1887. Withdrawal from Kaifeng
"Are everyone here?"
Wen Tianxiang has never been a dragging person. He saw that he was almost the same, so he turned his head and asked Wen.
After receiving a positive answer, he stood up and said, "Since everyone has arrived, the order will begin."
He bowed to Changsha, "The Emperor has already ordered our Central Army not to confront the army head-on with the four major vassal states. If a large army attacks, we need to take measures to avoid its edge and lure it into depth. We will work together to wipe out the army from the east and west to wipe out it. This order has been conveyed to you several times. At this moment when the army attacks, there should be no need for this order to reiterate this matter, right?"
When saying this, Wen Tianxiang's eyes were always wandering on Wen Qi, Cheng Pei, Yu Xingwen and others' generals in Jiankang Military Region, and their meaning was very obvious.
He was not worried about anything else, but worried that the soldiers of the Jiankang Military Region would do something impulsive. For example, if they took the initiative to break out of the city and were surrounded by the army of the four major vassal states, the situation would be unthinkable. This would definitely be even more serious than Su Quandang's attack on Kaifeng Prefecture in the first time, because it would directly affect the entire front-line battlefield.
Wen Qi, Yu Xingwen and others nodded.
Wen Tianxiang has reiterated Zhao Dongting's meaning several times over the past few days. The generals in the army have reached a consensus on the policy of responding to the counterattack of the Yuan army.
Of course, the revenge between the soldiers of the Jiankang Military Region and Su Shuai must be avenged, but the matter of revenge must be placed behind the confrontation between the two countries. We cannot risk failure to avenge.
"good."
Wen Tianxiang saw Wen Qi and others nodding, and then said, "Then now you can follow the plan you have determined before and prepare!"
"yes!"
All the generals stood up with a serious expression. Then they walked out of the lobby.
Since Zhao Dongting's meaning has been conveyed here, they have discussed a lot about how to strategically retreat after the Yuan Dynasty counterattack. At this moment, of course, there is no need to cram the moment.
With the current military strength in Kaifeng Prefecture, even if it is head-on to confront the army of the four major vassal states, it is not necessarily scary. Strategic retreat is not difficult.
After leaving the government office, Zhao Da, Ren Wei and others rode back to the army, and the scene was in full swing in the various military camps of Kaifeng Prefecture.
On the official road outside the city, there were also scouts riding horses. Of course, the information channels of the MIIS must have been idle at this moment.
They were able to pass the changes in Kaifeng Prefecture to Jingzhao Prefecture Road and Shandong East Road as quickly as possible.
On this day, the imperial guards rushed back to Kaifeng Prefecture in Yanjin, Yangwu, Fengqiu and other counties north of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Guoqiao, Chenqiao and other towns.
Later, Wen Tianxiang, Yue Peng, Zhao Da and others led the army and soldiers into several routes to leave the city from the south of Kaifeng Prefecture and headed to Zhuxian Town, Chenliu County and other places.
The people in Kaifeng Prefecture were at a loss when they faced this situation.
It has been a total of 165 years since the first year of Jingkang. At that time, Kaifeng was still called Bianjing.
After 160 years, although Song was still the Song Dynasty, the people in Kaifeng have no idea how many generations have changed.
Sixty years ago, the Yuan army surrounded Bianjing again, and Jin Aizong abandoned the city and could not escape. The weather-beaten city of Bianjing fell into the hands of the Yuan Dynasty.
These ancient capitals of several dynasties carried too much historical prosperity and decline. The result was that the people in the city had long forgotten that the root of their bloodline was Song.
Even the old man who was the oldest in the city grew up under the rule of the Jin Dynasty. When he was born, Song had already lived in Jiangnan for many years.
If it weren't for the strong and unfair rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty rose strongly at an extremely fast speed after the arrival of Zhao Dongting, I'm afraid that not many people would want to return to their roots.
Although Wen Tianxiang strictly required the soldiers when he led his army in the city and never allowed them to cause trouble in the city, this obviously would not be a reason for the people to ask them to stay in the city. For the people of Kaifeng Prefecture, as long as they do not fight, they can live a peaceful life.
They were not like the people in Jiangnan. When the Song Dynasty was in danger, they were still eager to become stronger and worked hard for it. Even if the Yuan Dynasty was not really popular, it would be impossible to say that someone in the city had already pointed the finger at the Song Dynasty. It would not be like the current situation, where rebels everywhere responded to the Song Dynasty's imperial guards.
The troops of the four major vassal states only appeared outside Kaifeng Prefecture after the Song Dynasty imperial guards left the city.
Seeing that the city was empty and the Song army did not even leave any soldiers, the soldiers of these four major vassal states were undoubtedly a little confused.
Although they had not been entrenched in Xintian Town for a long time, they were not too short. The Song army did not make any noise. They thought that the Song army would resist strongly.
But now that he was just about to take action, Song Jun retreated just after he said that he was retreating. It was surprising that he retreated.
Logically speaking, if the Song army decides to retreat, the earlier it should be, the safer it should be, right?
But these vanguard troops who ran to Kaifeng Prefecture first did not dare to act rashly.
After all, there were more than 100,000 troops in the middle of the Song Dynasty, and they did not dare to chase after him easily. If they really chased him, they might not know how they might be destroyed.
The next day.
The large forces of the four major vassal states began to enter the city.
They claim to be an army of 200,000, but the actual number is probably 400,000.
The four major vassal states are far inferior to the Song Dynasty. Although they now have firearms, their army is still much bloated compared to the Song Dynasty.
Their soldiers fought wars, and there were special slave soldiers similar to those of servants. An elite soldier often had several "serving". In this case, they had "reduced" their staff to a large extent.
Such a huge crowd of hundreds of thousands of people flocked into Kaifeng Prefecture, of course, made the atmosphere in Kaifeng Prefecture quite strange.
The streets were very lively, with horse hooves constantly, but the atmosphere was very depressing.
The people in the city were afraid that these legendary cannibalism would commit crimes in the city.
Fortunately, the army of the four major vassal states did not do anything that both humans and gods were angry in Kaifeng Prefecture.
This is probably because they had any agreement with the Yuan Dynasty.
If they do anything to burn, kill, loot in the city, it will only make the situation in the Yuan Dynasty worse and worse.
True Jin weakened ethnic discrimination because of Kong Yuanzhou's suggestions. Finally, there was no reversal in the territory. If the four major vassal states started to make a fuss in Kaifeng Prefecture and spread, all his previous efforts would have been in vain. If True Jin did not emphasize this to the four major vassal states, he would probably not be able to sit on the throne until now.
Chapter completed!