When Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, heard the news of the fall of Xiangyang Fucheng, he felt that he had fallen into the abyss, and this news hit him too hard, making it difficult for him to bear and believe it for a while.

Served as the governor of the five provinces for more than a year, Sun Chuanting worked hard and busy, his credit and hard work are visible to everyone, even the emperor praised him for raising his own grain and grass, after all, the cost of maintaining an army of 40,000 is not as simple as words, during this period, the army and the rogue also had a small-scale fight, basically won, although the number of rogue soldiers killed is very small, but at least it shows that the situation is good, and Sun Chuanting believes that it is precisely because of the army he tried his best to form that stopped the arrogance of the rogues, so that Huguang, Sichuan, Henan, Shanxi and other places are stable for the time being.

Now it seems that Sun Chuanting is too confident, and Liukou is not afraid of the army under his command at all, but has always been gathering strength, and once the strength is sufficient, Liukou will launch large-scale actions.

Sun Chuanting regretted that he did not rush to the aid of Xiangyang Mansion in time, he had a little selfishness, but he also thought that Xiangyang Mansion City was well defended, and it was not so quick to be attacked, who knew that in three days, Liukou would capture Xiangyang Mansion City.

The thing that made Sun Chuanting most anxious and distressed was that the army under his command knew about it, but he still had to stick to Nanyang Mansion City, and did not dare to attack easily, how did Xiangyang Mansion City fall, the specific situation is not yet known, what is the combat effectiveness of the Liukou, why did he take Xiangyang Mansion City so quickly, you must know that there are nearly 30,000 troops stationed in Xiangyang Mansion City, and it can hold out for at least ten days and a half for about ten days, but in only three days, is the Liukou so strong.

Sun Chuanting had only 40,000 troops under his command, Li Zicheng's more than 100,000 rogues were stationed in Xinye, and Zhang Xianzhong had already occupied Xiangyang Fucheng. At this time, if Sun Chuanting rashly attacked, it was very likely that the 40,000 army would fall into the siege of the Liukou and lose the Xiangyang Mansion City, and the emperor and the court would not know how to be angry, if the 40,000 army suffered a crushing defeat again. Then he, the governor of the five provinces, can only commit suicide and apologize.

It is not good to always stay in Nanyang Mansion City, at least there is a problem with the situation, how did Xiangyang Mansion City was lost, the specific situation needs to be understood, after careful consideration, Sun Chuanting decided to go to Wuchang Mansion, he once wrote a letter to Fang Kongzhi, the governor of Huguang, and talked in detail about the matter of guarding Xiangyang Mansion City, and Fang Kongzhi also made arrangements. But why is this the end?

Sun Chuanting could only make a detour to Runing Mansion to enter Huguang, and he also had to avoid Xiangyang Mansion City.

At this moment, Sun Chuanting did not think of the issue of the emperor and the court being held responsible.

When leaving Nanyang Mansion City, Sun Chuanting ordered the 40,000 troops under his command to go to Kaifeng, he could not take risks, Zhang Xianzhong had already taken Xiangyang Mansion City, if he united with Li Zicheng. More than 100,000 rogues turned around and attacked Nanyang Fucheng, resulting in an army of 40,000 being surrounded in Nanyang Fucheng. That is, the heavens should not be called the earth.

Sun Chuanting had a feeling of being deceived, he originally thought that the Liukou attack on Nanyang Mansion City was doing his best, and the attack on Xiangyang Mansion City was just to involve the reinforcements of the imperial court, but now it seems that he was tricked by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

This can't be blamed on Sun Chuanting, even the ending that Li Zicheng didn't expect, how could he Sun Chuanting think of it.

Huguang Governor Fang Kongzhi's hair turned white in a few days.

Nearly 30,000 troops guarded the city of Xiangyang. It took three days to be taken by Liukou, Fang Kongzhi couldn't believe that this matter was true, he lost the extremely important Xiangyang Mansion City, he, the governor, must be held responsible, and the Liukou took Xiangyang Mansion City in a short time. It is impossible to stop, and the next step will definitely be to attack other prefectures and counties in Huguang, and the most dangerous is the area around Yunyang Mansion, but unfortunately Fang Kongzhi is no longer able to deploy the defense around Yunyang Mansion.

After getting accurate information, on the one hand, he played an urgent recital to the imperial court, and on the other hand, he found Zuo Liangyu, the general soldier of Huguang, and inquired in detail, the governor Yamen took out 100,000 taels of silver, and asked Zuo Liangyu to send 20,000 troops to help Xiangyang Fucheng, and it was the general under Zuo Liangyu who led the army to reinforce, presumably Zuo Liangyu should know some information.

Fang Kongzhi found Zuo Liangyu as soon as possible, but unfortunately Zuo Liangyu didn't know it, and he was still urgently sending someone to contact the general.

According to the news from the direction of Xiangyang Fucheng, Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang, and the officials of the prefecture and county were all killed, but there was no news of the generals, which means that the generals are likely to be evacuated.

As for whether Zuo Liangyu really didn't know any news about Xiangyang Mansion City, Fang Kongzhi was not sure.

spent 100,000 taels of silver, let Zuo Liangyu send a large army to reinforce Xiangyang, it is said that this arrangement is already very good, but in exchange for the worst ending, Fang Kongzhi was a little puzzled, feeling that Zuo Liangyu deceived him of his silver, but in fact nothing was done, it is said that Liukou should not have such a strong combat effectiveness, after all, the terrain of Xiangyang Mansion is special, and if Liukou wants to take it, it will take at least a long time and pay a heavy price.

Judging from the information learned so far, Liukou easily took Xiangyang Mansion City.

Compared with Sun Chuanting and Fang Kongzhi's anxiety and helplessness, Zuo Liangyu really became an ant on a hot pot.

The performance of the generals under his command has been known through some of the sergeants who have fled back, and the generals have disappeared without a trace, and they can't see anyone at all, presumably they absconded in fear of crime, and Liukou took Xiangyang Mansion City in three days, so that Zuo Liangyu instinctively felt that something was wrong, 20,000 sergeants, even if they were all standing on the city wall, could stop Liukou for a short time.

Zuo Liangyu inquired in detail about the defensive deployment of Xiangyang Fucheng, and he learned the details from the mouth of a guerrilla general who had fled back, and it turned out that the general led some of the sergeants to evacuate the Fucheng at the most critical juncture of the battle, and fled for his life by boat, and after leaving Xiangyang Fucheng, the general disappeared, and the guerrilla general escorted the commander of the Xiangyang Naval Division and fled back to the barracks with some of the sergeants.

Zuo Liangyu had already inquired about the commander of the Xiangyang Naval Division, and finally learned the situation of the entire battle, he felt shocked, and also found that a catastrophe had come, if the specific situation of the fall of Xiangyang Mansion City leaked out, he, the general soldier of Huguang, had an unshirkable responsibility, and might even bear the main responsibility.

Zuo Liangyu did not immediately inform Fang Kongzhi, the governor of Huguang, about this matter, nor did he think about writing a letter to the imperial court, he began to think carefully about how to relieve himself of his responsibilities and protect himself.

It is best to hold the generals and commanders of the Xiangyang Navy Division accountable.

Zuo Liangyu personally interrogated the commander of the Xiangyang Navy Division, and the method used was unbearable for ordinary people, forcing the commander of the Xiangyang Navy Division to write a confession according to his requirements, and signed the confession.

After doing all this, Zuo Liangyu was ruthless, and directly killed the commander of the Xiangyang Navy Division, and at the same time killed the guerrilla general who returned to Wuchang with the commander.

After everything was done, Zuo Liangyu went to see Fang Kongzhi.

Governor's Yamen, wings.

Fang Kongzhi read the confession of the commander of the Xiangyang Navy Division, and his face turned pale with anger.

"Chief Soldier Zuo, where did you get this?"

"My lord, this is a part of the sergeants who returned to the barracks brought back, I also just knew, and I will come to report to the lord immediately, I have always wondered, why Xiangyang Mansion was broken by the Liukou in such a short time, it turned out that the commander of the Xiangyang Navy Division surrendered the Liukou and became the internal response of the Liukou, but unfortunately the reinforcements I sent were destroyed in the hands of this commander."

Fang Kongzhi looked at Zuo Liangyu and let out a long sigh.

He didn't fully believe Zuo Liangyu's words, nor did he fully believe the confession of the commander of the Xiangyang Navy Division, and there was no evidence to prove it, just relying on such a confession, he couldn't explain all the problems. At this point, he couldn't refute it.

"Mr. Zuo, you and I will write a recital together and report it to the imperial court."

Just when Fang Kongzhi and Zuo Liangyu were discussing how to write the recital, the governor of the Yamen entered the wing.

"My lord, I received a report from the imperial palace, the cabinet minister, the secretary of the military department, Lord Yang Sichang, and the eunuch Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the ceremonial superintendent, have set off from the capital to Huguang to investigate the fall of Xiangyang Fucheng......"

Fang Kongzhi and Zuo Liangyu's faces turned pale at the same time.

Fang Kongzhi thought that the imperial court had begun to hold him accountable, he, the governor of Huguang, couldn't run away this time, you must know that this time the investigation was actually the cabinet minister Yang Sichang and the celebrant Gao Qiqian, these are not ordinary figures, they can completely represent the emperor and the cabinet.

Zuo Liangyu's face was even paler, he knew the situation of the fall of Xiangyang Mansion City, since the imperial court sent Lord Yang and Gao Gonggong to investigate, he would definitely be able to find out the truth, he couldn't kill all the soldiers who came back from Xiangyang Mansion City, if Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian investigated the real situation, then he would not just lose his official position.

Fang Kongzhi looked at Zuo Liangyu.

"General Soldier Zuo, this confession of the commander of the Xiangyang Navy Division will stay here with this official, and there is no need to write this twist for the time being, Lord Yang and Gonggong Gao are about to arrive in Wuchang Mansion, you and I are well prepared to deal with the investigation, presumably Lord Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, has also received the news, and will definitely rush to Wuchang Mansion, it is necessary for you and I to meet Lord Sun before Lord Yang and Gonggong Gao arrive, at least we need to unify our views and cognition."

Zuo Liangyu left the governor's yamen in a daze, and he definitely couldn't get back that confession, he thought that the imperial court was just asking, but unexpectedly sent someone to Huguang.

Zuo Liangyu went directly back to the barracks, locked himself in the house, and saw no one.

One of the staff members realized that the situation was wrong and boldly asked for a meeting.

After the staff member left the house, Zuo Liangyu also walked out of the room, although there was no smile on his face, he couldn't see the sadness. (To be continued......)