Jiang Quanyi hurriedly said, "I would like to ask Brother Qian for advice."

"You might as well... make new contributions!" Qian Qiaogong said word by word.

"Brother Qian means... But now from Fengyang Prefecture to Xuzhou and Dongchang Prefecture, there are no enemy troops. Some defeated soldiers and remnants are afraid they cannot be called any new achievements?" Jiang Quanyi said with a smile, "Does Brother Qian refer to the thousands of cavalry who were chasing and suppressing the westward fleeing?"

Qian Qiaogong shook his head, "Although there are thousands of cavalry in Titicaca, it is already a frightened bird at this time. It is not a problem to escape thousands of miles away... What I mean is that before the Qing court responds to the defeat of Boluo's army, we will seize the Daming Mansion first... In this way, even if the Qing court wants to react, it will be too late... The first merit in the enemy's capital will be obtained by Brother Jiang. In this way, even if the prince wants to punish you for disobeying the military order, he will have to think twice!"

Jiang Quanyi was overjoyed when he heard this. He didn't expect that Qian Qiaogong had the same crazy idea as him... No, no, he was even more crazy than himself.

Capturing Daming Mansion is equivalent to knocking on the gate of the enemy's capital. If the Northern Expedition is successful, this achievement will be enough to be granted a marquis and a prime minister.

"Finish!" Jiang Quanyi immediately agreed, "but... the enemy's deployment has not been discovered yet. If there is any change, it is probably a crime to be aggravated!"

Qian Qiaogong shook his head and said, "Zu Zerun is already stationed in Dongchang Prefecture and is very clear about the deployment of the enemy troops around Daming Prefecture. Now, as long as it is not Manchu, there is almost no one willing to confront our army head-on..."

Shen Zhiyuan said coldly from the side: "Plan is a good plan...but this is another crime of violating orders and being proficient. Brother Jiang, you have to think it through!"

Qian Qiaogong looked at Jiang Quanyi and said, "Of course, you must report to the prince to know."

"What if he doesn't agree?" Shen Zhiyuan retorted.

"Start first and report."

"Great kindness!" Jiang Quanyi applauded when he heard this!

Shen Zhiyuan was silent for a moment and looked up and said, "Where does the supply of food and grass come from... More than 20,000 cavalry, thousands of infantry, one day people eat horses and chew it is not a decimal... You don't want to instigate the army to replenish supplies on the spot... In this way, with Wu Zheng's temper, I'm afraid that you will not be able to do so!"

Qian Qiaogong said: "In Fengyang City, you only need to raise three-day rations to Dongchang Prefecture to go north... Isn't this difficult?"

Jiang Quanyi nodded repeatedly, "Not three days, five days will be... Our army guarded the city and had a month of food and grass, but Brother Qian suddenly came 20,000 cavalrymen... But it should not be a problem to eat for three or five days, and it would not be a problem to compete with the people for grain."

"That's good. Zu Zerun was in Pingshanwei and stored a lot of food and grass. Later, he occupied Dongchang Prefecture. The government office granary also had a large amount of reserves. It is said that it was originally used to supply the Boluo army..."

Shen Zhiyuan snorted: "...I don't want to take advantage of the military rations of Boluo's army, but I'll take advantage of you!"

Jiang Quanyi stepped forward and pulled each other with one hand, and smiled and said, "It's all brothers, why bother to have a good time for trivial matters... If this battle is successful, the prince will take office in the future, and we will be the founding heroes. It's time to celebrate... Let's go and have a drink, and we will discuss the specific deployment!"

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Compared with the thrilling battlefield in Fengyang, the battlefield in Huai'an seems boring.

This is a head-on decisive battle.

From west to east, Qinghe, Andong, to Yuntiguan, three battlefields, each attacking and defense.

It’s not that Yue Le didn’t want to be radical, but that he learned his lesson after being taught by the Northern Expedition Army several times.

If he only occupied the city, Yue Le would never enter the main force, but instead sent a side troop to act, for fear of being wrapped in dumplings overnight.

It's so scary. The shells fired by the Northern Expedition artillery are like they don't have money.

Unless it is the whole line of progress, Yue Le will never allow any of his subordinates to become a prominent position.

This steady progressive style of play did make the Qing army safe and safe. They went south all the way to Lu, and even if Chi Erhan wanted to fight a small counterattack, they would not find any opportunity.

However, there is no need for a small counterattack at this time.

His Highness, the King of Wu, issued a decree to fight back! To annihilate, do not defeat!

As the army retreated south suddenly changed direction, Chi Erhan, who was the main force behind the palace, took the lead in launching a sudden counterattack against the Qing army that looked like "chasing".

He had thousands of soldiers of the First Army under his command, and in less than half an hour, he surrounded and annihilated the eight hundred Qing cavalry who had been following them to retreat south.

Although this battle is a model of winning the small one, on the other hand, the Northern Expedition Army has always been a "supering the weak" strategy.

Wu Zheng rarely attacks with less and more soldiers. Even if he is at a disadvantage, he will gain local strength advantage through interweaving and division, and then cut off one finger to accumulate more and finally achieve a complete victory.

This style of fighting similar to later generations of guerrilla warfare has always been the top priority for the military academy to train middle and lower-level officers in recent years.

Chi Erhan followed Wu Zheng for many years, and congregated this first army that was inherited from the lineage, and was like a handful of his fingers, like a fish in water.

Eight hundred Qing cavalry were still elite cavalrymen. If it were the late Ming Dynasty, it would be enough to capture a city.

But now, such a battlefield situation will never be returned.

The Han people could use infantry to launch a brazen attack and annihilate it in front of the eight hundred Qing cavalry, which was something they would never have imagined before.

Chi Erhan's first battle won, which made Lu Domain, which had retreated to Shanyang, unwilling to be behind.

That night, he led 12,000 Wusongwei to cross the river overnight.

The next morning, the entire army landed on the Caowan line on the north bank, and happened to run into the 8,000 vanguard cavalry who had arrived after hearing the news.

Although the troops were higher than the other side in this battle, Wusongwei was an infantryman, fighting fiercely for more than ten miles along the coast for one day, each with a victory or defeat.

But it was these two battles that made Yue Le alert again.

Although the result of the Fengyang war had not yet reached Yue Le's ears, Yue Le's caution made him immediately after hearing the news, ordering the Qing court to install a new tiger spear, and the Second Battalion of Shenji retreated to Mu Yang to defend, waiting for subsequent orders.

In this way, Chi Erhan's troops became two protruding parts of the north bank in the territory of Lu.

Because the guards and battalions who came from Yangzhou were on the way, Chi Erhan could not advance alone in the territory of Lu, so he had to station in place and wait for the main force to meet.

The Huai'an battlefield thus entered a brief silence before a great war.

....

Hangzhou Prefecture, Baiyangchi near Genshan Gate, is a small island in the lake.

This is the seventh day that Mr. Wu was held hostage by Fang Guoan.

The time lasted so long, because it was instructed by Wu Zheng that Yingtian Mansion sent a pardon edict, which took time.

Secondly, Song An has a poor population and is not good at negotiating. This is the third day after the pardon edict was sent to Hangzhou Prefecture.

In other words, Song An surrounded Baiyangchi and held the imperial edict to talk to Fang Guoan for two days. It was the third day today, and there was no result yet.
Chapter completed!