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Chapter 139: Awesome and righteous
evening.

The setting sun is like blood.

The quietly flowing Majia River is also bloody.

Of course, it's real blood color.

This not-wide river has turned into a river of blood. The corpses of countless people and war horses are soaked in the not-deep river water, and it stretches for more than ten miles. The blood that continues to flow out dyes the river water red, and the blood fills the air. .

Chenjiakou Bridge even collapsed under the weight of dead bodies.

This bridge was more than a hundred years old and was not very strong to begin with. Then countless people fought repeatedly on the bridge. Thousands of artillery shells fell on it. There were also grenades and the like that exploded on it. Later, the New Army even pushed cannons. It directly bombarded the Qing army from above, and it bore the recoil. In the end, it was overwhelmed and collapsed among the piles of hundreds of dead bodies...

There are too many dead bodies and it is very heavy.

Especially since there were layers upon layers of dead bodies on it.

Even until the end of the fight, both the offensive and defensive sides were fighting over dead bodies.

Some Qing troops also bypassed Jinqi Bridge from the lower reaches and tried to attack the rear of the Ming army, but it was useless. Yang Feng's supplies were all in Pingyuan City. As for attacking from the rear of the formation, it was better to attack from the front. At least the Qing troops had a large number of artillery in the front. .

Governor Qiu, like Liu Dadao, had a Shangfang sword in one hand and silver in the other, and was standing at the back of the formation with 10,000 Fu bids, with his back to Pingyuan County. He also had a Fo Lang machine and an old blunderbuss, and opened fire on anyone who escaped in front. Then scatter money. If you go back and continue fighting, you will be rewarded with money. If you run away, you will shoot him. But it was mainly due to Yang Feng's mobile supervision. After all, he was so anxious that the defeated troops rushed towards him. However, Yang Feng and his retinue, who came back from the other side with the blood of the Qing army and the heads of the Qing troops, would solve this problem.

For the Ming army's large-scale battles, it was already a victory if they could not be defeated.

Even if we include the new Eight Banners Han army cannon fodder, the hardcore crops behind the Qing Dynasty are only in the millions, while the real Eight Banners Manchuria core is hundreds of thousands. If we exchange three Ming troops for one Eight Banners Manchuria, Yang Feng does not need to mobilize the entire Shandong. Just mobilizing the young men of Qingzhou Prefecture can turn me into a manless man.

In short, everything did not deviate from Duduo's prediction before the war.

But what's the use?

The more they die, the latter will be more sensible.

Yang Feng, who also turned into blood, said with some uncertainty while standing in the sea of ​​​​blood in the mountain of corpses.

He can't afford the loss.

then……

In a decisive battle involving hundreds of thousands of people from both sides, his bravery could not change the gap in overall combat effectiveness.

"So, is this a win?"

No matter how the Qing army mobilized, he was the 60,000-strong army.

Although Duduo is still certain that the Ming army in front of him is not much stronger than the Ming armies that he defeated time and time again in the past. Although Yang Feng's followers are brave, they are not stronger than the servants of the previous generals, and the knights of Confucius and Mencius Regiment, Yang Feng's Supervisor New Army is no better than the regular army of the Ming Army. Although it is better than temporary workers, it is not better than those Jiubian recruits who have received certain training, and the Ming army generals still retain their strength as before. For example, Qiu Lei did not attack from the beginning to the end during the Qing army's attack. It was only when the Qing army began to retreat that he, as if he had just woken up, led his servants to bravely rush towards the retreating Qing army and successfully beheaded two hundred people.

Therefore, the two sides temporarily faced off across the Majia River.

Behind Yang Feng is a population of tens of millions.

But now it is a field attack, and cannon fodder dare not use it. On the one hand, it is easy to defect on the battlefield, and on the other hand, it is easy to collapse at the first touch. And their rout will rush into the Eight Banners Manchuria and Mongolia. Likewise, no one dares to hand over their flanks to these guys. On the battlefield, they would rather face the enemy alone than guard the flanks who might defect at any time. They are afraid of the danger of being stabbed in the back. Therefore, this attack mainly involves the Eight Banners Manchuria and Mongolia. Even the Han army will follow them into the pass. Han army.

Yang Feng looked at the mountains of corpses and seas of blood around him.

His supervising team contributed a lot to this battle.

The Qing army stopped attacking.

Of course, Yang Feng was still brave and invincible. It is estimated that he killed no less than 300 Qing troops.

The Qing army still had the initiative on the battlefield.

But it's of no use.

This is the foundation of my Qing Dynasty.

This is not an siege. The Eight Banners Manchurian elites drove the newly recruited Han army to fill the trenches with cannon fodder. He doesn't feel sorry for them no matter how many of them die, and it can't affect the strength of our Qing Dynasty. Even under the current circumstances, it will be very harmful to me if these cannon fodders die more. Qing is still beneficial.

Duduo could only order a temporary halt to the attack and find another way. In this case, the attack on Texas also had to be stopped. After all, most of the people left behind there were cannon fodder.

As for his infantry, the only role on the battlefield is to line up and block the road.

As for Yang Feng's formation, where 60,000 troops were huddled together and could not escape, the attack could only be exchanged for the lives of the Eight Banners veterans. It could be said that they would use their flesh and blood to wear down this behemoth bit by bit.

In fact, if one Qing army is killed, at least three Ming armies can be killed.

Behind these newly formed Eight Banners Han troops are the gentry who are currently opposing the expropriation of grain and land enclosures.

The total is only at the level of 100,000. Once we lose more than 20,000, our Qing Dynasty will be in great danger.

But he was right.

In terms of combat effectiveness, they can indeed still overwhelm the Ming army.

"Fengsheng, Fengsheng, we can't fight anymore. If we continue to fight, Shandong's cultural heritage will be destroyed!"

Qiu Zude said honestly.

"This loss is quite big!"

I will never do anything like Yang Hao's five-pronged attack even after being separated by hundreds of miles.

And there are many such battlefields.

"Actually, we have won the battle before we are defeated."

But he still had to choose to stop attacking.

Yang Feng did not divide his troops.

There was a sad cry behind him.

Yang Feng turned his head in shock, and then saw several elders who came to supervise the battle on behalf of the Shandong Tongshan Association. The leader was Zhang Fengxiang, who had been the Minister of War during the Tianqi Dynasty. He was already eighty years old, and he was trembling with the support of his servants. He came, and behind him was Li Huaxi, the governor of the three sides who had just escaped.

Li Huaxi was the leader of the war group.

After all, he is also the governor of the three sides, and the old guys in Shandong Tongshan Association are also wary of this war.

After all, these group trainings are led by their children and they pay for their establishment.

So let him come over to supervise the battle.

As for Zhang Fengxiang, it is mainly because his family is Tangyi.

nearby. Once this battle fails, the Qing army will rush directly to Dongchang Fucheng.

however……

As soon as Zhang Fengxiang finished shouting, he knelt down on the ground and pulled out a young face from the pile of corpses. The latter also had a smiley face logo on his chest, which represented the identity of a genuine Confucius and Mencius knight. It is estimated that Zhang Fengxiang knew him. Although Duanzitang of Dongchang Prefecture did not come with the whole army in this battle, more than a thousand people were separated. As for the rest, they cooperated with Qi Shou Dongchang.

Lao Zhang looked sadly at the face covered in blood and wiped the blood from his face with great sadness.

"This is a juren, this is a juren. He is not one of those soldiers. He has only been a juren in his county for ten years!"

he wailed.

Li Huaxi and others also looked sadly.

"Mr. Yuan Peng, you should be happy for him. He died fighting for Sangzi in accordance with the teachings of the sages. Confucius said that taking righteousness and Mencius said that becoming benevolence was in vain. As for his father Sangzi, I will only be proud of him, and I will forever remember his heroic sacrifice to defend Sangzi. Heaven and earth are righteous, and he is a true Confucian disciple with his awe-inspiring righteousness and immortality."

Yang Feng said solemnly.

Then he bowed solemnly to the Juren who died in the battle.

But it is indeed worth bowing to.

This guy obviously didn't run away and was nailed to death by Zhangba's spear. He had stab wounds on his body, and Yang Feng and his subordinates didn't even use knives when enforcing military laws, so he should have been broken through the formation by the Qing army and then died in the melee. This is a nonsense. Escaped. But it's normal, after all, behind the battlefield is Dongchang Mansion. In fact, the Qing army had gone deep into Dongchang Mansion to plunder, but all counties had to fortify their walls and clear the fields and then stick to the city. The counties in this area have been transformed by Ningyuan, and there are many regiments. After all, the massacre in Linqing frightened the gentry. No matter what happens in the future, at least the Qing army must defend with all their strength when they loot. Especially since this area was looted by the Qing army twice southward, the population loss was huge. Those county towns were enough to accommodate the entire population, and all the grain and livestock could be brought directly into the city. The Qing army, which could not open the canal, could not carry heavy artillery southward, and was unable to break through these county towns. In the end, because they could not plunder supplies and were afraid of being dragged to death like last time, they gave up going deeper.

But now spring planting is about to begin.

If the Qing army cannot be repulsed and spring planting resumed, people everywhere will starve to death.

Denglai Qingyi and other places don't matter. After all, it is impossible for the Qing army to penetrate deep into them, but Dongchang Mansion is different.

Therefore, these regiments in Dongchang Prefecture worked hard in this battle.

Zhang Fengxiang...

Old man Zhang was speechless.

After all, Yang Feng occupies the moral high ground.

What’s wrong with a county that only takes ten years to be elected?
He sacrificed his life for his country and defended his hometown.

He has done everything from righteousness to benevolence. We are all disciples of saints and sages. He has done the way of Confucius and Mencius so perfectly. What else can you say, but to die in battle. As a disciple of sages, isn't it reasonable for him to die in battle? ?
"Feng Sheng, if we continue to fight like this, we will suffer too many losses. There are more than 300 corpses of Knights of Confucius and Mencius that have been counted in today's battle. There are also nearly 400 people injured, of which more than 100 are injured. It is estimated that they need to be treated. Not good. These are talented scholars from all over the country. Although they sacrificed their lives for the country and protected their country, it is still a pity to die on the battlefield like this in ten years. It is better to let these knights temporarily withdraw to the plain county and leave their retinue to continue to fight against Jian. prisoner."

Li Huaxi said.

This number made his heart bleed!
At least four hundred Confucius and Mencius knights will die in this battle, and the least among them is a scholar.

There are more than a dozen people in Juren.

He died on the battlefield just like the big-headed soldier.

孽 孽!
"Mr. Changbai, if the Jianlu captured Shandong, who would suffer the most? Could it be the tenants or the slaves? They don't even have a tile or an acre of land. They can't even find a hundred copper coins in their home. The Jianlu looted them. Aren’t they the gentry and wealthy merchants from all over the country? And these Confucius and Mencius knights are all the children of the gentry and wealthy merchants from all over the country. They not only protect their hometown, but also protect their own families’ thousands of acres of farmland and their own wealth. Don’t they protect their own things? Do you expect others to protect them? Have you forgotten about Zhang Hongde? If you want your subordinates to fight Jianlu to the death and save thousands of acres of farmland and wealth for them, they must stand in the same formation as their subordinates and fight against Jianlu. What do they need to do for them?

Duke Changbai saw three hundred Confucius and Mencius knights killed in battle, didn't he see three thousand retinues killed in battle?
Why do they fight to the death and refuse to retreat?

Aren't these Confucius and Mencius knights still fighting side by side with them because of their reputation as a scholar? "

Yang Feng said.

More than 3,000 followers were killed.

In fact, the total casualties of the retinue in this battle exceeded 5,000.

The losses are indeed great.

But there really was no escape.

Regardless of whether those Confucius and Mencius knights were driven back by Yang Feng, it is a fact that they fought side by side with their subordinates. For these subordinates, the sons and grandsons of their clan leaders, the sons of the landlords of their own fields, and the sons of the most powerful family in their hometown, Faced with Jianlu's sharp arrows and shot at Jianlu with himself, the thought of escaping immediately faded away. After all, even if he died in battle, he would die with these famous people in his hometown. If he could die on the battlefield with them, what else could he be dissatisfied about?

Li Huaxi was also speechless.

He can't say that surrendering can save thousands of acres of farmland and wealth, right?

In this way, Yang Feng killed the chicken to scare the monkey.

"Everyone, before you are the bodies of more than 5,000 martyrs who died in the battle to defend Sangzi, instead of just 300 bodies of the knights of Confucius and Mencius. There is no distinction between high and low on the battlefield. When defending the home and country, there is no distinction between soldiers and commoners. When the time comes, On this battlefield, there are only soldiers and deserters, and deserters can only die. It is better to die in battle than to have 100,000 people crossing the sea. Also, Mr. Yuan Peng, this is a battlefield. If you say anything that shakes the morale of the army, don't do it. It’s my fault for inviting Shang Fang’s sword.”

Yang Feng looked at Zhang Fengxiang and said.

the latter……

The latter quickly shut up.

This bastard killed Fang Kezhuang. He and Fang Kezhuang were at least on the same level.

The surrounding servants who were resting watched this scene silently.

"Every unit reorganized its formation to prepare for Jianlu's night attack, and also called Qiu Lei."

Yang Feng shouted.

He had to have a good talk with Mr. Qiu.

In the end of this battle, not only Jin Shenghuan, but also the weakest Cao Youyi took the initiative to attack. Their elite cavalry were the main support of the retinues. Only Qiu Lei waited and watched until the Qing army retreated before finally attacking to reap the victory.

Although this kind of behavior is normal in the military, it is obviously not acceptable now.

"He belongs to the Governor of Water Transport, and he is a life-and-death friend of Zuo Liangyu."

Qiu Zude reminded Yang Feng.

Jin Shenghuan, Cao Youyi, and Qiu Lei were different. The former Xuzhou Commander-in-Chief was directly subordinate to Yang Feng, the governor of Huaihai, while the latter was still the Tianjin Commander-in-Chief despite fleeing south. Yang Feng was the Governor of Jiliao, and of course he was also in charge of the Tianjin Commander-in-Chief. However, Qiu Lei is the commander-in-chief of Huai'an and is subordinate to the Governor of Water Transport. He is not under the control of Yang Feng. He is here to support this battle and can be regarded as a guest army. In addition, he has a special relationship with Zuo Liangyu. The two are true life and death friends.

The latter was already Uncle Ning Nan, considered the strongest among the towns in Jiangbei.

Although he was far away from Yang Feng and had never actually interacted with him, he was still a prince after all.

"No matter who you are, you must listen to me when you get here."

Yang Feng said.

In this case, Qiu Zude had nothing to say.

(End of this chapter)