Shaoxing Prefecture was in a mess at this time.

The Tartars attacked from the south, and the governor Zhu Mai ordered the four guards of Shaoxing Prefecture to be transferred to Yuyao to prepare for the enemy.

But two kinds of sounds appeared in the court.

It's nothing more than fighting and escaping.

Zhu Yihai's old attitude was resurrected, and he strongly suggested summoning Wu Zheng's troops to return to the rescue and withdraw the court to Hangzhou at the same time.

This tone was supported by almost half of the court officials.

Zhu Ma's prestige is not enough to shock these people.

In addition, Zhu Yihai was a vassal king and was appointed as a political attendant by Zhu Mei.

This causes everyone to laugh when there is nothing to do, and when there is something to do, they will turn into two factions and establish a new mountain.

Although these court officials have no military power, their political power cannot be underestimated.

They all regard themselves as old ministers of the previous dynasty. Every advice is based on the classics and verbally verbally for the court, the world, and the country. It is irrefutable.

Before, Wu Zheng forced Zhu Yihai to supervise the throne and support Zhu Meishi. They did not object, not because they agreed and convinced, but because they were controlled by the forces in Wu Zheng's hands.

Now that Wu Zheng is leading his troops outside, his deterrence to them has been greatly reduced.

If it is a good situation, they can go with the flow, but now, when Shaoxing is in crisis, the first thing they think of is that escaping is important.

Zhang Guowei is a soft-hearted person, Qian Sule is more upright and has insufficient power and pressure. Zhang Huangyan's qualifications are a big problem.

In addition, this time the Tartar attack was different from the previous few times. The previous two times were a small invasion of Tartars, and the other was a rebellion by Fang Guoan. Although it sounded like there were many rebels, it was the Ming army's newly surrendered. These two times, Zhu Yihai led the initiative to move forward.

This time, Duoduo led a large army to point directly to Shaoxing Prefecture. In terms of momentum, he was determined to win the Shaoxing Prefecture.

Therefore, this time the minister proposed to move forward, and Zhu Yihai went with the flow.

From Fenghua to Shaoxing Prefecture, there was no barrier to defend all the way. Most of the defensive forces of Shaoxing Prefecture against the Qing army were heading north, and I never thought that the enemy would come from the south.

Therefore, Zhu Mai was hastily dispatched troops to Yuyao, and no one believed that the Ming army would win.

In their opinion, the mobilization of troops to resist was just to buy time for the court to move forward.

As for the negative impact that the transfer would bring to the resisting Ming army, this is not what they need to consider. There are many people in the Ming Dynasty, and it is nothing for them to die. When it is safe, it will be recruited again.

Zhu Mai couldn't stop Zhu Yihai, nor could she stop the court officials who discussed Zhu Yihai. At this time, all she had in her heart was anger and regret.

There is no fuel-efficient lamp for the royal family.

His (their) political abilities may be born.

When Zhu Mai took office as the governor, she instinctively became wary of Wu Zheng.

This has nothing to do with being affectionate to Wu Zheng, and it has no direct connection with the advice and restraining Wu Zheng by important officials such as Qian Sule.

Imperial power lies in balance. This is what the royal family has learned without a teacher, and has become an instinct since childhood.

Zhu Mai was not attached to power, but she knew one thing: letting an important official in charge of military power was not to protect him, but to harm him.

She has seen this a lot by her father's side.

So, she kept Zhu Yihai by her side. One reason was that Zhu Yihai was a member of the Zhu family. As the saying goes, bones were connected to tendons. Another point was that Zhu Yihai had a gap with Wu Zheng, and Zhu Yihai was also a former supervisor and had a group of fans in the court, so that Wu Zheng's power in the court could be balanced.

When both sides constrain each other, a balance can be created.

But Zhu Mai regrets it now, so she should listen to Wu Zheng and drive Zhu Yihai out of the court completely.

It’s not that Zhu Mai didn’t want to retreat to Hangzhou, but she understood even more that if she retreated to Hangzhou, the more than 10,000 Ming troops would probably disperse.

Only by guarding Shaoxing Prefecture by yourself can the Ming army soldiers resist fiercely.

This is the only thing she can do and can do.

Keep yourself, let the loyal ministers who are willing to follow her stay, gather the troops of Shaoxing Prefecture to fight a hopeless war.

At this time, Zhu Mai longed for Wu Zheng to return to help, but she hoped that Wu Zheng would not return to help, but could restore Yingtian Mansion.

A sixteen-year-old girl, she is under pressure that is not commensurate with her age.

Fortunately, with the strong support of Zhang Guowei, Qian Sule, Zhang Huangyan and others, Zhu Mai would probably not be able to control the situation in Shaoxing Prefecture, and even the four guards could not be mobilized.

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It is about 200 miles northwest of Wuxi, and it is Huishan.

Not far north of Huishan, it is a high bridge.

Gaoqiao is a small town with a small population and is built along the mountain.

The official road thus brought about a turning point, with a hillside on one side and a small river on the other side.

An encounter took place at this turning point.

Wu Zheng launched a counterattack without knowing his own fault.

On the battlefield, once you retreat, there will be a chain reaction.

It is very difficult to stabilize the situation again, except for the elite.

Obviously, the one who could barely be called elite under Wu Zheng was to bring out three thousand people from Lianghu.

The others are just mixed surrendered troops and the more complex rebels.

The lack of training is secondly. The most important thing is that this army is more suitable for fighting a tailwind.

It is a miracle that this army can resist to the end of the battle of Suzhou.

There are only two causes to pursue the situation. One is to break the city and boost the morale of the soldiers, and then slowly offset it. Fortunately, there was no retreat all the way at that time. Wu Zheng understood very well that as long as there was a retreat all the way, a chain reaction would occur, and the defeat of the entire army would not be far away.

In addition, most of this army is old and they know that they could not retreat at that time, and they could not retreat at all. Once the Tartars were withdrawn, they would hold on to each other. They might have a little chance of fighting to the death, but if they retreated, they would be 100% chased.

It is precisely for these two reasons that all the soldiers fought against the Qing army and did not retreat.

But now the situation is completely different. They can retreat and let the birds fly.

This is the same as the principle of surrounding three, one. When you have a way to survive, you will have the instinct to escape.

If Wu Zheng did not launch a counterattack, tens of thousands of troops would become a devastating situation.

Retreat, and you can't stop at all.

Then not only Wuxi, Suzhou, and Songjiang will be spit out all the fruits that have just been eaten, and may even cause disaster to reach Jiaxing Prefecture and Hangzhou Prefecture.

This led to the invasion of being attacked by the Tartars from both sides. At that time, even if the Heavenly King helped, he could not save Shaoxing Prefecture.

Therefore, Wu Zheng had to fight back, block the momentum of the Tartars pursuers, and gain time for the Ming army to return to aid and consolidate defenses.

This Takahashi battle is classic.

There were a total of 12,000 Tartars, of which 5,000 were cavalry and Eight Banners cavalry.

Wu Zheng only had more than 4,000 cavalry under his command.

This is an absolute disadvantage, both in terms of number of people and unit combat strength.
Chapter completed!