[Monday Chapter 1, ask for a collection. Thanks to 'Foam Blue' 1888]

Wuchang, Huguang Governor's Palace, the atmosphere is depressing.

Because the master here, the governor Dingchang, who holds most of the power in Hubei and Hunan, has been bedridden for many days. Since the news that Chen Ming led his troops south along the Han River came, Dingchang, who had been ill for a long time, could no longer support it and collapsed on the bed.

But Dingchang fell, but Chen Ming did not fall. The Fu Han army that went south from Xiangyang took Zhongxiang and Qianjiang successively, and then Chen Ming waved his troops westward and pointed the spearhead at Jingzhou.

Jingzhou is on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River has turned a big bend in the shape of a 'several' character here in Jingzhou Mansion, as the saying goes: the Yangtze River is dangerous, and the danger is in the Jingjiang River, so there are perennial floods here. Gangneung Fortress has been flooded by the Yangtze River many times in history. It's winter now, the dry season of the Yangtze River, of course, Gangneung City doesn't need to worry about being flooded, but can the defenders of Gangneung really hold on?

"Where is Aryajan?" Lying on the bed, Dingchang was also worried. He knew that Xue Shiyan should have arrived in Jiangling at this time, but he was more concerned about the Hunan Green Camp led by the Governor of Huguang.

The governor of Huguang has five towns under his jurisdiction, Hubei has two towns of Yunyang and Yichang, and Hunan has three towns, Zhenxiao Town, Yongzhou Town, Suijing Town, and Fenghuangtun, Yongsuitun, Qianzhou Tun, Guzhang Pingtun, Baojingtun and other military camps. Among them, the town of Zhenxiao, the town of soldiers, brave and good at fighting, since Zhu Ming is famous, in the early period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty 66 towns in the green camp outstanding. Even the Ganshan Green Battalion couldn't overwhelm the town's soldiers.

Al Yajiang was originally the governor of Guangdong, but was urgently transferred to Huguang, because before becoming the governor of Guangdong, Al Yajiang stayed in Hunan for thirteen years, promoted from the fourth rank of the capital division to the general, from the third rank of the general to the second rank of the deputy general, and then the general of Yongzhou Town, several times the people from the surrounding provinces of Huguang, etc., Al Yajiang is the most suitable.

Al Yajiang also lived up to the high hopes of the Manchu court, and hurried to Hunan from Guangdong, and in two months, he really raised soldiers and horses in Hunan's three towns, green battalions and Fenghuangtun, and even some of the native soldiers of the Miao family, with a total strength of more than 20,000 people, leaving Wuling on the west road and Xiangyin on the east road.

The Western Route Army out of Wuling had definitely passed through Lizhou at this time, and if the speed was faster, Dingchang felt that the Western Route Army could rush to Jiangling. And the Eastern Route Army went out of Xiangyin and passed through Baling, that is, Yueyang in later generations, and Dingchang hoped that the Eastern Route Army could rush to Wuchang as soon as possible.

However, Dingchang's exhausted energy was no longer enough for him to keep an eye on every piece of news. Before asking this question, Dingchang had just been asleep for more than two hours, and the government and military situation in Hubei had now been taken over by Fan Shishou.

This is the Dingchang took the initiative to cede power, but he did not hand over the excerpt to Beijing to resign, because the Dingchang knew that Hubei at the moment was a crater with hot magma, and he was in the position of governor, and Fan Shishou could still handle the military and political affairs of Hubei with all his heart. But if Dingchang recommends Fan Shishou to take over as the governor of Huguang at this stall, then in Fan Shishou's opinion, it is to throw the pot on his back, and the seriously ill Dingchang will not only have to bear the counterattack from Fan Shishou, but his descendants will be hated by the Fan family for several lifetimes.

Don't look at Dingchang's origin, Ilgen Jue Luo's clan, Manchuria is the Yellow Banner, and the family power is thriving. And Fan Shishou's family is only the banner of the Han army, but the Fan family has been inherited for five generations [Fan Shishou is Fan Wencheng's youngest grandson], and the family is also very prosperous, in addition to Fan Shishou, there are Fan Shishou of the same generation Fan Shiji, Fan Yiheng, Fan Yiqing, and the fifth generation of Fan Jianzhong, each in a high position. On the other hand, the Dingchang branch itself, Ilgen Jue Luo's big family is still thriving, but the Dingchang branch is about to fall.

The highest position of his three sons is a member of the sixth department, and there is not even a Lang Zhong who supports the table. Dingchang will break the rules of officialdom by throwing the pot at this time, and it is very likely that it will harm children and grandchildren in the future. Such a choice is very unwise. Dingchang, who is seriously ill, has no future, so why bother to make more trouble.

To put it mildly, even if Wuchang is lost, Dingchang leaves his old life in Wuchang City, and no one in Sijiu City can say anything. The news of his illness is not absolutely secret, and many people know about it.

"Boss, the West Route Army has arrived at the public security, and Zhang Zhentai has come to report quickly, saying that his troops will definitely be able to rush to Jiangling within three days." Zhang Zhentai is Zhang Rui, the chief soldier of Zhengan Town, and the public security is very close to Jiangling, if it is not separated by a Yangtze River, I am afraid that it will be possible to arrive in two days. The East Route Army has just passed the Yanglou Cave and entered Chongyang, and it will take a while to come to Wuchang. The commander of this team was Aryajan himself.

"What about Xue Shiyan? Have you arrived in Gangneung? ”

"Boss, General Xue has arrived in Jiangling."

"What about the thieves? Where is Chen Ming? ”

"I haven't received the Jiangling military report yet, so I guess it's ......, it's time to go to Jiaohu."

When you arrive at Jiaohu Lake, you will be separated by Taibai Lake, opposite Changhu Lake, and Jiangling City will be the end of Changhu Lake. It was already very close, but Dingchang breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down. "Okay, okay, it's good to be there yet......"

This feudal official, who was transferred to the governor of the four provinces and the governor of Huguang, has now reached such a point. Dingchang didn't see the long ensuer standing at the head of his bed, looking at his pitiful gaze.

……

Chen Ming was standing on the edge of the long lake at this time, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the sunset.

This third largest lake in Hubei Province is located at the junction of Jingzhou, Jingmen and Qianjiang, and is a long strip-shaped depression lake formed by the ancient Yunmengze at the end of the Song Dynasty, starting from Jingzhou Zhujiachang and Tianxingguan in the south, starting from Jingzhou Longhui Bridge in the west, starting from Shayang Butterfly Tsui in the east, reaching Shayang Hougang and Maoli in the north, with a length of more than 80 miles from east to west, and the widest point from north to south is more than 40 miles.

Since ancient times, it is not only the golden waterway of Jingmen and Jingzhou through the river to Han, but also the scenery is pleasant, there are Panjiatai, Wangjiatai, Yuetai, Liugang Mudi, Changhu Yuanfan, Fishing Song Morning Singing, Xianqiao Night Moon, Sunset Flashback, Book Pavilion Falling Rain, Fengshan Xiaozhong, White Feather Breaking Gold and other "Three Taiwan Eight Scenes".

But at this moment, Chen Ming still has the leisure and elegance to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Changhu Lake. I believe that Xue Shiyan and Jingyi Shidao in Jingzhou City, as well as Jingzhou Prefect and Jiangling Prefect, as well as thousands of banner people and banner soldiers in the city, all have a sense of the weight of Mount Tai.

"What is the siege urgent. We came to Jingzhou not only to conquer this city, but also to divert the strength of the Qing army. The Hunan Green Battalion has never fought with us, and this reinforcement is mainly composed of Zhenxiao soldiers, will they shrink and avoid us, and take entering the city as the first? ”

"What does the Metropolitan Governor mean to solve the town soldiers outside the city?"

"As long as that Zhang Rui comes. And he did his best to defeat them. ”

Chen Ming looked around at the surrounding camp officers, many of whom were unfamiliar faces that he had only become familiar with in recent days. They are the leading generals of the expeditionary force, the battalion officers, and they are all promoted from the line of fire. Chen Ming had heard of some of these people's names, such as Gao Pingshan, who was of moderate stature but strong and powerful, and he knew that this person was a brave general, a member of the Gao family, and he was very brave in battle.

Since he decided to lead the troops on an expedition, Chen Ming was destined to say goodbye to Chen Erbao, Chen Wenzan, Chen Hongtao, Huang An, Gao Jinghui, and Lu Long, because it was impossible for him to pull away and take away all the experienced officers in the team, so he looked around him and saw that there were all newcomers!