Let's say that Li led Tai to retreat to Tianchang, only collected more than 10,000 defeated troops, 3,000 in Manchuria, and 2,000 in the Han army, almost all of which were lost outside Yangzhou.

The huge loss made Li Shutai very uneasy, and hurriedly sent two messengers to expedite with 800 li to report to Beijing Dolgon and Nanjing Duoduo, and then he did not dare to stay in Tianchang, leading the defeated generals Li Benshen, Yang Chengzu, Bai Yongfu, etc., and hurriedly retreated to Xuzhou.

Outside the city of Yangzhou, the Ming army is counting the results of last night's battle, it can be said that the harvest is quite rich, there are nearly 10,000 Qing troops killed, and more than 10,000 enemies are captured, and more Qing soldiers are scattered in the dark night to Yangzhou within a radius of 100 miles, and these stragglers, the Qing court has been difficult to collect.

Outside the West City, the captured real Manchurian and Han army banner people were escorted in a line, the Ming army stood behind them with a knife, and the knife fell in hand, nearly a thousand human heads with shaved money rat tails fell to the ground in an instant, and bright blood was sprinkled all over the ground, giving people a strong visual impact.

Seeing this, the thousands of captured green battalions immediately made a commotion, but soon ushered in a burst of whips from the guarding Ming army, and the restless atmosphere was forcibly suppressed.

The entire Jianghuai has all fallen into the hands of the Qing court, although Wang Yan broke the siege of Yangzhou, but also could not gain a foothold in Yangzhou, now only to the west into Anhui, or east into Zhejiang two roads can go, but no matter which one to go, the thousands of green battalions are a hidden danger.

Wang Wei knew Wang Yan's heart, and said with advice: "The old and young of the green camp are all in the hands of the Jianghuai Qing army. ”

Jiang Tian said when he heard this: "Otherwise, the green camp will be captured, and the master will be in trouble!" If you do all the pits, it is unkind, it is better to return, and the general's leniency has been shown! On the day of the general's resumption, the army will return to Jianghuai, and the green battalion will fall in the wind! ”

For the real Manchu and Han army bannermen, Wang Yan said to kill them, but for the green camp, he can't do this, now listening to the words of the two, he has made a decision in his heart, and then said: "Mr. Chunchu's words are very much in line with my wishes, and Kaiyang's words are also reasonable, this batch of surrendered soldiers will not be able to take them with me, but they can't all be pitted, so they will kill their original evil, and let the rest go!" ”

"That's a great way!" Wang Wei and Jiang Tianyi said in unison.

Wang Yan ordered the officers of more than 1,000 households in the Green Battalion to be killed, and then ordered the rest of the Green Battalion to eat a full meal before expelling them from the barracks.

After dealing with the matter of surrendering the troops, Wang Yan left the troops and horses to continue to converge, and led a group of people back to Yangzhou City to discuss the withdrawal from Yangzhou after seizing a large number of grain, grass and materials captured last night.

When everyone entered the city, they saw that the people in the city had begun to pack up, a rich young man, put the burden in his hand, put it on the back of a mule and horse, looked back at the mansion, could not help but show reluctance and sadness, an old man walked to his side, stood side by side with the young man, patted his shoulder with his hand and said: "As long as my father does not die, and when I settle down in the south, I will be able to earn another family business in a few years." ”

It takes a lot of courage to give up the wealth of the past and go to the unknown road, where the wealthy and wealthy of Yangzhou gathered.

Wang Yan and the others walked all the way to the mansion, and along the way were all people packing up, and many soldiers also participated, and they seemed very busy.

There is not much time left for the soldiers and civilians of Yangzhou, a hundred miles away from the river, is Duoduo's 200,000 army, in two or three days, they can kill back to Yangzhou City, so they must go out of the city quickly, and they can't even take away the money.

In the palace, Wang Yan sat down with everyone, he knew that Zuo Maodi and others wanted him to enter Zhejiang and help protect the new monarch to resist the Qing Dynasty, and then said: "Zuo Gong wants to let Yan go to Zhejiang, but the Yangtze River waterway is in the hands of the Qing army, and there are many Duoduo elite cavalry on the south bank, once caught up by the Qing soldiers, the consequences will be unimaginable." I don't know if Zuo Gong has a plan for the retreat of the army? ”

Zuo Maodi originally just wanted to take Wang Yan's soldiers and horses out of the city, but he didn't want Wang Yan to take away the people in Yangzhou City, nearly 500,000 soldiers and civilians evacuated to the south, which would be a hundred times more difficult than tens of thousands of troops to move in.

"The Yangtze River estuary Susong provinces, still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army ships are now mostly in Nanjing, have not gone east, we can go out of the east city, cross the canal, and then go along the east of the river, there are still thousands of warships at the mouth of the Yangtze River, it is not difficult to cross the river." Zuo Maodi said: "Ran Shiheng wants to take the people of Yangzhou to the south, I am afraid it will take a lot of time, if Duoduo chases it, I am afraid that there will be a big defeat!" ”

Wang Yan also knew that fleeing with the people, the march would inevitably be slow, and not only might not save the people, but would be chased and slaughtered by the Qing soldiers, but if the people were left in Yangzhou, he was worried that the Qing soldiers would come back and retaliate. ”

"For now, that's the only way!" Zuo Maodi nodded heavily.

At this time, Jiang Tian saw that Wang Yan had decided to cross to the south, so he got up and said: "General Wang, the Azig army is in Anqing, Huizhou is already in crisis, and the soldiers under my command are all children of Huizhou, but it is inconvenient to enter Zhejiang with the general. ”

"Mr. Xizheng wants to go back to Huizhou?" Hearing this, Wang Yan couldn't help but exclaim: "Yangzhou is nearly 800 miles away from Huizhou, and Nanjing has been captured by the Qing army, the road is blocked, how dangerous is the road, Mr. Xizheng has to think twice!" ”

Jiang Tianyi: "The general can rest assured, I have thought carefully about it, there are a large number of prefectures and counties in northern Anhui, which are still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and I can take a detour into northern Anhui, and then wait for the opportunity to cross the river and return to Huizhou." ”

"Even so, Ben will no longer be in trouble." Seeing that the two were resolute, Wang Yan no longer persuaded each other, but considered how to help Jin Sheng, and he said casually: "Mr. Xizheng can choose 4,000 pieces of good armor from last night's harvest, and divide 2,000 war horses, in short, as long as the materials are available, you can choose at will." ”

There were already some materials in Yangzhou City, plus the grain and grass of the 80,000 Qing soldiers outside the city, which could be said to be piled up, and Wang Yan couldn't take it away at all, so it was better to use it to equip Jin Sheng's army.

Jiang Tianyi wanted to ask for a batch of supplies, but now listening to Wang Yan's words, he immediately said happily: "I have thanked the general for his help with my teacher, time is pressing, I will go to select armor and horses now, and prepare to go west." ”

Although Wang Yan only had contact with Jiang Tianyi a few times, he admired Jiang Tianyi's talent very much, and did not want him to fall into the hands of the Qing army, so he said: "Anhui Jiangxi has to face more than 100,000 Azig troops, and Mr. Chunchu wants to defend Huizhou, I am afraid it will be very difficult. ”

When Jiang Tian heard this, he couldn't help but recite the sixteen characters silently in his heart, and his eyes couldn't help but light up: "The art of war taught by the general is really everyone's words, and I have benefited a lot!" ”

At that moment, Jin Sheng and Jiang Tianyi retreated first, and Wang Yan and others also went out one after another to prepare for evacuation.

Thanks to Tang Doudou 123, a generation of heroes for their rewards.