Just because of Mr. Shusun's unintentional words, Xiang Kang suddenly found that the opportunity had come. He made up his mind on the spot without hesitation and decided to personally lead the main force of the Han army's middle lane to launch a southern expedition to fight against the Nanyang Army, who took the initiative to die and deliberately exposed flaws. However, among Xiang Kang's accomplices, not everyone agreed with Xiang Kang's decision.

At least Zhang Liang, who has a far-reaching strategic vision, was one of them. On the way to accompany Xiang Kang to lead his army to retreat south, Zhang Liang rode his horse to Xiang Kang's carriage, and while advancing with him, he spoke to Xiang Kang: "King, from the perspective of the external ministers' personal perspective, the external minister certainly hopes that you will launch a southern expedition as soon as possible and recover the foreign minister's mother country, Han. However, from the perspective of your interests, the foreign minister still hopes that you can reconsider the decision of the southern expedition. Because at this time, it is neither urgent for you to launch a southern expedition, nor may you lose the big one because of the small, and delay your time for you to unify the world."

"Mr. Zifang is worried that we will launch a southern expedition now, which will give us the enemy on the northern line a chance to breathe?" Xiang Kang's strategic gaze was not very bad, and he immediately understood what Zhang Liang meant.

"That's true." Zhang Liang nodded calmly and said, "After you launched the Southern Expedition, with the ability of General Zhou and the strength of his army, it is indeed not a big problem to block the Western Chu thief army for you. However, in this way, we have no spare energy on the northern line to continue to launch an attack, taking advantage of the victory to attack the Jibei thief army and Qi thief army, which were already seriously injured. Then even if we successfully end the southern expedition and free up our hands, the Qiji thief army will definitely recover a certain amount of vitality. If we want to launch an attack on the northern line and capture Qi, it will definitely be more difficult."

After pointing out the disadvantages of launching the Southern Expedition now, Zhang Liang advised again: "So the foreign ministers believe that it is best for the king to reconsider the Southern Expedition plan, and it is best to follow our original plan. Our central main force continues to restrain the Western Chu thief army, so that our northern main force can free up his hands to take advantage of the momentum to attack the Qiji thief army, which has been severely damaged, and then free up his hands to deal with the enemies on the southern front."

Zhang Liang's words made Xiang Kang nod repeatedly, but did not make Xiang Kang humbly accept it. After Zhang Liang finished speaking, Xiang Kang sighed lightly and said, "Mr. Zifang, I know that you are for my benefit, and I also know that we are too fussy to launch the southern expedition now, and will definitely give us the enemy on the North Line a chance to breathe. But Mr. Zifang, I have to do this."

"The king is so vigilant about Liu Ji. He would rather waste time on the northern line than give Liu Ji the opportunity to take the opportunity to take the big shot?" Zhang Liang also understood Xiang Kang's meaning.

"No," Xiang Kang nodded calmly and said, "Tian Jue from Qi and Tian Du from Jibei (not dead yet), but they are just two loaches. No matter how hard they do, it is absolutely impossible to cause any decent storms. Liu Ji is different. This traitor is a one-stop. If we give him enough time to grow, it is equivalent to letting him enter the sea and fly into the sky. Then we want to deal with him, it will only be ten times more difficult than now, and it may even be more difficult than we destroy the Western Chu thief army!"

"Especially now, he has a tendency to lose his strength." Xiang Kang added: "Engbu's main force has been annihilated by him, and most of the land in Linjiang is owned by him. If we don't seize this opportunity quickly and seize the time to kill him, giving him time to digest Linjiang territory, and wait for him to gather the manpower and material resources of Linjiang and Nanyang. Not only will he try to get rid of his difficulties, he will also immediately become our confidant, making it more difficult for us to sweep away the Qiji bandit army and eliminate Western Chu."

Zhang Liang was silent and still didn't understand why Xiang Kang was so hostile and vigilant about Liu Laosan. However, seeing that Xiang Kang was determined, Zhang Liang did not continue to persuade him. He could only change his words and said, "Since the king is so worried that Liu Ji will be over, he is determined to annihilate the Nanyang bandit army first, then the foreign ministers can only support him with all their strength."

"What are some good plans does Mr. Zifang have for my king's southern expedition?" Xiang Kang asked with a smile.

Zhang Liang did not even blink his eyelids, and immediately bowed and replied: "King, the foreign minister suggested that you, you should send someone to contact King Hengshan Wu Rui as soon as possible and ask him to send troops to attack the Nanyang bandit army. Although Wu Rui had few soldiers and shortage of food and was weak, he might not have the courage to send troops to attack the Nanyang bandit army. However, when you see the king, you expressed your attitude to attack Liu Jipi, he would definitely be threatened by Liu Jipi again, surrender to Liu Ji, and at least he would remain neutral and would never send troops to help Liu Jipi."

"A clever plan!" Xiang Kang applauded: "Although Wu Rui is not afraid, if Liu Ji threatens to send troops, it will be a problem for us. The best way is to try to keep him neutral. Then, after we eliminate the Nanyang thief army, it will definitely be much easier to force him to surrender."

"And." Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "King, there is another suggestion for the foreign minister, both for you and for the mother country of the foreign minister. Yingchuan was originally a Korean land, and there were many Korean residents, and there are many missing their mother country. Foreign ministers suggested that the king might as well sign Han Xin, who was returning from General Feng Zhong, as a Korean general, let him lead the army, take the Korean flag, and seize the land of Yingchuan and Han for you. In this way, the Korean land will inevitably respond one after another, which can reduce countless resistances for the king to go south and add countless help."

Xiang Kang, who was unwilling to implement the feudal system from the bottom of his heart, smiled bitterly when he heard it. However, considering that he even allowed Zhao State to continue to exist, let alone the South Korea, which is famous for being weak and bullied, after thinking about it, Xiang Kang quickly smiled and said, "Mr. Zifang, I can confer Han Xin as the Grand Marshal of Korea and let him lead troops to re-emphasize the Korean flag, but I have a condition, I have to ask Mr. Zifang to agree first."

"Master, do you want the foreign minister to agree to your conditions?" Zhang Liang was so shocked that he asked in surprise: "Master, what conditions do you want the foreign minister to agree to you?"

"Mr. Zifang, please stop calling yourself a foreign minister in the future and officially join our Han army." Xiang Kang replied with a smile: "I will give you a servant of the Han Dynasty and be ranked as the Nine Ministers."

Zhang Liang suddenly realized, and immediately smiled awkwardly and said, "I have been following the king for so long and have been participating in the king's military affairs all the time. If it weren't for the king's reminder, the foreign ministers would have almost forgotten that I have not yet had the title of King, you, and I have officially become your subordinate."

"Is that OK?" Xiang Kang stared at Zhang Liang and said with great sincerity: "Mr. Zifang, Xiao Wang really hopes that you can officially join our Han army."

Xiang Kang had already said this. In fact, what else could Zhang Liang, who had been completely integrated into the Han army, say? So Zhang Liang did not hesitate and immediately stopped the horse and bowed to Xiang Kang on the ground. He claimed to be a subordinate and officially joined the Han army. When Xiang Kang was overjoyed, he quickly got out of the car and helped Zhang Liang up with both hands, comforted Zhang Liang, and then pulled Zhang Liang onto his own carriage, allowing Zhang Liang to walk with him, and to win over the best of his ability.

In fact, it was just a different name. In front of Xiang Kang, Zhang Liang was still very direct and quickly reminded Xiang Kang: "King, although the Nanyang thief army is currently taking the initiative to go north to die, and is still seeking death to separate troops and fighting to give us the opportunity to defeat them one by one. But my subordinates are worried that if the Nanyang thief army knows our current situation on the northern line and hears that you have personally led the troops south, you may become alert and make strategic adjustments immediately. At that time, they just need to seize the time to gather the main force together, and at the same time retreat to the dangerously deep ditches and high barriers. We may not be so easy to wipe them out."

Xiang Kang nodded, admitted that this was not impossible, and then asked: "Mr. Zifang believes that how should we act to temporarily stabilize the Nanyang thief army and let them not rush to make strategic adjustments?"

"My dear advises that the king might as well have a smile on his face." Zhang Liang suggested: "The king might as well send an envoy to bring your letter to contact the Nanyang thief army, pretending to persuade Liu Ji to abandon Chu and return to Han, and turn against us to fight against the Western Chu thief army. He promised that as long as Liu Ji agreed, we would not only return his family with both hands, but also recognize Linjiang as Liu Ji's territory and no longer help Ying Bu retake it."

"In this way, the Nanyang bandit army will inevitably believe that we will attack Western Chu first and cannot free up our hands to launch the southern expedition for the time being, so we will naturally not rush to make strategic adjustments. When our army suddenly moves south, we can catch the Nanyang bandit army off guard and create opportunities for us to defeat each of the Nanyang bandit army!"

If it wasn't for Liu Laosan and Han Xin's plan, then it goes without saying that Xiang Kang would applaud immediately and immediately adopt Zhang Liang's plan. But there is no way. As a time traveler, Xiang Kang knew too well how difficult it was to Liu Laosan and Han Xin. So after thinking for a long time, Xiang Kang slowly shook his head and said, "You must not do this. Doing this will only backfire. Liu Ji and Han Xin are really too cunning, and they know very well that we like to use tricks. If we smile at them, we are afraid that they will immediately understand that we are ready to attack them. Our next goal is actually them!"

Still don’t understand why Xiang Kang looked at Liu Laosan and Han Xin so highly. Zhang Liang could only ask strangely: “Master, do you think of Liu Ji and Han Xin so much? I feel that even our smile can’t deceive them?”

"It's not a cheat." Xiang Kang shook his head and said, "Don't forget the Wancheng incident. Our plan of disagreement was not only easily seen through by Liu Ji, but also by him, killing our main force in Nanyang. We cannot repeat this mistake. In front of the two traitors, Liu Ji and Han Xin, we try not to fight for any opportunism. We can only win with our strength and crush them with our overall strength, so that we can be the safest."

Zhang Liang had no choice but to change his words and said, "Since that's the case, we can only prepare both ways in advance. It is best to be able to take advantage of the opportunity of the Nanyang bandit army to divide their troops by themselves. If not, we will take the Han territory first, and then join forces with our Hanzhong army to enter the hinterland of Nanyang and attack the Nanyang bandit army together."

Xiang Kang was sometimes very fickle. After rejecting Zhang Liang's smile, Xiang Kang suddenly had an idea and said, "Since I can't deceive Liu Laosan and Han Xin, why don't I do the opposite? I pretend to intimidate Liu Laosan and Han Xin, so that they think I was bluffing, and then suddenly attacked them and caught them off guard?"

After having this idea, Xiang Kang, who was good at strategy, just thought for a moment and came up with an idea soon. He immediately sent someone to convey his good brother Feng Zhong to meet him. After a little time, Feng Zhong was taken to Xiang Kang and bowed to Xiang Kang and said, "My servants have met the king."

"Brother Feng doesn't have to be too polite. Please start writing now and make me..."

After only half of the words, Xiang Kang, who had been deducting the details of the strategy in his heart, suddenly changed his mind and said, "Brother Feng, if I forgot, after we cross the river, you must remember to remind me and say that I have something important to explain to you."

"My subordinates obey the order." Feng Zhong was confused and muttered in his stomach: "For your memory, I would like to remind me? When we were in Shiling Pavilion, we opened a blacksmith shop together. The merchants in the city gave you two less money. Later, you chased you and wanted to come back, let alone important matters?"

The road from Julu to Puyang was full of roads. The Han army was naturally very fast. In addition, the Han army was in a hurry to launch a southern expedition, so it only took six days. The Zheng Bu corps of the Han army arrived in Baimajin under the leadership of Xiang Kang. The Han army, who were left here, had already prepared crossing boats for the Zheng Bu corps. The Han army crossed the Yellow River in just one day and officially returned to the middle battlefield.

Then, just as Feng Zhong expected, after crossing the river, without reminding him, Xiang Kang took the initiative to call him in front of him, and couldn't wait to ask the guards to prepare silk pens for Feng Zhong, and then ordered Feng Zhong: "Brother Feng, thank you for your hard work, and write a letter to your original personal soldier Han Xin. In addition to reminiscing about the past, it is also to tell him in your tone, saying that I have made up my mind and decided to temporarily slow down our attack on the Northern Line, let our Northern Line army take on the task of restraining the Western Chu thieves, and personally lead the army to launch a southern expedition to attack Liu Jipifu, who shamelessly framed me at Hanguguan, and advised him to be smarter and quickly take the Nanyang thief army under his command to put down his weapons and surrender to us. In addition, tell him, I have agreed. As long as he surrenders, I will grant him the Marquis of Zhuyang, with a fief of two thousand households."

Before Xiang Kang could finish his words, Feng Zhong, Chen Ping, Zhang Liang and others next to him had already widened their eyes and said in unison: "Master, are you not mistaken in me? Write such a letter to Han Xin?"

"Only such letters can temporarily stabilize the Nanyang thief army." Xiang Kang answered very directly, and urged Feng Zhong again: "Brother, don't be stunned, write it quickly. In the letter, we will also tell Han Xin clearly our current strategic situation. If you don't understand anything, just ask me."

Seeing Xiang Kang insisting, Feng Zhong had no choice but to quickly pick up his pen and write a letter to his former confidant Han Xin according to Xiang Kang's request. Xiang Kang was uneasy and personally stepped forward to give instructions, asking Feng Zhong to tell Han Xin the current strategic situation of his army through the letter without reservation. He did not play any falsehood for the first time, deliberately let Han Xin know the current strategic situation of the Han army clearly. After the letter was written, Xiang Kang asked Xu Ji to arrange a capable messenger, asking the messenger to take the letter back to Sanchuan first, go south to send a letter to Han Xin, and repeatedly told the messenger to deliver the letter to Han Xin as soon as possible.

Chen Ping, who is also good at strategy, first saw through Xiang Kang's intentions, and had to remind Xiang Kang with concern: "Master, are you too rash? Although bluffing can indeed cover us up against the east and west, it is actually caught by killing the Nanyang thief army, through this letter, Han Xin and Liu Jiphifu may see that we will launch the strategic choice of the Southern Expedition now?"
Chapter completed!