Not many Qing soldiers who were siegeing the city were actually killed by bombing, hundreds of people reached the top, but countless people were killed and injured.

But there are also many living under the city walls, at least three thousand people.

When they suddenly saw the city gate open and the cavalry surged out, and the number of people was unknown, they had to retreat.

No one will look back at this kind of escape.

So, rows of people were knocked to the ground by the volley of musketeers.

So when infantry advance a mile, they step on the human body and move forward.

Nikan reacted very quickly. The moment he rushed out of the cavalry, he wanted to roar "Wu Zheng's Northern Expedition Army" and immediately changed it to two words "quick retreat".

It’s not that Nikan is not brave, but that he is self-aware that Prince Yu Duodor is in the hands of Wu Zheng. He can fight Wu Zheng with an army of less than 5,000 people at present? The only thing he wants to do at this time is to quickly meet with the Qing army of Yifeng and Zhongfu, gather forces to fight against Wu Zheng.

Nikan almost stopped and led his troops to flee westward.

It was precisely because Nikan saw the opportunity that he had to escape from Li Haiwei's active attack.

After the war, Chen Sheng sighed, "I have seen someone who escaped quickly, but I have never seen someone who escaped so quickly. Today is a witness."

No one present objected to this sentence.

Even the cavalry can't catch up, you can imagine how fast it will take to escape?

This sentence is naturally derogatory, because Nikan's escape left all the siege troops, including his "real gold and silver" inlaid with red flags.

The victory of the Jinchuan Gate counterattack indicates that the battle in Yingtian Mansion has transformed from strategic defense to strategic counterattack.

After brief discussion with Xia Wanchun, who arrived after hearing the news, he assembled a mixed army of Lihaiwei, Jianyangwei and Jingwei, with a total of 20,000 people, and launched an assault to the northward direction of Zhongfumen.

On the fifth day of June, the Qing army outside Zhongfumen was defeated. Nikan left more than 3,000 corpses and led his troops to "turn" north again.

On the sixth day of the sixth month, Wu Zheng led 4,000 musketeers to block the attack of more than 20,000 Kaerchuhun in Taizhou City.

In the afternoon, Chi Erhan's tribe in the northeast direction, Jiang Quanyi's tribe in the east, and the territory of the southeast Shandong tribe in the southeast, surrounded on three sides.

By the evening, more than 20,000 people from Kaerchuhun's troops were defeated. Except for the Eight Banners Army that were fighting stubbornly, all the Qingming Army surrendered, capturing more than 13,000 people.

More than 2,000 Eight Banners Army were annihilated, and Karkhun was captured alive.

As a result, the Qing army that was established in Yangzhou Prefecture no longer existed, and the gate of Huai'an Prefecture to the north was opened to the Northern Expedition Army.

Wu Zheng was in a dilemma. Should he continue to expand the results of the battle, or to stop when he sees it is better and consolidate the fruits of victory.

The advantage of continuing to expand the results of the war is that if more land is occupied, one will decrease and the other will increase, the Qing court will naturally have fewer areas. But the disadvantage is that once Huai'an Prefecture is captured, this long territory will face the threat of several Qing troops, and it is particularly difficult to replenish supplies. This supply is not food and grass, but firearms.

Wu Zheng knew very well that hot weapons were used as supplies, unlike cold weapons. They could always find food to fill their stomachs wherever they were shot.

But hot weapons are different. Without ammunition, they lose their combat effectiveness.

In addition, the output of the military workshop is far from reaching the point where it can use firearms without any scruples.

Therefore, Wu Zheng is very difficult to decide.

After a night of weighing, Wu Zheng chose to consolidate Yangzhou Prefecture, with Chi Erhan's troops recovering Xinghua in the north, Jiang Quanyi's troops recovering Huailou Town in the northwest, and Lu's territory regaining Jiangdu in Yangzhou Prefecture.

At the same time, Wu Zheng and Song An led their troops south, boarded a ship from Guanan Town and advanced west along the Jiangxi to reinforce Yingtian Prefecture.

Wu Zheng's decision was correct. The Northern Expedition Army was not prepared for the Northern Expedition. At this time, the army in Jiangbei had only more than 20,000 people in total. If the battlefield was expanded, the troops would be short of strength. Consolidating a mansion was far better than capturing several mansions, and facing the crazy counterattack of the Qing army.

But at this time, Wu Zheng didn't know that Dorgon missed a chance to meet Dorgon in Huai'an Prefecture at this time and acted as a winner.

....

Dorgon would rather not wake up.

Every time he wakes up, he hears "bad news".

He felt unscrupulous than ever before.

To be fair.

Dorgon's layout this time can be praised.

The biggest highlight is Dorgon's grasp of human nature.

He deliberately arranged for Yue Le to leak his offensive target "Jingjiang" to Chen Zhiyuan.

It was passed on to Wu Zheng from Shen Zhiyuan's mouth.

In this way, Wu Zheng will definitely believe it.

As a result, the troops in Yingtian Prefecture will move eastward, and the Northern Expedition Army will also concentrate on Jiangyin.

After the Qing army in the east and west were deployed, Wu Zhenghui suddenly realized something was wrong and suspected that Chen Zhiyuan's intelligence was incorrect.

At this time, the news that Jiangpu arranged heavy troops to the Qing army would definitely make both Yixingchao and Wu Zheng find it tricked. It is speculated that the main target of the Qing army was Yingtian Prefecture. In this way, temporary defense adjustments before the war would cause chaos in the Ming army and thus reduce the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

At the same time, after Wu Zheng completely believed in his judgment, he would definitely lead his army to help the West. No matter who chooses among Jingjiang and the capital, he will choose to protect the capital.

But in fact, Dorgon's real goal is Jingjiang and Taixing.

As long as the main force of the Northern Expedition Army was transferred to the west, Karkhun's 50,000 troops in Taizhou and 10,000 troops in Tongzhou were enough to conquer Taixing, Jingjiang, and even Jiangyin.

This is called being virtual and real, being real and empty.

On the other hand, the more fierce the Qing army attacked against Tianfu, the more Wu Zhengyue could believe his judgment. In this way, when the main force of the Northern Expedition Army reinforced Yingtianfu and the two sides reached a stalemate, there would be room for bargaining during negotiations.

Third, it made Wu Zheng doubt Chen Zhiyuan's loyalty. Once people's hearts become suspicious, the gap between young will become a gap. This will be more conducive to controlling Chen Zhiyuan and becoming a chess piece in his hand. This is Dorgon's move to grab a rabbit and fight a rabbit.

Dorgon's plan can be said to be a kill of three birds with one stone, but he is very smart.

Unfortunately, his body is not strong.

In fact, if Dorgon personally commanded this war, perhaps the situation would not be as passive as it is now.

No matter how good the strategy is, if there is no good executor, good chess plays into a bad game.

Of course, Dorgon's strategy also lacks.

He grasped the human nature of most people in Chen Zhiyuan, Qian Qiaogong, and even Yixingchao, but he ignored Wu Zheng's human nature.

Wu Zheng is a person who subconsciously likes to take risks, and even the generals around him become like this.

For example, Chi Erhan, Jiang Quanyi, etc.

The key is that the three words guerrilla warfare were deeply engraved in Wu Zheng's mind.

When the enemy is numerous and we are few, you will hit yours, I will save you when you attack the enemy... and so on, etc., are perfectly explained in this war.

Wu Zheng also made mistakes, just like the chaos in Yingtian Prefecture.

This is what Wu Zheng was thinking inappropriately. As a head coach, he should be within the scope of consideration of the enemy's careful defense.
Chapter completed!