Seeing that Luo Jian was going out, Wang Zecheng hurriedly followed with two guards, Luo Jian didn't care about him, thinking that Wang Zecheng was gone, and it might be more convenient for Xiao Liu to talk to those guards.

It's not far to Shi Kefa's yard, and it's only one or two hundred meters away. The guard at the door saw that Luo Jian was coming, so he hurriedly let him into the courtyard, and another person went in to report to the superintendent.

After a while, Shi Kefa greeted him, "Xinghua, you are here." Just now, I was going to invite Ren Futai and them to come over to discuss what happened after the Qing army retreated. ”

"Why not this?" Luo Jian pointed to the walkie-talkie hanging on his shoulder.

"Not only Ren Futai, but other people are also coming, and they are about to invite you over, but you came first, hurry up and go into the house and sit down for tea."

When I entered the house, Shi Kefa's house was extremely poorly furnished, there were a lot of chairs, there were not a few rows of benches in the back, so many chairs and stools were prepared, and it was obvious that there were many people who were going to come over to discuss today.

Telling Lu Wei to go out to greet the officials from all walks of life, Shi Kefa went into the house and sat down with Luo Jian.

"Xinghua, the scout came to report just now that the Qing soldiers have retreated in the direction of Tianchang, it is estimated that they have retreated to Tianchang County, right?" Shi Kefa asked first.

"Tianchang County is small, I am afraid it is a little difficult to station so many Qing soldiers, how the specific Qing soldiers will be stationed will be stationed, we have to wait for the scouts to find out." Luo Jian has long thought about this problem.

"Xinghua is reasonable, and he has to order scouts to inquire at any time."

"Brother Ken didn't reveal what we said last night, did he?" Luo Jian was still a little curious about what happened in the morning.

"What Xinghua said is that the people came to your door to thank you for saving their lives, this is not what I said, the Qing soldiers who entered the city and surrendered yesterday said, Duoduo issued a slaughter order the day before yesterday, saying that Yangzhou would not seal the knife for seven days, I heard about it, and I was also afraid in my heart!" Shi Kefa got up very early, and what happened in front of Luo Jianmen had already been reported to him.

"Oh, I see." Luo Jian understood, and the secret path almost blamed a few people.

The officials in Yangzhou City arrived one after another, and most of the officials who came came to bow down after seeing Luo Jian, thanking them for saving the people of Yangzhou City, so that Luo Jian was unable to return the salute.

Seeing that the people were almost there, Shi Kefa asked Luo Jian, "Are the other angels invited together?" ”

"They're all busy, and the Overseer doesn't have to worry about them." Luo Jian thought to himself that Xiao Liu and the others came here to not play much role except for being familiar with each other, and they could still do something serious at home.

The room was almost full, Luo Jian estimated that there were no less than forty or fifty people who came to the "meeting", the civil officials sat in the front row, and the generals were all arranged in the back row.

After everyone sat down, Shi Kefa coughed, and the hall fell silent.

"This morning, the scouts have reported that the Duoduo army has retreated in the direction of Tianchang, and at this point, the siege of Yangzhou has been resolved." Shi Kefa reported the situation first, and Luo Jian estimated that no one in the city knew about it.

"According to the Qing soldiers who surrendered into the city yesterday, Duoduo had already issued a 'slaughter order' the day before yesterday, and he was only waiting to capture Yangzhou for seven days without sealing the sword. You should know what this slaughter order means to the people in Yangzhou, fortunately, God bless me with the Ming Dynasty, and a few Luo angels descended from the sky to keep my Yangzhou safe, and the people in the city were saved from being slaughtered by the Tartars. Today, on behalf of the people in the city, I would like to thank the angels for their lives! After saying that, Shi Kefa got up and looked at Luo Jian again, Luo Jian hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and said in his heart that he had already said this last night, and now he would like to talk about something.

"Now that the Duoduo army has retreated to Tianchang County, Yangzhou City is safe for the time being, I think about it, and then the affairs are complicated, and there are thousands of things, so I specially invite you to discuss together." Shi Kefa explained the purpose of the "meeting" to everyone.

"I have written a memo to the imperial court last night, and reported the feelings of Yangzhou in detail, and sent them to Nanjing immediately after the hearts of An Shengshang and the courtiers of the court. The city should also issue a notice of peace and security as soon as possible to reassure the people. Officials who come outside the city to avoid trouble must also return to their jurisdictions as soon as possible and organize the people to restore order as soon as possible. ”

"Since the arrival of the Qing soldiers, the people outside the city have fled, and the fields have been completely deserted. Now that the Qing troops have retreated, the relevant officials must arrange for the people to return to their hometowns to cultivate as soon as possible, so as not to miss the agricultural time and fear that there will be no harvest after the autumn. The number of people who fled from all over the city is not a few, stay in the city for a long time, the pressure in the city is quite great, you can arrange the ownerless fields outside the city for them to cultivate, and the relevant seeds and agricultural tools are transferred from the city of Yangzhou as much as possible, so that the people do not miss the agricultural time, and the people outside the city will first allocate the food from the city during the transitional period, and I will arrange for the transportation to supplement as soon as possible, and the officials must distribute it to the people as soon as possible, and do not have to delay. ”

When Luo Jian heard this, he felt that Shi Kefa was a very clear official, putting the production and life of the people in the first place, and he was really a good official, but he was afraid that the implementation of the following officials would be greatly reduced, and he had to talk to Shi Kefa in the future, and he must strengthen supervision and inspection.

"If you have any questions, please raise them now, if not, you can leave now and go back as soon as possible to arrange. In the next few days, I will go to various places to inspect, and if there is any slackness, I will severely punish him! Shi Kefa looked at Luo Jian, the meaning of inquiry in his eyes was obvious, and seeing that Luo Jian shook his head and said that he had no opinion, he began to let the relevant officials go back to work. Luo Jian felt that these arrangements were appropriate, and the key was to implement them.

Suddenly, more than twenty officials stood up and made a series of speeches in the hall, turned around, and the room suddenly became much more spacious. Luo Jian estimated that the people who walked were all petty officials who did practical things, and most of the people sitting in the chairs in the front row did not move.

"The garrison in the city plus yesterday's surrender to the Qing army, has exceeded 20,000, I see, these more than 20,000 people combat effectiveness is not strong, yesterday I discussed with Xinghua a few people, we must reorganize and train these soldiers and horses, so as to make great progress in the short term, in case the Qing soldiers come to attack again, the matter is serious, you have any suggestions, please put forward, we can discuss carefully." Shi Kefa touched on the most critical issue.

"Xinghua, tell me what you mean?" Seeing that everyone below didn't speak, Shi Kefa had no choice but to say to Luo Jian.

Judging from the current situation, Duoduo soldiers retreated to Tianchang County, and the siege of Yangzhou was relieved in a short time, but Tianchang County was less than 100 miles away from Yangzhou, and its troops could refer to Yangzhou at any time, and the danger of Yangzhou and the capital Nanjing was not lifted. From the perspective of the strategic situation in Yangzhou and its surroundings, it is extremely unfavorable to me, and I think everyone should have a clear understanding. Luo Jian saw that many officials saw that after the Qing soldiers retreated from Yangzhou, it seemed that the peaceful days had come, and he was relieved, and quickly gave you a brief analysis of the situation facing Yangzhou.

"If we are like the Qing soldiers besieging the city, the troops and horses are still stationed in Yangzhou City, then there is no way to talk about the reorganization and training, and it will play little role in changing the unfavorable strategic situation in Yangzhou and its surroundings. Luo Jian's meaning is very clear, if you still maintain the status quo, the siege of Yangzhou is equivalent to being solved in vain.

"The Qing army is numerous, such as defending the fortified city, and there are several angelic artifacts to help, and the Tartars will not dare to come. If you leave Yangzhou Jiancheng, I am afraid that you will not be able to defeat the Qing army, and if you are defeated, Yangzhou will not be able to protect it. Yang Zhenxi, the two Huai salt transporters, was the first to stand up against it, and he felt that the Ming army's departure from Yangzhou Jiancheng was not an opponent of the Qing army.

"The Manchurians are also two shoulders and a head, with angel artifacts, the Qing soldiers are as strong as the white-armored soldiers, and they are also one gun and two holes, and the rest of the newly attached Han army is like a chicken and a dog, so what is there to fear?" Liu Zhaoji had just arrived in Yangzhou when the Qing soldiers arrived, and he had asked Shi Kefa for military orders to go out of the city to meet the enemy, but Shi Kefa refused on the grounds that the Qing troops were large.

"Mr. Liu is right, I am not afraid of the Qing soldiers, but I am afraid that my friendly troops will not be saved when they see death. Luo Angel, I, Zhuang Zi, listen to you, you let me go to the Tartar camp single-handedly, my Zhuang Xianbo will not blink his eyes, but if I want to join hands with some people to meet the enemy, I will not do it! Zhuang Zigu is still angry about Li Qifeng's failure to send reinforcements yesterday.

Li Qifeng's neck was about to stand up again, but Gao Qifeng next to him quietly pulled his sleeve and sat down unconvinced.

Many civilian officials also stood up and expressed their attitude, and the general opinion was that the Ming army in the city could not leave the fortified city, and once they left the fortified city, the Qing soldiers would be given an opportunity to take advantage of, and this statement was strongly supported by the military generals Li Qifeng and Zhang Tianlu. Several Ming army generals such as Liu Zhaoji, Ma Yingkui and others expressed that they were not afraid of the Qing soldiers and were willing to go out of the city to resist the Qing soldiers, but the voices of these people were quickly drowned out.

Shi Kefa had already discussed the situation around Yangzhou with Luo Jian and others, and knew that there was no great deal to be done to defend the city passively, but seeing that most people had such opinions, they were helpless.

"There are still five or six thousand people in the city who defected yesterday, how will these people be settled, and what do you think?" Shi Kefa had no choice but to change the topic and put aside the matter of whether to move troops outside the city for the time being.

"Our soldiers and horses were very damaged by resisting the Qing soldiers before, and now the number is extremely insufficient, please allocate the division to supplement our department." Zhang Tianlu jumped out first and said that after his subordinates fled from Suizhou, they fled all the way, and more than 3,000 people were left in Yangzhou with only more than 1,000 people.

"My Gansu soldiers have also suffered a lot of damage before, and I also ask the superintendent to allocate and replenish." Li Qifeng has never fallen behind in this kind of thing.

"The day before yesterday, you Zhang Zongbing wanted to take his men and horses back to his hometown in Sichuan, and you Li Zongbing did not send a single soldier when the Qing troops attacked the city. These Qing soldiers are intimidated by a few angels, magic cars, and artifacts, what does it have to do with the two of you? Now he is shy and asks for supplements? Liu Zhaoji was furious when he heard this.

"Now this Yangzhou city can no longer tolerate us, and we will ask the superintendent to leave Yangzhou and guard elsewhere." Zhang Tianlu was scolded so red that his face turned red, and he stood up and said to Shi Kefa.

Seeing Zhang Tianlu like this, Li Qifeng also wanted to stand up, but was stopped by Gao Qifeng beside him.

Seeing that there was already a commotion, Shi Kefa hurriedly beckoned Zhang Tianlu to be calm and not to be impatient, he lowered his head and groaned for a while, and then pulled Ren Minyu and He Gang aside to discuss for a long time, and then came back and sat on the chair and coughed to stop the commotion.

"I thought about it again and again, the number of Qing soldiers who surrendered to Cheng is not a few, and it is not appropriate to hand over any general soldier, just now I discussed with Shi Ze and the people, it is best to ask Xinghua to personally reorganize these people and form an army alone, I don't know what Xinghua wants?" Shi Kefa thought about it for a long time, and found a way not to offend both sides, wanting Luo Jian to take over these people.

When Luo Jian heard this, he was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and thought for a long time, thinking that the amount of equipment he carried was extremely small, and it was impossible to equip these people, and the training and combat of the cold weapon army were laymen, so many people were handed over to him, if he trained according to the methods of later generations, he didn't know if he could adapt to the current combat requirements.

While he was groaning, Liu Zhaoji's loud voice sounded again.

"It's great that Xinghua can take over these soldiers, if Xinghua is worried about the shortage of manpower, he can pick someone from my loyal camp to help you train, do you think it's good?"

When Luo Jian heard this, many things would be much easier to do, so he immediately got up and clasped his fists at Shi Kefa and said, "Don't worry, Supervisor, Xinghua is willing to take over these soldiers." ”

He turned to Liu Zhaoji and said, "I still have a lot of help from General Liu." ”

Liu Zhaoji laughed when he heard it.

Seeing that this matter was finally resolved, Shi Kefa also put down a stone in his heart, and didn't care about Zhang Tianlu and Li Qifeng's ugly faces.