In this battle, more than 4,800 cavalry of Wu Zheng's department, plus more than 3,000 remnants of Wu Shengzhao, a total of more than 8,000 people, on the north side of Gaoqiao, met 12,000 Tartar pursuers, and won a miserable victory!

Nearly 10,000 Tartars were annihilated and captured, and they themselves were crippled.

There are only 2,000 cavalry left in Wu Zheng's department, and only more than 1,100 people left in Wu Shengzhao's department.

The battle was not without tragedy.

But the harvest is far beyond imagination, after this battle, the Qing army has been unable to go south in a short period of time, Ying Tianfu only has less than 20,000 defenders left, and self-protection is not enough.

But the Ming army was also exhausted, and the main force had returned to Shaoxing Mansion to help, and it was unable to make another northern expedition.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Wu Zheng decided to retreat to Wuxi and join forces with the Song Anbu who rushed to defend and repair.

The Ming army traveled from Suzhou to Wuxi along the route, and the border counties were not patronized.

But this kind of county and village without the Qing army stationed in the hoarding is basically only the share of the wind and surrender, at most the hardcore traitors abandon the city, and I am afraid that nothing else can be done.

And Wu Zheng didn't have time to take care of them, but rushed back to Hangzhou Mansion with one mind, commanding the imminent defense of Shaoxing Mansion, Chi Erhan and others brought only 10,000 reinforcements, this force wanted to resist the Duoduo army, Wu Zheng really didn't know the bottom in his heart.

The military situation was urgent, the Ming army marched quickly, and Wu Zheng led the cavalry to go faster.

Riding a horse and whipping on the official road, it is almost like a no-man's land.

When the people and merchants they encountered saw it, they all quickly avoided the roadside, and then bowed to the back of the cavalry.

If it was on weekdays, Wu Zheng would definitely get off the horse to help the people, so that he could comfort him, and then add an approachable halo to his reputation.

But now, Wu Zheng didn't even look back, and he didn't blink his eyes.

All the way to Wuxi, Wu Zheng saw a group of people gathered on the official road from a distance, and the ground was black.

And when those men saw the cavalry galloping towards them, they did not dodge or dodge, but met them.

Wu Zheng was furious in his heart, no matter at any time, blocking the army's advance on the official road was a crime of killing the head.

But the problem was that Wu Zheng couldn't bump into it, because he saw that in addition to the white-haired old man, there were more than ten years old in the group, and there were several women among them.

Unable to pull the reins urgently, he could only slow down, and the cavalry forward had to be rushed into the field by the side of the road by inertia, and Wu Zheng was almost thrown out by the war horse.

Dismounted, Wu Zheng angrily rushed to the official road.

I just thought of this sentence in my heart, "Duh, boldly disrupt the people, dare to block the way of my army, do you know what crime to be guilty of?" ”

But before Wu Zheng could speak, the crowd hurried towards him.

An old man at the head trembled and said, "Dare to ask the current, but the master of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Wang Shi?

Naturally, it is the king!

Wu Zheng swallowed back the rebuke that came to his mouth, "Exactly." Who are you, and why are you holding back the ...... of my army? ”

"Dare to ask in person, but General Daming?"

"Uh...... This official Da Ming Lin Amber Wu Zheng. ”

"Your Excellency!" The old man knelt down to Wu Zheng tremblingly, and two turbid tears flowed down the old man's face.

Dozens of people behind him fell to the ground in unison and bowed to Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng was stunned, which play is this going to be staged?

"Your Excellency...... Please save Jiangyin City and the people of Jiangyin. ”

Jiangyin?

Wu Zheng couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, if the three slaughters in Jiading were miserable enough, then Jiangyin was a hundred times worse than Jiading.

The massacre of Jiangyin by the Qing army was earlier than Jiading, and this kind of news had already reached Jiading City at that time.

It's just that Wu Zheng didn't know exactly how much information he knew, but he heard rumors that Jiangyin City was slaughtered by the Tartars.

The memories from later generations also let Wu Zheng know that Jiangyin City resisted the Qing Dynasty!

At this time, hearing the old man's begging, Wu Zheng's heart sank, he knew that this matter was difficult to do.

The old man said to save Jiangyin, thinking that Jiangyin was in danger, but Jiangyin was north of Wuxi, and Changzhou, Wuxi, and Jiangyin formed a triangle.

In other words, Wu Zheng needs to be reversed in order to go to Jiangyin.

This is a difficult problem for Wu Zheng, who is anxious to go to Hangzhou Mansion.

Wu Zheng said: "This old man is from Jiangyin? ”

"Exactly."

"Jiangyin City was attacked by the Tartars?"

"Two days ago, the Qing court Jiangning governor Tu Guobao led the army into Jiangyin, wanting to slaughter the city again, Liu Zhixian did not obey, Tu Guobao killed Liu Zhixian, and now there is no one in the city to stop this thief from committing murder. When the old man heard that Wang Shi had recovered Wuxi, he brought the survivors of Jiangyin that day to seek Wang Shi to save my Jiangyin. ”

The old man's sad words made Wu Zheng and the generals around him look solemn.

Wu Zheng is not unwilling to save, but on the one hand, Shaoxing Mansion, on the other hand, Jiangyin, which is more important?

Wu Zheng was ruthless: "Uncle, Shaoxing Mansion is being attacked by the Tartars, and the official urgently needs to return to Shaoxing to help, and he really can't spare himself to rescue Jiangyin, and I hope the villagers will forgive me." ”

Wu Zheng's words made the faces of those dozens of people sad, and the disappointment in their eyes was heartbreaking.

The old man wept and kowtowed, "Woohoo" sounded, "My lord, that's tens of thousands of lives?" ”

Wu Zheng hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Wu Zheng's heart was like a knife, and he had to explain again: "The old man doesn't know that Shaoxing Mansion is facing the ...... of an attack by tens of thousands of enemy chieftains and Duoduo. ”

The old man cried and said: "Last year, Jiangyin was slaughtered by Jianyu, and there were more than 100,000 people in the city, and the old man and 53 people behind him survived, becoming a dead city. After more than half a year, the fleeing people returned to the city, and then gathered 10,000 people, Jiangyin City was also a little angry, and now it will face another slaughter, how can adults and hearts bear it? ”

Not only Wu Zheng, but also the soldiers on the side were all moved.

Of the more than 100,000 people, only 53 people survived?

Wu Zheng was really shocked, he was not a historian, he had just heard that Jiangyin was miserable, but he didn't think that it would be so miserable!

The old man cried and complained: "Jiangyin has already been cleared, but the promulgation of keeping your head without leaving your hair, and keeping your hair without keeping your head has angered the people of Jiangyin. For eighty-one days, Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Feng Houdun and others led the people of the city to fight against the 240,000 Tartar army and defend the lonely city for 81 days...... Do you know that Jianyu bombarded the city with more than 200 cannons? Do you know that the people of Jiangyin killed more than 75,000 Qing soldiers in these eighty-one days? Do you know that the Qing army lost three princes and eighteen generals under Jiangyin City? Do you know that the whole city was martyred, more than 97,000 people died in Jiangyin City, more than 75,000 people died outside the city, only 53 people lived in the city, and no one descended? ”

The old man's crying was like a steel knife pulling back and forth in the hearts of Wu Zheng and the soldiers around him.

"My lord, the old man didn't say this to ask for merit from the imperial court, he just wanted that such a city full of loyal souls should not be slaughtered again!"

Wu Zheng burst into tears and said loudly: "Qian Sudian, Qian Qiaogong, follow me to help Jiangyin." According to the original plan, the rest entered Wuxi to join forces with Song Anbu and reinforce Shaoxing Mansion. ”