The Tartars' plan succeeded.

After the retreat, the Northern Expedition soldiers behind the hall and the dozen ferries left behind for them did not have time to sail to the safe area, and were flooded by the rushing iron cavalry and racist cavalry.

The soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army who had just arrived in Hexin witnessed all these tragic phenomena, and everyone's eyes were red!

I'm afraid this kind of hatred will be in the core.

This is a tragedy.

The Lu Domain is right.

After Wu Zheng led his troops to swim and retreat to the east coast, the Tatar cavalry, who tasted the wonderful taste of victory, quickly rushed to the south.

The next day, Suqian lost its defense, and eight hundred defenders fought until the last soldier and all were gone!

....

The defeat was like a mountain of defeat.

This is true on either side.

Either hold on or a river of spring water flows eastward.

The only exception is to have external forces to intervene in time.

The troops of Wu Zheng, trapped east of Zhihe, have actually fallen into a considerable passiveness and have no possibility of moving at all. Of course, it is not a desperate situation, because as long as you cross Luoma Lake, you can meet with the defenders of Shuyang and defend based on Shuyang. It is incomparable to the dangers of Huaian City before.

But at this time, Wu Zheng had less than 5,000 troops, lack of ammunition, and the speed of march was not as fast as that of the enemy cavalry, which limited the possibility of Wu Zheng's reinforcements to the south, so he could only "sit down and watch" Suqian's fall and was anxious.

But in many cases, the victory or defeat of a war does not entirely depend on the coordination of the head coach. The subjective initiative of the generals sent by various routes occupy very large variables and effects.

The Qing army did not know, and Wu Zheng also did not know that a powerful "external force" appeared in time.

Song An tried his best to encourage Qian Qiaogong, who was "frustrated" to stay in Qinghe, to cross Hongze Lake to blitz into Sizhou, which was of profound significance. This was not just to relieve Qian Qiaogong's depression and steal the war horses in Sizhou. Song An had an indescribable plan.

It is said that people are so bold and the land is so productive.

A dog that can bite people does not bark. Although this is unpleasant, Song An has such a kind of mind.

As the scope of the enemy cavalry activity continued to shrink south of Huai'an, the Changlin Guards lurking everywhere began to move, and more and more information began to gather.

Dorgon is in Xuzhou!

This information that is dispensable, seemingly true or false made Song An think.

This is the idea of ​​a flash of thoughts, or a fancy thought without feasibility. Some people will laugh it off, but some people will take it seriously and give everything for it. Song An belongs to the latter.

He wants to play a big game!

Huai'an Prefecture borders Xuzhou Prefecture, and Suqian's Prefecture has only three or four hundred miles on the border. This is completely possible for a surprise attack. However, the key to success or failure is not the number of troops, but the suddenness and the accuracy of Dorgon's intelligence in Xuzhou.

Logically, this information must be reported to Wu Zheng, but Song An controls Chang Lin Wei and has great authority. Such information that has not been verified can be reported or not.

At the same time, Song An knew Wu Zheng's personality very well. In Wu Zheng's view, a Dorgon, especially a Dorgon who had not had many days, was not worth consuming the lives of hundreds or even thousands of soldiers to exchange.

In other words, Wu Zhenghui turned a blind eye to Dorgon's existence in Xuzhou.

This is not Song An's random speculation, because the news about Dorgon in Pei County was confirmed and reported to Wu Zheng, but Wu Zheng did not mention the idea of ​​"beheading" Dorgon until he sent troops to Haizhou and Suqian.

But Song An was different. As a chief intelligence officer at this time, Changlin Wei had almost no outstanding performance in this war, which caused his young master to be trapped in Huai'an City for more than half a month, which was extremely self-blame and depressed.

Song An wanted to redeem himself. To be precise, he wanted to prove his value and prove to his young master that he wanted to play a big game!

At this time, an information from Fengyang further stimulated and strengthened Song An's idea, that was, the former Xuzhou army of Ajige's troops was stranded in Huaiyuan and had not gone north to return to Xuzhou for a long time.

This made Song An even more convinced that Xuzhou's troops were empty.

However, Song An was short of troops. Huai'an and Yangzhou were equipped with Changlin Wei, a total of six or seven hundred people, and they were not suitable for fighting on the battlefield. Wu Zheng left Song'an's defenses with only three thousand troops, and they were not allowed to leave Huai'an City without leaving Huai'an City.

Even if Song An acted boldly and added up all the troops in his hands, it would be impossible to have a surprise attack on Xuzhou with a chance of winning.

At the same time, Wu Zheng was leading his troops to attack Pizhou at this time. Song An wanted to raid Xuzhou, but he would definitely not be able to avoid Wu Zheng.

This is often the case in the world. Although spears and shields are opposite, they can often coexist and become complementary with clever deployment.

After Song An learned that the enemy's army had set up three lines of defense in Pizhou and Luliang Mountain to resist the Northern Expedition Army's approaching Xuzhou, he had a flash of inspiration and came up with a feasible plan.

Xuzhou's troops were originally empty, and when setting up three lines of defense outside, the troops would be even more stretched.

It just so happened that Qian Qiaogong was "complaining himself", so Song An gave him a "bad idea" and went to Sizhou to grab the war horse.

There are war horses in Sizhou and the defenders are not strong enough. This information is true, but Song Anning is willing to take responsibility for Qian Qiaogong and encourages Qian Qiaogong to attack Sizhou in the west, but this is not the real intention of this.

Song An wanted Qian Qiaogong to attract Huaiyuan's Ajige army and buy three days for himself to blitz into Xuzhou.

In the Song Dynasty plan, not only Qian Qiaogong was the pawn that attracted the enemy, but even Wu Zheng was also the pawn that attracted the enemy, because it was precisely because Wu Zheng's troops were attacking Pizhou that the main force of the enemy in Xuzhou was attracted to the three lines of defense.

In fact, Song An was not wrong. In Xuzhou City, Dorgon had only 300 guards, including 60 of them, and escort cavalry. It can almost be said that the huge Xuzhou City was an unguarded city at this time.

Of course, once something happens, it will take less than a day to rush back to Xuzhou from the last line of defense, which is Dorgon's confidence.

In Dorgon's view, no one can annihilate his 300 guards in half a day, unless it is a large army, but this is impossible. There is no large army that can break into Xuzhou City without any knowledge.

But Dorgon didn't know that Song An had his own methods that were different from regular marching.

Xuzhou also has Changlin Guard, with a large number of people, with more than 300 people. At the same time, after the Northern Expedition Army conquered the Qinghe North, the Qing army blocked the canal waterways far less than before, and even lost control of the waterways due to Chen Jin's defeat.

But the canal is the main artery of commerce in the north and south. Even during the national war, merchant fleets passing by the north and south are still in constant force.

It is indeed not easy to transport a large army from the waterway to the north. Even if the enemy is unable to block it, you can always see it. Once you know that an enemy is coming from the canal, you can set up ambushes directly at the dock, and you must fight one by one.

Therefore, the number of people raided cannot be large or small, and fewer cannot play the role they should have.
Chapter completed!