The forward horse team can arrive in three days, and the main force will arrive in Xuzhou in five days!

This is the answer that the civil and military officials present need most. Liu Richeng, the promoter of Xuzhou Prefecture, immediately said: "Uncle Pengcheng, I happened to stock up on fifteen stones of rice at home. I was originally intended to be used for emergency treatment, but now I will give my brothers a meal! Please don't be polite!"

This Liu Tuan was a real tumbler. During the Chongzhen Dynasty, Hongguang Dynasty, Shunzhi Dynasty, and Chengtian Dynasty, all the Xuzhou Prefecture Tuan was as stable as Mount Tai, so his fifteen-stone rice had been hidden very well and had not been discovered. If Princess Changping had not crossed the river and personally expeditioned, the so-called emergency fifteen-stone rice would have continued to be hidden.

Although this matter was extremely disgraceful, Zhang Boyi saw that Liu Tui Guan was the first to stand up to support him and immediately made a decision: "Liu Tui Guan was doing a beautiful job. Your name must be at the forefront of the report of Xuzhou's great victory this time!"

With the example of Liu Tuiguan, everyone naturally became particularly enthusiastic. Someone there immediately reported their private property: "I just chose twenty officials from here and I don't know which direction to send them to Pengcheng Bo!"

"My father left me with ten armors when he was leaving. Now is a critical moment. I am willing to take out all of these ten armors!"

"I still have some gunpowder and lead at home, and I think Mr. Peng should be able to use it!"

These are all things that everyone has been in the bottom of the box and have been kept secret, so everyone's expressions were a little embarrassed at the beginning, but soon Zhang Boyi completely ignited everyone's emotions. He said that not only did he do not blame others, but he would remember everyone's contributions, and everyone quickly pieced together a force of two or three hundred people.

Although the force of two or three hundred people does not have much significance in such a battle to destroy the country, Zhang Boyi is really helpful to the present day. And everyone also thinks that since Princess Changping led the 30th Battalion troops to personally fight, Xuzhou can naturally be foolproof. Some people even said: "Empress Changping's reinforcements can only arrive in Xuzhou in three or five days. We can't defend for thirty or fifty days. Can't we even defend for thirty or fifty days?"

On the contrary, Zhang Boyi was not so optimistic. He told the civil and military officials present: "Now Jianlu has used all his energy to feed himself. He mobilized a hundred thousand troops to besiege our small Xuzhou, and the Qing Dynasty's Regent supervising the war. We cannot be careless. Even if we guard for one more day, it is the result of soldiers doing their best. Who can delay Jianlu for one or two days? I will remember another great merit for him?"

Since Zhang Boyi said this, the civil and military officials present suddenly became interested. Everyone gave advice every word and every word. Someone suggested using a deceptive surrender to delay time: "We can contact the Qing army in the name of surrender and let them suspend the attack. Even if it can only be delayed for half a day, the initiative will be transferred to us!"

However, Liu Tuiguan felt that the deceptive surrender was inappropriate: "This method is fine to deal with the thieves, but it is not possible to deal with the Jianlu. As long as we show weakness, the Jianlu will definitely attack with all our might, and wherever we show weakness, the attack will be the most fierce."

Zhang Boyi also felt that Jianlu was different from the Ming Dynasty's official army and the bandits. The trick of surrendering was to give the Qing army a chicken blood to make them accelerate the attack. After all, there had been too many similar history before: "We have to think of a safe idea, and everyone should use their best ideas!"

Since Zhang Boyi said "remember a great merit", the civil and military officials present naturally tried their best to cooperate with Zhang Boyi. Liu Tui of Xuzhou Prefecture came up with a very good intention: "Since we cannot surrender, we will do the opposite. Let's say that Zhu Dadian Prime Minister led the 50th Battalion troops from Fengyang to assist Xuzhou, and arrived in Xuzhou in one or two days to see how Jianlu would deal with it!"

Zhang Boyi felt that Liu Tuiguan’s idea was really good: “Just do it according to Liu Tuiguan’s wishes, I see how Jianlu reacts then!”

Regarding the news coming from the city, most Qing generals, including Dorgon, felt nonsense: "The 50th battalion soldiers? The 40,000 troops? The main force of the Jinhua thieves have already carried out a large-scale expedition with Liu Yongxi, the little thief. How could it be possible to draw 40,000 troops to support Xuzhou? If you really can transfer 40,000 troops, I will give him the head!"

Even Haoge, who has been afraid to show up these days, thinks this is nonsense: "Yes, the Ming Dynasty sent at most 4,000 people to help Xuzhou, and I firmly don't believe it for 40,000 people!"

Only Kong Youde was once a defeated general under Zhu Dadian, so he specifically reminded him: "Although the Jinhua thieves can plunder extremely limited troops, if Zhu Dadian really led his troops to fight in person, there should still be thousands of people, and these are all real thieves!"

Dorgon has figured out the specific deployment of the Ming army in Jiangnan and Jiangbei during this period: "Before the Jinhua thieves expedition, Zhou Zhisheng's Jingkou Town was indeed left for emergency response, but I personally asked the prisoners of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that Jingkou Town only has 10 battalions and 5,000 people, which is also the last field force that Jinhua thieves can mobilize in Jiangbei!"

Speaking of this, he used a Han proverb: "But the Han people say that there is a reason for groundless things. I guess the reason why Zhang Boyi made such rumors must be that Jingkou Town has been ordered to advance north, but we can handle the Ming army just ten battalions!"

But Dorgon said it lightly, but in fact he was particularly wary of the new force of the Ming army. After all, the Ming army captives said that Emperor Chengtian Liu Yongxi was the general of Jingkou Town when he first crossed south. Now that he has handed over the number of Jingkou Town to Zhou Zhisheng, the tenth battalion of troops, it means that the Southern Dynasty had great hope for Jingkou Town.

Although Zhang Boyi, who is in front of him, is known as more than 30 battalions of soldiers and horses, his actual combat power is only the 15th battalion of the Third Brigade. If these 10 battalions of soldiers and horses suddenly enter the battlefield, they will definitely have a significant impact on the battle in Xuzhou.

Therefore, Dorgon knew that there would never be 40,000 troops from the 50th battalion of the Ming army in Fengyang, but he had decided to send a cavalry team to find out. The already disheartened Dai Shan also reminded him: "If it is the 5,000 Ming official army, it is not a problem, but the 5,000 Jinhua thieves must not be underestimated. You must find out where the reinforcements of the Jinhua thieves came from, otherwise you will definitely suffer a great loss!"

Duoduo was hit by the sudden attack of the Ming army of Yue, so when Dai Shan reminded him, he immediately added: "That's right, although the Jinhua thieves could not have 40,000 troops to support Xuzhou, five or six thousand Jinhua thieves should not be underestimated. Sending more light cavalry to find out the details of the Jinhua thieves is not a bad thing!"

Although Dai Shan and Duoduo both suggested "sending more light cavalry teams", it was not as simple as sending out several light cavalry teams in actual implementation. Although it was believed that the Ming army could not actually plunder many troops, the Qing army sent several Niu Lu and the camp to prevent the Ming army's reinforcements, whether in the direction of Fengyang or Huai'an.

According to the judgment of Dorgon and Daishan, although Jingkou Town only had 5,000 troops and 6,000 troops, it was necessary to expect the enemy to be lenient. Therefore, the Qing army prepared according to the scale of the Ming army investing fifteen battalions and 8,000 people. As long as the Ming army reinforcements had no more than 8,000 troops, the Qing army was responsible for blocking the various Niulu, and the camp head could ensure that there was no accident.

Dorgon personally assured all the princes, Beller: "The main force of the Jinhua thieves should be trapped in Huguang. Now Prince Ying's soldiers must have begun a comprehensive expedition. In addition, the Western thieves are fully restrained, it is impossible for Jinhua thieves to escape from Huguang in less than two or three months. Even if Prince Ying does not move, Jinhua thieves will not have time to rescue Xuzhou."

Duoduo finally breathed a sigh of relief. Since Dorgon said that everything was foolproof, there would naturally be no major problems. However, he still reminded Dorgon: "No matter what, please ask the Regent to control the elite soldiers of Yijiala at any time to respond to the situation!"

Dorgon also laughed: "This is definitely no problem, but I really don't believe that Jinhua thieves can transform into 40,000 troops. If Jinhua thieves can transform into 40,000 troops, I will admit defeat!"

However, since the Qing army attached so much importance to the possible reinforcements that the Ming army in Yue, the fierce attack on Xuzhou City naturally slowed down slightly. Taking advantage of this extremely precious time, Zhang Boyi continued to try his best to plunder troops and all resources for combat, and took this opportunity to rebuild four or five camps that retreated and replenished.

When the Qing army launched an offensive again, it noticed that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army of Yue suddenly increased a lot. Although it was only quantitative change rather than qualitative change, no matter what the Qing army used, it could not rush up to the Xuzhou city wall. The Xuzhou defenders once again stated that Zhu Dadian's 40,000 troops would come from Fengyang to support at any time, and asked the Qing army to retreat quickly.

Although the direction of Fengyang is actually only Wang Puxiang's troops and a small number of prefectures and counties, the Qing army still unconsciously sent more horses and infantry to Fengyang as much as possible, but he was not aware that a Ming army on both sides of the canal had advanced along the river.

According to the Xuzhou garrison, the Ming army dispatched a total of 50 battalions and 40,000 reinforcements this time, and according to the Nanjing direction, Zhang Boyi was 19,000 people, and the actual force was not so exaggerated.

Although Empress Changping personally sent out all the troops that could be recruited near Nanjing, plus all Jingkou Town, the total strength of the reinforcement army was only 14,000 people from the 23rd Battalion of the Fourth Brigade.

But this is already the limit of the Tian Dynasty's mobilization in Jiangbei. If it weren't for the Emperor Changping's personal expedition, it would be impossible for such a field army to be mobilized, and the limit is only Dorgon's estimated 8,000 people.

However, the appeal of Empress Changping's personal expedition was amazing, so it was a scale of 14,000 people in the 23rd Battalion of the Fourth Brigade. Moreover, when passing by Yangzhou, hundreds of soldiers and more than a thousand brave men were willing to follow Empress Changping's personal expedition, so the army's strength was expanded to 16,000.
Chapter completed!