Yuezhou City, inside the Governor's Headquarters.

Song Xiance was alone, sitting in the hall, with various documents piled up in front of him, waiting for him to review.

At this time, he was holding a piece of information in his hand, and his whole body remained as motionless as wood, and had already been distracted.

Today, the Gan Army’s detailed work came with a news that made him very uneasy, that is, Li Dingguo might not be in Jingzhou City.

This news made Song Xiance very uneasy, because he and his staff always believed that Li Dingguo's Western army, which was operating in Jingzhou, Xiangxi and southern Hunan, was just a partial army, and the purpose was to let him divide his troops to Xiangxi and southern Hunan, so that Li Dingguo could attack from Jingzhou.

But now, after a detailed report came from the news that Li Dingguo might not be in Jingzhou City, Song Xiance wondered if the Military Information Department had any errors in previous information, which led to his deployment being completely wrong.

Just now, Song Xiance had sent people to inform the Chu army's first town that went south, so that Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng would not underestimate the enemy, but Song Xiance was still very worried, fearing that time would not be too late.

After all, Li Dingguo was a person who needed special attention to his emperor and was now half a month after Ma Jinzhong headed south.

At this time, Song Xiance was losing his mind. Outside the hall, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly came, "Super Xian~Super Xian~"

Song Xiance's thoughts were pulled back. When he looked closely, he saw Wang Fuzhi running in.

"What's the matter in panic?" Song Xiance couldn't help frowning.

Wang Fuzhi said anxiously: "The big thing is not good. Ma Du Town was ambushed by Western thieves in Hengyang, and Chu Yi Town suffered heavy losses!"

When Song Xiance heard the words, his face changed drastically. He hurriedly got up, walked around from behind the table, and said anxiously: "How could this happen? What about the military newspaper?"

General Wang Fuzhi submitted the report to Song Xiance, and said with a ugly expression: "Duxian, no one expected that there would be the main force of the Western Army to the south. Now it seems that the Western Army from Guangxi should have entered Hengzhou. However, Ainengqi was in Guilin and wanted to defend Ding Duxian, so he could not leave Guangxi. Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo were in Jingzhou. Who led the Western Army and who had the ability to ambush me 30,000 soldiers?"

Song Xiance remembered the information he had just read and was unwilling to admit it. He had a little pain on his face, "It should be Li Dingguo."

Wang Fuzhi was shocked when he heard this: "Isn't Li Dingguo in Jingzhou?"

Song Xiance did not answer, but picked up the military newspaper and read it quickly.

Ma Jinzhong was ambushed in Hengyang, and only thousands of people broke through the encirclement. The enemy followed him, and all Hengyang, Hengshan, Xiangtan and other places were lost.

After reading the military newspaper, Song Xiance was a little panicked, "The 30,000 army lost most of the losses. Ma Jinzhong retreated to Changsha in a panic. The entire southern Hunan and central Hunan had no soldiers available. The Western thieves won the victory in Hengyang and must take advantage of the opportunity to sweep Hunan. Changsha is in danger!"

As the fog dissipated, Song Xiance immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and felt the crisis.

At this time, he couldn't help but pace back and forth in the hall, thinking about countermeasures. At this moment, he suddenly saw the Hunan Governor Yan Qiheng rushing in.

He saw Song Xiance walking anxiously, his whole body was like an ant on a hot pan, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He swallowed the words from his mouth and said, "The Lord has seen the Duxian."

When Song Xiance saw Yan Qiheng coming, he saw his hurrying look and felt a trembling heart. Could it be that some bad news came?

"Zhensheng, what's wrong with you?" Song Xiance asked worriedly.

Yan Qiheng felt something was wrong with Song Xiance, but he still talked about his own affairs first. "Duxian, Wuchang has heard news. After His Majesty arrived in Wuchang, he learned that Duxian was in Yuezhou and had already come here."

After hearing this, Song Xiance's face turned darker.

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Outside Yuezhou City, a warship docked at the dock. Gao Huan came down from the boat, and Song Xiance and others came forward to greet him with trepidation.

"I welcome your Majesty." Song Xiance bowed and bowed to salute with several officials.

Gao Huan arrived in Huguang secretly, so not many officials came to greet him. He glanced at Song Xiance and others, waved his hand with a dark face, "Let's talk in the city."

After learning that Gao Huan was about to arrive in Yuezhou, Song Xiance immediately sent someone to report the battle situation in southern Hunan to Gao Huan.

After speaking, Gao Huan boarded the carriage. Song Xiance and others looked at each other, and could only follow behind the carriage uneasy, return to the palace prepared in the city, and apologize to Gao Huan.

Because Gao Huan came secretly, he did not re-arrange the palace and lived directly in the headquarters of Song Xiance in Yuezhou.

At this time, Gao Huan sat down in the festival hall, glanced at the standing people majestic, and snorted coldly, "Song Aiqing, I just arrived in Huguang, you have given me such a big surprise."

Upon hearing this, Song Xiance quickly knelt down and apologized, "Your Majesty, I am not in good condition in command, I have lost my troops and humiliated the country, and I also ask Your Majesty to punish me."

Gao Huan was quite annoyed, but he did not lose his temper. After saying a few words to Song Xiance, he calmed down and learned about the war in order to make up for it. "Tell me specifically what happened to falling to the ground."

At this moment, Song Xiance and others told the situation and submitted the latest information and the military newspaper they just received.

After listening to Song Xiance's statement, Gao Huan quickly scanned the information and military newspapers, and already knew what was going on.

Gao Huan's face was gloomy. The responsibility for this defeat cannot be entirely blamed on the civil and military officials of Huguang. It should be said that the Qian Dynasty underestimated the enemy.

Previously, Gao Huan formulated a plan to attack the West and took the initiative to disclose it to the West, which made Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo and others feel a crisis. Gao Huan and Qianguo's senior executives were full of confidence in the battle against the West, and they were too confident in the information sent back by Sun Kewang. They did not expect that Li Ding's Congress would change its plan and launch this counterattack.

After Gao Huan mentioned the strategy of exposing the attack on the west, the Central Army of Qianjun was still in Jiangnan and prepared step by step. He did not immediately enter various war zones, so he gave Li Dingguo a chance.

If the Central Army entered Huguang early, then Li Dingguo would uselessly any tricks.

After reading the information and military newspapers, Gao Huan stood up and walked straight to the map hanging in the hall.

"Li Dingguo is very ambitious!" Gao Huan looked at the map and sighed: "He knew that the Western Kingdom sent troops, but he could not hide his spy, so he made people pretend to be him and enter Jingzhou and attract your attention. He himself took advantage of the emptiness of Xiangxi and southern Hunan to enter Chenzhou, Baoqing, Hengzhou, and connected Xiangxi, and Guangxi with Guangxi, and then secretly dropped the troops from Guangxi and entered Hengzhou, ambushing Ma Jinzhong."

Gao Huan paused, "If I expected it well, he will take Changsha with the danger of great victory, thus shaking the three Hunan. Once Changsha is lost, Changde will be in the middle of the attack between Jingzhou and Changsha, and must not be defended, so we can only retreat to Yuezhou and Wuchang. In this way, my plan to attack the Western Kingdom from Huguang will collapse."

Song Xiance and others breathed a sigh of relief, but Gao Huan said, "This is not over yet. After he occupied Hunan, he will definitely take advantage of the period when my main force has not arrived in Huguang and force you to take the defensive moment. He will immediately rush his army to go south and attack Guangdong with Ainengqi, so as to take Guangdong into his hands."

Gao Huan admired Li Dingguo a little, but he didn't expect that he could seize the opportunity and fight such a battle.

"Your Majesty, I will now send troops to reinforce Changsha!" Song Xiance said immediately.

Gao Huan waved his hand, "Liu Wenxiu must be staring at you. Are you ready to defend against Jingzhou? When you move here, Liu Wenxiu will definitely immediately block the killing."

Gao Huan had already understood that Li Dingguo's combat plan was very similar to his famous battle in history.

In history, Li Dingguo defeated Nikan in Hengyang and forced Kong Youde to death in Guilin. Now, this plan to deal with the Qing army was used to do a big fight.

Li Dingguo wanted to give him a two-famous king, trying to reverse the general trend between Ganxi and the West to extend his life to Zhang Xianzhong and the West.

Song Xiance couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what should I do?"

Gao Huan pondered for a moment and sneered, "Hmph, it's getting more and more interesting. I have already had a solution, but I have lost more than 20,000 people. Don't panic! Destiny and the general trend are still on my side."

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