Two days passed, the conclusion of the fall of Xiangyang Mansion finally came out, the main responsibility was the death of the Xiangyang Navy Division commander, because of the defection of the commander, surrendered to the Liukou, the inside should be combined with the outside, resulting in the fall of Xiangyang Fucheng, Xiangyang Mansion Li Zhifu and other officials would rather die than yield, resist the Liukou, die in the line of duty, should be commended by the imperial court.

Other people are also responsible, Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, and Fang Kongzhi, the governor of Huguang, have unclear judgments, and Yang Sichang admonishes them on behalf of the emperor, asking them to make meritorious contributions and completely defeat the rogue.

Huguang General Zuo Liangyu did not have any responsibility, on the contrary, he sent 20,000 soldiers to rush to the aid of Xiangyang Fucheng, because of the sudden changes, resulting in heavy losses, the imperial court should be appeased.

Pursuing the fall of Xiangyang Mansion is not the most important thing for Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian, they need to come up with a real way, how to recover Xiangyang Mansion City, how to defeat the Liukou, during this period Sun Chuanting put forward a lot of suggestions, Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian discussed, and finally thought that it was the best way to send a large army into Huguang and Henan to fight against the powerful Liukou.

After pondering, Yang Sichang proposed to dispatch Liu Liangzuo, the general soldier of Songjiang stationed in Songjiang Prefecture, to lead the army into Huguang, and obey the dispatch of Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, Liu Liangzuo was known as a 100,000 army, although Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian did not believe that Liu Liangzuo could have so many soldiers, but this was an important force.

At the same time, Yang Sichang also made a decision that the general troops of Huguang, Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi should all obey Sun Chuanting's dispatch, and this time they must concentrate their forces to deal a devastating blow to the Liukou and completely exterminate the Liukou once and for all.

Unconsciously, a full-range decisive battle and fight slowly surfaced.

Despite the reprimand, Sun Chuanting was still very happy. As the governor of the five provinces, although he can dispatch troops from many places, he is also subject to many constraints, after all, the general soldiers of various places must take into account the interests of their own localities, and it is impossible to go out to exterminate the Liukou, so many cities are in a state of no defense. Sun Chuanting really did this, and the governors of the provinces would not agree, and besides, the speed of the Liukou movement was already very fast, and the armies of the five provinces were really concentrated, resulting in the fall of other more important cities, so Sun Chuanting could not take responsibility.

The dispatch of Liu Liangzuo, who was stationed in Songjiang, to Henan and Huguang to exterminate the Liukou did increase his strength and greatly increased Sun Chuanting's confidence.

These decisions made by Yang Sichang have been supported by Gao Qiqian.

On the surface. The cooperation between the two is very good, but this is not the case.

Huguang General Zuo Liangyu visited Gao Qiqian late at night, Yang Sichang knew about it, he and Gao Qiqian both lived in the official post, it was impossible not to know, although Zuo Liangyu's stay was very short, only a few minutes, but it was enough to show his attitude. As for what happened to Zuo Liangyu finding Gao Qiqian, Yang Sichang understood it even more.

The confession of the commander of the Xiangyang Naval Division. Yang Sichang noticed a big problem the first time he saw it, but how could a commander control the south gate of Xiangyang Mansion City, what did the prefect and the staff general do, when the battle was fierce, the prefect and the staff general should be guarding the south gate. Wouldn't it be a joke to have a commander take control of the south gate, and open it to join the rogue inside and outside.

Yang Sichang did not suspect that Zuo Liangyu was colluding with the Liukou, this is impossible. After all, Zuo Liangyu himself was in Wuchang Mansion, and did not go to Xiangyang Mansion, but sent his generals to lead 20,000 troops to guard, but the performance of that general was questionable, and the commander of the Xiangyang Navy Division must have seen the generals, but there was no mention in the words.

The more you cover it up, the more it shows up as a problem.

Yang Sichang intuitively felt that there was something wrong with this counselor.

Just when Yang Sichang was suspicious, Fang Kongzhi, the governor of Huguang, brought a letter from the Li Governor of Xiangyang Prefecture, which was an accusation from the Li Governor's Mansion that he reprimanded the sergeants under the command of the general for being undisciplined and misbehaving in Xiangyang Prefecture.

After reading this letter, Yang Sichang vaguely understood something, why did Zuo Liangyu visit Gao Qiqian late at night, I am afraid that the responsibility for the loss of Xiangyang Mansion is similar to that of the general and the commander of the Xiangyang Navy Division.

However, Yang Sichang can't break this point, he has no evidence, even if he has evidence, breaking the news about these things at this moment will not have much effect, except for being able to severely punish Zuo Liangyu and cause greater anger on the emperor, it is useless.

There is another point that is the most critical, that is, the general soldiers in various places are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, if Zuo Liangyu has a major problem, Yang Sichang, who is the secretary of the Ministry of War, has nothing to do with his face, and he will also suffer from the emperor's reprimand, as for the problem with the command of the Xiangyang Naval Division, the responsibility of the Military Department is much smaller, and the naval divisions in various places are generally combined with the territorial management and the management of the Military Department because of their special nature.

With this in mind, Yang Sichang acquiesced to the confession.

Gao Qiqian also agreed with this confession.

The city of Xiangyang has been lost, and Yang Sichang's most important task is to organize forces to exterminate the Liukou, and to organize a strong enough force, in order to do this, he must get the support of Gao Qiqian.

A tacit understanding arose in between.

Yang Sichang also thought of Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, but at such a critical moment, he must not mention Zheng Jiajun, once Zheng Jiajun is dispatched, Zheng Xunrui will inevitably be involved, and the court and the military department will give Zheng Xunrui enough power, which is a taboo thing for the emperor and the court, and do not mention Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun until the last resort.

On behalf of the emperor and the imperial court, Yang Sichang did not suffer a loss, and Fang Kongzhi also sent a generous gift, after all, this matter has a direct connection with Fang Kongzhi.

The attitude of Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, made Yang Sichang very dissatisfied.

Because Sun Chuanting shouldered the heavy responsibility of defeating and exterminating the Liukou, Yang Sichang took time out to have two long talks with Sun Chuanting, but the result made Yang Sichang very dissatisfied.

Sun Chuanting has also read the confession, and has a lot of doubts about the fall of Xiangyang Fucheng, Yang Sichang tactfully persuaded Sun Chuanting not to stick to what has passed, but mainly to look at the future.

But Sun Chuanting didn't understand, he had to get to the bottom of it, which made Yang Sichang very annoyed, if Sun Chuanting was to really understand the truth of the matter, this would be understandable, but Sun Chuanting made such a request, which was also selfish, one was to get rid of his own wrong decision, and the other was to be able to concentrate power more.

Sun Chuanting decided to rush to the aid of Nanyang Mansion City, and Huguang Governor Fang Kongzhi had euphemistically explained in the fold that Sun Chuanting was to protect Runing Mansion and Nanyang Mansion in order to get more money and food, and the facts showed that Sun Chuanting rushed to aid Nanyang Mansion was a wrong decision, and Nanyang Mansion City could not be compared with Xiangyang Mansion City in terms of geographical location or importance, and from this aspect, the imperial court could completely hold Sun Chuanting responsible.

In addition, in terms of centralizing power, Sun Chuanting was able to better establish his authority by suppressing Fang Kongzhi, Zuo Liangyu and others, especially to make Zuo Liangyu and others obedient, once they were able to command more troops, they would have more confidence in defeating the Liukou, which is not a bad thing, Yang Sichang also thought that it was necessary to concentrate a large number of troops to exterminate the Liukou, but Yang Sichang should not always stick to this matter, and when Yang Sichang had been tactfully reminded, he still held on.

In the end, Yang Sichang told Sun Chuanting with a serious expression that he had made a decision and clarified the responsibilities of all parties responsible for the fall of Xiangyang Fucheng, perhaps because he saw that Yang Sichang's attitude was wrong, so Sun Chuanting did not pursue it.

Yang Sichang is also a mortal, not that he does not eat the fireworks of the world, as a cabinet minister, he needs to be respected, he is not like Gao Qiqian to see money, but he values attitude, Fang Kongzhi, Zuo Liangyu and even Wu Fu have come to visit the official post, but Sun Chuanting did not say anything, he looked like he was business-like, and his words seemed very reasonable.

Because of this reason, Yang Sichang began to look down on Sun Chuanting.

Judging from the reasons for the fall of Xiangyang Mansion City, Sun Chuanting should not have any responsibility, because Sun Chuanting had already written a letter to Fang Kongzhi, asking the governor Yamen to pay attention to the defense of Xiangyang Mansion City, and it should be Fang Kongzhi and Zuo Liangyu and others who should bear the responsibility, but Yang Sichang wanted to let Sun Chuanting bear a certain responsibility, and put his name first.

Sun Chuanting, who didn't know what was going on, didn't argue, after all, he also had a reason to lose, and it was very good for the court to deal with it like this, as for the matter of thoroughly investigating responsibility, Sun Chuanting also kept silent, in fact, in the process of investigation, he already felt that the attitude of Fang Kongzhi and Zuo Liangyu and others was wrong.

An investigation, it can be said that everyone takes what they need, and everyone is happy, but unfortunately no one thought that such an investigation has laid the foreshadowing of the tragedy, Zuo Liangyu is dissatisfied with Sun Chuanting, thinking that Sun Chuanting intends to rectify the person, Yang Sichang is not used to Sun Chuanting, and thinks that Sun Chuanting has an arrogant attitude and no one in his eyes.

You must know that these people are directly involved in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, not to mention that Yang Sichang has already made a decision to mobilize more troops and strive to exterminate the Liukou in the shortest possible time.

After staying in Wuchang Mansion for five days, Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian left Wuchang Mansion and rushed to the capital, all the matters they discussed in Wuchang Mansion needed to return to the capital to report, and they needed to get the emperor's approval, although Gao Qiqian had already presented it to the emperor in private, and it was only a matter of time before and after the emperor's decree, but it had been delayed so much time before and after, I don't know what kind of action Liukou would make next, and the operational deployment discussed between Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian must be implemented in the shortest possible time.

Sun Chuanting stayed in Wuchang Mansion to wait for the emperor's decree, and Wu Fu returned to Kaifeng.

None of them thought that a large-scale fight was about to unfold. (To be continued......)