Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 233 Senggelinqin Paradox (Additional Chapter )

Senggelinqin charged on horseback, and a belt of bullets from a rotary machine gun swept towards him.

Several bullets were fired in succession, hitting the neck of the horse that Senggelinqin was riding.

In the blink of an eye, a piece of the neck of the warhorse that Senggelinqin was riding was cut off. As blood spurted out, the horse's head, with only a little flesh remaining, tilted to the side at a 90-degree angle.

The warhorse's momentum suddenly stopped. Senggelinqin had no time to react and was thrown forward by the potential energy brought by the warhorse's charge and fell directly off the horse.

The huge impact force caused Senggelinqin to fall unconscious.

With his head dizzy, he faintly heard a shrill copper whistle.

Soon, there was a burst of popping sounds that were even more frequent than the sound of firecrackers.

Senggelinqin knew that it was the Tang army's muskets that were shooting.

The Tang army soldiers formed a tight array and fired the first round of volleys at the command of the officers.

Immediately, free shooting began.

In this process, the advantage of the breech-loading rifle in terms of firing rate was undoubtedly revealed.

The density of firepower fired by the Tang army soldiers using breech-loading rifles in formation was even greater than that of the two rotary machine guns.

Amid the dense sound of musketry, Senggelinqin struggled to get up from the ground.

He subconsciously looked back and saw that the Mongolian cavalry who had followed him in charging into battle were falling to the ground one after another.

The number of casualties is rising rapidly!

Faced with the Tang army's fire blockade, the Mongolian cavalry launched fearless charges one after another with an overwhelming momentum.

Then, they fell in rows in front of the guns.

Dada! Dada!

The machine gunner kept turning the handle, and the machine gun continued to pour out firepower.

The dense stream of metal bullets harvested lives wantonly.

In the blink of an eye, the battlefield turned into a sea of ​​blood and corpses.

"The monk king has fallen off his horse, hurry up and save him!"

"The monk king has been beaten to death. Everyone, run away."

"Damn it, I can't get up there, I'm dead, everyone who tries to get up there will die..."

As Senggelinqin's fall from his horse was discovered, chaos began to grow among the Qing cavalry, which had already suffered heavy losses.

In order to save their lives, many people simply turned around, reined in their horses and fled.

Any supervisors who dared to stop them were shot off their horses with arrows.

Moreover, as someone took the lead, more and more people began to escape.

The defeat happened as a matter of course!
These Mongolian cavalrymen, who performed as fiercely as wolves and tigers when charging, behaved extremely poorly when fleeing.

In order to escape faster, killing the supervisory team and abandoning their weapons and armor are the least serious consequences.

Some people even drew their bows and shot arrows at their companions' horses, hoping that their companions would take the blame for them.

For a moment, the battlefield was in chaos.

The Tang army's bullets continued to sweep across. Although the Qing army was fleeing, the Tang army could still inflict casualties on them before they escaped the shooting range of their guns.

boom! Boom boom!

shhhhhh!
Rockets and artillery were also fired in succession, hitting the enemy hard.

Under the severe blow from the Tang army, the Qing cavalry left a trail of corpses on the ground during their retreat.

Senggelinqin struggled to get up from the ground. He still felt a little dizzy and felt a sharp pain in his waist and abdomen. He knew that this was probably because he broke some bones when he fell off his horse.

Senggelinqin endured the severe pain of broken bones and looked back, and saw the Qing army's defeat, his eyes full of despair.

For a moment, the psychological grief overwhelmed Senggelinqin's physical pain.

At this moment, Senggelinqin felt hopeless. He was defeated!

Even though he risked everything, he still lost in the end.

But if he lost, what should Jiang Ning do?
What should the Qing Dynasty do?
Senggelinqin was really unwilling to accept this!
Thinking of this, Senggelinqin's heart was filled with resentment and despair.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

"Kill!"

Senggelinqin gritted his teeth, drew his sword, and strode towards the Tang army formation in front of him.

Even if he died, he would bite off a piece of flesh from the Tang army.

However, before Senggelinqin could rush far, the cavalry soldiers and servants around him risked their lives to rush over and knocked him to the ground.

Then they hurriedly pushed him onto a warhorse and fled towards Jiangning City with Senggelinqin.

According to the military discipline of the Qing army, if a commander died in battle, his personal soldiers would be executed regardless of the reason.

Senggelinqin's personal soldiers had to snatch Senggelinqin away even at the cost of their own lives.

As Senggelinqin was protected by his personal soldiers and withdrew from the battlefield, the Qing army was completely defeated in this battle.

Senggelinqin not only failed to achieve his goal of inflicting a heavy blow on the Tang army but also boosted the morale of the Qing army.

Instead, he ended up killing his own Mongolian cavalry!
When leaving Jiangning City, Senggelinqin's cavalry numbered as many as five to six thousand.

However, after a fierce battle outside the city of Jiangning, only half of the Mongolian cavalry were able to successfully evacuate.

In a short while, two or three thousand people were left on the battlefield by the Tang army and turned into cold corpses.

Oh, there must be some wounded soldiers who were left on the battlefield and couldn't be evacuated.

But whether these wounded soldiers can survive during the subsequent battlefield cleanup by the Tang army depends entirely on luck.

Although the Tang army did not have the habit of killing prisoners of war, it was highly unlikely that they would waste their limited medical resources on a group of wounded enemy soldiers...

……

At the center of the Tang army, Li Yi received a request for assistance from Liu Yongfu at the front line, saying that his troops had encountered Qing cavalry.

But before he could order the dispatch of troops for reinforcement, Liu Yongfu's troops soon sent back the news of victory.

While reading the battle report, Li Yi looked at the blood-stained Qing army flag in front of him with a slightly complicated expression.

Because the Qing army flag that was sent to him was Senggelinqin's battle flag.

After a moment, Li Yi closed the battle report and understood the details of what had just happened on the battlefield.

A strange expression appeared on his face!

Senggelinqin is such an unlucky guy.

If they use horseback archery, they won’t gain any advantage; if they use roaming and harassing, the main force of the Tang army will arrive soon; if they retreat, Jiangning City is behind them, and if Senggelinqin flees without a fight, Jiangning will surely be difficult to defend.

Due to various conditions, Senggelinqin had no choice but to risk his life and lead the Qing cavalry to attack the Tang army.

Needless to say, the results!

This battle made Li Yi involuntarily think of the famous Battle of Baliqiao during the Second Opium War in history.

The situation faced by Senggelinqin at that time is similar to the situation today.

The cavalry archers could not defeat the volley of guns and artillery fire from the Anglo-French allied forces, so if they roamed and harassed them, the capital would be right behind them.

If he didn't charge, the British and French forces would have headed straight for the capital.

Therefore, in order to defend the capital, Senggelinqin had to give up the mobility advantage of cavalry and adopt the most stupid method to fight desperately with the British and French forces.

As a result, it was only natural that they were defeated by the British and French forces.

You can't win by fighting, but you have to not fight.

Li Yi is willing to call it the Senggelinqin paradox! !

(End of this chapter)