After the offensive on the 18th, the Ming army temporarily stopped the attack on Luzhou and turned to a state of confrontation.

This was not only because he was worried that Hauge in the north would suddenly intervene in the war, but also because he was expected to be in the elite after Sun Kewang was put into the elite, and the Ming army would continue to be strong and might cause huge casualties, and it would not be able to break the city in one battle.

From the intellectual level, Haoge will definitely join this war, Li Dingguo judged that Haoge will inevitably suddenly intervene at the most favorable time for the Jin State, and this time is when both the Ming army and Sun Kewang are very tired, when the Jin State enters the field to clean up the mess and defeat the Ming army, Sun Kewang can only surrender, he can become the most powerful force in the southwest, and reverse the passive situation after the battle of eastern Sichuan in one fell swoop.

How can the Ming army not let Haoge pick up cheap, it has become the biggest problem nowadays, everyone brainstorms, the only way is to make a final decision in Luzhou, not to give Haoge a chance to react.

Judging from the actions of the Jin army, Li Dingguo judged that the Jin army might have been eyeing the Fushun area, like a hunting tiger, watching the Ming army and Sun Kewang bleed in Luzhou, and when the two sides were exhausted, they would go down the mountain and reap the profits.

In order to determine the judgment, He Tengjiao ordered the secret agent to immediately go north to Fushun to investigate, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to hurry up and build equipment, and after the preparation was more complete, they would come to Luzhou in a battle.

At night, Sun Kewang stood on the broken city tower, looking at the Ming army camp dotted with torches four miles away, his heart was heavy, Haoge was cunning, and the two families had no affection, only blood feuds, Haoge must watch his blood drain dry, and then rush to support.

Sun Kewang sighed for a long time, he originally wanted to rely on Luzhou City to preserve his strength and wait for the Jin State to intervene in the war, at that time his strength still existed, and he may not have a chance to make a comeback, but now it seems that he underestimated the strength of the Ming army, and he also thought about things a little simpler.

He has now become a pawn and has no chance to play chess, but in any case, it is no longer possible to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, he can only do his best now, and he can't give up because of difficulties, and he is not completely without the opportunity to resolve the crisis, what he has to do now is to persevere, so as to wait for the opportunity.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, on the official road from Guiyang to Luzhou, at the junction of the Banzhou Xuanwei Division and Yongningwei, a team of Western soldiers was eating dry food in a forest and sitting by the stream to rest.

This group of scouts only has a dozen people, led by a small leader, their task is to find the Ming army's grain transportation route, and then report to the main force, like them, there are more than a dozen, scattered on several roads from Yongningwei to Luzhou Mansion, to find out the Ming army's grain transportation team.

This force was sent by Sun Kewang to the south bank to attack the Ming army's Wang Fuchen department, he did not dare to move near Luzhou, where the Ming army was heavily assembled, nor did he dare to enter Guizhou, so he had to run to Yongningwei, where the Ming army was weak.

During the day, in order to avoid being discovered by the Ming army, the scouts generally hid in the woods and did not dare to wander outside.

At noon, the sun was high, several soldiers finished eating dry food, and rested with their backs against the big tree, headed by the scout leader, named Zhou Dahu, was originally a hunter, after the Western Army entered Yunnan, he joined the Western Army team, because of the skillful bow and arrow quickly stood out.

At this time, he was sitting on a rock by the stream, eating bread and examining the sketch in his hand to see if there was any trail.

They had been cats on the side of the official road for three days, but they didn't see a team of Ming troops transporting grain, which made him a little suspicious.

Thinking of this, Zhou Dahu couldn't help but stand up, walked up to his subordinates, and kicked the two soldiers, "You two, go to the east gate to see if there are other roads nearby." ”

After speaking, he was about to order two more people to go to the west to have a look, but a soldier who was guarding outside rushed over, "Boss, the grain transportation team of the official army is here!" ”

The soldiers resting against the trunk of the tree were so frightened that they stood up one after another, Zhou Dahu's expression sank, and he hurriedly asked, "How many vehicles are there, and how many guards are there?" ”

"I can't see it too clearly, but it must be the grain transportation team of the official army and it can't be wrong!"

After waiting for a few days, they finally met, Zhou Dahu was overjoyed, and immediately waved his hand, and everyone quieted down, holding their breath and waiting for him to order.

"Take me to see!"

At that moment, everyone cleaned up, and then ran to the edge of the woods, and sure enough, they saw a team coming, in addition to forty or fifty mule carts, there were nearly a thousand people pushing wheelbarrows on the official road slowly, and on both sides of the team, there were probably nearly 1,000 soldiers guarding the side, and there was no doubt that it was the grain transportation team of the Ming army.

Several scouts of the Western Army couldn't help but feel a little nervous and excited when they saw the slowly approaching team, this scale, and the main force was fully capable of ambushing.

Zhou Dahu carefully observed for a while, then turned his head and commanded in a low voice: "Third brother, you lead the two of you, go back and report to the general immediately, and I will continue to monitor the convoy."

"Be careful, boss!"

The soldier, nicknamed Lao San, was not ambiguous, hugged his fists, ordered the two of them, and disappeared into the mountains and forests after a while.

Wang Fuchen was entrusted by Sun Kewang to cross the Yangtze River to attack and disturb the Ming army's grain route, hoping to contain the Ming army's attack on Luzhou, and even force the Ming army to retreat.

He can be said to be shouldering a heavy responsibility, but after Wang Fuchen saw that the Ming army defeated more than 20,000 Western troops to block it and easily crossed the Yangtze River, he was actually not very optimistic about the Western Army and lost confidence, but Sun Kewang trusted him and regarded him as a confidant, so he had to do this errand hard.

Wang Fuchen's more than 5,000 men had crossed the river for ten days, and in ten days, he had not completed a single ambush, and the Ming army's supply line seemed to have not passed through Yongning, and he even suspected that the Ming army was transporting grain from Chongqing, not from Guizhou to Luzhou.

After all, Chongqing is an important stronghold of the Ming army in eastern Sichuan, and it must have stored a lot of food and materials, and it is also close to Luzhou.

The dry food he carried was only enough for half a month's consumption, if he couldn't ambush the Ming army's food team to get supplies, his food would be consumed, which made him anxious, if he didn't get it again, the task of attacking the grain road would be a complete failure, and the fate of more than 5,000 people under him, he didn't know what to do.

Wang Fuchen's men and horses were also hidden in a mountain forest, and his handsome tent was very simple, almost a rag around it.

At this time, he was sitting in the tent, and a subordinate general came in to report, "General, a team of scouts has discovered the transport convoy of the Ming army!" ”

Wang Fuchen stood up suddenly, and was immediately overjoyed, "What about people? Where is it? He asked urgently, "Bring it to me!" ”