1480. The key to reducing casualties lies in the speed of engaging the enemy.
In 1687 AD, there was a battle at the mouth of the Humar River. About 40 Saurons from the Eight Banners of Manchuria fought against about 400 Russian Cossack cavalry. Heilongjiang Deputy Governor Wen Dai dispatched 40 armored men, led by 2 sergeants, to Jacques
Sa conducted a reconnaissance and ended up encountering Russian troops at the mouth of the Huma River.
Due to their numerical disadvantage, the Eight Banners of the Qing Army were quickly surrounded by the Russian army. The Russian army had about the same number of infantry and cavalry, that is, about 200 infantry and about 200 cavalry.
Talhulan, the leader of the Zhenghuang Banner, made a prompt decision: "Take the banner and fight out. I will go first, and you will follow!" ("Heilongjiang General Yamen Archives")
Talhulan jumped on his horse and rushed over. After entering the shooting range, Talhulan took a bow and shot an arrow, directly killing the Rakshasa carrying the flag. Then he shot another Russian prisoner with an arrow and successfully broke out of the encirclement.
In the battle, many of the horses of the Qing soldiers were killed. However, at that time, the Qing soldiers were only equipped with one man, two horses, or three horses. They immediately changed their horses to fight again, or dismounted to fight on foot.
In the end, the Qing army relied on their superiority in riding and shooting to successfully tear open the Russian army's encirclement and successfully break through. The Qing army's record: "We obtained 5 shotguns and 4 horses, killing 57 Rakshasa people and wounding 19 Rakshasa people."
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"Wearing armor Qi Cheng, he shot and killed a Rakshasa and captured a horse. He suffered a gunshot wound on the hip and another superficial wound." "Wearing armor, Erkuledeyi shot and killed a Rakshasa.
Shot a Rakshasa in the kidney." - "Heilongjiang General Yamen Archives"
The Saurons are so damn cruel, shooting arrows at the kidneys.
If they were just bannermen, they would be far less scary than the Saurons. When Qianlong conquered Burma, those Eight Banners cavalry who shot down the Brown Spey fusiliers with their bows and shocked the British were actually Saurons.
Liu Xingzuo continued: "What a person is best at can be understood by looking at the weapons he will use in a life-and-death situation."
What he saw most was when the cavalry from both sides passed each other, amid the light of carbide fire. The Qing cavalry immediately grabbed the bow and arrow, and then shot the opponent to death with a slap in the face. The speed of his hands was simply breathtaking.
This also shows that what the Jianzhou people are best at is clearing bows with high power, high pulling power, and heavy arrows.
In order to accommodate their bows and arrows, they even hang their swords differently from other ethnic groups. They hang their swords with the scabbard forward and the handle backwards. The purpose is to make it easier to take the bow and arrow from the waist. The sheath backward affects their way of pulling out the bow and arrow.
speed.
Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong knew the Eight Banners best. What they said the most was that riding and shooting was the foundation of the Eight Banners. They were not allowed to specialize in fowling.
It can be seen that their most terrifying combat power is the clear bow and weighted arrows.
Locust-like rockets brought down a large number of Qing troops. Among the remaining people, those in their forties or fifties were the first to react. Their first reaction was to take out a huge bow from the bow pocket on their back waist.
Clear the bow. Then bend forward and release the arrow quickly.
At this time, the Ming army had already rushed within 70 meters. The ten thousand archers behind them had also finished shooting their arrows. They put away their riding bows, drew their long swords, and rushed over behind them.
Seventy meters, within the direct range of the Qing Bow.
However, no one fired their arrows. The gray-haired old Anba, who had a head full of sorghum seeds, kicked his panicked nephew down and roared: "You little brat, what are you doing? Pick up the bow."
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The remaining people around the grain truck who had not been hit by the rockets all woke up from their panic under the scoldings of the middle-aged and elderly people. They stopped running around like headless chickens and began to draw arrows.
However, none of them fired, they just drew their bows fully and stared at the Ming army that was getting closer and closer.
Fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps.
"Fire the arrow!" As the old people roared, everyone let go of their fingers. For a moment, the sound of bowstrings was loud. The Qing bow had a terrifying tension, so the sound was very loud. So many Qing bows were fired together, making a deafening sound.
sound.
Thirty meters away, a fight was imminent. Thousands of arrows roared towards them. These powerful bows and big arrows even brought up a gust of wind, causing the snow foam on the ground to fly up.
Whoosh whoosh! Bang bang bang!
Countless heavy arrows hit the small buckler. Although these cavalry shields were made with a small diameter for convenience and practicality, they were also covered with iron sheets in the front.
Jiannu's large stainless steel shovel-shaped arrows still penetrated these shields easily. The huge shovel-shaped arrows passed directly through the shields, sending the Ming army behind them flying backwards and knocking down the soldiers behind them.
In the blink of an eye, seven to eight hundred people were shot into the air.
These middle-aged and elderly archers are very skillful. They can even shoot into the eyes, throat, and between the eyebrows within thirty meters, killing them all with one blow. Those young people can also shoot through shields.
The last thirty meters became a road soaked in blood. After suffering two thousand casualties, the 20,000 people did not collapse, but rushed into the queue of Zhenglan Banner. The hand-to-hand combat began.
The Ma family's cavalry charged at the front and suffered huge casualties. The combat effectiveness of Tan Shide's cavalry was far inferior to that of the Ma family's cavalry. The Ma family's cavalry were mainly from Liaodong and had been fighting with Mongolian and Jian slaves all year round.
However, there was no problem for them to fight with the wind. The soldiers and horses of the Ma family charged in front, and they followed and killed them. Ma Xi knew this situation, and he would definitely suffer a lot if his son rushed in front. But there was no way. He did not dare to let it go
Tan Shide's cavalry led the charge.
In the burst of arrows just now, two thousand casualties must have been destroyed by the Qing army. At that time, they all turned around and ran back, disrupting their own troops and horses, which would lead to this ambush.
fail.
The soldiers of the Ma family are still relatively good at fighting. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, these generals had become semi-warlords. They were more perceptive than ordinary civil servants. They knew that elite soldiers and strong generals were the basis for their foothold. Therefore, the exploitation of officers and soldiers
Relatively light.
Because, the Qing army's 6,000 people and 10,000 slaves formed a long snake formation and were attacked by 20,000 people. They were cut into countless segments in an instant. Those slaves were driven with whips to work.
Yes, they would not sacrifice their lives for the Qing soldiers. At this time, one by one either took the opportunity to escape or hid under the grain truck.
In fact, many people ran around shouting and scattered the Eight Banners and the Mongols.
The three Shang Jian brothers who were walking in front had just rode their horses onto a small mound when the attack happened. Looking back from their perspective, they could see the entire battlefield.
Suddenly, they were so shocked that they almost fell off their horses.
There were actually so many Ming troops below, wearing white cloth cloaks and lying in the snow 200 meters away. They didn't even notice.
Their father is Abatai (the seventh son of Nurhachi), the deputy leader of the Zhenglan Banner. The party-affiliated leader of the Zhenglan Banner, Sanbeile Manggurtai (the fifth son of Nurhachi and the third of the four major bele), is the leader of the Zhenglan Banner.
), now Zhenglan Banner has been sent to Haraqin Grassland. Huang Taiji has always been punished.
The brothers finally picked up an easier job and tried to stand up again and establish their status in the Eight Banners. Just like the fourteenth uncle Dorgon. If you can't rely on me, you can rely on your brothers.
But, damn it, the hemp rope specializes in cutting at the thinnest places.
The Ma family's cavalry is actually waiting for him here.