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Chapter 138 is a bit dark humor

The Knights of Confucius and Mencius won their first battle...

But it also frightened the knights.

In this small-scale battle, more than 2,000 men from two halls of the Knights of Confucius and Mencius, plus nearly a thousand cavalry reinforcements, fought against the Qing army's 1,180-banner Manchuria. In the end, the Qing army suffered 500 casualties and left 200 Qing soldiers behind. There were dead bodies, but the 500 casualties included 26 Confucius and Mencius knights, 18 of whom were shot to death by the Qing army.

You must know that apart from Yang Feng, there are only more than 70 real knights left in this battle.

One third of the casualties!
Of course, the one who was killed by Yang Feng was also blamed on the Qing army.

Why did he escape from battle and be executed by Knight Yang?
He was obviously shot to death by the Qing army.

But no matter what, people still die after all.

This cruel reality made the knights of Confucius and Mencius finally realize that the war was bloody and they were going to die. Then that night, a large number of knights tried to run away for various reasons, including those who were sick, those who fell off their horses, and those who said they were at home. Gao Tang is seriously ill. But unfortunately it was too late to run away at this time. Immediately afterwards, Yan Shenggong issued an order as the grand leader. No knight was allowed to leave for any reason. Anyone who left without authorization would be dealt with according to military law. Of course, the Knights of Confucius and Mencius, as an unofficial armed group, do not have the power of military law, but Duke Yansheng has the right to report to Yang Dutang, and Duke Yansheng also has the right to report to the emperor. It is true that he may not be beheaded if he escapes, but he can still be imprisoned for generations. of.

If he escapes from battle, Duke Yan Sheng will report to His Majesty the Emperor to imprison him for generations.

then……

On the battlefield, Yang Feng and his followers held up an electric horn and shouted.

These are young men selected by the gentry from all over the country.

Then his followers unceremoniously used their spears to drive the knights who tried to escape into the formation of the followers...

"Shaobao, please spare me!"

This is actually normal. After joining, most of the knights of Confucius and Mencius mainly wore armors and weapons to show off on the street. By the way, they occasionally brought their retinue to suppress unruly people. The big battles were to clear out bandits or something like that. Those veterans commanded the retinue to solve the problem easily, and then the knights returned in triumph. The largest military operation was several armed parades. Over time, they all believed that they were capable of fighting. But the proportion of casualties in the previous battle, and the dead bodies of the knights carried back, made them sober in an instant, and suddenly they fell from full of confidence to just wanting to escape.

So he still fought hard.

The knights cried and returned to their formation.

However, their ugly appearance did not affect the formation of the followers behind them. This was the battlefield where the decisive battle was about to take place. The Qing army opposite them was also forming a formation. Duduo, who had tested the opponent's combat effectiveness, did not dare to be careless, so he left some Qing troops behind. After the Qing army captured the defenders of Dezhou, he led the main force of the Qing army south to fight. However, he chose to use the previously captured En County as his rear base, and then lined up the Qing army on the west bank of the Majia River to cross the river at any time to cut off Yang Feng's rear. Yang Feng, who finally arrived in Pingyuan County, could only choose to fight with him here. However, the Majia River actually did not have much water. At this time, the Majia River was cut off by the canal. The upstream was actually on the west bank of the canal, and the amount of water was not enough for the cavalry. hinder.

So the frightened knights of Confucius and Mencius had no choice but to cry and move forward.

……

Several Confucius and Mencius knights who tried to escape were nailed to death by Yang Feng's retinue.

Especially the knights of Confucius and Mencius.

……

But there is a bridge.

All the ministries formed together, and his new army carried out a frontal attack, sandwiching Qiu Lei, Jin Shenghuan, and Cao Youyi who were good at escaping, making it impossible for them to escape even if they wanted to escape. Then Qiu Zude's Fubiao defender, and the knights of Confucius and Mencius on the left and right. , and he maneuvered with his followers, mainly serving as a supervising team.

They are really shouting at Tiantian Yingying at the moment, why are they so crazy that they insist on becoming the knights of Confucius and Mencius? It is said that it was easy for them to suppress the unruly people in their hometown before, and it really made them feel that they were very good, so their minds expanded to come here Fight against the Qing army.

There is also a Jinqidian Bridge twenty miles away to the south.

Yue Wumu...

The rest cried.

Kill whoever runs away.

It is on the east bank of the Majia River in the west of Pingyuan City.

Screams sounded one after another.

But not infantry.

The Yue family army fought to the death on the battlefield, and most of his men were defeated and defeated by the enemy.

"Yang Feng, you are going to kill us!"

Of course, Yang Feng did it on purpose. He wanted these guys to die on the battlefield.

This is terrible.

"what!"

Not just imprisoning myself.

And because Yang Feng is not good at command...

The core of the formation of both sides at this moment is an ancient stone arch bridge in the middle. It is said that it was built by local good people during the Hongzhi period and is called Chenjiakou Bridge.

"Go back and don't forget your oath. You are the knights who defend the Dacheng Palace. You are the defenders of the Tao of Confucius and Mencius!"

This area is densely populated, and the main way for local gentry to show their good deeds is to build bridges and roads.

Yang Feng shouted.

But Yang Feng is not allowed to run!
"I tell you, even if you die, you will die on the battlefield!"

To be precise, he doesn't understand command.

Especially in this kind of large-scale battle, his commanding ability is not worthy of carrying the shoes of Duduo on the opposite side. Moreover, his subordinates are like a ragtag group of people, just like a pile of scattered sand. It may not be useful if Yue Wumu is put in command.

Yue Wumu couldn't command someone to run away as soon as they entered the battlefield!

Like Liu Mengyan, Pu Shougeng and other families, they have been imprisoned for generations.

The knights howled in confusion.

It can be said that the backbone of the gentry.

They all died on the battlefield, which would be beneficial to his future operations.

If they can survive the test of battle...

Then this is talent!

This is screening.

The Knights of Confucius and Mencius, together with those in Dezhou City, Caozhou and other places, have now expanded to more than 2,500 real knights. They are no longer the original ones who followed him to build captives. The vast majority of them are the children of local gentry who suddenly joined. of.

Gotta sift.

It’s just that the screening method is a bit cruel.

But who's to blame? Since they are Confucius and Mencius knights, of course they have to go to the battlefield.

Now that we are on the battlefield, let us live and die according to our destiny!

He watched the place gradually stabilize and left with his followers with satisfaction. He would come back and kill anyone who dared to escape anyway. What's more, the battlefield was full of situations like this at the moment. He had to suppress them one by one.

As for the battle, it is not important.

Because the two sides are currently mainly using cannons to bombard each other across the river.

Both sides have a large number of artillery. Although they are relatively light field artillery, it does not prevent them from bombarding across the Majia River. Although the formation on Yang Feng's side is partially chaotic, the overall formation is still stable, and the Qing army does not want to rashly launch a large-scale attack. Cross the river, but the harassing cavalry has already crossed the river on the north side to harass the flank.

They were facing Binzhou Xinzitang, which had a slightly stronger combat power within the Knights of Confucius and Mencius.

It was the one that blocked the Qing army on the ice of Daqing River last time. The Binzhou Du family led the alliance with the gentry from Wuding and other places to form it.

Currently leading the troops is Li Zhifang, a native of Wuding.

The parents of my brother, the Minister of War of the Qing Dynasty, were killed by the Qing army the last time the Qing army went south, so Li Zhifang, a young scholar who has not yet transformed into welcoming the king's division, took the spirit of sworn hatred between his parents and relied on his I served as Minister of War in the Qing Dynasty, and with my talents as a bachelor, I trained Xinzitang to be the third strongest in the Knights of Confucius and Mencius, after Yang Feng and Denglai. He was also the most determined fighter in the Knights of Confucius and Mencius. After all, his parents were all killed by the Qing army, and there was no way for him to make peace, as that would make him a laughing stock.

"Damn, that's a bit of dark humor!"

Yang Feng held up the telescope and looked at the battle at Xinzitang.

Facing the attacking Qing cavalry, the young men from Binzhou and other places who had just experienced the massacre more than a year ago used the big turtledove muskets in their hands to shoot continuously in the smoke. On their defense line, those who had the same clan as them Or the companions of the in-laws used spears to fight the Qing troops who were attacking the defense line.

Even Yang Feng could see me, the Minister of War of the Qing Dynasty, who was only in his twenties, holding an order flag in his hand to command, while the knights of Confucius and Mencius around him, most of whom had blood feuds with the Qing army, were using their flags like ordinary soldiers. Revolving fire musket shooting. The sharp arrows of the Qing army continued to fall around them, but none of them escaped in a state of revenge...

After all, it had only been a year and a half since the Qing army massacred the city.

They all still carry hatred!
This puts him at ease.

Then he continued to move forward, constantly driving back the knights of Confucius and Mencius who were trying to escape.

Or even nailed to the ground.

At this time, more Qing cavalry crossed the river to attack.

The retinues of the Knights of Confucius and Mencius arrayed in formation also fought in confusion under the command of veterans.

There were also a large number of people who fled.

But the problem is that they can't escape.

Yang Feng's design of a large formation with 60,000 infantrymen and cavalrymen makes it difficult to escape. After all, there are people on the front, rear, left and right who are still in formation. If you dare to escape, you have to rush at others, and others may open fire on you.

What's more, at the end there is the supervising team led by Qiu Zude himself.

Governor Qiu regularly supervises the battle.

Yang Feng mobilized to supervise the battle.

Either fight against the Qing army and die in battle as Sangzi's best effort, or be crucified by him with his followers.

What's more, his personal image also greatly improves the morale of the soldiers. Even those who want to escape can feel a little more stable when he appears beside them. It is important to know that there is a god on their side, an undefeated god of war.

Because he represents victory.

It is important for Yang Feng to run around so that the soldiers can see him.

The Qing army, which kept crossing the Majia River, attacked small formations of the Knights of Confucius and Mencius. However, under the supervision of Yang Feng, supported by the belief in guarding Sangzi, and with hatred for the Qing army, the latter all followed the instructions. Their training meets. It is true that they are not elites, and it can even be said that their fighting methods are dull and clumsy, but as long as they do not flee, the firearms in their hands can continue to kill the Qing army. It is true that these formations did not cooperate, and they did not even take the initiative to attack, but their dense formation also prevented the Qing army from going deep. After all, even if they bypassed them, they would be caught in firepower from other directions. At that time, it was difficult to even escape.

In particular, the Knights of Confucius and Mencius are only the outer circle, and the inner circle is Qiu Lei and others.

These are not unbeatable.

They just like to escape, but they are no weaker than the Qing army in small-scale battles.

In fact, Jin Shenghuan, who was eager to show off, had already taken the initiative with his servants.

At the same time, Yang Feng's new army had begun to attack in the direction of Chenjiakou Bridge.

There are a large number of original Ahanikans in this new army. They are familiar with the tactics of the Qing army, so Yang Feng also equips them with shield vehicles, which are stronger than those of the Qing army. On this stone arch bridge, New Army soldiers pushing shield carts were moving forward. The steel pipe cannons gathered behind them were blasting the Qing artillery on the opposite side. Relying on the cover of the steel pipe cannons, the New Army kept moving forward.

Although they did not have the powerful bows of the Qing army, they had plenty of firearms.

Even hand cannons.

It's the kind used by naval forces.

This is extremely effective against Qing army shield vehicles.

After all, its bullets are heavy enough.

Yang Feng continued to run wildly on the battlefield.

His formation was so big that just running through it would take several miles.

The Qing army was still crossing the river.

"go!"

Yang Feng rushed to the waiting soldiers, waved to them and shouted.

Then he started the camel.

Three thousand of the most elite retinues followed him straight into the Majia River. Soon the Qing army on the other side discovered them. The Eight Banners Manchu elites who had been on alert immediately rushed towards his crossing point, but the main force was still wearing red flags. .

Yang Feng quickly rushed across the not-wide river, then he jumped off the camel and picked up his pair of iron laos from the following packhorse.

Then he waved behind him.

The servant removed the loudspeaker from the pack horse, connected the battery skillfully, and turned on the stereo...

"cough!"

Yang Feng tried the microphone.

"Jianlu opposite, listen, I know that you followed Dorgon south, and many of them have not heard from their relatives for half a year. It is inevitable that they will miss you. In order to understand the pain of missing you, I specially brought their voices here. You all listen, listen to whose relatives’ voices are inside.”

he shouted.

Then a cry came from the phone...

The Qing army on the opposite side was silent for a moment, and then broke out into a furious roar.

It was full of the cries of the prisoners recorded by Yang Feng, the first of which was Daishan's screams. Although these were mainly red flags, there were also some with red flags, not to mention that Daishan was also a red flag. Lord, but later a series of divisions, and now the red flag is in the hands of Chu Ying's descendants. Poor Daishan is still in Lushun, locked in a cage, enduring all kinds of humiliation and torture every day. The greatest pleasure of the soldiers staying in Lushun is to bully these prisoners.

The voice of hatred resounded on the battlefield, and the enraged Qing army roared and wildly urged their horses to tear this bastard into pieces.

Yang Feng watched with satisfaction.

He was carrying two iron weapons and stood alone in front of the retinue.

All the retinues behind them all raised their Zhangba spears.

"kill!"

Yang Feng suddenly roared.

Then he spread his arms and ran forward facing thousands of troops.

The moment he was about to hit him, he jumped up.

Both hands of Tie Lao simultaneously hooked two Qing soldiers who were stabbing him with spears. When the spears were stabbed, they pierced their chests. As Yang Feng landed, they also flew back. The next moment, Yang Feng He rushed forward, riding on a fallen war horse, and smashed at the surrounding Qing troops.

At the same time, spears of eight feet each in the hands of the subordinates who were charging head-on also hit the Qing army.

The advantage of length allowed them to pierce countless Qing troops in the first wave.

With the sound of spears breaking, a bloody battle between elite cavalry began.

(End of this chapter)