We have to mention here that the commander of the Qing army in this battle was named Jixiha.

The Jixi Hafucha family was a native of Zhenghuang Banner. He inherited his father's elegance and was first appointed by the Qing Dynasty as Niu Luezhen.

When he was outside the pass, he was brave in combat and made many military achievements, and promoted the red flag of Meile Ezhen.

After entering the pass, he served under Duoduo and jointly fought with Chen Tai to fight against Zheng Sen, Fujian Province, and conquered Changle, Lianjiang, Tong'an, Pinghe and other counties. After returning to Beijing, he was promoted to the second-class Adahahafan (Letter). The following year, he was promoted to the Shangshu (on the position of the second-class Ashihanihafan (on the position of the second-class Ashihanihafan.

This time, he followed Dorgon to the south and kept guarding Dorgon and did not participate in the war.

Therefore, this time, Jixiha was the main general, which he insisted on and took it from Chen Zhiyuan.

Yes, what is important in the military is qualifications.

Chen Zhiyuan had been in the Qing Dynasty for less than three years, but he only trained a new army and fought a war, that is, reinforced Prince Ajig Mongolia to suppress the rebellion.

How can this be compared with a veteran on the battlefield like Jishiha?

In the eyes of the Manchu generals of Jixiha, Chen Zhiyuan, the little barbarian, had nothing but a pretty little face, who was lucky enough to marry the daughter of the Regent, and caught Dorgon's eyes.

The Manchu generals were very dissatisfied with the decision to define Chen Zhiyuan as the "Adjustoring Government".

But there is no way to accept it. Who made Chen Zhiyuan have 30,000 new troops in his hand? In other words, Chen Zhiyuan is the best at the strength of Yanzhou at this time.

Therefore, the Manchu generals were so eager to have a long face to suppress Chen Zhiyuan's arrogance.

More than a dozen Manchu generals jointly proposed that the Eight Banners Army stationed in Yanzhou would come to fight this battle. Doerbo began to disagree, but under Shen Zhiyuan's persuasion, he agreed.

Yes, among the Qing generals, there were many people who were good at fighting. By reviewing the battles that Wu Zheng went north, the final conclusion was that Wu Zheng could not fight, did not know the tactics of military affairs, and was extremely absurd to dispatch... The reason why he could win was that he was so lucky.

Is this very familiar?

Dorgon once commented on Wu Zheng in this way.

This conclusion is accepted by everyone, it is correct. You cannot gain the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige, right?

But one thing is true, Wu Zheng can't fight.

To be precise, Wu Zheng's command ability is even worse than Zhang Guowei, Fang Guoan and others.

During the past five years, Wu Zheng was able to create a world and create a "undefeated God of War" myth lies in the fact that he had more than five hundred years of experience in ordinary people.

The direction is correct, but the process is not important, isn’t it?

For example, Wu Zheng chose Shaoxing as a mistake. Shaoxing Prefecture was attacked on three sides and had no firmness to defend, and other defects, and even more so, it was a death place in troubled times.

But in fact, the real place to die was Fujian and Guangdong. The Qing army had already moved south from Huguang, and the main force was there. Zheng Zhilong's surrender directly handed over Fujian and Guangdong to the Qing army.

Compared to the Shaoxing Prefecture in history, did Longwu last two years? Didn’t it die in less than a year?

But because Shaoxing Prefecture is inconspicuous and is not a place that military strategists must fight for, the Qing army had few troops in Shaoxing, Hangzhou and other places, forming a vacuum of troops. In addition, Jiangxi was disturbed by Zhongzhen Camp, okay, all the Hangzhou garrisons were transferred to Jiangxi.

This gave Wu Zheng the best opportunity to rise, which is an opportunity that other places cannot have.

Wu Zheng is indeed not a military genius. After changing the strength pattern of Jiangnan, he was confused.

He magnified the difficulties of the Northern Expedition infinitely, not because he was afraid of fighting, but because he could no longer predict the course of history because he had changed part of the course.

Why do you want to kill Duoduo, why do you imprison Boro and never let go of any amount of ransom?

Why did he come to see Dorgon when he heard that he was in Xuzhou even if he tried his best to meet him?

In fact, there is only one intention. Wu Zheng was afraid of these three people and had to get rid of them quickly.

Of course, Wu Zheng will definitely not publicly admit it.

The real reason for not expeditioning the Northern Expedition was not the division of power and interests, but the fact that Wu Zheng had been waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity in history.

But until now, this opportunity has not appeared, which makes Wu Zheng feel uneasy. Can God's will be against it?

Simply put, Wu Zheng gradually changed from the original prophet to a real person, which is an evolution from strategy to tactics, a regression and a helplessness.

This has caused to this day, after unexpectedly obtaining Xuzhou, Wu Zheng is still hesitating whether to occupy Xuzhou at all costs or to receive generous "compensation" from the Qing court and temporarily give up Xuzhou.

Jishiha did not have such concerns or concerns.

The difference between a general and a coach is that one is strategy and the other is tactics.

Obviously, it is one-sided for generals to evaluate a commander, just like a county magistrate evaluating a governor's order. The height of the standing is different, and the result is naturally fallacy.

So, from the beginning, Jishiha was wrong, and it was ridiculously wrong.

Perhaps it was Lan Bai, Jixiha and other Manchu generals who wanted to give Shen Zhiyuan a warning.

Jixiha ordered to attack Huling City.

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Huling City is indeed not considered a city, and it is only 6 or 7 miles in a radius.

The two city gates, south and north, run through the entire city.

The wall is not high, about one or two feet above or below, not thick, but the north and south city towers may be deployed.

If such a city is in the past, facing the attack of tens of thousands of troops, it will be almost a death-despair and a desperate situation.

Not to mention anything else, just three thousand crossbowmen in the Qing army could cover half of the city. How to defend it?

But now it is different. The Northern Expedition Army has artillery. Of course, such cities cannot deploy field direct artillery. If they really have to place them on them, they will not need to attack the enemy. Once the artillery is fired, they will have to collapse the city wall.

Therefore, the six-pound cannon has been deployed to Xuzhou City Defense, and there are only a hundred tiger squat cannons in Huling City.

Will the firepower be too loose?

Lu Zhiyu also asked Wu Zheng this.

Wu Zheng's answer at that time was, "If you didn't let you stay for ten days and half a month, what should you do if you have to strengthen your firepower... Once the city is lost, you will get the enemy out of nothing."

Listen, listen, before the war started, I thought I couldn't hold on anymore, and it turned out that I didn't plan to really defend it.

But Wu Zheng did not say it in full. In fact, the 12-foot wall of Huling City had already destroyed the entire enemy cavalry.

It’s not a heavenly soldier and general. I haven’t seen a horse that can cross a 10-2-foot obstacle. If I really can cross it, it must be a war horse, but a pegasus.

Then there is no need to fight, go out to sea and go fishing as Deer Ding Gong (self-proclaimed).

Therefore, the Northern Expedition Army did not apply to six-pound cannons in Huling City, and the Qing army was also unable to use cavalry. This battle was equivalent to castrating the strengths of both sides from the beginning.

Then what else to fight?

Boosting momentum!

If the enemy is allowed to sing all the way from Guning to Xuzhou City, the morale will be unstoppable.
Chapter completed!