Li Dingguo estimated that Gan Chao's detailed work might have discovered that the Western Army was about to send troops.

In order to surprise, Li Dingguo found a substitute who looked very much like him and took his own ceremonial guard to Jingzhou. He selected three thousand elite soldiers and traveled across mountains and rivers to Tongren.

At this time, Li Dingguo spread out the map, then glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Song Xiance is just a fortune teller, but he is really a mediocre person. I ordered the army to enter Jingzhou. I expected that Song Xiance would concentrate his troops in Changde, Changsha, Yuezhou, and Xiangyang, and arrange them around Jingzhou, while Xiangxi and southern Hunan were very empty!"

The generals of the Western Army couldn't help but nodded one after another, and Mu Tianbo said: "Your Highness is wise. The soldiers in Huguang are now staring at Jingzhou. I will never expect that Your Highness will arrive in Tongren."

After the Western Army wiped out the rebellion of Shadingzhou, chieftain in Yunnan, Mu Tianbo and Yang Zhiwei and other Ming Dynasty officials were captured by Zhang Xianzhong.

These officials initially had an uncooperative attitude towards Daxi, but after Gao Huan usurped the Ming Dynasty and became independent, Mu Tianbo and others gradually changed their attitudes and surrendered to the Western Kingdom one after another.

Li Dingguo waved his hand, so that everyone would not have to flatter him, and then said in a deep voice: "My plan is to take advantage of the Gan army staring at Jingzhou, quickly disrupt western and southern Hunan, and to cause the Gan army that monitors Jingzhou to shake off. When they go south, they will join forces with the Jingzhou army to attack Huguang Gan army and achieve a great victory to reverse the situation!"

In history, the Qing army was invincible, and the Ming regimes of Hongguang, Lu Wang, Longwu, Shaowu, and defeated Yongli, and unifying the world were almost irreversible.

However, under such a desperate situation, Li Dingguo was defeated by two famous kings, which almost turned the Qing army into a river and almost reversed the general trend of the world.

The current trend of the world is not as strong as the Qing army in history, and Li Dingguo will naturally not give up.

In a desperate situation, the person who still does not give up on struggle and may turn the tables is the real fierce man.

After hearing Li Dingguo's words, the generals looked serious one after another. Mu Tianbo said, "We all listen to your orders, please give your orders!"

Li Dingguo pointed at the nearby Chenzhou with a wooden pole and said, "There are many chieftains in western Hunan, and there are conflicts between the Han people in Ganguo and the chieftains. Although the Gan Dynasty ruled here, the local people of all ethnic groups had not yet returned. If the lonely messed up Xiangxi, these chieftains were very likely to move. If they wanted to disrupt Xiangxi, they would have no influence. They thought they had to take down Chenzhou Prefecture!"

Generally speaking, a region will have a core city, and the gains and losses of these cities have considerable influence.

Just like Beijing, Luoyang, Chang'an, and Jinling, once they change hands, the whole world will surely shake. If you gain a city, you will gain huge influence.

Since the Ming Dynasty, the Han people began to expand to the southwest in large numbers. The Han people occupied the plains and the young people retreated to the mountains and forests. In the process, they naturally had conflicts with the young people in the local process.

Since the Ming Dynasty ruled the southwest, the young people here continued to rebel. The Anshe Rebellion in the late Ming Dynasty was one of the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Now the territory of Ganchao has less contact with the chieftains, and only a few Xuanweisi in western Hunan are the conflicts between the Tu and Han Dynasties. Therefore, the Ganchao does not pay enough attention to it. The prefectures and counties in western Hunan are only nominally subordinate to the Ganchao, and the localities are mainly controlled by the chieftains.

If Li Dingguo took over Chenzhou Prefecture City, it would definitely cause shocks around the surrounding areas, trigger the chieftains to seek revenge on the Han people, and thus disrupt western Hunan, forcing Song Xianst to mobilize troops and disrupt the deployment of the military.

Mu Tianbo said: "Your Highness, although Chenzhou is a remote place in Huguang, the city of Mansion is not an ordinary county after all. We only have 3,000 people. How can we quickly take it down?"

Li Dingguo smiled and said, "I have asked the local people nearby and have already made a decision in my heart!"

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Yuanling County, the prefecture of Chenzhou, is the center of Xiangxi business.

Although Gan Chao's focus has not yet been placed on the chieftains in the southwest, Gan Chao has not ignored the western Hunan.

At present, the main control methods of Ganchao over the Xiangxi chieftains are: one is to station troops in the city and deterrently, and the other is to conduct fair transactions, communicate more with local people, and enhance the understanding between the Han and Miao.

Because the Ganchao government promoted fair trade and severely punished merchants who defrauded young people, the trading market in Yuanling County gradually gained recognition from the Tusimen. Every time the government organized a market day, a large number of young people and merchants would come to trade.

It is the 15th day of the month in Xiangxi. In the early morning, many native people and businessmen gathered inside and outside Yuanling City.

At this time, a caravan rushed over from a distance with more than ten large trucks.

These big trucks were carrying large and small bags of goods, and dozens of Miao people next to the truck were all in agile steps.

At this time, Gan Jun, who was guarding the city, was attracted by the merchants and Miao people inside and outside the city, and did not pay attention to the convoy coming from afar.

When the convoy arrived in front of the city gate and began to pass through the city gate, but caused congestion, an officer led several soldiers over.

The brigade coach who was guarding the gate came to inspect with a knife and pointed to the big cart that blocked the road and affected the passage. "What's going on?"

At this time, a soldier saw the brigade coach going down the city, and his face was a little anxious, and reported: "The axle of a large cart broke, which happened to be blocked in the middle of the road, affecting the people's entry and exit."

The coach frowned when he heard the words, "Damn it, today is a day for the big market. Thousands of people rushed over to trade for hundreds of miles. But it is impossible to delay."

At this time, the brigade coach stepped forward and looked closely. The big wheel axle was broken and the whole car was already sitting on the ground.

"Whose car is blocking the way, please move the goods away!" said the coach angrily.

A man wearing Miao Mintou costume hurried forward, "This Jun Ye, I'm really embarrassed. There are too many goods and not enough staff, so I can't move it for a while. I'd like to ask Jun Ye to help find some help!"

The man said, handing out a few silver dollars, "I'll invite the military men to have tea!"

The brigade coach reached out to block the silver dollar and said with a stern face: "There are regulations on military regulations, I cannot take your money!"

The coach of the brigade rejected the man, but waved his hand, "You guys come here and help carry the goods away!"

A group of soldiers rushed over and bent down to unload the goods on the truck. But at this moment, the brigade commander suddenly opened his eyes wide, drew his sword and shouted: "Brothers, it's the enemy!"

The soldiers of the Western Army who disguised themselves as Miao people saw that the soldiers of Gan were bent over to carry goods, and immediately pulled out weapons from the vehicles and chopped the soldiers of Gan.

The hidden Western Army tore off their disguises, pulled out the swords hidden under the vehicles and shoulder poles, rushed over with screams, swung their swords and slashed them down one by one.

The brigade coach shouted loudly, then pulled out half of the knife, disguised as the leader of Miaomin, Mu Tianbo kicked it out with one kick, kicked the brigade coach away, and shouted loudly: "Kill the soldiers!"

(I drank some wine today, and updated tomorrow.)
Chapter completed!