Wu Zheng bent down to support the old man, and asked casually, "Dare to ask the old man, why didn't you see the old man who was talking to me at the yamen before?" ”

"Old Patriarch...... Let's go. ”

"Gone?" Wu Zheng didn't realize it for a while, and asked in surprise.

"The general didn't know that after Wang Shi left the south of Taizhou that day and returned, the Qing army returned to Taizhou...... Among the hundred, there will be scum. I don't know who reported it, but the Qing army learned that it was the old patriarch who led the people to welcome Wang Shi, and also summoned thousands of young men for Wang Shi, so they took the old patriarch to ask for guilt...... Hey, the old patriarch is too stubborn, the old man has already persuaded him to let him go to Taixing, and the villagers have made up dozens of taels of silver for him, but he refuses to leave...... It is said that it is difficult to leave the homeland, and it is necessary to see the ...... of the Northern Expedition of the King Division in Taizhou. ”

An inexplicable melancholy suddenly rose in Wu Zheng's heart.

He remembered that the old man had asked himself cautiously, "Dare to ask the general, on the day of the Northern Expedition of the King Division, can the old man still be seen?" ”

But he was silent at the time.

Why not? Even if he lies, he can give the old man a kind of comfort.

White lies don't necessarily hurt people.

But he didn't give an old man the last comfort.

Are you too selfish?

I have been thinking about fighting a sure battle and doing something I am sure of, but when everything is certain, Jiangbei is afraid that the people who are eager for the Northern Expedition of the King Division should be gone.

What could be more important than a heart's back?

At this time, the people, who still don't know the horror of the war, which state capital has not been humiliated by the Tartars?

What the people need most now is confidence and hope, confidence and hope to persevere!

There is nothing absolutely certain, and the absolute certainty also comes from the support of the people who really want the Northern Expedition of the king.

Such a person is dead, and the greatest certainty is that there is no fish in water.

Perhaps at this moment, Wu Zheng's mind began to really have a kind of introspection, and began to reflect on the strategy and everything he has done in the past four years.

……。

"Jinchuan Gate has been breached?"

Dolgon, who had just arrived in Huai'an Mansion along the Grand Canal, was pleasantly surprised, he was restless in Xuzhou, the Ming army crossed the Yangtze River and invaded Yangzhou Mansion, which was too much pressure on the Qing court, and it was not an ordinary Ming army, but the Northern Expeditionary Army of Wu Zheng, the Northern Expeditionary Army, who went to his X's Northern Expeditionary Army, as soon as he heard the word "Northern Expedition", Dolgon came up with a nameless fire.

Isn't this intentionally disgusting?!

Qi Chongge bowed down and said: "The battle report I got is indeed so, I don't know why, the Ming army that originally resisted stubbornly, in the early hours of this morning, at the end of the end of the year, some of the defenders of Jinchuan Gate suddenly mutinied, evacuated the city wall, and Jingjing County King Nikan seized the opportunity and ordered the siege of the city at the beginning of the day, and fought a battle. ”

Dolgon smiled strangely, "There's nothing strange about it, the Southern Barbarians will always be so infighting, if not, why would the Ming Dynasty perish?" ”

"The prince is right."

"Nikanko has a way to play next?"

Qi Chongge bowed and said: "Now there are nearly 8,000 people from Jinchuan Gate to break into Yingtianfu, according to the report of the King of Jingjin County, because there is no preparation in advance, there are not enough people outside Jinchuan Gate, so they can only send troops to the direction of Shence Gate to reinforce ....... ”

"Why don't you transfer troops in the direction of Zhongfu Gate nearby?" Dorgon asked sharply.

"What I mean by respecting the king of the county is that the 8,000 people who broke into Yingtianfu will attack the two gates of Yifeng and Zhongfu to the west, and our army will attack inside and outside the two gates, as long as one of the two gates breaks through, then you can wave your army and take the imperial city directly."

Dolgon's face softened, this is indeed a good idea, he nodded and said, "Nikan still has a brain!" What is the situation of the Khalchuhun in the east? ”

Qi Chongge lowered his head and didn't dare to answer for a while.

"Speak!" Dorgon glared.

Ganglin on the side stepped forward and said softly: "The situation in the department of Dorobel Karchuhun is a little ...... Bad. ”

"What's wrong?"

"According to the rout, Dorobelle Karchuhun's unit was blocked by inexplicable fire and lightning at the stone bridge near the Yunyan River to the port town, and nearly 10,000 people in the front of the army were routed at that time, but fortunately, Dorobel tried his best to collect the rout afterwards, and the casualties were reduced to nearly 5,000 people."

Dolgon's face grew darker.

Ganglin coughed dryly, and his voice was lower, "Subsequently, according to the deployment of the prince, Dorobelle led the army to take Taixing directly, surrounded and hopefully captured Taixing City. I didn't want Wu Zheng to lead his Northern Expeditionary Army to arrive just in time...... Dorobelle's unit was routed. ”

A fine porcelain bowl shattered on the ground, and Dolgon's face was gloomy and dripping, "How many Ming troops are there in Taixing City?" How many reinforcements did Wu Zheng bring? ”

"There are about 7 or 8,000 Ming troops in Taixing City, and 8,000 reinforcements from Wu Zheng......."

Dolgon roared angrily: "There are 50,000 people in Karchuhun's department, even if he is ambushed and suffers 5,000 casualties, then there are 45,000 troops, and in just half a day, even if it is 45,000 pigs......." ”

Dolgon couldn't stop scolding.

"The prince is angry, according to the rout, the eight thousand reinforcements brought by Wu Zheng are musketeers, not only the muskets are sharp, but also a small cannon, although a single one is not very powerful, but it ......is too much."

"Many? How much is more? ”

"About three or four hundred."

Dolgon gasped when he heard this, he knew the power of artillery, although he had never seen what the small cannon described in Qi Chongge's mouth was, but the scene of hundreds of cannons firing at the same time, Dolgon could still make up the imagination in his mind.

"Where is the Khalchuhun now?"

“…… It is not clear, according to the rout, ....... ”

"Everything is told by the rout, what about the scouts? Are they all dead? Dorgon gasped in anger," continued. ”

"Yes. The rout is ...... Dorobel led his troops eastward. ”

"To the east?" Dolgon looked at the map in amazement, "What is he going to do in the east if he doesn't go west to Jiangdu to join our army?" …… Tongzhou? ”

Qi Chongge really didn't want to say it, but he knew that he couldn't hide it, "Lord Wang, our army of 10,000 people in Tongzhou has ...... Annihilated. ”

Dolgon's head "buzzed", his eyes turned black, a mouthful of blood burst out, and he collapsed on the couch.

"Lord Wang...... Rajah....... ”

"Come on...... Pass on the military doctor! ”

After about a pillar of incense, Dolgon woke up quietly, and as soon as he woke up, he hurriedly said, "Send scouts immediately...... Send a few more teams to find Kharchuhun...... He was ordered to go to sea at once, and by sea he went north to land at Clam Harbor, and then joined the king. ”

"Yes."

"Immediately sent an order to Nikan, ordering him to do whatever it takes to attack the Imperial City of Yingtianfu as soon as possible, even if he can't capture it in a short time, he must surround the Imperial City of the Yixing Dynasty to the death...... At the same time, he sent a letter to the imperial court, asking Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and others to form an embassy to go south and prepare for the ...... Armistice and ......! ”

With that, another mouthful of blood burst out, and Dolgon hissed, "I hate ...... Hate this body...... Don't be angry......! ”

Before he finished speaking, his body stiffened, his head tilted, and he fainted again.