Deng Ming's intention was indeed similar to Sun Sick's guess.

The watchman on the Ming army warship opened his eyes wide and carefully observed the Qing army's deployment on the shore. Now Deng Ming knew nothing about the battle of Wanxian and the Qing army's deployment, so he wanted to annihilate a Qing army and capture some prisoners for interrogation. As for the Qing army's resistance, he did not take it seriously. Deng Ming underestimated the strength of the Qing army and believed that it was comparable to his own troops. Since some of them were attracted by Yuan Zongdi, Deng Ming was confident that he would defeat the left-behind troops near Chongqing in the field, and felt that the Qing army might not dare to fight.

However, the Ming army inspected the river bank and never found a target worth landing and attacking. Li Guoying had long believed that the Ming army would not send a powerful army in the first wave of reinforcements, and also knew that the Qing army would quickly lose control of the river surface, so he prepared for some prevention: the Qing army along the way had temporary camps, and the soldiers formed large-scale groups, with certain self-defense capabilities.

Sun Sike did not change these deployments, so there were no Qing army armoured troops marching along the way. Deng Ming saw some auxiliary soldiers, but it was not worth landing in order to attack the auxiliary soldiers. First, these people did not understand the situation, and second, they would throw things away when they saw the Ming army landing. Even if the Ming army was confident of winning in the field, they could not land recklessly near the supply base, and searched for a few auxiliary soldiers all over the mountains and fields, that was not confidence but arrogance.

After driving downstream for more than ten miles, I finally found a larger Qing army column, which was marching towards Chongqing.

"The armored people here look like there is a battalion?" There may be a Qing army general in this column. The armored people in the entire team are probably around a thousand people, and the Ming army is capable of subduing them.

However, when the Qing army saw the Ming army's fleet approaching, they obviously began to be on guard. The Ming army would land for a long time, and they should not be too close to avoid being counterattacked by the Qing army; nor could they be too far away, so as not to avoid the Qing army fleeing north.

Deng Ming ordered a search around. It surprised him that the Qing army marched in such a large column. The large columns had strong resistance and breakthrough ability. They would also pose a great threat when the Ming army landed. Therefore, Deng Ming was a little hesitant and did not know whether he should launch an offensive against them. In order to catch some prisoners and ask questions, the main force would waste time on landing, and risk being ambushed. Is this worth doing? If the other party saw that the situation was not good, escaped from the Ming army's interception north, the benefits of the landing operation would be even smaller.

"Continue to search to see if there are smaller troops." Deng Ming still feels that it is not worth it after all.

Just as the Ming army continued to search, the defender sent a clutch, caught up with the slowly moving flagship, and reported to Deng Ming that the Qing army in the Jialing River had begun to cross the river again. The banner was still the Eight Banners of Han, and the commander was also the guy named Sun.

"Is this General Sun worried that we will log in here? It seems that if we really log in, he will be determined to fight us." The Qing army's reaction confused Deng Ming for a while, and then ordered to continue driving slowly, maintaining a speed slightly faster than the army: "If there is a chance, I want to be ahead of General Sun. He must have some understanding of Li Guoying's deployment, right?"

Since the Qing army wanted to fight, Deng Ming wanted to find a secluded place to log in early and then ambush.

However, the density of the Qing army on the riverside was far beyond the original imagination of the Ming army. If you couldn't go far, you could see the Qing army's grain-bearing squad. Soon the Ming army discovered a new large-scale column. Such a high-density Qing army made it impossible for the Ming army to land secretly. After seeing the third Qing army column, Deng Ming felt that the strength of the Qing army might be more than he had guessed: "Did Li Guoying mobilized more than 50,000 troops this time? Why can his men be seen everywhere?"

As he continued to correct his judgment on the strength of the Qing army, Deng Ming's landing raid was getting lower and lower. Before he could figure out how many troops the Qing army had gathered, the danger of landing rashly was too great.

When the Ming army showed an attack on the first Qing army column they encountered, it can be observed that the Qing army column began to prepare for war, while sending messengers in different directions and asking for help from both wings at the same time. However, after seeing the Ming army give up the attack, they quickly returned to the marching state. At this time, Deng Ming learned from the defender again that the Qing army in Chongqing was still following behind. The defender also reported that the troops coming out of Chongqing had accelerated the marching speed.

"The Qing army is not weak, and their commander obviously wants to fight us, and may also want to attack us in one and a half." Deng Ming thought for a while, pointed to the third Qing army column and issued an order: "Prepare to log in and attack them."

"Do you log in directly?" the messenger asked with some surprise.

"Yes, just land next to them, but it's a little slower." Deng Ming gave an order and the messenger took the order and left.

The Ming army's fleet had been stretched longer, but the middle part moved towards the shore, showing the force of landing beside the Qing army. Seeing the Ming army coming in full force, the Qing army column immediately stopped. While calling the friendly forces on both sides, the Qing army also pulled out a formation to defend the river bank. It seemed that the Ming army was going to go ashore close to them. Keeping the Ming army in the water was of course an extremely beneficial combat method for the Qing army. In addition to allowing the Ming army to play its advantage in numbers, it also had an advantage in terrain.

"Tei Deng can't hold back any more." After receiving the report, Sun Sike immediately ordered the soldiers to advance at full speed, and at the same time, the surrounding Shanxi Green Camp Column rushed to the battlefield: "When you attack halfway, kill the thief at this moment!"

Sun Sike was afraid of being successfully landed by the Ming army, so he sent two groups of messengers in a row, and ordered the attacked columns to stay and wait for assistance and never retreat without authorization. When the Ming army's warships appeared in sight, Sun Sike found that Deng Ming, who was slow to drive the main fleet to the shore, had just breathed a sigh of relief: "I finally caught up."

The Qing army would soon be able to enter the battle, and Sun Sike was confident that he would block the landing Ming army on the river bank. Even if Deng Ming was really as Gao Mingzhan said, there were 10,000 soldiers. Deng Ming could only use small boats to invest troops in batches. The Ming army that landed in batches would definitely not be able to break through the Qing army formation that was waiting for on the river bank.

After seeing Sun Sike appearing on the west side of the battlefield with the Eight Banners soldiers and the armored soldiers from the first two columns, Deng Ming ordered the Ming Jin to march. The Ming army warships, who were about to land on the battlefield, immediately set off and continued to drive downstream slowly. Soon the Ming army encountered another Qing army column, and Deng Ming issued another order to land on the battlefield.

"Thief Deng is not without brains." Seeing the Ming army leaving the battlefield, Sun Sick said with regret. He felt that he might have arrived too early and should wait for a while before entering the battlefield after the first batch of Ming army troops landed.

Although he was riding a horse, Sun Sike's forehead was covered with sweat. Before he could rest, an alarm was issued in front of him.

"Tei Deng is indeed unwilling to give up." Sun Sic asked the armored soldiers in the column that had just been rescued not to remove their armor, but to follow him to fight against Deng Ming. Anyway, it was not far away, just two miles away.

This time, Sun Sick deliberately walked a little slower. He realized that fighting could not pursue a quick battle. If Deng Ming did not give him hope to successfully land, the other party would not dare to land. Sun Sick waited until the front army reported that the Ming army had put down a small boat full of soldiers before urging the entire army to march quickly. However, Deng Ming's actions were even more dragged than Sun Sick who slowed down. After Sun Sick approached the battlefield, the Ming army still did not complete the landing, just like last time.

Seeing the main force of the Qing army approaching, the Ming army immediately regained the gold and took back the boat. Sun Sike could only stare at the Ming army fleet once again set sail, and continued to drive downstream without panic.

The water in the kettle had been drunk. As soon as the guards were asked to look for the spring water, Sun Sick received another urgent report that the Ming army had landed in front of him. This time, Deng Ming did not choose to be near the Qing army column, but instead found a gap and landed at full speed. Sun Sick learned that the Ming army had sent many auxiliary soldiers ashore with a large number of small boats and was quickly building fortifications.

"No, the Deng thief wants to set up a camp and cut off the retreat of the governor." The Ming army's landing site was just a few miles away, and it seemed as if Sun Sike's army was nothing. And how could Sun Sike tolerate Deng Ming building the camp under his nose?

With Sun Sike's order, the Qing army did not care about filling water into the kettle, and was urged by the officers to hurry to the battlefield. The Ming army ships on the river were always around Sun Sike's general flag, and they kept sending signals to the flagship using flags and fireworks to inform the distance between the Qing army and the Ming army.

But when Sun Sike arrived, the auxiliary soldiers of the Ming army had already dropped some of the fences that had just been repaired and returned to their boats in a small boat. The landing soldiers were all arranged to go to the warehouse to rest.

After repeated tossing, the sun had already set behind the mountain. Facing the sunset, the Ming army fleet all rose up with sails, and in front of a large number of Qing troops, they returned to Chongqing at full speed with the wind.

"No, I've been trapped. Deng Zhe still wants to fight Chongqing!" Sun Sike realized that he had been chasing for a day in vain, and unconsciously took the armored and armored near Chongqing away from the city.

Chongqing's city defense is weak now, and the other side of the Jialing River lacks cover. When Sun Sike thought about the consequences of being penetrated into the Jialing River or conquering Chongqing, he couldn't help but feel cold all over his body. He didn't care about letting the soldiers eat, Sun Sike ordered the entire army to raise a torch, abandon all unnecessary supplies, and rush back to Chongqing.

The road at night is much harder to walk. The road I walked through half a day yesterday made the Qing army feel until dawn before it was finished, but finally returned in time. Sun Sike estimated that the Ming army would have to spend half a night on the road, and the second half of the night was obviously not a good time to attack Chongqing.

In the morning glow, the Qing army once again saw the Ming army's fleet passing by and heading downstream. However, unlike yesterday, the Ming army was driving at full speed today and rushed out more than ten miles in a blink of an eye.

"No, the thief Deng still has to cut off the Governor's retreat." Sun Sike shouted in panting.
Chapter completed!