There is a Yongning River in the southwest of Luzhou City, which originates at the junction of Yunnan and Sichuan, passes through Xuzhou Prefecture and Luzhou Naxi area, and then flows into the Yangtze River, with a total length of more than 300 miles.

At the confluence of the Yongning River and the Yangtze River, a team of cavalry galloped by the Yongning River, probably walking more than two miles, and the leader suddenly reined in the war horse, and the cavalry behind stopped instantly.

Wang Fuchen hit his horse to Li Dingguo's side, and pointed to the bend of the river with a horsewhip, "It's just ahead!" ”

Li Dingguo did not speak, but clamped the horse's belly, urged the horse to continue galloping, and soon passed the corner, and immediately saw hundreds of large and small boats hidden in the river.

These are the boats used by Wang Fuchen's 5,000 men and horses to cross the river, which he pulled into the river and hidden, leaving a hundred people to guard.

Li Dingguo looked at it from a distance, hundreds of large and small ships, their masts towering, their sails all retracted, and their bows dragged to the river beach to run aground, lying quietly so as not to be swept away by the current.

Sun Kewang burned a lot of ships on the south bank, but he didn't destroy all of them, because he needed to consider that if he repelled the Ming army, he also needed ships to connect with both sides of the Yangtze River.

"Good!" When Li Dingguo saw the ship, he was immediately overjoyed, turned his head to Wang Fuchen and said: "General Wang, this is a great achievement, and then I will report to the superintendent and report to the court to fight for a better treatment for you." ”

"Don't dare to be, it's all sinners should do." Wang Fuchen was busy clenching his fists on his horse.

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

"The last general obeys!" Yu Youming immediately clenched his fists.

Li Dingguo bowed slightly, then pulled the reins of the horse, turned the horse's head, "Go, go back to the camp!" ”

The time came on August 13, and after the Ming army attacked the city on July 18, the Ming army had not attacked the city for almost a month.

Haoge had already arrived in Fushun, and he was clear about the situation under the city of Luzhou, and it was precisely because he knew it very well that he was a little anxious.

The autumn breeze in August is cool everywhere, and the osmanthus flowers are fragrant, which is a very comfortable and refreshing weather for southerners, but for outsiders like Haoge, it is still a little hot and dry.

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

This was a very dangerous act, and it was easy for the enemy to burn the company camp, but Hauge had nothing to fear, because he sent men and horses to defend the pass in the south, and neither the Ming army nor Sun Kewang had the energy to notice him here.

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

His image, if he is the emperor of the Han nationality, he has lost his physique, but Meng Qiaofang and others in the tent did not make any suggestions on this, after all, Haoge is a Manchurian and can't stand so many rules of the Han people, so the following ministers have taken the initiative to loosen their standards for him.

"What's going on with He Tengjiao? It's been almost a month, and he hasn't attacked yet, what is he thinking, does he want to trap Sun Kewang? ”

Haoge stood in front of the sand table and looked at Luzhou City, he was a little depressed, he waited for the Ming army to fight with Sun Kewang, and then he came to clean up the mess, he had prepared the melon and fruit bench, ready to watch the drama of the two sides fighting, but the two sides did not fight in Luzhou, he was naturally anxious.

"Your Majesty, did He Tengjiao discover our traces, so he stopped attacking."

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

Haoge pondered for a while, and felt that what Meng Qiaofang said made some sense, so he looked at him and bowed his head slightly, took a breath and said, "It's really possible, although I ordered the pass to the south to be closed to prevent someone from leaking the news, but this is an abnormal behavior in itself, if the Ming army is alert, they will find the abnormality." ”

Haoge said, pacing again, he walked back and forth twice, stopped again, and said with some incomprehension: "He Tengjiao, this person, really can't be speculated according to common sense, if he finds me, he will either think about taking Luzhou as soon as possible, and then fight with me, or he will give up the siege, retreat to the south bank, and then find an opportunity, he besieges and does not attack like this, isn't it in vain to waste food and grass?" ”

"Your Majesty, no matter what He Tengjiao thinks, he and Sun Kewang are not in a hurry, we are watching the play next to us, can't we still hold our breath?" Meng Qiaofang said lightly: "He Tengjiao wants to transport grain from Liangguang to Guizhou, and then from Guizhou to Luzhou, the road is rugged and the loss is huge, and our army directly transfers grain from Chengdu to eat, can he still consume more energy than us?" ”

Haoge nodded after hearing this, "What you said makes sense, He Tengjiao is willing to consume, and I will accompany them to consume it, 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, then it will be the best, and I can sit back and reap the benefits, and the first battle will decide the overall situation of the southwest. ”

The three situations that Hauge said, it seems that he is already invincible, like a bully, no matter what, he has to take advantage of it.

As far as these three situations are concerned, Hauge still hopes that the Ming army and the Western army will be defeated and defeated, and does not want the main force of the Ming army to retreat to the south bank, because this will become a major threat to the Jin State, so he wants to sweep away He Tengjiao's main force in one fell swoop, making it difficult for the Ming army to gather the same number of troops in the southwest, so he will have peace of mind in Sichuan.

Seeing that Haoge had calmed down, Meng Qiaofang and the others in the tent listened to his words, and were about to salute and say, "The emperor is wise." But at this moment, the curtain was provoked by Sony, and he walked into the tent with the wind, so he saluted Haoge and said: "Your Majesty, He Tengjiao has begun to storm Luzhou." ”

Haoge was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his heart immediately burst of joy, but he didn't expect that He Tengjiao, who had been in the city for almost a month without movement, would suddenly attack Luzhou, so that the whole war would develop in the direction that Haoge hoped most.

"What's going on? When did the offensive begin? Hauge immediately asked.

Sonny saluted and replied, "According to the report of the spies, the attack began last night, and the momentum was very loud, and the sound of killing could be heard for miles. ”

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

The ministers of the Jin State in the tent listened to it for a while, and Meng Qiaofang groaned and guessed: "Your Majesty, is it that He Tengjiao consumes a huge amount of grain and grass, and finds that the more it drags on, the more unfavorable it becomes, and he is reluctant to withdraw his troops empty-handed, so he changed his strategy and chose to attack fiercely, in order to occupy Luzhou in a short period of time, and not give us a chance to take advantage of it?" ”

He paused as he spoke, "As for choosing the night, maybe it was because he couldn't continue to attack because of the heat during the day, so he changed his strategy and attacked continuously at night, in order to crush Sun Kewang." ”

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

At that moment, Haoge waved his hand, "No matter what He Tengjiao thinks, as long as they fight, they will fall into my arms!" Saying that, he looked at Sony with a serious face, "From today onwards, the battle situation in Luzhou will be reported to me once in the morning, noon and evening, and the scouts will have to know the situation in Luzhou clearly, and the army will be ready to attack suddenly at any time!" ”

Hauge glanced at everyone and said majestically, "Understand? ”