Sun Ning originally thought that the next family would argue for a while over who would be the leader of the alliance, and maybe there would be a battle between the open and the dark, after all, the name is right, and this is a good opportunity for the major wealthy families in Jiangnan to go to the next level.

Unexpectedly, the families didn't pay much attention to this matter, and after meeting again the next day, they took Gu Tang, the head of the Gu family, as the head of the alliance, and at the same time set a strategy for dividing the troops.

A part of the Jiangnan soldiers and horses, mainly the Gu and Lu families, quickly assembled and strictly guarded a large area south of the Yangtze River, in case there would be people and horses from the Guo clan or the Zonghenghui who would take advantage of the gap to kill across the river.

At the same time, these two families each sent 20,000 troops, and then united the Wu family in Jiangsu and the Qian family in Hangzhou, as well as the soldiers and horses of the local government, to form a coalition army, and immediately sent troops to kill Shanyin, and directly attacked the Yao family.

When listening to this voice arrangement and command, Sun Ning was in a trance.

The wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River obviously looked at each other before, and they were very conservative, how could they really move, but they were so resolute, didn't they think that there would be a lot of conflicts of interest involved?

At least the identity of the leader of this alliance also has a considerable weight and influence on Jiangnan after the war, how can it be decided?

In this regard, he could only find an opportunity to ask Wu Tieyi when he was about to disperse.

The latter smiled when he heard this: "Brother Sun, you still don't know enough about our Jiangnan conventions." In the eyes of outsiders, Jiangnan seems to be one, but in fact, there is no unity between the localities. There is no unification among the people of all places, let alone the wealthy families such as us.

"But for the sake of everyone's interests, our families are still used to cooperating, who is the leader is only at that time, once the matter is over, this alliance will naturally be forgotten, and no one will take it too seriously.

"The Gu family also knows this, and knows even more that once they are really selfish, it will only make the current Jiangnan more dangerous, so they don't dare to have other thoughts, let alone use this identity to annex our clans.

"But after taking those three, we will have to fight a little bit at that time in order to get more benefits."

Only then did Sun Ning understand that it was obvious that this kind of union was not the first time that the wealthy clans in Jiangnan had been implemented, and they had already had their habits and regulations, so everything seemed so logical. It's myself, and I have the heart of a villain.

"In that case, let's leave it at that. When all is settled, I'll invite you to drink again. Sun Ning said with a smile.

"Okay, take care." Wu Tieyi still attached great importance to Sun Ning, and at this time he also returned the salute with a smile before walking to his carriage.

And just as Sun Ning also turned over and got on the horse and was about to turn around, he suddenly paused in front of the car, turned his head and said, "By the way, there is one more thing I forgot to tell Brother Sun." ”

"What?" Sun Ning asked curiously.

"The monk Yuanjue of Hanshan Temple fell into a well and died a few days ago, and I heard that you have some friendship with him, so I will talk to you."

"Hanshan Temple Yuanjue ......" Sun Ning frowned slightly and thought for a while, then he remembered who this was.

Yuan Jue is the mantle monk of Hanshan Temple, after the case, he really looked for him and asked about some things. But later, because he found other clues, he never bothered him again, and even the roster was long forgotten by him.

I didn't expect to hear the name of Yuanjue again, this fat monk who looked quite enthusiastic and polite was actually dead......

Sun Ning's heart suddenly moved, as if he had caught something, but he couldn't see any problems when he thought about it carefully, so he could only ask the other party: "Was his death a victim or an accident?" ”

"Cao Xudong and they went to the scene to check, and it can be roughly determined as an accident. Because I went out late at night, I accidentally fell into the well behind the temple. The only thing that is a little suspicious is why Na Yuanjue ran to a somewhat deserted back temple in the middle of the night and fell into the well.

"However, because Hanshan Temple doesn't want to cause any more trouble, the matter will not be closed, and no detailed investigation will be made."

"Understood." Sun Ning nodded and didn't say anything more.

Seeing this, Wu Tieyi didn't say anything more, only hugged his fist at him again, got into the car, and then the two officially parted ways at an intersection in front of him.

One to Suzhou, one to Hangzhou......

……

Next, the action of the Jiangnan Hao clan once again surprised Sun Ning, and in only ten days, all the soldiers and horses had successfully gathered and killed Shanyin.

At this time, the Yao family in Shanyin was still a little at a loss.

Although they had already seen that the situation was not good from the fact that their envoy had not returned for a long time, they could not have imagined that this had already exposed all their ambitions and plans.

They also thought about sending troops directly to Quzhou to avenge Yao Zixiao, but after all, they didn't dare to raise troops without permission.

Because the Yao family's strength is almost the last among the nine wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, it may be certain to hold on to their own one-third of an acre, but it is not what they are good at entangled soldiers and horses to conquer Quzhou, which is hundreds of miles away.

They sent envoys to meet the Quzhou rebels before, but they just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get some benefits, and they really didn't have the certainty of swallowing Quzhou in one gulp.

Although it has been known through some channels that not only the envoys of their own families died in Quzhou, but also the envoys of the Ling and Zhu families. But if you want to unite these two, it will take a lot of time, after all, the other two are one in the south and the other in the west, and it will take ten days and a half months for the exchange of letters between people and people.

As a result, this hesitation was delayed, and the Yao family had not yet moved, but was waiting for the frontal crusade of the Wu and Qian coalition forces.

This coalition army is not only stronger than the Yao family, but also has a correct banner, and it is here to eradicate the traitors in Jiangnan.

What was propagated all the way was also the statement that the Yao family colluded with the Central Plains Guo family to lead the wolf into the house, and even took out a few so-called human witnesses in a similar way.

This time, it really took the Yao family's life.

In addition to their own diehard clansmen, almost all the officers and soldiers and civilians of other Shanyin and nearby prefectures and counties gave up resistance, allowing the Wu Qian coalition army to successfully kill the city of Shanyin Huiji without bloodshed, and the soldiers and horses were even bigger and bigger.

By the time the whole army actually surrounded Huiji City in early June, the coalition army had reached 780,000, which was almost more than three times the number of Yaojia's defenders.

For a while, the people in Shanyin City were panicked, if it weren't for the Yao family's prestige in the local area for hundreds of years, I'm afraid the entire city would have been in chaos.

But even so, with the noise of drums outside the city, the people in the city, from the officials to the civilians, were all so frightened that their faces turned white, their hands and feet weakened, and the defenders on the city could not even lift their bows and crossbows.

Seeing this, Wu Tiexiong, the commander of the coalition forces attacking the Yao family this time, took advantage of the situation and shouted: "Let your Yao family patriarch come out and speak." I'll only wait for him for half an hour, and if he refuses to come forward, then he will only attack! ”