Wu Zheng bent down to support the old man and asked casually, "I dare to ask my father-in-law, why didn't the old man who was talking to me before at the yamen? "

"The old patriarch... is gone."

"Leave?" Wu Zheng didn't understand for a moment and asked in surprise.

"The general doesn't know that after the royal army left the south of Taizhou City that day, the Qing army returned to Taizhou... Among the hundred people, there must be scum. I don't know who reported it. The Qing army learned that it was the old patriarch who led the people to welcome the king's army and summoned thousands of young and strong men for the king's army, so they took the old patriarch to question the old patriarch... Alas, the old patriarch is too stubborn, and the old man has advised him to go to Taixing long ago. The villagers also raised dozens of taels of silver and money for him, but he refused to leave... It was said that it was difficult to leave his hometown and he wanted to watch the king's army in Taizhou's northern expedition..."

A sudden feeling of inexplicable melancholy rose in Wu Zheng's heart.

He remembered that the old man had asked himself carefully, "Dare you ask the general, can I still see it on the day of the Northern Expedition of the King's Army?"

But I was silent and did not answer.

Why not answer? Even if you lie, you can comfort Mr. Du.

A kind lie may not hurt people.

But I did not give an old man the last comfort.

Are you too selfish?

I have always thought about fighting a sure battle and doing a sure thing, but when everything is sure, the people who long for the king's army to fight in the north will probably be gone.

What is more important than the support of a person?

At this time, who did not know the terrible war? Which prefecture has not been humiliated by the Tartars?

What the people need most now is confidence, hope, the confidence and hope to persevere!

Nothing is absolutely sure, and absolute certainty also comes from the support of the people who really want the royal army to fight the Northern Expedition.

If such a person dies, his greatest confidence is the fish without water.

Perhaps at this moment, Wu Zheng's thoughts began to truly reflect on his own, and he began to reflect on his strategies and everything he did in the past four years.

....

"Jinchuan Gate was broken?"

Dorgon, who had just arrived at Huai'an Prefecture along the Grand Canal, was surprised. He was restless in Xuzhou. The Ming army crossed the Yangtze River and attacked Yangzhou Prefecture. This put too much pressure on the Qing court. Moreover, it was not an ordinary Ming army, but the Northern Expedition Army of Wu Zheng. When he went to his Northern Expedition Army, he heard the word "Northern Expedition", Dorgon came up with an unknown fire.

Isn’t this intentionally disgusting people?!

Qi Chongge bowed and said, "The battle report I received is indeed like this. For some reason, the Ming army, which had originally resisted tenaciously, suddenly mutinyed at the end of Yin and early Mao at the beginning of Mao. Prince Jingjin Nikan seized the opportunity and ordered a siege at the time of Mao to fight."

Dorgon smiled strangely, "Nothing is surprising. The Southern Barbarians will always have such internal strife. If not, how could the Ming Dynasty perish?"

"The prince said yes."

"Nikanko has reported on his next move?"

Qi Chongge bowed and said, "Now nearly 8,000 people have suddenly entered Yingtian Prefecture from Jinchuan Gate. According to the report of Prince Jingjin, because there was no preparation in advance, there were not enough people outside Jinchuan Gate, so they could only send troops to the direction of Shence Gate to reinforce..."

"Why don't you mobilize troops in the direction of Zhongfumen near you?" Dorgon asked sternly.

"The Prince Jingjin means that from the eight thousand people who broke into Yingtian Prefecture attacked the west of Yifeng and Zhongfu Gate, and attacked our army inside and outside the second gate. As long as one of the two gates breaks through, you can lead the army to take the imperial city."

Dorgon's face calmed down, and this idea was indeed good. He nodded and said, "Nikan is still brainy! What is the situation of Karkhun's troops in the east?"

Qi Chong lowered his head and did not dare to answer for a moment.

"Speak!" Dorgon glared.

Ganglin from the side stepped forward and whispered: "The situation in Dorobel Karkhun's troops is a little... not good."

"How isn't it good?"

"According to the defeated soldiers, Dorobel Karkhun's troops were blocked by inexplicable fire and thunder at the stone bridge near Yunyan River to Guanan Town. At that time, nearly 10,000 people in the front of the army were defeated. Fortunately, Dorobel tried his best to collect the defeated soldiers afterwards, and the casualties were reduced by nearly 5,000."

Dorgon's face became more and more gloomy.

Ganglin coughed dryly, and his voice was even lower. "Then, Dorobel followed the prince's deployment and led his army to take Taixing directly, surrounded and expected to capture Taixing City. Unexpectedly, Wu Zheng led his Northern Expedition Army to arrive just in time... Dorobel's troops were defeated."

"Bang" A thin porcelain bowl was broken into pieces on the ground, and Dorgon's face was gloomy and dripped. "How many Ming troops are there in Taixing City? How many more people did Wu Zheng bring in reinforcements?"

"There are about seven or eight thousand Ming troops in Taixing City, and eight thousand reinforcements in Wu Zheng..."

Dorgon roared angrily: "There are 50,000 people under Karchuhun's troops. Even if he was ambushed and injured and killed 5,000 people, there would be 45,000 troops. In just half a day, even 45,000 pigs..."

Dorgon couldn't continue to scold him.

"The prince calmed down. According to the defeated soldiers, the eight thousand reinforcements brought by Wu Zheng were musketeers. Not only were the musketeers sharp, but there were also a kind of small cannon. Although the single door was not powerful, it was too many..."

“More? How much is more?”

"About three or four hundred doors."

Dorgon took a deep breath after hearing this. He knew the power of the cannon. Although he had never seen what the small cannon described in Qi Chongge's mouth looked like, Dorgon could still imagine the scene of hundreds of cannons firing at the same time.

"Where is the Karkhun tribe now?"

"...I don't know, according to the defeated soldiers..."

"Everything is told by the defeated soldiers. Where are the scouts? Are they all dead?" Dorgon gasped for a few breaths of anger, "continue."

"Yes. The defeated soldiers said...Dorobelle led his troops to move eastward."

"Towards the east?" Dorgon looked through the map in surprise, "If he doesn't go west to Jiangdu and meet our army, what should he do to the east?... Tongzhou?"

Qi Chongge really doesn't want to say it, but he knows it can't be hidden, "Prince, our army in Tongzhou has 10,000... been wiped out."

Dorgon's head buzzed, his eyes turned black, and a mouthful of blood burst out, and he fell on the couch in dejectedly.

"Prince...Prince..."

"Come on...sent to the military doctor!"

After a time of incense, Dorgon woke up Youyouyou. As soon as he woke up, he said anxiously: "Send scouts immediately... and send a few more teams to find Karkhun... and ask him to go out to sea immediately, go north from the sea to Xiali Port (east of Miaowan Town, Yangzhou) and land, and transfer to join me."

"yes."

"Immediately send an order to Nikan, and he will do everything he can to invade Yingtian Prefecture Imperial City as soon as possible. Even if he cannot capture it for a short time, he will still surround the Yixingchao Imperial City... At the same time, he will send a letter to the court, asking Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and others to form an envoy to go south and prepare for... arbitrage and peace...!"

Speaking of this, another mouthful of blood burst out, and Dorgon hissed: "I hate... I hate this body... I'm not good at it..."
Chapter completed!