Chapter 247: The Battle for Wuzhuang
Now the Ming army that has transferred from the post pavilion to Fenghui is as high as 8,000 people, and the typical guest is overwhelming the lord.
In addition, from the perspective of superiority and inferiority, Chen Sheng has no decision at all, how can he reverse this situation?
Although Chen Sheng explained bitterly, this is not a cowardice, but to preserve the vitality, in order to better resist the Qing army in the future, and for the sake of .......
But at this time, it was all in vain.
Even Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, thought that when the two armies were meeting and the strength was as high as 12,000 people, not only should they not retreat, but they should also take the initiative to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army outside the city.
And Zhu Yihai's suggestion was echoed by many officials.
Chen Sheng was dumbfounded.
The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the people who were sent to Wuzhuang came back to report that the old man Wu refused to leave Wuzhuang even if he died.
Chen Sheng was really anxious now, if something happened to Father Wu, how would he explain to Wu Zheng.
So, Chen Sheng did his most wrong thing in this battle, he left Fenghui, personally took Shen Zhiyuan's cavalry, who had returned to the city at this time, to Wuzhuang, and forcibly took Wu's father away according to Wu Zheng's order.
This decision directly caused the command of the Ming army in Fenghui City to fall into the hands of Qian Sule and others.
And Qian Sule and others are just more than enough, but their military ability is .......
If Chen Sheng was there, he could at least dissuade him, or use his own men to pick up the gaps, but Chen Sheng's departure made Qian Sule and others lose any constraints.
It is conceivable that having an army of tens of thousands of people, and an army baptized from the flames of war, is such a blood-pumping thing.
It's like a person who is used to being poor and suddenly has a billion-dollar fortune and completely loses his self-control.
In addition, everyone is bent on recovering the Ming Dynasty, and now the 10,000 Qing troops outside the city have lost less than 7,000 people, and they will not lose with more than 10,000 to 7,000, right?
But they didn't know that a battle was never entirely decided by the number of men.
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Chen Sheng's heart is very stable, originally he would not leave Fenghui so easily.
But no matter how steady a person is, he also has his weaknesses.
Chen Sheng has two weaknesses, one is his belief and dependence on Wu Zheng, to be precise, blind obedience.
From the first meeting between Guandao and Wu Zheng, to the later successive battles, it is undeniable that Wu Zheng's image of constant victory has been plump in the hearts of soldiers, and these experiences, Chen Sheng has followed Wu Zheng from beginning to end.
Admiration is no longer enough to describe Chen Sheng's respect for Wu Zheng.
Therefore, Wu Zheng's order was no less than a holy decree for Chen Sheng.
For such an object of his admiration, the safety of his old father is far more important than Fenghui in Chen Sheng's heart, and even more important than his own life.
Another thing is that Chen Sheng is a person and an ordinary person after all.
Facing Jian Guo and Qian Sule, he is just a small thousand households, and he can't influence the decisions of these big people.
For Chen Sheng, there is also some resentment in it, but you can't afford to hide, right?
Combining these two reasons, it is not surprising that Chen Sheng left Fenghui and led the cavalry battalion to Wuzhuang.
But Chen Sheng still didn't expect that the Tartars would come so quickly.
The first thing Duoduo did when he captured the post pavilion was to urgently order Bolo to lead the cavalry to attack Wuzhuang.
The defeat of Hangzhou City has made Duoduo unable to let go.
Thinking about it, Prince Tang Yu led an army of 60,000 to attack Hangzhou City, and in the end was defeated by Wu Zheng Xiaoxiao, although there are many reasons for this defeat, but defeat is defeat, and there is nothing to explain.
At least for the Qing court, this was an intolerable sin.
Dordor himself thought so.
Grabbing Wu Zheng's relatives and blackmailing Wu Zheng to surrender is what Duoduo wants to achieve.
Bolo's 5,000 cavalry suffered a lot of losses in the paddy fields outside Yiting City, but there were still more than 4,000 cavalry at this time.
and Chen Sheng's 1,500 cavalry hastily encountered outside Wuzhuang, and a direct encounter broke out.
This was the first time that this cavalry had fought so head-on with the enemy, and it was still absolutely inferior in strength.
But now this cavalry is no longer Wuxia Ameng, these days, under the leadership of Shen Zhiyuan, with Chen Sheng's Qing army that has been attacking outside Fenghui City, it can be regarded as a training.
Although it still can't compete with the Tartar cavalry in individual skills, it can already be used in a battle.
Of course, this is no longer a matter of whether you want to fight or not.
The commanders of both sides did not even give orders, and the cavalry on both sides had already taken fire.
This is a melee, but there is an advantage of the melee, that is, the large number of troops cannot join the battlefield for a while, because the Tatar cavalry has already suffered the loss of the paddy fields, and Wuzhuang is a farm, except for a small road that transports grain on weekdays, there are paddy fields on all sides.
That is, with this advantage, the two sides fought fiercely on the trail, and the Ming cavalry did not fall into the disadvantage.
But this stalemate did not last long, the so-called road is dead, and people are alive.
Bolo then repeated the previous scene, ordering the cavalry behind to dismount, wade into the fields, and attack the Ming cavalry line from the left and right flanks with an arrow array.
Chen Sheng naturally understood, so both sides sent archers, and as a result, cavalry and archers fought each other.
However, the situation gradually became unfavorable to the Ming army, because the Ming army could not form a bow and arrow suppression against the Tartars, but was suppressed by the Tartars and moved the line back, so that the stalemate cavalry line began to loosen.
Chen Sheng was a little anxious, he didn't forget the purpose of coming, and hurriedly ordered Shen Zhiyuan: "Quick, take a cavalry and take Old Man Wu to Pinggang Cottage." ”
Shen Zhiyuan was on the rise at this time, and actually refused: "Chen Qianhu go, I'll stay in command." ”
Chen Sheng was furious: "This is a military order, do you dare to disobey the order?" ”
Only then did Shen Zhiyuan take the order and rode away with more than 20 horses.
Chen Sheng knew that today's situation was difficult to solve, first of all, there was a huge disparity in strength, and it was not because the Ming cavalry was strong in combat power, but because they occupied the paddy fields, so that the Tatar cavalry could not be overwhelmed by the numerical advantage.
Secondly, time is not in your favor, in case there are reinforcements from the Tartars, then not only will your cavalry not be able to get out, but you will also be killed together with Daddy Wu.
Let Shen Zhiyuan go, Chen Sheng took two points into account, one is that Shen Zhiyuan has a relationship with the Wu family after all, and he is easy to talk, and the other reason is that in case something happens, let Shen Zhiyuan take Daddy Wu to retreat to Pinggang Cottage, and lead his own palace, even if he fights to the last soldier, as long as he keeps Daddy Wu and Shen Zhiyuan, it can be regarded as having an explanation for Wu Zheng.
At this time, Chen Sheng was already dead.
His inference of the battle situation was sharp and correct, and the paddy fields could not become the last barrier to stop the Tartar attack after all.
But he still misestimated Shen Zhiyuan's influence on Father Wu.
This was the second mistake he had made today, and it nearly wiped out all his cavalry.