"Well, I'm determined, I'm determined! Strange ships? Then there is no need to ask, it is naturally related to the Shenzhou Army with strange words, and now our army has just captured Suzhou City, and its foothold is not stable, so it is better not to provoke it for the time being! Thinking about it, he waved his hand and said: "Got it, continue to monitor, as long as the enemy has no signs of counterattack, there is no need to report again." ”

"Zha" Tanma asked for a second retreat.

"Although I have won Suzhou City now, I was only greatly injured in the first battle yesterday. From the eve before to now, I am afraid that there are as many as 2,000 chariots that have been defeated by the desperate 'Shengwu Army'! What were the losses of the "Victorious Army"? ”

Bolo's eyes looked at the battlefield, and he nodded secretly in his heart, "I'm afraid there must be about a thousand!" ”

Bolo took a deep breath, the cold air pouring into his lungs, lifting his spirits. He looked at the battlefield under the snow and couldn't help but sigh deeply, wondering if it was time for him to retreat outside the pass.

In the battle of Suzhou City, with the help of the big men of the DPRK and China under the Lu Jian State, Bolo won the final victory. But what he lost was the invincible spirit of the Qing army against the Ming army.

The Qing army lost as many as 2,283 chariots, including damaged and completely scrapped, almost half of all his chariots, and more than 40,000 soldiers, accounting for one-third of the total.

On the other hand, the main force of the "Shengwu Army" had more than 50,000 people, and the casualties also reached more than 30,000, and there were less than 700 of the 2,000 chariots. In addition, the loss of troops was 60,000 Ming troops and several ministers of the court, plus one emperor. In a sense, the "victorious army" also suffered a fiasco, although this fiasco was not a crime of war.

The cold wind swept over Taihu Lake, and "barracuda-class" boats and fishing boats from Xishan Island (island in the middle of the lake) came and went between the shore of the lake and the nearby island of Beishan Village. Boatloads of soldiers, horses, and supplies were sent to this small island more than 2,000 meters offshore. Among the more than 700 chariots, the ones that can float along, under the protection of several "barracuda-class" speedboats, drove to Xishan Island in the middle of the lake, and ignited on the spot that was difficult to repair.

The two sides of the hostile side have a very tacit understanding, and the Qing soldiers do not shoot at the retreating soldiers of the "Shengwu Army", because they are also seriously injured, and they don't want to provoke the retaliation of the Shenzhou Army at this moment. Although the generals of the two armies are bound to clash, just not now.

The "Shenzhou Army" and the "Shengwu Army" are naturally reluctant to do anything, and the Shenzhou Army does not have a large military force in Jiangnan except for the base of the Military Intelligence Bureau, so they are also unwilling to do so. Now it is a safe place to transport more than 10,000 soldiers and a large number of wounded soldiers.

Wu Shengzhao, who was riding on the barracuda-class dinghy, didn't say a word, just looked at the boats coming and going on the lake with a gloomy face.

After a day of bloody fighting, he was tired and tired, but he did not take a boat to Xishan Island (Hushan Island), he just wanted to see his men retreat to the lake safely and steadily, and now except for some "Shengwu Army" and "Shenzhou Prefecture" soldiers who were the last guards on the shore, most of the troops have withdrawn to the depths of Taihu Lake.

The loss of his "Shengwu Army" in this battle, his brother sacrificed himself on the "Suzhou Defense Line", Zhang Mingzhen's whereabouts are unknown, one of his two henchmen is seriously injured, and the other is also missing, and at home in Suzhou City, I don't know what happened now!

"Alas!" Wu Shengzhao hammered his head a little deflated, how could this battle that had been planned for a long time be fought like this! Of course, this was not all his sadness, as the Houfang Domain, which accompanied him in the Barracuda-class, brought him even worse news.

"Lord Hou, Hangzhou City has also fallen, just yesterday!"

Wu Shengzhao raised his head suddenly, and a look of disbelief shot out of his godless eyes. Looking at Hou Fangyu, who had been by his side since he got on the ship, he couldn't believe him if he wasn't his subordinate.

During the battle, Hou Fangyu, who had been by Wu Shengzhao's side, had a pale face, his eyes were bloodshot, and it was obvious that his exhaustion had almost reached the limit.

"It's true, it was the officer who led the Shenzhou Army who said it."

It wasn't until he heard what Hou Fangyu said that Wu Shengzhao, who was extremely tired physically and mentally, found that Hou Fangyu was followed by a person, and after a little look, it was the kind of outfit of the Shenzhou Army that he was used to.

Like most of the officers of the Shenzhou Army, he is a little hairy child who is only in his twenties, and when he sees them in equipment, he is always dressed neatly. So much so that at that time, Wu Shengzhao often muttered in his heart: "Do the soldiers of the Shenzhou Army wear like this every day and sleep without leaving their bodies?" ”

"Hello!" The junior officer saluted him, and then introduced himself: "Below is the officer in charge of the Taihu base of the Shenzhou Army, who was ordered to take your army to Xishan Island, but the collection of ships was delayed for a lot of time, so the transportation work could only start this morning. ”

Wu Shengzhao was a little puzzled, how could there be a "Shenzhou Army" base in the middle of Taihu Lake, and what kind of commander did the little guy who claimed to be the person in charge of the base say, so how powerful is the "Shenzhou Army" in Jiangnan?

Wu Shengzhao nodded lightly, this is not what he wants to hear, he wants to know how Hangzhou fell, and why it fell so quickly in just one day.

"The fall of Hangzhou City ......"

"I'm sorry, Master Wu, I was just ordered to inform your army of the news, as for the details, I think our commander will tell you."

"And ...... your chief?"

The young officer smiled and shook his head, "I'm sorry, if you want to know the answer, then you need to go to the island to meet our commander, and he will naturally tell you, now we plan to arrange a ship to send you to Xishan Island." After thinking about fighting for so long, you must be tired, I think you need to rest, we still have a long way to go. ”

Wu Shengzhao nodded silently, no matter what, he had to meet this "chief" first before he could figure out what was going on in Jiangnan.

"Master Hou, as this little brother said, you might as well take a rest now, it is estimated that it will be in the afternoon when we arrive."

Wu Shengzhao looked at Hou Fangyu with emotion, Wu Shengzhao had been looking down on him a little bit for what Hou Fangyu encountered during his last time in Shenzhou City! Not to mention the life of Shenzhou City, let's just say that the military strength of Shenzhou City must not be looked down upon. However, the young man in front of him just couldn't look down on him.

It's just that after such a big battle this time, Wu Shengzhao really looked at him. Not only did he lose the panic he had when he first experienced the war, but the entire battle plan was formulated seamlessly, and now it has been holding on. Looking at his appearance, I am afraid that I know a lot of things from the mouth of the junior officer of the Shenzhou Army, but now I don't tell myself for the sake of my own rest.

"Okay, then I'll go and take a rest, if the ship arrives on Xishan Island, I want to see that chief as soon as possible!"