In fact, Zhou Yuji also wanted to pursue the enemy, but apart from the lack of food and grass, he had no say in whether to send troops or not! At this point, I have to complain about the system of the Ming Dynasty.
It is said that generals are not subject to military orders abroad, but looking at how many famous generals in ancient and modern times, how many are free to perform freely without any constraints?
Not to mention that in the Ming Dynasty, many eunuchs and supervisors were tightening the spell. How many generals delayed many battle opportunities because they were afraid of taking responsibility. Big bosses such as Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, and Lu Xiangsheng were not restricted in everything, whether they could advance or send troops. Listening to the opinions of the supervisory army, they even had to quickly ask the emperor what he wanted. These big guys were like this, let alone Wang Jimo.
Although Chongzhen transferred the so-called supervisory troops in Taiyuan a few days ago, he suddenly parachuted a supervisory army. For them, it was Chang Yu who had the final say whether to send troops at this time. Everyone understood this and were glad that this little eunuch was not a person who could talk about war on paper. Very tricky.
Of course not sending troops!
After Chang Yu entered the door and had not yet sat down, everyone asked him this question and got an affirmative answer.
Zhou Yuji had communicated with Chang Yu a long time ago, so he was not surprised by this result.
But he didn't know that in addition to the lack of food and grass and the fatigue of the soldiers, Chang Yu had another unreasonable reason for not sending troops, that is, he couldn't make the decision.
He was originally ordered to deliver wages and act as Chongzhen's secret agent to secretly investigate Xuanda University. He was inexplicably promoted to the position of admiral of Dongchang, and he was also inadvertently supervising the battle in Taiyuan, leading the officers and soldiers to resist the rebel army.
It can be said that although he did not reject all this, in the end it was all pushed forward by Chongzhen, the big boss behind the scenes, and he was passive.
At this time, the thieves were defeated, Taiyuan City was saved, and he had completed his mission. As for Li Zicheng running around, whether to roll back to Xi'an directly or go east to meet Liu Fangliang, Chang Yu could only stare at all this.
He didn't dare to pursue the rebel army or return to the capital. He could only wait for Chongzhen's imperial edict!
To put it simply, in fact, he had no right to decide whether to pursue him or not. After all, he was no more than the admiral of Dongchang. He was not an active general and was only ordered to supervise the army in Taiyuan.
Moreover, under the conditions at this time, the most he dared to do was to put on a show of scaremongering behind the bandit army and ask them to rush to the other side of the Yellow River. He really didn't have the guts to chase across the other side of the Yellow River. If the army went deep alone and there was insufficient food and grass, who would dare to go?
At this time, the supervisor wrote to the emperor to describe the situation in detail. At the moment, we must focus on dealing with the aftermath. Chang Yu picked up the teacup and took a sip, then looked at Zhou Yuji: "Can the casualty statistics be released?"
Zhou Yuji nodded: "Rough statistics show that there are more than 5,000 casualties"!
Phew, everyone couldn't help but let out a long breath. There were more than five thousand casualties, how tragic!
"Where are the rebels?" Chang Yu touched his nose.
"Nearly 40,000!" Zhou Yuji said calmly.
Except for Zhu Shenxuan, no one showed much happiness.
Because they all know that there are too many surrendered troops and cannon fodder in these 40,000 miles, and the real bandit army may not even be one third.
"More than 3,000 prisoners were taken, including some small leaders."
"Didn't you catch a big fish?"
Chang Yu was a little disappointed.
"Is Liu Tichun, the leader of the thieves, a big fish?" Zhou Yuji curled up his lips with a hint of a smile.
"Of course, forget it." Chang Yu slapped his thigh and stood up, unable to hide his excitement: "We have to keep this guy at home."
"Whether he can be kept or not depends on God's will," Zhou Yuji said calmly, "He was seriously injured and is now a half-dead big fish."
Chang Yu was startled for a moment, and then he thought that when he led his troops to charge outside the South Gate last night, the bandit leaders Liu Zongmin and Liu Tiren came to intercept him, and he and Tu Yuan teamed up to plot against him. Liu Zongmin escaped by chance, but Liu Tiren was killed by Tu Yuan. Yuan slashed.
It seems that the bandit army was defeated and fled. Liu Tiren, who was injured in a hurry, was caught up by the officers and soldiers and captured. Moreover, some sharp-eyed soldiers must have discovered that he was different. Otherwise, according to Chang Yu's military order at the time, he would not be left within ten miles. The living ones were beheaded immediately.
"Treat as much as possible"
Chang Yu knew that Liu Tiren was a fierce general, and he was also the backbone of the Ming Dynasty against the Qing Dynasty in history.
"In addition to more than 3,000 prisoners and a large amount of military equipment and equipment, there are also tens of thousands of refugees. Please let me know how to deal with it. Please let me know how to deal with it." After Zhou Yuji finished speaking, everyone stared at Chang Yu with extremely complicated expressions.
Chang Yu likes to hate thieves and likes to kill prisoners for everyone to know, so these eyes are very complicated.
Not killing is a burden, and the soldiers are almost out of food. Killing will leave people with evidence and be reviled by the world, not to mention there are so many innocent refugees among them.
"Why are you looking at me like this? What does this matter have to do with our family? Our family is ordered to supervise the army in Taiyuan. We only focus on the war but not the aftermath. Mr. Cai, Governor Wang, aren't your yamen responsible for civil affairs issues such as how to resettle refugees?" .
Cai Maode and Wang Jimo were speechless after the ball was kicked.
"Then the factory governor, do you have any suggestions?" Wang Jimo, a cunning old man, asked tentatively.
Alas, Chang Yu sighed: "Our family really doesn't have any good ideas. Now that Taiyuan is recovering from the war, let's keep them as laborers and feed them some gruel every day to help them survive this period."
Everyone nodded, because there was really no better way to drive away these refugees. It would be a dead end.
"Your Majesty, you have to gather more wool, otherwise you may not be able to hold on." Chang Yu looked at Zai and Zhu Shenxuan with a solemn expression. He was short of both money and food. At this time, there was not much food left in the official warehouse, tens of thousands. The army, tens of thousands of refugees, a total of hundreds of thousands of mouths, and the little food stored in the official warehouse will not help at all.
Zhu Shenxuan nodded: "Do your best."
The people talked some more, and Chang Yu caught a glimpse of a military map on the table. He took it immediately and saw that it was a map of the surrounding areas of Taiyuan. He unfolded it and looked at it carefully: "Can you tell where the rebel army is at this time?"
"I came to report in half an hour. The bandits fled to Taigu territory," Zhou Yuji thought briefly.
Chang Yu was startled, good fellow, you are not running slow. There is a hundred miles from Taiyuan to Taigu. It can be seen that the bandit army was frightened without their baggage.
Taigu? Chang Yu suddenly realized why the bandits were running so fast.
There are two roads from Taiyuan to the south, the east road is Taigu, Qixian, Pingyao, Jiexiu...Linfen, and the west road is Jinyuan, Jiaocheng, Wenshui, Fenyang...Jiexiu to Linfen.
When Li Zicheng came, he crossed the Yellow River and defeated Pingyang Mansion (Linfen) and took the west road until he reached the gate of Taiyuan City. However, this time he fled by taking the east road.
The reason why he took the east road was very simple. Chang Yu could see through it at a glance.
Because the West Road had long been robbed by the intruders, and Jinyuan and Jiaocheng had long been burnt to rubble by Chang Yu's implementation of erecting walls and clearing the country, leaving behind their helmets and armor, the most urgent need for the bandits without food and grass at this time was to replenish supplies. , is it not like drinking from the northwest wind while walking west?
The only option was to take the east road, Taigu, and Qixian County. It was already a wealthy place. If we didn't rob at this time, we would wait for a while, and we were afraid of being pursued by officers and soldiers, so we rushed to plunder and plundered. In a very short time, we covered hundreds of miles.
It can be seen that everyone has forced it out, but no one has this potential.
"I'm afraid Taigu has become a hell at this time," Cai Maode sighed.
Chang Yu had no expression on his face. There were some things that were difficult for manpower to disobey, and he couldn't help but sigh. With the speed at which the thieves fled, the officers and soldiers simply couldn't catch up. After all, those who ran away stimulated their potential, but those who chased them had no potential.
As for Taigu, a small city like Qixian County, although the city defense is weak, it is not easy to break through easily with the thieves' fighting power and lack of baggage at this time, unless there is no resistance. It is well known that there are many wealthy households in Taigu Qi County, and many wealthy households have built their mansions like castles, with both offense and defense.
Fortunately, before the bandit army attacked, the officials had already mobilized the people from several small towns over there to take refuge in Taiyuan City. However, it was not as mandatory as the one in East Road Jiaocheng, so now the people in the remaining city can only obey fate. .
"If we don't send a cavalry over, we can at least prevent the rebels from lingering for too long." Zhou Yuji said suddenly, looking at Chang Yu with firm eyes.
Chang Yu was silent for a while: "Do your best and obey fate. Commander Zhou will take care of it."
Zhou Yuji got up to mobilize his troops. Chang Yu told Zhu Shenxuan, Cai Maode and Wang Jimo to rest early to avoid leaving immediately after their sudden death.
The reason why he suddenly agreed to Zhou Yuji's suggestion was that in addition to what he said before, there was always a trace of regret in his heart.
It's a pity that in such a big battle, we didn't catch a few big fish, and I was really unwilling to do so.
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