Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 12 Qing Army: Why the hell don’t you get on the horse yourself?

But his knife is a double-edged sword that is too sharp!
Not only did he kill the power-abusing and tyrannical Yang Xiuqing, but he also killed the future of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

As we all know, the Tianjing Incident was an important turning point in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the only one.

Before the Tianjing Incident, although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom encountered certain difficulties and obstacles, the overall atmosphere was positive and progressive.

In just a few years, they fought their way from a corner of Guangxi to the south of the Yangtze River, sweeping across most of the world.

He even launched a Northern Expedition that shocked the capital.

It fully reveals the pattern of competing for world domination!

But after the Tianjing Incident, the situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom took a sharp turn for the worse. It lost its aggressiveness and was reduced to passive defense when facing the Qing army.

The reason for this was ultimately due to the out-of-control of the Tianjing Incident.

In Hong Xiuquan's plan, the only person he wanted to kill during the Tianjing Incident was Yang Xiuqing, and at most he would deal with a small number of people who had too close ties with the East Palace.

The rest of the people will continue to use it.

However, Wei Changhui had his own ideas. He directly expanded the situation and purged the East Prince's Mansion and its related personnel.

But the problem was that due to Yang Xiuqing’s strength, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at that time was almost entirely controlled by the East Palace.

It can be said that the situation was entirely supported by the East Palace and Yang Xiuqing's people.

Wei Changhui's massive purge directly cut off the middle and high-level leadership of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

To put it bluntly, the Taiping Rebellion lasted for more than ten years, but the number of senior Taiping generals who died at the hands of the Qing government was not as many as those who died at the hands of Wei Changhui.

And all this was out of Wei Changhui's selfishness.

The reason he did this was to avenge the personal grudge between himself and Yang Xiuqing.

But more importantly, it was to purge Yang Xiuqing's people so that his own people could take over the position more easily.

Then, he could replace Yang Xiuqing and become the actual controller of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

It's a pity that he got it wrong.

Well, it wasn't just him. Hong Xiuquan also failed to expect that Wei Changhui's knife would be so sharp, and he was also in trouble.

This laid the groundwork for the demise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

But these are all things for the future.

At least for now, Wei Changhui does not have so many ulterior motives and is quite loyal to Hong Xiuquan.

Under Wei Changhui's urging, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's reinforcements' marching speed increased by several percent again, heading all the way to Huazhou in Pingnan County.

……

The horn for the attack sounded, and Wang An personally led the team into the mountain path and launched an attack on the mountain village.

Upon seeing this, Hong Xiuquan personally led the regiment to fight.

Li Yi took the initiative to speak.

"Master, I ask to fight and be the vanguard of the army to defeat the enemy."

Although Li Yi came to surrender with urgent military information, it can be regarded as a token of his allegiance.

But he is still a newcomer after all, so naturally he wants to show his abilities again.

But before Hong Xiuquan could speak, Feng Yunshan on the side spoke up.

"Li Yi, you just came here with urgent military intelligence, which has already made a great contribution. Let others have the chance to make contributions this time."

Feng Yunshan knew that Li Yi wanted to show off, but in his opinion, now was not a good time.

The morale of the first wave of Qing monsters entering the mountain should be the best. If Li Yi leads his men to rush up now, it means that he will have to fight the Qing monsters head-on. Even if he can win, the loss will not be light!
Instead of attacking at this time, it would be better to wait for the reinforcements from Jintian to arrive, and then they will attack the invading Qing monsters from both inside and outside together with the reinforcements before taking action.

It also means that there is a difference between eating meat and gnawing bones.

Li Yi is Feng Yunshan's man now, so Feng Yunshan will naturally take care of him and let him eat meat instead of gnawing on bones.

Seeing this, Li Yi stopped forcing it and spoke immediately.

"My subordinate understands!"

On the other side, the Qing army led by Wang An and the regiment camp of Shanren Village also officially started fighting.

The Qing army formed a fairly neat array on the mountain road. Each Qing soldier held a loaded musket, aimed at the low wall fortifications at the other end of the mountain road, nearly 200 meters away from them, and prepared to shoot.

Although many people's first impression is that the Green Camp soldiers all use cold weapons, this is not actually the case.

Since the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign, the Qing court began to standardize the weapons equipped by the Green Camp, and the bird gun became the main equipment of the Green Camp of the Qing Army.
Take the Guangxi Green Camp as an example. According to regulations, after the reorganization, among every 1000 Green Camp soldiers, 100 will operate artillery and practice swords, 600 will practice muskets, 200 will practice rattan swords, and will practice bows and arrows.

This is still referring to the Qing army during the Yongzheng period.

As time goes by, the Qing army's equipment rate of firearms is gradually increasing.

By now, at least 70% to 80% of the Green Camp soldiers in Guangxi are equipped with muskets, and the rest are mostly skilled in swords, shields and artillery.

The current Green Camp soldiers of the Qing army are a real firearms unit.

"Everyone, three-stage attack, release!"

Wang An stood in the crowd, swung the sword in his hand hard and shouted loudly.

The next moment, crackling gunshots rang out.

The Qing army stood still and continued firing.

Accompanied by continuous gunfire, the narrow mountain road was soon completely obscured by smoke.

On the opposite side, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regiment hid behind a low wall and also fought back with shotguns.

On the battlefield, the two sides were fighting fiercely.

However, the effective range of a shotgun is only about a hundred meters at most, but the two sides are now nearly two hundred meters apart.

So, it just sounds like the fight is very exciting, but the actual hit rate is pitifully low.

After a round of shooting between the two sides, only a few people were shot, and most of them were injured rather than killed.

As for continuing to move forward and close the distance in order to pursue a higher hit rate?
Qing army: Why don’t you get on the horse yourself?

It's easy to talk without any pain in the waist. Isn't my life a life?
Gradually, the Qing army's musket fire became more and more chaotic and they gradually lost their order.

At this moment, a roar like a tsunami suddenly sounded from behind the low wall.

"Kill the Qing monsters! Go to heaven!"

"Kill the Qing monster! Go to heaven!!"

"..."

The next moment, a group of Taiping God Worshippers wearing turbans and holding swords and shields rushed out from behind the low wall. They took advantage of the fact that the gunfire of the Qing army was becoming increasingly chaotic and sparse, and launched a charge towards the Qing army.

They attempted to close the distance and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army, relying on their advantage in cold weapon combat to win.

In terms of the number of firearms, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's regiments were certainly inferior to the Qing army.

But compared with the Qing army, they also have their own unique advantages.

For example, after being brainwashed by religion, most of these people sincerely believe that they can go to heaven and enjoy happiness after death, so they are not afraid of death at all on the battlefield.

And this can actually play a decisive role on the battlefield!
Especially when the two sides are fighting hand-to-hand!
(End of this chapter)