"What should we do?" was a question that could not be avoided in front of everyone.

"Runzhou is a small place, it is difficult to maintain Runzhou for a long time, and the Vietnamese army and the ant thieves must have formed an offensive and defensive alliance, and the two fangs must have the intention of carving up Jiangnan. Xiao Yan said with some difficulty: "Qian Yuan's wolf ambition will never stop, Jiangning and Dantu are both cities along the river, once the Yue national naval army goes up the river, it loses its foundation, and we can't resist it." ”

Even Xiao Yan, who has always been shrewd, judged like this, Li Yu was like a mourner, paralyzed in the chair, and did not say a word.

"Then we can only wait to be killed?" Bian Hao couldn't help but roar, "We still have tens of thousands of troops in our hands, can't we say that we can't fight? Qian Yuanqian can collude with the ant thieves and Xuzhou, can't we make peace with the ant thieves and discuss with Xuzhou?"

Xiao Yan said with some difficulty: "It's not difficult to make peace with the ant thief, but it's difficult to make peace with Xuzhou and Yueguo." ”

"Why?" asked a military general next to him.

"The ant thief is not welcomed, not recognized by the imperial court, but is fighting for survival, and Xuzhou and Yue are plotting to seize the foundation of our Wu country, Xuzhou has Chu Yang, and Yue has to run Chang, this must be the agreement between Xuzhou and Yue, and the reason why the ant thief is willing to cooperate so much must be because of the endorsement of Xuzhou and Yueguo, and there are some secret agreements in secret. Xiao Yan looked up to the sky and sighed.

"What now?" Bian Ho stroked his sword with his palm, his expression serious.

"I'm afraid I have to fight against the water. Xiao Yan also had a look of despair on his face, "Under such circumstances, being attacked on three sides, morale is low, and there is no power to return to the sky." ”

Li Yu, who was curled up on the Hu chair, almost closed his eyes, he fell short, he regretted it, he knew that he should have given up Runchang and stuck to Chu Yang, but as Bian Hao and Xu Jue said, with the power of Chu Yang alone, it is difficult to compete with Xuzhou, and it is only a matter of time before he is destroyed by Xuzhou, is it not the life of a monarch by nature?

"We can't just sink!" Bian Hao shook his head and took a deep breath, "On the ant thief's side, we can negotiate, the ant thief is not monolithic, Qin Quan needs to consider Han Baling's threat, we have already taught them a lesson in the previous battle at Chishan Lake, they don't dare to act rashly, not to mention, I judge that Runchang Erzhou is also a place where Qian Yuanqian must win, and it is impossible for the ant thief to get involved, he just wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob before, so this is our opportunity." ”

Bian Hao's words seemed to arouse the confidence of others, and even Li Yu couldn't help but open his eyes, but he failed to impress Xiao Yan: "There is no chance, Xuzhou is going south with the momentum of Mount Tai, Chuyang and Erzhou have no chance at all, even if it is a ceasefire of ant thieves, Yue Guo will not give us a chance to breathe!"

"It is precisely because we don't seem to have a chance now, that we have to fight for our own chance!" Bian Ho roared in a deep voice: "It is because of your frustrated attitude that the army is panicked! The Vietnamese army is not so powerful, and we all know their details very well, their early victory relied on surprise, and the ability to win Wujin was based on the corpses of soldiers, Wen Zhi used 20,000 troops against his 100,000 army, and fought viciously for eight days, causing nearly 30,000 casualties to the other side, which is enough to explain all this. ”

Bian Hao was right, although Xu Wenzhi was defeated and retreated in Wujin, the damage caused to the Vietnamese army was not small, and the Vietnamese army had to stop in Wujin to breathe, which also gave the main army of Wu State, which had penetrated into Xuanzhou, time to return to the division.

Bian Ho believed that the Vietnamese army had already injured its vitality in the First Battle of Wujin, especially in terms of morale, but if the Vietnamese army was allowed to continue to advance and win like this, its morale would slowly recover, so the other party could not be given this opportunity.

was slowly encouraged by Bian Hao's words, both Li Yu and Xiao Yan were moved, Xiao Yan groaned for a while, and then said slowly: "Kang Le, what do you think?"

"I'm afraid we have to take the initiative to give up Chuyang Erzhou. Bian Ho had a bitter face, licked his somewhat dry lips, and said with difficulty.

"Give up Chu Yang?! No, absolutely not! That is the land of our ancestors, the foundation of our Wu country, our relatives are all in Yangzhou, how can we give up?" Xiao Yan subconsciously resisted.

And Li Yu also stood up suddenly, full of horror, and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

"What if you don't give up?" Bian Hao smiled bitterly: "There is no need to mention Chuzhou, even if it is too late to fly north, Yangzhou, return to the division in such a hurry, the Xuzhou navy will definitely be waiting for us on the river, even if we break the Xuzhou navy and return to Jiangdu, the tired division may not be able to resist the siege of the Xuzhou army." ”

"Can we make peace with Xuzhou, we are willing to give up the Chuzhou ......" Xiao Yan hesitated.

"Chuzhou, whether we give up or not must fall into the hands of Xuzhou, we all know that due to the ravages of ant thieves, the gentry in the countryside of Chuzhou are very dissatisfied,......" Bian Hao sighed, "And there is only one lonely city in Yangzhou, even if we keep it temporarily, how long can we survive?"

"But Yangzhou is our foundation. Xiao Yan groaned in pain: "If you give up Yangzhou, the country will not be a country." ”

"Give up Chu Yang, we can free our hands. Byun Ho's tone regained his composure," And I judge that the interests of Xuzhou and the Yue country and the ant thieves may not be consistent, Xuzhou may not be willing to see a unified Jiangnan, they are willing to see our force exist in the south of the Yangtze River, instead of handing over the two states of Runchang to the Yue country, they are just temporarily entangled for the sake of interests, and now the Yue country and the ant thieves are no longer of much use to Xuzhou, although Jiang Feng's foundation is in Huainan, but with Jiang Feng's heart and ambition, his main goal in the future is still in Jiangbei, in the Central Plains, and even Heshuo, his great enemy is the Great Jin, is the Khitans, they seized Chuyang only because it is profitable, Chuyang Erzhou can be used as a cornerstone to consolidate his rule in Huainan, and Jiangnan he can't take care of it in the short term。 ”

"Then ...... we in the future," Xiao Yan and Li Yu asked almost at the same time.

Bian Hao shook his head a little tiredly, "If Jiang Feng loses the battle for the Central Plains with the Great Jin, maybe we still have a chance, but the premise is that we must survive now." ”

"How to survive?" Xiao Yan seemed to understand something.

"Befriend the ant thief, then give up Chu Yang, ask for peace with Xuzhou, counterattack Yueguo, and recapture Changzhou!" Bian Hao almost gritted his teeth.

"There is no problem in befriending the ant thief, I am willing to send the ant thief to negotiate with Qin Quan, but give up Chu Yang, the foundation of this 100,000 army ......"

Xiao Yan glanced at Li Yu.

Wu soldiers are mainly selected from two places, one is Jurong and Yanling in Runzhou, this is the so-called Danyang soldiers, since the Han Dynasty has been the place where the elite infantry has been produced, the other is Shanyang in Chuzhou, and the naval army is from Dantu, Jiangyin and Jiangning, but the problem is that most of the generals' family members are in Yangzhou, including Li Yu, Bian Hao and even his Xiao Yan's family members are in Yangzhou, lose Yangzhou, and all the family members and relatives fall into the hands of Xuzhou, how is this good?

"It's simple to make friends with the ant thief, as long as you admit the ant thief, and at the same time are willing to make peace with the ant thief, with the current internal situation of the ant thief, there is still the Zhong army approaching in the west, it is not difficult to solve, there is no need for Brother Xiao to go, but Xuzhou needs Brother Xiao to go immediately, you can go directly to Yangzhou to meet the Xuzhou army can be the master, we are willing to give up Chuyang Erzhou, but please be kind to your family, I heard that the Xuzhou army under Jiang Feng has never burned and plundered, presumably this matter is not difficult, the key is to save our Chuyang Erzhou, especially Yangzhou's troops, let it retreat to Dantu and Jiangning, and also need to seek Xuzhou's support for our future survival in Jiangnan, maintain our willingness to serve Xuzhou with our father and brother!"

When Byun Ho said the last sentence, his face was already a little distorted, and he was obviously trying to suppress his inner emotions.

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Li Yu, this attitude can be described as humiliating, but this may really be the key to solving the current future prospects of Wu Jun.

"Can we survive in this way? Can we gain a foothold in Jiangnan?" Li Yu's words were full of hesitation and weakness.

"Of course, it's more than that, but this is the premise of our survival, only with the support of Xuzhou, we have to launch a desperate battle against the Vietnamese army, completely defeat the invading Vietnamese army, and force it to give up its ambition to invade Runchang, only when these two conditions are met, we can survive!" As for the future, as I have just said, we can only wait for the result of Xuzhou's struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains, Xuzhou is defeated, we still have a chance to return to Chuyang, and Xuzhou wins, then the end of the division of feudal towns since the Middle Tang Dynasty may be over, right? Whether it is our Wu State or the Yue Kingdom, they may be swept into the old paper pile of history. ”

Bian Hao's words were deafening, not only did Xiao Yan and Li Yu be dumbfounded, but the other generals were also shocked inexplicably, and no one dared to speak out for a while.

"How is this possible? Xuzhou can take this step?" After a long time, Xiao Yan said a sentence in a sneering manner.

"Look at Jiang Feng's handwriting in the past few years, starting from the land of Gushi County, Shouzhou just entered, he dared to take the opportunity to seize Luhao, and the north expedition to Xuzhou is the most courageous fight, and the success of this fight has laid the foundation for its competition for the Central Plains, this person is very good at seizing opportunities, once he sees the opportunity, he will not be soft, Pinglu Ziqing is so successful, I believe that after he takes Chu Yang, he will never stop there, or compete with the Shatuo people in the Central Plains, and it is more likely to annex the land of Heshuo. ”

If Jiang Feng was here, I am afraid that I would be surprised that Bian Hao was so clear about his intentions, but Bian Hao didn't know that in fact, Jiang Feng had already planned to conquer Heshuo, and the capture of Chu Yang in the plan was even ranked after the expedition to Heshuo, but the unexpected factors contributed to the advance of the strategy of capturing Chu Yang.