Seeing that the situation in Jiangnan was about to deteriorate, Zhang Yue began to shift part of his strategic focus to Sichuan, so that even if Hubei could not hold it in the future, he could also retreat to Sichuan.

Relying on the terrain advantage of Sichuan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the large-scale troops of the puppet Tang thief army will be difficult to deploy, and when the time comes, they will rely on the terrain to defend it, as long as they hold the east of Sichuan, then they can hold the land of Bashu, and lay the foundation for the long-term confrontation of the puppet Tang thief army in the future.

Yes, the current Zhang Yue no longer thinks that he can exterminate the pseudo-Tang thief army in a short time, and he doesn't even think that he can exterminate the pseudo-Tang thief army, in his opinion, the current pseudo-Tang thief army is already powerful.

The military confrontation alone can probably be the limit of the situation in which the confrontation between the north and the south can be maintained, and in this way, it is very necessary to hold Sichuan for a long-term confrontation.

Zhang Yue is not optimistic about the situation in Jiangnan, even Wang Yiqi, who is in charge of the overall situation in Jiangnan, is also not optimistic, otherwise he would not use all kinds of means to ask for all kinds of assistance.

Upper-level officials like Zhang Yue and Wang Yiqi have little confidence, and some people who know the inside story of the matter and are more pessimistic have also begun to prepare early.

Especially those big families, many people have already begun to deal with assets, and let some of the descendants of the family flee north with a large amount of assets.

But it is worth noting that these families who fled north did not mean that they planned to flee all of them to the north, they only let some of their children flee north, and the other part was still in Jiangnan.

To put it bluntly, start putting your eggs in two baskets to avoid being served in one pot.

And this kind of putting eggs in multiple baskets, and even the children of the family at the same time to work for multiple opposing dynasties is quite common, in the end of the dynasties of the previous dynasties, especially in the period of turmoil, it has always been the only choice for these families to preserve their bloodline and maintain their glory and wealth.

The most famous in history is probably the Zhuge Liang brothers, one of these two brothers was a general in Eastern Wu, and the other was a prime minister in Shu Han, well, they also have a cousin Zhuge Dan who was an official in Cao Wei, this person is not simple, the official is the general of the Eastern Expedition.

The three brothers are officials in different regimes, and they are all quite good, no matter which country in the Three Kingdoms finally unified the Central Plains, their Zhuge family will be the winner!

Now that Tang and Ming are opposed, in fact, many families have begun to do this, especially those gentry families under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, they will send some of their children to the north, and then they will also leave some of their children under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, or even as officials under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, in order to avoid suspicion, when they did this, it was also quite ruthless, and the clansmen who were separated basically publicly announced their break, and then defected to the clansmen of the Tang Dynasty, if they met the clansmen who were officials in the Ming Dynasty, they would not be soft at all.

After all, no one is a fool, these families began to share the risk and do this, Li Xuan knew, Zhengde also knew, others also knew, they all knew each other, and these families have been doing this for thousands of years, and they are about to form a tradition, and they can't stop others from doing this.

But you all want to share the risk, put the eggs in the Ming Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty at the same time, if you still want to go to the morning and evening, believe it or not, Li Xuan or Zhengde will give you a raid in minutes!

However, in the past, only the gentry families in Liangguang, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places did this, but now, the gentry families in Jiangnan have also begun to do this, after all, no one is stupid, this Jiangnan must be preserved, at most it will be supported for an extra year or two, but sooner or later it will still fall into the hands of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty.

Their family foundation is in Jiangnan, so naturally they can't run away directly, but they are also a little worried, after Jiangnan falls into the hands of the pseudo-Tang, what is the attitude of the pseudo-Tang towards them.

Tax? This is easy to discuss, no, no problem!

The Ming Dynasty wanted them to pay taxes, they naturally refused, but if it was the pseudo-Tang side that asked them to pay taxes, it would be different, not to mention that they would definitely pay taxes obediently, after all, on the side of the Ming Dynasty, they didn't pay taxes and it was nothing, if the court asked them to pay taxes, they immediately shouted that the court and the people would fight for profits, which made a lot of trouble, and Emperor Zhengde had to make a guilty edict.

But if they don't pay taxes in the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that the end will not be better, but they have heard that many gentry families under the pseudo-Tang Dynasty refused to pay taxes, and finally ended up ruined, while those who paid taxes were safe and sound.

Even if they are far away in Jiangnan, they also know that paying taxes under the rule of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is a first-class matter, otherwise there would be no such words circulating: In the Tang Dynasty, you can scold Li Xuan as a thief, and you can even be a pseudo-Ming spy, but ...... But you can't afford not to pay taxes!

There are more gentry families who are ruined because they refuse to pay taxes!

Taxation is just a trivial matter, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is coming, the big deal is to pay taxes, they are even more worried that in this prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, most of those gentry families have children who were officials in the Ming Dynasty, if the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is angry, I am afraid it will be unlucky.

They didn't want to expect luck to escape, so it was the royal way to send some of their children, especially those who were officials in the Ming Dynasty, to the northern provinces in advance.

From then on, their family will be divided into two, each of them will be the master, and if they see each other again in the future, I am afraid that they will be the enemies of life and death!

Jiangnan is turbulent, but here in Guangdong is a calm and calm, although many people are also, the Tang Dynasty is about to set off an autumn and winter offensive again, and even occupying Jiangnan is just around the corner, but they are not as panicked as the people in Jiangnan, and even many people are looking forward to the Tang Dynasty Wangshi to win.

In this way, they can completely open up the prosperous market in Jiangnan!

The various commodities they produce are worrying about the market, Jiangnan is so prosperous, the market is so huge, if Wang Shi can take it down, it will be a capital feast for those gentry and capitalists who turned careers under the rule of the Tang Dynasty!

Many people are already grinding their fists and starting to hoard goods, just waiting to follow the pace of the army to occupy the Jiangnan market!

In the Zhaoqing Imperial Palace, the atmosphere is also quite calm, and the outside world is just speculating about the war in the south of the Yangtze River, but as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan is naturally the most aware of this matter.

Because it was the Jiangnan battle plan that he personally approved!

According to the battle plan, the Second Army in Jiangxi would launch a super-large-scale offensive on time in early October, and the Third Army in Fujian would also launch a large-scale offensive at the same time.

The Second Army and the Third Army will form two huge hooks and fight into Jiangnan.

In the future, the First Army will take over the Second Army's defense line in Jiangxi and assume all its defense lines in Hubei and Jiangxi south of the Yangtze River, and Yuezhou, Changsha, Wuchang, Jiujiang, Nanchang and other places will be handed over to the First Army for defense.

At the same time, the Yangtze River fleet will also pour out!

In order to cooperate with the Third Army, the First Fleet stationed in Mawei Port will also directly go north to block the mouth of the Yangtze River, and if necessary, it will even break into the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and directly attack outside Jinling City to support the army's operations.

Of course, with the current strength of the First Fleet, it is not a problem to blockade the mouth of the Yangtze River, but the First Fleet wants to fight in the Yangtze River, and the risk is too great, so there is no absolute necessity, and the First Fleet will not take such a risk to go deep into the Yangtze River.

After all, if the Ming army was besieged by countless ships in the Yangtze River, especially the fireboat attack, the warships of the First Fleet would also be in increased danger.

Time passed day by day, on the night of September 30, Li Xuan did not go to bed early, nor did he visit the palace dance troupe, and he did not take care of the other concubines in the harem, but stayed in the front hall alone and handled a lot of government affairs.

Li Xuan didn't leave, and the secretaries of the secretarial department naturally wouldn't leave after work, so they could only accompany them.

Why Li Xuan didn't leave, others don't know, but a few attendants in the secretary department know, these attendants are all on duty to follow Li Xuan's side, and there are not a few secrets of military affairs that they know, and naturally they also know that His Majesty has already approved the Jiangnan raiders, and the implementation time of the battle plan is tomorrow!

As the night deepened, and near midnight, a lecturer walked in and persuaded, "Your Majesty, take care of your dragon's body!" ”

Li Xuan also sighed, didn't speak, and said after a while: "You all go back, let me stay alone!" ”

Although Li Xuan asked them to go back first, there was no one who dared to do this, Li Xuan stayed in the office and did not leave, and the people in the secretary department could only take turns to nap and continue to be on duty all night.

Just when Li Xuan couldn't sleep in the rear of Zhaoqing, the Jiangnan front, Jiande of Chizhou Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, which was located in the forefront of the confrontation between the two armies of the Tang and Ming dynasties, the new commander of the Fifth Infantry Division, Major General Chen Keqiao, was sleeping very peacefully!

This night, Chen Keqiao went to bed early, and then slept until three strokes in the morning the next day, and went to the combat conference room after breakfast, and found that the generals under his command were already waiting for him.

"Why are we all here today, so early, have you had breakfast?" Chen Keqiao walked into the combat conference room and said in a puzzled tone.

When the subordinate generals heard Chen Keqiao's words, they all didn't know what to say.

Why did you come so early, because today is the day when the Jiangnan Campaign was officially launched, most of us didn't sleep well last night, and we came to the division headquarters early this morning, and we can take care of what kind of breakfast we have there.

But his top boss is good, he slept so peacefully this time, and he didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning, this appearance is even more unreliable than the previous division commander Wang Danxu!