Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 963
Luzhou is located in the transition zone between the southern edge of the Sichuan Basin and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with a terrain low in the north and high in the south.In the north are river valleys, low and medium hills, and flat and dam contiguous areas, which is a land of fish and rice.The south connects with the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and belongs to the northern foot of Dalou Mountain. It is a low mountain with deep rivers, steep valleys and dense forests.

The main peak of Luohan Forest in Luzhou Prefecture is [-] Zhang high, which is one of the highest peaks in Luzhou.

At this time, many wooden houses were built on the mountain, and many soldiers were cutting down trees. It seemed that there were not enough houses, and more houses were to be built.

On the trail at the foot of the mountain, a small troop of cavalry galloped over, and when they reached the foot of the mountain, the leader hurriedly got off his horse, and then hurriedly climbed up the mountain.

He walked through a long wall on the mountainside and looked at the nearby hills. Most of them were the same. The wall surrounded the mountainside like a belt, and the top of the mountain was chopped down. There was a village on each mountain.

Seeing this, Bai Wenxuan couldn't help sighing slightly, Sun Kewang was talented as a prime minister and was very good at handling political affairs, but he was relatively incompetent in military affairs and could not recognize the facts clearly.

In the current situation, since Sun Kewang didn't want to go to Nanjing, he should quickly set up defenses in Luzhou, but he ran to the mountain to prepare for the retreat.

Bai Wenxuan shook his head. At any rate, he was also called the king, sitting on a land of thousands of miles. Could it be that he really planned to run into the mountains to become the king of the mountain in case of failure, but he didn't think about it. How many people would there be? Would you like to follow him into the mountains?
When he walked to the cottage, he was greeted by Sun Kewang's guards. Bai Wenxuan was not polite, asked where Sun Kewang was, and rushed to meet him.

There is a big wooden house at the top of the mountain, which is Sun Kewang's temporary residence. There are many guards standing in front of the house. Seeing Bai Wenxuan's arrival, all the guards stood up straight. A military academy rushed in to report, and came out after a while to salute: " Your Majesty let the general go in."

Bai Wenxuan was not polite, and went directly into the house, where Sun Kewang was standing in front of the sand table and meditating, he felt Bai Wenxuan coming in, looked up and saw that his face was anxious, he couldn't help but put down the wooden stick, clapped his hands, and asked, "What's the matter?" In such a hurry, do you have to come here to see the king?"

Bai Wenxuan's face was bitter, "Your Majesty, the 11 Ming army is divided into three groups, one to attack Yunnan, the other to cut off our way back to Yunnan, and all the way to Luzhou!"

"What?" Sun Kewang's expression froze for a moment, and he took a step back in shock, a little in disbelief, "Didn't you propose new conditions to the Ming Dynasty to let you continue the negotiation?"

Bai Wenxuan was silent for a while. He had persuaded Sun Kewang to accept the Ming Dynasty's conditions, not just once, but Sun Kewang flatly refused every time, and he was not allowed to mention it again.

Sun Qiang wanted to make Wang Jue's request, buy time to prepare for the battle, and then repair the relationship with Hauge.He had already thought about it, and he had to make all the preparations. Take this stockade as an example, it was one of his escape routes, but after the stockade was built, other preparations would take time.

He thought he had at least three or four months to make preparations to change the current unfavorable situation, but he didn't expect the Ming army to kill him suddenly, which made him full of horror.

"Why don't you talk?" Sun Kewang saw that Bai Wenxuan was silent, and he couldn't accept it. He retreated to the table and supported it with one hand, his face suddenly twisted, "I know, the Ming Dynasty has no intention of surrendering at all, right? ? From the very beginning, he was plotting against me!"

It has been less than a year since the Ming army abandoned southern Sichuan. It can be said that they are familiar with the situation in southern Sichuan. In addition, the Ming army has been planning for a long time and has been preparing for more than seven months. Sun Kewang was still fighting with Hauge not long ago. If he is not prepared to fight against the Ming Dynasty, if the Ming Dynasty takes action at this time, it will kill him, and his foundation will be destroyed.

For a while, Sun Kewang was filled with resentment. Bai Wenxuan saw that his face turned from distorted to angry, and sighed and said: "In the news from the Ming army, He Tengjiao heard that the king rejected the Ming Dynasty's conditions, and he didn't even have a letter from the king." Look, they declared war directly, without even thinking about any new conditions!"

The Ming army was able to find out Sun Kewang's information through the generals of the Western Army in the army, and the Western Army could also contact the old and old members of the Western Army in the Ming Army to obtain some information about the Ming Army.

"He Tengjiao?" Sun Kewang was very angry, staring at his eyes, "Don't he think about the destruction of life in the war, and don't want to win a land of thousands of miles and an army of one hundred thousand without fighting?"

"My lord, I'm afraid he really doesn't want to. He Tengjiao is selfish. Judging from the news I got, he didn't think about the people at all, but only wanted to fight for merit."

When He Tengjiao was in Hunan, he raised taxes arbitrarily, searched Sanxiang to prepare money to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and caused public dissatisfaction. In the end, he was greedy and went to Yuezhou to compete with Wang Yan. He left Changsha, his hometown, and seized power together with Du Yinxi, governor of Hunan, to reverse He Tengjiao's policy in Hunan.

Sun Kewang thought that he could earn at least two or three months of wrangling time by proposing to be crowned king, but he didn't consider He Tengjiao, a rotten man's idea, and didn't want things to develop like this.

Suddenly Sun Kewang slumped down on the seat, hating He Tengjiao, a dog official, in his heart. After a while, he calmed down and accepted the facts, "Where is the Ming army now?"

"Passing through Yongning Guard, we have already attacked Luzhou!"

"So fast?" Sun Kewang was surprised again, "How did Di Sanpin defend?"

"Your Majesty, Di Sanpin didn't defend Yongning at all. He saw that the [-] Ming army was mighty and mighty, so he surrendered Li Dingguo before the battle. Now he is leading the Ming army to Luzhou."

Sun Kewang suddenly stood up, feeling both shocked and hated. Di Sanpin was a veteran of the Western Army, and he followed Zhang Xianzhong very early on. With him leading the way, the checkpoints along the way were probably unreliable, and the Ming army would kill Luzhou in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Sun Kewang pacing back and forth in a hurry, Bai Wenxuan couldn't help but clasped his hands and said, "My lord, He Tengjiao made Li Dingguo the vanguard in order to disintegrate our internal affairs. Your lord should hurry back to Luzhou now and concentrate all our forces in Luzhou. The Ming army cannot Destroy each one."

"Let me withdraw to Luzhou and concentrate my strength?" Sun Kewang stopped, hesitating a little.

He looked at the sand table in the house, which was a model of several nearby hills, which was his last retreat.In case of defeat, he can also retreat to the mountains to wait for time to change.

Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Zuoge's Fifth Battalion all failed in the past. They drilled through the mountains, built camps in the mountains, escaped the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army, and fought out when the Ming Dynasty was empty and exhausted, stirring up the world.

Following his gaze, Bai Wenxuan also saw the model of the cottage, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the army is not stable now. Only by concentrating the army and the King himself in charge can we prevent people from surrendering. There are about 2000 troops left in this cottage. Just look at it."

Sun Kewang remained silent, the cottage is only half built, the most important thing is that the food is still in the city, and it will take time to deliver it, and the Ming army may come to Luzhou sooner or later, the food may not be transported by the clouds, and the food cannot be transported up the mountain , this cottage is meaningless.

At this time, Sun Kewang began to think in his mind, what else could he do? It seemed that he could only concentrate on defending Luzhou, and then ask Hauge for help.

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