Valley Emperor

Seeing that the situation in Jiangnan was about to deteriorate, Zhang Yue began to shift part of his strategic focus to Sichuan, so that even Hubei could not hold back, but he could still retreat to Sichuan.

With Sichuan's terrain advantages that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is difficult for the large-scale troops of the pseudo-Tang thieves to deploy. At that time, they will rely on the terrain to defend. As long as they defend the east of Sichuan, then they can defend the land of Bashu, for the long-term future. Lay the foundation against the pseudo-Tang thief army.

Yes, now Zhang Yue doesn't think that he can annihilate the pseudo-Tang thief army in a short time, and he doesn't even think that he can annihilate the pseudo-Tang thief army. In his opinion, the current pseudo-Tang thief army is already powerful.

With military confrontation alone, the situation that can maintain the confrontation between the North and the South is probably the limit, and in this way, it is very necessary to defend Sichuan for a long time.

Zhang Yue is not optimistic about the situation in Jiangnan, even Wang Yiqi himself, who is in charge of the overall situation of Jiangnan, is also not optimistic, otherwise he would not use various means to ask for various assistance.

High-level officials such as Zhang Yue and Wang Yiqi have little confidence. Some people who know the inside story and are relatively pessimistic have also begun to prepare early.

Especially those big families, many people have already begun to deal with assets, and let some of the direct descendants of the family flee north with a large amount of assets.

But it is worth noting that these families who fled north did not mean that all of them planned to flee north, they just let some of their children flee north, and the other part was still in the south of the Yangtze River.

To put it bluntly, start putting eggs in two baskets to avoid being served in one pot.

And this kind of situation where the eggs are put in multiple baskets, and even the children of the family serve for multiple opposite dynasties at the same time is quite common. , the best choice for maintaining prosperity and wealth.

The most famous in history is probably the Zhuge Liang brothers. One of these two brothers was a general in Eastern Wu and the other was a prime minister in Shu Han. Well, they also have a cousin Zhuge Dan who was an official in Cao Wei. This person is not simple. East General.

The three brothers are officials in different regimes, and they all mix well. Regardless of which country in the Three Kingdoms finally unified the Central Plains, their Zhuge family will all be the winners!

Now that Tang and Ming are opposed, in fact, many families have already begun to do this, especially those gentry families under the Tang Dynasty, they will send some of their children to the north, and then leave some children under the Tang Dynasty. , and even served as an official under the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, in order to avoid suspicion, when they did this, it was quite heartless. The clansmen who split up basically declared their breakup publicly, and then defected to the clansmen of the Tang Dynasty. If they met the clansmen who were officials in the Ming Dynasty , that would not be soft at all.

After all, no one is a fool. These aristocratic families began to share risks. Li Xuan knows it, Zhengde also knows it, and everyone else knows it. They all know each other well, and these families have been doing this for thousands of years. A tradition is about to form, and it can't stop people from doing this.

But you all want to share the risk, and you put your eggs in the Ming Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty at the same time. If you still want to be in the middle of the night, believe it or not, Li Xuan or Zhengde will give you a family raid every minute!

However, in the past, only the gentry families in Guangdong and Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places did this, but now, the gentry families in Jiangnan have also begun to do this. After all, no one is stupid. It's only a year or two, but sooner or later it will fall into the hands of the pseudo-Tang.

Their family roots are in Jiangnan, and naturally they can't run away directly, but they are also a little worried about what attitude the pseudo-Tang side will treat them when Jiangnan falls into the hands of the pseudo-Tang.

tax? This is easy to discuss, no, no problem!

If the Ming Dynasty wanted them to pay the tax, they naturally refused, but if the pseudo-Tang side asked them to pay the tax, it would be different. On the other hand, it doesn't matter if they don't pay taxes. If the imperial court asks them to pay taxes, they will immediately clamor for the court to compete with the people for profits.

However, if they did not pay taxes in the Tang Dynasty, it was estimated that the end would not be better there. They had heard that many gentry families under the pseudo-Tang Dynasty ended up in ruins because they refused to pay taxes, and those who paid taxes were safe and sound.

Even if they were far away in the south of the Yangtze River, they knew that paying taxes under the pseudo-Tang Dynasty was a top priority. Otherwise, there would not have been such a saying: In the Tang Dynasty, you can call Li Xuan a rebel, You can even be a fake spy, but... but you have to pay your taxes!

There are too many gentry families who are ruined because they refuse to pay taxes!

Tax collection is a trivial matter. When the pseudo-Tang Dynasty comes, the big deal is paying taxes. What they are more worried about is that in this prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, most of those gentry families have children who were officials in the Ming Dynasty. If the pseudo-Tang Dynasty gets angry, I'm afraid it's going to be bad luck.

They don't want to rely on luck to escape the disaster, so it is the kingly way to send some of the children, especially the clansmen who were officials in the Ming Dynasty, directly to the northern provinces.

From then on, their family will be divided into two, and each will be in charge. If they meet again in the future, I am afraid they will be the enemy of life and death!

Jiangnan is turbulent, but in Guangdong it is calm. Although many people are also, Datang Wang Shi is about to launch an autumn and winter offensive again, and even occupying Jiangnan is just around the corner, but they are not in harmony. The people on the Jiangnan side were equally panicked, and even many people were looking forward to the victory of Master Wang of the Tang Dynasty.

Only in this way can they completely open up the prosperous market in Jiangnan!

The various commodities they produce are worrying about their sales. Jiangnan is so prosperous and the market is so huge. If Wang Shi can take it down, it will be a capital feast for those gentry-turned-capitalists under the rule of the Tang Dynasty. what!

Many people have already started to hoard goods, waiting to follow the footsteps of the army to occupy the Jiangnan market!

Inside the Zhaoqing Palace, the atmosphere was quite calm. The outside world was just speculating about the war in the south of the Yangtze River, but Li Xuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was naturally the most aware of this matter.

Because it was the Jiangnan battle plan that he personally approved!

According to the operational plan, the Second Army in Jiangxi will launch a massive offensive on time in early October, and the Third Army in Fujian will also launch a large-scale offensive at the same time.

The Second Army and the Third Army will form two huge uppercuts and enter Jiangnan.

In order to cooperate with the Second Army, the First Army is also mobilizing on a large scale and has begun to shrink its strength. In the future, the First Army will take over the Second Army's defense line in Jiangxi and undertake all defense lines in Hubei and Jiangxi south of the Yangtze River. Yue Prefectures, Changsha, Wuchang, Jiujiang, Nanchang and other places will be handed over to the First Army for defense.

At the same time, the Yangtze Fleet will also come out in full force!

In order to cooperate with the Third Army's operations, the First Fleet stationed at Mawei Port will also go directly north to block the estuary of the Yangtze River. If necessary, it will even break into the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and directly enter Jinling City to support the army's operations.

Of course, with the current strength of the First Fleet, it is not a problem to block the mouth of the Yangtze River, but if the First Fleet wants to go deep into the Yangtze River, the risk is too great, so it is not absolutely necessary. The First Fleet will not take such a risk to go deep into the Yangtze River of.

After all, if they were besieged by countless ships of the Ming army in the Yangtze River, especially the fireboat offensive, the battleships of the First Fleet would also be in greater danger.

Day by day, on the night of September 30th, Li Xuan did not go to bed early, nor did he visit the palace dance troupe, nor did he pay any attention to the other concubines and concubines in the harem. 's government affairs.

Li Xuan didn't leave, so the secretaries of the secretarial department naturally wouldn't leave after get off work, they could only accompany them.

Why didn't Li Xuan leave? Others don't know, but the several bachelors in the secretary's core know it. These bachelors are on duty to follow Li Xuan. There are many secrets about military affairs. Naturally It is also known that His Majesty has already approved the Jiangnan Raiders, and the execution time of the battle plan is tomorrow!

The night was getting deeper, and near midnight, a lecturer came in and persuaded, "Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body!"

Li Xuan also sighed and didn't speak. After a while, he said: "You all go back, let me be alone for a while!"

Although Li Xuan asked them to go back first, there was no one who dared to do so. Li Xuan stayed in the office and did not leave, and the people in UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com Secretary Corey could only take turns taking naps and continuing to work all night.

Just when Li Xuan couldn't sleep in the rear of Zhaoqing, the Jiangnan front line, Jiande of Chizhou Prefecture in southern Zhili, this is located in the front line of the Tang and Ming armies, the new division commander of the Fifth Infantry Division Chen Keqiao Army Major General. But he slept soundly!

That night, Chen Keqiao fell asleep early, and then slept until three shots in the sun the next day before getting up. After breakfast, he went to the battle meeting room and found that his generals were already waiting for him.

"Why are you all here today? Have you eaten breakfast so early?" Chen Keqiao said in a suspicious tone as he walked into the battle meeting room.

The generals under his command didn't know what to do when they heard Chen Keqiao's words.

Why did you come so early, because today is the day when the Jiangnan campaign was officially launched. Most of us didn't sleep well last night. We came to the division early this morning, so we could have breakfast there.

But my immediate boss is better. I slept so peacefully this time, and I didn't wake up until three poles in the sun. This appearance is even more unreliable than the previous teacher, Wang Danxu!