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If something is likely to go in a bad direction, it will definitely go in the worst direction.

Dorgon didn't think he was going to be defeated.

Because he doesn't care about the will of the court, in his opinion, everything is under his control.

As long as he is alive and panting, then Erqi is his most loyal support.

And with the existence of the two flags, Azig did not dare to move the Xuzhou army.

With these two armies on the side, what can the Northern Expeditionary Army do?

It was nothing more than a stalemate between the two sides, and it couldn't be moved, and finally made peace according to the court's intentions.

If Shen Zhiyuan can really break Hegao and Tongzhou, it will be an unexpected surprise.

Dolgon didn't expect too much from Shen Zhiyuan to break through Hegao and Tongzhou, what he wanted was Shen Zhiyuan's attitude.

Because he had to entrust the affairs of his death to Shen Zhiyuan, what Dolgon was most afraid of was not that the imperial court would not accept Shen Zhiyuan's Han identity, but that Shen Zhiyuan and Wu Zheng were inextricably linked.

In this era when bloodline determines everything, it was impossible for Shen Zhiyuan to be chosen by Dolgon.

The biggest reason why he was chosen was that Shen Zhiyuan married Dongguo, which allowed Shen Zhiyuan to take over the two banners justifiably.

In fact, Shen Zhiyuan was not allowed in the court, which forced Shen Zhiyuan to rely on himself and could not integrate into the little emperor's side.

This allows some time for Dolbo to grow up.

Of course, Dolgon is also not worried about Shen Zhiyuan, he still has arrangements for Shen Zhiyuan, forcing Shen Zhiyuan to attack Hegao and Tongzhou, and the bright side is to cut off Shen Zhiyuan's back road, in fact, the most important thing is not this reason, but to force Wu Zheng and Shen Zhiyuan to tear up, the rift can never be repaired, it will only get bigger and bigger.

In this way, Shen Zhiyuan had to rely on Dolbo tightly, because the name was right, so that Dolbo had something to rely on.

Dolgon's cunning and calculating little did anything wrong.

But after all, he couldn't predict that the complexity of people's hearts in the world could never be controlled according to theory.

Overnight, Xinghua was recovered by Chi Erhan and Zu Dabi coalition forces, Liuhe Guangfu, Hezhou Guangfu, Chuzhou and Tianchang were in an emergency, and the balance of the war situation in Yangzhou Mansion was instantly broken, and the most serious thing was that at this time, Wu Zheng captured the sudden relocation, and the soldiers pointed directly at Pizhou, and the loss of Haizhou made the door of the Northern Expedition road open.

Once again, Dorgon ptysized, this time, not angry, but anxious!

Fortunately, Dolgon did not fall into a coma, and if he was unconscious and the army could not be dispatched, then I am afraid that it would be a real disaster.

Dolgon held on to the sick body, led his troops to Xuzhou, and set up three blocking nets for Wu Zheng, the first one was Pizhou City, the middle one was Luliang Mountain, and finally Xuzhou City.

At the same time, Dolgon urgently ordered Azig to lead his troops back to defense, and sent Ganglin and Qi Chongge to lead their ironclad cavalry to go, and if Azig dared to disobey the order, he would be immediately detained and forcibly taken over the Xuzhou army.

……。

Theoretically speaking, the strength of the two sides at this time is still about the same.

As long as Azig's banner army and Xuzhou's 80,000 army are ordered to rush back to Xuzhou and join Dolgon, then the 120,000 army is an invincible existence, which is definitely not something that Wu Zheng's second guard, who has almost run out of ammunition and food, can easily shake.

The Qing army still has nearly 20,000 people in Yangzhou Prefecture, although it has been surrounded by the Northern Expeditionary Army in the south and north, but it is not without the strength of a battle.

In other words, the First Army of the Northern Expedition was not able to go north in large numbers in a short period of time to reinforce Huai'an.

Unfortunately, this is not the case, if Dorgon is healthy, it is not difficult to do the order and prohibition, but now, his orders are not good, especially for Azig.

Azig, who went to Huaiyuan, was two days after receiving the order, and Azig crumpled Dolgon's order into a ball, sneered and lit it from the candle flame, and returned to Xuzhou? Go for his spring and autumn dreams.

However, Azig was instigated when he saw Ganglin and Qi Chongge leading Dolgon's ironclad thousand horsemen to arrive.

Azig personally went out of the city, respectfully greeted Ganglin and Qi Chongge, and promised to retreat on the same day.

But as soon as Ganglin and Qi Chongge left Huaiyuan, the Xuzhou army began to "play", and it was still inaccurate to say that it was playing, it should be camping and picnic.

I walked forty or fifty miles in one day, set up camp three times, and cooked four meals, God knows, this kind of extravagant food, Huaiyuan people are afraid that they will be looted.

……。

Dolgon breathed a sigh of relief when he learned of the reward.

He had already ordered the army to escort Dolbo and Dongor to the rear.

The good news came one after another, first of all, the most critical Pizhou was defended, and according to the war report, it was a great victory.

Then, Shen Zhiyuan's new army had captured Hegao and was marching towards Tongzhou, and the six hundred defenders of Hegao had only made a little resistance, and it fell in an hour, according to the battle report, it was also a great victory.

Although Haizhou was breached, the Northern Expeditionary Army did not continue its northern offensive, and it seemed that the ammunition, grain and grass supplies were exhausted.

The continuous good news made Dolgon instantly give birth to the feeling of being on the battlefield back then.

This feeling of being close to illusory made Dolgon make an absolutely wrong decision, sending his ironclad cavalry to Pizhou to launch a surprise attack on Wu Zhengsuo, who was attacking Pizhou.

To say that Dolgon's order is theoretically correct, the Wu Zhengsuo Department that attacked Pizhou did not have many troops, only 8,000 people, and there was a lack of ammunition, and the Qing army itself had the advantage of troops, but it was stunned by the battle of Qinghe.

Now that Pizhou has withstood the siege of the Northern Expeditionary Army, it is indeed right to send ironclad cavalry to harvest.

This can not only clear the periphery, but also boost morale, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

But there are also problems, one is that in addition to this guard cavalry, there is no adjustable army around Dolgon, and his two banners have been deployed in Pizhou and Luliang Mountain, the key is that the number of these two banners has lost nearly half of them due to Chen Jin's command mistake in Qinghe, and the morale is low.

They were able to block Wu Zheng's attack in Pizhou, not because they lied about their military exploits, but because Wu Zheng did not order a strong attack, and Wu Zheng only launched a few feints considering the lack of ammunition and the fatigue of the soldiers.

Second, Dolgon thought that he had reversed the initiative on the battlefield and sent the only adjustable troops, and his consideration was that since Ganglin and Qi Chongge had returned, and Azig had already led the army to return north, then, in any case, he would definitely be able to reach Xuzhou in two days. In two days, even if Pizhou was lost and 6,000 pigs were guarding the defense line of Luliang Mountain, Wu Zheng would not be able to reach the city of Xuzhou.

Dolgon's idea was right, but it was a miscalculation.

I don't know if he was too confident, or if his brain was hot due to his illness, but at this time, he still firmly believed that Azig could follow his orders and return to Xuzhou.

In fact, at this time, the Qing court mission had already moved south, and the truce was just around the corner.