As Gao Xiangsheng said, the situation facing the Southern Alliance has become worse and worse. With the extermination of Ding Sheng's troops in western Hunan and Yang Shi surrendered in Qianzhou, the entire Southern Alliance was almost disintegrated, leaving only Guiguan, Rongguan, and Lingnan and Fujian.

Of course, there is also Yizhou, which is closely linked to the Southern Alliance and intends to echo each other, and now it is difficult for it to protect itself. With the surrender of the general Tian Mantang in Yiling area, the pressure faced by Yizhou is not smaller than that of the Southern Alliance. Tian Mantang had just surrendered to the court and was eager to make contributions. He led his troops to cooperate with the Datang Inland River Naval Division and had already taken over most of the land in Shizhou and was now preparing to directly attack Yizhou.

Whether Guiguan and Lianguan will follow the footsteps of Qianzhou under tremendous pressure is a question that Xiang Zhen must consider.

The only way to save the crisis seems to be to achieve a crucial victory in the military to prosper the life of the Lingnan court.

Chang'an's contempt for the Southern Alliance was revealed in the clear.

As the Southern Union still exists, Chang'an has begun to carry out large-scale military layoffs, and only two legions are left in the south.

Shi Zhuang's Third Legion obviously favored Yizhou.

The only one who truly faced Lingnan was the Second Corps led by Tu Lichun. The regular warriors had only 60,000 people.

To be honest, the situation has developed to this point, Xiang Zhen has long lost the ambition of arguing with Li Ze at the beginning, and he just wants to settle for a corner.

In fact, when Qianzhou surrendered and the four major chieftains got a pretty good ending through negotiations with Li Ze, the entire Lingnan had already been in a turbulent tide.

The proposal for peace talks has officially appeared on the memorial to Xiang Zhen.

But Xiang Zhen knew very well that Li Ze could let the Yang family in Qianzhou, Rongguan, Guiguan, or even the Rong family in Fujian, but he would not let the Xiang family in Lingnan.

When Xiang tried to get Li Ke to Lingnan and re-establish the Lingnan court, he was in the same way as Li Zeshi. There must be only one side that could stand under the blue sky.

What's more, over the years, Chang'an has been saying that Lingnan has established a fake, while Lingnan has said that Li Zemou usurped the throne.

It wasn't that no one had secretly told Xiang Zhen that Li Ke would just let him die suddenly. As long as Li Ke died and he had no descendants, the Lingnan court would naturally die.

For those who say such words, Xiang Zhen wished he could kill him on the spot with one knife. But he couldn't, because this person was an important figure in Xiang's family.

But even such a person has such a short-sighted eyes. Could it be that the problem between the Xiang family in Lingnan and Li Ze can be solved by Li Ke?

Li Ze could forgive the governors who were in charge of the drama. Although they did not allow them to take power, wealth was still indispensable. That was because these people, from beginning to end, did not mean to compete with him for that position. Their greatest wish was to be a local emperor in the area.

But what about Xiang? How can Li Ze not know what he wants to do? Isn’t what Xiang takes the path Li Ze took at the beginning? Didn’t Li Ze go through a lot of hardships that year and let his wife take great risks to get the old emperor all the way to Wuyi?

If this was not available, how could Li Ze become what he hoped for later? How could he attack those Jiedushi under the banner of righteousness?

I am just preparing to repeat the path Li Ze has walked.

The only difference is that Li Ze succeeded in leaving.

And I am just facing failure now.

How could Li Ze let him go?

Just like Li Ze would never let Zhu Youzhen of Yizhou go.

Zhu Youzhen was called emperor, but he was planning to do this.

Therefore, neither Zhu nor Xiang will have a good ending in the future.

Kill Li Ke? That will only make Xiang's failure come faster.

Now, at least, there is a Li Ke in his hands, and he can still fight against Li Ze in Chang'an. In this regard, he is more confident because the Li Ke in his hands is indeed true. Those who met Li Ke, such as Rong Hong, also know that Li Ke is true.

Without Li Ke, how can I support the entire Southern Alliance? Li Ke is the only bond and only face that maintains the fragile Southern Alliance.

If there was no such face, the entire alliance would collapse.

Even this little face is being stripped away little by little under the strength of the north.

The more time goes, the thinner the skin will be.

Because in the face of death and failure, most people will eventually choose to give up their faces.

He must have the last fight to trap beasts when these people still have a sense of shame and only have these little shame left.

The only enemy in front of him is Tu Lichun's 60,000. If he can defeat these 60,000 people simply and neatly, he will at least last a few more years.

If you can persist for a few more years, you may find a good opportunity to come back to life.

Who can explain the world clearly?

Can Li Ze always be so smooth?

Xiang Zhen, Rong Hong, Rong Guan Zheng Weiwei Ma Xiang, Gui Guan Zheng Weiwei Zheng, and General Wang sat together again, and everyone's face was extremely solemn.

The decisive battle is something they absolutely do not want to do, but at the moment, they have to do it.

To put it bluntly, the hope for victory is slim.

Speaking of which, there seemed to be only 60,000 Tu Lichun's Second Corps opposite, but everyone knew that behind Tu Lichun, the 60,000 troops of the First Corps of the Tang Dynasty could rush to support at any time. Moreover, the local Jing'an army could be organized to enter the battlefield at any time. In addition, the military retirement system implemented by the Tang Dynasty also ensured that they had a large number of qualified soldiers. With just a single edict, these retired soldiers could be reorganized and put into battle in a very short time.

"Master General." Wang said again: "According to what we have, the Northern Tang Dynasty has reserved arsenals in various places. Once a large-scale war breaks out, they can reorganize an elite army of more than 100,000 people within one month. In two months, they can organize 300,000 people and in three months, they can have more than 500,000 troops."

"How effective are these newly organized armies?" Rong Hong asked unwillingly: "If we mobilize and organize a comprehensive army, we can also organize an army of hundreds of thousands of people."

Xiang Zhen shook his head: "This is different. The Jing'an army of the Northern Tang Dynasty has always been in military management, and most of them have retired from the front-line troops. Over the years, the retired Northern Tang soldiers returned to the village and still have a certain amount of time to gather and practice every year. Even if these people are not as good as the front-line troops of the Northern Tang Dynasty, they are not weaker than us. If we organize such a huge team, most of them are young and strong who have not undergone military training at all, and in front of the other side, they are completely giving their heads."

"So, we must complete this battle in one month. If we cannot defeat Tu Lichun's Second Corps in one month, we will inevitably fail." Wang said affirmatively.

"One month?" Rong Hong moaned, covered his head with his hands and rubbed it constantly.

Ma Xiang and Zheng Zhe also looked extremely ugly.

"Everyone, this is our last blow. If we lose this battle, there will be no chance again. If we don't fight, we will not even have such opportunities now. So, I have made up my mind and go alone." Xiang Zhen stood up and said sternly. "So, I hope you can unite with sincerity and not hide the strength in your hands. Lingnan can produce 50,000 elite troops. Uncle Rong, where are you?"

"Fujian tried his best, but only 20,000 soldiers could take action, and he could compete with the Tang army."

"Subsisting 20,000 people."

"Gui Guan 20,000 people!"

Ma Xiang and Zheng Zhe also expressed their opinions.

"Very good, so we have 110,000 people. But General Ma, you only need to spend 10,000 people. Another thousand people have another important thing to do." Xiang Zhen nodded with satisfaction: "All the expenses of this war, including weapons and food, are all borne by our Lingnan. At the end of June, all the troops must be assembled. Everyone, are there any problems?"

The few people silently estimated the time and nodded to show their affirmation.

"In this battle, I am the head coach, General Ma is the head general of the left wing, General Zheng is the head general of the right wing, Uncle Rong, please be in charge of our logistics and you will be in charge of this matter. I think everyone will be relieved." Xiang Zhen's eyes flashed past the other people.

The logistics allocation is related to the success or failure of the front-line war. This matter is done by the respected Rong Hong, which can indeed convince everyone.

Seeing that everyone reached an agreement on a major aspect, Xiang Zhen sat down with satisfaction and said, "We have the confidence to win, but we must also be prepared for failure. Next, I will seek a way out for everyone. If things go wrong, we will have a way out."

"Where is there any way out now?" Ma Xiang smiled bitterly. "A battle will determine the winner and lose. If we lose, our heads will almost be hung on the head of Chang'an."

"I have sent someone to contact Liu Xinda." Xiang Zhen said: "Next, I am going to send another team of men to Annan first, and then continue to go south after Annan. Now Liu Xinda is doing well in Annan, and he is willing to provide us with a channel."

Everyone looked at each other.

"Mr. Ma, this time is a great migration of our families. Where can you use it as a starting base? In addition to your ten thousand elites, other families will bring one or two thousand people, bring important figures in the family, and take them south by the king. Even if we die, the family can always continue. If everything goes well in the south, we can retreat wherever we are. I don't believe that Li Ze can still chase us all the time. As long as we recover, we will have another chance to counterattack, even if it takes ten or twenty years." Xiang Zhen said.

"What conditions did Liu Xinda put forward?"

"There is only one condition, and the emperor must follow."

"He wants to hold the emperor in his hand. This dog is not giving up yet?"
Chapter completed!