Jiangzhou, Jiangnan, since ancient times, is the foundation of the existence of the Gaomen valve, located in the south of the Yangtze River Yuanjue Temple is the favorite place of the major families, it is rumored that there was a Bodhisattva in the early years to preach the Dharma, the sky is falling, the ground is full of golden lotus, there is a Bodhisattva in the temple planted the Bodhi tree by his own hands, it has been 800 years so far, so the reputation of the Yuanjue Temple is extremely prosperous, every first fifteenth day will have a family with a family to come to the incense, and the famous scholar or the scholar debate is also most likely to choose this place, even the dialectical conference that made Xie Gongyi famous in one fell swoop was also held in this place。

On this day, Jiangzhou and even the entire Jiangnan, all the famous families with heads and faces are gathered in Yuanjue Temple today, but this time it is not to enjoy the moonlight, nor to chant poems, but to discuss where Jiangnan should go.

When the news of Wei Ban's capture of Xiangfan came, Lu Qian's Jiangnan people's hearts, which had finally stabilized, showed signs of panic again, no matter how Lu Qian advocated the Great River Heavenly Danger and Jiangdu Water Division before, the current situation is that the Northwest Army took the lead in punching over, and the Jiangnan defenders were still as powerless as before, and the siege was only more than a month, and Xiangfan, one of the two Xiangfan, had already fallen, so the remaining Xiangyang City was estimated to not last long.

Many Jiangnan Shi clan don't care whether you Wei Huang is careless or not, whether he has fallen short, whether the Jiangnan army has made great progress, they only see that Xiangfan City has been lost, and the 100,000 army is gone, and the Jiangnan Shi clan, who was already afraid of the Northwest Army like a tiger, is even more pessimistic now, and for a while, the Lord and faction led by Xie Gongyi began to raise their heads.

In the eyes of these Jiangnan clans, the big family of heaven and earth is the largest, if it can be mixed with the dragon's work, it is naturally the best, if it can't be mixed, it doesn't matter, as long as the family inheritance is guaranteed, you must not drag yourself into a situation of no return, if the family is defeated in their own hands, then even if they die, they have no shame to see the ancestors and ancestors underground.

Now that the Jiangnan army has been defeated again, and Xiao Yu is eyeing the other side of the river, if any "Brown Mulberry" dares to say anything about the Northern Expedition, he has to slap him in the face.

It is a matter of their own life and death, so today's Yuanjue Temple is a mighty gathering of 300 scholars, in the Yuanjue Temple's Daxiong Treasure Hall with soft cushions to pave the ground, sit on the ground.

Before the gilded Buddha, there are a few people sitting side by side, the status is obviously higher than the surrounding three hundred scholars, including the ancestor of the Gong family in Jinshan, Jiangzhou, Gong Zun, Gong Wei, he is the old master of the Gong family, but also the old minister of the three dynasties of the Great Zheng Dynasty, successively served as the secretary of the military department, the secretary of the ministry, the cabinet deputy assistant and other official positions, ten years ago when he said goodbye to the old, the seal of Shaobao, the gift of the pillar country, can be called a protégé of the old officials all over the world, and with the current cabinet of the first assistant Sun Shiwu division out of the same door, are the disciples of Mr. Shouren Wang Yun. When Xiao Yu went down to Jiangdu, Gong Zun had a Q&A with Xiao Yu in this Yuanjue Temple, but Xiao Yu did not give an answer at that time, and Gong Zun completely devoted himself to Lu Qian's command after that.

The person sitting next to Gong Zun is known as "the first in Jiangzuo" Xie Gongyi, the head of the Xie family, was also in Yuanjue Temple, Xiao Yu and Xie Gongyi met for the first time, unlike Gong Zun, Xie Gongyi did not choose Lu Qian, who was born in the Lu clan in Jiangnan, but chose Xiao Yu, who was born in the Xiao clan in the eastern capital, and Xiao Yu really did not disappoint the first person in Jiangzuo, and he fought half of the world in one go, and there was only one step away from owning the country, which also made Xie Gongyi still have the confidence to appear here, after all, for the family, everything is left in a line, and it will not completely tear its face until the real life and death moment. Sitting next to him was his favorite daughter Xie Si, who could have married Xiao Yu and thus taken the title of a side concubine, but it may have been due to fate, and in the end it was over.

In addition to these two people, there was also Zhang Chuanting, who was present on behalf of Lu Qian, and Fu Chen, who appeared here as the head of the Fu family instead of the head of the White Lotus Sect.

At that time, the Fu family could be described as a veritable first family in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the first family of Dazheng, and once single-handedly resisted the old school magnates in the eastern capital such as the Lan family, the Xiao family, and the Zhao family in the north. In the first revision of the Great Zheng Family Chronicles, the five great Confucians of the world divided the family names of the world into nine classes, the Fu family ranked first, the royal Qin family only ranked second, and the Xiao family could only rank third, which shows how transcendent the status of the Fu family was back then.

Although the current Fu family has disappeared, the tiger will not fall, and Fu Chen has the identity of the leader of the White Lotus Sect, so this time he is still the leader.

Gong Zun looked at Fu Chen, who belonged to the same generation as himself, and said softly: "Fu Gong, Xiangfan is lost, Xiangyang is difficult to support alone, and when Wei Ban takes Xiangyang again, then the entire Huzhou will be tantamount to being given up, at that time, Wei Banjin can be attacked and defended, and we will fall into a situation where the enemy is on the back of the enemy, although the Jiangdu Naval Division is foolproof to defend the river, but if Xiao Yu marches from Shuzhou and is no longer limited to Wei Ban's partial division, it is also very tricky, how to deal with it, we have to come up with a way." ”

Fu Chen smiled, looked at Xie Gongyi, and asked, "What does Linggong think?"

Xie Gongyi said indifferently: "Fu Gong is not ignorant, I, Xie someone, is a person from Ming Gong's side, contrary to the Ting Gong, and is looking forward to the Ming Gong's army entering Jiangnan, asking me is tantamount to asking Yu Blind." ”

Fu Chen said disapprerovitously: "Since ancient times, our family is the family in the front, the country in the back, the world of the dead family and one surname is called the dead country, and the dead thousands of families are said to be dead in the world, but the country can be destroyed, but not the world, at this time it is just a battle of a country, you and I are both bettors, not enemies, how can you say no?"

Xie Gongyi shook his head and said: "There are big and small bets, some people have already bet all their lives, winning is wealth and glory, and losing is nothing." In this way, although it is a battle for one country, it is also a battle for life and death, and there is no way back. ”

Fu Chen stopped talking and turned to look at Zhang Chuanting.

Zhang Chuanting pondered slightly, and then said slowly: "Huzhou can't be lost, and Xiangyang can't be lost, the Jiangling garrison has already rushed to the aid of Xiangyang." ”

Gong Zun shook his head and said: "Wei Ban is the best at using Qi, if Wei Ban takes advantage of the emptiness of Jiangling and attacks Jiangling, then it will make Xiangyang completely fall into a lonely city." ”

Fu Chen thought thoughtfully, "Actually, it doesn't matter, as long as Xiangyang City can hold out until the autumn and fight Xiao Yu, it doesn't matter whether it is defended or lost." ”

Xie Gongyi said in one word, "If Xiao Mingguang is defeated, he is bound to retreat to the northwest, then the Wei forbidden army will also abandon Huzhou, which is not easy to defend, and fully retreat to Shuzhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

Fu Chen nodded and said, "That's right." ”