Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 979 Getting Started with Layout
There is a Yongning River in the southwest of Luzhou City. It originates at the junction of Yunnan and Sichuan, passes through Xuzhou Prefecture and Luzhou Naxi area, and then flows into the Yangtze River. The total length is more than [-] miles.

At the confluence of the Yongning River and the Yangtze River, a group of cavalry galloped along the Yongning River. After walking for more than two miles, the leader suddenly reined in his horse, and all the cavalry behind stopped instantly.

Wang Fuchen rode his horse to Li Dingguo's side, pointed at the bend in the river with his whip, "It's just ahead!"

Hearing the words, Li Dingguo didn't speak, but clamped his horse's belly, urged the horse to continue galloping, and soon passed the corner, and immediately saw hundreds of boats of all sizes hidden in the river.

These were exactly the boats that Wang Fuchen used to cross the river with 5000 men and horses. He pulled them into the river and hid them, leaving 100 men to guard them.

From afar, Li Dingguo saw hundreds of ships of all sizes, their masts stood tall, their sails were all retracted, and their bows were dragged to the river beach to run aground, lying quietly so as not to be washed away by the current.

Sun Kewang burned many ships on the south bank, but he did not destroy all the ships, because he needed to consider that in case the Ming army was repelled, he also needed ships to connect the two sides of the Yangtze River.

"Okay!" Li Dingguo was overjoyed when he saw the boat, turned his head to Wang Fuchen and said, "General Wang, this is a great achievement, and I will report it to the supervisor and the court to fight for better treatment for you."

"Don't dare to do it, this is what sinners should do." Wang Fuchen hurriedly clasped his fists immediately.

Li Dingguo smiled slightly, not talking nonsense, and immediately ordered: "Youming, you lead someone to take over the ship, don't make any mistakes."

"The general obeys orders!" Yu Youming immediately cupped his fists.

Li Dingguo nodded slightly, then pulled the rein of the horse and turned the horse's head, "Let's go back to the camp!"

The time came to August [-]th. Since the Ming army attacked the city on July [-]th, the Ming army had not attacked the city for almost a month.

Hauge had already arrived in Fushun, and he knew everything about the situation in Luzhou City, and it was precisely because he was so clear that he was a little anxious.

The autumn wind in August is cool everywhere, and the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant. For southerners, the weather is very comfortable and refreshing, but for outsiders like Hauge, it is still a bit hot.

In order to escape the summer heat, the Jin army was stationed in the woods beside the Tuojiang River.

This was a very dangerous act, and it was easy for the enemy to set fire to the camp, but Hauge had nothing to fear, because he sent troops to defend the pass in the south, and neither the Ming army nor Sun Kewang had the energy to pay attention to him.

At this time, in Hauge's big tent, he was only wearing a white underwear with his chest open, pacing around a sand table.

His image, if the emperor of the Han nationality, would be out of dignity, but Meng Qiaofang and others in the tent did not make any suggestions about it. After all, Hauge is a Manchu and cannot stand so many rules of the Han people. The following ministers set his standards , Then he took the initiative to relax a lot.

"What's going on with He Tengjiao? It's been almost a month and he still hasn't attacked. What is he thinking? Does he want to trap Sun Kewang to death?"

Hauge stood in front of the sand table and looked at Luzhou City feeling a little depressed. He waited for the Ming army and Sun Kewang to fight, and then he came to clean up the mess. He didn't fight in Luzhou, so he was naturally impatient.

"Your Majesty, did He Tengjiao stop the attack because He Tengjiao discovered our presence?"

Meng Qiaofang came out to salute and said that this was the only explanation he could think of.

Hauge pondered for a while, and felt that what Meng Qiaofang said made sense, so he nodded slightly as he looked at him, took a breath and said, "It's really possible, although I ordered the pass to the south to be closed to prevent anyone from leaking the news, but this in itself is a problem." Abnormal behavior, if the Ming army is alert, they will find the abnormality."

Hauge said, paced again, he walked back and forth twice, stopped again, and said in a somewhat incomprehensible way: "He Tengjiao is really unreasonable. If he finds me, he will either think about it. Take Luzhou as soon as possible, and then fight with Zhen, or give up the siege, retreat to the south bank, and find another opportunity, if he surrounds and does not attack, isn't it a waste of food and grass?"

"Your Majesty, no matter what He Tengjiao's thoughts are, he and Sun Kewang are not in a hurry. We are watching a play next to us, can't we still hold our breath?" Transported to Luzhou, the road is rough and the loss is huge, and our army directly adjusts food from Chengdu, can he still consume more energy than us?"

Haug nodded after hearing this, "It makes sense, if He Tengjiao is willing to spend, I will accompany them to spend, and see who can't hold on first! If he retreats to the south bank, I will swallow Sun Kewang! Of course, if the two of them fight , that would be the best, and I can reap the benefits and decide the overall situation of the Southwest in a single battle."

In the three situations Haug mentioned, it seems that he is already invincible, like a bully, he has to take advantage of everything.

As far as these three situations are concerned, Hauge still hoped that both the Ming army and the Western army would suffer losses, and he did not want the main force of the Ming army to retreat to the south bank, because this would become a major threat to the Kingdom of Jin, so he wanted to wipe out He Tengjiao's main force in one fell swoop. It made it difficult for the Ming army to gather the same number of troops in the southwest, so he would have no worries in Sichuan.

Seeing Hauge calm down, Meng Qiaofang and others in the tent were about to salute after hearing his words, and said, "The emperor is wise." But at this moment, the curtain was lifted by Sonny, and he walked into the tent with the wind , He saluted Haoge and said: "Your Majesty, He Tengjiao has begun to attack Luzhou."

Hauge was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and was immediately overjoyed. He didn't expect that He Tengjiao, who had been in the city for almost a month without any movement, would suddenly attack Luzhou, making the whole war develop in the direction Hauge most hoped for.

"What's going on? When did the attack start?" Hauge asked immediately.

Sony saluted and replied: "According to the reports from the spies, the attack started last night. The momentum is very large, and the shouts of killing can be heard for miles."

"He Tengjiao, why did you attack suddenly and choose night?" Hauge asked without a specific target.

The ministers of the Kingdom of Jin in the tent listened for a while, and Meng Qiaofang pondered for a while, guessing: "Your Majesty, is it because He Tengjiao consumes a lot of food and grass, and finds that the more delays are more unfavorable, and he is reluctant to retreat empty-handed, so he changed his strategy and chose to attack fiercely. Occupying Luzhou in a short period of time, won't we have an opportunity?"

He paused for a moment, "As for the choice of night, it may be because of the heat of the day and the inability to continue the attack, so he changed his strategy and continued to attack at night in order to crush Sun Kewang."

Hauge listened carefully and pondered for a while. He couldn't think of other possibilities, so he simply didn't want to. As long as the two sides fought, it would be a good thing for him, and he didn't need to care about so many details.

At that moment, Hauge waved his hand, "No matter what He Tengjiao thinks, as long as they fight, they will fall right into my arms!" As he spoke, he looked at Sony with a serious face, "From today onwards, the battle situation in Luzhou will be reported to me sooner, later, and later. Once, the scouts wanted to get a clear picture of the situation in Luzhou, and the army was ready to attack suddenly!"

Hauge glanced at the crowd and said solemnly: "Do you understand?"

(End of this chapter)