Since Dolgon personally conquered Fengyang, it was naturally impossible to send only five Niu Lu and five solid mountains to aid Fengyang as before, but to scavenge most of the mobile forces to deal with the emergency, and finally put into the direction of Fengyang This wave of Qing reinforcements reached 10,000 people.

For Wang Puxiang, the chief soldier of Linhuai Pass, his current situation is even more difficult than Zhang Boyi, who insisted on Xuzhou, which can be said to be the biggest challenge in Wang Puxiang's life.

Although he also got some reinforcements one after another, but the total was only 1,300 people, after the peace of Jiangxi, Xing Shengping immediately transferred his two battalions of 700 people from Anqing, and then Jiangxi governor Wang Sun Fan transferred 800 people from the three battalions of Jin Shenghuan's department.

However, the total strength of the five battalions is only 1,300 people, which shows the inadequacy and actual combat effectiveness of these troops, especially the third battalion of Jin Shenghuan's old department, which is only 800 people, so Wang Puxiang is worried every day, and he is afraid that these Jin Shengheng will turn against the water again.

But after hearing the news that the enemy army in front of him was personally led by the regent of the Qing Dynasty, Dolgon, Wang Puxiang suddenly laughed: "The defeat of Jianyu's southern invasion this time has been decided, although I have made great contributions this time, but all of you brothers have made meritorious contributions, and glory and wealth are not a problem!" ”

The old generals of the Yue Ming army felt that Wang Puxiang's judgment was somewhat reasonable, and Jin Shenghuan's old department felt that they couldn't understand it at all, it was obvious that Wang Puxiang and the Yue Ming army were at an absolute disadvantage on the battlefield, why Wang Puxiang was so proud, and they were not polite to Wang Puxiang: "General Wang, tell us why the defeat of Jianyu's southern invasion has been decided!" ”

Wang Puxiang immediately said: "Because Dolgon personally conquered Fengyang, it means that all the princes and Baylors of the Qing Kingdom thought that the elite of this dynasty were in Fengyang Mansion, but the 50,000 elite soldiers of this dynasty have been driven straight into Huai'an by the leadership of Empress Changping, and the flank of Jianyu will inevitably collapse after being copied. ”

Although the so-called "50,000 elite soldiers and brigades of this dynasty" was Wang Puxiang's nonsense, the main force of the Yue Ming army was indeed used in the direction of Huai'an Mansion on the right flank, so everyone has already understood that this represents a fatal problem in the strategic judgment of the Qing army.

In the direction of Fengyang Mansion, there are only Wang Puxiang's brigade and a number of state and county soldiers, even if the five battalions of 1,300 people who come to help are counted, the Yue Ming army invested no more than 6,000 troops in this direction, but the Great Qing State put all the soldiers that can be scavenged into the direction of Fengyang, and even the regent Dolgon personally led a large army to Fengyang.

However, the main force of the Yue Ming army was actually fighting in Huai'an Mansion on the right flank, and Zhang Boyi continued to hold on to Xuzhou, so the result was that the Qing army was extremely passive.

After all, the victory or defeat of Fengyang Mansion has nothing to do with the overall situation, even if Wang Puxiang's department suffers a devastating blow, but because Xuzhou is still controlled by the Ming army, then the Qing army will still suffer a heavy setback, so these old Jin Shenghuan departments suddenly became full of confidence: "This is indeed the case, what General Wang said is extremely true!" ”

"We finally have a chance to make a difference!"

"When the time comes to ask for merit from the imperial court, please the general will not forget our new brothers!"

Hearing Wang Puxiang say this, these old Jin Shenghuan subordinates decided to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

And now Dolgon is extremely uncomfortable, although the Qing army on the battlefield has completely dominated, and even as long as the offensive is renewed, it can give a devastating blow to Wang Puxiang's troops in front of him, but Dolgon feels that his blood is surging, and his whole body is very uncomfortable: "Hauge misunderstands me, it's Hauge misunderstands me, I think this kid wants to rebel, he doesn't want to rebel and thinks about how to kill me Dolgon!" ”

According to the estimation of Dolgon and many princes and Baylor, since Fengyang Mansion is a necessary place for the Ming army to send reinforcements, the strength of the Ming army in the direction of Fengyang is not 30,000 but also 20,000, but he waited until he arrived in Fengyang to find that this is not the case at all, the current strength of the Ming army in the direction of Fengyang is at most 5,000 people under Wang Puxiang, and it is very likely that there are not even 5,000 people.

Although the Jinhua thieves successively sent reinforcements from Jiangxi and Anqing to support Wang Puxiang, the total of these two reinforcements was one or two thousand, which was completely insignificant, so the Qing army occupied an absolute advantage in the direction of Fengyang, but this was also the place where Dolgon vomited the most blood.

Since the Yue Ming army only invested a few thousand people in the direction of Fengyang, where did the main force of their reinforcements go, after all, Zhou Zhisheng's Jingkou Town alone can mobilize seven or eight thousand people, if you count the main force of the Yue Ming army that rushed back from Huguang and Jiangxi, how can there be one or two hundred thousand people, but where did these twenty thousand people go?

Dolgon didn't need to look through the map to know that these 20,000 people would definitely march north along the canal and drive straight into Huai'an Mansion, and as soon as he thought of this, bad news came from Huai'an Mansion: "Regent, the big thing is not good, the Jinhua thief Zhou Zhisheng's department has merged with Wang Zhiren and Zhang Huangyan, the Han army in Huai'an Mansion can't support it and has been completely defeated, Zhang Tianfu died in battle, Zuo Mengeng is a thief, Zhang Tianlu, Dong Yuan, Geng Jimao Although they are trying their best to contain the remnants, they are almost unable to support it, please regent hurry back to help Xuzhou!" ”

It's just that Dolgon knew that since he misjudged the direction of the Ming army's main attack, the situation would inevitably collapse completely, so he immediately asked: "Are you coming from Huai'an or from Xuzhou?" ”

The escort who came to report the news immediately replied: "Regent, the villain is from Xuzhou!" ”

Dolgon could only smile bitterly: "It's too late, let's evacuate quickly, it's all Hauge misleading me, Hauge misleading me, I think this kid just wants to rebel!" ”

Since Dolgon even claimed that "Hauge misled me", it was naturally because Hauge repeatedly mentioned the issue of troops in the direction of Fengyang that he misled Dolgon to make a fatally wrong verdict, and more importantly, Dorgon now needs a scapegoat, Hauge is naturally the best candidate.

After all, Hauge, as the eldest son of Huang Taiji, was not allowed to succeed to the throne because of Dolgon and the two yellow flags supporting Fulin, and he could be said to be the most frustrated and resentful person in the Great Qing Kingdom.

And among all the candidates, except for himself, the regent, Prince Su Haoge is the best choice: "I finally know now why my two southern expeditions to the Great Qing Kingdom ended in vain, and they were originally Prince Su's fault!" ”

Many Manchurian nobles present were dumbfounded, although it was said that Hauge was indeed wrong, but the charges arranged by Dolgon for him were too exaggerated, but Dolgon's cronies reacted immediately: "The regent is wise, there is Prince Su in the court, and the prince is ten expeditions to Jiangnan will end in vain, please make up your mind to deal with King Su!" ”

Anyway, they immediately arranged dozens of charges for Hauge, and Hauge had already been charged with countless crimes after losing the battle for the throne, and he was charged with whatever crime was counted in the new account and the old account.

But Dolgon was the most sober-minded: "Hurry up, order everyone to withdraw quickly, how fast can you run, since Huai'an has completely collapsed and Zuo Mengeng is a thief, we have no chance to go south this time, and the key now is to bring the team back!" ”

Dolgon knew very well that the Qing Kingdom had lost the last chance to defeat the Ming State and suppress the Ming State in the short term, and the important thing now was to withdraw the army that had worked hard to manage it to Shandong, but when he thought of this, Dolgon was angry: "It's all Haoge who misunderstood me!" ”

If only Zhou Zhisheng's reinforcements arrived, Dolgon might feel that there was a chance to recover, but since Zuo Mengeng had brought the fifteen Niu Lu of his department to Mingming, the situation was completely irretrievable.

At this time, the battlefield of Huai'an Mansion was also as Dolgon expected, since the troops led by Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu brothers collapsed under the attack of Zhou Zhisheng, and Zuo Mengeng led fifteen Niu Lu to surrender to Ming, and the rest of the Han army, whether it was Dong Yuan, Geng Jimao or Zhang Tianlu, were attacked by the Ming cavalry and forwards in the retreat, and suffered great losses.

Dolgon originally deployed nearly 3,000 Eight Banner Army in the direction of Pizhou and Muyang, preparing to receive the Han army withdrawn from Huai'an, according to Dolgon, the princes, and Baylor's original estimate, as long as the retreating Han army can be contained, it is naturally foolproof, as long as Zhou Zhisheng's troops do not exceed 8,000 people, there is a way to deal with it.

But the actual situation is that these Han troops, even Geng Jimao, who has a grudge against Liu Yongxi to kill his father, did not hesitate to run all the way, and he was not ready to stop at all.

The Ming army invested more than 20,000 pursuit troops after the three armies met, and this does not include the fifteen Niu Lu that Zuo Mengeng had just attached.

As a result, nearly 3,000 Eight Banner troops fell into a bitter battle at the beginning, and even many Niu Lu were directly dispersed by the defeated Han army, anyway, these Han troops who retreated were already first-class strong soldiers if they didn't help.

Although the front line won one after another, Zhou Zhisheng did not dare to relax at all: "Hurry up and contact General Zhang Boyi, Xuzhou will not be relieved of the siege for a day, and this time to help Xuzhou will not be a complete victory!" ”

Zhou Zhisheng didn't know that Dolgon had gone to the direction of Fengyang with most of the mobile forces of the Qing army, he only knew that although he was singing all the way to now, the Qing army he had broken was at most 20,000 people, and the Qing army's southern expedition this time could be said to be out of the air, even if there was no 100,000 army, there were 80,000 troops, and the reason why the Yue Ming army was able to sing all the way was because it had not yet encountered the main force of the Qing army.

However, Zhou Zhisheng did not know that Dolgon had ordered the Qing army to retreat on all fronts in the direction of Fengyang, and that the Qing army in the direction of Xuzhou would run faster.

In the history of the Qing army, this situation is extremely rare, in the past, as long as there is no commander's order, no matter what level of the Qing army will not retreat without authorization, which is also the biggest reason why the Qing army has broken through the pass several times and always retreated with the whole division, but the Qing army in Xuzhou has Duoduo and Haoge in the real sense of the difficult uncle and nephew.