The Qi family army suddenly crossed the river to rescue Jiangyin, which led to the failure of the Qing army's plan to go south, although Duoduo escaped from the west gate of Jiangyin in advance, but the entire Qi family army still pursued Duoduo closely. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Duoduo was the culprit who ordered the massacre of 600,000 Yangzhou people, and now that the war is defeated, almost all the soldiers of the Southern Ming Dynasty do not want to let go of this culprit.

The waterway of the Yangtze River was once again occupied by the Ming army's naval divisions, and whether Nanjing was captured by Azig, Duoduo was not clear, so he could only join the 8,000 cavalry who had fled back and lead the remnants to flee in the direction of Nanjing.

Duoduo's idea is very simple, according to the calculation of time, Nanjing has reached the most critical moment at this time.

If Nanjing is captured by Azig, he will naturally be able to join it and lead troops to counterattack the Qi army.

For this reason, Duoduo was just in Jiangyin City, and soon after he threw down the general Liu Liangzuo, he left Xu Dingguo, the vanguard general of the southern invasion, and ordered him to lead the remaining 20,000 Han Eight Banners to block the pursuit of the Qi family army along the way, and he and Han Dai only led 12,000 Manchu cavalry (including 7,000 cavalry who fought with Wang Guoxing and retreated), 5,000 Manchu infantry, a total of more than 17,000 people, discarded a large number of weights, and set off quickly towards Nanjing with light equipment.

The Manchurian masters have run away, and the remaining Han minions have naturally begun to seek a way to survive, Liu Liangzuo saw the opportunity the fastest, Duoduo just left Jiangyin City on the front foot, he then abandoned his soldiers, led fifty personal guards, and quietly rushed to the riverside, taking advantage of the battle between the two naval armies, and had no time for him to take care of it, he got two small fishing boats, quickly crossed the river and returned to Jiangbei, and went in the direction of Lu'an, Lu'an is where he used to start, and now there is no capital in his hands, and the Qing army will not treat him at all, only when he arrives at his own territory and re-pulls up the team, this is safe.

In addition to Liu Liangzuo, Xu Dingguo actually wanted to escape, but due to Liu Liangzuo's departure, there was no backbone in Jiangyin City, and 20,000 Qing soldiers surrendered one after another.

Xu Dingguo did not have the courage of Liu Liangzuo and Duoduo as a strong man with broken wrists, so he had to lead his soldiers to follow behind Duoduo, fighting and retreating, and finally was trapped in Danyang, the whole army was annihilated, and Xu Dingguo himself was shot and killed by Qi's army.

Instead, he sent troops to Nanjing, but he found that the situation was not as rosy as he had imagined.

Azig had been blocked in the Yuhuatai area at this time, and Ma Shiying, Huang Degong and other Ming generals also led their troops to confront the Qing army.

From a formal point of view, the Azig army has fallen into the dilemma of being caught between two sides.

Now Azig only has two ways, either retreat immediately, with the army in his hands, if he wants to withdraw, including Li Hongfei, he will not dare to block it easily, at most he will just find a way to see if he can eat a little more troops of the other party.

The second way is to wait for Duoduo to attack Nanjing, so that the defenders of Nanjing can return to defense, so that Azig can take advantage of the situation to cooperate and take Nanjing.

Not to mention that Duoduo now only has 17,000 main forces left, even if the 100,000 army is all there, he does not dare to attack Nanjing easily without taking Jiangyin County.

Now that the back road is blocked, if Nanjing cannot be captured within a day, then as soon as Qi Hongying's main force arrives, Duoduo will be trapped and killed here.

Unwilling to wait for death, Duoduo led his army to abandon his horses, leave the official road, and prepare to cross the primeval jungle southwest of Nanjing on foot, bypassing the city of Nanjing, entering the Yuhuatai area, and joining the Azig army.

With the cavalry converted to infantry, and the light armament, it took four days for the Duoduo to finally join up with Azig's troops.

Looking at a group of ragged and demoralized Qing troops, Azig was also shocked, he waited here for about half a month, not only waiting for a group of routs, but also waiting for Nanming's reinforcements.........

Huang Degong, Ma Shiying and other troops deployed nearly 100,000 people in the west, and in addition to the 100,000 Nanjing defenders in the east, there were also 50,000 Qijia troops who arrived two days earlier.

On his side, in addition to the 200,000 horses in his headquarters, only 17,000 remnants of the army under Duoduo were defeated, with a total of less than 220,000 people, and in terms of total strength, they had already lost to the Ming army.

Coupled with the mountain restrictions here, the cavalry cannot be used at all, and continuing to stay here is tantamount to a dead end.

After understanding the situation, Azig could only sigh and say, "Withdraw, we lost this battle." ”

"No, we haven't lost yet! With our current strength, we still have the strength to fight! The Southern Ming army, we can't take care of the end of the tail, we can take advantage of the situation to destroy the Ming army in the west first, and then concentrate our forces and fight to the death with the defenders of Nanjing! Duoduo exclaimed.

He is like a red-eyed gambler at the moment, wanting to bet on Azig's troops and fight again.

"It is precisely because we still have the strength to fight now that the Ming army did not take the initiative to attack! Do you want to stake the fortunes of my Qing Dynasty on this hopeless battle? Azig asked aloud.

If the troops were sufficient and the morale of the army was high, Azig would be willing to gamble on the fortunes of the country and fight with the Ming army.

But now the Qing army has been defeated one after another, and the morale has plummeted, not to mention Li Zicheng's side, only a few major battles with Nanming, the Qing army has lost 200,000 troops, and now the Qing army soldiers are all Wenming firearms team in private, and they have long lost the courage to be as fearless as before.

Moreover, the Ming army has already implemented a strong wall to clear the surrounding areas, and Azig's supplies with the army all rely on Zuo Mengeng's fleet, once the Ming army's naval division goes up the river and cuts off Azig's supply line, within a month, the 200,000 troops will be starved to death.

With such a demoralized and poorly supplied army, how could Azig give it a go.

"Damn! Damn it! It's all to blame on that damn Zheng Zhilong! If he hadn't come suddenly, Jiangyin would have been taken by me a long time ago, and the breakthrough of Nanjing would be just around the corner! Duoduo yelled.

In Duoduo's opinion, the culprit of all this is the repeated villain Zheng Zhilong, if it weren't for the good things that ruined him at the critical moment, he wouldn't be so embarrassed.

Duoduo scolded Zheng Zhilong, not only because he hated being played with, but also because he was shirking responsibility for his defeat this time.

After all, even if Zheng Zhilong's sailors did not enter the Yangtze River, the Qi family's army continued to be trapped in Jiangbei, and Duoduo did not have much offensive ability after taking Jiangyin, at most he would kill all the Jiangyin soldiers and civilians to vent his anger, after all, he often did this.

Even if Duoduo led the remaining 60,000 Qing troops to attack Nanjing, with the reinforcements of Huang Degong and others, Li Hongfei could calmly deploy troops to deal with it.

In terms of time, Nanming had already taken the lead, and as long as it was operated properly, the Qing army's victory rate was extremely slim.

If the Manchu Qing Dynasty dared to gamble on the fortunes of the country, as long as Li Hongfei could withstand the opponent's initial attack, I believe that Huang Degong and others would not give up this great opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

So from a strategic point of view, the Qing army has been completely defeated.

"Since Zheng Zhilong is unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust, Zheng Zhibao's correspondence with the lower officials, the lower officials have personal reservations, we can send someone to hand over these letters to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and by the way, spread some rumors, even if Zheng Zhilong does not rebel, he will be killed by Chongzhen, no matter what, it will only be good for my Qing Dynasty." Han Dai said suddenly.

Not only does Duoduo want to shirk responsibility, but Han Dai also wants to find a scapegoat, if this pot is thrown off well, it can not only push off the charge of his unfavorable battle, but also make Zheng Zhilong and Nanming evil, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

It's not that our army is incompetent, but that the enemy army is too cunning, even if it is pulled to the end, it can only be blamed that the Qing Dynasty does not have a powerful sailor, so it can only be played by Zheng Zhilong, which has nothing to do with Duoduo's army.

"This is a good note, since Zheng Zhilong wants to reap the profits, then we will let him be ruined!" Azig agreed.

He is also worried that he has no excuse to deal with a group of ministers in the DPRK and China.

Although his own brother is the regent of the dynasty, it is precisely because of this relationship that Azig and Duoduo cannot fail, otherwise they will leave a reason for the opposition forces in the court to attack.

Throwing this black pot to Zheng Zhilong is undoubtedly the best choice.