It has been the fifth day since Li Dingguo began to dig tunnels.

Since all the troops attacked were to be transported into Hanzhong City, the tunnels excavated by Li Dingguo were much wider than those excavated by Zeng Ying, the project volume and energy were naturally much greater.

However, it seems that the Qing army did not find Li Ding's troops digging tunnels in the dark.

This may be because Li Dingguo did a good job of concealing his work, or Zeng Ying put enough pressure on the Qing army on the frontal battlefield and successfully played a restraining role.

No matter which result is, it is ideal.

Li Dingguo can dig the tunnels as he pleases without worrying about being disturbed.

The only thing he is worried about now is time.

If he cannot dig the tunnel as soon as possible, if Zeng Ying can't withstand the withdrawal of the troops, he will become very dangerous.

Or the arrival of the Qing army's reinforcements would be a very difficult problem.

Therefore, Li Dingguo is very concerned about the progress of digging tunnels and often asks about it personally.

Now the tunnel has already taken shape, but it will take about ten days before it is completely dug into the city. Li Dingguo did not dare to relax for a moment and ordered the soldiers to speed up the work.

After all, he made this idea and the governor readily adopted it. He could not let the governor lose face.

Trust such things is very difficult, especially for a surrendered general like him.

So he cherishes it very much and strives not to waste every opportunity.

Just now Liu Fangliang, who had just been stationed at the Beishan Pass, sent someone to send a message saying that he had discovered a small group of Tartar Rangers. However, he was not sure whether these Rangers were Hanzhong Qing army or reinforcements sent by the Tartars.

Liu Fangliang would try his best to inquire about the news, but he would send someone to inform Li Dingguo first to let him be prepared.

Li Dingguo couldn't help feeling heavy when he heard this news.

This is not good news.

If these Rangers are really the outposts of the Tartar reinforcements, it proves that their main force must be not far away.

If the Tartar reinforcements arrived in time, it would be a great threat to Li Dingguo and his subordinates.

Therefore, Li Dingguo must now ask the soldiers to speed up the excavation progress and strive to dig through the tunnel as soon as possible.

However, Liu Fangliang also informed Li Dingguo that he would try his best to guard the Beishan Pass.

You must pass the Beishan Pass from Guanzhong to Hanzhong.

As long as Liu Fangliang guarded the Beishan Pass, it would be impossible for the Tartars to come to the city of Hanzhong.

Li Dingguo couldn't help but be grateful to Liu Fangliang.

This guy didn't have much friendship with him but could help him so much. It's really heartwarming.

After all, it is the same as the peasant army who came from the same disease.

Regardless of whether it is the old subordinates of Dashun or Daxi, at this time, only by joining the group to keep warm can the court pay full attention to them.

Li Dingguo also sent someone to send the news to Zeng Ying.

After all, Zeng Ying will make more targeted arrangements after receiving the news.

He didn't have much opinion about Zeng Ying, but he just felt that there was always something between them because of their identities.

Hopefully he's overthinking it.

Daming is now a critical period for the Northern Expedition, and all forces need to unite. There must be no situation where the mountains are divided into factions.

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Shang Kexi is almost collapsed.

Finally, he used artillery to bombard hope, but a large number of Ming army reinforcements appeared, shattering his hope.

Shang Kexi didn't know which faction these reinforcements belonged to the Ming army, but he knew that he had completely lost the opportunity to take the initiative to attack and had to defend himself.

But this is good, he can help his subordinates save their energy as much as possible. But if reinforcements cannot arrive in time to lift the siege of Hanzhong, they will be trapped to death in the city.

It's just a little late to die.

At this moment, Shang Kexi could only place all his hopes on the reinforcements sent by Azig, hoping that they would arrive soon.

Zeng Ying expected that the Qing army's voluntary withdrawal of troops was expected.

If the Tartars continue to fight, they will definitely not be able to gain any advantage. The wisest way to withdraw troops to preserve their strength.

However, as a result, the Ming army faced much less pressure and was able to do many things outside Hanzhong City.

However, Shang Kexi did not seem to have given up on delaying the Ming army's excavation of authentic tunnels.

But this time it's no longer the right person.

He ordered the artillery to bombard the mound dug up by the Ming army, hoping to fill the entrance of the tunnel by bombing the mound.

This move has indeed achieved miraculous results.

The target of the mound was too obvious. After several rounds of shelling, the mound finally collapsed.

Half of the tunnel was just dug out and blocked by earth and stones, and some soldiers were trapped directly in the tunnel.

Zeng Ying quickly ordered the rescue. The Ming soldiers tried their best to dig up the soil and stones to rescue their robes.

But this was extremely physically exhausting. When they were dug up by the earth and rocks, they were exhausted and panting and sweating profusely.

Zeng Ying felt that this result was not unacceptable.

After all, in the original plan, he was not the last link to Hanzhong.

His function is to attract the attention of the Tartars.

If he took Hanzhong directly, what would he do if Li Dingguo would do?

He can't take credit by himself, he wants everyone to share it.

After the decisiveness, Zeng Ying discussed with Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi and others, and no longer tried to dig out the tunnels, but just pretended. In this way, the men did not have to risk being killed to do unnecessary things.

So the Qing army in the city and the Ming army outside the city entered a relatively peaceful period.

Both sides seemed to be in a hurry to kill each other immediately. The Qing army was waiting for reinforcements sent by Guanzhong, while the Ming army was waiting for Li Dingguo to sneak into Hanzhong City to change the flag and change the flag.

However, the large number of Ming troops were able to surround Hanzhong City to death.

In this way, even if the Qing reinforcements really arrive, they can still surround the site and attack the reinforcements.

The Qing army could not have sent cavalry to harass themselves as they did before.

Overall, everything was developing in a favorable direction in the Ming army, and the Qing army could only wait passively.

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Huo'ertu looked at the mountains in the distance and exhaled a breath of heat.

Perhaps because the weather was too cold, his breath of heat immediately condensed into white mist. The so-called squinted eyes seemed to see through what was behind the mountains.

But after looking for a long time, he seemed not to see what happened. Then he closed his eyes and asked a close friend next to him: "Have all the scouts sent back?"

He led a large army to reinforce Hanzhong, and even if he was marching urgently, he would not be able to keep the marching uninterrupted.

This requires sending scouts to survey the terrain in advance to inquire about information and send the information back to the capital for details as soon as possible.

The following respectfully clasped his fists and said, "Report to General, more than half of the scouts sent out have returned, and some have not returned. According to those who have returned, there seems to be a Ming army stationed at the Beishan Pass."

The huge forehead picture sounded lightly.

Beishan Pass was his must-pass place to go to Hanzhong. It seemed that the Ming army had already expected that Guanzhong would send reinforcements.

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Chapter completed!