It is often said that "history is written by the victors", because only the victors have the right to write history, then they will beautify and deify themselves as much as possible, and vilify and smear their opponents.
The Qing Dynasty is the last feudal dynasty that lasted in China for more than 2,000 years, the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the corruption of the Qing government is well known, but the history books of that year will not write about them, for example, in 1860, there was an extremely tragic battle, the Qing Dynasty 30,000 elite soldiers were destroyed, the enemy army only died 2 people, such a humiliating history, the History of the Qing Dynasty did not mention a word, until later someone saw the "Encyclopedia Britannica" and "Napoleon III and the peak of his power" to restore the war of that year.
On August 21, 1860, Tianjin Dagu fell, and the monk Greenqin led the Mongolian horse team of 7,000 and more than 10,000 infantrymen from Tianjin to tongzhou and bali bridges, and the unwilling monk Greenqin prepared to fight a decisive battle with the British and French allies.
Who knows that it was not long before the Xianfeng Emperor sent people to the Anglo-French coalition to negotiate for forgiveness, but the negotiations broke down, so the Anglo-French coalition decided to launch an attack on Beijing, on September 19, the Anglo-French coalition army came to the area of the Bali Bridge, their scouts found the monk Greenqin and his team, the British and French were afraid of ambush, and decided to stay in the camp for a few days.
At 4:00 a.m. on September 21, the British and French troops could not stand it, and they sent cavalry to begin to advance in the direction of the Bali Bridge, when the British and French allied troops each had more than 4,000 people, a total of more than 8,000 people, and the monk Greenqin, who already knew the number of opponents, later transferred more than 10,000 Qing troops, forming a team of nearly 30,000 people.
At 7:00 a.m., the three armies officially met and a battle began, known as the "Battle of Bali Bridge", which ended in the almost complete destruction of the Qing army, with only 2 opponents killed and dozens wounded.
It turned out that in the face of the British and French coalition forces with advanced equipment, the Qing army actually used spears and bows and arrows, and the monk Greenqin felt that the brave Mongolian iron horse was enough to break through the british and French coalition troops, so a shocking scene appeared - only to see the Qing army with all kinds of cold weapons rushing towards them in spite of them, shouting loudly in their mouths, "Kill the enemy!" ”
However, the British and French allies not only had guns, but also grenades, easily bombed off the Qing army that rushed past, the most terrible is not over, the French ran early to arrange a cannon, against the Qing army is a wild bombardment, it is conceivable, a few hours later, more than 30,000 Qing troops fell.
Girard, a French officer who witnessed everything with his own eyes, said in "France and China": "At the Battle of Bali Bridge, the Chinese army faced the coalition army with rare bravery. Although they knew that they could not win the battle, they still preferred not to retreat one step at a time, bravely persisted, and all died on the spot. For the Qing army in the Battle of Bali Bridge, the British and French forces expressed their awe.
So who gave them so much courage to make senseless sacrifices? This has to be said that the leader of the campaign, Senggelinqin, actually knew that cold weapons could not defeat new weapons, but in the first Opium War that year, Senggelinqin led the Mongol cavalry to defeat the British and French allies and achieved an unprecedented victory, which made him become a bit conceited, and he had to take 30,000 people to his death, and finally lost badly.
In fact, the fiasco in the Battle of Baliqiao was not only lost in weapons, but more importantly, the Qing government at that time did not realize those invisible things, such as the backwardness of the Qing army's ideology and system, the irrationality of tactics and the backwardness of tactical execution capabilities, which were the reasons for the defeat.
In any case, a country that knows how to keep pace with the times, an army that is always introspective, can always be at the forefront.