Li Dingguo bid farewell to Zhang Xianzhong and led a large army to march southeast.

As the number one strong general of the Western Army, Li Dingguo knew that this was dangerous.

He only had 20,000 troops and wanted to enter Ganchao. It can be said that he was enemies on all sides.

In the past, when the people were in trouble in the Ming Dynasty, he could still gain the support of the people. However, after several troubles in the Ganchao, the landlord was beaten to death by Gao Huan and did not dare to over-explode the people, which led to the internal conflicts within the Ganchao.

When 20,000 people entered an environment where enemies were all around, Li Dingguo could rely on unexpected things, but the Ganchao's detailed work was very powerful.

Based on Li Dingguo's experience, although Zhang Xianzhong's dispatch of troops was very secretive, the Western Army's actions should have been noticed.

This brought great challenges to Li Dingguo.

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Summer of 1654.

The lake is vast and ripe, and all prefectures and counties have received news that they will rush to harvest rice as soon as possible.

At this time, in various prefectures and counties in Huguang, villagers and troops went to the ground to harvest rice. In the harvested villages, all the soldiers of the government gathered and went to the palace for training.

The governor of Huguang, Song Xiance, has received news from the court, claiming that the Western Army is very likely to take the initiative to invade Huguang.

The orders Gao Huan gave him were to reduce losses, but not to make the Western Army feel that the army had taken obvious precautions.

Commander Song read the emperor's secret order. Isn't this a embarrassment?

If you don’t take obvious precautions, you will definitely not be able to stop the Western Army. If you can’t stop it, there will definitely be losses.

Supervisor Song felt that the emperor had a problem for him, but as the emperor's confidant, the only minister who had beaten Gao Huan and poured talisman water on Gao Huan, Supervisor Song knew Gao Huan very well and knew that His Majesty the Emperor must have had some bad idea.

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In mid-June, a team of cavalrymen who were wielding the "Li" flag in the west of Jingzhou City appeared outside the city with the "Li" flag and the cavalry that the King of Dingxi relied on.

Liu Wenxiu, the general of the Western Army stationed in Jingzhou, led the civil and military officials of the Xiguo Huguang to welcome him.

At this time, in the rice fields in the western suburbs of Jingzhou, a farmer with a straw hat stood up and watched Liu Wenxiu have a happy chat with a general who looked like Li Dingguo. Then he entered Jingzhou City together. The farmer immediately went ashore to wash his feet and then left in a hurry.

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In Wuchang City, the Governor General Headquarters.

After learning that the Western Kingdom would take the initiative to attack Huguang, Song Xiance sent people to stare at the Western Army in Jingzhou City and closely monitor the movements of the Western Army.

Today, the scout came to report and saw Li Dingguo's flag and ceremonial guard arrive in Jingzhou. The western general Liu Wenxiu personally welcomed him and welcomed Li Dingguo into Jingzhou City.

Gao Huan once instructed the generals of the Gan Dynasty to be careful when they meet Li Dingguo.

The people that His Majesty the Emperor was afraid of made Song Xiance quite nervous. He summoned the generals and staff of Huguang to participate in the discussion and discussed how to complete Gao Huan's orders and respond to Li Dingguo's attack.

At this time, a map of Huguang was hung in the hall. Song Xiance said the emperor's request and asked everyone: "Why do you think this constitution should deal with Your Majesty's request?"

Song Xiance was released by Gao Huan in Huguang for several years. He used to be just a fortune teller, and his talent was actually relatively mediocre.

Although he has worked hard to improve himself over the years, he is still far behind those of Sun Chuanting, Ding Qirui, Gao Mingheng, and Du Yinxi.

Although Song Xiance had limited ability, he had not made any major mistakes since he guarded Huguang. It was because Song Zhuang was a fortune teller, was good at taking photos, was able to absorb talents from Huguang and listen to their opinions.

Many civil and military officials in the hall were talking for a while, and Wang Fuzhi came out to salute and said, "Dixian, according to Your Majesty's request, then he only focused on defending the big city. The land of Huguang is full of three cities, Jingzhou, Xiangyang and Wuchang. Now Jingzhou is in the hands of the Western Army. We only need to ensure that Wuchang and Xiangyang are not lost, and the Western Army will be difficult to alarm the world. If it is set up defenses in Yuezhou, Changsha, Changde and other cities, the Western Army will even disrupt Huguang, which will be difficult to do."

Previously, Gao Huan wanted to implement state-owned land. In fact, it was not only because of the disgust of the wealthy families in Jiangnan, but also because of the hostility towards the Ganchao. The landlords in Huguang were also dissatisfied and unwilling to serve the Ganchao.

However, as the land coupon prices rose, the attitude of Huguang residents immediately took a 180-degree turn.

Because the land price in Huguang is not as good as Jiangnan, the value of one acre is only more than twenty yuan, and now the price of land vouchers is about five or six yuan. If one acre of Huguang land is exchanged for ten acres of land, that is, after one acre of land is redeemed by the court, they can get fifty or sixty yuan silver dollars, and they will immediately make more than double the net profit.

This has transformed the large households in Huguang from opposing land statutory to supporting land statutory, and hoped that the court could implement reforms in Huguang as soon as possible.

Some speculators saw that once the land was redeemed, they could make huge profits. They also took advantage of the fact that Huguang land was still allowed to be bought and sold, and bought the land of the people and waited for it to be expropriated by the court.

Whoever said that they would support the state of land would be collectively abused by the gentry and landlords. But now, if anyone prevents their land from being expropriated, it would be that they would cut off their financial path and everyone would fight against it.

Gao Huan's blowing of such a big bubble not only set off a craze for navigation, but also made the soil extremely silky.

Wang Fuzhi is a Huguang clan. He originally regarded himself as a survivor of the Ming Dynasty and refused to serve the Gan Dynasty. However, his attitude has changed recently and he joined the curtain of Song Xiance and acted as Song Xiance's adviser.

There are three main ways to become an official in the Gan Dynasty. One is to pass the imperial examination, enter the government affairs school to study and further study, and start to become an official after graduation. One is a minor official at the bottom, who relies on political achievements step by step, and the last is to become an aide to the chief official, who is recommended by the chief official.

Among them, the lower-level minor officials are the most difficult to get to the throne. Most of them stop at the county magistrate. After passing the imperial examination and becoming a big shot, they all have the opportunity to become important officials of the court.

Wang Fuzhi is not young and needs to study in the government affairs school again. It is undoubtedly too time-consuming, so he took the initiative to join the curtain, hoping to work with Song Xiance for a few years, and then be directly recommended as an official.

After hearing Wang Fuzhi's words, Song Xiance stroked his beard and nodded slightly: "The land of Huguang is not as easy as Guanzhong or Hedong, so easy to defend. I have no way to judge where the Western Army will attack. Since this is the case, we will defend in different regions. As long as the Western Army does not let the Western Army disrupt Huguang, the rest will be decided by Your Majesty."

At this moment, Song Xianzhe adopted Wang Fuzhi's strategy and sent Yuan Zongdi, Wang Guangtai, Ma Jinzhong, Wang Yuncheng and other generals to defend the various prefectures and defend the army in Jingzhou.

...

When the army was deploying, a team of three thousand elite troops of the Western Army had arrived in Tongren County, which bordered Huguang and Guizhou.

At this time, in the county yamen, more than a dozen Western military generals gathered together, and the leader spread out a very detailed map. It was shocking that Li Dingguo, who should have been in Jingzhou City.

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