Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 968 Waiting for the Opportunity

In the city of Luzhou, Sun Kewang also watched the blocking battle on the river beach. The whole process took less than half an hour, and the 2 troops were completely defeated.

He wanted to consume the Ming army with bandits, but bandits were bandits, and they could do it alone, but they were vulnerable to a regular army.

On the river beach, the Ming army pursued them across the board. The musketeers chased them a few steps away, raised their muskets on one knee, and fired.

At this time, more and more Ming troops crossed the river on rafts from the south bank. After the forward 6000 troops crossed the river, the follow-up troops also began to cross the river. Looking back, he saw the forward of the Ming army chasing him from behind, and he was frightened and fled frantically.

Sun Kewang didn't expect the Ming army to be so powerful. He thought that 2 people could stop the Ming army for at least half a day and cause a lot of casualties to the Ming army.

His plan to kill two birds with one stone did not come true, and he shot himself with an arrow. The Western Army on the city saw that the blocking troops were defeated so quickly, and their morale was immediately drained, while he walked down the city wall with a gloomy face, not wanting to look any more.

Thousands of Li Dingguo chased and killed 10 defeated troops. He had also experienced this kind of scene before. When he followed Zhang Xianzhong, tens of thousands of people were often beaten to collapse by tens of thousands of elite officers and fled. He watched the defeated soldiers There was an extra sigh in his heart. Seeing that he was approaching Luzhou, he immediately waved his hand, "Retreat, stop chasing!"

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Hauge failed to drive Sun Kewang out of southern Sichuan. After the first battle in Fushun, he basically accepted the fact that he occupied western Sichuan and Sun Kewang controlled Luzhou and other places.

Therefore, he returned the army to Jiading Prefecture and Chengdu Prefecture to rest and reorganize. He wanted to wait for the right time to fight again after recovering his strength.

But not long after he returned to Chengdu, Sun Kewang's envoy followed him and brought two letters. One was written by Sun Kewang, and the content was that he hoped to maintain peace with him and jointly fight against the Ming army. Wang Yan's surrender letter to Sun Kewang.

The content of the two letters surprised him the most was the letter written by Wang Yan to Sun Kewang. The envoys from the Kingdom of Jin had been in Nanjing for a long time, but the negotiations had never progressed. He already suspected that the Ming Dynasty was deliberately delaying.

This made Hauge feel a sense of crisis, and hurriedly summoned the ministers to come to discuss, and asked in the hall of the palace: "What do you think, dear dears?"

Meng Qiaofang is Hauge's chief minister of the cabinet. He and several ministers read the letter and after thinking about it for a while, they said in a deep voice: "Not long ago, Han Xueshi sent a letter, saying that he proposed a condition for attacking Sun Kewang with Ming. Yan expressed his great appreciation, and it seems that the contract may be signed, but this letter from Wang Yan revealed the intention of the Ming Dynasty. I guess Han Xueshi was plotted by Wang Yan, and the Ming Dynasty did not intend to truce, but wanted to Using us to oppress Sun Kewang, forcing Sun Kewang to surrender to the Ming Dynasty under pressure, and in this way, the Ming Dynasty will have no worries in the southwest, and the next target must be us."

If Sun Kewang surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the Jin Army would be threatened by the Western Army and the Ming Army. This shocked Hauge, who had not driven Sun Kewang out of southern Sichuan, and felt a crisis.

"I will absolutely not allow the Ming Dynasty to monopolize Sun Kewang." Hauge's face was gloomy. "Sun Kewang sent these two letters. What is the meaning? Is there any evil intention?"

Sun Kewang snatched Haoge's fruit, which made him hate Sun Kewang very much. In addition, he had competed with Sun Kewang for southern Sichuan not long ago, and the swordsmen met, so that the two sides did not have a sense of trust. alert.

Meng Qiaofang sneered, "Your Majesty is aware of Sun Thief's letters, but he knows that he is not willing to go to Nanjing to be a duke, and Wang Yan's oppression did not make him succumb. It is obvious that he sent these two letters for the purpose of hoping He can make a truce with us and use our power to fight against the Ming Dynasty, but Sun Thief is cunning, so it may not be that he did not have the intention of pulling us into the war, let us fight the Ming Dynasty, and resolve the crisis for him."

Hauge nodded and understood Meng Qiaofang's meaning, "Your lips are dead and your teeth are cold. If you don't save Sun Kewang, I will definitely suffer the consequences, but I can't take advantage of Sun Kewang, and let Dajin and the Ming army lose and suffer a lot."

"Your Majesty is wise! The West Thief has been fighting with our Dynasty for several months and has not lost an obvious disadvantage. It is not easy for the Ming Dynasty to deal with Sun Thief. I think that our Dynasty must rescue, but we need to choose a favorable time. It is best to wait for the West Thief When I am exhausted from fighting with the Ming army, I will send another soldier over." Meng Qiaofang stood up and talked politely, "In this way, I can easily defeat the Ming army and at the same time take the opportunity to annex the sun thief. It’s a great thing to kill two birds with one stone.”

The Ming Dynasty wanted to swallow Sun Kewang, and in the future there would only be Ming, Jin, and Qing in the world. It was impossible for Jin to renew the alliance with the Ming Dynasty, so it could only stand by Dorgon's side against the increasingly powerful Ming Dynasty.

"Okay, let's do it according to Meng Qing's intention!" Hauge smiled, "Go on, tell Sony not to attack the area controlled by Sun Kewang in the near future, and show Sun Kewang some kindness, so that he can feel at ease with the Ming Dynasty." Fight, and then order the scouts to strengthen the investigation in the direction of Luzhou, I will keep track of Sun Kewang's news at any time, and finally send an order to all the troops to rest and get ready to attack at any time!"

In the hall, the ministers of the Kingdom of Jin and the Emperor Qi Dao, Shengming, took orders one after another.

After this discussion, the Kingdom of Jin began to prepare for the battle and rest, preparing to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

On this day, in Chengdu, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin was temporarily visiting, and Hauge was asking the prefect of Chengdu about the irrigation of the rice fields after the spring planting.

The Chengdu Plain is the granary of the Kingdom of Jin, providing more than [-]% of the country's grain. However, since March this year, the precipitation in the Chengdu Plain has been scarce, and the possibility of drought has made Hauge a little worried, so he focused on it.

In the lobby of the palace, Hauge summoned the prefect of Chengdu and the prefects of several counties below to give them face-to-face instructions.

Generally speaking, officials of this rank would not be summoned by the emperor, so several officials were very panicked and excited at the same time.

In terms of local governance, Hauge still relies heavily on these Hanchens. A few years ago, he had a truce with the Ming army, and the Kingdom of Jin had a relatively peaceful environment. The land is also slowly recovering. Last year, it no longer needed the government subsidies of the Kingdom of Jin and was able to achieve self-sufficiency.

However, from the start of the Eastern Sichuan War last year to now, the previous peaceful days no longer exist, and the national treasury has become empty due to the consumption of the war, so Hauge pays great attention to the production in the Chengdu Plain.

"There is little rainfall this year. The officials of Qin Tianjian said that there may be drought. The food in the Chengdu Plain is the foundation of the imperial court. Chengdu and the counties below must organize people to dredge the channels to ensure that the rice fields can have enough water for irrigation. Be prepared to fight the drought, and if there is a problem under someone's rule, I will definitely let him come to see him."

Hauge glanced at several officials and gave serious instructions, but suddenly the guards outside came in to report, saying, "Report to the emperor, the Meng Pavilion has something to report!"

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