The military discussion was dispersed, and the generals retreated one after another, leaving only Guo Chongtao, Shi Jingjiao and Liu Zhiyuan, and even Li Cunhou's father-in-law An Chongrong did not stay, and Feng Daohe and Ning also stayed among the ministers.

This is the real meeting of important ministers, the mechanism for deciding the major military affairs of the Jin State.

"It's more secure to Nanyang, and the conditions are more suitable. Liu Zhiyuan didn't drag the mud and water, and said straightforwardly: "Nanyang violated the agreement reached with us, entered Henan Mansion without authorization, and occupied the counties of Henan Prefecture. ”

is slightly different from Shi Jingjiao's calm and forbearance, Liu Zhiyuan seems to be more sharp, and his sharp style is more prominent at this time.

"The southern counties of Henan Prefecture, plus Ruzhou and Xuzhou, are enough for a war, but this is far from enough to satisfy everyone's appetite. Guo Chongtao is over seventy years old, but he is still in good spirits, his face is full of red light, he wipes the silver beard under his chin, and said with some worry: "Everyone has seen the attitude of the generals in front of the palace today, I am afraid that they are also forced to do it, and the sons and daughters below have been clamoring for a long time." ”

"This alone is definitely not enough, if you want to fight, you have to take down the entire Nanyang!" Li Cunhou's determination in his eyes has already been revealed, "Only Nanyang Mansion can meet everyone's needs, if you can, Gu Hope can hit Xiangyang." ”

Everyone looked at each other, but after thinking about it carefully, they really won Nanyang Mansion, and they were separated by a line from Xiangyang.

Everyone knows that in the south of the Central Plains, Nanyang and Xiangyang are the richest, Nanyang has accumulated for a hundred years, Erliu takes this as the foundation of hegemony, Xiangyang Xiao family can compete with Nanyang in a corner of Xiangyang, which shows the richness of Xiangyang, take Nanyang, even if you don't enter Xiangyang, you can force Xiangyang to pay a ransom, and even on the left and right sides of these feudal lords such as Ehuang, if you want to avoid war, you must pay tribute, and even if you pay money, you can also start a war for various reasons, why not?

Feng Dao and He Ning both pondered, and after a while, Feng Dao said slowly: "If you want to fight Nanyang, Henan Mansion and Ruzhou are easy to do, but now Xuzhou is divided between Nanyang and Caizhou, if you want to take Xuzhou, you need to negotiate with Caizhou." ”

"Hmph, if Yuan Huaihe wants to avoid war, then he must hand over Xuzhou, and Gu did not let him withdraw from Chenzhou and Songzhou is already the biggest concession. Li Cunhou was particularly tough at this time, "Don't think that you can sit back and relax if you reach an agreement with Xuzhou, you can reach an agreement with Jiang Feng to carve up Caizhou." ”

He Ning shook his head: "Jiang Feng won't be so unwise, they won't join hands with us easily." We go south to Nanyang, Xuzhou is far apart, maybe we can ignore it, but if we want to move Caizhou, the involvement is too big, and it is not easy to predict how Xuzhou will react. ”

Feng Dao also picked up: "Even if we go south to Nanyang, I estimate that Xuzhou and Caizhou will get nervous and discuss countermeasures." ”

"Hmph, Xuzhou must be taken back, and we have to use Caizhou to enter Mizhou!" Li Cunhou had a slight sneer on the corner of his mouth, "The Yuan family is greedy, and the orphan plans to take Shen'an Erzhou to the Yuan family, and we will take Nanyang Mansion and Mizhou." ”

"Well, this strategy is very good, Sui Zhou can see when the time comes, if the Xiao family is willing to surrender, it is okay to hand it over to the Xiao family, if the Huang is willing to surrender, it is also a clever strategy to hand over Sui Zhou and even Anzhou to the Du family of the Huang family, which can make the Huang and the Xiao family have a bad relationship, and also make the Huang and the Yuan family suspicious. Feng Dao nodded slightly, "As long as we control Nanyang and Mizhou, we can easily mobilize the three forces in Jingxiang Land and let them attack each other, and we will reap the benefits." ”

"This is the best policy, our strength can destroy Nanyang is probably the extreme, after Nanyang the climate will become humid and hot, I am afraid that the war horses will be difficult to adapt to the climate, and the soldiers also need to worry about the plague. He Ning also nodded in agreement: "The best way is to control Nanyang, so that the Xiao family, the Du family and the Yuan family are hostile to each other and attack each other, so that we can turn our hands into clouds and rain with our hands, and we don't even need to move a single soldier." ”

In this era, the biggest threat to the northern army is not the enemy, but the climate, once in the Yangtze River Valley, the humid and hot climate can make a large number of war horses die, and the soldiers are even more difficult to adapt to the humid and hot summer and winter wet and cold climate, and once infected, it may be a large-scale outbreak, greater than a big loss under a big war.

This is clear to all the northern generals, and they all have lingering palpitations, even they find it difficult to adapt to the south, let alone those ordinary soldiers, and the south is mountainous, hilly, and has many rivers and lakes, which is also the most painful for the northern cavalry, and the cavalry that they are most proud of will be greatly limited in impact and mobility, and in the face of the infantry army, the power will be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, the infantry of the Jin army is not weak, which is also the reason why Li Cunhou wants to march into Nanyang.

To say that the most suitable direction for the Great Jin Dynasty is undoubtedly the line of Pinglu Yanyun, but this line not only gathered Jiang Feng's more than 100,000 troops, and a dozen may be a battle for many years, and the degree of wealth in this region is far less than the century-old accumulation of the Liu family in Nanyang, and it may also face the joint efforts of Xuzhou and Caizhou, so the monarchs and ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty also thought twice before determining the strategy of the southern expedition to Nanyang.

Nanyang Erliu control area, Nanyang Mansion alone has a population of one million, plus Mizhou, Nanyang Basin is rich, it is indeed an excellent place for the children to start, and as long as Nanyang is controlled, Xiangyang and Ehuang can be forced to pay tribute, Li Cunhou has this confidence to do this, this kind of good thing that you can get gold, silver and silk tea without using knives and guns, who doesn't want to?

Shi Jingjiao and Liu Zhiyuan exchanged glances, they knew that Li Cunhou had made up his mind, and they had to admit that if it was to talk about this kind of vertical and horizontal strategy of turning their hands into clouds and covering their hands into rain, they were indeed inferior to these civil ministers, one after another a series of poisonous moves, so that you were overwhelmed, if you didn't step in, you had to step in, it can be seen that these civil servants really can't be easily provoked, they really want to stir up right and wrong, and they can really make you disappear in an instant.

"King, since the plan has been decided, which departments will take care of this southward journey?" Liu Zhiyuan said in a deep voice.

"There is no hurry for the time being, and it will take some time to replenish the military resources. He Ning continued to speak, and thought about it again, "I'm afraid that arranging any one may not be able to convince the other departments, but this is a difficult problem." ”

Everyone knows that this trip to the south is really a matter of dividing the money, and who can be willing to let others go?

"What does Feng Xiang suggest?" Li Cunhou also felt that this was a difficult problem, don't start the battle, he will be in chaos first.

"In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to determine one or two departments as the main force, and the rest of the departments can respectively transfer part of the troops to follow the two main forces to the south, and after taking Nanyang, they can be unified according to the merits of each department in this southern expedition, and then talk about meritorious deeds. Feng Dao suggested.

"Well, that's a good idea. Shi Jingjiao also nodded in agreement, "Each department chooses one to go south with the main force, and it can also supervise each other to avoid unnecessary suspicion, and it is also convenient for the king to calm down the army." ”

None of the ministries are worried that the other ministries will go south alone, but if they all go south, then who will guard this Central Plains?

If you choose one of each and go south with the main forces of the two departments, everyone knows what you get, and then you will be unified and distributed, then everyone will be at ease.

"Then with this method, this battle will be carried out by Guo Gong and Yanqing as the main force to the south, Liu Gong under Guo Wei's department, Shi Gong's Zhang Yanze department as the main force of the cavalry to cooperate, the rest of the departments each dispatched the elite of the cavalry to accompany the team, the Guangfu Department as the reserve, and Gong, when will the grain and grass be ready?" Li Cunhou was also a very decisive person, and immediately determined the strategy.

"It will take a month, and on the other side of Caizhou, ...... the meaning of the king?" and Ning raised his gaze.

"Feng Xiang, how do you contact the Yuan family?" Li Cunhou looked at Feng Dao.

"The Yuan family is greedy, if it is to use Guangshen'an Sanzhou as bait, maybe he is willing to give it a try. Feng Dao groaned: "It's just that the Yuan clan of Gwangju may not be willing to take over, and that will risk making Xuzhou bad, but it is enough to pay Shen'an Erzhou for half of Xuzhou and Caizhou." ”

"Feng Xiang, the Yuan family may not be willing to accept this bait. Guo Chongtao interjected.

"Oh, why did Guo Gong say this?" Feng Dao was not surprised, whether Cai Zhou would join in or not, it was not easy to judge, he was just a judgment.

"We have destroyed the Great Liang, I am afraid that there will be a great shock to the Central Plains Domains, even if Nanyang is not welcome for a while, but if we continue to go south, I am afraid that they will have the sad mind of the dead lips and teeth, the rabbit and the dead fox, and they may not be willing to enter the palace. Guo Chongtao is also a battle-hardened veteran, and he has been weighing the risks of going south this time.

"In Guo Gong's opinion, the Yuan clan will be unfavorable to us?" Feng Dao asked rhetorically.

"That's not going to happen, these Central Plains feudal lords forget their lives when they see small profits, and they sacrifice themselves for doing big things, how can they sacrifice themselves for other families?" Guo Chongtao groaned: "At least the Yuan family won't, but Xuzhou is hard to say, but Nanyang is located in the west, Xuzhou can't reach the whip, and Nanyang can't trust Xuzhou." ”

"Then what else is Guo Gong worried about?" He Ning also asked.

"I'm not worried about Nanyang and Caizhou, but I'm worried about Xuzhou, if I go south, how to deal with Xuzhou?

Guo Chongtao has always been wary of Xuzhou, in his opinion Nanyang and Caizhou are not afraid, but Xuzhou shows an aggressive momentum, but people are restless, if not solve the threat of Xuzhou, give Xuzhou a chance to breathe, let it gain a firm foothold in Pinglu Yanyun, and it will be difficult to solve Xuzhou in the future, especially Xuzhou has an extremely rich and fertile Huainan as a backing, its war potential is incomparable, enough to support any scale of war, this is the most dangerous.