Wu Zheng was not trying blindly. His combat strategy was to try hot weapons first. If not, then he could only make up his mind and let the five thousand cavalry finish the attack.

But this Qing cavalry must be annihilated, which is what Wu Zheng is determined to accomplish today.

Wu Zheng was unsure of letting Xia Wanchun lure the enemy along the way, and he hoped to weaken the invading Qing cavalry and increase the calculation, so he had to do it.

At this time, Wu Zheng's heart was hanging. He understood that if Zhenjiang City was not recovered today, there would be no such good opportunity today for a long time in the future.

Once the Qing court mobilized heavy troops to settle in and wanted to attack Zhenjiang City, it would be a protracted war of attrition.

Qingtai Chao has a weak foundation and cannot afford it.

Zhenjiang City will thus become a thorn in the heart of the Qing army that penetrated deep into the Qingtai Dynasty, and will torture the hearts of the Ming people day and night.

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It is a taboo for military strategists to change their commandments at the time of the battle.

But for Dorgon, he did not regard the Qingtai Dynasty as an equal, and he did not care at all.

This is true. The total strength of the entire Qingtai Dynasty is only 60,000, and 100,000 Qing troops have gathered along the Yangtze River.

The army is different from the army. The Qing army was a veteran who fought from outside the pass to inside the pass, while the Ming army was a "mob".

Therefore, in Dorgon's view, the Ming army broke through Jiangfang and occupied Yizhen, which was just an occasional event, not representative or replicable.

Wu Sangui and Li Guohan are also long-standing generals. With absolute superior forces, they encircled and annihilated a Ming army of 20,000 people. Isn’t that a piece of cake?

As long as the Qing army was mobilized to encircle, the Ming army in Yizhen would either withdraw or be completely wiped out.

Wu Sangui, who was "received in danger", knew that he was a so-called man.

In fact, Wu Sangui's experience of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty was not as legendary for a woman.

Wu Sangui was also ambitious at that time. After Li Zicheng occupied Shuntian Prefecture and ascended the throne, Li Zicheng surrendered Wu Sangui several times, and Wu Sangui was also moved.

But it was not only Chen Yuanyuan who was taken hostage by Li Zicheng, but also relatives of the Wu family. Therefore, Wu Sangui was a little biased at that time. How could such a hero care about a woman? No matter how beautiful a woman is, he would not be able to exchange his country for each other.

In fact, Wu Sangui was in a very unbearable situation at that time. His troops were defeated by Li Zicheng internally and he was unable to stop Dorgon externally.

In this case, it is definitely not possible to fight on both sides, so Wu Sangui must choose one side.

But Wu Sangui had ambitions and he was unwilling to be the one who was the other, so he thought of a plan to drive a tiger and swallow a wolf, which was to use Dorgon, the tiger to swallow Li Zicheng, the wolf.

But his abacus is not as good as Dorgon. As the saying goes, if you want people to make money, people want your capital.

While Dorgon was in vain and imprisoned, he ordered a forcibly marched and arrived at Shanhaiguan within one night.

At this time, Wu Sangui was still perfunctory with Li Zicheng Sanhe County who led his army to come.

As soon as the Qing army arrived, Li Zicheng finally realized that he had been trapped by Wu Sangui, so he led his army to attack fiercely.

Wu Sangui couldn't beat him, and it was related to life and death, so he could only ask Dorgon for help.

OK, Dorgon was just right, and this led to the battle between Wu Sangui and Dorgon defeating Li Zicheng in a rock.

After fighting this battle, just like when the yellow mud fell into the crotch, it was either shit or shit.

Under Dorgon's forced force, Wu Sangui could only change his flag and change his banner, turn his rudder, call Emperor Chongzhen the "old master", and repeatedly confessed to his "Ya Zhong New Dynasty".

Of course, the Qing court did not treat Wu Sangui badly on his face, and soon he appointed Wu Sangui as King of Pingxi.

However, Wu Sangui was different from other demoted officials. He also had an army that he was commanded independently. At the beginning of his surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he still maintained contact with the forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

When King Fu of Yingtian Prefecture ascended the throne, Wu Sangui even sent someone to send a private message to "I can't bear to add one arrow to the other."

Therefore, the Qing court showed favor with him, and had doubts about him, so he did not grant him power.

In addition to strictly preventing him, he only used his hatred for Li Zicheng to lead his troops to attack Li Zicheng.

After Li Zicheng's main force was pacified, the Qing court also killed the donkey.

Wu Sangui was immediately transferred back from the front by the Qing court and left Jinzhou.

At that time, Jinzhou needed Wu Sangui to guard it?

It was just to place Wu Sangui's troops in the heart of the Qing army and take strict supervision.

The scheming and concise Wu Sangui naturally understood this arrangement of the Qing court.

From then on, he no longer mentioned "revenge of the king and father", but settled down and became a minister of the Qing court.

So, this time Dorgon asked him to go to Jiangbei to make soy sauce. Wu Sangui knew that this was Dorgon testing his loyalty to the court. Otherwise, Li Guohan would have to "assist" him by the remnants of the Southern Ming Dynasty?

Although Wu Sangui was just as resentful to the Qing court, he knew that this was a good opportunity to gain the trust of the Qing court. Only by seizing this opportunity can he be able to escape from the surveillance of the Qing court and have the opportunity to plan for the future.

Therefore, Wu Sangui decided to use his own tricks to wipe out the Yi Zhenming Army.

As soon as he arrived in Yangzhou, Wu Sangui immediately mobilized various Qing troops and Xiang Yizhen surrounded him.

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Wu Zheng was right. The Qing cavalry who went south from Zhenjiang City to recover Danyang was indeed about 5,000.

Xia Wanchun, as Wu Zheng told him, luring the enemy with three thousand people.

But at this time, Wu Zheng made a wrong judgment, and the Qing army ignored Xia Wanchun's Ming army.

After just sending a side commander to drive him away, he went south directly.

Xia Wanchun was far away from Danyang at this time. Although he was determined to send a message to Wu Zheng, he knew that the Qing cavalry was very fast. He was afraid that when his messenger arrived in Danyang, Wu Zheng had already taken over the enemy.

So, with a bite, he met the ambushing army and resolutely headed north towards Dantu.

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Wu Zheng naturally sent scouts to come out.

The Qing cavalry actually went south, which made Wu Zheng's already-suspended heart raise another inch.

But now that things have come to this, what else can I do? Let’s fight!

But the tactics have been modified.

The fortifications had been constructed, but the musketeers who came out were quickly withdrawn to Danyang City.

The cavalry on both wings also retreated accordingly and were deployed to hide outside the east and west city gates.

In other words, the field battle will definitely not be able to fight, so let’s fight an offensive and defensive battle.

But offensive and defensive wars will definitely not wipe out the Qing cavalry.

Only by holding onto the city wall and then sending cavalry to attack from both wings can the goal be achieved.

The premise is that the front must be able to withstand the enemy cavalry and severely damage it. Otherwise, if you still return to the old path of field battle, you need the cavalry and cavalry to resist.

Not to mention, after the reenactment, the morale of the foreign musketeers who were so powerful was high.

In their opinion, how could a thin and short oriental man stand in the hot projectile?
Chapter completed!