Hearing that Zhenghong Flag was defeated, Kong Youde was annoyed and ashamed, and he realized at this time that Wang Lanping was actually paralyzing himself by tossing his army unusually for several days in a row.

After Ao Bai learned of this time, he was so angry that he slaughtered dozens of Ming prisoners on the spot, scolded the Han people for treachery, and ordered the generals to order the military horses of the headquarters, wanting to find Wang Lanping desperately and eliminate the anger in his heart.

The news of Huai'an's victory came into Yangzhou City, the whole city was boiling, the storyteller wrote a new book overnight, within one day, everyone knew it, in the teahouse restaurant, the things that were passed on by everyone's mouth were all about Huai'an's victory, and vigorously praised the champion army for its courage and invincibility, and killed people all over the place.

Shi Kefa was angry and happy, he didn't know anything about such a big military operation, but he was also the governor of Yangzhou, both official prestige and fame were far above Wang Lanping, this Wang Lanping was too presumptuous, but in the final analysis, Huai'an fought a battle, annihilated the 20,000 strong troops of Zhenghongqi, and solved the threat of Yangzhou being flanked by the front and rear.

Early the next morning, Shi Kefa still brought the soldiers and civilians in the city, full of wine and meat, to the labor army in the camp of the champion army to offer condolences.

The champion army camp drank for days to celebrate the victory of Huai'an.

This time, the champion army showed its edge, tried its skills, and attacked the defenseless Qing army with the most elite soldiers in the whole army.

The Huai'an army alone killed 6,000 people, the wounded are even more innumerable, and they have almost completely lost the baggage of the whole army.

Although the champion army occupied all the favorable conditions, the losses were quite small, day and night, more than 700 people were killed in the battle, nearly 1,000 wounded, fortunately, more than 5,000 horses were harvested in this battle, enough to form a light cavalry battalion.

Although the art of war has a cloud to kill the enemy 1,000 and lose 800, but Wang Lanping was greatly annoyed by the results of this battle, with such good offensive conditions, and still fall such a large casualty, this is something he can't accept, if it is really the time of the position field battle, then I am afraid that he will not even have the opportunity to retreat, from this point of view, the Eight Banners up and down the Yellow River is by no means in vain, and it is too difficult to eliminate the main force of the Qing army by field battles.

Although the battle of Huai'an was a complete victory, the main force of the Qing army's southern expedition was not injured in the slightest, and the overall strength of the champion army was completely exposed.

As night fell, Wang Lanping ordered the whole army to stop all celebrations, and the whole army went into a state of alert, ordering Song Dali to closely monitor every move of the Qing army's camp.

The remaining remnants of the Huai'an Army, more than 16,000, were temporarily resettled in Yangzhou City, and Shi Kefa allocated medical food and grass supplies, and they had to take a breather and recuperate for the time being.

All night, the Qing army camp in the big tent of Kong Youde was brightly lit, he really couldn't believe that Wang Lanping had the courage to transfer troops to this kind of war, this is simply playing with life, as long as the battle of the champion army in Huai'an is stuck for a day or two, or the plan of the champion army has a little flaw, then the result is directly equivalent to giving Yangzhou City to the Qing army, what kind of commander will make such a madman-like move, the whole war gambler, but the worst thing is to give Wang Lanping, this kid to win.

Kong Youde didn't let anyone disturb him, and a bunch of generals gathered outside the big tent, including Aobai, who shouted the loudest for revenge.

After all, Kong Youde is the commander of the Qing army's southern expedition, except for Duoduo and the regent Dolgon, who is far away in Beijing, everyone has to obey the dispatch of Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan.

But Kong Youde is a Han after all, there are many Manchu generals in the southern expedition army, including some veterans who fought in Liaodong with Nu and Erhachi, Kong Youde is handsome, and this crime that provokes public anger is much more harmful to him than the annihilation of the whole army of Zhenghongqi.

Kong Youde is not angry, nor does he not want to fight, but the Yangzhou battlefield is different from the past, there is no seventy percent chance of victory, it is better to press the soldiers first, according to the Yangzhou battle plan formulated by him and Duoduo, the best way is to drive people without a fight, and force Shi Kefa to surrender with the momentum of the army, but this is almost impossible, and then the second is to besiege the city to send reinforcements, step by step to eliminate the military force of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, and finally force Shi Kefa to sacrifice the city, the bottom strategy is to directly launch the Yangzhou City attack, break the only fortress of the Ming army in Jiangbei, Then he was hoarding power and slowly moving south.

But the generals outside the account saw that the whole army of Zhenghongqi was defeated, and was chased and killed by the champion army for more than 100 miles in just two days, and more than 15,000 were beheaded, this kind of shame not to mention that the regent Dolgon wanted to kill people, and even Duoduo, who was close to Sizhou, had to degrade himself by three levels, and what was even more terrible was that when the Qing army suffered such a big blow, Kong Youde didn't know anything, like a fool who was played by the Ming army, if he didn't fight back at this time to get back some face, how could Kong Youde explain to Duoduo.

It was late at night, but none of the generals who invited Kong Youde to fight outside the tent left, all of them were angry bullfights, and they hated so much that they didn't rush into Yangzhou City to kill him cleanly, and they were ashamed of the red flag.

Ao Bai couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, rolled up his sleeves, and scolded, "Lao Tzu can't wait, get out of the way, I want to see King Dingnan"

After saying that, Ao Bai separated everyone and hurriedly stepped on the steps in front of the tent, but several Kong Youde's personal soldiers stood in front of the tent and said in unison, "The commander has an order, and no one is allowed to disturb him"

The corners of Aobai's mouth raised, and he waved his hand and scolded, "Get out, Lao Tzu has fought for half his life, and I have never heard of the defeat of the Eight Banners Army today, if you don't fight, why are you here to run thousands of miles away, get out of the way for Lao Tzu"

This should be placed on weekdays, and it is a capital crime to rush into the Chinese military camp, but today is different, and the rest of the generals saw that someone had made a bird, and they all surrounded it together, shouting, "Yes, take down Yangzhou and avenge the brothers of the red flag"

"Please come in, all the commanders" Kong Youde in the tent probably also heard the voice outside the tent, this group of soldiers is more difficult to deal with than that Wang Lanping, if they jointly make a statement to Duoduo, accusing themselves of the crime of preserving their strength and being afraid of war, that one can't eat and walks away.

In fact, if the news of the defeat of the Zhenghong Banner can be pressed for five or six more days, then Kong Youde will have time to deploy calmly, but it is already too late, the only few hundred remnants of the Zhenghong Banner are leaderless, and they are almost like asking Huazi to rob the big household and pour into the camp of the Qing army, the news has long been known to everyone, and it is impossible to hide it if you want to.

In Kong Youde's big tent, twelve major Manchu and Han Eight Banner generals sat in columns.

Ao Bai is the most powerful and influential figure among these people, so to speak, the Manchu and Han Eight Banners coalition army marched south, with Kong Youde to control the Han Eight Banners, Ao Bai to control the Eight Banners, nominally Kong Youde also controlled the Ao Bai, but in fact there is no Ao Bai, Kong Youde is difficult to move the Eight Banners, and now the Manchu generals are shouting and beating, and the leader is Ao Bai, so Kong Youde knows that the war has begun, and he can't wait for a large number of artillery baggage to come to assist.

"King Dingnan, the last time you said to wait a few days, we waited, but what are you waiting for, it was played by the Ming army as a monkey once, my King of Dingnan, I want to beat the Ming army like no firearms to make the Ming army cry and call my mother, now what's the matter, there is no Zhang Butcher, we still have to eat hairy pigs, ah"

Ao Bai was domineering, and he didn't take Kong Youde, the coach of the Southern Expedition, in his eyes at all, and the implication was that he would fight, not only to fight, but also to fight quickly.

"Yes, fight, let that Wang Lanping also know the strength of our Eight Banners warriors, fight, fight Yangzhou City, and leave not an inch of grass"

"If you don't fight now, wait for when"

“……”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the tent was completely one-sided.

Kong Youde has actually seen it a long time ago, it is impossible not to fight, and what is to be discussed now is no longer a question of whether to fight or not, and if he doesn't give an order, he is afraid that Ao Bai will have to lead the Eight Banners to attack Yangzhou tonight.

"Okay, since the generals are so impassioned, I, Kong Youde, can have this kind of general, why not be afraid of a small Yangzhou,

Fight, you must fight, if you don't fight, it's not enough to deter Jiangnan"

Kong Youde seems to have changed into a person in a blink of an eye, and the demeanor of a general jumps into his body, and he says it categorically.

Immediately Kong Youde said, "However, Yangzhou is a strong city, if the whole army attacks, there is a dilemma of being trapped under the city, and there is a Ming army champion military department outside the city to respond, whether to take the city first or break the champion army first......"

Before Kong Youde finished speaking, Ao Bai interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Pinching soft persimmons is what the girl's family does, Lao Tzu wants to fight the most difficult, what breaks Yangzhou City, Lao Tzu fights is Jiancheng, Dingnan Wang, it is better to divide the soldiers into two ways, you take the champion army camp, I will go to take Yangzhou City, no matter which place is successful, Yangzhou City is our bag"

Kong Youde scolded secretly in his heart: You don't know how much you can't do, you underestimate the defensive strength of Yangzhou, the Ming army defenders inside and outside Yangzhou City have more than 80,000 soldiers, which is equivalent to the strength of the Qing army, and there is a strong city.

Kong Youde's plan in his heart is that since he can't stop the generals' desire to fight, then let's fight, but it's not a whole army attack, taking people to hit the city wall of Yangzhou, it's just a tentative attack, touching the reality of Yangzhou City, and saying that Yangzhou is a strong city, but this is just a military intelligence from spies, there is no actual combat, how to know if you don't fight a dozen.

Kong Youde pressed his hand, motioned to the generals to sit down, and then said, "I understand the heart of the generals, why don't I want to fight down, Ao Zuoling, all the generals, you are all battle-hardened generals, your loyalty and courage I Dingnan King has always admired, it is a great soldier to divide the army to resist the enemy, it is better to do your best, kill one place, with superior forces, destroy the decay and sweep the Ming army's camp outside the city, if it is successful, then take Yangzhou, so the chance of victory is greater"

Ao Bai was disdainful, and smiled coldly, not only him, but also the other generals in the tent felt ridiculous, everyone knew that although Yangzhou City was high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the defenders in the city could almost be said to be a rabble, Shi Kefa supervised Yangzhou for only a few months, saying that it was 30,000 defenders, which were almost all temporarily put together, and the combat effectiveness could almost be ignored.

On the other hand, the champion army, according to reliable information, the champion army from top to bottom, the cohesion of the military heart is not the general tough, several main generals are Wang Lanping single-handedly pulled up, without Wang Lanping, how can they have the opportunity to show their heads when the heroes rise together, more importantly, the champion army came to the battlefield in Yangzhou, that was driven by the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers, if they hold Yangzhou, they may have a glimmer of life, if defeated, it is not just Zhu Yousong to find a scapegoat, so the champion army in Yangzhou can only do their best to fight, There is no other way to go, and if the Qing army wants to eat the champion army in one bite, it is much more difficult in any way than to take Yangzhou City first.

What the champion army relies on is nothing more than the continuous supply of grain and grass in Yangzhou City, as long as Yangzhou City is taken and Wang Lanping's grain and grass are cut off, the champion army will be self-defeating.

Ao Bai said, "No, no, the main target of this southern expedition is Yangzhou City, can't the king of Dingnan distinguish between priorities and priorities?" If Yangzhou City is broken by me, what can the champion army do, I am willing to ask the king of Dingnan to send a partial division to make a feint attack on the champion army, and the main force of the whole army is pressed to Yangzhou City, I want to see how long Shi Kefa can hold on."

Kong Youde wants this effect, the camp of the champion army is not so easy to break, people dare to let the city not stay, if they have to go out of the city to resist the enemy, it is naturally fearless, and this time it is only a tentative attack, so as to find out the strength of Yangzhou city defense, and at the same time calm down the flames of revenge of the generals, and when the artillery brigade comes, Yangzhou City can be defeated.

Kong Youde said, "That's good, pass on my general order, early tomorrow morning, the Han army will strictly guard the camp with white and yellow flags, and feint to attack the camp of the champion army with a full flag and blue flag, and it is not allowed to divide its troops to rescue Yangzhou City, Ao Zuoling, you will lead the rest of the flags to storm Yangzhou City, please all the generals must fight bravely to kill the enemy and make contributions on the battlefield"

It was really difficult for Kong Youde to have such a large combat operation agreed in a hurry, and he really couldn't think of any other way to appease a group of completely enraged troops.

However, Kong Youde is not without a little chance of winning, tomorrow's battle can successfully contain the champion army, and it is possible to break the city, after all, the Ming army is famous for being afraid of the Qing army, and it has collapsed for thousands of miles.

When Ao Bai heard that this was still like that, he was going to fight, this time he was really going to fight, but where did he go to avenge Zhenghongqi, what he thought was that Zhenghongqi was defeated and lost, it was a good time for us to show our faces, and at this time, he was afraid that the regent Dolgon would send reinforcements again, and he would have to share a piece of the pie with others.

The various ministries will be arranged separately, and Kong Youde will stay alone to worship.

The two of them on the city defense of Yangzhou City to explore again, of course, the source is only the information obtained by the horse, among them, the newly returned Ming general Liu Liangzuo's intelligence is the most important, Liu Liangzuo is a serious former Ming army commander, Yangzhou's city defense has a lot of understanding, according to him, Yangzhou City is the most solid defense of the east and west city walls, and the north is relatively weak, if you want to take Yangzhou, you should first take the north gate, where there are many people, not conducive to the rapid reinforcement of the Ming army, as long as you can open a gap in the north gate, Yangzhou City will be broken.

The next day, the Qing army of 40,000 people, the meat tube is enough, just after the hour, the army rushed to Yangzhou City, the first a big banner, on the book four words "hanging Ming cutting crime".