On July 18, the Ming army's attack stopped at the city gate, although the Ming army broke through the urn city, but because Sun Kewang sent the old camp men and horses, and personally supervised the battle, the Ming army was blocked in the door hole, and could not break into the city, and the two soldiers in the door hole were almost squeezed into meat cakes.

On the city wall, the Ming army broke through many places, and a team of nearly 100 people even broke into the city from the place where the red-coated cannon collapsed, but because there was no progress at the city gate, the Ming army could not enter the city continuously, but the old battalion of the Western Army rushed to Xicheng from all directions, and finally drove the Ming army out of the city.

After the truce on the day, Sun Kewang let people count the casualties of the Western Army, 4,000 casualties, 2,000 in the old battalion, and less than 2,000 casualties in the Ming Army.

If the old battalion had not been transferred in time to support, I am afraid that the 40,000 miscellaneous soldiers would really not be able to hold it for even a morning, and Luzhou would have fallen.

For a while, he didn't dare to have any ideas to preserve his strength, so he could only arrange less than 30,000 old battalions to participate in the defense of the city in Xicheng, and the two gates of the urn city and the inner city were blocked with stones.

On the side of the Ming army, they failed to capture Luzhou in one go, which made many generals a little unhappy, but in this siege battle, there were 80,000 people in the city, and they only defended one city wall.

Although many generals also know in their hearts that this Luzhou may have to be surrounded for at least a month or two, and it will be attacked more than ten times before it is reasonable to break the city, but many generals feel very sorry for today's siege.

"The straight lady thief, it's almost, blocked at the city gate at the critical moment, I'm angry!" Ma Jinzhong had a hot temper and almost smashed his helmet on the seat.

Several other generals were also very angry, which was also because it was a pity that if Sun Kewang didn't use the old camp, they would have entered the city.

The Western Army began to use some miscellaneous cards, and the Ming army was the same as the old man beating his son, which was called a handy, and almost no casualties were taken to the city, and it was precisely because of this that the generals saw this and naturally decided that the city would be broken, and they were secretly excited to think that victory was within reach, but when they thought they were going to enter the city, Sun Kewang brought the old battalion to support and block them out of the city.

In this way, the gap in the hearts of the generals is naturally very large, and they all feel that it is a pity and a pity, thinking that if they rushed to the front in person at that time, and then made a strong effort, they might break the city.

He Tengjiao was also seven up and eight times a day, he was touched by the morale of the Ming army in the early morning, and his heart was boiling, and when the city gate was loud, he exhaled excitedly, but who wanted to be happy, so his face was more ugly.

The Ming army that attacked Luzhou was mostly a member of the Chu Party, Ma Jinzhong was He Tengjiao's person, Wang Guangtai's three brothers were Wang Yan's people, Wang Guangtai was more careful, seeing Ma Jinzhong's temper, He Tengjiao's face became more and more unsightly, so he came out and said: "Supervisor, although the city has not been broken today, but I know that the city is weak, although there are many people in Luzhou, but the last general seems to be able to fight but not much, the last general thinks that as long as we attack day after day, do not give Sun Kewang a chance to breathe, it will not take a month, the city will be broken!" ”

Hearing him say this, He Tengjiao's face softened a little, "The attack started very smoothly today, and I hope that tomorrow the generals will make persistent efforts to break the city in one fell swoop!" ”

When the generals heard this, they all stood up, and then prepared to salute as promised, but Li Dingguo stood up, "Supervisor, generals, slow down!" ”

He Tengjiao, Ma Jinzhong and others couldn't help frowning when they saw him come out to interrupt. The Ming army is divided into three major factions of Chu, Tang and Lu in the big system, and there are many small factions in the big factions, in the Lu Wang faction, Zhang Mingzhen and Xie Qian are two factions, in the Tang Wang faction, Zheng Chenggong is considered a faction, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren are considered a faction, Sun Shoufa is another faction, and Wang Yan's Chu party faction is even more complicated, there are Yangzhou factions, Shun military factions, Western military factions, He Tengjiao factions, as well as the general faction and local factions, which are extremely complicated.

Of course, this situation is an inevitable phenomenon, some people have struggles, some people have mountains, as long as the factional struggle is controlled within a certain range, wartime struggle for military merits, peacetime struggle for materials, and competition for the allocation of resources of the imperial court, it will not hurt, but if it develops to fight for territory, then the problem will be big.

Wang Yan wanted to rebuild the governor's office of the five armies and reform the military system, which was to prevent the formation of warlords and threaten the central government.

Ma Jinzhong had a violent temper, he was not disgusted with the sudden rise of Li Dingguo, but he also did not have a good impression, he heard Li Dingguo's words interrupt, he was a little unhappy, "General Li, what do you mean?" ”

He Tengjiao also looked at him and said, "What does Dingguo have to say?" ”

Li Dingguo ignored Ma Jinzhong, who was bored, so he could only sit down, but Li Dingguo saluted and said to He Tengjiao at this time: "Supervisor, the last general thinks that it is better not to continue the siege tomorrow, so as not to hurt morale." ”

When He Tengjiao heard this, his face was a little bad, "You mean tomorrow, you still can't break the city!" ”

"Is General Li growing the morale of others and destroying his own prestige!" Ma Jinzhong turned sideways and said: "Sun Kewang is just a rogue, it is not difficult to destroy it, as long as the siege city is as strong as it is today, keep it and break the city!" ”

Li Dingguo is also from the Western Army, listening to Ma Jinzhong's words, his face sank, in fact, Ma Jinzhong didn't want to humiliate him, because he himself was also born in a rogue, the eldest brother didn't laugh at the second brother, he said this, purely because he felt that if he worked harder, Luzhou would be broken, and Li Dingguo didn't let him fight, so he was naturally annoyed.

After all, Li Dingguo was a pioneer officer, and along the way, he recruited Di Sanpin, defeated 20,000 Western troops, and established a beachhead for the army, so that the army could cross the river smoothly, and he had made enough contributions.

Li Dingguo is full of food and drink, but Ma Jinzhong has not yet opened, so let him not fight at this time, isn't it not that he will not be allowed to make meritorious contributions?

Seeing this, Wang Guangtai came out again to persuade peace, and said with a smile: "The two armies are fighting, our one heart is the most important, Madu Town should not be in a hurry, General Li said this, there must be his reason, it doesn't hurt for us to listen to it." ”

He Tengjiao nodded with a calm face, "Dingguo, tell me what you think!" ”

Li Dingguo cleaned up his mood, and then said: "Supervisor, defending the city today, Sun Kewang obviously did not use the elite in advance, but used miscellaneous soldiers to consume us, and finally had to do the best of it." ”

Speaking of this, Li Dingguo looked at Ma Jinzhong, softened his tone, and took the initiative to show goodwill, "Today, Madu Town and Wang Du Town almost broke the city, and Sun Kewang will be shocked into a cold sweat, he will definitely not dare to defend the city with miscellaneous soldiers, and tomorrow the old camp will definitely go to the city and strengthen the defense, in this way, we will attack hard, I'm afraid we won't be able to please it!" ”

These words made Ma Jinzhong feel a little comfortable, but he didn't change his opinion, and interjected loudly: "His old battalion is going to the city, won't we fight?" My old horse is the elite. ”

He Tengjiao looked at Li Dingguo and wanted to hear him explain, Sun Kewang couldn't send elite guards to guard it, so he wouldn't attack the city.

Li Dingguo was about to say, but Wang Guangtai raised his eyebrows and stood up, "Is General Li worried about Haoge?" ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts sank, and He Tengjiao's heart sank, "Didn't this governor ask Wang Guangen to lead 10,000 people to Doushan Town to guard against the Jin army, and he was ready?" ”

"Supervisor, if Hauge wants to go south, I'm afraid 10,000 people won't be able to stop it." Li Dingguo worried: "The last general is afraid that we will consume too much in Luzhou, and the Jin army will suddenly kill." ”

He Tengjiao was also very worried about Haoge, and he could even be said to be a little scared, he was silent for a while, and suddenly asked Wang Guangtai: "Wang Guangen, these days, is there any news coming back?" ”

Wang Guangtai's heart tightened, "Supervisor, Guangen said that the Jin army blocked the passage to the south and guarded it tightly at various checkpoints, and he didn't find any valuable information. ”

After he said this, Li Dingguo's face sank, and He Tengjiao stopped talking.