However, Li Guoying did not agree with Zhao Liangdong's plan, especially in the response to the latter situation. Zhao Liangdong said that if Deng Ming did not stand firm and retreated alternately, Li Guoying should lead the main force to detour the Ming army in front of the Ming army, so that the Qing army would be divided into two parts. If Zhao Liangdong's rear army was defeated, the Qing army in front would also be in danger.

When Li Guoying pondered, Wang Mingde had already opposed it first. His concerns were the same as those of the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi: "Our army has the upper hand, why should we divide our troops and take risks?"

"The soldiers are fierce and dangerous. If you want to wipe out the thieves, how can you not take any risks?" Zhao Liangdong said disdainfully.

"But Deng Zhe has a large number of ships, and he can flee along the river." Another general of Li Guoying said.

"How many can he bring? And if his ships are all used to mount soldiers, how can he fight with our ships in the water?" Although the Qing army's navy was inferior to the Ming army, if the Ming army did not plan to fight and only planned to transport troops to escape, the Qing army could pursue the troops at the right end, which was similar to the situation in the first Chongqing offensive and defensive battle. Zhao Liangdong believed that escaping on the water would greatly damage the Ming army's vitality, and had to abandon many auxiliary soldiers: "Even if Deng thieves made this bad strategy, we can first eliminate the troops he threw down, and then let the prisoners pull and continue to pursue him."

Although some people have secretly understood Zhao Liangdong's plan in their hearts, the generals of the troops looked at Li Guoying's expression and knew that the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi might also disagree. Now, unlike Deng Ming's previous life when the Three Feudatories Rebellion, Zhao Liangdong does not have enough prestige and status. No one will speak for Zhao Liangdong when the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi does not support this plan.

Even Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao, who came from Guizhou with Zhao Liangdong, also expressed opposition. Zhang Yong believed that there was no need to let the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi take risks and could defeat Deng Ming: "We are not as good as the Lu Division to follow Deng Ming closely. The navy is close and separated. Deng Ming needs to keep his navy alert, and beware of the army following him. He cannot escape quickly. As long as he arrives in Xuzhou, he can get reinforcements. He can only be beaten and not fight back. As long as he is negligent, we will bite him down a piece of meat, bite one bite one bite one, and you don't have to take any risks to win."

Hearing Zhang Yong's plan, Li Guoying immediately stretched his eyebrows and said, "General Zhang is the perfect way."

Relying on his own as a bannerman as Li Guoying, Zhao Liangdong continued to argue: "Our army is probably twice as good as Deng Zhe, and his experience on the battlefield is not comparable to the new recruits under his command for several months. Why waste this time? Moreover, our army comes to challenge directly. If Deng Ming does not dare to face the challenge, then his aura will be overwhelmed by me, and Deng Zhe's subordinates will also know that the situation is not good."

"What if Deng Ming faced the challenge?" Wang Jinbao asked.

"That's even more undesirable." Zhao Liangdong laughed and said, "Deng Ming'er, the time for commanding troops is not more than a year. We have many soldiers and a wide range of generals. We have a head-on confrontation. Are you still afraid of him?"

"But this will give Deng Zhe a chance to jump over the wall. If General Zhang's strategy is used to approach him slowly, even if Deng Ming retreats alternately, he will have to keep throwing the defender to us. His subordinates will fall into our hands when they see the injury and their morale will continue to fade away." Li Guoying finally spoke out his thoughts, and what he said was the painful lessons he had learned when he was chased by Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun: "I will soon have no power to fight, so don't be anxious to pursue."

"Only a coward who is afraid of the enemy will say this. We are sure to win, there is no need to be so cautious?" Zhao Liangdong blurted out without leaving his mind, not realizing that the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi was telling his own experience, and then sneered: "And this is giving Deng Ming a chance to escape. After he retreated for a few days, he could leave his large army and escape with his personal soldiers."

Li Guoying changed his expression slightly and said coldly: "Is General Zhao saving others with his own heart?"

At this time, Zhao Liangdong realized that what he said just now was very disrespectful to the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry to say nothing."

At this time, the generals under Li Guoying were eager to protect their masters and also sarcastically said: "General Zhao has been through the battlefield for a long time, and of course he used the perfect strategy to escape the shell. Deng Zhei had never led a year of troops. How could he use this strategy well?"

Zhao Liangdong was furious, but he had just offended Li Guoying and could not continue to argue with everyone. However, Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao felt that they had implicated Zhao Liangdong, so they distinguished him for a few words.

"Okay, don't argue with this." Li Guoying waved his hand to interrupt the quarrel between his subordinates. He wanted to redirectly retreat in Chongqing when it was the most critical time in Chongqing. Li Guoying felt that this kind of retreat was very risky and it was difficult to operate. On the other hand, the pursuers were quite relaxed. Just follow behind and wait for the other party to make a mistake: "I have decided, so I will use General Zhang's strategy to advance together in water and land, and pursue Deng Zhe. Even if this beast cannot be captured and killed this time, he will not dare to face Chongqing for several years."

...

Deng Ming had just evacuated Jiangjin, and the defenders reported that the Qing army had followed. The navy that stayed behind saw countless Qing troops crossing Qijiang with the assistance of the Chongqing Navy. Now the Ming Navy is marching against the current and is not fast. If the wind is insufficient, it still needs to drag the boatman, so he dare not fall behind the Lu Army too much. He did not monitor the Qijiang area for a long time but returned to the near the Lu Army.

"Li Guoying and Zhao Liangdong are really chasing them." It took some time to rectify the prisoners in Jiangjin. At that time, Deng Ming was most worried about the Qing army that came to challenge despite his fatigue. If that was the case, he could only respond, hoping to defeat the main force of the Qing army who was not strong enough to ensure the safe retreat of the army. As a result, the Qing army did not appear, which made Deng Ming feel much more at ease. Now that he learned that the Qing army was still chasing, Deng Ming did not feel so nervous a day ago: "The Qing army is timid."

"The Tartars mostly wanted to follow us slowly and wait for us to reveal their flaws." The guards were not as optimistic as Deng Ming, especially they had heard Yuan Zongdi talk about how he pursued Li Guoying.

"Yes, but in the end, they are still timid. Although General Yuan's method is good, he is ultimately a trick. He has no confidence to subdue the desperate enemy. I know that the situation is very dangerous now, but this is better than Li Guoying and his entire men and drove to our camp in a fierce manner." Deng Ming asked himself, if he had absolutely confidence in defeating the enemy, he would definitely not follow him, but would definitely conquer the world in one battle, so that no enemy could escape.

In the next few days, Deng Ming's march became slower and slower. The Qing army, which had the advantage of cavalry, followed behind the Ming army like a shadow. If the Ming army was moving a little faster, they rushed up to try to attack the Ming army's rear team. If the Ming army turned around and tried to fight, the Qing cavalry would quickly leave without giving the Ming cavalry a chance to stick to them.

"If we look for this speed, we may not be able to reach Xuzhou for a month." Deng Ming admitted that the Qing army's tactics were very annoying, and it caused the Ming army to be highly nervous. Every time the Ming army turned around, they had to be prepared for the main force of the Qing army to come up to fight, which required the entire army to coordinate and coordinate. The Qing army, which had the initiative in the battle, did not need to do so: "Li Guoying hid behind and let the soldiers rest fully. But we could not be careless at once. If we recklessly divided our troops to drive away the enemy cavalry, the main force of the Qing army might pounce on them together, and that would be out of control."

Two days later, the Qing army became more and more bold, and some Qing army infantry also engaged in harassment near the Ming army under the cover of the cavalry. After adapting this period, Li Guoying controlled the pursuit rhythm better and set up camps with the Ming army guards every day. In addition to harassing the Ming army, he also organized several nightly robberies. Although the Ming army strictly prevented the Qing army's robbery and failed to succeed, Li Guoying was not in a hurry at all, because he did not expect to defeat the Ming army as soon as he came up.

"That was the case with the Yuan thief and Liu thief tormenting me back then." Li Guoying looked at the Ming army camp not far away and remembered the various embarrassing situations more than ten years ago. He was attacked by the rebel army day and night. The soldiers became more restless day by day. Even if Li Guoying personally commanded the broken rear troops, it was useless. When soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally due to endless harassment, they would begin to lose their fighting spirit, and some people would even give in and relax their vigilance.

At that time, Li Guoying racked his brains and couldn't come up with a countermeasure, and hated Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun into his bones: "It's really a turn of feng shui." Now Li Guoying felt a sense of pleasure in his heart like a cat and a mouse, and at the same time he warned himself: "Don't be anxious, take it slowly, Deng Ming will become more and more anxious, and he will soon stop the troops from confronting me, and then challenge them again and again. I don't pay attention to him and continue to harass him until his morale collapses."

...

"Li Guoying is spending time with us." The Ming army failed to walk a few miles today. Because the defenders were under great pressure, the entire army had to stop and cover the troops who broke the rear could escape safely.

In the past two days, small-scale battles between the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties have become frequent, which has led to some wounded soldiers in the Ming army. Deng Ming ordered these wounded soldiers to be loaded on the ship and must ensure that they leave first: "Fortunately, the injuries are not too serious, but sooner or later there will be serious wounded soldiers who cannot even take a boat. If the wounded are not abandoned, the entire army will not think about leaving."

"Our army has no military ration problem." Although Deng Ming transported away a large number of military rations, there was no problem with eating the military rations carried by the Ming army for a month. If necessary, the grain could be transported back from Chengdu.

"That would be a long night and dreams. We don't know if there will be any changes in Jiange, whether there will be a new Qing army entering Sichuan, and we have to return to the capital to open up the land as soon as possible." Deng Ming was moving slowly, and sent a large number of soldiers to reconnaissance the terrain in front: "Only a thousand days to be a thief, and no thousand days to defend against thieves, we can't continue like this. We have to fight a good battle with Li Guoying."

"Li thief probably won't respond," said Li Xinghan: "He is now trying to take advantage of his skills."

"Yes, the courage of the commander is the courage of the military. The commander is determined to take advantage of the skills. The soldiers are naturally timid. Now we need to use some means to make Li Guoying willing to fight a war with us." Deng Ming ordered the convening of all the lieutenants-

The author's note: Today's first update will be strived for the second update around 2 pm.
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