Chapter 474: Retreat (Third Watch)
At midnight, Li Yuntian, who had finished explaining the retreat to Luo Tong and Da Zhong, went to the backyard of the county government to rest, and Luo Tong and Da Zhong respectfully sent him into the room.
"Renshan, how are you with Lord Commander?" After coming out of Li Yuntian's bedroom, Luo Tong saw Zhao Lin standing in the courtyard waiting for him, so he couldn't help but take a few quick steps and asked suspiciously.
In Luo Tong's impression, Zhao Lin has taken him as an example since he was a child, and he also wants the title of the gold list, he never imagined that Zhao Lin would join the army from Rong, would his uncle agree to Zhao Lin to self-destruct his future like this.
Renshan is Zhao Lin's character, and this word was given to Zhao Lin, who was only fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years old at the time, when Luo Tong came to Jiaozhi to take office, and in a blink of an eye, Zhao Lin had become a young man.
"Cousin, I am now a student of the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and the Chief Soldier is the chief instructor of our Lecture Martial Arts Hall." Zhao Lin smiled slightly when he heard this, he was very happy to see Luo Tong here.
Since Thanh Hoa City is located in the hinterland of the rebels, Zhao Lin is really worried that it will be broken by the rebels, and Luo Tong's character will definitely die for the country.
At the same time, Zhao Lin was also very grateful to Li Yuntian in his heart, Li Yuntian, as the highest military and political chief in Guangxi and Jiaozhi, actually risked his life to personally command the evacuation of the people of Qinghua City, which undoubtedly saved the lives of the soldiers and civilians of Luo Tonghe and the establishment.
"Martial arts?" Luo Tong was slightly stunned when he heard this, it was the first time he had heard of such a name, it was not that he was lonely and unheard, it was really that Jiaozhi was too far away from the capital, and the information transmission remained the same.
"The lecture martial arts hall is the same as the Guozijian, it is also a academy, which belongs to the military pavilion, and only the re-examination of the martial arts can be entered into it, specifically for the Ming Dynasty to train military attachés, and the emperor has decreed that the embroidered spring knife will be used as the saber of the martial arts hall." Zhao Lin knew that Luo Tong didn't know about the martial arts, so he explained to him in a high spirit, and he was quite proud in his words.
"Embroidered Spring Knife!" Luo Tong's eyes suddenly showed a look of astonishment, if he remembered correctly, the embroidered spring knife was a special saber for Jinyiwei, and the death of those who used it without permission had become a symbol of identity and status, which was enough to show that Emperor Xuande attached great importance to the martial arts.
In addition, although Luo Tong has never heard of the military pavilion, he knows the military pavilion, and he knows that the military pavilion is a newly formed yamen, which is in charge of the affairs of the major governors.
"Governor Luo, congratulations on your brothers' meeting, from the perspective of this official, it is better for everyone to have a few drinks." At this time, Da Zhong, who was following Luo Tong, came over and said to Luo Tong with a smile, wanting to take the opportunity to learn about the outside world
"It's fine." Luo Tong also had this intention, nodded when he heard the words, and then beckoned Zhao Lin and Da Zhong to go to the reception hall in the backyard, and ordered his subordinates to prepare wine and food, and the three of them chatted and drank wine, and the atmosphere seemed relaxed and warm.
For Luo Tong and Da Zhong, the two could finally unload the burden of a thousand jun on their shoulders and entrust the military and civilians of Qinghua City to Li Yuntian, and Zhao Lin was even more happy that Luo Tong was still alive.
Zhao Lin is a Jiangxi student among the candidates in the first phase of the lecture hall, and because of Li Yuntian's relationship, in the first phase of the lecture hall, in addition to the students of the north and south of the country, there are also two other students of the political secretary, that is, Shandong and Jiangxi.
Among them, the students of Jinan Mansion are the largest number of students among the state capitals of Daming, and the students of Jiujiang Mansion are second only to Jinan Prefecture.
Although Zhao Lin is not from Jiujiang Mansion, his grandfather's family is in Jiujiang Mansion, so he also participated in Nanzhili's martial arts new examination, and then became a student of the martial arts hall.
Li Yuntian didn't know that Zhao Lin's cousin was the prefect of Qinghua Prefecture in Jiaozhi, and before leaving the capital, he asked people to check the students in the martial arts hall to see if there were any relatives of the students in Jiaozhi.
As a result, on the family kinship form submitted by Zhao Lin, the relevant personnel found out that his cousin was Luo Tong, and Li Yuntian heard about Luo Tong, so he took Zhao Lin with him and asked him to come to Qinghua Mansion as a native soldier to gain Luo Tong's trust.
The next morning, as soon as Li Yuntian got up to fight loyalty, he hurried to report that he found that the rebels' camp in the east of Thanh Hoa City was being demolished, as if to be withdrawn.
Li Yuntian was not surprised by this news, it was obvious that Li Ge was carrying out Li Li's order to make way for the Ming army and civilians in Thanh Hoa City to go to Thanh Hoa Port, so he asked Da Zhong to leave the rebels alone and prepare for the retreat with peace of mind.
Da Zhong left in confusion, he thought that Li Yuntian would pay attention to the abnormal movement of the rebels, but Li Yuntian didn't seem to think so.
At the same time, notices were posted in the streets and alleys of Thanh Hoa City, on which Luo Tong informed the people of Sù that they would break through to Thanh Hoa Port on the eastern coast two days later, and that the new Jiaozhi Commander-in-Chief had sent a sailor to pick them up at Thanh Hoa Port and return them to Tan An Province.
The notice specifically pointed out that in order to better evacuate, the soldiers could only carry their soft clothes with them, and the general soldiers would settle everyone's lives when they arrived in Xin'an Mansion.
With the posting of the notice, the entire Qinghua City suddenly boiled, and was quickly enveloped by an atmosphere of panic, and the people were talking to each other in private.
To tell the truth, the people in the city have to be afraid every day, for fear that the rebels will suddenly attack and attack the city, and everyone wants to escape from this place, but the rebels outside the city are eyeing each other, and once they leave the protection of the city wall, they are afraid that their lives will be in danger.
In the eyes of the people, the Ming army should soon drive away the rebels who were surrounding the city, and no one could have imagined that the Ming army in Qinghua City would retreat, doesn't this mean that the battle in Jiaozhi is very unfavorable to the Ming army?
Although the people were panicked, they had no choice but to go home and pack their bags, preparing to stay in the city two days later with the retreat of the Ming army, and only suffer the slaughter of the rebels if they stayed in the city.
For a time, the city was shrouded in miserable clouds.
However, not all of the people were frightened by the retreat, and some of the local natives of Cochin were so excited that they secretly celebrated and prepared to welcome the rebels into the city.
In a tense and oppressive atmosphere, two days passed in a blink of an eye, and for Luo Tong and Ta Chung, they received good news that the rebels east of Thanh Hoa City had left.
Not only that, but the rebels from the west and north also withdrew, leaving only the rebels from the west, but the gates of the camp were closed, and all the rebel soldiers were locked up in the camp, and no one was allowed to go out.
After dawn on the third day, the heavy city gate of the south gate slowly opened, and the retreat of the soldiers and civilians of Thanh Hoa City began.
A forward force composed of 5,000 Ming troops took the lead in leaving from the city gate, opening the way in front, followed by the people who were pressed by the black, dragging their children and daughters one by one, with gloomy expressions, after all, they had lived in Qinghua City for more than ten years or even more than 20 years, and they had already had feelings for Qinghua City, and the family business they had worked hard for was here, how to give up in their hearts.
Li Yuntian stood on the tower of the East Gate, looking at the military and civilian contingent quietly marching to the east with a blank face, Qinghua Port is more than 100 miles away from Qinghua City, and it is a mountain road, and it will take at least four or five days to arrive at the speed of the team, and the safety of the people in the contingent must be ensured during this period.
What made Li Yuntian feel relieved was that the people evacuated with the Ming army this time were as high as 170,000, accounting for almost three-quarters of the population of Qinghua City.
This means that almost a quarter of the local residents of Jiaozhi evacuated with the Ming army, and it seems that Luo Tong's rule in Thanh Hoa City won the support of the people, otherwise there would not be so many local residents evacuated with the Ming army.
"Lord Commander, it's not too early, it's time for us to leave." At the third pole of the sun, Luo Tong came to Li Yuntian's side, and said softly to Li Yuntian, who was frowning and looking at the marching procession from the city, at this time, half of the soldiers and civilians had already left the city.
"Governor Luo, this official can sue you, within two years, this official will definitely take Qinghua City back!" Hearing this, Li Yuntian turned around and walked to the inner wall of the city gate tower, glanced around at the buildings in Qinghua City, and then stretched out his right palm to Luo Tong, slowly clenched it, and said in a resolute tone.
"Xiaguan believes that the adults will be able to do it." Luo Tong was stunned for a moment, he already knew at this time that the Ming army was completely at a disadvantage in Jiaozhi, and seeing that Li Yuntian seemed full of confidence, he hurriedly bowed down and answered.
If it were someone else, Luo Tong would definitely think that the other party was talking big, but Li Yuntian was different, not to mention far away, he was able to use those defeated soldiers in Jiaozhi to defeat Anliang County and Luoyepo two victories one after another, which is enough to prove that it is different, presumably Li Yuntian already has a way to recover Qinghua City.
Li Yuntian smiled when he heard this, walked down the city gate tower, and rode a tall horse out of the east gate surrounded by Luo Tong and Da Zhong and others, preparing to go to Xin'an Mansion with the retreating soldiers and civilians of Qinghua Mansion to deal with various matters related to the resettlement of the people of Qinghua City.
After all the Ming soldiers and civilians left Thanh Hoa City, the closed west gate was opened, and the local residents who remained rushed to the rebel camp outside the city to report that the rebel Ming army had fled.
To the surprise of the rebel soldiers, Li Ge did not order the pursuit of the retreating Ming army, but let the rebels enter the city and station, how could he break the agreement between Li Li and Li Yuntian?
With three-quarters of the city's inhabitants gone at once, the vast city seemed deserted, but for Rigo his mission was to capture Thanh Hoa City, and now that he had achieved it, he had done a great job.
In Rigo's opinion, it is good that the residents are gone, and he can just accept the ownerless properties in the city and take the opportunity to make a lot of money.
In the face of the retreating Ming army and civilians, the rebel generals under Li Ge asked for battle one after another, wanting to take the opportunity to pursue and kill, which would definitely wipe out their entire army.
Li Ge naturally wouldn't let those generals do that, and strictly forbade any generals to go after and kill Li Yuntian and others on the grounds that the enemy situation was unknown, otherwise the military law would severely punish them, which made the rebel generals confused, and they didn't know why he did that.
In order to appease his generals, Li Ge gave them some of the properties and shops in Thanh Hoa City, successfully diverting the attention of the generals.
Because Li Ge did not send troops to chase and kill, Li Yuntian and the others were calm along the way, and they were all wiped out if they encountered those mobs and small groups of rebels who came to harass.
After five days of trekking, the soldiers and civilians of Thanh Hoa City finally arrived at Thanh Hoa Port, where thousands of rebels were stationed, but they had been withdrawn two days ago, and now the Ming Dinh fleet arrived yesterday is moored at the port.
When the tired and demoralized people saw the majestic Mingding sea ship, their spirits suddenly lifted, and they all gathered around the shore with great interest, pointing to the behemoth in front of them and talking excitedly, it was the first time they had seen such a huge ship.