After the news that Qian Shouyi's 3,000 cavalry was about to collapse in Yichun and the Northern Tang Iron Cavalry led by Li Dang reached Pingxiang, Liu Xinda was silent for a long time before he said to Teng Jian, Liu Buwu, and Liu Yan: "Now you understand, why should I give up the base of Jiujiang and become a rogue, right?" ”

Teng Jian and the others all smiled bitterly and shook their heads.

"You can't win!" Liu Xinda sighed: "The longer the time drags on, the greater the gap will be. It's ridiculous that the Southern Alliance naively thought that Li Ze wanted to recuperate because he had been fighting for years and years and his national strength was not enough, and they just took this opportunity to coordinate the forces of all parties. Li Ze really wanted to do it, where he needed to use too many soldiers and horses, two or three Wei troops would be enough to sweep the south. ”

"In that case, why didn't Li Ze fight?" Liu Buwu was puzzled.

Liu Xinda said: "Li Ze has regarded this world as his own thing, since it is his own thing, of course he doesn't want to break it." After all, does the Southern Alliance still have a certain amount of strength now? It was broken, and he was distressed. Therefore, if it is delayed and pressed, problems will arise within the Southern Federation itself, and if nothing else, military pressure alone will be enough to make the economy of the South sway on the brink of collapse. ”

"The South is still very rich!" Liu Chen said: "It is completely self-sufficient. ”

"If there is no external pressure, the South can indeed be self-sufficient." Liu Xinda said: "But it's different now. In order to train a strong army, the Southern Alliance will inevitably keep raising taxes, levies, and conscriptions. In the past few years, the pressure on the southerners has been very heavy, and they will soon be unable to hold on, and Li Ze will never let them be easy, militarily for the time being, and economically they will definitely resort to all kinds of means. ”

Teng Jian nodded slightly.

"What's more, it's hard for the South to bring the forces together. Not to mention that each section is made, it is within a section, but I am afraid that there are many contradictions. A lot of wealth is in the hands of those big families, and these people just don't pay taxes, these people who have a lot of wealth, think about how to protect themselves, have money, they only use the money to strengthen their own people. Speaking of which, the power of the south is really not bad, but it is in the hands of different people, and it is a dream to want everyone to work together. The so-called meritorious ones will come to grab it, and if they have done it, they will push it out, and they will rush to do good things, and no one wants to do difficult things, how can this approach be Li Ze's opponent? ”

Teng Jian said: "And Li Ze is suppressing big landlords, big and powerful, and he is quite friendly to businessmen." Therefore, those big businessmen in the south are afraid that their minds are very active now. ”

"It's because I saw this that I want to run!" Liu Xinda said: "Run far, run to a place out of Li Ze's reach, and let's live a leisurely life." ”

"Nanzhao, Jiaozhi, Zhancheng, these places, are they really easy to fight?" Liu Buwu was a little puzzled.

"For more than a year, I've been trying to gather intelligence on this. Like Nanzhao, Jiaozhi, and Zhancheng, there are also unified kings, but this king is only in name, and there are many forces below, and more importantly, these forces are not strong for us. So as long as we can get there, it's not a big problem to get a piece of land first, as long as we get a firm foothold, we can slowly operate. Do you know, in that place of Champong, there is so much rice that you can't eat it all, and you can plant several seasons a year! Liu Xinda said with a smile.

"In this case, we are still hesitant to do something, let's leave early!" Liu Chen became excited: "If you go one day early, you can arrive one day early." ”

"How can it be so easy, we have to go through Hunan and Guangxi!" Tengjian Road.

"As long as it's not with Li Ze's army, I don't care about anyone else!" Liu Buwu said with a smile.

"It's time to go!" Liu Xinda said: "The next stop, Zhuzhou." It was still Liu Chen who went first, broke into Zhuzhou, looted everywhere, attracted the Hunan troops from Zhuzhou to go out of the city to exterminate you, and then Tengjian followed, Zhuzhou City did not fight, you went around directly, and only went to Xiangtan. Xiangtan is close to Changsha! The Zhuzhou army will inevitably divide its troops to chase you. ”

Teng Jian said with a smile: "Maybe Xiangtan's troops still want to attack me back and forth with Zhuzhou's troops, this is an opportunity." ”

"Are you going to fight an ambush? Who to hit first? ”

"Of course it's Xiangtan soldiers!" Teng Jian said with a smile: "They are afraid that they will not be able to estimate our forward speed, and there is a time difference in the middle, which is just to take advantage of." ”

Liu Xinda laughed: "In this way, we can go to Xiangtan for the New Year." ”

"Of course." Tengjian Road.

"Liu Chen, how many troops do you have now?" Liu Xinda turned his head and asked.

"Uncle, we are vigorously recruiting troops in Pingxiang, and many Jiangxi mountain bandits have come to vote, and now there are tens of thousands of troops under my command." Liu Chen is happy and authentic.

"Of these 10,000 people, you also have to divide them into levels, which ones can be integrated into combat effectiveness and can be used as official troops, and some can be thrown out to charge into battle, you must have a number in your heart. I say we're a rogue, but I can't really think of myself as a bandit. Do you understand what I mean? ”

"Understood, uncle!" Liu said. "On the way forward, I will slowly reorganize a force that will not lose to the left, center and right armies."

"That's good!" Liu Xinda nodded with satisfaction: "Tomorrow, the supplies of the Tang people will be delivered, and after getting these things, let's go!" ”

"The things of the Tang people are too expensive, and the brothers have worked hard to get back these gold and silver treasures, and they have been given to the Tang people in a blink of an eye. Liu Chen was a little annoyed.

"It's all. If the strength is not good, you have to admit it. As long as the Tang people are willing to sell us, we will steal the fun! If we can get their grenades and fire bombs, how many fewer people will we die! Liu Xinda snorted coldly: "Now that the manpower is replenished, in the battle, don't rely too much on these weapons, the more you go forward, I'm afraid that it will be more difficult to get these things from the Tang people, save a little use, and when we get to the ground, these weapons can play a greater role." ”

"Got it!" All three people in the room stood up.

"Give the rewards to the brothers first, this is indispensable." Liu Xinda said: "The old rules and discipline, the opening fee is twenty taels of silver per person." ”

Qian Wenxi returned to Xinyu in a daze, and when he left Yichun, he saw a team of Tang soldiers pulling out again, and the destination was Pingxiang, he knew that Liu Xinda must have run away again, and the Tang army ran to occupy the territory.

He didn't know where Liu Xinda would go, but Pingxiang was very close to Zhuzhou, Hunan, and he was very eager for Liu Xinda to stop causing trouble in Jiangxi and go to Hunan to wreak havoc! It is also good to let Qian breathe a sigh of relief.

Sometimes, he really envied Liu Xinda. This guy used to be a military leader, he had nothing to worry about, he could leave when he said he could go, and he could leave anything behind, as long as he still had the army in his hands.

But Qian can't.

The Qian family has a big business, and if the family business is left behind, then the Qian family is nothing. The current Qian family is still the backbone of Jiangxi, once those people find that the Qian family can no longer be their backbone, I am afraid that they will not hesitate to abandon them and choose another one that can help them maintain their current glory and wealth.

So no matter how difficult it is, the Qian family can only support it, although I don't know what the future holds.

Be a monk for a day and hit the clock for a day.

and his brother Qian Wenzhong handed over the envoy, and Qian Wenxi walked back in a daze. Walking past a side room, when he saw the soldiers guarding outside, he suddenly moved in his heart and walked over.

"How is the eldest son?" He asked.

"The eldest prince has been very quiet." The soldier guarding the door said respectfully.

Qian Wenxi sighed, the eldest brother still didn't lose his breath, to be honest, he was also heartbroken for the death of the second brother, Shouyi was a little too reckless, but no matter what, Shouyi is also the most promising person in the next generation.

Pushing open the door, Qian Wenxi walked in.

There was no fire in the house, it was as cold as outside, and Qian Shouyi was sitting cross-legged on the ground, tilting his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Why don't you make a fire?" He yelled at the outside, a little annoyed.

"Third uncle, I didn't let them send it." Qian Shouyi turned his head and looked at Qian Wenxidao.

"Shouyi, just know that you are wrong, your second uncle's death can't be blamed entirely on you, such a thing, whoever puts it on it, you can't help it." Qian Wenxi walked across from Qian Shouyi and comforted him: "You don't need to suffer so much. The deceased is gone, your second uncle is under Jiuquan, and I don't want to see you like this. ”

Qian Shouyi shook his head: "Third uncle, I'm not because of this, I'm because in such an environment, my head can be more sober, I'm thinking, how can we win the Tang Army!" ”

"Win the Tang Army?" Qian Wenxi smiled bitterly, followed Qian Shouyi's example, and sat on the ground. Qian Shouyi dragged a mat and handed it to him: "Third uncle, I'm young and out of the way, you can't." ”

Qian Wenxi smiled and sat down on the cushion, "Then do you want to come up with something?" ”

"In military affairs, there are actually ways to do it." Qian Shouyi said: "Didn't General Xiang Zhen also say it?" The artillery of the Tang army is indeed powerful, but it also has a fatal weakness, although their grenades are fierce, but the lethality is like that, as long as they rush together, they will not play a role. ”

"That's what you thought of?" Qian Wenxi was a little disappointed.

"No, I think a lot!" Qian Shouyi said: "Third uncle, you are the person who reads the most among our Qian clan, don't you think that our current alliance has a big problem?" What I want to say is that if we want to make a breakthrough in the military, we must change politically. If this continues, everyone will die. ”