Chapter 124: The Seventh Battle of Wu Qing
The archers of the Eight Banners, in fact, are equivalent to dragoons, they ride horses, dismount and shoot arrows, and use foot bows, with a range of more than 100 steps, far more than riding a bow. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info only a few people can do it with the Eight Banners who can penetrate Yang in a hundred steps on horseback, after all, archery is a strength job, and it is necessary to step on the ground and use waist strength to pull away the strong bow. Able to ride on the back of a bumpy horse, simply rely on the strength of his arm to pull out a strong bow, and shoot arrows a hundred paces away, only Baijia Bayala can do it.
If the ordinary Eight Banners archers are dragoons, then the Baijia Bayala is actually a special soldier.
More than 1,000 Eight Banner archers rode back to the side of the Wu army's infantry, and the Eight Banner archers dismounted one after another, took off their step bows, and arranged them in a dense formation, bending their left leg forward and their right leg backwards, stretching their bows and arrows, aiming at the formation of the Wu army.
With the sound of bowstrings, rows of random arrows rained down into the crowd of Wu infantry. The archery skills of these Eight Banner Soldiers archers were precise and vicious, and the feather arrows either greeted Wu Jun's face or his arms and thighs. Rows of arrows fell, and the Wu army screamed again and again, and a large number of them fell immediately.
A row of arrows fell, and the Eight Banners archers drew their feather arrows from the quiver again, stretched out their bows and arrows, and shot a row of arrows again.
The archers of the Eight Banners released arrows one after another, and the archers of the Wu Army also shot arrows to counterattack, but the arrows shot by the archers of the Wu Army fell to the ground before they flew in front of the Qing army, causing a burst of laughter from the archers of the Eight Banners.
However, these Eight Banner archers soon stopped laughing, because the Wu army transferred two thousand crossbowmen and ten three-pounder cannons, and with the roar of several cannons, ten shells pierced into the crowd of Eight Banner archers in turn, knocking down more than fifty Eight Banner archers. Then the crossbowmen of the Wu army shot a rain of arrows with black pressure, and the range of the heavy crossbow was comparable to that of the archers of the Eight Banners, and the crossbow machine was simple to operate and had high accuracy.
The three-pounder cannon was reloaded extremely fast, and not long after the first round, the Wu gunners finished loading again, and another row of shells whistled out and smashed into the crowd of Eight Banner archers.
The bombardment combined with the crossbowmen fired at least 210 Eight Banner archers who were left behind. Although these more than 1,000 Eight Banner archers caused more than 2,000 casualties in the Wu army, and the exchange ratio between the two sides was one to ten, but even so, the Qing army was still very uneconomical, these Eight Banner archers were elite warriors after decades of training, and most of the Wu army were farmers with simple training. In addition, the number of soldiers of the Eight Banners was originally small, and if they started from the old slaves and exchanged them with the Han people one to ten, the Eight Banners would not last long. The Manchu Qing Dynasty completely exploited loopholes in order to enter the Central Plains.
The rest of the Qing cavalry was entangled by Gao Dejie's cavalry and could not rush to support. Seeing these elite Eight Banner archers fall one by one, the Qing generals shouted, and the Eight Banner archers got on their horses one after another and rode away.
On the right flank of the Wu army, Wu Guogui's infantry and Wang Jinbao's Ganshan Green Battalion were also engaged in fierce battles, and both sides suffered casualties. At this time, the Zhili Green Battalion and the new army of the Green Battalion, which was equipped with firearms, also pressed up.
Although the Zhili Green Battalion is rubbish, they are following behind the Ganshan Green Battalion, and in the battle just now, the Zhili Green Battalion did not suffer any losses, and their morale is full value. Taking advantage of the fierce battle between the Ganshan Green Battalion and the Wu army, the Zhili Green Battalion followed, and the soldiers divided into two routes, emerging from the two wings of the Ganshan Green Battalion, and launched an attack on the Wu army.
If it was just the green battalion of Zhili, with these green battalion soldiers who had not been on the battlefield for many years, the Wu army was not afraid at all. However, the Zhili Green Battalion was followed by the Green Battalion New Army.
The musketeers of the new army of the Green Battalion stepped up, and behind the Green Battalion of Ganshan and Zhili, they raised their muskets and aimed at the formation of the Wu Army and continuously output firepower. Roaring gunshots rang out, and the Wu army fell countless times. Although the two sides were in a melee, the musketeers of the Green Battalion New Army also mistakenly injured many soldiers of the Ganshan Green Battalion and the Zhili Green Battalion, but the Wu army fell more.
"Dashuai, the Tartars are attacking fiercely, are we using a swarm of bees to deal with the Tartars?" Wang Shirong proposed.
Wu Sangui was still hesitating, but Fang Guangchen said: "A swarm of bees is a weapon to defeat the enemy, and it must not be exposed too early!" It's better to send the native soldiers up, and you will be able to stop the Tartars! Then turn the crossbowman over and deal with the Tartar fireman! ”
The new troops of the Green Battalion lined up in a neat formation, and three rows of flintlock muskets fired in turn, and the white smoke continued to rise, and the muzzles of the guns spewed fire one after another. When the first row of musketeers finished firing, they retreated and reloaded, and the second row of musketeers stepped forward to continue firing. In this cycle, the guns of the Qing army continued, and the blood of the Wu army was dried up little by little.
Just when the formation of the Wu army was loosened by the muskets of the new army of the Green Battalion, a strange roar suddenly sounded behind the Wu army, and countless soldiers wearing white hats and khaki armor rushed out. At the same time, the crossbowmen of the Wu army, who arrived in time, shot a rain of arrows, and the arrows pierced into the formation of the Qing army's musketeers.
The formation of the Warriors spread out to both sides, revealing more than a dozen six-pounder guns that had been loaded with shotguns.
"Fire!" Xia Guoxiang roared.
More than a dozen six-pounder cannons roared, and shotguns were scattered in a fan shape towards the new troops of the Green Battalion, and small iron beads pierced into the crowd, and pieces of Qing musketeers fell.
The new army of the green battalion imitated the three-stage attack of the Qiongzhou army, and it was very similar, but it looked very similar on the surface, but in terms of morale and losses, the new army of the green battalion and the Qiongzhou army were naturally incomparable.
"Let's go!" The Qing musketeers, who had no time to reload, turned around and ran.
"Kill!" The Wu army's fierce soldiers were like tigers out of the gate, and they entered the formation of the Qing army. Rows of soldiers rushed to the Ganshan Green Battalion and the Zhili Green Battalion, and the bamboo barrel blowing arrows shot countless poisonous arrows.
A small poisoned arrow hit the Qing soldiers, even if it was just an arm, or a little skin was scratched on the palm of the hand, and the poisoned arrow that sealed the throat with blood played a role. The Qing soldier who was hit by the arrow turned black, his whole body was numb, and he struggled a few times, and then fell down one after another.
The swordsmen who shot poisoned arrows rushed to the Qing soldiers, and the heavy sword axes slashed. These slick soldiers are all not afraid of death, even if the Qing army slashes with swords and spears, not only do not dodge, but take the initiative to meet them, and adopt the same way of fighting. Such a fierce soldier made the Qing soldiers tremble.
The first to collapse was naturally the Zhili Green Battalion, which had the lowest combat effectiveness. It was the first time they had seen a fierce soldier, and it was also the first time they had seen this style of play. The Naoli Green Battalion soldiers, who couldn't bear the psychological pressure, turned around and ran.
Although the Qing army of the Ganshan Green Battalion is fierce, it is not as fierce as the soldiers. Seeing these crazy soldiers, who were stabbed several times or stabbed several times, and could also wield heavy swords and axes to kill people, the Qing soldiers of the Ganshan Green Battalion were also frightened and their legs weakened.