This battle of Jiangbei really broke Zhao Ming's heart.Zhao Ming's single-minded annihilation of the Qing army was tantamount to giving his life to the old Zhu family, not only helping the old Zhu family block the attack of the Qing army and defending the foundation, but also preparing to take back the lost country of the old Zhu family, but he was betrayed by the people of the old Zhu family.The blood boiling in Zhao Ming's heart was half cold, and he swore that he would never care about the affairs of the old Zhu family again.Of course, he won't really ignore the world, but after seeing some things clearly, he won't be enthusiastic and so righteous.An army of 50,000 crossed the river, and less than 20,000 people returned.At this time, Chen Mingyu and others completed the inventory, the first battle in Jiangbei, the soldiers of Donghai Town who surrendered or disappeared in battle, a total of more than 34,000 people, suffered heavy losses, which can be said to be the first in history since the formation of Donghai Town.On this expedition, the senior generals, middle-level officers, and lower-level non-commissioned officers in Donghai Town suffered very heavy losses, almost more than half of them were lost, and the Shence Chinese Army and the Shenzuo Army were almost wiped out, in addition to losing a large number of baggage and equipment.Zhao Ming's tens of thousands of muskets accumulated in recent years, as well as bronze cannons, thousands of grenades, 70,000 catties of gunpowder, and more than 100,000 stone grains, were all buried in Jiangbei.Of course, not all of these things fell into the hands of the Qing army, and many of them were burned and detonated by the soldiers of Donghai Town themselves.In a word, in the battle of Jiangbei, Donghai Town's vitality was greatly damaged, and it could have destroyed the Manchu Qing in one battle, but now the situation has changed again.At the same time, the Manchu captured a large number of equipment and baggage in Donghai Town, as well as more than 2,000 Donghai soldiers such as Huang Ting, surrendered to the Manchu Qing, which undoubtedly enhanced the strength of the Manchu Qing and stabilized the defense line that was about to collapse.After Zhao Ming led the army back to Suzhou, the land of Jiangdong was gloomy, and because Donghai Town had never suffered such a defeat, Donghai Town was not fully prepared, and had no measures and experience to deal with the defeat.For a time, the family members did not receive timely compensation, and the wounded lacked medical treatment, and were forced to amputate their limbs, or were infected to death, which made the morale of Donghai Town fall to the bottom.The people of Jiangdong did not expect that Zhao Dashuai, who had won a hundred battles, would collapse in Jiangbei, and when he learned of the death of his son and husband, he was also a family Dai Xiao, and he was grief-stricken.All this made Zhao Ming feel deeply remorseful, and it was foreseeable that in a short period of time, not only would Donghai Town be difficult to recover, but even Zhao Ming himself would need time to adjust.Zhao Ming suffered a crushing defeat, although the Qing army did not leave Zhao Ming, but it was also a great victory that shook the Manchu court.Hong Chengchou's plan was only to use the Nanjing Peace Conference to divide the forces within the Southern Ming Dynasty and hit Donghai Town hard, which was completely unexpected.Although they failed to catch Zhao Ming, Shunzhi and Bumu Butai were still overjoyed when they heard the news of the heavy blow to Zhao Ming, and rewarded Azig and Fan Wencheng in a big way.In the past year, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in turmoil, Dole fell from his horse and died, and the outside of the Manchu Qing Dynasty lost Wuchang and Kong Youde died tragically.In the face of the turbulent situation inside and outside, some people in the Manchu court suggested withdrawing to Guanwai, and now, these people have also settled down and eaten a reassuring pill.While reorganizing the army, Azig reported the victory to the Manchu court and sent scouts to track down Zhao Ming's movements.At this time, Azig was still holding on to his intentions, after all, the swamp was difficult to walk, and Zhao Ming was very likely to fall into the swamp and be drowned by the mud, but the result backfired, and the scout brought back the news that Zhao Ming had escaped.This made Azig feel disappointed in his heart, and felt that he had not done his best, so he had the intention to continue to take advantage of the victory, continue to bombard, and defeat the Ming army.However, Fan Wencheng reminded Azig that in the first battle of Jiangbei, the Qing army did gain a lot of money, but its own losses were not small, and the casualties were actually more than those in Donghai Town.Azig wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the defeat of Zhao Zamao to have a battle with the Ming army, but once he summed it up, he found that although it was a big victory, the Qing army was also powerless, and the Qing army annihilated and captured more than 30,000 Ming troops, but his own losses exceeded 40,000.Just looking at the loss of numbers, it seems that the Qing army has failed, but looking at the strategic goals, the degree of completion of the Manchu court is higher, so it is a great victory for the Manchu Dynasty.Fan Wencheng and the Manchu court opposed Azig's plan to sabotage Hong Chengchou, so they could only withdraw their troops to Huaibei according to the plan, recognize the status of the Ming Dynasty, and wait for the Ming Dynasty to fall into internal turmoil.To the west of Yangzhou, the old Jiangkou Ming army camp.He Tengjiao already knew the news of the defeat in Donghai Town, but he didn't expect that Zhao Ming, who originally thought he was going to die, actually didn't die, and actually killed him from the siege of the Qing army.This made He Tengjiao extremely frightened, and he was worried that Zhao Zamao would settle accounts with him.Zhao Ming's prestige, He Tengjiao knows, and in addition, Zhao Ming successfully broke through from the heavy siege of the Qing army, which proves Zhao Ming's horror even more.Zhao Ming is not dead, he will definitely take revenge in the future, which makes He Tengjiao for a while, I don't know what to do?
At this moment, He Tengjiao's henchmen, who went to investigate, brought back the news that after Zhao Ming broke through, he rested in Taizhou for a few days, but Zhu Yihai didn't see him, so he returned to Jiangdong with the army.This made He Tengjiao breathe a sigh of relief, at least for the time being, there was no threat, but Zhao Ming did not break out, but withdrew to Jiangdong without a sound, which also made He Tengjiao vigilant.If Zhao Ming was furious and came to the Longwu Imperial Court to complain, it would actually be better, but not saying a word would make him even more worried.However, He Tengjiao soon had no time to worry about Zhao Ming's problems, and after Zhao Ming left, Azig also withdrew to the north, giving up the vast area of Yangzhou and Huainan.This time, the Manchu court continued to repeat its old tricks and negotiated with He Tengjiao, but ceded the land of Huainan to Zhu Yihai's Zhejiang system.For a while, He Tengjiao could only stop thinking about Zhao Ming's affairs, but commanded the Ming army, which had been suspended for many days, and suddenly launched a counteroffensive on the front line of Yangzhou, intending to seize Yangzhou and Huainan.At the same time as He Tengjiao sent troops, Zhu Yihai also turned his energy from Zhao Ming to fight for Huainan, and ordered all the commanders of the Zhejiang system to raise troops to recover Huainan and drive the Qing army across the Huai River.In mid-February, shortly after Zhao Ming returned to Suzhou, Azig retreated to the north of the Huai River and built a defensive line at Xuzhou.The Qing court continued to implement the national policy of retreating as advance, adopting a defensive posture, restoring domestic military and civilian strength, and at the same time giving the Ming Dynasty a relaxed and peaceful environment, so that the internal factions of the Ming Dynasty could engage in internal fighting after there was no external pressure.On the side of the Ming army, He Tengjiao occupied a vast area west of Yangzhou, while Zhu Yihai controlled a large area of Yangzhou and the east of Yangzhou, and the rift between the Zhejiang system and the Longwu court continued to expand.()