Guo Chongtao's words made Li Cunhou, Feng Dao, He Ning, Shi Jingtang and Liu Zhiyuan fall into silence.

This problem is always an unavoidable problem. Xuzhou's aggressive momentum is enough to arouse anyone's vigilance.

A huge emerging regime spans rivers, Huai Rivers, and rivers, with more than 20 prefectures and counties, close to or even more than 20 million people. In this regard, it has surpassed Daliang.

Perhaps many places are still newly annexed places, and their rule has not been completely solid, but what if there is a time?

In terms of emotion and reason, the primary enemy of the Jin Dynasty should be Xuzhou, and the threat to be solved should also be Xuzhou. It should be strangled to the stage where it has not yet fully grown. This is the wisest way.

But in theory, can this be done?

Not to mention that the Xuzhou army is ready, it can be seen from their attitude towards Shi Jingtang's unit entering Caozhou that they are not afraid of a war.

Zhu Mao's Tianping Army alone had sixteen troops with more than 40,000 people, and Zhu Mao's original Taining Army had also had many dealings with the Jin army. Although they were still allies standing side by side against Daliang at that time, they were also well-known to each other. Whether it was the cavalry or the infantry, the combat effectiveness of the Taining Army was worthy of giving a thumbs up. Now that they became enemies, they certainly would not hold back because of their past friendship.

The original Pinglu Army and Ziqing Army were also similar. Perhaps there was a slight shortage compared to the Taining Army, but the difference was not too big. With the support of Huainan's abundant military supplies, it can be imagined that the strength of these armies will inevitably be improved to a certain extent. If the Jin Dynasty wanted to choose Xuzhou as the enemy of the First World War, then it can be imagined that this battle would definitely be a protracted and fierce battle.

Moreover, Jiang Feng's foundation is not in Ziqing Ping Lu Yanyun, nor even in Xusi. In Huainan, even if the Great Jin could really defeat the Xuzhou army and occupy Ziqing Ping Lu Yanyun, if he wanted to take Xuzhou, even if Li Cunhou was confident that he was unparalleled in military force, Feng Dao claimed to be ingenious and scheming, he would not dare to be sure of this, let alone the states south of the Huai River, which was the foundation of Jiang Feng.

Therefore, once a war starts with Xuzhou, Dajin must do all his strength to fight. If it is only north of the Huai River, Dajin's chances of winning may be in the 55th against Xuzhou, but with Huainan, the chances of winning may drop to less than 30%.

Apart from this factor, Li Cunhou also knew that starting a war with Xuzhou would never get support from An Chongrong, Kang Yicheng, Zhang Jingda, and even Shi Jingtang and Liu Zhiyuan because their subordinates needed gold and silver to reward and comfort, and they would never be willing to chew on this hard bone in Xuzhou and there was not much oil and water.

Similarly, Feng Dao and Hening also knew that fighting with Xuzhou was not possible. Long-term war was simply impossible for the Jin Dynasty, which consumed a huge amount of money and food in the battle to conquer Daliang. The reason why they chose Nanyang was because they were attracted by Henan Prefecture, Ruzhou, Xuzhou, and the wealth of the Nanyang Basin was to search for money and grain from these places to maintain the survival of 200,000 troops in the Central Plains.

Only by annexing the entire Central Plains and Nanyang and digesting it, so that it can actually become the fundamental place of the Great Jin Dynasty, can the Great Jin Dynasty have the strength to compete with Xuzhou for the world. This is the idea of ​​Li Cunhou and Feng Dao.

But Guo Chongtao's words also expose such a worry. Yes, Dajin can expand and consolidate his basic strength in this way. Will Xuzhou just watch Dajin grow stronger and do nothing? Surely not. They will continue to conquer cities and territory, consolidate their rule, strengthen their strength, and make various preparations for competing for power with Dajin. Therefore, Dajin had to consider how to strengthen itself while limiting the development and growth of their opponents.

"Xuzhou is indeed a big problem, and it must be taken seriously." Feng Dao stroked his long beard and pondered: "We have always listed Daliang as the number one enemy before, and ignored Xuzhou. We never thought that Jiang Feng had expanded in just a few years. We underestimated him before, but now we have conquered Daliang and occupied the vast land of the Central Plains. The land of Bianluo has become our hinterland. If we have the rich land of Nanyang, we can eliminate it with our absolute military advantage, at least we can do this north of the Huai River."

Feng Dao was still quite cautious and did not boast. He knew very well that the advantage of the Jin army lies in the cavalry, and the cavalry could indeed be in every way in the plains north of the Huai River. However, once it crossed the Huai River, the hills, mountains and rivers, lakes and swamps in the south would cause the Jin army to fall into an unfavorable situation. Even the Hedong Han army would find it difficult to adapt to the terrain and climate there. If you want to survive the Huai River south, you must form a new Han army infantry in the Huai River area to have a greater chance of victory, and this will take time.

Li Cunhou and Guo Chongtao both nodded in recognition, and Liu Zhiyuan and Shi Jingtang also nodded in each other, knowing that this is the old saying of the country. The Jin army did not have much war experience in the south, and the climate and geographical conditions in the south were definitely a big challenge to the northerners who were accustomed to the bitter and cold climate, and were more threatening than any army.

"But we cannot allow Xuzhou to expand and grow unscrupulously. We must have means to curb its development." Guo Chongtao sighed.

"Well, I thought I could urge the Khitans to go south and threaten Xuzhou from the north?" Liu Zhiyuan also asked.

"Khitan?" Shi Jingtang and Li Cunhou both frowned. This was another dilemma.

The Khitans' going south will definitely pose a great threat to Xuzhou, but the Khitans are also wolves and tigers. Once they go south, it will also be a huge threat to the Great Jin. At that time, it is very likely to become a fierce tiger and evil wolf that will backfire the Great Jin.

"The Khitans, Yelu Deguang is also a person with ulterior motives, not a good person." Feng Dao said quietly: "It is said that he is forcing Liu Shouguang to hand over the two states of Tan Ji to him. It is estimated that Liu Shouguang cannot resist the pressure and will hand it over to the Khitans sooner or later. Once the two states of Tan Ji are lost, how long can Youzhou be maintained? The Khitans will soon be able to set foot in the entire Heshuo. If Heshuo is earned by the Khitans, we will be under great pressure and have to think deeply."

"What if the Khitans and Xuzhou are allowed to get into a war?" Guo Chongtao asked back: "Jiang Feng is also an ambitious master. He is definitely unwilling to be forced by the Khitans. Especially if the Khitans obtain Heshuo, it will form a condescending force for Pinglu Town under his control. Tianping Town will never sit still and wait for death. If we can promote their war, we may be able to reap the benefits."

"It's not that simple. Yelu Deguang and Jiang Feng are not so easy to get caught." He Ning shook his head, "but the Khitans' power to go south to Heshuo is inevitable. This can be seen from Yelu Deguang forcing Liu Shouguang to hand over the two states of Tanji. Within three years, there will be a battle in Youzhou."

"Three years is too long. Xuzhou has three years to build up its foundation. It will be difficult to deal with it. We cannot give them such a long rest time." Guo Chongtao said decisively: "What if Xuzhou is allowed to go north to Heshuo?"

"Let Xuzhou go north to Heshuo?" Liu Zhiyuan was surprised. "This is possible? Jiang Feng wouldn't have such a big appetite, but he actually wanted to annex Heshuo? Besides, with that leisure, why didn't he go south to Jiangnan? There was much more fertile and fertile there."

"It may not be necessary. Jiang Feng's generation of talent should see the threat from the Khitans. If he controls Heshuo's important land first, it will be much more beneficial to resisting the Khitans' southward in the future. As long as conditions allow, he will definitely have such ideas." Guo Chongtao disagreed.

The inconsistency in views also caused people to have differences about Xuzhou's future actions, but in any case, Xuzhou is indeed a major enemy of the Jin Dynasty, while the Khitan may be the enemy of the future.

"Can you cause some trouble for Xuzhou in the south?" Shi Jingtang asked with a frown.

"Southern?" He Ning smacked his lips, "The situation in the south of Huainan is very complicated. The relationship between E Huang and Du family and Jiang Feng is good. Wu has a bad relationship with Jiang Feng. However, Wu is now restrained by ant thieves and it is difficult to take out his hands. Therefore, Jiang Feng took the opportunity to seize Lu Hao and Chuzhou and signed the alliance under the city, unless Wu Guo freed up his hands. To be honest, there is probably only Caizhou, but now we go south to Nanyang, which will inevitably arouse Caizhou's vigilance. Caizhou and Xuzhou are more likely to join forces, and we cannot let Caizhou go away."

Indeed, the situation in Xuzhou is so good. There are almost no decent enemies around it. Caizhou, which can be called an enemy, is more vigilant about its own side. It is too difficult to instigate Caizhou to attack Xuzhou. Look at how powerful they are in Songzhou. When they hear the fall of Bianliang, they immediately shake hands and make peace. Are they still guarding against their own side?

The atmosphere in the hall was a little stagnant for a moment, and no one wanted to watch a great enemy beside him constantly increasing his strength. Even though he knew that his opponent was a big trouble in the future, he was helpless now.

"After all, we have to strengthen our strength ourselves. In any case, we still have a great advantage over Xuzhou. To the north of the Huai River, Xuzhou can only stay on the defensive. We need time to stabilize our rule in the Central Plains, and at the same time we have to further enrich our strength by taking down Nanyang. Now we can only do this. If we blindly watch others' development and intervene without considering our actual situation, it may only allow other families to gain benefits." Feng Dao said in a concluding remark: "Mr. Guo is right. To restrain, the Khitans have to be restrained. The Khitans are too slow to move south. On the one hand, we must promote the Khitans to go south, and on the other hand, we must induce Xuzhou to go north, promote their confrontation in Heshuo, and consume the power of both sides. This is the truth."

"But it is easy to get the Khitans to go south, but it is not easy to get Xuzhou to go north, right?" Liu Zhiyuan couldn't help but say.
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