For a whole night, the shouts of killing resounded.

When the sky is bright, the dawn begins.

Wu Songwei's 8,000 main forces, with the spears in their hands, broke through into the enemy's formation for six or seven miles.

It's really blood every step of the way.

Whether it is Wu Songwei or the Qing army, both sides are exhausted, and at this time, either side sends a fresh army, which can control the situation of the battle.

Obviously, Lu Zhiyu will never let go of this fruit that was exchanged for the lives of the brothers.

Wu Songwei's reserve team began to move!

Yue Le was melancholy, using the gold-inlaid monoculars in his hand to observe the form of the battlefield ten miles away.

He understands that Lu Zhiyu can increase his troops, but he can't.

Because he is the defender, he also has a more important task, that is, to defend Yancheng, which is Dolgon's strict order before leaving. If Yancheng is lost, come and see you! Thinking of Dolgon's flat tone, Yue Le couldn't help but shudder, he was originally a person from Zilharang's side, Dolgon knew it, but he still had to use himself, that is, he was giving himself a chance, if he won this time, he would be the regent's person, but if he lost this time, Yue Le could definitely imagine that Dolgon would use himself as a person from Zilharang to impeach Zilharang in the court, and he would become the scapegoat that his grandmother didn't kiss and his uncle didn't love!

This battle cannot be fought any further, and if it is fought again, it is necessary to increase the number of troops on the battlefield. Once Wu Zheng diverts water from the mouth of the sea to the north, not only Yancheng will not be protected, but even the 30,000 new troops in his own hands will have to be buried here.

Even if this battle can be fought to the end and Wu Songwei is exhausted, so what?

Wu Songwei is only a guard in the middle of Wu Zheng's Northern Expeditionary Army, on the contrary, these 30,000 new troops are the only new army in our dynasty!

Thinking of this, Yue Le finally made up his mind.

He gritted his teeth and ordered, withdraw!

Withdraw to Yancheng and hold on to the city.

At the same time, he sent someone to report the details of the battle to Dolgon.

……。

The wind of early spring dawn has a hint of warmth in the coldness.

When the sky was bright, the water surface of the canal was as calm as a mirror, and there was no trace of the terrible whimpering of the previous night.

However, on the shore only a few miles away from the river, the corpses that no longer breathed were spread horizontally and vertically for ten miles.

Lu Zhiyu was running wildly, and Shen Zibing was already running crazy.

They were all searching and searching, and last night, the 800 warriors who vowed to "not defeat the enemy, and swore not to stop fighting" were looking forward to seeing anyone still alive, even if there were only one or two, even if they were still missing arms and legs.

And what they hope for more in their hearts is that the one they hope to live will be, Shen Zijiao.

Things in the world are often not as good as they should be.

When the two of them found Shen Ziqi lying on the border of the enemy's position almost at the same time, all the hopes and expectations in their hearts instantly came to naught.

The two behaved completely differently.

Lu Zhiyu sat down on the ground without saying a word.

And Shen Zibing stood stiffly ten steps away from the corpse, letting out a roar like a beast, but he didn't take any further steps, because he didn't dare, couldn't bear it, didn't want to, couldn't bear it!

The soldiers of Wu Songwei, who were cleaning the battlefield, gathered one after another when they heard the sound, and they stepped forward silently to collect the funeral for the warriors, and their movements were very light, slow, and steady, for fear of disturbing the warriors' dreams.

In this battle, the 800 warriors of the death squad were killed!

In this battle, Wu Songwei, at the cost of more than 3,700 killed and 1,900 wounded, drove back to Yancheng at the cost of blocking the periphery of Yancheng and having already built complete fortifications.

More than 5,600 enemies were annihilated and more than 2,130 were captured.

If you don't count the prisoners, the two sides are almost tied.

But it's a win!

A strategic victory!

This was not just a capture of a well-fortified position, but a break in the confidence of the enemy.

Wu Songwei broke the myth of undefeated hand-to-hand combat with bloody cold weapons!

This is a reversal of fundamental forces.

This is the most powerful weapon to destroy the enemy's self-confidence.

It made the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army more confident, even if there are no firearms, I can find you all over the place!

……。

Wu Zheng is in big trouble.

Obviously, the pits dug by Dolgon are not only Huai'an City and Yancheng City.

When Wu Zheng mobilized Chen Sheng and 5,000 Jin Huawei as a reserve in Jingjiang, landed in Yizhen, he had not yet begun to attack Liuhe in the west.

Chen Sheng learned from the scouts that from the direction of Tianchang to the area of Shangguan Bridge, there were several unknown numbers of enemy cavalry activities.

This is a very fatal problem, the problem encountered by Chen Sheng Jin Huawei is almost the same as that of Lu Zhiyu, because of the sudden war, Jin Huawei, who was transferred in a hurry, also did not carry the heavy artillery originally equipped.

And what is even more difficult than the Lu domain is that Jinhuawei is facing the enemy cavalry!

In an emergency, Chen Sheng quickly ordered to abandon Yizhen City and build the main position on the side of Datong Mountain, with the intention that in case of accidents, he could use the terrain to resist the impact of enemy cavalry. At the same time, Chen Sheng hurriedly sent a letter to Wu Zheng, asking for reinforcements.

Musketeers without repeating guns and artillery were in a very awkward position when dealing with cavalry, and the only way to form a frontal resistance was to triple or even five times the enemy's strength.

Chen Sheng's heart is steady, he doesn't dare to take this risk, since there are several enemy cavalry scouts, then the main force of enemy cavalry must not be far away.

And in the direction of Tianchang, the only place to come is Fengyang Mansion.

Then, the number of this enemy cavalry should be between five and six thousand cavalry, and this number is definitely not something that five thousand Jin Shanwei can resist.

As it turned out later, Chen Sheng's instantaneous decision saved the 5,000 people under him.

He was right, this was the third pit dug by Dolgon for Wu Zheng, and the enemy cavalry came from Fengyang Mansion, but the number was not five to six thousand horses, but ten thousand horses!

Dolgon secretly dispatched three thousand iron horsemen with the blue flag in his hand to go south to Fengyang, and even the Qing court did not know about it.

If this matter is discovered, then Dorgon is afraid that he will be impeached by the Manchu Dynasty.

Because after ascending the throne from Shunzhi, the Manchurian Eight Banners were divided into the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing and the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing, and the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing were almost impossible to transfer out of Gyeonggi.

What really fought against the Ming army and the righteous army in various places was the garrison of the Eight Banners, such as the 6,000 cavalry of Fengyang Mansion, the 3,000 cavalry of the original Hangzhou garrison, etc., which is also the origin of the later called "General Jiangning", "General Hangzhou", "General Guangzhou" and so on.

Dolgon was determined to put the Northern Expeditionary Army to death, and at the risk of being impeached by the county officials, he made a desperate bet, even his descendants were dispatched.

And the direction of this iron cavalry attack is the most critical point after the start of this battle - Jiangdu!

Now the Weibei Expeditionary Army that has landed in Jiangbei has pushed the main force to the north of Yangzhou and the south of Huai'an, and there are only a few hundred people stationed behind them to guard the cities, and even many small cities are some wounded soldiers placed in them.

In other words, these cities in the rear do not have much defensive power.