Dajin Guo brought 200,000 armor, and this time it raided eastern Sichuan, mobilizing a total of 100,000 troops.

Among them, 60,000 people surrounded Yuan Zongdi in Hezhou and attacked it, 20,000 people were scattered on the Chengdu Plain to stabilize the place, threatening southern and western Sichuan, 5,000 people were sent to Wanxian, and the last 15,000 people were on the front line of Fotu Pass to block the Ming army.

The Jin army raided Sichuan in October, and more than a month has passed since the outbreak of the war.

The 30,000 Ming troops who were transferred from Jiangxi to Sichuan were stopped under the Fotu Pass, and it had been more than half a month.

Wang Deren's Wuwei Army was originally an elite army, but during the Battle of Nanjing, he suffered a crushing defeat with Jin Shenghuan, and most of his subordinates suffered losses.

After the Jiangnan Campaign, Wang Deren's troops returned to Jiangxi to rest and replenish the troops, but Jiangxi did not build a perfect government military system, although a group of Fuzhou miners were replenished, but the combat power of the Wuwei Army was still greatly reduced.

At this time, most of the new soldiers in the various departments of the Armed Guard Army had only been training for one year, so they were still a little deficient in combat.

30,000 horses were trapped under the Fotu Pass, it had been more than half a month, and the repeated attacks were blocked by the Jin army, and the wall was immovable, which made people angry.

In fact, in terms of the art of war, Wang Deren's 30,000 people want to break through the Fotu Pass guarded by Wu Sangui's 15,000 people, and the hope can be said to be very slim.

After Wang Deren lost several times, he also realized this, so he went to Guizhou and the imperial court to rescue continuously.

In the first year of the reign of the Communist Party, 1650 A.D., on November 28, under the Buddha Pass, the Ming army battalion flew with flags, and 3,000 white pole soldiers rushed from the Xuanfu Division of Shiqi, 5,000 Zhenwu battalions withdrawn from southern Sichuan, and 20,000 Shence troops rushed from Guizhou, which were gathered together one after another, making the number of the Ming army reach more than 50,000 people.

For a time, the pass was full of reinforcements from all over the country, and the camp was filled with accents from all over the world.

Because Sun Kewang went to southern Sichuan, the Ming army in eastern Sichuan did not have to worry about the occupation of Guizhou, they had no worries, and reinforcements continued to come, and the morale of the army gradually recovered.

At this time, the reinforcements who arrived were cutting down trees and setting up camp, and the soldiers sharpened the wood, nailed it into the ground, and erected the wall.

The Jin army, like the Qing army, had more powerful cavalry, and in order to prevent it from being attacked by the Jin army, the horses stepped on the company camp, and Li Dingguo asked the soldiers to be sure to set the camp firmly.

Fotu Pass was originally to guard against the direction of Hezhou, Wu Sangui asked people to demolish the stone steps to the city, blocked the gate, put sandbags on the women's wall, and piled up several large slopes with soil in the front of the wall, so as to facilitate the soldiers to go to the city, and the defense of the entire wall was reversed.

At this time, on the Guancheng, Wu Sangui was leading the generals to inspect, he stopped at the side of the Guanlou, looking at the Ming army in the company camp under the Guanxia, Hu Guozhu said next to him: "The Ming army that has been coming one after another these days is probably close to 30,000 people. ”

Wu Sangui looked at the tent stretching under the pass, and the Ming army camp was crowded, and took a breath, "I originally thought that after the encirclement of Yuan Zongdi, there would not be many soldiers to fight in Sichuan, at most, as long as the defense of Guizhou was underway, I don't want to have insufficient news, since the Ming army can still gather more than 50,000 people under the pass." ”

Wang Deren's entry into Sichuan was something that Jin Guo didn't expect, Haoge thought that he suddenly broke the contract and could kill the Ming Dynasty by surprise, but he didn't expect Wang Yan to be wary of him and knew what he wanted to do, so he transferred 30,000 people.

According to the original plan, Haoge continued to surround Hezhou, and Wu Sangui could even kill Chongqing, and then block the Ming army in Guizhou.

But the Ming army had 30,000 more people, which disrupted the plan of the Jin army, and Wu Sangui could only rely on Fotu Pass to block the attack to buy time for Haoge to annihilate Yuan Zongdi.

"Lord Wang, the Ming army has just arrived, do you want to lead two thousand cavalry and go out to touch the camp tonight?"

The number of Ming troops increased, and the possibility of breaking through the Fotu Pass also increased, Wu Sangui's generals were not as relaxed as before, and they all felt the pressure, Wu Zhimao stepped forward and hugged his fists and made suggestions.

Three years ago, in the Battle of Wanxian, Wu Sangui suffered heavy losses, but fortunately he brought back 3,000 people, and many Guan Ning warriors were brought back by him.

In recent years, they have been incorporated into the new Eight Banners, with the Hao Gexi expedition, successive victories, the morale and military spirit that were defeated by the Ming army in the first battle, and then gradually recovered in the successive victories, and became a strong soldier who can only conquer and fight.

Generally speaking, the army has just arrived and the camp is not stable, it is indeed a good time for a sneak attack, Wu Sangui listened to the proposal, immediately waved to the soldiers, took a clairvoyant mirror to watch the pass, only to see that the camp of the Ming army was very orderly, many camps were standing on the hillside, and the wall of the wall also poked out a sharp wood, he knew that there was no chance to sneak attack.

Wu Sangui put down the clairvoyant mirror, shook his head, and then said: "There are masters in the Ming army who are camping, and I am afraid that a sneak attack will not succeed!" ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but look at the pass, and sure enough, they saw that there were a lot of horses in the Ming camp, and the walls of the village were also erected, and it was not easy to sneak attack.

When Wu Sangui was watching from the city, he asked again, "What's the situation on the emperor's side?" How long will it take to capture Hezhou? ”

Xia Guoxiang was looking at the Ming camp, and when he heard Wu Sangui ask, he hurriedly replied: "The person who delivered the letter said that more than 10,000 people have died, and the emperor has been rejected by Yuan Zongdi several times to surrender, and if he wants to break the city, I'm afraid it will take some time!" ”

The strength of the Jin State was still much weaker than that of the Ming Dynasty, so Haoge originally wanted to besiege Hezhou and make the Ming army run out of food, but now it has consumed more than 10,000 people, which can't help but make Wu Sangui gasp.

Xia Guoxiang was also a little melancholy in his heart, "I don't know how many people I will lose in this siege of Hezhou?" ”

Wu Sangui was silent for a while, and sighed: "The current situation can't be stopped!" Hezhou must be defeated hard, otherwise Yuan Zongdi will run, and the Ming army will still have 70,000 troops in eastern Sichuan, and our attack on eastern Sichuan will be regarded as a failure. ”

50,000 Ming troops gathered in Guanxia, the Jin army's plan to occupy the whole of Sichuan, basically no longer realized, now the best situation is Haoge annihilation of Yuan Zongdi, and then carry the momentum of a great victory, force the Ming army to retreat, forcing the Ming army to retreat to Chongqing.

Wu Sangui said, and suddenly asked: "Some time ago, I heard that the Western Thieves invaded Guizhou, so the Ming army in Guizhou has not come, and now that the Guizhou Ming Army has arrived at the pass, is it possible that the Western Thieves have been defeated?" Which of you heard the news? ”

The Western Army, which was born in the peasant army, was a thief army in the eyes of both the Ming Dynasty and the Jin State.

"This matter is about to be reported to the prince." Xia Guoxiang's face showed a look of anger, "I heard some rumors that the Western Thief had made peace with the Ming Dynasty, and the Sun Thief took tens of thousands of horses to take southern Sichuan and western Sichuan." ”

"What?" After Wu Sangui heard this, his eyes almost popped out, "What about the Sun thief going to rob southern Sichuan?" ”

Just when he was shocked, a war drum sounded in the Ming military camp, and the war drum of the generals was summoned by the commander at that time, and a total of three links were to be sounded.

Wu Sangui's thoughts were pulled back by the sound of drums, "Prime Minister, the Ming army may have to resume the offensive tomorrow, you send someone to inform the emperor that Hezhou must be defeated as soon as possible, and then drive the Ming army across the Yangtze River and end the war in eastern Sichuan as soon as possible, otherwise the cheap will all be taken by the Sun thief!" ”