Chapter 41 The world's famous general Li Dingguo IV

Liu Wenxiu's offensive at Qixingguan was also in vain.

Although An Kun does not have too many Hongyi cannons in his hands, after all, the number of Hongyi cannons in Guizhou is limited. It's impossible to be all-encompassing, and in a way, everything, it's everything. Moreover, in Li Dingguo's arrangement, the Seven Star Pass is only a secondary direction.

A fierce attack, from morning to evening, Liu Wenxiu was able to withdraw his troops.

At night, Liu Wenxiu calculated the victory or defeat of this battle alone.

To put it more colloquially, there is no difference between a general and a businessman, after a war, every general has no time to be sad, the first thing I want to know, how many people do I have? How many can continue to fight, how many weapons and equipment, arrows, knives and guns.

It's about whether they can keep fighting.

Liu Wenxiu is the same.

After reading these numbers, he frowned slightly.

After a day of fighting, there were not many casualties, not more than 1,000 dead, but more wounded. But such a thing does not make Liu Wenxiu much happy.

Because of the first attack, Liu Wenxiu has exhausted all his strength, and this battle is also quite motivating. But the casualties are already so small, the willingness is very simple, it is not that the people below are lazy and do not work hard, but the terrain of Qixingguan is limited. The attack surface that can be deployed is a little too small.

This is naturally not good news for Liu Wenxiu, which shows that in the battle of Qixingguan, Liu Wenxiu's military advantage cannot be put into the battlefield at all.

In the battlefield of Qixingguan, Liu Wenxiu's 50,000 or 60,000 horses and An Kun's more than 10,000 men and horses are not too different.

Liu Wenxiu is seriously considering the possibility of a detour.

Even if it is the Sword Pavilion Heavenly Danger, there is also the Yinping Ancient Road. In the mountains of the southwest, I don't know how many roads were opened up by the march of the army. Therefore, it really didn't work, so Liu Wenxiu tried to find a way to open a road in the mountains.

It's just that in this way, the war will go on for a long time.

Liu Wenxiu is not too worried about logistics.

Sun Kewang entered Yunnan, with bumper harvests year after year, coupled with Sun Kewang's series of policies, at least now Yunnan has sufficient food, and with the power of a province to supply the army, you can see what Sun Kewang's internal affairs are.

At this time, someone outside said, "Three generals." ”

Liu Wenxiu said: "What is it? ”

The person outside whispered, "Someone is here in the Seven Star Pass." ”

Liu Wenxiu's heart moved, and he said secretly: "Could it be that An's wants to surrender?" He said, "Please." ”

But after a while, a person walked in and said, "An Shi An Jian has seen the three generals. ”

Liu Wenxiu said: "The head of the An family sent you over, what are you doing?" Don't you want to abandon the darkness and turn to the light? ”

"Third general, the head of my family sent me here just to make an agreement with the general." An Jian said: "Please give my head of my family a month." The head of my family promised the general, and a month later, he would raise the seven-star pass to surrender the general. ”

"A delaying tactic." Liu Wenxiu first thought of it, and he said slowly: "Why? ”

An Jian said: "General Li and the head of my family agreed that as long as they hold the Seven Star Pass for a month, after a month, they will stay as they please. Even if anything happens in the future, General Li doesn't blame my family. ”

"Do you really trust General Lee?" Liu Wenxiu said: "Since you know that the general situation is difficult to beat, why not descend early?" ”

"I also persuaded the head of the family in the same way, but the head of the family felt that Zheng Guogong and General Li had a deep affection for the An family. Don't be negative. General Li said this, and the head of my family naturally had to obey. An Jian said: "I also ask General Liu to read above General Li's affection and let my family for a month." ”

Liu Wenxiu's mentality at both ends of An's rat tail is quite in place. This kind of strategy of delaying the army has never been endlessly written in history from the ancient road to the present. Liu Wenxiu didn't believe a word. It's just that he really doesn't want to attack the Seven Stars Pass. But finding a path from the mountains on both sides is not a one-time thing.

Even Liu Wenxiu didn't know how long it would take. Therefore, it is okay to put aside the things in front of you first.

Liu Wenxiu said: "Okay, I can trust the An family, within a month, I will not use the sword soldiers in the Seven Star Pass, I just hope that the An family will keep its promise at that time." ”

An Jian said: "General Liu's great kindness is unforgettable. He immediately signaled outside, and two or three came in with a carrying box, An Jian opened it with his own hands, but for a time he saw that it was extremely dazzling. Gold and silver treasures, everything, all say that the toast is rich, today is a knowledge.

Liu Wenxiu naturally accepted it and asked An Jian to be sent away.

He stood with his hands in his hands, silently thinking about one thing in his heart, and said secretly: "The second brother's intention is that he can defeat the eldest brother in just one month, so he is too conceited." ”

Liu Wenxiu is very clear about the abilities of the two brothers.

If Sun Kewang is above the use of troops, inferior to Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu believes it.

It's just that fighting a war is the fairest thing in the world, and it's also the most unfair thing, the fairest thing is that it doesn't have any restrictions, and the most unfair thing is that he doesn't have any restrictions and does everything.

Therefore, now that Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang are fighting, it is not the two of them alone, there is a huge gap in strength, and this strength gap, in Liu Wenxiu's view, is enough to fill the gap between Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang.

He couldn't understand where Li Dingguo's confidence came from, he could defeat Sun Kewang, and he limited the time to one month.

This news soon reached Sun Kewang.

Liu Wenxiu didn't mean to hide it for Li Dingguo, because he couldn't hide it either. Sun Kewang also has a lot of eyeliner in Liu Wenxiu's army, and he can't hide such a thing. Therefore, Liu Wenxiu sent someone to tell Sun Kewang about this matter, and by the way, he also told Sun Kewang about his intentions.

After Sun Kewang found out, he was secretly angry in his heart.

However, I also felt a little bitter when I was angry. Since the first attack on Pu'an City, Sun Kewang has never given up the siege, and he has tried many ways to get closer little by little with a shield car. Ideas of night attacks, sieges, etc.

But all in vain.

No matter how thick the shield car is, it can't stop the Hongyi cannon. Of course, the accuracy of the Hongyi cannon is also very problematic. If you want to shoot with precise aim, it is simply impossible.

It's just that with the advance of the shield car, it will always be hit by the Hongyi cannon, and several cannons will hit a target, even if it can't hit accurately, it is enough to make the shield car unable to attack later.

Let the Ming army only look at the city and sigh, and there is a feeling that the Pu'an city wall is out of reach.

As for night raids, there may be a chance for others to succeed. But for Li Dingguo, it is pediatrics, how can he let them succeed, naturally they have been repeatedly defeated.

As for wanting to take a detour to the back.

Guizhou is more mountainous and less flatland, Pu'an City is in a long and narrow basin, behind Pu'an City, there are Tusi soldiers everywhere to guard, plus the artillery coverage in Pu'an City is very large, although it is impossible to encircle.

Sun Kewang also realized that there was nothing he could do here.

"I'm afraid I can only besiege." Sun Kewang secretly said in his heart: "If you just want to besiege them, you have to beat the team behind them first." ”

If you don't defeat them first, you can't cut off the support of Pu'an Prefecture City, in terms of area, the materials that can be stored in Pu'an Prefecture City are limited, and under the long-term siege, there will always be a day of collapse. But if you want to do this, you must first divide your troops and make a detour.

As for where to take the detour, it will be necessary to deliberate carefully.

Sun Kewang thought about it for a long time and finally determined this.

Then the generals were summoned to discuss the matter. Ask where you can get around the city of Pu'an.

Long Zaitian said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, the minister knows a place, from Pingyi Wei to the south of the block to the south, and then eastward into the border of Guangxi, and then from the north of Guangxi to the northwest, into the Huangcaoba camp, the Huangcaoba camp is one of the twelve camps of the Pu'an Long clan, you can go around to the east of Pu'an City. ”

"There are hundreds of miles of mountain roads in total, and if you march, it will take more than ten days."

Sun Kewang said: "Is there only one way? ”

Long Zaitian said: "Although there are other mountain roads, this is the road that can lead to the army." ”