In the Shen family's capital south of Beiye, a grand gathering is going on, and almost all the people of the Wu Ren Township clan who are still in Jini are on the table.

Shen Chong sat on the chairman, and although he seemed to be talking and laughing, there were a few lingering worries between his eyebrows.

Similar feasts have been almost non-stop since the New Year. It's not because of Shen Chong's hospitality, but he has to be like this, although the robbery and killing incident in Jiwai at the end of last year was handled quite well, and there was indeed no similar tragedy in the follow-up.

But this incident still left a very strong shadow in the hearts of the people of Wuzhong Township, in the past, for these Wu villagers, they only need to make money with peace of mind, but now they really feel that their lives and property are threatened.

Although Shen Chong has always stated that he will not give up the protection of these villagers, it is a matter of personal safety, and who can be indifferent. So during this time, they also came to visit frequently, one to ask for comfort, and the other to make sure that Shen Chong still stayed in Dunan and did not abandon them.

In the face of these demands of the villagers, Shen Chong naturally could not turn a blind eye, in addition to frequently appearing to appease the public, he also had to help them organize some troops to protect their various industries around. However, in this way, there is no doubt that the power in Shen Chong's hands will be further diluted.

So the current Shen Chong is indeed disturbed by nostalgia and feels quite sad. But this is also an obligation that he must bear, he can ignore the majesty of the monarchy, but he cannot ignore the pleas of the villagers.

Halfway through the banquet, Ren Qiu hurriedly walked in, whispered in Shen Chong's ear, and then Shen Chong showed joy on his face, stood up from the banquet, made a slight accusation to everyone, and then hurried into the back room.

In addition to Qian Feng, there is still one person sitting upright, it is Tian Jing, the Huainan general. Tian Jing's face was full of wind and frost, and when he saw Shen Chong entering, he hurriedly got up and bowed down: "Your Majesty is ordered by the Governor of the Metropolitan to lead five hundred armor soldiers to disperse into the Jinai to guard Sikong. ”

Shen Chong took a step forward, helped Tian Jing up and sent him into the seat, and said with a smile: "Youlao Changming, I don't know what Xu Zhen's current situation is?" ”

"The five mansions of Xu Fang have been established, and more than half of the crowd has been raised. A few days ago, the governor of the capital had left Guangling and went north to Huaishang to review the newly formed division, and awarded the first division. At present, Guangling is temporarily led by General Xu Mao......"

After hearing this, Tian Jing explained the situation in Xuzhou a little, although the dark tide was surging, but it did not affect Xuzhou, and a series of restructuring in Xuzhou were carried out in an orderly manner, especially the most important issue of military power, which was smoothly concentrated again.

When Shen Chong heard this, the smile on his face became even stronger, although his current situation was not good, as long as the situation in Jiangbei could remain stable, he would have nothing to fear.

After explaining the situation in Xuzhou, Tian Jingcai said again: "Jiangdong has been paying close attention to all kinds of things recently, and the governor has been paying close attention to them. If necessary, you may wish to withdraw a little. Jiangbei also made a record here, after General Xiao Yuandong was ordered to train the new army, and he could arrive in Liang County in mid-February. At the latest in early March, the Metropolitan Governor will lead the soldiers of the five mansions of Xu Fang to gather in Guangling and go down the river at any time! ”

When Qian Feng heard this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Last winter, the Metropolitan Governor had to enter Xuzhen, and after many changes, it was really convincing to be able to gather the public within a few months!" ”

After Shen Chong heard this, he was naturally proud. His son has never let him down.

However, no matter how good the situation in Jiangbei is, it will not help the situation in Jiangdong in the short term. For example, right now, Shen Zhezi is clearly in charge of more than 100,000 elite soldiers in Jiangbei, and he also understands that the situation in Jiangdong is urgent, but he can only send 500 elite soldiers across the river to help. Obviously, he couldn't spare enough strength to meddle in Jiangdong's affairs in the short term, and sending these 500 people was only to ensure that he could protect his father from Jiankang at a critical moment.

Of course, more troops are not impossible to send. Although it takes a certain amount of time for the army to be mobilized and dispatched, in the land of Guangling alone, with Xu Mao leading the people to the south, two or three thousand people can be drawn.

But this is meaningless, the Shen family's current political demands are focused on Shen Zhezi alone, if he can't withdraw to cross the river, just send troops, it will only make the situation more chaotic. Moreover, it is difficult to hide the eyes and ears of so many troops crossing the river, and it is very easy for people to misunderstand that this is a sign that he intends to formally dominate the center with his troops, which will trigger an overreaction from all sides and immediately counterattack.

Therefore, 500 elite soldiers is a number that can play a role in a critical moment without putting all parties in danger.

When Shen Chong heard this, he fell silent. And Qian Feng said on the side: "The Governor of the Metropolitan suggested that he retire temporarily, which is indeed a good choice." At present, the general trend is on me, and I really don't have to fight with Taiwan for a short time, I have to be calm after ten days, and then I will clean up the mess, and no one will be able to stop me. ”

On the other side, Ren Qiu also advised: "After Wang Yanhu returned home, Langya's hometown situation became more solemn, and internal and external news was already difficult to communicate, so it can be seen that Wang Taifu must be dying, and the traitor is about to attack." At present, our side is already weak and difficult to deal with in Jin, and if Sikong stays here, it is very easy for all parties to seize it, and the governor will not be able to calmly manage it at that time. ”

"Well, I don't know that. It's casual for me to go and stay alone, but where should these villagers in Dunan survive? What's more, the thieves killed my innocent villagers indiscriminately because of the power struggle, if this revenge is not avenged, how can I be willing! ”

Shen Chong let out a long sigh, half helpless and half indignant.

Yu Yi and Wang Yunzhi's ideas, they actually discussed for a long time. Now the situation is that the Shen family and the overseas Chinese Taifu are facing each other, and even if the two are united, their strength is completely insufficient to shake the overall situation.

If they want to be small and big, they must wait for an opportunity. And this opportunity is very likely to be Director Wang's death. Director Wang is a Zhongxing Yuanfu, even if he fades out of the current situation, his influence should not be underestimated.

Once Director Wang dies, he will inevitably gather in Langya Township. At that time, Wang Yunzhi could rely on the villagers to control all the time flow of these condolences, so he obtained a bargaining chip, so that Taichung had to have a head-on dialogue with him.

Although this move will put others in an unrighteous situation, Wang's injustice is not once or twice, and the most important thing is whether the harvest is worth the price.

At that time, Taichung will have no more than two choices, either brazenly send troops to quell the chaos, or choose to negotiate with Wang. Once the garrison in the capital is too much, this will give Yu Yi the opportunity to enter the capital, if Yu Yi can lead the crowd into the capital, the central situation will be turbulent in an instant.

At least among the Taiwan assistants, Zhuge Hui will never allow Taiwan to continue to use soldiers, otherwise he will definitely be the next to be kicked out of the game.

Therefore, Wang Yunzhi's seemingly irrational behavior was actually a disguised way to twist the Qingxu Qiaomen in the current situation together again, and coerced Zhuge Hui and others to shield him.

As long as Wang Yunzhi can get a respite, he will have the opportunity to win back the prestige he lost in the previous rebellion, such as moving the capital to move the emperor to the capital. This will make him a strong representative of Qingxu Qiaomen in one fell swoop, and he may even gain more popularity than Zhuge Hui.

Of course, this can only be a slogan, because the people of Yuzhou will never agree. Even Yu Yi may have a similar idea, he can coerce the king to Yuzhang, and no matter how much Jingzhou's Yu Yi disagrees with him, Jingzhou will have to passively become his umbrella.

The two sides are at each end, which is very likely to break out into a big fight. But this possibility is very small, because you must know that in the south and in the north, there is still such a powerful existence as the Shen family watching coldly. Therefore, no matter how much trouble they make, they will definitely reach a compromise in the shortest possible time, admit the current status quo, and then jointly threaten the Shen family and force the Shen family to make concessions.

When this matter develops to a certain stage, the emperor will become their common bargaining chip, so as to reach a consensus to limit the power of the Shen family, so as to divide the benefits of the Shen family. In addition to the emperor in the garden, these Wu groups in Dunan and their respective family businesses, including Shen Chong, may become bargaining chips in their plans.

If one person coerces the king to commit a crime, and everyone does it together? That should be the general trend, right?

Wang Yunzhi's sinister is sinister, through a small starting point, the people of the time are seduced and coerced in one by one, constituting a situation where everyone is holding together to coerce the king for evil. Through the gradual development of events, his previous little evil deeds are nothing.

Once that situation is reached, even if the Shen clan has strong township resources and strong troops, so what? As long as he is not strong enough to disregard the king and replace Jin Zuo's righteousness with himself, he will have to make a certain degree of compromise.

Although Shen Chong didn't care much about the righteousness of the emperor in his heart, he had to admit that at least for now, especially on the premise of preserving the situation in Jiangbei, he could not completely ignore the righteousness. Although the Shen family itself has also built a fairly complete interest group, all the people in the center are united and have a kind of energy to refer to the deer as a horse.

Of course, this series of ideas is just a deduction made by Shen Chong, Qian Feng and others based on their own experience and strategy, thinking that this should be a route that is more in line with the interests of the other party. As for whether the other party planned deeper, or whether they didn't think of such a long-term plan, Shen Chong and they couldn't be sure.

In fact, Shen Chong didn't know in his heart that temporarily retiring outside was a more rational choice, at the moment, he was not expected to be fixed, his strength was insufficient to quell the chaos, and he stayed in Dunan, and the role he could play was actually very small.

But at the moment, he really can't leave lightly, which has nothing to do with Taichung's wishes, but the nostalgia. Although a considerable number of Wu people withdrew from Jiankang and returned to their homeland after the year before the year. However, the Wu people have been operating in the south of the capital for seven or eight years, and a large number of goods and goods industries have gathered here, and they cannot all be evacuated in a hurry.

Previously, Wang Yunzhi abducted the Wu people and villagers outside Ji, which seemed to be a startling snake, but in fact, Shen Chong was set here. The Shen family is the leader of the Wu people's hometown, and a large number of Wu people also responded to the call of the Shen family when they went north, but when the situation was not good, Shen Chong patted his ass and left, no matter what the future situation is, the Shen family will inevitably suffer a big loss morally.

Moreover, Shen Chong actually has a lot of resentment in his heart, he has suffered a lot of losses because of intelligence negligence, and he has always wanted to retaliate.

What's more, according to his discussion with Qian Feng and others, coercing the people of Langya to do evil is a starting point for all Wang Yunzhi's conspiracies, so as to form a series of subsequent potential energy.

Therefore, he wanted to go straight to the heart, and took advantage of Wang Yunzhi's launch in Langya County, his people had not yet obtained a new opportunity for potential energy, and attacked Langya County in one fell swoop, completely nailing the entire family of Langya Wang to the pillar of shame, and by the way, it was also to avenge the villagers who had died in vain.

After all, when others were bullied, they all went home to complain to their father, and Shen Chong suffered a dumb loss, and as a result, he had to retreat to avoid trouble, waiting for his son to take out and return to Jiangdong to clean up this ** gangster. His self-esteem really can't stand this kind of practice.

Therefore, although Shen Chong also understands that there is no need to fight for a short period of time, the general trend lies in his family, but whether it is morally or privately, he can't accept the fact that he escaped from the battle.

However, Shen Chong's desire to attack Langya Qiao County was indeed an extremely radical and risky idea. At least for now, his troops have been seriously diluted, and those Wu villagers are taking care of their own families, and it is difficult to mobilize in a short time.

If he can't capture Langya County as quickly as possible, the enemies that Shen Chong will face will not only be the Langya villagers led by Wang Yunzhi, but also the Yuyi from Liyang, and even the Taicheng guards who may turn at any time.

This embattled situation, in the final analysis, is that the Shen family is too strong, so strong that everyone in the current situation feels threatened. Once certain conditions are met, it is easy to fall into a situation where the crowd rises up and attacks them.

"It's not impossible to just leave for a while. If Ming Gong can calmly leave the capital, not only will it not only not affect the righteousness of the countryside, but it can even turn into a thorn in the throat, making him restless! ”

After pondering for a long time, Qian Feng spoke.