"Truce?" Guo Tao's face was very ugly, but he was helpless.

He knew what his intention was to go to the other party this time, but what could he do if he didn't go? There would be a battle between Xuzhou and Caizhou, and he couldn't stop it, and his only hope was not to fight too outrageously, and the losses of either side were not what the imperial court was willing to see.

"Almost. Jiang Feng looked very calm, "Don't worry, Guo Gong, we will reach an agreement with Caizhou and Nanyang according to the wishes of the imperial court, uh, it is okay to form an alliance, because we have a common enemy." ”

"One city and one place are so important to the county king?" Guo Tao still couldn't help but ridicule the other party, "Isn't it good to keep these troops to compete with the Shatuo people?"

"I also want to, but I can't explain it so directly. "Jiang Feng is telling the truth, the Caizhou army has repeatedly taken the initiative to provoke wars, if he doesn't fight back, I'm afraid he himself will be difficult to convince the public, especially when the strength is obviously superior, there is no reason not to teach the other party a lesson, even Jiang Feng knows that it is unlikely that there will be another war with Caizhou for a long time in the future.

"What about now?Can you explain?" Guo Tao suppressed the anger in his heart.

Xuzhou did not hide the war situation, the two sides fought in Songcheng for ten days, the losses were not small, of course, the victory belonged to Xuzhou, Caizhou's losses were even greater, nearly 20,000 elites were annihilated, and Xuzhou also lost more than 10,000.

"Guo Gong, there is no need to be so angry, please understand the difficulties of a certain one. "Jiang Feng is half-true and half-false," a certain group of subordinates are all from all sides, and the public also knows that the Reform Army, the Taining Army, and the Pinglu Army are gathered, and if they don't fight a few battles, they can neither show my attitude nor prove themselves, so it is inevitable to fight Caizhou, but they also know that this requires a degree. ”

"Do you know the degree, but why is this battle so fierce?" Guo Tao still couldn't breathe, and his heart was not smooth, "You have lost more than 20,000 people on both sides, and you must have this? Isn't this a joke for the Shatuo people to watch on the side?"

"Guo Gong, how could things on the battlefield be predicted before? I didn't expect it, and I guess Caizhou didn't expect it either. Jiang Feng sighed fakely, "The matter has come to this point, and the two sides will not fight again, so let's talk." ”

"Talk, you intend to take down Song Cheng, how can you talk about it?" Guo Tao's face became more and more ugly, "Do you plan to let Caizhou let Zhecheng, Gushu, Xiangyi, and Ningling out?"

"The Caizhou army in Gushu County has already evacuated and took the initiative to let it out. Jiang Feng said lightly.

Guo Tao was taken aback, "What about Ning Ling?"

If you let Gu Shu out, if you let Ning Ling out, it means that Caizhou really intends to back down.

"Not really. Jiang Feng laughed, "Guo Gong, do you want Xuzhou to control Songzhou, or Caizhou to control Songzhou?"

Guo Tao coughed dryly and shook his head, "That's a matter for the two of you, as long as you don't fight, form an alliance, and whoever controls it." ”

Jiang Feng smiled, knowing that the other party was insincere, and estimated that the imperial court still hoped that Caizhou would control Songzhou, and for the imperial court, a relatively balanced situation would be in their interests, but they did not think that in the face of Shatuo, Khitan and other Hu clans entering the Central Plains, a more powerful feudal lord could bear the responsibility of carrying the crown.

However, Jiang Feng has no intention of talking to Guo Tao on this issue, as the other party said, the rest is to talk.

"Gong Guo, the matter of Princess Jin's side, I have asked Your Majesty to ask Your Majesty for marriage. Jiang Feng paused for a moment before he said, "I hope that the imperial court can issue an order as soon as possible." ”

Regarding the marriage with Li Jin, Guo Tao also talked to Jiang Feng openly and honestly, Jiang Feng was not hypocritical, and agreed to this matter very happily.

For the imperial court, having such a strong vassal as a son-in-law has both advantages and disadvantages, and of course, from the current situation, there are more favorable factors.

The embarrassing situation in Guanzhong will become more and more severe, the entrenchment of the party people in the north, the entry of the Shatuo people into the Central Plains, and the fall of the Great Liang, which will make the entire situation in Middle-earth usher in an unprecedented drastic situation, and the imperial court needs to make a correct response, otherwise it is very likely to gradually disappear like the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Guo Tao had to think more, and even the marriage of the royal family was the same as the benefits of trading, which was also the obligation and responsibility of being a member of the royal family.

"Yang Heng, you take Xie Ke, Cao Xiangfeng, Zhu Zitai and a few of them to Songcheng, and understand the details of this battle of Songcheng in detail, every day and every battle, the other key is to find out in detail the lessons of victory and defeat, as well as the problems that arise in all aspects. Wang Miao paused in his words, "In addition, it is important to grasp in detail the problems that arise in the coordination between the infantry and equipment troops and the magician troops. ”

"Lord Privy Envoy, the battle situation in Songcheng has stabilized, do you need to transfer some troops back?" Yang Heng nodded and asked another question at the same time: "There are too many troops stationed in Songcheng, and I am afraid that the pressure on the transportation of baggage is too great, and the destruction of the western city of Songcheng has also caused a considerable number of displaced people, plus now there is a shortage of green and yellow, and there are also problems in grain transportation." ”

"Cui Shouzao's side asked for a slowdown, and we had to wait until the negotiations were almost complete before considering it. Wang Miao admires Yang Heng's smart mind and is a good seedling, "The pressure on Songcheng's side will be held for the time being, but you can consider letting Songcheng's side transfer some of the displaced people and population to the single father's side." ”

"The king of the county has decided to set up Shanzhou?" Yang Heng's eyes lit up, "What about Song Cheng?"

"Ask less so much, write an order according to this opinion, and ask the first seat and the county king to sign and approve it. Wang Miao smiled and said: "There are some things that don't need to be too clear, everyone knows it, and Caizhou also knows that we need to distinguish our primary enemy." ”

"Are the conditions ripe for going north?" Yang Heng hesitated slightly, "This battle consumes a lot, the news that the logistics department has fed back, the grain price in Huainan has risen a little sharply, and the news from Wuwentang says that the people's hearts are also a little fluctuating, and it may be related to the northward transportation of a large amount of grain, and it may be difficult for the grain reserves to persist until the summer harvest if they continue like this." ”

Wang Miao also sighed a little in his heart, the consumption of fighting a war is too great, far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

After the battle of Song Cheng was fought, everyone only saw how much military rations, baggage, and weapons were consumed, but they didn't see that the big head was not this at all.

The same number of masters, the loss of people eating and chewing, transportation, and the tens of thousands of dead and disabled people who were killed and disabled in this battle, all of which need to be compensated by the government affairs department, which is why the government affairs department hates the war so deeply.

In fact, he didn't advocate fighting hard in this battle of Songcheng, but he also knew that if he didn't fight this battle, many things would be more difficult to deal with, so he had to fight, but now that he fights, the consumption is too great, whether it is grain, grass, baggage, weapons and arrows.

Although Xuzhou seems to have a vast territory and strong strength, the territory of the prefectures like Yanyun Yi and Pinglu is still far from being transformed into strength, and fortunately, Pinglu Town still has some accumulation and has been collected, so it can make Xuzhou dare to fight this battle, but after this battle is fought, if you want to go north or south, you can't hold it.

But in any case, the expansion of the territory is a good thing.

Population, land, production and minerals, resources, these are real, and can eventually be transformed into war potential, and at this time, what Xuzhou needs most to dominate the world in the future is the best time to take this piece.

This is what Jiang Feng and Wang Miao see, while many people are confined to their own vision and only see the immediate benefits.

Perhaps, in a short period of time, the prefectures like Yanyun Yi and Pinglu seem to be more like a burden and a drag, and cannot bring substantial benefits to the Xuzhou Governor's Office, but this view is too shallow.

Not to mention the significance of the strategic depth brought by Pinglu and Yanyunyi Prefectures to the whole of Xuzhou and Huainan, just think about why the Tuyuhun people are so enthusiastic now?

If Yanyunyi and Pinglu were not controlled, how would Xuzhou's influence penetrate into Heshuo?

Unable to do these two things, why did the Tuyuhun people sell their war horses to Xuzhou at such a cheap price, and why did they hope to form an alliance with Xuzhou so much?

Also, how could the imperial court be so low to Xuzhou?

You don't have this strength, why would the imperial court impose so many titles on you, why should it turn a blind eye to your various actions, and even take the initiative to provide you with righteousness?

The current situation in Yanyunyi and Pinglu Zhuzhou is indeed not good, and even the situation in Xuzhou, Sizhou and Haizhou is not very good, which is not good, mainly because the holes left by water conservancy facilities and road traffic are too large, and the damage caused by ant thieves to the local area requires huge investment.

Xuzhou is still a bit of a foundation, and it is separated from Huainan by a river, and the natural conditions are also good, so it is easier to recover, but the situation in Yanyun Yi and Pinglu Zhuzhou is different, without three or five years of large investment in construction, it is not useful at all, that is to say, in three or five years, these two pieces of land are basically incommensurate with input and output.

In addition to the investment in money and property, what made Jiang Feng even more troublesome was the "transformation" of these places, and he wanted to "transform" Yanyunyi and Pinglu Zhuzhou into his basic plates, so that these two places would become his base for dominating the world in the future.

It is quite difficult to make the gentry in these places tie themselves to themselves and to make their interests align with themselves, not only in terms of money and food, but also in the "transformation" of the entire political structure.

On this issue, Jiang Feng and Chen Wei, Cui Shang, Yang Kan, Wang Miao, Yang Xun, Wang Huang, Du Tuo, Yan Xu and others have made them understand their own ambitions, of course, not exactly the same, but Wang Miao is undoubtedly the deepest.