In the face of Sun Kewang's inquiry, Fan Yingxu, who was supposed to be appointed as the governor of Anlong to monitor the Yongli Small Imperial Court, pondered for a moment, and then replied:

"In the opinion of his subordinates, there are two ways to crack it, one is to give up the siege of Yiyang, directly attack Changsha, and take Changsha Mansion before Pingyangbo, if Changsha can be conquered, then the whole of Hunan will be controlled by our army.

Second, let Ke Yongsheng break through the siege and withdraw to Hubei, so that he can continue to fight with the king of Nan'an, so that with a common foreign land, the king of Nan'an will have no time to take care of us, and the lord of the country can also take this opportunity to purge Kong Youde, who is entrenched in Guilin, and prepare to confront the king of Nan'an."

Fan Yingxu and Sun Kewang both know very well that they will definitely break out a war with Su Yan in the future, the so-called one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and in order to pursue higher power, they are destined not to live in peace.

In the Ming court, the only one who can compete with his grandson is Su Yan, and the others Zhu Chenggong, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and others are not worried.

Listening to Fan Yingxu's thoughts, Sun Kewang did not make a decision immediately, but began to weigh the pros and cons.

The first choice was undoubtedly risky, the Qing army in Yiyang County was heavily guarded, and Xu Yong, the commander-in-chief of Changsha, personally held this place, if his army gave up the siege and took Changsha directly, Xu Yong could easily cut off their retreat and supply lines.

It would be good if they could quickly take Changsha Mansion, but if the stalemate continued, the supply would be cut off, and the variables would be too great.

Therefore, Sun Kewang directly put the first option aside and did not consider it for the time being.

And the second choice is undoubtedly to let the tiger return to the mountain and let Ke Yongsheng withdraw to Hubei, then he can send the Hubei army to resist, which will undoubtedly destroy the Ming army's plan to recover the entire territory of Huguang.

But what does this have to do with his grandson?

From his point of view, the weaker the strength of the Ming Court, the better it is for him, and it would be better if he could contain all of Su Yan's attention to Hubei.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Sun Kewang decided to adopt Fan Yingxu's second method, but this method was somewhat difficult to implement, because they could not ensure that the Qing army understood their intentions and obediently withdrew to Hubei without attacking them halfway.

Faced with this problem, Fan Yingxu volunteered and expressed his willingness to go to Changsha to meet Ke Yongsheng in person.

He is full of confidence in convincing Ke Yongsheng, no one wants to die like this, especially a person like Ke Yongsheng who is in a high position, if he cuts off all his retreats, then he will choose to fight against the water.

But if he is given hope and has a chance to continue to breathe, then he will definitely be like a man in the water grasping the straw that saves his life, desperately trying to grasp this ray of hope.

Sun Kewang did not refuse Fan Yingxu's initiative, and he immediately dispatched several cavalry to escort Fan Yingxu to Changsha Mansion overnight to meet Ke Yongsheng.

After a whole night of hurrying, Fan Yingxu and his party finally arrived at Changsha City before dawn the next day, because it was in a wartime state, the nine gates of Changsha were closed, and Fan Yingxu could only show his identity and intention to the defenders on the city wall, and asked to meet with Ke Yongsheng.

Seeing the Ming army envoy coming, the soldiers defending the city did not dare to make a decision easily, and reported the news to their superiors as soon as possible, and the bosses did not dare to slack off, and reported it all the way to Ke Yongsheng.

Ke Yongsheng was still asleep at this time, and after being woken up by the attendants beside him, he wanted to have a seizure, but when he heard the Ming army envoy ask to see him, out of prudence, he still ordered someone to pull the Ming army envoy up the city wall with a hanging basket and bring him to meet him.

By the time Fan Yingxu was brought to Ke Yongsheng, it was already two quarters of an hour later, and Ke Yongsheng took advantage of this time to wash up and make himself look more energetic.

After being taken to Ke Yongsheng's study, Fan Yingxu finally met the most powerful official in Huguang, but obviously because of the erosion of the war situation, Ke Yongsheng's spirit was not very good, and his face could still be seen to be a little haggard, and his eyes were also a little bloodshot.

"Fan Yingxu, who joined the army under the tent of the King of Xiaqin, has met Lord Ke, the governor of Huguang." Fan Yingxu did enough salutes and bowed deeply to Ke Yongsheng.

Ke Yongsheng bowed slightly, and said, "You and I are at war, and Sun Kewang is in front of you

What is the matter? Isn't he afraid that Bendu will push you out and behead you, or give it to Na Su Yan?"

"Lord Governor would never do that." Fan Yingxu was not nervous at all, he smiled and said, "If you want to live and die with Changsha, of course you can act like this, and you will never say much."

"Heh, I'm pretty confident." Ke Yongsheng chuckled, but he really didn't order someone to drag him out, but motioned to him to explain his intentions: "Say, the purpose of your lord sending you."

Fan Yingxu bowed, straightened up, and said, "There is a cooperation that is beneficial to both you and me, and I want to discuss with Lord Duxian.

The development momentum of the king of Nan'an County today has shaken the world, and his troops are directed at Wuchang Mansion, presumably Lord Duxian's desk should have been full of urgent documents sent from Hubei, and the lord of my family is willing to let Lord Duxian and all the soldiers and horses of Hunan retreat north, and will never set foot on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and the price that Lord Duxian will pay is only to cede Hunan to my lord."

Ke Yongsheng can also be regarded as a talent in the officialdom, he listened to Fan Yingxu's words, where could he not hear the meaning behind it, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, this Sun Kewang is really short-sighted, and now he is thinking about the internal struggle of the party, and it is difficult to achieve a big thing.

Although he was very disdainful of Sun Kewang's approach in his heart, he had to admit that this proposal of cooperation was indeed very tempting for him, if he could successfully withdraw to Hubei, Sun Kewang would keep his promise, and he would only need to concentrate on resisting Su Yan's offensive, and the defensive pressure would be drastically reduced.

Even if Sun Kewang didn't believe his words, it wouldn't have much impact, it just made the already bad battle situation more difficult.

In any case, he thinks this cooperation is feasible.

However, he remembered that the Ming army was still in Jiangshandu at this time, and he wanted to provoke the contradiction between Sun Kewang and Na Su Yan, so he asked rhetorically:

"Ceding Hunan to the lord of the country, the governor can agree, but your army of the king of the southern bank has entered Hunan, and once our army withdraws, they will be able to enter and occupy the city, and you will not make wedding dresses for others in vain?"

"It's not a bother." Fan Yingxu said with a smile, "Your Excellency only needs to make a decision on whether or not to cooperate with the head of my family."

"But I would like to remind you that if the adults agree, the lord of my family will also remember the feelings of the lord, and it is not impossible to help the lord in the future, but if the lord is unwilling to cooperate with the lord of my family, not only Hunan will fall, but even Hubei will be lost, so think about it."

This almost naked threat fell into Ke Yongsheng's heart, which filled his heart with resentment, but he had to admit that the other party's words did make sense, judging from the current desperate situation in Hunan, cooperating with Sun Kewang could exchange for a life.

Therefore, under Fan Yingxu's confident smile, Ke Yongsheng nodded slowly and said:

"The Governor agreed."