The Ming army was surrounded by two sides. This is not to say that Wang Deren and Chi Erhan attacked to support the second Qing army, but on the contrary, Wang Deren and Chi Erhan attacked was a wise move.

If the second Qing army was allowed to enter the key pass and join the defenders and the first Qing army, then the granary would be equivalent to accommodate more than 10,000 Qing troops. Such troops could not be captured by 3,000 cavalry. In other words, the purpose of obtaining or burning the food in it would be impossible to achieve, and would be still in the womb. This would directly affect the course of the war and would likely become a cause of the protracted war.

If the Ming army insisted on attacking the granary, it would inevitably form another battlefield in Daoxu, and both sides would fight a decisive battle here.

But this will also cause huge casualties that are avoidable.

The Wu Zheng and even the imperial court could not fight for the war of attrition.

Therefore, the two of them ordered a surprise attack to aid the Qing army and prevented the two Qing army from joining each other.

Only by isolating the Qing army can the Ming army have a chance.

Of course, this is not something Chi Erhan can think of, but Wang Deren's idea. I have to say that Wang Deren's battlefield feels very powerful.

But this is a double-edged sword. While isolating the two Qing armies, the Ming cavalry also fell into a counter-encirclement on both sides of the east and west.

Wang Deren knew about this, but he insisted on doing this because it was a great achievement. He now needs this contribution to establish his position in Wu Zheng's heart and in the Ming army, which is worth a life-threatening victory.

Chi Erhan looked at the Qing army infantry all over the mountains and wanted to do something big, so he naturally would not object to Wang Deren's decision. The two almost hit it off. Chi Erhan even temporarily forgot the revenge that he was shot and killed by Wang Deren's troops in Pinggang Mountain.

The courage of these two people is indeed too great.

The granary already had 2,000 troops garrisons, plus the first Qing army sent by Ke Yongsheng, and then the second Qing army 6,000. The Qing army that surrounded the Ming cavalry from both sides of the east and west had reached more than 10,000.

Under such circumstances, these two people dare to cut off the Qing army in a hurry.

If Wu Zheng arrived one step later, the situation would be another.

Fortunately, Wu Zheng arrived very timely.

The battle situation at this time was that the two armies, with the second 6,000 troops, were in the east and the east. Wang Deren and Chi Erhan were the three thousand cavalry, followed by the three thousand Qing troops from the granary to attack the Ming cavalry. Then there were two thousand troops stationed in the granary, and then there were less than two thousand cavalry led by Wu Zheng.

It looks like a double-layer hamburger.

As soon as Wu Zheng arrived, he roughly judged the situation on the battlefield and decisively ordered the cavalry to bypass the granary and attack the three thousand Qing troops of the Ming army from the granary and launch an assault.

This hit the key point in the Qing army's tactical deployment.

Wang Deren and Chi Erhan and 3,000 cavalry fighting on both sides was indeed extremely miserable, but because they were between the two Qing troops, they gave Wu Zheng the opportunity to easily defeat the three thousand Qing troops.

Just imagine, the three thousand Qing troops came out of the key pass and attacked Wang Deren and Chi Erhan's troops with their backs. This was an advantage, but I didn't expect that there was a Ming cavalry behind him to assault. What would be the situation?

It can be imagined that in the face of Wu Zheng's assault, the three thousand Qing troops quickly collapsed. With only one incense stick, a piece of corpse was left, and the rest all rushed in a hurry and fled.

Wu Zheng didn't pursue him

Instead, they ordered to bypass Wang Deren and Chi Erhan's troops and attack the six thousand Qing troops from both wings.

The pressure behind Wang Deren and Chi Erhan's troops decreased sharply. Seeing the arrival of the commander's reinforcements, their morale was instantly boosted, and thus they charged towards the Qing army opposite.

In three directions, on the plain, six thousand infantry were attacked by nearly five thousand cavalry, and even the elite army could not stop it.

At this time, if Ke Yongsheng was there, he would definitely choose to cut off his arm to survive, retreat and protect the main force, and then make plans when he stabilized his position. In fact, at this time, the Qing army had the opportunity to retreat.

The cavalry of Wu Zheng was circling around the two wings, while the cavalry of Wang Deren and Chi Erhan were fighting in two directions because they had been attacked on both sides before, and were pursuing the formation. Therefore, the Qing army could use this gap to retreat, and at most it would just give up a small team of people behind the palace. When it arrived at the riverside, as long as it boarded the ship and left the shore, the Ming cavalry would have no place to use it.

But before Ke Yongsheng came, the Qing generals were caught off guard against attacks by Ming cavalry in three directions, and they seemed a little panicked.

Subconsciously, his consciousness was still thinking about guarding the granary, thinking that there was still Qing army garrison in the granary, and he hoped to resist this time. Then the Qing army in the granary sent troops to repeat the scene of the cavalry of Wang Deren and Chi Erhan's troops attacking Wang Deren and Chi Erhan's troops from both sides again.

So, this decision, or this decision that was hesitant in itself, made the Qing army lose its last chance to retreat.

When the Ming cavalry penetrated the Qing army formation like three arrows in three directions, the outcome of the six thousand Qing troops was already decided.

If Ke Yongsheng saw this scene, he would definitely regret it so much that he vomited blood.

In fact, it is very simple to crack this situation. Just withdraw and bring heavy troops to regain the granary.

Even if it is not taken back, the Qing army will have at least three days of food rations, so it is not necessary to force the brigade to break through the encirclement at the post pavilion.

According to Wu Zheng's nature, he would never want to cause huge casualties by forcibly blocking this Qing army. Therefore, the Qing army was actually alive, but now, the annihilation of these two Qing troops, totaling 9,000 people, is equivalent to deciding the final victory or defeat for the Shaoxing Prefecture Battle. Next, it is just how many results the Ming army can achieve.

When two cavalry swept the battlefield and turned around and rushed into the Daoxue granary, the two thousand Qing troops stationed in the granary surrendered.

They were originally the army under Jin Shenghuan, not Tartars. When they heard Wu Zheng send people to shout "Jin Shenghuan has surrendered", they lost their morale to confrontation.

What surprised Wu Zheng was that the grain stocked in the Daoxue Granary was beyond his imagination. The Daoxue Granary originally had a hundred thousand troops of half a year of grain storage. When Duoduo led his army south, his army had already lost a part of the battle with Wu Zheng. The original country surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and most of the more than 30,000 people were scheduled to be dispersed. The difference in the food and grass was only nearly 50,000.

In other words, the existing grain storage in Daoxue Grain Store is enough for the 40,000 troops to eat in the first half of the year.

Wu Zheng grinned with joy, and even forgot to blame Chi Erhan and Wang Deren for his "bold" actions.

Wu Zheng ordered Chi Erhan and Wang Deren to lead their troops to guard Jiang An.

He led his cavalry and escorted two thousand Qing troops to surrender and began to transport grain back to Shaoxing City.

The surrounding people were also recruited one after another, promising to pay 100 kilograms of grain per person to help transport grain. For a moment, countless people rushed over.

In half a day, the Daoxu granary was almost emptied, and at least 20% were scattered among the people in the form of rewards.
Chapter completed!