Jiang Feng noticed that the corners of Hou Chen's mouth were slightly moved, and seemed to want to speak but stopped, so he asked, "Hou Chen, do you have any good suggestions?"

"Monk, two lords, my subordinates think that Mr. Guo's concern is not without reason. Yuan and the two Lius of Nanyang are now in a tacit relationship with the Shatuo people. Yuan has taken Chenzhou, and Songzhou is a place they are determined to win. Because Songzhou is not only located in the heart of the Central Plains, but also has a large prefecture and county, with a dense population, and can cover the Yingbo and the two states controlled by Yuan, so in the battle for Songzhou, the Yuan family may not give in."

"You can give in to us by describing what you mean?" Wang Miao said in a deep voice.

"Mr. Wang, to be honest, Songzhou is more important to the Yuan clan than to us. Without Songzhou, our Caopu prefectures and even Yunzhou may be threatened, but they cannot shake our fundamental position. However, the Yuan clan does not have Songzhou, and Yingbo prefectures are in a situation where there is no danger to defend, so the Yuan clan dare not give in. If they fight, it will only be a fierce battle." Hou Chen did not give in.

"We are not the Huaiyou of the past, and we can withstand a war with the Yuan family." Wang Miao said lightly.

"We can withstand it, but maybe it's not the best time." Hou Chen insisted.

"Is there a better solution?" Jiang Feng said nothing nonsense, "It is indeed not the time to start a war with Yuan, but I think it is difficult to achieve our goals without a fight."

"What is the purpose of the county duke?" Hou Chen was not polite.

Jiang Feng did not answer directly: "Once Pang Yuan's army returns to Bianliang, we will watch Yuan's army enter Songzhou? Even if Pang Yuan's Tianxing Left Army does not move, the Shatuo people defeated Daliang, and the situation in Songzhou will definitely change drastically, and the Yuan family has already begun to respond to the Songzhou property, so we are still arguing here?"

These words became a little heavy. Cui Shang, Wang Miao and Hou Chen both stood up to apologize, but Jiang Feng waved his hands impatiently, "I don't need you to blame yourself now, I want you to come up with a solution!"

Seeing that Jiang Feng was a little angry, Hou Chen hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Mr. Duke, I have an idea, but it may not be appropriate. Please consider it, please consider it."

"You said." Jiang Feng said with a straight face.

"The Yuan family in Caizhou is also the one who does not cry when they see the coffin. If they don't fight a war and want to gain the upper hand, I'm afraid the other party will not follow our opinions. However, if they fight too hard, they will have to consider whether it will really turn into a full-scale war. This is something we don't want to see. Mr. Guo is probably worried about this."

Hou Chen swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He knew that the opinion of making concessions and compromises is definitely not welcome, and he might even attract criticism if he did not do it well, but he had to say the responsibility.

"Well, for the opinions of our subordinates, we should first draw a bottom line in our needs. For example, Songzhou, can we obtain part of it? Or let Yuan use some other things as compensation?"

"Oh?" Jiang Feng became interested, and Cui Shang and Wang Miao also exchanged glances, obviously very moved by Hou Chen's suggestion.

"In order to obtain some Songzhou, Chuqiu and Shanfu, we can protect the southern part of Caozhou, and we can also take Dangshan, which is also a barrier to the west of Xuzhou." Hou Chen was also prepared, otherwise he would not dare to make this suggestion. "For example, we can set up new Shanzhou in Chuqiu, Shanfu, Chengwu in Caozhou, Jinxiang in Yanzhou, Fangyu, these five counties have newly established Shanzhou. This state was originally abolished, and it was restored now. Establishing Shanzhou can set up a barrier and buffer zone between Yanzhou, Caozhou and Yuan's family. In addition, by proposing that Yuan's family hand over Yongcheng, Linhuan and Shansang are our compensation. Linhuan does not have to bear it. Yongcheng and Shansang counties can also be classified into Suzhou to enrich Suzhou."

The ten counties of Songzhou, Xuzhou only took three counties to the west, but most of them did not. The Yuan family obtained the remaining seven counties, which was enough to cover the Yingbo and Bo states and ensure the safety of Yingbo states. It is reasonable to let them hand over Yongcheng, Linhuan and Shansang counties to Xuzhou as compensation.

Jiang Feng stroked his jaw and said after a long time, "Yuan is a guy who can remember to eat and beat him. Just talking, I'm afraid I can't tell you the result."

"So we must base ourselves on war, and we must fight a war before we can sit down and talk." Hou Chen said immediately.

"Not only do we have to fight, but we must also hurt them so that they realize that we are not powerless to defeat them, but we are not willing to be profited by the fisherman." Wang Miao followed up and said.

It is indeed necessary to fight a battle. Whether it is from the emotional venting of Xuzhou or to make Yuan understand that the strength of both sides is now transferred, this battle is needed.

Yuan fought with his side in southern Yingzhou, and then seized the Yingbo and two prefectures that should belong to Xuzhou. When his side went to Pinglu, he jumped out to attack Xuzhou and caused trouble for his side. He continued to provoke. If he did not give the other side a deep understanding, even Jiang Feng felt that he was too cowardly.

Jiang Feng is not the kind of emotional impulsive person, but he feels it is necessary to fight Yuan's battle.

Since we have determined that we will fight against the Yuan family, we will probably have to take the lead when to fight, where to fight, and what level we can reach.

If you exceed the demarcated line, for Xuzhou, it will become too much or too little.

"If you want to fight, it's better to be early, not late." Cui Shang interrupted, "The current battle between Jin and Liang has not yet been decided, and Pang Yuan's Tianxing Left Army is also hesitant. If we launch a war in Yingbo and Bo provinces at this time, Pang Yuan might be relieved to reinforce the Bianliang side."

"Well, Bai Ling is right. At present, the Yuan army has just captured Chenzhou, and its troops have not been fully deployed and adjusted. Although our side has not been fully implemented, it is faster than them. The Ziqing army advanced west from Xiaoxian County, took Yongcheng, Qingxian County, and advanced to Qiaoxian; the Wuning army can be ordered to quickly go to Qixian, sweep west from Qixian County, occupy Chengfu, and jointly attack Qiaoxian with the Ziqing army; Ziqing's injuries have been cured, and the Huaiyou Army can be ordered to attack Nanyingzhou from Shouchun and take Cai and Yingshang from."

Wang Miao even made it easy and his tone was resolute.

Jiang Feng was happy, "Jiulang, you are going to fight, why do you want to recover Yingbo? Then you are fighting hard in the Yuan family."

"If they don't hurt them, how could they hand over what they swallowed into their mouths?" Wang Miao said nothing, "He ordered Yu Gong to lead the Ya army to arrive at Fu Li as soon as possible, and go to Liuzi Town from Fu Li west to support the center and north lines as a reserve team."

The size of the Ya Army is not large yet, with only four troops and ten thousand people, but it is also the focus of the next step of reorganization and supplementation, and it is very suitable as a reserve force.

Cui Shang showed a disapproving expression on his face, "Jiulang, fighting like this may turn into a full-scale war in our Yuan family, and it is difficult to control the degree."

Indeed, according to Wang Miao's goal, it is to seize the entire Bozhou.

If we really want to achieve this goal, the Yuan family would not dare to take Songzhou, let alone occupy Songzhou, they would not dare to ask for Songzhou at all. Caozhou to the north, Bozhou to the south, and Xuzhou to the east. That would almost become a pocket that would trap Songzhou tightly, and it would be a trap when they entered.

"Bai Ling, this is just a preset of ours. How could Yuan's family not respond? Just let us push it so smoothly? You underestimate the Yuan family too much."

Wang Miao laughed.

"I guess the northern line can reach the area of ​​Qing County at most, and the middle line can occupy the city's father at most. Yuan's army will fight us. Yuan's army should now understand our strength in siege and siege. It is estimated that we will have a wild battle with us. However, they also seem to have ignored the combat effectiveness of the cavalry that we reorganized on Pinglu. Now we are not afraid of any battle, at least facing their Yuan's army."

"Jiulang, what do you think of Yuan Jun's current combat effectiveness?" Jiang Feng asked with a smile.

"The Yuan army has also expanded rapidly this year. Although its number has increased greatly, they are different from us. That is, we basically accepted the Pinglu and Taining Army as a whole. They occupied Yingbo and Bo and were almost disabled. Chenzhou has no Liang army at all, so most of their new troops were recruited recently, or their original reserve troops in Caizhou, and their combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable to their original elites. Therefore, we think that fighting this battle should be the best opportunity to temper our Zibo and Wuning Army."

Wang Miao also put in some effort in this regard. "Of course, the Yuan family is quite distinctive in training the officer system. The officer system assisted by the children of the Yuan family, the Xue family, the Zhao family, and the He family has indeed sent a lot of talents to their army. The Eight Pillars of Ruyang are examples, but this cannot change the fact that their newly joined army is still a young bird that has not experienced much war."

"If you want to fight this battle, you may need to communicate well with Mr. Guo." Cui Shang was also convinced by Wang Miao's analysis and pondered: "Mr. Duke, why not leave Mr. Guo and others in Xuzhou for a longer time. Don't they want to go to Yanzhou and Qingzhou to take a look? Why not just accompany them to see him? Haizhou can also be seen, and Luzhou can be done. When they come back, they guess that the war will be almost done. Even if Mr. Guo is angry, he can only mediate."

Jiang Feng and Wang Miao both laughed. This was a good idea. Of course, the premise was to hurt the Yuan family, that is, to ensure the smooth progress of the war and proceed as expected.

"Well, if this is the case, I'm afraid the Ya Jun alone is not enough, right?" Jiang Feng pondered, he was a little worried about Xu Ziqing's Huai Youjun side.

"Enough, Yingzhou will not be the main battlefield, and the Yuan family can see that it is just a bargaining factor for our future negotiations." Wang Miao said firmly: "It's too late to level the Lu army now."
Chapter completed!