Thinking of this, Ryazan couldn't help but want to tear the armor on his chest and relieve his inner irritability, what should I do?

He was not without precautions, in fact, from the time the ant thief left Yingzhou East, he realized the seriousness of the problem, and began to send scouts and meticulous work to Caizhou, but the news that came back was always in his expectation, and this expectation was the most undesirable for him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even he felt that it was safer for the ant thieves to stay in Yingzhou than now, at least Caizhou had to consider that if he wanted to enter Yingzhou, he needed to have a hard battle with the ant thieves, but now the ant thieves left, leaving a mess, and Caizhou did not come for the people and wealth of Yingzhou, they were coming for the land of Yingzhou.

In the past two or three months, Caizhou's troop movements have become more and more intensive, and the signs of moving eastward are very obvious, and the troops on the Xincai and Baoxin lines have increased at least threefold.

According to the news fed back by the scouts, Xincai has at least six armies of the Caizhou Army, and Baoxin has at least three armies, which means that the Caizhou Army has moved a small half of its troops eastward to the line bordering Yingzhou.

This was unimaginable in the past, you must know that Caizhou's great enemies have always been the Great Liang, and its main elite forces are placed in Xiping in the east and Yuncheng and Shangcai in the north, but now there is a big turn, and its ambitions are obvious.

But the reality in front of him is that the troops in his hands can't resist the Caizhou army at all, and unless the reinforcements from Xuzhou arrive, there is only one way to lose.

After thinking about it, Ryazan couldn't think of a way to deal with it, how not to make him feel upset.

"Your Excellency. A somewhat feminine voice interrupted Ryazan's thoughts.

It is Gu Hua Gu Ziteng, Yingzhou Sima, and also serves as the commander of the Eighth Army of the Reforming Left Army, which is his most powerful arm and his descendant.

"Huh?" Changing someone else, this situation interrupted his train of thought, Ryazan was already furious, and he wanted to let people drag him down and beat the military stick, but Gu Hua was different, Ryazan still valued this person.

"My lord, are you worried about the threat of Caizhou?" Gu Hua was slender and fair-skinned, like a woman, but a pair of eyes with slightly squinted eyes under his long eyebrows were cold, and people knew that they were not easy to match at a glance.

"How is it not?" Yuan's troops are Xincai, praise, Sima Zhao's heart is well known, our army's strength is not good, but the Xuzhou reinforcements have not been sent for a long time, how can we respond?" Ryazan exhaled a turbid breath, leaned his body between the chairs, and said in a muffled voice.

"My lord, I'm afraid that the reinforcements in Xuzhou have not been sent for a long time, but they will not be sent. Gu Hua's voice was unhurried and cold.

"Oh, why did Ziteng say that?" Ryazan's heart tightened, in fact, he also roughly knew what Gu Hua meant, but he subconsciously didn't want to believe it.

"My lord, you should see that now there are no extra mobile troops on the Xuzhou side, and Haizhou Sizhou is still under the ravages of ant thieves, although we all know that it is unlikely that the ant thieves will stay in Huaibei for too long, but after all, they have not left yet, and now Huaibei can only barely maintain, if my judgment is correct, Xuzhou is planning to give up Yingzhou, or even Bozhou. There was no emotion in Gu Hua's words, and he was extremely cold and calm.

Ryazan's hand tightly grasped the armrest of his Hu chair, trying his best to control his emotions, not letting himself lose his temper and pinching the armrest into powder, but the green air on his face and the slightly bulging eyeballs revealed his mood at this time.

Gu Hua's words provoked this embarrassing topic, Xuzhou wants to give up Yingzhou, or even Bozhou?

Bozhou doesn't care about it for the time being, it is closer to Xuzhou, and it is estimated that Xuzhou also depends on the situation to see if it can keep Bozhou, and Yingzhou is probably planning to give up directly.

I'm afraid that the idea of Xuzhou now is to protect Bozhou, if you can't even keep Bozhou, then you can only protect Xuzhou, after all, Xuzhou is the foundation, and the importance of Haizhou and Sizhou is stronger than that of Yingbo, and geographically speaking, it is in the rear, and it is easier to guard.

The reason why Xuzhou did not want to give up Yingzhou by itself is probably to let themselves hold on to Ruyin City and consume the idea of Caizhou soldiers, so that if the Caizhou army attacks Ruyin is unfavorable, it can also frustrate the spirit of the Caizhou army, which is more conducive to holding Bozhou.

The air in the hall was almost stagnant, oppressive.

In addition to Ryazan and Gu Hua, there are also Lu Tong, the commander of the Ninth Army of the Reforming Left Army, and Shi Jiaoxiang, the governor of Yingzhou, these people are all Ryazan's henchmen, and Lu Tong is from the Xia Cai Shu clan, and Jiao Xiang is from the Jiao clan of the Ruyin clan, all of whom are natives of Yingzhou.

"Assimilation, what do you think of what Ziteng said?" Taking a deep breath, Ryazan rubbed his cheeks so that his face was not too stiff, but his tone was already a little cold and hard.

"My lord, I'm afraid what Brother Ziteng said is true. Lu Tong and Gu Hua are different, and the tone of his speech is much more tactful: "I'm afraid that Jiedu is also too strong to make that side, Haisi and Haisi are still entrenched by ant thieves, and Xuzhou is facing the threat of Daliang, it is indeed difficult to let Jiedu make that side send troops to aid our Yingzhou, and we can only rely on ourselves for today's plan." ”

Gu Hua is not from Huaibei, but from Rencheng, Yanzhou, who has been chivalrous since he was a child, and later joined the probation army, growing up step by step, and has always been a confidant of Ryazan, so he doesn't have so many scruples when he speaks.

And Lu Tong was born in the local Shu tribe, and once served as a thief in Mount Tai and Yimeng Mountain, and later was appeased by Ryazan because of his strong martial arts skills and fame among bandits.

"Rely on ourselves? Assimilation brother, not to increase the prestige of others and destroy our own morale, our two armies of 5,000 people, how is the morale? How is the baggage guarantee? We know it well, and we are on the other side, humming ,......."

Gu Hua didn't say anything, but everyone here knew that Ryazan was very uneasy about the Seventh Army of the Reformed Left Wing Army stationed in Ying, so he transferred the Ninth Army back to Ruyin, and let the Seventh Army be stationed in Yingshang, just to prevent civil strife in Ruyin once the Caizhou Army attacked.

Everyone here was bitter, there were no reinforcements outside, morale was low inside, and the heavy grain and grass were insufficient, and the Seventh Army that responded to Yingshang was not very reliable, how could Yingzhou defend it?

"What do you think?" Ryazan's gaze turned to Jiao Xiang.

Jiao Xiang's Jiao family is a Ruyin clan, even if Ryazan has served as an assassin in Yingzhou for many years and has a stable power, but the Jiao family still has to be courteous to the Jiao family, and the Jiao family has also cooperated with Ryazan over the years, so Ryazan also relies on Jiao Xiang a lot.

"My lord, with all due respect, if we rely on ourselves, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist Caizhou's attack, as you just said, we also hope that Caizhou will abide by the covenant, but we all know what Yuan's heart is, to expect it not to attack, just like hoping that a wolf will not eat a sheep. Jiao Xiang stroked a few beards under his chin, and his yellow cheeks were also wrinkled, "If there is no foreign aid, Yingzhou will be lost!"

Everyone present heard the implicit meaning of the words.

Of course, foreign aid at this time does not refer to Xuzhou, which is called domestic aid.

Looking around, except for Daliang and Huaiyou, there are no bordering external forces.

But if Da Liang has no intention of letting Cai Zhou get involved in Yingzhou, he doesn't need to send troops at all, he only needs to clearly show his attitude to Cai Zhou, I'm afraid Cai Zhou will not dare to commit Yingzhou, and now once Caizhou mobilizes troops, it will obviously get Da Liang's approval, or even support.

In addition to the girder, there is only Huaiyou.

Huaiyou and Huaibei have never had any dealings, and the relationship is also very cold, especially Huaiyou took advantage of the ant thieves to wreak havoc in Yingbo Prefecture, and wantonly accepted the homeless people from Yingbo to reclaim the famine, which made Huaibei Beibei even more dissatisfied.

It's just that Huaibei's main energy at that time was focused on dealing with the attack of ant thieves, so naturally he didn't have the heart to ask.

Now that the situation has stabilized a little, the evil consequences of Yingbo and Erzhou have gradually become apparent.

Hushou Erzhou, which has obtained hundreds of thousands of displaced people from Yingbo Erzhou, has been able to recover its vitality, and the natural conditions of Hushou Erzhou are better than those of Yingbo Erzhou, which shows the vitality of Hushou Erzhou, and compares with the depression and dilapidation of Yingbo Erzhou, which pierces the hearts of the principals of Yingbo Erzhou.

"Zhimou, do you mean Huaibei?" Ryazan's face was a little gloomy, and his tone was not very good.

"My lord, I know that Huaiyou is not a good type, but now if we want to use our strength to resist Caizhou, then there is only Huaiyou. Jiao Xiang sighed.

His perception of Huaiyou is also not good.

The land inspection policy implemented by Huaiyou in the three prefectures of Guanghushou was obviously aimed at the big families in various places, and at the same time, the land was wantonly divided among the officers and soldiers of the Huaiyou Army, which won Jiang Feng the hearts of the army.

Although a large number of gentry in Hushou and Hushou were killed because of the ant thief rebellion, and there was a surplus of land, this contradiction did not intensify to the point of unbearable.

In addition, Shouzhou itself is the premier commercial port in the upper reaches of Huaishui, and the commerce is extremely developed, Jiang Feng also vigorously promoted the development of industry and commerce, such as rebuilding the Shouzhou kiln, attracting the capital of Hu merchants in Guanzhong, recovering the monopoly of tea, salt, iron and wine, and liberalizing, and the method of exchanging industrial and commercial privileges for land also made the gentry and prominent families of Guanghushou Prefecture reluctantly accept this reality, so that the situation in Huaiyou was stabilized.

But in the long run, this guy who came from a poor family and relied on the backing of military leaders was not friendly to the gentry, which can be seen from the fact that the generals and civil officials under his command are basically the children of the Great Liang, or they are from the broken gentry.

If the Caizhou Yuan clan can really promise to ensure that the interests of the Yingzhou clan are not harmed, Jiao Xiang would rather let the Yuan clan enter, at least the Yuan clan has won the support of the local clan He clan in Southern Chenzhou.

But Yuan's actions in Gwangju made the Yingzhou clan dare not feel at ease.

Caizhou suffered huge losses in the First World War last year, and if Yingzhou is taken, will it have to scrape a layer from the Yingzhou nobles to make up for their losses? No one dares to guarantee this.

And according to the judgment of the Jiao clan, it is very likely, after all, the Yuan clan also needs enough interests to show favor to the surnames that have always unswervingly supported them, especially the big surname like the He clan that has been gained and lost from Nanchen Prefecture, if the Yuan clan can't make up for it, I'm afraid that no one will be willing to serve him in the future.