Xuzhou Xingyuan.

Dorgon reclined on the couch, his eyes narrowed slightly.

On the other side of the couch, Qi Chongge bowed down and said: "The 50,000 horses of the Dorobel Karchuhun Department have completed the purge in Taizhou, and they can occupy Taixing at any time." The 10,000 horses of Beile Tunqi's department have arrived in Tongzhou to stand by. ”

Ganglin bowed down and said: "The 120,000 troops under the command of King Nikan of Jingjun have been stationed in Jiangpu and Yizhen, and more than 3,200 large ships have been raised in the two places, which can launch an attack on Jiangning and Zhenjiang Mansion at any time. ”

Dolgon asked with an impassive expression, "What is the movement of the Ming army on the other side?" ”

Gang Lin said: "Yesterday, the news from Yingfu said that Liao Zhongping led 15,000 people from Jingwei to Changzhou Mansion. There is no change in other Jingxun. ”

Dolgon asked again, "What is the change in Wu Zheng on the other side?" ”

Qi Chongge replied: "Hangzhou Wei is stationed in Jiangyin, and Jinshanwei is stationed in Yangshe Town...... It seems that the prince's plan to lure the enemy has succeeded, and through the mouth of Shen Zhiyuan, the Yixing Dynasty believes that the main target of our army is Jingjiang. ”

Dolgon snorted lightly: "Jingjiang is considered by Wu Zheng to be a springboard to the north, his attention has been on Jingjiang and Taixing, this king just wants him to know that in the eyes of this king, Yingfu is the real battleground." ”

"The prince is wise!"

Dolgon was indeed wise, and he not only misled Wu Zheng's judgment through Shen Zhiyuan's mouth.

At the same time, he also mobilized three of the eight banners stationed in Beijing, but for the sake of insurance and to avoid the failure of Gyeonggi, he also mobilized the surrendered troops around Gyeonggi to the south, thus gathering an army of 180,000.

This is also one of the main reasons for Shen Zhiyuan to reinforce Azig and Qian Qiaogong to lead his troops to Jiaodong to quell the turmoil.

Only by transferring all the uneasy troops out of Gyeonggi could the Qing court really rest assured and part of the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing to join the campaign.

……。

May 30, early morning.

The color will be bright but not bright.

Wu Zheng has asked no less than ten times, and the scout has news.

And this time, I finally had a letter.

Chi Erhan hurried over, "Lord Wang, there's news." ”

Wu Zheng was overjoyed, "What?" ”

Chi Erhan said: "The scout who went to the direction of Shizhuang is back...... There were no large Qing troops there. ”

Wu Zheng was stunned, is there such a thing?

"Is there any news from Jiang Quanyi?"

"Yes, there is still no Qing army stationed along the river in Taixing."

Wu Zheng was frightened, and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end instantly.

No, the 180,000 Qing army will be attacked again, and there will be no Qing army in Taixing and Shizhuang?

"There's nothing wrong with the news, right?"

Chi Er said in a dull voice: "Shi Hu is outside, the prince can ask him himself." ”

Wu Zheng hurriedly said: "Call him in." ”

The whole body was soaked, and the left arm still came in with Ji Shihu, "I've seen the general." ”

"Shi Hu, hurry up."

"Yes. I took twelve people from the riverside to Shizhuang. Shi Hu said hatefully, "Shizhuang has not even a living person, I can't find anyone to ask, I took people to the west of Huangqiao Town, because of the dark, can only enter the town to find the people to ask, from the people of Huangqiao Town to know, from ten years ago, Taizhou has been stationed in the Qing army, the estimated number of 40,000, 50,000. ”

"What's the matter with the injury on your arm?"

"When I was going out of town and was about to come back, I met a group of Qing army scouts, and there was a fight, and my brothers tried to cover me...... It's all there. Shi Hu choked.

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "They are heroes...... You go down first to heal your wounds. ”

After Shi Hu left, Wu Zheng asked, "Did the other team come back?" ”

Ji Erhan shook his head.

Wu Zheng turned around and stared at the map, there are 40,000 or 50,000 Qing troops in Taizhou, so the Qing army wants to attack Taixing, but it's not right, the 180,000 Qing army is going to cross the river to attack Jingjiang, why don't you even occupy an undefended Taixing?

Will Ming still have time to attack Jingjiang?

This is certainly not true!

Besides, Taizhou, far from the riverbank, only had 40,000 or 50,000 Qing troops, where did the rest of the Qing troops go?

Could it be...... Tongzhou?

That's not right, Tongzhou is east of Jingjiang, the distance is very far, and it is impossible to attack Jingjiang in a short time.

Could it be that the target of the Qing army was not Jingjiang, but Changshu, Changzhou?

This is possible, Changshu is close to Jiading and Wusong, and can attack the new city that Wu Song is building, which can be regarded as revenge, but the problem is that the Qing army crosses the river to attack, if the main attack is their own new city, it will be attacked by the Ming army in the west and south.

Would Dolgon really take revenge for his revenge and risk crossing the river to attack Xincheng at the risk of being wiped out?

This is clearly illogical.

Wu Zheng frowned, this answer could only be answered when the other team of scouts returned.

It wasn't until late afternoon that another group of scouts returned, and they didn't suffer any casualties.

The information that can be brought has made Wu Zheng's head become the size of two.

Tongzhou did have a Qing army, but it was no more than 10,000 at most.

So, where did the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops go?

This made Wu Zheng have to start doubting the accuracy of Shen Zhiyuan's information.

On the one hand, Wu Zheng ordered Jiangyin, Xiangshan, and Yangshe to strengthen vigilance.

While convening the generals under his command to discuss.

After a general understanding of the situation, Wu Zheng pointed to the other side and said: "The biggest question now is whether the Qing army has 180,000 troops, and whether their main target is Jingjiang. If not, where would it be? If so, did the rest of the forces delay their trip, or did they not have that many troops at all? ”

Song Andao, who had just arrived: "I think that the Qing army may have such a small number of troops, in the previous battles, the Qing army lost troops and generals, according to reason, from the Qing court mission back to today, in just one month, it is not easy to gather 180,000 troops." In my opinion, 180,000 may have been deliberately exaggerated by the Qing army. ”

Lu Zhiyu shook his head and said: "No, as far as I know, a few years ago, the Qing court Jingjin County King Nikan has been a division, he was with Haoge to conquer the southwest Zhang Xianzhong Division, although the number of his troops is unknown, but since it is a triumphant division, it is possible that the main force is still there." In addition, the Qing court already had eight banners stationed in Beijing in Shunfu, and it was possible to transfer some of them. ”

Wu Zheng pondered: "Can you think about it like this, if the Qing army really wants to attack Jingjiang, then it can't be 180,000, that is, it is a false report." But if the main target of the Qing army was not Jingjiang, then why did they station 50,000 or 60,000 troops in Taizhou and Tongzhou? ”

Guided by Wu Zheng, Song An suddenly became agitated, "That is containment, if the Qing army is stationed in Taizhou and Tongzhou with 50,000 or 60,000 troops to contain it, then there will be more troops to attack other targets, and this target must be more important than Jingjiang." ”

Wu Zheng was shocked when he heard this, what he said made sense.

If it is really like Song An's and uses an army of 50,000 or 60,000 to contain himself, then the Qing army's real main attack target direction will have more troops, and the 180,000 army will not be a false report, but a real one.