The first thousand two hundred and ninety-nine disasters and hidden dangers
Just as Chen Zhi headed south, entered Xuzhou, and was getting closer and closer to the river, and was about to confront the Jiangzuo court across the river, this news came like snowflakes.
The Jiangzuo court was overwhelmed, but the people who handled these matters had changed from the imperial court to Wang Dun's aides.
However, their pressure was not reduced. To be precise, if the Dukes were in power, they would inevitably be frightened in the face of the Xuanjia Army coming in large numbers, or even Chen Zhi personally led the troops, but they would not be in a hurry, because they knew that there was a court righteousness and the kindness of the late emperor, and they could still use this name to explore the verge of the slightest moment.
If it is not good, it can still be saved. After all, even if the Northern Xuanjia Army really has any idea, it is not to destroy Jiangzuo, but to unify the world. The unlucky one is the royal family, not the aristocratic families.
But Wang Dun's aides are different. They know very well that once they are really attacked, they will be completely lucky and may be killed directly.
So in the past few days, there are often those who are exhausted due to too much pressure. Many people even find Wang Dun and want to hint to him that it is best to think of a compromise. If it really doesn't work, it's okay to give up Jiankang.
However, Wang Dun did not say anything every time. Until he had been more times, he seemed to be disturbed by it. He sent an order to gather all his staff and gathered them together.
"I know that after you learned the news from the north these days, you were all uneasy," Wang Dun looked around everyone and pointed out the topic as soon as he spoke. "There are even many people who came to me and expressed such thoughts, wanting me to take a step back, but you didn't expect that this situation has been finally won. Once you give in, you will be defeated in an instant!"
Speaking of this, he took a deep breath and continued: "Many people don't understand why I want to attack Jiankang, but now looking back, what would happen if we remain in Jingzhou?"
Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed, and their faces were a little bitter and unnatural.
"Jingzhou, but it has been captured by the Xuanjia Army!"
Wang Dun said what everyone was thinking.
"If we were still in Jingzhou, could we resist the Xuanjia attack? I'm afraid it might not be!" He sighed and shook his head helplessly, "Although we are working hard to attack Jiangzuo, we have been operating in Jingzhou for many years, and as my foundation, there are many people to guard it. As a result, it will only take a few days. If we were to personally garrison, it would probably not be much different. We would even be trapped in it and there would be no chance of reversal!"
After hearing this, many people have already started to nod and admit that what they said is indeed reasonable.
"I was also lucky to attack Jiangzuo before, and I felt that Chen might still be concerned about the court and the emperor, but now it seems that he still doesn't know him enough," Wang Dun's expression gradually became gloomy when he spoke. "The few letters written to this person are not allowed to respond at all. As a result, he even brought a large army and was not worried about the emperor's accident. Since that's the case, we can only make the worst plan!"
Everyone heard it, some sighed, some sighed, but some were determined.
Then someone came up and said, "There are many people in the city's aristocratic families recently. Do you need to take strict supervision?"
"How to deal with it?" Wang Dun sneered, "I'm afraid it's a family that has not moved, but a few?" He waved his hand, "Let them go with them, no need to pay attention! Is it time that they can have other ideas, just to contact Chen and retain their vitality for their family. As long as they keep the communication channels of all parties, they don't have to worry, and they can also get a lot of information from the correspondence letters of these people."
After hearing this, the people below nodded silently.
However, they also knew very well that Wang Dun was free and generous, as if he had grasped the key, but in fact it was a helpless move.
Although Jiankang City has fallen under the control of Wang Dun and others, it is just an occupation. As the last stronghold of major families in the New Han Dynasty, the relationships inside are really complicated, the personnel are even more complex, and they also affect all parts of the world, with a layered network of relationships.
Although Wang Dun's troops were relatively powerful and had a large number of people, even if they were all dispersed and went deep into various families to supervise, they would have to disperse all the troops, which was really difficult, so they could only choose this compromise method.
After all, the major families do not recognize his power as Wang Dun. They are forced to fight, so they bow their heads temporarily and want them to cooperate. That's not to be imagined.
Wang Dun's choice is currently the most likely to be implemented.
But he didn't know that although most of the families were planning on the outside, there were also those who were determined to take risks and build a contribution.
News came from the front line that Chen Zhi's troops left Xia Pi and continued to move south on the night before and two groups of people came to the front and back in a separate courtyard of the Yu family, and finally met in the deep yard.
"I've met Mr. Zhang."
One of them was Yu Liang, the current leader of the Yu family. He stood up to greet Zhang Ying of the Zhang family.
Zhang Ying waved his hand and responded: "Mr. Yu, you and I are now working for the champions. There is no distinction between qualifications. The only talent in the north is to be selected by the imperial examination. We also reminded us at that time not to disturb us."
Yu Liang praised: "Mr. Zhang is worthy of being Mr. Zhang. We are not as good as this! Please!"
After we were polite, these two people with strange positions exchanged greetings.
At the beginning, they were both enemies of Chen Zhi, but later they were frightened and chose to surrender to the Chen family. During this period, they had many difficulties. The two of them acted in a low manner and paid a considerable price to finally get what they wanted.
From then on, they felt relieved and focused on doing things for the North.
At the beginning, Zhang Ying was in Guanzhong and wanted to avoid disaster in advance and leave Guanzhong, but in the end, in order to make contributions in front of Chen Zhi, he held back and asked his sons to transfer in advance. He took his two sons to collect information in Guanzhong and also set up a trap for the two kings.
When Guanzhong fell, the man came to Jiangzuo with most of the aristocratic families and wanted to use the same trick again. However, when he arrived at the place, he realized that he could not be ranked here at all, and a large number of families had long surrendered to the north.
The one with the greatest influence was Yu Liang's Yu family. The two of them had similar situations at the beginning, but after a while, they actually had friendship and often made plans together.
After the two of them sat down, they immediately talked about the purpose of this meeting.
"The champion Hou goes south, this is a good opportunity for heaven. Only when the mysterious armor is unified in the future will China have a chance to become stronger. However, today's priests have a friendship with the champion Hou. At that time, both sides will inevitably worry about each other and compromise. After a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that accidents will not occur. We will think of a way to eliminate hidden dangers!"
Yu Liang said lightly, and Zhang Ying narrowed his eyes and nodded slightly.
Chapter completed!