"What are all things to do?" Liao Xiaoyao looked at some requests handed over by the staff in annoyance. The content of the request was very simple, that is, some servants or allied soldiers (even a few soldiers in the stand-up team) had many evil deeds such as killing, rape, robbery, and arson in the local area, and were captured by the gendarmerie. However, the chiefs of each department were mostly famous for their military achievements (this is not all lies. Some troops have very poor military disciplines, but they are very brave in wars). He asked the commander to show his side. The officials below considered the emotions of friendly troops and servants, and dared not be proficient, so they reported it.

But Liao Xiaoyao also felt that these things were very difficult because he didn't know what to do.

Today, the retreat of tens of thousands of Allied officers and soldiers in Huai'an Prefecture was a foregone conclusion. The morale of the troops that had been plundered for a long time was still strong, but after October, as the Qing army launched one after another, casualties increased sharply. The troops - especially the King of Lu, Zheng, and Guangdong Li Yuanyin's troops - complained that countless injuries and illnesses were killed in several months, and the general reduction of more than 30% of the troops were reduced. Moreover, due to the long-term battle outside, morale dropped sharply and the fighting spirit was generally insufficient. This led to Suqian County, one of the fulcrums of the defense line of the Renbei Road in the East Coast, was conquered by the troops of Duni, the King of Xin of Qing, and the defense line was suddenly opened.

Fortunately, it is early December 1658. After more than a month of intense transportation, the remaining people, grain, livestock and other materials accumulated at Yuntiguan Wharf have been transported to a total of 70% and 80% of the remaining finishing work is also being carried out quickly. It is expected that the transportation will be completed in the middle and late this month, and there is no need to worry about being taken back by the Qing army again.

After solving this big trouble - it also means that the greatest military achievements have been achieved, Commander Liao's future in the army has been bright from now on - the next step is to plan how to gradually retreat from the front line. However, retreating in front of the enemy has always been a world-class problem, not to mention that the people of the East Coast have shown signs of decline. The more than 100,000 troops pieced together by the Qing army are staring at it like a wolf, how to protect most of the living forces and retreat safely is indeed a very meticulous job, and there is no tolerance for any carelessness.

Liao Xiaoyao has been worried about this matter recently. The departments that originally stayed in Suqian County (Commander Liao even went to fight in person) did not last long under the disadvantaged forces. He has now retreated to Shuyang County, with morale low and serious staff reduction. Tian Xing, who temporarily arrested the military police business, reported: "...There are many defects in the supplies and weapons of each department. Because they fled in a hurry during the retreat, the roads were muddy, they often left it alone. Many camps did not even have three days of food to store, and the soldiers were extremely tired. The army was rampant and the number of people who were wandering in the gullies was unknown. The situation was unbearable. The situation was unbearable. Although most of them were all Allied soldiers, it was also amazing..."

People are so miserable. If you hold on to the other party's "small mistakes" they make, then you are forcing them to rebel! Open your eyes and see that everyone is following you to make a fortune, not to die. Even the obedient Li Yuanyin's troops in Guangdong, who were so obedient, had 8,000 people who were very energetic when they went north to fight, may they have changed half of their faces? The army is filled with the Qing army surrendered soldiers and the strong men who were forced to be brought to the scene, and the veterans are also in a low spirit of fighting. Do you think they will have no complaints in their hearts for such troops? Don't tease them!

Because of this, after thinking for a long time, Liao Xiaoyao still wrote off the suggestion of public beheading and changed the punishment of confinement and whipping. At the same time, he also asked the military police to count the number of women raped in Shuyang County and give one person a "compensation" of 15 east coast silver dollars - whether they accept it or not, the money will still be given.

"The broken flag of "convening the Tatars and loving the people" proposed by Commander Liu seems to be unable to fight! On the contrary, the Tartars, at least in this Jiangbei area, seem to be becoming more and more popular with the people. After all, compared with us, they are more like the righteous side to resist foreign aggression." Liao Xiaoyao put his pen aside and said indifferently: "Well, they were invaders and there was nothing to embellish. For these Qing slaves, aren't they just killing people without blinking? Isn't it that the troops were sent to restrain the military discipline a little, so don't do it too ugly. I heard that when Commander Liu attacked Jiangxi, there were some villagers who proposed that as long as our army restrained the military discipline, they could cooperate with us. However, in Huai'an Prefecture, there were very few such things. I heard that only descendants of the Han Yu family who moved to Suqian came to join their families to join their families. It was unpleasant to think about it."

On December 10, the main force of the Qing army led by Duoni, the King of Xin County of the Qing army, began to march south along the Yellow River. During the period, the naval gunboats on the east coast continued to harass, but the results were minimal. Later, some naval troops from the King of Lu took the time to land behind the Qing army, and then they slowed down the pace of the Qing army a little. But that was all. The pace of the Qing army's southward heading to Qinghe County was unstoppable, and some of the soldiers who were originally deployed by the East Coast were also retreated to Qingjiangpu Town one after another.

Bezi Luotuo, who headed south from Haizhou, received support from a unit sent by Doni, and then attacked Shuyang County with the power of tens of thousands of troops. Due to the long-term war on the east coast, the guns and cannons were seriously damaged and ammunition was consumed. Currently, there are not many firearms, especially cannons, deployed in Shuyang County, which has led to extremely hard work in defending the defenders and a lot of casualties.

On December 16, the Emperor Chaoxian School, who was guarding a fort outside Shuyang County, led a group of the Lu Division, and mistakenly heard the military rumors, they thought that nearly 10,000 defenders in Shuyang County had all escaped into Shuxiang Lake along the Shushui River. The entire army was in a panic. The troops, who had no intention of fighting, were pessimistic about the subsequent battle situation, so they immediately set fire to the camp's supplies, and then fled eastward along the Shushui River overnight. Halfway through, they were discovered and attacked by a cavalry team from the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia for a while, were found and killed by a cavalry team from the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia for a while. More than half of the losses were lost and the system was completely in chaos. The soldiers scattered everywhere returned to the shelter station on the lakeside a week later. It was so miserable.

After learning that the Lu King's troops outside the city had withdrawn, the army was immediately panicked and depressed, and began to send messengers to request retreat. Unexpectedly, a messenger intercepted the Qing army's detective cavalry in the middle. Luo Tuo ordered a fierce attack day and night, and forced the nearby people to sign the army, and the ants attacked the city. The battle situation was extremely tragic.

On December 19, the eastern bank of Shuoxiang Lake area sent two elite teams, a division of the minion army and some allied officers and soldiers, with more than 10,000 troops from land and land, unexpectedly launched a counterattack on the flanks, achieving more than 4,000 enemy attacks, and disrupting the deployment of the Qing army. Under the leadership of Gu Sheng and Park Yan, the imperial guards in the Korean Imperial Camp in Shuyang City fought desperately to the dock on the banks of Shushui, and joined more than 4,000 people in Li Yuanyin's army stationed here, and then retreated to Shuoxiang Lake under the main force. Gu Sheng and the two who escaped from the sky cried bitterly, and cried bitterly at Captain Junior who was commanding the counterattack of Shuoxiang Lake, saying bluntly, "I suspect that the heavenly soldiers have abandoned us." But this is a later story.

As the battle reached this point, the Qing army, which had no intention of fighting, had seen through all the Xu and Realities of the Allied soldiers, so their momentum and morale were getting bigger and bigger. Compared with the situation where the Allied forces were in charge of the main attacks half a year ago, the Qing army was defeated and collapsed thousands of miles apart. However, perhaps the Qing army's rapid advancement was only a stop. Next, they faced the endless Shuoxiang Lake. Without the help of the navy, there was no possibility of going further. They could only sigh.

At this time, the material transfer work of the East Coast people was almost completely over. Now, except for the part of the money, grain and weapons reserved for the Shun Army, Yuntiguan is already a piece of white land. Whether it is grain, materials or population, they have been completely transferred - according to Liao Xiaoyao's words, it is "putting the bag to be safe." Therefore, although the Qing army commander Xin County Prince Duoni commanded his troops to move south quickly, except for occupying some strongholds that the East Coast people voluntarily gave up, they had almost no gains and were very discouraged.

On January 1, 1659, the people on the east coast collectively burned more than a thousand inland river vessels in Hongze Lake. This was the fourth time they did this. It can be said that in addition to the few vessels in the hands of the Shun Army, all the ones that could be burned were burned, and most of the ones that were not burned were chopped as firewood. The state-owned Qingjiang Shipyard has accumulated over the years, and it has been destroyed in this way.

On January 5, after destroying the Qing army's attempt to build a floating bridge, Liao Xiaoyao ordered the east coast troops on the south coast to retreat, and there was no need to defend this place. Before retreating, the Shun Army, which had reoccupied Baoying County, had now raised a team of more than 30,000 people, but its combat effectiveness was very weak due to the serious water injection. He also received news of the retreat. After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Liu Guochang and Liu Shijun asked themselves that they could not get by.

Blocking the attack of more than 100,000 Qing troops from north to south, he could only retreat sadly. At the same time, he announced the complete failure of the plan to build a piece of land in Jiangbei and open up the so-called "second battlefield" plan. Even if Yunti Pass and Guanhekou City can be kept in the end and how long it can be maintained depends on the mood and assistance of the old man on the east bank. After all, they are just two strongholds, and there is no reason for the people on the east bank to spend a lot of money to maintain it.
Chapter completed!