Chapter 8 Retreat to the South
Jinzhou, Chongzhen's holy decree has not yet left the capital, the originally lively Jinzhou is already silent at this time, and the people who poured into the four miles and eight towns of Jinzhou City have already begun to slowly retreat to the pass under the command of Song Xiance.
"Young marshal!" Song Xiance almost ran in, this scholar has been busy these days, and the matter of retreating west is too cumbersome.
"Good work! Looking at the dusty Song Xiance, Wang Feng said gratefully.
Although the young marshal's words were brief, they still warmed Song Xiance's heart, "Young marshal, this is what I should do in Kang Nian, not to mention hard work." ”
"Are the people almost evacuated? And are the southern sea ships already waiting outside the Shanhai Pass? ”
"Young marshal, don't worry, the 300,000 people in Jinzhou City have almost evacuated, the team that set off first is estimated to have arrived outside Shanhaiguan, and the sea ships in the south are also ready, just wait for the people to arrive and immediately ferry to the south. It's just 、、、、、、" Song Xiance wanted to speak and stopped.
"Does Kang Nian want to talk about the rumors in the barracks in the past few days?" Wang Feng, as the commander of Guanning, is the most concerned about the army, so the wind and grass in the barracks can't hide from his ears.
"The young marshal is wise!" Song Xiance heard the most about the discussion of the soldiers below these days, and everyone didn't understand why they wanted to give up Jinzhou, which had been running for many years.
"Young marshal, young marshal!" Just as Wang Feng and Song Xiance were discussing, Zu Dashou led a group of military ministers in.
Originally, Zu Dashou and these people thought that they were just evacuating the peripheral people into Jinzhou City, but the progress of things these days has completely exceeded the expectations of Zu Dashou and others.
Seeing Zu Dashou's expressions of wanting to speak and stopping, Wang Feng understood the purpose of their visit this time.
"General Fuyu, do you want to ask why the governor withdrew westward? As soon as Wang Feng saw Zu Dashou, they understood what they meant, so they got straight to the point.
Zu Dashou and the others looked at each other, and then nodded.
"Let's go, it is estimated that the soldiers have been waiting for me in the school field for a long time!" Wang Feng smiled slightly and took the lead towards the school field.
Of course, Wang Feng understands that for the soldiers of Liaodong, Liaodong is the hometown where they were born and raised, their relatives, their land, and their roots are deeply rooted here, and now let them leave their hometown and go to a strange place, all the soldiers will complain.
Jinzhou City School Field, the originally wide field was already full of soldiers at this time, although there were many people, there was no noise at all, and everyone's eyes were firmly on the man on the city tower.
"Brothers, don't you understand why you want to evacuate Jinzhou, why you want to evacuate Liaodong, why you want to abandon the home where you gave birth to me and raised me?" Wang Feng, who was standing on the top of the city tower, shouted loudly.
Wang Feng understood that these were not only the knots that plagued the hearts of the 200,000 soldiers in Liaodong, but also the knots of those generals, thousands of households, and hundreds of households. For them, there are too many things in Liaodong that are difficult to give up, and once they leave their homeland, they will start from scratch, which is difficult for them to accept.
Wang Feng, who was born in later generations, was too sentimental about the history of Nanming, and the most important reason why Nanming had no power to fight back after moving south was that there were no soldiers to fight.
Looking at the pattern of China, since ancient times, most of them have been unified by the north and the south. For those northerners who have been on the front lines of the struggle against aliens for many years, fighting has given them the best experience. And looking at the most elite troops in the entire Ming Dynasty, it is the group of Guanning iron cavalry under Wang Feng, it can be said that in the future Ming Dynasty, whoever masters this force will master the capital to speak.
"Dashuai, the last general is stupid, and I hope Dashuai can solve our doubts here!" "The reason why Zu Dashou gathered all the troops here today is to hope to get an answer. As a wealthy family in Liaodong, Zu Dashou's heart is also more or less resistant to moving south, which means that the foundation that the ancestral family has worked hard for several lifetimes will be destroyed today.
This is not only Zu Dashou has such an idea, but their lieutenant generals, guerrillas, and thousands of households, which of the hundred households does not have a hundred acres of fertile land in Liaodong, but now they want to discard it, they are really unacceptable in their hearts.
"The country is ruined!" After a long time, Wang Feng spit out these words.
"Brothers, now is the autumn of my Ming Dynasty's life and death, there are Tartars eyeing the outside, and there are rogue robbers making waves inside, and now this governor has received a secret report that this million rogue has surrounded the capital!"
"What, surround the capital?" Wang Feng's words immediately caused a commotion in the crowd. Even senior generals like Zu Dashou were flustered.
"Brothers, do you understand what this means? Once the Jingshi is broken and the imperial court falls, our Liaodong defenders will be in a situation where they will be attacked on their backs, and when the time comes, there will be Manchu Tartars in front of us, and Li thieves and rogues in the back, if we don't plan as soon as possible, we will definitely fall into a situation from which we will never recover!" Speaking of the depths of his feelings, Wang Feng couldn't help but raise his voice.
After listening to Wang Feng's words, the commotion below became bigger and bigger, and the soldiers were talking about each other, if it was really like what the marshal said, then Liaodong would really be in a dangerous situation.
Not only the generals below, but even the general soldiers like Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui became gloomy in an instant. If the Jingshi is broken, then Liaodong can no longer get the support of the imperial court, but has to fight on two fronts, and a Tartar Guanning army will be difficult to parry, if there is another rogue, then the Guanning Iron Cavalry will really be dead and have no place to be buried.
"Brothers, we are leaving now in order to come back better in the future, Liaodong is our root, and we will never give up!
"As long as the brothers who are willing to temporarily withdraw to the Guannai with the Governor, they will receive a settling-in allowance of 20 taels of silver, 50 taels for 100 households, 100 taels for 1,000 households, and 150 taels for the total number of soldiers!
"Such good conditions, and these lands will still be ours in the future!" Wang Feng's promised conditions suddenly exploded in the crowd.
Wang Feng knew very well in his heart that it was useless for these soldiers to talk to them about the country's righteousness, so it would be more practical to promise a heavy temptation.
"General Zu, you take the lead in making a statement!" At this point, Wang Feng didn't want to wait any longer, so he directly named him.
"The last general, Zu Dashou, is willing to follow the marshal Nandu!" After weighing it for a long time, Zu Dashou felt that Nandu was the most suitable choice now.
"The last general is willing to follow the handsome Nandu!" Zu Dashou said, and these old brothers under his hands also echoed.
"Nandu! Nandu!" shouted the soldiers on the school floor.