One day of fierce fighting, Zhu Jie's army can still hold on, anyway, now the victory is in hand, Zhu Jie is not in a hurry to launch a fierce attack, the meal has to be eaten in one bite, if the mouth is too open, but it is easy to choke, as long as the Manchurian army does not run, then there is a chance to leave the Manchurian army in the Jianghuai area, after all, this is far away from the hinterland of the Central Plains War, the Manchurian army is lone deep, and now the commander Azig has died again, although the army is now strong, but the army's heart is disordered, it is no longer enough evidence.

The Jingying and the Tianwei army were at ease, although the casualties were not small, but they were still as stable as Mount Tai, and the Manchurian army was becoming more and more uneasy.

Shuai tent, Tan Tai and Wu Sangui have collected their troops, returned to the army, the two of them have gloomy faces, a day of war, the war is too tragic, compared with the siege of Huai'an City in the previous two months, it is simply a piece of cake, this is the real feast, however, this meal is too unpalatable, after the arrival of Zhu Jie's army, within ten days, three battles in a row, the casualties of the Manchurian army have exceeded 20,000 people, today is a big battle, the casualties are as high as thousands, especially the green battalion soldiers, under the blow of the Beijing Musket Battalion, the casualties are heavy, almost about to be broken up, the green battalion soldiers do not have the terrifying speed of advance like the cavalry, slow action, in front of the musket, there is no cover, that is a live target, there is no place to hide.

"Lord Tan Tai, we can't fight anymore, the lower official suggests that the troops be withdrawn immediately, withdraw the troops towards Shandong, and if we continue to fight, we will be eaten by the firearms of the Ming army!"

Wu Sangui's face was full of bitterness, the Ming army's words were too powerful, the artillery rocket muskets, one was more lethal than the other, not to mention that the Eastern Route Army only had 50,000 or 60,000 troops, even if it was 100,000 troops, if it continued to fight like this, it couldn't help but suffer huge casualties......

"Retreat?"

Tan Tai said angrily: "Lord Wang, do you think I don't want to retreat?" However, the regent has just come to the decree, let us take Huai'an City as soon as possible, not only can we not take Huai'an City, but we will run back to Shandong in one go, then the blame of the court, who can bear it? ”

Tan Tai and even Dolgon's temper, at this time, he withdrew his troops, and after Dolgon got the news of Azig's death, he must have been furious and withdrew his troops? If you don't do it, you will hit the muzzle of his gun, and when the time comes, you won't know how to die, Dolgon's killing methods are extremely ruthless and ruthless!

Wu Sangui hurriedly said: "But, Lord Tan, it will change later, we have fought here repeatedly, and we have not taken advantage of the slightest advantage, but have lost our troops and generals, and the most important thing is that Prince Ying has died, the blow to morale is too great, the soldiers have no will to fight, and they will have no will to fight, how can we fight?" And this Zhu Jie is out of luck with soldiers, Xia Guan really doesn't know what kind of deployment he will make next, once we fall into Zhu Jie's trap, there will be no place to regret it when the time comes! ”

Wu Sangui is different from Tan Tai, Tan Tai is a typical Manchurian general, unruly, not afraid of death, but although Wu Sangui is also a generation of famous generals, but in order to preserve strength, as early as when he was stationed in Liaodong, he often withdrew his troops, such a person has a good strategy and good combat power, but the worst point is that the fighting spirit is insufficient, he can't fight a hard battle, he can't fight a bad battle, once he encounters a hard bone, he will retreat, and once he encounters an unfavorable war situation, he will lead his descendants to flee all the way, which is a common problem of Ming army generals in this era, From Zu Dashou to Zuo Liangyu to the general soldiers of each town, they all put their strength first.

Now in the face of such a bad situation, Wu Sangui really can't hold his breath, after all, the elite of his Guanning Iron Cavalry has been lost when he was in the Daimyo's Mansion, and the current Guanning Iron Cavalry's combat strength is far less than that of the year, but no matter how bad it is, it is also a strong force, that is his last bit of family foundation, if it is destroyed here, then how can he gain a foothold in Manchuria? Without the combat power of the lineage, he will let the Manchurian court knead at will!

Tan Tai said in a deep voice: "In this way, three days, three days, presumably the regent's new will will arrive, Prince Ying is killed, the regent will definitely not let us besiege Huai'an Mansion again, when the time comes, the court will let us retreat, then we will retreat immediately, without hesitation!" I think with our current strength, no matter how powerful Zhu Jie is, he won't be able to completely defeat us in three days! ”

"Okay......"

Wu Sangui said helplessly: "Since you say so, then wait for three days, if the regent's will is not yet or does not let us retreat, then I can't care so much, stay here, we are simply wasting our combat strength, it is better to withdraw the army and return to Shandong, galloping to the aid of Prince Yu, now you also know, the battle situation there is not optimistic......

The two of them made up their minds to wait for Dolgon's will to come, but what they didn't expect was that just as they were fighting, a fleet had quietly docked in the area of Yancheng, Huai'an Prefecture.

Originally, Cha Bolt's plan was to take a warship all the way to Songjiang Mansion and then take a warship to Yangzhou to get closer, land from Yangzhou, and then gallop to Huai'an Mansion, but when the fleet just arrived in the sea area of Zhejiang, Cha Bolt changed his mind, entered the Yangtze River, went upstream, the speed of the fleet was too slow, and it was necessary to rush all the way from Yangzhou to Huai'an Mansion, the time delayed on the road was too much, and it was easy to be found by the Qing army, and it was easy to respond in advance, since this is the case, then change the strategy, take the warship and go straight to Yancheng, Landing from Yancheng, when the 20,000 Beijing camp army from Yancheng straight to Huai'an, inserted behind the Manchurian army, at that time, the Manchurian army can be caught in the Tianwei army and the Beijing camp in the middle of the attack, if done well, it is possible to encircle and annihilate the Azig army in one fell swoop!

Having made up his mind, Cha Xuan ordered the warships of the Fujian Navy Division to carry more than 20,000 troops of the Beijing camp to the north, all the way to Yancheng, and began to land.

In less than a day, all the troops landed, began to approach Huai'an Mansion, just advanced to Huai'an Mansion less than a hundred miles away, Cha Xuan and Zhao Zhenghang got the news of Azig's death, the two of them were overjoyed, Azig was killed by the emperor, it was really good, without Azig to lead the Manchurian army, this time, Manchuria's East Route Army will be defeated, it seems that their choice is very correct, immediately outflank the Manchurian army, and must encircle them all between Huai'an and Suzhou!

Cha Xuan and Zhao Zhenghang led the army to advance towards the north of Huai'an Mansion with all their might, and rushed straight behind the Manchurian East Route Army!

(End of chapter)