I have a cornucopia

Chapter 137 Home Defense Line
On the Shandong Plain in spring, thousands of troops marched forward in formation.

Under the umbrella canopy in the center of the front, the statue of the most holy master of Dacheng stands prominently.

"Mr. Yan Sheng, if anything goes wrong in this battle, please protect the throne of Kong Sheng with your life!"

Yang Shaobao, who was riding a camel, lowered his head solemnly and said to Duke Yan.

Yan Shenggong...

Of course Duke Yan Sheng will go on an expedition.

This time the entire army of the Knights of Confucius and Mencius was dispatched to rescue Dezhou.

In fact, in order to repel the Qing army before the spring planting, Yang Feng and Qiu Zude recruited all the troops that could be mobilized in Shandong, including Huaihai, and even some of the troops under the governor of water transport Lu Zhenfei were among them. The Knights of Confucius and Mencius had a total of nearly 2,000 knights and nearly 20,000 retinues, including the core retinue Zhongzi Army under Yang Feng. All of them participated. Anyway, Denglai, Qingyan and other prefectures were behind the battle line, so there was no need to worry about defense issues. At this time, the Qing army led by Azige to the south had intensified conflicts with the northern Zhili gentry over food, land enclosure and other issues. The latter were resisting and even colluded with Liu Fangliang, who had retreated to Lu'an, to attack Azige's rear.

In fact, the Qing army still did not really control Shunde, Daming and Weihui.

There was still a scuffle there.

Gentlemen!
That's it.

So now he is completely despairing.

In this way, Yang Feng's flank pressure will be very small.

He quickly said with a smile.

Thousands of Qing cavalry were flanking the formation.

As more hardcore crops pass through Shanhaiguan, the conflicts between them and the gentry in North Zhili will only continue to intensify.

Twenty thousand knights and retinues of Confucius and Mencius, his supervisory standard is directly under the new army's ten thousand, he is the governor, of course there must be a supervisory standard, in fact, he selects ten thousand greens from the refugees, including those he brought back from Liaodong Strong, and then organized into a new army. This is different from his retinue. The retinue is his private army, which is equivalent to his servants. The new army is his official army as the governor of Jiliao. This is not a private army. In addition, there are 10,000 officers and soldiers from Shandong Governor Qiu Zude. It is also reasonable for the governor to recruit Fu Biao. These 10,000 are actually the remaining major officers and soldiers in Shandong except those under the jurisdiction of the Shandong General Army. The other 20,000 people included Jin Shenghuan, the commander-in-chief of Xuzhou, who was a subordinate of Yang Feng. Although there was some conflict between the two at first, Jin Shenghuan took it upon himself to serve as Yang Dutang's dog. In addition, Qiu Lei, the commander-in-chief of Huai'an, was left behind by Lu Zhenfei when he went south. Lu Zhenfei and Yang Feng were at odds with each other, so of course they had to send support, as well as Cao Youyi, the commander-in-chief of Tianjin, who retreated south, but his men did not to two thousand people.

Sixty thousand infantry and cavalry is a huge formation.

At this moment, the rocket from the left wing suddenly rose...

"Mr. Yan Shenggong?"

This is not too much to ask for!
This is the tablet of his ancestors, and of course he will protect it to the death.

But Yang Feng knew the level of his subordinates.

This camel, which could carry a load of four to five hundred kilograms, carried him straight to the direction of the rocket. Behind him, the five hundred cavalrymen of the first battalion of the cavalry immediately followed.

The weight of his body can make the horse fall down. It is estimated that unless he rides on those large war horses in Europe, it is expected that the war horses that the Ming Dynasty can collect at this time will still be stressful to carry him on the march. He can't really ride a bull, right? The only thing he could find that could carry him on a normal march was a camel, but he couldn't charge on it. Fortunately, he was always on foot in battles now, and he had never considered charging on a horse.

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Yang Feng said dissatisfied.

But at this moment, these Confucius and Mencius knights were obviously in chaos.

In short, it can be considered a patchwork.

After all, they had to hand over food supplies before Master Wang came, and they still had to hand over food supplies when Master Wang came. What was the point of welcoming Master Wang or not? Even if Master Wang wants more, Li Zicheng at least doesn't know how to compete for land.

As for Yan Shenggong, he was wearing a ducal robe, sitting under the tablet of Confucius that looked like a true cross, holding a wat tablet in his arms, and his face was expressionlessly swaying with the bumps of the carriage. He was forcibly dragged here by Yang Feng, and his mission was To protect the tablet of Saint Kong, if necessary, we must fight to the end like the Templars who protect the True Cross...

Then he started the camel.

Of course, it has to be this way.

The key is that Duduo has never been able to break through the Dezhou Fortress. Not only was he unable to plunder Shandong to alleviate the conflict between them and the Northern Zhili gentry, but he also had to intensify the search for Northern Zhili to maintain the war. In this case, the Northern Zhili gentry certainly could not I endured it.

The key is that the local gentry no longer welcomes Master Wang.

"First Battalion, follow me!"

What this kind of patchwork army fears most is being defeated one by one. In addition, there are various problems such as betraying teammates and fleeing without fighting. The generals of this army are also veterans with many years of experience in doing this. Which one of Qiu Lei, Cao Youyi, and Jin Shenghuan is not used to running away on the battlefield? As for the knights of Confucius and Mencius, they were trained in regiments. In our regiment of the Qing Dynasty, those who were defeated when they saw the enemy were braver. As long as they were not protecting their hometown, they were no worse than any official army in escaping. Therefore, Yang Feng could only play Jiedouzhai, which is most suitable for team training, and fight stupidly. The 60,000-strong army moved forward like a giant formation of the God of Chariots on the Sorghum River. It had the style of a bare-headed army, but fortunately Lubei It's the Great Plains, so he can do this.

"That's it, that's it!"

Eventually, the number of troops he sent north to rescue Texas reached 60,000.

Yang Feng shouted.

In front of them was the Yizitang of the Knights of Confucius and Mencius, which originally formed the outermost formation. In fact, it was the core part of Jinan. Jinan Mansion was divided into three halls due to internal problems. Jinan is the core, and Zichuan is the other. Because at this time, the Zichuan area was a weightlifting area, and there were a lot of families who had been married for generations. They did not play with Jinan, but joined forces with Boxing and other places in Qingzhou Prefecture. There is no need to worry about whether it is the same prefecture, so Jinan takes Tai'an and other places to the south to play by themselves. As for Wuding and Binzhou, there is another Tang with the Binzhou Du family as the core. They were founded when they last pursued the Qing army. They regard themselves as old and powerful in combat and do not bother to play with Jinan...

"I can rest assured that!"

As for the camel ride…

It cannot be said that they are a mob, on the contrary, most of them are well-equipped.

He is also very helpless!

This is a red flag.

He led his retinue and ran for seven or eight miles before finally seeing the reason for launching the rocket.

Of course Duduo knew about his move north, so the Qing army had already moved south to meet the enemy.

Duke Yansheng woke up immediately.

At this moment, this huge army of 60,000 men, like the Crusaders led by Baldwin IV, swept through the green of early spring under the leadership of Governor Yang.

But Master Wang will!
And this contradiction is unsolvable.

There are many conflicts of interest here.

Those knights are not really good at fighting. They are just young men from wealthy families who wear armor to follow the fashion. Facing the terrifying Jianlu cavalry, it is good enough that they are not scared to death. It is impossible to expect them to adapt to the situation.

These guys ran into the retinue in confusion, and then shouted incoherently in panic, asking the retinue to prepare to meet the enemy. However, their retinue deserves recognition. After all, they are all from their own clan and are well-equipped. Under the command of veterans recruited with high salaries, these retinues defended on the spot in a chaotic but slow manner. Relying on firearms, they accompanied the veterans' roars and even curses and kicks, and raised high-priced muskets.

Of course, not lightweight.

For example, the three-coin and four-coin blunderbuss are no longer available. The smallest one currently used by the Knights of Confucius and Mencius is eight-coin.

In fact, there is no standard for this.

The Confucius and Mencius knights in various places all equip themselves with equipment. What they purchase depends on the ability of the merchants who sell arms. There are even some who use the big turtle dove gun, and it is the largest among the big turtle dove guns. The bullet weighs one, two or eight yuan, but On the battlefield, multiple missiles are usually inserted.

These are eight-coin bird guns.

They used various vehicles to protect the front, and then the gunmen came forward and stood in five rows with their backs to these vehicles. The front was responsible for firing, and the rear was responsible for loading and delivering ammunition, while the spearmen with cold weapons were behind the vehicles and prepared to block the attack. Six light artillery pieces were also pushed out, pointing at the Qing army on both wings of the formation. At the same time, the Confucius and Mencius knights from another hall behind also began to form a formation on the spot, and a group of cavalry from further away, like Yang Feng, also came for reinforcements. However, Yang Feng was not in a hurry anymore. He stood on his horse and watched not far away. The panicked subordinates quickly calmed down when they saw him, and the gunners and gunners began to face the Qing army seriously.

This Qing army was obviously testing. After all, they did not fight in the wild with the Knights of Confucius and Mencius, who were later formed.

Have to try the quality.

Nearly a thousand Qing cavalry were deployed in three groups, one to contain Yang Feng, one to feign attack on the Confucius and Mencius knights behind, and the one in the middle used an impact formation to pierce the Confucius and Mencius knights in Yizitang like a spike. In the latter, the genuine Confucius and Mencius knights screamed in horror. A veteran was obviously annoyed and yelled at them angrily, but it didn't change anything. Fortunately, the followers still didn't run away.

After all, this place is not far from Jinan, and the hatred of the last time the Qing army massacred Jinan is still unforgettable.

The veteran in charge pointed the command flag in his hand.

The six artillery pieces sprayed flames almost at the same time, and as a result of being willing to spend money on training, two of them penetrated the Qing army.

A cannonball instantly scattered the flesh and blood of the three cavalrymen.

Another one bounced off the ground and instantly cut off the horse's leg.

The followers roared.

The gunner reloaded anxiously but with obvious discipline.

Then the second round of shells was fired.

In this round, half of the artillery shells hit the Qing army.

Of course, it's of no use.

The Qing army began to accelerate.

"put!"

The veteran's roar suddenly sounded.

Immediately afterwards, the muskets sprayed flames one after another.

At the same time, the cannons replaced with shotguns fired at the Qing army at the same time.

More Qing troops fell off their horses.

In fact, the fact that these followers could not escape was due to the success of Yang Feng's design.

These regiments are from gentry clans. Their families have good farmland for them, they receive considerable military pay, and the equipment is the best they can buy. The massacre in Jinan made the surviving local gentry not stingy in organizing regiments. After all, they know The consequences of not having reliable force. As for the performance of the Confucius and Mencius knights, no one expected them. The people who were really responsible for commanding were veterans hired with large sums of money. These people had experienced hundreds of battles. It is true that they did not have the ability to command large corps, but hundreds of people The combat is still very reliable.

The front-line gunman took the gun handed from his companion from behind as quickly as possible, and then opened fire on the Qing army again.

They had nothing to aim at in the smoke.

Wherever the Qing troops appear to be in front, hit them. Don't even care whether they hit or not. After you hit them, just replace them with the ones from behind.

This method shoots very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, all the loaded muskets were fired.

Then the gunman turned around and rushed through the gap between the vehicles without any hesitation.

The artillery also fired its last round of shotgun shells.

The gunner also turned around and ran away.

The Qing cavalry arrived soon.

The spearmen and shieldmen behind the vehicle quickly completed the blockade of the defense line by blocking horses and the like.

At the same time, the gunners running back behind anxiously reloaded their bullets.

At the same time, the sharp arrows shot by the Qing army fell.

The real knights fled in terror.

Yang Feng took a homemade gun from his subordinates...

Extra long barrel and rifled.

Although the lathe he took out from the cornucopia was indeed unusable due to lack of electricity, there was still no problem in using a motorcycle to carry a homemade simple rifling machine. It was just that it couldn't be manufactured in large quantities, but it was enough for his own use.

He held up this blunderbuss that looked like a great sniper, aimed at the fleeing Knight of Confucius and Mencius, and then pulled the trigger.

Gunfire suddenly rang out.

The knight Confucius and Mencius, who was the first to escape from the formation two hundred meters away, immediately fell off his horse.

"Those who run away from battle will die!"

He held up his electric horn and shouted.

At this time, his followers were already fighting with the Qing army.

These soldiers did not use firearms, they all had Zhangba spears, and they were real Zhangba spears, more than five meters long. They ran into the Niu Lu who was rushing towards them, and with the sound of the spears breaking, the Qing army The cavalry fell off their horses one after another.

The followers of Yizitang had also begun fighting in the rain of arrows from the Qing army. After blocking the defense line with vehicles and long contradictions, they quickly had their muskets finished loading, and they were facing them at close range. The Qing army opened fire. The real knights who were originally escaping were so frightened by Yang Feng that they all stopped, and then the Qing army's arrows fell on them one after another. However, these guys couldn't fight, so the protection was the absolute best. The Su Steel armor was even partially made of large steel plates. Although the heavy arrows of the Qing army could be shot through, at least they would not be shot through the helmet as easily as Juniper. They were soon forced to pick up shields to protect themselves, and those who finally broke out also raised the revolving muskets they bought at a high price and fired randomly in the direction of the Qing army.

At this time, the cavalry reinforcements also arrived.

They directly inserted into the flank of the Qing army.

At this time, the main attacking Qing army had begun to rush into Yizitang's formation, but the latter did not collapse.

The defense in front of them has not collapsed yet.

Therefore, the Qing troops who broke into the formation were shot at close range by the gunners who had completed the reloading.

After all, behind them is their hometown.

This is their home line of defense.

Even if they do not suffer the last massacre of the city, they have to keep fighting. Even if they continue to fall during the Qing army's attacks, they can still keep fighting before the formation collapses. So Yang Feng's design was successful after all. Team training is indeed the most backward military system, but as long as it is in their hometown, they can still break out.

Yang Feng took another large sniper and aimed at a general in the Qing army.

The latter turned to look at him as if understanding.

Yang Feng smiled slightly.

Then the trigger was pulled.

(End of this chapter)