Li Ruhai asked in a deep voice: "My lord, Wuchang Mansion is the territory of the Longwu Dynasty, why do we want to contain the Tartars here for them?" This kind of thankless work, even if it is withdrawn to Shaoxing Mansion later, I am afraid that it will be punished by the imperial court. ”

Wu Zheng swept his eyes around and asked, "You all think so?" ”

Song An said: "Life is the Wu family, death is the ghost of the Wu family." I didn't think so, I just knew that I was acting on the orders of the young master. ”

Wu Zheng was deeply satisfied, and nodded at Song An approvingly.

Song An grinned.

Chi Erhan said: "Xiao Anzi is right, everywhere is to kill Tartars, as long as it is to kill Tartars, there is nothing wrong." ”

The answers of these two people made the surrounding generals say yes.

Wu Zheng said: "In fact, you know in your hearts that once the Wuchang Mansion falls, the Tartars can go south like a bamboo and invade Fujian, so that Shaoxing Mansion will be attacked by the north and south, and there is no vitality at all." I'm waiting here desperately, for not the Longwu Dynasty, for myself, my lips are cold. ”

Chen Shou nodded and said, "My subordinates understand the good intentions of adults. ”

Zhou Dahu scolded and said: "Have you ever thought that if you fight like this tomorrow, the casualties will be even greater, in my opinion, you will either withdraw to Shaoxing Mansion or transfer troops from Shaoxing Mansion." ”

Wu Zheng glanced at him, "This lawsuit has already sent someone to the imperial court to ask for reinforcements, but the imperial court's edict is to retreat on the same day." So, reinforcements are unlikely. ”

Zhou Dahu grinned and said, "My lord, I'm talking about Chen Baihu's people in Pinggang Mountain. ”

Wu Zheng's face froze, "Ladies and gentlemen, Pinggang Mountain is a back road left by this official for everyone, in case Hangzhou City cannot be defended and Shaoxing Mansion falls, Pinggang Mountain Cottage is the last base for us to resist the Qing Dynasty." There were only a thousand people there, and for this battle, there were not many of them, and there were no more of them, and the official had no intention of mobilizing them. ”

Zhou Dahu was right to think about it, and arched his hand: "Lord Wu, Zhou is reckless." ”

Wang Yilin said: "Brother Wu, but there is no way to go on like this. The enemy's strength is far superior to our army, and today we were lucky enough to block them, but what if they attack Qingchun Gate for a long time, and divide their troops to attack Qingtai and Yongchang Gate? Even if we send reinforcements, we will fall sooner or later. ”

Wu Zheng hesitated for a while and said, "Lord Wang, in fact, Wu Zheng had no intention of reinforcing Qingtai and Yongchang from the beginning. ”

This shocked everyone.

Wu Zheng continued: "Lord Wang is right, if the Tartars divide their forces and attack, and our army does not go to reinforcements, then these two gates will definitely fall. But so what, as long as we hold the Qingchun Gate, our army will occupy half of the city, and fighting in the city is better than fighting with the Tartars. ”

After a pause, Wu argued: "But I don't think it is possible for Duoduo to divide his troops. ”

Wang Yilin frowned and said, "Why is Brother Wu so sure? ”

"We and Duoduo knew very well in our hearts that the Tartars could crush our army in terms of strength, and it was only a matter of time before they occupied the city of Hangzhou. Obviously, he could finish the battle in one battle, but Duoduo chose to storm Qingchunmen, didn't Duoduo really know that the main force of the Ming army was all in Qingchunmen? ”

Wang Yilin nodded and said: "It's really weird, with the ability of Duoduo, how can you not know that those two gates are empty cities." ”

Wu Zheng said: "Duoduo knew the distribution of our army's military strength, but did not divide his troops to attack the other two gates, and chose to storm Qingchun Gate, his intention was nothing more than to completely defeat our army with a dignified battle, so as to collapse the morale of the Ming army. Therefore, I don't think Duoduo will easily change unless he finds that it is no longer possible to capture Qingchun Gate and is cornered. ”

Wang Yilin nodded and said, "Listening to what you say, it does make sense." After Duoduo entered the customs, he was almost undefeated, but in Hangzhou City, he was ambushed by the Wu brothers and the forward 3,000 elite horsemen were wiped out, and in this regard alone, I am afraid that he will not be able to lose this face. It's just that...... If Duoduo captures the remaining two gates and forms a two-sided attack on our army, how will he deal with it? ”

Wu Zheng shook his head and said: "The answer to this question still lies in whether Duoduo is willing or not, I just said that he doesn't want Hangzhou City, at least not at present." What he wants is to defeat our army or me, although I don't know why Duoduo thinks so highly of me, but you have also seen in today's battle, in fact, before and after the eight sieges, Duoduo's main force was not used, if he really wants to occupy Hangzhou City, the main force will be detoured to the second gate, now at least the southern city is already a Tartar. ”

Wang Yilin thought for a moment and said, "That's true, but this Duoduo...... Isn't it sick? ”

Wu Zheng said with a smile: "People's hearts are always weird, if you have been winning battles, but you were ambushed by an unknown person, do you want to take revenge?" Do you want to defeat him, step on his body, look at him with a kind of looking down, and better see the other person on his knees begging for mercy? ”

"Uh......." Wang Yilin looked at Wu Zheng strangely.

Wu Zheng smiled bitterly: "You are right, in the eyes of Duoduo, I am the one who should kneel and beg for mercy. Of course, Duoduo is not only because of me, but more importantly, the morale, the people's will, and the will to resist in Shaoxing Mansion. ”

Wang Yilin understood it thoroughly, but he still muttered: "How can a military event be such a child's play?" Brother Wu, this is just your guess, if it is not right, then our army will be surrounded by the enemy on both sides. ”

Wu Zheng said: "It does sound like child's play, but no matter how wise a person is, he is still a human being, and his chest is still a human heart, and the human heart is too complicated to speculate with common sense." Therefore, I also made some preparations, in case the judgment is really wrong, or Duoduo changes his mind, and the enemy army divides into the second gate, our army will retreat, from the west city out of the Golden Gate, bypassing the west of the south retreat, now the Qiantang River is still under the control of the Ming army, it is not difficult to cross the river. ”

Wang Yilin exclaimed: "You mean to retreat from Fuyang?" That's the territory of Yue Guogong. ”

Wu Zheng said with a smile: "So what, I led the army to retreat south, it was on the orders of the imperial court, although it was delayed for a few days, but this could not be the basis for Fang Guoan to pursue me." Besides, I have ten thousand people, and I am afraid that he will do something, so will he dare to fight with me when the enemy is on his side? ”

Wang Yilin said: "What do you think about continuing to recruit soldiers in the city?" ”

Wu Zheng turned to Song An and said, "How many strong men have been recruited so far?" ”

"More than 3,600 people."

"Then stop. I am afraid that the re-conquest will cause resistance, and besides, there are no strong people left, and the forcible conscription will not help, but will cause instability in the morale of the army. ”

"Yes."

Wu Zheng looked at Li Ruhai and said, "How is your death squad today?" ”

Li Ruhai said: "There is nothing abnormal. ”

"Okay." Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow's battle, let them go to the city wall in case of contingency." ”

Li Ruhai responded: "Subordinates obey orders." ”