Yang Xingmi was about to become a member of the old department, and Gu Quanwu Qian Biao summoned him to ask, and only then did he know what had happened to him when he was canonized. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

For this messenger who came to ask for canonization, Yang Xingmi still attaches more importance to it, although now Huainan still needs to act in the name of the Tang Dynasty, but it is finally in contact with overseas subject countries, if Huainan is founded in the future, it will be much easier to deal with these countries.

Therefore, Yang Xingmi immediately summoned Li Yan and asked him to canonize the Gong descendants on behalf of the Son of Heaven in accordance with the rules of the imperial court.

After receiving the envoy of the Thai feudal state, Yang Xingmi personally summoned Wang Yanhan.

Compared with the envoys who treated the Thai feudal kingdom more out of face, the reception of Wang Yanhan was even more important.

If Huainan wants to sweep the south, Wang Shenzhi, who seized Fujian, is an important opponent.

Although from the current point of view, the road from Wenzhou to Fujian has been opened, but the supply line of this road is still too long, and it is still a little difficult to launch an attack on Fujian from Wenzhou, so for the time being, Huainan is not a threat to Wang Zhenzhi.

However, now that Jiangxi Zhong Chuan is dying, his son Zhong Kuangshi is obviously not a person to protect the family, and Huainan will definitely take the opportunity to attack Jiangxi at that time.

And once Jiangxi is captured, with this highly developed territory as a springboard, and at the same time removing the threat of the flank, Huainan can plot against Fujian.

So if you calculate it this way, the strategy of Fujian is a matter of a few years, and it is impossible for Yang Xingmi and others not to plan in advance.

"The king, his subordinates feel that Wang Yanhan, as the eldest son of Wang Zhenzhi, should have a high influence on Wang Zhenzhi. Now that His Royal Highness the Prince is using troops in Huaibei, the king might as well send Wang Yanhan to the front line, first, let His Royal Highness personally meet him, and second, he can also take the opportunity to show Wang Yanhan the might of my Huainan soldiers! In this way, after Wang Yanhan saw the strength of my Huainan soldiers, he would definitely persuade his father not to be the enemy of my Huainan when he went back, and he might be able to achieve miraculous results in the future! At this time, Yan Keqiu suddenly proposed.

"Yes, Mr. Yan's plan is very good! The king, the last general feels that not only does he want this Wang Yanhan to know the strength of my Huainan, but also the envoy of the Taifeng Kingdom! On the side, Li Shenfu added.

Yang Xingmi's heart moved, and he nodded in agreement.

Soon, Cui Ning and Wang Yanhan received news at the same time: Wu Wang Shizi was currently leading troops to fight Zhu Quanzhong in Huaibei, and he wanted to summon the two envoys, so he asked the two to go to the Suzhou army together.

"The prince of Wu wants to see me? And it was met in front of the army? I heard a long time ago that Huainan is powerful, and it is the first class of powerful feudal domains in the world; And Zhu Quanzhong, the king of Liang, is the strongest feudal town in the world, and hundreds of thousands of troops of these two major feudal towns are fighting on a large scale. After hearing the news, Wang Yanhan was overjoyed and secretly decided to take a good look at the reality of Huainan.

This time he went north to Guangling, and what he saw along the way gave him the feeling that the south of the Yangtze River was prosperous, far from being comparable to Fujian.

Unlike Wang Xianzhi, who was born in Gwangju, Wang Yanhan grew up in Fujian, and this is the first time he has come to Jiangnan, so he will naturally be surprised by the prosperity of Jiangnan's population.

However, he has not actually seen Huainan's military might, so he naturally can't feel it clearly.

In fact, in terms of the number of troops alone, Fujian also has more than 70,000 troops, although it is far less than Huainan, but considering the remoteness of Fujian, it must be difficult for Huainan to send too many troops to fight.

Therefore, Wang Yanhan was not really worried about the strength of Huainan in his heart, but had the idea of comparing himself with the Huainan army.

Like Wang Yanhan, Cui Ning also felt a little excited after hearing that Yang Wu was going to meet him in front of the army.

During the Korean Civil War in this era, a large number of people were forced to serve as soldiers because of the widespread use of conscription, so there was no shortage of troops, and there were more than 100,000 troops in the Thai feudal country alone.

Of course, Cui Ning also knew that the combat effectiveness of the more than 100,000 troops of the Taifeng Kingdom was definitely not comparable to the army of the Central Plains Dynasty with the same number, but he didn't know how big the gap was.

This opportunity to witness the battle of hundreds of thousands of troops in the two most powerful feudal towns in the Central Plains made Cui Ning feel excited just thinking about it.

Three days later, the two sailed to Suzhou with the convoy transporting logistical baggage for the front-line army.

Suzhou Front.

"The king's messenger is coming? And an envoy of the Thai feudal country? Yang Wu was a little surprised at first, and then he understood the purpose of Yang Xingmi's arrangement, and couldn't help but applaud secretly.

It's just that what's going on with this Thai feudal country? How come I've never heard of it?

When the messenger asked, Yang Wu knew the origin of the Thai feudal kingdom, and immediately laughed: "Isn't this a Goryeo stick?" Also Thai feudal country? ”

On the side, Zhou Ben listened to Yang Wu's self-talk, and couldn't help but wonder: "Your Highness, what does the Goryeo stick mean?" Is it a name for the Silla people? Why hasn't the last general heard of it? ”

Zhang Xun and other generals also looked at Yang Wu with great confusion.

Yang Wu smiled, but did not explain, but changed the topic and said: "Since there are two envoys who are going to watch the battle, then the generals must behave well, and they must play the prestige of our army, so that those Goryeo sticks and Wang Zhenzhi will know that I am strong in Huainan!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Zhang Xun and others hurriedly agreed.

During this time, after the Huainan army captured Suzhou in one fell swoop, Zhu Quanzhong was obviously unwilling to lose, and immediately led the army south, wanting to take advantage of Huainan's unstable foothold to recapture Suzhou.

Although the Huainan Army is slightly inferior in terms of strength, they have the backing of the fortified city of Suzhou, coupled with the continuous flow of logistics and supplies, and the morale of the soldiers is even higher, so they are on par with the Liang army.

In the past few days, the Liang army and the Huainan army have almost never been without fighting, and each time they have dispatched 10,000 to 20,000 people to fight a fierce battle.

However, neither Zhu Quanzhong nor Yang Wu had the certainty of defeating the other party in one fell swoop, so both sides did not invest all their forces in a decisive battle, but were ready to use a 10,000-person battle to gradually weaken the other party.

If either side is the first to decline, the other side will definitely take the opportunity to launch a decisive battle, so in this kind of contest, both sides will not easily retreat.

As a result, skirmishes between the two sides appear to be extremely frequent and tragic.

Fortunately, although the Huainan army had fewer troops than the other side, it did not fall behind in this kind of skirmish, and in the battle with the Liang army, the Huainan army's losses were even a little less than that of the other side.

The only thing that worries Yang Wu is that although Huainan can hold on to this protracted war of attrition, this kind of attrition seems to be a little unworthy.

At the beginning, Guo Chongtao was the only one who advocated that Suzhou should be abandoned to avoid a confrontation with the Liang army; But in recent days, the number of people who support this view has gradually increased, and Zhang Xun and others are also reflecting on whether it is necessary to continue fighting for the sake of Suzhou in the face of such a tragic war.

In addition, as the war continued, the manufacturing technology of Suzhou artillery had been mastered by the Liang army, and some grenades had not been detonated into the hands of the Liang army.

Although Yang Wu knew that the diffusion of military technology was inevitable, it was still not a good thing for Liang Jun to master the manufacturing technology of Suzhou artillery so quickly.

Fortunately, although the grenade was obtained by the enemy, it was not so easy to figure out the composition of black powder.

In addition, the flat terrain of the battle in Huaibei was indeed more conducive to the play of the Liang cavalry.

Because of the limited number of cavalry in Huainan, the cavalry could only play a supporting role in this kind of war; However, the cavalry of the Liang army often used their strong mobility to harass and attack the Huainan army, causing considerable losses to the Huainan army.

Fortunately, the logistics of the Huainan Army were transported by water, so there was no need to worry about being cut off by the cavalry of the Liang Army.

"Cavalry, cavalry!" Yang Wu sighed in his heart.

At the same time, after hearing the news of the arrival of the envoy of the Taefeudal Kingdom, a long-standing thought resurfaced in his heart: Jeju Island!

Jeju Island is located in the southwest corner of the Korean Peninsula, at the eastern boundary between the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, and has a Pacific subtropical climate, with an average temperature above freezing in January every year, and a large area of grassland suitable for grazing in the east. The warm and humid climate and abundant aquatic plants made it one of the best pastures in Asia in later generations.

Historically, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, who grew up on horseback, also took a fancy to this treasure land, and set up a horse ranch here, and set up the Tamna Military and Civil Administration to govern the affairs of the troops and residents stationed on the island. Later, after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, there were still 20,000 or 30,000 horses left on the island.

If Huainan can occupy this place, and then open a horse farm to raise horses, if it can reach the scale of the Yuan Dynasty, it should not be long before Huainan can greatly alleviate the disadvantage of Huainan's lack of horses.

The only thing to consider is the horse breed.

Today's war horses in the army are generally what later generations called Mongolian horses, which are relatively short and not very explosive; However, its advantages are hard-working, not afraid of cold, can adapt to extremely extensive feeding management, has strong vitality, and can survive in difficult and harsh conditions. The well-trained Mongolian horse, which is not frightened or deceived on the battlefield, is extremely brave, and has always been a good military horse.

If Huainan wants to keep horses on a large scale, this Mongolian horse is certainly an important choice.

Although those famous horses such as Arabian horses and sweaty horses are more powerful in explosive power, they are better choices for military horses; However, the first thing that Huainan needs to solve now is the problem of large-scale cultivation.

If we can't solve these problems, even the best horses can only be used as playthings for a few people, and cannot be promoted on a large scale.

Therefore, although other horses are good, the Mongolian horse only needs one: strong adaptability, which is enough to make it the first choice of the cavalry of the Huainan Army at present.