Chapter 13: The Great Retreat from the East
"Dashuai, are you okay?" It was none other than Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of Jinzhou, who came to the rescue, since Wang Feng and others entered Beijing, Zu Dashou was very worried, and Zu Dashou, who couldn't rest assured, simply led the troops to look for Wang Feng and others, just in time for the confrontation between the two armies!
"It's a good birthday, if it weren't for you, maybe I and these five thousand brothers would have confessed here!" Wang Feng said jokingly.
Zu Dashou blushed for a while, and hurriedly pointed to the retreating rogues and asked, "Dashuai, do you want to pursue?"
"Forget it, don't chase the poor, we still have to hurry. Although Wang Feng wanted to annihilate Li Yan's group of cavalry, he knew very well in his heart that now was not the time to compete with it, so he decisively chose to give up.
Tianjin Mansion, since the influx of people from Liaodong, the already lively Tianjin Mansion has now become more prosperous, especially the Tianjin Port, where a large number of ships are moored every day to transfer materials and people.
Liu Longquan, the governor of Tianjin Prefecture, was supervising the transfer matters on the dock at this time, it can be said that today's Tianjin Port has concentrated the savings of the people of Liaodong and the Liaodong army for several lifetimes, so there is absolutely no room for mistakes, plus Liu Longquan is also a person from Liaodong, so when he received Wang Feng's inscription, he did not dare to delay for a moment, and was personally responsible for the transfer matters.
However, there are too many people and property that need to be transferred, and the ships of Tianjin Port cannot undertake the task of transshipment alone, and can only transport less than 10,000 people and hundreds of tons of goods from Tianjin Port every day.
Especially the goods, those landlords and old fortunes outside the customs can almost be said to have moved their entire homes, and even more so even furniture and other items have been moved over, and those old fortunes rely on their wealth and power, basically they are in line to transport a large number of their own personal materials.
It can be said that Liu Longquan has thought of almost all the ways he can think of, and if he can add one more person on the ship, he will try to sit as many people as possible, and if he can collect one more ship from the city, he will collect one more ship, Liu Longquan can say that all the ships in Tianjin City have been recruited, but he still can't meet the growing demand for goods.
Like Liu Longquan's thoughts, more and more people outside the customs are also anxious, they abandon their family business and travel thousands of miles to Tianjin in order to continue to survive, but looking at the limited capacity of ships and the mountains of goods every day, their hearts are extremely anxious, everyone understands that Tianjin is not a safe place, especially when the news of the breaking of the capital city comes, for them they are more eager to go to the south.
"Ship, ship is coming! Look at the ship!" I don't know who shouted, and everyone's eyes were suddenly drawn back to the dock, where a cargo ship was slowly mooring like a port.
"Hurry, rush, if you are slow, you won't be able to grab the position!" some people shouted loudly as they ran, and this shout instantly ignited the audience, and all the people began to rush to the dock, and for a time it was crowded with people, and the scene was chaotic.
The officers and men on the dock tried their best to resist the swarming crowd with the spears in their hands, but how could this little strength resist, and after a while the officers and soldiers were scattered by the crowd, and everyone rushed to the boat in an orderly manner.
"Quick, quickly mobilize heavy troops to block me, quickly!" Liu Longquan, who was on the high platform, saw the whole scene clearly, he knew that if he didn't do something at this time, then Tianjin Port would really be over.
Under the urging of Liu Longquan, groups of heavy infantry began to pour onto the dock, using the shields in their hands to stop the impact of the people, but where was the people's desire to survive that those big-headed soldiers could stop.
"Give it to me!" Liu Longquan, who was in a hurry, didn't care about anything, and directly snatched the musket from the guard next to him and fired a heavy shot into the air, and the originally noisy and crowded crowd was suddenly frightened by the deafening sound of the musket and instantly quieted down.
Liu Longquan jumped off the high platform, vigorously picked up the crowd and walked towards the pier, and the guards behind him hurriedly followed, for fear that Liu Longquan would be hurt a little.
"People, I know your feelings!" Liu Longquan shouted loudly as much as he could, "The imperial court will not abandon you, and this official will not leave you alone, as long as one of you does not leave, this official will never leave!" This official now orders all ships to bring people first and then transport goods, and only when all the personnel are evacuated will they be allowed to transport goods!"
"Good! Lord is wise, Lord is wise!" Everyone cheered for Liu Longquan's decision, the reason why there are still so many people stranded in Tianjin Port, a key reason is that a lot of capacity is used to carry these goods, which makes those people worry that there is no place to transport themselves, and now the prefect of Tianjin Prefecture personally guarantees to transport them first, how can the people worry about it anymore.
"Then all the people will listen to my advice, line up one by one, we must get on the boat in an orderly manner, let the old people, children and women get on the boat first, and the men last!" Liu Longquan hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, calling on everyone to get on the boat in an orderly manner.
With the assistance of the officers and men, everyone began to consciously line up in a long line to board the ship in turn.
Looking at the orderly crowd, Liu Longquan breathed a sigh of relief.
"My lord, you will offend those generals outside the gate by doing this, if you let them know that you don't prioritize transporting their belongings, they will definitely not let you go!" the master behind Liu Longquan kindly reminded.
"Hey" Liu Longquan sighed, he didn't know this truth, but what could he do, if he didn't say this just now, it is estimated that he would not be able to wait for those old men outside the gate to find trouble for him, and it is estimated that these people in front of him will eat him alive.
"That's it, you look here again, I'll go find Wang Feng, the governor of Jiliao, and now only he can save me!" Liu Longquan explained a few words to his master, and hurriedly left the port with someone.
Governor's Mansion, Wang Feng, who had just been evacuated from Beijing, did not choose to return to Shanhaiguan, but evacuated to this Tianjin Mansion with the emperor's body and the crown prince and others, which was a transshipment base first, and was closer to the capital and Shanhaiguan, so it was more convenient to inquire about the news of the capital and Shanhaiguan, so Wang Feng simply used this place as the headquarters of the entire Guanning Army.
Just when Wang Feng was still struggling with whether to mourn for Emperor Chongzhen immediately, the guards outside entered the door and said, "Shuai, Tianjin Governor Liu Longquan is kneeling outside the gate of the mansion and asking to see him." ”