"Go further?" Jiang Feng groaned.

Cui Shang did not say that he wanted Zhu Mao to serve himself, but used a word with a vague or euphemistic meaning, but whether it is euphemistic or vague, it ultimately needs to come down to something substantial, that is, the relationship between himself and Zhu Mao.

Vassalage or temporary cooperation?

It doesn't seem to be.

If that's the case, it doesn't make much sense.

But if Zhu Mao is submissive to himself, there must be some reason here.

"Mingzhen, what do you think?" Jiang Feng did not respond to Cui Shang's words for the time being, and threw the topic to Yu Mingzhen.

Yu Mingzhen has always been shocked by Jiang Feng's keen sense of smell before, just said a word to suspend the sea secret strategy, Jiang Feng can suddenly figure out that he wants to fight Qingzhou, and I have to admit that it is no accident that this lord from a poor family can come to this point, which also makes Yu Mingzhen quite emotional, Huaibei is not a loss.

Feeling emotional, Yu Mingzhen quickly put away his feelings, and replied respectfully to Jiang Feng's question: "County Prince, I think that now is the best time to attack Pinglu. ”

"Well, tell me why. Jiang Feng smiled and encouraged.

"First, Pinglu was lured by Haizhou's salt profits, and was trapped in Haizhou and couldn't extricate itself, worried that we would recover, and the Haizhou garrison was still increasing, reaching 25,000 people, and because we continued to increase our troops in Yizhou, Pinglu was afraid that we would go east out of Mizhou to cut off Haizhou's back road, so we had also increased our troops to 15,000 in Mizhou. ”

Yu Mingzhen's words made Jiang Feng laugh, "Mingzhen, we are not doing showmanship, we really plan to take Mizhou." ”

"County Prince, it is precisely because we really plan to take Mizhou that we can't hide Pinglu's meticulous scouts, the army stationed in Yishui and the heavy grain and grass that are constantly transported to Yishui are not fake, Pinglu's meticulous work can clearly distinguish between true and false. Yu Mingzhen also laughed.

"Hmm, what about the second?" Jiang Feng nodded.

"If you can say that Zhu Mao can move in Jeju and attack Qizhou, it will inevitably attract and contain the troops of Pyeongroku,......"

"So you think we can raid Qingzhou?" Jiang Feng continued.

"The total strength of the Pinglu Army is thirty-five armies, in addition to the Pinglu left and right armies, there are three armies and three armies of the town army, and the other is the five armies of Yang Shouxin's newly formed Ziqing Army. Yu Mingzhen knew the situation in Pinglu very well, "The three army tooth armies are led by Wang Shouzhong, and the town army is mainly a local army stationed in Laizhou and Dengzhou to defend against pirates, which can be ignored. Now Wang Shouzhong's number one general led the Pinglu Right Army to garrison Haizhou, his younger brother Wang Shouxin was stationed in Mizhou, and another fierce general, Yang Junyue, led the Pinglu Left Army to stay in Zizhou, which seemed to be evenly distributed, but as long as we moved, we could easily mobilize it and make it difficult to take care of it. ”

The full name of the Pinglu army is the Pinglu Ziqing Jiedu Envoy Army, it should be said that the earliest Pinglu Ziqing Jiedu envoy has a very large territory, and in the heyday of the Goryeo Li Huaiyu served as the Jiedu envoy to help the imperial court suppress the Anshi Rebellion, he greatly expanded his own strength, and successively included Dezhou, Dizhou, Haizhou, Caozhou, Puzhou, Yanzhou, Yunzhou, Yizhou, and Xuzhou into the jurisdiction, and became the leading feudal lord of Hebei Province for a time, which also caused great jealousy in the imperial court.

Later, Li Shidao, a descendant of the Li family, was really unruly and unruly, with bad intentions, especially when the imperial court began to flatten the feudal lords, Li Shidao began to die, after Wu Yuanji in Huaixi was broken, Li Shidao also stepped into the footsteps, and was broken by the imperial court, and the Pinglu Ziqing Festival was divided into three, divided into Tianping Army Festival Envoy, Taining Army Festival Envoy and Pinglu Ziqing Festival Envoy, plus Xuzhou and Haizhou also became the probation army festival envoy station, so the Pinglu military jurisdiction became what it is now.

The current Pinglu Army is named the Pinglu Ziqing Festival Envoy because most of the garrisons come from the Pinglu Army centered on Yingzhou that is prominently encircled by the Anshi Rebellion, but most of them are named after the place where they first came, so more often everyone calls themselves the Pinglu Army, and there is a slight mention of the Ziqing Army.

It was not until three years ago that Wang Shouzhong began to form a new Ziqing Army, which was originally organized into ten armies of the Ziqing Left Army, but the Ziqing Left Army, which had just had time to form five armies, was hit by a great drought in the entire north, and Wang Shouzhong was unable to support it, and the remaining five armies had to be put aside.

The current soldier and horse envoy of the Ziqing Left Army is Wang Shouzhong's brother Wang Shouxin, and the 15,000 men and horses stationed in Mizhou are mainly based on the Ziqing Left Army.

"It seems that you really have a lot of confidence, and you still have a back hand?" Jiang Feng laughed and looked around, looking extremely happy, "Let's hear it." ”

"A certain has some connections with the East China Sea thief Wang Han, if he can drive Wang Han to raid the area of Donglai and Ye County, it must make him nervous. Yu Mingzhen did not shy away from saying it and said calmly.

"Oh, Wang Han of the East China Sea?" Jiang Feng was taken aback.

Jiang Kou, Lake Bandits, River Pirates, East China Sea Pirates, Jiang Kou and Lake Bandits, that is since ancient times, river pirates over the years because of the turbulent situation in the north and south of the river, the depression of river transportation, the power of river bandits has been greatly reduced, everyone knows a little about the situation of these three, but the East China Sea Pirates have been active in the south from Liuqiu (Taiwan), north to Wuhu Sea (Bohai Strait) and the Bohai Sea, Danluo Island (Jeju Island) is its base.

It is said that most of them are the remnants of Xue Wanche and the descendants of deserters after Xue Wanche's eastward expedition to Goryeo in the early Tang Dynasty, and they live on the sea all the year round, and have a lot to do with some of the gentry on land.

And the most powerful of these East China Sea pirates is led by Wang Han.

Yu Mingzhen also felt a little uninteresting, a character like the East China Sea Pirates, it stands to reason that a character like him, even if he is a general in Huaibei, should disdain to know him, how can there still be some connections, and maybe even have friendships?

"Uh, your lord, a certain and that Wang Han also knew each other unintentionally, well, in order to seek a breakthrough in martial arts, a certain person also went to the East China Sea to slaughter Jiao, and accidentally joined forces with Wang Han to slaughter Jiao in the area of Wuhu Island, with this relationship, and later a certain also made an agreement with Wang Han that the East China Sea pirates are not allowed to harass Haizhou Sizhou, and a certain can also provide him with some things he needs at the appropriate time. ”

Seeing Yu Mingzhen's somewhat embarrassed smile, Jiang Feng thought it was very interesting, "Hehe, Mingzhen, I don't mean anything else, I just think it's interesting, this East China pirate is not small, Pinglu is the biggest victim, well, and Yue Di seems to be too, but his arsenic, my honey, this East China pirate is used well, and it can also be used." ”

Seeing that Jiang Feng did not discriminate against the East China Sea pirates, Yu Ming was also very sure in his heart, after all, this East China Sea pirates were more despicable than the Jiang Kou, Lake Bandits and River Bandits who were active in the interior, but he didn't expect this lord to be jealous of meat and vegetables, and he didn't care about the other party's origin at all.

"Yes, my subordinates are thinking that if the East China pirates can land and attack Laizhou at the right time, they may be able to attract the Qingzhou garrison, and it will be difficult for the town army to resist the large-scale landing of the pirates, and if we can attract one or two Qingzhou troops to Laizhou for reinforcements, it can also share some pressure for us to raid Qingzhou. ”

Yu Mingzhen's words made Jiang Feng's interest in the East China Sea Pirates a lot greater, "Mingzhen, how many people are under this Wang Han?"

"I am afraid that there are one or two hundred large and small ships, the number of people is uncertain, and the subordinates estimate that there are three or five thousand people, but they are more than 1,000 people every time they attack, and rarely more than 2,000, but these pirates live on the sea all year round, and Danluo Island is the base, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and their style is fierce, and after landing, they are not reduced, no less than our infantry army. Yu Ming really thought about it before saying.

"If that's the case, this force is useful, I don't know if Ming Zhen is sure to say that he will cooperate with our Huaiyou?" Jiang Feng nodded, "If there are any conditions, you can also put it forward." ”

"You can give it a try. Yu Mingzhen hesitated slightly, "These pirates have been going on for many generations, but they still yearn for life on land, and no one wants their children and grandchildren to become pirates for generations. ”

"Life at sea is hard, and if they have this talent, they will be able to use it in the future, and if they can be used by me, I don't mind giving them an identity and letting them shed their skin like lake bandits. ”

Jiang Feng knew that in this era, it was quite an unacceptable thing for bandits to launder themselves, and the situation of whitewashing as a king like Zhu Wen was almost impossible to replicate, just like Qin Quan's ant thieves, who encountered such strong resistance in Chuzhou, in addition to Li Yu's resolute attitude, it was largely because the mainstream gentry in Chuzhou did not accept these ant thieves at all and resolutely refused to cooperate with them.

"Getting back to the point, if the pirates can be used by us, Zhu Mao is also willing to cooperate with our actions, what is the possibility of taking Qingzhou in one fell swoop?" Jiang Feng got to the point.

"County duke, we can't be sure yet, but we feel that with the current Pinglu continues to increase troops to Haizhou and Mizhou, the price we need to pay to defeat Haizhou and Mizhou may be greater than our fight against Qingzhou. Yang Kan's attitude was extremely resolute, his tone was also sonorous and powerful, and his eyes were even more shining, "Once Qingzhou is taken and the entire Pinglu is cut into two sections, Haizhou and Mizhou may be in chaos without a fight, as long as the operation is effective, the entire Pinglu can be in the bag." ”

"Qilang, have you thought about it, even if we use various means to attract Wang Shouzhong to divide the army, but Qingzhou will at least stay more than 10,000 horses, and Qingzhou City has thick walls, and it is Wang Shouzhong's lair, he personally sits in the state city, the defense is tight, I don't think the raid can be successful, things like the battle of Tongqiao and Fuli cannot be replicated, we take Qingzhou City, maybe the loss will be much greater than we imagined, have you considered it?" Jiang Feng looked at Yang Kan, and then at Wang Miao and Yu Mingzhen.