Dafang City.

Gao Dejie returned from the defeat and was no longer as arrogant and arrogant as before. However, he also informed Wu Guogui and others of the sharp weapons of the Ming army.

Wu Guogui and others looked at each other with surprise and suspicion when they heard the artillery with super long range, sharp muskets, and strange cars that could spit fire.

Gao Dejie was ashamed and angry, rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "I have told the truth. If you don't believe it, then go out of the city and see it."

Wu Guogui quickly waved his hand and said: "It's not that I don't believe it, but I am shocked. The Ming army is so powerful, it is beyond our expectation."

Commander-in-Chief Shen Yingshi said in a deep voice: "It's not without reason that the Ming army won consecutive battles."

Liu Zhifu swallowed, but finally did not say anything about abandoning the city and retreating.

These surrendered generals, unlike Wu Guogui and Gao Dejie, were more cautious psychologically and did not dare to speak nonsense.

Wu Guogui hesitated and had the idea of ​​abandoning the city. But as Wu Sangui's confidant and a member of Wu Sangui's tribe, this decision was so difficult to make from his mouth.

At this time, Gao Dejie said again: "Actually, there is no need to be too afraid. These weapons have limited effect on attacking the city."

Wu Guogui sighed secretly and said: "Then stick to the city, wait for reinforcements to arrive, and attack the enemy from both inside and outside."

He has sent multiple messengers to contact Wu Sangui and Li Benzhen respectively, and even sent messengers to Kunming to report the situation. Although judging from the distance, Yunnan will send reinforcements to arrive, and the cucumbers and vegetables are already cold.

And as long as it keeps in touch with the prince and Li Benzhen, Dafangcheng will not be isolated and helpless. Among them, Li Benzhen is the most likely to lead.

According to the battle plan for the conquest of Shuixi, Li Benzhen should lead his troops to assist in the suppression at Liugui River, which is not far from Dafang.

"The enemy's strength is only more than 20,000. Our army has a strong city to rely on. It will be no problem to defend it for more than ten days." Gao Dejie didn't know where the confidence came from, and felt that he could do it again.

In fact, Gao Dejie also had to insist on his words. He failed in the first battle and once he abandoned Dafang, he would be the one to bear the blame.

He hoped that Wu Guogui would order a retreat and must show loyalty. In this case, he would have an excuse to defend himself if he was investigated in the future.

"Maybe it won't take more than ten days for the reinforcements to arrive." Wu Guogui comforted himself. He had the highest rank, but he didn't want to bear the responsibility alone.

Unfortunately, none of them knew that Wu Sangui's troops were trapped in a tight siege at Guoyongdi, and that Admiral Li Benshen was not at Liugui River, but was waiting at Lu Guangsha.

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Guo Yongdi.

The Wu army launched continuous breakout operations in multiple directions, but failed to break through the tenacious blockade of the coalition forces. Both sides suffered heavy casualties and temporarily fell into a stalemate.

In the big tent, Wu Sangui looked at the map on the table with a gloomy face, frowning.

"What happened to Li Benzhen? He didn't launch a counter-insurgency campaign for so long, causing me to fight alone." Wu Sangui didn't know that he had made a mistake at the beginning of the operation, and his heart was full of resentment towards Li Benzhen.

If the operation goes well, Li Benzhen's assistance along the way will not be so important. But in a difficult situation, or even at the juncture of destruction, anger seems to be the only option.

After several days of continuous breakthroughs and fierce attacks at all costs, Wu's army lost almost half of it. Now, Wu Sangui only has less than 10,000 troops left in his hands.

This is also the main reason why Wu Sangui stopped attacking. If he continues to fight like this, his strength will be seriously weakened, and he will even lose the power to resist the enemy's counterattack.

But he could retreat to the camp and hold on. Wu Sangui didn't know when reinforcements would arrive.

The few remaining supplies of food and grass were decreasing day by day, reaching the point of slaughtering war horses. He noticed that the morale of the army was becoming increasingly unstable, and he was even more worried that if there was no food, the entire army would collapse and lose without a fight.

The enemy may be thinking this way, waiting for the food and grass to be exhausted and the troops to be incompetent before launching the final siege.

But this kind of passivity is a problem that Wu Sangui cannot solve. In war, he loses his troops and generals, and in order to follow the rules, he is just sitting there waiting for death.

Apart from praying that Li Benzhen can lead the reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible, there seems to be no other way.

"After all, I underestimated the enemy!" Wu Sangui finally realized his mistake, but he was kept in the dark about another mistake, thinking that Li Benzhen's troops were not far away from his own army.

At this moment, there was a noise outside, which made Wu Sangui feel even more agitated. He sternly called in the soldiers to ask what happened.

"Your Majesty, the enemy is appearing outside the camp at night, shouting words of persuasion to surrender."

Wu Sangui snorted, waved his hand, and ordered his soldiers to retreat.

Obviously, the enemy had determined that the Wu army was about to run out of food and its morale was unstable, so they used this trick to undermine the morale of the army.

"Many war horses have been slaughtered, and the soldiers' rations have been reduced by half. But even so, how long can it last? Can we wait for reinforcements from Li Benzhen?"

Wu Sangui sat in the chair, rubbed his temples, and thought hard, but still had no clue.

The night was dark, and the dim moonlight shone quietly.

Ma Bao and Ta Xince looked at each other, both showing expressions of helplessness and decadence.

"To say that the false prince has arrived with his army, I think it is just a rumor to shake the morale of our army." Ma Bao sneered lightly, and then sighed, "But even so, our army is still in crisis!

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Ta Xince glanced at Ma Bao and said teasingly: "At this time, you want to add a fake word? Hehe, I don't know what you think?"

Without waiting for Ma Bao to argue, he continued: "I don't believe that the third prince came in person. But the soldiers who fought with the soldiers were not sent by him? Besides the Ming army in eastern Sichuan, who can help An Kun? Pi Xiong's stragglers,

Do you believe it?"

Ma Bao blinked his eyes, shook his head helplessly, and said: "Indeed. From weapons and equipment to tactics, this Ming army is elite. It must have been sent by the Ming army in eastern Sichuan."

"The third prince has intervened in Shuixi a long time ago, but we were kept in the dark." Ta Xince sneered: "Even the prince is the same, too underestimated the enemy."

Ma Bao opened his mouth, shook his head with a wry smile, and had nothing to say.

Although Liu Xiang and Pi Xiong only had more than 2,000 Ming troops, they caused a lot of damage to the Wu army.

At Azatun and Naba Bridge, the ferocious firepower and strange defense left a deep impression on Ma Bao and other Wu army generals.

"Don't say it!" Ma Bao knew that the more he spoke, the more outrageous he would become. If someone listened to his rebellious words, it would be a big trouble.

It's just that in a desperate situation, two close friends just complained. Could it be that they could still join the Ming Army?

In the Daxi Army, there are many Hui people, such as Ma Bao, Ta Xince, Ma Weixing, etc., and their feelings are even closer and deeper.

"It's a pity that Yongli is an Adou who cannot be supported. His abandonment of the country has chilled the soldiers, and his own ability cannot inspire the morale of the soldiers, so he has to surrender to Wu Sangui. Now that the matter has come to this, what can be said?"

"If Yongli had a little bit of the bravery of the third prince, things wouldn't be like this. Surrendering troops and generals is not trusted, and the battle is at the forefront, and you have to be active and passive."

Ma Bao and Ta Xince had their own thoughts. They looked at the starry sky and fell into a long silence.

It has not been a long time since the surrender. Even Ma Bao, who could stand and sit with Wu Guogui, Hu Guozhu and others during the San Francisco Rebellion, is still under Wu Sangui's inspection.

Therefore, when it comes to the effect of dying, it is obviously unattainable.
Chapter completed!