Although the recruits were still scattered and their morale was low, Wu Zheng only saw one thing, that is, their marching speed exceeded his expectations.

From Songjiang Mansion to Zhenjiang Mansion, two days and two nights, this speed is a miracle for a ragtag army.

Of course, Wu Zheng knew that Fang Guoan had given the death order.

At this time, the strength of Wu Zheng's hands finally rose to more than 5,000 people.

The reinforcements from Hangzhou are still on the way.

Wu Zheng was unwilling to wait.

The war situation is changing rapidly, and what he is worried about is not the Qing army in Jiangbei, but the 80,000 Qing army in Xuzhou.

Although it is judged that the target of the 80,000 Qing army is not Jiangnan, who can guarantee that if the Tartars see that the battle situation is unstable and have a whim, they will order the 80,000 army to go south?

The 80,000 Qing army was a catastrophe for this emerging Qingtai Dynasty.

Even if you can't talk about the loss of the country, it can be said that both sides will lose, and it will be Wu Zhengtuo.

This result is not something that the court and itself can bear.

It is likely that he will be sluggish and die without a problem.

With financial resources and people's hearts, it is impossible to give the Qingtai Dynasty another chance to rise.

The Qing court could no longer tolerate others sleeping soundly next to the couch.

Therefore, Wu Zheng did not wait any longer.

He's going to fight back!

Only by attacking instead of defending and fighting a counterattack by the Qing army can we prevent the Qing army in Zhenjiang from continuing to spread to the periphery.

In this way, the reinforcements of the Ming army rushed from Hangzhou Mansion won the time and favorable situation for the deployment of the general attack.

Wu Zheng's goal was set on Dantu.

The reason is very simple, the city of Dantu is dilapidated, and the Qing army can easily attack it, why can't the Ming army easily break it?

The persimmon has to be pinched softly, and Wu Zheng thinks that the Dantu Qing Army is the "soft persimmon" to be pinched.

But Xia Wanchun, who was bedridden, knew that Wu Zheng was wiping his ass for him, and the loss of the Dantu made Wu Zheng lose sixteen hard-won large-caliber artillery pieces, which fell into the hands of the Qing army, and in time, the shells would fall on the heads of the Ming army itself.

Only by fighting back, taking it back, even if it is destroyed on the spot, it is better than falling into the hands of the Qing army.

Xia Wanchun just asked worriedly: "Wu Zheng, if the Qing army redeploys artillery to Nancheng, our army is only more than 5,000 people, I'm afraid we won't be able to attack the Dantu, right?" ”

Wu Zheng patted the back of Xia Wanchun's hand outside the quilt and said, "Recuperate with peace of mind, I have my own measure in this matter." ”

Xia Wanchun grabbed Wu Zheng's hand with his backhand and said: "This is not a trivial matter, now the waters around Dantu are controlled by the Qing army, and the Qing army can reinforce Dantu at any time...... Otherwise, wait, wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Hangzhou, and it will not be too late to counterattack. ”

Seeing that Xia Wanchun was worried, Wu Zheng reassured: "Actually, it's not that serious, first, our army's artillery was originally deployed in the north of the city, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the river, although the Qing army said that it had obtained these artillery, but it was only two days ago, and it was not enough time to redeploy to the southern city." In addition, I am more worried that the Qing army will transport these artillery pieces back to Jiangbei, and if they are deployed on the north bank of the river defense, then the suppression of our army's naval division will be even greater. Therefore, I must rush to take down the Dantu before the Qing army can react. ”

Xia Wanchun felt that it made sense, but he was still very guilty, and choked up: "If it weren't for my arrogance, the Dantu would not have lost, more than 7,000 soldiers, ......!" ”

"Nope. Your mistake only advanced the time for Dantu to fall. At the same time, the Qing army attacked Zhenjiang and Dantu with all its might, at any cost, indicating that they were determined to win. Speaking of which, I was careless and underestimated Hong Chengchou's strategy. Wu Zheng soothed, "We are all ordinary people, not saints and immortals, it is inevitable to make mistakes, the important thing is to learn a lesson, not to feel sorry for ourselves, to recuperate well, this humiliation of the defeated army, where to lose face, where to find back." ”

Xia Wanchun was comforted by Wu Zheng's words, and he responded: "You're right, where you lose face, you can get it back!" ”

……。

So much has happened in this day.

There is a way that comes quickly and goes quickly.

Wu Zheng exchanged tens of thousands of lives for Zhenjiang Mansion, but lost Zhenjiang City and Dantu City in just one day.

At this time, only Danyang Town was under Wu Zheng's control.

At this time, Wu Zheng actually led the whole army to leave Danyang and went straight to Dantu.

This is the gambler's mentality, which is in the same vein as Wu Cheng in his previous life.

There were only Xia Wanchun and hundreds of wounded soldiers in the city, and it was the foreign soldiers who protected them.

I have to say that this foreign army has helped Wu Zheng a lot.

Therefore, Wu Zheng did not hesitate to write many empty checks, promising to reward them heavily in exchange for the frontier where they continued to fight.

From these deployments, it can be seen that Wu Wai is already in chaos and his heart is in turmoil!

In fact, Wu Zheng doesn't need to be in such a hurry, after all, this is a big battle, and the total number of troops invested by both sides has exceeded 100,000.

It's not an encounter with a few thousand people, just fight it.

The mobilization of troops and logistical supply are absolutely not something that can be adjusted by just saying that.

This is true of the Qing army, and so is the Ming army.

However, there is one point, there is still a difference, this big war is not essentially a confrontation between the two armies.

It was the superposition of several battlefields that formed a major war of such a scale.

Regardless of Hong Chengchou or Wu Zheng, although they are fighting their own battles, but invisibly, the decisive place is still in the Dantu, which has to be said that the importance of the position of the Dantu.

It's not that Zhenjiang City is not important, but whoever gets the Dantu, Zhenjiang City is who's it.

Therefore, Wu Zheng is indeed in a hurry, he can wait for another day, maybe the reinforcements from Hangzhou Mansion will arrive.

……。

Tan Tai, listening to the name, is very similar to the Han people, but the people are the real flag people.

His full name is Shumulu? Tan Tai, a native of the Yellow Flag of Manchuria.

At that time, he was the general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's expedition to the south, and he was the real commander of today's attack on Dantu.

The Tan Tai Party attached himself to the regent Wang Dolgon, and it stands to reason that he should not obey Hong Chengchou's command so much.

But this is the difference between Tan Tai and Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui is a subordinate, what he wants is his own interests, whether it is Qing or Ming, there is no direct interest relationship for him, simply put, if you have milk, you are a mother, that's all!

But Tan Tai is different, although he is extremely incompatible with Hong Chengchou. Belch...... This is not to deal with, it is not a lie, Huang Taiji Chongde six years, the Tartar soldiers besieged Jinzhou, Tan Tai will 400 people from the Xiaoling River to the seashore, the Ming soldiers return. He fought with the then governor of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou, and was defeated, so he was awarded the rank of second-class general.

In other words, Hong Chengchou was captured by Tan Tai before he was cleared.

But now, the official position of the subordinate Hong Chengchou has surpassed Tan Tai, and Tan Tai still has to obey Hong Chengchou's orders, which can be described as impermanent.

Therefore, if Tan Tai is replaced by Wu Sangui at this time, then Wu Sangui will be determined to disobey the yang and the yin, make things difficult in private, and wear a pair of small shoes for Hong Chengchou.