Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 13 Wang An: Traditional Arts!
The fearless Taiping Heavenly Kingdom battalion was able to launch a dimensionality reduction attack when facing the cowardly Qing army.

On the mountain road, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regiment launched a charge.

Amid shouts and cries of killing, they raised their swords and shields and charged forward towards the Qing army in front of them.

Faced with the aggressive Taiping Heavenly Kingdom group, the Green Camp soldiers of the Qing army performed quite poorly.

As the regiment camp got closer and closer to them, the gunfire, which had already begun to become increasingly sparse and chaotic, began to become even more sparse.

In a panic, the Qing soldiers began to encounter frequent problems when loading their muskets.

Zhao Xiang pulled the trigger, and a gunshot rang out, accompanied by a cloud of smoke.

Zhao Xiang's hands were shaking violently as he watched the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom bandits charging in the smoke in the distance and getting closer and closer to them.

When he was loading the shotgun in his hand, the gunpowder spilled all over the ground because his hands were shaking. When the wind blew, the fine gunpowder particles went directly into his nasal cavity.

He choked and coughed!
Next to him, another Qing soldier stuffed the connecting rod into the gun chamber and forgot to take it out.

As he pulled the trigger, he shot out the entire barrel.

When he was about to reload, he realized that he had actually ejected the cleaning rod.

Suddenly, Zhao Xiang heard a loud bang. He subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the sound, only to see that the barrel of a Qing soldier's musket exploded.

Sparks and iron chips flew all over his face, leaving it covered in blood and blackened areas.

This Qing army soldier was covering his face and screaming miserably.

Just now, he was so nervous when loading his musket that he reloaded it several times in a row and forgot to fire.

When he remembered to shoot, several portions of gunpowder accumulated in the barrel were ignited at the same time and then exploded, and the barrel of the shotgun, which was of poor quality to begin with, exploded directly.

But the situation of the Church of God is not that good either.

Because, as the distance between the two sides shortened, the Qing army's shooting accuracy was constantly improving.

Even though the Qing army's shooting density became increasingly sparse, people from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regiment continued to be shot and fell during the charge.

However, this did not hinder the offensive of the Church of God.

"Kill! Kill the Qing monsters and go to heaven!"

"God bless you, I will kill the Qing monster and go to heaven!"

"..."

Amid the shouting, the charge of the God Worshipping Church not only did not stop, but became even faster.

The eyes of those rushing in the front were full of fanaticism and excitement, and they did not take their own lives seriously at all.

In their hearts, Heavenly Father is above everything else!
They are also willing to give everything for Heavenly Father!
The next moment, the charging God Worshipping Corps and the Green Camp soldiers who were firing in formation collided head-on.

Then, like a mountain torrent hitting a forest, the Green Camp soldiers had almost no power to resist and were defeated the moment the two sides came into contact.

Countless people chose to drop their weapons and run away.

The muskets in the hands of these Green Camp soldiers of the Qing army were fine for long-range attacks, but since the Qing army's muskets were not equipped with bayonets, once the distance between the two sides closed, the muskets in their hands became fire sticks.

Wang An saw that his men were being defeated like a landslide and was powerless to stop them. He could only flee backwards, swept away by the fleeing soldiers.

Seeing the defeat on the battlefield, he felt heartbroken. He was defeated. He led the Qing Dynasty's military system, but was defeated by a group of bandits...

But no matter how unwilling he was, the outcome could not be changed.

The only thing that made him feel fortunate now was that the battlefield was a narrow mountain road, and neither side could deploy its troops. Even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom bandits won, they would not be able to penetrate, surround, and annihilate them.

Otherwise, they wouldn't even have a chance to retreat.

……

The Qing army retreated all the way to the mountain road leading to Shanren Village. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom group pursued them all the way, constantly expanding the victory, and the Qing army was covered with corpses.

The narrow mountain road was littered with corpses, and shotguns and knives were casually thrown on the ground.

It was not until the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's regiment rushed to the entrance of the mountain road that they received the order to withdraw their troops and began to retreat in an orderly manner.

He didn't chase out of the mountain path to fight!

Li Dianyuan sat high on the horse, rode up to Wang An, snorted coldly and asked him about his guilt.

"We lost the first battle, and we lost our troops and humiliated our country. Wang An, do you admit your guilt?"

Wang An had managed to escape with great difficulty, but when he saw Li Dianyuan questioning him, he could only kneel down and apologize.

"Please forgive me, General. I am willing to accept the punishment."

Defeat is defeat, this is the fact and Wang An cannot argue.

Li Dianyuan snorted coldly and spoke.

"Come here, arrest Wang An and take him to the camp to await his fate. When this battle is over, I will report him to the Admiral and have him removed from his post and charged."

If the Qing army had been defeated by the Taiping Army a few years later, nothing would have happened at all.

Because at that time, almost all the Qing troops had suffered defeats at the hands of the Taiping Army, without exception.

If you really take it seriously, the scope of the attack is really too large!
But, who can blame them for not officially launching their uprising yet?

And this was also the first confrontation between the Qing army and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?

No one has suffered any loss from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom yet, but you, Wang An, are the only one who showed off your talent.

The Qing army was defeated in the first battle between the two sides, which dealt an immeasurable blow to the morale of the army.

As the commander of the troops, Wang An cannot escape blame.

Li Dianyuan naturally would not miss this opportunity to take advantage of the situation and take down Wang An.

When Wang An heard this, his face turned pale, but before he could do anything, he saw several of Li Dianyuan's personal soldiers rushing forward and pressing him to the ground.

After being tied up, he was taken back to the camp.

As for the reaction of Wang An’s subordinates?

They had just suffered a crushing defeat on the front line and their organization was almost disbanded. Even if they wanted to stand up for Wang An, the captain, they couldn't do it.

Not to mention that they would never think of standing up for Wang An!

Although Wang An was very kind to his nephew Li Yi and took good care of him, it did not mean that he would treat his soldiers well.

Wang An also did a lot of traditional feudal military officers' skills, such as eating empty salaries and sucking the blood of soldiers, withholding food and wages, and even forcing his soldiers to serve as free labor to help their families with farm work and repair houses.

One can imagine what the soldiers think of Wang An!
The reason why they listened to Wang An was because Wang An was their superior and represented the Qing court.

But since it is Wang An's superior who wants to arrest Wang An and punish him, naturally none of these soldiers will step forward to intervene.

Li Dianyuan looked around and gave orders.

"Zhou Liang, you will take over Wang An's troops for now. Immediately start to reorganize the defeated troops and prepare for another battle."

Zhou Liang was Li Dianyuan's confidant, and Li Dianyuan somewhat supported him to take over Wang An's position.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Liang immediately stood up and clasped his fists.

"I understand, and I will not let you down!"

(End of this chapter)