Chapter Eighty-Four: Withdrawal from the Base Area
As soon as Xuan Jianhao got Zhang Biwu's reply, he hurried to find Qin Huaiyu. Qin Huaiyu looked at it, she nodded, and said, "I know that the Dao Princesses will definitely agree!" All right! Mr. Xuan, you should go now! Issue a notice to the people to know the way, and let the people decide whether to stay or go! We don't force it! And all the yamen are ready to get out of here! ”
Qin Huaiyu said, she looked at these places again with infinite nostalgia, she was really reluctant! After being here for so long, now it's time to go!
At the same time, Zhang Biwu also said that he wanted to issue a notice to apologize to the people, to show that he promised the people that he would protect their homes and prevent them from being displaced and leaving their homes, but now he can't do it, he Zhang Biwu is sorry for the people, in order to apologize to the people.
The people gathered in twos and threes under the proclamation, and some people read out the proclamations on the spot.
People are constantly shaking their heads and pessimistically saying, "Alas! Hou Ye still can't keep our places in the end! We have to be displaced again like we used to! Alas! But Hou Ye is really benevolent, and he blames himself deeply for this! If only the other people in power simply ignored it! For example, the former Chongzhen Emperor. ”
But there are those who can be tolerant: "What can be done about this?" It's all to blame for Li Zicheng, Hou Ye has saved him repeatedly, he actually took revenge, and now he is committing it with the Manchu Qing Tartars, of course Hou Ye can't deal with it! Alas! ”
People are worried: "What are we going to do?" Are we going to leave our homes again? The Tartars are very brutal, the three massacres of Jiading, the massacres of Jiangyin. A lot of people have died! Even children and babies are not spared! ”
Immediately someone said sadly, "Yes! The person who was killed was terrible! Alas! The city is full of corpses! Even the river was cut off by corpses! It's horrible! ”
Under such thoughts. People know that they have supported Zhang Biwu for a long time. And the Manchus were very brutal, and it was not surprising that the Manchus carried out massacres, they all had to think about themselves.
No, someone thought of these but said, "I want to follow Master Hou together!" No matter where the Hou Ye and his wife go, my family and I will follow! ”
One person took the lead, and many people said: "Yes! We used to follow our wife into the mountains, but now what is there to escape! ”
These people are all people who fled with Zhang Biwu and them before. They are now not afraid of fleeing into the mountains again, in their hearts, they think that Zhang Biwu will let them return to their homes again like this time, and their trust and worship of Zhang Biwu will make them willing to follow Zhang Biwu all the time.
"In five days, the lady and the officials at all levels will be evacuated! If you are willing to go with your wife, get ready together! The official in front of the notice board shouted loudly.
There were many people who responded: "We are willing to follow Lord Hou!" We want to follow Master Hou! I'd rather be a Han ghost than a slave! ”
"I'd rather be a Han ghost than a slave!" This sentence quickly formed a consensus. A lot of people were shouting. It's repeated over and over again in people's mouths.
Qin Huaiyu was moved again when he heard these words. She wants to tell Zhang Biwu all this.
The long queue of people could not be seen at a glance, Qin Huaiyu stood on the boulder, she looked at it, she sighed.
Caixia came over and put on a cloak for Qin Huaiyu and said, "Madam, don't look at it anymore!" Let's go with the team! ”
Qin Huaiyu forced out a smile and said, "Okay! What she thought in her heart was: "How difficult it is for the people to leave, when will it be the time of the Qingping world?" ”
Qin Huaiyu's eyebrows tightened: "Biwu, Biwu, you will definitely feel sad when you see this situation!" But I know that you will also have a sense of responsibility in your heart, and you must let the people who trust you really live a good life! ”
And what about Zhang Biwu now? He was nervously arranging the retreat of his own men and horses, and at the same time asked the people of Henan to prepare for retreat and escape into the mountains.
He knew that once the Qing army or Li Zicheng's Dashun army entered the deep mountains to encircle and suppress, it would cause many deaths for the people, and he had to do a good job of how to drag the enemy army to ensure the safe evacuation of the rear personnel.
As for where to take good care, this also has to be considered. What he wants to do next will have to be thought through.
Zhang Biwu pointed to Yongning County and Mianchi County, and he knew that Lu Dao had scored two troops here to block the Qing army's iron cavalry, who to send?
Now he has to lead his men to stay away, maybe he will fall into a rogue like Li Zicheng, and he has to choose loyal people to follow. It had been decided that it would be 20,000 men, and Li Yan would still stay in eastern Henan, and use his prestige to call on the people to prevent Henan from completely surrendering to the Manchus.
His 20,000 people will decide to go east and west in order to preserve their strength and contain the Qing soldiers, even if it is to go deep into Fujian and join forces with Zheng Chenggong and others, it is also possible! It's just this, I really don't want to practice it, this is a step to get helpless, Zhang Biwu knows this very well.
At this time, Wu Xun and Xiong Zongheng came, Zhang Biwu looked at them, and knew that they were raised by Qin Huaiyu, and Qin Huaiyu treated them as his own sons. Now it's time for them to go to war, if they are there, Qin Huaiyu's safety can be guaranteed, and he can rest assured.
Zhang Biwu said: "Wu Xun and Xiong Zongheng, you two have to complete a difficult task!" Wu Xun and Xiong Zongheng were very happy when they heard this, they stood up and asked together: "Lord, what task do you want us to complete!" Command, please! ”
Zhang Biwu solemnly ordered: "Wuxun, Xiong Zongheng, let the two of you lead the army to block the Qing army in Mianchi and Yongning counties respectively!" In order to protect the people everywhere quickly into the mountains! ”
Xiong Zongheng and Wu Xun couldn't help but look at each other, the two of them wanted to stay and follow Zhang Biwu, if there was really a big war, they still had to be with Zhang Biwu.
As for the fact that they want to participate in the big war after going to block, there are a lot less, and the two of them seem very unhappy.
Zhang Biwu said to the two of them: "You must know that this is to protect everyone, especially to protect my wife, and the safety of my two wives will be handed over to the two of you!" I must not let my two ladies be hurt in the slightest, don't think that this is looking down on you, it is precisely I trust you both! Zhao Yun is the general of the Five Tigers, and he is famous all over the world, and he is responsible for protecting Liu Bei's wife. It can be seen from this that the delivery of this task is not to look down on, but on the contrary, to be important! ”
Zhang Biwu pointed at the two of them and said, "Young man, you two must know that among these retreating people, there are aunts and aunts who take care of you growing up, as well as relatives of all the soldiers and soldiers who accompany the army, uncles, and many people!" The burden of the two of you is not light! Although you two are young, I am still willing to let you two choose! Don't let me down! ”
Wu Xun and Xiong Zongheng were very happy when they heard this, and the two unanimously said that what they would do was to leave in a smoke.
Zhang Biwu looked at the two of them, couldn't help but smile, shook his head, and said, "These two boys, you two have to complete the task I gave you well!" ”
Of course, Wu Xun and Xiong Zongheng agreed again and again, and they hurriedly went, and this time the battle would become difficult.
Zhang Biwu decided that he would go to Wuyang again, and then march in the direction of east and then south, either pretending to break into North Zhili or South Zhili.
Wu Xun and Xiong Zongheng blocked the enemy army in Yongning County and Mianchi, but they all successfully blocked it, nailed the Qing army, and made the Qing army unable to move.
Just as the two of them were retreating and meeting together towards Bears Ears Mountain, an army suddenly arrived and wanted to surround them, and the number of enemy soldiers was very large.
Wu Xun looked at it, he couldn't help but be frightened, he gritted his teeth and said, "Big deal, let's die here today!" ”
Xiong Zongheng said to him: "Brother Wu, it is useless to die in vain! Let's go! Get out of here! I'm here to pad back! ”
"No! We're going to die together! You must not be allowed to bring people here, and if you want to stay, it should be me who stays, so I will stay to ......" Wu Xun disagreed.
Xiong Zongheng said: "Brother Wu, go quickly!" You and I can't fight anymore! I'm here to stand in the way! You can rest assured! It's going to be fine! It's running out of time! Let's go! Fast! ”
Xiong Zongheng pushed Wu Xun as he spoke, shouting: "Let's go!" Come on! Wu Xun knew that now was not the time for his mother-in-law, so he nodded his head and said, "It's good!" Then take care! "He ran away as soon as he threw his legs.
Xiong Zongheng smiled when he saw Wu Xun leave, at least one of the two of them could escape.
"Gotcha! Gotcha! The sound of hurried horses' hooves came into my ears, as if to tell Xiong Zongheng that they couldn't walk if they wanted to.
No, the Qing cavalry was divided into copies to surround them, and the speed of the siege was very fast, and it only took a moment to surround them.
Someone shouted, "You can't go!" Hurry up and dismount and surrender! Our Prince Yu's men and horses are here, who can stop Prince Yu's army! ”
Xiong Zongheng couldn't help but look at the seven hundred people under his command, some of them were still the original Boy Scouts, and some were not.
Xiong Zongheng couldn't help but smile, and said helplessly: "It seems that there are only so many people left!" That's good! That's good! ”
Xiong Zongheng shouted: "Joke! There will be no surrendering generals under the tent of Wuwei Hou! If you want to fight, you will fight, needless to say! ”
"Look for death! Kill him! Whew! "A large group of soldiers came over with sabers, and they wanted to kill Xiong Zongheng and the others.
At this moment, Xiong Zongheng also knew that it was not easy for them to escape from the city. Xiong Zongheng looked far away, and he couldn't see the edge at a glance, it seemed that the speed of the Qingqi encirclement was too amazing, too fast!
"Ha Lu Ha! Good! Today, my Xiong Zongheng died here, so what? Come on! Lord, you will avenge me! Wu Xun wants to protect his wife! The bear swept the horse's belly and drove the horse towards the enemy. (To be continued......)