As early as last month, Huguang Governor He Tengjiao, Hubei Governor Zhang Kuang, Wu Sangui and others learned from Tangbao that the Shun Army was attacking Nanyang City.

But at that time, whether it was Prime Minister Shi Kefa, King Zhong Ajige, and others, they did not expect that this was the beginning of the Shun Army's large-scale southern expedition. Therefore, He Tengjiao, Zhang Kuang and others did not pay much attention to this matter. Instead, after the king's body was killed, the troops and the ownership of money and grain began to fight openly and secretly.

The one who suffered the greatest loss in the killing of Wang Tizhong was definitely the Hubei Governor Zhang Kuang, because he had won over the two kings and asked for the title of prince for Wang Tizhong. Later, in order to repay Zhang Kuang, Wang Tizhong led the army to support the Hubei Governor to compete for power with the governor of Huguang.

Now the biggest army has lost its support, and the territory of Yuezhou has also been seized by Wu Sangui. Zhang Kuang, who is obviously in Wuchang, is forced to "open the yamen" in Yuezhou, of course, he has to settle accounts with Wu Sangui and his immediate superior He Tengjiao.

Therefore, Zhang Kuang led the Governor of Panyuan, Fu Shangrui, to sue Wu Sangui for attacking and killing Wang Tizhong. At that time, Du Yinxi, who was promoted from Ti Xuedao to the Governor of Hunan, was called the "Three Guards' Joint Name". However, Du Yinxi did not jointly write for the sake of the overall situation, which made Zhang Kuang hate him.

In the current situation, only the real border is the right one. Without military power, no one will buy it. At that time, the governor of Nandu, Wang Yingxiong, the governor of Huguang military, did not have a direct military force, and when he passed by Huguang, there was no local official to receive him.

The officialdom is hot, which shows how clear.

Zhang Kuang, who originally relied on the two kings to "challenge" with the Governor He Tengjiao, could not stand being jointly excluded by He Tengjiao and Wu Sangui. However, Wang Deren led his troops to Jiangxi. In Huguang, except for the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers brought by King Zhong, it was Wu Sangui's Guanning Army, and there were no decent troops to win him over.

In the end, he actually set his mind on the Qin King Zuo Menggeng. It happened that Li Guoying, the general under Zuo Menggeng, was defeated in a conflict with the chieftain in Enzhou because he led troops to aid Sichuan. He didn't know what to do. Zhang Kuang extended an "olive branch" to Li Guoying in time. Not only did he suppress the chieftain in Enzhou in the name of the governor of Hubei, but he also raised a batch of money and grain to support Li Guoying to recruit soldiers. He pulled Li Guoying onto his own "warship", and then he felt a little confident.

But today is different from the past. In the past, Wang Deren had 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers in the king's body. Zhang Kuang, the governor of Hubei, deserves real. Now Li Guoying and Zhang Kuang recruited only more than 10,000 other soldiers and horses. How dare you compare this number of soldiers with Guanning Army? Therefore, when Du Yinxi proposed that Hunan and Hubei towns united to support King Zhong to "resist the bandits", Zhang Kuang immediately politely refused on the pretext that Hubei soldiers were useless.

The governor of Huguang, He Tengjiao, had no intention of participating in the war with Jingxiang at the beginning, and his joint efforts to discuss the Shi Kefa of the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers. He Tengjiao really looked down on these son Dongnu, and had deep hatred and had a great national integrity. Therefore, he chose to win over Wu Sangui instead of Ajige.

Therefore, the more fierce the Shunzi fought with Dongnu, the happier He Tengjiao was. However, what the governor of Huguang did not expect was that Shunzi's offensive was so fierce that Jingxiang not only lost Nanyang, but also entered Huangzhou and De'an.

Even if you don’t understand military affairs, you can see from the map that when Xiangyang is lost, Hunan and Wuchang will immediately become the front line.

Under the persuasion of Du Yinxi to fight against the enemy, He Tengjiao was determined to send troops north for two days, but first of all, he needed to obtain Wu Sangui's consent, because the army that He Tengjiao could rely on was Wu's Guanning Army.

Facts prove that Wu Sangui is more sensible than He Tengjiao, Zhang Kuang, and Fu Shangrui, the governors of the Ming Dynasty. After knowing that the Braided Soldiers could not defend Nanyang, he immediately summoned his generals to discuss going north to rescue the Braided Soldiers.

Wu Sangui's generals unanimously determined that if the Braided Soldier was destroyed, the next one would definitely be the Guanning Army.

Who made them perform too "excellent" in the Battle of One Stone?

As soon as He Tengjiao's envoy was about to send troops north, Wu Sangui immediately agreed and mobilized 20,000 elite troops from his subordinates to advance north from Dongting Lake.

After learning that Wu Sangui was willing to send troops, He Tengjiao suddenly felt confident and thought that the strength of the Braided Soldiers was now being beaten by Shunzi was greatly damaged. Therefore, if he could stop Shunzi this time, he, the governor of Huguang, could become a great contributor to this battle. He jumped over to the Prime Minister of the Five Provinces, Shi Kefa, and truly held the military and political power of Huguang. He could also suppress the Braided Soldiers and let Ajige turn to him as the governor of Huguang.

So, He Tengjiao also pieced together more than 10,000 troops and advanced north from Changde, and asked Hunan Governor Du Yinxi to lead the Junzi Camp and thousands of troops to join him, which is called the "central army".

Zhang Kuang originally wanted to watch the fire from the other side of the river, but He Tengjiao didn't want him to pick fruits beside him. First, he ordered Zhang Kuang to go north in the name of the governor, and then asked Wu Sangui's general Yang Kun to lead troops to monitor Zhang Kuang. However, Zhang Kuang, the governor of Hubei, did not do anything, so he decided to be a rebel.

Zhang Kuang had no choice but to pull Li Guoying north to enter Jingzhou, which was called the "Left Army".

In this way, under the organization of He Tengjiao, the Huguang army formed a three-way aid to Xiang, known as an army of 100,000.

A secret spies from the Shun Army told the Imperial Camp: "Changsha, Yuezhou, and Changdeming Army have very strong troops."

At this time, the Shun Army had already arrived in Xiangyang.

What is ridiculous is that on the one hand, He Tengjiao organized Huguang troops to go north to rescue Xiangyang, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Wu Sangui's main force would be out of his own control and was pulled over by Shi Kefa, the prime minister of the five provinces. Therefore, he made trouble in terms of food and grass to ensure that Wu Sangui's army could only support food and grass for seven days. In this way, He Tengjiao could jamm Wu Sangui's neck through food and grass, so that the Liao king of the Ming Dynasty would be controlled by the governor of Huguang in everything.

Wu Sangui was also angry about this. If the adviser had not advised him to give him advice, he would have retreated to Changsha in anger.

After being rescued by Wu Sangui, Ajige breathed a little relieved. Regardless of whether he really served the Ming Dynasty or not, the Ming Dynasty's military force was to save him from water and fire, and it can even be said to save the last hope of the Manchu clan.

After discovering the latest developments of the Shun Army, Ajige decided to send the former commander of the Guardian Army, the general of Jingzhou, Boerhui, to lead troops in Suizhou, Yingshan area to block the Shun Army and Shang Kexi on the eastern front, and he led more than 20,000 troops back to rescue Xiangyang.

In this case, even if the Shun Army deployed heavy troops in Zaoyang to prevent Ajige from rescuing, the Ming army from northern Hunan could arrive in Xiangyang from Jingzhou to rescue Xiangyang. Once Xiangyang rescued the siege, the Shun Army in front of Zaoyang would definitely withdraw its troops. Even if the situation in the war was not good, it would be restored to the pre-war situation.
Chapter completed!