""Go a step further?" Jiang Feng pondered.

Cui Shang did not say that Zhu Mao would like to serve him, but used a word with some vague or euphemistic meaning, but whether it is tactful or vague, it ultimately needs to be attributed to something substantial, that is, the relationship between himself and Zhu Mao.

Vassal? Or temporary cooperation?

It seems none.

If that's the case, it doesn't make much sense.

But if Zhu Mao surrendered to himself, there must be some reasons here.

"Mingzhen, what do you think?" Jiang Feng did not respond to Cui Shang's words for the time being, but threw the topic to Yu Mingzhen.

Yu Mingzhen was still shocked by Jiang Feng's keen sense of smell before, and just said a strategy to suspend the secret. Jiang Feng could figure out that if he wanted to attack Qingzhou, he had to admit that this lord, who was born in a poor family, could reach this point today, which also made Yu Mingzhen quite moved that Huaibei would not lose money.

Despite his feelings, Yu Mingzhen quickly calmed down his feelings, answered respectfully to Jiang Feng's question: "Monday, I think it's the best time to guide Pinglu."

"Well, tell me the reason." Jiang Feng encouraged with a smile.

"First, Pinglu was lured by Yanli in Haizhou, and was deeply trapped in Haizhou and could not extricate himself. He was worried that we would recover. At present, the number of troops in Haizhou has increased, reaching 25,000. In addition, because we continue to increase troops in Yizhou, Pinglu is afraid that we will go east to Mizhou to cut off the rear of Haizhou, so we have increased troops in Mizhou to 15,000."

Yu Mingzhen's words made Jiang Feng laugh, "Mingzhen, we are not making fun of it, we really plan to take over Mizhou."

"Monday, it is precisely because we really plan to take down Mizhou that we can't hide the scouts of Pinglu. The army stationed in Yishui and the supplies and food that are continuously transported to Yishui are not fake. Pinglu's detailed works can clearly distinguish between true and false." Yu Mingzhen also laughed.

"Well, what's the second one?" Jiang Feng nodded.

"If Zhu Mao can act in Jeju and attack Qizhou, he will inevitably attract and restrain Pinglu's troops..."

"So you think we can raid Qingzhou?" Jiang Feng continued.

"The total strength of the Pinglu Army is 35. In addition to the Pinglu left and right troops, there are three army Yajun and three army Zhenjun, and the other five army Ziqing Army that Yang Shouxin had just formed." Yu Mingzhen knew very well about Pinglu's situation. "The three army Yajun was personally led by Wang Shouzhong, and the Zhenjun is mainly local troops stationed in Laizhou and Dengzhou to defend against pirates, which can be ignored. Now Wang Shouzhong's top general leads Pinglu Right Army to station Haizhou, his younger brother Wang Shouxin stations Mizhou, and another powerful general Yang Junyue leads a unit of Pinglu left army to stay in Zizhou. It seems to be evenly distributed, but as long as we move, we can easily mobilize it, making it difficult to deal with the beginning and end."

The full name of the Pinglu Army is the Pinglu Ziqing Jiedushi Army. It should be said that the earliest Pinglu Ziqing Jiedushi was under a huge territory. During the heyday of Li Huaiyu, a native of Goryeo, helped the court to suppress the Anshi Rebellion, he greatly expanded his strength and successively included Dezhou, Dizhou, Haizhou, Caozhou, Puzhou, Yanzhou, Yunzhou, Yizhou, and Xuzhou in the jurisdiction, and became the leading vassal vassal in Hebei Road for a time, which also aroused great fear from the court.

Later, Li Shidao, a descendant of the Li family, was indeed rebellious and had poor intentions. Especially when the court began to cut off the Pingfan clans, Li Shidao began to commit suicide. After Wu Yuanji in Huaixi was defeated, Li Shidao also followed in the footsteps and was defeated by the court. The Pinglu Ziqing Jiedushi was divided into three parts, divided into the Tianping Army Jiedushi, the Taining Army Jiedushi, and the Pinglu Ziqing Jiedushi. In addition, Xuzhou and Haizhou also became the bases of the Jiedushi Army Jiedushi, so the Pinglu Army's jurisdiction became what it is now.

The current Pinglu Army was named Pinglu Ziqing Jiedushi because most of the troops were from the Pinglu Army, which broke through the Anshi Rebellion and broke through the encirclement, which was centered on Yingzhou. However, most of them were named after the earliest places. Therefore, most of them claimed to be Pinglu Army, and there was a little bit of the Ziqing Army.

It was not until three years ago that Wang Shouzhong began to form the new Ziqing Army. He originally formed ten troops of the Ziqing Left Army first, but just when he had time to form the Ziqing Left Army, the entire northern drought hit, Wang Shouzhong was unable to support it, and the remaining five troops had to be put down.

The current military envoy of the Left Army of Ziqing is Wang Shouxin, the younger brother of Wang Shouzhong. The 15,000 troops stationed in Mizhou are mainly Ziqing Left Army.

"It seems that he is really confident and has a backup plan?" Jiang Feng laughed and looked around, looking very happy, "Let's listen."

"I have some contact with the East Sea pirate Wang Han. If I can drive Wang Han to raid Donglai and Ye County, I will probably make him nervous." Yu Mingzhen did not hide it and said calmly.

"Oh? Wang Han of the East Sea?" Jiang Feng was shocked.

It’s okay for the Jiang bandits, lake bandits, river pirates, East pirates, Jiang bandits and Lake pirates, that’s been around since ancient times. Over the years, due to the turmoil in the north and south of the Great River, the river transportation is depressed, and the power of river pirates has been greatly reduced. Everyone knows a little about these three situations. However, since the Middle Tang Dynasty, the East pirates have been active in the south and Liuqiu (Taiwan) and the sea surface of the Wuhu Sea (Bohai Strait) and the Bohai Sea. Danluo Island (Jeju Island) is its base.

It is said that most of them were the remnants and descendants of deserters after Xue Wanche's expedition to Goryeo in the early Tang Dynasty. They lived on the sea all year round and had a lot to do with some gentry on the land. Laizhou, Dengzhou, Cangzhou, Pingzhou and Andong, where the Pinglu army went down, were deeply affected by it.

And the biggest force among these East China pirates is led by Wang Han.

Yu Mingzhen also felt a little unrestrained. For characters like Donghai Pirates, logically speaking, even people like him who serve as commanders in Huaibei should be disdainful of knowing each other. Why are there some contact or even friendship?

"Well, sir, I met Wang Han by chance. Well, in order to make a breakthrough in martial arts, I also went to the East China Sea to slaughter the dragon. I accidentally joined forces with Wang Han to slaughter the dragon in the Wuhu Island area. After this connection, I also made an appointment with Wang Han that the East China Sea pirates must not harass Haizhou Sizhou, and I can also provide him with some things he needs at the appropriate time."

Seeing Yu Mingzhen's awkward smile, Jiang Feng found it very interesting, "Haha, Mingzhen, there is no other meaning, I just think it's interesting. The East Pirate is powerful, Pinglu is the biggest victim. Well, there seems to be the same in Yuedi, but it's the arsenic and my honey. This East Pirate can also use it well."

Seeing that Jiang Feng did not discriminate against the East China Pirates, Yu Mingzhen felt very sure. After all, the East China Pirates are more despised than the Jiang Ke who are active in the inland. Unexpectedly, this lord is not afraid of meat or vegetables and does not care about the other party’s origin at all.

"Yes, my subordinates are thinking that if we can land and harass the East Pirates in Laizhou in a timely manner, it may be able to attract Qingzhou garrisons. That would be difficult for the town army to resist the pirates' large-scale landing. If we can attract one or two Qingzhou troops to Laizhou for reinforcements, we can also share some pressure for us to raid Qingzhou."

Yu Mingzhen's words made Jiang Feng's interest in the East Pirates a lot, "Mingzhen, how many people are under Wang Han?"

"There are probably one or two hundred ships of all sizes, and the number of people is uncertain. It is estimated that there are three or five thousand people under their jurisdiction. However, they often attack by more than a thousand people, and fewer than two thousand people. However, these pirates live on the sea all year round and have Danluo Island as a base. They have extremely strong combat power and a tough style. They will not diminish after landing, no less than our infantry." Yu Mingzhen thought about it and said.

"If this is the case, this power is useful. I wonder if Mingzhen is sure to cooperate with us?" Jiang Feng nodded, "If there are any conditions, you can also raise it."

"You can try it." Yu Mingzhen hesitated a little. "These pirates have been through many generations, but they still yearn for land life. No one wants their descendants to be pirates for generations. If there is a way out, they must be willing to catch them."

"Life at sea is hard and difficult. If they have this talent, there will be many available things in the future. If they can use it for me, I don't mind giving them an identity to take off their thief like a gangster."

Jiang Feng knew that in this era, it was very difficult for bandits to whitewash. The situation like Zhu Wen's whitewashing as king is almost unreplicable. Just like Qin Quan's ant thief, he encountered such strong resistance in Chuzhou. In addition to Li Bing's firm attitude, it was largely because the mainstream gentry in Chuzhou did not accept these ant thiefs at all and firmly refused to cooperate with them.

"Back to the point, if the pirates can be used by us, Zhu Mao is willing to cooperate with our actions. How likely is it to take Qingzhou in one fell swoop?" Jiang Feng got to the point.

"Monday, we are not sure about it now, but we think that with the current Pinglu continuing to increase troops to Haizhou and Mizhou, the price we need to pay to conquer Haizhou and Mizhou may be greater than that we will attack Qingzhou. To capture the thief, we will first capture the king. Instead of expending our strength in the two states of Haimi, it is better to take a beheading operation and seize Qingzhou directly." Yang Kan's attitude was particularly firm, his tone was also strong, and his eyes were even more brilliant. "Once Qingzhou is taken down and the entire Pinglu was killed in two sections, Haizhou and Mizhou may be in chaos without fighting. As long as they operate effectively, the entire Pinglu can be taken into his pocket."
Chapter completed!