In recent years, Shang Kexi has been staying in Henan, a place of four battles. In just over ten years, Henan rarely fought. Apart from a few conflicts with Wu Sangui, he did not participate in other wars.

Therefore, Shang Kexi did not know Li Dingguo, located in the southwest, and the Dingxi Army.

I only know that Haoge entered Sichuan. In a few months, Zhang Xianzhong died and the Western Army was beaten by the Qing army and fled to Yunnan and Guizhou.

Over the years, because Zhao Ming was too dazzling in the southeast and the Qing army failed to advance the front line to the southwest, the Western Army did not have the opportunity to show its own strength.

Li Guoying knew very little about the Western Army that had been living in Yunnan and Guizhou for more than ten years, so he naturally did not understand what kind of person Li Dingguo was.

"Your Majesty, this humble position is not clear, but Li Dingguo's intention to station troops in Zunyi can be analyzed and analyzed." Li Guoying said in a deep voice.

Shang Kexi stroked his beard and said, "Tell me."

Li Guoying picked up a map from the hall, spread it on the table, pointed to the map and said, "There are probably two roads suitable for the army to advance from Zunyi to Sichuan. One is to follow the Fuling River and penetrate into Fuzhou, and the other is to follow the Chishui River and attack Luzhou."

The reason why Sichuan is good at defending is that the defenders can clearly know the enemy's route into Sichuan, so they call for troops to defend.

Shang Kexi nodded and asked, "Which path do you think Li Ding will take?"

Li Guoying said: "To attack Fuling, you can surround Kuizhou to the east, connect Tangtong to Sichuan, and to attack Ba County to the west, occupy eastern Sichuan. To attack Luzhou, you can detour east of Sichuan, go straight to Chengdu, or to surround us in eastern Sichuan. Both roads are possible. How Li Dingguo goes depends on his ambition."

Shang Kexi nodded slightly, but said with a smile: "Luzhou has Gao Qilong stationed and Fuling has heavy troops. I sit in Ba County, mobilize in the middle, and send troops to reinforce at any time. No matter which path Li Dingguo takes, I can deal with it calmly."

While talking, a general rushed to the hall and hurriedly saluted, "Prince, the Ming army attacked Luzhou, General Gao is in an emergency!"

Shang Kexi heard the words and was shocked, "What a great Li Dingguo, he has a very big appetite, and he doesn't care about this handsome guy."

Luzhou is an important town in southern Sichuan. If the Ming army captured Luzhou, it could attack the empty Chengdu Plain to the north, and to the east, it could cut off the connection between Chongqing, Kuizhou and Chengdu. The three Wu corps surrounded and annihilated the eastern Sichuan.

Luzhou is located in the transition zone between the southern edge of the Sichuan Basin and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Its terrain is low in the north and high in the south. The Yangtze River runs across the territory of Luzhou from west to east. The Tuojiang River, Yongning River, Chishui River, Sexi River, and Longxi River are the intersection of this.

The northern part of Luzhou is a river valley, with low and middle hills, and a continuous flat dam. The southern part is connected to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. It belongs to the northern foot of the Dalou Mountain. It is a low mountain with deep rivers and steep valleys.

Therefore, the Dingxi Army attacked Luzhou and rushed down from a high place.

When Sun Kewang returned to Sichuan, he first captured Luzhou and occupied southern Sichuan, and then drove Wu Sangui out of Sichuan.

However, because of this, the Zhou army sent heavy troops this time, with the general Gao Qilong, leading 20,000 people to station here.

At this time, on the hills on the other side of the Yangtze River, the sound of cannons rumbled, white smoke rose, and shells flew across the river and smashed towards Luzhou City.

The city wall was hit by shells, dust splashed, and the shells fell into the river, alarming the water columns.

On the top of the south bank, there was a large flag under the banner. Liu Wenxiu couldn't help feeling excited when he saw the spectacular scene of artillery bombarding the other side.

"Master General, we are really replacing the cannons!" General Jin Tongwu said with a smile.

Liu Wenxiu was also quite moved. After the Western Army retreated to Yunnan and Guizhou, he wanted to fight north to recover Sichuan more than once, but in the end he was left alone.

Because the land of Yunnan and Guizhou is too poor, and there is no management-oriented Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and him can only barely survive and have no money and food to recover Sichuan.

Therefore, Zhao Ming spent nearly one million taels of silver and countless exquisite weapons and armor were sent, which immediately made the generals of the Western Army surrender.

Of course, this is mainly because of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, neither of whom did not have the ambitions of Sun Kewang.

In troubled times, some people pursue domineering and kingly ways in order to end troubled times, some people follow our way, only seeking separatist and self-protection, and some people make their own goals by being born and assisting the wise ruler to pacify the world.

Longwu, Zhu Yihai, Zhao Ming, Wu Sangui, and Dorgon were all ambitious and followed the way of kings and dominance. Jin Shenghuan, Li Chengdong, and Jiang Xiang were my own way, and they were essentially fence-bearers. There were also kings like Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Xia Wanchun, and Du Yinxi, who were the way of kings and rulers. They did not have the ambition to be the king, but just wanted to achieve their political ambitions to pacify the world and resist foreign enemies.

Therefore, when Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and many generals of the Western Army felt that Zhao Ming could follow and realize his ambitions through Zhao Ming, so he surrendered to Zhao Ming.

Of course, the main reason is that Zhao Ming had enough money, and everyone had difficulty eating enough before. Now they need money, food, and equipment. Zhao Ming treats them as his own people, so they naturally willingly surrender.

Liu Wenxiu glanced at her side, wearing brand new armor, iron helmet, and a soldier holding a musket, and said proudly: "If you pass the order, the artillery team will not need to save gunpowder, and you will be hit hard by me!"

At the top of the city wall in Luzhou, Zhou Jiang Gao raised his head, poked out half of his body at the top of the city wall filled with smoke and dust, picked up the thousand-mile mirror to observe the other side. In the round vision, he saw the hill on the other side, and the flags were like clouds, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

"Be careful of the military gate!" A guard suddenly shouted and threw Gao Qilong, who was observing, downed.

With a "bang", a shell hit the city, slashed the battlements, and gravel splashed.

Gao Qilong pushed away the guard who was pressing him, stood up, shook the dust on his body, looked at the messy city, and couldn't help but frown and scolded: "Damn, when did Han Pi on the opposite side be equipped with so many artillery?"

Gao Qilong has been stationed in southern Sichuan for a long time and has been in conjunction with the Western Army of Yunnan and Guizhou for many years. He understands the strength of the Western Army and looks at the situation on the other side. The beggars on the other side are completely reborn.

Gao Qilong was extremely suspicious that the opposite side was not the beggar army from Yunnan and Guizhou, but the central imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, with a cannon on the other side, nearly a thousand rafts and boats rushed towards the north bank on the river bank, with well-equipped soldiers holding muskets and some of them were still equipped with cannons on the small boats.

"Boom!" Another shot hit. Gao Qilong did not avoid the artillery fire and hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up, fire the artillery to defend!"

On the city of Luzhou, the Zhou army's artillery roared continuously and the two sides of the Taiwan Strait fired at each other. However, the Zhou army has always believed that the Western army has poor combat power and simple equipment, so it did not equip many firearms for the Zhou army in Sichuan.

Now, in the cross-strait artillery battle, the Zhou army in Luzhou was actually suppressed by the Western army on the other side.

Looking at the Dingxi Army rushing over the river, Gao Qilong was a little unsure, grabbed one of his subordinates, and ordered urgently: "Go to Ba County and report to Shangjunmen. Li Dingguo's main force attacked Luzhou and beg Shangjunmen to divide their troops to reinforce."

After learning that the Ming army appeared in Luzhou, just one day later, Gao Qilong's messenger came to rescue again.

In the hall, Shang Kexi looked at Gao Qilong's letter and snorted coldly, "The Western thieves are rampant, Li Guoying, you lead 20,000 troops to reinforce, and be sure to block Li Dingguo in Luzhou."

Li Guoying clasped his fists when he heard the words, "Don't worry about the military gate! The 40,000 army has a huge chasm of the Yangtze River. Even if Li Dingguo has a million, he can't defeat him."

On the afternoon of that day, the gate of Ba County opened wide, Li Guoying rode out, and the 20,000 Zhou troops looked westward and towards Luzhou.
Chapter completed!