There are more than 100,000 troops under the city of Luzhou, and the grain consumed by people eating horses and chewing is all provided by Chongqing, Chongqing will be eaten up sooner or later, and in terms of distance, although Chongqing is closer to Luzhou, he is far away from Guizhou, and it is not cost-effective to eat Chongqing's grain in the long run, so it is still necessary for the Ming army to keep the grain route from Guizhou to Luzhou unimpeded.

Yongning had just fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and the Ming army actually only controlled the city, and did not have much control over the surrounding villages and towns, as well as the Tusi in the mountains and forests, which gave Wang Fuchen the opportunity to operate in Yongning.

Li Dingguo led 5,000 men and horses to Guqian County in the southeast of Yongning day and night, and it had been ten days, but there was no news of Wang Fuchen.

However, he didn't have to worry about the news of his arrival in Yongning being leaked, because a grain team of the Ming army was robbed, and Guqian County was only 200 troops, and the county had enough reasons to close the city, strictly prohibiting idlers from entering and leaving, and preventing thieves from taking the city.

He Tengjiao didn't give Li Dingguo much time, after all, Luzhou couldn't drag on for a long time, and the Ming army was trapped in the city for a long time, and the soldiers would slack off, giving Haoge and Sun Kewang an opportunity.

In Guqian County, in Li Dingguo's residence, Yu Youming hurriedly came in, and after seeing Li Dingguo, he was a little uncontrollable and said: "General, the convoy arrived at Yongning City, but it was not ambushed by the thief army, nor did it find that the thief army was following it. ”

Yu Youming is the son of Yu Shizhong, the second generation, and after the martyrs, he was seriously injured and captured in Hezhou, and was exchanged for the body of Ao Bai by He Tengjiao.

After Li Dingguo heard this, he frowned slightly, he felt that he had met an opponent, the general of the Western Army who robbed the grain truck should be a cautious veteran, he groaned, and then said: "Let the convoy rest in the city for one night, continue to travel north after dawn, and after passing Shihu Pass and entering Luzhou, hand over the convoy to Jiang Tianyi, and the soldiers will quietly rush back at night!" Then send someone to Zunyi to tell Master Zhang and ask him to send another team of grain trucks over. ”

"General, they have left three convoys, but the thief army has not moved at all, have they already left Yongning?"

Yu Youming did not receive the order, but asked questions.

"Nope! Since the Western Army has robbed the grain cart in Yongning, it shows that our army has indeed taken Yongning to transport grain, and the other party will definitely not leave Yongning, and must be waiting for the opportunity. Li Dingguo said in a deep voice, very convinced in his heart.

"But it's not a matter of three things, since it's still in Yongning, why don't they do it? With so many grain trucks over, they will not be able to achieve their goal of attacking the grain road and forcing us to retreat! Yu Youming worried: "Did they hear any news?" ”

Li Dingguo shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "We were very hidden when we came, and it was impossible for the Western Army to know, maybe the other party was also thinking about it." Ben will conclude that this time they will definitely make a move, as you said, if they don't make a move, they will not be able to complete the task given to them by Sun Kewang. ”

Yu You saw that Li Dingguo was resolute, although he still had some doubts in his heart, but he did not find a way to be a thief. Yongning is the Xuanfu Division, not the state government, because it is sparsely populated and there are many mountains and forests, even if he sends troops to search the mountains, he may not be able to find the thief army camp.

"Then the general will do what the general wants!" Yu Youming clenched his fists and turned to leave.

Wang Fuchen is indeed still in the territory of Yongning Xuanfu Division, he is all infantry troops, and he does not dare to run around, he robbed the grain cart and had enough food, so he nested in the mountains and did not dare to come out.

After he robbed the Ming army's grain truck, the Ming army would inevitably send a large army to encircle and suppress, so he decided to temporarily avoid the limelight in the mountains, and wait for the Ming army to mistakenly think that he was no longer in Yongning, and then come out to do it.

The camp of the Western Army was in a valley, and it was forbidden to light a fire during the day in case the smoke revealed their hiding place, but it did not matter at night, because the smoke was invisible, and the light of the fire was blocked by the surrounding high mountains, and it would not be discovered without entering the valley.

At this time, Wang Fuchen and his brother Wang Fulin sat together, with a wooden stick in their hands and a few generals sitting around, at this time one of the generals was a little dissatisfied and said: "Commander, the king let us attack the Ming army's grain road, what is the matter with us nesting in the mountains?" ”

"That's it!" Another general also nodded and said: "The spies report that the Ming army has transported three batches of grain, and if we sit idly by, the brothers in Luzhou will bleed, and we have betrayed the trust of the king." ”

Most of these generals were promoted after Sun Kewang ran Yunnan, and most of them were born in poverty, and Sun Kewang had the grace of knowing them.

These people are not rich enough in experience, their minds are relatively simple, they were originally very loyal to Sun Kewang, and before leaving, they were poured a bowl of ecstasy soup by Sun Kewang, and after they came out, they thought that they had become the saviors of the Western Army, and they had a strong sense of mission in their hearts, and they wanted to cut off the Ming army's food route and force the Ming army to retreat.

"The commander has the consideration of the commander, you have only been a few years old, don't talk too much if you don't know how to fight!" On the side, Wang Fulin threw the wooden stick into the fire when he heard this, splashing a little spark, and his face was full of unhappiness.

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly found the fire, saluted on one knee, and said, "Commander, another team of grain trucks has entered Guqi County." ”

Several generals had just been said by Wang Fulin, bowed their heads and sulked, thinking that Wang Fuchen would ignore it as before, and put the grain cart over, but Wang Fuchen stood up, nodded and said: "Okay, let the brothers rest early after eating, cook tomorrow on the fourth watch, and set off on the fifth watch to ambush in the north of Guqian County." ”

"Commander?" Hearing this, several generals were stunned and looked up at Wang Fuchen one after another.

Wang Fuchen smiled, "We robbed the Ming army's grain team before, and the Ming army must have been prepared, so we will temporarily avoid the mountains and forests to avoid crashing into the Ming army's guns." Now that half a month has passed, and the three grain trucks of the Ming army have passed smoothly, they must be slack, and it is time for the general to attack. ”

"I understand that this is nothing more than three things, one drum, and then decline, three and exhaust a truth!" One of the generals stood up, touched his head, and said.

Wang Fuchen nodded and waved his hand, "Okay, let's rest early!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and went back to the account, and several generals were happy to send each other, Wang Fulin looked at Wang Fuchen's back but had an expression of wanting to say something.

The next morning, the gate of Guqian County opened, hundreds of carts were slowly driven out of the city gate, Li Dingguo changed into a thousand household clothes, rode a mule and horse, Yu Youming pulled the horse rope, and said: "General, let's go!" ”

Li Dingguo shook his head, "I want to see who led the soldiers, you also have a great responsibility, after the general leaves, you lead the army behind, but pay attention to the distance, send more scouts, and don't be discovered." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, and the whole team slowly went north along the official road.

In a forest outside the gate of Guqian County, ten Western Army scouts watched the grain transport team leave the county seat.

The leader of the scouts was none other than that Zhou Dahu, and he immediately ordered five soldiers to report to Wang Fuchen, while he led the other five people and followed the convoy.

Not long after they had gone, a few people suddenly jumped out of a bush four or five hundred paces away from them, some of them also followed, and some of them hurried back to the city.

A moment later, Yu Youming led more than 2,000 elites out of the city and looked north.

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