Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 992 The Bad News

Wu Sangui led the people to the outside of the tent, and after a while, he saw Hu Guozhu leading several people over, one of them was over forty, eight feet long, tall and tall, but looked very haggard.

The man walked to the front of the tent and saw a group of people standing outside the tent from a distance. He immediately took a deep breath, put away his haggard look, and tilted his head to ask Hu Guozhu next to him. After getting the answer, his expression changed, and he suddenly panicked. After walking a few steps, he arrived in front of Wu Sangui and saluted directly: "Prince Pingxi greets him personally, Sun is terrified!"

After finishing speaking, Sun Kewang was about to salute on one knee, but Wu Sangui dragged him back, "General Sun is a hero in the world, so this king will naturally treat him with courtesy on behalf of the Holy One."

Sun Kewang was held back by him, as if he had let out a sigh of relief, his bent leg immediately straightened up, he smiled awkwardly, "A certain person was defeated in Luzhou, and now he has become a bereaved dog. Regardless of past suspicions, please take Pingxi King in!"

Wu Sangui looked Sun Kewang up and down, and secretly thought that Sun Kewang could bend and stretch, but he still seemed a little unwilling in his heart.

Wu Sangui didn't know the attitude of the court of the Kingdom of Jin towards Sun Kewang, so he decided to make a good gesture for the time being to give Sun Kewang some face. Know something about Luzhou.

"General Sun, don't be cautious. Let's enter the tent first. I just happen to have a few things I would like to ask you!" After a group of people entered the tent, Wu Sangui sat back in the commander's seat and asked someone to give Sun Kewang an extra seat on the left. Very polite.

After sitting down, Wu Sangui said: "General Sun has held on to Luzhou for more than a month. Although he lost Luzhou, he must have dealt heavy losses to the Ming army. This time he is in this king's army, so he will take a good rest first. Let General Sun take revenge!"

Sun Kewang knew the state of mind of the present country. Hauge didn't send troops in Fushun because he wanted to wait for both him and the Ming army to suffer, and then come back to reap the benefits.

This made Sun Kewang secretly resent him, but now that he was too poor to vote, and decided to board the Jin Kingdom's boat, he had to consider it for the Jin Kingdom, so as not to misunderstand the Jin army.

After Sun Kewang heard this, he shook his head, with a hint of resentment on his face, "King Pingxi misunderstood, although Sun has been fighting against the Ming army in Luzhou for more than a month, the Ming army has very little time to actually attack, and this time Luzhou fell. , it was entirely because of the conspiracy of the Ming army to attack the west, and the betrayal of the generals, Sun did not cause huge damage to the Ming army!"

After Sun Kewang entered the Yangtze River downstream from the Tuojiang River, he was chased by Ming army ships. He knew very well that the Ming army could not have ships in Luzhou. The Ming army acquired a large number of ships.

If you want to understand this point, you can infer the entire plan of the Ming army through the abnormal actions of the Ming army in recent days.

The Ming army must have obtained the ship first, and after the possibility of raiding the south city from the river, they surrounded the south city and made a plan to make a feint attack on the west city to attract his attention.

As for why the Ming army chose night, it was to cover the ships from being discovered. At the same time, the attack on Xicheng at night also made it difficult for him to find out that it was a feint attack, which attracted his attention.

Wu Sangui was taken aback when he heard Sun Kewang's words, and the generals in the tent also began to discuss in a low voice.

Didn't Sun Kewang mean that the Ming army was not exhausted from attacking Luzhou?

In the battle of a piece of stone, the Qing army was able to reap the benefits because he and Li Zicheng were inseparable from each other. Although he was at a disadvantage, Li Zicheng would never want to defeat him easily.

According to Sun Kewang's words, the Western Army does not seem to have the capabilities of the Guan Ning Army. When they fought against the Ming Army, they were not evenly matched, but one-sided.

If the Ming army still maintains considerable strength and energy, it is not certain whether the main force of the Jin army will be able to defeat the Ming army by culling from Fushun.

"General Sun! I don't know when you retreated from Luzhou, but did you know if the main force of our army went south?" Wu Sangui asked a little anxiously.

Sun Kewang shook his head. In fact, he had some secret resentment in his heart. If Jin Guo had sent troops south when he asked for help, then he would not have lost Luzhou. It will not be the same as now, deciding to surrender to Jin.

Sun Kewang shook his head, and sighed: "A certain broke through overnight, and I don't know the follow-up situation in Luzhou!" Wu Sangui frowned. It seemed that there was not much news that he could get from Sun Kewang. The personal guard said: "Send spies to quickly find out the situation in the direction of Luzhou, and then send someone to contact the emperor to see if the army has gone south."

Hearing the words, the personal guard quickly took orders, then turned around and left the tent.

On the Yangtze River, Sun Kewang's fleet landed from Dadukou. After the troops entered Wu Sangui's defense area, the Ming army's fleet, which had chased all the way from Luzhou, also arrived in Chongqing.

When Yu Youming and others went to the south bank, they were led into the city of Chongqing by soldiers of the Ming army.

In Wang Deren's festival hall, Yu Youming saluted Wang Deren, explained the battle situation in Luzhou, and then explained the Ming army's plan to ambush the main force of the Jin army. Finally, he handed over a warrant and said solemnly: "Wang Deren Duzhen, besides being ordered to hunt down Sun Kewang, the last general also brought you a general order from the governor. Right now, the main force of our army is setting up an ambush in the Tuojiang Valley. If nothing else, the main force of the Jin army will be besieged by our army. The governor hoped that Wang Duzhen could restrain Wu Sangui on the other side, and not let him divide his troops to save the main force of the Jin army." Wang Deren was surprised when he heard the words, he did not expect that the battle was fought so well, and the main force of the Jin army was all under the plan of the governor During the process, he hurriedly took over the warrant, opened it for a look, then closed it solemnly, nodded hurriedly and said: "This town knows what the supervisor means!"

Wu Sangui and Sun Kewang were talking in the tent. Seeing that he could not get any more news, he was about to end the meeting, but at this moment, a burst of rumbling cannons suddenly rang out.

Sun Kewang has already landed, why is the Ming army so aggressive, his mother has a lot of guns and gunpowder, can they just let them go?

Wu Sangui frowned slightly, one of the generals suddenly opened the curtain and came in, reporting: "My lord, the Ming army on the south bank seems to have signs of crossing the river!"

"What?" Wu Sangui and many generals in the tent were shocked when they heard that the Ming army was actually preparing to cross the river at this time.

Wu Sangui stood up abruptly. He had been preparing for many days and hadn't started crossing the river to attack. The Ming army started to cross the river first. This made him a little confused. He didn't know what the Ming army was going to do. "Let's go and see!"

On this day, the artillery of the Ming army on the south bank suddenly began to bombard the coastal fortifications of the Jin army. Several Ming army squads, under the cover of the artillery, tried to attack the north bank by boat.

Wu Sangui led the generals to personally command and block the attack. Although the Ming army was repelled, some of the ships brought by Sun Kewang were taken away by the Ming army.

The abnormal behavior of the Ming army made Wu Sangui a little confused. He even suspected that Wang Deren was playing tricks and bluffing, but actually wanted to escape.

But two days later, even though the news from Luzhou came, he understood Wang Deren's intentions, it was not that the Ming army on the south bank wanted to run away, but Wang Deren was worried that he would run away.

In Wu Sangui's tent, Hu Guozhu reported with a serious face, "My lord, the scouts sent to Luzhou have just returned to camp."

Seeing his expression, Wu Sangui's heart skipped a beat, and he stood up and asked, "How is it?"

Sun Kewang's words made him a little uneasy, but Wang Deren's abnormality made him even more suspicious. Perhaps the battle of Luzhou would not be as simple as Jin Guo thought.

The battle of Luzhou this time is related to the future situation of Jin Kingdom. If it is fought well, Jin Kingdom will become a hegemony. If it is not fought well, the Ming army will definitely take advantage of the situation to recover Sichuan.

As the King of Jin, Wu Sangui had to be nervous. This was related to the fortune of the Jin Kingdom and also to his personal future.

"The scouts went deep into Luzhou for 120 miles, and until the city of Luzhou, there was no trace of the main force, and there was no trace of a battle." Hu Guozhu said in a deep voice: "Another team of scouts went to Fushun along the Tuojiang River to investigate. I learned from the countryside that a few days ago At night, a large army went northward along the Tuojiang River, stretching back and forth for several miles, and headed straight for Fushun. The scouts ventured to continue their investigation, and when they arrived at Xishan Town, which was located at the south mouth of the Tuojiang Valley, they saw military flags flying in the town, and countless Ming troops Gather together, and on the Iron Mountain and Hard Zishan Mountain in the north, the sound of guns rumbles and the smoke rises, there is no doubt that a fierce battle is taking place."

(End of this chapter)