Listening to Feng Huaidao's words, everyone was thinking. And Cao Liang thought about it and then retorted: "Duke Feng, when we followed the prince, we had thousands of soldiers and horses, and we didn't occupy the land of the Three Mansions. What's more, there are now eleven prefectures, and only Xingding Province needs to leave soldiers and horses to strengthen the defense of Wu State, and the other two provinces will not be threatened by invasion for the time being. Therefore, we can mobilize a large army to attack the seven central and southern provinces, and even if we are short of manpower after the occupation, we can also recruit people from the local area to assist in defensive operations. With the level of financial endowment of the seven central and southern prefectures, it is not a problem to raise 100,000 troops. Besides, Feng Gong, you also said just now, the Seven Prefectures of Central and South China are the foundation of the Zhou State, and once we occupy it, it will be equivalent to digging the foundation of the Zhou State and breaking its backbone. It will be of great help to our future business. ”

Seeing that Feng Huaidao was still about to refute Cao Liang's statement, Gongsun Jian waved his hand to interrupt the dispute between the two. After pondering for a moment, he spoke, "Our purpose this time is to assist the King of Chu to establish himself and defeat the Southern Han Kingdom. Therefore, it is not necessary to occupy the seven central and southern prefectures for the time being. But since we send troops to fight, we can't suffer, right? Therefore, we can lead troops to cross the border from Qifu, at least as long as they are not stupid, they should be willing to spend some money to buy peace, right? What do you say? Hahaha......"

Gongsun Jian's words immediately won the support of many ministers of civil and military affairs. If you can achieve your own strategic goals without spending your own money, and you may even make a profit, why not?

Seeing that no one objected, Gongsun Jian directly began to deploy the battle plan for the south. The 1st and 3rd Divisions garrisoned Hung Dinh Province, and the Special Operations Brigade was also left to continue training and not participate in the war. In addition, the Rapid Reaction Support Division and the Garrison Division of other units have also been left behind to take charge of the defense and security of Dinh Nam and Tien Nam Provinces. The rest of the divisions were all involved in the implementation of the battle plan to the south. In addition, in order to encourage the Sixth Division, Gongsun Jian also deliberately handed over the pioneer task of going south to Zhu Zequan's Sixth Division, which made everyone envious.

After all preparations stopped, Gongsun Jian personally led the army to start another southward journey. Qian Mingyue and Feng Wan'er, the two princesses, as well as the ministers under the palace, all came out to see them off. Just as the school began its summer vacation, Gong Yu Wu finally got the opportunity to go with the army this time with the help of begging and two stepmothers and aunts. In the eyes of many people, Gongsun Jian is really a little too spoiled by this little county lord. And some people think that Gongsun Jian is deliberately cultivating Gongyu Dance. But after all, it was just a girl who picked it up. Although some people think so, they are not too optimistic about the future. Now that the two princesses are officially married, maybe a prince will be born next year. I don't know what the outcome will be in the future.

Gongsun Jian naturally wouldn't guess the minds of these people. The reason why he agreed to Gongyu Dance's request was mainly because he wanted Gongyu Dance to see more about the scenery and customs of the mountains and rivers and broaden his horizons. And not to see the bloody cruelty of the battlefield. After all, he couldn't let Gong Yu Dance really get close to the battlefield, and most of the time he just played in the safety of the rear.

In this way, Gong Yu Wu sat on the princess chariot borrowed from her stepmother Qian Mingyue and began her first expedition in her life. In addition to the personal guards specially sent by Gongsun Jian, there are also four mastiffs the size of a foal to accompany them, and ordinary people dare not approach them at will just by seeing these four mastiffs.

Along the way, in addition to the Sixth Division Xiaoxing, as the vanguard, stayed overnight in the mountains to open the road and meet the water to build bridges, the rear army was stable all the way, especially Gongsun Jian's Chinese army stopped from time to time, inspected the local people along the way, met with some officials, and accompanied Gongyu Dance around with great interest. People who don't know will definitely not think that Gongsun Jian is going on an expedition, but more like a tour of the mountains and rivers.

Finally, after more than ten days, the army left the territory of the Zhou king and entered the territory of the southernmost central and southern provinces of the Zhou state. The Sixth Forward Division had also reached the border where the Zhou State and the Southern Han were fighting. Someone was sent to inform the 6th Division to rest on the spot and not to rush into battle. And Gongsun Jian began his raid. Every day, I take my daughter to send a lot of prayers, and I don't feel that I have lost my identity at all to visit the local rich families and families. There is no purpose, it is to send troops and lack money, and I want to trouble you to help borrow a little temporarily. In the future, when I have money, King Zhou will definitely pay it back.

The shameless words have all been said for this part, and who else dares to say a word about those people. Most of the wealthy families reluctantly took out some belongings to support Gongsun Jian, and they had to smile and say that they voluntarily gave it to the army, just as a heart and reward for the army to help them defeat the Southern Han Dynasty. As for the repayment of the money, no one mentioned it, and he didn't expect Gongsun Jian to pay it back.

But there are also those who are not eye-opening, there are a few families who have power in the court of the Zhou State behind their backs, and they are also in the noble family, so they don't take Gongsun Jian's words seriously at all. Even if you borrow money, my family is also poor, and here is a thousand taels of silver, which is a little bit of our mind, you can use it for military expenses.

Gongsun Jian was still smiling happily, but in his heart, he had already pronounced the death sentence of these families. Nai, who thou wilt send for bread? Not to mention a thousand taels, even ten thousand taels is not enough.

So that night, several families accidentally caught fire, and Gongsun Jian's team was also very caring, and rushed in to participate in the fire fighting as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the fire was too big, and after all of them were extinguished, almost all of them died. Hehe, if you don't die, those soldiers with swords and guns will also give you a ride.

In this way, no matter where Gongsun Jian's army passed from then on, the local rich families all took the initiative to pay tribute for the use of the army, and Gongsun Jian was very satisfied and happy. From time to time, he also raised the pen and ink to give people inscriptions. What is 'loyal to the family', 'benevolent and charitable', 'benevolent and righteous teacher' and so on. However, most of the time, these inscriptions were ghostwritten by Shi Fangheng and Cao Liang and even Gongyu Wu, who accompanied the army. After all, Gongsun Jian's words are really unseemly.

After nearly a month, Gongsun Jian's army finally arrived at the front line. And the happiest part of this time is the Gong Yu Dance. Checking countless amounts of gold and silver every day is the happiest time she has ever had these days. After leaving a part of the necessary expenses in the army, the rest was sent back to the territorial treasury as the financial revenue of the Zhou king's territory. The income from this looting alone is nearly 10 million taels of silver, which is almost worth the current tax revenue of Gongsun Jian's territory for a year.

Along the way, Gongsun Jian seemed to be looting those rich families, but in fact, he was also waiting for the latest battle report from the front line of Vietnam and Han. Because of the addition of Gongsun Jian, the Southern Han side had already gotten the news. The internal divisions of the Southern Han Kingdom, which was already unwilling to fight any longer, became even more prominent. Many people suggested that it might be possible to reduce losses by withdrawing troops in time while the victory or defeat was now undecided. If you want to truce after the defeat of the army, it depends on Zhou Guo's face.

It cannot be said that the opinions of these ministers of the Southern Han Kingdom are wrong, but at least they did not see the overall situation. Gongsun Jian is ostensibly the son-in-law of Emperor Lao Yue, but he is actually an independent prince. Will he really help Zhou Guo deal with the Southern Han Dynasty?

However, some people saw the true purpose of Gongsun Jian's dispatch of troops this time, but they didn't want to say it, because after saying it, maybe the Zhou State side was wary, but it was not a good thing for the Southern Han Dynasty. A chaotic Zhou State is the result that the Southern Han Dynasty wants to see. Although the war has not been able to win you for the time being, when you are really seriously ill and have civil strife, no one can say for sure.

For various reasons, by the time Gongsun Jian finally arrived at the battlefield, the Southern Han Kingdom had already withdrawn. This result made Gongsun Jian very dissatisfied. gathered all his troops and shouted that the Great Zhou could not be bullied, and that the Southern Han must pay the price.

seems to be a performance of loyalty to the country, but in fact it is another acting. However, this time there is a lot less acting component. Gongsun Jian is really ready to fight with the Southern Han Kingdom, so that those recruits can see blood, and at the same time, he also wants to get some benefits from the Southern Han Kingdom. But who knew that people would just quit like this.

The bored Gongsun Jian found Qian Tuan, the king of Chu, and there was nothing to fake, so he directly explained his intention. Whether you die or not has nothing to do with me, but your death will affect me. Of course, you are the royal family of the Zhou State, and it is understandable that you died for the benefit of your own family. So how to choose it is up to you to do it yourself.

Qian Tuan was able to live in the shadow of his brother until now, of course, he was not a fool, and he was one of the most promising people in Zhou Guo to sit in that position. Therefore, after careful consideration, Qian Tuan decided to join forces with Gongsun Jian, but the premise was to ask Gongsun Jian to ensure the safety of his family in Shangjing. This point made Gongsun Jian a little difficult.

There are also people in the public family who are in the capital, but Gongsun Jian doesn't care about their life and death at all. To put it bluntly, even if the Gongsun family dies, Gongsun Jian will not have the slightest sadness. But Qian Tuan's request was a bit embarrassing for Gongsun Jian. The main thing is that this thing is too difficult to do.

Shangjing City is not anywhere else, it is the capital of the Zhou Kingdom. Moreover, the person who is now guarding the capital is the eldest prince Qian Yan, this is a difficult opponent, and if he wants to get out the dozens of members of Qian Tuan's family without any problems, at least with Gongsun Jian's current strength in the capital, it is an impossible task.

After some deliberation, Shi Fangheng, a guy with a bad stomach, gave an idea, that is, to let Gongsun Jian marry the daughter of Qian Tuan, the king of Chu. Then take this opportunity to abduct the family of the King of Chu. I have to say that Shi Fangheng has considered everything for Gongsun Jian, but the only thing he didn't consider was Gongsun Jian's personal feelings. Although Gongsun Jian had long been prepared to marry many daughters-in-law in the future for political reasons, it was too much to marry his daughter-in-law's cousin not long after the official wedding.

After weighing left and right, Gongsun Jian had no choice but to finally accept Shi Fangheng's suggestion. Anyway, Wu Guo is going to marry a princess over there, so let's take it together. Save yourself from being tired of the wedding and half to death.

After discussing with the King of Chu, the King of Chu unexpectedly agreed and was very happy. Marriage is as simple as drinking water and eating for the powerful. Moreover, it is a marriage with a powerful person like Gongsun Jian. Originally, Qian Tuan had this thought, but he was never embarrassed to say it. Now that Gongsun Jian has taken the initiative to speak, why wouldn't he do it?

Besides, once he has a son-in-law like Gongsun Jian, then he can rely on Qian Tuan. Zhou Guo has nothing to do with him in the future, and the most important thing at the moment is that his family can be safe. As for Gongsun Jian, even if he subverted the Zhou State, it would be difficult for him to kill all his family. As long as you keep following the path of Gongsun Jian, then you can keep it fine. Anyway, I didn't have a mind about that position for a long time, I just wanted to save my life. Don't you see that your extremely smart brother can't wait to marry his own girl?

After discussing these, how to solve the territory of the king of Chu was placed in front of both parties. Fortunately, Qian Tuan is not a useless person, after learning that his brother Qian Hong is back in power, he is actually preparing for the future. Therefore, three of the seven prefectures in Central and South China supported him. Therefore, these three mansions have become a place for Qian Tuan to settle down. However, Gongsun Jian still felt that the land of Sanfu was too narrow. Therefore, it is proposed to find the Southern Han Kingdom to ask for some more land. Moreover, it straddles both sides of the river, which also gives the king of Chu room for strategic buffer in the future.