Li Ze and Gongsun Changming glanced at each other.

In this way, Jiangxi has completely fallen into the control of Xiang Zhen. has become a reliable part of his command. Sun Ze said.

"As it should be." Gongsun Changming nodded and said, "Otherwise, it would be impossible for the two sides to cooperate so perfectly." The fact that the Lingnan army remained quiet after Xiang Jun's death is proof of this. ”

"Who is the actual controller of the Lingnan Army now?"

"Ji Zhijiang!" Gongsun Changming flipped through the information in his hand and said, "Lingnan veteran general." Judging from his resume, he has served under Xiang Zhen for ten years. ”

"That's right. It seems that when this Lingnan army set off for Jiangxi, it already knew what it was going to do. Li Ze exhaled a long breath. Is there any change in Hunan? ”

Gongsun Changming shook his head: "No." Everything is normal on the Hunan side. Shi Zhuang's subordinates maintained military pressure in the direction of Yiyang, and although Ding Taiyi was not in Hunan, his eldest son Ding Sheng was in Yiyang, and everything was stable. And our plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf is also going on normally, Liu Xinda has left Pingxiang, and the army has been sent to Zhuzhou, and its vanguard unit, Liu Chen, has stirred Zhuzhou into a miasma. And Ding Taiyi's second son, Ding Hao, led another Hunan army to sit in Xiangtan and Zhuzhou, and was ready for battle. ”

Li Ze stood up, walked back and forth in the room for a few circles, suddenly stood still, and asked, "Is there any other information?" ”

"Yes." Gongsun Changming said: "Originally, Xiang Xun invited all the Jiedu envoys and observation envoys of the Southern Alliance to Guangzhou City to discuss politics, but after the incident, except for Sheng Zhonghuai, the envoy of Zhu Youzhen, the king of Liang, who had already left Guangzhou City and was on his way back to Yizhou, the other Jiedu envoys and observation envoys were still detained in Guangzhou City. ”

"Zhu Youzhen, the puppet king of Liang, is inseparable from us, and it is impossible to make peace with us, so Sheng Zhonghuai can leave!" Li Ze said thoughtfully: "And the other knots make the two ends of the first rat very likely to swing between us and Guangzhou, so Xiang Zhen detained them all." It seems that Xiang Zhen has played a big game of chess, not only to control Lingnan, but his goal is the entire south. ”

"I'm afraid it's just that the eyes are high and the hands are low!" Gongsun Changming shook his head and said, "Even if Jiangxi fully supports him, they don't have the strength to crush other allies. Even if these important people are detained, what can be done? ”

"Maybe that's possible!" Li Ze said: "Xiang Zhenneng's sudden launch without moving yet shows that this matter is by no means simple. If, I mean, if he has the ability to control the whole picture, or is it possible? In this way, the Southern Alliance, which was originally scattered, is really likely to be pinched into a whole by him. ”

Gongsun Changming pondered for a moment: "There is also such a possibility. But this needs to be supported by follow-up intelligence. Your Majesty, the best way for us to deal with it at the moment is to respond to all changes without change, and wait and see how things unfold before deciding on the next step. ”

Li Ze nodded, to be honest, this matter greatly exceeded Chang'an's expectations. After the defeat of Eyue's army, Xiang Zhen seemed to be like a half-dead snake, but suddenly, this half-dead snake suddenly raised its head, spitting out the letter and revealing a hideous appearance, and as soon as he made a move, he made an earth-shattering event, which really caught people off guard.

It has to be said that the style of the leader will determine the style of a group.

For example, Xiang Xun, although he is also ambitious, but he tends to be more conservative in his actions, always thinking about preparing a few back roads in everything, and if he is not forced to a dead end, he will have to get by, and he will not jump up and bite people for nothing.

But people like Xiang Zhen are different.

This person is younger, and he has a full understanding of the Northern Tang Dynasty, and his style of action is more daring, daring to take risks, and daring to fight everything to gamble on a possibility.

If Xiang Xun is in charge of the Southern Alliance, then if the North does not take the initiative, he will not deliberately provoke, because the military strength of the North far exceeds that of the Southern Alliance.

One of the advantages of the Southern Union is that it has a much more complex geography than in the North. The second is that the clan forces in the south are extremely strong, and the internal structure of the secession forces in these places based on the clan forces is quite stable.

Li Ze was unwilling to launch an attack on the south under the current situation of such military superiority, and these were only these two points. For example, the existing artillery in the north is indeed a sharp weapon for attacking cities and seizing land, but the heavy cannon body is extremely difficult to carry, and for the field army, it is almost a chicken rib. The transportation conditions in the south are far inferior to those in the north, and how to carry such heavy ordnance is an insurmountable problem.

There is too much difference between the combat methods and operational concepts of the two regions in the north and the south, and generals who are accustomed to fighting in the north are very easily unaccustomed to the soil and water when they arrive in the south.

Just like the current two armies of Li Mi and Shi Zhuang, a large number of northern soldiers are completely unaccustomed to the humid and hot climate in the south. It is said that northerners are not afraid of the cold, but in the south, people suffering from frostbite and frostbite have become the main reason for attrition in the army. At the same time, I am not used to eating at all.

And these are things that take time to overcome and get used to.

And another reason why Li Ze is reluctant to go to war is the clan power. Li Ze hated the clan forces, but he had to admit that the combat effectiveness of the army linked by the clan forces was really not to be underestimated. Fighting tiger brothers, going into battle as father and son soldiers, when everyone in an army is either relatives or neighbors, their combat effectiveness can indeed rise a few steps.

If the war starts now, the North may also win, but the price will inevitably be very large, and more importantly, if it inflicts huge casualties on the people of the South, it will not be worth the loss.

What is the use of Li Ze asking for a piece of white land?

The grass is cut today, and when the spring breeze blows next year, it will be green again.

If there is no human life, it will take at least ten years to grow into a man again.

In today's situation, Li Ze is more willing to stew this pot dish slowly.

Absolute military and economic pressure was used to force the South to produce internal changes, and then to exchange the unification of the whole country at the lowest cost.

Even if war could not be avoided, Li Ze wanted to limit the intensity of such a war to a lower dimension.

And the work of peaceful evolution like this, Beitang has been making unremitting efforts. The merchants of the south and the proletarians of the south were the key objects of the Northern Tang Dynasty. On top of the economy, the Northern Tang Dynasty is also silently invading. Now, the gold, silver and copper currencies issued by the Northern Tang Dynasty have become hard currency in the south, and are replacing the copper coins issued by the south itself step by step. Once the banknotes that Xu Xiang was making were circulated, it would be easier. And the purpose of doing this is to draw a steady stream of blood from the South.

Xiang Xun felt that Li Ze had given him time so that he could build a stronger army.

As everyone knows, Li Ze is using this time to hollow out the foundation of the Southern Alliance.

Both sides think they have a plan.

But when Xiang Zhen came to power, it was different.

"We need to remind the troops in front to be careful, Xiang Zhen is a character who is not afraid to carry out military adventures!" Li Ze said to Gongsun Changming.

"In a season like this, even if Xiang Zhen wants to take a military adventure, it is unlikely, and a large-scale military transfer cannot hide from our intelligence system!" Gongsun Changming said: "Of course, the necessary reminder should still be." ”

Lu Lin, who was making a note on the side, suddenly stopped his pen and looked at Li Zedao: "Your Majesty, I just received a military report on Jiangxi from the Military Commission today, which was sent by General Li Yu. You've been out there today, so you haven't reviewed it yet. ”

Li Ze turned his head to look at him, "What are you talking about?" ”

"General Li Mi's report is accompanied by a military plan of General Ren Xiaonian." Lu Lindao: "In this military plan, it is also mentioned that the military coup of Qian Shouyi in Jiangxi is also mentioned, General Ren Xiaonian believes that the Jiangxi incident makes it impossible for the Jiangxi army to threaten the back road of the right Qianniuwei in a short period of time, therefore, General Ren decided to lead the troops deep into Hunan, and then enter Xiangtan after driving Liu Xinda's troops to take Zhuzhou, so that Ding Sheng's department can be involved in Yiyang, forcing Ding Sheng to send the main force back to Changsha, so that it can create a fighter for General Shi Zhuang's department." ”

Li Ze frowned and said, "Ren Xiaonian's whole army is attacking, who will support him?" ”

"General Li Mi said in the letter that General Ren Xiaonian felt that time was pressing, so he had already started the operation after issuing the report, and because General Yu Xiaowen's troops and horses were being repaired, he could only gather a part of them to take over the vacancy left after General Ren's full force was dispatched."

"Is there a gap in the gap to make up for this gap?" Li Ze interrupted the other party.

"Yes, ten days!" Lu Lindao.

"Nonsense!" Li Ze said: "Tell Li Mi, steady and steady, we don't need to take risks." ”

"Although the report was sent back urgently for eight hundred miles, because of the weather and roads, this report was sent half a month ago, and now I am afraid that the right Qianniuwei has already launched a military operation. It will be half a month before we send the order back here. ”

"That's going to have to be delivered!" Li Ze snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, there shouldn't be any problems." Gongsun Changming said: "Jiangxi has just suffered a big loss in our hands, Qian Shouyi carried out a coup d'état in Jiangxi, and it also takes time to stabilize his rule. ”

"That being said, there is always a fear of accidents." Li Ze shook his head and said: "With our current situation, there is no need to take any risks at all, just advance step by step, step by step." ”

"You're worried?"

"Yes. Jiangxi has changed the sky, will Hunan also change the sky? Li Ze said thoughtfully.