From Shaanxi to the southwest, not to mention the smooth sailing and water, I finally came to the Sword Pavilion checkpoint, took Deng Ai's old road, and finally won the pass and went south.

Sichuan is relatively isolated from the outside, which makes the people here still use relatively backward weapons. Even Li Dingguo doubted that Emperor Chongzhen was particularly relieved about Sichuan, thinking that it would never be affected by the flames of war, so he only knew how to collect taxes here, but never considered arming the soldiers here.

It doesn't make sense to use backward equipment to deal with the advanced firearms of the Qin army, and the number of people is large. Besides, the land of Sichuan is mountainous and the roads are narrow, and the large army can't be used, and in the end it was tortured and killed by the Qin army, which is helpless.

The White Pole Soldier has not appeared since the first battle with the Qin army, and its traces are a bit unpredictable. At present, the Qin army is still an outsider in Sichuan, and it has still not been recognized by the people here, so it is very difficult to find a force under the deliberate concealment of the Sichuan people.

The only thing to be happy about is that I heard that Zhang Xianzhong and Qin Liangyu's Ministry were fighting in the Banzhou Propaganda Division, and the two sides directly reached the white-hot stage. Through this information, Li Dingguo and Cao Wenzhao can be sure of one thing, that is, the main force of the Ming Dynasty obviously has no way to divide an army and come to fight them. If you rely on the local defenders, you can't stop the footsteps of the Qin army at all.

Jianzhou, Baoning Prefecture is now the territory of the Qin army, and the army has begun to rush towards Langzhong County, the capital of Baoning Prefecture, and at the same time, it is divided into a part of the troops, with Cao Bianjiao as the main commander and Hao Shaoqi as the deputy general, rushing to Bazhou. At present, the Qin army has just entered Sichuan, and the initial purpose is naturally to have a stable rear, so as to ensure that it can conquer everywhere under the condition of baggage. After all, the Qin army is not a rogue, and it is absolutely impossible to sweep through without considering the consequences or anything.

Baoning Mansion must be under the control of the Qin army, even if there is a county or a town that is not under the control, it is not allowed.

The two armies rushed away like a storm, and the Ming army almost fell in despair. Even if they are unwilling to surrender, after three rounds of mortar fire, they will very honestly put up the white flag. Perhaps they didn't expect that the Qin army would have artillery that could shoot flowering shells, and most importantly, it would be able to transport such artillery through many mountains and mountains.

In just five days, Zitong and Langzhong have fallen one after another, and Cao Bianjiao's troops have also arrived in Bazhou, just waiting to conquer the city.

"Dingguo, do you feel that the situation is not quite right?" When Cao Wenzhao was alone with Li Dingguo one day, he suddenly said such a sentence.

"I don't see anything wrong with us other than seeing our supply lines stretched." Li Dingguo smiled and said.

"You're aware of that, too?" Cao Wenzhao was a little surprised.

"Here we are a guest army, and the logistical baggage is more difficult than the Ming army fighting on the mainland. Not to mention that it is difficult to travel here, and our baggage transportation speed is not fast...... In this situation, our supply lines have been greatly lengthened. Under normal circumstances, I would have nothing to do, and we also brought a lot of silver, which we could trade fairly with the local people and replenish the grain and grass we needed. However, now that Ma Xianglin's department has not appeared for a long time, I don't think they are afraid of us and fled back to Qin Liangyu's side in a hurry. Li Dingguo deserved to be a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty, at least he was not confused by the beautiful battle situation in front of him.

"In fact, I also suspect that Ma Xianglin's part must be ambushed somewhere, just waiting to give us a killing blow. And based on our consistent experience in the past, as well as our own actual situation, I can only suspect that if the other party has not left Boryeong, then their target must be our transportation line!

Speaking of which, if this trick is put on other rogues, I'm afraid it will be useless. After all, they are like locusts, eating one piece after another, never considering whether the captured land needs to be managed. Burning and looting is a common occurrence, so they can stock up on food and grass as quickly as possible, and once they are gone, they just need to continue looting.

Unlike us, we are actually an independent regime with our own administrative system and legal rules. In addition, we have always advertised that we are the Salvation Army, but the rebels who save the suffering and the needy are by no means rogues, and this is also burdened by morality, and we have no way to learn from the rogues to loot supplies everywhere. Once our supply lines are damaged, it will be a serious problem for us. Cao Wenzhao analyzed very seriously.

"I also think so, so these are a few key points that I drew out after careful consideration last night, Brother Cao, you can help me refer to them." Li Dingguo seemed to have been prepared, and took out a map and spread it out in front of Cao Wenzhao.

It's also interesting to say, Li Dingguo called Cao Wenzhao Brother Cao, and called Cao Bianjiao Brother Cao, both of them are brothers, but one of the two is an uncle and one is a nephew.

"There is no family affection in the army, I am your subordinate, just call a certain General Cao or General Cao." Cao Wenzhao said very firmly.

"I'll pay attention to it later, show me the situation first." Li Dingguo's insistence on Cao Wenzhao was also helpless.

Cao Wenzhao looked at it, and several locations on the map were indeed the most suitable places for ambushes and attacks, especially one point that was actually the checkpoint they had to pass through when they went south. Also, if it can be recaptured there, it will undoubtedly block the follow-up troops of the Qin army from Sichuan again, and even if they want to come over, they will have to pay a great price and time. At that time, this part of the army that has already come in will be the turtle in the urn, and it just needs to be dealt with properly.

"It's too obvious on the other side of the level, and it's not good for us from behind, so they won't choose it. The biggest possibility is the mountainous area near this Mag Mountain. The terrain here is complex, and it is most suitable for white pole soldiers to swim and attack. And our baggage troops, because of the terrain here, will become very slow. Cao Wenzhao pointed to one place and said to Li Dingguo.

"When will our next baggage unit be sent out?" When Li Dingguo said that, he obviously agreed with this statement.

"Ten days to go." Cao Wenzhao replied.

"If it is arranged, I don't care if the other party will eventually attack, I will ensure that our baggage is transported here safely." Li Dingguo gave the order.

The order was quickly delivered, and the soldiers began to move. Considering that there were local people in Sichuan everywhere, and they were still concentric with the Ming army for the time being, they only sent a special force and cautiously sneaked out, avoiding the avenues and villages at the same time, and touched the destination.

In this way, at least it can be ensured that no one will report to Ma Xianglin's people.

Sure enough, when the Einsatzgruppen came to the target area, they found traces of a large number of soldiers. Along the traces, they found three secret sentinels, and after avoiding them, they went deep into the jungle where Ma Xianglin was stationed.

According to conservative estimates, he currently has more than 2,000 white pole soldiers around him, and more than 5,000 other infantrymen, who can fight an ambush battle.

The target is obviously very obvious, that is, the one confirmed by Cao Wenzhao and Li Dingguo.

However, now that he has known the enemy's purpose in advance, the Qin army will naturally not let the other party get his wish.

The small army quickly sent people back to report what they had discovered, and at the same time began to set up an ambush at the predetermined location, ready to give these Ming troops a big gift.

Ten days actually passed quickly, and the baggage troops began to move south as promised, replenishing the soldiers on the front line with weapons, ammunition, medicine and food. The journey was safe and sound, but it came to this rugged and difficult place. The speed of the troops slowed down by two times in a blink of an eye, but perhaps because of the previous peace, they did not have much sense of crisis.

Perhaps the baggage troops did not expect that there was a unit that could go around here without knowing it, like a spider, waiting for the prey to come to the door.

At this moment, Ma Xianglin watched every move of this army. Then he smiled, as if the beast had confirmed that his prey had come to his door, and that he was about to have a good meal. He didn't expect that behind him, there was a yellow finch, waiting for his praying mantis to take the bait......