The so-called blessing is hidden by misfortune, and misfortune depends on the blessing.

Everything has a relative side.

When the Ming cavalry escorted Jin Shenghuan to send 600 cavalrymen to break through appeared outside the East Gate.

After just finished breakfast, Jin Shenghuan Ruan, who heard the "bad news", fell on the chair and sighed repeatedly, "It's over..." Now it's over."

The captured cavalry means that there is no reinforcement and the Daoxu granary, which is unknown to the enemy, will definitely be captured by the Ming army.

It also means that the main force of Lihaiqing Army will collapse due to food shortage in three days.

So what hope and meaning of keeping Shaoxing City?

Jin Shenghuan sighed, and thus had the idea of ​​surrendering. It would be better to live than to die. If you stay in the green mountains, don’t you be afraid of burning firewood.

Immediately, the Qing army in Shaoxing City shot a surrender letter to the city.

When Zhang Guowei hurriedly came to Wu Zheng with a letter, Wu Zheng was looking at the map with a slackened brow.

"Wu Zheng, Jin Shenghuan agreed to surrender." Zhang Guowei was indeed very excited. In his opinion, it was the matter that the royal army should do to protect the ancient city of Shaoxing and prevent the people from being affected by the war.

But Wu Zheng's reaction was very dull, he just said "um" and didn't even raise his head.

Zhang Guowei was stunned, his smile gradually faded, and he asked worriedly: "What's wrong? Could it be that something happened?"

Wu Zheng replied: "Nothing happened, Mr. Zhang doesn't have to worry."

"Then...why do you look like this?"

Wu Zheng finally raised his head, "Just just said that Zhou Dahu asked about the Battle of Guali yesterday. According to his description, the Qing army that was fighting against him had little casualties, and they retreated in an orderly manner, and could not be called a retreat. This Qing army has strong combat power, with about four or five thousand people. According to the truth, no matter what its plans are, they should withdraw to Shaoxing City before Zhou Dahu to join Jin Shenghuan. But now, seven or eight hours have passed, but there is no news about this Qing army."

Although Zhang Guowei was born as a literati, he still has basic military knowledge as the Minister of War for many years.

Such a Qing army of four or five thousand people was gone, and he knew clearly what this meant.

No matter when and where, the emergence of this army will affect the war situation in Shaoxing Prefecture.

Zhang Guowei was also a little anxious, "Then he should send a scout immediately and reconnaissance everywhere."

Wu Zheng nodded and comforted: "I have sent you, so Mr. Zhang doesn't have to worry too much. Shaoxing Mansion is not big. Even if they go to heaven and earth, they will be caught... I guess there will be rewards soon."

Zhang Guowei felt a little relieved and asked, "According to Wang Deren's instructions, this Qing army chief was led by Ke Yongsheng, the former general of Jiangning Prefecture. He was a long-time general of the Qing court. It was impossible for him to lead his army... to escape from Shaoxing Prefecture, right?"

Wu Zheng said: "This is what I am worried about. I simply escaped from Shaoxing Mansion, so I was too lazy to pay attention to it. But the key is that if this Qing army is difficult for me when it unexpectedly happens, it will cause big trouble."

Zhang Guowei pondered: "Ke Yongsheng's retreat this time seems a bit strange. According to Zhou Dahu, Ke Yongsheng should have the ability to fight, so he should not retreat from Guali... In this way, Ke Yongsheng must have a plan for this move."

"Yes, I think so too." Wu Zheng pointed to the map and said, "But the eight counties of Shaoxing Prefecture have no target worthy of his willingness to give up Guali at the price of Guali. Now the three battlefields of Guali, Pinggangshan and Lihai in Shaoxing Prefecture, Guali and Pinggangshan have all ended, and only Lihai is left. The Qing army's troops are no less than those of the Ming army. If Ke Yongsheng gave up Guali just wanted to reinforce Lihai... isn't this necessary?"

Zhang Guowei hesitated: "Wu Zheng, would Ke Yongsheng think of it... it is also the Daoxu granary?"

Zhang Guowei's casual words made Wu Zheng shocked, and cold sweat oozed out from behind.

Looking at Zhang Guowei's eyes, the two almost shouted at the same time: "It's bad!"

Wu Zheng said anxiously: "Come here, immediately ordered the cavalry not to dismount, horses not to unload their saddles, and to clean up and standby on the spot."

Then he turned around and said, "Mr. Zhang, this matter is not a trivial matter, it is related to the success or failure of the war. I have to lead the army to go in person!"

Zhang Guowei was also anxious and hurriedly said, "What should I do if Jin Shenghuan surrendered in Shaoxing City?"

While walking out, Wu Zheng said, "He agreed to the conditions, so let's do it. Zhang Gongquan's surrender is... By the way, hurry up. Even if Jin Shenghuan suddenly makes any additional requests, he will agree first. As long as our army occupy Shaoxing City, even if there is an unexpected battle in the Daoxue, he will be invincible."

Zhang Guowei replied: "As you said, as long as Shaoxing City is in control, our army will be invincible. Therefore, if things cannot be done, you must return immediately and never act irresistible."

Wu Zheng felt warm. He knew that Zhang Guowei was worried about his safety, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, it's not the first time Wu Zheng has been on the battlefield. Besides, our troops are all cavalry, so if you can't beat them, you can still run away."

Zhang Guowei also laughed. He also knew that as long as Wu Zheng was not willing to act, it would be no difficult to withdraw from Shaoxing City by relying on the cavalry.

....

In fact, both Wu Zheng and Zhang Guowei were wrong, and guessed Ke Yongsheng’s idea wrong.

The reason why Ke Yongsheng retreated was not because he was afraid of war. A long-time general like him, could not have the intention of surrendering to the Ming Dynasty.

His retreat was mainly due to suspicion that Jin Shenghuan did not send troops to reinforce Guali.

In other words, Ke Yongsheng retreated premeditatedly, retreated towards Lihai, and controlled the main force of the Qing army in Lihai, so as to gain the initiative to compete with the Ming army and restrict Jin Shenghuan.

Obviously, he had already forced Li Ruhai to retreat at this time, and achieved his goal, and also successfully took over the command of the Lihai Qing army.

His next battle idea after controlling the Lihai battle situation was to gain control of the Daoxue Granary, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Jin Shenghuan.

In other words, although Zhang Guowei and Wu Zheng were wrongly guessed the reason for Ke Yongsheng's withdrawal, they mistakenly mistakenly made Jin Shenghuan's next move. However, Wu Zheng still miscalculated Ke Yongsheng's determination to win the Daoxue Granary.

No wonder, the Qing army and the Lihai Ming army fought for two days, and although there were thousands of casualties, it only accounted for more than 10%, which was not as bad as the muscles and bones. In addition, the gathering of Ke Yongsheng and the 4 or 5,000 people mean that the Qing army was full of blood in an instant.

The food consumption of these more than 20,000 people a day is not a decimal. In addition, Lihai is a sea scattered, so the Ming army built a key pass, but there is no business except fishermen. Even if the Qing army wants to eat locally, it is impossible.

Then, it is not an exaggeration to describe the significance of the gains and losses of the Daoxu granary to the Qing army even if it is described as life and death.
Chapter completed!