Inside the headquarters of Xuzhou.

Dorgon lay on the couch, squinting his eyes slightly.

On the opposite side of the couch, Qi Chongge bowed and said, "Dorobelle Kaer Chuhun's 50,000 troops have been completed in Taizhou and can occupy Taixing at any time. 10,000 troops have arrived in Tongzhou and are on standby."

Ganglin bowed and said, "The 120,000 troops of Prince Nikan, who were in charge of the 100,000 troops of the county, have entered Jiangpu and Yizhen. The two places have raised more than 3,200 ships of all sizes and sizes, and can launch an attack on Jiangning and Zhenjiang Prefecture at any time."

Dorgon asked with a calm expression: "What are the abnormal movements of the Ming army on the other side?"

Ganglin said: "The news came from Yingtian Prefecture yesterday that Liao Zhongping led 15,000 people from the Jingwei Palace to Changzhou Prefecture. There was no abnormal movement in other Jingxu."

Dorgon asked again: "What are the abnormal movements of Wu Zheng on the other side?"

Qi Chongge replied: "Hangzhou Guards stationed in Jiangyin, and Jinshan Guards stationed in Yangshe Town... It seems that the prince's plan to lure the enemy was successful. With the mouth of Chen Zhiyuan, the Yixing Dynasty believed that our army's main target was Jingjiang."

Dorgon snorted softly: "Jingjiang was considered by Wu Zheng as a springboard to go north. His attention has always been on Jingjiang and Taixing. I just want him to know that in my eyes, Yingtian Mansion is the real place to fight for."

"The prince is wise!"

Dorgon was indeed wise. He not only misled Wu Zheng's judgment by using Shen Zhiyuan's mouth.

At the same time, three of the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing were mobilized. However, in order to be on the safe side and avoid the inability to test the situation in the capital, he also mobilized the surrendered troops around the capital to go south, thus gathering an army of 180,000.

This is also one of the main reasons why Chen Zhiyuan reinforced Ajige and Qian Qiaogong led his troops to Jiaodong to quell the rebellion.

Only by transferring all the uneasy troops out of the capital can Dor and the Qing court truly feel at ease and divide a part of the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing and join the battle.

....

May 30, early morning.

It will be brighter.

Wu Zheng has asked him no less than ten times, but there is news from the scout.

And this time, I finally believed it.

Chi Erhan hurried over, "Prince, there is news."

Wu Zheng was overjoyed, "What do you say?"

Chi Erhan said: "The scouts heading towards Shizhuang are back... There are not a large number of Qing troops there."

Wu Zheng was shocked. Is there such a thing?

"Is there any news from Jiang Quanyi?"

"Yes, it's still said that there were no Qing troops garrison along the river in Taixing."

Wu Zheng was frightened, and his hair stood upright in the back of his neck instantly.

No, the 180,000 Qing troops will be attacked in one day. Taixing and Shizhuang have no Qing troops?

"The news is not wrong, right?"

Chi Erhan said in a muffled voice: "Shi Xiaohu is outside, the prince can ask him by himself."

Wu Zheng said anxiously: "Call him in."

Shi Xiaohu, who was soaked all over, came in with a wounded left arm, "I've seen the general."

"Shi Xiaohu, tell me the situation quickly."

"Yes. I will lead twelve people from the riverside and head straight to Shizhuang." Shi Xiaohu said hatefully, "Shizhuang has no living people, and I can't find anyone to ask. I will take people to Huangqiao Town to the west. Because it's dark, I can only go to the town to ask the people for questions. From the people of Huangqiao Town, I learned that from the people of Huangqiao Town, there have been Qing troops stationed in Taizhou one after another, and the estimated number is 40,000 to 50,000."

"What's going on with the injury on your arm?"

"When I was going back from the town, I encountered a team of Qing army scouts, and a fight broke out. Brothers... stayed there to cover me." Shi Xiaohu choked.

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "They are heroes...you go down to cure your injuries first."

After Shi Xiaohu left, Wu Zheng asked, "Have the other team returned?"

Chi Erhan shook her head.

Wu Zheng turned around and stared at the map. There were 40,000 or 50,000 Qing troops in Taizhou. So, the Qing army wanted to attack Taixing, but it was wrong. The 180,000 Qing troops were going to cross the river to attack Jingjiang. Why didn’t even occupy a single unguarded Taixing?

So, is there still time to attack Jingjiang tomorrow?

This is definitely not right!

In addition, Taizhou, far away from the river bank, only 40,000 or 50,000 Qing troops. Where did the other Qing troops go?

Could it be... Tongzhou?

That's not right. Tongzhou is far east of Jingjiang, and it is impossible to attack Jingjiang in a short time.

Could it be that the Qing army's target was not Jingjiang, but Changshu, Changzhou?

This is possible. Changshu is close to Jiading and Wusong, and can attack the new city that Wusong is building, which can be regarded as avenging a single arrow. But the problem is that the Qing army crosses the river to attack. If the main attack is its own new city, it will be attacked by the Ming army on the west and south sides.

In order to avenge a single arrow, Dorgon would risk the Qing army across the river to attack Xincheng at the risk of being completely wiped out?

This is obviously illogical.

Wu Zhengen frowned, and the answer could only be answered when another team of scouts came back.

Until the afternoon, another team of scouts came back, but none of them were injured or killed.

But the information brought by Wu Zheng turned into two as big as two.

There were indeed Qing troops in Tongzhou, but at most no more than 10,000 people.

So, where are the Qing army with more than 100,000 left?

This forced Wu Zheng to begin to doubt the accuracy of Shen Zhiyuan's intelligence.

On the other hand, Wu Zheng ordered Jiangyin, Xiangshan and Yangshe to strengthen vigilance.

While summoning the generals under his command to discuss.

After roughly explaining the situation, Wu Zheng pointed to the other side and said, "The biggest question now is whether the Qing army has 180,000 troops, and whether their main target is Jingjiang. If not, what will it be? If so, will the rest of the troops delay the itinerary, or will there be no such many troops at all?"

Song An, who had just arrived, said: "I think the Qing army might have just a small amount of troops. In the past few battles, the Qing army lost troops and lost generals. According to the truth, it is not easy to gather 180,000 troops from the Qing government to today in just one month. I think 180,000 may be the number deliberately exaggerated by the Qing army."

The Lu Yuan shook his head and said, "No, as far as I know, the Qing court's troops of King Nikan, had already been in charge of the army before the New Year. He followed Haoge to fight against the southwest Zhang Xianzhong's troops. Although the number of troops was unknown, since it was a triumphant army, it was possible that the main force was still there. In addition, the Qing court had the Eight Banners stationed in Shuntian Prefecture, so it was possible to mobilize some of them."

Wu Zheng thought, "Can you think so? If the Qing army really wants to attack Jingjiang, then it cannot be 180,000, which means it is a false report. But if the Qing army's main target is not Jingjiang, then why should the army stationed in Taizhou and Tongzhou for 50,000 or 60,000 troops?"

After being guided by Wu Zheng, Song An suddenly became irresistible, "That is to restrain. If the Qing army was stationed in Taizhou, Tongzhou, and 50,000 troops were stationed in Tongzhou, then there would be more troops to attack other targets, and this target must be more important than Jingjiang."

Wu Zheng was shocked when he heard this. This made sense.

If Song An said that he would use 50,000 or 60,000 troops to restrain himself, then the Qing army's real main attack target direction would have more troops, and the 180,000 troops would not be false reports, but real.
Chapter completed!