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Chapter 957 Night battle against the Eight Banners
  Time: December 60, 12, early 16 o'clock in the evening.

Location: In the western Liaoning region, on the edge of the frozen Liao River, in a relatively low depression.

"What the hell! Why is this damn place so cold? Maybe I won't be killed by Yu Ming's Eight Banners soldiers later, but I'll be frozen to death here first."

He raised his hand and wiped away the two big pieces of snot that had been frozen on his lips.

Mr. Nanze, a tea profiteer living in the south, cursed in a low voice in a voice that only he could hear.

Suddenly, several thick lines of mist sprayed out from his nostrils and mouth.

At first glance, it looks like a working chimney.

After waiting for a little movement, Corn in front turned around, lowered his voice, and cursed:
  "Shut up, you are such a meddlesome old boy, be careful not to alert those Eight Banners soldiers.

They really need to be prepared and on guard. If a fight breaks out later, the casualties this time may be huge. It took a lot of effort to pull out this small number of troops, but you are willing to lose a lot here. "

It was a meter away, but the thick mist sprayed from the corn's mouth could still directly hit Mr. Nanze, whose eyebrows were filled with ice residue.

After saying that, Corn turned his head again.

He continued to focus his attention on the temporary camp of the Daqing Eight Banners soldiers a few hundred meters away.

I don't know whether it was because the weather was too cold at the time, or because I was too emotionally nervous. Anyway, the face of this college student was quite ugly.

After being scolded like a corn, Mr. Nanze still cursed, but it became a silent kind...

Based on the above, it means that they are going to take action with Daqing's Eight Banners soldiers outside the pass today?

That's right! After receiving the relevant news for more than a month, the few agents they deployed in Fengtian City finally sent back the news that General Aisin Gioro Yuming of Shengjing had officially sent troops to them.

The total strength of the Qing Army that came over this time was more than 1500 people, and they were all cavalry troops.

What's even more outrageous is that in order to deal with the rebels in Tianshuigouzi, who had only a few hundred troops, they dispatched several times more troops.

It turned out to be General Shengjing Aixinjueluo Yuming, a high-ranking member of the Qing Dynasty who personally led the troops.

The reason for this is that General Yuming was actually forced to do so.

On the one hand, under the power of a lion fighting a rabbit, in their view, there is no possibility of failure this time to quell the chaos.

Therefore, his generals quarreled fiercely among themselves in order to fight for the glory of leading the army. Distraught, Yuming simply led the troops himself.

On the other hand, these 1500 soldiers and horses are too important to him and to Fengtian City today, and they cannot be missed at all.

Say it! Despite the huge area outside the pass, the Daqing court only had more than [-] troops stationed there.

Among them, General Shengjing has more than 18600 troops, General Jilin has more than 9000 troops, and Hei*jiang has more than 11000 troops.

Because these soldiers are all composed of Manchu Eight Banners soldiers, and the absolute troops are all cavalry.

At first glance, Daqing's overall strength outside the pass seems to be pretty good.

It is a pity that the above garrison standards are based on the old imperial calendar.

Especially in recent years, in order to quell the bandits they talk about, the Daqing court has mobilized these Eight Banners troops with stronger combat effectiveness from outside the customs many times to fight against the bandits.

In addition, the generals who commanded troops outside the Pass have successfully inherited the free-paying skills of their old enemy, the Ming Dynasty.

Now Shengjing General Yuming's command, including some old and weak, only has three to four thousand soldiers and horses.

Excluding some troops stationed in other areas of Liao Province, these 1500 people were already the majority of Fengtian City's troops; only some old and weak people were left to guard the city.

Therefore, Shengjing General Yuming naturally had no doubts that the rebels in Tianshuigouzi in the Panshan area could be completely wiped out in one battle.

What he was worried about was that if the losses in the battle were a little bigger, he would probably be heartbroken to death.

Combining all the above reasons, there was a scene where Yuming, a first-rank official of the imperial court, personally led troops on an expedition.

Damn it! I don’t know if Maize and the others are lucky or unlucky...

As for the reason why Corn personally led the army, after Corn, War Elephant and other five people got together and analyzed it based on the existing intelligence, they could probably analyze it.

But this is not important to them at all.

The important thing is that facing such a 1500-strong Eight Banners soldier, the five people felt a huge pressure.

In terms of military strength: In the buffer period of more than a month before, it was enough to digest the personnel they recruited after killing three gangsters some time ago.

But even so, their current strength is only 357 cavalry and 122 infantry. When all are added together, the total is 479.

Why are there still infantry among them? It's because their horses are not enough.

Even the pack horses were used up, and only 357 cavalry could be formed.

In terms of weapons: Lao Tie, a blacksmith from the modern plane, has been involved in many tasks in the team, so there is no doubt about his ability.

The key is that the basic conditions here in Tianshuigouzi are too poor.

Although after Lao Hei arrived, it only took a few days to use the earthen blast furnace to refine the captured weapons, iron pots and many other iron objects into fine steel as raw materials.

But before building weapons, he must first create steam engines and other necessary machines.

So more than a month has passed. Although various machines have been initially manufactured, as long as the supply of steel is guaranteed in the future, the speed of weapon manufacturing will be quite good.

In terms of actual production, the only short-barreled flintlock gun produced was only able to produce a total of thirty-seven pieces.

In short, the current military strength of Tianshuigouzi is very diverse in terms of weapons, and there is not enough training time. The combat effectiveness is really a bit bad in the eyes of the five people.

On the contrary, their opponents not only had more than three times the number.

Moreover, all of them are Eight Banners soldiers who have lived in such a harsh environment outside the customs for a long time. They are more determined in fighting will, are more proficient in bowing and horsemanship, and are not completely rotten.

Before the war, in the many war games conducted by the five people,

Even relying on the powerful combat power of the five of them, there is still a hand-operated Gatling heavy machine gun as a suppressive heavy firepower.

In a frontal battle, even if they can win, the casualties are scary.

what to do? The old method is to attack at night.

To put it bluntly, these are the tactics used in fighting. Regardless of whether the night attack method is a bit old-fashioned, it was used too many times this time?
  Never mind him, as long as it works.

Needless to say, the night attack tactics carefully formulated by the five people naturally had no problems; with the strength of the five of them used as vanguard soldiers, the success rate was quite high regardless of whether they were calculated mentally or not.

The real problem is that it is too cold outside Guanwai in December, especially late at night.

Even without a thermometer, the temperature might have been minus [-] or [-] degrees Celsius, or even lower.

After nightfall tonight, everyone led the horses, which were wrapped, hoofed and muzzled, and the process of getting here was very smooth.

The Eight Banners soldiers in the camp were not aware of it at all.

But while they were lying on the snow, waiting for the time to take action, Mr. Nanze and other members from the southern region were a little unable to stop them.

Even if they had experienced the colder cold in the Western Region in their previous missions, it was still very uncomfortable for a while.

Even though he was wearing layer after layer, his whole body was almost wrapped up like a rice dumpling; even after lying on the thick snow, he still felt the coldness keep getting into the cracks in his bones.

The howling cold wind seemed to blow away the last bit of heat from their bodies.

That is to say, after using up their internal energy to warm up, they will feel better physically. However, their internal energy is not infinite, and they have to keep most of their internal energy for later use.

I can only rely on my righteousness to carry on. Anyway, I feel that I am always suffering.

This is also the reason why Corn couldn't help but scold Nanze before. Because although he is younger and has a healthier waist than Mr. Nanze, and is theoretically more resistant to freezing, he is still very tired now.

The only good thing is that even in such a difficult environment.

There were a total of 479 soldiers under the five of them. Now one by one, after being ordered to lie down on the snow, not one of them moved or made a sound.

This shows that after their training for a period of time, although their combat effectiveness is still a bit lacking, at least their discipline is quite good...

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  He took out his pocket watch and glanced at the time on it under the moonlight, and found that it was only after half past eleven.

After Corn, a veteran of the team, let out a long and resentful sigh, it seemed that even he couldn't bear it anymore.

Turning around, he turned to the teammates around him and whispered:
  "Forget it! It's better to wait until after [-]:[-] in the morning, when the human body is most sleepy, before taking action against these Eight Banners soldiers.

Otherwise, if we win this battle, everyone might be in trouble. "

"Then what are you waiting for? Take action~"

After hearing this, Mr. Nanze almost jumped up with joy. The first time he got rid of a bloated animal skin coat, he took the lead and set off forward with his waist crouched.

Under the operation of internal force, this guy's body obviously feels warm.

In the first dozen steps after setting off, my walking movements were still a bit stiff. After twenty steps, my body still felt cold, but my movements had obviously recovered completely.

Seeing this, War Elephant, Corn, and Lao Tie quickly followed suit, preparing to deal with the sentries in the military camp first, and then open the gate of the camp and create some chaos.

Create more conditions for the army's surprise attack.

Moving forward from the blind spot of the sentry's sight, the four people who formed a combat group soon reached the edge of the Eight Banners soldiers' camp.

Obviously, even the Eight Banners soldiers outside the pass are far inferior to the Tatars encountered by veterans such as Corn during the Loess Fort mission.

But in general, compared to their relatives in the customs, the Green Camp soldiers were much better.

Even in the temporary camp during the march, they still followed military regulations and erected a wooden fence around the camp.

Everywhere not far away, there was a sentry keeping vigil.

There are also patrol teams, which will patrol the camp every hour.

Fortunately, with such a level of defense, it would not be a problem for the four of them to sneak in without anyone noticing.

After thinking that the patrol had just completed a round and the remaining time was definitely enough, the four of them looked at each other and pulled out a revolver from their bodies.

The reason for doing this is mainly because I am worried that the gun will be frozen in this damn weather.

Then, with one easy jump, he jumped more than two meters high; with a little help, he jumped into the camp of the Eight Banners soldiers.

Because there was a layer of snow on the ground that was more than ankle deep, the sound was not loud when it landed, and it did not attract the attention of any sentry at all.

Afterwards, the four people were divided into two groups. One person held a silent crossbow as a cover, the other held a revolver in his left hand and a dagger in his right hand and began to touch the whistle.

Thanks to the low temperature tonight, the Eight Banners' sentries were slower to react.

The two teams set off separately on the left and right. After meeting at the gate, all the sentries were eliminated, but no one was awakened.

Without any trace of ink, the four of them opened the gate of the camp.

He picked up the torch and drew several large circles clockwise to send some signals to the people outside.

They just held a torch and started to prevent fires everywhere in the camp; with the help of the wind, the fires on the tents and fodder in the camp were almost ignited, and they immediately started to burn blazingly.

Within two or three minutes at most, fires broke out everywhere in the Eight Banners soldiers' camp...

After being scalded awake by the burning tent, the Eight Banners soldiers in the camp were pleasantly surprised; a sudden piercing scream broke the tranquility of the night.

A group of Eight Banners soldiers who were soundly sleeping found someone attacking them at night this time.

The problem was that at this moment, the Tianshuigouzi horse team was only fifty or sixty meters away from the wide open gate.

Seeing that there was no need to hide, a group of cavalrymen who were slowly approaching with their horses immediately got on the backs of their horses and rushed over, beating their horses.

Even the infantrymen at some further positions were striding over with various shotguns.

Then, a massacre began.

Because those Eight Banners soldiers, whose clothes were so thin that they didn't even have time to put on their shoes, rushed out of the tent with weapons in hand.

But many people just show up and have no time to react.

A galloping war horse roared past them, and after greeting them with the weapon in its hand, it hacked the confused Eight Banners soldiers to the ground one by one.

But then again, these Eight Banners soldiers are not as good as their ancestors.

It's not as good as the familiar Liao soldiers, Jin soldiers, and Yuan soldiers, but it's not too bad.

After General Sheng Jing of the Chinese Army reacted, he immediately organized a line of defense on the spot with the soldiers around him. He loudly greeted the rebel soldiers under his command and quickly gathered towards them.

Soon, one or two hundred people from the surrounding area gathered.

After discovering such a situation, Yu Hong, who was originally rushing back and forth in the camp, immediately rushed over there with the dozen or so riders around him.

Try to break up this group of people before talking.

As a result, after rushing to a distance of fifty or sixty steps, twenty or thirty arrows were shot from over there.

Six people were hit by arrows and fell from their horses on the spot. Even Yu Hong himself was hit by an arrow on his left shoulder, and one of his arms hung down on the spot.

After seeing such a scene, Corn almost shivered with pain.

The key is that there are more and more Eight Banners troops there, reaching more than [-] people in a short period of time. If the delay continues, the problem will be really troublesome.

As his energy filled his Dantian, he let out a loud roar: "Xiong Da, where did you die~"

"Here you go, call the soul~" Xiong Da yelled the same in his mouth, but his hands did not slow down.

The handlebar driving the carriage in front of him made the body of the open carriage roll sideways with a shout, and then began to turn the Gatling crank in his hand.

Let this heavy machine gun shoot wildly at Yu Ming's group of people more than a hundred meters away.

That's right! Taking into account the need to keep up with the mobility of the cavalry, this heavy machine gun was pressed onto the carriage, which can be regarded as the kind of machine gun carriage that was used during Maozi's battle with the White Army.

Maozi used this operation extensively back then, which naturally shows how powerful this thing is.

If Montauban, Grant and other senior officers of the Yin-French Allied Forces saw such a scene, they would immediately lie down on the ground to avoid the fire.

It's just that Yuming and the Eight Banners outside the Pass have never seen such modern firepower.

Therefore, when Xiong Da instinctively adjusted the muzzle of his gun and faced a group of Eight Banners soldiers who were guarding him, he almost had a big shot written on his face, and he gave priority to greet them out.

After the blood and flesh on the bodies of the Eight Banners warriors splattered.

Shengjing General Yuming, who was born in the Zhenglan Banner of the Daqing imperial court and was a first-rank official, was considered the highest-ranking military and civilian leader in Liao Province.

Under the powerful 14.7 mm caliber bullet, a horrific wound the size of a bowl exploded in his chest, and he died on the spot.

Then, Corn turned the muzzle of his gun and continued to fire, shooting at the other Eight Banners soldiers.

After ten seconds, the remaining Eight Banners soldiers finally reacted to the brutal firepower and the death of their leader.

The next second later, the group of Eight Banners soldiers scattered and fled for their lives, making such a battle completely without suspense...

(End of this chapter)