Song Wensong's failure in the first military use against Huainan made him very angry. After he came back, he scolded his generals severely, and then he discussed the matter with Di Qinghai and the others.

Di Qinghai said: "Prince, this failure in military use really disappointed his spirit. When it comes to the reason, we underestimate the enemy too much. The Sun family in Huainan has definitely declined over the years and thought they were vulnerable! In fact, they were able to stay in Huainan for so long, and even Lu Zheng had coveted Huainan, but in the end, the Sun family could still occupy that area. It really had its own way of survival. We despise them!

Another point is that Lu Zheng puts pressure on us in secret. This guy is so cunning. He made Kuang Zi move around and made us feel threatened at any time. You can suffer a loss without spending one soldier and one clan. Hey!"

Song Wensong also felt very depressed and said, "What should we do now? We are in a bad situation, but now we have encountered setbacks again. It's really a little worse! For the sake of the present, we have to find a way out for ourselves!"

Di Qinghai smiled and said, "Prince, don't worry. Everyone like Sun's family thinks that the decaying wealthy families are so difficult to deal with. We have 100,000 troops in Shandong. If Lu Zheng really wants to break up with our Shandong, it will not be a matter of one day or one night to defeat us.

Besides, the world is in chaos. We live in one side of Shandong. We are attacked and other forces are also weak. Lu Zheng may not succeed!"

Song Wensong frowned and said, "That's the case, but I feel really uncomfortable. We have lost the best opportunity. Do we have to attack for a second time now?"

"Of course not. Now we have to join forces with Long Zhaohuan and let Long Zhaohuan take Huaiyang, so that we can show sincerity!"

Song Wensong raised his eyebrows and said, "Give Huaiyang to Long Zhaohuan? This... This is not worth losing this place for us in Shandong! Huaiyang is a hometown of fish and rice, and I, Shandong, is short of food. If Huaiyang is given up, how can we..."

"Haha!" Di Qinghai laughed and said, "Don't worry, prince, we can't take Huaiyang, let alone Long Zhaohuan! Long Zhaohuan's Southern Palace Army can also be considered an army?

They fought against the Huaiyang army, but they were afraid that the outcome would be worse than ours. Not only would they not be able to take Huaiyang, but they might also lose their territory!"

Di Qinghai said: "Actually, have you ever thought about it? It is not us who really cares about Huainan, but Lu Zheng! If Huainan is lost, there will be a whole city between us and Jiangnan!

We are forming an alliance with Long Zhaohuan and respecting Long Zhaohuan as His Majesty. Even Long Zhaohuan is the legitimate Emperor Dakang! Lu Zheng has become a traitor, and he is morally in a weak position. So what if he has strong troops in his hands?

If the people in the world don’t return, they may fail after all. This is the thorn in Lu Zheng’s heart! So if Long Zhaohuan attacks Huaiyang, he can use the same method to make people cross Henan and threaten Jiangnan later. In this way, the Jiangnan army will not dare to fight in Huaiyang. How can Huaiyang be captured?"

Di Qinghai talked freely and gradually reached the point of the matter. Song Wensongshen's frown slowly stretched. To be honest, he had been dormant for so long, and this time he was struggling to use troops to Huainan. However, he never expected that he did not take Huainan himself. At this time, his frustration was imaginable.

Fortunately, Di Qinghai now gave him a plan to stabilize his position. He immediately prepared a book for Jiangnan without hesitation and asked Jiangnan Long Zhaohuan to take Huainan Road.

Speaking of Jiangnan, Long Zhaohuan was watching the battle in Jinling. He was originally a little resentful about the Huainan Road giving it to Shandong. After all, after he formed an alliance with Shandong, he hoped to rely on Jiangnan's resources to restrict Shandong and make Shandong obey his orders, so that Long Zhaohuan truly became his veritable Majesty.

However, after Huainan Road was given to Shandong, Shandong could reduce its dependence on Jiangnan, and there was no buffer between Jiangnan and Shandong. Once Song Wensong covet Jiangnan, he could send troops across the river at any time, so Jiangnan would be safe!

Now, Song Wensong was defeated by Huainan Road. Long Zhaohuan was really secretly happy! Now he had two memorials from Song Wensong, one memorial was written by Song Wensong, whom he respected Long Zhaohuan as His Majesty. He himself obeyed, saying that from then on, Shandong would respect Long Zhaohuan as the emperor of Dakang.

In addition, Song Wensong also agreed to transport Emperor Xinde's coffin to Jinling and buried Emperor Xinde in the Jinling Emperor's Mausoleum. This action made Long Zhaohuan very happy and satisfied.

Then Song Wensong's second comment was to ask the court to send troops to attack Huainan Road. In the comment, Song Wensong spoke very politely. He first counted more than a dozen crimes of Sun's family in Huainan Road, and then he said that he was originally planning to take Huainan Road to share his worries for His Majesty, but Sun's family was cunning. More importantly, Lu Zheng, a traitor from the Two Rivers, coveted Shandong and allowed Kuangzi to attack frequently on the border of Shandong, thus making him fail.

Now Song Wensong is unable to look south, hoping that the court can send troops to wipe out Huainan Road, so that Shandong and Jiangnan can integrate the city. From then on, Dakang will have the convenience of north-south communication and can deal with Lu Zheng's traitor safely and worry-free.

After receiving two memorials from Song Wensong, Long Zhaohuan highly praised the first memorial. He immediately issued an order to grant Song Wensong the King of Shandong, granting him 50,000 stones of food and 1,000 taels of gold, and invited Song Wensong to Jinling.

Regarding Song Wensong's second memorial, Long Zhaohuan summoned six officials to discuss it. Someone said: "Your Majesty is careful. Huainan Road has always respected Your Majesty. At this time, we have no reason to send troops to wipe them out!

We can form an alliance with Shandong, and we can also form an alliance with Huainan Road. So why worry about not prospering in Dakang?”

This statement was quickly refuted by colleagues because Song Wensong is not aligned with Jiangnan, but he respects Long Zhaohuan, Jiangnan as the emperor, and Long Zhaohuan is also the emperor of the people of Shandong! In this case, how can the Sun family in Huainan Road show loyalty if they do not enter Jinling to pay tribute?

Also, if Song Wensong wrote a memorial and Long Zhaohuan did not send troops, how would Song Wensong view Jiangnan? Could it be that Jiangnan really has no strength and cannot defeat Huaihuainan?

Huainan cannot last long. If Long Zhaohuan does not take it today, he will definitely take it for others in the future. By that time, no matter which force takes Huainan Road, it will not be a good thing for Jiangnan!

The ministers were quarrel over this issue for a while, which really made Long Zhaohuan feel a headache. In the end, he had to put it aside for the time being, and then he looked back to the palace.

After returning to the palace, he kept thinking about this matter. After thinking about it repeatedly, he still felt that he could not make a hasty decision on this matter. He immediately found Dong Yong and asked Dong Yong to come and discuss what to do at this time.

Dong Yong did not serve as an official in the court, but had been practicing Taoism in the inner palace. His identity was special. He usually lived in seclusion and never dating strangers, so his status was quite transcendent.

Long Zhaohuan respected him very much and would only ask him to take action on important matters and listen to his opinions.

After hearing Long Zhaohuan's words, Dong Yong thought repeatedly: "Song Wensong has really a master under his command. Song Wensong expected that he would let His Majesty take Huainan Road, which would definitely be difficult to get. So he deliberately submitted a memorial to His Majesty, with the purpose of defeating the Jiangnan Army once!"

Long Zhaohuan was stunned for a moment and suddenly said, "Why did Mr. Dong say this? Why can't I defeat the Huainan Army? Then Sun's family has been damaged now. It should be very stable for us to go to Huainan Road again!"

Dong Yong shook his head and said, "Song Wensong's memorial is not credible. This person is cunning. He must have found that the Huainan Army is difficult to deal with. Otherwise, why didn't he take down the Huainan Army in one go? Why did he still ask His Majesty to send troops in such a hypocritical manner?

Could it be that after His Majesty took Huainan Road, will he still have any benefits? Shandong is a very cramped place. Song Wensong has not dared to act rashly for so many years. This time he was so anxious to take Huainan, because after taking Huainan, he had a granary. For him, it was like a severe drought encounter with Ganlu! In this case, he personally led his troops to attack Huainan Road but was defeated. What would happen if our Jiangnan army went to Huainan at this time?"

When Long Zhaohuan thought that what Dong Yong said was really the case, he immediately asked, "What should we do according to the sir's plan? Do I not respond to Song Wensong's memorial? Song Wensong just expressed his loyalty to me. If I don't respond, will it make people in the world feel that I am a mean person?"

Dong Yong laughed and said, "What's the difficulty? Your Majesty only needs to send an envoy to Huainan Road and make three requests for Sun's family. The first is to surrender, the second is to pay tribute, and the third is to ask Sun to send someone to Jinling! If Sun agrees to these three requests, then Huainan Road will be my territory of Dakang from now on, which is the same as Shandong. How can we attack Huainan?"

Long Zhaohuan thought that this was true, but he asked worriedly: "Sir, this plan is indeed very high, but what if Sun doesn't know how to show his respect and refute my face?"

Dong Yong said: "Huainan Road Sun has now become a frightened bird. Your Majesty, you know that they have been in a feud with Lu Zheng for a long time. They have not made a peace with Lu Zheng. Now they have just fought with Shandong, and both sides are still hostile!

If they do not accept your invitation from Your Majesty, they will be surrounded by powerful enemies on all sides. Although the Sun family has been declining over the years, their family is not a fool's family. They can stand for so many years and naturally have a way to survive!

So, if Your Majesty can take the initiative to recruit them, they will definitely be able to obey Your Majesty's orders and submit to you obediently..."
Chapter completed!