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Jiang Quanyi was really anxious. He said, "Once Chen Sheng and Fang Guoan retreat, the enemy cavalry generals of Fengyang Mansion will no longer resist our army, and they will attack Jiangdu and Taizhou with unstoppable force... Prince, even if you decide to fight to the death, you cannot take risks... In this way, the last order will be executed in the future, and ask the prince to quickly withdraw to Taixing. In this way, the last general will be free of worries!"

Wu Zheng's face twitched sharply, then he curled his lips and said, "I wanted to withdraw before, but you tried to stop me... Why, at this time, you are afraid and want to persuade me to leave?"

Jiang Quanyi was so anxious that he sweated, "This is not the same thing..."

"This is one thing!" Wu Zheng shouted seriously, "The way out is about to be cut off. You want me to abandon 30,000 Taizhou Guards and retreat alone? What do you want the soldiers to think? How can you let me bear the feelings? Are you trying to insult me ​​to achieve your reputation?!"

Jiang Quanyi and the generals around him who wanted to persuade him were shocked.

This crime is quite serious. Of course, this incident has occurred throughout the dynasties, and it was even more common in the Ming Dynasty.

The so-called straight ministers and honest ministers are to betray their reputations against the king.

Wu Zheng said: "Now all the generals of the army have assembled their troops and quietly turned eastward after midnight tonight. Within two days, they will cooperate with Wusongwei in the Lu region to form a pincer attack on Yancheng!"

Jiang Quanyi came to his senses and wanted to persuade the generals around him again.

Wu Zheng said sternly: "If you dare to talk too much, I will curse you from confusing the morale of the army!"

The generals all fell silent.

In desperation, Jiang Quanyi went out with the generals to deploy.

Wu Zheng came to the tent and looked at Huai'an City in the twilight. He sighed in his heart. It would be great if he could capture this Huai'an City. Taizhou Guards could defend Huai'an City, just like nailing down a nail. Even if the enemy cavalry had twice as many, it would not be afraid.

At that time, the guards of the Northern Expedition Army will be dispatched to the north and the center of Huai'an City will bloom. What a wonderful thing!

At that time, with the Yellow River as a barrier, even if the enemy troops in Xuzhou arrived, they could resist it.

Wu Zheng sighed long and looked at Huai'an City and sweared softly: "If I don't die in this battle, I will definitely bring my troops back!"

....

It was midnight and the army had gathered.

Wu Zheng looked at the generals with a expressionless face.

This is not a big defeat, it can be more troublesome than a defeat.

The rear was threatened by a large number of enemy cavalry, which was a disaster for any army, especially the new musket army that relied entirely on ammunition.

The soldiers were also silent. The back team turned into front team and set off. They were the front team and the last group. They were extremely disappointed. They were as strong as Taizhou Guards, but they could not conquer a Huai'an City. How could they feel?

But they were not depressed because the King of Wu was with them.

Every soldier was extremely determined. As long as the King of Wu was here, we would definitely come back!

This kind of confidence is reflected in his eyes, which makes Wu Zheng very useful and the morale of the army available.

The morale of an army when fighting a downwind does not mean anything. Only when encountering setbacks, as always, is the elite!

"Set off!"

Wu Zheng only had two simple words, but in the ears of the soldiers, his momentum was undoubtedly "attack"!

....

More than ten miles away, the city of Huai'an City.

Zu Dabi has been on the top of the city, and the Taizhou Guard outside the city has not launched an attack for two days.

What conspiracy will be?

However, Zu Dabi was not worried. He was confident that he could defend Huaian City and at least it would be no problem to defend it for at least one month.

This is not that Zu Dabi underestimated Taizhou Guards, but based on his military career and experience, it can be judged that Taizhou Guards lack effective siege weapons. Simply put, it is heavy artillery.

In the era of cold weapons, there were still catapults and siege cars, but Taizhou Wei had nothing but cloud ladders. Even cloud ladders were not standard equipment. Obviously, they were temporarily raised and manufactured.

With this, Zu Dabi had reason to believe that he would be able to keep it.

From the report from the lookout post, I learned that Taizhou Guards had abnormal movements since the sky was getting dark. The sentry speculated that the enemy might retreat and suggested leaving the city to fight.

But Zu Dabi ignored it. The Taizhou Wei Company attacked Huaian for ten days. Although it was useless, the casualties were not enough to force it to retreat.

Since you are confident in defending the city, why should you take risks?

Besides, who can guarantee that this is not a conspiracy of Taizhou Guard. If he fails to attack the city, he pretends to retreat and induces himself to go out of the city to fight?

Therefore, Zu Dabi held his troops unmoved.

However, as more and more information gathered, the signs of Taizhou Guard retreat became clearer and clearer.

Zu Dabi felt a little regretful, but he still insisted on not leaving the city and defending Huaian City. Even if he completed the task and made great contributions, why bother to add to his mistakes and suffer unrestrained disasters?

It is no longer a merit to be able to force the invading enemies, especially the Northern Expedition Army that has caused trouble to Duoduo and the Eight Banners to break their wings.

When Zu Dabi thought of this, he showed a trace of inadvertent smile on his lips. Yes, after this battle, he should have his own place in the Qing Dynasty.

This is because Zu Dabi didn't know that Wu Zheng was just over ten miles outside the city. If he knew that Wu Zheng was there, he would laugh happier.

Wu Zheng, who was unable to do anything to even Dorgon several times, was easily forced to retreat by him. What a glory?!

However, things in the world are often so strange. They always don’t want people to be perfect. There will always be a kind of human power that is irresistible at the most unintentional moment, which makes people sigh.

In the east gate of Huai'an City, a sudden red light shone through half of the sky, causing the night to retreat.

The people in the city were not asleep yet, and almost thought that they had miscalculated the time and it was about to dawn.

"What's going on?" Zu Dabi asked nervously, "What happened to the East Gate?"

A soldier who was staggering and ran to the city, raised his head and shouted: "Report to General, the East Gate... The camp changed, and the rebels burned the grain storage..."

When Zu Dabi heard this, he was stunned and became a little dizzy. At this critical moment, something happened...is it... God's will?

Zu Dabi is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield. He sensitively realized that this was not an isolated incident. Taizhou guards gathered outside the city to prepare for retreat. No, when they were already retreating, there was a camp change in the city and a grain storage was burned. What does this mean?

This shows that this is a connection between inside and outside. Taizhou Wei deliberately made a retreat posture to confuse and attract his own attention.

To change a general, at this time, the defenders concentrated at the South Gate should be dispatched to the East Gate to quell the rebellion.

But Zu Dabi just asked: "How many rebels are there? Can the East Gate guards have the ability to quell the rebellion?"

"General Huizu, General Chen from the East Gate ordered the young general to report to General Zu that the number of rebels was not large, less than a thousand. Because he was caught off guard, he was captured by the rebels and ignited the food and grass they had stockpiled... But the situation is controllable, but it only takes time to quell the chaos."
Chapter completed!