10000 soldiers defeated 30000 British elites. How did Nepal do it?

They took advantage of the terrain to defeat the outsiders. As a relatively backward country in Southeast Asia, it is really incredible that Nepal can defeat the British Empire.

In the eyes of the British Empire, it is really not difficult to conquer Nepal. At that time, the British Empire was a powerful era, expanding colonies everywhere and having the most powerful military strength in the world. In the eyes of the British Empire, Nepal is a hillbilly, but it is a fact that Nepal is really backward and a vassal country of the Qing Dynasty. In order to win Nepal in one fell swoop, the British Empire directly assembled 30,000 troops to prepare for the invasion. Facing the menacing enemy, Nepal can only fight. They assembled an army of10,000 men, all equipped with cold weapons. At that time, the war should be one-sided, but the actual situation was unexpected. The war lasted for two years, and finally the British Empire had to sign a treaty with Nepal before it finally stopped fighting.

The British army is facing the Gurkha army. Gurkhas are not tall, but they are very strong, and they are very suitable for mountain warfare and guerrilla warfare. Moreover, Nepal is mostly mountainous, and the Gurkhas used the mountains to carry out flexible mountain warfare against the British army, which made the British army very uncomfortable. Although Gurkha's equipment is a cold weapon, in this mountainous area, it is more often a physical struggle. On the other hand, weapons such as muskets can't be cheap. So relying on these advantages, Nepal has exhausted the patience of the British army.

Later, Gurkha soldiers were very popular with the British army. Thanks to the signing of the treaty, everyone is at peace. So the British army was very interested in this army that caused great trouble to itself, and recruited a large number of Gurkhas to form foreign legions. Later, in World War II, they also played a huge role and enjoyed world reputation.