Gao Qi led the standard battalion under his command to flee more than 20 miles east along the Zhanghe River, only then stopped, looked back to see that there was no pursuer to catch up, this was somewhat relieved, but then looked around, he brought 20,000 troops, at this time only the standard battalion of less than 2,000 people followed him, and the rest of the officers and soldiers did not know where to flee to, this time he was in big trouble, the emperor sent him to intercept the people who went south, but he did not make an inch, and was defeated and lost, and the army was defeated. How to explain to the emperor now!

When he was only thinking about fleeing for his life just now, Gao Qiqian didn't think about this point, and now that the pursuers didn't catch up, he was already safe, and he began to think about this matter at this time.

Thinking about it, this time he was defeated is really too stupid, and it is too miserable, with superior forces to deal with the absolutely inferior Xingtian Army, not only did he not win the battle and take it, but he was killed by the enemy and almost took him down, as soon as he thought of those fierce and incomparable Xingtian Army who rushed towards him, Gao Qiqian shuddered a little, now if he is given another choice, he will not bring these people to find trouble with the Xingtian Army, many things can be delayed! It's a big deal to drag on for two days, and it's better to make up a nonsense to fool the emperor over, and it's better than almost losing his old capital now!

The most important thing at the moment is to first find back the soldiers and horses that ran away, recover some losses as much as possible, and then bring the soldiers and horses back, and the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers who stayed in Shunde Mansion to converge, and then talk about it after making up a lie, as for the losses that have been caused, it is absolutely irreparable, and everything can only be said after returning to the capital.

So Gao Qiqian immediately ordered to rest on the spot, while sending a large number of standard battalions and cavalry to search for those fleeing routs, so that they could return and join him.

At this time, a large number of scattered officers and soldiers ran everywhere, scattered in the entire Guangping Mansion area, this time it can be bitter to the people in the Guangping Mansion area, the officers and soldiers this rout, a lot of baggage was thrown on the battlefield, many people even took off their armor, and ran away empty-handed, so the grain straw could not be solved for a while, and it was easy to say to these officers and soldiers who did not eat, that is, to rob! And their generals are also afraid that this time to go back is not easy to explain, to find some heads to fill the combat merits, so they plundered everywhere at the same time wantonly kill the good and risky merits, poor Guangping Mansion although not by the Tartars into the Kou, but bad officials and soldiers into the Kou, Dazhuang closed the door to protect itself, the small village was almost not spared by the officials and soldiers to be looted, in the blink of an eye Guangping Mansion was all over the wilderness, everywhere was the village looted by the officials and soldiers, everywhere were the houses that were set on fire by the officials and soldiers, everywhere was full of headless corpses that were killed by the officials and soldiers, And many women were also plagued by the official army, in short, these routs brought great disasters to the people of Quang Binh Province.

Originally, the people here were not rich, and they were exploited by the government and landlords, and now they were looted by the officials and soldiers, and they could not live, and many ordinary people fled their homes overnight in order to survive.

And Gao Qiqian not only failed to intercept the 100,000 people escorted by the Xingtian Army, but also forced the tens of thousands of people in Guangping Mansion to leave their hometowns and flee towards the area controlled by the Xingtian Army, which was a great help to the Xingtian Army this time.

After learning the news, he found that the official army was so brutal, so in a fit of anger, he sent someone to the capital, impeaching Gao Qi and sneaking out of the division was not conducive to being defeated by thieves, and the arson looted, wantonly killing the good and risking the merits.

But Gao Qiqian, as a minister who has lived in the emperor's place for a long time, of course, also knows that this matter cannot be covered, so he hurriedly sent his cronies like a horselight, and hurried back to Beijing to deal with the dots, delaying the time as much as possible, and not caring about the cold, personally led people everywhere to search for those defeated soldiers, circled them back to his command, and restored the troops, and at the same time sent someone to run directly to Guangping Mansion with his hand to order Guangping Mansion to provide them with food, at least let the soldiers have food to eat first, in order to stabilize them, Otherwise, I don't know how long this mess will last!

Taking stock of his losses this time, Gao Qiqian really felt a little crying without tears, the grain and straw brought by the army were almost lost, and most of the artillery with the army was lost, and the most important Hongyi cannons could not be taken away, they were all lost to the Xingtian Army, and the big Fulong machine was almost not brought out, and the swarm of rockets such as flying guns and arrows were almost all given to the Xingtian Army, and now he is given another 20,000 elite soldiers, and he doesn't dare to go to trouble the Xingtian Army, let alone rely on their own cannons, even by snatching his cannon, he can be blown away.

So after two days of busy work, Gao Qiqian finally gathered a large part of the defeated army, and the strength recovered to the level of more than 10,000 troops, and these officers and soldiers would not have come back to serve him if they had not had food to eat with Gao Qiqian.

Look at the soldiers and horses of more than 10,000 people, now it can be said that it is extremely miserable, the mules and horses with the army have lost a seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight, and the remaining two days have also been killed by hungry officers and soldiers to eat meat, the war horses are better, the cavalry is running fast in the end, most of them are brought out, but the horse material is pitiful at this time, if the war horse is not enough to eat for a long time, then it is not far from being wasted.

Many officers and soldiers have no armor and weapons at this time, and they have become bare-handed guys, and they are even about to catch up with the level of the homeless, dragging a wooden stick as a weapon, if this is a soldier, then it is a little too funny, these Guanning soldiers, who were originally known as the first strong soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, are now about to catch up with the level of the worst people's army.

Looking at the situation of these officers and soldiers, Gao Qiqian sighed again and again, and no longer had the kind of style that he commanded in front of them before, and took them to Guangping Mansion to forcibly extort some grain, and then returned to Shunde Mansion and the soldiers and horses left behind in Shunde Mansion to converge.

As for Diao Zheng's side, after the big victory in Nanying Village, it can be said that the morale is high, and he actually spent more than a day in Nanying Village, and after resting for a while, he continued to take so many people to the south.

The news of the defeat of Gao Qiqian's army spread very quickly, and it was learned by Zhangde Mansion early the next morning, and the prefect of Zhangde Mansion and the official army were still preparing to work hard to stop this group of people going south, but when they learned the news of the defeat of Gao Qiqian's army, even if they were numb one by one, they no longer considered sending troops to intercept these people, and they only begged these Xingtian Army and the people they were coerced, and when they crossed the border, they would be content not to trouble them again. You must know that 100,000 people plus a large number of thieves, let alone transit, even if they besiege Zhangde Mansion, it is not a problem to capture the city, so they all avoided the city, staring at them for fear that the Xingtian army would take advantage of the situation to attack the city.

However, Diao Zheng's task this time was to safely escort the people south, and he had no interest or this force to attack Zhangde Mansion, so he swaggered through Zhangde Mansion along the way, and in January of the New Year, he safely sent these people and materials to the territory of Weihui Mansion, which was controlled by the Xingtian Army, and never encountered any twists and turns.

The influx of hundreds of thousands of people into the area controlled by the Xingtian Army can be regarded as a big test for a large number of personnel in charge of civil affairs, such as Niu Jinxing and Li Jinde, who are currently in charge of civil affairs, and Weihui Mansion alone is simply unable to accommodate so many refugees who have suddenly poured in, and the southward movement of so many refugees is a great thing for their Xingtian Army, and it is also a big trouble, and if it is not handled well, it may cause big trouble.

But fortunately, before Xiao Tianjian decided to lead his troops north, everyone had a certain amount of mental preparation 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 take charge of dealing with these things.

In the past month, there have been a lot of refugees in the Jingfu area to enter the Weihui Mansion in the south, Li Jinde was busy with these things during this time, first settled a group of refugees in Weihui Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion, evacuated and arranged their lives, and began to set up a transfer point on the road to Henan, every distance along the way, set up a transfer point, stationed a lot of personnel, set up a cauldron in these transfer points to boil porridge day and night, all the refugees who pass through the transfer point, can get the most basic food, After reaching the bank of the Yellow River, a large number of boats from their own water battalions took over and ferried them to the other side of the river, and then gradually began to be dispersed to various parts of Henan for resettlement.

And after the year, Diao Zheng brought back more than 100,000 people in Jingfu, and immediately Li Jinde and them were busy, fortunately, they had some experience and preparation, otherwise so many people came at once, it is estimated that they could kill them, but even so, it also made Li Jinde and them tired enough, and the entire evacuation of these hundreds of thousands of people made them tired and half dead, and they barely took off their shoes for several days and nights, running back and forth to arrange scheduling, and sending troops to maintain order along the way to avoid them being attacked by bandits.

In short, although Xiao Tianjian is now leading the troops to find trouble with the Tartars in the Jingfu area, and is not in the jurisdiction, the civil and military officers under him have not slackened down, and on the whole they have done things quite well, basically in accordance with Xiao Tianjian's instructions, these refugees have been resettled more safely, so that the labor force in many places in Henan, which has already withered in the people's livelihood, has begun to be replenished, laying a good foundation for the large-scale restoration of farmland in the future. Even more, Diao Zheng escorted back a large number of grains, materials and property, which greatly solved the problem of feeding these people, although they did not dare to let them eat enough, at least two meals of thick porridge a day could still ensure that the refugees could eat, and there would not be a large number of people starving to death.

And the needs of the common people are actually very small, as long as they can eat, not to be starved to death, the vast majority of them are still willing to obey the arrangements of the Xingtian Army, so the chaos basically did not happen, and the individual people who fled from the north also included some Diao people or ruffians, these people will make some trouble, but the Xingtian Army is not polite to such people, as long as they are caught, they will be directly beheaded, and they will not be tolerated and accommodating them in troubled times. Along the way of the evacuation of refugees, the heads of these people who robbed and harmed the refugees were hung everywhere, but it also greatly deterred some restless and self-defying people.

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