Logically speaking, Duoduo's army was twice that of the Ming army. He almost brought everyone except for the troops stationed in the local area. Victory was within reach.

But he never expected that the most unstable factor in this ambush would appear on a woman.

Wu Xiaomei.

Perhaps it was the girl's sorrow of leaving home, or perhaps it was willfulness.

Wu Xiaomei suddenly joined forces with Zhou Simin to stop Chen Sheng and wanted to go back to Wuzhuang to take a look.

If it were someone else, just kidding, Chen Sheng would have called him over with a big mouth.

Today is not an ordinary marching, but a breakthrough. Besides, hundreds of officials from the court and their families were walking together, and there was a slight mistake. This is a great crime.

But when facing these two women, Chen Sheng did not dare, and even dared not to use his courage.

Chen Sheng advised him with kindness, but the two girls insisted on their own opinions and proposed that as long as they sent a small number of people to escort them to Wuzhuang, the army would just march according to the original plan. After they arrived in Wuzhuang, they would catch up with the large army themselves.

But how dare Chen Sheng agree?

One of these two girls is the lord's sister and the other is the mistress, and she is pregnant.

In desperation, Chen Sheng had no choice but to ask Zhu Mai.

Chen Sheng originally wanted Zhu Mai to suppress the two daughters as a state supervisor, but Chen Sheng did not expect that after Zhu Mai heard about this, he ordered the two daughters to go back to Wuzhuang to visit. Not only that, Zhu Mai also had to go with him.

This result made Chen Sheng stunned, but he had to obey the orders of the state.

So Chen Sheng thought of a compromise, that is, the army temporarily stopped and rested on the spot for half an hour.

Then a battalion of soldiers was sent to escort the three girls to Wuzhuang.

It takes more than ten miles to travel, as long as you don’t stay too much, half an hour is enough.

This was a small accident for Chen Sheng, and it was a huge accident for Duoduo.

When Duoduo saw that the Ming army suddenly stopped for no reason, the first thing he thought of was that the ambush was exposed. The Ming army became vigilant, so he set up camp and stopped moving forward.

This understanding forced Duoduo to change his original plan.

If you can't fight, you can only fight in the field.

So, 20,000 Qing troops suddenly rose up and launched an attack on the Ming army several miles away.

The sky was blessed by the Ming army, miles away, had enough time to deal with the Qing army's assault.

The Qing army had only a small number of cavalry, and most of the cavalry were sent to Boluo's army.

Therefore, the Qing army had to charge for several miles, and the journey took not short, at least one quarter of an hour.

A quarter of an hour was enough for the Ming army to deal with defense.

The ambush has thus become a field battle.

But the situation is still unfavorable to the Ming army. First of all, the military strength is twice that of the Ming army. Secondly, the Ming army needs to protect hundreds of officials and their families.

In desperation, Chen Sheng suggested that Zhu Momo take officials and his family to Wuzhuang.

Zhu Ma was going to Wuzhuang with Wu Xiaomei's two daughters, so he naturally agreed immediately.

So Chen Sheng sent a group of 300 cavalry to escort Zhu Mai and a group of people to Wuzhuang.

He ordered the remaining cavalry to go first to meet the enemy, and he led the Ming army infantry and followed the cavalry to counterattack.

The purpose is to prevent the Qing army from intercepting and killing the monarch and ministers who went to Wuzhuang.

This decision allowed Zhu Mai and others to leave the battlefield smoothly, and the Ming army could finally let go of their hands and feet to fight with the Qing army.

Since most of the cavalry were taken away by Wu Zheng, Chen Sheng had only 800 cavalry under his command. Apart from 300 escorting Zhu Mai and his party, there were only 500 cavalry.

Five hundred cavalry had little effect in such a battle, but it was still useful in temporarily curbing the charge momentum of the Qing army.

The Qing army was hit head-on by five hundred cavalry halfway.

But the Qing army originally planned to ambush, so naturally prepared for weapons.

There were many hook and sickle prepared for the cavalry's spear, so although the Ming cavalry achieved the goal of delaying the Qing army's charge, the result of this move was to destroy the entire five hundred cavalry, just like a stone thrown into the vast ocean.

But the role they had should not be underestimated. First, it delayed the charge momentum of the Qing army, and second, it gave Chen Sheng the opportunity to lead the army to successfully fill the position.

It can be imagined that when the two armies collided head-on, one side was prepared and the infantry line was pushed flat, while the other side was a triangle. This gap in formation was enough to cause chaos on one side of the triangle.

The five hundred cavalry were wiped out by their entire army, which was exchanged for Chen Sheng's time to deploy the defense line in the charge.

The two armies were like two rolling waves, colliding head-on, splashing everywhere.

The consolidation and order of defense line allowed the Ming army to withstand the Qing army's attack at the moment of contact.

Although there were 20,000 Qing troops, these 20,000 people could not be spread out on the official road, and the fields on both sides were not enough.

In other words, the contact surface between the two armies can only be filled with thousands of people.

The winner will be decided only when these thousands of people are consumed while filling them up.

This takes time, not a short time.

In fact, from a strategic perspective, Dodo has failed.

Because this war of attrition was not something he wanted to see.

He initially thought of ambushing, and earning the most profit at the least cost.

But now, it is obviously done the opposite.

Duoduo did not regret attacking, because hundreds of monarchs and ministers in Shaoxing Prefecture were still a temptation to him.

When he saw the Ming army's counterattack without fear of life and death, a hint of pride and sarcasm appeared on the corner of his mouth. This phenomenon just confirmed his judgment. Among the people in the Ming court, Wu Zheng and his team were among the three realms. It should be just a trick to fool him.

Duoduo was not worried about Boluo's troops. First, Boluo brought the Eight Banners Cavalry, which had been formed for a year by Wu Zheng, and second, Boluo himself had experienced many battles and was enough to deal with various mutations.

Duoduo made a move and immediately sent an order to divide a partial division to intercept the Ming army's squad.

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The official road east of the Three Realms has not yet dissipated.

Countless war horses and human bodies all show that this place was once like a purgatory.

But the battle began suddenly and ended too quickly.

Almost in the blink of an eye, more than 10,000 troops from both sides that had gathered disappeared in an instant.

Wu Zheng did not order a pursuit, because it was really helpless.

According to common sense, in this situation, the Qing army retreated in a panic. As long as the Ming army pursued, the results of the battle would be expanded. Of course, the premise was that they could not chase too far.

Because although the Qing army retreated, it was not defeated. A good player on horseback could slowly adjust his formation and morale as long as he ran for more than ten miles.

However, proper pursuit helped the Ming army to control the rhythm of the battle and master the initiative on the battlefield, which was equivalent to mastering victory.

Unfortunately, Wu Zheng was worried that the monarch and his relatives who accompanied Chen Sheng could only give up the pursuit.
Chapter completed!