Li Zicheng looked at Li Yan in surprise, "You mean, hand over the entire Nanyang to Sun Kewang?"

Li Yan nodded and said, "King of Chuang, although Lu Xiangsheng has been unemployed at home for two years, his reputation for fighting can be said to be known to the world. At present, the reason why he did not launch an attack immediately is because he had not completed the reorganization of the army. Once he felt that the time was good, he would definitely attack. By then, Nanyang Prefecture would be the first to be affected. Therefore, at this time, no matter what the reason is, no matter how big affair occurs between us and Sun Kewang. Otherwise, the government army will only benefit."

Li Yan paused for a moment, looked at Li Zicheng and continued, "If Nanyang is given up, there will be at least two benefits. First, the conflict between us and Sun Kewang will temporarily disappear. Second, let Sun Kewang lead his troops to temporarily resist Lu Xiangsheng for us and buy time for our army to train the soldiers. Near Luoyang, although we have recruited nearly 200,000 troops, most of these people were still farmers who only knew how to cultivate land a month ago. It took at least more than three months of training before they could have the power to fight. We need time to form combat power that is not afraid of any official army."

Li Zicheng looked suspicious and thought for a while, saying, "Linquan, there are many mountains near Luoyang, and most of the land is not fertile. If we want to gain a foothold in the Wanluo area, the fertile plain of Nanyang is the place we must seize. Otherwise, the consumption of food will crush us. Even if we want to give Nanyang to Sun Kewang, I think we should wait for a while, at least we will have to harvest this round of food before we talk about it."

Li Yan frowned, and the scene of breaking through Nanyang City reappeared in his mind. At that time, for a little money, the soldiers of the two armies quarreled and even started to fight. Now both armies have recruited many soldiers, and food is the foundation for supporting these people.

Once the harvest comes, the two armies still don’t know what kind of chaos will cause due to the robbery of food!

However, Li Yan admitted in his heart that what Li Zicheng said made sense. In the entire Nanyang area, most areas plant wheat and small areas plant rice, which are ripe for three years. If you miss this harvest, you will have to wait until October next time. In other words, if you give up your ownership of Nanyang at this time, you may have to rely on the little food stored in Luoyang for a long time. Although King Fu does have a lot of storage, it cannot withstand long-term consumption. Moreover, from Li Zicheng's words, Li Yan seems to want to continue to expand his troops.

The long-term wandering experience made most of the generals of the rebel army, including Li Zicheng, focus on military strength and neglect the people's livelihood. They will expand their troops at any cost until they cannot be expanded. This leads to them digging three feet to plunder money and grain to support the soldiers under their rule, even if they sacrifice everything. This is a habit that has been developed for a long time, and Li Yan knows that this cannot be easily changed with a few words of his own.

He thought for a while and said to Li Zicheng: "King of Chuang, if you decide to stay here, your subordinates propose to suspend the recruitment of Sun Kewang's generals from now on to ease the conflict between us and him. In addition, we should divide the jurisdiction of the counties in Nanyang in advance to avoid new conflicts due to food issues. Recently, we should strictly restrict the actions of our soldiers and try not to have any conflicts with Sun Kewang's subordinates."

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "I understand."

The sun sets in the west, and the north bank of the Han River.

As the last group of soldiers boarded the ship, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Ma Xianglin and Zhang Yingyuan who were seeing him off and said, "Ma Cavalry, Deputy General Zhang, from today on, you will station one of Xiangyang and the other stationed one of Fancheng. Be careful of both sides of the Han River and absolutely not allow bandits to enter Hubei again."

The two bowed and said, "Please rest assured. If the city is in, the city is in the past, the city is lost and the city is killed."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and stepped onto the boat. With the boatman's shouts, the boat started and slowly sailed towards the north shore.

At the bow of the ship, Wan Ji stood beside Lu Xiangsheng, and two generals Meng Ruhu and Cao Zhiyao stood behind. After a long time, Lu Xiangsheng slowly turned around and said to Wan Ji: "Ji Ren, have you replied to Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong?"

Wan Ji bowed and said, "Yes, the two have arrived in the south of Xinye. I think they have launched an attack on Feng Shuangli's troops there at this moment. Li Guoqi also wrote a letter saying that he had led his troops to Yuzhou at this moment and met with Liu Guoneng. There were 12,000 soldiers in total."

"Can we fully trust this Liu Guo?"

"General Li said he could trust him. Although Liu Guoneng led his troops to surrender, he not only brought detailed information from Li Zicheng's army, but also sent the head of a trusted general next to Li Zicheng. At this moment, Li Zicheng's hatred for him may be even more than that for us. In order to survive, he will definitely help us defeat Li Zicheng with all his might."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said, "Ji, after getting off the boat, you should go to Yuzhou too! After Li Zicheng and Sun Kewang met, they are already very strong. After our army defeated the Fifth Battalion of the Gleath, we must not let them escape from southern Henan to western Henan. Whether they can defend Yuzhou is the key of the key, and I will not allow any mistakes there. If you go there, I will feel more at ease."

Wan Ji hesitated for a moment and said, "Supervisor, I have no position in the army at this moment. Now I go to Yuzhou to coordinate the generals. It may not be effective."

"You go with my supervisor's seal, if I come in person. Anyone who violates the orders can be punished directly according to the military law."

Wan Ji's face changed slightly, and he bowed to thank Lu Xiangsheng for his trust. "Don't worry, as long as Li Zicheng didn't come to help, his subordinates will inevitably block the Fifth Camp of Gleading from Nanyang."

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, this plan is so thorough. Before Li Zicheng reacts, I will completely defeat the fifth camp of the Gezuo. Moreover, with Zuo, He and his two troops attracted his attention in Xinye, and he would not easily send troops from Nanyang. After you arrive in Yuzhou, what you have to do is to prevent the fifth camp of the Gezuo and flee to western Henan after being defeated."

After saying that, Lu Xiangsheng turned to Cao Zhiyao and said, "General Cao, you have five thousand soldiers under your command. I want you to lead two thousand of them to Ru Ning to cooperate with the local prefect to prevent them from fleeing south to Anhui. The remaining soldiers will be temporarily handed over to General Meng. If this is successful, I will recommend you to the court to take over Zhang Ling's original position and serve as Deputy General of Sichuan."

Cao Zhiyao originally thought that Lu Xiangsheng wanted to deprive him of his military power, but when he heard him at the end, he realized that he had been wrong. He quickly bowed to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Thank you, your subordinates must do their best to intercept the bandits."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and finally turned to Feng Ruhu and said, "Ruhu, you are my former general, and you will accompany me this time!"

He bowed like a tiger. "Dare not obeying orders."
Chapter completed!