Chapter 699: The Essence of the Eight Banners
Rumble!
Two elite cavalry collided together, the same number of people, all of them were also wearing armor, whether it was the full eight banners or the Ottoman iron cavalry.
"Whew! Laugh at! Snort"
The cavalry of both sides continued to fight, blood stained the yellow sand, and soldiers on both sides fell at every moment.
Neither the Ottoman commander Getyivich nor the Qing commander Dolgon sent another large army, and they undoubtedly had the same purpose, that is, to see which cavalry on both sides was more powerful, so as to estimate the possible victory or defeat of a normal battle.
Gatjevic's face was expressionless, his expression was indifferent, his heart was unwavering, and his eyes stared unblinkingly at the battlefield where the iron cavalry of the two sides were fighting.
Dolgon's face was quite relaxed, and there was a slight sneer on the corner of his mouth, it was obvious that Dolgon seemed to be stronger than Getjivich in terms of confidence, and it seemed that Dolgon was convinced from the beginning that Mangochi would not lose.
Both sides have self-confidence, Hetewicz's self-confidence comes from the Ottoman iron cavalry in the past hundred years, countless battles with European countries and countless wars with the Persian Empire, although there are many defeats, and even once scattered, but he created more brilliant victories, once famous, threatening European countries and the Persian Empire.
Dolgon's self-confidence stems from the fact that Nurhachi rebelled against the Ming Dynasty decades ago, and the Manchurian Eight Banners were established. At the beginning of the army, there were only eight pieces of armor and 40,000 cavalry, but it fought with the Ming army, with the Mongols, with the Dzungars, and with Korea. The Manchu Eight Banners defeated the Ming army several times in a row, forcibly occupied the Ming Dynasty and established Manchuria, until the establishment of the Later Jin Dynasty and the establishment of the Qing Dynasty. 5,000 people surrendered to the Korean Kingdom, 50,000 people surrendered to the Mongolian tribes, and fought with the Ming Dynasty for many years, causing the Ming Dynasty to be in diplomatic difficulties during the period of Emperor Chongzhen, and was defeated again and again, establishing the Qing Dynasty for thousands of miles. He also took advantage of Wu Sangui to open the Shanhai Pass, entered the customs in one fell swoop, defeated Li Zicheng millions of elites in more than a month, captured half of the Han people, and once had the momentum of destroying the Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, perhaps the Manchus would have established the Qing Dynasty on the thousands of miles of the Han people.
It can be said that the Manchurian Eight Banners have fought hundreds of times in the past few decades, at most they were repelled by the Ming army, but they have never really been defeated, so that the Manchurian Eight Banners relied on these achievements, and were once known as the world's first cavalry, crisscrossing Outer Mongolia and other places, dominating thousands of miles, and being invincible in the world!
The only two defeats of the Manchu Eight Banners were defeated in the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, defeated at the foot of the Ming Rui elite Ying Long Army, one was the first time that the Ming army was defeated in Xuzhou by the Ying Long Army, and one was the Ming Northern Expedition, the fiasco of the decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty in Yandang Mountain, so that the Manchu people moved westward.
Although the Manchurian Eight Banners were completely defeated by the Ming army twice, the only thing that can be determined is that the Manchurian Eight Banners were not defeated in a major battle under the same circumstances, but were defeated by the sharp guns and gunners of the Ming Dynasty.
After all, the name of the world's No. 1 cavalry played by the Manchurian Eight Banners for decades is not in vain, they have succeeded, they have been able to achieve such a record, and there is a certain reason in it, no matter how anyone denies it, some things, since they are facts, cannot be recognized or not.
At this moment, it is the first time since the Eight Banners moved west that they have encountered a strong force that may be able to match them, but the battle will eventually divide one side to win or lose. Of course, the victory or defeat of Dorgon and Gettivic is not to spend a lot of time fighting to the end, but to divide a momentum.
There was a fierce battle on the battlefield, and the collision of steel knives and steel guns created a large number of sparks.
The Ottoman cavalry uniformly used silver steel spears, while the Manchu Eight Banners all used steel knives.
The cavalry of the Eight Banners, led by the owners of the Eight Banners, formed a rampage formation with various horns, which was a classic fighting formation accumulated by their decades of combat experience, which could most effectively reduce their own casualties and kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent.
In terms of the Ottoman cavalry, although the army was established for more than a hundred years, whether it was with European countries, Tsarist Russia or the Persian Empire, most of them were infantry battles, and there were not many large-scale cavalry engagements, so the cavalry experience of cavalry, they were obviously not as good as the full eight banners, but formed a formation of 3,000 people one after another to facilitate defense and fighting.
"Poof!" A cavalryman with eight banners was pierced by the steel spear of an Ottoman cavalryman, but he did not fall from his horse, but held the steel spear pierced in his body in one hand, split his mouth full of blood, and smiled fiercely at the Ottoman cavalryman, and the blood in his mouth fell and slashed at the neck of the Ottoman cavalryman, and finally the two fell from their horses together, staining the battlefield with blood.
Such a tragic scene did not occur in one place, but almost all the soldiers of the Eight Banners would fight back as long as they had a breath left, and a large number of Ottoman cavalry were killed in such circumstances.
Under normal circumstances, both the Manchu cavalry and the Ottoman cavalry were well-armored and well-armed, while the Manchus relied on a more courageous and fearless spirit to kill a large number of Ottoman cavalry, and in general the Ottoman cavalry fell more than the Manchu Eight Banners.
The Manchu people rose in the white mountains and black waters, and the Manchu Eight Banners were originally only 40,000 soldiers, and they had to fight against the huge Ming Dynasty, starting from the Nurhachi period, they were not afraid of death as their flaunt, and it was also the spirit they must have to defeat the enemy.
Ordinary people may also have times when they are really not afraid of death, for example, when Xiang Yu broke the cauldron and sunk the boat, forcing the Chu army to have no way out, which completely stimulated the bloody blood of the Chu army who was not afraid of death, and finally won nine battles and nine victories, defeating the Qin army with far more advantages than them, resulting in the destruction of the Qin Dynasty.
The situation of the Manchu Eight Banners is not much different from that of the Chu army back then, every Manchu in the Manchu Eight Banners knows that they cannot be defeated, any big war, once they are defeated, they may perish the clan, they can only fight for a future for the clan with their own lives, for the entire clan! Perhaps it is this spirit that supports the foundation of the Manchurian people who are always fearless of death.
This is how the strength of the Manchurian Eight Banners came about, and the name of the Manchurian Eight Banners as the world's first cavalry also came from this.
In this duel with the Ottoman cavalry, the Ottoman cavalry is for their own honor, for the honor of the Ottoman Empire, and the Eight Banners are for the honor of the Eight Banners.
A stick of incense, half an hour, the original four Ottoman cavalry can be replaced by three full eight banner cavalry, to three Ottoman cavalry for two full eight banner cavalry, and then to two Ottoman cavalry can only be exchanged for one full eight banner cavalry, the Ottoman cavalry casualties are getting heavier and heavier, but the full eight banners are becoming more and more courageous, and the victory and defeat are gradually divided.
The Ottoman cavalry was already clearly beginning to show its defeat.
At this moment, Dorgon smiled.
"Hooray! Banzai! The Qing Dynasty is invincible! ”
"The Qing Dynasty is invincible!"
Dolgon's body, the Qing soldiers shouted loudly, the servant cavalry shouted, the same all of the Manchurian Dragon Army shouted even more, some of the Dragon Breaker Army Manchu veterans raised the flintlock pistol in their hands and shouted, old tears, he was also a member of the Eight Banners back then, and now he dragged the old man's body to become a member of the Dragon Breaking Army, although he did not have enough strength to kill the enemy with a steel knife, but by virtue of the flintlock pistol in his hand, he could still fight for a tomorrow for the ethnic group.
The morale of the Qing army was victorious, and the morale of the Ottoman army was obviously hit, Gatyivic's face was dark, angry and extremely shocked, he did not expect that the Manchurian Eight Banners would be so powerful, the battle was so strong, and the same number, the imperial elite iron cavalry was not invincible at all.
"Humph! The Great War is far from over, and the victory will definitely be my Ottoman Empire in the end! Getjevic roared, waving his sword.
"Attack with all your troops!"
Don't blame me for writing the Manchurian Eight Banners so strongly, after all, they have indeed succeeded for any reason in history, there is a certain amount of truth, and they are currently one of the fifty-six ethnic groups in China, don't go too far! In the end, where will they go back and forth, and everyone can scold me directly if they have an opinion!