Speaking of the South Gate, Lu Zhiyuan led his last three thousand reserve teams to rush up to the city wall.

But the dilemma at Nanmen was not because of insufficient troops, but because there were too many soldiers from both sides crowded on the city and under the city.

There are two stairways on the upper wall, and only when the soldiers confronting each other roll down or are killed and stepped on their feet can the people behind them take a step forward.

In this kind of battle, unless one side collapses first, it will be difficult to decide the outcome in a short time.

Qian Qiaogong led Fenglei to ride outside the northern gate of Haizhou and encountered the elite cavalry led by Yue Le.

As soon as the two sides encountered each other, a fierce battle broke out.

This was a relatively fair contest, with the advantages of the Fenglei Cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's participation in the battle, the Qing army's muskets and crossbows on the city walls, and red-clothed cannons came from time to time and fired several cannons.

For a while, there is no way to tell the difference between male and female.

At this time, the East Gate was led by Qi Jiahao to attack fiercely.

There were originally three thousand defenders in the East Gate, but in order to shrink their troops to resist the strong attack of Wusongwei in the South Gate, Yue Le transferred half of them away.

At this time, the defenders with only more than 1,000 people had already been defeated by the coordinated attack of artillery fire and infantry of the Northern Expedition Army. It was only a matter of time before they were defeated.

....

The temporary command of the Northern Expedition Army outside the South Gate.

Song An handed a page of information to Wu Zheng, "Young Master, Changlin Wei urgently reported that the enemy chief Ajige has ordered 20,000 troops to reinforce Sizhou. I think it should have been dispatched at this time. Erhan's side... I'm afraid it can't stand it. In addition, Dorbo's 30,000 troops in Yanzhou have arrived in Juzhou, which is up to two days away from Andongwei. If this enemy army arrives in Andongwei before our army controls Ganyu, then even if our army recovers Haizhou, it will still be a deadlock."

Wu Zheng remained motionless and gently wiped the connection between Fengyang, Sizhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Haizhou on the map, and his eyes slowly turned.

"What's the situation with Li Guo and Liu Tiren?"

Song An replied depressedly, "Originally, the Guangxinwei road should be the most dangerous... But now, Jiang Guan's turnaround has caused Li Guoping to gain 6,000 troops. Under the city of Linhuai, Jiang Guan led his troops to defeat the cavalry of Bayan with the cooperation of Li Guo and Liu Tiren. Although Ajige knew that the far water could not save the near fire, he could only use the dead horse as a living horse to increase the direction of Linhuai... In this way, Li Guo's road was the most popular."

"Li Guo can't conquer Linhuai... Even if he captures, he can't defend it. As long as Guangxinwei drags down Ajige and makes it impossible for him to reinforce Sizhou with all his strength, the pressure on Chi Erhan's troops will not be too great." Wu Zheng said leisurely.

Song An wanted to speak a few times but stopped, but in the end he couldn't help it and said, "Young Master can't send another powerful team to reinforce the direction of Xuyi?"

Wu Zheng turned around and looked at Song An, "Why, do you think I don't care about Erhan's life or death?"

Song An hurriedly denied: "No, no, I have no intention of this!"

Wu Zheng didn't care, but just turned around and asked, "Does the Qing court have any other actions?"

"According to the news from the secret line, it was said that Fulin originally wanted to fight in person, but was stopped by the empress dowager and his ministers, so he sent Yue Le to reinforce Haizhou. But in fact, the Qing court deployed 30,000 new troops to the Three Guards of Tianjin."

"Thirty thousand?"

"yes."

Wu Zheng nodded subconsciously, "So, the Qing court still has no less than 60,000 new troops stored in the capital. With the Eight Banners Army stationed in Beijing, the total force should be no less than 80,000."

"At least ninety thousand people." Song An added.

"What are the movements of the Qing army in the west?"

"The vanguard of the commander of the King of Ping of Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui, has arrived at Yan'an Prefecture, but the main force is still stranded in Xi'an Prefecture. It seems that Wu Sangui did not intend to advance eastward according to the order..."

Wu Zheng snorted and said nothing.

Song An hesitated for a moment and whispered: "There is something very strange."

"speak."

"When Wu Sangui advanced westward, Wang Yongqiang, the former deputy general of Mingsuide Town, was suddenly released... According to the news from Changlin Wei's eyeliner, Wang Yongqiang's whereabouts were in Huguang... Young Master, would he come to vote for you?"

"Maybe it's to join the Yongli Dynasty." Wu Zheng grinned.

Song An asked, "Then... what is the intention of the traitor Wu Sangui? Will he not be afraid of the Qing court's pursuit of Wang Yongqiang without authorization?"

Wu Zheng grinned and said, "He thought he had begun to leave a way out for himself... No matter who he is, as long as his main force does not enter Shanxi, it will not affect the situation here... You continue talking."

Song Anying said: "Yes. Li Guohan, the Han army of the Qing Dynasty, who was originally under Wu Sangui, led his headquarters to escape from Wu Sangui's main force and entered Pingyang east."

“How many people?”

"About eight thousand people."

"The enemy's yellow flag Meile'erezhenticaca wood site, and from Tanyang to north, he has arrived in Luoyang...about 6,000 people."

“Um….”

"In addition to these, there are also many small groups of Qing troops who are moving closer to the enemy's capital, but there are not many people, and there are only a few thousand."

Wu Zheng was silent for a while and asked, "Can the main force of the Daxi Army arrive at the designated area as planned?"

"The King of Jin has sent Bai Wenxuan according to the established plan discussed with the young master. Ma Weixing led 10,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry, and a total of 50,000 troops to attack Henan from Macheng, but..."

"But what?"

"The Qing court transferred Sun Kewang to guard Runing Prefecture."

Wu Zhengwen was stunned when he heard this and his eyebrows frowned.

Song Andao: "The move of King Jin is very inappropriate. Bai Wenxuan, Ma Weixing was originally the former subordinate of Sun Kewang. Now Sun Kewang guards Runing Mansion. Although each of them is his master, Bai Wenxuan, if Ma Weixing and the other two are bewitched by Sun Kewang, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Wu Zheng shook his head and said, "The King of Jin was strong on the outside and soft on the inside. He seemed strong on the outside, but in fact he was too righteous... He might also want to persuade Sun Kewang to return. However, it was also possible that when King of Jin ordered Bai Wenxuan and Ma Weixing sent troops to Henan, Sun Kewang had not yet arrived in Dangning Mansion."

Song Andao: "It's true."

Wu Zheng's expression relaxed and asked again: "Is there any news coming from Xia Wanchun and Liao Zhongping?"

"No."

"It's good if not." Wu Zheng sighed lightly, "It seems that it has to be tighter. Fulinwaer's waist is still very hard... The order was sent to the first army to advance north immediately. It must arrive in Pizhou within three days and launch an offensive posture against Xuzhou to shock Dorbo and force him to return to the Andongwei army!"

"yes."

"I will give him five days to order Chi Erhan. Within five days, Sizhou must be captured."

"Young Master..." Song An exclaimed.

Song An originally wanted to ask Wu Zheng to increase troops to the Xuyi direction to relieve the pressure from Chi Erhan and others. You should know that now, the enemy and our troops in Xuyi direction are very different, and the enemy's Fengyang City is not far away, so reinforcements may be sent to Sizhou at any time.

But unexpectedly, Wu Zheng not only did not send reinforcements, but instead ordered Chi Erhan to capture Sizhou within a specified period of time.

Hearing Song An's exclamation, Wu Zheng said coldly: "Chi Erhan is not as fragile as you think... Go and pass the order!"

"yes."
Chapter completed!