Chapter 159: The Han army outside the city defected

The battle is still going on.

Both Duoduo and Bolo believed that according to the current battlefield situation and the attrition of both sides, after a maximum of three days, the Ming army would have no one to use for defensive operations.

But today, the degree of motivation for both sides to fight has been significantly reduced.

In the past, there were more than 1,000 casualties almost every day, but at the end of the battle on the fourth day, the Ming army suffered only more than 200 casualties.

This anomaly alerted Duoduo and Bolo.

But because it was the first time it appeared, the understanding of the two was that after three days of fierce fighting, the soldiers on both sides had a war-weary mentality.

Therefore, the two of them did not surrender to their hands and began to think about plotting to start an incident.

The decision they made was to transfer the Eight Banners Army under their command on the fifth day of siege, first, to strengthen the rhythm of the battlefield, and secondly, to appease the morale of the First Descending Army.

After all, by now, the casualties of the surrendered army have been more than 10,000 people, and the Eight Banners Army has been watching the battle.

This decision of Duoduo directly provided convenient conditions for the rebellion of the army.

The surrender of the army really needs a gap to connect and move.

At this time, Wu Zheng was planning how to expand the fruits of victory.

There was even an ambition to leave Duoduo behind.

Well, people have different ideas depending on the height at which they stand.

When Wu Zheng found out that after the surrender of the army anyway, there were only 10,000 Tartars under Duoduo's command, he irrepressibly raised this ambition.

"Zhou Dahu, you lead 3,000 people to sneak to Qingtaimen. As strong as the sea, you led 3,000 people to dive to Genshan Gate. Tomorrow, when the army outside the city is launched, the two of you will attack the Qing army from the north and south from the two gates. ”

"Subordinates obey."

"Chi Erhan, you lead 3,000 people to wait in the Qingchun Gate, and after the cannons stop, open the city gate and charge. Remember, regardless of the fleeing Tartars, take the Tartar army directly. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng tapped his finger on the map on the case, and sighed: "If I knew this, I wouldn't have sent Qian Sudian's cavalry battalion out, if the cavalry battalion was there, maybe Duoduo could really be left." ”

Song An said: "Young master don't worry, as soon as the army outside the city is launched, he will naturally go to find trouble with Duoduo, who is willing to give up easily with such a big achievement?" ”

Wu Zheng and the others laughed when they heard this.

But Wu Zheng still had some regrets in his heart, he actually knew very well that there was no cavalry pursuit, and with Duoduo's sophistication, plus the 10,000 Tartars of the Chinese army, it was too difficult to leave Duoduo.

However, Wu Zheng did not dwell on this, and the situation suddenly evolved like this, which is a good thing anyway.

Looking at the Tartar camp tent in the distance outside the city, Wu Zheng shouted: "Qian Sudian, you kid don't really put the official's cavalry camp in order. ”

……。

With 600 cavalry and this rabble without even complete weapons, they attacked the city of Jiaxing, which has more than 3,000 defenders in modern warfare.

That's what Qian Sudian is doing.

It's crazy enough.

Let's not talk about the ratio of combat power between the offensive and defensive sides, let's just say that the defenders really closed the city gate and let you toss outside the city, what step can you do?

To put it simply, it's looking for death.

But Qian Sudian believed Xia Wanchun's words.

Young people can always get the same interests and hobbies, and for Qian Sudian and Xia Wanchun, it is adventure.

There's no denying that adventure is fun.

This is often the case with things in this world, the more impossible things you really have to do, maybe miracles will appear.

Jiaxing City, for the Qing army, is far more important than Hangzhou City.

The city of Hangzhou can only be regarded as a frontier at best, but the city of Jiaxing is already regarded as the hinterland of the Qing court in the south of the Yangtze River.

It controls Songjiang Mansion in the east, Hangzhou in the south, and Ningguo Mansion in the west.

Supplies and reinforcements from Jiangning Mansion had to enter Jiaxing Mansion.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is strategic.

But who would have thought that a 600-strong Ming cavalry would go north from the sea and go straight to the hinterland?

However, this cavalry encountered another large rebel army.

Moreover, the two troops, the two main generals hit it off again and carried out a big adventure related to the battle situation.

Jiaxing City, a battle...... No, to be precise, it depends on the rumors.

When Qian Sudian and Xia Wanchun met in Tongxiang, a place called Pingqiaotou, the miracle had already revealed its charm.

And when Qian Sudian adopted Xia Wanchun's suggestion and attacked Jiaxing City, the miracle was already doomed.

When the defenders of Jiaxing City learned that the 900 Tartars had been completely annihilated and saw that the Ming army had arrived at the gate of Jiaxing, what they did was to fight back, kill the 300 Tartars in the city, and then open the city gate and surrender to Qian Sudian.

All of a sudden, Qian Sule had an army of more than 6,000 people around him.

This number is really not much for field battles, and the Tartars only need a maximum of three thousand cavalry to defeat this group of miscellaneous armies.

But Qian Sudian has Jiaxing City in his hands, Jiaxing City with intact defense capabilities.

Then, if nothing else, the Tartars would not be able to capture Jiaxing City without tens of thousands of people and ten days and half months.

Jiaxing City is recovered!

This means that Jiangning Mansion cannot send reinforcements directly to Hangzhou for reinforcements, and it also means that Songjiang Mansion and Jiangning are cut off.

This is God's greatest favor and reward to the Ming people in the past few years.

History really changed from this moment.

Of course, this cannot change the pattern of the entire Central Plains.

However, it is clear that the influence and control of the Qing court over Jiangnan was greatly weakened.

……。

Upheaval.

Duoduo did not anticipate and control the situation in Hangzhou.

Wu Zheng only held out for four days from beginning to end.

But the impact of these four days on people's hearts is too great.

The four-day perseverance made people's hearts stand on Wu Zheng's side.

It's important to be able to block it.

The Han people saw hope in these four days, blocking the hope of the Qing army's attack.

And those squires in the city, from these four days, tasted the potential benefits of an emerging force for them, south of Zhejiang, with a population of tens of millions. Hangzhou is defended, which means that the Qing army cannot go south, then the emerging forces will shine with dazzling brilliance.

The reason why it is emerging is that the benefits have not yet been distributed, as long as you occupy a corner of it, then the rewards are huge.

Businessmen are accustomed to profit-seeking, and if they have fifty percent of the profits, they will take risks; For the sake of doubling the profits, they dare to trample on all human laws;

If you have more than three times the profit, you dare to commit any crime, even to risk killing your head.

They no longer cared if the Tartars could still attack the city of Hangzhou.

In their opinion, once the army outside the city is surrendered, then victory is like picking up something.

These people have lived most of their lives, which one is not a human spirit?

If the Hangzhou government has an army of 50,000, then it will be entrenched.

Then the Qing court must send 80,000 or 100,000 troops to attack, and it is still unknown whether it can be captured.

The key point is that the Huguang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Longwu Dynasty, Dashun, and the rest of the Daxi Army are still fighting fiercely with the Qing army, can the Qing court send such a huge army?

If you send the Ming army to attack, then you have the confidence to persuade them to surrender.

Therefore, they firmly stood on Wu Zheng's side to persuade, induce, and even force the surrendered troops outside the city to defect.