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Chapter 432 Questioning Dorgon's Route

In early September, Wu Jincheng had been besieged for half a year, but the city was always strong, causing the Qing army to suffer 20,000 or 30,000 casualties and blocked the Qing army outside the city.

This was a very accomplished battle for the defenders who were still in Siming Mountain in eastern Zhejiang not long ago and insisted on guerrilla warfare. It was also the most difficult battle. The defenders suffered more than 50% casualties, but they still firmly defended the city.

Since August, the Qing army has not attacked Wujin anymore. Mandahai has left more than 20,000 Qing troops outside the city to monitor and personally led the main force to go south to block the reinforcements led by Zhao Ming.

Reinforcements came to reinforce, and Wang Yi and Wang Deshun had already received a letter of pigeon. In the letter, Zhao Ming told him to guard the city closely and never do anything to cooperate inside and outside, and lose the city.

The pigeon letter appeared very early, and Zhao Ming also raised a group of pigeons that convey information. However, this thing is not as good as a human being after all. It is always unreliable and easy to be caught halfway through and leaked secrets. The Ming army only uses it at short distances or special times, and most of the time it is still teleported by humans.

Zhao Ming's worries were actually redundant. The defenders in the city suffered heavy losses. Even if they wanted to cooperate with each other inside and outside, they would not have the ability.

On the third day of the September 19th, early in the morning, Wu entered the city.

On the edge of the broken city wall, a few soldiers held spears and showed half of their bodies, looking out of the city with vigilant eyes, while most soldiers rested with spears, bows, arrows, and muskets on their backs.

The morning sun shines on the city walls that are several miles long, and the soldiers of the guards gradually wake up.

As the leader, a general kicked his subordinate next to him, "Sun Qi, go and have a look!"

Zhao Ming's reinforcements had entered the territory of Wujin County. The Qing army could often hear the sound of cannons and shouts of killing in the southeast direction. They knew that the reinforcements were almost approaching Wujin, so the first thing every morning was to send scouts out of the city to investigate the situation and see if the reinforcements had come.

The officer of the hundred households woke up with a little reluctant look on his face, "Thousand households have been around for more than a month, and only hearing the sound of cannons can no longer be seen. Is the general blocked by the Qing dog? Can he not be killed?"

Qianhuguan glared at Sun Qi fiercely. He actually had this worry in his heart. Wujin was less than a hundred miles away from Wuxi. The reinforcements had been walking for more than a month, but they had not yet reached the city of Wujin. Anyone would worry.

"Didn't you hear the sound of cannons getting closer?" Qianhuguan shouted, "I asked you to go and investigate, where did so much nonsense come from."

When Sun Qi, a hundred households saw that the thousand households were angry, he hurriedly saluted and said, "I will go and investigate now!"

After saying that, he climbed down the city wall in a flash, and the Qianhuguan tidied up his armor and put on his helmets, preparing to wake up the brothers and wait for the defense change.

Soon, another thousand-household official led hundreds of soldiers to the city wall to take over the defense.

"Lao Zhou, there is nothing wrong with it at night!" Chen Qianhu, who rushed over, asked casually, pressing the hilt of the knife.

Zhou Qianhu glanced outside the city, "There is no special situation!"

"Then you go and rest, come and take over me early in the evening!" The Chen Qianhu official smiled.

Zhou Qianhu still wanted to wait for Sun Qi's news, but I think nothing would happen. As for the sound of cannons over the days, the reinforcements advanced very slowly. Sometimes they couldn't move for a few miles a day, and sometimes they didn't move for a few days. It has not changed for several days recently, and it must be the same today.

"Okay then!" Zhou Qianhu nodded, then waved his hand, and led his subordinates to go down to the city to go back to the camp for breakfast, then have a good rest, and come to take the defense again in the evening.

At this time, he had just walked to the steps and happened to see Sun Qi leading a team of cavalry back, galloping back, and rushing directly to the slope where the collapsed place was.

In order to defend the city, all four gates were blocked, and the collapsed place replaced the city gate. The Ming army scouts all left the city to investigate from then on.

"The dog is cleared away! The dog is cleared away!" Before the horse could rush up the slope, Sun Qi shouted excitedly while galloping.

The soldiers who had just taken over the city defense and were preparing to rest in the city, heard the words and heard the turmoil, and countless figures rushed into the gap and asked what was going on.

Zhou Qianhu raised his eyebrows, and there was a look of surprise on both sides. He hurriedly turned back and saw that Sun Qi had been stopped by Chen Qianhu, who was being arrested, and was asking urgently, "Where are you clearing the dog?"

When Sun Qi saw Zhou Qianhu coming, he hurriedly said excitedly: "It's really withdrawn. Beizhi left the city to investigate and found that the Qing army was monitoring us, moved away the horse and demolished the tents. The camp was empty. Beizhi took a risk to approach the camp. The remaining Qing cavalry in the camp discovered Beizhi and immediately pulled out their horses and headed west."

After hearing this, Zhou Qianhu and Chen Qianhu were filled with surprises on their faces and hurriedly ordered their subordinates: "Go and report to the commander quickly."

Soon, Wang Yi and Wang Deshun arrived, and there were already cheers on Wu's heading into the city.

After asking the reason, the two of them smiled happily, but they were still vigilant. While sending scouts to continue investigating, they must determine whether the Qing army evacuated, and while sending people to the east to welcome reinforcements.

Before this, the defenders in the city must be energetic to prevent fraud.

At 10 noon, the horses were exploring their horses to report one after another. The Qing army did evacuate, and the main force was gone. It should have retreated westward at night. At this time, it had arrived in the Dantu and Zhenjiang areas.

In addition, the reinforcements who were heading east to welcome him also sent a message back, claiming that the general was personally leading the army, only twenty miles away from Wujin.

The news was confirmed, and the military and civilians in Wujin City ran around and told each other, ecstatic, cheers resounded throughout the city, and they lasted forever.

When the Wujin siege was lifted, the government and the residents in the city took out the small amount of food left and sent people to buy meat to prepare for their birthday celebration.

Unlike the uncontrollable pleasure and ecstasy of the military and civilians in Donghai Town, the Qing army was dead and had a bleak back.

Here, when I stood up in Changzhou, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming began to bring 100,000 yuan, Mandahai transferred another 30,000 yuan, and invested 130,000 people in front and behind. At Wujincheng, nearly 30,000 people were lost, and Zhao Zamao was besieged, and another 20,000 were killed or injured, with 50,000 casualties. However, they failed to achieve the goal of recovering Su Songchang and exterminating Zhao Zamao, which made the Qing army depressed.

Especially in the battle to siege Zhao Zamao, 80,000 elite Qing troops trapped Zhao Zamao in the wild, but could not afford Zhao Zamao's 26,000 people, which greatly damaged the confidence of the Qing army.

Under the Qing army's flag, Mandahai rode a horse and lowered his head, and he was completely confused.

Seeing this, Kong Youde couldn't help but comfort him: "Prince, Zhao Zamao only relies on the sharp firearms and strong defense of the chariot formation. With the support of gunships on the canal, he can withstand the attack of the Qing warriors. It's not that he is really stronger than our Qing."

Geng Zhongming also said: "Yes, if Zhao Zamao is willing to fight us upright, or if he attacks and we come to defend, then Zhao Zamao will definitely not be our opponent. Therefore, the prince should not be discouraged. In the future, our Qing Dynasty will definitely defeat Zhao Zamao and then unify the world."

"Unify the world?" Mandahai murmured, with a slight smile on his face.

Before, he was young and energetic, and he was even more inclined to Dorgon's proposal, wanting to defeat the Ming army and unify the world, but this time his arrogance was completely destroyed by Zhao Ming.

Mandahai remembered the Eight Banners soldiers and the elite Green Camp who were lying in front of the chariot formation and under the guns of the Ming army. Mandahai's heart had already shaken and he had doubts about Dorgon.

He didn't listen to Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's words, lowered his head and rode his horse on his way, thinking to himself, "Is the Regent's route really right?"
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