Chen Shenzhen hopes to be able to read the thoughts hidden behind every face, every pair of frowning brows, and every pair of pursed lips——1——

When he saw Shen Faxing speak, the patriarch of the Jiangdong clan on the other side, Shang Shu's right servant, Sikong, and Marshal Wang Zhizhi pouted slightly. He sat aside, his thumb hooked on the hilt of his sword, and his face was as solemn as stone.

The sword walks on the temple, praises and worships the nameless, and does not enter the court.

This is the common treatment agreed upon by the patriarchs of the four major families who had heavy troops in their hands and held the territory of several counties when Jiangnan restored the Chen Dynasty.

The Shen family, the Wang family, the Xie family, and the Gu family each have a large army, each occupying several county territories. In order to balance, these elder families of the original Jiangnan Society agreed to abide by Chen Shen as emperor and restore the Chen State. But the power of the Chen Dynasty was divided between the four major families. Among them, as the patriarchs of the four major clans, all four of them served as the three princes and the three orphans, and they were all crowned the princes of the country, awarded the marshal, and went to the palace with swords.

In the past two years, the nineteen counties of Lingnan that were first attached to the Chen Dynasty gradually had the intention of self-reliance, and then the Southern Chen besieged Jiangdu for less than two years. In the west, Chen's army, which had gradually penetrated into Jingxiang, was defeated by Yang Yong, who had entered Jianghan from the east of the river and took it as the foundation.

More than two years have passed, and the four major families within the Chen Dynasty each have controlled the territory of five or six counties, and their power is equal. However, two years later, the Xie family relied on nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses to dock, but under the leadership of Li Zitong, they suffered heavy losses in the siege of Jiangdu for two consecutive years. In particular, the territory controlled by the Xie family is all along the west coast of Jinling, Hailing, Wu County, Huiji County, Dongyang County, and Sui'an County are all in the coastal area. These Hebei sailors were broken into pieces, coming and going like the wind, grabbing and leaving, and they couldn't be prevented at all.

Although Xie Zhe, the head of the Xie family, trusted his son Li Zitong, they were facing a fleet of sailors armed with a large amount of money by Chen Ke, and they were not ordinary pirates at all. The wealth accumulated by the Xie family over the years has basically been consumed. What's more serious is that the soldiers and horses led by Xie Zheyi's son Li Zitong have basically been exhausted in the coastal and Jiangdu cities, and now there are less than 20,000 people left, all of whom are huddled in Dongyang County.

And the Gu family among the four families is even worse than the Xie family, they originally had 100,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, and controlled Yiling County, Nan County, Chuyang County, Jiangxia County, Yong'an, Anlu, Jingling and other Jianghan seven counties, and their power was even second only to the Shen family. It's a pity that Zhu Can, the commander of the Gu family's soldiers and horses, is an arrogant and perverted madman, Zhu Cang was originally a bandit leader supported by the Gu family, and after seven years of the great cause, the Gu family secretly supported the chaos in the Jianghan area.

However, when Zhu Cang attacked the city and plundered the city, and captured the seven counties one after another, he was already a big tail. Zhu Cang didn't take the Gu family in his eyes at all at that time, and even turned against him. If it weren't for Yang Mian going south to Jingxiang, Zhu Cang's next target might be to turn around and fight Nan Chen. Yang Xuan crossed the river with a fierce dragon and strongly intervened in Jingxiang to annihilate Zhu Cang. Except for the 20,000 or 30,000 remnants who fled east of Bashui and returned to the Gu family, the Gu family can be said to have lost both people and land. Not only was all their territory robbed by Yang Jun, but even the army that had been piled up with money was also defeated at once. Among the four major families, they suddenly became the most bottom, and they were insignificant.

The Xie family and the Gu family plummeted, although the two families still held a large number of official positions in the court on the surface, but in fact, the power of the Chen dynasty had all fallen into the hands of the Shen and Wang families. Among the two families of King Shen, the Shen family gradually became the most powerful because they occupied Jinling and other counties and actually held the emperor in their hands. Most of the powerful clans in the south of the Yangtze River have fallen to the Shen family, but the Wang family is still holding on to the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in their hands. …,

Chen Shen has always paid attention to Wang Zhizhi, the head of the Wang family, and now the only one who can compete with Shen Faxing is the Wang family. Wang Zhizhi's pouting action just now, he saw it all in his eyes. Shen Faxing is becoming more and more arrogant now, especially after Empress Shen became the prince and was proclaimed the crown prince by him, he became more and more unpopular. In the past, the DPRK and China still discussed the major affairs of the four schools, but now, Shen Faxing does not take the other three in his eyes at all, and often arbitrarily decides the cadres.

Chen Shen, the dissatisfaction of the Wang family, has always been in his eyes, and now, he feels that it is time for him to add another fire.

Chen Shen smiled slightly, "Situ Gong has worked hard and worked hard, and he is dedicated to national affairs, and he is really the dry city of the country." I hereby decreed that Situ be crowned as the Taishi and enter the King of Wu, and that the Zhongshu Province Zhongshu Order be sealed, and that the python robe be was rewarded, and that the palace should be ridden, and that a coin-casting furnace would be given, and that the copper coins would be minted by himself. ”

At the end, he turned his head to look at Wang Zhizhi, and saw that Wang Zhizhi was first surprised, then indignant, and finally his face was pale, and his brows were furrowed with his head down. Chen Shen immediately said, "Sikong Gong is also working for the country, and now he specially intends to crown Wang Aiqing as the Taifu, the king of Yue, and add the title of the provincial servant under the door, reward the python robe, take the chariot in the palace, and give a coin-casting furnace, and Xu self-casting copper coins." ”

"Minister, thank you, long live, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The province of Zhongshu was responsible for drafting the edict and reading the seals of the ministers and presenting the chapters, one of the three provinces. However, Menxia Province is specifically responsible for refuting the draft edict drafted by Zhongshu Province, and it is also one of the three provinces. The power of the Southern Chen Dynasty was vested in the three provinces, the Zhongshu Province drafted the edict, the Menxia Province refuted it, and the Shangshu Province implemented it.

Shen Faxing and Wang Zhizhi are the servants of Shangshu Province, but now Chen Shen has added a provincial governor to each of them. Shen Faxing raised the edict, and Wang Zhizhi took charge of the refutation. The implication of this is already self-evident.

Shen Faxing and both of them are old foxes, how can they not understand the truth. But the benefits of these two decrees were too great for either of them to refuse the temptation. not only increased the official money, but more importantly, crowned the king. The opposite sex in the past dynasties was not the king, although they were in power, but as long as they still carried the banner of the Chen Dynasty, they could not cross this hurdle. Now that Chen Kefu has taken the initiative to give them the title of king, how can they refuse. What's more, after accepting this reward, the Shen and Wang families can completely get rid of the Xie and Gu families, and change from the four families in the past to the two families in the current two families.

"King Wu and King Yue, now I will entrust all state affairs to Erqing, but if there is something to do, you two will make a decision, and you don't have to ask me about everything. Okay, I felt a little unwell, so I went back to the palace first. If there is no major matter in the future, you don't have to come to me to rest again, you can discuss it yourself. ”

"Retreat from the dynasty, all the kings salute, get off, long live and return to the palace!" The eunuch sang and drank and returned to the palace with Chen Shen.

As soon as Chen Shen left, the other people in the hall did not leave. For them, the emperor was just a puppet, and they had to decide what was really going on. However, it seems that it used to be decided by the four families of King Shen and Xie Gu, but now it is decided by the two families of King Shen.

"Now that the situation in the Central Plains is becoming more and more critical, this king proposes to immediately gather all armies and go north immediately. Unite Li Mi and Wei Daoer to fight against Chen Kefu. Shen Faxing said directly.

Wang Zhizhi sneered, "Things started in a hurry, how can you march in a hurry?" Even if you go north, you have to come up with a charter first. "To say that the Wang family is unwilling to go north is not true, the territory controlled by the Wang family is all north of the Yangtze River. Since the Jiangdu area was occupied by the Hebei army, now in the entire Chen Dynasty, only the power of the Wang family is in the Huainan counties of the Yangtze River.

Once Chen Kefu really defeated Li Mi and took Henan, the first to bear the brunt would be the Wang family south of the Huai River. However, Chen Pojun's threat is still far away, but the threat of the Shen family is close at hand. Wang Zhizhi, as the head of the Wang family, has to be vigilant at this moment, he can't be defeated under Chen Pojun's hooves, but he falls in the hands of Shen Faxing. …,

What he was most worried about was that Shen Faxing would propose to go north and south from Huai to Henan, so that the soldiers and horses of the Chen Dynasty would gather his territory. If one is not good, maybe Shen Faxing will come to a false way to destroy him. Even if it weren't, more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers would have to take on more of his territory, logistics and supplies.

Shen Faxing glanced at Wang Zhizhi and sneered, "Rescue is like fighting fire, right now that Li Mi is fighting in Luokou, of course we have to rush to Luokou immediately." Now it is spring and summer, the rain is abundant, the river is full, this is the best time for my Jiangnan to send troops to the north. The king's plan was that the king would gather soldiers and horses south of the Yangtze River to cross the Yangtze River from Quarry Rock, and then go north to cross Liyang and Hefei, and then the whole army would join the king of Yue in Shouchun. The king of Yue, you gathered your own troops and horses in Huainan, and raised good grain and grass, and collected as many ships as possible. After the army arrived at Shouchun to converge, our whole army immediately took a boat from Yingkou to the north along Yingshui, and finally went straight to Luoyang, arrived at the Luokou battlefield, and joined Li Mi to defeat Chen Po's army. ”

Wang Zhizhi shook his head impatiently and said, "King Wu is also an important minister of the court, how can he speak so thoughtlessly. From ancient times to the present, there have always been two routes for the Jiangnan army to march north. The first is naturally to pass through the southeast, take Huaisi, and then enter the important towns of Pengcheng and Xiapi, and then take Shandong, defend along the Yellow River, and then enter Henan in the west. The other way is to march west along the Yangtze River, occupy Jianghan, capture Jingxiang, and then go east to Henan. These two routes are the first thousand choices that have remained unchanged for thousands of years. Take Huaisi, you can protect Jianghuai. Taking the Jianghan Jingxiang can protect the Yangtze River defense line. ”

"In other words, we can seize Shandong according to Huaisi. According to Jiang Han, Jing Xiang can be found. And occupy Jingxiang, you can try to Sichuan and Shu. If you control Sichuan and Shu, the south can be guaranteed. On the contrary, if it is not based on the Huaisi Jianghan, the Yangtze River will be difficult to defend. Even if we go north head-on and take Henan, without the protection of the Huaisi, Jiang and Han wings, the land of Henan is desirable but cannot be defended. In the end, we mobilized our troops and horses empty, consumed grain and grass, and even lost our troops, and finally waited for the enemy to attack from either side of Huaibei or Jianghan, and we could not survive. Historically, after the Western Jin Dynasty, the southern dynasties, from the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, each dynasty had a northern expedition. But except for Hengwen and Liu Yu, who went north from Jingxiang and succeeded slightly, the rest were defeated, and they must be admonished. ”

"What does King Yue mean?" Shen Faxing's face was unhappy.

Wang Zhizhi asked a small eunuch to carry a large screen and hang a map over it.

According to the county lord, Chen Kefu not only personally led the army to participate in the war, but also Luo Yi sent troops from Hebei to Henan, and Li Jing also sent troops from Shandong to Henan. Previously, Li Jing had transferred 50,000 horses from Shandong to Hebei, and now he has transferred another 30,000 people to Henan. Now Shandong can be described as extremely empty, the entire south of the Yellow River, all the way to the north of the Yangtze River, except for Qu Tutong in the Jiangdu city and Chen Ling, Yang Shanhui, Yang Shihong four people of 50,000 Jiangdu defenders, it can be said that there is no longer a single soldier. ”

"Nope." Shen Luoyan shook his head, "There are still soldiers in Shandong and Huaibei, and according to my information, there are many township armies and militia groups that have just been formed in this area. According to preliminary information, there are at least 30,000 township troops and militia groups in Shandong and Huaibei. ”

Wang Zhizhi didn't care about Shen Luoyan's interjection, he pointed to the map and said, "King Wu, instead of going north to Henan, I think it is most appropriate to go directly to Huaisi." At present, Huaisi is empty, only Jiangdu City has 50,000 soldiers and horses, and there is no one in the entire Huaisi except for the 30,000 so-called township soldiers and militia groups. Even for the Henan War, Chen Pojun's fleet that had been stationed at the mouth of the Yangtze River and assisted in the defense of Jiangdu had been transferred north. This is an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This time, as long as we concentrate all our troops and horses and take Jiangdu in one fell swoop, then the entire Huaibei and Shandong large areas of Huaisi will belong to us. Not only has it expanded its territory, but it has also strengthened our security to the east. We can move our line of defense from the Yangtze River north to Huaibei and even the Yellow River. Perhaps, we can also take this opportunity to directly cross the Yellow River, go north to Hebei, and go straight to Chen Pojun's lair with Wei Dao'er. ”

"This plan is too risky." Shen Luoyan shook his head, "The Jiangdu City has strong walls, and the city has been strengthened several times, especially the Hebei Navy Fleet has replenished the grain and grass in the city many times. Today's Jiangdu has plenty of grain and grass, and the city is strong. Especially the four major guards in the city, Qu Tutong, Chen Ling, Yang Shanhui, and Yang Shihong. Among these four people, two were once generals of the Sui Dynasty, and two were Tongshou. What's more, under them, there are a large group of fierce generals such as Zhang Gongjin, Song Laosheng, Shi Danai, and Qu Tugai. None of these people are soft persimmons, we have besieged Jiangdu for two years before, but we have not entered the city once. This time, if we besiege Jiangdu again, if we can't take Jiangdu, then we can't go north. At that time, if Li Mi can't withstand Chen Pojun, it will not only be Li Mi who will be defeated. ”

Wang Zhizhi said resolutely, "Jiangdu City is too close to us, and now Chen Pojun is beyond the reach of the whip and has no power to go south." Once he frees his hands, with the strength of the Hebei Navy Division and the sharpness of the Hebei military weapons, he is afraid that he will be able to break through the Yangtze River defense line in an instant and go straight to Jinling. When the time comes, we won't regret it. Now is the only chance, and if you miss it, you won't have a chance. ”

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