The way of iron and blood? Cui Shang smiled bitterly again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This lord is really uneasy, Shouzhou has not yet stabilized, but he has to talk about iron and blood, what is iron and blood, isn't it a sword war?

Indeed, Shouzhou is a whole, and the strategic depth is suddenly opened, and there is a lot of room for both the war and the battle.

As long as there can be three or five years of peace, this Huaiyou land can become the land of fish and rice.

Especially after the lord clearly proposed to build the official kiln in Shouzhou thoroughly, and opened up the way of Chang'an Hu Shang, with the support of money and silver, these are not difficult things.

If it can really be delayed for two years, this Huaiyou land will be able to support tens of thousands of soldiers, and then it will be able to attack and retreat and defend, and it will be easy to play, but now it is necessary to raise swords and soldiers, and there will be many problems.

Seeing Cui Shang's expression, Jiang Feng knew that Cui Shang thought that the situation in Shouzhou was not optimistic, and he tended to be stable, and he did not agree with the view of revitalizing the war in the short term.

But in Jiang Feng's view, the more unstable the situation in Shouzhou, the more a war is needed to solve the existing problems.

The situation in Shouzhou is unstable because the surname Umeda Zhengzo still controls part of the military power to a certain extent, and although they are superficially subservient to themselves, this is only the attitude of the upper class, and in the middle and lower classes, this recognition is not high.

In particular, many of the children of the Umeda family still have antipathy and hostility towards their entry into Shouzhou deep down, but they are just powerless to change due to the general situation.

Now, although the problem of loyalty has been initially reluctantly solved by exchanging Yigang, the combat effectiveness of the naval army has been weakened, and there is still a long way to go before it can truly become the Huaiyou naval army.

Therefore, Jiang Feng believed that the only way to make it quickly integrate was to establish a common foreign enemy for the entire Huaiyou Army through foreign wars, so that they could unite under external pressure, deal with it together, and promote the integration of this army through a war.

Even if there may be some price to pay, Jiang Feng feels that it is worth it, especially when the chaos in Wu is imminent, and the opportunity cannot be missed.

"Bai Ling, but what are you worried about?"

Jiang Feng knew that his mastermind was also trying his best to plan for himself.

To be honest, if it weren't for the opportunity of the civil strife in Wudi, he would have preferred to achieve the integration of the Huaiyou Army in a more prudent and gradual way in two or three years.

But the civil strife in Wu is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and even Qin Quan's gang of ant thieves would rather stay and wander in Huaibei than cross the Huai, just waiting for the opportunity of civil strife in Wudi.

Such an opportunity, if you don't join in, it will be too tyrannical.

Cui Shang pondered for a while, but still couldn't agree with Jiang Feng's opinion.

Of course he understood what Jiang Feng thought, but this was another adventure, he was afraid that his lord would take risks into a habit, and every time he felt that the adventure was successful, and then he felt that he was invincible, once this kind of adventure failed, it might be the beginning of the collapse of the group that had been established with great difficulty.

"Lord, are you planning to let the Shouzhou army be consumed on the battlefield?"

Jiang Feng glanced at Cui Shang in surprise and shook his head, "Bai Ling, how can you have such an opinion? Since the Shouzhou Army has already belonged to the Huaiyou Army, it is naturally my subordinate, and it will also fight for me on the battlefield in the future, how can I have this idea?"

"But if you do this, I'm afraid it will make the Shouzhou Army think so. Cui Shang said unceremoniously.

Jiang Feng frowned, it was not that he hadn't thought about this problem, but how to eliminate these worries of the Shouzhou Army, he hadn't thought of a better way.

This kind of worry and fear cannot be eliminated in a short period of time, nor can it be solved by just some words, Shouzhou was originally won in such a way, and now you can gain their trust in such a short time, of course, it is very difficult.

It comes down to a matter of time.

Sometimes even Jiang Feng himself is pondering, he has been going non-stop wave after wave for more than a year, from Gushi to Huzhou, from Huzhou to Guanghun Erzhou, and now it has become Guanghun Shou Sanzhou, this continuous expansion and expansion has obviously made the so-called Huaiyou Army a little indigestion.

Even when it came to sending troops to Shouzhou, it was obviously a huge risk, and it can be said that the slightest mistake here was a disastrous failure.

From himself to his generals, it seems that they have indulged in this kind of exciting adventure, and the repeated victories have caused these people to have a certain sense of pride and inflated emotions.

From the initial success of Qin Zaidao, Zhang Yue, Huang Anjin and others in resisting the siege of the ant thieves, to the victory of resisting the Caizhou army with Yang Kan and Ding Man, and even the success of the sneak attack on the Nanyang army in the end, everyone felt that all this seemed to be a matter of course, so they took such a big step when they broke into Shouzhou.

Even Cui Shang, who has always been cautious, has some signs of rashness and impulsiveness, but fortunately, now Cui Shang has calmed down again.

Cui Shang is now worried about his impulsive adventure, which makes Jiang Feng a little difficult to explain for a while.

Can you say that you are calm and rational now? Can you say that you don't really want to raise swords at all? I'm afraid Cui Shang won't believe it.

Indeed, the battle of Shouzhou is a bit risky, and there are too many things that may go wrong in the middle, if it weren't for the complete victory of the Huzhou army in the previous battles and the morale and confidence of the Huzhou army, Jiang Feng estimated that Cui Shang and Yang Kan would not dare to make this decision that was almost gambling.

Even Xu Ning was a little lost in the successive victories, so he risked the world's disapproval to cheer up the Huzhou army.

And Jiang Feng also felt that if it weren't for Xu Ning's arrogant statement, Cui Shang and Yang Kan would probably be difficult to make this decision.

Now the old Huzhou army is full of desire to seek greater military exploits, hoping to achieve greater results, in their opinion, all the surrounding states and counties should be included in the current Huaiyou Army expedition scope.

Huaibei's Yingbo, who is strong outside the probation army, has been made disgraced by a gang of ant thieves, can the Huaiyou Army consider sharing a spoonful of soup?

Civil strife in Wudi, who can miss such a good opportunity?

Shuzhou is lonely, the Zhou family has never been heirloom by force, it is simply a fat meat placed in the mouth of the Huaiyou Army!

Even prefectures and counties like Huangzhou and Qizhou seem to have become a waste in the hands of the weak Hubei and Huang Du clans, and they should be handed over to the Huaiyou Army.

Everyone selectively ignored the discomfort caused by the rapid expansion of the Huaiyou Army now.

And no matter how you count it, if you add the naval army, the Huaiyou Army will only have about 20,000 troops.

It also includes the 5,000 naval army whose combat effectiveness is very doubtful, because it will take time to disrupt the mixed formation, the five infantry armies and the tooth army, as well as the cavalry army that urgently needs to be replenished with war horses, all of which it stands to reason is difficult to achieve the ideal state without one or two or two or even two or three years to run in and integrate.

Cui Shang saw this, especially the defensive ability of the magic array shown by the Shouzhou Army in the Battle of Shouzhou, which made him realize that under the seemingly invincible aura of the Huaiyou Army, it was actually already full of hidden worries, and the end of the strong crossbow could not penetrate Lu Min, this sentence should be very suitable for the current Huaiyou Army.

"Then Bai Ling, in your opinion, what should we do now?"

Jiang Feng was also a little upset in his heart, this feeling of watching the fat on his mouth but not being able to eat it was very uncomfortable, like Yang Kan, Zhang Yue, Ding Man and Zhang Ting, they were probably even more uncomfortable.

"My lord, speaking from the heart, I am also very hesitant and contradictory now. Cui Shang also had a distressed look on his face.

"Now the top and bottom are restless, I always thought that Yang Kan was relatively calm, but yesterday I also came to tell me how Shuzhou is, how Luzhou is, and how Haozhou is, I am wondering, how can I make these guys' morale not so high, and their appetite should not be so big, and they will underestimate the world, and the result is that they will hit their heads and bleed. ”

Cui Shang's words also made Jiang Feng feel the same way.

During this period of time, Yang Kandu was better, like Ding Man, Zhang Yue, Xu Ziqing, Ju Shen and others were all excited, and felt that Shouzhou was just like this, so I am afraid that the states and counties in Huaizuo were roughly similar, once the situation in Wu changed, then of course the Huaiyou army could enter in a big way and swallow and eat.

"Moreover, I think our understanding of the land of Huaizuo is still too simple, a Shouzhou can't explain anything, and I have been analyzing the battle of Shouzhou in the past few days, I think we won so easily There is a big element of luck, there are a lot of accidents and uncertainties here, as long as we have an accident in any of them, I am afraid we will fall short. Cui Shang pondered for a moment and looked at Jiang Feng: "Lord, I think we probably can't talk about anything else now, but we should pour cold water on everyone, find faults, and find gaps." ”

Jiang Feng took a deep breath, he finally understood where the source of his irritability had been for a while, and where was the source of the pride and optimism that filled the whole army.

That is, everyone thinks that the land of Huaizuo will be the same as Shouzhou, and the Huaiyou Army can take Luzhou, Haozhou and Shuzhou like Shouzhou, and even Chuzhou, Hezhou and Xuanzhou as far away.

The question is, do you know the specific situation in these states and counties, and what will be the result of sending troops rashly?

Of course, pouring cold water on everyone including yourself needs to be backed up by a convincing basis, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve the effect, and it will make the atmosphere in the army even more discordant.

In other words, how can these guys realize the chance and uncertainty of the victory and defeat of the battle in Shouzhou, and let them understand what this battle will turn into if there is an accident.