Huaiyou is launching an offensive in Pinglu. It is not yet certain whether Huaiyou only wants to take back Haizhou or is planning to fight a big fight and take Mizhou as interest. However, based on Du Li's personality judging Jiang Feng, I am afraid that the latter is more likely.

I have to admit that in the past few years, this guy Jiang Feng has been so lucky. Of course, Du Li believes that Jiang Feng is equally brave. No matter how many opportunities you are given, if you dare not catch it and you cannot catch it, then you will achieve nothing.

It is obvious that Jiang Feng is the darling of this combination of lucky and brave.

The annexation of Shouzhou gave Jiang Feng greater confidence, and taking down the three prefectures of Luhao and Chu directly gave Jiang Feng courage. This was equivalent to giving Jiang Feng the capital for failure. Even if he failed the Northern Expedition, he could still return to Huainan and lick his wounds again, accumulate strength, and wait for a comeback, but fate favored this guy again. The civil strife in Xuzhou and the collapse of Yan and Yunyi almost gave such a large area of ​​land and population to Jiang Feng.

Du Li had some different views from other people in his family. He did not think that Jiang Feng was a mistake or a risky move to take over the three states of Yan, Yun and Yi.

Indeed, from now on, Zhu Mao's voluntary retreat, the three states of Yan, Yun and Yi will only consume Huaiyou's already not rich enough money and grain reserves, and even refugees will bring chaos and disorder to Huaiyou. But you have to know, even if you don't take over Yan, Yun and Yi, can you stay out of the matter?

Nearly one million refugees in Yan and Yun prefectures who have no food and clothing are not fools. Will they flee to the more barren Hebei, or the recession of Jiqing, without coming to you Xuzhou or even Huainan?

So a wise move is to take over Yanyunyi and keep these refugees who may become victims locally as much as possible. Even if they provide some necessary food for this, they are really unbearable. Then, moderately guide some refugees to places where they can still accommodate food and stay.

Du Li believes that Jiang Feng handled this matter very well.

Of course, the side effects will definitely be quite large. Huaiyou may have to be dragged down by the three prefectures of Yan, Yun and Yi for a considerable period of time, and consume a lot of financial and material resources.

It can bring many benefits, absorbing the remnants of Taining Army, enriching the strength of the Huaiyou Army, especially the strength of the cavalry, and pushing the front line to the front line of the river, which can maximize the safety of Xuzhou and Huainan hinterland.

But now that Huaiyou is going to attack the Pinglu army, Du Li is shocked.

Perhaps the salt liberty in Haizhou is too important for Huaiyou, but Du Li also felt that Huaiyou could be able to slow down for a year or two. After digesting the strength of Yan, Yunyi and Xu and Si, it would not be too late to make plans again.

Du Li was unable to influence Huaiyou's decision. On the contrary, Huaiyou wanted to influence the Du family. For example, wasn't this affair because Huaiyou asked the Du family to send personnel to Xiangyang to persuade the Xiao family?

"Haha, Lord Xiao, if you don't have this intention, how could Brother Du Li have this happen?" Hou Chen did not deny or affirm it, but cleverly pushed Du Li out. "The two Lius of Nanyang are becoming more and more arrogant. Anzhou, which has provoked war and invaded, not long ago, destroyed the consensus reached by our Huaiyou, the court and Nanyang, and occupied Guangzhou. Its ambition is obvious to all. I believe that the Xiao family should have a more intuitive feeling than us."

The man with strong beard snorted softly. Of course, he understood the implication of the Huai Right Envoy. It is okay to form an alliance, and the Xiao family needs to take some attitude, but if it does not form an alliance, why should the Xiao family take the initiative to provoke?

Even if this kind of provocation seems powerless, given the current situation in Xiangyang, we do need to be more cautious.

Although there is endless resentment and hatred towards Nanyang, can resentment and hatred solve the problem? No.

Xiao Xian knew very well that Nanyang's deliberate appeal to Jiangling had already put more and more pressure on Xiangyang. It is precisely because of this that he was willing to meet with the envoys of Huaiyou and Ehuang.

Otherwise, it would be thousands of miles away from Huaiyou, and Ehuang's performance would be extremely unbearable. Even the important land like Anzhou was lost, so why would you come to talk to yourself about an alliance?

The huge pressure forced Xiao Xian to consider all possibilities. As long as he was an enemy of Nanyang, he would not hesitate to make an ally, but it would be impossible to make Xiangyang come to please Huaiyou regardless of his own interests.

"Mr. Hou, we don't need to go around the circle anymore. Yes, Xiangyang is now facing huge pressure from both Nanyang and Jiangling. Because of this, we have to act cautiously. Your army is now using troops in Qilu, and we can understand that Nanyang is restricted. But at least we have not discovered any actions in Nanyang so far, but if I, Xiangyang, take the initiative to provoke, wouldn't it cause trouble for myself?"

Xiao Xian glanced at Du Li, who had been taciturn, "There is nowhere in the E Huang side, and it cannot save the near fire. I am very forgiving that E Huang may not have much power to help us now."

It was a bit embarrassing Du Li, but it was the truth. If Nanyang and Jiangling had some action against Xiangyang, E Huang would probably have to support morally and would not have any substantial measures.

"If E Huang is not there, what about Tan Yue?" Du Li said with a smile.

"Tanyue?!" Xiao Xian was shocked. Of course, Tanyue had this power. The problem was that he had contacted Tanyue Ma's family to attack Jiangling. The problem was that the Ma family was not interested and was quite cold to his proposal. I wonder if it was possible. After his two invitations were rejected, Xiao Xian also became cold. Now the other party suddenly mentioned Tanyue Ma's family. Could it be that they had any other reason to convince the Ma family?

Xiao Xian looked at Du Li again. If anyone had any connection with Tan Yue, then E Huang would not know, and Du Li would not deceive him.

The two overlords of Jiangnan West Road, the Zhong family in Zhennan Army, which controls Hong, Fu and Yuanzhou, to the east, and the Ma family in charge of Tanzhou, Yuezhou, Lizhou, Langzhou, Guizhou and Hengzhou to the west.

The relationship between the two families has always been in disagreement.

The Ma family constantly made friends with Jizhou and Qianzhou, the vassals of the Zhong family, which made the Lu family and Peng family gradually existed independently from the Zhong family. The Zhong family also supported Yongzhou, Daozhou, Chenzhou, and Lianzhou, which were located within the sphere of influence of Tanyue, and also joined forces to fight against the Ma family, so the relationship was very tense.

It is precisely because the relationship between the Ma family and the Zhennan Army continued to be tense, and the Han and Miao people lived in the southern states, and the chief of the mountain tribe was brave and unwilling to accept Wang Hua, which made Tan Yue not have much energy to pay attention to the north. Even Jiangling had always been ambitious for Lizhou and Langzhou. The Ma family had only maintained a defensive posture and was unwilling to take the initiative to get involved in Jiangling.

Now Hou Chen actually said that they could motivate the Ma family? How is this possible?

Seeing Xiao Xian looking suspiciously, Du Li's face was also a little bitter.

He has seen Hou Chen's ability to be He Zong Lianheng. The reason why he came to Jiangling so late was because he was pulled around by Hou Chen.

I went to Hongzhou to meet the Zhong family of Zhennanjun, and then went to Tanzhou to meet the head of the Ma family. I obtained at least verbal promises and wishes from both sides. Then I came to Jiangling.

"Uncle Xiao, uh, what Lord Hou said is not a false statement." Du Li swallowed a bit of difficulty, "Before, I accompanied Lord Hou to Hongzhou, and then to Tanzhou, and then came to Jiangzhou. The Ma family in Tanzhou did say that if Jiangling was not good for Xiangyang, Tanyue was willing to send troops to help."

Du Li's second brother has already had a engagement with the second daughter of the Xiao family. If nothing unexpected happens, he will marry him next year. In this case, Xiao Xian believes that Du Li is unlikely to help outsiders deceive him.

"Oh? Going to Hongzhou? My nephew, could it be Ma and Zhong's family have any agreement?"

Xiao Xian was excited and the Ma family in Tanyue was very strong. If he could really form an alliance with the Ma family to deal with Jiangling, it would greatly reduce the pressure on Xiangyang. If it was just to the Liu family in Nanyang in the north, the pressure would be much smaller.

"Well, Lord Hou persuaded the Zhong family to no longer support Yong, Dao, Chenzhou, and will give Tanyue some support, so Tanyue will agree."

The story here is quite complicated, and even Du Li can't explain it clearly. He failed to participate in some secret talks between Hou Chen and the Zhong family, the Ma family, etc., and just witnessed it when the two sides reached an agreement. As for what benefits did Huaiyou promise to make the Zhong and the Ma family agree, he could guess some, but some could not.

Xiao Xian knew the entanglement between Tanyue and Zhennan Army. The water here was deep and complicated. It was not just that Zhennan Army supported Yong, Dao, Chenzhou was making independence. Tanyue was also doing bad things behind Zhennan Army. Jizhou, Qianzhou, and even the Dazhong family in Jiangrao Prefectures all had the shadow of Tanyue.

"Really?" Xiao Xian was overjoyed. If he could get Tan Yue's strong support, Jiangling would be no problem.

"Take it seriously, Ma Jianfeng has agreed to increase his troops in Lizhou and promised to increase his troops by 10,000 within this month to Shimen in Lizhou and Liyang line." Du Li nodded.

Tanyue, the front line of Lizhou, has always had very few troops garrisons. It directly points to the hinterland of Jiangling. The threat of troops garrison on this line is even far greater than that of Tanyue's troops in Yuezhou. In order to avoid getting into evil with Jiangling, Tanyue only garrisons in Yuezhou, which is a key place for military towns. It is reasonable to say that the garrisons in Lizhou are still in place, but Lizhou intends to remain in a state of no garrison. Now it seems that the Ma family is going to change this state for this.

The Ma family seemed to be very anxious, which made Du Li quite puzzled. In his opinion, even if there was pressure from Huaiyou, Huaiyou was thousands of miles away and it would be difficult to have much influence on Tanyue. If it was indirectly put into pressure through Zhennan Army, Tanyue actually had a certain advantage in the battle between Tanyue and Zhennan Army. Why did Tanyue seem to be proactive this time?
Chapter completed!