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The seventy-third question: Lintai is already famous (3)

When Zheng Yunming arrived in Jinzhou, the commander of Jinzhou and Yanwei's troops had just returned to Jinzhou City for three days. If Zheng Yunming had arrived a few days earlier, he would not be able to meet the commander of Jinzhou immediately. Although He Yanwei fled without fighting in Mianzhou last year, he was scolded by the court. After being isolated behind the enemy this year, he became proactive. When Kuoduan led his army to slaughter in Chengdu, He Yanwei led 5,000 troops to rush out of Raofeng Pass from a small road, and pointed directly at Jingzhao Prefecture, attempting to attack the Mongolian army's rear base. Kuoduan's withdrawal was partly because he received a report of Qu Chu's death, and partly because he was attacked by the Song army in the rear, he had to withdraw his troops and return to protect Jingzhao. After the vanguard of the army arrived in Fengzhou, he forced He Yanwei to withdraw along the original route.

When Zheng Yunming arrived at the city of Jinzhou, the soldiers guarding the city did not believe that Zheng Yunming dared to lead such a small number of troops to the front line with the dignified commander of the commander. They bent their bows and arrows, shouted loudly and asked him to leave quickly. Zheng Yunming had no choice but to let the soldiers guarding the city put down the hanging basket, let himself go to the city alone, and verify his identity.

After seeing Zheng Yunming's accompanying official text and seal, the city guard realized that the young man in front of him was indeed the commander-in-chief appointed by the court. He was a deputy envoy of Kuizhou to appease the Shukou, and the news of Shukou was closed, which was far less powerful than Shuzhong. However, the Jinzhou also knew that a young general had risen to Jinghu, and was also a yamen who was an important official in the court. The city guard looked at Zheng Yunming's outfit and demeanor, so how could he not be convinced? He hurriedly led Zheng Yunming to the Jinzhou Yamen Office to meet He Yanwei.

When he arrived at the main gate of the yamen office, he saw Yanwei wearing armor and greeted the guard at the door. When he saw Zheng Yunming coming over, he came to greet him with joy: "If Commander Zheng leads his army to reinforce this time, Rao Fengguan will definitely be foolproof."

Zheng Yunming also revered and said, "He Dutong was wrong. Zheng did not come to help He Dutong guard Jinzhou."

He Yanwei's face changed and he asked, "Since it's not for the purpose of aiding Jinzhou, why did Zheng Dutong come from?"

Zheng Yunming took a step forward and said, "I came to discuss with the governor, give up Jinzhou, move to Luzhou, and take on the defense of Luzhou and Xuzhou."

When He Yanwei heard this, he subconsciously roared: "I told me to give up on the defense and move to the mainland. This is to send me to the execution ground!"

The Song army rules, abandoned the defense areas and moved the garrison without authorization. Of course, since the beginning of the state, military laws have not been strictly enforced. After the southward transition, the rules and regulations have become increasingly slackened. Some military chiefs will not be executed according to the law even if they abandoned the city and lost their territory. They often deal with the matter by being demoted several levels. However, He Yanwei also knew that when the war was urgent, the court dared to kill people, and was willing to use the heads of a few generals to suppress those arrogant soldiers who were in absent orders and refused to stop. He Yanwei was once in prison for defeat in the battle of Kublai Khan invading Shukou, and was unable to be released from prison and lead the troops again until the Sichuan officials changed. This time he definitely did not dare to transfer the army privately.

How could Zheng Yunming not know about his thoughts? All he could rely on was the orders from the court.

He took out the official documents of the Privy Council from his arms and handed them to He Yanwei, saying, "I was appointed by the court and entered Sichuan to set up military service. Before the new Sichuan Xuanfu took office, I have the power to act cheaply. Please don't worry. If the court punishes it, Zheng Yunming will bear it."

He Yanwei received the official document and carefully examined it several times. He really gave Zheng Yunming the power to deal with it on the spot. In fact, Jinzhou was alone in the north and had become a thorn in the side of the Mongolian army. When the Mongolians moved south again, a hundred thousand troops were all heading for Jinzhou. There would never be any hesitation. At that time, the entire army would be wiped out and he would inevitably die on the battlefield.

Now Zheng Yunming, who fell from the sky, is here to take on the responsibility of retreat. This is really a surprise good news for He Yanwei. He Yanwei is reckless and has no scheming. Otherwise, he would not have been repeatedly caught by Shangfeng for committing crimes. He thought it would be a reliable business to rely on Zheng Yunming if something happened. So he slapped his chest generously: "Since there is an order from the court, how dare Lao He delay it, he will follow the order of Zheng Dutong. I will lead my army south to Luzhou tomorrow!"

"Take it slow." Zheng Yunming smiled and said, "If it was just as simple as moving the village, I wouldn't have gotten rid of the government and the government in person."

He said to He Yanwei slowly: "Mongolia invaded and the government retreated. From the south of Yangping Pass, the prefectures and counties of the court were not too late to recover, but the land could be entrusted to the enemy for the time being, but the people must not give in. The thousands of people under your command need to take on one of the most important tasks, which is to retreat all the people below Jinzhou and Mianzhou, the treasury and the grain stored in the cellar to the south, go to Chongqing, and go to Kuizhou, and do not leave a commoner or a grain of food for the enemy."

What he said is actually far from realistic. It should be noted that hundreds of years later, with mechanized transportation methods and industrialized organizational processes, it is still impossible to empty all the people and property on the country, saying that he would not leave a grain of food for the enemy alone. In today's society where farmers rely on land and gentry rely on their hometowns, it is even more terrifying.

But it is always necessary to strengthen the walls and clear the fields. Zheng Yunming investigated the battle situation in Sichuan. There were many mountains in eastern Sichuan. He was not afraid of the storm-like attacks by the large cavalry group of the Mongolian army, but was afraid of the Mongolians giving up the habit of nomadic peoples, winning the hearts of the people in Sichuan, restoring the economic and production capacity of important towns in northern Sichuan such as Xingyuan, Mianzhou and Lizhou, and launching a tug-of-war with the Song Dynasty fortresses in Sichuan. In fact, Zheng Yunming thought it was not bad at all. On another plane, the Mongolians seized the fact that the successive Sichuan commander and Xuanfu envoy of the Song Dynasty were only concerned about handling the war and were indifferent to the residents who fell in the north. He sent high-ranking officials to set up county officials in northern Sichuan, recruit refugees, and establish solid cities and production bases to continuously deliver food and supplies for field corps entering Sichuan, which made the battle situation in Sichuan be favorable to the Mongols.

"All rural people, based on villages and villages, moved to the south!" Zheng Yunming stared at He Yanwei and said, "Try to take away the food. If you can't take it away, burn it. All houses will be burned. All trest bridges will be demolished. Guancheng will use gold juice to seal the city gates, fill the well with stones, and block the soil and stones on the mountain roads. I will work with the capital to supervise this major event myself."

He Yanwei thought, if this is the case, even if the people choose to stay, it will be difficult to survive. They will have to be scattered in the countryside and die in the ravines. Unexpectedly, this young man looks like a white-faced scholar, but he is cruel and ruthless in his decision to make major matters.

Zheng Yunming said again: "I have ordered Wang Deng to lead three thousand troops to wait for the Dutong army at Jianmen. After we arrive at Jiange, we can help the Dutong army with one arm."

"Since that's the case, why not?" He Yanwei meant that why didn't he just come to join the Jinzhou military horses and take on the task of clearing the field together? Although he was reckless by nature, he was not stupid. After thinking about it, he immediately understood Zheng Yunming's intention. Historically, he had offensive tasks. People were content with their hometowns. If they weren't really big, how could they be willing to leave their hometown and wander far away? Therefore, when clearing the field, soldiers were often forced by soldiers and threatened by swords and guns. It was hard to say that they would have to whip them. The army also regarded this as a big blow.

The opportunity to make money was to take the opportunity to rob and kill the people at will. In short, the Qingye and the relocated people were both extremely bad behaviors. As military men, he and Yanwei only needed to control the soldiers and horses in their hands and had a stable status. They didn’t have to pay attention to the complaints and crying of the villagers. However, when the official heard that he was the son of the former Prime Minister Zheng, his goal was not to be the governor. I was afraid that in the future, he would be in charge of the Song Dynasty Political Affairs Hall, so he naturally refused to dirty his hands because of these things and lost bad praise.

Now, the plan for the best of Zheng Yunming is all the contributions of Zheng Yunming. For the people, the people who play the King of Hell are all from the governor of the Jinzhou Province. The scholar's arrangement is very smart. But He Yanwei is also happy with this matter. The army moved to the road and retreated away from war. His morale was low and his morale was unstable. If he could make a fortune at this time, it would only be beneficial and not harmful to He Yanwei's grasp of the morale of the army.

So everything agreed that from the afternoon of the same day, the Jinzhou Commander Department issued a notice in various villages announcing the relocation of the south. Most of the villagers, Ye Laozhong, were unwilling to move south, but in front of the swords, guns and sticks of the government, many people were forced to embark on the road of migration. What's more, the news of the Mongolian army killing people in Shu was spread everywhere. I heard that even a living person could not see near Chengdu, which made many people anxious to go to a safe place in eastern Sichuan to avoid disaster.

The key to the entire plan is to move not only Jinzhou, but also Zheng Yunming sent troops to announce the order for the migration from within the three passes, from Xingyuan to Mianzhou. In view of the restrictions of various conditions, there are still a few who are willing to follow the army south, but the migration operation that expanded to the entire Shukou still reached the scale of hundreds of thousands of people. The vast crowd advanced south along the rugged Shu Road, and there would inevitably be sacrifices and losses in the middle. However, Zheng Yunming understood that at least most people survived, which was much better than staying in the north and being killed by the Mongols.

This huge refugee was able to breathe a little while until Jiange. Wang Deng had been waiting here with three thousand Zhenwu Army for a long time. At this time, the refugees who were abused by the Jinzhou Commander and Chief Secretary of the Jinzhou were suddenly warmly received by the Zhenwu Army. They not only provided food and accommodation, but also sent food to escort them. For a moment, joy filled the valley of Jiange. Zheng Yunming's subordinates had strict discipline and good deeds with the people spread wildly.
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