In 1841, the British army successively captured the three towns of Dinghai, Zhenhai and Ningbo in eastern Zhejiang, and the Daoguang Emperor appointed the emperor's nephew Yijing as the general of Yangwei and organized a counterattack in eastern Zhejiang with the intention of recovering the three towns that had fallen.
Pei Qingqiao, an aide to the Yangwei general Yijing, personally experienced the counterattack in eastern Zhejiang and wrote "Aggressive Yin", which reflected the reality of the war.
Today we will take "Aggressive Yin" as a clue to see the suffocating operations of the Qing Army recorded in Bei Qingqiao's pen.
1. The Qing army became the Tiger Head Army
Before the war, Yi Jing heard that the Guandi Temple in Hangzhou's West Lake was very magical, so he went to the lottery to pray, and the result was that there was such a sentence in the signature: "If you don't meet the tiger head, the whole family will keep Ru safe." At first, Yi Jing didn't understand what this meant, but he thought it was a good sign.
After three days, Daoguang dispatched the Tibetan army Amu Rang of the Sichuan Dajinchuan Octagon Diaotun Tusi, and led his men to gather and assist in the battle, the key is that these Tibetan troops from the original road are wearing tiger skin hats. Yi Jing almost smoked happily after seeing it, isn't this a serious "tiger head man"? Then this counter-offensive is definitely a hand-to-hand capture.
Therefore, the reward for these Tibetan troops is extremely rich.
As a result, the other Qing armies also blushed. Isn't it the "Tiger Man"? Isn't it just a tiger hat? Who else could not have it?
For a while, I didn't know who picked the head first, and all kinds of tiger head hats such as yellow tiger head, black tiger head, white tiger head, flying tiger head, etc., were all equipped to the head of the Qing army. But there was no reward for them, and the tiger hat did not bring good luck, and the counterattack was not only defeated, but also completely defeated.
"On the third day of Yue, the great Jinchuan OctagonAl Pillar Tun Toastmaster Amu Rang led his people to wear tiger skin hats. The general is glad to receive the merit here, and he is particularly rewarded. Therefore, the military worked together, and there were yellow tiger heads, black tiger heads, white tiger heads, flying tiger heads and other hats. And the incoming army is not tested. ”
2. If you don't know friendly troops, you will fire and merge
Yi Jing's most trusted warrior was called Zhang Yingyun, and Zhang Yingyun had a man named Shen Guodong, and Shen Guodong formed a regiment to train. This regiment was stationed at HuijigaoBu, and then Toshi Amu Rang passed by with the Tibetan army, resulting in the stupidity of friendly fire fighting.
After Amu Rang rushed to the nearby Cao'e River, he asked his generals to touch the tsubaki and ten other people, which is the meaning of patrolling. As a result, when they patrolled the Gaobu area, Shen Guodong stared at the regiment for a long time, and the more he looked at it, the more wrong it became: the clothes worn by this group of Tibetan troops were different from those of the Qing army; they also communicated with each other, and it was not Chinese when they heard it; and then look at the waist cards hanging on them, bending and twisting like foreign languages.
From this, Shen Guodong concluded that this gang must be Yingyi's spies, and the time for the brothers to make meritorious contributions would come. So he led his regiment to train and killed them violently, and the Tibetan army was caught off guard, but the Tibetan army would not tie their hands and capture it, and immediately drew their swords and went dry.
As a result, after a fight, the Tibetan troops patrolling the sentry fought and retreated, among which three people, Belguson, Sikasong and Aerjin, were seriously injured, and in order not to drag their comrades,000, they directly jumped into the White Tayang and committed suicide. The other seven were captured by Shen Guodong.
As a result, the matter spread to Zhang Yingyun's camp, and the other Tibetan troops inside heard that their comrades had been abused by the Qing army, and they were about to rebel against the water. The Tibetan troops gathered to denounce it, and they almost pulled out their knives and caused a mutiny.
Fortunately, Jiang Wenqing, the commander of the barracks, came forward to arrest the thirty regimental exercises involved in the arrest and spanked them in front of the Tibetan army; as for shen Guodong, the "culprit," he was imprisoned by Jiang Wenqing at that time. Only then did the Tibetan army feel that justice had been sought, and the matter was barely settled. Shen Guodong was finally rescued from prison by his colleagues.
"The patrol post mistakenly entered the Gao Port, and Guo Dong was surprised that his clothes were strange, his speech was dwarf, and the handwriting on his waist plate was similar to that of Yizi. So he led the township soldiers to hunt down the beetle mussels, si kasong, and Aer yuan, three people were seriously injured, and bai tayang was killed, and the remaining seven were tied up. Zhang Yingyun's camp was full of soldiers, and when he heard that his companions had been created, the joint camp made noise, and it was almost a strange change. ”
3, hungry to the front line
In the process of rushing to the front, the Qing army did not carry grain with it at all, because there were many bustling towns along the way. If there is a need in the middle of the way, it can be purchased on the spot, so in order to save time, the Qing army did not distribute dry food, and all of them advanced lightly.
The result? After rushing all the way over, it was found that several towns and cities had gone to the empty building. It is not that the British army came to sweep up, but the reputation of the Qing army was too smelly, and after hearing that there were large soldiers crossing the border, the local merchants and people fled without saying a word.
Therefore, the Qing army passing by looked confused, could not get any food supplies, and went to work with hunger. Then the situation got out of control, the big guys didn't want to go hungry and start fighting, and some of the Qing troops were ready to collapse, so it was not a matter of designation. Therefore, the military generals who led the team were also very big, and they sent fast horses to the Hangzhou base camp to deliver the news: Hurry up and send grain and rice to meet, otherwise they will not be able to reach the front line of the three towns, and the soldiers will flee clean.
But this delivery of grain is a heavy task, the road is rough, and it is not said that the grain can be delivered by truck; moreover, the old masters of the branch bureau who manage the logistics do not want to get too close to the front line, for fear of being blown up by the artillery of The Yingyi. So push three blocks, twist and squeeze to send people to send food. By the time the grain arrived at the front, the Qing army did not have much combat effectiveness.
"The townspeople heard about the officers and soldiers crossing the border and evacuated. Our soldiers were starved of food, and they were repeatedly trying to break up, so all the martial artists flew to the Cao'e River branch to respond to the situation and rushed to send grain and rice to help. And the members of the branch bureau, worried about advancing, the transfer was stagnant, and our soldiers were starving. ”
4. Fight short soldiers without artillery
Before the war, the Qing army carried a variety of artillery, such as the Pingyi cannon, the Bombardment God cannon, the split mountain cannon, etc., in order to make up for the lack of firepower against the British army during the siege.
Originally, although these old artillery were not as good as the British army, some were better than none, and they could listen to the cheers when the siege was not good. The result? Inspector Liu Yunke's "compassionate heart" came up and reported to Yi Jing that the people living in the two cities of Ningbo and Zhenhai in the fallen cities were very dense, and if you bombarded them with cannons, it would cause casualties among the people.
So you'd better not use cannons.
Yi Jing really believed in his ghost, and warned all the military generals before the battle not to use artillery bombardment easily. At this time, all kinds of artillery, Yi Jing was on the way to the front line. However, because it had just snowed in eastern Zhejiang, the snow had muddyed the roads, and it was extremely troublesome to transport heavy artillery. The officers and men carrying the cannon complained one after another, and just as Yi Jing's order was conveyed, the Qing army happily threw down the cannon and went to the front line lightly.
After the counterattack began, the Qing army had no heavy fire support at all, and even before the war, in order to keep secrets, even shotguns were not allowed to be carried, that is, they were afraid of leaking secrets. Then the Qing soldiers had to rush into the city to engage in hand-to-hand combat, and as a result, they were shot in line.
"Inspector Liu Yunke Fei consulted General Liu Yunke, whose residents were densely populated in the two cities of Ning and Zhen, and the cannon bombarded the jade stones. The general ordered that there should be no easy use of artillery in the army. The soldiers and soldiers were struggling to transport the cannons, and after hearing the order, they abandoned the full paint and moved forward lightly. ”
"There is an order in the army not to use artillery lightly, and shotguns are not allowed to be carried, and only short weapons are used to engage in battle... After reaching the Moon City, the mobile artillery was fired, and our soldiers went around in all directions. Suitable streets and alleys are too narrow to retreat, so there are many casualties. ”
5. After the defeat of the soldiers, they must fight fiercely
After the battle began, zhu Guibu's Qing army, which was responsible for attacking Zhenhai, did not reach the battlefield because it was lost. By the time they arrived the next day, the Qing army that attacked Zhenhai had already been defeated and retreated, and the main general Liu Tianbao was also wounded by foreign gunshots.
So Zhu Gui asked for another battle, but Liu Tianbao and others were reluctant to fight again, and liu Tianbao's Qing army was even more opposed. Yesterday has suffered heavy losses, today we still have to send troops to fight back, what is the difference between that and sending people to death? Say nothing and don't go.
Not only did you not want to go, but you also threw the pot of defeat on Zhu Gui's head, all because you got lost yesterday and we didn't have support to defeat it. Of course, Zhu Gui was not happy, and I didn't mean to get lost, just like I was a greedy little person who was afraid of death.
So the two sides began to fight a war of words, and then pulled out their knives and prepared to use force, seeing that it was another fire. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Zhang Yingyun arrived and calmed the emotions of all parties, and this matter can be regarded as the past. (Zhu Gui and his second son, who were subsequently martyred at the same time at the Dabaoshan Fort, were national heroes.) ）
"(Zhu) Gui wanted to join forces and advance again, but neither (Liu) Tianbao nor (Ling) Changxing should respond, and his subordinates were particularly resentful, saying that General Zhu was delayed in rescuing me, causing us to lose our achievements, and there were almost strange changes, and Zhang Yingyun mediated from it, and he was able to understand it."
6. Train monkeys to blow up cannons
After the end of the counterattack in eastern Zhejiang, the Qing army did not think of counterattacking, such as training monkeys to blow up Yingyi's warships.
I don't know where the Qing army got the news, saying that the gunpowder of the Yingyi warship was hidden at the bottom of the cabin, if only they could be burned and exploded.
This seemingly fanciful question, the Qing army commander Zhang Yingyun had seriously considered, and asked the pious people for their opinions.
So someone proposed, "We can train a group of monkeys, and then tie fireworks and firecrackers to them and send them to the enemy ship." When the monkeys are scurrying, the firecrackers are splashed around, and if they are not good, they will be able to light the gunpowder of the Yingyi warship, and then it will be a great achievement. ”
For such a logical ghost, Zhang Yingyun was very happy to adopt it, and sent people to buy monkeys everywhere, and finally collected a total of 19. But then there was a problem that could not be solved, that is, who sent the monkeys to the Yingyi boat, it was certainly not easy to send them.
So it's over.
Although the monkeys did not become death squads, their ends were still very miserable, and they were arranged in the home of Feng Rong, a native of Cixi, before the war. Later, Cixi fell, officials and people rushed to flee, and the monkeys were left unattended, and all starved to death in Feng Rong's home.
"Or: 'With a great monkey, many flowers are tied up and thrown behind their backs, and thrown into the ship.' Mars bursts in all directions, or can be worth gunpowder, then a ship of powder. 'From the clouds... So xiangxiang abandoned the city and went with him, and the grain and books were abandoned and there was no existence. Nineteen monkeys died of starvation in the front hall of the Feng clan. ”
There are many more suffocating operations like the Qing army, and with just a few excerpts, you will understand why the Qing army will never win the battle.
(A word of family, seek common ground while reserving differences, thank you for reading)