Xun You's analysis is in place.

It was not something he expected that the lords of the three southern states had reached an alliance to fight against him, in fact, after eliminating Yuan Shu, he had such an idea.

At that time, he also thought that Sun Ce would join Tao Qian to restrain him, but he didn't expect Tao Qian to contact Sun Ce until his fall.

It seems that the plan of the Eight Nations to divide is really successful, leaving them in chaos and buying themselves a lot of time, so that they have only reached an alliance until now.

Isn't it a little late?

Guo Peng thought disdainfully.

However, Guo Peng still agrees with Xun You's analysis.

"Well, that's right."

Guo Peng nodded.

"The only thing to worry about now is that they will suddenly attack our rear, Yuzhou and Xuzhou, when our army is fighting in Guanzhong and Ma Teng Hansui, Liu Jingsheng and Sun Bofu are not as strong as Wei Gong, but the two sides join forces and send 100,000 troops, it should not be a problem."

Xun You analyzed the most dangerous thing again.

Guo Peng continued to nod.

"Since ancient times, the use of troops on two fronts has been a taboo for soldiers, and if Sun Bofu and Liu Jingsheng took advantage of our army to send troops north during the battle between Guanzhong and Ma Teng Hansui, it would be a big problem for our army."

Xun You pointed to the location of Jingzhou and Xuzhou on the map.

"Yes, the problem is not small, let's concentrate on dealing with the battle of Kansai, if they want to take the opportunity to go north, I have no other way but to hold on."

Guo Peng stared at the map for a while, and suddenly saw Lu Su frowning and thinking something.

"What is Zijing thinking, won't you tell me?"

As soon as Lu Su looked up, he saw Guo Peng looking at him with a smile, and immediately arched his hand and said: "Fang Caisu is thinking, instead of worrying about how our army will deal with it after they send troops, it is better to think about how to make them not send troops to the north and interfere with our army's westward advance." ”

Xun You looked at Lu Su with some surprise, as if he was surprised that Lu Su could think about the problem from this perspective.

Guo Peng looked at Lu Su with interest.

"What did Zijing think of?"

"Just a few ideas."

Lu Su hesitated a little and said: "Sun Bofu seems to be unpopular in Jiangdong, there are many killings when attacking cities and conquering cities, Jiangdong people seem to have a deep prejudice against Sun Bofu, Sun Bofu went north to invade the territory of Duke Wei, it should not be a good thing for these people." ”

Guo Peng hooked the corners of his mouth.

"What Zijing said, I also understand that Sun Bofu has killed too many people, and he only relied on strong soldiers and horses to gain a foothold in Jiangdong, which is actually not stable, and Jiangdong people will not be willing to be involved in this war by Sun Bofu, so Zijing thinks that I want to transfer Gu Yuanxi to serve as the county guard of Lujiang, is it the best policy?"

Lu Su immediately understood what Guo Peng meant, and Xun You also understood.

Guo Peng, the only county-level figure from Jiangdong, placed Gu Yong at the forefront of the Lujiang River, directly stirring up a storm of contradictions within Jiangdong.

In this way, Sun Ce's hind legs were dragged down, so that he could not go north with all his strength.

As for Liu Biao, it is actually not difficult to think.

There will be no fewer people in Jingzhou who have the same heart as Guo Peng than those who have the same heart as Liu Biao, and Cai Mao, the great Infernal Affairs, is one of them.

Making full use of the subjective initiative of the wealthy families in Jingxiang Nine Counties may be able to bring Guo Peng some unexpected gains.

Military means and political means complement each other, and Guo Peng's military strength is indeed strong, but it seems that it is still a bit difficult to open up two or even three battlefields at the same time.

In particular, he himself cannot command in the center, and it is even more difficult.

As a result, political tactics against Jiangdong and Jingzhou were to be put on the agenda.

When Guo Peng first took Gu Yong with him, he didn't think that he could use Gu Yong to carry out a political offensive and psychological offensive against Jiangdong, that was because he was very lacking in administrative bureaucrats, and with the help of Cai Yong, he got Gu Yong.

Over the years, Gu Yong has served as a county commander and county guard in various places, giving full play to his ability, working hard under Guo Peng, making up for shortcomings, resolutely implementing Guo Peng's decisions, and implementing them in grassroots villages, in exchange for Guo Peng's trust, and giving him the title of Wei official.

is also because of Gu Yong's existence, which makes Guo Peng, an almost 100% Jiangbei regime, have a touch of Jiangnan charm.

Cai Yong's ten years in Jiangnan, and Gu Yong's ten years of service under him, built a bridge of mutual understanding between Guo Peng and Jiangdong Shiren.

Especially Gu Yong, who was born in the Gu family, one of the four surnames of Wu, his Jiangdong background will give Guo Peng a great advantage in the game with Sun Ce.

Compared with the violent Sun Ce, Guo Peng's meaning to Jiangdong people is very different, and many Jiangdong children still remember what happened when Guo Peng came to Jiangdong ten years ago.

I don't know how many Jiangdong children went to visit Guo Peng, talked and laughed with Guo Peng, how many people sent Guo Peng all the way back, and how many people hurried to Wu County after that, but they couldn't see Guo Peng and returned disappointed.

Now, the child of someone else's family who had a very high popularity value is coming back, can the Jiangdong Shi clan and Haoqiang, who suffered from Sun Ce's torture and killing, not be excited about this?

Guo Peng understood the pain and grievances of the Jiangdong people, and knew that they were so wronged that they were about to shed tears, so he sent Gu Yong.

He wanted to appoint Gu Yong as the Taishou of Lujiang, and cooperate with Xu Huang, the new commander of the Lujiang garrison, to actively prepare for war in case of Sun Ce.

After Xu Huang surrendered to Guo Peng, Guo Peng still valued him very much, took him with him at first, and from time to time he was interested and personally taught him the art of war, and then sent him out to lead the army to fight on the grassland alone, and exercised his skills.

This time, Guo Peng intended to investigate whether Xu Huang's ability was enough to take charge on his own, so he placed him in Lujiang as a garrison, commanding the 5,000 Wei troops in Lujiang, and waiting for Zhang Liao's dispatch.

Because considering that Sun Ce was too rigid, and considering that Sun Ce had the possibility of patting his head and directly sending troops to attack Lujiang, Guo Peng ordered the 10,000 Wei troops who had previously gone south to be responsible for stabilizing Xuzhou to Lujiang and Jiujiang two counties, under the command of Zhang Liao.

At this time, on the line of Guangling, Jiujiang and Lujiang, there were 30,000 Wei garrison border defense forces, which was enough to form a complete defense line.

If there are still problems, General Zhendong set up by Guo Peng still has troops and horses to mobilize in the training camp under the command of the forbidden commander, and support them to form a double defense.

In order to train troops and ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, Guo Peng initially set up three large military training camps in Jizhou and Yanzhou, which integrated the training of the garrison troops and were super-large military camps.

The training battalion is directly under the command of Guo Peng, and Guo Peng sent a special person to be responsible for the command, which is classified as the sequence of the Central Army, and the assassin Shi Taishou has no command authority.

The total strength of the Wei army has reached 265,373 after the pacification of Xuzhou, which is the accurate figure given by the counting team of the staff station after accurate statistics.

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