The blow of the Fengzhou army was fierce and bloody, the soldiers were a little dizzy, and the bloody corpses of their companions reminded them that the money was not easy to take, and the old mistakes were committed again in fright, and they turned their heads and ran back, but the Qing army behind them would never be merciful, and the Han officials shouted "Those who kill the enemy forward will be rewarded, and those who retreat to escape will be killed", and the dense rain of arrows immediately came, and they were shot down in a large area.

The surrender of the troops became more and more chaotic, the guns and arrows shot by the Fengzhou army in front were as dense as raindrops, knocking them down piece by piece, and the Qing army behind also advanced step by step, shooting the laggards mercilessly, sandwiched between the two killing gods, there was no way to escape, some people shouted "There is no way to live, the brothers are fighting" rushed forward, the troops are falling into madness, some people take the lead and some people respond, thousands of people immediately converge into a huge wave to the Fengzhou army array,.

No one expected that the war would enter the white heat at the beginning, the sound of killing on the banks of the Tuxiao River shook the sky, the corpses were everywhere, the white earth seemed to be dyed red by blood and water, the sharp arrows shot by the Fengzhou army covered the sky and the sun, and the guns and artillery finished round after round, harvesting life like cutting wheat, but the desperate troops continued to rush. There are too many troops, it is simply impossible to kill, a person falls down and immediately countless feet step on, even trenches, mines and barbed wire can not stop their footsteps, these guys rush to the front of the big formation like crazy and slash and kill, once the Fengzhou soldiers fall, immediately a group of people pounce on and slash and kill, and then their own people also fight for the head - this is a group of crazy people, unless they are all killed, they will go crazy to the end.

The Fengzhou army was ruthless, the infantry battalions were intensively formed to counterattack, the light armored soldiers threw dense arrows to curb the opponent's offensive, and the front row of heavy armored soldiers speared the crowd layer by layer, and after a while, the front step formation was full of corpses, and no matter how crazy the troops were, they could not withstand such a massacre, and the offensive was gradually suppressed.

The two infantry battalions in front of the sudden attack were in trouble, the infantry soldiers generally did not wear armor, and their hand-to-hand combat ability was poor, and they should have retreated after the firepower attack, but the opponent pounced too quickly, regardless of life and death, and broke several formation walls, and then frantically snatched the head of the Fengzhou soldiers who fell to the ground. The infantry soldiers were enraged, some people put on the sword to take revenge, others also responded immediately, Liu Shuangxi, the commander of the left battalion, couldn't shout his subordinates, and hurriedly led the battalion to help the hand-to-hand armoured soldiers, and found that most of the opponents had no armor, and the hand-to-hand combat weapons were rudimentary, and they had the idea of taking advantage of it, and immediately attacked it, Zhou Wang, the commander of the right battalion, saw that the situation was not good, and pulled up the battalion to join the battle group, the two sides were mixed into a mess, and it was impossible for the two infantry battalions to retreat.

"What's going on, it's a bad fight, Lao Wang, you stay here, I'll go up to pick up Liu Shuangxi and Zhou Wang." Jin Guoding, the commander of the right assistant of the artillery artillery, looked anxious on the fort, and left Wang Zongjie, the deputy assistant commander, to rush to the front with five or six hundred armored soldiers.

Wang Zongjie gasped a few times dissatisfied, pointed at He Shijun, the commander of the artillery battalion, and shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze, didn't you see that Donglu also came up, and changed into chain bullets to beat these guys." ”

The momentum of the surrender is good, and the Qing army behind it also pressed up, constantly throwing arrows at the Fengzhou army, and pushing a few 500 catties of camp guns - the Fengzhou army is equipped with 800 catties of new Franc machines, and has looked down on this kind of artillery with short range and weak power, and almost all of the eliminated ones are sold to the Qing State, but this kind of artillery is flexible and suitable for field battles, and there is no problem with collapsing the formation wall, the Qing army must fight this idea, of course Wang Zongjie can't let them get their wish.

He Shijun was originally a craftsman, he was an official of the Ordnance Department, and he volunteered to join the army as soon as his brain was hot, and he only had two years of artillery training before he encountered a large expansion of the army, and he was a battalion officer of the rocket helicopter battalion, this person lacked experience in big wars, but he was very serious in his work, and after carefully estimating the distance, he was sure that his cannon would shoot a chain bullet to get the other party, so he ordered the cannon to fire.

Jin Guoding scolded and rushed to the front line, picked up a simple knife and rushed up to fight, when the fierce battle was in full swing, the infantry front association and the infantry left association on both wings of the artillery association repelled the frontal enemy, and immediately sent reinforcements to help the battle, and stabbed hard in the ribs of the surrendered troops. The infantry's hand-to-hand combat ability is strong, the troops are not opponents at all, they are beaten back step by step, the Qing army pushes the artillery and wants to step forward to reinforce, it happens that the chain bullets of the artillery battalion are flying, and the scene of flesh and blood flying scares this group of Eight Banners idlers and Liaodong Han people stupidly, and after a wolf howl, the ghost howls and throws down the artillery and fles. The soldiers fought for more than an hour, most of the madness passed, and as soon as their brains cleared up, their legs began to weaken, and they also retreated when they saw the opportunity, and the first attack of the Qing army was repulsed.

The two battalions of infantry soldiers have not been angry enough, they have killed all the soldiers who have not run away, and they have to chase them out and continue to fight, Liu Shuangxi stopped talking nonsense this time, rushed to the front and kicked and kicked these red-eyed guys back.

"I can see clearly, it was you two rabbit cubs who rushed out first, trying to kill the brothers, Zhou Zhuzi and Wuen, what are you two doing with a bunch of heads?" Liu Shuangxi kicked the butts of the two young officers and scolded as he walked, these two people were the deputy captain of the left post, that Zhou Zhuzi was still from the same village as him, and he played well with the firecracker, and he was forced to go to the base camp from the Wuxuan Academy, and he made a mistake in the first battle today.

"They snatched the head of our captain, and I will also cut off their head, I rushed out first, it's none of Un's business, if you want to punish me, punish me." Zhou Zhuzi replied angrily, today it was indeed he who did not obey the order and took the lead in rushing out desperately, and Wu En immediately followed behind.

"Still hard-mouthed, those people are crazy, and you have to be crazy too? The Fengzhou army didn't take the lead, and the military merits of this battle didn't have the two of you, and I didn't want to throw away these dirty things. Liu Shuangxi kicked Zhou Zhuzi again, and Zhou Zhuzi howled and threw a few heads in his hand into the distance.

Jin Guoding was chatting with Zhang Yichuan, the former assistant battalion officer of the infantry, and Liu Tichun, the officer of the left auxiliary battalion of the infantry, when he looked up and saw Liu Shuangxi and them coming over noisyly, he opened his mouth and shouted angrily: "What is the trouble, I don't think it's enough to provoke, hurry up and take people down." ”

"Lao Jin, your artillery promotion is really fast, Shuangxi, this kid is only twenty years old and became a battalion officer, and Lao Tzu is in his early forties." Zhang Yichuan looked at Liu Shuangxi's back and said a little sourly.

"Envy, Lao Zhang, let's just change the two of us, I'll go to the infantry, and let you be the co-ordinator." Jin Guoding replied with a smile, the cavalry has the highest status in the Fengzhou army, followed by the infantry, and no one wants to do the artillery artillery, and you have to find people everywhere to promote officers, so it's no wonder that you are not happy to be promoted.

"It was not easy for me to be transferred from the garrison to the battalion, so it is better to continue to be an infantry battalion officer, so I won't bring this group of baby soldiers for you." Zhang Yichuan hurriedly waved his hand and replied.

"Double happiness is very good, the commander also likes him, the tall one next to him is the grandson of Lao Dabu, all of whom are from our Baita Village, and Jin Xietong is a senior, so please take more trouble to teach them." Liu Tichun said good things for his fellow villagers with a smile on his face.

"There are only a few pieces of material for the right artillery, and I feel distressed about any of them," Jin Guoding smiled, raised his clairvoyance and looked at the opposite side a few times and said, "Dongyu is coming up again, I'll retreat first, and I'll leave it to you here." ”

The artillery retreated, and the infantry and infantry immediately closed to fill the gap, and the formation immediately changed into an inverted "pin" shape - the infantry lined up to block the frontal attack, and the artillery was ready to carry out fire strikes forward through the infantry interval at any time.

Abatai was trustworthy, and cashed the silver reward in public to the more than 100 soldiers who had presented their heads, and allowed them to leave the camp and go home. Dolgon and Dudu were also very satisfied with the results of the surrender, and in less than two hours, they had captured more than 100 heads, and it was estimated that the Fengzhou army had lost at least three or four hundred people, and they didn't care how many people died in the surrender, anyway, they didn't plan to give the surrendered troops lunch, and after a short rest, they immediately forced the surrendered troops to charge the battle again.

The soldiers were itchy by the white silver, and mustered up the courage to go back into battle, but they were still faced with a dense stream of arrows and guns, and the batteries on both sides of the opponent also began to bombard, and each round of shelling would smash a few bloody alleys in the crowd. The soldiers were not protected by armor, they rushed forward with shields and planks, and they died all the way, and the Qing soldiers behind were still driving away unrelentingly, and when they were terrified, the other party slowly retreated. The troops were lucky enough to press forward step by step, forcing the opponent through a trench, shooting a denser rain of arrows head-on, and then it was difficult to move forward, and this trench became their final destination.

The big tent of the Fengzhou Army, Du Wenhuan stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back and thought quietly, Mao Yuanyi kept reporting the latest battle report to him - the Fengzhou Army is currently very passive, and the iron cavalry raided the right flank of the Qing army without success, but was restrained by the other party, and was hit by the surrender of troops head-on, with more than 400 casualties in vain.

"Old commander, the commander induced the Qing cavalry to attack but failed, and was ready to launch a strong attack in the afternoon, but we are fighting like this here, we must immediately change our fighting style, and our elite cannot be consumed in vain." Mao Yuanyi said eagerly.

"Our auxiliaries are not much worse than the Eight Banners, and it is not a problem to clean up this group of soldiers, withdraw the battalion soldiers and replace them with auxiliaries to fight." Ge Curi interjected, and Wang Fang, Zhang Mengcun, and Tuo Yangkun immediately patted their chests and asked for battle.

"This official thinks that it is most appropriate to withdraw the troops to the city of Jinan." Yan Jizu was a little frustrated, the opponent's strength advantage was too great, in case the Fengzhou army was defeated and retreated, Jinan would be in danger again - the defenders in the city only had three or four thousand miscellaneous soldiers requisitioned from various prefectures and counties.

Liu Wenzhong gritted his teeth and said: "It's all Wenchen's cowardice, we have fought all over the field, but there is not a single soldier to reinforce it, Lord Governor, what will your colleagues do except play tricks, our family must make this matter clear." ”

"And your father-in-law!" Yan Jizu glanced at Liu Wenzhong, the naturalized army was desperate, Sun Chuanting, Liu Yuliang and others had heavy troops but did not dare to enter Shandong, the dead eunuch Gao Qiqian didn't know where to run, and the people were indifferent.

Liu Wenzhong still wanted to argue a few words for his kind, Du Wenhuan waved his hand, sighed and said: "There have been too many victories over the years, and our army is a little self-righteous from top to bottom, thinking that the old man is second, but we made a mistake in this battle, the Qing army is not so easy to fight, and now we must consider retreating." ”

"Where to retreat?" Yan Jizu and Liu Wenzhong asked in unison.

"It's hard to say, but at least we should withdraw across the Tuxiao River," Du Wenhuan thought for a while, and tapped his finger on the east of the Tuxiao River on the map and said, "Inform Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu, and Xu Sheng to continue to strengthen the camp on the east bank, and the trench should also be widened and deepened. ”

"No, now the two armies are stalemate, and it is too dangerous to retreat." Mao Yuanyi shook his head.

"Of course you can't retreat now, it's too cheap for the Qing army," Du Wenhuan smiled faintly, waved his hand and ordered, "Withdraw the battalion to the second trench and rest, and the three auxiliary associations will immediately go up and inform the commander that the main force in front of me will attack at the same time as the cavalry in the afternoon, and we must withdraw to the east bank at dusk." ”

Wang Fang, Zhang Mengcun, and Tuo Yangkun high-fived each other, excitedly going to gather their auxiliaries, Ma Shiying suddenly remembered something, and shouted at their backs: "Tell the brothers that this battle is won, and all immigrants who join the army will be recognized as military merits and granted citizenship." ”

The people in the big tent are almost gone, Yan Jizu and Liu Wenzhong have become idlers again, the two looked at each other for a while, Yan Jizu patted his thigh and stood up: "Shandong people are not a bad seed, how can they stay out of the matter, this official will cross the river to gather the people." ”

"Let's go too!" Liu Wenzhong ran after Yan Jizu's buttocks, and Du Wenhuan glanced at Ge Kuli, who immediately followed them.

In the hurried sound of the military trumpet, the Fengzhou auxiliaries quickly ran to the edge of the trench to form a formation, and the battalion soldiers who retreated from the gray were booed by them, the battalion soldiers did not care about the Eight Banners, but they had the intention to preserve their strength to fight the surrender soldiers but were tied, and they lost hundreds of people in vain, and they were indeed a little embarrassed, and they threw the captured booty to acquaintances, and the auxiliaries shouted even more - the Fengzhou auxiliaries were the strong recruits of the guards of the prefectures, and they all had weapons in their hands, among which there were many veterans who had fought in the war, and they were not just people who did chores, The main purpose of going out with the army is to make up for the battle losses, and if there is a battle, you can make military achievements, and you have long been eager to go into battle to show your hand.

Ma Erhei, the squadron leader of the auxiliary right association, checked the weapons of his subordinates again, fortunately, the two formation walls were fixed firmly, the soldiers were equipped with knives and spears in their hands, the old Fengzhou people still had armor, dozens of rifles and lifting guns were loaded, and the spearmen in the front row also wore borrowed heavy armor, all holding the kind of standard spears that were more than one zhang long, bows and arrows This kind of gadget is even if it is forgotten, and the children of Fengzhou are also familiar with it.

The former Ming army victorious general had been naturalized in Fengzhou for several years, divided 50 acres of land in Baoketu, and partnered with several fellow villagers to borrow money from the banknote store to buy two four-wheeled carriages to start a passenger transport business. Life is better, Ma Erhei started to be an official again, several times to run for the election of thousands of officials, without exception were defeated, after learning the pain, he thought that Fengzhou had the opportunity, but if he wanted to get ahead, either he was very capable of doing good things for everyone, or he was very rich and could make the business bigger, these two roads were not close to him, so there was a third way to go - military merit made the villagers admire. Ma Erhei wanted to understand the reason, and when he heard that the Fengzhou army was going to send troops to the pass, he ran to the garrison and cried and shouted to go out with the army, and the officials of the garrison saw that he was in his thirties, and if he didn't give a chance, he would probably have to be a nest for a lifetime, so he agreed to his request, and in view of his qualifications as an officer, he was given a squadron leader. Ma Erhei cherishes this opportunity very much, and is also very attentive to his team - these soldiers are all villagers in the township, if they don't fight well, they will be spit on when they go back.

"Dahuai, Erdan, what are you standing here? Hurry up to the back, we're here, and it's not your turn yet. Ma Erhei shouted to a few guys who were squeezing forward - these new immigrants are annoying, they can become citizens after paying taxes for three years, what a blessing this is, don't stay at home and work hard, you have to sharpen your head to make military achievements, is it fun to fight?

"We are not afraid of death, and we are willing to fight and shed blood for Toyoshu." The new immigrants are very unconvinced, only a few days late out of the customs, Fengzhou issued a decree to restrict the granting of citizenship, immigrants can not get land unless they are on the border, and they cannot elect and be elected officials at all levels of the health office, parliamentary officers, and legal officials, and can not be battalions and reserve soldiers.

"No, it is the right of the citizens of Fengzhou to fight and shed blood, and we will only get your turn when we are dead, and we will return immediately." Ma Erhei proudly refused the unreasonable demand, and the newcomers were driven to the back amid laughter.

The auxiliary soldier Zuo Xie is doing pre-war mobilization, this is a group of people brought into the pass by Wang Fang from Fengzhou, most of them are from the Datong Tuntian Army, they have no citizenship rights and no land, and they rely on farming and working to support their families, but they are members of the Civic Party who have suffered a lot and have strong roots, and they have lofty ideals in their hearts - not only to be citizens themselves, but also to help the suffering people in the whole world become citizens who are not bullied by corrupt officials.

"Comrades, see it, the Ming army and the Dongyu colluded together and frantically rushed towards us, they want to destroy our free Fengzhou, which shows that the Ming court and the Qing court are the same smell, if these two reactionary courts are not defeated, the poor will never be able to turn over, and the great commander of the heavenly faction came to the world to lead us to sweep away the ugly and establish a world of freedom, equality, and benevolence." Wang Fang stood on a big car and shouted excitedly.

"Long live the Grand Commander, long live the citizens, long live Toyosu!"

"Sweep away the ugly and the world is the same!"

The die-hard elements of the Civic Party took the lead in chanting slogans, and thousands of auxiliaries followed them with emotion, raising their arms and chanting, and the shouts shook the earth and startled the people around them.

Wang Fang pulled out his war knife, looked ahead angrily with his eyes, and said: "We are poor, with poor weapons and incomplete armor, but we have a warm blood, and we are not afraid of any strong enemy, let these demons and monsters who harm people come, and we will use our war knives to kill a world of great harmony in the world." ”

"Kill!" The auxiliaries shouted in unison.