Xia Wanchun was somewhat persuaded, although he was puzzled, he resolutely chose to believe Wu Zheng.

He was never afraid to fight, but he didn't want to make senseless sacrifices, so he asked Wu Zheng.

"In that case, I have no opinion, and I am willing to obey the order of the Marshal of Zhenguo. It's just that....... ”

"Just what?"

"If it's just to lure the enemy, why don't you just wait for work in Danyang, so that our department can also strengthen Danyang's defense."

Wu Zheng nodded and said: "What you asked is the key point, my intention is two, one is that if the Qing cavalry really has 5,000, I am not sure to completely annihilate them, the battlefield is changing in an instant, a little careless, it will lead to annihilation, let you lure the enemy, just want to promote the Qing army to divide the army, so that I have more certainty, the enemy will be annihilated in the future." In addition, Danyang City is small, and if you squeeze out of the city, it will not only fail to strengthen the defense, but also affect the security of the city. ”

Xia Wanchun's face turned red, his Jianyang Wei was a mixture of rebels from all over the country, and he was more than brave, and the military discipline was indeed not good.

Wu Zheng is not wrong, in the small Danyang City, accommodating these 10,000 people may be another "disaster".

"You lead 3,000 men to lure the enemy, and the rest of the troops march to the northeast overnight today, and choose a suitable place to ambush, so that even if your troops are pursued by the Qing army, there will be no danger."

Xia Wanchun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he seemed to have some understanding of Wu Zheng's intentions, but he was still a little unclear.

Second, the Qing army was rushing for time, and they hoped to recapture Danyang before the Ming army reinforcements arrived. And I am also rushing for time, you and I are both waiting for the arrival of the Qing army in Danyang, one is very passive, and the other is delaying the recovery of Zhenjiang City. After your troops turn east to get rid of or defeat the Qing army that pursues you, quickly turn around and go north, and the goal is here. ”

Wu Zheng pointed to the map and pointed a little at it, Xia Wanchun leaned in to take a look, and exclaimed, "Dantu? ”

"Yes. After the occupation, hold on! ”

"But if all of our troops are occupied and held by Dantu, it will be at least a hundred miles away from Zhenjiang City. How can you attack Zhenjiang with thousands of cavalry? ”

Wu Zheng smiled, "The total Qing army in Zhenjiang Mansion is only more than 20,000 people, and the 5,000 Qing army in Danyang has been annihilated by you and me today, if the Qing cavalry that came to attack Danyang is annihilated, there will be more than 10,000 people in Zhenjiang City at most." Although we only have 5,000 cavalry, you should see that we still have more than 3,000 infantry. ”

Xia Wanchun was surprised, he saw this strangely dressed infantry, but he didn't see any surprising combat power, to put it mildly, more than 3,000 infantry, for a fortified city with enough defenders, that is, the number of losses after a day of siege, or even half a day.

Wu Zheng looked at Xia Wanchun's expression and laughed, "My intention is to recover Zhenjiang City within two days before the Qing army in Jiangbei reinforces Zhenjiang." The pressure on your department is actually greater than mine, and 10,000 people in Dantu may face a desperate blow from the Qing army in Jiangbei. ”

Xia Wanchun really understood Wu Zheng's intentions at this time.

Wu Zheng wanted to use his own Jianyang Guard, and set up an ambush in the north overnight, because Jiangxin Island was under the control of the Qing army, and they could land at any time to reinforce Zhenjiang City, and his task was to block the reinforcement of the Jiangbei Qing army to the Zhenjiang Qing army, and luring the enemy was just a small episode on the way north.

But Xia Wanchun was really a little stunned, what did Wu Zheng have to rely on, dare to use 5,000 cavalry and more than 3,000 infantry to say that before the arrival of reinforcements from the Qing army in Jiangbei, he would capture Zhenjiang City in two days?

He felt that Wu Zheng was too bold.

Xia Wanchun opened his mouth to persuade him, but was stopped by Wu Zheng raising his hand.

"Three years of detention of tourists, today and the southern crown. Infinite rivers and mountains tears, who says that the world is wide? It is known that the spring road is near, and it is difficult to say goodbye to his hometown. On the day of the return of perseverance, the spirit flag looks in the sky. Wu Zheng said, "I read your masterpiece." But I think it's too sad, at least for now, the land of the ten provinces south of Yingtianfu is in my hands. Although the great cause has not been accomplished, there is still hope, and I hope that next time I can read your surging quatrain to celebrate the battle of recovering Zhenjiang. ”

Xia Wanchun was a little excited, "Since you are determined to fight to the death, Wanchun dares to be cowardly?" I am willing to follow the Zhenguo Gong and the Tartars to fight to the death, a corner of the Dan disciples, but as long as there is a breath of air, never let a Qing army go west. ”

Wu Zheng arched his hand solemnly and said, "Please!" ”

Xia Wanchun had tears in his eyes, knelt down on one knee, and responded: "Take care!" ”

……。

Yes, Wu Zheng has musketeers.

But only 500 retired foreign soldiers, 3,000 recruits within a few days, only learned to shoot.

The artillery brought only sixteen guns, which were too heavy and inconvenient to transport.

At this time, the artillery is not explosive, that is to say, after the shot, only rely on the kinetic energy of the gunpowder explosion, it needs to be hit, and the shotgun is actually a piece of broken stone, broken iron, and then fired with gunpowder, the lethality is great, but the range is only 500 steps, although it is better than the bow and crossbow, but this distance for the high-speed cavalry, it is only one shot.

Of course, flowering bullets can effectively kill cavalry, but flowering bullets are quite troublesome and expensive to make, and a flowering bullet costs nearly twenty taels of silver.

The flowering bomb needs to make a round iron shell first, which is basically two semi-circular iron shells by hand, and then fill it with gunpowder and broken iron, and then tamp it down, and then draw a fuse from the upper end of the iron shell to detonate it.

In other words, when the flowering shell is loaded into the muzzle, it needs to be ignited first.

The length of the lead determines the time of the explosion, which is an absolute technical job.

Therefore, ten artillery pieces could not control this battle of annihilation of the Qing cavalry.

But this battle must be fought, and the presence of the Qing cavalry is enough to determine the success or failure of the battle to recover Zhenjiang City.

Just imagine, in the case that the strength is not enough to completely suppress Zhenjiang City, once this cavalry protrudes from the city, it is enough to defeat the besieging Ming army in any direction, how can this battle be fought?

There are 5,000 cavalry under Wu Zheng's command, but Wu Zheng is in his heart, he doesn't want this cavalry to be hard to shake with the Qing cavalry, there are no horses in the south, and if one horse is lost, one less horse, nearly 1,000 horsemen in Fuzhou were killed, although it was Wu Zheng's hatred in his heart, in order to lure Li Chengdong to be killed, but it was still the pain in Wu Zheng's heart.

Wu Zheng was not sure that this cavalry, which had been formed for two years, would be the opponent of the Eight Banners Cavalry.

Therefore, Wu Zheng hoped to fight this war of annihilation with the help of muskets and artillery, but the power, range and accuracy of muskets and artillery at this time were not the same as those of later generations, and the ingredients and raw materials of firing charges and explosives were different.

Wu Zheng also wanted to try to see if the early hot weapons could really contain the cavalry.

didn't tell Xia Wanchun about this, because he didn't want Xia Wanchun to worry, and he had jealousy and worries in his heart, and for a general who was about to face a large number of Qing troops alone, the consequences were very serious.