Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 975 Taking the initiative to ask for help
On the official road to Luzhou, the grain transportation team of the Ming army marched against the scorching sun. Qianhu, the leader, rode on a mule horse, wiped off his sweat, and looked at the long-drawn team, feeling a little anxious.

Entering Sichuan is not easy, and the roads are difficult. Before the war, the Ming army stationed a large amount of grain in Chongqing. After He Tengjiao attacked Luzhou, the Ming army was indeed transporting grain from Chongqing, but Chongqing did not produce much grain. Wu Sangui’s troops were stationed opposite Wang Deren. It is also necessary to save some family property. The daily consumption of more than [-] horses in Luzhou is huge, and Chongqing alone cannot do it. Therefore, the Ming army can only transport some grain from Guizhou to Luzhou.

"Hurry up!" The Qianhu officer's name is Wu Wenkai, who was from the Five Zhong Army and is now a Qianhu of Zunyi's garrison army. He urged loudly, "We'll rest when we arrive at Yongningwei!"

Although the Ming army occupied Yongningwei, during the war, the outside of the city was not peaceful and bandits were rampant. Wu Wenkai still had to be careful. After all, the main force of the Ming army was on the front line, and his grain guards were all local government soldiers, that is, The level of the militia, in case something happens and the deadline is not met, it will be punished and beheaded.

Under his urging, the grain team sped up a bit, walked for a while, and entered a corner of the official road, and at this moment, there was a sudden sound of cannons in the woods on both sides, and dense arrow rain shot out from the forest, protecting the grain. The soldiers on both sides of the car were caught off guard, and most of them were shot down in an instant.

"Don't panic!"

Wu Wenkai turned pale with fright, swung his knife to push away the arrows, and the team on the official road was already in chaos under the sudden attack.

The Western Army lying in ambush on both sides did not give him enough time to react. After a wave of arrows hit his head and face, Wang Fuchen swung his saber, "Kill!" Similarly, he rushed out of the woods and entered the grain transportation team, hacking and killing wantonly.

Wu Wenkai pulled the reins to stabilize the mules and horses, looked around in panic, and found that there were at least 5000 bandit soldiers rushing out. A thousand of his soldiers were suddenly attacked, and nearly a hundred of them had already died. He was definitely not an opponent. He immediately shouted: ,"retreat!"

After shouting, Wu Wen pulled out his horse and ran to Yongning Guard in the north. Hearing the sound, the government soldiers and civilian husbands followed closely behind and ran north. The western army shot and killed them with bows and arrows. After chasing for a while, they killed hundreds of people before stopping the pursuit. .

Most of the food protection team ran away, and the soldiers and civilians above and below the official road were not opponents of the Western Army at all, and they were all killed in a short while.Wang Fuchen walked out of the woods, saw the scattered mule carts and wheelbarrows, jumped on a mule cart, stabbed a knife into the sack above, and leaked white rice, he was immediately overjoyed, this is at least ten thousand stones of grain, enough for him to eat a period of time.

"Take away the food and hide it in the mountains!"

Four days later, Li Dingguo hurried into He Tengjiao's big tent at the Ming army camp in the west of Luzhou City, and saw a thousand household officials kneeling in the tent.

When He Tengjiao saw Li Dingguo coming in, he said, "The food brought from Guizhou was robbed by bandits!"

Li Dingguo was a little surprised, walked to the center of the tent, first saluted He Tengjiao, then looked at the kneeling Qianhu, and asked anxiously: "What's the matter? How many people are there on the other side, and they can actually rob the food team?"

The grain transportation team had at least a thousand guards, and it was the lifeblood of the Ming army. Once it was touched, it would become a key target of the government's attack. Therefore, if it was not too long-term, and they were not afraid of attracting retaliation from the officers and soldiers, generally no one would touch it.

"Reporting to the general, I led [-] government soldiers to guard the grain carts. When I walked fifty miles south of Yongningwei, I was suddenly attacked by [-] rebels. I couldn't resist, so I threw away the grain." Qianhu said in shame.

"Five thousand thieves?" Li Dingguo pondered for a while, "What banner are they playing?"

"I haven't seen the banner, but it's definitely not a bandit. I asked the officials in Yongning. Yongning doesn't have such a large number of bandits."

He Tengjiao was a little irritable in his heart. After Qianhu finished speaking, he waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, you get back! Losing food and grass is a capital crime, but if you report the letter in time, capital punishment can be avoided. stick!"

"Thank you for not killing me!" Qianhu hurriedly kowtowed, and then hurried out of the account.

At this time, He Tengjiao said: "It seems that the western army has fled behind us. Now there is a problem with the food road, and the army has not attacked for six or seven days. If this continues, when will Luzhou be taken?"

Li Dingguo prevented He Tengjiao from continuing to attack Luzhou, but he did not give a way to take Luzhou. The Ming army has been stationed under the city for a long time, and it is not a solution. Now that the grain road is threatened again, the Ming army in Luzhou can also always count on it to be transferred from Chongqing. , the situation becomes more subtle.

The scouts sent by the Ming army to investigate in Fushun did not return, which made Li Dingguo even more convinced that the Jin army had arrived in Fushun and was waiting for the Ming army and Sun Kewang to fight.

Now the situation of the Ming army is a bit of a dilemma. It is hard to eat Luzhou, and it is in the arms of the Jin army. The situation in the southwest will be very unfavorable.

Li Dingguo knew that He Tengjiao was in a hurry, and complained to him, he was silent for a while, and thought for a while, "Master, how did the five thousand western troops get behind us?"

He Tengjiao looked at him suspiciously, not understanding what he meant, "Naturally, he slipped past while we were not paying attention."

Di Sanpin, the general of the Western Army stationed in Yongning, surrendered to the Ming Army. The Ming Army was well aware of the deployment of the Western Army's troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Luzhou is surrounded by water on three sides. If this group entered the Tuojiang River first, and then entered the Yangtze River by boat, the Ming army would definitely be able to see it. Then they could only bypass the river from the upstream before the Ming army crossed the river. .

Crossing the river with a raft is time-consuming, and the second is to choose a suitable venue, otherwise it is easy to be washed away by the current, because in the current, it is difficult for the raft to control the direction, and the boat can indeed resist the current with sails and oars.

In the upper reaches of Luzhou, there are not many places suitable for crossing the river with rafts. The nearby ones are easy to be discovered by the Ming army, and the farther ones are more than a hundred miles away. Going too far and spending a lot of time building rafts is a waste of food and grass. This team is probably used The river the boat crosses.

Li Dingguo suddenly cupped his fists, "Master, the general may have a way to break the city."

The weather was so hot that He Tengjiao was about to drink his saliva. After hearing what he said, he was overjoyed instinctively, but he calmed down soon. How could it be so easy.

"What way?" He Tengjiao didn't quite believe it, but he put down his cup and asked.

"Please, the supervisor, hand over the matter of clearing up the bandits and guarding the food road to the general!" Li Dingguo did not answer, but first asked He Tengjiao for orders, and then said with some excitement: "Perhaps this time not only can Luzhou be taken, but also Haoge can be hit hard. , to avenge Eastern Sichuan!"

Li Dingguo's words and He Tengjiao always thought it was reasonable and pragmatic, but why did he feel so unreliable today?Take Luzhou, but also hit Hauge hard?

He Tengjiao sighed, waved his hands and said, "Don't mention other things, you first wipe out the western thieves who are disturbing the grain road."

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