No matter what kind of consideration, once it involves politics, it is not trivial.

Hearing his nephew say this, Qian Wenxi's expression suddenly became solemn.

"Shouyi, although you were a little reckless in this defeat, it was still caused by our lack of understanding of the Tang Army. Don't overthink it. In war, there is nothing strange about winning and losing. As long as you don't move, you can have a fundamental. Qian Wenxi comforted the other party.

Qian Shouyi shook his head.

"Not for this fight. Third uncle, from Liu Xin's arrival in Jiujiang to today, how many places have we lost in Jiangxi Observation Envoy? How many people have been lost? How much damage was caused? Why did the Northern Tang army keep winning, but we kept losing? ”

"This?" Qian Wenxi was speechless for a moment.

"If you don't change, you won't die!" Qian Shouyi gritted his teeth and said: "The Southern Alliance, nominally an alliance, is actually its own government, each of them sweeps the snow in front of the door, regardless of the frost on the roof of others, there is no overall planning, there is no unified command, the strategy is not clear, even though everyone is still strong, but this energy is spreading in all directions, not clenched into a fist at all, you say, if we don't change, where is our future?" ”

"What do you want to do?" Qian Wenxi changed color.

Qian Shouyi was silent for a moment, took out a letter from his arms, and stuffed it into Qian Wenxi's hand.

"Look at this letter."

Qian Wenxi glanced at his nephew suspiciously, spread out the letter, and his eyes fell on the thick letter, but halfway through it, Qian Wenxi's face was already pale and shaky.

When he finished reading the letter, Qian Wenxi rolled the letter into a ball and held it in his hand: "Shouyi, don't come nonsense, if you really do this, you will dig your own grave and cut off your roots." ”

Qian Shouyi sneered: "Third uncle, a big tree has grown too big, it has been too long, some roots have rotted, and some branches and leaves, not only can not provide nutrients for the main trunk, but are constantly absorbing the nutrients of the main trunk, and if you don't prune it, this big tree will fall." ”

"In this way, the Qian family will lose its roots!" Qian Wenxi said angrily.

"This so-called root is pulling our Qian family down the abyss." Qian Shouyi lowered his voice and shouted: "Decades ago, what did our Qian family have? Now at least we still have tens of thousands of soldiers, and half of Jiangxi, while there is still a little strength, the repair that should be repaired, the cut that should be cut, as long as the main trunk is still there, it is not difficult to regrow branches and leaves, and flourish again. ”

Qian Wenxi shook his head and said, "Your father won't agree to do this." ”

Qian Shouyi didn't speak, just looked at Qian Wenxi, saw that Qian Wenxi was terrified, suddenly shuddered a few times, and suddenly reached out and pressed Qian Shouyi.

"Shouyi, don't come nonsense."

Qian Shouyi laughed: "Third uncle, we are like a seriously ill person now, either we dig this lesion with a dead hand, put it to death and come back to life, of course, in this way, maybe we will die faster, but there is still a little chance." Or, as in front of us, let the lesion expand little by little, and then devour our whole body, which I can see not only but you can see. If this continues, it will be completely hopeless. Your knowledge is the largest and deepest, and you think that the problem is more profound than mine, so think about it, what should we do? ”

Qian Wenxi looked up to the sky and sighed.

"You can also go to my father and expose me now!" Qian Shouyi said coldly: "Otherwise, I will still do what should be done." Of course, third uncle, you can also support me, you are in Jiangxi, you have been presiding over government affairs, and your reputation among the official gentry and the people has always been very good, if you have your support, this matter will be easier for us to do. ”

Qian Wenxi stood up suddenly, flicked his sleeves, and left the room.

"Third uncle, tomorrow we will be Hongzhou." Behind him, Qian Shouyi reminded.

Qian Wenxi's body shook. Suddenly turned around and said: "Guangdong Xiangjun led 10,000 soldiers and horses to support, and he is about to arrive in Hongzhou, have you considered this?" ”

"It's not something I'm thinking about, someone has thought about it!" Qian Shouyi said with a smile.

This night, the wing room where Qian Shouyi was confined was in the middle of winter, and Qian Shouyi had been immersed in the darkness.

On the other side, in the side room where Qian Wenxi was temporarily resting, the lights remained all night.

On the second day, Qian Wenzhong summoned Qian Shouyi again, and the father and son broke out into a fierce quarrel, and finally Qian Shouyi was driven out of the room by his Lao Tzu with a knife.

Because of this episode between the father and son, the Jiangxi army, which was already preparing to retreat from Xinyu, could only stop. After Qian Wenxi reached an agreement with the Northern Tang army, it was no longer necessary to maintain so many troops in Xinyu, and the daily cost of the army was not to be underestimated, especially when the midwinter was approaching, and the amount of money needed was even more.

Since there is no longer a war, it is natural to withdraw the troops, and then the various departments should go where they go.

On the third day, there was shocking news that Qian Wenzhong was sick, and he was not lightly ill. It is said that he was so angry with Qian Shouyi that he couldn't be a director when he fell. All affairs were transferred to Qian Wenxi's agency.

After Qian Wenxi took power, he ordered the release of Qian Shouyi as soon as possible, and then appointed Qian Shouyi as the commander of the army and commanded the whole army to retreat, on the grounds that he was not good at military affairs.

After leaving 10,000 people to live in Xinyu, the remaining 30,000 troops slowly retreated to Hongzhou under the leadership of Qian Wenxi and Qian Shouyi. Of course, many of Qian Wenzhong's cronies and generals were also suspicious, because Qian Wenzhong's carriage and horses were surrounded by Qian Shouyi's personal soldiers, and no one else could get close.

No matter how you look at it, it's weird.

At the same time, in Lingnan, Xiang Zhen finally walked out of the Lotus Mountain camp and returned to Guangzhou City, which was half a year away.

Compared with the past, the city finally has some vitality again, and the depression after being bombarded by Pan Motang has finally slowly recovered its breath, and there is some atmosphere of a big city.

Finally, it can be regarded as another year, and seeing that the end of the year is approaching, the gifts sent by the festival envoys from all over the country are also concentrating here in an endless stream. In any case, there is still a titular Tang Emperor living here.

In the past, the envoys from all over the country naturally did not come to Guangzhou in person, but this time it was different. The aggressiveness of the Northern Tang Dynasty has made all the Jiedu envoys feel that they are in imminent danger, and how to effectively resolve the disputes between each other and negotiate an effective way to resist Li Ze is a matter of concern to everyone, so the Jiedu envoys who are entrenched on one side basically come in person this time.

Rongguan, Guiguan, Fujian, and Qianzhou are all envoys of the festival, although Zhu Youzhen, the king of Liang, Yizhou, did not come, but it was Sheng Zhonghuai, the first person under Zhu Youzhen, who came, and the effect was similar. In Yizhou, Zhu Youzhen is now only in charge of the military, and all other affairs are handed over to Sheng Zhonghuai.

And Jiangxi, because he is now fighting with Liu Xinda, and he is entangled with the Northern Tang Dynasty before, can only postpone coming, but Qian Wenzhong has also said that he will personally arrive to discuss with everyone.

Counting these festival envoys, plus many of the original Tibetan vassal states, earth kings, chiefs and other figures in the south who came to pay tribute, Guangzhou suddenly seemed to be lively.

These people all carry a large number of gifts and, of course, a large amount of goods.

Gifts were given, some for the emperor and some for Xiang Xun.

Naturally, the goods are to be sold.

This is also a strong agent for the long-dormant Guangzhou market.

Xiang Zhen was specially recruited by Xiang Xun.

In order to support Jiangxi, Xiang Xun sent Xiang Jun to lead 10,000 elites out of Guangzhou, which made the surrounding areas of Guangzhou not only look a little empty, but also lack the weather. In the past half a year, Xiang Zhenxin has trained the troops, and the army trained by the Northern Tang Dynasty Drill Classic, not to mention, compared to the old army, at a glance, it is indeed much stronger, at least it seems so.

Since it is a gathering of forces from all sides, Xiang Xun naturally wants to show everyone that although everything has not gone well in the Guangzhou Imperial Court this year and has been hit hard, its strength is still the first of all.

3,000 cavalry and 10,000 foot soldiers set up camp outside the city of Guangzhou and practiced every day, which also attracted the attention of many people.

Walking on the streets of Guangzhou, looking at the bustling crowd of people dressed differently and speaking various dialects, Xiang Zhen walked straight to his residence in Guangzhou without squinting.

His land, mansions, shops, all sold, all the money, he smashed on his army, just now where he walked, at least a dozen shops, restaurants were once his property, but now it has changed owners, some of them, or his two younger brothers bought.

Walking through these places, Xiang Zhen didn't even glance at these places, but a few of his personal guards couldn't help but look at these places that were still lively.

Today's Xiang Zhen, in the city, there is only a small courtyard, where does his wife and concubine live now, if it weren't for the soldiers standing at the door, it would be no different from ordinary people.

"I'm back!" Pushing open the door of the small courtyard, the haze on Zhen's face was swept away, and it was replaced by a happy smiling face, shouting loudly.

In the house, his wife and concubines and several underage children all poured out, looking at the man who had not been home for most of the year.

"I'm going to do something big!" In the evening, the husband and wife died opposite each other and said to the truth: "It's done, we may be able to live happily for a long time, but if we fail, we will immediately be overturned." ”

The wife, who was over forty years old, was not the slightest surprised when she heard this: "Lang Jun can do what he wants, there is no need to say this to the concubine." ”

Xiang Zhen nodded: "After following me for decades, I always have to let you be mentally prepared." ”