"It is estimated that the king of the county will soon send someone to take over, and this battle has made Caizhou understand a truth, if you don't have this strength, don't provoke right and wrong. Wang Shouxin happily interjected his waist and said, he also killed a master of the Heavenly Realm Recuperation Period in the battle array, and later learned that it should be He Zhihao, the new leader of the He family, which is considered a small gain.

"They have to fight for Songcheng, but they have too big an appetite, they just swallowed Chenzhou, and then came to seize Songzhou, which is a bit big. Liu Yansi groaned: "But judging from the performance of the Caizhou army, it is still worthy of the title of the elite of the Central Plains, our original Lao Pinglu army is not as good as them in terms of infantry army, and if you add equipment and magic power, the gap is even greater, maybe the cavalry army is stronger than them, the king of the county let us Ziqing Army and Wuning Army come also has intentions, let us see and know, and run in by the way, we have lost a lot of money in this battle, but it is worth it." ”

"Maybe the next battle should be with the Shatuo people?" Wang Shouxin nodded, "The Caizhou army is strong in the infantry army, and its strength is similar to that of the Lao Huai Right Army, but the strength of the equipment troops and magicians is much inferior, the situation of the Shatuo people is different, the combat effectiveness of the infantry army is said to have improved rapidly in recent years, it is said that they were all formed by the Han people in Hedong, their cavalry is the strongest, known as invincible, how many years have our Pinglu cavalry not fought with the Shatuo iron cavalry? More than ten or twenty years, right? My impression seems to be that I have competed with the Shatuo people when I was not yet thirty years old. ”

As it darkened, torches were lit everywhere, and the men of the city were organized to repair the collapsed walls in the southwest corner, and the soldiers appeared on the walls, and even more, some of the soldiers began to reorient the remaining trebuchets and point them out of the city, as did some of the heavy crossbows.

Chai Yong was still in the city commanding the cleaning of the remnants of the enemy soldiers in the city, and Hong Kui was wounded, but the injury was not serious, and he was still in good spirits and patrolling the city wall.

The cavalry also entered the city, but they were all stationed in a corner of the battle, where they were responsible for monitoring the prisoners and easier to deploy here.

Several watchtowers and watchtowers were being erected overnight, two had already been erected, the sentinels and crossbowmen were already in place, and a series of fires soaked in fire oil were lit on the corner forts of several houses, reflecting the surroundings clearly.

After taking Songcheng, Songzhou is almost in hand, even if Caizhou controls the western cities, but it has nothing to do with the overall situation, for the Ziqing Army and the Wuning Army, the task has basically been completed, so Liu Yansi and Wang Shouxin are very relaxed.

Since the defeat of the Lu army and the annexation of Huaiyou, the two have not had time to have a good chat.

In the past, the identities of the two were different, one was Wang Shouzhong's number one confidant, and the other was Wang Shouzhong's brother, but the relationship was not very good, but now Pinglu Town has disappeared, and the two are ministers in the same hall in Xuzhou, and some of the estrangement and scruples in the past have disappeared, and the relationship has become closer.

"The magic power of the Shatuo people is also the best in the north, no less than the southern domains, Zhu Xie's magic is already at the level of a great grandmaster, he has two disciples who are said to be at the level of a grandmaster, and a few disciples are also close to the level of a grandmaster. ”

Liu Yansi still has a lot of effort to understand the enemy in the north, he has never listed Caizhou as a real opponent, and he also knows that the most feared by the king of the county is the Beidi Hu people, not even the Shatuo people, but the Khitans, which surprised him, but also attaches great importance to the Beidi Hu people, especially the Khitans.

"Also, there may be some fighting between us and the Shatuo people, but as far as I know, there may not be a big fight, of course, it depends on the situation. ”

"What? Is there still room for compromise between us and the Shatuo people?" Wang Shouxin couldn't believe it, this was incredible, "How is this possible? There are no two heavens and no two people, how can there be two overlords in the Central Plains? Even if we want to quit the army, the Shatuo people can't agree, right? If Li Cunhou is so cowardly, he will not be able to sit firmly in the position of King of Jin!" He still has a lot of brothers up and down who are spying on his position, and those miscellaneous hus in the north can't agree, and now that they have just taken the land of Bianluo, I'm afraid that they may not be able to satisfy the Shatuo nobles, and those miscellaneous hus are working hard for the Shatuo people, how can they not have a little return? If they don't take the entire Central Plains Heshuo, how can they explain to the bottom? No, Heshuo is not enough, and it must be enough to make up for it on our side and Nanyang, Caizhou, and Guanzhong. ”

Wang Shouxin, who has been in the north for a long time, has a deep understanding of these Hu people.

Shatuo people are a little better, after all, they have been sinicized for many years, but there are still Hu habits inside, since they have fought and sacrificed, then you must provide satisfactory remuneration to these nobles, and these people will also give them money, silver, property and population of the nobles and nobles below, otherwise you don't want to sit firm.

This is especially true of those who are attached to the Shatuo people, who do not have enough population, money, food and property, and they simply cannot suppress the people below, not to mention that they do not want to send troops next time, even if they themselves are not in a stable position this time, they will rebel if they do not do well.

These people don't make much sense, he just knows that they sent troops according to your orders, and if they die of their people, they must be rewarded.

Now even if the Shatuo people have conquered Bianzhou, but Shangyunxi in Puzhou in the east has been secretly in contact with the king of the county, and is ready to annex Xuzhou; and Caozhou at this time, Zhu Mao's Tianping army has already arrived in the city, and there is only a small number of people in Huazhou, how can the Shatuo people stop in this situation?

Heshuo is in chaos, with the strength of the Shatuo people, after annexing the anointed land of the Great Liang, Wei Bo and the Chengde army are not the opponents of the Shatuo people at all, the only thing that makes the Shatuo people scruple is probably that if they send troops to Heshuo, will it cause dissatisfaction among the Khitans, you must know that the northern part of Heshuo has always been regarded as their own sphere of influence by the Khitans, and is actively infiltrating to the south, the Shatuo people want to send troops to Heshuo, of course, it is nothing to sweep it, but if you want to occupy the land as the king, the Khitans will definitely not agree.

Wang Shouxin's point of view is also Liu Yansi's point of view, but Liu Yansi knows that the king of the county has always been worried about the Khitans in the northeast.

The Khitan people have swelled very much in recent years, and Liu Yansi also knows this, but if you want to say that the Khitans can challenge the Shatuo people, Liu Yansi still doesn't believe it.

Of course, these Hu people are not credible, what Xuzhou has been doing is to accumulate strength against the Hu people, almost all-round preparations, and the Khitans are ranked first among potential enemies, and the Shatuo people are actually ranked behind the Khitans.

Xuzhou has a plan to march into Heshuo, and Liu Yansi also vaguely knows that in the meeting with Jiang Feng, Jiang Feng revealed to him that Xuzhou will not stop at the big river, and may have to advance to the north, of course, it is also mentioned that Xuzhou may also have actions in the south, so everything is undecided, the order is a problem, and the accumulated strength reserves are also a problem.

"The Shatuo people will definitely have a battle with us, but if they take Bianluo, I'm afraid they will also have to take a buffer break, in a sense, the Shatuo people are willing to keep peace with us for a certain period of time, well, they will even support us to go north. Liu Yansi explained: "The king of the county has always regarded the Khitans as the number one enemy, and you should have heard of this. ”

"Didn't it say that Wang Miao was pushing hard? Could it be that Wang Miao poured ecstasy soup into the county king?" Wang Shouxin had also heard of this statement, but he didn't want to believe it.

Of course, he was not afraid of fighting Heshuo, but he felt that it would be a little unwise to open up the Heshuo front in the face of the threat of war by the Shatuo people.

Moreover, the Heshuo prefectures are dilapidated under the entrenchment of Liu, Zhang, and Luo, and the people are not able to make a living, and most of the prefectures and counties are not as good as the Pinglu prefectures, and it takes a huge investment to recover, and Xuzhou still has so much time to slowly digest and develop?

"Hmph, how can the county king be swayed by other people's words?" Liu Yansi snorted lightly, "Besides, Wang Jiulang is not such an unwise person, he must be catering to the county king's intentions." ”

"But why is the king so jealous of the Khitans? Wang Shouxin was not puzzled.

This is also the same for Liu Yansi, Jiang Feng never shy away from the threat of the Khitans in front of the senior generals, but he has to look down on the Shatuo people a lot.

Of course, there are many reasons, such as the internal disagreement of the Shatuo people, and a considerable part of their strength comes from supporting their Saiwai Zahu, and the movement of Zahu has always been greatly affected by internal and external factors, and there are many uncertain factors, and the real Shatuo people's own strength is not particularly strong, and because of their different degrees of sinicization, the gap between them and Saiwai Zahu is not something that can be eliminated in a short time, so it is very unlikely that the Saiwai Zahu will be completely assimilated into a part of Shatuo.

However, the Khitans should also have these problems, and the Xi people, the Yan people, and the Muwei people under his command are all constantly rebelling, so why did Jiang Feng think that the Khitans were the number one enemy? In Liu Yansi's view, this may still be an excuse for Jiang Feng to send troops to Heshuo.

It's just that why do you have to send troops to Heshuo? With this strength, isn't it good to conquer Jiangnan?

Although Liu Yansi himself prefers to fight in the north, but at his height, he also knows that the value of Jiangnan is much greater than that of Heshuo, and the financial and material support that a state and county in Jiangnan can provide is much more than that of three or four prefectures in Heshuo.

Perhaps Jiang Feng was worried that the Heshuo Heights would be occupied by the Khitans, forming a condescending pattern, and possibly possibly posing a threat to Xuzhou, but because of this factor, he would have to conquer Heshuo at any cost, which seems to be a bit too far-fetched.

"Maybe the height of our station is different from that of Junwang, and maybe we look at the problem differently. Liu Yansi can only use this reason to explain.

There are still hundreds of masters working a corner of the city wall, and it seems that this corner of the city will be repaired overnight.

There were soldiers and supplementary chariots and horses coming and going, and there was hardly a single ordinary soldier in the streets.

Although neither Caizhou nor Xuzhou took action against civilians, it was inevitable that the people would be harmed when the two sides were fighting for attack and defense in the streets and alleys and houses.

Those who can't run away can only accept their fate, and those who run away may come back only to face the ruins, whether it is trebuchets or dragon cannons, the damage is devastating.

For Liu Yansi and Wang Shouxin, controlling Songcheng is a victory, and Jiang Feng's letter also made it clear that the follow-up affairs will not be promoted by the generals but by the negotiators, and what needs to be done now is to consolidate this achievement, so when the Caizhou army withdrew from Gushu, the Wuning army also unceremoniously entered Gushu City.