I have a cornucopia

Chapter 142: The falling apart of troubled times

In fact, as soon as Yang Feng left the city, a new batch of scouts returned from the west bank...

Dodo is retreating.

After all, he is a battle-hardened person. Even if Duduo does not have such a mind, Dorgon does.

The final loser of this confrontation can only be me, the Qing Dynasty.

The longer you delay, the worse you will lose.

It is wise to stop losses in time, shrink and then stabilize the internal situation, especially Jucaotun grain. Anyway, Yang Feng was unable to counterattack and return to the capital. Moreover, this battle also confirmed Dorgon. In terms of pure combat effectiveness, our Qing Dynasty Still the strongest.

There is just no food.

Can't afford it.

So he needs time to develop.

Instead, they retreated directly to the west, and then took the several pontoon bridges that had been repaired on the canal. This was equivalent to giving up the interception in the south of Dezhou City...

But it's a pity that they are just consumables, and I can't raise so many hard-core crops in the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, chasing Duduo is indeed dangerous, but chasing the cannon fodder of the Eight Banners Han Army under Dezhou City is different.

It is not even ruled out that Dodo deliberately lured him into pursuit.

"Array up!"

Behind him, the three thousand followers who had been replenished were holding up spears eight feet long. As he moved forward, they also spurred their war horses, making the sound of horse hooves like war drums on the spring fields, and then one after another seemed like a moving city wall. A line of cavalry emerged from the mist. The cannon fodder of the defeated Eight Banners Han Army on the opposite side immediately discovered the blackness in the mist, and they completely fell into a disorderly rout without any fighting spirit.

Many of the defeats of the Ming army in the past were caused by dividing the troops in pursuit.

The gap in combat effectiveness between the soldiers on both sides is too great.

The cavalry began to speed up.

After all, these newly formed Eight Banners Han army cannon fodder suffered heavy losses, which also made the local powerful in Northern Zhili lose their reliance against Dorgon, and the lost troops were also equivalent to reducing Ding, which was also conducive to their internal food supply. After all, these newly formed cannon fodders of the Eight Banners and Han Army are just consumables to the Qing Dynasty. Dorgon only incorporated them into the Eight Banners and Han Army due to the situation. But under the same current situation, not only can they not guarantee their loyalty, On the contrary, it will become the support of the Northern Zhili powerful forces to resist his grain and land enclosure. If this is the case, then let him die!

The trotting war horses stepped to the sound of more intensive drums.

"Whoever surrenders will avoid death!"

In this case……

Suddenly, he became my hardcore crop of the Qing Dynasty.

Previously, Duduo established three large camps in the north of Dezhou City to block the north of Dezhou City, the north of Xincheng, and the dock. He led the main force of the Qing army to bypass Dezhou, and then south of Dezhou and Xincheng to Jinqi Bridge and established company camps along the Majia River. , relying on land transportation from the dock eastward around Texas to transport supplies, while the material warehouse and headquarters were located in the captured En County.

The retinue of cavalry who followed Yang Feng across the Majia River north of Ling County quickly completed their formation on the spring plains.

He might even have deliberately moved away from this direction to allow Yang Feng to go north smoothly.

The next moment the cavalry rushed into the Qing army.

In the early morning mist, three thousand cavalry formed five lines.

Even if Duduo retreats, he will definitely retreat one by one. The Qing army has also fought a hundred battles and will not make mistakes in the retreat. Therefore, his troops have no pursuit ability at all. If it were not for this kind of stronghold, they would fight stupidly. In addition to his retinue and a small number of servants such as Jin Shenghuan and others, the rest of them would be defeated by the main force of the Qing army.

He didn't care about the life or death of those cannon fodder.

They are also Qing troops!
Texas.

Yang Feng looked at this scene of overwhelming defeat with some emotion.

Just coaxing them to be cannon fodder.

In the end, the rebellion of some soldiers on their side turned out of control and turned into an overall collapse.

"rush!"

That's as he wishes.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Feng's shouts echoed across the plains through the loudspeaker.

In the early morning sunshine, Yang Feng looked at the collapsing Qing army.

The cavalry on horseback leveled their spears and rushed forward as the Qing army fled.

But its retreat is not along this route.

He pointed forward with the saw blade in his hand.

This is still the case now that they have become the Qing army.

Then he started the camel.

However, Yang Feng did not order the pursuit.

And on the plain in front of them under the morning light, countless cannon fodders of the newly-organized Eight Banners Han Army who had shaved their heads were rushing out of the military camp and fleeing northward in an orderly manner. These were the original Beizhili regiment training miscellaneous The officers and soldiers and even the military households in the capital, who fantasized about following the dragon after the Qing army entered the customs, welcomed the king's master one after another, and then shaved their heads and changed their clothes.

This was the standard equipment of the Ming army in the past.

Everything on the left and right disappeared into the mist.

Then they were used as cannon fodder to fill trenches and endured hunger during the three-month-long Battle of Texas. They were even worse than when they served as soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. A large number of them starved to death every day. Finally, they couldn't bear it and chose to mutiny and flee yesterday. But they didn't expect it. Duduo ignored them and directly ordered a retreat.

Then he raised his giant sword.

Then the running began.

They almost swept forward like devastation...

"If the officers and soldiers were like this, why would the Ming Dynasty be like this!"

Not far behind the retinue of cavalry, Chen Zilong, who was riding a horse, watched this scene.

Yang Feng didn't even take action.

Yang Shaobao just rode his camel, held up his saw blade, and ran forward with the cavalry in the Qing army. The main reason was that the camel was too tall, and the running posture of this thing was unique and bumpy, even if he was wielding the saw with one hand. Ban Dao is also difficult to kill. There is indeed a camel cavalry, but the tactics are mounted shooting. In addition, in the age of firearms, camel cities, but riding a camel to kill requires a very high technical level. Besides, these Eight Banners Han army cannon fodder are not the main force of the Eight Banners. They are mainly recruiting and surrendering instead of killing them all. Yang Feng's role is just to let them all see him.

Therefore, during the waves of cavalry charges that swept across the battlefield, countless Qing troops who had been fleeing were kneeling down and surrendering without hesitation.

The retinue carrying a Zhangba spear rushed forward.

Those who do not surrender will be trampled under the horses' hooves.

And Yang Feng rode a tall camel, holding up his mythical saw blade, like a radiant sign, making more and more Qing troops who saw him choose to kneel down and surrender.

"If the officers and soldiers were like this, then the Ming Dynasty would have turned into the Five Dynasties of Chaos."

He Gang said.

He just couldn't help but read the official document Yang Feng gave to Shi Kefa. Yang Shaobao asked the Nanjing court to send three million taels of silver within half a year as military pay for the governor of Jiliao, and to transport another two million taels of silver to Shandong by canal. rice. If Shi Kefa could not transport these to Shandong within half a year, it would be difficult for him to maintain the military supplies of his army. At that time, there would be no money and no food, which would not rule out the possibility that his generals would be tempted by Li Zicheng. Now Li Zicheng is using money to win over his generals. Although Yang Shaobao can barely restrain them with loyalty, loyalty cannot be used as military pay after all!
Now he and the Shandong gentry have exhausted their family wealth to ensure military supplies.

They have lost their families and their country.

It’s really impossible to squeeze out at all. In short, let Shi Kefa figure it out! Anyway, when the time comes, these arrogant generals who have just defeated Jianlu will turn their heads and head south, and Yang Shaobao will be unable to stop them.

It's plain blackmail.

Give money.

Give food.

If not, we will turn south and get it ourselves.

This is not a loyal minister, he is clearly a warlord. If the officers and soldiers are like this, then the Ming Dynasty will become the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms sooner or later. Of course, in fact, it is very similar now. After all, the emperor is still in the hands of Li Zicheng, just like the Tang Dynasty in the hands of Zhu Wen. Like the emperor of the dynasty, Jianlu was playing the role of the Khitan people. As for Yang Feng, he was no worse than Li Keyong. A disintegrated and troubled world had taken shape, and in such troubled times, the Jiangnan gentry were often the most unlucky.

Fat!
Who doesn't like cutting meat?

"Everyone, our romantic days are over.

If you want to protect yourself, you need our Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu. "

Shen Tingyang said.

Everyone silently looked at Yang Feng and his followers as they swept across the battlefield.

The battle was over quickly.

In fact, it can hardly be called a real battle.

More than 15,000 people of the collapsing Qing army directly chose to surrender. Others poured into the canal in chaos, and thousands of them drowned in the scramble for the pontoon bridge across the river. Nearly 10,000 Qing troops had already fled due to mutiny before Yang Feng arrived. In the end, the 30,000 Qing troops who originally stayed under Dezhou City fled and surrendered this morning. A small number of Qing generals responsible for managing them, such as Shi Tingzhu and others, had already abandoned their troops and fled north. They didn't care at all that these were consumables that were destined to be killed.

The main force of the Qing army led by Duduo withdrew westward from the Majia River in batches.

Duduo led the Manchu elite of the Eight Banners, always on the alert. Jin Shenghuan, Cao Youyi, Qiu Lei and others who were chased by Yang Feng did not dare to attack. They could only take their servants to make sneak attacks occasionally. Although the cavalry led by Yang Wei in Dezhou City went out of the city to join battlefield, but also dare not attack...

These were not the old, weak, sick and disabled that Yang Feng faced in his sneak attack on Shenyang.

This is the strongest army in the East in this era.

Almost invincible.

In less than thirty years, with less than 100,000 fighting troops, they captured Liaodong, destroyed Mongolia, and finally took control of the capital.

How many fierce generals in the Ming Dynasty suffered from hatred on the battlefield.

As for Jin Shenghuan and others...

They believed that they did not have the fighting power of Cao Bianjiao.

As for the Knights of Confucius and Mencius, they have even less offensive capabilities. In fact, the task Yang Feng gave them is to continue to unite and stay in place to prevent Duduo from giving him a carbine. Once these guys are separated, they will be easily defeated by the Qing army one by one. .

This is how the Texas battle between Duduo and Yang Feng ended.

It’s even hard to say who wins or loses.

The Shandong Group led by Yang Feng did block Duduo's southward march, but the losses were huge, especially for the Shandong gentry. If the losses of the cannon fodder when attacking Dezhou were not included, the Shandong Group's field casualty ratio to the main force of the Qing army reached The ratio was three to one, even if the loss of cannon fodder was included, it was still two to one, and this did not include the civilian casualties in Texas and northern Shandong.

There were five thousand civilian casualties in Dezhou City alone. After all, tens of thousands of various artillery shells were picked up in the city alone.

There are also a large number of young men and even women on the city walls helping to defend the city.

It can be said that every family has filial piety.

This does not include the civilian losses in Dongchang and other cities, as well as the losses of the transport team caused by the Qing cavalry's attack on the logistics line.

More than 500 genuine Confucius and Mencius knights were killed in battle, and children of powerful families were killed in every county in Shandong.

As for the money spent, it goes without saying.

But the result was that the Qing army gave up the attack and retreated, and did not retreat too far. In fact, the Qing army only withdrew to Dongguang, Jingzhou, Gucheng and other places and left some troops to hold on. As for Duduo, He led the main force of the Qing army to reinforce his brother, and worked with Azig to resolve the resistance of the gentry in Northern Zhili. Dorgon had begun to encircle the capital around the capital, including Baoding, Zhending and other places. In particular, a large number of newly recruited Eight Banners Han army cannon fodder under Dezhou City surrendered to Yang Feng. Dorgon simply demoted their families as slaves, and then Give it to the hardcore crops who enter the customs.

Dodo's purpose in abandoning these consumables was to turn their families into slaves.

And not just their family.

It can be expanded!

All three of their tribes can become slaves.

Not only those who surrendered to Yang Feng, but also those who were defeated and escaped. Escape from the battlefield was also subject to military law, and our Qing Dynasty's standard approach to escape was to demote them to slaves.

In this way, the die-hard farmers who entered the customs had their land and slaves. All that was left was to copy their Tokeso slave manor system in Liaodong. If they resisted, they would suppress it. Anyway, after they stopped attacking Dezhou, Duduo led tens of thousands of Qing troops. With the main force teaming up with Azig, basically any resistance will be crushed.

And those gentry who knelt thoroughly enough could also be promoted into hardcore crops, and then their tenants could be turned into slaves.

Let’s all be slave owners together.

This is also Dorgon's way to solve the food problem in the areas under his control.

Total slavery.

Gentleman?

Don't gentry like being slave owners?

Isn't it just that there is not enough food?

All the food produced by the slaves belongs to the master, and the master can take it all if he wishes. As for the question of what the slaves eat...

What, can’t you eat grass?

In this way, we can collect as much grain as possible and supply it to the hardcore crops, and we can also gain the absolute loyalty of the hardcore farmers. After all, no one else can give them more. Li Zicheng will not let them become slave owners, and Yang Feng will not, either. In fact, when Yang Feng was the governor of Huaihai, he was conducting a census. To put it simply, it was to conduct a new census of the population in Huaihai and register household registration, so the slaves of the gentry...

Do you have the right to keep slaves?
Under the Ming Dynasty system, those below the seventh rank had no right to keep slaves.

Even if there are only dozens of people in the first rank, only a few are allowed in the seventh rank, and slaves are not hereditary, and slaves in the Taizu system are limited to individuals. After Tang He died of illness, the first thing his son did was to hand over the list of Tang He's domestic slaves and then return them. The nationality is the people.

What? Is that your adopted son and adopted daughter?
Divide the family property?

Under the system of Emperor Taizu Gao, the adopted son divided the family property, and the adopted daughter dared to get into bed and was charged with adultery.

Even though they are harmonious, they are also traitors.

No one agrees.

So can he be as generous as the Qing Dynasty and allow the gentry to directly establish slave estates?
Even the Ming Dynasty court would not allow it!

It is true that many of the Jiangnan gentry had thousands of children and servants, but they were either adopted sons or daughters or hired workers, and very few of them were clearly slaves. It's just an eye. If we really enforce the law strictly, no Jiangnan gentry can escape.

Although it is true that they held slaves, it does not mean that it was legal for them to hold slaves.

My Qing Dynasty is legal!

In short, Dorgon, who temporarily stopped attacking Texas, got out of trouble, and then asked his elder brother and younger brother to lead the Eight Banners elites to suppress resistance in various places. At the same time, he bribed gentry from various places with slavery, appeased the hardcore crops that entered the customs, and then started spring sowing to solve the problem. Next is the question of eating.

(End of this chapter)