After Jin Shenghuan decided to surrender, to Zhang Guowei's surprise, he became refreshed.

He did not mention anything other than the fact that the goods that had been "collected" by him in the city (the goods looted from the people) should not be surrendered.

Zhang Guowei knew that the situation was urgent, so he agreed without thinking about it.

As a result, both sides "happily" completed the handover of Shaoxing's city defense, and the Ming army began to enter the city through the three city gates and officially took over Shaoxing City.

Jin Shenghuan's department was concentrated in the school yard in the west of the city, waiting for post-war reorganization.

The recovery of Shaoxing City is equivalent to giving the Shaoxing Ming army a base area, even if the battle is lost, it will not be able to retreat and defend without danger.

This became the winner or loser of the battle and determined the outcome of the battle.

If Wu Zheng did not agree to Jin Shenghuan's conditions in order to be quick for a while, delayed Jin Shenghuan's surrender time, and even fought a decisive battle with Jin Shenghuan, so that the troops were dragged in Shaoxing City, then the outcome of the war would be rewritten, and the best result for the Ming army would be to withdraw to Hangzhou, Lihai, and Pinggangshan by the same route.

There was even a danger of being surrounded by the Qing army in the east and west.

Of course, that's another story.

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Wang Deren and Chi Erhan led the cavalry to raid the granary of Daoxu.

This is a raid, not a sneak attack.

It was very difficult, almost impossible, for three thousand cavalry to carry out a sneak attack on a granary heavy land far from the village in broad daylight in a plain area without mountains, especially when time was pressing.

Therefore, it is the right way to surprise the garrison by surprise with a swift momentum.

But Wang Deren and Chi Erhan did not succeed.

Because the first detachment sent by Ke Yongsheng arrived at the Daoxu granary almost at the same time.

The difference is that one is from west to east and the other is from east to west.

The Qing army was very experienced, and in the face of the Ming cavalry, after they met the division, they did not go out to meet the battle because the strength was more than twice that of the Ming army, but guarded the key pass, let the Ming army scold, and only shot arrows and did not fight.

As a result, the two sides have reached a stalemate.

The cavalry of the Ming army had the advantage of speed, and the infantry of the Qing army could defend the city.

But there is one thing that the Qing army has a big advantage, and that is that their arrows shoot farther than the Ming army, because they are foot bows, and the Ming army is riding bows.

Therefore, after the two sides were offset, the Qing army was slightly superior, but the casualties on both sides were very few, just for a while, no one could help anyone.

Chi Erhan insisted on attacking, but Wang Deren disagreed, he thought that if this cavalry was lost on this granary, even if he won a crushing victory in the end, he would be punished by Wu Zheng.

Because this granary is dispensable for the Ming army, it was originally the granary of the Qing army.

The Ming army had its own supply channels, and there were few horses in the south, and it would be too expensive to form such a cavalry of 3,000 people.

Therefore, Wang Deren did not dare to take this risk, once the cavalry lost, this would be equivalent to cutting off his own way of being cut off for a general who had just been newly attached.

And Chi Erhan was indeed told by Wu Zheng to obey Wang Deren's command, so after the two argued, Chi Erhan no longer insisted, in fact, Chi Erhan was also muttering in his heart that if he launched a strong attack, the three thousand cavalry would indeed have a lot of casualties, which would damage the young master's treasure, which made Chi Erhan a little frightened.

But the question is, what about the task now?

After the two discussed, they chose a compromise solution, which was to attack by fire.

Since it is already clear that there is no food in the granary, then set it on fire.

This is basically consistent with Wu Zheng's previous instructions on how much can be counted.

So, both of them agreed with this and put it into practice.

For a time, the cavalry, with the advantage of speed, swept the perimeter of the granary and fired rockets at the key pass.

The Qing army suddenly panicked, and the defenders could only run with two feet and shoot arrows to stop it, but how could they run with both feet over four hooves?

In addition, the pass was originally a temporary building, unlike the city wall that was coherent and could run, often waiting for the defenders to rush to one direction, and before the bow was drawn, the Ming army had already turned to the other direction to shoot arrows.

It is almost impossible to resist a rocket that drills at the sight of a crack.

So the main energy of the Qing army was to extinguish the fire caused by the rocket, fortunately in the granary, the focus is on fire prevention, rat prevention, and there is a water source to extinguish the fire, that is to say, Wang Deren and Chi Erhan's fire attack tactics look lively, but the actual effect can only be said to be unsatisfactory, although the granary was ignited, but it did not cause the overall fire, and the goal to achieve is far from the goal.

But this trouble delayed time.

Obviously, time was on the side of the defenders, because at this time, a second army sent by Ke Yongsheng to transport grain appeared from east to west.

At this time, it must be said that Ke Yongsheng's overall view of the battlefield and combat strategy are correct.

It is obvious that mastering the Lihai Qing Army is equivalent to mastering the initiative on the battlefield, and mastering the Daoxu granary is equivalent to being invincible.

There is no conflict between this statement and the invincible occupation of Shaoxing by the Ming army.

The occupation of Shaoxing City by the Ming army is equivalent to a nail wedged in Shaoxing Mansion, and it is not difficult to be a Dingzi household.

And the Qing army got the Daoxu grain, so there was no worries, even if the retreat of the post pavilion was cut off, it was not difficult for them to hold on.

If Wu Zheng really wanted to fight a war of annihilation, it would also require extremely large and almost unacceptable casualties, so the final result could only be a stalemate, or get out of the way and drive the Qing army away.

This is the reason why the Qing army's occupation of the Daoxu granary is equivalent to being invincible.

But Ke Yongsheng was still careless, not that the troops he sent were not enough, but that he should have personally led his troops to come.

Why?

Because an army, when it is in an unfavorable and desperate situation, the presence or absence of the commander has a huge impact on the morale of the army, and with Ke Yongsheng's battlefield experience, he can make wise choices and decisions.

However, Ke Yongsheng was careless, he was wary that the Ming army might sneak attack the granary, but he did not expect that Wu Zheng would react quickly and personally lead another cavalry to come to reinforcements.

This put the Qing army in a dilemma of encirclement between the east and the west.

When Wu Zheng arrived with the cavalry, Wang Deren and Chi Erhan led the cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the second 6,000-strong army sent by Ke Yongsheng.

Three thousand against six thousand, it sounds a little incredible.

But for the different branches of the military, this is a common thing.

Just like two fighters diving and strafing tens of thousands of infantry, there is nothing incomprehensible.

It's just that because of the frontal assault, plus the day, the Qing army has enough time to deal with it.

Therefore, the assault of Wang Deren and Chi Erhan's troops only gnawed off a layer of skin of the Qing army, and they could not break into the heart of the Qing army, and they ploughed straight back and forth several times.

And Wang Deren and Chi Erhan's move of abandoning the granary and attacking the Qing army for reinforcements gave the Qing army in the granary a chance to fight.

As a result, Wang Deren and Chi Erhan's cavalry were surrounded by the Qing army on both sides.