"Please rest assured Mr. Chen, Li will send troops to Jingxiang soon to relieve the pressure of supervising the army." Li Guodong still decided to send troops to Jingzhou to help Sun Chuanting.

"Then the official will thank Master Sun for the Commander Sun." The envoy bowed deeply to Li Guodong.

When Sun Chuanting's envoy left, Li Guodong called Zhang Shuheng: "I will send you to Xi'an to mobilize our people in the Sun Army. If Sun is defeated in Tongguan, you will find a way to save the Supervisor. If Tongguan is defeated by the thief army, you must rescue the Sun family."

"No!" Zhang Shuheng bowed and left.

Li Guodong leaned on the tiger-skin chair and said in his heart: Sun Chuanting, Sun Chuanting, I will put pressure on the thief, and I will send someone to save you and your family. That’s all I can help you. At this point, I have saved two national heroes, Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Bianjiao, and then saved Sun Chuanting. In the future, I will take Chongzhen to Jiangnan. With three such talents, it’s no problem to counterattack the Northern Expedition.

In fact, Li Guodong was completely possible to rescue Hong Chengchou, but he was unwilling to save Hong Chengchou. Such a guy who surrendered to the enemy and treason would let him treason and kill him again. Although Hong Chengchou was a rare talent, he had no backbone. In real history, Hong Chengchou made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. Without Hong Chengchou, the Qing army would not have been able to capture Huguang. Li Guodong was a man for two years, and the one he hated the most in both lives was traitors.

Thinking of the place that was so bad that even the Hong family's mother and younger brother were reluctant to live in the past life that turned into a patriotic education base, Li Guodong felt so nervous that he felt so uncomfortable. He vowed that after unifying the world, he would build a kneeling statue of Hong Chengchou, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and others, so that the traitors would kneel down.

However, the troops were insufficient in Wuchang's troops to be transferred to the Jingxiang area. Li Guodong decided to take a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, he reported to the court that he had recovered Wuchang and was preparing to send troops south to pursue the bandits. However, Zuo Liangyu was afraid of the enemy and did not pursue the bandits. Instead, he followed him to seize the merits. He hoped that the court could issue an order to Zuo Liangyu to lead his troops to the Central Plains and cooperate with Sun Chuanting to eliminate the rebels. On the other hand, Li Guodong dispatched troops and transferred the Huai Army and the engineers to Wuchang in the south to prevent Zuo Liangyu from robbing territory with him.

In the capital thousands of miles away, Emperor Chongzhen received a report from Li Guodong. Looking at the memorial, Chongzhen was furious: "Zuo Liangyu! You are so thief! I treat you well, what are you doing? I have appointed you as the general of pacifying thieves, but what did you do? I disobey the military orders and refuse to obey the orders! Wu Weibo fought bloody battles with the bandits in front. Not only did you not send troops to cooperate, but you followed behind to seize the territory! The situation in the Central Plains is in crisis, you have a 500,000 army, and you do not go to the Central Plains to rescue, but instead rob the lost land that Wu Weibo recovered! Do you still have any kingly laws in your eyes?"

Wang Chengen quickly advised: "Don't calm down! I also asked the emperor to issue an order to the general who pacified the thieves, asking him to send troops to the Central Plains and assist the Sun Army in the eradication of the thieves."

Chongzhen sighed: "If this thief resists the order again, what is my face? What is the royal face?"

Wang Chengen said: "Emperor, if this thief resists the order, please write down the account first. When Wuweibo pursues the thief and returns victoriously, then give Wuweibo an edict to destroy the left thief and take the thief to the capital to rule the king's law!"

"Oh, I feel so nervous when I think of this thief repeatedly disobeying his orders." Chongzhen sighed.

"Your Majesty, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. You are still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Why not record this revenge first?"

Chongzhen narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment before opening his eyes to Wang Chengen: "Parent Wang, Bai Gu (Sun Chuanting) has always refused to have enough troops and it is difficult to suppress the thieves. I ordered the general to pacify the bandits to go north to assist the Central Plains in suppressing the bandits. If the general to pacify the bandits fails to obey the order, Bai Gu will have an excuse not to send troops."

Wang Chengen quickly knelt down and said, "Zuo Liangyu dared to resist the order and refused to obey the order because this thief held heavy troops. And Sun governor was a civil servant, so he naturally understood the principle of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. Please rest assured, the emperor, and Sun governor would never resist the order and refused to obey the order."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "That's it, I will issue an order to order the general to suppress the thieves to go north to suppress the thieves."

This imperial edict arrived at the cabinet and was successfully approved. After all, Zuo Liangyu had heavy troops in his hands. Sun Chuanting was in a tight position in the Central Plains, and Zhang Xianzhong was beaten by Wuweibo and fled from Wuchang. The cabinet officials all understood that it was undoubtedly the best way to transfer Zuo Liangyu to the north to the Central Plains to suppress the thieves, Li Guodong pursued Zhang Xianzhong, and preserve the safety of Huguang.

Five days later, the imperial edict and the military talisman from the Ministry of War were rushed to Zuo Liangyu's army at 800 miles. From the capital to Huangzhou, more than 2,400 miles away, the imperial edict was rushed to 800 miles. It took only five days to arrive. The messenger who sent the message ran to death several horses and sent the imperial edict and military talisman to Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu pretended to be polite, put on an incense table to welcome the angels and imperial edicts. When the angels left the Zuo Army camp, Zuo Liangyu summoned all the generals under him.

"Let us go north to deal with the thieves. This must be Li Ergou's slander on the verge of today!" Zuo Liangyu said angrily.

Li Guoying said: "Master General, the imperial court issued an order to let us go north. What should we do? If we go north and encounter trespassers, it will not only damage our army's strength, but will instead throw the fertile Huguang to Li Laoer for free! But if we don't go, it will be against the order."

Lu Guangzu roared: "If you resist the order, you will resist the order! What can the court do?"

Zuo Menggeng sneered: "We are just resisting the order and have not yet raised the banner of clearing the emperor's side. Will the court dare to force us to rebel?"

Zhang Yingyuan said with some concern: "The general is just worried. What should we do if the court ordered Li Laoer to wipe out us on the grounds that our family resisted the order?"

Zuo Liangyu slapped the table violently: "Last time, our army attacked the city, but was attacked by Li Ergou. At that time, our army's troops were dispersed and unprepared, so we were defeated. If our army defended the city, could Li Ergou capture our army? This thief is good at defending the city and fighting in the field, but not good at attacking the cities where the thief was stationed, let alone our army! Humph! The court is so partial. Last time Li Ergou killed our soldiers, the court not only did not hold the thief responsible, but blamed us instead! This time, we asked our army to fight to the death with the thief, but gave the fertile land of Huguang to Li Ergou! How could we swallow this tone! I have made up my mind and we will not go north! We will station in Huangzhou! If Li Ergou gave up Wuchang and pursue Xianzhe, our army will seize Wuchang!"

Two days later, the former governor's mansion of Huguang is now Li Guodong's temporary mansion.

"Your Majesty, it's true that the left thief refused to obey the order and refused to send troops north to wipe out the rebels. This thief was entrenched in Huangzhou and probably wanted to wait for our army to go south, so he came up to rob Wuchang." Xu Liang came to report.

Li Guodong sneered: "Don't worry about him. When Wang Quan's Huai Army arrives, we will send troops to Jingxiang to reduce some pressure for Supervisor Sun."

"But Zhang Xianzhong went south and harmed the people of Huguang. We can't watch the people of Huguang suffer? What's more, Xiangyang's strong city is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we attack Jingxiang, we may not be able to end the war so soon."

"When Wang Quan's navy comes to Jingxiang, there must be a navy. When Wang Quan's navy brings people back, we will take a boat to fight the thieves, conquer Jingzhou as fast as possible, and then feint attack Xiangyang. This will put pressure on the thieves, which may help the Supervisor Sun." Li Guodong said.

Ten days later, Wang Quan's navy returned to Wuchang, and the navy warship brought back more than 30,000 Huai Army soldiers.

When the Huai Army arrived in Wuchang, Li Guodong ordered troops to be sent to Jingxiang and left Wang Quan and his more than 30,000 Huai Army soldiers in Wuchang to defend Zuo Liangyu.

The 30,000 land division of the Jinyang Army, together with the 15,000 navy division of the Huai Army, left Wuchang on more than 1,000 large and small warships, and went upstream along the Yangtze River and headed straight for Jingzhou upstream.
Chapter completed!