Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 915: Reinforcements Gather
The Dajin Kingdom had 20 armored troops, and this time it raided eastern Sichuan, a total of 10 troops were mobilized.

Among them, 6 people surrounded Yuan Zongdi's fierce attack in Hezhou, 2 people were scattered in stable places on the Chengdu Plain, threatening southern and western Sichuan, 5000 people were sent to Wanxian County, and the last 5000 people were sent to Fotu Guan line blocked the Ming army.

The Golden Army raided Sichuan in October, and more than a month has passed since the outbreak of the war.

The [-] Ming troops transferred from Jiangxi to Sichuan have been stopped at Fotu Pass for more than half a month.

Wang Deren's Wuwei Army was originally an elite army, but during the Battle of Nanjing, they suffered a disastrous defeat together with Jin Shenghuan, and most of their subordinates suffered losses.

After the Jiangnan Campaign, Wang Deren's troops returned to Jiangxi to rest and replenish troops. However, Jiangxi did not establish a complete military system. Although a group of Fuzhou miners were recruited, the combat power of the Wuwei Army was still greatly reduced.

At this time, most of the new recruits in the various departments of the Wuwei Army have only trained for one year, so there are still some shortcomings in combat.

3 people have been trapped in Fotu Pass for more than half a month, and the Jin army blocked their repeated attacks.

In fact, as far as the art of war is concerned, there are five ways to attack. Wang Deren's 3 people want to break through the Fotu Pass guarded by Wu Sangui's 5000 people. The hope can be said to be very slim.

After several defeats, Wang Deren also realized this, so he continued to rescue Guizhou and the imperial court.

In the first year of Gongzhi, 28 A.D., on November 5th, under the Fotu Pass, the flags of the Ming army camp were flying, and [-] white soldiers came from the Xuanfu Division of Shijie, and [-] soldiers were withdrawn from southern Sichuan. Wuying, as well as the [-] Shence troops who rushed over from Guizhou, gathered together one after another, bringing the number of Ming troops to more than [-].

For a time, the pass was filled with reinforcements from all over the country, and the camp was filled with accents from all over the world.

Because Sun Kewang went to southern Sichuan, the Ming army in eastern Sichuan did not have to worry about Guizhou being occupied.

At this time, the reinforcements who arrived were cutting down trees to set up their camps. The soldiers sharpened the logs and nailed them into the ground to erect the wall.

Like the Qing army, the Jin army had stronger cavalry. In order to prevent surprise attacks by the Jin army, Li Dingguo asked the soldiers to tie up the camp firmly.

Fotu Pass was originally to guard against the direction of Hezhou. Wu Sangui had people tear down the stone steps to climb the city, blocked the gate, put sandbags on the female wall, and piled up several large slopes with earth on the front of the wall to make it easier for soldiers to go up to the city. The defense of the wall is reversed.

At this moment in Guancheng, Wu Sangui was leading the generals to patrol. He stopped by the Guanlou and looked at the Ming army in the Guanxia company battalion. 3 people."

Wu Sangui looked at the closed tents and the crowds in the Ming army camp, and took a breath, "I thought that after Yuan Zongdi was surrounded, Sichuan would not have many soldiers to fight. At most, we only need to defend Guizhou. Since we can gather more than 5 people under Guanxia.”

Wang Deren's entry into Sichuan was something Jin Guo didn't expect. Hauge thought that he would suddenly break the contract and could catch Ming Dynasty by surprise, but he didn't expect Wang Yan to be on guard against him and knew what shit he wanted to do, so he called in 3 people .

According to the original plan, Hauge continued to encircle Hezhou, and Wu Sangui's number of ten thousand and five could even reach Chongqing, and then block the Ming army in Guizhou.

However, the Ming army had an extra 3 people, which disrupted the Jin army's plan. Wu Sangui could only rely on Fotuguan to block the attack to buy time for Haoge to annihilate Yuan Zongdi.

"My lord, the Ming army has just arrived, do you want to lead two thousand cavalry in humble positions, and go out to touch the camp tonight?"

As the number of Ming troops increased, the possibility of breaking through Fotu Pass also increased. Wu Sangui's generals were not as relaxed as before, and they all felt the pressure. Wu Zhimao stepped forward and made a suggestion.

In the battle of Wanxian three years ago, Wu Sangui suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, he brought back 3000 people, including many Guanning warriors.

In the past few years, they have been incorporated into the New Eight Banners. Following Hauge's expedition to the west, they won successive victories. The morale and morale that were destroyed by the Ming army in the first battle were gradually recovered in the previous victories, and they became a group of people who can only conquer wars. strong soldiers.

Generally speaking, when the army first arrives at the camp, it is indeed a good time for a sneak attack. Wu Sangui immediately waved to the soldiers after hearing the proposal, and took a binoculars to look at it. , many camps were standing on the hillside, and there were sharp logs poking out of the walls of the village, so he knew there was no chance of a sneak attack.

Wu Sangui put down the binoculars, shook his head, and said: "There are masters in the Ming army who camped, so a sneak attack might not work!"

When all the gold generals heard this, they couldn't help looking at Guanxia one after another. Sure enough, they saw that there were a lot of horses rejected by the Ming camp, and the walls of the village were erected, so it was not easy to sneak attack.

When Wu Sangui was watching from the city, he asked again: "What's the situation with the emperor? How long will it take to capture Hezhou?"

Hu Guozhu was watching Mingying, and when he heard Wu Sangui's question, he hurriedly replied: "The person who sent the letter said that more than 1 people have died. Yuan Zongdi rejected the emperor's surrender several times. I'm afraid it will take some time to break the city." !"

The strength of the Kingdom of Jin is still much weaker than that of the Ming Dynasty, so Hauge originally wanted to besiege Hezhou, causing the Ming army to run out of food, but now it has consumed more than 1 people, which made Wu Sangui take a breath.

Hu Guozhu was also a little melancholy, "How many people will be lost in this siege of Hezhou?"

Wu Sangui was silent for a while, then sighed: "The current situation cannot be stopped! Hezhou must be fought hard, otherwise Yuan Zongdi will run away, and the Ming army still has [-] troops in Eastern Sichuan. This time we attack Eastern Sichuan The action is a failure."

The [-] Ming army gathered in Guanxia, ​​and the Jin army's plan to occupy the entire Sichuan is basically impossible to realize. The best situation now is that Hauge annihilates Yuan Zongdi, and then drives the Ming army back with a great victory. Forced the Ming army to retreat to Chongqing.

As Wu Sangui spoke, he suddenly asked: "Some time ago, I heard that the western thieves invaded Guizhou, so the Ming army in Guizhou never came. Now that the Guizhou Ming army has arrived at Guanxia, ​​have the western thieves been defeated? Has any of you heard the news?"

The Western Army, who was born in the Peasant Army, was regarded as a bandit army both in the Ming Dynasty and in the eyes of the Kingdom of Jin.

"This matter is about to be reported to the prince." Hu Guozhu's face showed a look of anger, "I heard some rumors that the Western Thieves have made peace with the Ming Dynasty, and the Sun Thieves took tens of thousands of horses to seize southern Sichuan. Chuanxi."

"What?" Wu Sangui's eyes almost popped out after hearing this, "The sun thief is going to rob South Sichuan?"

Just when he was in shock, a battle drum was beating in the Ming army camp. At that time, the commander summoned all the generals to drum up a war drum, and there were three times in total.

Wu Sangui's thoughts were pulled back by the sound of the drum, "Guozhu, the Ming army may resume its offensive tomorrow. You send someone to tell the emperor that Hezhou must be captured as soon as possible, and then drive the Ming army across the Yangtze River to end the war in eastern Sichuan as soon as possible, otherwise it will be all cheap." Let the sun thief occupy it!"

(End of this chapter)