Jiang Quanyi was shocked when he heard Wu Zheng's words, and asked urgently: "Dare to ask the prince...... Who is in charge of the city? ”

"Zu Dabi."

Jiang Quanyi was stunned for a while, then shook his head and said, "No...... The humble post sent people to reconnoiter in advance, and there was no chief general in Huai'an Mansion, and it has always been the commander of the two guards of Huai'an and Dahe, and they are not ......subordinate to each other. ”

Wu Zheng frowned and said, "If it is really as you said, why did this king come in person?" ”

Jiang Quanyi realized that he was afraid that he had been fooled.

But as soon as he thought of this, Jiang Quanyi became even more anxious, "If it is really as the prince said, the enemy is deliberately showing weakness to the enemy, then Huai'an Mansion must be a trap...... It's better for the prince to leave quickly and return to Taizhou! ”

Wu Zheng raised his eyebrows, squinted at Jiang Quanyi and said, "What about you and Taizhou Wei?" ”

Jiang Quanyi was stunned, hesitated slightly, and said firmly: "The prince forgives his sins and is humble...... I still want to fight! If he retires like this, he will have no shame in facing the casualties, and he will have no shame to continue to lead the Taizhou Guard. ”

Wu Zheng sneered: "So, this king is in person, and you are ordered to retreat, and you have to disobey?" ”

Jiang Quanyi was stunned, but he stiffened his neck and said: "I have reported to the prince before, if I lose this battle, I will die in front of Huai'an City...... I hope the prince will be fulfilled! ”

Wu Zheng's face was as cold as ice, and he glanced at the generals present, "You are also the same as him...... Want to defy the order? ”

The generals immediately knelt down one after another, and said in unison: "I hope the general will be perfect!" ”

Wu Zheng suddenly laughed, "Since you all want to fight...... Then let's fight. Also, if the Northern Expeditionary Army is defeated and retreats, it is better to go home and farm and nurse the children! ”

Jiang Quanyi and the generals looked at each other.

Wu Zheng smiled and said in a deep voice: "But since this king has arrived, the command is withdrawn...... Jiang Quanyi. ”

"Humble duty."

"Let's go to the first battalion and be a commander."

"Yes, obedience!" Jiang Quanyi subconsciously responded, but then became anxious, "Since the prince knows that Huai'an Mansion is a trap, why do you want to take such a risk?" If the prince is in Taizhou, no, even if he is in Xinghua, he can not only command, but also retreat in distress ....... ”

Wu Zhengzheng said: "Dolgon has put a lot of thought into it, and laid out the game, if it was a few years earlier, I would have really been a little scared of him, but now, no matter what the bureau is, as long as we don't mess up ourselves, Dolgon wants to take advantage, then it depends on his ability." This time, let's fight a fight to make Dolgon understand that what can't be obtained by conspiracy and trickery can be shaken head-on, and it can't be obtained! ”

Jiang Quanyi and all the generals responded in unison: "We are willing to follow the general to the death!" ”

……。

Fighting this battle is not Wu Zheng's recklessness or rashness.

If there was a little bit of arrogance when the military workshop was just shelled, then after more than ten days, even if it was a willful act, it was time to calm down at this time.

Wu Zheng gradually felt Dolgon's impatience, yes, impatience.

It's not that Dorgon's methods are clumsy, on the contrary, his methods are appropriate, especially for the speculation of human nature, which is very good, but he is too impatient.

If it is brewed for two or three years, it will be very effective to choose a more suitable time to launch it.

Each of his subdivision strategies, in fact, is a good move, but it is often because of impatience, and in the end it fails.

At this point, Wu Zheng was almost certain, combined with the information from the north, Dolgon thought that time was indeed running out.

Although I don't know what kind of net Dolgon is weaving for himself at this time, this time, Wu Zheng has no intention of retreating.

When you are a commander and a commander, you can retreat, because you are ordered to retreat.

But when he is the king of Wu, he can't retreat, because it's a passive slack!

It's about prestige, and it's about ruling people's hearts.

Wu Zheng was confident that with the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army, no matter which battlefield it was on, it would not be able to suffer losses.

If Dorgon was in a hurry to come to a decisive battle, why didn't he accompany him?

This is a contest of momentum, and those who win the hearts and minds of the people will win the world.

There has never been a world that has been won by escaping.

Compared with the enemy's transfer of troops from the north thousands of miles away, the Northern Expeditionary Army still took advantage, and its farthest prefecture was only a thousand miles to the battlefield, not to mention that there was a naval division to control the Yangtze River and ensure the smooth supply of materials, ordnance, and soldiers.

If the enemy wants to fight, then fight!

It's just that Wu Zheng still has some regrets in his heart, once this war starts, the situation evolves, and it is often not controlled by manpower, and after all, he did not fulfill his intention to take the initiative to go on a northern expedition after all preparations are completed.

After this big battle, the casualties of the Northern Expeditionary Army must be not small, once the strength is lost too much, I am afraid that I really want to make wedding clothes for others, so that people can take the opportunity to pick peaches.

But Wu Zheng also has no regrets, since the will of heaven is destined, then it should be regarded as a contribution.

……。

Guangxin Mansion Governance, Shangrao City.

Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Liu Tiren and a number of generals under their command are holding a meeting to discuss.

Although the situation was urgent, everyone's faces were filled with excitement and joy.

An urgent order came from the General's Mansion to form the Third Army of the Northern Expedition and form the Raozhou Guard, with the three guards of Guangxin, Chuzhou and Raozhou as the team, with a total number of 100,000 troops, of which 40,000 were Guangxinwei and 30,000 were each of the two guards of Chuzhou and Raozhou.

The commander of the Third Army is Li Guo, Sun Jiaji, Chi Erhan, Gao Yigong, and Liu Tiren are the deputy commanders, and the positions of the original commanders and below remain unchanged.

In other words, Guangxinwei can be expanded from the current 30,000 to 40,000.

At the same time, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, and others can also get a piece of the newly compiled Rao Zhouwei posts, and the two together will add at least 20,000 new posts.

Expansion, from ancient times to the present, is a beautiful difference for soldiers, which means that the pie is bigger, the natural interests are higher, the official position has increased, there are more subordinates, and almost everyone has the opportunity to be promoted, and this in normal times, if you are promoted to a higher rank, you have to fight the battlefield.

But Guangxinwei from top to bottom, not happy for this reason.

Does Guangxinwei need to recruit soldiers?

Not at all!

Wu Zheng incorporated the Loyal Battalion, and the total number of regular soldiers in the Loyal Battalion at that time reached more than 80,000.

At the beginning, Wu Zheng negotiated with Mrs. Gao, Li Guo and others to reorganize 20,000 Guangxinwei, but there were too many people who needed to be eliminated, for fear of causing riots, and finally in order to appease the loyal camp, Guangxinwei was expanded to 30,000.

But even so, it is almost equivalent to one out of three, and most of the veterans of the former loyal battalion were forcibly demobilized and became ordinary people.

Although those demobilized soldiers came to the coastal provinces, the general's mansion was basically properly settled.

Some of them were divided into land, and some of them went into the major workshops.