Some people will say, this is unlikely, a little brain can think of squeezing forward with a huge shield in both hands, but the feet are idle, install a knife tip on the shoe, raise one foot and kick forward.

Yes, this method has really been thought of and done, and this is the origin of the leg guards.

At the beginning, in order to deal with the enemy's front of the army, the soldiers found a thick bamboo tube, split it in half with a knife, and tied it to the calf with a rope, which was enough to deal with the enemy's "kicking", and later slowly improved the material, from bamboo to iron.

In fact, the leg guards are heavy, hinder the march, and uncomfortable to wear, which should have been abolished a long time ago, but it is precisely because when the two armies confront, they need to guard against each other's tricks to threaten their calves, which have been retained, and even exist in later generations, and have not been eliminated.

So, don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.

But here in Shaoxing Mansion, it's more ...... Bitter.

Duoduo quickly occupied Yuyao, and his troops approached Lihai.

Chen Sheng led his army to defend the Lihai fortress, but the problem was that Duoduo was not so stupid, and he naturally would not give the order to attack a strong fortress that had been prepared by the Ming army for several years.

When he was about twenty miles away from Lihai, Duoduo began to divide his troops, one stationed in place, and the other turned north, approaching Shangyu County.

Li Haiwei commanded Chen Sheng, and thus fell into a dilemma.

The number of Lihaiwei is 10,000, but that is a cover-up, and in fact the number of troops is far more than that.

Especially after Wu Zheng recovered the entire territory of Shaoxing Prefecture, the captured Qingming army reached 5 or 6,000 people, and after these people were selected, at least 3,000 people stayed in Lihaiwei and became auxiliary soldiers.

But even so, Chen Sheng also has self-knowledge, outside the city is the enemy chieftain Duoduo, by no means an idle person, whether he is from combat experience or experience, I am afraid that he is beyond the reach of the dust.

Going out of the city to face the battle is not a correct choice, only by sticking to the fortress and relying on the danger of the fortress can you compete with Duoduo.

But if you don't go out of the city to face the battle, Shangyu will be in danger.

If Wu Zheng is not in Shangyu, then he can still sit idly by, but now that Wu Zheng is in Shangyu, as a subordinate, he will sit back and watch the lord fall into danger and not save him, the consequences will be quite serious.

Can Chen Sheng not be embarrassed?

But Chen Sheng finally made a choice, stuck to the fortress, and resolutely did not come out!

This decision almost caused the Lihai Guards to mutiny, especially the deputy commander Li Ruhai, who insisted on going out of the city to face Duoduo.

But in the end, Chen Sheng's words convinced him.

Chen Sheng said, "If the lord can't stop him in Shangyu, he can also choose to retreat north." But if Lihai is not guaranteed, how will you and I face the lord? ”

If the sea is lost, Shangyu is not guaranteed.

Shangyu is not guaranteed, and Shaoxing Mansion has no danger to defend.

Li Ruhai finally agreed with Chen Sheng's strategy and couldn't defend it.

Chen Sheng's decision saved Li Haiwei and laid the foundation for Wu Zheng's counterattack in the future.

In fact, Duoduo was looking forward to Li Haiwei taking the initiative.

The purpose of his division of troops was to force Li Haiwei to take the initiative to rescue Wu Zheng.

The 10,000 troops stationed in place were prepared for Lihaiwei.

It is true that the Qing army can ignore the Lihai fortress and go straight to Shangyu, but the problem is that once the whole army is engaged in attacking Shangyu and even Shaoxing City, in case Lihaiwei attacks from the flank and back, it is a threat that cannot be ignored.

At that time, even if Shangyu and Shaoxing are captured, Duoduo will still face both Lihaiwei and Hangzhou Mansion.

Seeing that Lihaiwei did not move, Duoduo was also very annoyed, so he ordered a rush to attack Shangyu and forced Lihaiwei to send troops.

At this time, Wu Zheng only had about eight or nine hundred remnants of the cavalry battalion and three thousand Hangzhou guards from Qian Sudian, who had just arrived.

Compared with the tens of thousands of enemy troops who came to attack, this disparity in strength was quite huge, and the situation was very grim.

After encountering a previous ambush, the cavalry battalion was crippled.

Wu Zheng calmed down, and was no longer as impatient as he had just heard the Qing army breaking through from Shengxian and Xinchang.

There is a kind of person in this world, and the more he is hit, the calmer his heart becomes.

Wu Zheng is this kind of person.

The situation in Shaoxing Mansion today is.

Shangyu is in the center.

Lehaiwei is in the southeast.

The army of Dordors was in the south.

The Bolo Department is in the northwest direction.

It seems that Wu Zheng's only choice is to retreat in the direction of Xiaoshan in the northeast, and then cross the river and return to Hangzhou in order to counterattack in the future.

But Wu Zheng knew very well in his heart that at this time, the Hangzhou government could mobilize very few troops.

Even if he returned to Hangzhou, he was afraid that he would not be able to gather an army that could overwhelmingly counterattack the Qing army in a short period of time.

Even if the imperial court is willing to send reinforcements, it will be at least ten days later.

At that time, I was afraid that the daylilies were cold.

Shaoxing Mansion is not big, with 20,000 Qing troops, which is enough to cover every county.

Wu Zheng made a surprising choice, retreating westward, and sent an order to Hangzhou, ordering the Zhoushan Naval Division to enter the Cao'e River and take control of the river.

There is Bolo in the northwest, and there are many priests in the south.

Retreating to the west, isn't it just right to get into the enemy's flank attacks?

That's right!

However, to the west is Pinggang Mountain.

……。

Looking at Jiang Boli, who came out of Yongdao to greet him, Wu Zheng sighed.

It's been three years, and I've gone around a circle, but I've returned to this Pinggang cottage.

said that there is no reincarnation in this world, Wu Zhengzhen did not believe in him.

The reason why Wu Zheng made this choice is not difficult to understand.

Shaoxing Mansion did not have a lot of troops, but it was disrupted by the sneak attack of the Qing army, and it was unable to react quickly for a while.

As long as enough time is given to adjust the tactical deployment, even if it cannot be won, at least it can block the Qing army from continuing to advance north.

Then dragging down the Qing army became the first priority.

You fight yours, I beat mine, Wu Zheng plans to occupy the mountain as the king.

When you make your choice, it's like playing chess, it's your turn.

Duoduo was also in a dilemma.

Pursue Wu Zheng, do you want to attack Pinggang Mountain?

This is obviously a stinky chess, this broken mountain is worthless at all, and Pinggang Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, every step forward, you have to take human lives to fill it, is it worth it?

can not pursue Wu Zheng, Duoduo is unwilling, and finally caught the opportunity to be ashamed, just let it go, not to mention how uncomfortable it is.

Moreover, Lihai and Pinggang Mountain are like two nails, making Duoduo like a thorn in the back.

Shaoxing City was in front of him, Duoduo gritted his teeth and ordered to take Shaoxing City first.

A day later, the city of Shaoxing fell, and the 800 defenders stationed there, without receiving any reinforcements, were wiped out in just one hour.

Of the eight counties of Shaoxing Prefecture, five counties have now fallen into the hands of Duoduo, and the occupation of Shaoxing City means that Shaoxing Mansion has changed hands twice.

But Duoduo didn't feel happy, because Lihaiwei and Pinggang Mountain, these two nails, one east and one west, threatened him at all times.

The strange thing is that after two days of fierce fighting in Shaoxing Mansion, the fighting actually subsided temporarily.

The two sides invariably shrank their forces and reached a stalemate.

The stalemate requires a change to break it, but at the moment, whether it is Duoduo, Bolo, Wu Zheng, or Chen Sheng, they can't think of any good way to break this stalemate.