Chapter Twenty-Nine: Finally Resolved
After a while, the voices of Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu came out of the walkie-talkie, several people were now in Shi Kefa's mansion, and when they heard Luo Jian in the courtyard, a few were going out to rush to Luo Jian.
Luo Jian waited for a few people at the gate of the courtyard, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”
"It's a good thing, the Qing soldiers have retreated." Shi Kefa smiled all over his face, and he should be happy. Since Yangzhou became an isolated city, Shi Kefa has been ready to be martyred, and now with the help of Luo Jian and others, the Qing soldiers have actually withdrawn, of course, from the bottom of his heart.
"Oh, Lao Liu, tell me the specific situation." While letting everyone into the house, he asked Liu Zhaoji.
"The scout in front came to report that the Qing soldiers had retreated to dozens of miles away, and the night camp was very simple, not a long-term station, so we judged that the Qing soldiers were going to retreat, where they would retreat, and the scouts would continue to follow and observe tomorrow." Liu Zhaoji explained to Luo Jian.
Luo Jian took out his laptop, opened the Baidu map and looked at it carefully, the Qing soldiers retreated to the north, the nearest city is Tianchang County, which is only a few dozen kilometers away from Yangzhou, if the Qing soldiers stop there, it will still be a great threat to Yangzhou.
"We have to carefully understand the specific movements of the Qing soldiers, and we must make clear the final foothold of the Qing soldiers, and we must not be sloppy at all." Luo Jian said, and the three of them nodded yes.
"I estimate that Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing, the two units around us, have already surrendered to the Qing army, and we must be fully mentally prepared for this situation." Luo Jian continued.
"No, the two of them have more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, even if they are not defeated by the Qing soldiers, but they can still fight, how can they surrender the Qing soldiers?" Shi Kefa was a little unconvinced, although the two did not send a single soldier after Shi Kefa ordered to rush to Yangzhou, but he felt that it was unlikely that the two would surrender.
Ren Minyu and Liu Zhaoji looked at Luo Jian with some surprise, they were a little surprised that Luo Jian knew the two of them at the city gate yesterday, and now they saw that Luo Jian didn't leave the city and could talk about the situation outside Yangzhou City, which was even more strange.
Luo Jian remembered that the "History of the Southern Ming Dynasty" recorded that Li Benshen, the governor of Gao Jie's remnants, and Li Chengdong, the general soldier, also surrendered in the past few days, and now the situation has changed a little, and whether these people have surrendered at this time, I don't know whether they have surrendered. Historically, Liu Liangzuo's troops surrendered directly without resistance after the Qing soldiers came, and Liu Ze's Qing troops still resisted the Qing army's Zhunta Department that was attacking and advancing towards Nanjing, and later surrendered only after being defeated.
"If the Qing troops retreat far away tomorrow, the siege of Yangzhou will be lifted, and news will come soon. Tomorrow, please send messengers from all over the country to inform the local guards that the siege of Yangzhou has been lifted, so as to reassure everyone. Luo Jian remembered that the historical records recorded that since the fall of Yangzhou, a large number of Ming troops surrendered to the Qing court, thought for a while and said.
Shi Kefa thought for a while, understood what Luo Jian meant, nodded yes, and added: "I have to report the situation in Yangzhou to the imperial court as soon as possible, so as to appease the emperor and the ministers." ”
What Shi Kefa didn't know was that after Yangzhou was besieged, Zhu Youxiang, the Hongguang Emperor, and Ma Shiying, a cabinet scholar and a scholar of the military department, had secretly prepared to flee.
Luo Jian was not too interested in the Hongguang Small Imperial Court, so he asked Xiao Liu and Xiao Wang to set up the projector, and then called up the map and projected it on the screen, and carefully studied the strategic situation around Yangzhou with a few people.
Luo Jian is concerned about how to ensure that Yangzhou is not lost, to keep this strategic point in the north of the Yangtze River, and Yangzhou is prosperous, and the water and land transportation are extremely convenient, which is extremely beneficial to the future development, and Shi Kefa and others are most worried that Nanjing is not guaranteed, the imperial court is not guaranteed, and they want to mention Yangzhou soldiers to defend Nanjing.
"As long as Yangzhou is not lost, and our Yangzhou army goes out to Yangshou Town between Yangzhou and Tianchang, then Duoduo will not dare to raise troops to invade Nanjing, and protecting Yangzhou is protecting Nanjing." Luo Jian gave Shi Kefa an analysis.
"My Yangzhou army has left Yangzhou Jiancheng, how can I defeat the Qing soldiers?" Ren Minyu was a little worried.
"There are not a lot of people and horses in Yangzhou City, and there are many Qing soldiers to vote today, if they can be effectively integrated, the combat effectiveness is not weak, and tomorrow they will be the governor of other towns, there will be people and horses to vote, if they can be effectively organized, and we have armored vehicles and guns as support, even if it is a field battle, it is not impossible to resist the Qing soldiers." Luo Jian thought about it carefully and said.
"My Lao Liu's loyal camp listens to Luo Angel, you can organize it as you want." Liu Zhaoji, who is very arrogant, now has great trust in Luo Jian.
Hearing him say this, Shi Kefa couldn't help but glance at him.
Luo Jian was extremely careful, and when he saw Shi Kefa's actions at a glance, he knew in his heart that Shi Kefa still had doubts about his own people, and he did not trust them unconditionally. didn't say anything at the moment, just said: "This matter can be arranged by the overseer." ”
"Once the number of people in the city increases greatly, the grain and grass security must keep up, and the superintendent must be urged to handle this aspect." Luo Jian was worried that there would be too many people and no food.
Although Shi Kefa is a civilian official, he has been in the military for a long time, and although he is not an expert in how to arrange troops, he is an expert in logistics support.
"Brother Luo, what should I do if I don't have a change of clothes? I'm going to go out on the street to buy clothes. "Before anyone arrived, the voice came first.
While a few people were talking, Liu Lan ran over after visiting the courtyard and finding her own place to live.
When several people heard the female voice, they all felt strange, and when Liu Lan walked to the hall, several people looked at Luo Jian with surprised eyes.
"This is my sister Liulan, when we came, she landed alone outside the city, and she only entered the city after the Qing soldiers retreated." Luo Jian said.
A few people were wondering why the brother and sister were not the same surname, but Liu Lan pulled over a chair and sat down with a big grin, looking at Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu curiously, she had already seen the dress of the Ming Dynasty military generals, and it was the first time she had seen this Ming Dynasty civil official.
"Liu Lan, come here, let me introduce you, this is Shi Kefa's Shi Inspector, and this is Yangzhou Governor Ren Minyu Ren Futai." Luo Jian hurriedly introduced her.
As soon as she heard that the person in front of her was Shi Kefa, Liu Lan suddenly became interested, she was born in liberal arts and had studied a lot of history, and the reputation of the national hero Shi Kefa was of course thunderous.
He stood up and walked over to Shi Kefa, looked at him carefully, and stretched out his hand to shake Shi Kefa's hand.
Unexpectedly, this move made Shi Kefa displeased, and felt that although the woman in front of him was handsome, but when she saw that there were so many people in the hall, she didn't know how to avoid it, and now she stared at him carefully, and for some reason she stretched out her hand to him again, only to feel that her demeanor was light, and when she flicked her hand, she snorted and stopped talking.
His action annoyed Liu Lan, and he didn't care if he was a national hero in front of him at the moment, as soon as the eldest lady's temper came, she opened her mouth and said: "Don't give face?" What's the big deal, if it weren't for my big brother Luo coming, I'm afraid you would have been finished with Yangzhou City. ”
"Don't work hard for your little girl to teach you a lesson, Shi Mou has the will to coexist and die with Yangzhou, and it won't be saved if you don't save it!" When Shi Kefa saw a woman teaching him, he was anxious on the spot.
"It's a small thing for you to die alone, do you know that Yangzhou City was slaughtered by Qing soldiers 800,000 people?" Liu Lan was also very angry, and said regardless of it.
"Huh?!" Ren Minyu and Liu Zhaoji were shocked when they heard this, and Shi Kefa was also so shocked that he raised his eyes and looked at Luo Jian and stopped talking, and the three of them were waiting for Luo Jian's explanation.
Liu Lan said so quickly and urgently, Luo Jian couldn't stop it, so she had to step forward and pull Liu Lan aside. turned around and said to Shi Kefa and the others: "Little sister is rude, please don't blame the superintendent, I will explain these things to the superintendent and you slowly." ”
Luo Jian didn't want a few people to know the ins and outs of his own people, but he wanted to leave some mystery, and it would be much easier to do things in the future. Now that Liu Lan has made such a play, I'm afraid it won't work if I don't explain it clearly to Shi Kefa and a few others.
Luo Jian's heart flashed, and after thinking about it, he made a decision. got up and closed the door of the hall, and asked a few people to move their chairs closer to each other, and then said: "What I said next, please be sure to keep it a secret, if outsiders hear it, I am afraid that there will be another complication." ”
Seeing that Luo Jian was so cautious, Liu Lan also knew that she was in trouble, so she sat on the side and picked up Luo Jian's water cup and drank the water.
Shi Kefa and the others were already impatient to wait, and nodded again and again, and the three of them said in unison: "We swear to heaven that what we see and hear today will not be said to outsiders. ”
Luo Jian knew that the ancients had sworn a heavy oath, and he felt a lot more relieved, so he opened his mouth and said slowly to the three of them.
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