Gao Huan was shocked when he heard Gao Youcai's words, but his face remained unchanged and asked, "How is Luyang Pass?"

Previously, Gao Huan inspected the front line of Luyang Pass and felt that Wang Jingde and Yuan Zongdi had little problem with defense.

The only problem was that the southern line was insufficient troops, so Gao Huan urged Sun Chuanting to send troops to assist in defense through Chongzhen.

More than a month ago, Gao Huan learned that Sun Chuanting had sent troops, and soon news came again that Sun Chuanting was in Nanyang and had a big victory, so he felt relieved.

With the defense of the autonomous army, coupled with Sun Chuanting's Qin army, Li Zicheng thought that he would not be able to invade Ruzhou and threaten Luoyang.

However, Gao Huan did not expect that Gao Youcai would suddenly appear and bring such bad news.

If the southern line is broken through by the rebel army and Li Baiwan enters Ruzhou and attacks the hinterland of Henan, it will be a disaster for Gao Huan.

The autonomous army on this side had just repelled the Qing army, and Li Zicheng came to kill again. Not only could the people of Henan not stand it, but Gao Huan and the soldiers of the autonomous army could not stand it being repeatedly ravaged.

Wars are so frequent and there is no chance to breathe, and war-weariness will rise.

Gao Mingheng hurriedly greeted: "Sir Gao, sit down and talk."

Gao Youcai sat down and immediately said, "Luyang Pass is fine, but Commander Sun was defeated in Zhenping County!"

Gao Huan immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Luyang Pass was fine.

"Zhenping County! Where are the Qin soldiers entering Nanyang?" Gao Mingheng was a little uneasy.

Gao Youcai was a little panicked, his face was strange, and he whispered: "Sun Commander Sun won the battle first, and I urged him to pursue the victory according to His Majesty's will. As a result, he was ambushed by a thief in Zhenping~"

Gao Huan couldn't help looking at Gao Youcai, who showed a guilty look and explained with a trembling hand on his legs: "Huan'er, you didn't see it. There are dense thieves all over the mountains and fields, and within your eyes, there are countless thieves! The bandits were killed, and the Qin army was besieged day and night, and eventually they were defeated."

Gao Huan understood and said that it was his father who cheated Sun Chuanting.

But speaking of this, Gao Huan also has a share of cheating Sun Chuanting.

Li Baiwan claims to be a million people, but it is not a false reputation. Sun Chuanting's Qin army has not been trained for long and has been trapped in a siege and has not been drowned by the crowd.

This made Gao Huan cover his face with his hands, and he was speechless for a while. He built fortifications for several months in Ruzhou to prevent Li Zicheng. Why did he not rely on fortifications and why did he take the initiative to go deep into Nanyang?

"Didn't I write a letter to explain that I can just keep the front line of Luyang Pass?" Gao Huanxin said tiredly.

Gao Youcai felt a little aggrieved, "Isn't this your Majesty's request to eliminate the thieves as soon as possible and then return to the army to rescue you?"

Gao Huan understood that Gao Youcai was anxious when he saw that he was trapped in Xingyang, so he relied on the emperor to supervise his military command to urge Sun Chuanting to take advantage of the victory. As a result, Sun Chuanting went deep into the territory of the rebel army and was ambushed by Li Zicheng.

Gao Huan didn't expect that Gao Youcai cares so much about him now. He understands the mood of an old father, but this care is a bit heavy.

Fortunately, Wang Jingde and Yuan Zongdi followed his orders and did not send troops with Sun Chuanting, thus protecting Luyang Pass and firmly stifled Li Baiwan's way northward.

Gao Mingheng, who heard that Sun Chuanting was defeated, asked anxiously: "What is the situation of Supervisor Sun?"

Gao Youcai explained: "Sun Commander Sun rushed out, but the Qin army suffered heavy losses. Bai Guangen and other generals surrendered the thieves. Now the thieves took advantage of the Qin army's defeat and Guanzhong was empty, breaking Wu Pass and entering Shaanxi."

Gao Huan was relieved when he heard that Sun Chuanting suddenly appeared, but when he heard that Li Baiwan broke into Wu Pass and entered Guanzhong, his heart was trembling again.

If Li Zicheng conquered Guanzhong, Gao Huan would not be able to curb Li Baiwan, but instead would be worried that Li Baiwan would threaten Luoyang.

At this time, Gao Youcai looked at Gao Huan, "Huan'er, Supervisor Sun now leads the remaining troops back to Guanzhong, and asks you to send troops to reinforce!"

Gao Huan was silent for a while and looked at Gao Mingheng. Gao Mingheng said with a dark face: "If Guanzhong is lost, the world will be shaking, and the situation will inevitably collapse. Chaoyang, you go back to help!"

Now Gao Huan's main force gathered in Kaifeng and Luoyang was empty. If Li Zicheng occupied Guanzhong, Gao Huan would be surrounded by three sides of the rebel army.

Now Nanyang is in the hands of the rebel army. On the north bank of the Yellow River, Tian Jianxiu and Dang Shousu, and once Li Zicheng controls Guanzhong, he can take advantage of the situation and seize Luoyang.

Gao Huan stood up and could only give up Abatai and said in a deep voice: "Zhongcheng, I will depend on you to guard against Abatai's decisive matter!"

Gao Ming nodded heavily, "It depends on you in the thief in the west."

Gao Huan clasped his fists solemnly, and left with Gao Youcai and Song Xiance.

After leaving the governor's yamen, Gao Huan began to ask about the specific progress of the war on the southern front.

The matter was probably right with Gao Huan. Sun Chuanting led his army to defeat Li Zicheng. He was originally ready to hold on, but on the one hand, Chongzhen urged him, and on the other hand, Gao Youcai was worried about Xingyang and was afraid that Gao Huan would be defeated by the Qing army, so he implemented Chongzhen's intention and urged Sun Chuanting to fight, but ended up being defeated.

Gao Youcai said a little panickedly: "Huan'er, this is for you for your father! If Guanzhong is lost, will Your Majesty blame me?"

Gao Huan said as he walked, "Don't worry, my father, I am strong and I have just defeated Jiannu. The court will do whatever I want to do to you if I see my face."

Gao Youcai has not been an official for more than ten years, and recently, he has been promoted to a deputy ministerial-level official in a very short period of time. He has no moral character and is unable to be competent for his ability. He has also failed to do things and is frustrated. He is inevitably panicked.

However, after hearing Gao Huan's words, Gao Youcai immediately felt relieved.

I don’t know when the status of Gao Youcai and Gao Huan changed, which made him obey his son and treat him as his backbone.

At this time, Gao Huan asked, "Father, how many soldiers are there around Mr. Sun?"

Gao Youcai hurriedly said, "Only Gao Jie and others are left, and there are less than 10,000 soldiers!"

Gao Huan was shocked, "Is he defeated so badly?"

"Over the years, many official troops have surrendered to the bandits. After Li Zicheng surrounded Sun's command, he attacked the enemy in the commando, and while making the traitors in the commando army shout, many official troops surrendered to the trespasses at night." Gao Youcai said: "If Sun hadn't had the decision to break through the siege, I'm afraid that ten thousand people would not have come."

Gao Huan pondered, there were only 10,000 Qin troops left, and Li Baiwan's strength increased greatly, and it seemed that there was a big trouble.

However, Sun Chuanting had only 10,000 people left, and his strength was greatly reduced, but he had the possibility of annexing Sun Chuanting.

Gao Huan couldn't help but narrow his eyes and began to think in his heart that if he could recover Sun Chuanting, it would be like a tiger. However, Sun Chuanting was loyal and knew that Chongzhen urged him to die and wanted to take over, how could he surrender to him?

Gao Huan pondered for a while, but he still had to give it a try.

At this time, Gao Huan glanced at Gao Youcai. His old father seemed to have a special ability. He had never had any trouble, but the eunuch party who was with him fell, and Chen Xinjia, who was close to him, died. Now Sun Chuanting has also fallen. It seems that he is definitely not my auspiciousness.

Gao Huan retracted his thoughts and said to Gao Youcai: "Father, you still have to go to Beijing. When Sun Chuanting's defeat was defeated, you have to push the responsibility on him!"

Gao Youcai urged Sun Chuanting to go to war, which caused Sun Chuanting to be defeated. He felt a little dissatisfied, so he took the initiative to come for Sun Chuanting and asked Gao Huan for help.

After hearing Gao Huan's words, Gao Youcai was stunned, "This is not very good!"

Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "My father has finally come to be the Minister of Rites, so he doesn't want to go further? If he doesn't put the blame on Sun Chuanting, then once Guanzhong falls, even if the court does not punish you for my contribution, your career will end. Moreover, urging troops is the emperor's order. If he admits that it is his father's urging, he will be embarrassed even if Sun Chuanting is defeated in the battle!"

Gao Youcai showed a tangled look on his face, but he was not a good person. Soon he became addicted to the officialdom and overwhelmed his conscience. He focused on it: "Okay! Just push it on him!"

Gao Huan then asked again: "After my father arrived in Beijing, he had to visit Zhou Yanru first, so that Sun Chuanting's defense could not reach the heavenly hearing."

Gao Youcai nodded, "This is familiar to my father! That's what Eunuch Wei did back then."

While speaking, the group had already arrived at the camp. Gao Youcai did not stay for a long time and went directly to Beijing.

Gao Huan happened to send his head to report his meritorious service, so he asked the escort team to go with him, and there was a response on the way.

Seeing Gao Youcai walking away, Gao cheered and said, "Submit Sun Chuanting, start by provoking his relationship with Chongzhen!"

As we all know, if a third party intervenes, the relationship between the two will be broken, and there will be a chance.

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