The current situation of Liang State is similar to that of the Later Zhou Dynasty and the early Northern Song Dynasty.

The Northern Song Dynasty was the Northern Han and Liao Kingdoms to the north, and the Northern Ming Puppet Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the north.

To the south of the Northern Song Dynasty was a large group of separatist regimes in the south, and Gao Huan's south was also a group of separatist forces.

In contrast, there is Li Zicheng in the west of Liang State, and his territory is not as good as in the early Northern Song Dynasty.

When Zhao Kuangyi usurped the throne and seized the power of the Chai clan of the Later Zhou Dynasty, he also had a debate on how to unify the world or the north.

In the end, Zhao Kuangyi inherited the strategy of Chairong of Later Zhou, and then adopted the strategy of being easy first and then difficult, and then south and then north, unifying most of China.

Now, the Liang State is facing a similar situation as in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Gao Huan listened to the words of Song Xiance and Zhou Yanru, pondered for a while, and said, "You two can discuss politics, and you can state your own strategies in detail!"

Song Xiance cheered up and was not easy to be a strategist under Gao Huan. Song Xiance's ability to be a secret master has no chance to play, and Gao Huan didn't believe in his stuff.

Therefore, in the past two years, Song Xiance has been able to study military books and historical books to improve his professional ability and level.

"King! What Zhou Yizheng said was the strategy adopted by the Northern Song Dynasty back then, and it was not new." Song Xiance glanced at Zhou Yanru and did not give him face. Then he said to Gao Huan: "When Song Taizu attacked the Northern Han Dynasty, he suffered a setback, and then gave up the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and turned to the south. At that time, the Northern Han Dynasty was already in danger, and it was entirely up to the support of the Khitan to survive. There were also many contradictions within the Khitan, which was the best time to attack the Northern Han Dynasty. At that time, all the countries in the south were corrupt and indulged in luxury. It was not difficult for the Song army to destroy it at any time."

Gao Huan listened carefully, Zhou Yanru's eyebrows and eyes drooped, and did not refute it. She waited for Song Xiance to finish speaking.

"The easy and difficult strategy for the ancestors of Song Taizu did indeed make the Song army unified the south with the momentum of the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. But when the Song army turned around, although the Northern Han was still weak, the Liao Kingdom was even stronger than before. At this time, the Liao Kingdom had digested the sixteen states of Yanyun, with the power of the northern barbarian cavalry, and the equipment of the Han people in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and with the Yelu Longxu, the military strength had completely surpassed the Northern Song Dynasty. At least once the Northern Song Dynasty, it failed to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and failed to achieve the unification of the world!"

Gao Huan stroked his beard. Song Xiance said that there is indeed some truth. Now the Qing Dynasty's control territory is far better than that of the Liao Kingdom, and it also has the advantage of cavalry. Hebei, Shandong and Hedong have rich products and numerous coal and iron, which can provide enough equipment for the Qing Dynasty.

If the Qing Dynasty was given a few years, its strength would definitely increase greatly.

Gao Huan looked at Zhou Yanru and Taoism: "Zhou Yizheng, what do you think?"

Zhou Yanru was just a little surprised when he first arrived and knew that Song Xiance and others were very repulsive to him. Zhou Yanru was deeply happy to Chongzhen [Biquge www.biquge.info], which made Chongzhen obsessed with him and worshipped the minister twice because he knew how to understand people's hearts.

In Zhou Yanru's opinion, Gao Huan, a powerful leader like Gao Huan, naturally did not want to see him. After appointing him as a political discussion, he became disagreeable with his original team and fought in groups.

Therefore, although Zhou Yanru coveted the position of governing the country and was determined to defeat Song Xianke, Li Yan and others, and then climbed to the position of the head of the civil officials of Daliang, he still had to endure it now and could not let Gao Huan be unhappy.

"King! I think what Song said about the political discussion is indeed reasonable!" Zhou Yanru first affirmed Song Xiance's concerns, and then changed the subject: "But I think that the Northern Song Dynasty could reunify the south again and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. The main reason was that Song Taizu left too early, and secondly, the Northern Song Dynasty's own problems. If it were replaced by Daliang, it might not be like this!"

Gao Huan frowned when he heard the words and looked at Song Xiance. Song Xiance's face suddenly turned dark. Fortunately, Gao Huan knew that he had no intention of cursing himself to die early, so he looked at Zhou Yanru and nodded slightly, "Tell me what to do about going south?"

Zhou Yanru then bowed and said, "King! Although I, Daliang, won this Liangqing battle, but the Central Plains have been in chaos and the vassal treasury have been poor. The northern land is even more dilapidated than the Central Plains. If we fight with the Qing Dynasty head-on, the victory or defeat is unpredictable. Even if we win, we will find it difficult to get something. Instead, we need money and food to restore the place. The southern expedition is different. Jiangnan and Huguang are both wealthy places. Moreover, compared with the Qing Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu and others are much weaker. We have a great chance of winning and will become richer. In this way, my Daliang is fighting against the Qing Dynasty. First, there is no worries. Second, I, Daliang, have sufficient money and food, and can raise the north to recruit soldiers and horses, and have more confidence!"

After hearing the two of them, Gao Huan had already made a decision in his heart. War is extremely dependent on the economy, and with the development of the times and the continuous innovation of equipment, this will become more obvious.

We are currently at the critical point of the transformation of hot and cold weapons. It is also in the past century that almost all nomadic civilizations in the world are on a downward trend.

In the past, the scimitar and horse were fast, and the conquest of a civilized country would almost never happen again.

This battle caused a lot of losses to Liang State, and Gao Huan was tightened again. For the sake of economic and financial resources, Gao Huan was more inclined to fight in the south, but Gao Huan would not let it go. The Qing Dynasty and the Northern Ming Dynasty should be delayed, and they should be arranged by means.

At this time, Gao Huan pondered for a while, then smiled and said, "What both of you are talking about is reasonable. I really have to be careful of the Qing Dynasty's resumption and expansion during the southern expedition."

When Song Xiance heard this, he knew that Gao Huan had decided to go south.

Zhou Yanru's expression was calm, and he did not show a proud look because Gao Huan adopted his strategy.

Gao Huan glanced at the two of them and felt that Zhou Yanru was worthy of being the old Pavilion. He couldn't help but nodded slightly, then stood up and said, "I decided that my Daliang would adopt the strategy of "first south and then north, first easy and then difficult, and to nourish the north with the south, and to promote both offense and defense, to unify the whole world."

As soon as Gao Huan said this, he pointed out the direction for Liang's future military operations.

Now Liang State is located in the Central Plains, with strong enemies in the north, so it can first defend and resist the harassment of the Qing Dynasty, and secondly, it can attack, seize the opportunity, find weak forces in the south, and then use the money, grain and material resources from the south to support the two armies in the north to fight in the north, and finally unify the world.

"The king is wise!" Zhou Yanru and others immediately bowed together to salute.

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Gao Huan held a meeting in Huai'an and formulated a strategy of unifying the world. The civil and military officials of Liang followed this strategy to implement it.

At this time, Gao Huan had left Huaian and came to Sizhou west of Hongze Lake.

Gao Huan decided to fight south first and then north, and fighting in the south was different from fighting in the north, and the navy was indispensable.

Although Gao Huan had trained the water camp earlier, the navy was still the weakness of Liang State.

Now to fight Zuo Liangyu in the south, we must strengthen the naval army. In addition to training soldiers, one key point is the warship.

At this time, Gao Huan came to Sizhou and visited Sizhou, preparing to build a shipyard here.

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