mtl008 Chapter 162
Chapter 162
“Lord, so it is.”
“If the situation changes, we can stand still and stay out of the situation.”
Cai Yao said with a smile.
According to the characteristics of the Jingzhou family “no profit is not early”.
Naturally, it is impossible to fight a battle of losses for no reason.
Sun Ce, Liu Bei, Liu Biao.
Any of these three forces, taken out alone, is not Gu Yi’s opponent.
But if these three parties join forces and the battlefield is placed in the south, the odds of victory will be greatly improved.
After all.
The armies under these three families are all good at water warfare.
Especially the Jiangxia Water Army under Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu is a “model water army” of this era!
Historically, Huang Zu relied on this Jiangxia water army to first kill Sun Jian.
After that, he fought with Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and others for more than ten years.
After Huang Zu’s death, the Jiangxia Water Army was not destroyed.
Instead, it was controlled by Liu Qi, who came to replace Huang Zu.
However, Liu Qi suddenly died of a violent illness a year after the Battle of Chibi.
The Jiangxia Water Army was taken over by Guan Yu again.
In the future, Guan Yu flooded Fancheng, and the army led by Mighty Huaxia was composed of the Jiangxia Water Army.
Therefore.
In terms of combat effectiveness alone, the Jiangxia Water Army is even better than the Jiangdong Water Army.
Of course, there are strengths in between.
Water warfare is not the same as land warfare.
When fighting in water, in addition to the influence of wind direction and equipment.
The application of tactics and strategy is more important than the soldier’s ability to fight individually.
At the same time, this Jiangxia Water Army is also the trump card army that the entire Jingzhou relies on the most.
After listening to what Zhuge Liang said.
Liu Biao, Cai Yao, and Kuang Yue said that if they were not moved, it must be fake.
If Sun Ce is also willing to send troops, they will have a high probability of killing Gu Yi!
However.
Liu Biao still had some concerns in his heart.
I saw that he then asked Zhuge Liang:
“Kong Ming Xiaoyou, if Sun Bofu is also willing to join this alliance, there really is no problem for us to send troops in Jingzhou.”
“But if Gu Linzhi dies.”
“Dong Zhongying’s retaliation, how should I deal with Jingzhou?”
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang smiled and did not directly answer Liu Biao’s question.
Instead, he waved the white feather fan in his hand and asked rhetorically:
“Lord State Shepherd, if Gu Linzhi really dies.”
“Do you think Cao Mengde and Yuan Benchu and the others will let go of this good opportunity to fight for territory?”
“At that time, all the princes of the world will attack Dong Zhongying.”
“Even if his legacy is still huge.”
“But he lost Gu Linzhi like his hands and feet cut off together.”
“In the face of the siege of various princes, it is still too busy to protect the territory.”
“How can you still find time to attack Jingzhou?”
Zhuge Liang’s words caused Liu Biao to fall silent again.
In fact.
What Zhuge Liang said is indeed correct.
A big business means more risks and concerns to consider.
If Gu Yi died.
The three prefectures captured by Gu Yixin, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou, would definitely be counterattacked by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.
Besides.
The Hebei prefecture, as well as the Bianshui Pass and Hujiao Pass near Luoyang, would once again become targets for various princes.
As long as he welded Dong Zhuo to the west of Hangu Pass, it would mean that he would not be able to spare his energy to attack Jingzhou.
Other words.
Jingzhou will turn the corner.
After sorting out these problems, Liu Biao’s resistance to sending troops in his heart decreased a lot again.
And Cai Yao and Kuang Yue had already been persuaded by Zhuge Liang and were willing to agree to Liu Bei’s invitation to form an alliance.
As for Jiangxia Huangzu.
He and Zhuge Liang also have a kinship.
In addition, between the three major families of Jingzhou, “Cai Kuanghuang”, it has always been both prosperous and detrimental.
Therefore, as long as Cai Yao and Kuang Yue agreed to send troops, Huang Zu naturally could not refuse this proposal.
Another quarter of an hour passed.
In the silence, Liu Biao slowly spoke:
“Kong Ming Xiaoyou is reasonable.”
“In that case, I, Jingzhou, am willing to agree to an alliance with Liu Xuande.”
“However, if Sun Bofu is not willing to send troops, then this alliance will be directly nullified.”
Liu Biao is worthy of being an old traitor.
As the saying goes.
If you want to go into the water, then everyone should go into the water together!
If this alliance only has Liu Biao and Liu Bei, Liu Biao believes that the probability of success is not great.
But if Sun Ce is added, the feasibility of this matter will be multiplied.
“Please also rest assured that the state herdsman.”
“Just do as we agreed.”
“After Sun Ce officially sends troops, it will not be too late for Huang Taishou of Jiangxia to send troops again.”
Zhuge Liang’s face was still that light and breezy.
But deep in the palm of his hand, he had already silently pinched his sweat at this moment.
Though.
The later Zhuge Liang is very powerful.
He has made extremely high achievements in internal affairs, military management, war, diplomacy, and strategy.
At the same time, he was the only person in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty to enter the Temple of Literature and then the Temple of Wu.
But now he is, after all, still young and inexperienced.
It is already an extremely difficult thing to maintain enough calmness and calmness in front of Liu’s surface.
And next, waiting for Zhuge Liang is a second mission.
At the same time, it is also the most critical link in this alliance.
Persuade Sun Ce to send troops!
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North of the Yangtze River
The county seat of Gwangneung
Gu Yi set the date of the official southern expedition half a month later.
Drawing on the failed experience of Cao Cao’s southern expedition in history, Gu Yi made sufficient preparations for the southern expedition.
First of all, the most important point is to prevent the plague!
At the time of the Battle of Chibi in the original history, although there were many factors that led to Cao Cao’s defeat.
But the most important point that cannot be ignored is that in the year of the Battle of Chibi, the plague spread on a large scale in Jingzhou.
This caused the situation faced by Sergeant Cao, who was originally a dry duck, to make the situation even worse.
Gu Yi would not let the soldiers pay fearless sacrifices because of the plague in vain.
Therefore.
He prepared in advance for the plague.
Besides.
The army also carried a large number of doctors.
If a soldier is wounded in war, he can be treated quickly.
In addition to protection against the plague, it is also necessary to protect against seasickness.
Gu Yi would not be like Cao Cao and make a “chain of chains” to connect all the warships together.
This time, he brought a total of 90,000 soldiers with him on his southern expedition.
The 50,000 sailors had long been trained by Gan Ning to be proficient in water and did not suffer from seasickness.
But most of those 40,000 elite infantry were natives of the north.
In the period before the Southern Expedition. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
Gu Yi specially stayed in Guangling County.
Every day, he ordered Pang De, Gao Shun, Zhang Hao, Xu Huang and other generals to take these 40,000 elite infantry to the edge of the Yangtze River.
Hopefully, they can overcome their seasickness properties.
After persistent training.
Gao Shun and the three thousand elites fell into the camp and were the first to overcome their fear of the Yangtze River.
Now.
They are not only good at climbing mountains and hijacking camps.
The ability to fight water is also increasing day by day.
Even, these three thousand trap camps were clamoring to prepare for a duel with the three thousand jin sail thieves under Gan Ning, to see who was the strongest army on the water!
Of course.
In Gu Yi’s view, the probability of losing the camp is relatively large.
If it is placed on land to fight.
The name of the strongest infantry in the camp is well deserved.
But if it is put on the water to fight, the Jinfan thief is undoubtedly superior.
However, Gu Yi will not go to the self-confidence of the trapped camp for no reason.
The army under his command can have such a positive and enterprising spirit.
Except for the soldiers under his command.
Gu Yi and the civilians and soldiers in the army also took boats to wander on the north bank of the Yangtze River from time to time.
In the beginning.
Fa Zheng, Chen Gong, Jia Xu and other civil officials almost couldn’t help but want to vomit to death on the bank of the Yangtze River.
But after listening to Gu Yi’s chicken blood (painting a big cake), everyone was full of energy and wanted to overcome the fear of seasickness.
The results are not bad.
After a period of special exercise.
Several scribes had gradually adapted to the bumps of the ships and the fierce winds on the river.
In this regard, Gu Yi was quite gratified.
And so it goes.
The preparations before the southern expedition are considered to have been completed.
However.
These are only preparations at the military level.
In other aspects, Gu Yi naturally will not slacken.
Arm, for the precautions of all the princes.
Xuzhou and Yanzhou had Zhao Yun, Lü Bu, Hua Xiong, Zhang Song and others sitting there.
The two elite teams, the Western Liang Iron Horse and the Union State Wolf Horse, also stayed in the north.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao must not dare to invade easily.
As for the Kansai region.
The retired old Dong is still there!
Plus Li Ru.
Everything is at ease.
The only variables are Sun Ce and Liu Biao.
Gu Yi, who is familiar with history, naturally will not do anything unprepared for these two people.
He had already sent a large number of intelligence spies to infiltrate Jingzhou and Huainan.
Once Liu Biao and Sun Ce had any intention of sending troops, Gu Yi would immediately counterattack.
For example, Sun Ce.
If this old boy dares to defect.
Zhao Yun will directly take the Western Liang Iron Ride who remains in Xuzhou all the way south, to the land of Huainan to take Sun Ce’s lair!
Sun Ce’s ability to fight wars is indeed good.
But so what?
Under his command, there were almost no cavalry.
In the face of Zhao Yun and the 30,000 West Liang Iron Rider, what did Sun Ce resist?
Take the infantry?
Huainan is a horse Pingchuan, there is no danger to defend.
Even if Sun Ce had three heads and six arms, in the face of the charge of the Western Liang Iron Horse, he could only scratch his head and scratch his ears, and there was nothing he could do.
As for Liu Biao.
Although this old boy looks harmless to humans and animals.
And insisted on paying tribute to the Han court controlled by Lao Dong every year.
However, Liu Biao was second only to Liu Bei and Lü Bu’s stirring stick in the era of the Three Kingdoms (King Qian Hao) at the end of the Han Dynasty in the original history.
If it weren’t for his support for Zhang Xiu in the land of Jingzhou, could it really be that Zhang Xiu, who only occupied one Wancheng, could dare to operate against Cao?
Plainly.
The reason why Zhang Xiu was able to occupy Wancheng in the original history was precisely because of Liu Biao’s acquiescence.
Liu Biao is using him as a “‘~door panel”.
At the same time, he was provided with a not too small amount of military expenses and food and grass.
Unfortunately, later Zhang Xiu was persuaded by Jia Xu’s old fox and led his troops to voluntarily surrender to Cao Cao.
Liu Biao thus lost the “door panel” of Zhang Xiu.
But even so.
Liu Biao still does not forget to continue to look for new “door panels”.
As a result, Liu Bei, who fled south, became a fragrant bounty in his eyes.
This is why Liu Bei was divided in Xinye.
Otherwise, why did Liu Biao give Xinye, a strategic place at the northern end of Jingzhou, to Liu Bei for no reason?
Liu Biao is not a fool!
Where in the world is there a good thing to drop the pie?
Therefore.
For Liu Biao, the old boy, Gu Yi was also guarded.
Of course, what he feared the most was not Liu Biao.
It’s the Jiangxia Water Army under Huang Zu!
The combat effectiveness of this water army is extraordinary.
Well! This kind of big killing weapon is better to take into your own hands.
In Gu Yi’s heart, a plan against the Jiangxia Water Army had already been formed!
Huh, some princes want to calculate him?
Wait until the next life!
It has always been only Gu Yi who bullies people! How could he let others bully him?
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