had to frequently launch feint attacks, consuming the opponent's ammunition while also looking for a breakthrough, waiting for Xia Silin
After finishing there, join forces together to kill the opponent.
Speaking of the merger of Bachina and Sheng'e, it was purely accidental. When the people sent by He Sheng'e and Zhao Xin discovered Zhao Xin and the others, they also discovered Bachina's people; after that, he followed
Xia Silin discussed the ambush plan, and on the other hand, he sent his confidants to contact Bachina. So while Zhao Xin and the others were busy drinking, barbecuing and talking nonsense, the two groups joined together.
When he learned about the sneak attack plan, Bachina was resistant at first. More than 20 of them traveled day and night for several days, which exhausted their physical strength. The problem was that He Shengquan was unwilling to accept it. He thought that the opportunity was once in a lifetime, so he
Good conversation.
It is said that the Manchu Qing Dynasty adopted the "original title concurrently" method in the appointment system of ministers in various places in Xinjiang, that is, what rank they were before they were demoted, and what rank they were when they became ministers. This resulted in everyone being ranked second or third.
Governor-level officials above grade. The ministers in charge of the affairs each govern one city and one place. They are not subordinate to each other, and they are responsible for their own affairs. They are directly responsible to the emperor. Only in the event of civil unrest, rebellion, invasion and other emergencies, the entire Xinjiang needs to be unified.
When coordinating actions, ministers from various regions will obey General Yili's "military and political restraint."
Even though Bachina is only a third-grade co-leader, and He Sheng is a second-grade official, because his chief officer is Urumqi Dutong Shang'an, he can completely ignore the latter. Let alone He Sheng.
Well, now we are like a fallen phoenix, not as good as a chicken. We want soldiers but no soldiers, we want territory but no territory.
However, after listening to He Sheng'e's highly motivating speech, Bachina was moved. With such a large piece of fat in front of him, it would be a pity not to eat it; besides, I was outnumbered and far away from the military camp.
With calculated calculations and no care, you can completely catch them off guard!
Another point is that Bachina and his Liangzhou Eight Banners soldiers have been stationed in Xinjiang for many years and have never fought against the Northern Navy. Although the Northern Navy is rumored to be very scary and brave in combat, they feel that they
It’s not bad either. Elites always have their nostrils turned upward, and they are second to none in martial arts. You can only tell whether they are a mule or a horse by taking them out for a walk!
However, when several feint attacks were overwhelmed by the opponent's intensive firepower, and when Jiang Fan and five soldiers suddenly turned around and rushed into the mountain col to join the people inside, the Liangzhou Eight Banners soldiers finally learned the lesson.
When it comes to the strength of the Northern Navy.
The reason why Jiang Fan agreed to join Fan Tong was because he was worried that there would be other enemies ambushing him on the way back. Instead of doing this, it was better to huddle together and wait for reinforcements. Anyway, the guard platoon brought a field radio and could contact the headquarters at any time.
He learned that Fan Tong was injured as soon as he arrived, and was even more shocked when he saw his pale face. The health worker reported that Commissar Fan was shot in the thigh. After his emergency treatment, he used a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
The medicine was applied. But the problem now is that the bullet is stuck between the muscle and the femoral artery, and the bleeding point is on the femoral artery. He does not dare to operate to remove the bullet without sufficient external blood transfusion; and the bleeding is stopped.
The belt can only be used for 40 to 50 minutes at most. Over time, the patient may suffer sequelae, and in severe cases, the limbs may become necrotic.
So Jiang Fan quickly asked the deputy platoon leader, when will the reinforcements from the headquarters arrive? Unexpectedly, the deputy platoon leader said with a sad face that the telegraph operator was shot and killed, and in the panic, he forgot about the radio station. Jiang Fan almost fainted from anger and wanted to shoot him.
He. But he also knew that he couldn't have an attack just yet, and the military morale couldn't be disrupted.
After calming down a little, Jiang Fan felt that the trouble was much more than that!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The distance between the attack site and the Jingyuan City military camp is almost forty miles. A quick horse can definitely get there in an hour, but the problem is that the enemy's situation is unknown; even if we, like us, forcefully
Charge, risking casualties to cover Fan Tong's escape, but if there are ambushes ahead, he will fall into a trap.
Compared with Fan Tong who was seriously injured, he was actually more worried about Zhao Xin who had disappeared. If there was something wrong with that guy, it would be a big deal!
With his thoughts in turmoil, Jiang Fan felt that the best way at the moment was to hold on and wait until the headquarters noticed something was wrong and sent someone to respond. As for Fan Tong, he could only ask for God's blessing.
At this time, in the woods outside the mountain col, He Sheng'e, who was in command, was confused about the field radio captured from the dead telegraph soldier. He had no idea what it was used for.
The radio was installed in a field camouflage-colored backpack, with a half-meter-long antenna exposed on the outside. When he tried to open the backpack, what appeared in his field of vision were five extremely weird black knobs and a
There was an LCD screen half the size of a palm, with some strange symbols flashing and dancing on it.
This shocked He Sheng'e, and he almost gave up and threw it out. As a military general, he quickly felt that this thing was too evil. After taking the things back to Dongquan Temple, he asked the Taoist priests to set up a formation first.
Make a method and then read it carefully.
In addition to the weird backpacks, the weapons and bits and pieces of equipment on the two dead North Sea soldiers attracted his attention more; repeating rifles, daggers, field kettles, ordnance shovels, goggles, and nylon weapons
Belts, compasses, cutlery bags, first aid kits... there are a lot of them, and each one is eye-catching.
He Shengqian asked several of his confidants to collect everything and not lose anything. You must know that these things, plus the heads of several sacrificed Beihai navy, were the capital for him to ask for merit from the court and save his life. Not only did he lose his land
His sins can be averted, and his rise to prominence is just around the corner.
Many people in later generations have the impression that the Manchu Qing Dynasty punished civil and military officials who lost their land very severely, and the only option was to be executed and imprisoned. Therefore, many generals and state and county officials chose to commit suicide when the city fell. The more famous ones are
He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang who led an army of 100,000 people during the Taiping Rebellion but abandoned the city and fled, Ding Ruchang who was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, and Ye Zhichao who was saved from death by Li Hongzhang.
In fact, in the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty", the correct explanation for the crime of losing land is "the general guarding the border fell into the city and planned to behead the prisoner", and it was not until the "Wang Lun Rebellion" in the 39th year of Qianlong that
Changed. For example, in the third year of Yongzheng's reign, it was stipulated that if a city was lost, the general guarding the border would be treated as if the general was invaded by thieves and captured the people, and the army would be sent to the border.
But, okay, it can’t be said anymore. Since the Qing army has always been defeated when facing the Northern Navy, if the generals are to be executed, first Fukang’an will not escape death, and then like Changlin,
Songyun, Baoning, Qinggui, Mingliang, Sun Shiyi, and even Agui, none of them could escape.
Qianlong deeply felt that there were too many criminals. If he killed them all, no one would dare to lead troops to face the Northern Navy. So in the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign, he stipulated a variety of circumstances that could excuse the reduction of sentences, such as what happened just after
If you let it go, you have been besieged for a long time, etc. Anyway, all the civil and military officials in the court understood the meaning. If you have a backing, you can survive, but if you don't have a backing, you will die.
Although He Sheng'e also had a backing, unfortunately, A Gui died of illness last year, and he was not willing to seek refuge with He Shen. So this is troublesome. If you want to use merit to offset crime, you must have great merit.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty established the country by force, and the greatest contribution in history has never been military merit. Since Shunzhi entered the Pass, there are only six ways to obtain military merit, namely, siege the city, trap the formation, water battle, advance with the banner, appease the enemy, appease the city. As for beheading
Well, there is no reward.
However, in the face of the Northern Navy, which suffered repeated defeats, Qianlong, who was forced to panic, did not care about talking about "benevolence and righteousness". In order to boost morale, he asked the Ministry of War to half-visitly promulgate the "capital level" in the 52nd year of Qianlong's reign.
"Reward", and only for Beihai Town.
To put it simply, for every beheading of an ordinary Beihai soldier, he will be rewarded with 60 taels of silver, an additional level for civil service, an additional level for military service, and a third-class merit medal; a lieutenant-level officer will be rewarded with 100 to 150 taels of silver, and awarded a cloud
Cavalry Lieutenant, civil service plus second class, military service plus second class, awarded a second class merit medal; school-level officer rewarded 300~500 taels of silver, awarded first-class male to first-class uncle, civilian service plus third class, military service plus third class
, be awarded a first-class merit medal; if you are a high-ranking official of the Northern Navy above the school level, you will be awarded a first-class marquis, with a reward of 5,000 to 10,000 taels of silver, an additional five levels for civilian service, an additional fifth level for military service, and a first-class merit medal.
And Zhao Xin...hehe! Whoever can get his head will be rewarded with fifty thousand taels of silver, and the green battalion will raise the flag and be promoted to the capital; the Eight Banners will be promoted to the first-class Duke, and will not be demoted for three generations; other than that
The maternal descendants can also obtain worldly positions.
As for whether someone would kill good people and take credit for their merits, Qianlong was not worried at all. You must know that outside the pass is not the same as inside the pass. First of all, there are not so many good people to kill; secondly, most of the border residents outside the pass have become subjects of Beihai Town.
It would not be unfair to kill him.
He Sheng'e was having a sweet dream, and Xia Silin came back with his men. When he learned that the other party actually lost more than thirty cavalrymen in order to kill five Beihai soldiers, and almost all of the rest were injured, they had already lost
Bachina, who had many subordinates, finally couldn't stand it any longer.
"My lord, I think we should withdraw. If we continue to fight like this, the remaining people will have to answer here!"
Xia Silin also echoed: "Yes! Sir and I, we can keep the green hills without worrying about having firewood. With these heads and seizures, I can also explain to the prince. This northern pirate is not a three-headed and six-armed person."
, when our troops and horses are strong, if we encounter him again, he will never come back."
"Well..." He Sheng'e pondered for a moment, and although he was reluctant to do so, he still agreed to their request.
Retreating is not something you can just do. There is a point in doing this. You must not let the Beihai Navy in the col detect it. Otherwise, if the other side counterattacks, it will be a steal.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Unexpectedly, when the three of them were discussing the retreat steps, a sharp whistling sound similar to "whoosh" passed through the forest, followed by several more in succession.
Then, the cavalrymen of the Yiwei Battalion, who were still hot from sitting, fell into chaos. There were cries of ghosts and howls of wolves in the forest. Almost everyone shouted "Hu Da Bless" and ran around like headless flies.
"What happened!" Xia Silin, the staff leader, grabbed a subordinate who stumbled over and asked loudly. The subordinate pointed randomly to the northwest and said with a look of horror: "Ghost! There is a ghost!"
"I'm sorry!" Xia Silin cursed "bastard" in Uyghur, then raised his hand and slapped the other person in the face.
The subordinate didn't bother to cry out in pain, he covered his face and said: "Sir, there is really a ghost! Mr. Hu, three of our people died without making a sound! Two of our heads exploded!"
"what did he say?!"
On the side, He Sheng'e and Bachina couldn't understand Uyghur, so they quickly asked Xia Silin. When they learned about the situation, their expressions changed immediately. Both of them were battle-hardened masters, and they never believed in anything in the world.
Ghost, don’t ask, it must have been the North Sea Pirates who did it!
He Sheng'e hurriedly separated Xia Silin and the cavalryman, and asked in Mongolian: "How many thieves are there?"
The cavalryman was in a panic and didn't even bother to kneel down. He turned around and replied, "Young man, I don't know! It's just because I didn't even see anyone, so everyone is... ghost!!!"
Before the soldier finished speaking, he suddenly felt a heat on his face, as if some hot liquid had been sprinkled on his face. He turned his head and glanced inadvertently, then wailed at the top of his lungs and fell down at the same time.
On the ground, use your hands and feet together, and keep moving back.
I saw the leader who had been scolding me with an angry face just now. Half of his spiritual cap was gone. His strong body swayed, and then he fell to the ground. His pink brain was clearly visible.
"Enemy attack!" He Sheng'e only froze for a moment, and then he suddenly woke up. He didn't have time to wipe the red liquid from his eyes, and hid behind a thick pine tree as he peeed.
At that moment, the tree trunk on the other side facing away from him suddenly exploded at a height of about one meter, and countless sawdust crackled and flew everywhere.
Immediately afterwards, the whistling sounds like miserable ghost screams sounded in the forest again, hoo~~hoo~~hoo...
Suddenly, two black objects slightly larger than eggs flew through the air and landed in front of several restless horses. They rolled on the ground a few times before stopping. Several cavalrymen who were unbridling the horses saw clearly.
After seeing the thing, his pupils dilated instantly. They had seen this thing before. The Beihai soldiers on the hill used it to kill and injure many people!
Boom! As violent explosions sounded one after another, several Yiwei battalion cavalry and the horses beside them were bloody and bloody in the fire and thick smoke.
Until then, Bachina, who was hiding behind a tree with a bow and arrow, finally discovered that there seemed to be a gray-white shadow hiding behind a tree more than sixty steps to the west of him. Those two "shaking thunder" were
Thrown out from there.
Bachina didn't have time to think too much, he quickly drew the bow string to full capacity, turned slightly, raised his hand and shot out. The bow string made a "crack" sound, and the three-foot-long plum needle arrow shot out like a meteor. He was sure that he had
He was sure to hit the nasty sneak attacker, so he immediately ducked back behind the tree as soon as the arrow escaped his hand.
You must know that in the "Bloody Battle of Shifengbao" in the 49th year of Qianlong's reign, he personally shot to death seventeen bandits, almost killing them with arrows.
However, when he cautiously poked his head out to check a moment later, he saw that the arrow with the scarlet tail feathers was clearly stuck on the ground. Apparently, it had not hit anything.
Bacina said it couldn't be done! There was a trace of confusion in his eyes...