Jiang Feng also wants to expand his territory.

Only if there is a territory can there be a population, and only if there is a population, can we talk about expanding military strength.

It now seems that there are already five infantry troops in Huaiyou, plus the Ya Army and the Cavalry, and the navy of the two armies. Huaiyou's troops have reached a record 20,000.

Although the naval forces of the two armies may not be useful on land, especially after the incident of Shouzhou's inclusion in Huaiyou, the Huaiyou naval forces, which were reorganized from the original Shouzhou naval forces, did not change much in essence. On the contrary, the chaotic combat effectiveness caused by Jiang Feng's takeover has declined a lot, and the reliability cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, Jiang Feng has not yet considered that the naval forces of the two armies can quickly become an arm support under his command.

The infantry and cavalry of the Fifth Army seemed to be quite a lot, but except for the First Army being considered a truly qualified strong army, the Ya Army and the Cavalry were not satisfactory. As for the combat effectiveness of the Second, Third and Fourth Army, they have not experienced real tests and baptisms until now.

Not to mention the Fifth Army, which was just formed, is far from being able to talk about combat effectiveness.

If such an army was to join the civil strife in Wu, Jiang Feng would be a little bit unable to lose money. Whether it was Xu Zhigao's direct army or the Wu army attached to Yang Pu, they were all the foundations laid by the Yang Xingmi era. This was an army that had fought against Zhu Liang and Huaibei. Even if there had not been too much war in the past few decades, it should not be underestimated. In addition, Wu was always prosperous and powerful with magic. It can be imagined that the use of magic in the Wu army would definitely be far better than other vassal families in the Central Plains, and even Nanyang might be much inferior.

Jiang Feng knew very well that the strength of an army lies in whether it could fight hard and hard. Everyone would be able to fight with the wind. However, if they could fight in unfavorable situations and adversities, this is the true manifestation of a qualified army. Now he does not think that the Huaiyou Army has this strength. At most, a small number of them have this combat power, and most of them are unknown. Jiang Feng even believed that with the combat power of these troops rashly involved, what they gain would be mistakes and embarrassment.

"Qilang, do you think this is a good time? We are big eyes and small belly. Let's get involved. With our current strength, it may be a blessing, not a blessing." Jiang Feng couldn't help but sigh. This was indeed a confusing choice.

"Lord, I understand your concern. If the number of our Huaiyou Army is relatively insufficient compared to the neighbors of Caizhou, Nanyang, Huaibei and even Ehuang, it is still insufficient. But I know what you are more worried about is the lack of quality of these troops. Except for the First Army, the other armies have not experienced decent hard battles and baptisms. You are worried that you will not be able to escape if you fall into it. But you have never thought that if we have 20,000 military strength, it is not too much, but it is not too little. If you don't let such an army grow and mature through war, will it never be reassured?"

Yang Kan's words also came to the point, which made Jiang Feng feel a little moved.

That's right, war is the best way for an army to grow. Without going through a few hard battles and bloody battles, how can the quality of an army be tested? Without these hard battles and bloody battles, an army will never be able to truly mature through training alone.

"Qilang, your words make some sense, but you have also seen that Caizhou and Nanyang may not be able to sit still. Our Huaiyou's growth makes them feel uncomfortable. The assassination method may not be available for the time being, but I am worried that they may trick others in other aspects, and may even bring about a war. Do you think we are still the time to intervene in Wu at this time? If we are attacked on both sides, we may really be in trouble."

Jiang Feng's words made Yang Kan ponder.

Caizhou and Nanyang have always been great enemies, and turning enemies into friends is impossible. So once they get involved in Wu, they cannot get out of it, and then when they smell the smell, Nanyang and Caizhou will definitely not give up this opportunity to launch a battle against Huaiyou.

Moreover, with the current combat power of the Huai You Army, there are already many shortcomings, so you may still be able to fight defensive operations, but if you fight on both sides, can you support it?

"Lord, I understand what you said, but I always feel that if the Huai You Army wants to grow up quickly, it still needs continuous war tempering." After a long time, Yang Kan said in a deep voice: "We were defending the Caizhou Army in Gushi. I think it was of great help to the growth of our Huai You Army. The battle in Shouzhou came too easily, but there was not much training."

Jiang Feng listened very seriously. Yang Kan should be the most knowledgeable and experienced general in the Huai Right Army, and his experience is even richer than himself. Jiang Feng has always attached great importance to Yang Kan's opinions.

"But after the Gushi defense war, we successively formed the second, third, fourth, fifth armies, the Ya army and the cavalry. These armies have not experienced the baptism of war. I think Nanyang and Caizhou army will be our great enemies in the future. If our Huaiyou Army cannot grow up quickly, it will be difficult to resist the reorganization of the Nanyang army and Caizhou army. The battle against Wu should be the best whetstone for our army. Even if we cannot take over a state, we should train troops through this battle, let alone the wealth of Wu. Even if we cannot defeat the territory for a while, we can still gain something."

Jiang Feng heard some other meanings in Yang Kan's words.

Yang Kan probably wanted to prepare to polish the Huai Right Army by fighting to support the war, and take the initiative to attack according to the situation. Whether joining the side supporting Xu Zhigao or Yang Pu, Huai You would not be involved in the Wu war without his name, and even ask for rewards from both sides.

At present, the Huaiyou Army's 20,000 troops have put Huaiyou's finances in an extremely tense state. Without the financial support of Persian Hu merchants such as Karim and Nashin, Huaiyou's finances have collapsed.

But even so, the most important factor in Huaiyou Finance is extremely ischemia is to win the first priority. Considering that Shouzhou is to build it into Huaiyou's foundation in the future, and to include Shouzhou in the system as soon as possible, it did not adopt the initial robbery method of Umeda's two families, which means that it was unable to get the most realistic income from Shouzhou, which is the biggest hole in Huaiyou Finance.

The entire Huaiyou senior management is well aware of this. As long as he wins the two major Umeda companies, he can make up for the big hole in Huaiyou's finances in the short term. However, if the Umeda companies moves, it means that Shouzhou will be in a state of turmoil in a short period of time. This is something that Jiang Feng doesn't want to see, so he chose to give Umeda and let them cooperate.

The Umeda and the two families also realized this, which made Shouzhou seem relatively calm now. Otherwise, they would have been able to make a profit for a while, but what they left was a mess, which would not help control this territory at all.

Yang Kan was also very clear about the difficulties of the Huai You Army now. From another perspective, Jiang Feng was not willing to intervene in the Wu war, because the Huai You Finance could not support this war at all, so Yang Kan had the idea of ​​using war to support the war.

But Jiang Feng knew that fighting is not that simple. If you don’t want to leave a bad reputation, the early expenses will still be quite large.

However, Yang Kan's words still touched Jiang Feng. In the civil strife in Wu, whether it was Xu Zhigao or Yang Pu, as long as the Huai Youjun expressed his willingness to intervene, he could find allies and reasons to intervene. This is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to train troops. Even if the Wu army, which had not fought a major battle for decades, still had the foundation, Jiang Feng felt that it could not be compared with the Caizhou army. This should be the most suitable training target.

If the degree of involvement can be controlled, Yang Kan's suggestions may be worth a try.

However, before that, Jiang Feng felt that there were some other things to do.

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Shuzhou, Huaining.

The Anhui River slowly flowed southward from the east of the city, and several fishing boats docked, and the fish teeth were already busy meeting them. The noise gradually rose on the pier, and more fishing boats docked one after another, and the entire pier began to become lively.

The water volume of Anhui River is not large, but from the southern foot of Mount Huo, all the way south, there are many swamps, lakes and squashes connected to them, extending for more than a hundred miles. Many lakes and squashes are good fishing grounds. They have to turn east until thirty miles away, and go east all the way, injecting river water into the mouth of Anhui River.

When Hou Chen came out of the inn located not far from the east pier in the city, he couldn't help but stretch.

It has been three days since I came to Shuzhou for three days, but I still haven't seen the real owner, but he is not in a hurry, because he firmly believes that the more leisurely he is, the more restless the other party will be. He has this confidence when the pressure is on the other party.

After "grabbing" this opportunity from Lord Sima, Hou Chen has been thinking about how to complete this task.

Wu Wentang provided him with a lot of information, but in order to complete the task, Hou Chen knew that he had to act according to the opportunity.

To be honest, Hou Chen didn't know that the wife of the defender and the commander had such a relationship with the Zhou family in Shuzhou. However, it was normal to say that the Xu family in Guangzhou had been destroyed. A prominent family like the Zhou family in Shuzhou would naturally not let his eldest son marry a devastating woman whose family had been destroyed.

But probably no one thought that the defensive and defending commander would rise rapidly after the Xu family fell. Now maybe something should happen.

Before he came, the fourth and fifth armies of Huaiyou had already advanced to the Shucheng line from Huoshan to Luzhou, which was only a few dozen miles away from Tong'an County in Shuzhou. Of course, in name, it was to clear the remnants of ant thieves, but in fact, the ant thieves from Han Baling's tribe had long crossed the river from Tongyang to enter Xuanzhou to rage.
Chapter completed!