Li Dingguo is indeed a fierce general who can fight well.

The marching camp is a wonderful art of war, and all the camps are selected from high places to guard against the offensive of the Ming army. Moreover, Li Dingguo had obviously received the battle report that the Dian army in Muwangfu was defeated by the Ming army, and knew that the Ming army had a powerful weapon that could burn poisonous smoke.

In order to restrain the sharp weapons of the Ming army, Li Dingguo camped with the wind, so that the Ming army did not dare to throw white phosphorus bombs at will, otherwise the poisonous smoke would backwind and eat the Ming army.

Fang Yuan led the army to pursue for a month, and there were at least two large-scale encirclements and suppressions, trying to encircle and annihilate Li Dingguo, but he was brave and good at fighting and broke through and escaped. Although nearly 10,000 Daxi soldiers were annihilated, Li Dingguo was still not captured alive.

As the battlefield moved towards Chishui, most of the silver looted by Li Dingguo had crossed Chishui, and in two days, Li Dingguo's troops would be able to cross Chishui safely and return to Sichuan.

Fang Yuan led the army to pursue a hundred miles away from Chishui, but found that Li Dingguo was standing on the side of Chishui, and it was not a defensive formation, but an offensive formation. Those who know a little about the art of war can see at a glance that Li Dingguo has set up a backwater array and is ready to fight against the water.

Fight to the death?

Fang Yuan climbed high and looked into the distance, looking at Li Dingguo's formation, and knew his thoughts. Looking at the direction of the wind again, it is still a headwind, if you throw white phosphorus bombs, the smoke will eat the Ming army camp, which is not cost-effective.

It seems that Li Dingguo is ready to make a big bet with Fang Yuan this time. His actions were not reckless, but he wanted to survive.

After Fang Yuan returned to the camp, he summoned all the generals to discuss countermeasures.

This is the last hope for the annihilation of the Great Western Army's meritorious service, Gan Hui is unwilling to give up, "Regent, the brave will win when you meet on the narrow road, let's go to war!" Our army will win! ”

Hao Shaoqi also opened his mouth to ask for war, willing to be the vanguard and go to challenge Li Dingguo.

Fang Yuan was about to say more, when a commotion sounded outside the barracks, and he frowned slightly when he heard it, "Could it be that Li Dingguo took the initiative to attack?!" ”

Li Dingguo's troops were at an absolute disadvantage, and he dared to take the initiative to attack, this person was really a fierce general who was as bold as a tiger.

Soon after, Wu Sangui, who was the commander on duty, entered the military tent to report, and sure enough, Li Dingguo took the initiative to lead the army to attack, broke through a remote village of the Ming army, and slowly retreated.

It was a skirmish of contact, with two or three hundred casualties on both sides. But Li Dingguo dared to take the initiative to attack at a disadvantage, and he also fought a draw with the Ming army, which was actually a victory for Li Dingguo.

Wu Sangui said in a low voice, "Regent, Li Dingguo also ordered the sergeant to bring a sentence, if the regent dares to break his backwater, he will come to fight to the death." If you don't dare, retreat immediately. If he did not fight a decisive battle or retreat, he would come to break through a walled city of the Ming army every day and every night! ”

Li Dingguo openly shouted, which was extremely arrogant and domineering.

Gan Hui was furious, he couldn't bear it, and said in a deep voice, "Regent, Li Dingguo is bullying me and no one!" Let's go to war! ”

Hao Shaoqi said, "Regent, give me 5,000 soldiers and horses, and you can cut off Li Dingguo's head!" ”

Wu Sangui also said, "Regent, the total annihilation of Li Dingguo is in front of you, as long as our army is besieged in three ways, few big western thieves can escape Chishui." ”

The generals were excited and asked for battle

Fang Yuan shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Li Dingguo is so arrogant, in fact, he is not inviting war, but forcing our army to quit!" ”

Hao Shaoqi was stunned and asked, "Boycotting the troops is not something that should be negotiated peacefully, what kind of strikes are sending troops to attack the camp?!" ”

Fang Yuan said with a smile, "The combat strength of the Great Western Army is not as good as our army, and under the continuous escape, the morale of the army is not as good as our army, if it goes head-to-head, there is no chance of victory." Li Dingguo played a battle against the water, that is, to counter our army, either to fight a decisive battle on the banks of the Chishui River, or to let go of this great western army that was fighting for trapped beasts. ”

"He took the initiative to break through my camp, but he was just demonstrating to me. An army that has no fighting spirit and is afraid that the camp will not be able to defend it, where can it still have the ability to take the initiative to attack? Li Dingguo told me through the stealing camp that as long as he was there, the morale of the Great Western Army would not collapse! ”

"Li Dingguo, brave and strategic, dare to fight and fight, he is really a generation of famous generals!"

He greatly praised Li Dingguo, just slapping the faces of the generals of the Ming army, Gan Hui said unhappily, "Regent, what do you think?" ”

A smile rose at the corner of Fang Yuan's mouth, and he said with a smile, "I said earlier that when dealing with the rogue, attack is the bottom, and attack the heart is the top. Because the rogues are inexhaustible, and our army is limited in number. Li Zicheng couldn't wait to fight me back then, but I didn't fight him, and gradually trapped him, winning the biggest victory at the lowest cost. ”

"Now that Li Dingguo is playing this trick with me again, I still don't give Zhang Xianzhong the chance to fight this decisive battle, hey! We have just captured the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, and Mu Tianbo is still in Burma and has not been arrested. If we hastily fight a decisive battle with Li Dingguo, I am afraid that the situation in the three provinces will repeat again. It's better to digest the three provinces first, and then Xutu Sichuan! ”

Gan Hui frowned and said, "Regent, just let Li Dingguo go so easily?!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, but I want to give Li Dingguo another big gift." By the way, how many Sergeants Onishi were captured this time? ”

Wu Sangui, who was in charge of counting the troops, said, "Three thousand!" ”

Fang Yuan asked again, "How many of Li Dingguo's personal soldiers are there?!" ”

Wu Sangui said truthfully, "1,300 people." ”

Fang Yuan said with a smile, "Then drag the two thousand people who are not Li Dingguo's personal soldiers to the banks of the Chishui River, slaughter them all in front of Li Dingguo's military camp, and then put all Li Dingguo's personal soldiers back." ”

He suddenly got up and played such a trick, Gan Hui was thoughtful, but Hao Shaoqi didn't understand it, and asked, "Regent, what are you doing?" ”

Fang Yuan waved his flag at Hao and said, "Commander Hao, you go to call Li Dingguo tomorrow, and order Li Dingguo to return the 10 million taels of silver looted in Yunnan Mansion, and let him cross the Chishui." ”

Hao Shaoqi said in surprise, "Li Dingguo robbed four million taels of silver, where can he hand over ten million taels of silver?!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled meaningfully, no longer paid attention to him, and said to Wu Sangui, "You will spread it in private among the pro-soldiers who put him back, Li Dingguo has already submitted a letter of surrender to the imperial court, and the imperial court deliberately let him go back to Sichuan, ambushed Zhang Xianzhong, waited for an opportunity to assassinate, and then used the entire Sichuan as a bargaining chip to surrender to the imperial court in exchange for high-ranking officials!" ”

Gan Hui and Wu Sangui were all stunned, Fang Yuan was going to take the opportunity to make a divisive plan. deliberately fabricated 10 million taels of silver, just to make Zhang Xianzhong suspect that Li Dingguo had embezzled a large amount of silver. Sending people to the army spread the rumor of Li Dingguo's surrender, which also made Zhang Xianzhong suspect that Li Dingguo's return to Sichuan this time was to assassinate Zhang Xianzhong.

With such a two-pronged approach, it is strange that Zhang Xianzhong does not doubt Li Dingguo's loyalty. If Li Dingguo is let go, he can still provoke the internal strife of the Great Western Army, this deal is really cost-effective. Fang Yuan's plan to discord was neither bothering nor costing money, so why not?!

Gan Hui had to admire Fang Yuan's means, respectfully taught, "The regent is clever, and the minister can only admire!" ”

Fang Yuan got up and said with a smile, "Governor Gan, since Li Dingguo has sent troops to attack me, we should exchange courtesies." Send troops to attack a few corner camps, those are not Li Dingguo's personal soldiers, we only kill Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers, not Li Dingguo's, hey! ”