Thinking of this, Liang Zan couldn't help but want to tear open the armor on his chest to relieve his irritability. What should I do?

He was not without precautions. In fact, when the ant thief left Yingzhou east, he realized the seriousness of the problem and began to send targeted scouts and detailed works to Caizhou. However, the news he received was always as expected, but this expectation was the least unwilling for him to see.

He even felt that it would be safer for ant thieves to stay in Yingzhou than now. At least Caizhou had to consider that if he wanted to advance to Yingzhou, he would need to fight the thieves. But now the thieves left, leaving a mess. Caizhou was not for Yingzhou's people and wealth, they were about to come for the land of Yingzhou.

The troops in Caizhou have become increasingly dense in the past two or three months, and the signs of moving eastward are very obvious. The troops in Xincai and Baoxin have increased at least three times.

According to the news from the scouts, Xincai had at least six troops stationed by Caizhou, and Baoxin also stationed at least three troops, which means that the Caizhou army had moved a small half of its troops eastward to the line bordering Yingzhou.

This was unimaginable in the past. You should know that Caizhou has always been a great enemy, and its main elite troops must be placed in Xiping in the east and Yancheng in the north. On the Shangcai line, there has been a big turn, and its ambitions are obvious.

But the reality before him is that the troops in his hands cannot resist the Caizhou army at all. Unless the reinforcements of Xuzhou arrive, there will be only one way to be defeated.

After thinking about it, Liang Zan couldn't think of a solution, how could he not be confused?

"Sir." A somewhat feminine voice interrupted Liang Zan's thoughts.

He was Gu Hua, Gu Ziteng, the Sima of Yingzhou. He also served as the commander of the Eighth Army of the Left Army. He was his most capable arm and his own direct line.

"Huh?" If someone else had changed to someone else, this situation interrupted his own thoughts. Liang Zan had been furious and wanted to let someone drag him down and beat the military stick. But Gu Hua was different, Liang Zan still valued this person.

"Sir, are you worried about the threat of Caizhou?" Gu Hua had a slender figure and a fair face, just like a woman, but his eyes, which were slightly squinting under his long eyebrows, flashed with cold light. After watching, people knew that it was not Yi and him.

"How isn't it? Yuan's troops stationed Xincai, Bao Xin, and Sima Zhao's heart is well known. Our army is not strong enough, but Xuzhou reinforcements have not been released for a long time. How can we respond?" Liang Zan breathed a breath, leaned his body against the Hu chair, and said in a muffled voice.

"Sir, the reinforcements in Xuzhou are probably not being delayed, but not being able to send them." Gu Hua's voice was slow and cold.

"Oh? Why did Ziteng say this?" Liang Zan's heart tightened. In fact, he knew a little bit about what Gu Hua meant, but he subconsciously refused to believe it.

"Sir, you should see that there is no extra motorized force in Xuzhou now, and Haizhou Sizhou is still raging with ant thieves. Although we all know that ant thieves are unlikely to stay in Huaibei for too long, they have not left after all. Huaibei can only struggle to maintain it now. If my judgment is correct, Xuzhou is planning to give up Yingzhou or even Bozhou." Gu Hua's words did not have any emotional colors, and they were particularly cold and calm.

Liang Zan's hand tightly grasped the armrest of his Hu Chair, trying his best to control his emotions and prevent him from losing his composure to pinch the armrest into powder. However, the green air passing through his face and slightly bulging eyes exposed his mood at this moment.

Gu Hua's words have picked up this embarrassing topic. Will Xuzhou give up Yingzhou or even Bozhou?

Let’s not worry about Bozhou for the time being, it is closer to Xuzhou. It is estimated that Xuzhou depends on the situation to see if it can be preserved. Yingzhou may just plan to give up directly.

I'm afraid Xuzhou's idea is to protect Bozhou now. If even Bozhou cannot be preserved, then he can only protect Xuzhou. After all, Xuzhou is the foundation, and Haizhou and Sizhou are also more important than Yingbo and Bo. Moreover, in terms of geographical location, it is located in the rear and is easier to guard.

The reason why Xuzhou did not want to give up Yingzhou itself was probably to let itself hold Ruyin City and consume Caizhou soldiers. If the Caizhou army attacked Ruyin in this way, it would also undermine the spirit of Caizhou army, which would be more conducive to defending Bozhou.

The air in the hall was almost stagnant, so depressing that it was breathless.

In addition to Liang Zan and Gu Hua, they also influenced Lu Tong, the commander of the Ninth Army of the Left Army, and Jiao Xiang, the chief of Yingzhou. These people are all Liang Zan's confidants. Lu Tong is from the Xiacai common people, while Jiao Xiang is from the Jiao clan of the Ruyin clan, and they are all natives from Yingzhou.

"Assimilation, what do you think Ziteng said?" After taking a deep breath, Liang Zan rubbed his cheeks so that his face would not be too stiff, but his tone was already a little cold and hard.

"Sir, I'm afraid what Brother Zi Teng said is true." Lu Tong and Gu Hua were different, and his tone was much more tactful: "The Jiedushi may not be able to match the strength. The Haisi and Si states are still occupied by ants, and Xuzhou is facing the threat of Daliang. It is indeed difficult to ask the Jiedushi to send troops to help our Yingzhou. For the sake of the present, we can only rely on ourselves."

Gu Hua is not from Huaibei, but from Rencheng, Yanzhou. He has been a chivalrous since he was a child. Later, he became a powerful army and grew up step by step. He has always been Liang Zan's confidant, so he didn't have so much scruples when speaking.

Lu Tong was born into a local commoner. He once worked as a thief in Mount Tai and Yimeng Mountains. Later, because of his excellent martial arts skills and great reputation among the thief, he was recruited by Liang Zan.

"Rely on ourselves? Assimilating brothers is not to increase the prestige of others or destroy our ambitions. How is the morale of our two armies? How is the baggage guarantee? We know it well, Yingshang, hum,..."

Gu Hua did not continue, but everyone here knew that Liang Zan was very worried about the Seventh Army of the Zuoxiang Army stationed in Yingshang, so he transferred the Ninth Army back to Ruyin and let the Seventh Army station in Yingshang to prevent civil strife in Ruyin from occurring once the Caizhou army attacked.

Everyone here was bitter, there were no reinforcements outside, and the morale was low inside. In addition, there was insufficient supplies and food, and the seventh army that was supporting the Yingshang was not very reliable. How could Yingzhou defend?

"Zhima, what do you think?" Liang Zan's eyes turned to Jiao Xiang.

The Jiao family where Jiao Xiang is located is a large family of Ruyin. Even though Liang Zan served as the governor of Yingzhou for many years and had a stable power, he still had to be treated with the Jiao family. Moreover, the Jiao family has been cooperating with Liang Zan over the years, so Liang Zan also relied heavily on Jiao Xiang.

"Sir, I'm frank, if we rely on ourselves, it would be difficult to resist the invasion of Caizhou. As you said just now, we also hope that Caizhou will abide by the covenant, but we all know the nature of Yuan's family. We must count on it not to invade, just like expecting a wolf to not eat sheep." Jiao Xiang stroked the few beards under his jaw, and his yellow cheeks were also covered with wrinkles. "If there is no foreign aid, Yingzhou will lose!"

Foreign aid?! Everyone present could hear the implicit meaning of the words.

Of course, the foreign aid at this time does not refer to Xuzhou, it is called domestic aid.

Looking around, there are no bordering external forces except Daliang and Huaiyou.

But if Daliang had no intention of letting Caizhou get involved in Yingzhou, he would not need to send troops at all. He just needed to clearly express his attitude to Caizhou. I am afraid that Caizhou would not dare to invade Yingzhou. Once Caizhou has launched troops now, it would obviously have received Daliang's approval and even support.

Apart from Daliang, there is only Huaiyou.

Huaiyou and Huaibei have no relationship, and their relationship is very cold. Especially Huaiyou took advantage of the ant thieves who were rampant in Yingbo and accepted refugees from Yingbo to reclaim wasteland, which made Huaibei extremely dissatisfied.

However, at that time, Huaibei's main energy was focused on dealing with the attack of ant thieves, so naturally he had no intention of asking about it.

The situation is slightly stable now, and the consequences of Yingbo and the two prefectures have gradually emerged.

The two states of the Qingshou, which had obtained hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ying-Bo and the two states of Ying-Bo, were able to recover their vitality. In addition, the natural conditions of the two states of the Qingshou are better than those of Ying-Bo and the two states of Ying-Bo are even more vivid. Compared with the depression and destruction of Ying-Bo and the desolation of Ying-Bo and the hearts of the people in charge of Ying-Bo and the people in Ying-Bo and the people in charge of Ying-Bo and the people in charge of Ying-Bo and the people.

"Zhima, are you talking about Huaibei?" Liang Zan's face was a little gloomy and his tone was not very good.

"Sir, I know that Huaiyou is not a good person, but now if we want to use our strength to resist Caizhou, then there will be only Huaiyou's family." Jiao Xiang sighed.

He also had a bad impression of Huaiyou.

The policy of prosecuting land in the three prefectures of Guangxishou was obviously aimed at the prestigious families in various places, and at the same time, the land was enfeoffed to the officers and soldiers of the Huaiyou Army, which won the morale of Jiang Feng.

Although a large number of gentry in the two states of Shishou were killed due to the ant thief rebellion, the land was quite abundant, so this contradiction did not intensify to an unbearable level.

In addition, Shouzhou itself is the leading commercial port in the middle of the Huai River, with extremely developed commerce. Jiang Feng is also vigorously promoting the development of industry and commerce, such as rebuilding Shouzhou Kiln, attracting capital from Guanzhong, and reclaiming the monopoly rights of tea, salt, iron and wine, and relaxing it. The method of exchanging industrial and commercial privileges for land also made the gentry and prominent families in Guangxushou and other prefectures reluctantly accept this reality, which stabilized the situation in Huaiyou.

However, in the long run, this guy who came from a poor family, who was a white-born man and relied on the military leaders as a backer was not friendly to the gentry and prominent family. This can be seen from the fact that the generals and civil servants under him were basically all illegitimate children from Daliang, or they were either from a destitute gentry.

If the Yuan family in Caizhou could really promise to ensure that the interests of the prestigious family of Yingzhou were not harmed, Jiao Xiangning would allow the Yuan family to enter, at least the Yuan family had won the support of the local He family in Southern Chenzhou.

However, Yuan's actions in Guangzhou made the Yingzhou tribe dare not rest assured.

Caizhou suffered huge losses in the first battle last year. If Yingzhou was taken down, would it take a layer of the prestigious families of Yingzhou to make up for their losses? No one can guarantee this.
Chapter completed!