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Only when there is territory can there be a population, and only when there is a population can we talk about expanding military strength.

Now it seems that Huaiyou already has five infantry armies, plus the tooth army and the cavalry army, there are already two armies and water armies, and Huaiyou's strength has reached a record 20,000 people.

Although it is difficult to say that the naval armies of the two armies may come in handy on land, especially after the incident of Shouzhou's incorporation into Huaiyou, the Huaiyou Naval Army reorganized from the original Shouzhou Naval Army has not changed much in essence, but because of the chaotic combat effectiveness caused by Jiang Feng's takeover, not to mention that it cannot be guaranteed in terms of reliability, so Jiang Feng has not considered that the two armies can quickly become an arm under his command for the time being.

The infantry army of the fifth army plus the Ya army and the cavalry army, this seems to be a lot, but in addition to the first army, which can be regarded as a really qualified strong army, the tooth army and the cavalry army are not satisfactory, as for the combat effectiveness of the second, third and fourth armies, they have not experienced a real test and baptism until now.

And not to mention the Fifth Army, which has just been formed and is far from being able to talk about combat effectiveness.

If such an army wants to venture into the civil strife in Wu to share a spoonful of soup, Jiang Feng is very a little bit stealing chickens and rice, whether it is Xu Zhihe's descendant army or the Wu army attached to Yang Pu, it is the foundation laid in the Yang Xingmi era, this is an army that has fought with Zhu Liang and Huaibei, even if there has not been much war for so many decades, but it must not be underestimated, plus Wu Di has always been prosperous with magic, it can be imagined that the use of magic in the Wu army must be far better than other feudal lords in the Central Plains, and even Nanyang may be much inferior。

Jiang Feng knows very well that the strength of an army lies in whether it can fight a tough battle and fight hard, and anyone can fight a good battle, but if it can fight under unfavorable situations and adversity, this is the real performance of a qualified army, and now he does not think that the Huaiyou Army has this strength, at most, a small part has this combat power, and most of them are still unknown, and even Jiang Feng thinks that with the combat power of these armies now, if they are mixed in, what they will gain will only be misses and embarrassment.

"Shichiro, do you think it's a good time to do it? Big eyes and small belly, let's get involved, with our current strength, maybe it's a blessing or a curse. Jiang Feng couldn't help but sigh, this is indeed a tangled choice.

"My lord, I understand your worries, if the number of our Huaiyou army is compared to Caizhou, Nanyang, Huaibei and even Hubei and Huang neighbors, there are still shortcomings, but I know that you are more worried about the lack of quality of these armies, except for the first army, the other armies have not experienced a decent baptism of hard fighting, you are worried that you will not be able to get out of it, but you have not thought about it, to say that we have 20,000 troops, not much, but not less, such an army, if you do not let it grow and mature through war, it will never be able to reassure?"

Yang Kan's words were also to the point, which also made Jiang Feng a little moved.

It is true that war is the best means for an army to grow, and how can the quality of an army be tested without going through a few bitter and vicious battles? Without these bitter and bloody battles, an army will never be able to truly mature through training alone.

"Qilang, there is indeed some truth in what you said, but you have also seen that Caizhou and Nanyang are probably a little unable to sit still, the growth of our Huaiyou makes them sit on pins and needles, and the means of assassination may not be available for the time being, but I am worried that they may play tricks from other aspects, and may even bring about a war, do you think we still have the time to intervene in Wu at this time? If we are attacked on both sides, we are afraid that we will really encounter trouble. ”

Jiang Feng's words made Yang Kan also silent.

Caizhou and Nanyang have always been great enemies, and it is impossible to turn enemies into friends, so once they are involved in Wu Di and can't get out, then Nanyang and Caizhou will definitely not give up this opportunity to launch a war against Huaiyou.

Moreover, in terms of the current combat strength of the Huaiyou Army, there are already many shortcomings, and defensive operations may still be able to fight, but if there is a two-front battle, can it afford it?

"Lord, I understand what you said, but I always feel that if the Huaiyou Army wants to grow up quickly, it still needs to be tempered by constant war. After a long time, Yang Kancai said in a deep voice: "We defended the Caizhou Army in Gushi, and I think it was of great help to the growth of our Huaiyou Army. ”

Jiang Feng listened very carefully, Yang Kan should be the most knowledgeable and experienced general in the Huaiyou Army, and his experience is even richer than himself, Jiang Feng has always valued Yang Kan's opinion.

"But after the Gushi defensive battle, we successively formed the second, third, fourth, and fifth armies, as did the tooth army and the cavalry army, none of which had experienced the baptism of war. I think Nanyang and Caizhou Army will be our great enemies in the future, if our Huaiyou Army can't grow up quickly, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist the regrouped Nanyang Army and Caizhou Army, and the battle against Wu should be the best whetstone for our army, even if we can't take the land of a state, we should also train through this battle, not to mention that Wu is rich, even if you can't fight the territory for a while, you can also have some gains. ”

Jiang Feng heard some other meanings in Yang Kan's words.

Yang Kan probably wants to prepare to polish the Huaiyou Army in the way of fighting and nourishing the war, and take the initiative to attack according to the situation, whether it is to join the side that supports Xu Zhihe or Yang Pu, so that Huaiyou will not be nameless and involved in the war in Wudi, and even can ask for compensation from both sides.

At present, the 20,000 troops of the Huaiyou army have put the Huaiyou's finances in an extremely tight state, and without the financial support of Karim and Nasin, the Persian Hu businessmen, Huaiyou's finances have collapsed.

But even so, in the current Huaiyou financial extreme shortage, the most important factor is to take the first place, because considering that Shouzhou will be built into the foundation of Huaiyou in the future, and want to let Shouzhou be included in the system as soon as possible, so the two Umeda did not take the initial consideration of looting, which means that they have not been able to get the most realistic income harvest from Shouzhou, which is the biggest hole in Huaiyou's finances.

This point is well known to the entire Huaiyou high-level, as long as the two big Umeda families are won, they can make up for the big hole in Huaiyou's finances in the short term, but if the Umeda two families are moved, it means that Shouzhou will be in a state of turmoil in a short period of time, which Jiang Feng does not want to see, so he chose to give the two Umeda a chance to cooperate.

And the Umeda family is also aware of this, so Shouzhou now seems relatively calm, otherwise it can be a temporary profit as the Yuan family did when they entered Gwangju, but what is left is a piece of chicken feathers, which will not help to control this territory at all.

Yang Kan is also very aware of the difficulties of the Huaiyou Army now, from another point of view, Jiang Feng is not very willing to intervene in the war in Wudi, and it is also because the Huaiyou finances can't support this war at all, so Yang Kan will have the idea of using war to support the war.

But Jiang Feng knows that it is not so simple to feed the war with war, if you don't want to leave a bad reputation, the initial expenses are still not small.

However, Yang Kan's words still moved Jiang Feng, Wu Di civil strife, whether it is Xu Zhihe or Yang Pu, as long as the Huaiyou Army shows its willingness to intervene, it will be able to find allies and reasons to intervene, this is undoubtedly an excellent training opportunity, the Wu Army, which has not fought a big battle for decades, even if it still has a background, Jiang Feng feels that it cannot be compared with the Caizhou Army, this should be the most suitable training object.

If the extent of involvement can be controlled, Yang Kan's suggestion may be worth a try.

But before that, Jiang Feng felt that there were other things that could be done.

Shuzhou, Huaining.

Anhui water from the east of the city slowly to the south, several fishing boats docked, the fish tooth has been busy to meet up, the noise on the wharf gradually rises, one after another more fishing boats dock, the whole wharf began to lively.

The amount of water in Anhui is not large, but from the southern foot of Huoshan all the way to the south, there are many Xuze lakes and marshes connected with it, stretching for more than 100 miles, many lakes and marshes are good fishing grounds, until 30 miles away before turning to the east, all the way down to the east, injecting river water into the mouth of Anhui.

When Hou Chen came out of the post house located not far from the wharf in the east of the city, he couldn't help but stretch.

It's been three days, and I've been in Shuzhou for three days, and I still haven't seen the main person, but he is not in a hurry, because he firmly believes that the more leisurely he is, the more restless the other party will be, and the pressure is on the other party's side, and he has this confidence.

After "grabbing" this opportunity from Master Sima, Hou Chen has been thinking about how to complete this task.

Wuwentang provided him with a lot of information, but in order to complete the task, Hou Chen knew that he had to act at the opportune time.

To be honest, Hou Chen didn't know that the wife of the defense guard and the capture of the lord actually had such a relationship with the Shuzhou Zhou family, but it was normal to say that the Xu family in Guangzhou had been destroyed, and the Shuzhou Zhou family, a family of one state, would naturally not let his eldest son marry a declining woman whose family had been wiped out.

It's just that probably no one would have thought that the Lord of Defense and Capture would rise rapidly after the fall of the Xu family, and now maybe something should happen.

Before he came, the Huaiyou Fourth Army and the Fifth Army had already advanced to the line of Shucheng from Huoshan to Luzhou, which was only a few dozen miles away from Tong'an County in Shuzhou.

Do the math, the news of the "clean-up" action of the Huaiyou Fourth Army and the Fifth Army on the line from Huoshan to Shucheng should also reach Shuzhou, and some people should not be able to sit still.