Chapter 38 The world's famous general Li Dingguo

Just when the battle of Jinhua began, another big battle had already begun.

However, no one thought that the person who made the first move was not Sun Kewang, but Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo's army went south, almost flew to Pu'an Prefecture, and won the Pu'an Long clan in one fell swoop. took down all the Tusi families of the Pu'an Long clan, so that the Pu'an Long clan had to go to Daxia wholeheartedly, sacrifice the 12 battalions of Pu'an, and make every effort to recruit 5,000 soldiers to help the army.

Pu'an Prefecture is the main road from Yunnan to Guizhou.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were four post roads in and out of Yunnan, but among them, Guangnan Road through Guangxi and Jianchang Road leading to Sichuan have fallen into disrepair. What really works is the Usa Road, and the Puan Road, the two roads are not far apart, and they are called the East Road and the West Road.

Pu'an Road is the East Road.

There are some differences between these two roads, among which Pu'an Road was built when the Ming army attacked Yunnan, it can be said to be the main road, and there are guards and post stations along the way, and the population is also very prosperous. Enough to supply the army. And Usa Road was built by Tusi section by piece.

If you talk about it, Pu'an Road is the main line, and Usa Road is the auxiliary line.

And there is a place that cannot be bypassed on these two roads, that is, Qujing.

It can be said that Qujing is the key to Qiandian.

Only if Qujing can be occupied, Sun Kewang will not be able to attack even if he has thousands of troops. However, Qujing and Kunming are only a stone's throw away, even if Sun Kewang is a fool, he will not let Li Dingguo do this.

Li Dingguo's occupation of Pu'an Prefecture was already beyond Sun Kewang's expectations.

Pu'an Prefecture is hereditary of the Tusi Long clan. Coupled with the gap between Xia and Sun Kewang, the two sides have a tacit understanding that they are not stationed in Pu'an Prefecture. However, Sun Kewang had already taken control of the Pu'an Prefecture Long Clan in his hands.

It can be said that this place is Sun Kewang's sphere of influence.

Li Dingguo did not wait for Sun Kewang's army to attack in Guizhou, but suddenly advanced, which can be said to have ignited this big battle in advance.

After Sun Kewang got the news, he didn't laugh and said, "My second brother is too anxious. The road out of Yunnan is not the only one, even if he blocks Pu'an Prefecture, the army will go out of the road. With tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers in his hands, how can he cope. ”

Sun Kewang immediately ordered Liu Wenxiu to come out of Wusa. Attack Guiyang from Shuixi, and after going down to Guiyang, go south to besiege Li Dingguo.

Sun Kewang raised his own army, left Qujing, and headed for Pu'an Prefecture.

Originally, Sun Kewang still wanted to wait, waiting for the Qing army and the Xia army to fight more intensely. But Li Dingguo's move made him have to move, otherwise it would be as if he was afraid of Li Dingguo.

A few days later, Sun Kewang came to the city of Pu'an Prefecture with the banner unfurled.

The city of Pu'an is a small city.

It can also be regarded as the foundation of the Long family, so this Pu'an Zhou City has the style of this Tusi City. Because it is also the location of the post station, this city also has the specifications of the Central Plains city wall, and it is a city where Tusi and the imperial court live together.

The city is on a hill.

It is more difficult to find a flat land in Guizhou than to find a mountain, but this hill is not too high, the slope is not too steep, and the commanding height in the city is the Confucian Temple. The walls were no more than two miles long.

At this moment, Li Dingguo had already evacuated the people in the city, whether it was the Han or the Yi, there were no left, and there were 15,000 men and horses in the city. Among them, more than 10,000 people are Li Dingguo's headquarters people, and 5,000 people are Tusi soldiers of the Pu'an Long clan.

However, there is a saying that a traitor is more hateful than an enemy.

The Pu'an Long clan had already surrendered to Sun Kewang, and naturally surrendered to Li Dingguo due to the situation, so he naturally knew that Sun Kewang would never let him go. I won't let go of the Pu'an Long clan, you must know that this is not far from Yunnan, and you know that Sun Kewang is in Yunnan, how to deal with those disobedient toasts. Naturally, I dare not have a trace of slackness.

And the soldiers brought by Li Dingguo, there are about 20,000 Tusi soldiers, who are miscellaneous soldiers of various Tusi in Guizhou, and Li Dingguo has a guard around him, and there are not many people, all of whom are the sons of Tusi from all over Guizhou. Therefore, Li Dingguo can take risks and make these toast soldiers obedient.

Under the city of Pu'anzhou, a post road winds up, this post road is not too wide, in many places, it is not as good as a lane in later generations, so it is often said in the documents of the people at that time that the shoulder carries two roads, which means that on the east and west two roads, the most traffic is not the carriage, I am afraid that the people are shoulders and resists.

Li Dingguo stroked the cannons on the city wall of Pu'an Prefecture, there were not many cannons, there were twenty-three in total. Li Dingguo has counted them one by one, and it can be said that he has to watch them every morning, which is also his biggest confidence when he comes here this time.

It's these twenty-three Hongyi cannons.

The transportation of 23 Hongyi cannons from Guizhou to Pu'an Prefecture was the biggest difficulty Li Dingguo had encountered before. In order to transport these twenty-three cannons, everyone under Li Dingguo marched on foot, and horses were used to pull the cannons, and even so, these cannons arrived the day before Sun Kewang arrived.

With these cannons, Li Dingguo's heart is on his stomach.

Li Dingguo turned around and said to the Tusi general behind him: "Since Li Mouru Guizhou, how is it to you?" ”

"General Li treats us with great grace. I'm not waiting for it to be unforgettable. The toasts looked at each other and said.

Li Dingguo knows that this sentence can be regarded as sycophancy, Li Dingguo is also self-aware, he knows that although he is good to Guizhou Tusi, he has tried every means to win over him, and he has both grace and power, but this is not a big deal.

Li Dingguo said: "Don't dare to be, Li just did what he had to do." In today's battle, Li did not ask for anything else, only that the city would not fall, and that the Tusi of all departments should not retreat without authorization. I deserve the Ming Army. All you have to do is wave your flag and shout. How is it? ”

These toasts saw Li Dingguo say so. In the heart, it is also certain.

After all, Sun Kewang's army stretched for several miles, and it seemed that the post road was almost occupied densely. There are at least 100,000 people, and these toasts followed Li Dingguo, and they couldn't understand how many soldiers and horses Li Dingguo had.

Li Dingguo is only 30,000 horses. Staying in various parts of Guizhou, Ankun's department arranged it on the Qixing Pass, which is the southwest gate of Shuixi, just on the Kausa Road, which can block the people and horses on the West Road.

Li Dingguo has more than 10,000 people in his headquarters, 20,000 of these Tusi miscellaneous soldiers, and 5,000 Tusi soldiers of the Long family.

However, there were 35,000 people, and there seemed to be more than 100,000 horses on the opposite side, and the contrast between strength and weakness was so obvious, how could these Tusi soldiers not fight in two groups, and they had no confidence in this battle.

This is also the reason why Li Dingguo had to send troops first, he estimated that if he waited for Sun Kewang to arrive at Guiyang City before fighting, he might not have 35,000 people under his command.

Although Cao Zongyu wanted to send the Guangxi wolf soldiers to support Li Dingguo, it had not yet arrived.

"The general's words, but seriously?" An old toast said.

"Naturally, it's serious." Li Dingguo said: "I, Li Dingguo, speak, and I never lie. ”

"Okay." One of the toasts said, "We can trust General Lee." As long as this city does not fall, we will defend the way back for the general. ”

One person agreed, and the people below agreed.

Li Dingguo said: "Okay. Then he clapped his hands, and asked people to serve a jar of wine and set out a row of bowls. He pulled out a knife with his backhand, cut his fingers, squeezed out the blood, and dripped it into the wine bowl in turn, and the toast below was one by one, dripping blood.

Li Dingguo said: "After drinking this bowl of wine, everyone is a blood brother, and those who dare to violate this alliance will be abandoned by heaven and man, and ghosts and gods will be punished." ”

The face of the toast below changed slightly.

Li Dingguo looked at it in his heart, but he didn't care. The more ignorant the person, the more superstitious he is, if such a method were used in the north, Li Dingguo would have been eaten cleanly by people a long time ago, and he couldn't even spit out his bones, but it couldn't be more suitable for these people.

Almost all local toasts believe in the way of ghosts and gods.

There are many kinds of letters. And deeply afraid.

After drinking this bowl of blood wine today, these toasts will not be returned unless they have to. Li Dingguo doesn't expect them to work hard, or he understands that they definitely don't have the heart to work hard, as long as they can hold on to it as a last resort.

In this battle, it was Li Dingguo who took the lead.