Looking at Song An's suffocating appearance, Wu Zheng laughed.

"It's okay, guerrilla tactics. Dolgon must have figured out my heart all these years, so, just like you, he will surely guess that at the last minute, I will withdraw. Besides, in his opinion, I am King Wu, and I have 200,000 Northern Expeditionary Army under my command, when can I regroup and come back, there is no need to fight him here to the end, so he will definitely guess that in the end my choice is to withdraw. ”

"But young master, the counterattack may not be able to win...... IMHO, if the second guard has enough ammunition and supplies, it can have a chance of winning, but for now...... Fight back, and the chance of winning will never exceed 30%. ”

"Nope." Wu Zheng shook his head, "I think there is a more than sixty percent chance of winning this battle." ”

"Huh?" Song An exclaimed, "Why...... Please also ask the young master to give advice. ”

Wu Zheng grinned and said, "I have always had a question in my heart, what is the intention of Dolgon to set up this game for me so frantically? ”

"Originally, I thought that he wanted to weaken the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army and prevent me from expanding northward, so that the Qing court could have enough time to calmly sweep the northwest and southwest, and then turn around and solve my ...... This is undoubtedly true, so I have no doubts. At the same time, I have been guessing which army will be used as the main sword when Dolgon encircles Huai'an on three sides, until the North Shore Banner Army appeared, I even sighed, and all of Dolgon's deployments were finally revealed. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng nodded and said, "But you tell me that Dolgon is on the other side, which makes me wonder what he is doing on the other side?" What allowed him to go out on the expedition with illness, just to annihilate the second guard? Because at least when Dolgon left Beijing and went south, he certainly had no way of knowing that I would be in Huai'an, so I wouldn't be his target, at least not at all. In other words, whether I am in Huai'an or not, it is a fact that Dolgon himself went south. So, is Erwei really worth it? Obviously, it is not true, he must have other plans. ”

"Did the young master guess it?"

Wu Zheng glared and said, "Stupid...... If you can guess, will your young master still risk fighting this counterattack? It's because I can't guess that I'm worried, just imagine, Dolgon can surrender the dynasty under my nose, then can you guarantee that Dolgon won't recruit more people? The Great General's Mansion is now the land of thirteen mansions, thousands of officials, how can you guarantee that there will not be another one, or even multiple dynasties...... Since it is like a fish in the throat, it is better to do the opposite...... Take the initiative to show the biggest flaws in front of him, there are too many flaws, but he can't start, take advantage of his indecisiveness, disrupt his deployment, make his heart upset, so everything is easy to do. ”

Song An said suddenly: "What does the young master mean is that our army's sudden counterattack is full of flaws, but it makes Dolgon unable to guess the young master's true goal, so he can't concentrate on dealing with it, which has caused confusion in the command of the enemy army on the north bank?" ”

Wu Zheng nodded and sighed lightly: "That's the general idea, it's just that the casualties of our army in this battle are afraid to become ...... It's out of control. ”

But no matter how Wu Zheng explained, there was one thing he never said, that is, in his subconscious, he regarded Dolgon as his biggest opponent, and after three years, he wanted to meet Dolgon again.

Because Wu Zheng knew that Dolgon should not have many days to live, although he didn't know the specific time, he still had the impression that only when Dolgon died, the little emperor Fulin could be in power.

……。

A magnificent counterattack began to be rapidly deployed under such a mood that can be said to be "absurd, but full of passion".

Gather all your ammunition, throw away all unnecessary supplies, and launch a general assault on the northern shore.

This is no longer a matter of breaking the kettle, but a gamble, an adventure, a gamble.

Wu Zheng is a "gambler", and he has always been like this, as long as he is given a chance, his "gambling nature" will be revealed.

As the saying goes, if you have the opportunity, you have to gamble, if you don't have a chance, you have to gamble when you create opportunities.

But Wu Zheng is sober in his heart, and this has nothing to do with deciding whether to gamble or not.

Wu Zheng, Chen Sheng, Lu Zhiyu, and Song An, after a rather fierce "debate," finally decided on an offensive plan that the whole army would launch a counterattack after repelling the enemy's first wave of attacks tomorrow.

This proposal was actually put forward by Wu Zheng first, because Wu Zheng knew that if he really wanted to attack the north bank, the success rate of the counterattack was almost zero.

This is not a counteroffensive, but suicide.

The second guard, which must not land on the north shore and has run out of ammunition, is not the opponent of the Eight Banners Army, not to mention that the enemy has an advantage in strength, so it will be a decisive battle with the enemy on the water.

There is no necessary connection between launching a counterattack and whether or not it actually lands on the north shore.

In the final analysis, this is just a gesture, to hurt the enemy, to fear the enemy, so as to deter the enemy, and dare not cross the river to attack rampantly, only in this way can it be delayed until the reinforcements arrive, which is the real purpose of Wu Zheng's counterattack.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Wu Zheng already had this plan to fight the enemy on the water.

Because almost all of the Eight Banners don't know the nature of water, if they really want to fall into the water, it is equivalent to a weighing stone, and when they sink to the bottom of the river, I am afraid that a few bubbles will not emerge.

But the second guard is different, and it is really difficult to find one of the 30,000 people who can't water.

Even if the ships of the two sides collide, it will be our army that takes advantage.

Therefore, when Wu Zheng formally put forward this battle plan, all the generals agreed one after another, and as for the fierce "debate", it was to improve the details.

In the end, it was decided to officially launch a counterattack when the enemy's first wave of troops landed tomorrow and the ferry returned to pick up the second wave.

Because only in this way can we prevent the enemy from holding on to his position on the north bank as soon as he sees our army crossing the river to counterattack.

When the enemy's ferryboat transported the second wave of troops to the center of the river or even crossed the river, it encountered our army's ferry, at this time the enemy could not advance or retreat, and once a melee occurred, the enemy on the north bank had to be saved, and they could only send more reinforcements.

In this way, the battlefield is invisibly transformed to the surface of the water, and this is the innate strength of the southerners, which is enough to offset the tightness of ammunition.

……。

Pei County, Dolgon's temporary retreat.

Dolgon's face was extremely bad, he had indeed learned the news of Wu Zheng's presence in Huai'an City, although it had not been known for a long time.

But this news surprised Dolgon, so to speak, and really messed up his deployment.

Of course, this also relieved the doubts in Dolgon's heart about the reason why Erwei desperately held Huai'an for half a month.

Since ancient times, it has been very difficult to attack a city where a king or commander is stationed, so high that it requires a lot of human life, and even several times the casualties of the defenders.

And this is not the most important thing, what is important is time, far more than the time required to attack ordinary cities.