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Yao Chengtai is considered to be a relatively capable series in the probation army system.

However, judging from the battle records of the various departments of the probation army and the ant thieves during the period when the ant thieves were raging in Huaibei, on the whole, the performance of the probation army was not good, and I have not heard of any records worth mentioning, but there are many examples of defeat and annihilation, which is also speechless.

Due to the mediocrity of the probationary army's temperance envoys, during his tenure as the temperance envoys, his control over the military leaders of various departments under his command was greatly reduced, which made Shang Yunxi, Yao Chengtai and others increasingly independent tendencies.

In particular, after the various armies began to become financially independent and maintained the survival of the armed forces through commercial taxes and donations, this unstable guarantee mechanism also had a considerable impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Because of this, the influence of external factors on the troops, or infiltration, also becomes easier.

Yao Chengtai and Yu Mingzhen are both stuck on the Bianqu Canal, an important passage on the water, to collect commercial taxes, but Yu Mingzhen can also rely on the gentry of Sihai and the two states to collect some taxes and donations, while Yao Chengtai also controls the important post road on the road from Xuzhou south to Huainan, so they both have their own means of livelihood.

However, even so, the various departments of the probation army are already very difficult, although the shelves look very large, but their combat effectiveness is shrinking sharply, not only is the establishment of each army uneven, but also the ordnance and armor are difficult to make up, which can be glimpsed from the confrontation between the garrison in Yingbo Erzhou and the Caizhou army.

Of course, this may also have something to do with the fact that Yingbo Erzhou does not belong to his own defense territory, and when it is really time to take the territory of the guy who eats him, it is estimated that he will have to work hard.

In Jiang Feng's view, this is actually a vicious circle.

The feudal lords of the northern military towns such as the Reform Army, the Taining Army, and the Pinglu Army have been in the three towns of Heshuo, and are now in a situation on the verge of collapse.

On the one hand, floods and droughts have continued over the years, and military disasters have been continuous, which have greatly damaged the local production environment; on the other hand, due to the fact that the military husband is in power, the power of the civil officials has been greatly weakened, the distrust of the civil officials and officials themselves has not taken care of it, and the ability to govern the local government has been sharply weakened, so that no one cares about local political affairs, and everything revolves around the military.

As soon as the year was bad, many people could only flee to the surrounding areas as displaced people, and the stronger the local gentry, the more control over the land, so that the tax revenue was smaller, and the only way to maintain an army was to increase the commercial tax and take advantage of it.

This has also led to the destruction of the local business environment, and the circulation of goods and goods in many places has become a high-risk industry, either directly linked to the military, or must be conspired with the local gentry.

This makes it difficult for industries other than the production and circulation of daily necessities to survive.

Under these circumstances, it would be a fool's dream to rely on the military lords and feudal lords who were all interested in keeping the army running to build roads or irrigation ditches, which would be conducive to economic development.

In contrast, I have to say that the states of Shannan East Road, Huainan Province, Jiangnan East Province, and Jiangnan West Province have done much better in this regard, whether it is the Nanyang Liu family, or the original Guangshen Erzhou Xu Ju family, or the Hubei Huang Du family, Wu Yang, Qian Yue, the frequency and intensity of wars in this region are far inferior to those in the north of Huaishui, and the irrigation system in the south of Huaishui is also more developed, and water transportation is more convenient, making it more convenient in both agriculture and commercial circulation, which is also a major reason for the large number of people from the north to the south from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the late Tang Dynasty.

War is undoubtedly the most money-consuming, and the frequency and intensity of wars in the south of Huaishui are much weaker than those in the northern Central Plains, so they naturally have more time to recuperate, and the pressure on the military survival of the feudal lords is not so great, of course, there is more energy to focus on the governance of the other party.

So if it weren't for the ant thieves who rose from Yingbo and flourished in the Central Plains, and suddenly crossed the Huaishui to attack Huzhou, Shouzhou, Shuzhou, Xuanzhou and other states to give Jiang Feng such an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, it would be impossible for Jiang Feng to have such a situation in such a short period of time, especially without the foundation of Shouzhou, there would be no current Huaiyou situation.

It is precisely because of the place where the granary of Hushou Luhao Sizhou is located, and with the preparation of grain storage in the previous year or two, Jiang Feng has the courage to cross the Huai to attack Xu, otherwise even if Xuzhou is taken, the endless flow of displaced people in the three states of Yanyun and Yi in the north alone will make you unbearable.

Now the favorable factor is the internal division in Xuzhou, Yao Chengtai was attacked by himself, so who will save him?

Lu Qiming in the north can basically be ruled out, if he really wants to move, he will also be restrained by Zhuang Yongsheng; Yu Mingzhen's strength is not strong now, and his relationship with Yao Chengtai is not good, so it is less likely.

The rest is Shang Yunxi and Shi Yu's headquarters.

But there are also contradictions between Shang Yunxi and Yao Chengtai, these two people have been arguing over the first head of the reform army, Shang Yunliu's department was annihilated, Shang Yunliu was killed, and Shang Yunxi was hit head-on, so Shang Yunxi is now all thinking about dealing with the Caizhou army in the west, and suddenly heard that Yao Chengtai was attacked, what kind of reaction to make, it is not easy to judge, but at least to rescue without preparation, it is estimated that it will take some time, after all, it will take a few days to go south from Xiao County.

As for Shi Yu, Jiang Feng calculated that this person would not dare to take out his old book without Shang Yunxi's cooperation, and this time difference was Huaiyou's opportunity.

Of course, everything on the battlefield is ever-changing, any accident, anything you think is impossible will become possible, not to mention that there is a tiger's eye Caizhou in the west, they will sit back and watch Huaiyou swagger and drive north?

The news from the scouts and detailed feedback shows that the combat effectiveness of the garrison of Yao Chengtai's department is quite different, the main force of the two armies stationed in Fuli is the strongest, the two armies of Qi County are second, and the first army of Tongqiao is again, and then there are two armies stationed in Qi County and the periphery of Fuli respectively, which belong to the regimental training army and are reorganized, and the combat effectiveness is the worst.

In addition to these seven armies, Yao Chengtai also has two battalions of personal guard battalions, known as the Bolang Battalion and the Destroying Mountain Battalion, which have the strongest combat effectiveness, and they are also the troops trained by Yao Chengtai himself, which is similar to the dragon bird tail in Caizhou.

Chai Yong stood with a complicated expression and looked at the various armies that were rapidly crossing Huai, and his tenth army was ranked second to last.

He didn't care much about this, he was more moved by Jiang Feng's courage and courage.

In his opinion, in fact, in addition to the combat effectiveness of the First Army is indeed strong enough to be stronger than the original Zhongzheng Army and the Desheng Army, such as the Tooth Army and the Sixth Army and the Eighth Army transformed from the Heshuo Army and the original Desheng Army and the elite of the Zhongzheng Army are also in between, and the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army is not worth mentioning, it is purely a group of well-trained but inexperienced new troops, this kind of army will have a high casualty rate in a big war, and there is a high probability of being defeated.

But with such an army, Jiang Feng dared to wave his army north so boldly to take Xuzhou, which Chai Yong sighed to himself.

Of course, Chai Yong can also see clearly that although the Huaiyou Army is not very good in terms of the hard power of the army, but in terms of soft power, the Huaiyou Army is outstanding, at least the Desheng Army, the Zhongzheng Army, and the Eastern Navy and the Zhen Navy that he has seen and dealt with cannot be compared.

A good and orderly logistical support system, an extremely excellent intelligence gathering capability, a very stable and united group of generals and advisers, and an extremely strong economic strength guarantee are all the confidence of the Huaiyou Army.

The lack of experience of the army is not a problem, after one or two battles, the soldiers who survived the bloodshed and death will naturally complete the transformation, and the thick reserve source can quickly fill these armies, and once the integration is completed, the combat effectiveness of these armies will immediately rise to a higher level, so this is precisely the easiest to solve.

The caution of the Huaiyou Army in expanding the army also made Chai Yong both surprised and secretly admired.

According to his previous speculation, the Huaiyou Army now has a territory of five states, and even half of Nanyingzhou, as well as one and a state has not yet been counted, and it should be normal to expand the army to about 30 armies, like the Huaibei Reform Army is only in five states, but the army is up to nearly 40 armies and 100,000 people, and the current Huaiyou economic strength is much stronger than when the Huaibei five states were in place, but Huaiyou has only 18 armies after a round of large-scale expansion, which still includes the naval army and the cavalry.

According to Jiang Feng's words, the elite soldiers are strong, but in Chai Yong's opinion, sometimes quantity is not what quality can make up for, and it is not a lie that ants bite to death.

Fortunately, Huaiyou has done quite well in the construction of the reserve source replenishment system, which is also what Chai Yong values the most, once the battle is damaged, the reserve soldiers who have undergone preliminary training can be immediately replenished, and a little training can be restored, and even improved.

Noticing Chai Yong's complicated expression, Jiang Feng glanced at the other party.

This Yang Wu system military general who finally surrendered to Cheng is probably the most complicated person, and the martial arts level has entered the small heavenly position, but he is not very popular with the Luzhou generals from the big clans such as Qin Han and Luo Chenggan, but judging from the bearing and thinking shown by this person, this person is indeed good, and Jiang Feng also wants to see this person's performance in this battle of Xuzhou.

Because of this, he is willing to take this person with him, even if they are like Ding Man and Guo Yue, they all object, thinking that this person's martial arts level is too high, and once they have bad intentions, it will be difficult for them to prevent it.

But in Jiang Feng's view, as long as Chai Yong does not lose his mind, it is impossible to have any unfavorable behavior for himself, Yang Wu has become a thing of the past, and although Chai Yong is a martial artist with ideas, he lacks basic connections, and even less opportunities, only by relying on himself can he realize his own ideas.

Maybe this guy will have some trouble after he has full wings, but it definitely won't be now, and even Jiang Feng thinks that with Chai Yong's eyes, he will feel more and more that following him is the wisest move.