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When receiving Liao Zhongping's memorial, Zhu Cixuan made an extremely correct decision.

He ignored the opposition of the ministers and transferred five thousand imperial guards out of the imperial city. According to Liao Zhongping's strategy, he went west through Xuanjin Bridge, and went into Xianghe, and launched a side attack on the Qing army in the direction of Jilong Mountain.

This move was not only to reinforce the Ming army in the direction of Jilong Mountain, but also to nail a nail between Tan Tai and Jiergalang's troops, breaking the straight line connection between the two. In other words, if Tan Tai and Jiergalang want to contact, they have to circle around the north, which will take half a day.

Zhu Cixuan's decision did relieve the pressure on Liao Zhongping and also bought time for the final victory.

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In the capital, the monarch and ministers, the people were looking forward to the arrival of the reinforcements of Duke Zhenguo Wu Zheng.

What is Wu Zheng doing?

Wu Zheng personally led the musket camp and the Hangzhou Guards, with the support of the artillery fire of Zhoushan Navy, to plow the caves with the force of plowing the ground, to plow the 3,900 Qing army guards in Jingjiang and occupy Jingjiang.

Just when Jiergalang felt something was wrong in his heart, the Jinshan Guard, who had set out from the Dantu, had already arrived at the periphery of Longtan and immediately launched an attack on the Qing army stationed in Longtan.

Longtan is a small town, but under Wang Zhiren's management, it has become a key pass, originally to trap the Qing army.

But Wang Zhiren was seriously injured, and the navy came out all out, which gave the Qing army an excellent opportunity to easily occupy this important pass.

At this time, Jinshanwei was caught in a hard battle, which was a pity for God.

Wu Zheng originally wanted to join forces with the Navy of Wang Zhiren and Zhoushan Navy of Zhou.

When it was really unstoppable, a gap was made in the waters of Yingtian Prefecture, allowing some Qing troops to break in, and use the solid defense of Yingtian Prefecture to consume the Qing army that broke in.

In this way, with Zhenjiang Prefecture as a base, combined with the defenders, Jinshan and Hangzhou guards, even if the Zhenjiang waters were broken through, they could also resist the Qing army's siege.

This is not Wu Zheng's fear of fighting, and he does not want to be in line with the Qing army in a dignified manner.

It is really not enough to do so. Whether it is the court or the general's mansion, it is already difficult to support the 70,000 army with only the financial resources of the ten palaces. In addition, the war that has almost never stopped has been exhausted, and the foundation is urgently needed to be cultivated and rested.

Wu Zheng killed Duoduo, because he really wanted to drag the Qing court into such a financial dilemma, but he was definitely not trying to fight the Qing court right now.

But Wang Zhiren's sudden serious injury forced Wu Zheng to change his original combat ideas.

As Wu Zheng expected, Yingtian Prefecture could block the Qing army for one or two months. This time was enough to allow himself to calmly attack Jingjiang and then attack Taixing. In this way, a pattern of how you attack you and I attack me.

The Qing army could not capture Yingtian Prefecture, but Wu Zheng could capture Jingjiang and Taixing. In this way, the Qing court would be afraid that Wu Zheng would lead his troops north and go straight to his heart. If Wu Zheng really followed Wu Zheng's idea, this matter was really possible. If there was a shortage of food and salary, Wu Zheng could rob the rich and help the poor along the way. Wu Zheng could do this without any psychological barriers.

Therefore, according to Wu Zheng's idea, it is best to fight the Qing court to take the initiative to retreat. The ideal state is to occupy a prefecture in Jiangbei and serve as a springboard for the future Northern Expedition.

But man's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. The battle situation changes rapidly. Who knows that such a strong city and Yingtian Mansion, which is not much less powerful than the Qing army, was captured by the Qing army in less than four days.

If Wu Zheng could think of this, he would not have any ideas, so he would have sent Jinshanwei to reinforce the capital. After all, once the capital is lost, the morale of the entire Jiangnan people will decline, and the great situation that has finally happened will be gone. Wu Zheng could not afford such losses.

But there is no ifs in the world, and there is no medicine for regret.

When Wu Zheng learned that the capital was in danger, Hangzhou Guard had set out from Jingjiang to land on the other side and marched towards Taixing.

The so-called arrow is on the string and has to be fired. Even if the troops retreat, they may not be able to save the capital. Wu Zheng could only go all the way to the dark.

Just praying in my heart that Wu Yi's attack on Longtan will be smooth, and that by sieging Wei to save Zhao may he force Jiergalang to return to Longtan. This may reduce Liao Zhongping's pressure.

Wu Zheng ordered the acceleration of the march towards Taixing, which was to accelerate, not marching in a hurry. This was to organize an attack immediately when arriving in Taixing.

In the early morning of the next day, that is, Jirgalang planned to retreat but was rejected by Tan Tai, Hangzhou Wei launched an attack on Taixing.

Taixing was a small county, which was established in the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and was under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture.

The Qing court originally had no troops stationed in Taixing, and only 3,600 troops stationed in Taizhou.

Because the Wu Zheng restored the ten southeastern prefectures of the Yangtze River, the Qing court stationed 1,800 defenders in Taixing.

But at this time, the news of Jingjiang being captured had reached Taizhou. The 3,600 Qing troops there had arrived before the Hangzhou Guards arrived in Taixing. After the two troops met, there were 5,400 people, which made Wu Zheng unable to quickly capture Taixing. After a fierce battle for a day, Wu Zheng did not attack overnight, but ordered the soldiers to rest that night and wait for the rear army to arrive.

I plan to launch a strong attack at dawn.

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Two days is enough to spread the battlefield changes to the Yellow River.

When Dorgon heard about the military newspaper, he already felt that the situation of the war was not changing well.

His judgment was almost the same as Jirgalang, and the Qing army that invaded Yingtian Prefecture should immediately retreat from Yingtian Prefecture.

Because Longtan is absolutely unable to defend, Jinshan Guard is twice that of the Qing army's defenders. Although Longtan is a key pass, it is only a key pass.

If there is no civilian to assist in defense, the Qing army will have less than one death.

In addition, the Qing army had just captured Longtan, and the surrounding area was surrounded by the Ming army's territory, and there was no place to borrow power.

It would be fine to fight a battle with the wind, but if these surrendered Qingming Army fight a desperate battle with the Jinshan Guards, it is likely to cause a mutiny.

In this way, the Qing army that invaded Yingtian Prefecture was separated and lost its way out.

It would be fine if Yingtian Prefecture was captured, but the defense of Yingtian Prefecture's city walls could be based on the storage of grain in Yingtian Prefecture and the storage of grain from millions of people would be enough to ensure the needs of more than 20,000 Qing troops.

But if you fall into a stalemate, it will be a state of endless disaster.

The 10,000 Eight Banners Army was absolutely incapable of losses, and even Dorgon could not bear the result of the annihilation of the 10,000 Eight Banners Army in Jiangnan.

Dorgon immediately wrote a letter to send a order to retreat.

At the same time, the change in the war situation was urgently reported to the court, suggesting that as long as the Yixing Dynasty returned the body of Prince Yu Duoduo, the war could be ended decently and then the peace talks were held.

Afterwards, Dorgon began to organize the forefront to cross the river.

At this time, no matter how cautious Dorgon was, he could only take a risk.

Because once Taixing was captured by Wu Zheng, there would be no Qing army south of the Yellow River that could resist Wu Zheng going north.

This will make the situation out of control, and the Qing court may lose the entire land south of the Yellow River.
Chapter completed!