Chapter 1165

"Does the Zhang family have ambition?"

Su Fan looked at Zhang Hu and said with a smile. Regarding the situation in the north, Su Fan also had an understanding.

The major forces in the north, generally speaking, belong to the Yuan Prince's Mansion as the strongest. Although there is the suppression of the Youzhou army, in reality, Youzhou itself is full of contradictions, so the suppression of the Yuan Prince's Mansion is also very small.

The Yuan Prince's Mansion has been low-key for so many years. In reality, how much strength is hidden, I am afraid only they themselves know.

Among the large armies of the sixteen states at the border, who knows how many people are from the Yuan Prince's Mansion.

Zhang Hu had also received the solicitation of the Yuan Prince's Mansion, but Zhang Hu did not agree. After all, the Zhang family now has a not-small status. Joining the Yuan Prince's Mansion doesn't have many benefits for the Zhang family.

Not to mention, if the Yuan Prince's Mansion really rebels, it is not necessarily a chance. The border army is elite, but the potential for development is too low compared to the Central Plains.

The north is vast and sparsely populated, and in terms of resources, it is far from being comparable to the Central Plains. A state in the Central Plains is lower than several states and commanderies at the border, or even more.

So Zhang Hu is not optimistic about the Yuan Prince's Mansion, and if the Yuan Prince's Mansion is just self-reliant and self-protecting, then joining it has little benefit for the Zhang family.

Since that's the case, why should he join the Yuan Prince's Mansion? As long as he is there, with 50,000 elites in his hands, at the border of the north, the Zhang family will be safe.

Of course, facing the solicitation of the Yuan Prince's Mansion, he is not moved, but this does not mean others are not moved. Among the millions of border troops, there are many generals, some are noble clans, but some are humble families, or even commoners. For these people, the attraction of the Yuan Prince's Mansion's signboard is still very large.

So Zhang Hu doesn't know how many of the millions of border troops are people of the Yuan Prince's Mansion. He can guarantee the 50,000 elites under his command, but the other 50,000 are built together by other noble clans. These generals, when encountering war, will listen to his orders, but at other times, they will not listen to him.

The Yuan Prince's Mansion itself has a very high status in the north, and has led the border army to resist the grassland aliens many times, and its reputation is also good in the north.

So the Yuan Prince's Mansion is the well-deserved number one force.

The government and the imperial court also have to stand back, followed by the Youzhou governor, who controls 300,000 elites in Youzhou.

Youzhou is the most prosperous state among the sixteen states at the border, so it is naturally strong in troops and horses, with nearly 800,000 large armies, of which nearly 500,000 are elites.

Occupying nearly one-fifth of the border.

Among the sixteen states at the border, not every state has 100,000 elite soldiers. Most provincial governors have only 20,000 or 30,000 elites.

But states like Youzhou, Yuanzhou, and Bingzhou are close to the grasslands and have been fighting against grassland aliens all year round, so they have so many elites, all of which were fought out.

Other border states are not completely adjacent to the grasslands. Because of the obstruction of mountains, it is very difficult for grassland aliens to enter and plunder there. Naturally, the armies of these provincial governors are much weaker.

The Youzhou governor has 300,000 elites, and the remaining 200,000 are large and small commanderies, all controlled by local noble clans.

They are not completely of one mind with the provincial governor's office, especially after the Liu Han Dynasty declined, they have moved further and further away from the provincial governor's office.

The sixteen states at the border, these two major forces, are harmonious on the surface, but in reality, they are fighting behind the scenes, and who knows how many have happened.

Especially in the last two hundred years, because of the decline of the Han Dynasty, the central government's control over the local area has almost dropped to the extreme.

The infighting between the two sides, the noble clans and powerful families at the border, all know very well. However, most noble clans and powerful families have not taken sides, neither choosing the Yuan Prince's Mansion nor choosing the imperial court, which is the provincial governor's office.

The noble clans at the border have no good feelings for the Liu Han imperial court. After all, for the last thousand years, the imperial court has almost ignored the border. Every time the grasslands plundered on a large scale, they relied entirely on the ten-plus states at the border to resist, and who knows how much blood was shed.

One can imagine the indifference of these noble clans to the imperial court.

And the Yuan Prince's Mansion, they don't want to join either. Who knows if the Yuan Prince's Mansion can succeed? Joining too early, once the Yuan Prince's Mansion fails, it will also implicate them.

The end of failing to compete for the dragon is miserable.

These noble clans, if they don't choose, will not have too much danger. After all, it is not yet chaotic times, the time of warlord melee.

The Yanmen Zhang clan, in the border area, has also risen in the last hundred years, leaping to become a rare big clan. Perhaps their foundation is a bit worse than those old-fashioned first-rate noble clans, but because they control the army, their strength is actually stronger.

The Zhang clan is also not worried about chaotic times. As long as they are strong in chaotic times, they are not afraid at all.

And the Zhang clan sits on 50,000 elites, and two Golden Cores and one powerhouse comparable to the Earth Immortal realm sit in town. Even in the era of warlord melee, I am afraid that warlords everywhere will only try to win over their Zhang clan.

And the Zhang clan really has no intention of competing for the world.

Hearing Su Fan's inquiry, Zhang Hu shook his head.

"The junior only wants to guard the family well. Regarding competing for the dragon, the Zhang family has no such intention and no such ability."

Zhang Hu said firmly.

"You don't have to think too much. I am not forcing your Zhang clan to compete for the dragon. Your family's foundation is not enough."

Su Fan naturally guessed Zhang Hu's thoughts and said with a smile: "However, the lifespan of the Liu Han Dynasty has also arrived, and the world is about to enter chaotic times."

"The Central Plains will also fall into chaotic times, and the north cannot be unaffected."

Su Fan said.

"Does the senior want to participate in competing for the dragon?"

Zhang Hu couldn't help asking. He naturally knew that once the warlords of the world were in melee, they would inevitably be affected, but he was confident in himself. Now that his cultivation was one step further under the senior's means, he was naturally not afraid.

"I have no interest in that. Even if I unify the Jiuzhou, it will not bring me any benefits."

"I came down to the Jiuzhou this time for the future of the human race in the Jiuzhou."

"The future of the human race in the Jiuzhou?"

Zhang Hu was full of doubts.

"You don't understand. The Primordial Three Realms will have a great trend in the future, which is likely to affect the Three Realms. By then, the human race's Fire Cloud Cave will not be able to take care of the Jiuzhou."

"If it weren't for the sealing of the Jiuzhou, perhaps there would be strength to resist, but unfortunately Ying Zheng failed, and the Jiuzhou were sealed. This is also the cause and effect of you feeling that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is getting less and less."

Su Fan didn't hide much from Zhang Hu. Zhang Hu is not a historical celebrity, but in terms of ability, Zhang Hu is at least much stronger than the current Zhang Liao.

And Zhang Hu has 50,000 large armies in his hands, which are elites. Su Fan can naturally see it. Of course, compared to the army of Great Qin back then, it is much worse.

But compared to the army of the Liu Han Dynasty, Zhang Hu's 50,000 large armies are at least first-rate in the current world.