The so-called blessings and misfortunes lurk, and misfortunes and blessings rely on.

There is a relative side to everything.

When the cavalry of the Ming army appeared outside the east gate with the six hundred cavalry sent by Jin Shenghuan to break through.

After breakfast just now, Jin Shenghuan, who heard the "bad news", fell softly on the chair and sighed, it's over...... That's it.

These 600 cavalry were captured, which means that the Daoxu granary, which has no reinforcements and does not know the enemy's situation, will definitely be captured by the Ming army.

It also means that the main force of the Lihai Qing army will collapse due to lack of food in three days.

So what hope and significance does Shaoxing City have to keep?

Jin Shenghuan sighed, and the idea of surrendering arose from this, it is better to die than to live, and stay in the green mountains without fear of no firewood.

Immediately, the Qing army of Shaoxing City shot a letter of surrender to the city.

When Zhang Guowei pinched the letter and hurriedly came to Wu Zheng, Wu Zheng was looking at the map with a frown.

"Wu Zheng, Jin Shenghuan promised to surrender." Zhang Guowei is indeed very excited, in his opinion, to keep the ancient city of Shaoxing and let the people not be affected by the war, this is what Wang Shi should do.

But Wu Zheng's reaction was very dull, he just said "hmm", and he didn't even raise his head.

Zhang Guowei was stunned for a moment, a smile faded on his face, and he asked worriedly: "What's wrong, it can't be that something happened, right?" ”

Wu Zheng replied: "Nothing happened, Zhang Gong doesn't have to worry." ”

"That'...... Then why do you look like that? ”

Wu Zheng finally raised his head, "Just passed Zhou Dahu asked about yesterday's battle of Guali, according to his description, the Qing army against him, the casualties were not large, and it was an orderly retreat, it could not be called a rout, this Qing army was strong, there were about four or five thousand people, according to reason, no matter what its plans, it should be withdrawn to Shaoxing City before Zhou Dahu to join Jin Shenghuan, but by now, seven or eight hours have passed, but there is no news of this Qing army. ”

Although Zhang Guowei was born as a literati, he has been a scholar of the military department for many years, and he still has basic military knowledge.

Such a Qing army of four or five thousand people has no trace, what this represents, he knows very well in his heart.

No matter when and where, the appearance of this army will affect and influence the war situation in Shaoxing Mansion.

Zhang Guowei was also a little anxious, "Then scouts should be sent immediately and reconnoitred everywhere." ”

Wu Zheng nodded comfortingly: "I have already sent it, Zhang Gong doesn't have to worry too much, Shaoxing Mansion is not big, even if they go to heaven and earth, they will be found out...... Presumably, it won't be long before it pays off. ”

Zhang Guowei was a little relieved and asked: "According to Wang Deren's explanation, the commander of this Qing army is led by Ke Yongsheng, the former chief soldier of Jiangning Mansion, and he is a general of the Qing court, so it is impossible to lead the army...... Escape from Shaoxing Mansion, right? ”

Wu Zheng said: "That's what I'm worried about, he simply escaped from Shaoxing Mansion, and I didn't bother to pay attention to it, but the key is that if this Qing army attacks me when I don't expect it, it will cause big trouble." ”

Zhang Guowei groaned: "Ke Yongsheng's retreat this time is already a bit strange, according to what Zhou Dahu said, Ke Yongsheng should still have the ability to fight, and he should not retreat from Guali...... From this point of view, Ke Yongsheng's move must have a plan. ”

"yes, I thought so too." Wu Zheng pointed to the map and said, "But the eight counties of Shaoxing Prefecture, there is no target worthy of him to give up Guali as the price, but also to rush to, now the three battlefields of Guali, Pinggang Mountain, and Lihai in Shaoxing Prefecture, the battles of Guali and Pinggang Mountain have ended, and only Lihai is left, and the strength of the Qing army in Lihai is not inferior to that of the Ming army, if Ke Yongsheng gives up Guali just to reinforce Lihai...... There's no need for that, huh? ”

Zhang Guowei hesitated and said: "Wu Zheng, could it be Ke Yongsheng who thought of it...... Is it also a granary of Daoxu? ”

Zhang Guowei's casual words made Wu Zheng startled, and cold sweat oozed from his back.

and Zhang Guowei looked at each other, and the two almost shouted in unison: "It's bad!" ”

Wu Zheng hurriedly said: "Come on, immediately order the cavalry not to dismount, not to unload the saddle, and to clean up the place and stand by." ”

Then he turned his head and said: "Gong Zhang, this matter is not trivial, it is related to the success or failure of the war, I have to lead the army in person!" ”

Zhang Guowei was also anxious, and hurriedly said: "What should I do if Jin Shenghuan of Shaoxing City surrenders?" ”

Wu Zheng walked out and said: "He should give the conditions, so he will do so, and Zhang Gong will surrender with full authority...... By the way, be fast, even if Jin Shenghuan suddenly makes any additional requests, the first thing to agree is that as long as our army occupies Shaoxing City, even if there is an accident in the battle of Daoxu, it can be invincible. ”

Zhang Guowei responded: "As you said, as long as Shaoxing City is in hand, our army will be undefeated, so if you can't do anything, you have to return immediately, and you must not be rash." ”

Wu Zheng's heart warmed, he knew that Zhang Guowei was worried about his safety, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Zhang Gong, it's not the first time Wu Zheng has been on the battlefield, besides, my troops are all cavalry, if you can't beat it, it's still okay to run." ”

Zhang Guowei also laughed, he also knew that as long as Wu Zheng was not rash, then it should not be difficult to rely on the cavalry to withdraw to Shaoxing City.

……。

In fact, Wu Zheng and Zhang Guowei were wrong, and they guessed Ke Yongsheng's thoughts wrong.

The reason why Ke Yongsheng retreated was not because he was afraid of war, and a veteran general like him of the Qing court could not have the intention of surrendering.

His retreat was mainly due to suspicion that Jin Shenghuan would not send troops to reinforce Guali.

In other words, Ke Yongsheng retreated premeditatedly and retreated to Lihai to control the main force of the Qing army in Lihai, so as to gain the initiative to counter the Ming army and restrain Jin Shenghuan.

Obviously, at this time, he had forced back the domain of Li Ruhai and Lu, achieved his goal, and also successfully took over the command of the Lihai Qing army.

And his next operational idea after controlling the Lihai battle situation was to gain control of the Daoxu granary, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Jin Shenghuan.

That is to say, although Zhang Guowei and Wu Zheng guessed the wrong reason for Ke Yongsheng's withdrawal, they were wrongly blinded to Jin Shenghuan's next move, but Wu Zheng still misestimated Ke Yongsheng's determination to win the Daoxu granary.

It's no wonder that more than 20,000 Qing troops in Lihai fought with the Ming army in Lihai for two days, although there were thousands of casualties, but they accounted for more than 10%, not to the extent of breaking muscles and bones, plus the rendezvous of Ke Yongsheng's 4 or 5,000 people, it means that the Qing army was full of blood in an instant.

The food consumption of more than 20,000 people a day is not a small number, and Lihai is a tidal flat, so the Ming army built a key pass, but except for fishermen, there is no business, even if the Qing army wants to eat on the spot, it is impossible.

Then, the significance of the gains and losses of the Daoxu granary to the Qing army is not an exaggeration even if it is described as life and death.

Ke Yongsheng sent a partial division of 3,000 people to Daoxu, but this was only the first one, he sent two armies, and the second army had 6,000 people, and the intention was nothing more than ...... Transporting grain.