"Even if the Northern Yuan wants to send troops, it is not an overnight thing, and Hedong Road is not stable, there are rebels rising everywhere, even if Arubu wants to take Hedong Road and enter Henan Province, it will take some time, and they can't fight Henan Road without half a year's effort, so we don't need to worry at the moment. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Sima said firmly.

It is not an easy task for an army of 100,000 to go on an expedition, just preparing grain, grass, ordnance, etc. is enough for them to have a headache for a while, not to mention that Henan Province is full of cities, and if you want to attack these cities, you can't do without large ordnance, and these can definitely slow down their march; In addition, although the rebels in Hedong Province could not compete with them head-on, they could still harass their supply routes, and if there was no army to protect them, the grain and grass they had worked so hard to transport would be burned by them, so before attacking Henan Province, Arub had to clean up the rebels in Hedong Province first.

But it is not as easy to eliminate these rebels as it is to defeat the imperial army, they will hide in the mountains when there are more people who come, and they will gather together to eliminate the Yuan army when there are fewer people who come, so if you want to completely eliminate the hidden dangers of the rebels, you can only slowly push them over step by step, which will take a lot of time and energy.

"If the Northern Yuan army begins to enter Hedong Road, presumably the King of Qi will immediately collect the army north of Huainan Road, without the threat of King Qi, it will be easier for us to pack up the King of Yue, why don't we take this opportunity to attack Jiangnan Dongdao and bring it under his command." Luo Shiji saw the opportunity for the expansion of the Jiazhou Army from it.

"Although it seems to be so, if the Tartars invade the Central Plains, we will take advantage of the fire to rob and kill each other, and it will inevitably damage the prestige if it spreads." Prestige is something that can't be seen or touched, but sometimes it can play a huge role, and if it weren't for this, there would be King Kitakami who wouldn't have worked hard at the beginning.

When he went north to King Qin, all the armies did not dare to fight against the Beiyu, only Li You won consecutive battles, eliminating nearly 20,000 Beiyu troops, and because of this, there was an endless stream of heroes and scholars who went south to Jiazhou to join Li You, which was the benefit of brushing up enough prestige outside the capital.

And now that the Northern Yuan is attacking the south again, presumably the eyes of the world will be focused on Li You again, if he does not lead the army to the north but goes to attack the king of Yue, then the prestige he has worked so hard to accumulate in the early stage will decline rapidly; Of course, the more practical reason is that the Jiazhou Naval Division has not yet been completely built, the construction of treasure ships and cannons, and the deliberate thinking of the new Naval Division will take time, and Li You does not plan to attack them until the strength of the Yue King and the Donghai Daoyi fleet is completely annihilated.

"Then I'll just sit back and watch the northern captives invade Henan Province and ignore it?" Luo Shiji accepted Li You's reason, but he was still a little unwilling, and now the strength of the Jiazhou Army is getting stronger and stronger, and even the desire to fight with him is becoming more and more vigorous.

"Instead of attacking Gangnamseo-do, it is better to march north to Gyeonggi-do." In Li You's territory, Huainan Road is the northernmost part, bordering the Henan Road and Dugi Province of the King of Qi, and the northwesternmost position is only separated by more than 100 miles from Gyeonggi Province, if the Northern Yuan goes south, then it is not impossible to take advantage of the King of Qi to gather troops to attack Gyeonggi Province by means of Dugi Road, Sima Coo's comparison on the map of the route of the army, "The road here is wide, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of troops, and Xu Shiyong's army is far weaker than that of King Yue, and it is not vulnerable at all, and it is easier to deal with than King Yue." ”

"What's more, Xu Shiyong is attached to the Northern Yuan, and when the Northern Yuan attacks Henan Province, Xu Shiyong will definitely send troops to help, and our attack on Dugi Province can also be said to encircle Wei to save Zhao, which is enough to occupy the righteous position, and no one in the world can find fault with it." Yao Guangxiao squinted his triangular eyes and said.

"People in the world hate Xu Shiyong and Yang Deming for a long time, and their hatred for them is even higher than that of Beiyu." Wang Ji said slowly, when Xu Shiyong was in the capital, in order to make up enough compensation for the Beiyu, countless people were ruined, and he helped the Beiyu pull a wave of hatred, if it comes to reputation, he is probably the most smelly in the world, "If you can break through the pseudo-Chu and behead Xu Shiyong and Yang Deming, Lord Taiwei will definitely be able to gain the gratitude of hundreds of people." ”

This is also a good opportunity to brush up on prestige, at least it is much better than attacking the king of Yue, the only obstacle may be Yaluhan's army of 30,000, but for the current Jiazhou army, the northern cavalry is much easier to deal with than the king of Yue's sailors.

"In addition, if you can recover the capital, you will be able to conquer the hearts of people of insight in the world." Xu Guang added that the significance of the capital to the whole world is self-evident, and if Li You is the first to enter the capital, then he will be regarded by the people of the Central Plains as the best candidate to unify the world, which is also the reason why the king of Qi was in a hurry to attack Dugi Province in the first place.

"When the northern captives go south, Lord Taiwei can also take the lead in issuing a call, summoning the king of Yue, the king of Shu and others to send troops north to resist the northern captives, and take the lead in occupying the name of righteousness; If they refuse to send troops, they will definitely lose popularity, and if they send troops, they can also take this opportunity to let their soldiers see the might of our Jiazhou army, presumably after seeing the invincible demeanor of our Jiazhou army, if it is their turn to fight against the Jiazhou army next time, the morale can be imagined. "Yao Guangxiao is really insidious, this hand is used, no matter what decision the King of Shu and the King of Yue make, it will be extremely beneficial to the Jiazhou army.

Everyone analyzed all kinds of possibilities, and finally chose the plan to attack Xu Shiyong, and then began the division of labor according to this plan, "Mr. Fan, Mr. Luo, you two work together to prepare the grain, grass, ordnance and other necessary materials needed for the army to go north. ”

"Subordinates obey." Fan Li and Luo Shiji replied at the same time that one of them was in charge of the household department, and the other was in charge of the logistics affairs of the Taiwei Mansion, and this matter was unshirkable.

"Mr. Sima, keep an eye on the movements of the northern captives, and be sure to find out when they sent their troops, the number of troops, and the route of their march." Intelligence work cannot be neglected either.

Sima Cuo also responded, and then Li You arranged for Qian Hua to lead the fleet to transport grain and grass materials to Huainan Province first, and Qin Shixin led his troops to Huainan Road to build a large camp.

In the end, Li You began to gather soldiers and horses, "Let Zhou Bofu leave 3,000 men and horses to help Jiang Suiyun train new soldiers, and the rest of the troops will be brought back to Jiazhou; 50,000 elites were selected from among the newly recruited soldiers of Lingnan Province, Huainan Province, and Jiangnan West Province to gather in Jiazhou, and when the northern captives went south, they rushed to Lingnan Road by water. ”

These recruits had not yet undergone complete training, and Li You was still a little uneasy, so he planned to train them personally before the war began. (To be continued.) )