In fact, not many Qing soldiers who besieged the city were killed, hundreds of people reached the top, but countless people were killed and injured by falling.

But there were many people alive under the walls, at least 3,000.

At the moment when they suddenly saw the city gate open and the cavalry poured out, and they didn't know how many they had, they had to retreat.

No one will look back at this kind of escape.

So, the rows of men were thrown to the ground by the volley of musketeers.

So much so that when the infantry advanced a mile, they stepped on the human body.

Nikan's reaction was still very fast, and from the moment the cavalry poured out, he originally wanted to shout "Wu Zheng's Northern Expeditionary Army" suddenly changed to two words: "Retreat quickly".

It's not that Nikan is not heroic, but he is self-aware, Prince Yu Duoduo is folded in the hands of Wu Zheng, so can he shake Wu Zheng with an army of less than 5,000 people at the moment? The only thing he wanted to do at this time was to quickly join up with the Qing army of Yifeng and Zhongfu, and gather troops to fight against Wu Zheng.

Nikan fled westward almost without stopping.

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

After the war, Chen Sheng said with emotion, "I've seen someone who escaped quickly, but I've never seen someone who escaped so fast, but today is considered to be an experience." ”

Saying this, no one present objected.

Even the cavalry can't catch up, so you can imagine how fast you have to escape?

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

The victory of the Jinchuanmen counterattack heralded the transformation of the battle of Yingtianfu from strategic defense to strategic counteroffensive.

After a brief discussion between Chen Sheng and Xia Wanchun, who rushed to hear the news, they gathered a mixed army of Lihaiwei, Jianyangwei, and Jingwei, totaling 20,000 people, and launched an assault in the direction of Zhongfumen in the north.

On the fifth day of the sixth month, the Qing army outside the Zhongfu Gate was defeated, and Nikan left more than 3,000 corpses behind and led his troops to the north again.

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

In the afternoon, the northeast direction of the Chi Erhan Department, the east of the Jiang Quanyi Department, the southeast of the Lu Domain, three sides of the encirclement.

By the evening, more than 20,000 people under the headquarters of Karchuhun were defeated, except for the stubborn Eight Banner Army, basically all the Qingming troops surrendered, and more than 13,000 people were captured.

More than 2,000 troops of the Eight Banners were annihilated, and Khalchuhun was captured alive.

As a result, the Qing army in Yangzhou Mansion no longer existed, and the gate of Huai'an Mansion in the north had been opened to the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Wu Zheng was in a dilemma, whether to continue to expand the results of the battle, or to reap the benefits when he saw the good and consolidate the fruits of victory.

The advantage of continuing to expand the results of the war is that the Qing court will have less natural territory once Huai'an Mansion is captured, and this long strip of territory will face the threat of several Qing troops, and it will be particularly difficult to supply, which is not grain and grass, but firearms.

Wu Zheng knows very well that hot weapons are supplies, unlike cold weapons, where they are supplied, as long as there is a population, they can always find food to fill their stomachs.

But hot weapons are different, and if there is no ammunition, then it will lose its combat effectiveness.

In addition, the output of military workshops is far from being able to use firearms without any scruples.

So Wu Zheng is very difficult to decide.

After a night of weighing, Wu Zheng chose to consolidate Yangzhou Mansion, with Chi Erhan to recover Xinghua in the north, Jiang Quanyi to recover Huailou Town in the northwest, and Lu Zhiyu to recover Yangzhou Mansion to govern Jiangdu.

At the same time, Wu Zheng and Song An led their troops south, boarded ships from the port town and marched west along the river to reinforce Ying Tianfu.

Wu Zheng's decision was correct, the Northern Expeditionary Army was not ready for the Northern Expedition, and the total number of troops in Jiangbei at this time was only more than 20,000 people, and if the battlefield was expanded, the strength would be overstretched. Consolidating one province is far stronger than capturing several provinces and facing the Qing army's crazy counterattack.

It's just that Wu Zheng didn't know at this time that Dolgon was in Huai'an Mansion at this time, and he missed an opportunity to meet with Dolgon as a winner.

……。

Dorgon would rather not wake up.

Every time he woke up, he would hear "bad news".

He felt powerless than he had ever felt before.

In all fairness.

Dolgon's layout is something to be credited with.

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

He deliberately arranged for Yue Le to leak his attack target "Jingjiang" to Shen Zhiyuan.

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

In this way, Wu Zheng will definitely believe it.

As a result, Ying Tianfu's forces will move eastward, and the deployment of the Northern Expeditionary Army will also be concentrated in Jiangyin.

And after the deployment of the Qing army in the east and west, Wu Zheng suddenly realized that something was wrong, and thus suspected that Shen Zhiyuan's intelligence was wrong.

At this time, the news of the deployment of heavy troops to the Qing army in the direction of Jiangpu will definitely make the Yixing Dynasty and Wu Zheng both find out that they have been deceived, and guess that the main target of the Qing army is Yingtianfu, so that the temporary adjustment of defense before the war will make the Ming army chaotic, thereby reducing the combat strength of the Ming army.

At the same time, after Wu Zheng completely believed in his own judgment, he would definitely lead the army to the west to help, and no matter who he chose between Jingjiang and the capital, he would choose to protect the capital.

But in fact, Dolgon's real goals were Jingjiang and Taixing.

As long as the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army was transferred westward, the 50,000 horses of Karchuhun in Taizhou and the 10,000 horses of Tongzhou were enough to capture Taixing, Jingjiang, and even Jiangyin.

This is called the virtual and the real, the real and the virtual.

On the other hand, the more fierce the Qing army fought against the Tianfu attack, the more Wu Zhengyue could trust his own judgment, so that when the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army reinforced Tianfu and the two sides reached a stalemate, there would be room for bargaining during negotiations.

Third, let Wu Zheng doubt Shen Zhiyuan's loyalty, once people's hearts become suspicious, the small gap will become a chasm. This is more conducive to controlling Shen Zhiyuan and becoming a pawn in his hand, which is Dolgon's move to beat rabbits with grass and lead sheep.

Dolgon's strategy can be described as killing three birds with one stone, and he is scheming.

It's a pity that his body is not strong.

In fact, if this war had been commanded by Dolgon, perhaps the situation would not have been as passive as it is now.

No matter how good the strategy is, without a good executor, a good chess game becomes a stinky basket.

Of course, there were shortcomings in Dolgon's strategy.

He grasped the humanity of Shen Zhiyuan, Qian Qiaogong, and even most people in the Yixing Dynasty, but he ignored Wu Zheng's humanity.

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

For example, Chi Erhan, Jiang Quanyi, etc.

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

When the enemy is outnumbered, you fight yours, I fight mine, and the enemy will be saved...... And so on, perfectly illustrated in this war.

Wu Zheng also made mistakes, just like the civil unrest in Yingtianfu.

This is where Wu Zheng's consideration is inappropriate, as a commander, the enemy's careful precautions should be taken into account.