Chapter 59 Return
Gao Qi dived and led the standard camp under his command to escape more than 20 miles east along the Zhanghe River. Then he stopped. Looking back and seeing that there was no chasing soldiers to catch up, he was more or less relieved. But when he looked around, he brought the 20,000 troops. At this time, only less than 2,000 people of the standard battalion followed him, and the rest of the officials The soldier didn't know where to escape for a long time. This time, he was in big trouble. The emperor sent him to block the people going south. As a result, he did not make any achievements, and he was defeated and lost. How can he explain to the emperor?
When he only cared about running for his life just now, Gao Qiqian didn't consider this point. Now the pursuers have not been chased up. He is safe. At this time, he began to think about this matter.
After thinking about it, it was too stupid and too miserable for him to lose this time. He dealt with the absolutely inferiority of the Xing Tianjun with superior forces. He not only did not win the battle, but was almost killed by the enemy and took him down. Thinking of those fierce Xing Tianjun who rushed to him, he was a little uncomfortable. Chilling, if you give him another choice now, he won't take these people to find the trouble of Xing Tianjun. Many things can be delayed! At worst, it's better to delay for two days and make up a nonsense to fool the emperor. It's better than almost losing the old capital now!
After thinking about it, this virtue can't go back now. After going back, the emperor will definitely not forgive him. At present, the most important thing is to find back the soldiers and horses who have run away, recover some losses as much as possible, and then take the soldiers and horses back, and join the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers left in Shunde Prefecture to make up a lie. Besides, as for the loss that has been caused, it is absolutely irreparable. Everything can only be said after returning to the capital.
So Gao Qiqian immediately ordered to rest on the spot. At the same time, he sent a large number of standard camps to search for the escaped soldiers and let them return and meet him.
At this time, a large number of scattered officers and soldiers ran everywhere, scattered throughout Guangping Mansion. This time, the people around Guangping Mansion suffered. When the officers and soldiers were defeated this time, they lost a lot of weight on the battlefield. Many people even took off their armor and ran away empty-handed. So the grain can't be solved for a while. If you don't have anything to eat, it's good for these officers and soldiers, that's to rob! Moreover, their military generals were also interred that it was difficult to explain when they went back this time. They wanted to find some people to fight, so they plundered everywhere and killed them at the same time. Although the poor Guangping Mansion was not attacked by the Tas, it was bad for the officers and soldiers. Dazhuang closed the door to protect themselves, and almost none of the small villages were washed away by the officers and soldiers. In a blink of an eye The Guangping Mansion was full of mourning. There were villages looted by the officers and soldiers, and the houses that were burned by the officers and soldiers. The houses were full of headless corpses killed by the officers and soldiers, and many women were also scourgeed by the officers and soldiers. In short, these broken soldiers brought great disaster to the people of Guangping Mansion.
Originally, the people here were not rich. They were subjected to the exploitation of the government and the landlords. Now they are plundered by the officers and soldiers, so they can't live. Many people fled their homes in order to survive overnight. They all heard that the Xingtian Army in the south accepted a large number of refugees, so they fled to the south in twos and threes.
And Gao Qiqian not only did not intercept the 100,000 people escorted by Xing Tianjun, but also forced tens of thousands of people in Guangping Prefecture to leave their hometown and fled to the Xing Tianjun-controlled area. This time, it was a great help to Xing Tianjun.
And among the magistrates and other officials of Guangping Prefecture, there was not a conscientious person. After learning the news, they found that the officers and soldiers were so ferocious, so in anger, they wrote that they sent people to the capital, impeached Gaoqi and sneaked out to be defeated by thieves, and the soldiers looted and killed them wantonly.
But Gao Qiqian, as a minister who has been around the emperor for a long time, of course, also knew that this matter could not be covered, so he hurriedly sent his cronies like a horse lantern, and quickly returned to Beijing to play up and down to delay as much as possible. In addition, he didn't care about the cold. He personally took people everywhere to search for those defeated soldiers and circle them back. Under your command, restore your troops, and at the same time send someone to run directly to Guangping Mansion and order Guangping Mansion to provide them with grain. At least you have to let the soldiers have food to eat before you can stabilize them. Otherwise, I don't know how long this chaos will last!
Taking stock of his loss this time, Gao Qiqian really felt a little tearless. The grain brought in the army was almost lost, and most of the cannons with the army were lost. The most important Hongyi cannons could not be taken away. They were all lost to Xing Tianjun, and the big Fran machine was almost one. He didn't bring it out. A swarm of flying guns, arrows and other bee rockets have almost been given to Xing Tianjun. Now even if he is given another 20,000 elite soldiers, he dares not go to find trouble with Xing Tianjun. Not to mention relying on their own cannons, they can kill him by robbing him.
So after two days of busy work, Gao Qiqian finally collected a large part of the defeated soldiers, and his strength recovered to the level of more than 10,000. If these officers and soldiers had not made a living with Gao Qiqian, the eunuch, would not have come back to serve him again.
Look at the soldiers and horses of more than 10,000 people. Now it can be said that they are extremely miserable. They lost a mule and horse with the army, and the remaining two days were also killed by hungry officers and soldiers to eat meat. The war horse is better. The cavalry ran fast in the end, and most of them were brought out, but the horse material is pitiful at this time. If the war horse is allowed for a long time. If you don't have enough to eat, it's not far from waste.
Many officers and soldiers have no armor and weapons at this time, and have become empty-handed guys. They are even about to catch up with the level of the exiles. They drag and use wooden sticks as weapons. If it is to count soldiers, it is a little too funny. These Guanning soldiers, who were originally known as the strongest soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, are now almost catching up with the worst civilian army. It's the standard.
Looking at the situation of these officers and soldiers, Gao Qiqian sighed repeatedly, and there was no longer the kind of style that had been dictated in front of them. He took them to ask for some grain in Guangping Prefecture, and then returned to Shunde Prefecture and the soldiers and horses left behind in Shunde Prefecture to meet.
As for Diao Zheng's side, after the great victory in Nanying Village, it can be said that morale was high. After more than a day of resting in Nanying Village, he continued to take so many people to go south. Zhanghe is no longer a danger in front of them now. They even simply choose Choosing a section of the river, he took the people to build a strong bridge to transfer a large number of materials across the river and enter the territory of Zhangde Mansion.
And the news of the defeat of Gaoqi's latent army spread very fast. The next morning, it was learned by Zhangde Mansion. Originally, the magistrate and the officials and soldiers of Zhangde Mansion were ready to work hard to stop this group of people going south, but when they learned the news of the defeat of Gaoqi Qian's army. After that, even if everyone is numb, they will no longer consider sending troops to intercept these people. They are full of begging these Xingtian Army and the hostages. When crossing the border, don't bother them, they will be satisfied. You should know that 100,000 people and a large number of thieves, not to mention crossing the border, even if it is surrounded. In Defu, it is not a problem to capture the city, so they all avoided the city and stared for fear that the Xing Tianjun would take advantage of the situation to attack the city.
However, Diao Zheng's task this time was to escort the people south safely. He was not interested or had this force to attack Zhangde Mansion, so he swaggered and passed the Changde Mansion along the way. In the first month of the New Year, Enron sent these people and supplies to the territory of Weihui Mansion controlled by the Xing Tianjun, and then I didn't encounter any twists and turns.
And hundreds of thousands of people poured into the Xing Tianjun-controlled area. For a large number of people in charge of civil affairs, such as Niu Jinxing and Li Jinde, who are in charge of civil affairs, it is a big test. Wei Huifu alone can't settle so many sudden influx of refugees, and so many refugees go south to Xing Tian. For the military, it is a big good thing, and it is also a big trouble. If it is not handled well, it may cause big trouble.
Fortunately, before Xiao Tianjian decided to lead his troops to the north, everyone had some mental preparations in advance for this matter. After Xiao Tianjian led his troops to the north, Niu Jinxing sat in Luoyang, and Li Jinde went directly to Weihui Mansion to deal with these things.
In the first month before the year, many refugees from Jingfu have gone south and entered Weihui Mansion. Li Jinde has been busy with these things during this period. First, he settled a group of refugees in Weihui Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion, evacuated and arranged their lives. In addition, he began to travel along the road to Henan. Every other distance, a transfer point is set up, and a lot of people are stationed. At these transfer points, they set up a big pot to cook porridge day and night. All refugees who pass through the transfer point can get the most basic food and support them to move to the next transfer point until they reach the bank of the Yellow River. After arriving at the bank of the Yellow River, they have their own A large number of ships from the water camp took over, ferrying them to the other side of the river with ferry, and then gradually began to be scattered all over Henan for resettlement.
After the Spring Festival, Diao Zheng brought back more than 100,000 people from Beijing, and immediately made Li Jinde and others busy. Fortunately, they had some experience and preparations before. Otherwise, so many people would have probably have killed them. But even so, it made Li Jinde and others tired. After scattering these hundreds of thousands of people, they were still tired to death. They hardly took off their shoes for a few days and nights. They came back everywhere to arrange the dispatch, and sent troops along the way to maintain order to avoid them being attacked by bandits.
In a word, although Xiao Tianjian is now leading the army to find the trouble of the tartars in the area of Jingfu and is not in the jurisdiction, his group of civil and military officials did not relax. On the whole, they did a good job. Basically, according to Xiao Tianjian's instructions, these refugees were more safely settled. In this way As a result, the labor force in many places in Henan, which had already withered people's livelihood, began to be supplemented, which laid a good foundation for the large-scale restoration of farmland after the Spring Festival. It also escorted back a large number of grain materials and property during this trip, which greatly solved the problem of these people's meals. Although they did not dare to let them eat, at least Two thick meals of porridge a day can still ensure that refugees can eat it, so that a large number of people will starve to death.
In fact, the needs of the common people are very small. As long as they can eat, they will not starve to death. The vast majority of them are still willing to listen to the arrangement of Xing Tianjun, so there is basically nothing in the chaos. Some people who escaped from the north are also Including some unruly people or ruffians, these people will make some trouble, but Xing Tianjun is not polite to such people. As long as he is caught, he will behead directly. In troubled times, he will never condone them. Along the way of the evacuation of refugees, there are hanging the heads of these unruly people who robbed the refugees. It also greatly shocked some restless people.
(Today, I thank the rewards of the brothers Malt Yeye, Spicy Death, Dream Watch, and Baiyun Guogao!)