Seeing Song An stuttering in his hesitation, Wu Zheng burst into laughter.

"It's okay, guerrilla tactics. Dorgon should have thought a lot of my mind over the years, so, just like you, he will definitely guess, and at the last moment, I will withdraw. Besides, in his opinion, I am the King of Wu, and the Northern Expedition Army under his command of 200,000 will not be able to regroup. There is no need to fight him to the end, so he will definitely guess, and my choice is to withdraw in the end."

"But Master, a counterattack may not be able to win... I am bluntly, if the two guards have sufficient ammunition and supply, they can have a chance of winning, but at present... the counterattack will never exceed 30% of the chance of winning."

"No." Wu Zheng shook his head, "I think there is more than 60% chance of winning this battle."

"Ah?" Song An exclaimed, "Why... I would like to ask the young master for advice."

Wu Zheng grinned: "I have always had a question in my mind. What is the intention of Dorgon setting up this game for me so crazy?"

"I originally thought that he wanted to weaken the strength of the Northern Expedition Army and prevent me from expanding northward so that the Qing court could have enough time to calmly sweep the northwest and southwest, and then reversely solve me... This idea is undoubtedly correct, so I have never doubted it. At the same time, I have been guessing which unit would be used as the main knife when Dorgon encircled Huaian on three sides. Until the North Bank Flag Army appeared, I even sighed, and all Dorgon's deployment was finally revealed."

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng pointed at Song Andyong, "But tell me that Dorgon is on the other side, which makes me unable to understand what he does on the other side? What makes him go on the expedition while sick is just to annihilate the two guards? Because at least when Dorgon left the capital, he definitely had no way of knowing that I would appear in Huai'an, so I would not be his target, at least not all. In other words, whether I am in Huai'an or not, Dorgon personally went south. So, is the two guards really worth it? Obviously it is not true, and he must have another plan."

"Have you guessed it?"

Wu Zheng glared and said, "Stupid... If you could guess, would your young master take the risk of fighting this counterattack? I was worried because I couldn't guess thoroughly. Just imagine, Dorgon could surrender the dynasty first under my nose. Then can you guarantee that Dorgon would not surrender more people? Now in the Thirteen Prefectures, thousands of officials, how can you guarantee that there will be no more one, or even multiple dynasties first... Since it is like a thorn in your throat, it is better to go the other way... The biggest flaw is displayed in front of him. If there are too many flaws, it will make him unable to start. He will take advantage of his indecision to disrupt his deployment and make his heart confused. Everything will be easier."

Song An suddenly said: "Young Master means that our army suddenly counterattacks, and there are flaws everywhere. Instead, Dorgon cannot guess the young master's real goal, so he cannot concentrate his efforts to deal with it. This has caused chaos in the command of the enemy on the North Bank?"

Wu Zheng nodded and sighed: "That's the general idea, but the casualties of our army in this battle are probably...uncontrollable."

But no matter how Wu Zheng explained, there was one thing he never said, that is, in his subconscious, he regarded Dorgon as his biggest opponent. Three years later, he wanted to meet Dorgon again.

Because Wu Zheng knew that Dorgon should not have much time to live, and although he was not sure about the specific time, he still had an impression. Only when Dorgon died and the young emperor Fulin could he take power.

....

A magnificent counterattack war began to be deployed quickly under such an emotion that could be said to be "absurd, but full of passion".

Gather all the ammunition, abandon all unnecessary supplies, and launch a general attack on the North Shore.

This is no longer a sphere of rushing to the end, but a desperate bet, this is adventure, this is gambling.

Wu Zheng is a "gambler" and has always been like this. As long as he is given a chance, his "gambling nature" will be revealed.

As the saying goes, you have to bet if you have opportunities, but if you don’t have opportunities, you have to bet if you create opportunities.

But Wu Zheng was sober, it had nothing to do with deciding whether to bet or not.

Wu Zheng, Chen Sheng, Lu Yuan, and Song An, the final attack plan was to launch a counterattack after a very fierce "debate".

This proposal was actually proposed by Wu Zheng, because Wu Zheng knew that if he really wanted to attack the north shore, the success rate of counterattack was almost zero.

This is not a counterattack, but suicide.

It is absolutely impossible to land on the north shore. The two guards, which run out of ammunition, are not the opponent of the Eight Banners Army, let alone the enemy has the advantage of troops, so they will fight the enemy on the water.

There is actually no necessary connection between launching a counterattack and whether it really lands on the North Shore.

After all, this is just a gesture, to hurt the enemy and to fear the enemy, so as to shock the enemy and not dare to cross the river and attack rampantly. Only in this way can reinforcements be delayed. This is the real purpose of Wu Zheng launching a counterattack.

Therefore, from the beginning, Wu Zheng had the plan to fight the enemy on the water.

Because almost all the Eight Banners Armys do not know the nature of water, if they really fall into the water, it is equivalent to a weight. When they sink to the bottom of the river, they will probably not have a few bubbles.

But the soldiers of the two guards are different. It is really difficult to find one of the 30,000 people who can't find water.

Even if the ships on both sides collided, our army would have taken advantage of it.

Therefore, when Wu Zheng officially proposed this combat plan, the generals agreed. As for the fierce "debate", it was to improve the details.

Finally, it was decided to launch a counterattack when the enemy's first wave of troops landed tomorrow and the ferry returned to pick up the second wave of people.

Because only in this way can the enemy prevent us from defending the north bank position as soon as we see our army crossing the river and fighting back.

When the enemy's ferry transports the second wave of troops to the middle of the river or even crosses the middle of the river, they encounter our ferry. At this time, the enemy must advance or retreat. Once a melee occurs, the enemy on the north shore has to rescue him, so they can only send more reinforcements.

In this way, the battlefield will be transformed into the water surface invisibly, and this is the innate strength of the Southern people, which is enough to offset the tightness of ammunition. To put it bluntly, as long as the enemy is dragged into the water, they will be slaughtered by themselves.

....

Pei County, Dorgon's temporary headquarters.

Dorgon's face was extremely bad. He had indeed learned about Wu Zheng's presence in Huai'an City, although he had not learned it for a long time.

But this news surprised Dorgon very much. It can be said that it really disrupted his deployment.

Of course, this also made Dorgon relieve the doubts in his heart about the reason why the two guards fought to hold Huaian for half a month.

Since ancient times, it is very difficult to attack a city where a king or commander is stationed, so high that it requires a large amount of life to consume, even several times the casualties of the defenders.

And this is not the most important thing. What is important is time, which is far more time than the time required to attack an ordinary city.
Chapter completed!