After this battle, Chen Zhiyuan achieved his goal.

Not to mention that the soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army looked at him differently, even Jiang Quanyi's Ruishi Battalion soldiers had a hint of respect when they looked at Chen Zhiyuan.

Nothing else, just to be able to fight with him.

People who are in the army can care nothing, but the word "win or defeat" is the most concerned.

Because victory or defeat is directly related to their life and death.

Therefore, in the minds of soldiers, generals can be mediocre, corrupt, or even unfair, but what they want is victory.

Compared with the east and west, the Northern Expedition Army continued to retreat, and Chen Zhiyuan went against the trend and led them to victory.

Although small, it is indispensable!

This battle laid the foundation for Chen Zhiyuan's position in the hearts of the soldiers of the Western Route Army, and he had a firm foothold.

Compared to Chen Zhiyuan, who returned home with great harvest and had not witnessed the tragic situation on the other side of the river, Bolo also realized a danger from the soldiers' statements.

Boluo hesitated, confirming the rumors of the previous battle in Xiaowenhe that it seemed that the enemy did have new firearms, and this kind of firearm could burst out more than once again.

Although he still didn't believe in this almost mythical weapon, Boro had suffered a great loss from Wu Zheng, and he believed that it would be impossible for Wu Zheng to not have it.

Boro ordered the entire army to stop the south attack, camp on the spot, and keep a close watch on the other side to prevent accidents.

At the same time, the situation was reported to the court and reported to Yue Le on the east side.

In theory, although Boro's response and handling were a little conservative, appropriate caution was also an indispensable prerequisite for winning a battle.

At least, be careful not to make a big mistake!

However, some idiots can always cause storms.

For example, Zuo Menggeng, who just suffered a great loss.

No wonder this guy came for military merits. Before, the Qing army had a good news, but it was Boluo's new Jianrui. The two firearms battalions fought, and it had nothing to do with him. If it was to say that it was related, it was Zuo Menggeng's deputy commander of the West Route Army. Strictly speaking, he witnessed Jianrui and the two firearms battalions conquered Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Suzhou and surrounding prefectures.

Unexpectedly, the luck of the Qing army suddenly changed.

And this sudden change actually happened to Zuo Menggeng himself.

This is unforgivable.

The forward of 5,000 people is equivalent to letting Zuo Menggeng lose 20% of his troops. No one can swallow such a loss.

But Boluo was the main general, and Zuo Menggeng could not confront him or reject him. So Zuo Menggeng submitted a memorial to the Qing court alone, of course, it was hidden from Boluo.

Yes, Zuo Menggeng is a smart person. Any smart person can guess other people's thoughts. Most of the smart people in the world are the same, just like they are from the same school.

Zuo Menggeng knew that he could be valued by the emperor, not because he was so handsome and suave, but because he occupied Boluo's light.

The generals who are outside the king are not accepted, and the ones who are the best feared is that the ministers are highly commended, especially Xiang Boluo was originally a close subordinate of the clan. If he made great contributions and had military power in his hands... no emperor could be at ease.

Zuo Menggeng was very proud. He believed that he had already grasped the thoughts of the emperor and the important officials in the court. He was 70% sure. As long as he handed over this memorial, the ending would be as he wished... Boluo, hehe, it was nothing more than making wedding clothes for others!

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The Boluo army thus stationed on the north shore.

Every day, countless teams of scouts reconnaissance along the river bank, one is to prevent the sudden crossing of the river on the other side from attacking, and the other is to attack the army for crossing the river and find suitable crossing points.

Boro is indeed a brave and resourceful general. His prudence does not mean that he has lost his enterprising spirit.

In fact, Boluo knew very well that the more powerful the firearm, the more it could find its shortcomings.

The enemy on the other side has indeed strong firearms, but it requires ammunition to pile up. With such dense firepower, how many vehicles of ammunition are needed to supply?

Even if the supply is smooth and the land is vast, and the enemy can block one by one along the coast for hundreds of miles. How many firearms and troops do you need?

Boluo thought in his heart that he would show his weakness to the enemy, build a plank road openly and cross Chencang secretly, and victory would belong to him!

If the existence of Zuo Menggeng can be ruled out, the thoughts of the leaders from both north and south of the river bank are very similar.

Everyone thinks that they will win, this is faith and determination.

Boro's idea was not wrong. On the contrary, he cut into the point that Wu Zheng was most worried about, that was the lack of firepower in the Northern Expedition Army.

This is a long-standing problem. Since six years ago, Wu Zheng has understood the existence of this problem.

However, six years later, although there has been a change, it still exists.

The only way for the Northern Expedition Army to defeat the elite cavalry of Boro and win is to concentrate all firepower and fight a positional battle that has built solid fortifications in advance. Moreover, the Northern Expedition Army must be the defender.

Otherwise, you will have to make huge sacrifices with several times your troops.

This is the real reason why Wu Zheng always wanted to fight the Northern Expedition but hesitated.

Killing one thousand enemies will damage yourself by 800. Such victory is not called victory, but self-harm!

After a long period of planning and deployment, Wu Zheng decided on this plan to lead the snake out of the cave.

If the enemy army is leading to a large-scale southward, the Northern Expedition Army will undoubtedly be the defender.

The decisive battle along the Yangtze River that has been in operation for more than three years is the best fortifications in advance.

Moreover, Wu Zheng also predicted that once Shen Zhiyuan launched this temporary counterattack, Boro would definitely stop.

This has its advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that the Qing army can slow down the speed of its advance south so that the enemy will not be able to use the momentum of great victory and penetrate the northern expedition army's uncompleted and thin defense line along the river in one fell swoop.

The disadvantage is that if Boluo really stops on the front line of Suzhou, even if the Yuele Farm in the east is in a trap, it will not be able to form a siege and annihilate. It will be a nest of uncooked rice that is difficult to swallow.

So, what will Boro finally make a choice?

In fact, Wu Zheng was no longer sure and had no way to control Boluo, so he could only wait.

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Overnight, two memorials on the front line arrived in Beijing at the same time.

And it's bad news.

This forced all the civil and military officials of the Qing court to enter the imperial city in advance after the lunar month, waiting for the court meeting.

Even the wild dogs that should have rested seemed quite abnormal this night, with shrill barking, making the Shuntian Mansion in the second half of the night look particularly strange.

"Prince Duan Chong... let me down!"

Needless to say, the most angry thing in the Qing court should be Fulin.

Only he really cares about the gains and losses of the war ahead, because it concerns whether he can become the wise and saint he always wants to be, and more importantly, whether he can sit in peace under his butt.

As a person, as he grows up, Fulin sometimes remembers that when he first ascended the throne, he suddenly heard about the civil war in Tianjin. He was frightened and panicked all day long, crying and shouting to go back to Shengjing.
Chapter completed!