Cha Zhu successfully subdued Fuzhou Town, but the battle between Huai'an and the Central Plains fell into a stalemate.

By the time Zhu Jie came to Huai'an Mansion, Song Jiaxing had been holding out in Huai'an Mansion for more than two months, and for more than two months, he allowed the family Azig to lead sixty or seventy thousand elite forces to attack, and Azig also drove the surrounding people to devote themselves to the attack, which brought huge pressure to Song Jiaxing.

Yes, Song Jiaxing is a soldier of the Tianwei Army with more than 20,000 people, brave and good at fighting, backed by Huai'an Mansion, and with the help of artillery, but Azig is not an easy person, and the entire Huai'an Mansion has been surrounded, and the connection between the entire Huai'an Mansion and Nanjing has been completely cut off, and Nanjing's baggage cannot be sent at all.

In the first month, Song Jiaxing was effortless to resist, but as time went by, gradually Huai'an City fell into a predicament, first of all, the grain and grass were poor, a small Huai'an City, supplying more than 20,000 troops to eat and drink, it was not a problem in a short time, and after a long time, the grain and grass began to be nervous; Immediately afterwards, the ammunition was also exhausted, the musket and shells were exhausted, there was no food and grass, and there was no ammunition, so we could only rely on the bow and arrow to roll the wood and stones.

However, Huai'an Mansion is full of plains, where did the city get how many rolling logs and stones? And the bow and arrow are also very limited, and for more than half a month, the bow and arrow, rolling wood and stone have been almost used, and the remaining Song Jiaxing can only rely on the support of the soldiers of the Tianwei Army and the people in the city.

Huai'an City has no ordnance and ammunition to defend the city, but Azig's grain and grass, ordnance and ammunition can be continuously sent up along the canal, at the beginning, Azig desperately consumed the looted farmers, and after more than a month, look at Huai'an City has been consumed almost, and finally began to dispatch a large army to launch a fierce attack on Huai'an City, this time Huai'an City is a little unbearable!

After all, the Tianwei army is brave and good at fighting, without weapons, facing the same elite Manchurian Eight Banners and Guanning Iron Cavalry, it is also a little powerless, the number of casualties every day has risen sharply, in more than ten days, there are tens of thousands of casualties, to be able to stick to the city, even the elite who joined in is not enough to make up 20,000 people, in the face of the Qing army from all sides of the siege, the defensive force is stretched, even if Song Jiaxing is capable, now there is only barely support.

During this period, if it weren't for Song Jiaxing taking the risk of leading a group of elite cavalry out of the city late at night, raiding the Tartars and snatching back a batch of supplies, I am afraid that it would really not be able to support the arrival of Zhu Jie's reinforcements.

Even so, Song Jiaxing's army suffered heavy casualties, and even some of the soldiers were so hungry that they didn't even have the strength to stand.

At this time, Zhu Jie led more than 20,000 troops from Nanjing.

When he was still some distance away from Huai'an Mansion, Azig received news of the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming army.

"What? You said that Zhu Jie personally led the army to aid Huai'an Mansion, and he had already reached a distance of less than thirty miles from us? ”

When the scout brought the military to Azig, Azig's heart was shocked, Zhu Jie, if there was anyone in the Ming Dynasty who made Azig extremely jealous, then Zhu Jie was definitely the first to bear the brunt, this person is too powerful, when he was in Manchuria, he had already learned it.

"How many troops do they have, and how powerful are they?"

Azig asked in a deep voice.

The scout hurriedly replied: "Lord Qiqi, there are not many troops, but twenty or thirty thousand people, and these soldiers also look very immature, not like the elite of a hundred battles......"

Azig nodded, his expression relaxed a little, and sneered: "It's not like a hundred battle elites? Hehe, where else do they have now? In the past two days, I just received a battle report from Duoduo, Sun Chuanting led the two towns of Nanjing and a part of the local army has returned to Shanxi from Shaanxi, preparing to launch an attack on Zhending Mansion, it can be said that Sun Chuanting's army has taken away all the elite forces in Nanjing City, and now the defense of Nanjing City has been empty to the extreme, I am afraid that these reinforcements are just new recruits recruited by Zhu Jie, hehe, don't talk about fighting, our iron cavalry can scare them into fleeing with a surprise! ”

Wu Sangui on the side said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, Zhu Jie personally rushed to help, we can't wait to ignore it, this person is really a bit unfathomable, we must be careful to take precautions!" ”

Azig nodded and replied: "Well, what you said is that Zhu Jie is indeed not an ordinary character, the only person who has given him a headache over the years is Zhu Jie, how can I be careless?" Someone, give me an order, mobilize 10,000 cavalry for me, this time I will personally meet him for a while, and see how many catties and taels he has! ”

Wu Sangui and Tan Tai were shocked, Azig wanted to go out in person!

"Lord Wang, rush to the battle, I'm afraid that we may not be able to bargain for anything......"

Tan Tai said urgently.

Azig shook his head and replied: "Tan Tai, you are wrong, now is the best time for us to send troops, we sent troops in a hurry, and he Zhu Jie would never have imagined that we would not give him the slightest chance to repair, they came from afar, and they traveled all the way, but I am afraid that they are also exhausted, plus they are all a group of rabble, we lead 10,000 cavalry to launch a surprise attack, we only need to break through their defense line, Zhu Jie will be defeated!" You and Lord Wu are sitting here, and I will go through it myself! ”

As he spoke, Azig turned and walked towards the outside of the tent, and the army of 10,000 men quickly gathered and rushed south.

At this time, Zhu Jie's 25,000 Beijing battalion has also arrived less than thirty miles away from Huai'an City, the closer to Huai'an City, the more cautious Zhu Jie is, if it is really Azig got the news and sent troops to intercept it, he was not ready to defend, this Beijing camp can resist the cavalry assault, it is difficult to say!

As he was moving forward, a group of war horses in the distance ran over like lightning, and the people who came jumped off their horses, knelt on the ground, and said urgently: "Emperor Qi, I found a Manchurian elite cavalry in front, and I was thinking that we would rush forward quickly, and we were less than twenty miles away from us!" ”

Zhu Jie raised his eyebrows, raised his right hand, and shouted: "Spread the order, the army stops advancing!" How many troops does this cavalry have? ”

The scout hurriedly replied: "There are quite a few troops, and it seems that there are at least tens of thousands of cavalry!" ”

Zhu Jie's heart sank, tens of thousands of cavalry, this is very troublesome!

"Decree, the army is stationed on the spot, immediately defensive, musketeers and cavalry outside, infantry inside, artillery behind, immediately ready to meet the battle!"