After contacting Jiang Feng for so long, Yang Kan was quite familiar with what he thought. He agreed that Jiang Feng took Wu as the basic method for fighting for the Central Plains in the future.

Since the Middle Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains have suffered continuous wars, the Anshi Rebellion, and the Huangchao Rebellion, and the entire Central Plains have become in ruins. In addition, the northern Hus are moving south and invading is becoming increasingly urgent, and the invasion is like fire and chaos. In contrast, although there are wars in the south of the Yangtze River and Huai River, their scale and level of poisoning are far less than that of the Central Plains, and the people can survive.

Logically speaking, it is a good idea to take the Jianghuai and Jiangnan, especially Huaiyou, which has now had such opportunities to seize the two states of Luhao, and also have the benefits of the navy. They have the methods of advancing and retreating in the east and south. In time, they will definitely become the domineering one side.

But Jiang Feng never forgot to advance north, and even fought for the Yuan family of Caizhou, which had already shown its strength. This was difficult for most generals at Huaiyou to understand.

Only Yang Kan and Wang Miao are not the case.

Yang Kan has always been deeply wary of Hedong in the north of Daliang.

In his impression, Daliang's countless heroes and heroes had more troops than the Jin army, but they were always at a disadvantage in front of the Jin army in Hedong. Especially in the past ten years, Daliang has always been on the defensive position against Dajin. Hedong's cavalry galloped across the board and made a strategy like fire. Daliang almost always had to pay a price higher than the opponent's opponent's 20% or even 30% of the price to barely compete. This balance is increasingly tilting towards the Jin army in Hedong.

This is not just that the iron cavalry of the Hedong Jin army is stronger in combat effectiveness, but that the dusk energy and fatigue of Daliang are soaking in the arrogant Liang army in the past. Yang Kan can't imagine that Daliang will no longer be able to withstand the increasingly powerful Jin army one day. Once the Jin army gets rid of the restraint of the Tuyuhun people and the Dangxiang people, who can resist the Shatuo Iron Cavalry that is swarming south? By then, I am afraid that the Central Plains will become a boiling place.

Unlike Yang Kan, who was worried about Shatuo Jin army, Wang Miao was even more worried about the Khitans.

Unlike Yang Kan's understanding of the Shatuo people in Hedong, Wang Miao also knew the Khitans better. Especially after going to the north twice, his concern for the Khitans exceeded his family's grudges. This is also the main reason why he tried to make Jiang Feng advance north as soon as possible to occupy the favorable terrain, and this even exceeded his own private grudges.

Wang Miao was extremely shocked by the momentum of the Khitans moving south from the north in recent years.

Thirty years ago, Pingzhou, Jizhou, and Tanzhou, which could only be said to have Khitans, have now become the base camp of the Khitans. In the past, there were only a few Khitans in Youzhou, Yizhou, Cangzhou, Mozhou, Huozhou, Shenzhou, and even Jizhou and Dezhou, which only had sporadic Khitans, now there are a large number of Khitans.

They all do business here and herd horses and act like a blessing. Lu Long and Chengde's army were frightened by the current arrogance of the Khitans, and they even swallowed their anger, which further stimulated the Khitans' ambition to go south.

In Wang Miao's view, if it is not curbed as soon as possible, within ten years, the entire Heshuo will become the world of the Khitans, and within thirty years, the Khitans will go south to the entire Central Plains.

Wang Miao and Yang Kan discussed it. Both agreed that the situation in the north has deteriorated and that the Hu people are very likely to invade the Central Plains again after the Five Barbarians invasion of China, and may even be more violent than the rebellion during the Five Barbarians invasion of China. However, the biggest threats they believed were different. Yang Kan believed that the biggest enemy was still the Mobei Zahu, who was extremely vassal of the Shatuo people, while Wang Miao believed that the Khitan people had surpassed the Shatuo people and became the biggest threat to the Han people.

Based on this, both of them regarded Jiang Feng as the backbone of resisting the Hu people's invasion of the Central Plains in the future.

Neither Yang Kan nor Wang Miao are ordinary people who easily recognize people.

It can be said that their recognition and convincing Jiang Feng have a process.

Jiang Feng's courage and means convinced Yang Kan, while Jiang Feng's vision and ambition made Wang Miao admire him. It was precisely based on these factors that the two gradually developed confidence in Jiang Feng, believing that Jiang Feng is definitely one of the most favorable competitors of the overlord of the Middle Earth and worthy of their followers. Otherwise, how could they give up their own conditions and join Jiang Feng without hesitation, and work hard for him to live.

Jiang Feng has been considering this issue too.

It is absolutely undesirable to be in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River. Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty in his previous life was a typical example. He was destroyed by the Zhao Song Dynasty and even had to worship his wives and concubines. However, Zhao Song was defeated by the two Hu regimes in the north in the Liao and Jin Dynasties. In the end, both kings had to be imprisoned. It can be seen that the principle of being able to control the northern border is not violated. It can be even possible to continuously expand the territory of the Middle Land by attacking instead of defending to ensure the safety of Central China.

However, to compete for hegemony in the northern region, the strength of Huaiyou alone is far from enough. Facts have proved that if you want to compete for hegemony in the Central Plains, or to gain strategic advantages over the northern Hu tribe, it is not enough to have strong military strength or strong economic foundation. You must have strong comprehensive strength in order to gain the upper hand in the war against the northern Hu tribe.

The war against the Huns in the Han Dynasty was a model. If it weren’t for the strong accumulation of strength brought about by the Wen and Jing rule, how could Liu Che have launched wars against the Huns continuously? But if he had strong economic strength but did not transform into military strength, then once the time reversed, waiting for you would still be destined to perish.

Military strength needs to be accumulated by economic strength, and economic strength needs to be transformed into military strength to reflect. This is the true meaning of the undefeated struggle in this troubled era.

Therefore, the reason why Jiang Feng chose to take over Shouzhou and Luhao was that as long as he took over these three prefectures, the Huainan granary and Huaiyou Commercial Port with Shouzhou, Luzhou and Haozhou as the core would be firmly in his own hands.

There are crisscrossing waterways, numerous lakes and marshes, developed transportation, and prosperous industry and commerce. They can provide a strong grain and money foundation for themselves to fight for the Central Plains in the future. Especially, the lifeblood of food, which is related to fate in this era, is in his own hands. As long as there is enough food, Jiang Feng can obtain a steady stream of troops. Even if he suffers one or two heavy damage, he will have the capital to make a comeback.

Now this step has stabilized. He believes that in the short term, neither the ant thief nor Li Bing will be able to provoke him. At least not before they decide the outcome. The local area of ​​Shouzhou, Luzhou, Haozhou, and even Guang and Wuzhou will usher in a period of stable development. In other words, in the future, the wars of Huaiyou will be outside these five prefectures and will not affect the local area. This can make these five prefectures safely build a rear base supporting the Huaiyou Army.

Now, it's time to plot against Xuzhou.

"Your Majesty, if we can take Xuzhou, we can be invincible in the future battle of the Central Plains." Yang Kan thought for a while before he said quietly: "Your Majesty asked Zhuang Yongsheng to go north, I'm afraid he is planning for this?"

"Qilang, do you think we are taking this step too fast?" Jiang Feng asked back without answering his question.

"Let go first, it's better than leaving later." Yang Kan shook his head, "Maybe Shi's family is weaker than we imagined. Some giants seem powerful, but as long as they poke the surface, you will find that it is actually vulnerable. I think Huaibei is such a giant with its appearance. This can be seen from their performance in Yingzhou. Shang Yunliu is still a powerful person in the small heavenly position. One or two thousand people were beaten to the point of falling. His performance was even worse than Zhuang Yongsheng. How could this make people feel sorry for him? I blushed for him!"

Yang Kan's words were full of disdain and resentment. He was obviously depressed by the War of Rebellion Army in the Battle against Caizhou Army. You should know that the War of Rebellion Army in the past fought against the Daliang Army in a colorful way, but he did not expect that he would be so unbearable in front of his former vassals.

Yang Kan saw it very accurately, Jiang Feng recognized this very much. The Shi family was completely degenerate and could still issue orders on the surface, but in fact, they were unable to control the military leaders under his command. All decisions were probably a mutual negotiation and compromise between these military leaders.

These military leaders are in charge of their own affairs, appearing to be false and slanderous, and attacking and restraining each other inside. It can be said that they have reached the extreme of corruption. Jiang Feng even worried that Yuan would see through the truth and reality of this, which made him quite worried.

"Then do you think we are now..." Jiang Feng asked again.

"Your Majesty has actually made up his mind, right?" Yang Kan accompanied Jiang Feng along the muddy land by the river with his hands behind his back. "Reform of the cavalry is imperative. It is more important to conquer cavalry in the north than infantry. It is wise to use the existing Heshuo cavalry to form two armies and then supplement it with four to five armies. You can also consider the navy of the first army, be prepared as much as possible, and choose the right time to advance to Xuzhou."

After hearing Yang Kan's words, Jiang Feng didn't go around the circle and asked again: "When will the time be considered ripe with Qilang's intention?"

"Haha, you have a sense of your own mind, but since you ask, I think at least two conditions must be met. First, Zhuang Yongsheng's development in the north must have some progress; second, we must have at least one or two reliable alliances, or internal support within the influence army." Yang Kan said frankly: "With these two conditions, I think I can fight, and of course I also need to consider other factors. That should be the problem that Jun Shang, Ziliang and Bai Ling are considering."

Yang Kan did not say anything about other factors, but Jiang Feng knew that this refers to the detailed logistical factors such as money, grain and grass.

The sunset slowly sinks, reflecting on the fat water surface, making it particularly sad and beautiful. The leaves are swaying, occasionally there are one or two birds and ducks singing, and occasionally fish jumping in the slow river water, making the entire Xiaoyaojin appear quiet and magnificent at this time.

"So beautiful, Qilang, do you think the peace brought by the rest after every war is inspiring us to make us excited for the next conquest?" Jiang Feng asked suddenly.

"Haha, sir, you are a rough man. You only know that a leisurely nap can only be exchanged for war, otherwise you will never wait for the leisure you beg for." Yang Kanran responded.
Chapter completed!