Wang Shouzhong's worries are also the worries of the generals of the Pinglu Army, in their opinion, if they want to maintain their own security, then they can only strengthen the foundation, and the first thing to strengthen the foundation is to expand the army, and the expansion of the army must have money and food. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Where does the money come from?

The land of Pinglu Zhuzhou is not fertile, and Qingzhou is also different from Xuzhou, Yangzhou and other transportation chokepoints and commercial ports, whether it is land rent or commercial tax, there is nothing worth mentioning, if you want to see immediate results, there is only one way, to seize Haizhou.

What is the foundation of Huaibei's financial endowment?

Salt is the salt industry in Haizhou, and iron is the iron smelting industry in Xuzhou.

Others, such as the grain of Yingbo and the commercial tax of Xuzhou and Sizhou, must be ranked second, and the first is the salt industry in Haizhou, and the salt works along the coast of Haizhou are the source of wealth in Huaibei, even exceeding the most prosperous and developed iron smelting industry in Xuzhou.

Even with the rise of the salt industry in Chuzhou and Yangzhou, which has had a huge impact on the Haizhou salt field, the Haizhou salt industry can still steadily overpower the profits of Xuzhou's iron smelting industry and occupy the first place in Huaibei's financial resources.

In their opinion, as long as Haizhou can be captured, then Pinglu's fatal flaw in the lack of financial resources can be remedied, and in terms of food, although the states of Diqi Ziqing and Denglaimi cannot be compared with Huainan and the Central Plains states, they can still produce enough food, of course, it depends on whether God is beautiful.

In the eyes of the Pinglu generals, now is the best time for the Pinglu army to go south, although the current situation in Pinglu is also very difficult, and the consumption of troops is huge, which may bring great trouble to the Pinglu army, but it is still worth it.

Huaibei is falling rapidly, and the Taining Army, another neighbor that may pose some threat to the Pinglu army, is collapsing at an incredible speed.

The collapse of the Taining Army is more bizarre and bizarre than imagined, but it is reasonable, there are three states, but it has never established a stable system of political governance, and it almost relies on military management to seize and maintain the survival of the army, and there is no reason for such a regime not to collapse.

In the eyes of many people, it is already a miracle that the Taining Army has been able to hold on for so many years.

When the flood and drought disasters for three consecutive years finally destroyed the foundation of the survival of the three prefectures of Yanyun and Yi, and even the basic livelihood of the ordinary and ordinary middle-class people could hardly be maintained, when the class that originally belonged to the small gentry could only sell their children to the head, the rule of this region naturally collapsed, and no matter how powerful the army was, no matter how brave the commander could not solve this dead knot.

The collapse of the Taining Army made the Pinglu Army lose the enemy that had been threatening the west of the Pinglu Army, and as long as the Pinglu Army was willing, it could easily take Yizhou and even Yanzhou.

Among the three states of Yanyun and Yi, except for Yunzhou, which was not included in the sight of the Pinglu Army because of its close proximity to the hinterland of Daliang and the need to consider the attitude of Daliang, Yanzhou and Yizhou were included in the attack plan of the Pinglu Army.

It's just that Yizhou is mountainous, and it is not worth much to take it, but it may carry a huge burden, which is resolutely opposed by the civil servants within the Pinglu Army.

And Yanzhou is currently Zhu Mao's important place, of course he can take Yanzhou, but he needs to pay a considerable price, after all, the trapped beast is still fighting, although Zhu Mao is now exhausted, but if he really wants him at all, he will not hesitate to fight for his life.

The most enthusiastic voice within the Pinglu army, especially among the civil servants, was to take Haizhou, and even warned Wang Shouzhong with the words "Heaven gives you the blessing, you will suffer from it, and if you can't do it, you will suffer from it."

"Obscure, I Pinglu Seven Prefectures, with 80,000 armor, even if the Yuan family or Jiang Feng can get away with Xuzhou, do they dare to set up a border provocation and make our Pinglu the enemy?!" Wang Shouzhong took a deep breath and said angrily: "I don't believe it! I admit that Yuan Huaihe and several of his descendants will be outstanding at that time, and Jiang Feng is also a hero, but Huaibei is now a borderless land, and they can get it by means, they can plot to seize Xuzhou, why can't I get Haizhou?!"

It should be said that this truth is correct, Caizhou has already seized the two states of Yingbo in Huaibei, and Huaiyou has also snatched the southern Yingzhou, which is not counting the two states of Luhao annexed by Huaiyou.

In the land of the five states of Xuzhou, there are only three states left, and Pinglu is not weak, so why can't Haizhou be obtained?

There is no reason in the world!

The problem is that this is an unreasonable world.

Li Yu forced Yang Puchan, the adopted son of a powerful minister in the Yang Xingmi era, to take over the Wu land and mountains laid down by Yang Xingmi for his descendants in one fell swoop, is this in line with the righteousness and righteousness?

Is it reasonable that Caizhou will directly take over the two states without saying anything, and the two families are still allies of each other? The Guanzhong Imperial Court has not yet settled down in Yingbo, so it has granted Yuan Huaiqing the post of training envoy of the Yingbo regiment?

Turning over your hands for the clouds and covering your hands for the rain, the soldiers are not tired of cheating, the weak eat the strong, this is the only law for survival in this world, whether you admit it or not, it is like this, not to your will to transfer.

Pinglu can plot to seize Haizhou, but if you take the Yuan family or Jiang Feng in Xuzhou, will they sit back and watch the fattest piece be swallowed by you Pinglu?

If Pinglu has the strength to defend what he gains, then there is no need to say anything, the winner is king.

But what if not? Then you're going to have to figure it out.

Liu Yansi did not think that the Pinglu Army now had the strength to get involved in this war.

The Pinglu military prefectures have also suffered from drought in the past two years, which has also made the situation in these prefectures not good, although it has not yet reached the bad situation of the three towns of Heshuo and the Taining army, but it is not optimistic.

As Wang Shouzhong said, the 80,000 army was in hand, but these 80,000 troops also brought huge financial pressure to the Pinglu Army, so that in the past two years, in addition to the Pinglu Army's own army, the newly established Heng Navy had to reduce several armies, and it could not be compared with the Pinglu Army in terms of combat effectiveness.

Once the war starts, it means that the whole army of the Pinglu Army will be mobilized, and with the current preparation of the Pinglu Army's grain, grass, baggage, and money, Liu Yansi feels that maybe it is okay to fight two battles in a small way, but if it is a big fight, or it lasts longer, I am afraid that the Pinglu Army will be enough to choke.

It is an iron law not to fight unprepared battles, but Liu Yansi felt that the lord and other ministers seemed to have selectively ignored that the Pinglu army did not have the strength to fight a big battle.

Of course, Liu Yansi also admitted that if he could really take Haizhou, it would indeed greatly increase the confidence of the Pinglu army, and the benefits of boiling Haihai would be enough to reinvent a feudal town.

The question is, do you dare to suppress this treasure?

Is it worth the pressure?

Seeing Wang Shouzhong's agitated attitude, Liu Yansi also sighed secretly in his heart.

I'm afraid I can't stop this matter, there are too many entanglements of interests here, presumably someone in Haizhou has already hooked up with him, and under such a generous profit, I'm afraid that few people can resist it.

"Your Majesty, if we really want to send troops to Haizhou, then I think that there are two ways to be a soldier, all the way to Haizhou, and all the way to Yizhou!" Liu Yansi didn't think about it anymore, since it would be useless to fight any longer, it would be better to retreat and seek the second.

"Yizhou?" Wang Shouzhong hesitated, "Obscure, Yizhou is barren, there are many chaotic people, it is useless to take advantage of it, it is better to watch from the sidelines in vain,......"

Liu Yansi was anxious: "Your Majesty, I know that it doesn't seem to make much sense to take Yizhou, but if Yizhou falls into the hands of others, and we send troops to occupy Haizhou, Yizhou will be like a sharp knife against our abdomen, so that we will face threats at any time, which is extremely unfavorable." ”

"But now Yizhou is in chaos, bandits are rampant, since we want to send troops to Haizhou, we must send heavy troops to control, there are not too many troops to solve Yizhou, besides, although Zhu Mao is poor, but he also has to prevent it from backlashing, I think it is better to provoke it. Wang Shouzhong hesitated.

Liu Yansi was so angry that he almost vomited blood, this Yizhou was in a mess and just happened to take it, could it be said that the Pinglu Army was even afraid of bandits?

As for Zhu Mao, does the Pinglu Army still need to consider Zhu Mao's attitude? Does he still have the strength to take care of Yizhou's affairs?

Almost gritting his teeth, Liu Yansi forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although Yizhou is poor, it is also a state, the current situation is difficult, and it is also the time to start, looking at the west, Daliang and Heshuo are unlikely to pose much threat to us, and it is useless for 80,000 troops to camp in the land of Qiqing, it is better to train troops in Yizhou,......"

"I'm afraid it will cost a lot to send troops to Yizhou, and I'm afraid that they will quarrel for a long time again. "At this time, Wang Shouzhong is the real Wang Shouzhong, and the former fierce and majestic monarch is no longer visible," Okay, this matter is here, I will talk to Junyue and them after I go back." ”

Seeing that his number one heavyweight's face was blue and about to attack, Wang Shouzhong hurriedly diverted the topic: "Obscure, obscure, let's think about it in the long run, think about it in the long run, uh, you see this giant cypress, it is said that it was planted by the first emperor,......

Liu Yansi stared at his lord, and the words had already come to his lips, but he finally suppressed it.

Many people in the Pinglu Army are already very jealous of their deep trust in the monarch, and all kinds of rumors are constantly growing, if they want to force their words again, they are afraid that there may not be a good result, but they will have side effects, thinking of this, they hesitated again and again, but finally endured it.

But what should be done in this battle?

Entangled in his heart, Liu Yansi subconsciously looked to the south.

Caizhou Yuan and Huaiyou Jiangfeng have already shown their fangs, he dares to assert that Xuzhou will not survive this autumn, and once the Pinglu army goes to Haizhou, whether it is Caizhou or Huaiyou in the future, I am afraid that they will point their blades at Pinglu, which is a curse or a blessing, and it is really unpredictable.