The arrival of Gao Xiangsheng made Xie Kun feel relieved, at least knowing that he would be in no danger in a short period of time. The court and Wang Yikun have reached a consensus at least on this point, as long as Wang Yikun does not betray his companions, then his family will not be in any danger. And since Gao Xiangsheng personally came to arrest Wang Yikun, with Xie Kun's understanding of Gao Xiangsheng, this person will either not move, and if he moves, he will definitely be killed with one blow.

The mood is excited, and the mood of work immediately comes up. Taking advantage of the New Year's Festival, Xie Kun came door to door with gifts, although he couldn't get in touch with the real big people, but there were many people in Guangzhou who were not famous, but their positions were very important, Xie Kun was able to speak.

Just like Huo Chun, who came to fight the autumn breeze on the night of the New Year, was a member of the army in charge of logistics, where did he get the news, for experts like Xie Kun and Gao Xiangsheng, they could easily deduce the movements of the Southern Army Alliance.

Xie Kun's harvest is very good.

Jiangxi and Hunan were defeated, and the loss of a large area of territory caused a major earthquake in the Guangzhou court, and Xiang Zhen, who had just ascended to the throne, almost couldn't stabilize the situation, and finally with the full support of Rong Hong, Ding Taiyi, and Qian Wenzhong, he reluctantly maintained the situation and reached an agreement.

For Ding Taiyi and Qian Wenzhong, at the moment, there is no other way to think of it except to support Xiang Zhen. Although they also hated Xiang Zhen for detaining them and making the situation so out of control, their strength was greatly damaged, and at the moment, there was no second way out except for the great unity of the Bawang Southern Army Alliance and the support for themselves.

Fujian Ronghong has always been one with Lingnan, needless to say, but Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places are not so easy to talk about. In addition to choosing to support Xiang Zhen and suppressing the voices of these places, what else can be done?

"Ding Taiyi is ready to go back!" Xie Kun said. Xiang Zhen funded him with one million taels of silver for military expenses and let Ding Taiyi go back. However, Qian Wenzhong stayed in Guangzhou. ”

Sitting on the edge of the fire, Xie Kun said. In the former brewery, all the workers have gone home on vacation, and the living equipment here is complete, and the place is so large that it is not noticeable to hide a few people.

"That's to be expected!" Gao Xiangsheng nodded and said: "Ding Hao died in battle, Ding Sheng retreated to Xiangxi, when it comes to the popularity in Xiangxi, Ding Taiyi doesn't know how strong he is compared to Ding Sheng?" Those tribal leaders in Xiangxi, the chiefs of the Yiren, are willing to sell Ding Taiyi's face, but they don't necessarily pay attention to Ding Sheng. So I want Ding Taiyi to go back and stabilize the form. Xiang Zhen's head is still quite clear. ”

"What about Qian Wenzhong? This time, the envoys from all over the country who were detained by Xiang Zhen went back, and they left a money in the text. Xie Kun asked.

Gao Xiangchang smiled and said, "Qian Wenzhong can't go back." Unlike Ding Taiyi, Qian Wenzhong is now in addition to the hundreds of pro-soldiers around him, his strength has been fully taken over by his son Qian Shouyi, and he is already alone. What should I do when I go back? Maybe Qian Shouyi will follow Xiang Zhen and let him die violently? It's better to stay in Guangzhou and earn a little more support for Qian Shouyi. As long as he is willing to stay in Guangzhou, Qian Shouyi in Ji'an, he will not be afraid to play a filial son and grandson. ”

Xie Kun smiled bitterly: "This is really a sentence, there are only melons and seeds in the world, and there are no seeds and melons." ”

"You're thinking too much!" Gao Xiangsheng said lightly: "At present, Qian Shouyi still has a certain amount of capital, which is a fulcrum for Xiang Zhen in Jiangxi, so Xiang Zhen is still willing to treat Qian Wenzhong well and give him extremely high treatment. Qian Wenzhong understands this truth, so he will spare no effort to fight for the interests of Qian Shouyi in the following days. What if Qian Wenzhong is unwilling? ”

"That's right!"

"What will the Jiedu envoys in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi do after they go back?" Gao Xiangsheng said: "Xiang Zhenken let them go back, there must be conditions. ”

"Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan each sent 20,000 soldiers and horses to support, all military expenses are paid by Xiang Zhen, and after these horses arrive, they will be arranged in Huaihua, Shaoyang, Hengyang and other places, and Xiangxi, Ji'an to form a complete line of defense." Xie Kun said: "Listening to Huo Chun, in view of the fierce firepower of our Tang army, these people have also formulated some targeted tactics. ”

"Oh? How so? "Gao Xiangsheng is interested.

"Huo Chun said that the biggest headache for their Tang army now is artillery, grenades and other gunpowder weapons, so the idea of sticking to the city is no longer realistic, trapped in one place, can only be beaten passively, in the face of artillery attacks, they still can't do anything. Therefore, they should take advantage of the complex terrain in the south to take the initiative to attack and fight in the movement. Even if it is necessary to hold on, these places are no longer a necessary choice, and some dangerous mountains and mountains are more suitable for fighting against our army. In their view, in operations on complex terrain, our northern army is far inferior to the southern army. Moreover, the artillery is heavy, and there is simply no room for it in these places where the terrain is complicated. The only thing to worry about is a grenade, but this thing has limited lethality after all. ”

Gao Xiangsheng nodded: "It's also to the point." Their thinking is still very clear. ”

"General Gao, this time the troops that will be transferred from Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi are basically Yi soldiers, I heard that these people have lived in the mountains for a long time, and it is extremely difficult to deal with them by walking on the steep mountains and cliffs!" Xie Kun said: "These soldiers are basically poor at home, they come out desperately for money, relying on the plunder of the battle and the rewards obtained for their exploits to support their families, and the battle is quite fierce. These people were originally unstable factors in the local area, but this time these festivals pushed them out, which is really killing two birds with one stone. We need to be careful. ”

"Find a way to find out the combat characteristics, strengths, and advantages of these soldiers, so that the army can study countermeasures in a targeted manner!" Gao Xiangsheng said: "We haven't fought against these people before, so we don't know the details. ”

"Yes!" Xie Kun said.

"How come Xiang Zhen suddenly has money, the cost of sixty or seventy thousand troops is not small, doesn't it mean that he is still training a new army on a large scale?" Gao Xiangsheng asked with some curiosity.

Speaking of this, Xie Kun couldn't help laughing: "Xiang Zhen slaughtered both of his younger brothers. confiscated all their family property, listening to Huo Chun, the harvest was so abundant that everyone was stunned, and Xiang Jun's family background alone was even richer than the treasury of Lingnan Jiedu. Xiang Zheng is also not far behind, copying these two, Xiang Zhenjing got tens of millions of taels of gold and silver, and there are also millions of acres of land. ”

"No wonder Xiang Zhen is so rich!" Gao Xiangsheng shook his head and said. "It turned out to be a fortune."

"This person's training of the army is completely following the path of our Datang. This time he confiscated Xiang Jun and Xiang Zheng's large amount of land, and under the condition that he did not touch the interests of other large landowners, he harvested a large amount of land, so it was still very smooth in recruiting soldiers. These newly trained soldiers are very good in terms of morale and will to fight. Xiang Zhen put forward the slogan of defending his homeland, which is quite popular. In their propaganda, if we call, the land and property owned by these people will be confiscated. ”

"Yixing Club has also been operating here for a long time, how is the effect?"

"In the city, among those handicraft practitioners, it is still very good, and it has a lot of foundation, but in the countryside, the effect is not obvious. In those places, the clan forces are too strong, and more than ninety percent of our spy losses occur in rural areas. Xie Kun was a little helpless: "General Gao, the clan forces in the south are far more difficult to deal with than imagined. ”

"So destroy them!" Gao Xiangsheng sneered. "Xiang Zhen's thinking is also changing, he wants to use the intricate geographical form of the south to deal with us, he used to want to have a strategic decisive battle with us, but through Jiangxi, Hunan these battles made him understand, such a decisive battle is what we like, they have no chance of winning at all, we didn't even spend much effort, so they were defeated and lost. Since there is no chance of winning a head-on battle, he will have to fight with us in mountain warfare and guerrilla warfare. ”

"That's pretty much it!" Xie Kun said: "Xiang Zhen also ordered that the trade between the north and the south be completely cut off, no northerner goods are allowed to be sold in the south, our coins are not allowed to circulate in the south, once the smuggler is caught, there is no reason, immediately beheaded, and he even gave the department the privilege of executing on the spot without reporting." He was ready to completely cut off economic ties between the two sides in the South. ”

"The economic exchanges between the two sides are inherently unequal." Gao Xiangsheng smiled and said: "The money has been flowing from the south to the north, Xiang Zhen This is a last resort, in the long run, the south will become poorer and poorer." Truth be told, if he can stick to this policy and they can hold us off, then it will be very useful. ”

"The inflow of commodities from the North into the South is quite damaging to the economy of the South. In this way, we are missing an extremely powerful weapon. As a businessman, Xie Kun is deeply touched by this.

"Our strategy has changed!" Gao Xiangsheng said: "In the past, Your Majesty was not ready to fight against the south, but now, it is impossible not to fight. A major strategic decisive battle will not occur in a short period of time, but the war between the two sides will not stop from now on. can only eat away at the opponent's strength little by little in the continuous battle. ”