Bian Ho doesn't know why the situation has come to this point, but I have to say that the current situation of Wu is very different from that of Wu when Yang Pu was in charge a year or two ago.

Is the lord not as good as Yang Pu? Obviously not.

It's not because he is Li Yu's confidant general, but the fact is that this is the case, everyone can't deny it, what good things has Yang Pu done in the reign for so many years?

But Yang Pu is like this, but the power of Wu is not declining, but the lord has won the throne, but he has ended up in such a situation, which makes everyone a little puzzled at the moment.

Bian Hao talked with Feng Yansi, and came to the conclusion that Tianshi was no longer in Wu State, and when he replaced Yang, he was just in time for the invasion of ant thieves and the rise of Huaiyou in the west, which gave Wu a huge blow.

The ant thieves are still attacking and harassing, but the four states of Lu, Hao, He, and Chu were taken away by Huaiyou, although Hezhou is still nominally in the hands of Wu, but if Xuzhou wants to take Hezhou, Bian Hao knows that Wu has no power to stop it, in fact, the gentry of Hezhou have already handed over the surrender table to Xuzhou.

The loss of Lu, Hao, He, Chu four states, although it can not be said to be a big injury, but it can also be called a wound to the bones, Chu, Yang, Run, Chang although rich, but Lu, Hao, He, Chu is the granary of Wu.

These four states are lost, the narrow and densely populated Chu, Yang, Run, and Chang four states are almost stretched thin in terms of grain, it turns out that Wu has always been a big grain exporter, but Chu and Yang two states, especially Chu Zhou, were spoiled by ant thieves last year, and they have not recovered so far, and they are not enough to protect themselves, only Runchang two states are left, and they can only maintain local needs, and they have been attacked and plundered by ant thieves for many years, and they began to use grain stocks last year, and this year is the case, I am afraid they have to be transported in from outside.

Where does the grain come from? Huaiyou's grain is abundant, but under the control of Xuzhou, it will all be exported to the north, and Jiang Feng, who has annexed Yanyunyi and Pinglu Town, will probably have to be busy settling the people's livelihood in these prefectures now, otherwise a large number of displaced people who have gone south will have to drown him.

I'm afraid that Qian Yuanqian will have to tighten the grain bag again, and he will not sell it and raise the price.

Thinking of this, Bian Hao felt a headache, this should not be a problem for him to consider, but a headache for the monarchs of the political hall, but he had to consider the impact of the lack of food on the morale of the army.

While thinking about it, Li Yu, who was standing on the bow of the boat, had already turned around, "Kangle, the ant thief has retreated, what should I do?"

"If you retreat and don't leave, the ant thief is afraid that he will still have to be in Yanling, and if he doesn't empty Yanling, the ant thief will not be satisfied. Bian Hao's eyes were also a little colder, "You might as well let Xizai go south from Jiangning, make a sentence, and plug in his back road." ”

"Hmph, can Jurong reassure people over there?" Li Yu snorted lightly, "I'm afraid that before Jurong arrives, the ant thief will be able to know." ”

Bian Hao is not easy to answer this question, and Li Yu also knows that Jurong is unstable, but he can't find a way to solve it for a while.

Sighing lightly, Bian Hao felt that he might need to make a decision on the battle situation here, if this problem was not solved as soon as possible, the problem of insufficient food alone would be enough to put Wu in a predicament, not to mention the problem of what the Yue Kingdom in the east had in mind.

"The king, in my opinion, such a battle is the director of our army, but it just fits the mind of the ant thief, Wen Zhi is stationed in Chuzhou, it is better to draw some elite south, gather Yangzhou troops, plough the court and sweep the hole straight into Xuanzhou, and completely solve the problem of the ant thief. ”

Bian Hao's suggestion has actually been many times, but Li Yu has never been able to make up his mind, of course, there are many reasons, one is that Jiang Feng in the north is becoming more and more powerful, which has brought a lot of pressure to Chuyang and Yangzhou, and he has to divide a force to let Xu Wenzhi lead the army to garrison Chuzhou, which also greatly weakens the strength of the fight against the ant thieves here, and the attitude of Yue Guo in the east has always been ambiguous, and it has also greatly restrained the Wu army.

Just like in the battle against the ant thieves, Li Yu also repeatedly proposed to Qian Yuanqian to fight together, jointly sent troops into Xuanzhou, and put forward the opinion that Xuanzhou should be returned to Wu State, and Shezhou and Muzhou should be returned to Yue State, but Qian Yuanqian has always been noncommittal, and in dealing with ant thieves, Wu and Yue also went their own way.

There are many reasons for this, but one of the most critical factors is that Qian Yuanqian has always coveted Chang Erzhou, and he has no intention of letting the ant thief consume the power of Wu State, and he has the intention of benefiting from this fisherman.

Bian Hao also knew that if the troops of Chuyang Erzhou were to be transferred south, the north would be quite empty, but if the threat of ant thieves was not solved in one fell swoop, and it dragged on like this, I am afraid that it would really drag out a big event, and if it really took a breath to Xuzhou in the north to send troops south, even if Xu Wenzhi led the troops to defend it, would it be able to resist it? That would probably be a battle with the strength of the whole country of Wu.

Now Xuzhou is busy digesting Pinglu and Yanyunyi Prefectures, and the Shatuo people are committing crimes in the Central Plains, which will also contain Xuzhou's movements, and Caizhou is also not dealing with Xuzhou, I am afraid it is the best opportunity.

"Kang Le, Wen Zhi brought the troops over, are we sure to exterminate the ant thieves in one fell swoop?" Li Yu's face was also uncertain, this was too important for him, if he was not careful, he might lose everything, and he couldn't be a rich man like Yang Pu.

Bian Hao shook his head and gritted his teeth, "I'm afraid it's not enough, but we can ask Lord Feng to send an envoy to Jiangzhou, ask the Zhong family to send troops from the west, hand over the western part of Xuanzhou to the Zhong family, and decompose Yijing County, and hand over Zhide, Qiupu, Shidai, Taiping, and Jingde to them in the west!"

"Ah?!The five eastern counties are all handed over to them?What about Megan and Tongguanye?" Li Yu's heart was so painful that his face distorted.

Although the ant thief has caused great trouble to Wu Guo, from another point of view, the ant thief has not brought any benefits, that is, the Qiu family in Xuanzhou is completely finished, and as long as such a large state and county can defeat the ant thief, it can fall into the hands of Wu State, and Xuanzhou, which has a copper official, is a cornucopia, and now Bian Hao actually proposed to hand over the five counties in the west of Xuanzhou to the Zhong family, which makes Li Yu not heartbroken.

In Bian Hao's opinion, there is no need to be stingy with what he has not gotten in his hands, the twelve counties of Xuanzhou, the essence is in the seven eastern counties, even if he really hands over the copper official to the Da Zhong family, it is nothing, as long as the situation eases, it can be taken back, and the key now is to let the Da Zhong family send troops from the west to contain the ant thieves.

The Da Zhong family still has some strength, and twenty or thirty thousand troops can still be drawn at will, as long as they advance eastward from Raozhou or Jiangzhou, even if it is just a diversion role, it can distract the ant thieves a lot, and it can also greatly reduce the pressure on the Wu State.

"I'm afraid that the Da Zhong family is worried about the Zhennan Army and is unwilling to send troops. Li Yu sighed.

The Zhennan Army is the Xiao Zhong family, and the relationship between the Zhennan Army and the Da Zhong family is the same as water and fire, if there is an opportunity, it will definitely not be let go.

"King, we only need the action of the Great Zhong family to send troops, it doesn't matter how many troops there are, as long as they send troops, they can distract the ant thieves. Bian Hao pondered for a while, "It's really not good, send someone to Tanyue and send some gifts, I heard that the Ma family has a son, and the king can choose Yushan or Jianchang to marry the Ma family." ”

Bian Hao's suggestion made Li Yu a little tempted, if he married the Ma family and let the Ma family send troops to contain the Xiao Zhong family and dare not act, then the big Zhong family can rest assured that they can boldly send troops to Xuanzhou.

"It's a big matter, and I'll think about it again. Li Yu hesitated.

"Great King, this matter has also been decided early, my subordinates have always felt that the north is the greatest threat, if we don't take advantage of Jiang Feng being pinned down in the Central Plains to deal with the ant thieves, once the situation in the Central Plains is stabilized, Chuyang Erzhou will be in danger. Bian Hao was a little anxious, "In addition, Qian Yuanqian has a bad heart, so he must not be guarded against." ”

"Lone knows. Li Yu nodded, indeed, the Yue Kingdom in the east is also a hidden danger, and it has to be considered.

On the other side of the canal, Masu's gaze also wandered over the warships on the river.

The healthy horse under the crotch breathed impatiently, and Ma Su lifted the reticulated copper mask on his face, his eyes were like falcons, and the thick all-steel horse lance in his hand was like an ordinary wooden gun in her hand.

This is a real pure steel horse lance, the whole body is made of iron mixed with Uzi steel, and at the same time, the magic is used to compress it during the forging process, so that its weight is not reduced, but the body of the gun is much simpler, and the power is doubled.

The full moon scimitar hidden in the knife pocket at his waist revealed half of the hilt, and as soon as Masu clamped the horse's belly, the healthy horse began to move westward, and the dozens of horsemen accompanying it also began to follow.

sighed softly, highlighting a breath of turbidity, the frighteningly full chest rippled slightly with the undulating horseback, and the brown-red hairtips protruded a branch or two from the helmet, making the heroic and strong body a little more charming.

The damned Wu army, relying on the sailors on the canal to come and go freely, so that the Yan army has never been able to besiege it, didn't Han Baling say that there are sailors to help? Why have you never seen it?

In fact, Ma Su also knew that the relationship between Han Baling and Quan Shuai was already in a state of dissociation, as an example of Quan Shuai asking Han Baling to go to Lishui to discuss matters last month, even if Qin Heng was a guarantor, he was categorically rejected by Han Baling, and even Han Baling did not come, which was unimaginable before.

However, in Ma Su's eyes, it is easy to deal with Han Baling's gang of bandits, as long as the commander authorizes her, as long as she has an army of 30,000, she can sweep Han Baling's entire army, or give this task to Qin He, and the battle can be solved within a month.

But Quan Shuai never ignored the advice of the people below, she didn't understand, but she didn't want to think about it, that was what Quan Shuai and they considered, she wanted to find the main force of the Wu army now, kill for a while, and vent the irritability of wandering around for so long, and like that, it was meaningless for Ma Su to rob and burn, it was all done by a group of subordinates, as a martial artist, she disdained to do that kind of thing.

No one dares to deduct the interests of their own part.