Xu Ning smiled, "Do you really care so much about my safety? You never mentioned it before."

Jiang Feng was suffocated.

People's hearts are full of flesh. As he said, although Xu Ning has become more scheming and has a greater desire for political power, he is ultimately thinking about himself, the Gushi Army and the Zhou army. Now she has given up her former fantasy for the revival of the Xu family and has begun to accept reality. What reason does she have to neglect and make things difficult for the other party?

After a haha, Jiang Feng glared at Xu Ning, "Don't be too greedy, just know, safety is the first priority. If the situation in Guangzhou is not clear, it will not be clear if I come back from Chang'an. There are always some people who have unrealistic fantasies, so be careful."

"Okay, I understand. Also, the procuratorate and local inspection operations in Huoshan have started in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The county magistrate and county magistrate are temporarily responsible for the procuratorate, but the matter has not been settled. The ant thief has gone south. What are your plans for Shouzhou?"

Xu Ning finally asked another question about her coming to see her off today.

She knew that the reason why Jiang Feng attached so much to Xuzhou was that he wanted to put Xuzhou's hands into Huainan and Jiangnan.

Compared with the strong enemies around Guangzhou, in addition to the Wu Kingdom, Huainan and Jiangnan also have many local forces such as Shuzhou, Xuanzhou, Jiangzhou and Raozhou.

If this time and space were not consumed in Wu, places like Shuzhou, Xuanzhou, Jiangzhou, and Raozhou would have been swallowed by the Wu Kingdom in one bite. However, these local forces still survived under the forces of Wu, Yue, and Fujian, which gave Jiang Feng some thoughts.

Especially when the battle between the king and minister of the Wu Kingdom is showing signs of intensification, this is a rare opportunity.

Jiang Feng had always suspected that the ant thief could not stay in Yingbo and Si prefectures, and would rather risk the fight with the Rebellion Army and would not go south. However, Han Baling's troops went south, but avoided Luzhou, the Yang family of Wu, and chose Shuzhou, which was not rich in Jiangzhou, which made his doubts even more.

If Qin Quan had such a plan, he would definitely prevent the attack and alert the snake, so that Han Baling and others could go south to avoid stimulating Wu to let go of disputes.

This also means that Qin Quan also believed that chaos in Wu was imminent, so he had to make the idea of ​​Jiangnan.

For Jiang Feng, his foundation is in Xuzhou, and his strength is far less powerful than the ant thief. So since the chaos in Wu is imminent, following the climate and making some meat soup is also a good choice.

As for whether the ant thief is capable of entering the hinterland of Wu, Jiang Feng is not sure. Although the ant thief is powerful, the Wu State is not a weak person. If it were not for the civil strife, it would not be something that the ant thief could think of.

Even in civil strife, the Wu army established by the Yang Xingmi era was not easy to chew. Moreover, the Wu and Yue region was rich, which made the magic prosperous, even better than Nanyang and Caizhou. If the ant thief thought that relying on a large number of people could kill the Wu army, it might not be able to do so.

As the ant thief moved south, the situation in Shouzhou did not change much. Tens of thousands of people from Han Baling's troops ate horses and chewed them in Shouzhou, almost ruining the entire Shouzhou into a piece of white land.

Especially when Huoqiu City was eventually captured by ant thieves, the big city in Shouzhou, second only to Shouchun, was burned to a white land. More than 50,000 gentry and people were sieged by ant thieves and massacred. Even Han Baling could not control his subordinates who were besieged for a long time but were unable to conquer the red-eyed subordinates who paid a heavy price.

Anfeng and Huoqiu, which were once known as granaries, became a tragic situation where bones were exposed in the wilderness of no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. In addition, the two counties of Huoshan were included in the Qingzhou, making Shouzhou, which was once known as the rich land of Huainan, suddenly became Xiazhou, which was left with only one weedless city.

"Xiao Ning, what do you think we should do now?" Jiang Feng also knew that Xu Ning had a natural sense of sensitivity to the current current affairs, so he asked.

"The situation in Shouzhou is also regrettable. Originally, the top treasure land was far better than that of Guangzhou and Shenzhou, but now it has fallen into such a land. However, I think it is not difficult for Shouzhou to recover its vitality. The center of Shouchun is still alive and has not been poisoned by the war. Although Anfeng and Huoqiu are now white, the three states of Ying, Bo and Si are also rampant. If the local situation can be stabilized and refugees are recruited to regain their fields in these two places, they can recover their vitality in two or three years."

Xu Ning's point of view was pertinent, and Jiang Feng nodded slightly: "What do you mean is we abandon Guangzhou and operate Shouzhou?"

"Erlang, I don't believe you can't see this. The situation in various places is chaotic nowadays, wars are getting more and more intense, and the scale of wars is getting bigger and bigger. If you want to maintain your territory, you have to strengthen the army. The biggest fundamental thing to maintain an army is to have food in your hands. Where does the grain come from? The most reliable thing is to have a base that can provide you with stable food security supply. Although Wuzhou was established, Huoshan and Yincheng were not yet discussed. Only Gushi and the prosperous Tang Dynasty can be called grain production. However, Huoqiu and Anfeng are famous granaries in the Jianghuai area. Han Baling's troops have been rampant for a year in one state, relying on the grain of these two counties to support them. If these two counties can be controlled by us, Erlang, you can expand your army with confidence without any fear of insufficient food."

Seeing Xu Ning talking so furiously, Jiang Feng couldn't bear to slam the other party's enthusiasm and asked with a smile: "Xiao Ning, then how do you think we can take these two counties into your pocket?"

Xu Ning was pausing, as if considering this issue. "Erlang, from a legal perspective, Xuzhou obviously cannot interfere in Shouzhou affairs, but this is the case in Shouzhou. Mei, Tian and Zheng families have already created huge cracks because Huoqiu was razed to the ground, and they will never be able to return to their former balance. Huaibei was also exhausted due to the rampage of ant thieves. I am afraid that they will not be able to interfere in Shouzhou affairs in the short term. The only thing that can affect Shouzhou now is the Huainan Wu Kingdom, but I feel that you seem to be waiting for something to happen to Wu Kingdom. Is this a situation?"

Jiang Feng had to be amazed at the amazing sensitivity of this woman in political sense. Without much intelligence support, he could even realize that there would be problems in Wu. Is this woman's talent?

"Well, Xiao Ning, there are indeed some problems in Wu. Maybe you know a little. The king and minister of Wu have been suspected to be a day or two. The Xu family is powerful and arbitrarily ruled the court. However, the Yang family has a strong influence in the local area. Although Yang Xingmi's people died, their remaining power is still there. They still have great influence in Luzhou, Haozhou, Hezhou, Chuzhou and other places. The Xu family's power is mainly in the lines of Yangzhou, Runzhou, Xuanzhou, and the rest of the state are at the end of the rat. In addition, Wu and Yue have always been in a bad mood, so the Xu family dare not act rashly. But now Qian Liu has just died shortly, and Yue has no time to take care of themselves. The Xu family may not be able to hold back, so..."

"So many people, including the ant thief, are waiting?" Xu Ning's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again. "It's a pity that Xuzhou is too weak now..."

"Xiao Ning, there are many people who want to attack Wu. Ant thieves are, too, Huaibei, but Huaibei has no choice but to suffer this disaster." Jiang Feng smiled, "If there is a turmoil in Wu, it will be meaningless. If there is a stalemate, I am afraid that the ant thieves, and even Yue Kingdom, will probably not miss the opportunity?"

"What about you?" Xu Ning asked with a close eye on Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng spread his hands, smiling, "You said, our Wenzhou is too weak. If you want to get a spoonful of pills, you need to have the strength. However, I was thinking that we wouldn't dare to put the spoon into the bowl, but maybe we could pick up some leaks around?"

"No wonder you have been reluctant to transfer the First Army and the Second Army to Guangzhou. I heard that you still intend to transfer the Third Army back and let the garrison troops who had just gone to Yincheng replace the Third Army. Are you trying to attack Shouzhou? But it may be difficult to take Shouzhou with the power of the two armies alone?" Xu Ningyi seemed to be unbelievable.

Jiang Feng shook his head, "Xiao Ning, I just said that we can wait at the right time. Of course we can go to the opportunity when we have it, but we don't have to force it if we are not mature. But at least we need to be prepared so that we can pull it out when we have the opportunity. The situation in Wu Kingdom is still chaotic, who can explain it clearly?"

Xu Ning sighed softly, "After all, our Xuzhou army is a little weak, but Erlang, you have done well enough, I believe you can do better."

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From Xuzhou to Chang'an, the most convenient way is to go directly from Nanyang to northwest through Wuguan, Shangzhou, Lantian and Chang'an.

This road is also the most important post road, and there are endless business trips, especially from Nanyang Jingshangzhou to Chang'an, which is also an important road connecting Guanzhong and Jingchu, the Jingchu Jianghuai River. The grain, cloth, silk, and tea from Jingchu Jianghuai River all enter Guanzhong through this road, and then enter the Western Regions and even further. Various specialties, war horses and livestock from the Western Regions will also enter the Jingchu Jianghuai River through this road.

In order to avoid attracting people, Jiang Feng had only five people on this trip. In addition to Ju Luo, Jiang Feng only brought one Su Tie, and Chu Qi would also come from Bianliang to Nanyang to wait for Jiang Feng, and then he would go to Chang'an with Jiang Feng.

Given that Jiang Feng's identity is also sensitive now, Jiang Feng has put on some makeup and his identity has become a rich young man in Huoqiu. Ju Qi will act as his concubine, and Wu Xia will go with Ju Qi as Ju Qi's maid.

Originally, Jiang Feng was negative about whether Wu Xia would go, but Ju Lun's appearance characteristics were too special and would easily attract attention if he didn't take a bus.

If you take a bus, it is like a rich concubine who has no maid, which obviously doesn't fit, so you finally decided to bring Wu Xia with you, which made Wu Xia fall asleep all night long.
Chapter completed!