With more than 5,000 people attacking more than 6,000 Dan disciples, Wu Zheng's approach was indeed crazy.

But the result is unreasonable, which shows that there is indeed a soil for madness in this world.

So, Wu Zheng decided to do something even crazier.

He actually took out almost all the Dantu disciples and marched more than 100 miles again, rushing towards Zhenjiang City.

Don't want Dan disciples anymore?

Does the empty city plan also work for the Qing army?

Can more than 5,000 people build Zhenjiang City, which has strong defenses and more than 10,000 defenders?

Did Wu Zheng really get to the point of desperation?

No! Wu Zheng still has something to rely on in his heart.

He had actually counted the cavalry that remained in Ying Tianfu.

It's been more than four days since he was in distress, how can Ying Tianfu also know the news, right?

Even if the imperial court can ignore its own life and death, Song An will definitely lead an army to reinforcements.

Moreover, there are two people in the court, Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Guowei, and they will never turn a blind eye to their danger.

Calculate the time, no matter how slow it is, it should come.

It was this kind of trust in a few of them that Wu Zheng had enough confidence to pounce on Zhenjiang City, which had more than 10,000 defenders.

Lead the troops to fight, and win with the right and the odd.

No general is completely sure that a war will be fought, and war is essentially an adventure.

If any side really thinks that they will lose, this war will not be fought.

Don't believe that you have to fight, there is no war in this world that you have to fight.

A loss of 100,000 or a loss of 10,000, which is more important?

A decisive battle where both sides could be evenly matched?

Since there are strong and relatively weak ones, why can this decisive battle still be fought?

In fact, it is nothing more than that the relatively weak side also feels that it is possible to win.

That's where the decisive battle comes in.

Now Wu Zheng is obviously the weaker side, but he is attacking.

It seems that Wu Zheng is looking for death, but in fact, Wu Zheng undoubtedly wants to win in his heart.

Just like on the poker table, the opponent's card is obviously bigger than you, but you still insist on looking at the opponent's hole cards, whether it is a deflated ten.

But Wu Zheng's march was still slow, and even if some craftsmen loaded the artillery with wheels, it slowed down the march.

Otherwise, if it catches up with the moment when Song An led the cavalry to cut through the Qing army outside the northern city and fled in a hurry, the scene of Dantu's complete victory may be repeated outside Zhenjiang City.

It's just that there is no if in the world, Wu Zheng is "late".

It was precisely because of Wu Zheng's tardiness that Song An learned from the captives that Wu Zheng was not successfully intercepted and killed by the Qing army, but after fleeing to Danyang, he killed the pursuing Qing army's thousand cavalry.

The unexpected surprise made Song An and Wu Xiaomei finally let out a long breath.

So, Song An immediately ordered the whole army to turn around and go to Danyang to join Wu Zheng.

In this way, Song An's department changed direction and went south, and Shengsheng passed by Wu Zheng's department, and the time between them was only less than an hour.

This time is enough for the cavalry to travel a hundred miles away.

When Wu Zheng rushed to the outside of Zhenjiang City, he immediately ordered the deployment of artillery to bombard the east city gate.

Of course, this was not Wu Zheng's main purpose, his idea was that as long as the cannon sounded, people within a radius of dozens of miles would hear it.

As long as you are not a fool, you will understand that there is a Ming army attacking Zhenjiang City.

Is Song An a fool, Wu Zheng thinks it must not.

It was because of this powerful self-confidence that Wu Zheng brazenly launched an attack on Zhenjiang City.

And this attack, Wu Zheng kicked to the iron plate.

Zhenjiang City was formerly known as Jingkou City, its name originated from the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was the location of Jinling County, so it was also called "Jinling City".

Jinling City is the second big city in the south after the capital Jiankang (Yingtianfu), and it is comparable to the first city of Zhenjiang built by Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms at the southern foot of Beigu Mountain.

The main role of the iron urn city is a military fortress, the city is not large, and the city defense is strong.

But the scale of Jinling City is no longer the same.

Zhenjiang City was rebuilt on the original site of Jinling City, and its defensive strength can be imagined.

Fortunately, Wu Zheng was not really crazy, so he ordered the whole army to climb the wall and attack the city, but after breaking through the city gate with artillery, he suppressed the defenders at the head of the city with flowering shells, and then the infantry charged, and the musketeers fired a volley at the head of the city.

But this trick didn't work for Zhenjiang City at all.

Get closer, and the musketeers will be killed by the arrows of the battlements.

Far away, the muskets clearly had no range to reach the city.

With only nine artillery pieces, the defenders of the city could not be suppressed at all, and the lack of preparation for flowering shells was the biggest reason.

The gunners have begun to use solid bullets, but solid bullets are ...... for the Qing army at the head of the city Hey, it's better than nothing.

Three rounds of attacks, not only did not make progress, but also killed and wounded more than 600 soldiers.

Looking at the open city gate, Wu Zheng sighed.

He scolded in his heart, bastard Xiao Anzi, are you deaf?

Such a loud cannon cannon, can't get into your ears plugged by donkey hair?

Without the cooperation of the east and the west, this battle naturally could not be fought, and Wu Zheng had to order a retreat of ten miles to rest.

But before the army turned around, Sun Jiaji came to report that the defenders of the city were mobilizing.

Wu Zheng made a "clump" in his heart, took the telescope from the hand of the guard (Wei Kuangguo gave Mo Zhinian a pair of monoculars, and Mo Zhinian transferred one to Wu Zheng), and looked at the city.

The Qing army at the head of the city came and went, and it seemed very panicked.

Wu Zheng immediately realized that this is a transfer of defense, and this is clearly a transfer of troops.

Calculating the time, Song An should have arrived a long time ago.

So Wu Zheng shouted: "The previous order is canceled, and the whole army is on alert...... The artillery continues to shoot! ”

The sound of cannons can show their own existence, this is Wu Zheng's "Song An" hint to the west, not only are you fighting, but your young master is not idle.

The Qing army was indeed in disarray.

More than 10,000 defenders, no less than 3,000 people who had crossed the river, were disturbed by the Song An cavalry outside the north city gate, and lost no less than 1,000 people.

The city is full, and it is not more than 10,000.

This also includes the stragglers who have already left.

The soldiers can't find the generals, and the soldiers can't find the soldiers, which can be described as a mess of porridge.

Chaos is chaotic, most of the Qing army is still intact, and originally faced with Wu Zheng's surprise attack at the East City Gate, it was also a good fight, and Wu Zheng did not take advantage of it.

But the problem is, Dongcheng and Xicheng, that is the opposite of each other, the main force is concentrated in Dongcheng to resist the enemy, and now Xicheng is attacked by a large group of enemy troops, and it is not necessary to transfer troops from Dongcheng for reinforcements?

Even if everything is business as usual and the Qing army does not withdraw, it will cause misdemeanor in the face of a combined attack from the east and west, not to mention the current chaotic situation.

Liao Zhongping, an honest man, kept the oath he had made.

On this march, he could not get a trace of news from Wu Zheng, and when he arrived outside the west city of Zhenjiang, he resolutely launched a strong attack on Xicheng.

His idea is very simple, since the enemy got what they wanted (Wu Zheng's life), then Zhenjiang City could not fall into the hands of the enemy no matter what, and he would fight it down, with all his loyalty, to comfort the soul of Zhenguo Gong in the sky, even if he accompanied his own life and these 10,000 soldiers, he did not hesitate.

This idea is crazy, the madness of honest people, there is no purpose, but pure, more lethal.