What Chen Shubao is concerned about is the focus of the controversy between civil and military officials in the past few days, and now that civil strife has suddenly broken out in Zhou State, for Chen Guo, who is on the verge of dying, it is really a heavy rain after a long drought, and how to grasp this precious opportunity is related to the life and death of Chen Guo.

The area north of the Yangtze River, whether it is Jingxiang in Shannan or Huainan, has all been lost, even Ba, Hunan and Jiangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River have been lost, and even Lingbiao has been lost.

Chen Guo only has the land of Sanwu in Jiangbiao and Fengzhou with many mountains and few fields, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is dangerous at this time, and if you don't think of a way, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Therefore, in view of the current situation, Chen Guo's civil and military officials have written one after another to express their views on the current situation, and the opinions of all parties can be roughly gathered into three strategies: attacking from the west and defending in the north, attacking from the north and defending in the west, and attacking in an all-round way.

The "western attack" means that the official army should take advantage of the internal strife in the Zhou to move westward to recover Jiangzhou, which was captured by the Zhou State (Yuwen clan), and then recover the land of Ba and Hunan further west, as well as Lingnan Guizhou and Guangzhou.

The "northern defense" is the confrontation with the Zhou army (Wei Chi's) in the north and south of the Yangtze River across the river, and the official army does not take the initiative to cross the river to the north, and throws the main force into the "western attack".

This strategy is to allow Chen to regain a foothold, first recover the territory south of the Yangtze River, and ensure that Jiankang will not be threatened by the enemy army in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, because in history, when the northern imperial court (Jin State) broke through Jiankang (Eastern Wu), it sent troops from the upper reaches of Shu and went down the river by boat all the way east to Jiankang.

In the Jiangbei (Huainan) area, which is across the river from Jiankang, Chen's army can effectively defend against enemy attacks on the opposite bank as long as they hold the two important places on the south bank, Quarry and Jingkou.

The second strategy is to attack in the north and defend in the west, that is, to go against the first strategy, taking advantage of the inseparable struggle between the Yuchi clan and the Yuwen clan, waving the army to the north, not only to recover the lost territory in Huainan, but also to expand the territory to Huaibei as much as possible.

This strategy seems to be a sword to go sideways, but its core idea is to "unite the west and attack the east", that is, to unite the Yuwen clan and attack the Yuchi clan, because the Yuchi clan is the strongest, the Yuwen clan and the Chen state are weaker, and the weak unite against the strong, which is the way to survive.

The third strategy is to attack at the same time, but the strength of the officers and troops and the grain and grass cannot support such a grand strategic goal, so after a few days of fighting, the focus of everyone's debate is on the first two strategies.

Chen Shubao was torn between these two strategies, and did not know how to choose, attacking the west and defending the north was a strategy for stability, because only by recovering Jiangzhou and Lingbiao Guangzhou could the security of Jiankang be effectively ensured.

Jiangzhou in hand, is to ensure the bottom line of river defense, with the Jiangzhou naval army to guard the river, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Jiankang will not be noisy; With Guangzhou in hand, Sun En and Lu Xun attacked Jiankang and Sanwu by sea through Jiangzhou during the Jin Dynasty and would not repeat themselves.

If this problem is not solved, Chen Shubao himself will not be able to sleep well.

However, if this strategy is adopted, it means that the situation in the Central Plains will be watched from the sidelines, and the Yuwen clan and the Wei Chi clan will decide the winner, and then the winner will be able to recuperate for a few years, and then he can attack the south again, and the situation faced by Chen Guo may not be optimistic.

Attacking the north and defending the west meant abandoning Jiangzhou and Guangzhou, and attacking the north in a desperate attempt to break the situation, taking advantage of the competition between the Wei Chi clan and the Yuwen clan and the tense troops, first recovering Huainan, and then continuing to advance northward.

Push the defensive line through the Huaishui, the east end to the area of Pengcheng in Xuzhou, the Surabaya water system near Pengcheng, and flow north into the Yellow River.

From Pengcheng to the north, to recover the land of Qingyan, and then march westward, the south of the Yellow River, the east of the Tiger Pass into the bag, so that the land of Henan, which is vast and populated, is the strong capital of Chen to unify the world.

However, once the Northern Expedition was rude, it could not expand its territory to the north, and Jiangzhou in the upper reaches and Guangzhou in the south could not be recovered, and the officers and troops suffered heavy casualties, and they would really have no power to return to heaven at that time.

Chen Shubao wants to ensure the safety of the land of Jiangbiao Sanwu, but he doesn't want to miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; wants to be the hero of the unified world, but he is afraid of the failure of the Northern Expedition, and the situation will take a turn for the worse, so he is really in a dilemma.

At the beginning of the year, the Zhou army attacked on all fronts, Chen Shubao was worried in his heart, tossing and turning at night, and now he is still tossing and turning at night, but his mentality is completely different, the former is worried about how many holes in the wall have been broken and which hole to fill first, and the latter is worried about which direction the house should be expanded and which direction to expand first.

This kind of trouble, Kong Fan can understand, he has always said what the official family likes to listen to, and does what the official family likes to do, and now, it is time for him and Shi Wenqing to memorize the lines.

In view of the current situation, he wrote a policy of tens of thousands of words, Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing carefully studied it, and discussed it with Yu Zhongwen all night, and finally prepared the lines, to show their skills in front of Chen Guan's family.

At this moment, Kong Fan began to express his "insightful opinions", and he first pointed out that the first priority at present is to resolve the security problems faced by Jiankang.

There is the Zhou army (Wei Chi's) in the north of the river, and there are also Zhou troops (Yuwen's) in Jiangzhou and Guangzhou.

Second, the recovery of Jiangzhou can mobilize grain from the Penglihu area to help Sanwu, which is a question related to whether the soldiers can eat enough to eat, and the grain output of the Sanwu land alone cannot maintain the current military strength of the official army for a long time.

If Jiangzhou and Guangzhou are recovered, the next problem that Chen will face is that once the Yuchi clan and the Yuwen clan decide the winner, sooner or later the winner will invade the south again, what should he do then?

The Sanwu region was threatened by the enemy forces in Jiangzhou and Guangzhou, which was a near-term concern, and when it came to long-term consideration, that is, if the northern victor made a comeback again, it would be more difficult to resist the enemy than it is now.

How to solve long-term worries?

It is very easy to solve it, and ensure that the Yuwen clan and the Yuchi clan will face each other for a long time, so that these two families will not have time to fight Chen Guo's idea.

Kong Fan "thinks" that now the strength of the Yu Chi clan has a great advantage, and the strength of the Yuwen clan is obviously at a disadvantage, and it is precisely because of this that the prime minister of the Zhou State, Yu Chi Dan, suddenly made a difficult attack and tried to catch Wang Yuwen Liang off guard.

However, as a result of the development of events, the Yuwen clan initially withstood the opponent's active attack, and even a strange army entered Yuzhou to occupy the hanging gourd, like a dagger against the abdomen of the Yu Chi clan.

This shows that the Yuwen clan has the opportunity to compete with the Yu Chi clan, just like the situation where the crane and the clam compete and the fisherman profits, Chen Guo is of course the fisherman, and he can come to the left and right.

"Left and right? Aiqing said carefully. Chen Shubao vaguely thought of something, but suddenly had no clue, Kong Fan smiled and said nothing, and Shi Wenqing then began to recite the lines:

"Official, now the Yuwen clan and the Yuchi clan must have the same idea, that is, they hope that our country will send troops to attack their opponents, so that the official family can send envoys to the north and west respectively to make some demands..."