Everyone present fell silent.

As a general, you may only need to consider the military and war matters, but as the most strategic planner, Cui Shang needs to consider the balance between the military and war and Huaiyou's comprehensive strength.

In Cui Shang's opinion, Huaiyou is already running rapidly now, and there is a situation that cannot be controlled, and he can no longer expand aimlessly.

Think about it, more than two years ago, Huaiyou had only one county, but what about now?

If an agreement with Li Bing and others is reached, the two prefectures of Lu Hao will be assigned to Huaiyou, five and a half prefectures, twenty counties, and more than two million people.

The newly included Luzhou alone has a population of nearly one million. It has not been poisoned by ants and has a huge gentry. It has always been Yang Pu's base. It will take a long-term process to gradually eliminate Yang Pu's influence.

From the current point of view, the war between the ant thief and Li Bing is inevitable, which gives Huaiyou a chance to breathe and a chance to manage the Luhao two prefectures well.

According to Cui Shang's presupposition, if Li Bing and the ant thief could last for half a year to a year, then the Lu Hao and the two states could be completely stabilized. He had the means to divide and disintegrate the gentry and noble families in Luzhou, but this was a job that would be ineffective if he wanted, and being too hasty would only lead to a rebound.

Yang Kan's petty eyes Cui Shang knew very well that these military leaders had uncontrollable expansion minds, and Cui Shang had already mentioned this to Jiang Feng in a vague way.

Any control of Duliangshan is a trick to fool people. Once Duliangshan is controlled, the next step will be to take down Xuyi, which has not many defenders. Once Xuyi is taken down, it means that Huai's right hand extends into Chuzhou, which will not only arouse Li Bian's vigilance, but will also face the ants thieves directly.

Perhaps at this time, Li Bing would even hold a supportive attitude and let Huaiyou go directly to conflict with the ant thief, but what is the significance of this to Huaiyou?

What if you take down a county in Xuyi?

Could it be that if you control Xuyi, you can take over the entire Chuzhou?

This is almost an incomplete task for Huaiyou now.

"Your Majesty, now we do not lack territory, population, or even military sources. What we lack is time. A time for us to integrate and digest new territory, reorganize and train new troops, and sort out various complex and unfinished governance systems within us. Think about it, even if the Luhao two prefectures are included in our rule, we must reorganize and adjust the official structures of these two prefectures and eight counties, as well as the two counties in Nanyingzhou, so that they can use them for us, and replace what cannot be used. This is an extremely complicated process. If you are not careful, it will cause many unpredictable things."

Cui Shang's earnest advice moved everyone present.

Everyone still understands this principle if you greedy for too much and can't chew it. Before, I thought that after Shouzhou was included, it seemed to be smoothly integrated. However, this is based on the strong cooperation of the three surnames of Shouzhou. What about now?

Luzhou is not that simple, and Haozhou actually requires the Huaiyou Army to not enter the prefecture to govern Zhongli City. All these mean that the Luhao and the two states are not as easy to swallow in like Shouzhou.

"Bai Ling makes sense. I was a little arrogant before." Jiang Feng's expression was full of thoughtful expressions. "Order Zhang Ting that the Fourth Army can only stay in Zhaoyi and not take a step outside Haozhou. We cannot stimulate Li Bing and the ant thief now, otherwise it will only make the other side secretly happy."

Yang Kan was a little regretful and frowned, "Your Majesty, I think this opportunity must not be missed. If everyone in Chuzhou thinks it is Li Bing's base or it will stimulate ant thieves, what about Chu'an and Chu'an? Can we consider letting Li Bing withdraw from Chu'an and Chu'an?"

Yang Kan's words made Cui Shang roll his eyes and gasp for a while, but he didn't know how to refute it for a while. This was simply eating in a bowl and seeing it in the pot. He had just cut off his intention to reach into Chuzhou, and he had the idea of ​​Chuzhou again. Is he really treating Li Bing Donghai and the 100,000 troops in Zhenhai as nothing?

"Bai Ling, don't be upset. I'm not singing a stage play with you. Chuzhou is indeed the foundation of Li Bing. It makes sense that you can't stimulate the other party. However, Chu and Chu are small and have always belonged to the Yang family territory. When they are eager to return to the army, they may not have much confidence to defend Chu and Chu. For Li Bing, the four states of Chu Yang and Runchang are the places he must get, and the rest are insignificant. I think we can use this point here."

Yang Kan's words slightly eased the tense atmosphere. Cui Shang didn't say much, but turned his eyes to Jiang Feng. In his opinion, the most important thing now is to reach an agreement as soon as possible to avoid being too complicated and not bothering to fight against Yang Kan, the "rogue".

"This matter can be mentioned when negotiating with Li Bing. Well, that is, the whereabouts of Yang Pu's clan are here to discuss. Bailing, I know you don't want to be complicated, but Qilang's opinion is not unreasonable. It's fine for Chuzhou, but I think we can fight with Hezhou." Jiang Feng's eyes had a little more wise light, "Li Bing of Yang Pu's clan must be in his hands, but we need to ensure the safety of Yang Pu's clan. There are many details here that need to be discussed in detail. I believe we can find mutually acceptable points, such as using Hezhou to guarantee the safety of Yang Pu's clan,..."

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Yang Pu collapsed in the Hu chair, his face was so blue and white, his lips were trembling, he wanted to say something, but he was hoarse, and almost a sound floating out of hell: "Is this Jiang Feng's reply?"

"Your Majesty, we can no longer stand it. The East Hai Army and the Zhenhai Army have even launched a night battle. The soldiers have suffered a lot of losses. There are only 10,000 people coming from Huaiyou, which is useless. Moreover, Huaiyou is unwilling to tear apart with Li Bing." The old man with a sad face sighed and sat aside, looking at Yang Xun, Yang Che and a general who had been silent from time to time.

"Brother Xun, Brother Che, what do you think?"

King Yang Xun of Xin'an, King Yang Che of Dehua, and Yang Pu's two younger brothers, Yang Xun seemed to be shrinking into a ball under the eyes of his brother. He stuttered for a long time before he said, "Brother Wang, if we can save our clan's life, it would be a good result. But how can Jiang Feng ensure our safety? The traitor must have wanted us but refused to give up."

He never had much hope for his younger brother who was doing wedding banquets all day long. Yang Pu's eyes fell on Yang Che, "Brother Che, you say!"

"What the fourth brother said makes sense. The reason why Li Bing refused to retreat was that he must have wanted to win brother Wang and our clan. Only by holding us can he ensure that he will firmly sit in Wu in the future. Huaiyou's strength is not enough to make Li Bing retreat. I don't know how Jiang Feng can do this."

Yang Che's attitude is much clearer, and he also believes that the situation is no longer possible to reverse.

Especially after the envoy of Jiang Feng entered the city, the news soon leaked, and the morale of the defenders in the city declined. It can be said that if the Donghai Army and Zhenhai Army launched another attack, the city would be broken in one day. However, Li Bing must have received the envoy from Huaiyou, so he would temporarily quit.

"Xuanzi, where are you?" Yang Pu looked at the general who did not say a word. This was the general Yang Pu trusted most. Zhou Wang, the son of Zhou Yin, was also one of the three small heavenly powerhouses in Yang Pu's camp.

"I swear to guard the Lord to the death. No matter where the Lord goes, I will be determined."

Yang Pu sighed. Zhou Wang was a dead soldier, but not a qualified general. It might be fine to let him charge and win the enemy into the army, but if he wanted to lead the army and plan, it would be inferior.

"Well, then you can talk to Jiang Feng's envoys, see what they mean, I'm going to rest."

Suddenly, Yang Pu felt like he had lost all his energy and wanted to find a place to have a good sleep. When he woke up, maybe everything had been finalized. Maybe he would work hard on these things every day, whether he was dead or alive, so they could decide.

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When she returned to the mansion, Yang Xun felt like she had taken it off.

Although he didn't know what his future was, he really didn't want to face everything. He couldn't help but sigh, "What's the matter on the horns of a snail?" He was so disgusted with these continuous wars. He just wanted to find a quiet and peaceful place, drinking freely, writing poetry, and refining alchemy. What kind of prosperity in the throne is false to him.

"Prince, I'm back so early today, but is there any good news?" Like the sound of heaven in the Kong Valley, a delicate and lively voice sounded behind Yang Xun. Yang Xun had already touched the bird cage and put it down again, "Rui'er."

"I seem to feel much more relaxed when watching the prince, but is there anything good?" The swaying phoenix head hairpin was inserted into the towering three-ring flying bun. After a gift, the woman stood up and walked over.

"Good things? Can there be any good things now?" Yang Xun grinned in self-deprecatingly, "Any good or bad thing needs to be decided anyway. I don't know what the future will be like."

"Ah?" The woman frowned slightly, her snow-white and moist face became a little more surprised, and she wanted to speak but stopped.
Chapter completed!