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After Bai Ku surrendered, Ling Feng led the army back to Kaiyuan County, and at the same time, Jiang Lin and Zhang Shilin followed the previous plan and led 200,000 troops to Surabaya Pass.

Originally, the two of them should have gone to Surabaya Pass a long time ago, but because of the matter of saving Han Ziyu, it was delayed, and now everything is decided, and it is time to carry out the order.

Ling Feng's army was divided into two routes, 350,000 people all the way, returned to the county town, and 200,000 people all the way to Surabaya Pass.

Time passed quickly, and after a month, Ling Feng returned to Kaiyuan County, and at the same time, Zhang Shilin and Jiang Lin's army also arrived at the city of Surabaya Pass.

At this time, Ling Feng received a news that Jiang Yiyuan had been defeated, and Jiang Yiyuan's 200,000 troops left in Qingliang County had been wiped out by Liu Qing and had to be reduced to 1340,000, and now they were being detained in the county seat of Chu County.

For this matter, Ling Feng hesitated, in his heart, he naturally wanted to take in all these soldiers, and then reorganize into a large army, and successively recover all parts of Qingliang and Qiang County, but after thinking about it carefully, those hundreds of thousands of people are Jiang Yiyuan's most elite troops, and they must be loyal to Jiang Yiyuan, it is not so easy to surrender, if it is a rebellion in the future, it will not be beautiful.

After thinking about it, Ling Feng still couldn't make up his mind, so he could only find Han Ziyu.

In the study, Han Ziyu sat down and said: "Lord, this matter is a bit tricky, I suggest that they should not be incorporated for the time being, but let them serve in Chu County, build roads, repair houses, and tuntian, and then join the army after serving for three years." ”

"Ziyu, now we have to face two problems, first, Qingliang County and Qiang County are lost, and they must be taken back immediately, otherwise the families of the three northern counties may have different hearts, and second, Liu Qing lacks troops in his hands, and they are all new soldiers, I am afraid that they will not be able to support the overall situation, and they must replenish their troops. Also, although Jiang Yiyuan was defeated, there were more than 100,000 troops in Qingliang and Qiang counties, would they make a comeback? ”

"Liu Qing's troops are already insufficient, if you take care of these hundreds of thousands of people, plus defend against foreign enemies, I'm worried..."

Han Ziyu laughed and said: "Lord, don't worry, the lord only needs a letter, Jiang Yiyuan has to obediently give up Qingliang and Qiang County, and he is very happy to let it out!" ”

"Hehe... Ziyu, why are you so confident? ”

Ling Feng was quite surprised, he didn't expect Han Ziyu to say this, you must know that in the battle of the three northern counties, Jiang Yiyuan paid a huge price, and hundreds of thousands of troops were buried there, would he really give up the territory he got obediently?

Ling Feng didn't believe it, even if it was him, he couldn't bear it, the reason was very simple, the three northern counties had always been Pang Yi's confidant, if there were three northern counties in hand, there would be no worries, and on the contrary, if Surabaya Pass was attacked and the three northern counties were at war again, it would be a two-sided enemy, and the situation was critical.

Ling Feng believed that Jiang Yiyuan would not know this, and after paying such a big price, how could he hand over the three northern counties?

However, Han Ziyu was full of confidence, and even said: "Lord, if you are willing to give up 300,000 loads of grain and grass and 300,000 taels of gold, within a year, I can even ask Jiang Yiyuan to give up Surabaya and Huaijun, but I don't know if the lord can give it up?" ”

"Really?"

Ling Feng was shocked again, if he could exchange hundreds of thousands of gold and grain for the entire Northern Frontier, it would definitely be worth it.

But after thinking about it, Ling Feng smiled bitterly: "Ziyu, Huai County and Surabaya County are where Pang Yi's foundation is, how can he let it out, forget it, you still talk about it, how to get back the three northern counties, you can solve this matter, you have already made a great contribution." ”

"The lord thinks I'm bragging? Hehe.... Han Ziyu took a sip of wine unhurriedly and said, "If Jiang Yiyuan heard that Fu Lin's army was defeated and the 200,000 army was burned, what would he do?" ”

"The territory of the three northern counties is vast, and the soldiers and horses he is staying in Qingliang and Qiang counties now can just be defended, Liu Qing does not move, and he does not dare to attack Chu County, so from now on, the situation of the three northern counties can at least maintain a balance, and the lord does not have to worry about it."

"Moreover, Jiang Lin and Zhang Shilin led an army of 200,000 to Surabaya Pass, Surabaya Pass has no generals, no sufficient troops, it is difficult to compete with me, if it is attacked for a long time, Surabaya Pass will be breached, plus Kaiyuan has fallen into the hands of the lord, Jiang Yiyuan should be even more worried, worried that the lord guild will not take advantage of Fu Lin's defeat to forcibly attack Huaijun and Surabaya."

"At this time, the only thing Jiang Yiyuan can do is to quickly withdraw the soldiers and horses of Qingliang and Qiang Counties to Huai County and Surabaya County, so as to ensure the safety of these two counties and ensure that Surabaya Pass is not breached."

"Therefore, I dare to boast that Haikou, as long as a letter, Jiang Yiyuan can withdraw the soldiers and horses of Qingliang and Qiang County, in fact, even if I don't write a letter to go, Jiang Yiyuan also knows this, he will definitely transfer troops from the three northern counties, after all, Surabaya County is too important, once lost, he will fall into a place of no return."

After saying so many words, Han Ziyu's mouth was dry and he quickly took a sip of tea.

Ling Feng was puzzled and said, "As far as I know, Pang Yi still left 100,000 troops in Surabaya County and Huai County, so he won't be transferred back to the garrisons in Qingliang County, right?" Furthermore.... ”

"My lord, last year Jiang Yiyuan led an army of 400,000 to the Northern Expedition, but he scraped the land of Huai County and Surabaya County, and countless men were recruited, but now he can't be recruited, and if he wants to keep Surabaya, he can't do it."

Han Ziyu said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will write a letter to Jiang Yiyuan to withdraw from the three northern counties, and the lord can order General Liu Qing to prepare soldiers and horses, and be ready to accept the territory of Qingliang and Qiang County at any time." ”

"Hehe, okay, since you're so confident, let's give it a try." Ling Feng came to his seat and sat down, and said with a smile.

In fact, after thinking about it carefully, Ling Feng also felt very promising, what Han Ziyu said was not unreasonable, Jiang Yiyuan was now in urgent need of soldiers, and the armies of Qingliang County and Qiang County were the only ones that could be mobilized, if they were not transferred to Surabaya Pass, how could they resist the 200,000 army of the general and Zhang Shilin?

Moreover, for last year's Northern Expedition, Huai County and Surabaya County were indeed seriously injured, with no soldiers and no food, internal and external troubles...

Thinking about it, the more Ling Feng felt that Han Ziyu's analysis was right, maybe Jiang Yiyuan would really regress.

Han Ziyu said with a smile: "Lord, this is just the first step, I said before, if the lord can come up with 300,000 gold and grain, I promise to invite Jiang Yiyuan out of Northern Xinjiang; The lord might as well imagine that after the three northern counties returned to our hands, Pang Yi's forces were completely sandwiched between us, and after a long time, our strength rose greatly, and we could send troops to attack Huai County and Surabaya County at any time, but on the other hand, Pang Yi only had two counties under his command, and the land was poor and the people were widowed, so it was difficult to do anything, so if it continued, he could only gradually perish. (To be continued.) )