Jiangnan will be the Chen Dynasty relics of the aristocracy of the political group, in the south of the Chen was destroyed after they were established, in the second year of the fall of the south of the Chen, that is, the opening of the emperor ten years, the Jiangnan will organize a large-scale anti-Sui uprising, the backbone of the Jiangnan Society Wang Wenjin, Gao Zhizhi and Shen Xuanyu rebelled in Wuzhou, Yuezhou and Suzhou respectively, hundreds of thousands of troops, the momentum is very huge, the army captured the state and county, rebuilt the south Chen, but in the end was brutally suppressed by the Sui army.

Jiangnan will also go underground, no longer open activities, in a dormant state, until the eighth year of the great cause, the northern rebellion rises, the world is gradually chaotic, in the dormant Jiangnan will wake up again, they get the full support of the Jiangnan nobles, began to rebel in the area of Wu County, the momentum is getting bigger and bigger, the Sui army has been repeatedly suppressed, with the coup d'état in Jiangdu, Yang Guang was killed by Yu Wenhua, Chen Ling, who rebelled in Jiangnan, was forced to withdraw to Jiangdu.

At present, Jiangnan will have two armies in the Jiangnan area, one is a direct army, that is, a team led by Shen Faxing, about 50,000 people, controlling the north of Wu County.

The other was the army of Meng Haigong, which was supported by the Jiangnan Society, with more than 30,000 people, controlling the area around Yuezhou and Xuanzhou.

The Jiangnan Society's nest is in Jiangning County, Danyang County, they control the land and materials in Jiangnan, the Jiangnan Association leader is called Chen Xian, is the nephew of Chen's Houzhu, his father died of illness two years ago, Chen Xian was supported by the Jiangnan Society as the new leader.

But he was only the nominal leader, and the real power of the Jiangnan Society was in the hands of the four major clans, the Shen clan of Wu County, the Yuan clan, the Wang clan and the Xie clan of Danyang County, and although the Danyang Xiao clan and the Huiji Yu clan were strong in the local area, they were not accepted by the Jiangnan Society because they were too close to the north.

But since last year, in order to win over Meng Haigong, the decision-making circle of the Jiangnan Society has accepted Meng Haigong's brother Meng Xide as the fifth clan.

Although there was no encirclement and suppression of the Sui Dynasty army, Jiangnan would have developed rapidly, but Jiangnan would not be stable, they also had internal and external troubles, and the internal worries were Meng Haigong, in order to reduce the military pressure of Shen Faxing, the remnants of Meng Haigong were introduced into Jiangnan, but it turned out that Jiangnan would introduce Meng Haigong was a stupid move, a typical lure of wolves.

Meng Haigong and the Jiangnan Shi clan are not all the way at all, without the background and historical inheritance of the Jiangnan Shi clan, he is just a northern bandit, after being supported and strengthened by the Jiangnan Society, he no longer pays attention to the Jiangnan Society, and he is ambitious, and has shown his ambition to unify Jiangnan and become the emperor more than once.

Due to the hostility between Jiangnan and the Jianghuai clan for a hundred years, Du Fuwei also adopted a hostile attitude towards the Jiangnan clan in order to get the support of the Jianghuai clan, and constantly sent small groups of water thieves to plunder the Jiangnan Society's fleet.

In order to enhance his own strength, but also to deal with Du Fuwei, Jiangnan would use a lot of money to bait Chen Ling to surrender, but Chen Ling refused, Jiangnan would be annoyed and angry, cut off the grain trade with Jiangdu, put Jiangdu in a desperate situation, and tried to force Chen Ling to surrender, but Jiang Nan would never have imagined that their stupid move made Chen Ling have to surrender to the Northern Sui, and at the same time attracted the Northern Sui naval army.

On the morning of that day, hundreds of warships of the Sui army appeared on the river outside Jiangning County, and a hurried alarm bell sounded immediately on the head of Jiangning City, and the 8,000 soldiers who defended Jiangning rushed to the city, and more than a dozen members of the Jiangnan Society also went to the city when they heard the news.

Chen Xian, the leader of the association, is a young man about thirty years old, he had gone to see Zhang Xuan with Shen Jian, but he did not leave any impression on Zhang Xuan, after all, he was just a puppet, completely different from Gao Lie, who mastered the Bohai Society, neither Gao Lie's ambition nor Gao Lie's scheming, Chen Xian grew up in brocade clothes and jade food, and did not experience any setbacks and storms.

At this time, the Sui warships on the river made Chen Xian's face pale in shock, and he turned back to look at Shen Jian, "Deacon Shen, what's going on?" ”

Shen Jian is the representative of the Shen family in the Jiangnan Society, he controls the Jiangnan Society's business in Jiangdu, and is also responsible for negotiating with the Sui Army, now not only Chen Xian asked him, but several other important members of the Jiangnan Society looked at him, hoping that he could explain what was going on?

Shen Jian's expression was very solemn, he had already received the news of Chen Ling's surrender to Zhongdu before, and he was also worried that the Sui army would make some moves, but he didn't expect the Sui army to come so quickly.

After a while, Shen Jian said slowly: "The Sui army has just taken over Jiangdu, and there is no preparation to attack Jiangnan, and Du Fuwei is still watching from the sidelines, so I think these warships are here to threaten us." ”

"What to deter us?" Yuan Wenchong, another important member of the Jiangnan Society next to him, asked.

"Threatening us to open up the grain trade, Jiangdu will almost no longer be able to support it."

Everyone looked at each other, and at this time, Meng Xide hurriedly said: "Although they will not attack Jiangnan, they will attack Jiangning City, we only have eight thousand defenders, can we resist the Sui army's large-scale siege?" If the city is breached, none of us will survive. ”

Everyone's net worth and life are in Jiangning City, once Jiangning City is lost, the consequences are unimaginable.

Considering their own vital interests, more than a dozen people asked to negotiate with the Sui army to avoid the Sui army from attacking the city, so Shen Jian nodded, "Okay! I'll go talk to Sui Jun,

Shen Jian went down the city and sailed towards the Sui warship in a small boat

On the river, hundreds of warships are arranged in an array of geese, and on the first 3,000-stone warship, Laihu'er Ji sits on a half-high couch, holding a knife in his left hand, and his eyes are fiercely looking at Jiangning County on the south bank.

At this time, Lang General Zhou Meng suggested in a low voice: "General, the intelligence says that there are only 8,000 defenders in Jiangning, we can break them in one fell swoop and capture all the backbone of the Jiangnan Society!" ”

"And then?" Laihu'er asked.

"Then they can be used as a threat to make Shen Faxing's army surrender!"

"What if Shen Faxing's army doesn't surrender?"

Laihu'er asked coldly, "Do you want to continue fighting?" What's the difference between that and now? ”

Zhou Meng understood what Laihu'er meant, he scratched his head and said: "The general's meaning is to annihilate the army, right?" ”

Lai Hu'er said lightly: "Wang Shichong once came to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion, killed a batch after a batch, killed more than 100,000 people, but still rebelled, Yu Juluo too, repeatedly extinguished, just like cutting leeks, the bandits are endless, and finally even Yu Juluo died in the ineffective suppression of bandits, and then Chen Ling, more than a dozen battles still can't eliminate the Jiangnan bandits, can we exterminate these bandits?" ”

"What is the general's plan?"

Lai Hu'er nodded and said: "Before I came, Dashuai told me that there is only one way to deal with Jiangnanhui, let them come to us, and when we save them, then Jiangnan can be peaceful." ”

At this time, a soldier stepped forward and saluted, "Old General Qiqi, the special envoy of the Jiangnan Society asks to see you!" ”

Everyone gave a thumbs up, "The old general is also a god!" ”

Lai Hu'er shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about now, it's not the time yet, they're just here to ask for peace." ”

Not long after, a soldier led Shen Jian over, Shen Jian knew Laihu'er, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute with his fists, "Old general, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Lai Hu'er smiled slightly, "It turned out to be Lord Shen, which was beyond my expectations!" ”

Shen Jian smiled and said, "I thought the old general would already know my identity. ”

"I could guess, but I was surprised."

Shen Jian turned the topic back to his intentions, and asked tentatively: "I don't know why the old general is coming to Jiangning City, has His Royal Highness the King of Qi decided to start a war against Jiangnan?" ”

"Definitely! I just led the navy to rehearse the queue on the river, and the king of Qi did not order me to attack Jiangnan. ”

Shen Jian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "But the old general's formation is easy to misunderstand. ”

"Misunderstanding! There will always be, just like Jiangnan will cut off trade with Jiangdu and seize the Jingzhou grain ship, I thought Jiangnan would go to war with us, Shen Dongzhu, isn't this a misunderstanding? “

Lai Hu'er asked very sharply, and the meaning was also obvious, if Jiangnan would cut off the grain trade with Jiangdu and not return the grain ship, it would be regarded as Jiangnan would declare war on the Sui army, and he actually gave the other party a step.

Shen Jian hurriedly grabbed this step and said: "The old general misunderstood, we cut off the grain trade in Jiangdu and intercepted the grain ships in Jingzhou because we thought that Chen Ling had surrendered to Chang'an, you must know that we have always been enemies with the Guanlong nobles, and we are targeting the Tang Dynasty, not the Northern Sui." ”

Lai Hu'er secretly scolded Shen Jian for being tactful, when he used to trade weapons with the Jiangnan Society and the Dou family, he didn't say that they hated the Guanlong nobles, but Lai Hu'er also understood that the other party didn't want to tear his face, so everyone just found a step to solve the food problem.

Lai Hu'er smiled slightly: "Now the Jiangnan Association should understand!" It was we who occupied Jiangdu, not the Tang army, so the grain trade should also be reopened, shouldn't it? ”

Shen Jian sighed secretly, come to protect the children before the soldiers, if they don't know the fun, then the war will appear in front of them immediately.

Shen Jian nodded, "Old general, don't worry, we have no intention of confronting the Sui army, and the grain trade with Jiangdu will be banned immediately, and we will also return the batch of grain in Jingzhou immediately." ”

"Very good, then we will take the Yangtze River as the boundary, and everyone's well water will not interfere with the river water."

Shen Jian changed his mind, and suddenly understood that the Sui army was bound to attack Du Fuwei, so he wanted to temporarily pacify the Jiangnan Society, and he hurriedly smiled: "If the Sui army wants to attack Du Fuwei, we are willing to send troops to help!" ”

"This is not necessary, Jiangnan and Jianghuai are feuds, if you use your strength, then the Jianghuai family will not surrender to us, Shen Dongzhu said yes?"

Shen Jian smiled awkwardly, "That's right!" ”

Laihu'er smiled, turned around and ordered, "Send Shen Dongzhu back!" ”

Shen Jian saluted, got off the boat, and looked at the boat sailing away, and then ordered to protect the army: "Collect the troops and return to Jiangdu!" ”

As soon as he turned around, he saw that everyone was a little worried, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Jiangnan will interrupt the grain trade just to force General Chen to surrender, and now that General Chen has returned to the Northern Sui, there is no need for them to cause trouble." ”

The three hundred Sui warships slowly turned around and sailed eastward along the water.

At the same time that the army of Laihu'er returned to Jiangdu, hundreds of grain ships that had been intercepted by the Jiangnan Society also returned to Jiangdu from Jingkou, and the news that the Jiangnan Society had lifted the ban on grain trade suddenly spread throughout Jiangdu City, and the price of grain began to turn around, and it dropped from 800 Wen to 500 Wen on the same day, and Jiangdu was boiling for a while. (To be continued.) )