Hearing Hu Guozhu's report, Wu Sangui's heart suddenly hung up, the goal of the main force of the Jin army was to take advantage of the fatigue of the main force of the Ming army to capture Luzhou, but now the preset battlefield is different, not the planned Luzhou, but near the Iron Mountain in the north of Luzhou, which has already shown that the original plan has a problem.

Wu Sangui listened to the description, there seemed to be a fierce battle near Tieshan, and his heart immediately tightened, either the main force failed to make a surprise attack, but was ambushed by the Ming army.

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui was shocked, and began to panic a little, and a cold sweat broke out behind his back, if the Jin army really fell into an ambush and was defeated by the Ming army, especially Haoge was very likely to be in the army, once he was captured by the Ming army, then a young country like the Jin country was very likely to fall apart.

Wu Sangui's eyes became gloomy, the more than 40,000 people led by Haoge were the main force of the Jin army in Sichuan, and as soon as the 40,000 people were finished, the Ming army was afraid that they would rush directly to Chengdu, so it would be meaningless for him to guard in eastern Sichuan, so he could only flee to Hanzhong again over the mountains.

"Quick, get the map of southern Sichuan!" Wu Sangui clasped his hands tightly, and suddenly said to the guard.

After a while, the guards took a map, Wu Sangui put it on the table and unfolded it, Hu Guozhu also stood over to watch it together, he saw Wu Sangui's fingers near Luzhou, and then slid to Tieshan, and finally passed through Fushun, Chengdu and went back to eastern Sichuan, and he already had some understanding in his heart.

Now the main force of the Jin army is estimated to be in an ambush, and once the main force is eliminated by the Ming army, the Ming army can drive straight into the Chengdu Plain, directly threatening Chengdu and Baoning, they will be caught on both sides in eastern Sichuan, and the Ming army will outflank the back road, and without Chengdu to transport materials, the Jin army's defense line in eastern Sichuan will not be able to hold out for a month.

"No wonder Wang Deren suddenly attacked, it turned out that the guy wanted to drag us in eastern Sichuan!" Wu Sangui looked at it for a while, straightened up, and looked very solemn.

Hu Guozhu was originally just a little worried about the main force, but when Wu Sangui pointed to the map just now, he understood that once the main force was defeated by the Ming army, the whole of Sichuan would form a chain reaction, and they would also be affected in eastern Sichuan and become a lone army, so he asked urgently, "Lord Wang, what should we do now?" "Wu Sangui has been able to mix up to now, mainly because he can judge the situation and make judgments in his favor, so whether it is the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty or the Jin Kingdom, he is a good mix.

Seeing the situation and understanding the intentions of the Ming army, Wu Sangui quickly calmed down, and now he not only has to worry about Haoge, but also has to consider where his soldiers and horses are going.

Wu Sangui pondered for a moment, and then said to Hu Guozhu: "The emperor's side must not allow mistakes, if the emperor is captured, we will all be finished." "Ming, Shun, Qing, Jin, several forces in the world, Wu Sangui has been there, he keeps changing forces like this, his reputation is naturally very stinky, now except for Jin Guo, there will be no forces that really accept him, he can only protect Jin Guo's stall from falling apart, so he must save Haoge.

"The prince means to give up Chuandong to save the emperor!" Hu Guozhu opened his mouth and said: "But what about Wang Deren, he made it clear that he didn't want us to go!" Wu Sangui was pacing back and forth in the big tent with his hands in his hands, and Wang Deren suddenly attacked, he must have been instructed by He Tengjiao to contain him first, and wanted to wait until he defeated the main force of the Jin army, and then come to clean up his partial division.

"I can't do that much!" Wu Sangui pondered for a long time, waved his hand and said, "We can't stay here any longer, we must leave immediately." As for Wang Deren, he can only be regarded as a general, not a commander, although he is more than brave, but in terms of strategy, he is not ranked in the Ming army! ”

Saying that, Wu Sangui's face showed a fierce color, and he ordered: "We retreat overnight tonight, you send someone to inform the defenders of Wanxian, let them retreat to Chengdu on their own, and then gather the lieutenant general and colonel, choose a trustworthy and reliable person, come and see me!" ”

Hu Guozhu saw that Wu Sangui had made up his mind, and knew that he had made a final decision, so he nodded slowly, solemnly hugged his fist, and went out of the tent to prepare.

It was the fourth watch of the night, under the cover of the thick night, in several Jin army camps on the north bank of the Yangtze River, more than 25,000 Jin troops did not even pack up the camp tents, so they hurriedly retreated to the west under the leadership of Wu Sangui. Wang Deren got He Tengjiao's military order, so he sent a large number of scouts to keep an eye on every move on the north bank.

If it was peacetime, the Jin army said that it would retreat, and the Ming army on the south bank might not be able to find out, but now the Ming army has raised its attention, although the Jin army's actions are secretive, but after all, tens of thousands of people have withdrawn from the camp, and the Ming army can still find out the clues as long as they pay a little attention.

An observation post on the north bank found that the patrol that was supposed to appear once every half an hour did not appear, and there was no mobile patrol torch in the camp of the Jin army.

The officers of the Ming army found the abnormality and immediately sent a ship to investigate, and sure enough, they saw a group of Jin soldiers going against the Yangtze River in the direction of Luzhou, and the entire camp was empty.

After getting He Tengjiao's order, Wang Deren gathered 30,000 people in Chongqing, he knew that once Wu Sangui got the news that Haoge was trapped, he would definitely give up eastern Sichuan to save Haoge, so he gathered his soldiers and horses, and prepared to wait for Wu Sangui to withdraw, so he chased his ass to cover up, so that his retreat and rescue turned into a thousand miles of rout.

In Chongqing Mansion, in Wang Deren's festival hall, many Ming generals were gathered to discuss the next operational deployment.

"Inspector He repeatedly explained in the letter that Wu Sangui cannot be allowed to interfere with the main force's plan to ambush Haoge in the Tuojiang Valley, and Wu Sangui must be contained, what do you think?"

"Duzhen, we are attacking Jiangbei, if Wu Sangui guards the river, then we can wait for Inspector He to destroy Haoge and outflank his back road. If Wu Sangui wanted to save Haoge, we would cross the river all over the river, bite his butt and chase him to death! General Huang Tianlei said with a smile.

?? The generals also agreed, the Ming army surrounded Haoge, it can be said that they have the advantage, as long as they keep an eye on Wu Sangui and drag the main force to eat Haoge, they can easily win.

Many generals in the festival hall looked very excited, and at this moment, a personal guard reported outside the hall, "Qi Yu Governor Town, there is urgent information sent to the observation post!" "Send it in!" Wang Deren raised his eyebrows when he heard this. After a while, a hundred households walked into the festival hall quickly, saluted on one knee and said: "Qi Yu Governor Town, I was ordered to monitor the opposite bank, only to find that the Jin army camp was empty, and the Jin army was heading towards Luzhou." This news caused an uproar among the generals, Wu Sangui withdrew so quickly, which was really more decisive than ordinary people, which was beyond their expectations.

"Heading in the direction of Luzhou? Why? Yu Youming was surprised when he heard this, and asked Baihu: "Are you mistaken!" ”

The generals were also surprised when they reacted, why didn't Wu Sangui go to the direction of Tieshan to save Haoge, but instead kill Luzhou?

Feeling everyone's gaze and looking at themselves, Baihu was a little nervous, but he still insisted: "General Hui, the scout did see a group of Jin troops going up the river and heading towards Luzhou!" ”

Yu Youming frowned, and wanted to say more, but at this time, Wang Deren stood up and said: "Now is not the time to discuss, since the scout has seen it, you must believe the scout." Wu Sangui is cunning, He Inspector's soldiers and horses are surrounding Haoge in the area of Tieshan, he must feel that Luzhou is empty, and we will chase and kill in the direction of Tieshan, so as to kill Ben Luzhou, and want to take advantage of He Commander's unpreparedness to capture Luzhou first, capture He Commander's division, disintegrate the command of our army, and then counterattack Tieshan and Hard Mountain, and Haogeri should cooperate with the outside, and turn defeat into victory. ”

The generals listened and found that it was reasonable, otherwise they could not explain it, and the scouts found out the fact that Jin Bing went to Luzhou.

"If it drags on any longer, Wu Sangui will slip away." Wang Deren stood up and immediately shouted: "Pass the military order of this town, assemble the whole army, and immediately follow me to pursue the Jin army!" ”

If Wu Sangui is allowed to run to the front, taking advantage of He Tengjiao's unpreparedness, and really sneaking up on Luzhou, then the Ming army will be in trouble, and Wang Deren must catch up with Wu Sangui's army as soon as possible, cover up from behind, and annihilate him in one go.

The 30,000 soldiers of Chongqing received the order and immediately began to cross the river, without the Jin army to stop them, they crossed the river quickly, the vanguard took a boat, and the people behind picked up the planks and laid them directly on the iron chains that were not destroyed at the ferry, and soon set up a pontoon bridge.

Wang Deren led thousands of men and horses and set off first, followed by more than 20,000 people to the west.

The Jin army set off before the Ming army, and it took a lot of time for the Ming army to cross the river, so Wang Deren did not gradually catch up with the Jin army that was forcibly marching forty miles away from Luzhou until the afternoon of the next day. "Governor, there!" During the march, a thousand households pointed ahead and suddenly shouted. Wang Deren put his hand on the pergola and looked into the distance, only to see the dust flying more than ten miles ahead, and the flags were overwhelming, he was immediately overjoyed, and pulled out his war knife and shouted: "Rush directly to the past!" ”