Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Even though Li Laiheng stopped his hand, he never let go to fight...

The terror of fully paid Chinese soldiers has long been buried deep in the minds of Qing soldiers.

Li Laiheng did not fight back and went south on his own, chasing the Longhutai Qing army above. He was dominated by the adrenal glands and did not realize that this was an army of beasts...

At this time, I saw the Ming army galloping towards us.

The ground under your feet was shaking like an earth dragon turning over.

In the ears, it was like a flat land dry thunder, and the sound of horses trampling the earth was deafening.

Suddenly, the veterans in the military camp told each other about the horror of the Ming army, and it came to their minds.

The Qing army panicked...

Even the "heavily armored soldier with teeth and teeth" who had just squeezed out of the crowd and stood in front of the team had a huge change of expression!

"Hold on! Hold on!"

Arzin was shouting:

"The armored soldier resisted me!

Pikemen, line up behind the armored soldiers, musketeers, reload for me!

Archers, line up at the end, remember, when the musketeers fire, you can launch them as fast as you can! "

Arzin shouted, desperately arranging his troops in order to maintain the morale of the army.

And in front of the army, even though they were wearing three layers of armor and holding fine iron swords, everyone's face was as pale as ashes.

The charge of tens of thousands of cavalry was really shocking.

Even though they were heavily armored soldiers, they were all truly elite, but they could not help but panic.

Morale is a wonderful thing.

An army that has repeatedly won battles has no fear even when facing the most powerful opponent.

And an army that has suffered repeated defeats and suffered heavy losses is only able to exert half of its original [-]% ability, which is just a waste of time.

After successive defeats, the Eight Banners' most elite troops lost their morale.

At this time, the only thing left to support them was to escape and be caught, which would be a tragic end for their family...

Behind them, the spears sticking out one after another were also trembling...

Compared to the heavily armored soldiers, which were almost entirely composed of veteran soldiers, the pikemen were even worse.

In fact, the strong smell of urine filled the formation.

Looking carefully through the gaps in the crowd, mottled patterns appeared on the tawny river beach...

The musketeers who came from the Han Army Banner were even more frightened.

As traitors, they naturally knew what would happen if they were caught by the Ming army!

The musketeers' hands when loading gunpowder were unsteady, and wisps of gunpowder were poured to the ground. Some even forgot the steps of loading...

Either there was too much gunpowder, or there were too few bullets. Some people stuffed two or three projectiles one after another, but still took the purge and stabbed it hard into the barrel...

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Fear and terror made the Qing army subconsciously push towards the crowd.

The distance that should have been three feet apart to facilitate the wielding of weapons disappeared...

Arzin has no cavalry!

Unlike the "Eight Banners riding horses to conquer the world" in later movies and TV dramas, the Qing army was not a cavalry force.

Strictly speaking, the Eight Banners is a "mounted" infantry group.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, which was the eighth year of Tiancong and 1634 in the Western calendar, Huang Taiji set up a cavalry Niulu under each banner.

It was called Alihachaoha at the time, but after entering the customs it was renamed Xiaoqiying.

At first, it was 300 people, but later it was reduced to 200. This is the number of cavalry in Shangsanqi.

The remaining cavalrymen of the Five Banners, Niulu, only have more than 100 people.

The subordinates under the Xiaoqi camp are low-level officials similar to Xiaoqi under the Ming army system——

It's the Riding School.

In other words, in fact, there are only more than 1000 cavalry in the Eight Banners.

The Qing army in history, because of the existence of the Eight Banners and the Mongolian Banners, actually had cavalry.

Nurhachi and Huang Taiji used marriage to gain support from the Horqin tribe. (In the early Qing Dynasty, Horqin was the origin of the queen.)

Because the Mongols are all cavalry, since then, the Eight Banners have had their own cavalry troops!

Before the middle period of Kangxi, the source of the troops of the Eight Mongolian Banners was only Monan Mongolia, one of the three Mongols (actually, Mongolia should be regarded as four).

That is, the left and right wings.

The area marked in dark green is the Mongolian territory controlled by the Qing Dynasty in history. Khalkha and Geerdan (Walana) are still very early!

At this time point in this book, the right-wing Mongolian ministry had just been brought under the control of the Qing court.

However, since the defeat of Aoer Dusi, right-wing Mongolia once again fell into the arms of the Ming Dynasty.

The descendants of Lin Dan Khan, namely Abu Nai, the nominal co-leader of Left-wing Mongolia, which is an important source of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, saw the opportunity to get rid of the control of the Qing court after the battle of Yao'er Dusi.

He restrained his men and took the opportunity to draw a clear line with the Qing court.

Even the eldest princess of Gulun Wenzhuang, Maqata, who was married to the Qing court, was killed directly.

The Chahar tribe, which belongs directly to Beiyuan Khan, is preparing to regain everything it has lost.

At this time, the only sources of strength for the Eight Mongolian Banners of the Qing Dynasty were Horqin and other Mongolian tribes. (Mainly Horqin Department)

Against this background, the number of Mongolian Eight Banners who could truly fight on horseback in the Qing army became increasingly scarce.

In addition, Dorgon has been planning for half a year to move south!

Moving south is a big deal!

Dorgon had already deployed the Mongolian cavalry to ensure the smooth completion of the southward migration.

As a result, there were no real cavalry under Alzin.

When he saw the Ming cavalry rushing towards him, he had to order the horses to be driven to both sides of the team, and had his horse's reins nailed to the ground, preparing to use the horses to stop Li Laiheng from attacking the flanks.

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Good luck!

Arzin looked behind him.

He happened to be at the "3" bend of the Yu River, and the Ming army's cavalry was unable to outflank the retreat.

Seeing the Ming cavalry getting closer and closer, Alzin's eyes widened and he raised one hand high.

"Get closer, you have to get closer before shooting!

Only by placing the Ming army within fifty steps can it be effective. "

To this day, Alzin no longer dares to follow his past practice of waiting until the enemy is within thirty steps before firing.

His men were all new recruits, and Arzin, who was unsure, relaxed his requirements...

One step is five feet. In the Ming Dynasty, the ground ruler measured 32.7 centimeters, which means one step is equivalent to 1.635 meters.

The distance of fifty steps is equivalent to 81.75 meters in later generations.

This distance has exceeded the thirty-step range of the three-eyed gun! (49.05 meters)

The distance of fifty paces could only be reached by a matchlock.

In other words, the three-eyed blunderbuss equipped in large quantities by the Eight Banners has completely lost its effect!

(See the three-eyed gun, does it look familiar to everyone?

As mentioned earlier, Nurhachi's direct descendant was the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, which later merged with the Guan Ning Army. The top two of the three elites boasted by civil servants are the core of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, while the remaining Denglai New Army is the core of the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

History books can deceive people, but data does not.

It was set at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty that only thirty steps could be taken before firing, because it was the three armies of Liaodong that formed the core of the Qing army. )

Since his men were all new soldiers, Alzin simply did not dare to choose to put the Ming army at a distance of thirty steps before firing!