After the military discussion dispersed, the generals retreated one after another, leaving only Guo Chongtao, Shi Jingtang and Liu Zhiyuan, and even Li Cunhou's father-in-law An Chongrong, and among the civil officials, Feng Daohe and Ning were also left.

This is the true mechanism for the meeting of important officials to decide on the military and national affairs of the Jin State.

"Nanyang is more secure and the conditions are more suitable." Liu Zhiyuan said straight without dragging on the slumber: "Nanyang violated the agreement reached with us, entered Henan Prefecture without authorization, and occupied the counties of Henan Prefecture. In order to defeat Daliang, we did not turn against them for the time being, which does not mean that we don't care about this matter. Now it's time to calculate the account."

It is slightly different from Shi Jingtang's calmness and forbearance, Liu Zhiyuan seems to be more aggressive, and his sharp style is more prominent at this time.

"The counties in the southern part of Henan Prefecture, plus Ruzhou and Xuzhou are enough to fight, but this is probably not enough to satisfy everyone's appetite." Guo Chongtao is over 70 years old, but he is still energetic, with a red face, and a silver beard under his jaw. He said with some concern: "Everyone has seen the attitude of the generals in front of the palace today. I'm afraid they can't help themselves. The children below have been clamoring for a long time."

"This is definitely not enough. If you want to fight, you have to take down the entire Nanyang!" The determination in Li Cunhou's eyes had already emerged. "Only Nanyang Prefecture can meet everyone's needs. If possible, Gu Hope can fight to Xiangyang."

Everyone looked at each other, but after thinking about it carefully, they really took down Nanyang Prefecture, just a line away from Xiangyang.

Everyone knows that Nanyang and Xiangyang are the richest in the south of the Central Plains. Nanyang has accumulated over a hundred years. The two Lius used this as the foundation of their hegemony. The Xiao family in Xiangyang was able to compete with Nanyang in a corner of Xiangyang, which shows the wealth of Xiangyang. Even if they do not advance to Xiangyang, they can force Xiangyang to pay tribute to pay ransoms. Even if the vassals such as E-Huang on both sides must pay tribute to avoid war. Even if they pay the money, they can still start wars for various reasons. Why not do it?

Feng Dao and He Ning both contemplated and pondered for a while. After a while, Feng Dao slowly said: "If you want to attack Nanyang, Henan Prefecture and Ruzhou will be easy to deal with. Now Xuzhou is divided into Nanyang and Caizhou. If you want to take Xuzhou, you need to negotiate with Caizhou."

"Hmph, if Yuan Huaihe wants to avoid the war, he must hand over Xuzhou. Gu did not let him withdraw from Chenzhou and Songzhou, which was the biggest concession." Li Cunhou seemed particularly tough at this time. "Don't think that if you reach an agreement with Xuzhou, you can rest assured. Gu can also reach an agreement with Jiang Feng to divide Caizhou."

He Ning shook his head: "Jiang Feng will not be so unwise, they will not join hands with us easily. We went south to Nanyang, and Xuzhou is far apart. Maybe we can ignore it, but if we want to move Caizhou, it will be too much to do, and Xuzhou's reaction will not be easy to predict."

Feng Dao also continued: "Even if we go south to Nanyang, I guess Xuzhou and Caizhou will become nervous and discuss countermeasures."

"Hmph, Xuzhou must be taken back, and we must also use Caizhou to enter Bizhou!" Li Cunhou sneered with a slight sneer on the corner of his mouth, "Yuan's family is greedy, and he plans to transfer Xu and Yuan in Shen'an and Yuan in the two states, and we will take Nanyang Prefecture and Bizhou."

"Well, this strategy is very good. Suizhou can be seen at that time. If the Xiao family is willing to surrender, it is okay to hand over to the Xiao family. If E Huang is willing to surrender, handing over Suizhou or even Anzhou to the E Huang Du family is also a clever strategy. It can make E Huang and Xiao family get into a rift, and E Huang and Yuan family." Feng Dao nodded slightly, "As long as we control Nanyang and Bizhou, we can easily mobilize the three forces in Jingxiang, let them attack each other, and we can reap profits."

"This is the best strategy. It is probably the ultimate goal of our power to destroy Nanyang. After Nanyang, the climate becomes damp and hot. I am afraid that war horses will find it difficult to adapt to the climate. The soldiers also need to worry about the plague." He Ning nodded and agreed: "The best way is to control Nanyang, let the Xiao family, Du family and Yuan family be hostile to each other and attack each other. Only then can we turn our hands to turn clouds and rain, and we don't even need to move a soldier."

In this era, the biggest threat to the northern army was not the enemy, but the climate. Once it arrived in the Yangtze River Basin, the humid and hot climate could cause large numbers of war horses to die suddenly, and it was even more difficult for soldiers to adapt to the humid and cold climate in summer, and once they were infected, it might be a large-scale outbreak, which was greater than the loss in a war.

All the northern generals knew this and were still scared. Even they felt it was difficult to adapt to the south themselves, not to mention those ordinary soldiers. Moreover, there were many mountains, hills, rivers, lakes and swamps in the south. This was also the most painful thing for the northern cavalry. The impact and mobility of the cavalry that they were most proud of would be greatly limited, and their power was greatly reduced when facing infantry.

Fortunately, the Jin army's infantry was not weak, which was also the reason why Li Cunhou was determined to march into Nanyang.

The most suitable direction for the Great Jin war is undoubtedly to pacify the line of Lu Yanyun. However, this line not only gathered more than 100,000 troops from Jiang Feng, but it may have been a battle for many years. In addition, the region's wealth is far less than that of the Liu family in Nanyang for a hundred years, and it may also face the joint efforts of Xuzhou and Caizhou. Therefore, the monarch and ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty thought about it and determined the strategy of the southern expedition to Nanyang.

The Nanyang Erliu area controlled by Nanyang Prefecture alone has a population of one million. In addition, Bizhou and Nanyang Basin are rich in resources, which is indeed an excellent place for the men below to take action. Moreover, as long as Nanyang is controlled, Xiangyang and Ehuang can force tribute. Li Cunhou has this confidence to do this. Who would not want to get gold, silver, silk tea without using swords and guns?

Shi Jingtang and Liu Zhiyuan exchanged glances. They knew that Li Cunhou had decided, and they had to admit that in terms of this kind of strategy of turning hands to make clouds and rain, they were indeed not as good as these civil officials. One series of poisonous moves after another made you overwhelmed. If you didn't step in, you had to step in. It can be seen that these civil officials really couldn't provoke them easily. They really wanted to stir up trouble, and they could really make you wiped out in an instant.

"King, since the plan has been decided, which departments will take on this southward journey?" Liu Zhiyuan said in a deep voice.

"No hurry for the time being, military supplies will take some time to replenish them." He Ning continued and thought about it again, "I'm afraid that any one of them will not convince the rest of the team, but this is a difficult problem."

Everyone knows that this time I went south, I really need to divide the money. Who can be willing to be the last one? Even Li Cunhou can't handle it.

"What advice does Feng Xiang have?" Li Cunhou also felt that this was a difficult problem. Don't fight before the fight started, and the internal chaos began.

"In my opinion, it is better to determine whether the first or second divisions are the main force. The other divisions can draw some troops to follow the two divisions to the south. After taking Nanyang, they can uniformly follow the contributions occupied by each division in this southern expedition, and then reward them according to the merits." Feng Dao suggested.

"Well, this method is very good." Shi Jingtang nodded in agreement, "Each department chooses one department to go south with the main force, and can also supervise each other to avoid unnecessary suspicion, and also to facilitate the king to stabilize the morale of the army."

Each division is not at ease with the other divisions going south alone, but if they want to go south all the way, who will guard the Central Plains?

If you choose one and go south with the main force of the two, everyone knows what you get and then uniformly distribute it, then everyone will be at ease.

"Then use this method, the battle will be carried out south by Gong Guo and Yanqing's troops as the main force. Gong Liu's troops are under Guo Wei's troops, and Gong Shi's troops are the main force of the cavalry. The other units will draw elite cavalry troops to follow the team. Guangfu's troops are the reserve team. When will the food, grass and supplies be fully prepared?" Li Cunhou was also quite decisive and immediately determined the strategy.

"It will take one month to do it. In addition, Caizhou, the king's intention...?" He Ning raised his eyes.

"Feng Xiang, how do you contact Yuan's family?" Li Cunhou looked at Feng Dao.

"The Yuan family is greedy. If they use Guangshen'an as bait, they may be willing to give it a try." Feng Dao pondered: "But the Yuan family of Guangzhou may not be willing to take over, so they will risk arguing with Xuzhou. However, if they use Shenshen'an as rewards, they will be enough to exchange half of Xuzhou and Caizhou."

"Feng Xiang, Yuan may not be willing to accept this bait." Guo Chongtao interrupted.

"Oh? Why did Mr. Guo say this?" Feng Dao was not surprised. It was difficult to judge whether Caizhou would join in. He was just a judgment.

"If we destroy Daliang, we may have a great shock to the Central Plains vassals. Even though Nanyang is not popular for a while, if we continue to move south, they will be sad about the cold rabbit and the fox. They may not be willing to enter the trap." Guo Chongtao is also a long-standing general, and he has been weighing the risks of this trip south in his heart.

"In the opinion of Mr. Guo, will Yuan be detrimental to us?" Feng Dao asked back.

"That's not true. These Central Plains vassals forget their lives when they see small profits and cherish their lives when they do big things. How could they sacrifice themselves for other families?" Guo Chongtao pondered: "At least, the Yuan family doesn't. It's hard to say about Xuzhou. However, Nanyang is far from the west, and Xuzhou is beyond the reach, and Nanyang cannot trust Xuzhou."

"What else is Mr. Guo worried about?" He Ning also asked.

"I'm not worried about Nanyang and Caizhou, but about Xuzhou. If I go south, what should I do with Xuzhou? Let it be bigger?"
Chapter completed!