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"Woo Woo Woo ......" There was another burst of gunfire, and in the blink of an eye, more than twenty vests were lying on the ground again.

"Run! ......" As he spoke, Bilkota turned his horse's head and ran back on top of the horse, and there was a burst of gunfire, and several more vests were shot and fell off their horses as they fled......

Wang Ming squatted on the ground, and he only heard the crisp sound of "hoo" gunshots in his ears, and he was very strange: "Why is the sound of this firearm different from what I have heard before, I only hear the sound of gunshots, and I don't know if it has hit." ”

After a while, the gunfire stopped, and Wang Ming was wondering, only listening to the cheers of the soldiers behind him: "The Tartars have fled, the Tartars have fled, we have won the ......"

"Huh? And that's the end of it? It's too fast, right, I don't know how many Tartars were killed? Wang Ming muttered to himself, stood up in confusion, and looked up.

I was stunned for a moment, and I saw that all the corpses of Tartars were lying on the road, and there were no less than fifty or sixty people.

"Is this true?" Wang Ming rubbed his eyes, took a closer look at them, and it was still those corpses, now he believed it, this was the real thing.

"God has opened my eyes! God has opened my eyes! Wang Ming jumped and screamed happily, tears flowing down his face.

Walking over with twenty commandos, Niu Huan asked Wang Ming: "Lao Wang, didn't hurt you?" ”

"Nope! No! Thank you so much, if it wasn't for your timely arrival, we would be done today. After speaking, he knelt on the ground with a "poof", and kowtowed to Niu Huan and the commandos with a "bang".

The volunteer brigade was not interested in kowtowing, and when he saw Wang Ming kowtowing to himself, Niu Huan was startled, and hurriedly said: "Lao Wang, what are you doing, get up, get up and ......" said while pulling him up.

Helplessly, Wang Ming knelt down desperately, but couldn't pull it up, so Niu Huan and the team members had to stand aside and let him knock it.

After kowtowing, Wang Ming stood up. Seeing him stand up, Niu Huan said: "Lao Wang, you go and get back the people who ran away just now, let's go and pack up the Tartars' war horses and armor, these are all good things, they can't be wasted." ”

"Exactly! Yes, extremely! Wang Ming said respectfully. Then he shouted, "Come back, Xiaomei, for the Tartar has been beaten away...... and he shouted all the way up the mountain.

When Niu Huan and the others were still peeling off the armor of the Tartar corpse, Wang Ming had already retrieved the people who had escaped just now.

There were more than ten men and more than twenty women, six or seven children, and a few old men, and the reason why they came quickly was because everyone had not run far yet, and almost everyone had witnessed this short battle that had happened just now, so Wang Ming didn't have much effort to find them back.

"How many Tartars have you killed, general?" An old man asked with a flattering smile.

Looking up at him, Niu Huan said casually: "Fifty-five, damn it, they ran away a little, if they hadn't run fast, Lao Tzu would have left them all here." ”

"What? Fifty-five? Wang Ming was stunned, and so were the people......

Seeing this, Niu Huan said unhappily: "What? Don't you believe me? That's a count of the corpses and armor of the Tartars. ”

"Nope! No! No! It's this news that is so amazing, do you know, these fifty-five Tartars, even if two hundred officers and soldiers come, can't do it......" Wang Ming said with a sigh.

With a proud smile, Niu Huan said: "That's the incompetence of the official army, if it were us, it would be upside down......"

A man in his forties walked over slowly, took a closer look at the corpses of forty-five Qing soldiers on the ground, and said, "Look at the armor, all of them are blue flags inlaid with Tartars, and among them there is one Bashiku and three Zhuda. ”

Hearing this, Niu Huan looked at the man and asked, "How do you know this?" What do you do? ”。

"It's in the past, so don't talk about it." The man said with a lonely expression, shook his head after speaking, and walked back into the crowd without saying anything.

"Do you want people? We want to join you, okay? A couple of men in their twenties and thirties came over and asked.

Glancing at them, Niu Huan said: "This matter will be talked about when we see our captain, now we have to strip off the armor of these Tartars and go back with horses, otherwise we won't be able to leave when the Tartar brigade comes." ”

"This military master is right, everyone hurry up. More people do it faster. Another old man spoke.

Soon the armor of the carcasses of the fifty-five Tartars was stripped naked, and five horses were killed, and fifty more, twenty horses carrying the armor, and thirty horses carrying the clothing and belongings of the people, and the flesh cut off from the five dead horses, and they all went merrily to the village where the great army was stationed.

Ever since Niu Huan took people to pick up Wang Ming and the villagers hiding in the mountains, Zhao Guohua has been worried about accidents, because the Jingshi here is very close, and there may be Tartar men and horses at any time.

Just as he was about to send someone to meet them again, he saw a large group of men and women, old and young, and dozens of horses carrying things, coming over from a distance.

"Where did Niu Huan find the war horse? Could it be that they have encountered the Tartars? Zhao Guohua muttered to himself.

Seeing Niu Huan and these people, Cheng Chonghe led the team members to greet him and asked, "Niu Huan, where did these horses come from?" What is it on the horse? How does it look like armor? ”

"These horses are the war horses of the Tartars, and the horses are loaded with the armor of the Tartars we have killed." Niu Huan said excitedly, with a smug expression.

Hearing this, Zhao Guohua walked over and took off the armor to take a look, a black lightning rod-style helmet, a blue cotton armor with red edges, a stone blue silk collar, and a blue flag for neck and ear protection.

As soon as he saw these things, Zhao Guohua understood that this was the blue flag in the Eight Flags. Because in later life, he saw the armor of the Eight Banners Army in the History Museum,

The helmet material of the Eight Banners is mainly leather, the helmet is decorated with metal sheets, whether it is made of iron or leather products, it is painted on the surface, and the two sides of the helmet are protected with cotton armor sheets.

There is a beam on the front and back of the helmet, and a piece of covering the eyebrows protrudes in the middle of the forehead, on which are dancers and bowls, and on the bowl is a helmet plate shaped like a wine cup, and in the middle of the helmet is an iron or copper pipe for inserting a tassel spear, carving feathers, or otter tails. Silk collars of stone blue and other colors on the back, neck and ear guards, embroidered with patterns, and decorated with copper or iron bubble nails.

The armor is divided into armor and robes. The armor is equipped with shoulder pads on the shoulders and armpit guards under the shoulder pads; In addition, wear a metal heart guard on the chest and back, and wear a trapezoidal belly guard at the seam of the placket under the mirror, called "front shield". The left side of the waist wears a "left block", and the right side is not a block, which is reserved for wearing a bow and quiver. The bib is divided into two panels, one on the left and one on the right, and is worn with a strap around the waist. In the middle between the two scarves, the knees are covered with tiger heads of the same material.

"This is the Blue Flag Army in the Eight Banners."

As he spoke, Zhao Guohua pointed to the armor on the ground and said, "The armor of the Eight Banners is all very thick cotton armor. It is to wet the cotton, repeatedly beat, make a very thick cotton sheet, make a plurality of cotton sheets into a very thick cotton cloth, between the two layers of cotton cloth is iron armor, and then fix it with copper nails inside and outside, this kind of armor has better protection against firearms. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Chong said, "Captain, what is the Eight Banners? Is it eight flags? ”

"Captain, we have had our first confrontation with the Tartars, and there will be more opportunities to meet in the future, can you tell us about the Eight Banners, so that we can also have a long experience."

"yes, let's talk about it," Mr. Zhang said.

After glancing at everyone, Zhao Guohua said: "Okay, now I will tell you the origin of the Eight Banners of the Tartars, so that the Tartars will fight with us in the future, and I don't know who the opponent is." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, glanced at everyone, and saw that everyone was listening carefully.

He continued: "The Eight Banners system was officially established by the Tatar leader Nurhachi in the 29th year of Wanli, and there were four flags when it was first established: the yellow flag, the white flag, the red flag, and the blue flag. A few years later, due to the expansion of strength, the four flags were changed to yellow, white, red, and blue, and the four flags of yellow, white, red, and blue were added. After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, in order to expand the source of troops, on the basis of the Manchurian Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Army subordinated to the Manchurian Eight Banners were created, and the Mongolian Eight Banners were the same as the Manchurian Eight Banners, and the Manchu, Mongolian and Han armies constituted the whole of the Qing Army's Eight Banners system.

"So how can you tell which flag it is?" Liu Youtian asked.

Zhao Guohua said: "Mainly look at the flag and armor, the eight flags are yellow, inlaid yellow and ZLQ are listed as the three flags (before the Qing army entered the customs, the yellow flag and XHQZLQ are the three flags, led by Huang Taiji himself), and the three flags are all under the emperor's own control. The soldiers were the emperor's own soldiers, and the members of the royal family were also selected from the three banners. The positive yellow flag is named after the pure yellow flag color, the cotton armor is yellow, the XHQ is named because the flag color is yellow with red edges, the cotton armor is light yellow with red edges, and the positive white flag is named after the flag color pure white. Remember, the above three banners were all under the control of the Tartar Emperor. ”

"Isn't this the Emperor's Praetorian Guard?" Lu Qing said.

Nodding, took a set of tartar cotton armor and spread it on the ground, Zhao Guohua said: "The five flags of red, white, white, red and blue are called the lower five flags, and the red is named because the flag color is pure red, ZLQ is named because the flag color is pure blue, the white flag is named because the flag color is white and red, the red flag is named because the flag color is red and the white edge is named, and the blue flag is named because the flag color is blue and red. The armor of the Eight Banners is the same color as the flag, and when you see the armor or flag, you will know which flag it is. ”

After finishing the content of the Eight Banners, Zhao Guohua said with a smile: "Niu Huan, how do you feel about beating Tartars?" Do you think the Tartars are good to fight? ”