The Qing army in Zhenjiang City was in chaos because of two completely different orders.

Hong Chengchou didn't realize even at this time that his orders would cause chaos in the Qing army.

In fact, it's very simple, just make two doors.

Tan Tai is a general of the expedition to the south, although he is subordinate to the commander of Wu Sangui in Jiangbei, but even if Wu Sangui is concerned, he has to be polite to Tan Tai.

Tan Tai had previously ordered a strategic contraction, withdrawing all the Qing troops across the river, consolidating the river defenses, and repelling the invading Ming army.

But now, Hong Chengchou ordered the defenders of Zhenjiang City to defend the city to the death.

If Tan Tai is ordered to respond to the debriefing, this will be better, and the Zhenjiang Qing Army can still make a choice, after all, the county officials are not as good as the current management.

But the question is, Tan Tai is still stranded on Jiangxin Island, who of the Qing generals dares to disobey Tan Tai?

Not to say that he is a general of the expedition to the south, just to say that he is a descendant of Dolgon, who is so bold?

Because Tan Tai's order was given early, two days earlier than Hong Chengchou.

The Qing army in Zhenjiang had already begun to prepare for retreat, and the forwards had already arrived at the riverside.

As a result, Hong Chengchou's order arrived.

Is that to continue the retreat?

Or was he ordered to return to Zhenjiang City to hold on?

Needless to say, the soldiers talked a lot, and I am afraid that the generals are at a loss.

And at this time, a Ming cavalry arrived ten miles outside the west of Zhenjiang.

Hearing about the enemy's situation, the Qing army became even more chaotic, and some generals in the city wanted to withdraw from the city, while the outside of the city had to return to the city.

Looking at the closed city gate, Song Anxin was very anxious, along the way, there was no news from Wu Zheng, he had been picked up by Wu Xiaomei no less than ten times, you know, this is in front of the cavalry soldiers.

Seeing the soldiers covering their mouths, Song An wanted to cry without tears.

In fact, Song Anxin breathed a sigh of relief, no news, it is better than having news.

If there is really news, it means that the overall situation has been decided and it is irretrievable.

There is no news, which means that Wu Zheng should not have an accident yet, and things can be done.

But when he arrived outside Zhenjiang City, he saw that the city gate was closed, and the cavalry did not have the prerequisites for attacking Zhenjiang, so when Song An was anxious, the scouts reported that the Qing army outside the northern city was in chaos, as if they wanted to escape, but it was not like it, because countless people were returning to the city.

Song Anle is happy, this is really someone who sent steamed buns when he just felt hungry, we can't attack the city, clean up those of you who went out of the city, it's a piece of cake.

So, Song An ordered the whole army to make a detour to the north city and conduct a surprise attack on the Qing army outside the city, but for the safety of Wu Xiaomei, Song An left a hundred horsemen and ordered them to escort Wu Xiaomei back thirty miles to make sure that everything was safe.

Although Wu Xiaomei was willful, she knew that being able to ride a horse did not mean that she could fight, so she also told Song An to pay attention to the news of Wu Zheng and left with Baiqi.

In this way, Song An led the cavalry to make a detour to the northern city.

Of course, these can't escape the eyes of the defenders of Xicheng.

But Song An led 2,000 cavalry, once accelerated, in terms of speed, the messengers sent by the defenders did not have a time advantage.

In other words, the Qing army outside the city may be able to get the news before the arrival of the Ming cavalry, but not too long in advance.

This time difference was not enough for them to make effective preparations against the cavalry.

When Song An led the cavalry to appear, what Song An saw in his eyes was that the Qing soldiers in front of him were divided into two, one group was scurrying towards the river bank, and the other group hated their parents who had lost two legs and ran wildly towards the city gate.

This was the reaction of the Qing army to the attack of the Ming cavalry.

Song An was faced with a choice, and the troops he led were not enough to divide the troops, whether to chase those who fled to the riverside or those who fled to the city gate.

Without thinking too much, Song An made a decision to chase after those who fled to the city gate!

The reason is very simple, if there is one less defender in the city, the city defense will be weaker, and if the Qing army is allowed to escape into the city smoothly, it will be much more difficult to attack the city in the future.

Song An's idea is undoubtedly the most correct.

His ideas also invisibly fit into the entire Zhenjiang City Reconquest War.

Naturally, a person's legs can't outrun four horses' hooves.

As the Ming cavalry approached, countless Qing soldiers no longer fled to the city gate, but to the east gate.

But Song An ordered the cavalry not to pursue, but to rush all the way to the north city gate, except for being trampled by the horse's hooves and killed by the Ming army, the Qing soldiers did not suffer many casualties.

The cavalry of the Ming army broke through to three or four miles outside the north city gate, and the defenders in the city saw that the situation was not good, and quickly closed the city gate despite the pleas of at least thousands of Qing soldiers outside the city.

Seeing this, Song An shouted pity, so he ordered to turn around and slash the Qing army outside the city.

However, at this time, the Qing soldiers outside the city had already dispersed, and the cavalry had only eliminated hundreds of people, and there were no Qing soldiers in sight.

Ming rode outside the city gate for a few laps, and saw that the Qing army had no intention of going out of the city to meet the battle, so Song An ordered to take a few captured Qing soldiers back to the west gate to meet Wu Xiaomei.

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Liao Zhongping is indeed an honest man.

Blessed are honest people.

In this troubled era, he has been under the command of the forbidden army, and from time to time he has been added to the ranks, which really depends on his honesty.

As he said to Zhu Yihai during the Chun'an Change, he is only loyal to the prison country, and whoever is in charge of the country, he will be loyal to whom.

Therefore, even Zhu Yujiao trusts him very much.

Liao Zhongping is honest, but it doesn't mean that he lacks heart.

On the contrary, he is well versed in the tactics of war and has great military common sense.

Although he didn't know why the imperial court suddenly transferred the defenders of Zhenjiang City back to Beijing, he still realized the abnormality from the comparison of military forces, and he judged that this was obviously a good opportunity for the Qing army to cross the river and attack.

But this realization does not mean what he can do.

The imperial edict is not something he can change, and Liao Zhongping can only choose to remain silent.

The moment he learned that Wu Zheng was going to Dantu, Liao Zhongping was alert that something was wrong.

Why didn't the Qing army attack Zhenjiang, which was weakly defended, first, but attack Dantu, who was relatively strong in defense?

Sitting on the side of the map and pondering for a long time, Liao Zhongping was almost sure that this was a conspiracy against Wu Zheng, but he still chose to remain silent.

Although his heart was painful, he understood that no one who planned this matter could be provoked by him, and even he doubted that there would be a prison state involved in this matter, and the order to transfer troops came from the highest level of the imperial court after all.

Then Zhenjiang City was lost, and the news of the fall of Dantu came, Liao Zhongping beat his chest and sighed in vain!

This powerless despair of reality devoured the heart of this honest man.

He has respect for Wu Zheng, but whoever can recover the rivers and mountains for the country and the people, Liao Zhongping has a rod and scale in his heart.

He doesn't understand what political dumping is, because he doesn't want to understand, he understands a little, but if someone like Wu Zheng dies, the Qingtai Dynasty will really be over.

But today, he received an order from the highest level to lead the army to rescue Wu Zheng in the direction of Zhenjiang.

Liao Zhongping didn't want to be silent anymore, he secretly decided, Wu Zheng was alive and desperately rescued, Wu Zheng died, then attack Zhenjiang and fight!

On the official road leading from Yingtianfu to Zhenjiang, the army in a hurry occupied the official road and the side roads were occupied.

The people did not know what was happening, and they all avoided the fields and looked in horror.