Ma Shiying said seriously: "The prince said that Lord Shen has the blood of the Han people. If he is not close to his hometown, why bother to harm his compatriots for the sake of foreign tribes? The prince also said that if the elders and fellow officials can hear Lord Shen return to Shangyu, they will definitely welcome him."

Shen Wenkui's face twitched, and he asked with difficulty: "What does the prince want Chen to do?"

"List." Ma Shiying picked up the wine pot, poured a glass of wine for the cup in front of Shen Wenkui, and then watched Shen Wenkui spit out these two words.

Shen Wenkui's face turned pale, and he naturally knew what Ma Shiying was talking about.

"The list has been destroyed... Chen burned it with his own hands."

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "The prince said that in Shangyu's hometown, everyone knows that Lord Shen has the ability to remember since childhood. When the people teach their children, they all take Lord Shen's ability as an example... The prince also said, "I'll send Lord Shen a word, and when I leave home and return to my eldest son, my hometown accent has not changed."

Shen Wenkui opened his mouth wide, was stunned for a long time, and suddenly lay on the table and started crying.

A fifty-someone cried like a child.

....

At this time, Taizhou City was surrounded by more than twice the Qing army from the west and north.

Due to Jiang Quanyi's urgent message, Chi Erhan from Xinghua and Lu's territory in Jiangdu quickly led their troops to Taizhou.

Jiangdu, Xinghua gained and lost again, and the Qing army easily occupied both places.

The Ministry of Fang Guoan, who was ordered to be transferred by Wu Zheng, had already arrived in Taizhou at this time.

There is no mistake in this. When facing an enemy army that is twice as big as one side, it will only be defeated by one person. Carrying together is the right choice. Moreover, at that time, it was not known that the Ministry of Security of Fang led the order to cross the river north.

But even if the Ministry of State Security above has less than 30,000 troops, facing 60,000 enemy troops, it is a situation where there are many enemies and fewer ones.

The battle has begun in the early morning.

The enemy was siegeing the city in the west and north as if crazy.

This enemy army is obviously different from before. It not only has military uniforms, but also has different faces, but also has different weapons.

What made Fang Guoan and other generals most troubled was that the enemy's artillery fire intensity exceeded his own side for the first time.

This is not a matter of power, but a continuous shelling.

The Northern Expedition Army lacked ammunition supplies, not because it was insufficient transportation, but because the military workshop had limited production capacity.

This cannot be solved in a short time, and the consequence is that soldiers have to save some effort.

This made the enemy suppressed and beaten in artillery fire.

Fang Guoan no longer wants to fight, he wants to withdraw.

After repelling the enemy's fourth wave of attack today, Fang Guoan and Chi Erhan and Lu's Domain discussed - withdraw!

It was said to be a negotiation, but it was also an order.

According to Wu Zheng's order, the Jiangbei battle was dominated by Fang Guoan, Chi Erhan, Lu territory, including Jiang Quanyi's troops, which had been annihilated, were all under Fang Guoan's command.

At this time, there was no place outside the small town of Taizhou.

The Qing army's artillery was tragic everywhere, and countless houses were collapsed by heavy projectiles.

The fires caused were one after another.

However, Fang Guoan's order was rejected by Chi Erhan.

"Mr. Fang, I will not be able to obey my orders."

"General Chi, the enemy's troops are particularly stronger than our army. Moreover, our army lacks ammunition, and nearly 30,000 people are concentrated in a small town in Taizhou. Fighting against an enemy that is more than us is not a way to use troops. The strength of our army lies in long battles, not close fighting. Fang thought that it was inappropriate to go deep into the enemy's hinterland alone, and it was even more absurd to defend the small town... Only by retreating and attacking while driving the enemy south, so close can you be in Taixing and far away can you be in Jingjiang, establish a foothold, organize a defense line, and try to counterattack..."

"What about Taizhou City? What about the people in the city?" Chi Erhan interrupted without hesitation, "The intention of the young master to transfer your troops across the river to Taizhou to guard Taizhou is to defend Taizhou City. Otherwise, the two guards of Jinshan in Hangzhou can be withdrawn at any time. Why bother Lord Fang personally leads his troops to the north? In addition, Lord Jiang was captured after his enemy. When we retreated, more than 2,000 soldiers in Lord Jiang's army were killed in vain... Lord Fang, I am sorry that I cannot obey my orders!"

Fang Guoan said with a grin: "The general is outside, and the king is not obeyed. When the prince transferred Fang to Taizhou, the enemy had not yet appeared, but at this time, how can we talk about the same thing? Fang believed that even if the prince was in Taizhou at this time, he would order the withdrawal of troops like Fang... General Chi, we are fighting, and we are fighting, not a city and a pool of gains and losses. A small city like Taizhou City, which has no strategic purpose, does not need to waste the lives of our soldiers!"

"No! The young master is here, he will never give up Taizhou. Lord Fang. When it comes to war, Chi may not be as good as you, but in terms of his understanding of the young master, you are not as good as me... Since the young master has promised the people of Taizhou not to retreat, as long as the young master does not personally order the retreat, even if Chi dies in battle, he will never take a step back!"

Fang Guoan was angry, "But the prince is now Yingtian Mansion, even if he has received the report, he will not have time to send a order back... You must know that if he does not retreat, the enemy will surround him. At that time, he is afraid that he will not be able to withdraw... Fang suspected that the enemy outside the city was not the Qingming army surrendered to the Qingming army, but the Eight Banners or Han Eight Banners in Xuzhou and the north. Fang even suspected that Dorgon personally commanded the battle. Fang had fought with Dorgon, and Dorgon rarely led the battle in command of the battle. He was better at using the right to align. As the prince said, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is shit... If Dorgon really came in person and missed the opportunity for retreat, once he was surrounded, the losses of our army would not be borne by you, Chi Erhan, and Fang would also be punished for it..."

Chi Erhan said in a muffled voice: "No matter who comes, Chi does not lack the courage to fight. Lord Fang has the style of playing. I don't object to it, but I will never withdraw the Hangzhou Guards under my command."

"Fang led the three guards of Jiangbei, which was appointed by the prince himself. Chi Erhan, if you really dare to disobey orders, Fang can only act according to military law!"

"You don't dare!" Chi Erhan sneered, "Young Master Chi is here, how dare you touch Chi?!"

The two of them had arguing to this extent, and the Lu Domain could not listen. He comforted both sides and said to Chi Erhan: "General Chi, Lord Fang is not afraid of war. The current situation on the battlefield is indeed not conducive to our army. If we continue to fight, although the entire army will not be wiped out, huge casualties are inevitable... It is better to lead the enemy south all the way and lengthen their supply lines. In this way, our army will not be under too much pressure. Moreover, there are naval gunboats on the river that can be used..."

Chi Erhan said in a deep voice: "General Lu, Chi is not stupid. These principles are understandable. But have you ever thought that if Taizhou is lost and Taixing cannot be firm, our army will be in a mess. I am afraid that it will not be able to fight with one's back. Only by crossing the river to Jingjiang can we have a chance to gain a foothold. In this way, the merits made by the young master in the previous battle will be lost. Once the battle situation returns to the pre-war period, wouldn't the thousands of soldiers who were killed and killed in our army die in vain? Besides, I don't think that the young master will break his promise to the people of Taizhou. He said that the Ming army will not withdraw from Taizhou again, so it will definitely not withdraw from Taizhou!"
Chapter completed!