Jiang Fan said: "Some people have made trouble for me and want to kill me. They still don't stop. My father-in-law thinks, should I just passively wait to be slaughtered?"
Yinglu pondered for a moment: "The prince is such a person, so naturally he shouldn't do it."
Jiang Fan smiled: "So, I want to fight back, and it just so happens that you said that my king's enemy happens to be my father's trouble as well."
Yinglu's expression moved slightly, and he couldn't help but smile: "Interesting, interesting, I would like to hear it, let's chat while drinking."
As he said this, he poured the wine for him with his own hands: "This wine is the best Shao Daozi brewed by the prince. It is a gift from the king for my meritorious service on the front line. It is not a lot."
Jiang Fan was not polite, and drank the cup in one gulp: "For meritorious service, my father-in-law has indeed worked hard and made great achievements. This is why he was awarded the title of Julu Gong."
Yinglu nodded, but immediately sighed: "It's a pity that I have been fighting abroad for many years. I never thought that southern Xinjiang would be divided among the heroes. It is such a mess. It is really a headache."
Whatever you didn't think about, you already knew it, but you just couldn't live without it.
Jiang Fan knew it, but he would not expose it.
"What I'm saying is that the southern border is vast, with high mountains and dense forests, and rugged roads. It's really not easy for you to secure your position in southern border. I wonder if you have any good ideas?"
Yinglu shook his head: "Your Majesty must have seen it too. Although I have a large army at my disposal, as your Majesty said, this area is full of mountain fortresses, making it difficult for the army to fight and occupy. It is extremely difficult to pacify the southern border."
He said and looked at Jiang Fan: "Your Majesty is a man of great wisdom, why not teach Ying what to do?"
Jiang Fan quickly waved his hand: "Just kidding, Lord Julu is good at fighting, so there is no need for my guidance."
"Eh..." Yinglu pretended to be displeased: "Your Majesty, if you say this, you are not a friend enough. After all, we are also business partners. If our friends are in trouble, Your Majesty is going to just watch?"
Jiang Fan smiled and said: "The main reason is that I really don't have many manpower in southern Xinjiang, so what I can do to help is limited."
Yinglu's eyes moved slightly: "Look, I just said that the prince has a way. This is limited, that is to say, there is a way. And what a person like the prince can say is limited, so it must not be too small."
Jiang Fan pointed at him and smiled: "The dignified Grand Marshal can also play word games. This is called Yunwen Yunwu."
Yinglu also laughed heartily: "My lord, please stop joking. Before the banquet is served, let's talk about it honestly."
Jiang Fan thought for a while and finally said seriously: "That's fine, but it is indeed limited. The Marquis also probably knows that because I have encountered Sikong Yu and Tianmo Palace several times, I still have some ways to deal with them. I won't say more. , I can still do it by killing their majesty and injuring their vitality."
"Oh?" Yinglu was very interested: "Sikong Yu is an alliance between Kun and He, with more than a million people and nearly 200,000 fighting soldiers. The Tianmo Palace has a vast territory, strong people and horses, and believers There are countless of them, and the prince actually has a way to deal with them?"
Jiang Fan smiled slightly: "It is indeed true what the Lord said, but it is not entirely true. Let's talk about the Sikong family first. The Kun and He families actually include hundreds of villages. They also account for half of the eighty-eight villages, but they have been falling apart all year round. , now that Sikong Yu has gathered forcefully, there are still only twenty-two large villages and more than eighty small and medium-sized villages that have been unified."
Yinglu said: "Having said that, this person does have a fighting strength of 200,000 and is developing rapidly. He is really a big worry."
Jiang Fan said calmly: "It's just a so-called title. Most of the so-called warriors are new to the stronghold. The so-called warriors are only young and strong men with a certain level of martial arts cultivation. They are still far from being able to truly integrate into an army. I dare to assert that among them, No more than half of my men can be called elite soldiers."
Yinglu nodded: "Even so, if it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, what good way can I do? I was ordered by the king to pacify the southern border, but I did not come here to kill the people indiscriminately. If it is a big butcher's knife, please don't do it." mentioned."
Jiang Fan shook his head in his heart. In Yinglu's eyes, this was his own territory, and the people were his own people. Of course he was not willing to kill randomly, and besides, it wasn't that easy to kill.
"That's natural. Killing the people is the worst solution. Although the Pheasant Yutang is weak, its core strength has always been united and is not easy to deal with. But the problem is that they seek medical treatment in a hurry. I found some partners with good intentions, but ended up... luring the wolf into the house."
"How do you say this?" Yinglu wasn't pretending this time. He really didn't know anything about the Supreme Emperor and Prince Wutian.
But just like facing Yu Qingcheng, facing Yinglu, Jiang Fan did not intend to mention these two people for the time being. After all, Ying Wutian and the Supreme Emperor were both rare treasures, and there was no guarantee that King Qi Chu and his wife or Yinglu would have other motives.
But when things come to pass in the future, he is not afraid of revealing his secret, because once things are put into action, there is no turning back. In the final analysis, the Supreme Emperor Ying Wutian is also building his own power in southern Xinjiang. Basically, he is poaching the flesh and blood of the Chu Kingdom. Neither the king of Chu nor Yinglu would tolerate digging up the flesh and blood of southern Xinjiang.
But the other one can be mentioned directly, the Feng family. Sometimes having more partners is a good thing, but sometimes it can bring unnecessary or even unpleasant problems.
And the day the Feng family secretly participated in this matter, it also brought negative effects to them.
"Secretly."
Jiang Fan slowly spit out two words.
Yinglu was horrified: "Secretly coming to the imperial court? The Feng family?"
"Yes, the Feng family has plans for Southern Xinjiang, and many forces in Southern Xinjiang have intricate relationships. At this time, Pheasant Yutang, which has a single purpose, a pure background, and is in urgent need of external help, became their first choice."
"The Feng family..." Yinglu was also very afraid of this thousand-year secret dynasty: "What are they planning?"
Jiang Fan knew that Yinglu had no reason to care. In his eyes, the Hundred Thousand Mountains belonged to him and no one could touch them.
So Jiang Fan directly poked at his pain point.
"The Feng family has a large number of people lurking in southern Xinjiang, and they even have...an army."
This sentence was so lethal that Yinglu's expression changed drastically at that time: "Army?"
Jiang Fan said calmly: "Young Master, don't believe it. Both the King of Chu and his wife know about this matter. It's a pity that you, the king of Southern Xinjiang, are still kept in the dark. It's interesting."
"Speak clearly!" Yinglu ignored his sarcasm. This matter was too important.
"How else can we know clearly? Since the Feng family has deployed troops in southern Xinjiang, what do you think they will want?"
Jiang Fan looked at him with a baffled look, as if to say, you haven't figured out such a simple truth?
"They... want to occupy southern Xinjiang?" Yinglu suddenly gritted his teeth and said.
"Haha, Southern Xinjiang, just like the Great Qin, is a starting point. Their goals are in the world, but they must have a base, a base camp. Southern Xinjiang has hundreds of thousands of mountains, high mountains and dense forests. It is really a good place to hide manpower."
"They dare!" Southern Xinjiang is Yinglu's forbidden area. Anyone who dares to make up his mind will be almost killed, so he immediately slapped the table.
