Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1016: Moonlit March
After formulating a battle plan, Wang Deren returned to the camp, and found the scouts who were exploring the trail, and a mountain man who walked through the trail to lead the army.

It was night, Li Dingguo selected three thousand soldiers who were good at fighting in the mountains and forests and were good at climbing. Each of them carried dry food for more than ten days. Under the leadership of the guides and scouts, under the cover of night, he left the camp. The nearest of the trails, into the mountains.

At this time, the Jin army must be transporting supplies day and night. Every day later, the Jin army will be able to transport an extra supply, and the Ming army will lose one more, so Li Dingguo can only choose the nearest one.

Most of the Ming army in Sichuan were good at fighting in the mountains and forests. 3000 people entered the mountains and quickly disappeared into the night. After walking for a while, Li Dingguo found that the road was too difficult to walk. Let the soldiers rest first, and then climb mountains and mountains during the day.

After Li Dingguo left, the Ming army prepared as usual. Although Wang Deren said that a frontal attack would be difficult to break through, Ma Jinzhong did not give up. Equipment, decided to attack again.

After three days of preparation, more than 3000 Ming troops hid in cave houses, pushing shield carts and carrying shields, and advanced into the valley. The Jin troops on both sides of the mountain woven bamboo into balls, filled them with firewood, Oil it on fire, ignite it and push it down from the top of the mountain.

Nearly a hundred fireballs, burning down the hillside, rushed into the valley, immediately cut off the Ming army, and then arrows and rolling wood thunderstones fell from both sides like raindrops, and the Ming army was immediately disrupted. Wails filled the valley.

The Ming army paid a lot of casualties before rushing to the wall covered with repelling horses and spikes, but at this time, after the previous blows, the Ming army was weak to follow up.

The canyon is very narrow, and only so many troops can be invested at one time. Once the attacking troops are weak, it means that it is impossible to break through.

Ma Jinzhong had battled for a long time, although he was a bit embarrassed, he immediately called for gold and withdrew his troops.

The Ming army left more than 400 corpses and hurriedly withdrew from the valley. Ma Jinzhong's attack failed, so he never mentioned the matter of storming again, and waited patiently for Li Dingguo to outflank Guangyuan.

For a time, tens of thousands of Ming troops were stationed outside the valley, and the Jin army was stationed in the valley, forming a confrontational situation.

Ten days later, at night, the camp where the Jin Army gathered supplies near Guangyuan City was brightly lit, and Li Dingguo was standing on a hilltop a few miles away by the mountain road, looking at the Jin Army's camp.

In the night, Li Dingguo's eyes seemed to reflect the fire in the golden camp, and the black pupils were shining brightly.

At this time, behind him, a long black dragon was slowly moving east. They had already left the trail and arrived at a relatively flat area near Guangyuan.

"General, there is a pier ahead, but the brothers touched it, but did not find any golden soldiers guarding it!" A scout suddenly appeared and reported to Li Dingguo.

Hearing the words, Yu Youming was surprised and said, "Even if there are piers, why are there no soldiers and horses?" He looked at Li Dingguo and wondered, "General, the golden soldiers have already retreated into Hanzhong!"

Li Dingguo didn't reply right away, he felt that when he came out of the mountains, he would definitely meet the Jin Army's scouts, and Hu Guozhu was also Wu Sangui's right-hand man and had some reputation, so it was impossible not to be on guard.

Although Hu Guozhu's troops are limited, he doesn't need many people, as long as there are more than a dozen patrols and police training, so that he has the opportunity to send troops to stop him.

But when he left the forest, there was no man on duty inside the pier, so Li Dingguo felt very uneasy for him to enter Guangyuan so smoothly.Hu Guozhu is also a general of the Jin Kingdom, he will not be so careless.The camp was still lit with torches, and the Jin army had obviously not evacuated yet. Did Hu Guozhu really think that the Ming army would only attack Tuofeng Mountain rigidly?
"You continue to investigate!" Li Dingguo ordered the scouts, and then said to Youming: "Since we have come, it is impossible to go back! Hu Guozhu only has 1 people, and he has to guard against Tuofeng Mountain. He wants to divide his troops to eat us. That's not even possible!"

The [-] elite soldiers Li Dingguo brought were much more elite than the average Jin army. He was worried that the Jin army would block him on the way, but as long as he came out of the mountain trails, he would have the guts to break through.

"Go! Go ahead!" Li Dingguo waved his hand as he spoke, "They have already left the mountain, and it is the last step, so nothing can go wrong!"

After finishing speaking, Li Dingguo led Yu Youming forward and arrived at the front of the team after a while, but found that the advancing team had stopped.

"what happened?"

Li Dingguo asked, but the soldiers didn't understand the situation, and the people in front stopped, so they stopped.Seeing this, Li Dingguo went straight forward and found Wang Fuchen who was rushing to be the vanguard.

The reason why he was allowed to act as the forward was because he had the experience of drilling mountains before. When Li Dingguo came over, Wang Fuchen saw him, looked ahead, and explained: "General, there is a valley between two hills!"

Li Dingguo looked forward, and sure enough, not far away, two protruding black shadows, like a woman's chest, blocked the way out of the army. If the army wanted to pass, they had to go through the gap in the middle.

"Did the scout find anything unusual?" Li Dingguo asked with a frown.

"Not yet, but this terrain is the best place to set up an ambush. If this black light is caught in an ambush, it may cause chaos and cause huge losses!" Wang Fuchen worried.

There is no turning back when the bow is opened. The army has only brought food for more than ten days, and now each person has two pancakes left. If you want to go back, you must not go back. You can only rush forward without hesitation.

In the darkness, Li Dingguo’s expression was not visible. After a while, he said in a deep voice, “Throwing stones to ask for directions, Wang Fuchen, you take 1000 people there first. If you are attacked, don’t panic. Wang Duzhen is attacking Tuofeng Mountain, while catching up to meet you! The Jin army only has [-], they can't lay an ambush and guard Tuofeng Mountain! Do you understand?"

"The general will understand!" Wang Fuchen immediately clasped his fists solemnly.

Zhongyi Town is full of old soldiers who have been in the army for many years, and the officers are all veterans. Wu Sangui lost 3000% of his elite soldiers after the defeat of Wanxian. Li Dingguo is confident that 5000 people will beat Hu Guozhu with [-] people.

At this time, Wang Fuchen was about to leave, but Li Dingguo added: "Don't worry, just listen to me. If you pass through safely, you will stop at the exit and wait for me to come, and then go to Guangyuan together."

Wang Fuchen took the order again, and ordered 1000 people to leave the brigade and move forward quietly. The team was orderly, without making any noise, only the rustling of footsteps and the slight rustling of armor.

(End of this chapter)