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When cleaning the battlefield, nearly 1,000 of the more than 1,200 enemy corpses were left on the battlefield, and nearly 1,000 of them had bullet holes, which means that they were all shot by muskets.

The cavalry of Zu Dabi's division actually suffered four or five hundred casualties under such an advantageous situation, and it is conceivable that the combat strength of the two cavalry is very different.

Tithama fled, Chi Erhan's troops were not enough, only more than 4,000 people, unable to effectively encircle the enemy, Tykhamu found that the situation was not right, took the initiative to order a retreat to the left side of Xixi, and finally escaped, there were still more than 1,000 horsemen.

Of course, there is also the credit of Zu Dabi's cavalry, who rammed into the enemy cavalry while the musketeers were firing.

Otherwise, the results of the musketeers would not have been so great, and when Titicham came to his senses, he could even make a detour and regroup and launch a surprise attack on the musketeers' positions.

The victory in this battle was hard-won and of great significance, this was the first time that the enemy's cavalry in Yangzhou Prefecture suffered heavy losses, and the Titicaca Wood Department was lost more than half, although only nearly 2,000 cavalry were annihilated, but this was already 20% of the enemy's 10,000 cavalry.

This greatly caused the enemy cavalry to be even more overstretched in the face of the attack of 20,000 reinforcements from the Northern Expeditionary Army in Yangzhou.

The enemy infantry from Fengyang Mansion could not keep up with the speed of the enemy cavalry, so they could only cooperate with the defense of the occupied city, and at the same time, they were not the opponents of the Northern Expeditionary Army at all.

As a result, the speed of the Northern Expeditionary Army's advance to the north began to accelerate.

Of course, that's an afterthought.

……。

Zu Dabi, who escaped death, obviously didn't know Chi Erhan.

But he knew the flag of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

"Thank you for the general's help, if the general hadn't come in time, Zu would have ...... Dare to ask who the general belongs to and why he is here? ”

Chi Erhan looked at Zu Dabi, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes, and asked, "My name is Chi Erhan...... Who are you? There was no cavalry in the Northern Expeditionary Army, so why did the Northern Expeditionary Army flag be placed? ”

Zu Dabi choked and said with a forced smile: "It turned out to be General Chi Yidaochi, who has admired his name for a long time...... The contemptible ancestor Dabi was originally stationed in Huai'an City...... His Royal Highness King Meng Wu did not abandon it, and was placed under the account of King Wu and temporarily appointed as the commander of his own department. This time, on the orders of King Wu, he broke through to the south and joined up with the reinforcements, not wanting to be discovered by the enemy halfway, so there was this engagement. ”

"What is the basis?"

Zu Dabi took out Wu Zheng's warrant from his chest, handed it to Chi Erhan and said, "This is King Wu's handwritten edict...... Wu Wang Ling, if you don't aid Huai'an, attack Yancheng first! ”

Chi Erhan opened the warrant in surprise, looked at it, handed it back to Zu Dabi, and asked anxiously, "What is the situation of the prince?" ”

"General Chi rest assured, King Wu has transferred Wu Songwei to Huai'an, and now there are nearly 30,000 defenders in Huai'an, and it should not be difficult to ...... if you want to hold on for ten days and a half months."

Chi Erhan exhaled a sigh of relief, and said to Zu Dabi: "Our department is only more than 4,000 people, and it is in the center of Yangzhou Mansion, with Xinghua in the north and Taizhou in the south, so it is difficult to attack Yancheng...... Now the First Army that crossed the river from the south bank is attacking Taixing, so if I don't see this warrant, you can continue to go south and pass the warrant to the First Army. ”

Zu Dabi was surprised: "General Chi wants to go north to Huai'an against the order?" ”

Chi Erhan nodded and said, "Compared with Yancheng, the safety of the prince is more important...... I have to see the prince with my own eyes to feel at ease. ”

Zu Dabi glanced back at the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was reorganizing the army, and thought for a while: "I have a way to get the best of both worlds, I wonder if General Chi would like to hear it?" ”

Chi Erhan nodded and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

"General Chi has more than 4,000 people at the moment, and my department ......." Zu Dabi glanced back at his cavalry, "There are no less than fifteen hundred people, if General Chi is willing, you and I can join forces." ”

Speaking of this, Zu Dabi pointed his finger to the north, "Xinghua...... The enemy army has just captured Xinghua from our army for less than ten days, the city is chaotic, the people's hearts are not stable, the enemy defenders should not be too many, it is the time to recover in one fell swoop. ”

Chi Erhan thought for a while and said, "And then? ”

Zu Dabi shook his head and said, "There is no then, and there is no need to ...... General Chi imagines, our army occupies Xinghua, Yancheng in the northeast, Huai'an in the northwest, all in the front of our army, the enemy throws a mouse trap, they want to encircle Huai'an, they must take care of our army in Xinghua, in this way, can solve the difficulty of Huai'an, at least can be coordinated to Wu Wang and the second guard to break through. ”

Chi Erhan nodded and said, "This plan is feasible...... In this way, you send a team of people to pass the prince's warrant to the first army, and you and I will join forces to attack Xinghua! ”

Zu Dabi was overjoyed when he heard this, without the sudden appearance of Chi Erhanbu, Zu Dabi originally thought that he would have to die on the battlefield today, but now he not only escaped death, but also had the opportunity to make a miraculous feat, unexpected joy, how could this not make Zu Dabi happy?

I have to say that Zu Dabi's battlefield experience is indeed rich, and his vision is vicious enough.

The main battlefield of this war is in Yangzhou Mansion, even if Huai'an Mansion City, it is quite close to Baoying, and Xinghua is located in the center of Yangzhou Mansion, which can be described as extending in all directions, and this strategic location determines the ownership of the battlefield initiative.

Wu Zheng didn't know this, it was really too many enemy horses, and the speed was too fast, with Taizhou Wei in Huai'an and Wu Songwei in Yancheng at that time, it was very difficult to return to reinforce Xinghua to defend the city, how could two legs run more than four legs?

In the event of an encounter with enemy cavalry, a field battle breaks out, and the casualties are immeasurable.

Therefore, Wu Zheng could only choose to stick to Huai'an, not only to avoid field battles with cavalry, but also to contain and resist the southward movement of the enemy army on the north bank.

……。

Today's battlefield situation, the deployment of troops on both sides, is like a sandwich pie.

In the northernmost part was the 50,000-strong army of Dolgon's southward attack, which also included his descendant heavy cavalry.

The second layer, Huai'an City on the south bank of the Yellow River, is Wu Zheng's Taizhou and Wusong two guards.

The third layer, which is the thickest and most extensive layer, is the 10,000 cavalry of the enemy army all over the south of Yangzhou, and the original defenders transferred from Fengyang Mansion, about 20,000 infantry, and at the same time, the Azig Division, which took over the defense of Fengyang Mansion and began to march to Yangzhou Mansion in the east, is the largest in number, the original 80,000 garrisons of Xuzhou, and the Zhenglan Banner Army of Azig.

The southernmost layer is the 20,000 people of the First Army of the Northern Expedition who went north to reinforce on the order of Wu Zheng.

It seems that the situation is still not optimistic, and the difference in the strength of the two sides is still very large.

But the unintentional victory of Ningxiang Town, Chi Erhan and Zu Dabi reversed the situation of Yangzhou Mansion, at least the local battlefield, and the two hastily decided to recapture Xinghua, and directly expanded the local advantage indefinitely, because, Azig's department, except for his descendant flag army, is infantry, and cannot reinforce Yangzhou in a short time, and at the same time, Chen Shengbu, who is sticking to Yizhen, is stuck like a nail, so that Azig cannot press the army to Jiangdu as he wants.

But the most important thing is that Azig doesn't want to help Dolgon in his heart, and is passively slacking off in Fengyang.

As a result, in the south of Yangzhou, the local battlefield advantage began to tilt towards the Northern Expeditionary Army.