Although the current situation in Youzhou has subsided, the war in this place has never been just a matter of the warring parties, but also involves the surrounding situation.

For example, the war in Youzhou, Wang Jun's attack on Chen Zhi, not only affected the nerves of the New Han Dynasty, but also caused many surrounding forces to take action.

In fact, after careful distinction, the surrounding forces are actually divided into four different attitudes towards this battle of attacking generations.

This first type is undoubtedly the most direct, that is, represented by Duanbu Xianbei and Yuwen Xianbei, who have already surrendered to Wang Jun's forces, as vassals and subordinates, they are directly involved in the war, and now they have been crippled by Daijun Wuding, running and scattering;

In his opinion, such an operation is carried out, and after Wang Jun's victory, he turned around and wanted to interfere in Jizhou, but he was already powerless, because the raw rice was cooked and cooked, and he could only sit and watch his Shile power expand;

This third kind is to take advantage of the fire to rob, such as the Murong Department and the Tuoba Department, but then again, in fact, these two departments are also wronged, they also think that the final winner will be Wang Jun, and they and Wang Jun are already a little disagreeable and contradictory, so they want to take advantage of the opportunity, even if they have to spit out a little afterwards, they can also be used as bargaining chips.

As for the fourth type, it is like the Xiongnu in the state, although it is close at hand, but for various reasons it is waiting to see the changes, as if they want to sit and watch the situation develop, but there are also differences in this, because there are many internal forces of the Xiongnu, such as Liu Yao, who is only in Liu Yi's line, went north to the grassland to recruit manpower, and it seems that there is also a plan, but it is not visible for the time being.

At the moment, Chen Zhi talked to many subordinates, mainly the third type of people, that is, the Murong Department and the Tuoba Department.

These two departments were originally close to Youzhou, but because of Wang Jun's authority, they were not close to the frontier, and now Wang Jun and Chen Zhi were at war, and the two departments judged that the battle between the two families would last for a certain period of time, so they each made their own moves, and they all seized the opportunity to expand their forces to the south, eroding part of the tribes and lands that were originally subordinated and attached to Youzhou.

In particular, the Tuoba tribe even occupied part of the land of Quang Ninh County!

This kind of thing, if it is Wang Jun, it is understandable, but at present, many of Chen Zhi's subordinates think that Youzhou will be in charge of them in the future, and Murong and Tuoba were originally friendly with Daijun, but now they are doing such things, which is undoubtedly morally untenable, so under Chen Zhi's orders, they have sent several letters successively, hoping to make the two departments consciously retreat and maintain the "friendship" between the two sides.

"Of course, the so-called friendship between forces is actually superficial friendship," Chen Zhi did not stop talking after making a decision, and continued, "Originally, it was a relationship of interest exchange or binding, originally because of Wang Jun's existence, whether it was with the Murong Department or with the Tuoba Department, we can be regarded as having a common enemy, Wang Jun is a target, how can we find some common interests, but now the situation has changed, Wang Jun's position is on top of us, and the relationship with the two departments in the future is naturally delicate. They were unwilling to surrender to Wang Jun at the beginning, and they will not want to surrender to us in the future, so it is obvious that there is a possibility of potential hostility between us and the two departments......"

Chen Zhi said this, but his subordinates didn't seem to have the heart to listen.

"No!"

As expected, as soon as Chen Zhi's proposal was issued, everyone opposed it.

"Now that the lord is the center of a state, how can he easily take risks? If there is a bad one, the whole situation will be chaotic because of this! These are the words of the bond.

Zhang Kang also nodded and said: "At present, all the Youzhou families bow their heads and surrender, all because the lord is here, take this opportunity to advance slowly, so that they can really return to their hearts, if they leave rashly, these families may have other thoughts." ”

One of these two analyzes the situation and the other analyzes from the family's return to obedience, and what they say is very reasonable, in contrast, Ran Zhan's rhetoric is very simple and direct-

"Since the troops are not enough, then even if the lord you pass, isn't this person still not enough, and it will not increase the number of troops because of this, there is still a danger, it is better to wait for us to reorganize the large army of this Youzhou army, lead the army over, and directly scare those Xianbei people away, isn't it?" As he spoke, he noticed the strange gazes of the others, so he waved his hand and said: "Don't look at me like that, I also know that the combat strength of those surrendered troops is not good, but there are enough people, put out the momentum and suppress those young people, after all, the Xianbei people do not dare to invade on a large scale." ”

"This proposal is very much your style." Chen Zhi nodded and looked at Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan met his gaze and also persuaded him: "Those two departments are considered to be waiting for work, and their own troops have not lost, although they have also temporarily decided to go south, and the time is not long, in fact, the foothold is not stable, but in the end there are also advantages, if they are against them, at least they have to stop two teams of at least three thousand soldiers and horses, if they can't, the lord will go in person, and I am afraid that they may not be able to change the situation." ”

This is a general analysis purely from the perspective of a soldier, and the specific situation is of course more complicated, but there is no need to go into too much detail at this time.

Chen Zi said: "Lord, you have already set the itinerary before, and after stabilizing the general situation in Jixian County, Youzhou, you must go back to Dai County first and take care of your wife." ”

His words were very short, and the content did not make much sense, but as soon as he said this, everyone else came back to their senses, and then they thought of Chen Zhi's wife, Yang, who was going to give birth recently, isn't this the best word of admonition?

Just without waiting for them to speak, Chen Zhi smiled and said, "I want to go back, but this is not contradictory to personally leading the troops." ”

"What do you mean, lord?" Shu Jiao, Zhang Kang and others were a little hesitant and unsure.

"Yes, we have to wait for the affairs of Daixian to be dealt with, and then we will deal with the border affairs to the north," Chen Zhi said, his gaze swept over everyone, "so there is still time to make some simple arrangements, besides, ......"

He suddenly laughed: "Wouldn't it be interesting to give those two parts a little time and let them ferment on their own for a while?" After all, in the future, we will have to deal with the tribes of this Xinjiang frequently. ”

Another fermentation?

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, they still remembered that the last time Chen Zhi took Fan Yang, he was not in a hurry to march, saying that he would let Jixian ferment for a while, but the soldiers took it down bloodlessly, and then controlled Youzhou, could it be that this matter will be repeated in those two parts?

When a few people were puzzled, Chen Zhi said again: "Besides, I have already asked people to write a few letters and send them to the two departments, I believe they have all read them now, and there will probably be some responses." ”