A large area of masonry collapsed at the east gate of Liaoyang.
Daishan's army outside the east gate was blocked by obstacles. Even if the city gate was smashed, they would not be able to enter from the east.
We can only go around from the north and south of the city, but the fighting situation on both sides is complicated and the defeated troops are huge, making it impossible to enter the city quickly.
More than 20,000 Liaoyang people successfully escaped from Ximen under the cover of Zhang Quan's sacrifice.
Wang Hongyu arranged for the soldiers and horses to retreat. Before he arrived, half of the warehouses had been emptied by the slaves and wealthy households. Just now, the Ming army and the people brought rations and winter clothes, and now the rest were burned to the ground.
【In view of the general environment,
A raging fire broke out, and there was a huge amount of grain, meat, weapons, armor, and winter clothes in this warehouse. Hundreds of thousands of taels were reduced to ashes when the fire went down.
All the evacuation work was carried out quickly, only Yuan Yingtai made a mistake.
"I do not go!"
"I am Liaodong Manager!"
"I am the largest official in Liaodong!"
Yuan Yingtai was very eloquent and was closely guarded by large shield soldiers. He stood under the watchtower and refused to leave.
Zhao Hannian, Zhou Yijie and others could not persuade him, and they were blocked by the large shield soldiers and could not take him away.
"Yuan Jinglue! If you don't retreat, what do you want?"
Wang Hongyu rushed downstairs with a sledgehammer and questioned Yuan Yingtai loudly, without even looking at Yuan Yingtai.
Yuan Yingtai had long known that this young boy was arrogant, so he took on the posture of a civil servant to suppress this boy.
"Hey you! Hey you! It hurts..."
Before he could show off his aura, Wang Hongyu pushed aside his shield guard, grabbed his ears and dragged him away.
Which of those shield soldiers would dare to block it? At most, they would dare to interject and say: "This is a bit inappropriate."
"What's inappropriate? I'll personally protect Yuan Jinglue when he leaves. Can you protect these wastes?"
The guards did not dare to answer, because without Wang Hongyu's troops, they themselves would not be able to survive, let alone protecting Yuan Yingtai.
Now they are all counting on Wang Hongyu to take them home~
Yuan Yingtai was dragged out of the escort group by his ears and dragged directly into the Sichuan army.
"Protect Yuan Jinglue~" Wang Hongyu winked at Zhou Yijie.
Zhou Yijie understood and promised to complete the task.
"I won't leave! This book will live or die with Liaoyang City!" Yuan Yingtai roared with all his strength.
"Are you afraid that you will be blamed later and your reputation will be ruined, and you will die without a burial place? So you want to die for the country and leave a good reputation, right? Great strategy?"
"That's nonsense. You are judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart!"
Under such circumstances, Yuan Yingtai still maintained his civil official style, and his mind was spinning very fast. He thought to himself, Wang Hongyu, that I would never be grateful. After returning home, I will still truthfully report your guilt.
This is the true style of Qingliu, and it is absolutely impossible to be grateful to military commanders.
"This summary is finally withdrawn!"
Yuan Yingtai made his request.
"Okay~"
Wang Hongyu was slightly startled, but he immediately reacted and calmly agreed to his request.
All ministries covered the retreat of the people in an orderly manner.
According to Wang Hongyu's order, Jiang Bi, Luo Yiguan and Zu Dashou outside the city protected the people and led the way straight to the Liaohe camp 90 miles away.
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The Gansu soldiers, the Youyang soldiers, the Shizhu soldiers and the Guangning soldiers, who were the largest in number and had outstanding melee combat abilities, under the command of You Shilu, Liu Qu and Qin Ling, covered the people as they moved together.
Wang Hongyu, Zhang Mingshi, Zhao Hannian, and Yuan Yingtai led the Sichuan and Zhejiang troops to the rear.
It was difficult to organize more than 20,000 people, and the scene was chaotic and chaotic. The Ming army received orders from Wang Hongyu to control them. If they dared to delay, they would be kicked down. If anyone was slow, they would be punished with old fists.
If you don't want to live, just die.
Of course, there are also many old and weak people who simply cannot walk fast.
Fortunately, the ox carts, donkeys and mules from before are all here, so that the old, weak, sick and disabled can be taken care of...co
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Others are eager to survive and can still walk 90 miles.
Before finally evacuating Liaoyang, Wang Hongyu burned everything he could not take away.
Warehouse, burn.
Government office, burning.
Houses, burned.
Livestock, burn.
Leave nothing to the enemy!
There was a huge fire in the city, and those who didn't want to be slaves followed, and those who were willing to be slaves ran away with the wealthy people.
With such a fire, Nurhaci and Huang Taiji were unable to pursue them from inside the city.
"What a sin...the warrior has committed a sin!"
Seeing the raging fire in the city, Yuan Yingtai was greatly shocked.
According to his concept, this kind of thing would never be done and should never be done. This is his benevolence and righteousness, and it is also one of the reasons why he is never suitable for fighting.
Wang Hongyu also sighed in his heart.
Liaoyang City has been 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 territory of the Later Jin Dynasty, there are still 100,000 Han people in Liaoyang. These people are a huge alien force to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In the future, Nurhaci will not be able to fulfill his promise at all, and the economy will decline day by day.
When various conflicts intensified, people began to kill people and silence them.
The people left behind in Liaoyang City were called "rebellious" many times and suffered several massacres. This was the "promise" fulfilled by Nurhaci.
Liaoyang is just a remarkable microcosm.
During the Wanli period, the population of Liaodong was more than two million, possibly close to four million. By the time Dorgon entered the customs, there were still at most 500,000 people left.
Except for the millions who fled to Liaoxi Corridor and Jingji, it is self-evident what happened to the rest.
Wang Hongyu said he would take away as many people as possible.
There are more than 20,000 farmers in Shenyang, more than 20,000 farmers in Liaoyang, and many other farmers who have suffered from war outside the city.
Wang Hongyu tried his best to inflict casualties on Houjin and Kormi, holding back their troops so that they did not dare to capture people as slaves without any worries. He did not leave supplies for the enemy, making it more difficult for them to gain a foothold in Liaoyang.
Helping the people and hindering the future money were Wang Hongyu's benevolence and righteousness.
Because Wang Hongyu and Yuan Yingtai were incompatible with each other, because of their superiority in civil and military affairs, because of military power and reputation, two kinds of benevolence and justice, and two kinds of policies.
According to the rules of the officialdom, the former must obey the latter, military commanders must obey civilian officials, and what is right must obey what is wrong.
Is this possible?
of course not.
Wang Hongyu will not give Yuan Yingtai another chance.
When the group left the city, Yuan Yingtai stayed at the end, looking back and lamenting when he saw the smoke billowing from Liaoyang City.
Wang Hongyu looked at him and thought that this guy killed his eldest brother Zhou Dunji, killed General Chen Ce, Tong Zhongkui and Qi Jin, and made a veteran veteran sacrifice himself to find a way out. He had no regrets at all, but now he was sighing in front of the burning empty city.
What a blow!
Think about how to deal with this guy for a while so that it can be done perfectly...
Seeing that Yuan Yingtai's guards with large shields were still following him, Yuan Yingtai's wife's brother Yao Juxiu and his servant Tang Shiming were also beside him.
Looks like I need to clean it up...
Suddenly, a horn sounded from the southeast.
Looking anxiously, it turned out to be Huang Taiji's Zhengbai Qi chasing after him.
The Zhengbai Banner has been fighting continuously in the past few days, and has been repelled several times. It has lost a lot of troops, but it still has the courage to pursue.