Jiang Feng's words are right. No matter how careless Wang Shouzhong is, Qingzhou City will definitely keep enough troops, and the Ya Army is its confidant elite. You can't succeed just by wanting to attack. If you don't do it well, it will turn into a strong offensive battle.

Although the current Huaiyou (Wunning) army has some capital, it may be harmful to conquer such a city.

Although the strength of the Huaiyou (Wunning) army has expanded a lot, as the territory expands, weaknesses from east, west, south and north are increasingly exposed to enemies from all sides.

The fall of Guangzhou is the most typical example, and now the Huaiyou (Wunning) army can even bear it, because you don’t have so much power to start a war with enemies from all sides at the same time. You need to distinguish between the primary and secondary priorities.

Once too much power is mobilized in attacking Qingzhou, the more weaknesses and loopholes in all aspects will be exposed. Similarly, if the losses are too great in the battle against Qingzhou, it will also give those enemies who have been spying on the Huaiyou (Wunning) army.

"Your Majesty, I have never said that no one will die in war. Our Huaiyou Army has been through smooth sailing and has also encountered hard and bloody battles. With such a huge territory, it is impossible to think about it."

Yang Kan's words have a little more inspiration that is born from calmness.

"I think this battle can be fought, worth fighting, and very worth it. I dare not say that one battle will determine the world. However, once Pinglu is resolved, our strategic depth will be greatly increased and the situation will be greatly improved. More importantly, although our Huaiyou (Wunning) army has experienced some hard battles, it is far from enough. I think with the continuous growth of our troops, we need a war to temper our old and new armies, so that they can accelerate integration and growth. Only by completing this step can we have enough confidence to deal with the next enemy, Shatuo people, or Khitan people!"

Jiang Feng's eyes were shiny. Although his expression had not changed, the blood in his bones had already surged. Yang Kan's words were in line with his wishes. He wanted to test the generals and ministers under his command to see if they were mentally prepared to pay a huge price.

Moreover, Yang Kan's words also touched him. Neither the Huai You Army nor the Wuning Army had really experienced a decent war. The Battle of Xuzhou was able to truly play a role in tempering. This is certainly lucky, but it is also a bit regrettable.

Now is the time to put this piece of iron on the anvil and hammer it.

It seems that they have discussed it before they come again and are prepared.

That's right, this battle will definitely cost more than any previous battle. No, in the battle of Xuzhou, Shi Feng did not have much intention to fight. With the previous arrangements, it was determined from this that the Huai You Army did not need to face the strong city of Xuzhou. Otherwise, Jiang Feng would not have the courage to sacrifice himself. You must know that at that time he had only this little capital. After the battle, it would be really over.

But now that the Huaibei Army and the Taining Army have joined forces and the Wuning Army has been formed, he already has the capital to fight this battle and has the confidence to face the price, because it is worth it!

"Okay!" Jiang Feng clapped his hands and looked around everyone, "It seems that you all have this idea, which is very suitable for me. This battle should not be early or late. You must choose a good opportunity, especially to cooperate with accurate understanding, which requires good planning,..."

Choosing the right time is indeed a very critical issue.

Because the Pinglu army is no better than the influence army and the Taining army.

The internal division of the Invasion Army was divided, and Shi Feng could not control the four soldiers under his command. Even Shang Yunxi, who was most closely related to him, could only be said to have limited influence, while the other three people depended more on whether their interests were consistent.

On this point, Jiang Feng made it clear in front of Yu Mingzhen and Lu Qiming, and both Yu Mingzhen and Lu Qiming admitted it calmly.

Of course, there is also a reason for this. Shi Feng himself is not good at it, he only cares about his own lineage, and is content with the status quo, indulges in wine and sex, and cannot blame others.

For example, the four soldiers are all in their prime, and the oldest Yao Chengtai is only 46 or 7 years old. The youngest Lu Qi is only 40 next year, and Yu Mingzhen is less than 45 years old. These people have their own families and divisions behind them, and from the perspective of family and individuals, they all have some ideas. Of course, they are not willing to hide in the pond in Huaibei for the rest of their lives.

With the strength of Huaibei, I dare not say that I challenged Daliang, but it is entirely possible to destroy Caizhou in the east and go to Huainan in the south and achieve a career.

But Feng Zhiguo was incompetent and he made his own calculations all day long. In the vast fertile land of the five prefectures in Huaibei, there were no shortage of soldiers and war horses, and he also had the benefits of salt and iron, but he dragged it to his current appearance step by step.

Not only did they sit and watch the civil strife in Huainan, but also caused the situation to collapse due to the drought and the inability to deal with the ant thieves. They gave Huaiyou and Caizhou an opportunity to divide Huaibei. It can be said that even Yu Mingzhen and Lu Qiming said that Huaibei was destroyed by Shi Feng alone.

The situation of Taining Army is another.

The three states of Yan, Yun and Yi are not in good condition, especially Zhu Mao himself does not have the ability to govern the local area and is completely in power with military personnel, which makes Yan, Yun and Yi the three states of Yan, Yun and Yi the worst areas in the north in terms of promoting agriculture and industry and commerce.

After stumbling over the years, in Jiang Feng's opinion, it was purely because he had good luck and did not collapse.

Even if Zhu Mao is used to fighting, but he has no money and food, how can you raise soldiers?

Therefore, Zhu Mao, with the strength of the three states, could only barely maintain his own personal troops. The other Taining Army basically had to "follow themselves".

When facing several consecutive years of severe drought, the common people almost had to change their children and eat. The entire Yan, Yun and Yi people did not have three ten states, and even the young gentry could no longer survive, it was natural that the collapse of the Taining Army, which had no money and food savings, was the case.

Therefore, the Huai You Army went north and had to thank the severe drought in the north for three consecutive years and the poisoning of the ant thieves in Huaibei. Without these two conditions, even if the influence army and Taining army were not bearable, it would definitely not be the new Huai You, a newcomer who was a novice, could swallow the elephant by snakes.

But it was different when facing the Pinglu Army.

In the six prefectures of the Pinglu Army, Wang Shouzhong and Wang Shouxin had relatively strong control over the two brothers. Although Wang Shouzhong was not strong in his political ability, he was still able to pass.

The relationship between the two brothers is not as risky as that of the Liu brothers in Nanyang. Although the six prefectures of Pinglu Army also encountered severe drought in the north, they were much stronger in general than Yanyun and Yi, and they also had some reserves of money and grain.

Although the people of the states under the control of the Pinglu Army were in great difficulty, and a large number of people who could not survive fleeing famines south, the overall situation could barely be maintained, which was much stronger than Yanyunyi, and probably similar to the situation in Huaibei before.

Wang Shouzhong's style is relatively conservative, not considered a man of a powerful military, arrogant and extravagant man.

It can be said that over the years, the Pinglu Army and the surrounding vassals have basically been in a relatively stable state. Although the relationship with the Taining Army and the Restoration Army is not good, overall, no war has happened.

Sending troops to Haizhou is probably Wang Shouzhong's biggest "adventure" in so many years. It is probably because he has been planning for a long time. Haizhou Yanli is really tempting, and Huaibei is in such a state. No one thinks that Huaiyou can sweep Huaibei and Yanyunyi, or that even if Huaiyou can swallow Huaibei, it will take some time to manage and digest it.

Wang Shouzhong never dreamed that Huaiyou not only swallowed Huaiyou in one go, but also took advantage of the situation to take down the chaotic three states of Yan, Yun and Yi.

Jiang Feng was wondering if Wang Shouzhong regretted taking Haizhou now, but the benefits obtained from taking Haizhou made the Pinglu army unable to give up, especially Huaiyou had clearly issued quite harsh conditions to demand compensation from Pinglu army, which also allowed the Pinglu army to see the possibility of bargaining.

Maybe I can give some compensation if I don’t return to Haizhou?

Or if you want to return Haizhou, can you negotiate and delay for a while to see the changes?

No matter how bad it is, it is OK, don’t give or even give less compensation?

Even after a war, let’s talk about it before looking at the beauty of the wind?

All kinds of thoughts are probably the biggest entanglement between Wang Shouzhong and his advisers now?

After all, the fat meat you eat needs to be spit out, and the taste is really uncomfortable.

The timing depends on many aspects.

On the one hand, the Huaiyou (Wunning) army needs to re-adjust and deploy, and this is still a situation where strategic deception is continued to be carried out on the Pinglu army.

It is necessary to ensure that the Pinglu Army determines that the direction of the attack of the Huaiyou (Wunning) Army will be Haizhou or Mizhou, or even before the false alarm against Haizhou, but in fact, it is necessary to attack Mizhou.

This adjustment takes time. The Huai You Zuo Army that was considered before may not be enough to dispatch five armies, especially considering that it is necessary to launch a war against Qingzhou, if there is no more than 30,000 troops, even if various means are used to mobilize Qingzhou's troops, it is unlikely that it will be possible to go down in one go.

This one-tap will not be taken within one or two days, but Jiang Feng gave it within seven days.

Within seven days, all the Huaiyou (Wunning) army was occupied, and the Yidu (Qingzhou Prefecture) was captured, and the Pinglu army's confidence in war was completely destroyed. Only in this way could the goal be achieved. Otherwise, once the nearby Zizhou and Mizhou reinforcements rushed back, the existing strength of the Huaiyou (Wunning) army would be captured again.

On the other hand, it requires cooperation from all parties.

Zhu Mao was the main one, and he had to send troops from Jeju to attack Qizhou, force Ziqing troops to come to support, and also delay.

In addition, the East Pirates mentioned by Yu Mingzhen can make them harass Denglai, delay the Denglai Town Army, and prevent them from reinforcement of Qingzhou. It is best to attract a Qingzhou troops to support it, but this is probably difficult. With Wang Shouzhong's conservative and cautious style, it is unlikely that he will send his own Yajun to reinforce Denglai to suppress the bandits.
Chapter completed!