Eunuchs who traveled through the Qing Dynasty

Sheng Bao hesitated, and climbed up a big rock with both hands and feet. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, white smoke rose from the mountain in front of him.Suddenly there was a loud gunshot, but instead of firing at his own side, he was shooting blindly outside.

"Reinforcements, reinforcements are coming!" The soldiers suddenly became excited, and they all took up their shotguns and were about to break out of the encirclement.Shengbao waved his hand and stopped: "Slow down! This shot is wrong!"

One used by the Qing army was the shotgun, which was 2 meters long, with a range of about 01 meters, and a rate of fire of 100-2 rounds per minute; The rate of fire is 1-46 rounds per minute.At that time, the usual battle formation was three rounds of firing, with an average interval of more than ten seconds between each round of shooting.However, the gunshots heard at this time were messy. Although there were not many gunshots, they were almost uninterrupted, with non-stop ringing.Occasionally, there would be one or two rounds of gunshots as urgent as popping beans, dull and heavy, and the range of this gun would definitely exceed 200 meters just by listening to the blasting sound.

What kind of guy is this, whose army is this?A big doubt arose in Shengbao's heart.Looking at the clouds of smoke rising from the enemy's position, I feel even more strange. These are obviously exploding shells from foreigners. Could it be that England and France did it themselves?

In order to besiege the Shengbao army, the British and French allied forces were divided into three sides, controlling three valleys respectively.Now the gunshots from the west were loud, and the foreign devils from the northeast and south immediately rushed to reinforce.Shengbao didn't care about thinking so much, and ordered the troops to divide into three groups, and the two groups were to block the enemy's reinforcements, and the main force quickly charged the enemy's position.This time the foreign devils in the west closed in on the enemy, and the gunshots became more and more chaotic.

At this moment, the desperate Shengbao army was so anxious that they took up their shotguns and broadswords and rushed towards the enemy's position desperately.The number of foreign devils guarding the west was the least, only 700. After these two blows, they couldn't resist immediately, and fled to the foot of the mountain desperately.Shengbao rushed up the hill to look at the opposite side, and was immediately stunned.

On a mountain ridge opposite, a row of forty or fifty heads were exposed.Although the number of people was small, the shooting was fast, one shot after another, almost without interruption.Moreover, almost every second gunshot would cause a foreign devil to fall down, and the hit rate was surprisingly high!

Since the army used smoothbore guns at that time, the hit rate was extremely low, generally within 200 meters, and it would be good to hit half of them.With the accuracy of a musket, it is impossible for ordinary soldiers to always hit the opposite target according to their own wishes. They can only stand in a tight front and fire at the enemy's front that is as close as their own army, which is the so-called line of fire. Shoot, whoever shoots counts.Moreover, after shooting, the gunpowder smoke was quite thick, and it was impossible to continue aiming.

This is the first time Katsubo has encountered such a precise shooting in nearly ten years of fighting.And the rate of fire of these people is at least 10 rounds per minute. How could there be such a powerful weapon in this world!Just as I was completely surprised, I saw a dark guy roaring "Suddenly".The foreign devils who had just rushed halfway up the mountain burst into wailing and howling, and more than a dozen fell down in an instant.

Then several burly men rushed up on the mountain ridge, pushing a long wooden frame, and black iron bumps popped out one after another.With a bang, it fell into the group of foreign devils, and the flowers exploded with a bang.Three or four foreign soldiers were blown up and flew up, and the surrounding area fell down.

"Damn, what the hell is this? It's so powerful!" Shengbao was surprised and excited at the same time, and swung the sparrow knife in his hand vigorously: "Brothers, give him a son of a bitch. Don't let go!"

"Kill—!" The Qing soldiers all over the mountains and plains burst into a roar like thunder.These men who were tortured to the point of madness by the foreign devils like chasing rabbits finally discovered that the foreign soldiers are not superhuman, heavenly soldiers and generals, and they can be beaten so badly!For a moment, the courage doubled, there were tigers descending from the mountain, wolves exiting the valley, waving the sharp Turghut waist knife, and swooping towards the enemy like a tide!

Unable to resist, the foreign devils retreated down the mountain one after another, and became the living targets of the shooters on the opposite mountain ridge, and some people kept falling down screaming.Those flowering cannons were useless at this time, and they were randomly discarded on the top of the mountain.Shengbao commanded the soldiers to set up the cannons and fire at the foot of the mountain. Unexpectedly, some of the cannons were breech-loaded, and the soldiers would not use them in a hurry.A few front-loading curved guns were released, but because they didn't know the range and angle of the guns, the shells flew directly over the heads of the foreign soldiers and hit the opposite woods.

The foreign devils managed to get to the foot of the mountain, and there were only less than five hundred of the seven hundred people left, and the hillside was piled up with dead bodies.At this time, the devils on the South Road had already broken through the blocking line and rushed to reinforce them desperately.The ghost soldiers at the foot of the mountain heard the loud gunshots over there, turned around and looked south, and rushed to join the reinforcements.

The hundred or so devils acting as the vanguard had just turned around the foot of the mountain when a series of explosions suddenly sounded, directly exploding among the devils.The devils thought it was a flowering cannon coming, and hurriedly spread out to hide in the woods on both sides, but who knew that the explosion point extended all the way, and blasted into the woods, as if someone followed their feet and fired a cannon, wherever they went. .

The foreign devil had been completely beaten up, only regretted that he had lost two legs, and escaped from the woods by rolling and crawling.Before he could retreat, the sound of "chug chug" sounded again, and the row of devils running in the front fell down one after another.

Less than half of the more than 100 devils escaped back. Since the landing in Tianjin, they have never suffered such a big loss. How can they dare to fight?Gathered the remnants and broke out to the north.There is a valley with dense forests on both sides. Just halfway through, I heard the sound of drums shaking the sky. A roar like a tsunami erupted in the forest. Countless Qing soldiers rushed out like a flood, wielding long knives like Entering the flock, the bright blade was glowing with the breath of death in the afterglow of the setting sun, flying up and down, throwing heads one after another into the sky, bringing up a series of bloody flowers.

"Jianrui Battalion, General, it's Jianrui Battalion!" A few Qing soldiers shouted excitedly, and Shengbao looked around, and sure enough, a banner with the word "Jian" was flying in the valley.

With the addition of new forces, the Shengbao Army also launched a fierce counterattack.When it came to close combat, the firearms of the foreign soldiers lost their effect immediately, and the advantages of the Qing soldiers were clearly displayed. The long knives they waved were like a group of demons from hell, frantically harvesting the souls of the enemies.The foreign soldiers couldn't resist, and only a small number of them went out through the valley, and the remaining 300 people turned into mutilated corpses in an instant.

A Qing general with a sapphire crown on his head shouted, "Where is the victorious general?"

Shengbao came back from a desperate situation, he felt strength coming from his whole body, and the wound on his face no longer hurt, he shouted loudly: "Is this General Duan here? Shengbao is here! Haha, your brother came in time , if it's one hour and three quarters later, brother, I will have to stay underground!"

The general of the Qing Dynasty was Jianrui's battalion wing, and when he saw Shengbao, he didn't have time to be polite, and said: "These foreign devils are scared out of their wits, why don't we go all out and kill the weeds?"

Shengbao waved his long knife and said, "That's it! Brothers, we have been bullied by those foreign devils enough! If we don't take this opportunity to avenge our dead brother, when will we wait? Come on, turn around and beat him hard!" Damn!"

At this time, the morale of the Qing soldiers was high, and they took up shotguns and broadswords one after another, and turned over the mountain to trap the foreign devils who were reinforcements on the Northeast Road.But seeing hundreds of people running down the mountain ridge like flying, the leader shouted: "Slow down! Everyone don't go!"

Shengbao saw that this man was very young, only sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed like a chief eunuch, but behind him was a third-rank official.Unconsciously, he asked, "Who are you?"

Duan Meng hurriedly said: "This is the imperial envoy sent by the emperor to the firearms battalion, the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace, Xiao Ran, the patrol envoy of the firearms battalion, sir Xiao Ran."

Shengbao frowned when he heard the word "eunuch", and said with a sneer, "Why is there no one in my Qing Dynasty? Sending an eunuch to supervise the army, the ancestral system is ignored!" He said to the soldiers around him Said: "Don't pay attention to him, the supervisor of the firearms battalion doesn't care about us. Come on, rush over to me and kill all the foreign devils!"

Duan Meng also shouted: "Okay, our Jianrui camp also wishes the general a helping hand! Brothers, kill all the foreign devils and go back to receive the reward!"

Thousands of Qing soldiers suddenly clamored, roaring like thunder, and rushed towards the foreign soldiers roaring.Xiao Ran shouted anxiously: "Don't go, come back, come back quickly!" But his voice was immediately swallowed up by the roars of thousands of people.

Duanmeng and Shengbao took the lead, and when they turned over the hill, they saw clouds of smoke rising from the opposite position.Then countless flowering shells exploded one after another in the Qing army, killing dozens of people in an instant.The Qing soldiers were already red-eyed, and rushed forward, stepping on the corpses of the fallen soldiers and pounced forward.Just avoiding the radius of the artillery fire, thousands of foreign soldiers were divided into five rows and lined up on the hillside. With a burst of gunshots, the Qing soldiers who rushed to the front fell down in pieces.

After the first team of foreign soldiers finished their volley, they immediately retreated to the back to reload, and the second team stepped up and started another round of volley.They are equipped with Brunswick-style front-loading smoothbore percussion guns, which can reach a range of 300 meters. Although the Qing soldiers also have shotguns, their range is only 100 meters.In such a vacuum zone of 100 meters to 300 meters, it is completely dominated by foreign guns.The foreigners' artillery also took the opportunity to adjust the shooting angle, and the explosive shells fell one after another, and the open ground in front of the valley was covered with corpses of Qing soldiers.

Duanmeng was furious, took his iron sword from the soldiers, and rushed over with a roar.As soon as he reached the foot of the hill, a bullet flew in and hit his left arm, blood flowed profusely immediately, and the sword fell to the ground.A few soldiers saved their lives and went back. Shengbao shouted: "The foreign devils are powerful, retreat quickly, brothers!" After retreating to the hillside in a swarm with his men, he suddenly heard gunshots behind him. Hundreds of people turned back again, occupied the mountain ridge, fired two rounds in succession, and the Qing soldiers ran away with their heads in their arms.

At this time, the foreign devils from the South Road had also arrived, set up cannons on the top of the hill, and continued to bombard the Qing army.Two or 3000 people had no way to advance or retreat, and could only be squeezed on a small hillside and beaten alive. For a while, ghosts howled and howled, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the airtight bullets and falling shells made this place completely turned into a world. hell.Shengbao lost all thoughts, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Heaven won't let me!" He put the knife across the sparrow's neck, and he was about to kill himself.

chug chu...

A familiar voice roared again.In a shallow ditch at the foot of the hill, three black guys spewed out angry flames together.On the edge of the ditch crawled a row of forty or fifty Qing soldiers, each of whom operated four or five matchlock guns and fired rhythmically.These shooters are followed by three people, each time a gun is fired, it is responsible for loading the ammunition, and the other person is responsible for firing the charge.After firing one gun, take the next one immediately, because the matchlock has already been lit, and it only takes a few seconds to aim and fire, and you can lie down and fire!The original rate of fire of 3-4 rounds per minute has been increased to more than 10 rounds, and these people are obviously carefully selected sharpshooters, and a foreign devil will fall down after three or two shots.

The devils on the mountain ridge fell down one after another, and a hole was torn open in the originally dense firepower network.The Qing soldiers suddenly gained courage, and under the cover of sharpshooters, they went straight to the enemy's position.

The foreign soldiers were startled, screaming strangely, and fled to the back mountain in a hurry.Suddenly hearing two bangs and bangs, more than a dozen devils who were running in front fell down immediately.Immediately after, a group of Qing soldiers rushed out from the diagonal stabbing, all holding long shotguns and sharp swords in their hands.At this time, there were only less than a hundred foreign soldiers left. They dared not resist, and threw down their guns one after another, and knelt on the ground with their hands raised high.The leader of this Qing army was Er Longze, who gritted his teeth and scolded: "Bah, you bastard! If you want to surrender, go and tell Lord Hades!" He snatched a shotgun from the soldier's hand, and raised his hand to shoot.

The Qing soldiers were so eager to get this order that they fired wildly, and a bunch of hundreds of foreign soldiers made a fool of themselves.At this time, Shengbao and Duanmeng's troops also broke out. When Shengbao saw E Longze, he almost cried. He took his hand and said, "God, I'm sorry! If General E hadn't arrived in time, my thousands of brothers would really There is no burial place for his death! Brother’s great kindness and virtue, Kezhai (Sheng Baozi) will never be forgotten!”

Er Longze hurriedly said: "General Sheng, please don't say that, it's not the old man's credit, the general should thank you, and you have to thank Envoy Xiao Qin."

Sheng Bao was taken aback, and said: "What? Could it be that the eunuch commanded today's battle?" Only then did they realize that Xiao Ran hadn't followed, and several people climbed to the mountain ridge to watch.I saw Xiao Ran commanding the soldiers to dig holes in the valley and bury the iron bumps one by one.Sheng Baoqi asked, "What is that?"

Er Longze said: "It's called a land mine, it's much better than a bomb. You see, after a while, the foreign devils will chase after him, and it will be enough for him to drink a pot."

In fact, E Longze is a man who can afford and let go.Originally, he was full of anger towards Li Ran's supervising army, but after today's battle, he realized that those dilapidated firearms were superb in his hands, and his attitude towards Li Ran also made a 180-degree turn, admiration The five-body projection.At that moment, spit stars were flying all over the place, almost boasting Xiao Ran to the sky, Sheng Bao said suspiciously: "It turns out that the Imperial Envoy has such abilities, Ke Zhai really underestimated him."

In addition, when the two groups of devils saw the fat slipping from their mouths, they were so angry that their seven orifices were filled with smoke, and they quickly joined together, and about 2000 people chased after them aggressively.Xiao Ran led sharpshooters to lie in ambush on the mountain ridge, watching the enemy charge into the mine circle, there was a series of loud bangs, and the foreign devils were blown up in pieces, but he couldn't guess where the "explosive bomb" came from.With an order from Xiao Ran, three multi-barreled machine guns opened fire together with the sharpshooters, and the bullets poured down like hailstones.

These more than 40 sharpshooters were carefully selected by Xiao Ran from the more than 500 officers and soldiers of the Firearms Battalion, and they were all equipped with Portuguese matchlock guns with a relatively long range.The foreign devils scurrying around on the bare open ground became their best living targets, and the angry bullets sent one devil after another into hell with the breath of death.This valley, which is no more than 200 meters wide, has become a veritable death canyon.

Since the foreign devils landed in Tianjin, they have gone through many battles, big and small, and it has been smooth sailing.I am very familiar with the firearms, equipment and tactics of the Qing soldiers, and this is the first time I have suffered such a big loss like today.Can't help being terrified, he tidied up the remnants of the soldiers and retreated back, leaving corpses scattered all over the floor.At this time, Shengbao and the others had already withdrawn several miles away, Xiao Ran ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, the captured crackers could be taken away, and those that could not be blown up on the spot.Then it was divided into two parts, covered alternately, and withdrew from the battlefield. ♀

At this time, the Shengbao army had already become a frightened bird, and they fled all the way to Xiaowangzhuang before they could calm down a little.The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty had been starving for several days, and at this time, one by one, like bandits, rushed into the homes of ordinary people, robbing whatever they saw, and made the big Zhuangzi jump like a dog.When Xiao Ran caught up with him, it was already dark. Seeing Sheng Bao and Duan Meng at the threshing ground, he didn't have time to say the ceremony, so he said straight to the point: "The foreign devils are afraid of being beaten by us, and they dare not come out tonight. Camping in the mountains. Let's take this opportunity to get rid of them in one go, that's a great achievement by the generals."

Duan Meng was taken aback, and said, "Come again? Foreigners have powerful guns, almost killing me. Now that the buttocks are not hot, you want to die?" His head shook like a rattle.

Shengbao frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Master Imperial Envoy, today we are chasing foreigners, but you are obviously blocking us; now we have finally escaped from the encirclement, why do you want us to go back?"

Xiao Ran said: "Foreigners have sharp firearms. When attacking from the front during the day, they will undoubtedly hit stones with eggs. But at night, firearms are useless. We just use our strengths in close combat to catch him by surprise. According to my estimation, there are at most one foreign devil now." There are 600 people in thousands, but we have nearly 3000 people. There is a saying that the opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come back. Success or failure depends on one move. What do you think of winning the Lord?"

Shengbao listened and nodded again and again, saying: "Your Excellency is really resourceful. Damn, let the bold die, starve the timid to death, pass my order, brothers fuck that guy, kill him back!"

At this time, the Qing soldiers had enough to eat and drink, and regrouped, throwing away the shotguns and artillery, and only carrying a big knife, they followed the same path and killed them back.After walking for about an hour, I saw a faint fire in front of me. It turned out that the foreign soldiers did not go far, and they camped in the valley where they fought in the evening.Duanmeng picked out [-] or [-] strong soldiers and touched them from both sides of the mountain ridges. Several sentries guarding above were silently killed.The rest of the Qing soldiers divided into two groups and detoured around the camp.

These foreign soldiers are used to being domineering and domineering, and never dreamed that the Qing soldiers would have the courage to come back and steal the camp.They were sitting around eating in twos and threes, when they suddenly saw two black iron bumps falling into the crowd, and they couldn't help being stunned.Then there were two loud bangs, and dozens of devils were blown into the sky.Roars like rushing thunder erupted all around, and countless soldiers of the Qing Dynasty poured in from all directions like a tide, holding bright broadswords.The foreign soldiers panicked and didn't even bother to take their guns. They fled in all directions like headless chickens, but surrounded by layers, where was their way out?

For a while, ghosts and wolves howled in the valley, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.Seeing that it was not the leader, the foreign devils knelt down and surrendered one after another, but the Qing soldiers were so red-eyed that they couldn't bear to chop them into meat, slashing left and right with big knives, leaving no one alive.This battle came and went quickly, more than 1000 foreign devils were killed in an instant, corpses were scattered all over the field, and blood flowed like rivers.The thick smell of blood wafted from the valley, which was disgusting.

The Qing soldiers who had won a complete victory wiped away their slump in the past few days, and happily swept the battlefield.In this battle, more than 120 enemies were wiped out, and [-] and seven artillery pieces, large and small, were captured, as well as countless guns and ammunition.

♂ Volume 2 is ordered to supervise the army ♀

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The great victory at Nianzishan wiped out 3000 British and French allied forces.This was the first major victory of the Qing army since the fall of Dagukou.Shengbao was ecstatic, and sent seven shooting stars overnight to report to the court.

The troops withdrew to Xiaowangzhuang, and an unexpected thing happened.Because of the crazy looting of the Qing soldiers, the people of Xiaowangzhuang were angered. When the troops attacked Nianzi Mountain at night, they took the old, weak and wounded soldiers who stayed in the village as targets of revenge.A shovel and a pick, poor two or three hundred wounded soldiers, more than half of them have become ghosts in a daze.

Xiao Ran's head became dizzy with a buzz: Xueyao is gone!

In order to speed up the march, he left Xueyao and the old and weak soldiers in Xiaowangzhuang when he rushed to help the Shengbao Department. He didn't expect that when the villagers rioted, they would be hit by Chiyu.Fortunately, he left Duan Xingnian behind to protect him. With his martial arts, it is estimated that nothing serious will happen.After asking a few wounded soldiers who escaped by chance, they learned that Duan Xingnian escaped protecting Xueyao Wangbei.