Chapter 908

Chapter 910

It will take a certain amount of time for the information to be transmitted from Jiangnan to Liangzhou. Coupled with the recent turmoil, it has made it more difficult to transmit information.

Cheng Dalei got the information now, I am afraid it was more than ten days ago.

"In your opinion, can Li Xingzai still hold on?"

"Difficult." Cheng Dalei thought for a while, spit out a word slowly, then shook his head and said, "However, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and there are too many factors that determine the victory. In the end, it is hard to say who will win and who will lose."

"But at least for now, Li Xingzai is sure to lose."

Cheng Dalei nodded helplessly.

"What if he is defeated?"

Cheng Dalei thought for a while and said, "Then Li Xing is the owner of a place in the south of the Yangtze River. He will confront the Rong tribe across the river. The Rong tribe is not good at water warfare, and the fighting strength of Yangzhou soldiers is too weak. Whoever wins and who loses in the end is the same as saying no. Good thing."

"Then we don't do anything?"

"Wait."

Cheng Dalei spat out a word. In terms of strategy, he has already made up his mind, which will not be shaken no matter what anyone says. The situation is not yet clear, it is not the time for Liangzhou to make a move. In the end, if you don't make a move, the shot must determine the victory.

However, after a stalemate for a month, the battle situation in Jiangnan has not changed much. This thing is kind of weird anyway.

Cheng Dalei tapped his head, not knowing what Li Xing was thinking.

...

While Cheng Dalei was racking his brains, people in Jiangnan were still in dire straits. This is true for both Li Xingzai and Li Xing.

Li Xingxing's army of 200,000 people approached Li Xingzai's territory. Li Xingzai guessed right, this strategy was indeed from Heshen's hand.

After He Shen joined Li Xing's camp, he immediately started planning to eliminate Li Xingzai, but he really didn't say anything.

He counted the men and horses under Li Xing's command, and it was unbelievable that he could raise half a million troops in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangnan is a fertile land. Liangzhou was managed by Cheng Dalei for a long time, and now it has only one million people. But any city in Yangzhou has a population of 700,000 to 800,000. Li Xing sits here, and it is completely no problem to gather hundreds of thousands of troops.

He Shen has the feeling that the poor are getting rich. With so many soldiers, do they keep making dumplings for the Chinese New Year?

So he offered advice to Li Xing and launched an army to attack Li Xingzai. Hurry up to eliminate the East China Sea, or to reorganize the troops and prepare for the decisive battle with the wild fire.

Li Xing really acted according to his plan, raised an army of 200,000 people, and rushed to the East China Sea with the predation of tigers, but when he was bordered by the forces of the East China Sea, he stopped.

Heshen was in charge of internal affairs in Jiangnan, and he did not understand and was not responsible for the real leadership of the army. This kind of crusade is in charge of Hong Liao.

He Shen did not understand the intention of stopping the soldiers at this moment. According to Hong Liu, Donghai Li Xingzai's subordinates are clearly weak and strong, and even if they can be defeated, Jiangnan will inevitably suffer serious losses.

It is better to besiege and not attack, and deter with heavy troops. If the wild fire hits the south of the Yangtze River one day, it is better to use Li Xingzai as a shield to damage a group of troops of the Rong tribe.

He Shen can't say that this strategy is completely unreasonable. But he came from Liangzhou after all. What kind of place is Liangzhou? It's a den of bandits. Nine and a half out of ten people are bandits.

Bandits tend not to think too much about doing things.

He Shen obviously had an opinion on Hong Liao's strategy, but he didn't talk about it with anyone. The point is that it's not very good to say.

The situation in Jiangnan is more complicated than imagined. Li Xing has three camps under his command. One group is the old minister who supported him as emperor, and the other group is the young and cutting-edge who have just emerged. This group is headed by Hong Lio. Not long after He Shen arrived, logically speaking, he did not have his own direct line, and people who were not welcome in the other two places joined him.

In any case, Heshen still has a firm footing. If he has an opinion on Hong Lei's strategy, in the eyes of interested people, he wants to challenge Hong Lei's position.

Many old officials have encouraged Heshen to come forward. How could a shrewd and ghostly figure like Heshen be so stupid that he was used as a gunman.

Although Liangzhou also has factions, it is not as serious as Jiangnan. Cheng Dalei is in the middle, and everyone else can speak freely. Sometimes, Heshen also misses the time when he was still in Liangzhou. Working in Jiangnan, many places could not make him happy.

Fortunately, Li Xing treated him well, Cheng Dalei presided over the internal affairs, and Li Xing always strongly supported him.

Now Heshen and Hong have a clear division of labor, and Heshen is unwilling to point fingers at what others are doing. He is willing to deal with what he should do and what he can do, and he will stay at home and drink tea if there is nothing to do, nor will he be flattered in official circles, nor will he develop direct lineage.

In the evening of this day, Heshen took a sedan back to the house, and as soon as he entered the gate, a housekeeper came to tell him.

"Master, someone from your hometown, said to be your distant nephew, is waiting now."

"My distant nephew?" He Shen frowned and said, "Let him wait for me in the side hall, and I'll come after changing clothes."

"Yes."

He Shen changed his court clothes, put on his casual clothes, thought about it, and put a short knife in his sleeve.

When I came to the side hall, I saw a young man in sackcloth standing there. Seeing his appearance, Heshen was stunned.

"Uncle San, I can see you Uncle San. You've always been nice, nephew, I miss you."

He Shen paused, then smiled and said, "Good nephew, I haven't seen you for so many years, I almost don't recognize you anymore."

Saying that, Butler Heshenchong waved his hand: "You guys go down first, I have something to talk about with this nephew."

The servant girl who was serving stepped back, leaving only He Shen and the young man in the side hall.

The smile on Heshen's face slowly faded: "Master Song, we haven't seen each other for many years. I only heard that you are working in the East China Sea. I didn't know you were my nephew."

This young man was Song Youqu. He smiled and gave Heshen a salute.

"My lord, you and I have both worked under the leadership of the great master, so we should be considered friends no matter what. This time I take the liberty of visiting the door, and I really have something big to talk about."

"I don't want to go to the Three Treasures Hall, do you think Song Gongzi won't come to see me for no reason?"

Song Youqu bowed again and said, "I have a secret letter from my majesty here, please check it with your lord."

He Shen took the letter, read it by candlelight, his face became more and more ugly, and then he started to burn it on the fire.

"King Xiaoyao is still so direct when he does things. He knows that just with this letter, he can take my head."

Song Youqu opened his mouth and said: "The letter has already made it clear, and there should be no need to repeat it. Now the situation and the adults must be clear, Li Xing is not the master, and sooner or later will be defeated. My Majesty is the Holy Lord of Heaven, and the adults are now in important positions. , if we can respond in the middle, Jiangnan will be defeated.”

He Shen paused for a while, then scattered the ashes and said with a smile, "King Xiaoyao really looks down on He Mou."