At that time, after discussing with Wang Zhiren, Wu Zheng decided to use Wang Zhiren to lead the water division to block the Qing army from crossing the Yangtze River along the Yangtze River, while Wu Zheng led his main force to reinforce Shaoxing Mansion and recover the entire territory of Shaoxing.

This tactical goal was achieved, but the consequence of misjudging the Qing army's strategy was that the Qing army's heavy troops broke through the river defense with local superiority, and under the cooperation of the Qing army in Zhenjiang City, they defeated the Ming army in Zhenjiang Prefecture and occupied most of the county towns in Zhenjiang Prefecture.

Although Wang Zhiren's two sailors blocked the south side of the Yangtze River, there are two large islands in the Yangtze River northeast of Zhenjiang Prefecture, called Jiangxin Island.

It was the Qing army that used these two islands to transport more than ten Hongyi cannons to the island, and then posed a threat to the Ming army's naval division, and then with the support of artillery, 20,000 Qing troops crossed from the two islands at the same time.

In just two hours, the Qing army landed on the south bank and quickly assaulted Zhenjiang City, defeating the Ming army.

Qian Sule blamed himself with a frustrated face: "If it weren't for the transfer of the Zhenjiang Mansion army, I guess the situation would not have been so corrupted." ”

Wu Zheng shook his head and comforted: "Qian Xiang doesn't have to blame himself too much, Chen Xiang actually didn't do anything wrong, the Qing army is a tactical counterattack that has been planned for a long time, even if the three thousand people are not transferred to Longtan, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop the Qing army's full force." It's just that today's situation is really difficult to solve, in the first battle of Shaoxing Mansion, our department suffered a lot of casualties, although there are thousands of troops from Fang Guoan, Wang Deer and Jin Shenghuan, but these troops cannot be transferred to Zhenjiang to fight with the Qing army in a short time. With only 20,000 people in our department, the maximum number of people who can be transferred to Zhenjiang is 10,000, and no matter how much, I am afraid that there will be changes in the three prefectures of Hangzhou. ”

Qian Sule nodded, he understood the meaning of Wu Zheng's words, Fang Guoan, Wang Deer, and Jin Shenghuan added up to nearly 10,000 troops in Shaoxing Mansion, if Hangzhou Mansion sent a large number of troops to the north, then it would lose its deterrent effect on these troops in Shaoxing Mansion, and a mutiny occurred, that is, a fire broke out in the backyard.

Qian Sule said worriedly: "But the occupation of Zhenjiang Mansion is equivalent to the passage from Yingtianfu to Changzhou being cut off by the Qing army, so Yingtianfu is isolated and only connected to Taiping Mansion and Guangde Mansion in the south, if the Qing court attacks on a large scale, I am afraid it will ......." ”

Wu Zheng nodded, what he was worried about was this, the loss of Zhenjiang was equivalent to cutting off the direct passage between Hangzhou Sanfu, Suzhou, Changzhou and Yingtianfu, if not counting the Yangtze River, Yingtianfu was already surrounded by the Qing army on both sides at this time, this dangerous situation, for the Qingtai court, it was very unfavorable.

But the problem is that Pingbai lost 5,000 Ming troops in Zhenjiang Mansion, and now the imperial court has no troops to adjust, Wu Zheng only transferred 10,000 people to the north, and wants to recover Zhenjiang, how easy is it?

The occupation of the two Jiangxin Islands by the Qing army was equivalent to a springboard to send reinforcements to Zhenjiang Prefecture at any time.

And there are still 80,000 people in the Jiangbei Qing army.

The situation was very dangerous, Wu Zheng paced back and forth in silence, he was not an immortal, and he couldn't think of a reliable way to resolve this crisis.

At this time, Ma Shiying said: "Zhenguo Gong doesn't have to worry, according to Ma's speculation, although the Qing army occupies Zhenjiang Mansion, it may not have the ability to attack Yingtianfu and the surrounding Changzhou, that is to say, Yingtianfu will not suffer from the attack from the direction of Zhenjiang Mansion." ”

Wu Zheng said puzzledly: "Why do you say that?" ”

Ma Shiying said: "At the beginning, we misjudged that the Qing court's target was in Pinggangshan and Lihai, but the facts proved that the Qing court's target was Zhenjiang Mansion. Our dynasty fell into passivity because of this, but don't forget that the Qing court did not expect that Zhenguo Gong could recover the entire territory of Shaoxing Mansion in three days. Shaoxing Mansion was recovered by our dynasty, which is equivalent to cutting off the north-south passage of the Qing court, and Fuzhou is still at war, Ma secretly thinks that the Qing court is probably more anxious than us at this time, right? ”

Ma Shiying's words made Wu Zheng suddenly brighten up and his spirits were greatly lifted.

Wu Zheng's mind cleared up suddenly, Ma Shiying was right, the loss of Zhenjiang Mansion did put the Qingtai Dynasty in a crisis that could not be taken care of, but the recovery of Shaoxing Mansion made the Qing court feel no better?

The 200,000 Qing troops in Fujian have only relied on a passage in Jiangxi for supply from now on, because the entire territory of Hunan has not yet been occupied by the Qing army, and the remnants of Li Zicheng's Dashun army, which retreated from the Jiangxi battlefield, still have organized resistance, and if they want to escort a large amount of grain and grass through the war zone, how many troops do they need?

On the other hand, the pattern south of the Yangtze River today is different from when the Qing army first moved south.

At that time, the Ming army was defeated like a mountain, often at the touch of a crush, or even without touch, which made the Qing army advance rapidly.

But now that the Ming army is on the Northern Expedition and has recovered Yingtianfu, it has made all parts of the country doubt that the Qing army can occupy the whole territory, and this suspicion has naturally caused many people and forces who have been riding the wall and originally wanted to defect to the Qing court have changed.

The Qing army had less help to receive, and the Ming army, which had surrendered, was also changing, and this undercurrent made it impossible for the Qing court to form the determination to strike an all-out blow at the Qingtai Dynasty.

Therefore, as Ma Shiying said, even if the Qing army occupied Zhenjiang Mansion, he was unable to continue to launch attacks on the surrounding areas, because the incident happened suddenly, and the Ming army's naval division was caught off guard, which was only then that the Qing army formed a breakthrough in the waters of Zhenjiang with local advantages, but now, the situation has become clear, Wang Zhiren is leading the naval division to counterattack the two islands in the center of the river, which curbs the possibility of the Qing army continuing to increase troops to Zhenjiang Mansion on a large scale.

In other words, the Qing army that broke into Zhenjiang Mansion may become a lone army, at least the reinforcement of the Qing army in Zhenjiang Mansion by the Jiangbei Qing Army will be reduced to the weakest.

Thinking about this, Wu Zheng was at ease.

He smiled and said to Ma Shiying: "Look, if you put your mind on the Tartars, you will have the possibility of becoming a generation of famous ministers." ”

Ma Shiying's face turned red and she couldn't laugh or cry.

Wu Zheng ignored him, turned to Qian Sule and said: "Ma Xiang is right, the Qing army seems to be fierce, but in fact it is exhausted, like a paper tiger. Let's not say that they are fighting on three sides, and their troops are still stretched, let's just say that the supply of grain and grass for the 100,000 troops in Jiangbei is probably very reluctant, and our army is different, so it fights on its own territory, and there is no need to pull the supply line of the Qing army thousands of miles away. ”

Not to mention, Wu Zheng's simple words made Qian Sule's originally heavy heart suddenly relaxed, as if he had seen the light of day, and the problem that could not be solved just now became something that the Qing army needed to worry about in an instant.

Qian Sule said comfortably: "What you said is extremely ...... However, Zhenjiang Mansion was occupied by the Qing army, which was a big trouble after all, and it must be recovered as soon as possible. ”

Wu Zheng was speechless, isn't this because of the lack of troops, and Zhenjiang Mansion is unable to take it back for a while?

After talking for a long time, I still got around to this matter.

However, being reminded by Ma Shiying, Wu Zheng really came up with a solution that was not a solution.