How powerful are the soldiers in the Qing Dynasty?

What is the fighting capacity of the Qing army? To be honest, this question is not very good to evaluate. During the strong period of Qing dynasty, the Qing army leveled San Francisco, incorporated San Francisco and pacified the north and south of Tianshan Mountain. This combat power can never be said to be poor; But at the time of decline, not to mention facing the European powers, there is a generation gap and there is no way; Even in the face of the Taiping army, the performance of the Qing army is staggering. 185 1 year, it took only two years for jintian uprising and Taiping Army to shoot down Jiangning (Nanjing), and the difference in the capabilities of the Qing army was obvious.

In fact, the combat power of the army is matched with the national strength, and the combat power of the Qing army in its heyday is indeed very strong; After the decline of Jia Dao, the fighting capacity of the Qing army dropped to an incredible level. The following two examples can be compared.

Let's start with the first example. /kloc-in the middle of the 0 th/8 th century, the backyard of Junggar caught fire and the Qing court was overjoyed. Emperor Qianlong decisively decided to send troops to pacify. 1755 (20 years of Qianlong) In February, the Qing army went to Ili, the core of Junggar.

The last sweat in Junggar was Davatchi. When he saw the attack of the Qing army, he fled in panic, taking more than 65,438+00,000 Qin Bing to Mount Ge, 65,438+080 miles south of Yili. After inspecting the terrain, the Qing army decided to take a surprise attack, which caused a very wonderful scene in the history of war:

Amur Sana, deputy commander of the Qing army, sent 22 cavalry to conduct reconnaissance. When he found that the Junggar army was unprepared, the reconnaissance detachment of the Qing army suddenly attacked. As a result, the Junggar army mistakenly thought that the army was coming, and it was wiped out by the subsequent Qing army. ...

Twenty-two people killed tens of thousands of people, which was the strength of the Qing army in its strong period.

What about the decline? Here is another example, the battle of Du 'ao Mountain in 185 1

The Battle of Du 'ao Mountain was a campaign of the Qing army to encircle the Taiping Army in Guangxi. On May 2 1 day, Hong Xiuquan and tens of thousands of Taiping rebels entered Zhong Ping Town, Xiangzhou, Guangxi. At the beginning of June, Wu Lantai, deputy commander of the Qing army, also came with the Qing army.

Since both sides are here, let's fight. On June 185 1 day, Taiping Army launched a surprise attack. Ulantai is an expert in firearms. He used firearms to resist the impact of Taiping rebels, and the effect was not bad. The Taiping Army could not break through the defense line of the Qing army and began to retreat. The Qing army naturally wanted to make more money and began to pursue it, but the Qing army could only rely on firearms.

Seven Taiping rebels suddenly crossed the river and rushed towards the Qing army camp. Note that there are only seven people, and the Qing gunners in this battalion are stunned. He mistakenly thought that there were many people behind him. In his panic, he forgot to fire and ran from the outpost to the camp!

As soon as the Qing army on the other side of the camp opened this situation, they mistakenly thought that the front line had collapsed and began to run amok. Thousands of people dispersed in a hubbub, only to be repelled by the Taiping Army, resulting in heavy losses …