How to amplify the enemy's strength and combat power?

It's very simple, let the Northern Expeditionary Army land on the north bank and trigger the rout of the entire defense line on the north bank, as long as there are more defeated people, then Chen Jin is like a grain of sand, drowned in countless defeated generals, and the sin is not worth mentioning.

Even if he is still held accountable in the end, he can still protect his family from being implicated, and the law does not hold the public accountable.

Such a ridiculous idea made Chen Jin make the decision to retreat.

This idea seems absurd, but in fact, from ancient times to the present, there have been more from time to time, especially in the last years of the dynasty.

There were at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and when the Japanese invaded in later generations, there were also such people.

Their original intention was not to betray the country, but at that time, they didn't think about the consequences at all, and they thought about the four words that the law would not blame the public.

But the sudden retreat of the Qing army on the north bank really shocked all the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Wu Zheng even wondered if the enemy had learned to be obedient and wanted to lure the enemy deep into his own way, and use his own way to govern others?

Wu Zheng hesitated for at least a pillar of incense, but none of the generals urged Wu Zheng to order the pursuit.

In fact, everyone is wondering if this is a trap.

More generals, still thinking in their hearts that they would accept it when they see it, today's results have been great, with thousands of casualties, tens of thousands of banner troops have been killed, such a record is enough to be brave in history.

After the enemy suffered such a heavy loss, it has lost the strength to continue the attack on the south bank in the short term, and as long as our army sticks to Huai'an and waits for reinforcements to arrive, it will be a victory.

No one wants to take the risk to expand the results of the battle, and Wu Zheng's hesitation is actually in line with the wishes of the generals.

But at least two people have different ideas, Jiang Quanyi and Song An.

The two also thought and reacted differently.

Song An was due to his temperament, and he was keenly aware that the enemy on the other side might really retreat, but he never took the initiative to change his young master's decision, he thought that what he had to do was to faithfully carry out his young master's orders, so he thought about it, but didn't say it, and waited for Wu Zheng to decide for himself.

But Jiang Quanyi is different, he has always been used to "domineering", and even dared to resist Wu Zheng's orders, if he hadn't insisted on going north that day, how could he have the current difficulties?

If Taizhou Wei adheres to Xinghua according to Wu Zheng's order, and forms a line with the Fang Guo'an Department of Gaoyou Prefecture and the Lu Zhiyu Department in the east, it is enough to be each other's horns, even if there are really tens of thousands of cavalry from Fengyang Mansion to break into Yangzhou Mansion, with the three forces of Jiang Quanyi, Fang Guoan, and Lu Zhiyu, even if they are unable to drive out the enemy cavalry, it is still more than enough to hold on to the three cities for self-protection.

It was precisely because Jiang Quanyi disobeyed his order to advance that the battle line was lengthened and the defensive force behind him was empty, so he was cut off by the enemy cavalry, causing the dilemma of more than 20 days.

Of course, the setback of Lu Zhiyu's attack on Yancheng is also one of the reasons, if Yancheng is successfully occupied, then even if the back road is cut off, there is a way out of Tongzhou, and it will not be surrounded on all sides.

Although Wu Zheng went to Huai'an Mansion and did not punish him for this, Jiang Quanyi always hoped that he would have a vigorous victory and redeem his guilt with merit.

It was also this kind of mentality to ask Ying to defend Qingjiangpu for five days before, but in fact, he did hold it for five days, and did not let a single Tartar cross his defense area, even if he paid thousands of lives for Taizhou Wei.

But Jiang Quanyi felt that it was "not enjoyable", he thought that it was not enough to break his crime of resisting the order to go north, so for him, every tiny fighter plane would be infinitely magnified by him.

Unlike Song An, Jiang Quanyi didn't really realize that the enemy was really retreating.

As far as Jiang Quanyi is concerned, the only thing he wants to do is to fight if he can fight, and if he can't fight, he must fight.

The enemy's retreat gave him the best reason to attack.

"Lord Wang...... You said that the offensive is the best defense, recovering the Qinghe, deterring Suqian in the west, shaking Andong in the east, attacking and retreating, and setting up a springboard for the Northern Expedition after the arrival of reinforcements from the First Army...... Don't miss it! ”

Many times, it is the spur of the moment that changes the tide of battle.

In fact, none of the major victories came from pre-war planning.

The advance of the war is all in the battles, and gradually gather into armpits.

To say that the war was won over the temple before it began, that is a myth, and it is not believable.

The real war often consists in accumulating every battle.

Wu Zheng was moved, and the significance of crossing the Yellow River was no less than crossing the Qiantang River five years ago, and even less than crossing the Yangtze River three years ago.

Drinking the Yellow River, the real door of the Northern Expedition was opened.

Can Wu Zheng not be tempted?

Of course not!

Jiang Quanyi was right, recovering the Qing River, advancing and retreating can be defended, even if the enemy's reinforcements are pouring in, it's a big deal, crossing the river and returning to Huai'an, which is at least a deterrent to the Qing court, and at the same time expands the space for the defense of Huai'an City.

Looking at Wu Zheng's expression, unlike other generals, Song An, fell into the real hammer.

"Young Master...... The Qing army may really be retreating. ”

These words made Wu Zheng, who was hesitating how to persuade the generals to fight back, was very happy in his heart, and he was really small, and he understood his meaning before he could express his position.

Dare to be affectionate, Wu Zheng also thinks that Song An said this sentence to praise and boost.

"Oh...... Tell me why the Qing army withdrew because it still had enough troops on the north bank? ”

Song An pointed to the corpses floating on the surface of the river and said calmly, "For a whole day, the enemy rescued the second wave of invading enemies with the force of moths to the fire, so that they fell more and more, and finally the north bank collapsed without a fight. ”

Wu Zheng was surprised: "You mean that Dolgon has already surrendered defeat and considers himself defeated?" ”

"Nope." Song An shook his head and said, "If Dolgon is in command, he will break his arm to survive, and when the second wave of the Qing army is trapped by our army on the river, he must know very well that the Qing army will suffer a big loss in the confrontation on the water, and will never continue to send reinforcements...... So, I concluded that it was not Dorgon who was in command, but someone else...... Even, it may be Han Chinese, yes, it must be Han Chinese, only Han Chen, will be more worried about being punished by the Qing court because of too many casualties of the Eight Banners Army...... Therefore, even if you know that you should not be saved, you must save it...... Yes, definitely! ”

I have to say that Song An has an extremely keen insight, and he has already guessed the facts, if this battle is not too sudden, Chang Linwei has no time to react, like this kind of intelligence, through Song An's ability, it should not have been known at this time.

Song An's analysis attracted the approval of all the generals.

Wu Zheng was greatly relieved in his heart, and at this point, the door to recover the Qinghe River and launch a pursuit was opened.

The battle to cross the river began.

The previous order was withdrawn, and the new order was conveyed, "Take advantage of its illness and want it to die!" ”

At the beginning of Shen Shi, under the personal leadership of Wu Zheng, the second guard of the Northern Expeditionary Army crossed the river and launched an attack on the north bank.

Song An was left in Huai'an, because only he could make Wu Zheng truly rest assured and have no worries.