Chapter 178: Covering the retreat of the people
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A large area of masonry collapsed at the east gate of Liaoyang.
The Daishan army outside the east gate was blocked by obstacles, and even if the city gate was smashed, it would not be able to enter from the east of the city.
It can only be bypassed from the north and south of the city, but the battle situation on both sides is complicated and the rout is huge, so it is impossible to enter the city quickly.
More than 20,000 Liaoyang people, under the cover of Zhang Quan's sacrifice, successfully escaped from the West Gate.
Wang Hongyu arranged for the retreat of the soldiers and horses, when he did not arrive before, the warehouse had been emptied by Jiannu and the big households, just now the Ming army and the people carried rations and winter clothes, and now the rest was burned.
[In view of the general environment,
A raging fire ignited, and there were huge quantities of grain, grass, meat, weapons, armor, and winter clothes in this warehouse, and hundreds of thousands of taels were reduced to ashes in one fire.
All the retreat was carried out quickly, and only Yuan Yingtai came out of the moth.
"I'm not leaving!"
"I'm Liaodong Jingluo!"
"This official is the biggest official in Liaodong!"
Yuan Yingtai is very eloquent, and the big shield soldiers around him are closely guarded, and he refuses to leave when he stands under the watchtower.
Zhao Hannian, Zhou Yijie and others couldn't persuade him, and they were also hindered by the big shield soldiers and couldn't take him away.
"Yuan Jingluo! If you don't retreat, what do you want? "
Wang Hongyu rushed downstairs with a sledgehammer and asked loudly, not looking at Yuan Yingtai at all.
Yuan Yingtai had long known that there was no one in this hairy boy, and at this time he took out the posture of a civil official to suppress this kid.
"Hey, young! Hey, young! It hurts......"
Before he could put on his aura, Wang Hongyu removed the shield guard, and directly reached out and grabbed his ears and dragged him away.
Which of those shield guards dares to stand in the way? At most, I dare to interject and say, "It's a bit inappropriate." "
"What's out of place? I personally protect Yuan Jinglu and leave, can you protect these wastes? "
Those guards didn't dare to answer, because without Wang Hongyu's soldiers and horses, they didn't want to protect Yuan Yingtai, and they wouldn't be able to live.
Now it's all counting on Wang Hongyu to take them home~
Yuan Yingtai was dragged out of the escort group and dragged directly into the Sichuan army.
"Protect Yuan Jingluo~" Wang Hongyu glanced at Zhou Yijie.
Zhou Yijie understood and promised to complete the task.
"I'm not leaving! This scripture is to coexist and die with Liaoyang City! Yuan Yingtai roared fiercely.
"Are you afraid that you will be held accountable afterwards and you will be ruined and die without a place to be buried? So you want to die here and leave a good reputation, right? "
"What nonsense, you are living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"
Yuan Yingtai still maintained the style of a civil official in this situation, and his mind turned quickly, thinking that you Wang Hongyu wants me to be grateful, and after you go back, you will still tell you the truth.
This is the real Qingliu style, and it is impossible to be grateful to the generals.
"This scripture is the last to retreat!"
Yuan Yingtai made his request.
"Good~"
Wang Hongyu was slightly stunned, but immediately reacted and calmly agreed to his request.
The ministries covered the retreat of the people in an orderly manner.
According to Wang Hongyu's order, Jiang Bi, Luo Yiyi, and Zu Dashou outside the city protected the people and opened the way in front of them, and went straight to the Liaohe camp 90 miles away.
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The Gansu soldiers, Youyang soldiers, Shizhu soldiers and Guangning soldiers, who had the largest number and outstanding melee combat ability, covered the people to go together under the command of You Shilu, Liu Qu and Qin Ling.
Wang Hongyu, Zhang Mingshi, Zhao Hannian, and Yuan Yingtai, with the queen of Sichuan and Zhejiang soldiers.
More than 20,000 people are difficult to organize, calling for their fathers and shouting for their mothers, the Ming army got Wang Hongyu's order, and he was called three seven twenty-one, and if he dared to delay, he would directly kick him down, and if he was slow, he would directly serve with his old fist.
If you don't want to live, you die.
Of course, there are also many old and weak who are not able to go fast.
Fortunately, the ox carts, donkeys and mules before were all there, bringing the old, weak, sick and disabled to the area. co
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Others are eager to survive, and they can still walk 90 miles.
Before finally evacuating Liaoyang, Wang Hongyu also burned everything that could not be taken away.
Warehouse, burned.
Mansion, burn.
Houses, burned.
Livestock, burned.
Leave nothing for the enemy!
There was a fire in the city, and those who did not want to be slaves followed, and those who were willing to be slaves ran away with the big families.
With such a fire, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji could not pursue from the city at all.
"Iniquity...... Martial arts evil! "
Looking at the raging fire in the city, Yuan Yingtai was shocked.
According to his concept, this kind of thing will never be done, and should never be done. This is his righteousness, and one of the reasons why he is never fit for war.
Wang Hongyu was also sighing in his heart.
Liaoyang City was the economic, political, and military center of Liaodong since the Han Dynasty until the Manchu Qing Dynasty made Shenyang its capital.
In addition to the rise of Shenyang, there is another important reason for the decline of Liaoyang, that is, after being included in the Houjin territory, Liaoyang still has 100,000 Han people. These people were a huge alien force to the Manchus, and in the future, Nurhachi could not fulfill his promises at all, and the economy was declining day by day, and all kinds of contradictions intensified, so he began to kill people and kill people.
The people left behind in Liaoyang City have been called "rebellion" many times and have been slaughtered several times, which is the "promise" that Nurhachi has fulfilled.
Liaoyang is just a remarkable microcosm.
During the Wanli period, there were more than 2 million, probably close to 4 million Liaodong population, and by the time Dolgon entered the customs, there were still up to 500,000 people left.
Among them, except for the millions who fled to the Liaoning West Corridor and Jingji, what happened to the rest is self-evident.
Wang Hongyu said that he would take away as many people as possible.
There are more than 20,000 in Shenyang and 20,000 in Liaoyang, and there are many other farmers outside the city who have encountered the war one after another.
Wang Hongyu inflicted as many casualties as possible on Houjin and Kolmi, holding them back from their forces so that they did not dare to capture the population as slaves without worry. Leaving no supplies for the enemy makes it more difficult for them to gain a foothold in Liaoyang.
Saving the people and hindering Houjin is the benevolence and righteousness that Wang Hongyu has done.
Because of Wang Hongyu and Yuan Yingtai, because of the high and low level of civil and military, because of military power and reputation, the two kinds of benevolence, two policies, and two kinds of people are incompatible.
According to the rules of officialdom, the former must obey the latter, the military generals obey the civilian officials, and the right obeys the wrong.
Will this work?
Of course not.
Wang Hongyu will not give Yuan Yingtai another chance.
When the group went out of the city, Yuan Yingtai was still at the end, kept looking back, and kept lamenting when he saw the smoke billowing from Liaoyang City.
Wang Hongyu looked at him, and said in his heart that this guy killed his eldest brother Zhou Dunji, killed Chen Cetong Zhong and General Qi Jin, and caused the veteran to sacrifice himself to open a way for life, and he didn't regret it at all, but now he sighed at the burning empty city.
It's a thousand cuts!
Think about what you're going to do with this guy for a while, so that you can do it seamlessly......
Seeing that Yuan Yingtai's guards with big shields were still following, Yuan Yingtai's wife and brother Yao Juxiu and servant Tang Shiming were also by his side.
It looks like we need to clean it up......
Suddenly, there was a trumpet from the southeast.
Looking at it in a hurry, it turned out to be Huang Taiji's white flag chasing after him.
Zhengbai Banner has been fighting continuously in the past few days, and has been repulsed several times, and the loss of troops is not small, and he still has the courage to pursue.
Huang Taiji is really a little scary.
The Snow Leopard missile reminds you: ....... co