Chapter 488 The big defeat is a foregone conclusion
Gao Sheng brought news about Jinzhou, but not Dalinghe.
"Mr. Sun is not optimistic about Zu Dashou He Kegang and others, and Dalinghe City has long been cut off from military rations, and all living animals such as war horses have been slaughtered and eaten!"
Gao Xingsheng said: "Originally Mr. Sun wanted me to ask the commander about how to defeat the Tartar siege, but this time Jinzhou was defeated. Even if the commander had a good strategy, he would not be able to defeat the Daling River.
How useful it is!”
Jiang Wan felt very heavy.
Knowing what is going to happen and knowing that it has already happened are two completely different feelings. Sun Chengzong's handwritten letter contains both worries about the current situation and expectations for him, but in the end thousands of words converge into one sentence: You
Very good, Dongjiang Town is also good, but now that the imperial court is defeated, you can take care of yourself.
For retreating to Pidao at this moment, no one would blame Jiang Wan. As a lone army, a partial division, it is already good to be able to fight like this, but Jiang Wan has no intention of retreating.
It is precisely because of the huge defeat in Jinzhou that almost all the Ming elites in Liaodong were lost, so the Zhenjiang Fort he occupied is more meaningful.
With his force, at least the Tartars would not dare to directly attack the Ming Dynasty's defense line after their victory. At least outside the defense line, his army in Dongjiang Town could guerrilla and support the defenders on the defense line.
Can harass the Tartars' rear.
The importance of the location of Zhenjiang Fort far exceeds that of Pi Island.
"I know what happened in Jinzhou!"
Jiang Wan shook his head: "Mr. Sun, you've tried your best! Let's all withdraw our people. We don't need to pay attention to that side for the time being!"
Gao Xingsheng nodded: "I understand!"
"Next, your main task is to recruit refugees and recruit new soldiers on a large scale!" Jiang Wan ordered: "You are familiar with Liaodong. I won't go into details. I will let the soldiers help you. Anyway, it is the original
Regardless of whether they have ever rebelled or not, all the people on the ground of our Gaizhou Guard and Jianzhou Guard must move them to the vicinity of Zhenjiang Fort and tell them to come to our Zhenjiang Fort, whether they are working, farming, or working.
Soldiers, this is their only way to survive this winter. They can't go to the pass. As for taking refuge with the Tartars, haha..."
Perhaps the news of the defeat of the Ming army spread faster than everyone else's news. At the beginning, the refugees near Zhenjiang Fort began to come towards Zhenjiang Fort, in groups of three, three, and five. However, as the weather gradually
It's getting colder, and more and more refugees are coming from all over to Zhenjiang Fort.
Even the people on the road meandered into queues.
It was the soldiers of the Ming army who passed by them, which may have frightened the refugees who had tired and hungry faces, but more importantly, they made these refugees feel more at ease.
Where there are officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, it means that this is still a place of the Ming Dynasty. Here, there is no need to worry about the Tartars doing whatever they want.
The appearance of these Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers also pointed the direction to Zhenjiang Fort for these refugees, which once again gave their heavy steps the impetus to move forward.
Go forward, go forward, there is the only place where the Ming army can protect them, and it is also the only place where there is food to survive.
The closer they got to their destination, the more officers and soldiers there were. Finally, the exhausted refugees saw rows of shacks in the distance. They were very rough and simple. Perhaps, such shacks could not completely withstand the cold wind from all directions.
, however, I took a bowl of porridge from outside the shack, hid in the shack here, drank it, and my whole body warmed up.
At this time, these people who felt that they were actually dead on the road but their souls were still running around on the road finally felt that they were really alive.
There are many such shack settlements set up within a radius of about ten miles of Zhenjiang Fort.
When the refugees arrive here, they will receive basic food and clothing. Every day, the food sent from Zhenjiang Fort will be cooked into gruel and given to them. Then someone will start to inquire and screen the origins of these refugees one by one and check their situation.
Those refugee families with children and daughters, as long as there are still young adults in the family, are the most popular among the officers and soldiers. These families are often selected and sent to the main city of Zhenjiang Fort to become residents of the main city. In the city, whether it's building walls, digging trenches, or moving things, there are plenty of jobs for families like them to do, and whether they can have enough to eat depends on how hard they work.
Those who are willing to join the army will be directly incorporated into the new barracks. These recruits will be directly incorporated into the officers and soldiers in proportion. With the current number of officers and soldiers in Dongjiang Town, if the old lead the new, it will only take one or a few battles. These new recruits will become veterans.
Not all refugees are families with children. Zhenjiang Fort has also made appropriate arrangements for the refugees who came alone to seek refuge.
A small number of young men were drawn out to train and become militiamen on the spot, while a large number of other people participated in the construction of four auxiliary forts around Zhenjiang Fort.
This is a big project, and the construction conditions are not very good. However, as long as they are willing to work, these people can receive food every day based on their own labor, and even if they perform well, they will be selected into the militia. If you join the militia, you are basically eating royal food.
Therefore, it seemed chaotic, but everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. Even the officers of each battalion who still did not dare to fully believe what Jiang Wan said at first, but did not dare to question it, were slowly beginning to be convinced at this moment. After taking it orally, especially the officers and soldiers in the personal barracks, they were very familiar with doing these things, as if they had done such things countless times.
However, the news soon spread from the people in the pro-barracks camp. Why did they do these things before? It turned out that everyone in the pro-barracks camp, from their generals to the soldiers, were originally refugees. When they were in Shaanxi, Marshal Jiang conquered them in this way, and then they transformed into officers and soldiers, and now they have become a powerful force under Marshal Jiang.
According to this trend, I am afraid that in the near future, there will be such an army of officers and soldiers mainly composed of refugees in Liaodong. However, it took one or two years for the people from the refugee camp to become qualified officers and soldiers. time, and when this army of refugees from Liaodong is formed, I don’t know how long it will take.
This question is a question in the minds of many generals, but they are not worried. They know that although they do not know whether these people will come in handy or how long it will take before they come in use, Marshal Jiang must know.
Now, as long as the big flag with the word "江" on top of the city in Marshal Jiang's city is still flying high, they feel extremely at ease.
Today's Dongjiang Town can truly be regarded as the Dongjiang Town after Pi Shuai left!