After being in contact with Jiang Feng for so long, Yang Kan also has a good understanding of what he thinks in his heart, and he agrees very much with Jiang Feng's taking of Wu Land as the basis for the hegemony of the Central Plains in the future. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains has been in a series of military disasters, the Anshi Rebellion, the Huangchao Rebellion, the entire Central Plains has been dilapidated, and the northern Zhuhu is becoming more and more urgent, the invasion is like fire, and the chaos is endless, in contrast, although there are wars in the south of the Jianghuai River, but its scale and degree of poison are far less than the Central Plains, and the people can still survive.

It stands to reason that taking Jianghuai Jiangnan is supposed to be, especially Huaiyou currently has such an opportunity, to seize the two states of Luhao, and to have the advantages of the navy, and to conquer the south, there are ways to advance and retreat, and over time, it will be able to become the hegemon of one side.

However, Jiang Feng never forgot to go north, and even did not hesitate to compete with the Yuan clan of Caizhou, which has now shown its prominence, which is difficult for most of the generals of Huaiyou to understand.

Only Yang Kan and Wang Miao are not.

Yang Kan has always been wary of Hedong, north of Daliang.

In his impression, there are countless heroes and heroes of Daliang, and the strength of the army is a big cut beyond the Jin army, but it has always been at a disadvantage in front of the Hedong Jin army, especially in the past ten years, Daliang has always been on the defensive against the Dajin, Hedong Iron Cavalry gallops vertically and horizontally, and the strategy is like fire, and Daliang has to pay a price higher than the opponent by two or even three percent to barely resist almost every time he fights, and this balance is more and more inclined to the Hedong Jin army.

This is not just that the iron cavalry of the Jin army in Hedong is stronger, but the twilight and fatigue of the Liang are infiltrating the Liang army that was invincible in the past, Yang Kan dare not imagine that a little Liang will no longer be able to resist the increasingly powerful Jin army one day, once the Jin army gets rid of the Tuyuhun people and the Dangxiang people, who can resist the Shatuo iron cavalry that is swarming south? At that time, I am afraid that the Central Plains will become a boiling land.

Unlike Yang Kan, who was worried about the Shatuo Jin army, Wang Miao was more worried about the Khitans.

Unlike Yang Kan's understanding of the Shatuo people in Hedong, Wang Miao also knows the Khitan people better, especially after the first two trips to the north, his worries about the Khitan have exceeded his own family feud, which is why he tried his best to let Jiang Feng go north as soon as possible to occupy a favorable terrain, which even exceeded his own personal feud.

In recent years, the momentum of the Khitans moving south from the north shocked Wang Miao.

Thirty years ago, it can only be said that Pingzhou, Jizhou, and Danzhou, where the Khitan people lived, have long since become the base camp of the Khitans, and in the past, there were only sporadic Khitans in Youzhou, Yizhou, Cangzhou, Mozhou, Xuanzhou, Shenzhou, and even Jizhou and Dezhou further south, and now there are a large number of Khitans.

They are all here to do business and herd horses, and to be powerful, and the two armies of Lu Long and Chengde are afraid of the Khitans' arrogance now, and they swallow their anger, which further stimulates the Khitans' ambitions to go south.

In Wang Miao's view, if it is not curbed as soon as possible, within ten years, the entire Heshuo will become the world of the Khitans, and within thirty years, the Khitans will go south to the entire Central Plains.

Wang Miao and Yang Kan have discussed, both agree that the current situation in the north has deteriorated day by day, and the Hu people are very likely to invade the Central Plains again after the Wuhu Chaohua, and may even be more violent than the Wuhu Chaohua rebellion, but the two think that the biggest threat is different, Yang Kan believes that the biggest enemy is still the Shatuo people's extremely vassal Mobei Zahu, while Wang Miao believes that the Khitans have surpassed the Shatuo people to become the biggest threat to the Han people.

Based on this, both of them regarded Jiang Feng as the backbone of the future resistance to the invasion of the Central Plains by the Hu people.

Yang Kan and Wang Miao are not ordinary people who easily recognize people.

It can be said that they have a process from recognition to convincing Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng's courage and means impressed Yang Kan, and Jiang Feng's vision and ambition made Wang Miao admire, it was based on these factors that the two slowly developed confidence in Jiang Feng, thinking that Jiang Feng was definitely one of the most favorable competitors for the overlord of Middle-earth, and it was worth following them, otherwise how could they give up their own conditions and join Jiang Feng without hesitation, and serve him with all their might.

Jiang Feng has also been thinking about this issue.

It is absolutely not advisable to be partial to the corner of the south of the Yangtze River, Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the previous life is a typical example, he was destroyed by Zhao Song, and even had to offer his wife and concubine, but Zhao Song was embarrassed by the two Hu regimes in Liaojin in the north, and finally the two monarchs had to be prisoners, so it can be seen that to defend the Central Plains, the principle of controlling the northern Xinjiang cannot be violated, and even only by attacking instead of defending, and constantly expanding the territory to the outside to ensure the peace of the Middle Earth.

Facts have proved that in order to compete for hegemony in the Central Plains, or to gain strategic superiority over the Hu people in the north, it is not enough to have a strong military strength or a strong economic foundation, and it is necessary to have a strong comprehensive strength in order to gain the upper hand in the war against the Hu people in the north.

The war against the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty is a good example, if it were not for the accumulation of strong strength brought about by the rule of Wenjing, how could Liu Che have launched a continuous war against the Xiongnu? But if there is strong economic strength but it is not transformed into military strength, then once the time is reversed, waiting for you is still the fate of destruction.

Military strength needs to rely on economic strength to accumulate, and economic strength needs to be transformed into military strength to reflect, which is the true meaning of undefeated competition in this troubled era.

Therefore, the reason why Jiang Feng chose to take Shouzhou and Luhao is because as long as he wins these three states, the Huainan granary and Huaiyou commercial port with Shouzhou, Luzhou, and Haozhou as the core will be firmly in his hands.

The waterways here are longitudinal and horizontal, there are many lakes and marshes, the transportation is developed, and the industry and commerce are prosperous, which can provide a strong foundation of food and money for themselves to compete for the Central Plains in the future, especially the lifeblood of food in this era is in their own hands, as long as there is enough food, Jiang Feng can get a steady stream of soldiers, even if he suffers one or two heavy losses, he also has the capital to make a comeback.

Now that this step has been steady, he believes that in a short period of time, whether it is the ant thief or Li Yu, it is impossible to provoke himself, at least before the victory and defeat between them, the current Shouzhou, Luzhou and Haozhou, and even Guang, Hun and the two states themselves, will usher in a period of stable development, that is to say, in the future, the war in Huaiyou will be outside these five states, will not affect the mainland, which can make these five states feel at ease to build a rear base to support the Huaiyou army.

Now, it's time to plot against Xuzhou.

"Your Majesty, if we can take Xuzhou, we will be invincible in the future battle of the Central Plains. Yang Kan thought for a long time, and then said quietly: "The king asked Zhuang Yongsheng to go north, I'm afraid he is also laying out for this, right?"

"Qilang, don't you think we should take this step too fast?" Jiang Feng didn't answer his question, but asked rhetorically.

"It's better to go first than later. Yang Kan shook his head, "Maybe the Shi family is even weaker than we imagined, some behemoths seem to be mighty, but as long as you pierce its surface, you will find that it is actually not vulnerable at all, I think Huaibei is such a behemoth with nothing to show for it, which can be seen from their performance in Yingzhou, Shang Yunliu is still a small heavenly powerhouse, one or two thousand horses, and he was beaten to the ground by the Caizhou army, and his performance is not even as good as Zhuang Yongsheng, how can this make people embarrassed?

Yang Kan's words were full of disdain and resentment, obviously depressed about the performance of the probation army against the Caizhou army in the first battle, you must know that the war between the probation army and the Daliang army in the past was impressive, but I didn't expect to behave so badly in front of the former vassals.

Yang Kan saw it very accurately, Jiang Feng recognized this very much, the Shi family was completely degenerate, and on the surface it could still give orders, but in essence, it was completely powerless to control the military leaders under its command, and all the decisions were probably negotiated and compromised by these military leaders.

These military leaders are in their own way, on the surface, they are false and wrong, and they attack and contain each other inside, it can be said that they are corrupted to the extreme, Jiang Feng is even worried that the Yuan clan has also seen through the truth in this, which makes him quite worried.

"Then do you think we ...... now," Jiang Feng asked again.

"Your Excellency has actually made up your mind, hasn't he?" Yang Kan accompanied Jiang Feng along the muddy ground by the river, "It is imperative to reform the cavalry, the cavalry of the northern land is more important than the infantry army, and then it is wise to form two cavalry armies with the existing Heshuo cavalry, and then supplement it with four or five infantry armies, and you can also give due consideration to the first army and the navy, be prepared as much as possible, and choose the right time to enter Xuzhou." ”

Hearing Yang Kan's words, Jiang Feng didn't go around in circles, and then asked: "Then with Qilang's meaning, when is the time ripe?"

"Hehe, the king has his own sense of proportion, but since the king asked, I think at least two conditions must be met, first, Zhuang Yongsheng's development in the north must make some progress; second, we must at least have one or two reliable allies within the probation army, or internal response. Yang Kan said calmly: "With these two conditions, I think we can fight, of course, we also have to consider some other factors, that should be the problem of the king, Ziliang and Bai Ling." ”

Yang Kan didn't say what some other factors were, but Jiang Feng knew that it was referring to the details of logistics such as money, grain, and grass.

The sunset slowly sinks in the west, reflecting on the surface of the fertile water, it looks particularly poignant, the leaves are shadowy, occasionally there are one or two birds and ducks, and occasionally there are fish jumping and splashing a circle of ripples in the slow river water, making the whole Xiaoyaojin appear quiet and magnificent at this time.

"It's so beautiful, Shichiro, do you say that the rest brought by taking a break after every war is inspiring us to cheer up our enthusiasm for the next expedition?" Jiang Feng suddenly asked.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, a certain rough man, I only know that a quiet rest can only be exchanged through war, otherwise you will never be able to wait for the rest that you begged for. Yang Kan calmly responded.

"Well, that's a good point, it's a good idea!"