This Qing is wrong

Chapter 55

"Hurry up, gather all the cavalry and prepare to go out of the city to charge!"

After receiving the news, Hao Zhongzhong, who rode a war horse to the top of the city gate, immediately ordered people to gather the Qing army cavalry.

In this world, Guangdong Province under the rule of the Qing court did not produce many war horses, so the Qing army cavalry in Chaozhou Prefecture was very small, and they used relatively short East Asian army horses.

But no matter how small the number is, they are still cavalry!

Even if there are only dozens of cavalry, rushing out when necessary is a huge threat to infantry.

What's more, this time Hao Zhongzhong searched all the cavalry of the Qing army in Chaozhou Prefecture, and there were hundreds of them!

This is the green camp cavalry that excludes scouts and scouts, and is specially used for battles!
If the scout cavalry and order cavalry are counted together, it will not be a problem to gather more than 200 cavalry.

Of course, Hao Zhongzhong would not do that. If he sent all the cavalry, his command system would drop several levels immediately.

Most of the scout cavalry and messenger cavalry are part-timers. They all ride fast horses. They are the link between the upper and lower levels of the Qing army in Chaozhou Prefecture, and their role is far beyond that of rushing on the battlefield.

Hao Zhongzhong not only ordered the Qing army cavalry to gather, but also brought over the main force of the Qing army brigade, including the guerrilla general surnamed Jiang who had just been sent by Hao Zhongzhong to attack the county government and warehouses.

It wasn't that Hao Zhongzhong was timid and had to go all out when he encountered the puppet summoned by Li Changqing, but that Hao Zhongzhong was 'scared' by the 500 flintlock guns that appeared this time.

You know, the Qing army in the entire Guangdong Province can't produce a full 500 flintlock guns!
It is not because flintlock guns are difficult to make, nor is it because the craftsmen of the Qing army could not imitate them. There is a group of Portuguese in Macau next door to Guangdong Province. They have flintlock guns in their hands. All professional gunsmiths can help the Qing court make flintlock guns.

And Foshan in Guangdong Province is a big iron-making town. It is easy to produce high-quality barrels for flintlocks. As long as an order is given from above, it can immediately transform to produce flintlocks, which is what the Qing army called self-igniting fire. pistol.

Therefore, a general like Hao Zhongzhong knows the performance of flintlock guns very well. Guangdong Province is too close to the Portuguese stronghold of Macau. Anyone with a little knowledge knows about self-generated firearms.

It is precisely because he understands the performance of the flintlock that Hao Zhongzhong is so vigilant.

Hao Zhongzhong knew that the firing frequency and effective range of the flintlock guns were better than those of the Qing army's blunderbusses. If they were to shoot each other, a qualified fusilier could hold down three blunderbuss soldiers!

what?
Close the gate of the county seat to defend against war puppets?

The county town of Chaoyang County can't even defend against a hook. If the flintlock gunners outside the city use firepower to suppress or even collapse the Qing army on the city wall, it is really not difficult to cross the city wall.

Moreover, once the city gate is closed, the Qing army's cavalry and force advantages will not be able to be brought into play. After all, not everyone in the Qing army is equipped with bird guns to shoot at each other.

Shooting a bow and arrow against a flintlock gun is no different from courting death...

People in the 21st century generally have a misconception that the effective range of bows and arrows is farther than that of flintlock guns...

In fact, there is nothing wrong with saying this. If you compare it with the carefully crafted strong bow in bows and arrows, the effective range is indeed much longer than that of muskets.

However, how many strong bows can there be?
Even if there are enough strong bows, how many people can draw them?
Even if there were enough strong men able to draw strong bows to the battlefield, how far could their archery hit the target?
You must know that the bows and arrows of this era do not have any infrared and power-increasing auxiliary systems. Aiming depends on the eyes, and drawing the bow depends on both arms. Those who can draw a strong bow and accurately hit long-distance targets can be called "infrared" in the Qing Dynasty. Baturu is gone!
Therefore, it is obviously a mistake to compare the high-quality goods in bows and arrows with ordinary firearms. After all, history books will only record the range of the best bows and arrows, and will not record the range of bows and arrows actually used by ordinary soldiers.

On the real battlefield, the effective range of ordinary soldiers using ancient bows and arrows is only more than half that of flintlock guns.

No matter how far it is, either the shot will not be accurate or the strength will not be enough to kill.

In contrast, the flintlock gun can shoot as much as the effective range. Even if a farmer holds a flintlock gun, he can shoot lead bullets of the same strength!

Hao Zhongzhong knew very well that the archers in the Qing army and the puppets with flintlock guns outside would never be able to win against each other. On the contrary, the morale that was finally boosted by the massacre of Japanese monks by the Qing army would plummet again.

What is an experienced general?
That is, before the war, you can recognize the shortcomings of your own side and the shortcomings of the enemy.

However, flintlock guns are so easy to use, why did the Qing court never think of installing flintlock guns?

Well, this involves political issues. Hao Zhongzhong complained about it more than once, but he never dared to say it out loud.

Kang Mazi of the Qing court did not list flintlock guns, just to defend against the Han!

In fact, many Han officials in the officialdom of the Qing court understood that most of the self-injury policies promulgated by the Qing court were only to defend against the Han.

For example, the black soil in the Northeast, which is fat and oily, is planted with pasture and sealed to prevent cultivation of food.

In the eyes of normal people, isn't this self-defeating rations?
Who would dislike a lot of food?
And what benefits did the sea-moving policy do for the Qing court?
If the sea trade is gone, the Qing court will also lose a large amount of tax revenue!
The massacres caused during the process of moving to the sea will give birth to a group of anti-Qing seeds who have established blood feuds with the Qing court. Isn't this artificially creating anti-thieves for themselves?

Moreover, those who rely on the sea to eat the sea can't survive without their livelihoods. In the end, don't they all have to join the bandits and the like to fight against the Qing court.

There are rebellions in the Qing court every year, many of which are the sins of the Qing court itself, not how much the people love the former Ming...

Anti-Qing is just needed, and restoration of Ming is just because there is no other banner to stand...

Needless to say, self-abolished firearms and martial arts.

What is the Qing court trying to do to itself?

In fact, it is only for one goal - to guard against the Han people!
The blockade of the black land in the Northeast is for the Manchus to give themselves a way out.

The forced relocation to the sea is to prevent the Han people from being bewitched and funded by overseas rebels.

Not to mention flintlock guns, the top officials of the Qing court were not stupid. Once flintlock guns became popular, riding and shooting would be scumbags.

Hao Zhongzhong looked at the 500 flintlock guns outside the city, and cursed again mentally at the Qing court's stupid defense against the Han.

If all the blunderbuss soldiers under his command were replaced with flintlock guns at this time, would this battle be so turbulent?

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