Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 513

After Gao Yigong talked with Sun Kewang and others, he knew that Wan County had fallen into Wu Sangui's hands. Twenty thousand Wu soldiers crossed the Yangtze River and pursued them, about twenty li behind.

At this time, the generals had heard the details and surrounded them, Gao Yigong was silent for a while, and after a while, he said: "Bring the map."

The soldiers took out the map and spread it out on the ground, and all the generals squatted on the ground to examine it carefully.This map was drawn by the Qiandong government, but it is very rough and difficult to recognize, and the positions of many mountains and rivers are not correct.

"General Sun said that there are [-] Qing soldiers coming from the north, can we set up an ambush?" Gao Yigong turned his head and heard the chieftain who was familiar with the terrain.

After hearing this, the chieftain pointed at the map and rowed along the Dejiang River to the location of Pengshui City. He said hurriedly: "Then we can only ambush along the river beach!"

Li Dingguo suddenly said at this time: "Governor Gao, it is not easy to hide 10 horses, and [-] enemy soldiers are marching on the narrow river beach. The team is several miles long, and it is difficult for them all to enter the ambush circle. The narrow river beach , It is not conducive to the deployment of soldiers and horses. The sudden attack of the army can indeed easily cut off the enemy soldiers, but nearly a hundred enemy soldiers can also block the river beach, so that the army outside the ambush circle can only watch. The encircled Wu soldiers blocked the river beach, and the Wu soldiers who did not enter the encirclement attacked inwardly, but instead formed a pincer attack from inside and outside, so it failed."

This statement attracted Gao Yigong's attention. Although there were many others, they couldn't spread out on the narrow river beach. If all the Qing troops entered the ambush circle, he could cut off both ends and trap the Qing soldiers to death. , but once discovered, it is indeed easy to evolve into a fierce battle.

"Who is the general of Wu Bing? What are his abilities?" Gao Yigong pursed his lips and asked the four members of the Western Army.

"Hu Guozhu and Xia Guoxiang are both Wu Sangui's capable generals." Sun Kewang said: "Besides, we carried out an ambush before. Although we failed, the two should attract attention."

At this moment, the scout cavalry came over again to report, "Captain, tens of thousands of enemy troops have been found fifteen miles ahead."

"So fast?" Gao Yigong couldn't help being taken aback.

"Did the enemy find you?" Wang Ji came out and asked.

The scout saluted and replied: "General Huiwang, we have encountered the enemy rangers, and we have already fought against them."

Hearing this, Wang Ji clasped his fists and said to Gao Yigong: "Commander, since the scouts have already fought, the ambush will probably not be successful. The terrain in this area is narrow, which is not conducive to the deployment of the army, and our army's superiority is not easy to use. I suggest retreating first. Find a favorable terrain and fight again."

Gao Yigong shook his head, "There are many mountains and rivers in this area, which is the place where our army can show its strength, and it has already collided with it, so it is not easy to retreat. If our army moves, if the opponent detects it, we will definitely come after it. The army is easy to retreat. , What about food and supplies? I have 10 horses, how can I be afraid of [-] Wu dogs!"

"Captain, if we go directly to meet him, the Dejiang River just turned a corner ten miles ahead, and the city will open an open area, where we can deploy tens of thousands of soldiers and horses." The chieftain on the side listened and pointed to the map.

Gao Yigong and the generals heard the words, and leaned over to look at the map, but they couldn't see the reason on the rough map, and they didn't know how the chieftain could tell the difference, but all the way, the chieftain led the way without any mistakes. Gong then straightened up, and said in a solemn voice: "Here's an order, the army is moving forward, and the governor wants to defeat his army in one battle, and then take advantage of the trend to take Wanxian!"

On the other side, after being ambushed once, the two rebel generals Xia and Hu sent out a large number of scouts during the pursuit, and soon brought back news of the discovery of tens of thousands of Ming troops.

The scouts reported that the Ming army was rushing towards them. Xia and Hu also chose by coincidence. They suddenly turned a corner in front of them and drew out a huge river beach and a peaceful open area as the battlefield.

When the vanguard of the Eastern Route Army turned this corner, a crowd of people suddenly appeared in front of them, like a forest of spears intertwined, like a beast opening its mouth, trying to swallow everything.

The Wu soldiers who arrived first, each armed with a weapon, were staring at the group of uninvited guests with stern eyes.

Banners and flags were hunting, Wu soldiers with big shields in front, only one head of the three rows of gunners standing behind, followed by several rows of spears, and behind the infantry, a large number of archers held longbows and quiveres hanging from their waists.

In front of the big army formation, there were still artillery carts parked, nearly a hundred francs of small cannons, lined up in a row, let the Ming army who turned into the corner take a look, and felt that the Qing soldiers in front of them were very familiar, the standard Ming soldiers Army equipment and Ming army formation.

Under Wu Bingshuai's banner, Hu Guozhu saw the Ming army coming slowly, with contempt in his eyes.

Not long ago, they easily defeated San Tan. In Sichuan, they no longer had any armed forces in their eyes. The troops in front of them may be the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty who rushed over from Guizhou, and what can be done in a poor place like Guizhou? Elite soldiers.

"There are a lot of people." Xia Guoxiang said on the side.

"It's quite a lot. I heard that the Ming Dynasty had more than 2 people in the east of Guizhou. It should be the man in front of us!" Hu Guozhu stared at the Ming army in front of him, and suddenly suggested with great interest, "Make a bet, how long will it take to defeat the enemy?" How about it?"

Xia Guoxiang looked far away, but did not immediately agree, because until now, there are still a steady stream of soldiers from the Ming army pouring into the river beach. Judging from this posture, there are more than [-] to [-] soldiers.

whose army?Are there so many Ming soldiers in a poor place like Guizhou?

"To bet or not?" Seeing that he was silent, Hu Guozhu urged.

Xia Guoxiang was somewhat puzzled, but he still had confidence in Guan Ningjun, "How can you bet, what do you like about me?"

"You and I each bet five hundred blunderbusses." Hu Guozhu said happily, "I bet that we will be able to defeat this mob in less than an hour."

Xia Guoxiang heard this, and said with a smile, "Then I'll bet before dusk."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the Ming army again, and saw a particularly eye-catching big flag slowly coming out from the dense crowd. He couldn't help blocking the sun with his hands, and took a closer look. , his complexion changed slightly, and he said to Hu Guozhu: "Don't gamble anymore, handle it carefully."

Hu Guozhu obviously didn't understand the situation, and asked sideways: "Why don't you gamble again?"

"Look at the banner of the Ming army." Xia Guoxiang said in a deep voice.

Hearing the words, Hu Guozhu turned his head to look at the Ming army. Sure enough, a big banner was very eye-catching, surrounded by stars and moons like stars and moons. "Positive" came into his eyes immediately, making his face serious immediately.

Five Loyalists!
Many generals of the Wu soldiers also found out, and they were shocked by the identity of the Ming army in front of them. How did the Five Zhongjun come to Sichuan?

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