In fact, after the "One Stone Battle" in Shanhaiguan, the three brothers Dorgon, Dodo and Ajige, who were recruited by nearly 100,000 Ming court border troops in Northern Zhili and Shanxi, were also the three most powerful kings in the Qing Dynasty. They were already disdainful of the so-called Shun Army and Ming Army.

At the beginning, Dorgon planned to advance in two directions. Dodo led Nikan, Tunqi, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others, and a 70,000 army to conquer the remnants of Ming in the south, Ajige led Oboi, Shang Kexi and others, and a 60,000 army to conquer Dashun, Beijing, Shanxi and other places, leaving only 30,000 to 40,000 people to swallow Ming in one fell swoop.

However, due to the strategic mistakes of the Dashun Army, the "Huaiqing War" was launched too early and the victory was won with absolute advantage, which made Dorgon realize that the Dashun Army still had considerable strength, and finally ordered Duoduo to turn around and fight against Li Zicheng with Ajige.

Originally, Li Zicheng planned to lead the army north first, meet Li Guo, Gao Yigong, annihilate Ajige with his superior forces, and then join forces to go south to fight to the death with Duoduo in Tongguan.

If this is the case, the Qing Dynasty, which underestimated the enemy and rashly divided its troops, would fall into a huge passive state. As long as Li Zicheng proved that he could defeat the Qing Dynasty in the field, he would not only gain confidence, but also make the Shun Army (the newly surrendered Shaanxi Ming Army) who were originally waiting and watching immediately come to serve the king. The Green Camp soldiers who originally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Shanxi and Northern Zhili would also immediately, anyway, the Qing Dynasty would be defeated as if it were the mountains of decline.

However, because of one wrong step, Li Zicheng ended up losing everything.

This also made the Qing army not take the Ming army seriously at all. This time, Duoduo only led 50,000 troops, including only 30,000 elite troops, including 20,000 Eight Banners, 10,000 veterans of the Sanshun King, and the remaining 20,000 were newly incorporated Green Camp Army.

As for Wu Sangui, a historical sinner, Dorgon did not take the Southern Ming court seriously and did not trust this newly surrendered and powerful military leader, just like in history, he still left him in western Liaoning.

It can only be said that the value of traitors such as Wu Sangui was only valued and discovered by the Qing army when they discovered that there was a very strong resistance within the pass. Wu Sangui was like this and Hong Chengchou was like this, which is the so-called Sanshun King, that is, the three kings behind Dingnan, Pingnan and Jingnan, are all like this.

However, when Duoduo raised enough food and grass for more than three months, divided his troops into three groups, and rushed his troops south, he faintly realized something was wrong - no one resisted, it was normal for the people in the city to flee, but no one surrendered, that was incredible.

When he led his troops through Suzhou and Guzhen, and arrived at the north bank of Fengyang City, he looked at Fengyang City opposite across the river and the neat military appearance on the city wall, and he couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

Of course, it was not surprising that the army was so far away that Duoduo could not see it carefully, but the Ming army did not escape. This was indeed beyond his expectations. Not only did it not escape, it seemed that he had gathered heavy troops on the south bank, as if he was waiting for him to come.

However, just as he had this idea, Duoduo, who was standing on the north bank of the Huai River, smiled in his heart. How could he have such a stupid idea? These Ming troops must have had no choice but to retreat, so they gathered on the south bank. How could they be waiting for him to come?

However, at this time, Geng Zhongming, who was sent to the west and Kong Youde in the east, all sent back the battle reports one after another - they were all defeated, and their indomitable aura was immediately defeated.

One wanted to cross the river on the north bank of Shouzhou, but the three hundred soldiers sent there were repelled by Ma Shiying and Liu Liangzuo's two thousand armored soldiers. The other collected boats in Huai'an. As soon as he sailed near the south bank of Huaihe, he was directly retreated here by Liu Zeqing and Liu Zeqing and he had been trying to take revenge. Gao Jie, who had been avenging his previous shame, led his troops to repel them, and lost more than 200 soldiers.

Duoduo looked at the military newspaper that the two of them were sending back quickly, opened his mouth slightly incredibly, and then suddenly looked up, looking at Fengyang City on the other side of the river in front of him with complicated eyes.

At the same time, Zhou Shixian was wearing gilded armor and was standing on the city tower of Fengyang City. He held the telescope brought back from Macau by Johnson Chan and looked at the Qing army camp opposite him, which was very clear.

Xue Laoer, Zhang Huangyan, Zhang Hong, Wu Xingye, Sun Hu, Li Daxi and other confidant generals were also on the city tower at the same time. They stood beside Zhou Shixian, waiting for each other to speak.

"Duoduo is indeed a leading expert, and the Qing army is indeed a strong army."

Zhou Shixian put down the "six-mile eyes" in his hand and said slowly: "However, their camps are not firmly built. Although the army is well-organized, it can be seen that they are lax. It seems that our previous strategy was effective, and Duoduo does not take us seriously now."

At this time, the Qing army, whether it was the Eight Banners, Han Army, or Green Camp Army, had very high military qualities. This can be seen from the arrangement of the military camps. As for burning, killing, looting, this group of people were robbers after all, and this cannot be considered bad military discipline.

Moreover, even if it is robbery, compared with the rebellious soldiers of the Ming army, the Qing army is also organized and disciplined. Some soldiers are specifically responsible for robbing property, and some soldiers are specifically responsible for the war, and can gather again at any time to complete the combat mission.

It is precisely because of this that Li Zicheng's trick of dealing with the Ming army was useless in front of the Qing army. Instead, he sent a lot of money to the other party for nothing.

"Mr. Concubine, since the Tartars underestimate the enemy so much, should we take the opportunity to attack the Qing army camp at night and teach them a lesson?" Zhang Hong raised his eyebrows slightly, and he could no longer hold back.

"No."

Zhou Shixian shook his head and directly rejected the proposal: "If we send troops to attack at night and succeed, it will prove that our army has the power to fight, and the Qing army may not underestimate the enemy, and then our previous plan will be ruined. If it is defeated, it will be a heavy blow to the morale of the army. In either aspect, it will be unfavorable to us."

"And, if the night attack is defeated, the troops sent over may not be able to retreat." Xue Laoer also added immediately.

"But if the arrogance of the Qing army is immortal, I am afraid that the soldiers' fear of being full will not be eliminated." Zhang Hong was naturally not reckless because of his greed for merit, nor was he reckless. His considerations were actually a problem that Zhou Shixian had been looking for opportunities to solve.

"It is naturally necessary to destroy the arrogance of the Qing army and boost morale, but there must be a suitable opportunity."

Zhou Shixian paused and continued, "And the Qing army must not let us see our true strength, otherwise all the previous efforts would be wasted."

Just as the few were talking, one east and another, suddenly six pond horses galloping towards each other appeared at the gate of Fengyang City, and the soldiers immediately had several flags on their backs.
Chapter completed!