Guo Peng stuffed Wei Yan into the Tiger Guards in a few words, handed it over to Xu Chu to lead, and asked Wei Yan to report to the Tiger Guards himself.

What happens after that, whether Wei Yan can open up the situation in the Tiger Guard Army is Wei Yan's own business.

Excellent talents must be able to stand out by themselves, and Guo Peng does not need to do more, if he can't stand out, he doesn't need Guo Peng to do more.

Guo Peng called Chen Gong and Xun You, and called Lu Su, asking the three of them to refer to the content described in this information for themselves.

"Will Liu Jingsheng and Sun Bofu really go north?"

Lu Su was a little surprised when he saw it.

"I'm afraid it's not that easy, right? Liu Jingsheng has been constrained too much, if he really wants to go north, Cai Deqi and Zhang Yun will definitely stop it, and inform us in advance that it is not so much that Liu Jingsheng will go north, but that Sun Bofu is more likely to go north. ”

Chen Gong said.

Guo Peng felt that what Chen Gong said made sense.

"Whether it is the combat effectiveness of the army or the enterprising spirit, I think that Sun Bofu is stronger than Liu Jingsheng, Liu Jingsheng is old, and he is not very willing to toss, Sun Bofu is young and vigorous, and he has just suffered the blow of our rebellion against the Lu family, so he must be resentful.

In my opinion, it is very likely that Sun Bofu will attack north, and the possibility of Liu Jingsheng threatening Runan and Yingchuan is very small, so we should focus on guarding Sun Bofu, and Liu Jingsheng can relax a little there, and let Wen Qian keep an eye on it. ”

Xun You pondered for a moment and said: "The possibility of Liu Jingsheng going north is very small, because he already has Nanyang County as a barrier to Xiangyang, but Sun Bofu does not, Wei Gong's thoughts are right, relying on the Yangtze River alone is not enough to protect his foundation."

The south of the Yangtze River is vast and sparsely populated, and it can barely be called the land of Wanghua, but only along the river, and if it goes deep into the south, it is mostly occupied and intruded by Shanyue, and Sun Bofu's foundation relies on the Yangtze River is not enough to preserve, and he must seek to the north to become a place that can become a barrier in the east of the Yangtze River. ”

Guo Peng looked at the map and asked with a smile: "That Gongda thinks that if Sun Bofu wants to take advantage of this opportunity for our main force to stay in Guanzhong to go north to compete, where will his goal be?" ”

"Jiujiang, Lujiang."

Xun You replied decisively: "Defending the river must defend the Huai, the Yangtze River is simply not enough to resist the front of the army, if Sun Bofu wants to consolidate the foundation, he must go north to fight for Jiujiang, and then fight for the Lujiang River, all according to Yangzhou, there is a northern barrier." ”

"That's right, Jiujiang County and Lujiang County are indeed the top priority of our army's defense line, if we can't hold Jiujiang and Lujiang, Yuzhou and Xuzhou will be in an emergency, and the southeast defense line will be completely torn apart, and we have to make a big move, and Sun Bofu can use this to achieve the effect of four or two thousand catties."

Guo Peng stared at Jiujiang County on the map for a long time, and said: "I take Zhang Wenyuan as the general of Zhennan, the commander-in-chief of Huainan military affairs, Jiujiang Lujiang and Guangling line to arrange 30,000 heavy troops, and Yu Wen to lead 30,000 battalions in Donghai County to sit in Xuzhou, if necessary, then immediately go south to help, it is foolproof, but ......"

"Does Duke Wei still have any worries?"

Chen Gong asked softly.

"Jiujiang County, Shouchun can curb the upper reaches of the river and block the Jiangdong Naval Division from going up the river, but its location is too far north, it is the concentration area of the entire Jiujiang Tuntian, and there are more than 200,000 Tuntian people in the north of Jiujiang County, all of whom are tuntian for military needs.

The people of Tuntian in this area are the source of supply for the 30,000 troops in Huainan, and it is also one of the food supply bases for our army to go south in the future. ”

Guo Peng took a deep breath: "The Jiujiang military defense line needs to move south, move south, in addition to the river defense, the defense line must be pushed south, and Sun Bofu can't tolerate going too deep into the north of Jiujiang County to prevent him from destroying the great cause of Tuntian." ”

Chen Gong and Xun Yu Lu Su stared at the map together.

"Where does Duke Wei think it is most appropriate for the defense line to move south?"

Guo Peng's fingers moved all the way south from Shouchun to an inconspicuous county town and stopped.

"Here."

The three of them stared, and it turned out that the place Guo Peng was referring to was Hefei County.

"Hefei County ......"

Chen Gong and Xun You are not locals, and they don't know much about the local geography, but Lu Su has a deep understanding of this area.

"Hefei south of the water, north of the water, this waterway is the most important waterway in Huainan Huaibei traffic, along the river vertical and horizontal, the water network is dense, convenient for the delivery of troops and grain and grass transportation, and Hefei County itself in Huainan is the hub of all directions.

Ladies and gentlemen, please see, from the river into the water, and then into the Chaohu Lake, and then from the Chaohu Lake into the water, from the water landing, straight to Hefei, if you take Hefei again, you can follow the water into the Huai River, and then along the Yingshui all the way north, to the hinterland of Yuzhou, our army will fall into decline.

And Hefei to the north, the water has been traced back to the source, Jiangdong soldiers must go ashore to fight for Hefei, after taking Hefei, as long as the north march dozens of miles, there will be a waterway to go, and it is a smooth road, so Hefei is the only one on this waterway that can resist the Jiangdong water division of the important town. ”

After Lu Su's lecture, Chen Gong and Xun You had a deeper understanding of this and found that Hefei was indeed a place where soldiers must fight.

As long as Hefei is taken, basically the Jiangdong Navy Division will be able to march all the way along the waterway to the hinterland of the Central Plains, threatening the Yingchuan and Luoyang areas, and the harm will be far-reaching.

On the water, the Wei army under Guo Peng did not have the strength to compete with the Jiangdong Naval Division on the water.

Tai Shi Ci's sailors are still training and building in Qingzhou, and the total number of people has not yet reached 10,000, so they can't be used for the time being, let alone blocking the Jiangdong Army on the water, which is very difficult, and they will only be exhausted when the time comes.

Therefore, once the regime confronts the north and the south, Hefei will become a very important town for the northern regime, and the Huainan area must not be lost.

When Guo Peng defeated Yuan Shu and swept Huainan, Jiangdong was still in chaos, so Guo Peng successfully occupied the land of Huainan and pushed the territory to the riverside.

In another time and space, after Yuan Shu's death, Sun Ce once occupied Hefei and threatened Cao Cao to the north, if Sun Ce had not been assassinated and killed, Cao Cao took advantage of Sun Wu's civil strife to seize Hefei, and it was still unknown whether he could successfully control Huainan.

For the Jiangdong strategy, Huainan is a decisive factor, for the Jiangnan and Jiangbei regimes are the same, whoever occupies Huainan will have an advantage.

Previously, Guo Peng had foreseen the arrival of this day.

"After the crusade against Yuan Highway, I asked Zhang Wenyuan to lead the people to repair Hefei City, expand the city wall of Hefei City, increase the height, thicken, and build it into a fortress, now Hefei City is not what it used to be, Sun Bofu wants to take Hefei City, I am afraid it is not so easy."

Is Guo Peng prepared for his feelings?

"Duke Wei is far-sighted, and his subordinates admire him."

Chen Gong immediately took the lead in patting the sycophants, Lu Su followed, Xun You was stunned for a moment, and he could keep up.

"It's nothing, the key is that Hefei can't be lost, as long as the land of Hefei is preserved, even if the Jiangdong Army has a million male divisions, it will not want to go north through Jiujiang and threaten the hinterland of our Central Plains, Jiujiang County is like this, and Lujiang County is also like this.

The land around Anhui City is abundant, and it is also the important land of my Tuntian, more than 200,000 people in Tuntian cultivate Tuntian, and the millions of stones of grain produced are not only supplied to the garrison, but also stored for future use, once Sun Bofu obtains it, the consequences are unimaginable, so there must be no loss. ”

Guo Peng clenched his fists and pounded the table: "Guarding the river must guard Huai, cross the river, and will also possess the land of Huainan, and take Huainan as the foundation to advance northward, if Sun Bofu wants to compete with me for Huainan, I will ask him to drain the blood of Jiangdong soldiers in Hefei." ”

Guo Peng's eyes were full of coldness.

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