Everything is ready, only the east wind is not available.

Wu Sangui managed Majestic Mountain like an iron bucket, and waited for the arrival of Li Dingguo's army to give him a blow.

But two days later, Wu Sangui received a report from Tang and was puzzled by the Ming army's actions and felt a little conspiracy.

In theory, Li Dingguo should advance quickly, use his military strength to open up the channel to Changde, and get rid of Prince Xi's pursuit.

But somehow, since Li Dingguo left Jingzhou, he was not too slow and he set up camp only for fifty miles a day, and he seemed to be in no hurry at all.

What is even more suspicious is that they did not leave when they arrived at Lizhou Prefecture and stationed in Lizhou Prefecture, as if they were waiting for something.

What are they waiting for?

Wu Sangui couldn't help but mutter: "Prince Xi is only three days away from him. If he doesn't come to attack me quickly, is it because he is waiting for Prince Xi to catch up? Are you not afraid that we will destroy him by attacking him from the front and back?"

Wu Sangui walked to the map and thought hard about the intention of the Ming army: "I want to change the way from Lizhou to escape? Impossible. The mountains and hills and ridges east of Lizhou are surrounded by crisscrossing ditches. If a hundred thousand troops flee eastward, they will undoubtedly seek death. Will they defend Lizhou to the death? Even more impossible. The information said that his army lacked food, grass and ammunition, and 100,000 soldiers ate horses and chewed. How could a small Lizhou afford?"

"Does he want to eat Prince Xi? It's impossible. If he doesn't keep food and grass, he should hurry to Changde and get food. How dare he fight? Besides, Prince Xi will not stick to him closely. As long as Li Dingguo dares to fight, Prince Xi only needs to retreat. If it doesn't work, he can retreat back to Jingzhou. If it's a tug-of-war, Fei can kill Li Dingguo."

"Then why is he?" Li Dingguo had all his ideas, and he was denied.

Unable to understand, he could only ask the scout to closely monitor the movements of Li Dingguo's army and make plans after he understood Li Dingguo's strategic intentions.

At noon the next day, Wu Sangui was in the tent and suddenly received an urgent report from the scout: "Report! Prince, the Ming army's Bai Wenxuan troops headed south from Lizhou and came to Majie Mountain!"

"How many people?"

"Twenty thousand!"

"Talk again and report again!"

"twitter!"

Wu Sangui was overjoyed when he heard the news and said to himself: "Here we are finally here."

Just as he was about to gather the generals, another scout came to report: "Report! Prince, Changde led 20,000 troops out of the city and came to Majie Mountain!"

"Twenty thousand? Where did so many soldiers come from Changde? It turns out that there were only five thousand defenders? When will the Ming army increase their troops?" Wu Sangui couldn't help but wonder when he heard the news.

Wu Sangui was not very surprised by the news that Chen Kuangxia sent troops. It was reasonable for him to pick up Li Dingguo's army into the city and send troops to attack Majieshan.

However, the news that the Ming army had increased its troops in Changde made him feel bad: "Did the Ming army have already arranged the arrangements? They had gathered heavy troops in Changde early?"

Unable to figure out the reason, Wu Sangui no longer thought about it and thought to himself: "Let's face it. If you increase your troops, just increase your troops. In any case, the Ming army finally came. It has 30,000 troops and has a territorial advantage. Can't you beat his 40,000 troops?"

"Transfer the order, all armies should strengthen their vigilance and guard against the Ming army's attack on the mountain!" Wu Sangui ordered the command soldiers to convey his orders.

After the order was passed, Wu Sangui took his son Wu Yingqi and Tan Hong, the leader of the "Guanning Iron Cavalry", and came out of the tent to the mountain to check the movements of the Ming army.

The more you look at Wu Sangui, the more confused you become.

Bai Wenxuan and Chen Kuangxia did not attack the mountain. Both armies stopped two miles away from Majeong Mountain, camped on the spot, dug trenches, set up horse-rejecting horses, piled stone walls, and buried landmines. It seemed that they planned to stay for a long time.

"Father, what is the Ming army doing? We are going to trap us to death?" Wu Yingqi shouted in confusion.

"Sleeping?" Wu Sangui got his son to remind him, and his heart moved: "There is a cliff behind the mountain, and our army has nowhere to go. It blocks the north-south passage and forces our army to go west? The west is also connected to the mountains, and the mountains are surrounded by mountains. If you go in, you will die. Could it be that the Ming army really lured me into the dilemma and then enforced the trap?"

"Prince, will the Ming army be exhausted from traveling a long distance? Let's set up camp for the time being and attack the mountain tomorrow?" Tan Hong thought of another possibility and shouted loudly in Wu Sangui's ear.

"If you want to trap us, then there must be three prerequisites. One is that there is sufficient food and supplies, the other is that you are not in a hurry to return to Guangzhou, and the third is that you have no worries about the way out. If so, the Ming army is playing a big game, and we fall into the calculations of Zhu Youlang's ministers early on, and the information provided by us is definitely fake." Wu Sangui analyzed.

"Why don't we fight Tantanxu and True?" Wu Yingqi said.

"No, as long as our army gets up the mountain, all the geographical advantages will be lost and it will fall into the Ming army's calculations. If you don't believe it, look, the mountain road must be covered with landmines."

"Let's see if the Ming army continues to increase its troops? Let's see if the Ming army will attack the mountains tomorrow? If the Li Dingguo army heads south from Lizhou, that's the best; otherwise, it goes without saying that Prince Xi will be hanging there." Wu Sangui continued.

After saying this, Wu Sangui looked up at the north, his eyes full of worry.

...

Wu Sangui's concerns make sense, because the strategy formulated by Li Dingguo is to "hijack Wu Sangui and defeat Luo Luohun."

As early as when Wu Sangui and Luo Luo were determined, Li Dingguo did three things. One was to quietly cross the mountain army and ambush in advance; the other was to write a letter to Hunan Governor He Tengjiao, which introduced his deployment in detail and asked him to cooperate; the other was to issue two military orders to Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, ordering them to quickly conquer Jingzhou and Xiangyang after crossing the river in Luo Luohun, and cut off their return.

After doing these three things, he slowly prepared to withdraw his troops.

After leaving Jingzhou, Li Dingguo did not marches urgently, of course, the purpose was to buy time for Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi.

The day after arriving in Lizhou, Li Dingguo received a letter from Liu and Ai and Fei Ge. He learned that Liu Wenxiu had already left Dangyang and quietly arrived at the city of Jingzhou. Ai Nengqi had also surrounded Xiangyang. Then he summoned all the generals and assigned combat missions.

"My generals, now we have successfully divided Wu Sangui and Luo Luohun into two large pieces. Next, our task is to eat them one by one! Let's talk about the south first. Wu Sangui is probably still dreaming of ambushing and blocking our army. Unfortunately, he committed a military taboo and set up the camp on the mountain. Isn't this waiting to die? Our army only needs to block the important roads in the north and south, and starve them to death! Wu Sangui is also an old corps. If he had not received false information, he would never have put himself in a desperate situation."
Chapter completed!