When he received news from Shouzhou that the imperial mission had passed through Guangzhou, Jiang Feng knew that he might need to go south to Xuzhou.

It is undoubtedly inappropriate to ask the imperial envoy to go to Qingzhou specifically, especially the envoy not only included Princess Jin, but also Guo Tao, the head of the Privy Council.

He still has some understanding of Guo Tao and Jiang Feng. He is considered a powerful faction of the Privy Council. The Guo family is not small in Guanzhong, and is no less than the Yuchi family.

Although the nine major families of Guanzhong are declining now, under the guise of the court's righteousness, as long as no one destroys the court, it will always be true and its orthodox status among the people cannot be replaced. This is also the main reason why the various vassal families have complex feelings about Guanzhong.

No one is willing to pay tribute to Guanzhong year after year, from money to grain, cloth, salt and iron, horses, medicinal materials, everything is needed. As long as you recognize the integrity of the court, you have to give it. If you don't give it, it means that your vassal vassal has not been officially recognized. If you want to rule the people under your rule, you will lose moral support and it is easy for your neighbors to take advantage of it.

The court sent a large mission to Huaiyou, which was a valuation of Huaiyou and a high opinion of himself. Not to mention Guo Tao's identity, the importance brought by Li Jin's arrival alone forced Jiang Feng to go south.

Fortunately, with the division of the five towns, the formation of the governor's offices of each town was very smooth. Whether it was Zhu Mao in charge of Tianping Town, Liu Yansi in charge of Ziqing Town and Wang Shouxin in charge of Wuning Town, these people were likely to intervene in the Central Plains war in the shortest time. Although Jiang Feng has not yet fully considered it, what method should he intervene in the war.

In fact, before, Jiang Feng had considered giving up his intervention, at most he would take over Cao Pu and the two prefectures. It would be best to support Pang Yuan in independence against Songzhou. But now it seems that Pang Yuan may not have this intention, and Tianxing Left Army could not do this. In this case, he had to face the threat that Songzhou might be occupied by the Yuan clan of Caizhou.

Songzhou is very important to the Yuan family of Caizhou and to the Huaiyou, but it is far less important to the Huaiyou than to the Yuan family, so this also makes Jiang Feng very confused.

If the war with the Yuan family was started because of Songzhou, it would undoubtedly prompt the Yuan family to turn to the Shatuo people, and the situation in Huaiyou would become more difficult.

Jiang Feng was no longer sure about the Shatuo people. If he added a Yuan family in Caizhou, it would be even more difficult for Huaiyou, which had its own unsolid foundation.

However, the rapid surrender of Pinglu Army and Pinglu Prefectures gave Jiang Feng a little more confidence in his heart, especially Liu Yansi and Wang Shouxin led the Pinglu Army to accept the reorganization smoothly. Even if this reorganization was more nominal, it was a good sign, which meant that the Pinglu Army was not satisfied with their original situation, and they hoped to get a bigger stage of performance.

This can be seen from Wang Shouxin and Liu Yansi's execution ability to accept orders and rush to the front line, which also in disguise strengthened Jiang Feng's determination to fight with Caizhou.

The location of Songzhou is really great. It is a bit disgusting to give it to Yuan's family so cheaply. Moreover, after taking over the two states of Caopu, if Songzhou is obtained by Yuan's family, it will be like a sharp knife under Caozhou, which will pose a great threat to the entire Tianping Town, so Jiang Feng feels that he should make a difference here.

Perhaps dismembering Songzhou is a good choice? Jiang Feng was thinking.

"Monday Duke, Wuning Army has arrived." Cui Shang's voice woke Jiang Feng up from his meditation.

It depends on the Wu Ningjun’s request.

Logically speaking, it was inappropriate for the imperial envoys to welcome an army under a vassal rank. It was reasonable for Jiang Feng to come to take over, but Guo Tao, as the magistrate of the Privy Council of the Tang Empire, also came to welcome him, and passed.

However, Jiang Feng certainly could not refuse Guo Tao's request. Besides, Guo Tao's request must have its intention.

Of course, Jiang Feng also knew the current situation of the court. After being taught by the Dangxiang people, the court had been beaten and lost its confidence and courage. He realized that the court army, which had not experienced war for a long time, was vulnerable under the impact of the fierce and wild Dangxiang iron cavalry, also seemed extremely immature in front of the Shannan Army, which Yang Wenchang had experienced many years of bloody battles with the Tubo people. Therefore, the court urgently hoped that one or two troops that gave the court confidence could support their confidence.

The newly built Wuning Town is not a suitable target. Jiang Feng could not refuse it if the Wuning Town Army happened to catch up with this joint.

"Well, Lord Guo, Wu Ning's army has arrived." Jiang Feng turned around and smiled: "I'm afraid that their military appearance will disappoint Lord Guo and his party."

"Haha, Duke of the County, this is a bad word. You and I are both from the army. The more tired the army is, the more we can see the combat effectiveness of an army, right?" Guo Tao nodded and smiled, "I heard that the governor of the Wuning Army is Wang Shouxin, the younger brother of Wang Shouzhong? Duke of the County is really suspicious, and he doesn't doubt the use of people."

The establishment of five towns sent by Jiang Feng also caused great controversy in the court.

This regulation of establishing military towns and general administrations was only in the early Tang Dynasty. Later, after the Anshi Rebellion and Huang Chao Rebellion, the Jiedu, the Fengguan, the Defensive Initiative were the mainstream, or they could directly enthrone the king and establish the country, such as Liang, Jin, Wu and Yue.

Now Jiang Feng proposed to establish a general administration that had not been established for two hundred years to govern the five towns. This is fine, but the jurisdiction of the five towns is somewhat different. For example, Wuning Town included Yingbo, Huaiyou Town included Guangzhou, Shuzhou and Hezhou, and Tianping Town included Caopu and the two prefectures. This is easy to cause disputes.

Yingbo is now controlled by the Yuan family in Caizhou, and the Yuan family has a very close relationship with the court. The court will definitely not admit it. Of course, if you can defeat the Yuan family and control Yingbo, that's another matter.

It would be fine to Guangzhou. After all, it was taken away by Nanyang by Huaiyou at the beginning, and the court did not recognize Nanyang's occupation of Guangzhou. There are Shuzhou and Hezhou. Hezhou and Chuzhou originally belonged to Li Wu, but Li Wu himself had a bad relationship with the court, so it doesn't matter if he is assigned to Huaiyou now. Shuzhou is a vassal state, which is reasonable.

There are the two prefectures of Caopu. If Jiang Feng dared to make such a request a year ago, the court would definitely be unable to seek it. He would be happy to see that it could be separated from the relationship between Daliang and Huaiyou. But now Daliang is obviously unable to hold on to the offensive of the Jin army. If Huaiyou took such a knife behind the back, Daliang might really collapse. This is something the court, whose mentality has begun to turn, was unwilling to see.

So in this case, Guo Tao came to Huaiyou this time, that is, he had to have a good talk with Jiang Feng about the jurisdiction of the five towns, and then understand the next plan of Huaiyou, and even do some lobbying work.

Of course, looking at the appearance of the Huai Youjun is definitely the top priority. To comprehensively evaluate the strength of the Huai Youjun, you must personally contact and observe it. When Guo Tao learned that the Zibo Qing army had just gone to Xiaoxian two days later, he was very regretful and even thought about going to Xiaoxian to see it.

Then Liu Yansi was also a capable general of King Shouzhong of Pinglu. Now he is so willing to surrender to Jiang Feng? What is the combat effectiveness of this Zibo Qing army?

I didn't see the Ziqing Army. Fortunately, the Wuning Army came again, and Wang Shouxin was the governor, which was even better.

The cavalry team began to come.

The military uniforms of the Wuning Army are still mixed, which is also a helpless move. It is because Huaiyou expanded too quickly, and the entire military system is undergoing drastic changes. For example, the armies under Jiang Feng have basically been disrupted. In addition to the earliest Huaiyou, the military uniforms are different from the Zhongzheng Army and Desheng Army in Luzhou, the Influence Army of Xuzhou, the Taining Army of Yanyunyi, to the Pinglu Army and Ziqing Army of Zibo, which has become a nightmare for the logistics department in just over a year.

It is impossible to change military robes of various colors to uniform uniform colors at once. According to the logistics department's estimates, it will take at least three years to complete the full dressing. This will still be the case when the troops of the five towns do not continue to expand.

Jiang Feng's order to the Logistics Department was to complete the dressing in two years, which made the logistics department complain.

Fortunately, the logistics department also had a strange trick. In order to distinguish between the armies and to make the army under the Pengcheng County Duke different from other vassal armies, the armbands and shoulder cards began to be used.

The scarlet and wide cloth armband proves that this belongs to the army of the Pengcheng County Duke. The patterns on the armband can distinguish the towns to which each army belongs, and the shoulder cards can reflect the title.

This suggestion was highly praised by Jiang Feng. In fact, he wanted to do this, but he didn't expect to be taken first. In addition, he was depressed and realized that many things began to change as he arrived.

For example, the armband of the Wuning Army is a battlement, which means defending and defending, while the armband pattern of the Ziqing Army is a mountain, which is a majestic and unrivaled; the armband pattern of the Huai You Army is a blade, which means invincibility; the armband pattern of the Balance Army is a tiger's head, which means being like a tiger; the armband pattern of the Pinglu Army is a giant tree, which means being deeply rooted and unshakable.

In short, the pattern of the armbands of these towns and soldiers strives to be simple and have profound meanings.

"Haha, Mr. Guo has a strong opinion. General Shunwang is deeply respected by the public. He is the well-deserved governor of the Wuning Army. In the future, Mr. Guo can see General Shunwang conquer cities and land on the Central Plains." Jiang Feng's response was also meaningful.

Guo Tao frowned slightly.

He has been thinking about how to persuade Jiang Feng not to get involved in the battle of the Central Plains, but should focus more on the south, namely Huainan and Jiangnan.
Chapter completed!