Yang Kan also laughed.

Thinking about it, when I was recruited by Jiang Feng in Bianliang, I had ambitions to plan the world, but I was still very clear-headed.

It would be very difficult to think that it would be possible to take down the 朱zhou in Jiang Feng's sketch and establish it within three to five years.

Unexpectedly, in just over a year, the reclaiming of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and Huoshan counties was also unfolding in an orderly manner. The Hanzhou army suddenly became the fourth army, and now it has taken down Shouzhou, which is known as the domineering spirit in history books. It feels like a dream when thinking about it.

But when he heard the words of this lord, he was obviously not satisfied. The meaning he revealed was that he was making fun of himself as soon as he was happy, which made Yang Kan feel very moved.

"Erlang, if you want to say that someone does not want to compete for the world, of course you will not admit it, but we have to consider that Shouzhou does have the aura of dominance, but the premise is that we have to digest this piece of fat." Yang Kan carefully said.

"It is of course a good thing that the Shouzhou naval army has not been damaged, but from another perspective, the combat effectiveness of an army is largely based on the improvement of the officer system and the skillful training of soldiers. If the Shouzhou naval army wants to use it for us, it must change generals and change people. This will inevitably have a great impact on the entire naval army. How long does its combat effectiveness take to recover? Some are not familiar with water wars and have no way to judge, but some think that their requirements for this aspect may be higher than those of the infantry."

Yang Kan's analysis is quite objective and accurate.

The naval system is different from the infantry and cavalry systems. The combat effectiveness of the naval army is reflected in the maneuverability, transportation and delivery capabilities of the ships, and the water strike capabilities, which are also different from the traditional close combat methods of infantry and cavalry.

Navy soldiers need to coordinate with ships to exert their comprehensive combat effectiveness, such as traditional strike weapons such as bows and crossbows, poles, and angle collisions, as well as the use of increasingly more magic weapons in water wars, especially fire magic weapons, and also include ship warfare, which requires more time to be spent in training.

In this era, the combat range of the navy was greatly restricted.

In the areas north of the Huai River and east of Jingxiang, the value of the navy is very small and negligible. In the areas south of the Huai River and east of Jingxiang, the combat effectiveness of the navy is more reflected in the rivers along the rivers, on both sides of the canals and around the lakes and marshes.

However, along the rivers, rivers, canals, and around lakes and marshes, there are often places with abundant fish and rice, with a relatively rich economy, developed commerce and trade circulation, and a great reliance on water transportation, so the value of the navy is reflected in this.

Especially in areas around rivers and canals, such as Yunmengze, Dongting Lake, Pengli Lake, Taihu Lake, Danyang Lake, and Chaohu Lake, the value of naval army is even more important.

Jiang Feng valued the navy so much, and his goal was obvious, obviously not Huaibei, but Huainan Wu.

This place is located between the Jianghuai River and Huai River, and there are canals and canals. In addition, large lakes distributed on both sides of the river, such as Chaohu, Taihu and Danyang Lake, have rivers and canals. The surrounding areas are home to fish and rice, and are rich in silk tea and grain.

As long as there is a naval fleet that has always been strong enough, it can enter the river from the Huai River, and even enter all the lakes in it, radiating to the coastal areas of the lake. The entire Jianghuai region will be included in it, and its importance is self-evident.

"Qilang, what you said is that the navy must be in our hands, but I think it can be handled flexibly by changing generals." Jiang Feng obviously also considered this issue.

"The First Army of Shouzhou, the Second Army has clear barriers to the officers and soldiers. The First Army is mainly the children of the Mei family, while the Second Army is mainly the children of the Tian family. However, their training methods and degrees are similar, and their combat effectiveness is similar. If we can disrupt the officers and soldiers, it may cause discomfort for a period of time, but under the same training methods and combat procedures, I think their recovery speed needs to be much faster than we imagined."

Jiang Feng's words surprised Yang Kan, but after thinking about it, I felt that there was a certain reason.

In fact, the training system of the First Army and the Second Army in Shouzhou are basically the same. Most of the soldiers come from shipwrecks along the Huai River or fishermen in Shaopi. The only difference is that the officers who control them are the Mei family and the Tian family.

In other words, as long as these officers are exchanged properly, the influence can be minimized. In terms of control over this army, because the officers belong to the two families of Umeda, they do not expect to collude and join forces to achieve the effect of mutual supervision, which is more beneficial to Jiang Feng.

"Erro, from the current situation, the Umeda family is unlikely to collude with us, but it is impossible to rule out that there may be changes in the specific environment in the future. I always feel that this method is difficult to reassure us."

Yang Kan said his inner thoughts.

The situation in Shouzhou, Xuzhou and Guangzhou are different.

The two states of Guangxi were both basic for Jiang Feng and the original Gushi Army, especially after the Xu family had merged with Jiang Feng into one, the only uncertainty factor was eliminated.

Foreign generals like Yang Kan, Ding Man, Zhang Ting and others basically came naked. Even if they recruited a group of old army officers and soldiers, they were mostly scattered among the original Guangsheng Army and the Dragon and Tiger Army. To be honest, there were not many direct subordinates who belonged to Yang Kan, Ding Man and Zhang Ting.

In other words, the direct personal dependence relationship between them was very weak. After coming to the place of Wenzhou, ordinary soldiers, sergeant commanders, and the most grassroots soldiers were also locals, and later they were refugees from Yingboshou and the three prefectures of Yingboshou, so this army was very loyal to Jiang Feng.

The Shouzhou Army was different. They had a clear partner of allegiance before. Although they belonged to two families, before that, they were all unified under the banner of the Shouzhou Army and were basically consistent in their thoughts.

If there is no major adjustment to its internal internal adjustments now and just simply exchange the officers of the two armies, they will rashly delegate power in this case. Once the Mei family reaches a certain transaction under specific circumstances and form a consensus, it may cause unexpected disasters.

If there is a large-scale adjustment within it, firstly, Jiang Feng does not have the appropriate generals and officers familiar with water wars, and secondly, this adjustment will definitely affect the formation of the navy's combat power, which is something Jiang Feng doesn't want to see.

I have to say that Yang Kan's words make sense, and it was a bit beyond Jiang Feng's expectations to capture Shouzhou in this way.

In other words, Shouzhou fell into his hands so quickly, beyond Jiang Feng's expectations.

Although he was always preparing to take down Shouzhou, Jiang Feng even felt that he and even the Xuzhou were not ready to accept Shouzhou. However, this opportunity was once a lifetime, and he had to take over without hesitation if he was not ready.

But now that Shouzhou has been taken over, how to digest it is a problem.

As Yang Kan guessed, Jiang Feng coveted the land of Wu in Huainan.

The situation in Wu has entered the stage of cooking oil with fire. According to the information feedback from the intelligence system, the conflict between King Yang Pu of Wu and Xu Zhigao and the faction of the same party, Xu Zhigao, had reached a tense point, and Xu Zhigao had also sharpened his sword and was ready to attack Yang Pu. Yang Pu's men were also secretly contacting the place to prepare for a showdown with Xu Zhigao.

If there is no accident, it would be a high probability that Yang Xu would turn against him this year. Moreover, Jiang Feng suspected that the main force of the ant thief Qin Quan has been raging in Huaibei and could not stay there and would not cross the river for a long time, so he was also looking at this opportunity.

Once Yang Xu turned against him, the two sides fought hard, but they were afraid that Qin Quan would immediately cross the river and get a share of the pie, and even the Qian family of Yue in the east would join in.

At this point, if our side still does not move, it would be a pity to waste such opportunities. So Jiang Feng even felt that it would be difficult to get out of Shouzhou. He would rather bypass Shouzhou and take straight to Luzhou and Haozhou and take down these two states first. By that time, Shouchun would be an isolated city, and he would not be afraid that it would fly.

But now that Shouzhou has been taken down, that's another matter. How to integrate the power of the Shouzhou army into the Hanzhou army and maximize its performance in the upcoming Huainan Battle of Hegemony is an urgent problem that needs to be solved at the moment.

The land of Wu in Huainan is located in the ten states, and several surrounding states are attached to the Wu Kingdom, which can be regarded as the dominant position in Jiangnan. If it were not for the dispute between the monarch and ministers of Yang Xu, or the era of Yang Xingmi, it would have been natural to unify the entire Jiangnan.

But now Yang Xu's rebellion is bad news for the Wu Kingdom, but it gives the surrounding vassal forces a great opportunity. Almost everyone stared at this endless situation and saw when the fight started.

Jiang Feng also hoped that this Wu domestic chaos would come later, so that he could have more time to digest the three states of Guangxu and integrate the power of it, but it was obvious that the current situation would not develop according to his hopes.

Even Yang and Xu also knew that once both sides turned against each other, the surrounding vassals would definitely take the opportunity to join in and take advantage of the situation, but they could not stop.

Both Yang Pu and Xu Zhigao knew very well that for both of them, they might have a life of living in the hands of the surrounding vassals, but when they fell into the hands of each other, they would definitely have a dead end. This is the cruelty of civil strife.

It is precisely because of this that both Yang and Xu were doing their best to make final preparations and were also seeking help from the outside. Even Shouzhou also received a letter from Yang Pu, requiring the Tian family to prepare for the two armies to join the Yang family after Yang Xu started the war.

This situation was also learned by Jiang Feng from Tian Chunrong.

For Tian, ​​Jiang Feng's side took over Shouzhou's defense was also a good thing in a sense. At least Tian didn't need to worry about whether to send troops to join the Wu civil war or how many troops were sent.
Chapter completed!