A steady stream of grain was transported through this grain cart into several newly built warehouses in Nanping, and on a hill, Leng Zhuo looked at the wheels and looked at it without saying a word.

It was originally an orderly situation, because the transmission of a piece of news was all messed up, Leng Zhuo could only smile bitterly at this, everything had already fallen into place, as long as he waited for half a month, everything would be settled, and he would take the most important step, but before this step landed, an abyssal quagmire had already appeared in front of him.

"Young master, are you alright?"

Leng Zhuo stood for a long time, and then exhaled lightly after a while, and said: "It is said that it is in the sky that people make things happen, and now I have a deep understanding, if God really can't get along with you, you will really be sad!" Leng Zhuo turned his head as he said: "Let's go, maybe we have to think about the aftermath!"

On a tower in Nanping, Leng Zhuo's ministers were all present, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Liu Bowen, Kong Mingchen and Xuanchen sat in a circle, and the news had not yet spread, but since Leng Zhuo got the news, it was obviously not a secret to the Jingnan Hou Mansion.

"It seems that our plan is going to fail, in one day, the defense line of Orange Yang County was broken, the third division of the Panshi Army almost collapsed, the anti-army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and penetrated through the rear of the emperor in a roundabout way, and broke thirteen large battalions in one day, the second and third divisions of Suzaku were defeated, the second division of Panshi was defeated, and the fifth division of Python was defeated, it is foreseeable that within two or three days, Orangeyang County will be lost on all fronts, and Donghu County is estimated to be unable to keep it, and even the first line of Yujun will retreat because of the flanks!"

"In one day, the battle on the northern front changed abruptly, the emperor was defeated on all fronts, losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and losing countless baggage and grain, which can be said to be a big defeat!" Leng Zhuo's voice revealed a hint of heaviness, could the three major legions of Chuzhou really be just paper tigers, and they were so vulnerable.

Even if it is a paper tiger, can't it be delayed for half a month, a month, so that Leng Zhuo's game of chess will end in a complete victory, and the forces led by the Huang family will definitely be hit hard, and he can also sit firmly in his current position, and set up a logistics battalion of more than 200,000 troops of the governor, and use this to expand his own power.

But now that everything is in the limelight, it is empty, Leng Zhuo is not unable to afford to lose the money, but he has spent so much thought, but when he is about to succeed, he actually falls short, Leng Zhuo is very calm without being mad.

"The news of the defeat on the northern front is still covered up for the time being, but I estimate that soon this news will spread everywhere, Orange Yang, the defense line of the East Lake line has been broken, what it means is that everyone knows what it means, not only the loss of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, the loss of two counties, but the war has been infinitely expanded again, and with this defeat, it is unknown whether the emperor can quell the rebellion in Xiangyang!"

"The most important thing is the impact of this incident on us, it seems that we have lost in this duel!" Although Leng Zhuo was very reluctant to admit it, he had to admit that he had lost, and it was not the Huang family who was defeated, but God.

Everyone was also silent for a while, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were not optimistic about the empire's counteroffensive this time, Leng Zhuo didn't accept it very much, after all, these three major legions were also the regular army of the empire, and in the face of the Xiangyang anti-king army that completely pulled out Ding, could they not be defeated.

Even if there is Li Tang's support behind the scenes, but Li Tang now has to face the Quartet battlefield, and his support for Xiangyang is limited, but in this situation of taking advantage of the time and place, there is still such a fiasco, Leng Zhuo really doesn't know what to say.

"The Huang family knows about this, and they will definitely not sit still, these days the price of grain has been pulled below three silver coins by us, especially in recent days, due to the new grain on the market one after another, we are still selling at a low price, and now there is basically no one on the market to grab the grain, and the forces led by the Huang family have been forced into a desperate situation by us!"

"If the news of the defeat comes out, the rebound in food prices is almost certain, and if we continue to sell grain at low prices, we will only lose more and more, and even those who have reached an agreement with us are likely to change!"

Kong Mingchen has been tanned a lot these days, after all, he has the greatest power to win over local tyrants and landlords, of course, Kong Mingchen is also ready to say this, let Leng Zhuo make a decision as soon as possible.

"If we interrupt the plan now, our losses will not be small, and how will the Jiang family deal with it, not to mention that this matter itself is no longer a matter of grain and gold and silver?" Liu Bowen frowned slightly and said, as the chief manager of several granaries, he was also responsible for the leader of the grain war this time, so he could go and find out how much Leng Zhuo had invested for this time.

"Yes, we have put so much effort into it, it's a pity to interrupt at this juncture, and it is likely that because of the current matter, the people on the Huang family's side are even more arrogant, and the Hou Ye's plan to show his ambitions has completely failed!" Xuan Chen also made great efforts to the situation in Chuzhou.

The Leng family can afford to pay for the loss of gold and silver this time, not to mention that the gold and silver transported back from Cangshan County are as much as twenty or thirty million, but the gold river occupied by the Leng family collects no less than tens of thousands of taxes every day, and in addition to the Ping An gold and silver tickets printed today, it has made a lot of profits~

But also having said that, the negative impact of the Leng family's failure this time is also unpredictable, and the circulation of Ping An gold and silver tickets in the local area will be greatly hindered, not to mention that the Huang family will not let go of this opportunity to hit their side.

"But what other choice is there now, if we forced the Huang family and others to surrender before, then the current situation is reversed, the rise in food prices is a foregone conclusion, no matter how we suppress it, it will be difficult for food prices to fall! Our plan has failed, if we continue to spend on this, we will lose a number every day!"

"So it's better to stop all plans, with the food we currently have in our hands, maybe there are other opportunities to turn the tables!" Kong Mingchen said: "Master Hou, when you are constantly suffering, if you wait for the Huang family to make a move, we want to pull our hands, but it will not be so easy!"

Leng Zhuo's eyes flickered, it was really difficult for him to make this decision, after all, he had poured too much before, and this was also the first step he took after he had that idea, but the first step failed miserably, and Leng Zhuo couldn't accept it anyway.

But if he continued to insist, he could even think of what method the Huang family would use to deal with him, the defeat in the north, and the war would continue forever. As for grain, even if the people do not have such a big demand, they will hoard as much grain as possible, and the local tyrants and landlords who smell the smell of interests will also tighten the granary and wait for the price of grain to rise, after all, in the chaotic period, gold and silver are not as expensive as grain.

For a while, Leng Zhuo was really difficult to choose, and he couldn't make up his mind for a long time, Leng Zhuo's eyes finally looked at the two Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong who had never spoken on the opposite side, one of these two people was Wolong and the other was a phoenix, but they were both strategists and strategists who won the decisive victory.

Zhuge Kongming shook the feather fan, seeing Leng Zhuo's gaze, these days of getting along, Zhuge Kongming also has a little understanding of Leng Zhuo's temperament, seeing Leng Zhuo's flashing gaze, where would he not know Leng Zhuo's hesitation.

"Young master, in fact, it's not that there is no turning point?" Zhuge Kong Ming's words made the eyes of several people present look at him, and Leng Zhuo couldn't wait to stand up and said to Zhuge Kong Ming: "Kong Ming, quickly say what you can do to reverse the current situation!"

Zhuge Kongming smiled and said: "It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to succeed, whether you can reverse the current situation depends on whether the young master dares to fight!"

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Leng Zhuo asked.

"The current situation is a big defeat on the northern front, and this defeat, in addition to losing troops and losing territory, the most important change in people's hearts, before, all the people did not put the Xiangyang rebels in their eyes, even if thousands of soldiers and horses were swallowed before, no one would doubt that the empire would fail!"

"But the emperor ** was defeated, and the defeat was ugly, so the people will naturally be worried, and the best way at the moment is to overcome this defeat with a big victory, of course, it must be fast, before the news spreads completely!"

"As long as there is a big victory, we can cover up the previous defeat, saying that it is to lure the enemy deeper, the failure is all faked, and in this way, the situation will be pulled back, if we can win a few battles in a row, then the victory will still be ours in the end!"

"Big victory?" Leng Zhuo muttered for a moment, but then showed a trace of pain, because this big victory is also difficult to say, relying on the defeated army in front, this time Leng Zhuo has already seen the reality of these three major legions, and it is impossible to count on them.

Then he was the only one who led the troops north, but it was too late in time, because most of the first division of the rebellion under his command was converted into a baggage battalion by him, and with the continuous harvest of new grain, these baggage battalions have been assigned by Leng Zhuo to various prefectures and counties to transport grain, and it will take ten days and a half to gather together, and the daylilies are cold in the north.

So what Zhuge Liang said about the turnaround is actually the same as not saying it, because Leng Zhuo can't do it at all: "Kong Ming military division, the big victory you said in the short term, how easy it is to say, there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses that I can use now, and most of them are new soldiers, although the practice of these days has been fruitful, but I want to face the anti-king army that is now in full morale!" Leng Zhuo said and shook his head.

"Young master, in fact, there is a place that can still be used! If it is used well, there may be a surprise!" "Oh?"

"The young master should know about the Xiaoxiang Psychic Academy in Xiaoxiang County, Xiaoxiang Mansion, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong!"

"As far as I know, Xiaoxiang Psychic Academy is the first school in Chuzhou, there are 100,000 students alone, and among them, there are nearly half of the warriors in the warrior department, these warriors have all gone through two or three years of training, although they have never seen blood, but they are also stronger than those strong men with weapons, if the young master can pull 20,000 or 30,000 people, in careful planning, it is not impossible to fight a horse pistol!"

"Xiaoxiang Academy?" Leng Zhuo muttered in a low voice, but his eyes flickered, perhaps, this was his last chance.