"Then you mean that the Yuan clan can't accept our control of Song City?" and we can only exchange?" Jiang Feng said lightly.

"King Jun, I can't say that completely, but my subordinates think that if we can exchange Song Cheng for Yuan's concessions in Bozhou and Yingzhou, we will actually make money. Meng Chong did not back down because of Jiang Feng's doubts.

"Tell me about it. Jiang Feng didn't have much inclination in his tone.

"Songcheng is indispensable to the Yuan family, because only by obtaining Songcheng can the entire western and southern parts of Songzhou form a whole, on the contrary, the eastern and northern parts of Songzhou will be looser, and we can consider merging into Caozhou, or establishing a single state. Meng Chong spoke a little faster, "And we can obtain Xia Cai, Shansang, Yongcheng, and Linzhuan, which can not only make the new Suzhou more stable, but also greatly strengthen our control in the upper reaches of the Huaishui, plus the advantage of our southern navy, in fact, the entire Huaishui basin is already under our control, which is of great benefit to the establishment of a stable rear, especially when we are faced with the struggle with the Shatuo people for the Central Plains, as well as the Heshuo strategy of the county king, this is extremely important." ”

Jiang Feng praised in his heart, but his face was expressionless.

Meng Chong's view is somewhat close to that of Cui Shang, consolidating the basic plate of the Huaishui Valley, but expanding from Huainan to Huaibei, that is, including the current two towns of Huaiyou Town and Wuning Town, including the eight prefectures of Guang, Hu, Shou, Lu, Hao, Chu, He, and Shu in Huaiyou, and the three prefectures of Xu, Si, and Su in Wuning Town, as well as the possible new Shanzhou.

Huaiyou is undoubtedly the best basic conditions, there are Huaishui and its tributaries and Shaobi these irrigation facilities, has always been a granary, industry, commerce and transportation are very developed, and the surrounding forces are not strong, can be called an excellent rear.

Huaibei is not far away, the land of Pingchuan, although the first few years because of the ant thieves and the destruction of the destruction, but the past two years have slowly eased up, plus Huaiyou vigorously develop the water conservancy irrigation system, so it is easy to catch up, these two pieces of land rely on the Huaishui developed irrigation and transportation system, as well as such as iron smelting, ceramics, tea, shipbuilding and other industries The rapid development is enough to support the confrontation between Xuzhou and any strong domain.

Of course, now that Xuzhou wants to fight against the Shatuo and Khitan people independently, it will definitely not be able to bear it, but if he faces one of the two alone, Jiang Feng feels that he will not be afraid of the other party.

If he can delay it for another two or three years, even if the Khitan and Shatuo people join forces, he is not afraid, he has this confidence.

Therefore, the best way is to delay time, and avoid large-scale wars as much as possible in the next two or three years, so that Xuzhou can have more energy to seek development.

The strategy proposed by Chen Wei and Cui Shang at that time was that the three towns of Pinglu, Ziqing and Tianping should focus on restoring and developing, consolidate the current situation, and maintain strategic pressure on the surrounding areas, while the two towns of Huaiyou and Wuning should increase their efforts to develop the economy.

But considering that he might have to fight with the Khitans, Jiang Feng believed that if necessary, he should also take an appropriate offensive in the north, such as seizing the lands of Dizhou, Dezhou and Cangzhou, and the Chengde Festival made Zhang Chujin's control over these states now terrifyingly weak, it can be said that it is easy for Xuzhou to seize the land of these states, and Zhang Chujin can't come up with much to deal with it, and this strategy is also strongly supported by Wang Miao.

In Cui Shang and Chen Wei's opinion, Wang Miao is a little selfish, and it is easy to arouse the hostility of the three towns of Hebei to Xuzhou, but Jiang Feng confirmed that Wang Miao's idea does not have many selfish thoughts, or if there is, it is also in the interests of Xuzhou and is not contradictory.

Zhang Chujin's status in the three towns of Hebei is not high, and the relationship with Lulong, Liu Shouguang and Wei Boluo Zhou Han is very poor, plus its main base is in Zhen, Ding, Zhao three prefectures, although Jizhou is its Jiedu embassy station, but the control of the eastern states is far less than the west of Zhen, Ding, Zhao, Shen Prefecture, so the eastern states are also repeated mutinies and rebellions, reduced to the current state of close to bondage.

In Wang Miao's view, now is the best time to take the three states of Di, De and Cang, to take advantage of the fact that the Khitan penetration of Lulong is not deep enough, and to build the three states of Di, Cang and De into bridgeheads to resist the southward movement of the Khitans before the Khitan controls Lulong Town, relying on Zhangshui, Hutuoshui and Fox Lake as barriers, which can curb the southward movement of the Khitan iron cavalry, as the first line of defense for protection, and again, it can also be used as the second line of defense in Yongji Canal, so that the echelon defense can effectively stop the long-term drive of the Khitan iron cavalry.

I have to say that Wang Miao's views are more active than those of Cui Shang and Chen Wei, especially the use of the Yongji Canal, Zhangshui, and Hutuoshui as barriers to give full play to the advantages of the northern navy.

But the key lies in how to reasonably arrange the allocation of time nodes.

Whether it is to seize Xuanzhou, or to seize Di, Cangzhou, and Dezhou, we need to grasp the opportunity.

Xuanzhou is now controlled by the ant thief, but with the passage of time, the sharp spirit of the ant thief has gradually been lost, and the war with Li Wu and Qian Yue has also reached a stalemate, Xuanzhou not only has a vast territory, but also has a copper mine and smelting base, if it can be taken, it will be a great supplement to Xuzhou's strength, and it can also extend Xuzhou's sphere of influence to both sides of the river, but how to seize the opportunity to seize this place also requires precise planning.

In Jiang Feng's opinion, the strategy of the three states of Di, Cang, and De is simpler in comparison, and the Cheng German army is not worth mentioning, especially when the relationship between the garrisons of these three states and Zhang Chujin has been tense, it is not difficult to take these three states, the key is how to take them so as not to stimulate Wei Bojun and Lu Longjun, but this needs to be handled well.

Wei Bojun's side is even better, Luo Zhouhan is facing the collapse of the backer, he is too busy to take care of himself, and he can't afford to take care of anything else, but Lu Long and Liu Shouguang's side will definitely be unacceptable to this move, but Liu Shouguang's greater pressure is from the Khitans, as long as Liu Shouguang does not completely surrender to the Khitans, then it is impossible for him to meddle in the affairs of the three states of Wendi, Cang, and De, at most it is just threats, protests, and small actions, which is nothing for Xuzhou.

However, it is more appropriate to stabilize the relationship with the Shatuo people to do anything about these three states, otherwise it is easy to misfire.

"Da Lang, do you think the Yuan clan will accept our request? I mean, in exchange for Shansang, Yuxian, Yongcheng, Linlian, as well as Yingshang and Xia Cai. Jiang Feng thought for a moment before he said again.

"I'm afraid that it is a little difficult to Yu County, Yu County is the eastern gateway of Bozhou, if Yu County is lost, the gateway of Qian County will be opened, especially when Xiayi is controlled by us, Yuan will not agree. Meng Chong pondered, "Yingshang is also a little difficult, Yingzhou only has four counties, if Yingshang is also handed over to us, Yingzhou will only have two counties left, and it will be difficult to become a state." ”

"Yuxian County is indeed a little difficult, Qiaoxian County is the governance of Bozhou Prefecture, and its status is important, but if we don't take Yingshang, this section on the north bank of Huaishui has always lacked a support point, and the activities of the navy lack depth, especially the scope of Yingshui activities is greatly limited, we have to find a way to get it. Jiang Feng muttered: "Of course, this may require a tug-of-war. ”

"The premise is to see if we can fight the battle in Songcheng well, if we stop fighting now, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the subordinates to talk about it in Yuxian and Yingshang, and even Yongcheng may not be able to do it,......," Meng Chong said hesitantly.

"Hmph, I have informed the Ziqing Army and the Wuning Army of the situation and revealed their intentions, as for whether they can fight or not, and to what extent, I believe they can understand it. Jiang Feng snorted lightly, "Talk about it, fight it, fight if you can't talk about it, fight it if you can't talk about it, talk about it after fighting, you can always talk about it, but time is limited, so it depends on whether the Ziqing Army and the Wuning Army can bring me good news." ”

The arrival of the Wu Ning army in Song City made the atmosphere in the entire city suddenly become more tense.

The fierce battle between the Ziqing Army and the Caizhou Army in the western part of Songcheng for several days in a row has turned the entire western part of the city into a battlefield, many houses have been requisitioned by the armies of both sides, and a large number of long-range strike equipment, defensive equipment, and magic equipment have been widely used.

The Caizhou army received reinforcements from Chenzhou and Qiaoxian, in addition to the casualties of the fierce battles between the two sides during this time, now the Caizhou army entrenched in and outside the Xicheng army still exceeds 30,000 troops, but now with the arrival of the main force of the Wuning army, the Xuzhou army, which occupies most of the Song City, has exceeded 50,000 people, and the advantage in strength is more obvious.

"Governor, Governor Wang, and General Hong are here. Chai Yong stepped through the door.

"Please!" After a day or two of recovery, Liu Yansi had recovered most of his injuries, and the only thing that was a little more troublesome was the damage caused to him by the Heavenly Ring.

He still underestimated the harm caused by this kind of grandmaster-level magic weapon, and still hasn't been able to completely repair the damage caused by that touch of magic power, and it is estimated that he will really heal until after this battle.

Fortunately, Chai Yong's strength is not weak, and now with the arrival of Wang Shouxin and Qin Han, there are as many as four people on the side of the Xiaotian powerhouse, and the Xuzhou army is not afraid of any challenge and dares to launch a battle.

"Liulang, how is the recovery from the injury?" Needless to say, the friendship between Wang Shouxin and Liu Yansi was not to mention, Hong Kui also asked about the injury as soon as he came up: "Here are the two pills that the king of the county opened and refined last year, which may be able to help the governor's injury." ”

"Hehe, there's no need, this injury is injured by the power of magic, and ordinary medicine is afraid that it is useless. Liu Yansi waved his hand and said magnificently: "In the future, it will be slowly refined, and now what we need to consider is how to fight this battle and drive these Caizhou troops out of the city.