Let’s talk about Hu Zongxian’s army attacking Zhenjiang City. Because Zhenjiang City is an important town on the Yangtze River and the chokepoint of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, its geographical location is very important.

It not only has an important geographical location but also has a large port and terminal, so the main force of Wang Jun's navy is stationed here and plans to occupy it for a long time.

Further east, there are no important towns on the Yangtze River, and the only larger terminal is Jiangyin Port Pier. Although Nantong Prefecture and Chongming Island can also dock ships, they belong to the territory of Hu Zongxian's army.

After Wang Zhi left Wuxi City and went to sea, Ye Zongman returned to Zhenjiang to command the navy, while Wang Shuang stayed in Wuxi City.

After Jia Yin's death, Zhao Wenhua selected a confidant to serve as a messenger in Wang Junzhong, codenamed Wugui.

Wu Gui came to Zhenjiang City and met Ye Zongman. Ye Zongman learned that Jia Yin died in the battle, so he recognized Wu Gui as the new messenger.

Wugui ordered Ye Zongman to lead the navy to leave Zhenjiang City and go to Jiangyin County.

Ye Zongman was reluctant to leave Zhenjiang City. Staying in Zhenjiang City to collect water tolls would relieve his hand cramps. Moreover, Zhenjiang City's walls were tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack, making it very suitable for naval garrison.

Ye Zongman requested to stay in Zhenjiang City, but Wu Gui disagreed. Wu Gui said sternly: "I am the messenger, and my words are orders. You have to listen. If you come to bargain with me, I will report that you are still evil!"

Ye Zongman had no choice but to relent, abandoned Zhenjiang City and led his army to Jiangyin County.

Moreover, Wu Gui ordered that Wang Jun should not intercept the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers in the Yangtze River. Therefore, Tang Xuan led his army through the river area of ​​Jiangyin County without being intercepted by Wang Jun.

After the Yan Party changed the object of sacrifice to the Xu family, Hu Zongxian showed some mercy to Wang Jun. When he recaptured Yangzhou City and Taizhou City, he killed all the Wang troops defending the city. Even if the Wang troops surrendered, they would still be killed.

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Moreover, he piled Wang Bing's corpses at the city gate for passers-by to see, proving that Hu Zongxian's army was truly fighting against pirates and Japanese pirates.

When Hu Zongxian learned that the target of the sacrifice had changed, he did not kill all the thousand Wang troops left behind in Zhenjiang City. When he attacked a city gate, he drove Wang troops out of the city.

Some who escaped slowly were inevitably killed. In the end, more than 400 Wang Jun were killed. Compared with the previous two times where no one was left alive, Wang Jun who defended Zhenjiang City was not too lucky.

In this way, Hu Zongxian recovered four cities along the Yangtze River, and there were still three cities that were not recovered, namely Changzhou City, Jiangyin County and Wuxi City.

As for Jinhua County and Yiwu County, it was not Hu Zongxian's turn to recover them because Qi's army stationed in Lishui County had already recovered Jinhua County and Yiwu County.

Generals Chen Dacheng and Wu Weizhong of the Qi Army heard that Hu Zongxian's army had launched a counterattack against Wang's army, so they cooperated with the actions of Hu Zongxian's army and launched an attack on the back of Wang's army.

Jinhua County and Yiwu County were Zhao Wenhua's territory and were not something Wang Chuan could occupy for a long time.

At best, Wang Shuo temporarily occupies the guarding route of transporting silver, and Zhao Wenhua can take it back at any time if he wants.

Now that the buried silver has been dug out, there is no point in Wang Jun continuing to occupy Jinhua County and Yiwu County.

Wang Chuan had long wanted to notify Zhao Wenhua to come and take it back, lest he split up his troops to guard the city and plunder the city without benefiting from it. However, the messenger Jia Yin was not here, so the matter was delayed.

Zhao Wenhua wanted to take back the lost land in Yiwu County and Jinhua City and perform meritorious service, but Jia Yin could not be contacted for a while, so the matter was temporarily shelved.

Chen Dacheng seized the opportunity to launch an attack on Yiwu County. When the Wang troops in Yiwu County abandoned the city and fled, they were ambushed by Wu Weizhong, and all three thousand Wang troops were killed.

The tactic used by Chen Dacheng and Wu Weizhong is called Surrounding Three Ques and Playing Hard to Capture, which was taught to them by Qi Ying.

Chen Dacheng attacked three city gates in Yiwu County, leaving one gate open for Wang Jun to escape.

On the only way Wang Jun could escape, Wu Weizhong found a location where he could conduct an ambush and deployed a pocket formation, waiting for Wang Jun to escape into the pocket.

As a result, Wang Jun really escaped into the pocket. Qi Jun ambushed Wang Jun with bows, arrows, cannons, and rocks, and wiped out all Wang Jun.

Chen Dacheng and Wu Weizhong cooperated to win a great victory, and the morale of Qi's army was high.

Using the same tactics, Chen Dacheng attacked three gates of Jinhua City, leaving one gate open for Wang Jun to escape.

Wu Weizhong was on the only way Wang Jun could escape.

Find a location that is conducive to an ambush, set up a pocket formation, and wait for Wang Jun to escape into the pocket.

As a result, the deserters of Wang Jun in Jinhua City got into the pocket. Qi Jun ambushed Wang Jun with bows, arrows, cannons, and stones, and wiped out all Wang Jun.

In this way, Qi Jun wiped out the 4,000 Wang troops in Jinhua City. Qi Jun occupied two cities.

When Wang Shu heard that two Wang armies had been wiped out and seven thousand Wang soldiers died in the battle, he was so angry that he threw basins and bowls and smashed the furnishings in the house to pieces.

After Wang Shu vented his anger, he was inexplicably afraid of Qi's army. Worried that Qi's army would attack Wuxi City and not be able to escape, he left 7,000 troops to guard Wuxi City and hurriedly led the rest of the army to Jiangyin County to join forces with Ye Zongman.

Wang Jun in Jiangyin County will definitely not abandon the defense, because Wang Jun's warships are docked here, and the fleet will have nowhere to go if it leaves here.

But Wang Jun can still retreat from Changzhou City and Wuxi City.

Hu Zongxian's army set out from Zhenjiang City and attacked Changzhou City by land. The Wang troops in Changzhou City fled to Jiangyin County. The Ming army killed more than 600 Wang troops in Changzhou City.

The remaining 20,000 soldiers were mainly crowded in Jiangyin County and Wuxi City.

Wang Chuan felt aggrieved and wanted to fight out by force. He said angrily: "Grandma, we only have two cities left. The loss of troops in a month has reached 10,000. If we don't fight out, it will be too late."

Ye Zongman calmly stopped his impulse and persuaded him: "Jia Yin, the messenger, died in the battle, and the master sent a new messenger, codenamed Wugui.

Wu Gui said that the people Yan Dang wants to sacrifice this time are the Xu family and not the Wang family. They will not let us go to sea until the government arrests Xu Weixue's uncle and nephew.

If we are allowed to go to sea now, it will inevitably make people suspect that Hu Zongxian intends to let us go. If the Yan Party cannot capture Xu Weixue's uncle and nephew by then, it will inevitably make people more suspicious of the Yan Party's collusion with the Japanese, and the Yan Party will inevitably fall into the whirlpool of public opinion.

So we had to wait for the Yan Party to capture Xu Weixue's uncle and nephew, and sacrifice the heads of the Xu family to express their determination to resist the Japanese. Then no one would doubt that the Yan Party was colluding with the Japanese. After all, what could he say after the Japanese leader was captured.

If we go out again at this time, even if the Ming army deliberately lets us go, no one will know, and no one will suspect that the strict party let us go. Even if someone does, there will be no excuse.

So at this time, we must not rush out impulsively, but patiently guard Jiangyin County and Wuxi City and wait for the Xu family to suffer disaster."

Wang Shu calmed down and said helplessly: "Okay, then just bear with it."

Ye Zongman advised: "Wuxi City cannot be abandoned temporarily and can be used as the horn of Jiangyin County.

You should go and defend Wuxi City. Jiangyin County is too small, and it would be a waste of leadership for the two of us to stay together."

Jiangyin County has a wharf and it is easy to escape. Wang Shucai refused to return to Wuxi City. He disagreed and said, "I won't go to Wuxi City anymore. I want to go to you."

Ye Zongman said helplessly: "Okay, if you don't want to go to Wuxi City, I will."
Chapter completed!