In the Battle of Yutai, Wu Zheng was very prepared.

In order to confront the Qing army head-on, Wu Zheng had already taken out 30% of the total military strength in just the direction of Jiangdu alone.

In other words, you cannot lose this battle, as soon as you lose, it will affect the foundation of the General's Mansion.

That will trigger a series of chain reactions, the biggest consequence is that under the pursuit of profit and avoid harm, merchants from all over the country fled the coast, while foreign merchant ships will head north to Tianjin.

This situation may not be taken seriously for the Qing court, which was dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, but for the General's Mansion, it was a catastrophe.

Wu Zheng has been walking a tightrope for many years. In fact, at any time, a defeat may become the last straw that crushes this force. In the face of interests, there will not be many people talking about righteousness and friendship with Wu Zheng. Whether it is scholars or businessmen, the one who decides their butt is still profit, but the degree is different.

Wu Zheng was fearless in fighting this battle, especially Chen Zhiyuan's sudden return, which gave Wu Zheng more confidence.

The 100,000 enemy troops in Yanzhou were reduced by 20,000 for no reason, but the 20,000 more were added by one, which was the increase of the other.

Of course, this is due to a private transaction with Jirgalang. If it weren't for this transaction, it would be obvious that the Qing court would not have sat there and watched Wu Zheng calmly mobilize the army to form an encirclement of Yanzhou.

Wu Zheng originally wanted to fight in several directions, tighten the encirclement, and then force Dorbo to surrender, find a suitable time to put Dorbo back like Boro, and make things difficult for Jiergalang, so that he would not "cover the sky with one hand" in the Qing court. A split Qing court was something Wu Zheng was very willing to see.

But Oboi suddenly led his army south, which aroused Wu Zheng's alertness.

Just fight a time difference? No matter whether Jiergalang is a human or a ghost? I will occupy Ziyang first. As for the entire Yanzhou area? Then let’s watch it.

For this reason? Wu Zheng revoked the previous order to annihilate the enemy as a supplement, that is to say, this battle has been changed to a normal battle to break the city.

Chen Sheng led his troops to attack Yutai, and a field battle outside the city was over? Both sides weighed the opponent's ability.

I have to say that the army left by Dorgon for his son is indeed powerful.

In order to reduce the losses of his troops, Chen Sheng sent a side army to capture the Zhailiji in Xijie, Yutai, forming a three-sided encirclement. Has it made Yutai successful? It became a situation that both sides knew it well.

At this time, Ganglin in Ziyang City was panicked.

While they were eager to ask for reinforcements from the Qing court, they sent people to Jinan Prefecture to urge Oboi to lead a large army to aid.

But Aobai reinforcements are far away from the water and cannot save the nearby fire. Ganglin and Qi Chongge made a fool of himself. After they transferred 10,000 new troops to reinforce, they then transferred their own flag soldiers to reinforce Yutai. In fact, the troops in Ziyang City were extremely empty.

Ganglin, Qi Chongge originally wanted to defend Yutai with all his strength and delay until Obai arrives? Then how many more days can he last? Then the Qing reinforcements arrived? The siege of Ziyang was immediately released.

But they could not predict that although the Qing court had the will to reinforce, the internal power struggle was far beyond the imagination of the two.

The troops of Oboi were the only reinforcements that the Qing court actually arrived in Yanzhou in this war.

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October twelve, early morning.

After the First Army returned in 3 days of unsuccessful attack, Chen Sheng obtained thirty-six large-caliber curved artillery guns (similar to later black-hearted artillery guns), and under the cover of field direct artillery guns, he shot dozens of kilograms of artillery shells into the city like hail.

This "rough" method caused more than one-third of the clay walls, which were not strong at the south gate of Yutai, to collapse.

The first army immediately attacked the city. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Qing army in Nancheng began to retreat north in large numbers.

When the Northern Expedition Army entered the city, it was found that behind the South Gate, there were corpses everywhere, all of which were blown up to be incomplete.

The success of the Nanmen shows the change of hands of Yutai.

The partial division deployed by Chen Sheng in the direction of Ximen became the last straw that crushed the morale of the Qing army in the city.

On the 12th, at noon, the First Army occupied the entire city of Yutai and began to pursue the Qing army fleeing north, sweeping away the remaining people in the city.

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The Battle of Yutai is of great significance.

This is a head-on decisive battle, and the forces of both sides are almost the same.

It can be said that to a certain extent, the Qing army still had a advantage in the territory, after all, they were the defenders.

But that's it, the Qing army retreated after only three days of defending.

The casualties ratio between the two armies in this battle was about one to two, and we were one to two.

This largely shows that the balance of the superiority of our enemy's combat power has begun to reverse.

Chen Sheng used large-caliber artillery to "roughly" bombard the city gates, and was recognized by the generals of the guards after the war, and then they asked Wu Zheng for equipment. As a result, the four gun shops in the Jiangnan Military Workshop once made full efforts to produce a single artillery.

In the end, Wu Zheng was stopped toughly.

This is not because Wu Zheng is unwilling to reduce casualties in the siege troops. In fact, this method is too "rough", and wherever the shells go, they are in a mess.

The explosion hurt not only the enemies, but also the civilians in the city, and not only the city walls but also the people.

What Wu Zheng wanted to regain lost territory, rather than accepting a ruined city that required a large amount of manpower and material resources after the war.

The most important thing is that once you lose the people's hearts and are hated by the people, it will be more than worth the loss.

There are policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom, which is greatly reflected in the generals of the Northern Expedition Army.

They began to bypass Wu Zheng's ban on a small scale, partially, and Wu Zheng turned a blind eye to it.

Of course, this is a later story.

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Yutai only stayed for three days.

This made Ganglin and Qi Chongge no longer panic, but jumped.

Although I learned that Oboi had gone south, the forward had just arrived in Tai'an Prefecture and it would take at least two days to reach Ziyang.

In other words, Ziyang City needs to block the enemy's attack for at least three days before it can wait for the arrival of Oboi's main force.

The wrong decision of sending the defenders in Ziyang City not only did not serve the purpose of reinforcement of Yutai, but instead disrupted the team's system due to the collapsed army in Yutai. The most important thing is that the words and deeds and propaganda of the defeated soldiers directly led to a disrespect for morale.

In order to protect the morale of the direct flag soldiers, Ganglin and Qi Chongge made another wrong decision. After withdrawing the direct flag soldiers, they ordered the city gate to be closed.

This is equivalent to giving up the tens of thousands of defeated soldiers who have not yet entered Ziyang.

This decision is not worth the cost, which not only makes the Qing army unable to enter the city outside the city angry, but also makes the morale of the Qing army in the city greatly reduce.

But Ganglin and Qi Chongge were already in a mess at this time, and they were even discussing whether to ask Dorbo to come back to discuss matters and calm down the situation.

In fact, human nature is basically the same. When life is safe, interests are the priority, and great justice is the second priority.

Ganglin and Qi Chongge betrayed Dorbo and followed Fulin. This was actually a sign before Dorgon's lifetime. Dorgon originally wanted to attack the two, but because he realized that he had not had enough time, he left more people to leave for Dorbo and balanced and restrained Chen Zhiyuan's power, which left the lives of the two.
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