In fact, Zhou Yuji also has the heart to chase the enemy, but in addition to the lack of food and grass, he doesn't count whether he sends troops or not! At this point, I have to complain about the system of the Ming Dynasty.

The so-called generals are not subject to military orders abroad, but looking at the ancient and modern times, how many famous generals can play freely without being constrained?

Not to mention the tight spell of many eunuchs supervising the army in the Ming Dynasty, how many generals are afraid of being responsible, how many fighters are delayed, such as Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, which of these bigwigs is not controlled everywhere, whether they enter the army or not, whether they send troops or not, they have to listen to the opinions of the supervising army, and even ask the emperor what they mean, these bigwigs are like this, not to mention Wang Jimo.

Although Chongzhen transferred the so-called prison army in Taiyuan a few days ago, he suddenly parachuted an overseer, for them at this time, Chang Yu said that Chang Yu said that everyone was clear, and they were glad that this little eunuch was not a soldier on paper, and the war was very tricky.

Of course no troops!

After Chang Yu entered the door and did not sit down, everyone threw this question to him and got a positive answer.

Zhou Yuji had communicated with Chang Yu earlier, 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 did not send troops for another reason not to be an outsider, that is, he could not be the master.

He was originally ordered to send the silver and act as Chongzhen's secret line to visit Xuanda, but he was confused and put in the position of the governor of Dongchang, and he supervised the battle in Taiyuan in a daze, leading the officers and soldiers to resist the thief army.

It can be said that although he did not reject all this, in the end it was pushed up by Chongzhen, the boss behind the scenes, and he was passive.

At this time, the thieves were defeated, Taiyuan City was saved, and he could be regarded as having completed the task, as for Li Zicheng, whether to go back to Xi'an directly, or go to the east to meet Liu Fangliang, Chang Yu could only stare at all this.

Don't dare to chase the thief army, or return to Beijing, he can only wait for Chongzhen's holy decree!

To put it simply, in fact, he has no right to decide whether to chase it or not, after all, he is only the commander of Dongchang, not an incumbent general, and he is only ordered to supervise the army in Taiyuan.

Besides, with the conditions at this time, he dared to pretend to scare behind the thief army at most, so that they could run to the Yellow River quickly, he really didn't have the courage to chase after the Yellow River, the lone army went deep, and who would dare to go if there was not enough food and grass?

At this time, the situation was described in detail by the emperor at the Governor's meeting, and now we need to take care of the aftermath, Chang Yu took a sip of the teacup and looked at Zhou Yuji: "Can the casualty statistics come out?" ”

Zhou Yuji nodded: "Rough statistics, there are more than 5,000 casualties!"

Whew, everyone couldn't help but take a long breath, there were more than 5,000 casualties, how tragic!

"What about the thieves?" Chang Yu touched his nose.

"Nearly forty thousand!" Zhou Yuji said lightly.

Except for Zhu Xianxuan, everyone did not show much happiness.

Because they all know that in these 40,000 miles, there are too many troops and cannon fodder, and the real thief army may not even be even a third.

"More than 3,000 prisoners, including some small leaders"

"Didn't you catch a big fish?"

Chang Yu was a little lost.

"Is the thief leader Liu Tichun a big fish?" The corners of Zhou Yuji's mouth showed a hint of a smile.

"Of course, forget it" Chang Yu patted his thigh and stood up, unable to hide his excitement: "We have to keep this goods"

"It depends on the will of heaven whether to stay or not" Zhou Yuji said lightly: "He is not lightly injured, and now he is a half-dead big fish."

Chang Yu was slightly stunned, and then thought that when he led his troops to charge outside the Great South Gate last night, the thief leaders Liu Zongmin and Liu Tiren came to intercept him, and he and Tu Yuan joined forces to plot, Liu Zongmin escaped by luck, but Liu Tiren was slashed by Tu Yuan.

Thinking that the thief army was defeated and fled, it was difficult to take care of the injured Liu Tiren in a hurry, and he was caught up and captured by the officers and soldiers, and there should be sharp-eyed soldiers who noticed his difference, otherwise with Chang Yu's military order at that time, he would be cut down directly within ten miles without leaving a living mouth.

"Try to save as much as possible"

Chang Yu knew that Liu Tiren was a tiger general, and he was also the backbone of the Lianming Dynasty in history.

"In addition to more than 3,000 prisoners and a large number of armaments, there are also tens of thousands of displaced people, how to deal with it, please ask the factory supervisor to send a message" After Zhou Yuji finished speaking, everyone's eyes were staring at Chang Yu, and their expressions were extremely complicated.

Chang Yu likes to hate thieves and likes to kill prisoners, so these eyes are very complicated.

It's a burden not to kill, the soldiers are running out of food to eat, kill, leave people in control, and scold the world, not to mention that there are so many innocent homeless people among them.

"Why are you looking at me like this, what does this matter have to do with our family, our family was ordered to supervise the army in Taiyuan, and we are not responsible for the aftermath of the war, Lord Cai, Governor Wang, how to resettle refugees These civil affairs issues are not the responsibility of your yamen."

Cai Maode and Wang Jimo, who kicked the ball, were speechless.

"What advice does the factory governor have?" Wang Jimo was cunning and asked tentatively.

Hey, Chang Yu sighed: "There is really no good way for our family, now that Taiyuan will be restored after the war, let's stay as a laborer, and make some gruel every day to let them survive this time."

Everyone nodded, because there was really no better way, and they couldn't drive these outcasts away, it was a dead end.

"Lord Wang, you have to get some more wool, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on" Chang Yu looked at Zai and Zhu Xianxuan with a solemn face, he didn't have any silver or grain, at this time, there was not much grain left in the official warehouse, tens of thousands of troops, tens of thousands of refugees, adding up to hundreds of thousands of mouths, and the little grain stored next to the official warehouse was useless.

Zhu Xianxuan nodded: "Do your best."

Everyone said something more, Chang Yu caught a glimpse of a military map on the table, and then took it, and saw that it was a map around Taiyuan and took a closer look: "Can you find out where the thief army is at this time?" ”

"Half an hour to report, the thief army fled to the Taigu Realm," Zhou Yuji thought for a while.

Chang Yu was stunned, good guy, he didn't run slowly, there are hundreds of miles from Taiyuan to Taigu, and it can be seen that the thief army without baggage is like a frightened bird.

Taigu? Chang Yu suddenly realized why the thief army was running so fast.

There are two roads to the south of Taiyuan, East Road Taigu, Qi County, Pingyao, Jiexiu...... Linfen, Jinyuan, West Road, Jiaocheng, Wenshui, Fenyang...... Jiexiu to Linfen.

When Li Zicheng came, he crossed the Yellow River and broke Pingyang Mansion (Linfen), and took the west road to kill until he reached the city of Taiyuan, but this time he fled on the east road.

Why do you take the East Road, the reason is very simple, Chang Yu can see through it at a glance.

Because the west road has already been robbed of a light when the thieves came, and Jinyuan, Jiaocheng, has long been burned into ruins by Chang Yu's implementation of the strong wall and clear the field, and the thief army who lost their armor and had no food and grass at this time urgently needed to replenish supplies, and they were not drinking the northwest wind when they were walking on the west road.

Only by taking the east road, Taigu, Qi County is a rich place, at this time do not rob more time, and fear that the officers and soldiers will pursue, so quickly rush to plunder, in a very short time, ran a hundred miles.

It can be seen that everyone is forced out, and there is no one with this potential.

"I'm afraid that Taigu will become hell at this time," Cai Maode sighed.

Chang Yu's face was expressionless, some things were difficult to disobey, and he sighed a lot, with the speed of the thief army's escape, the officers and soldiers couldn't chase at all, after all, the escape stimulated the potential, and the person who chased had no potential to excite.

As for Taigu, a small city like Qi County, although the city defense is weak, it is not easy to break through easily with the combat strength of the thief army at this time, unless it does not resist. As we all know, there are many wealthy households in Taigu Qi County, and many large households have built their mansions like castles, both offensive and defensive.

Fortunately, before the previous attack of the thief army, the official had mobilized the people of several small cities over there to take refuge in Taiyuan City, but it was not as mandatory as the East Road Jiaocheng side, so now the people in the remaining city can only obey the destiny of heaven.

"If you send a cavalry over, at least the thief army will not dare to linger for too long" Zhou Yuji said suddenly, looking at Chang Yu with a firm look in his eyes

Chang Yu was silent for a while: "Do your best, listen to the mandate of heaven, and General Zhou will do it."

Zhou Yuji got up to dispatch troops, and Chang Yu told Zhu Xianxuan, Cai Maode and Wang Jimo to rest early, so as not to leave immediately after 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, I didn't catch a few big fish, and I was really unwilling.

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