In this battle, more than 4,800 cavalrymen from Wu Zheng, plus more than 3,000 remnants of Wu Shengzhao, totaling more than 8,000 people. On the north side of Gaoqiao, they faced 12,000 pursuers of Tartars, and won a tragic victory!

Annihilated, captured nearly 10,000 Tartars, and he was also disabled.

Only 2,000 cavalry remained in Wu Zheng's troops, and only more than 1,100 people remained in Wu Shengzhao's troops.

The battle is tragic.

But the gains are far beyond imagination. After this battle, the Qing army was no longer able to move south in a short period of time. There were only less than 20,000 defenders left in Yingtian Prefecture, and even self-protection was not enough.

But the Ming army was exhausted, and the main force had returned to the Shaoxing Prefecture and was unable to make another northern expedition.

After cleaning the battlefield, Wu Zheng decided to retreat to Wuxi and meet with the coming Song'an tribe to defend and repair.

The Ming army traveled from Suzhou to Wuxi, and there were no patrons in all the counties along the border.

However, these counties and villages without Qing army stationed in Tanzan are basically only surrendered when they hear the news. At most, the hard-core traitors left the city, and I'm afraid they can't do anything else.

Wu Zheng had no time to take care of them, but rushed back to Hangzhou Prefecture with all his heart and commanded the imminent defense battle of Shaoxing Prefecture. Chi Erhan and others brought only 10,000 reinforcements. Wu Zheng was really unsure of this force trying to resist the Duoduo army.

The military situation was urgent, and the Ming army marched very quickly, while Wu Zheng led the cavalry to go faster.

Riding a horse and whip on the official road is almost like a place where no one is.

Whenever the people you meet and vendors see them, they quickly avoid the roadside and then worship the cavalry's back.

If it were on weekdays, Wu Zheng would definitely dismount and help the people up, comfort them, and then add an approachable halo to his reputation.

But now, Wu Zheng didn't even turn his head back and didn't blink.

As he was running lightning all the way, he was almost at Wuxi. Wu Zheng saw a group of people gathering on the official road from afar, in a dark place.

When those people saw the cavalry coming quickly, they did not dodge or avoid it, but instead came forward.

Wu Zheng was furious. At any time, it was a crime of beheading the army on the official road.

But the problem is that Wu Zheng couldn't run into it because he saw that among the group of people, there were only the old man with gray hair, and a few women.

Unable to tie the reins quickly, he could only slow down. The cavalry forward had to be rushed into the roadside field by inertia, and Wu Zheng was almost thrown out by the war horse.

As he got off his horse on the ground, Wu Zheng rushed to the official road angrily.

Just as I thought of saying this, "Don't you, bold and unruly people, dare to block our army's way, do you know what crime should you be?"

But before Wu Zheng could speak, the crowd rushed towards him.

An old man who was in charge of the head bowed tremblingly and said, "Dare you ask, is it the Ming Dynasty King's Army?"

Master Wang?

Of course, it's the king's master!

Wu Zheng swallowed the scolding that he had spoken, "That's right. Who are you? Why are you blocking my army..."

"Dare you sure you are the general of the Ming Dynasty in person?"

"Uh... I am the official, Lin'an Bo Wu Zheng, Ming Dynasty."

"Sir!" The old man knelt down to Wu Zheng tremblingly, and two turbid tears flowed down his face.

Dozens of people behind him all bowed to the ground and bowed to Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng was stunned. Where is this going to be staged?

"Sir... Please save Jiangyin City and the people of Jiangyin."

Jiangyin?

Wu Zhengwen couldn't help but shivered. If the three massacres of Jiading were already miserable enough, then Jiangyin would be hundreds of times more miserable than Jiading.

The Qing army's massacre of Jiangyin was earlier than that of Jiading. This kind of news had already spread to Jiading City at that time.

But Wu Zheng did not know much information accurately, but heard rumors that Jiangyin City was slaughtered by the Tartars.

The memories from later generations also made Wu Zheng know the tragic tyranny of Jiangyin City's resistance to the Qing Dynasty!

At this moment, when Wu Zheng heard the old man's begging, he sank his heart. He knew that this was difficult to deal with.

The old man said to save Jiangyin. He thought that Jiangyin was in danger, but Jiangyin formed a triangle north of Wuxi, Changzhou, Wuxi and Jiangyin.

In other words, Wu Zheng needs to go to Jiangyin.

This is a difficult problem for Wu Zheng, who is eager to go to Hangzhou Prefecture.

Wu Zheng said: "This father-in-law is from Jiangyin?"

“That’s right.”

"Jiangyin City was attacked by Tartars?"

"Two days ago, the governor of Jiangning of the Qing court, Tu Guobao, led his army into Jiangyin. He wanted to massacre the city again, but Liu Magistrate refused to obey, Tu Guobao killed Liu Magistrate. Now no one in the city can stop the thief from committing the murder. When the old man heard that the king's army was restored to Wuxi, he brought the survivors of Jiangyin that day to seek the king's army to save me."

The old man's sad words made Wu Zheng and the generals coming around him look solemn.

It’s not that Wu Zheng refused to save him, but on the one hand there is Shaoxing Prefecture and Jiangyin on the other hand, which one is more important?

Wu Zheng said heartbrokenly: "Brother-in-law, Shaoxing Prefecture is being attacked by the Tartars. I urgently need to return to Shaoxing. I really can't get out of here to rescue Jiangyin. I hope the villagers will forgive me."

Wu Zheng's words made the dozens of people look sad, and the disappointment in their eyes was heartbreaking.

The old man kowtowed to tears, "其其" sounded, "Sir, are you tens of thousands of lives?"

Wu Zheng quickly stepped forward to support him.

Wu Zheng's heart was shattered, and he had to explain again: "The father-in-law doesn't know that Shaoxing Prefecture is facing an attack from the enemy chief Duoduo..."

The old man cried and said, "Last year, Jiangyin was massacred by Jianlu. More than 100,000 people in the city, survived the old man and the 53 people behind him, and became a dead city. After more than half a year, the fleeing people returned to the city, and then tens of thousands of people gathered. Jiangyin City was also a little angry. Now it will face another massacre. How can you bear it?"

Not only Wu Zheng, but also all the soldiers on the side were moved.

Only fifty-three people survived?

Wu Zheng was indeed shocked. He was not a master of history. He had heard that Jiangyin was miserable, but he didn't expect that it would be so miserable!

The old man cried and said, "Jiangyin had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, but his head was not left, and his hair was not left. The promulgation of the Jiangyin people was angered. From this, for eighty days, Dianshi Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Feng Houdun and others led the people of the whole city to fight against the 240,000 Tartars army and guard the lonely city alone for 81 days... Can you tell me that Jianlu had bombarded the city with more than 200 cannons? Can you tell me that the people of Jiangyin killed more than 75,000 Qing soldiers in these eighty days? Can you tell me that the Qing army lost three princes and eighteen generals under the city of Jiangyin? Can you tell me that the whole city was dying for death. More than 97,000 died in Jiangyin City, more than 75,000 dead outside the city, and only fifty-three living in the city, and none surrendered?"

The old man's crying was like a steel knife pulling back and forth in the hearts of Wu Zheng and the soldiers around him.

"Sir, the old man said that these things are not about seeking credit from the court, but just that such a city with loyal souls cannot be slaughtered again!"
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