This is the real concern of these civil and military officials present, although the Qing army that swarmed in at least sixty or seventy thousand people, but since the Yue army has broken through the Boluo army, everyone will naturally not take these new annexed troops from the Ming army in their eyes, after all, Liu Liangzuo and others are all defeated generals under Liu Yongxi, and the real threat is the Eight Banners and the Mongolian soldiers of the outer domain led by Duoduo.

And for Liu Yongxi and Empress Zhang, this is the real deadly threat, the so-called more than 10,000 real captives are more terrible than Li Benshen, Guo Hu, Yang Chengzu, Liu Liangzuo and others combined, but it is also the real reason why Liu Yongxi decided to slow down: "It is precisely because the real enemy of our army is the more than 10,000 true captives led by Duoduo, so we have to slow down!" ”

Mrs. Xing rarely intervenes in such major military discussions, let alone opposes Liu Yongxi's suggestion, but at this moment she also feels that something is wrong: "But now our army in Huzhou City is no more than 10,000 people, how to deal with the siege of several times stronger enemies, not to mention that Husband Jun has always been worried about the Azig army in Huguang and Jiangxi entering Zhejiang?" ”

Mrs. Xing said everyone's doubts, and everyone felt that the soldiers were fast, and they had to meet Zhang Boyi to have a chance of winning, and they couldn't understand Liu Yongxi's sudden decision to slow down.

Liu Yongxi said very clearly: "So we are slowing down, not stopping!" As long as our army continues to advance north, Zhang Boyi will be able to hold it, please remember that our army is slowing down, not stopping! ”

Slow down? Stop it?

Although it was only a difference of one word, many of the civil and military officials present suddenly understood, especially Zhao Zhijie, Fu Ding, and Li Huaiqing, who knew that Liu Yongxi's difference in words must have a deep intention, and Fu Ding actually thought of an incredible possibility: "Is Yue Guogong preparing to defeat Jianyu in a dignified manner?" ”

Liu Yongxi replied very clearly: "That's right, it is to defeat Jianyu with dignity!" This battle must be a dignified and upright victory, if the construction is broken, Li Benshen, Hua Ma Liu and others are not enough to suffer, if the construction is not broken, it is useless to break ten Hua Ma Liu! ”

Liu Yongxi was so clear that Mrs. Xing was the first to understand: "That's right, this is our home field, if we slow down, Jianyu must hurry up!" ”

Although Huzhou and Jiaxing are the richest areas in Zhejiang and even in the whole world, after at least 100,000 troops on both sides are put into the battlefield, it is impossible to completely rely on local supplies, and the Yue Ming army, which occupies the advantage of the home field, has an absolute advantage in this regard, as Mrs. Xing said, "We slow down, Jianyu must hurry up", Duoduo not only has to be fast but also must go out in person, and this is the best chance to get a complete victory.

Although this is a conspiracy, everyone has to admit that Duoduo will definitely follow Liu Yongxi's arrangement, and now everyone has only one question, that is, can Huzhou City hold on for a long time under the siege of several times the Qing army?

If Huzhou City could not be defended, it would be useless whether Liu Yongxi slowed down or stopped or accelerated the march.

Queen Zhang suddenly stood up to help Zhang Boyi endorse: "I believe that Zhang Boyi will be able to defend Huzhou City!" Just according to the will of Yue Guogong, the mandate of heaven is in the Ming Dynasty, and the victory of this battle of Huzhou must belong to us. ”

At this moment, Huzhou City seems to have become the most dangerous place in the whole world, from the head of Huzhou City, there are countless battle flags and dozens of dense battalions, including the regular army of the original Hongguang Dynasty who surrendered for only a few months, as well as the various armed forces that rely on the Qing army after entering the customs, as well as some Mongolian soldiers and Eight Banner soldiers of the outer domain, at a glance I feel that so many enemy troops are enough to overturn the sky.

Fei Hongji, including the leaders of the local rebel army in Huzhou, felt that the pressure was amazing, the thousands of Qing troops of the previous ancestor Dabi almost broke through Huzhou City, and now the strength of the Qing army participating in the war is several times or even more than ten times that of the last siege, Huzhou City can't afford a fierce attack at all, so Fei Hongji asked in a low voice: "General Zhang, where are the reinforcements of Yue Guogong?" ”

Zhang Boyi didn't know Liu Yongxi's decision to "slow down" and prepare for a dignified battle with the Qing army, but the more such occasions he came, the more calm he became: "This time to help Huzhou is Empress Zhang and Yue Guogong personally led an army of 50,000, with them, Huzhou can be foolproof!" Besides, there is no turning back in Huzhou City, can you still shake hands and make peace with Jianyu at this point today? ”

Zhang Boyi said this, the leaders of the Huzhou Righteous Army present all felt the same way, after all, among the many prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, the resistance of the Huzhou Mansion was the most fierce, and now Duoduo personally used all the strength to eat milk, how could it be easy to let go of the Huzhou Mansion, and in addition to breaking the city with the practice of the Qing army, it must be a massacre of the city, so Fei Hongji felt that there was no way back except to hold on: "General Zhang means that Zhang Niangniang and the army of Yue Guogong may be killed at any time?" ”

Zhang Boyi gave a very clear answer: "Otherwise, how could the tens of thousands of troops outside the city be so honest, they tried to attack two or three times and then maintained the strategy of besieging the city!" ”

Fei Hongji immediately understood: "The Qing army is worried that the soldiers of Yue Guogong may be killed at any time, so they will be so careless in the matter of attacking the city!" ”

Zhang Boyi said confidently: "Even if Yue Guogong is not there, I am confident that I will hold on to Huzhou for half a month, not to mention that 50,000 soldiers of Yue Guogong can be killed at any time, even if there are 100,000 Qing troops outside the city, they will not dare to attack Huzhou with all their might!" ”

Although Zhang Boyi said this a little full, he dared to say it with such confidence.

During this period of time, he rebuilt the city wall and all the fortifications of Huzhou, built countless defensive equipment, and mobilized almost all the strong, now Huzhou City has more than 10 large and small artillery, 7,000 regular troops, 8,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 16,000 strong and healthy women who can be mobilized at any time.

It is precisely because of the special preparation that Zhang Boyi will have the confidence to stick to it for a long time.

Although the Qing army's offensive looked like a tide, Zhang Boyi believed that Huzhou City was a reef that stood tall in the tide.

The views of the Qing army outside the city are also the same as Zhang Boyi's, and Li Benshen, who is the oldest and most powerful, reminded Guo Hu and Yang Chengzu beside him: "Liu Yongxi's soldiers have not yet been killed, we must be careful in everything, and we can't use ten percent of our strength!" ”

It is said that "you can't use ten percent of the force", but Li Benshen, Guo Hu, and Yang Chengzu are very clear that now don't say that it is ten percent of the force, that is, seventy percent of the force, fifty percent of the force, or even three percent of the force, two percent of the force is not used, since they arrived at the city of Huzhou, these Han soldiers are busy camping to prevent the army of Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yue, from suddenly rushing from the south, and they are completely slack off in the siege.

After all, it is thankless to storm Huzhou City, especially the first stage of siege is to fill human lives inside, this kind of thing is better to hand over to the Eight Banners and the Mongolian soldiers of the outer domain to solve, it is based on this consensus that Huzhou will be as stable as Mount Tai, but Guo Hu also raised a key question: "Prince Yu means that we must go all out to attack the city." ”