In the late spring of the tenth year of Wude (34 AD), Cen Peng's general changed slightly.

In the past, he was the "General Zhennan". As the name suggests, his main responsibility was to keep the southern front line for Emperor Wei, but recently, he became the "General Zhannan" under the Fifth Imperial Imperial!

This is what Emperor Wei said in his book:

"The Hu of Jianghan, the king ordered the tiger to open all directions and spread our territory."

"The south of Xiangyang, to the river, and to the South China Sea, you will actually seek it!"

Cen Peng bowed his head and answered the order: "My minister, Cen Peng, please accept the order!"

In the eyes of the fifth reunion, Cen Peng was the one who knew the overall situation best among the generals of Wei. In the past few years, in order to calmly seize Qingxu Huaibei and resist Qianghu, the fifth reunion used too much troops and consumed too much food. The east and north were in war, and the rest of the places had to make sacrifices. Therefore, Jingzhou became the most stable link in the front line. If it were Wu Han and Xiao Geng, they would probably have to shout, but Cen Peng endured it and built Xiangyang City like an iron barrel. To the west, Cen Peng strengthened the Danyang garrison, allowing Shangyong Jia Fu and Deng Feng to take advantage of the opportunity.

The most critical change was that he transformed Nanyang into earth! The powerful man in the previous dynasty, the old friend of Liu Xiu's hometown, was greatly damaged after being tortured by the Red Eyebrow, and Cen Peng uprooted them all and moved them to the north. The manors of the Liu family of Chongling and Deng family of Xinye became military camps, and the rest of the land was divided into small pieces and rented to those Han people. The tragic tenant farmers and slaves of the new dynasties were lower than in the past to win their support.

This reform was quite effective, and the Wei army was already very popular on the land of Nanyang.

Cen Peng made careful preparations and after seven years of preparation, the fifth reunion released the chains that restrained the Jingzhou army and was finally willing to let Cen Peng attack, and the "no war on the southern front" was declared over!

After accepting the new general, Cen Peng immediately summoned the staff of the shogunate and told his confidants: "Your Majesty has agreed to the military strategy I have submitted, and he is determined to first Shu and then Wu, and to wipe out the order!"

Specifically in destroying Shu, Cen Peng made a suggestion to the fifth reunion: north and south water and land are concurrent. Now Ma Yuan has attacked Hanzhong. It is only a matter of time before he swept across, and attracted most of the troops of Cheng family to gather in Bashan and Baishui Pass. Cen Peng could take advantage of the situation to advance south, seize Jiangling, and cut off the Wushu alliance. Then he conquered Yiling westward, entered the Three Gorges to attack Baidi City, and then drove straight into Jiangzhou (Chongqing), and seized Ba County.

Once this happens, the natural dangers of the country in Shu will be gone. Gongsun Shu is attacked from both sides, there is no danger in the plain, and he will be trapped in Chengdu. He will be defeated until the late next year!

The shogunate officials were naturally very happy when they heard this. Now there are four generals in Wei State, which have both competition and cooperation. In addition to the northern Xiongnu, China is left with only the two families of Wu and Shu, and there are not many places that can earn military merits. The fifth reunion really values ​​Cen Peng. Not only did he give him the promise of "South of Xiangyang, but as for the South China Sea, you can actually conquer it", but he can get at least half of the contribution to destroying Shu. This means that the Jingzhou army can make half of the contribution, and how many people will make a fortune from this, how can they not be happy?

They estimated with a optimistic view: "Now that all the elite troops in Shu have been transferred north, and only the pseudo Yijiang King Tian Rong is left in the southern county. The general is facing a large army of troops in the south. If Tian Rong dares to resist stubbornly, he will be crushed into powder. As long as Jiangling and east of the Three Gorges, he can be declared."

The advantage was too great, and the entire army was filled with the mentality of underestimating the enemy and easily defeating it, but Cen Peng was not affected at all and still arranged the various units in a strict manner.

"At the end of March, tens of thousands of vanguards went south from Xiangyang, defeating Yicheng in turn, Ruo County, and the Zhou army also followed the Han River and went straight to Lankou Judukou to monitor the movements of the Wu army in Jiangxia County."

Cen Peng knew very well that in this Jiangling battle, his real enemy was not the Yijiang King Tian Rong, who had started his family, but Feng Yi, the Han general stationed in Jiangxia and Jingnan area!

In the past seven years, Gongsun Shu wasted time in a daze, and Liu Xiu was not idle. After integrating the internal Shanyue, Deng Yu asked him to pacify Jiaozhou. Feng Yi worked hard on both sides of the Yangtze River. Although his troops were not as strong as Cen Peng, he was better than him in terms of naval ships. In terms of battle in Hanzhong for ten months, the war was no longer a secret. Using Yunmeng Daze, Feng Yi's support speed would be extremely fast.

"Therefore, Jiangling must be taken quickly!"

Cen Peng continued to point out the strategy on the map: "In early April, 5,000 troops were left to defend Xiangyang, 10,000 troops to defend Nanyang, and the remaining 55,000 cavalry, five thousand cavalry advanced southward and arrived at Lankou to gather to station, while the vanguard continued to advance to Dangyang County (now Jingmen City, Hubei Province)....”

Dangyang County is the midpoint between Xiangyang and Jiangling. It is located at the remnant of Jingshan Mountain. It is surrounded by Chongshan in the north, and Yunmeng Daze in the south. As the gateway to Jiangling, it is also the only obstacle on the Wei army's way forward.

Cen Peng said: "The fake Yijiang King Tian Rong may be surrendered by the Great Xing Order and the Embroidered Guard, but if he is lucky and resists stubbornly, he will go to Dangyang and work with the Wu army to stop the royal army."

He picked up another war game representing five thousand people from the Wei army's southward entry into the camp, moved westward, and gently landed on "Linju County" northwest of Jiangling.

Cen Peng said: "Our army confronted Wu and Shu coalition forces in Jianghan, and the side troops followed the Qin general Bai Qi to defeat the Xiling of Chu, crossed the Jushui River to the west, and penetrated directly into the western part of Nanjun! They captured Linju County in one fell swoop, and then went south to attack Jiangling."

Cen Peng is compared to the "pirate" on the chess board by the fifth reunion. Before crossing the river, his habitual tactic was to arch his sword a day. He looked quite conservative, but once he crossed the river, he would rush around and use a strange trick that caught his opponent off guard.

Everything was ready. In early April, after the vanguard successfully completed the mission, Cen Peng's army also set out on the battlefield. Along the way, he strictly enforced military discipline and ordered the officials and soldiers in the army to not capture the people. Wherever he went, the elders of Yicheng, Ruoxian and other places came to greet each other with cattle wine, and hurriedly expressed their positions.

When Cen Peng met the local elders, he said to everyone kindly: "The Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty was mourning Nanjun as a Gongsun for a long time and Liu Xiu was in charge of the army, so he asked me to attack him from afar to fight against him to punish him and eliminate harm to the people." He firmly refused to accept cows, wine and other things to calm the hearts of the people. For a time, the counties that were nominally affiliated with the founding of families fought to open the door and surrender.

When the three armies arrived at the Lankou, the important ferry of the Han River, the vanguard reported: "I have advanced to the north of Dangyang County, and Tian Rong has joined more than 10,000 troops, and has joined 20,000 or 30,000 Wu troops, blocked Dangyang Bridge, and flags have spread across the two sides of the strait."

"Feng Yi really moved!" The staff were worried and happy, but they were worried that the Wu army was moving too quickly! Eighty-mostly, after the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Xiu received help from Gongsun Shu and sent Feng Yi to northern aid to prevent Cen Peng from seizing Jiangling.

What’s good is that so far, the enemy has been arranged according to Cen Peng’s routine. Jiangling is empty, and those five thousand partial masters may be able to achieve great achievements!

Only Cen Peng frowned and said nothing, and asked the scout: "Dangyang Wu Jun, is it really Feng Yi's tribe?"

The scout said that the banner he saw was indeed "Feng, the general of the Han Dynasty's expedition to the West", but Cen Peng still shook his head: "Feng Gongsun is good at generals. Even if he is cautious, he will not be so dull when fighting."

But even though he had doubts, Cen Peng did not make any changes to the deployment for the time being, he still ordered the vanguard to build more stoves and bluff the news, and he was in stalemate with the Wu and Shu armies in Dangyang, while waiting for news about the side troops.

However, in mid-April, the general who commanded the partial army hurriedly sent people to report that they were suddenly attacked by an enemy when they arrived at Jushui along Baiqi's southern expedition route. They were different from ordinary Shu army and had strict orders and were quite brave. Although the partial army suffered few casualties and successfully retreated to the east of Jushui, their whereabouts had been exposed. The enemy must strengthen their defense, and the plan to raid Jiangling could only be temporarily put on hold.

"The Shu army in Linju direction is the banner of 'Jia'?"

This was an unexpected thing. Cen Peng was a little surprised and immediately remembered someone.

"Is it possible that Jia Fu and Jia Junwen, the pseudo-prefect of Shangyong County, also took this path and rushed here to the south, which would ruin my good deeds?"

Cen Pengjue did not look down on this person at all. Jia Fu and Deng Feng had made a big fuss in Danyang and Wuguan areas many years ago. If Di Wulun had not personally guarded Wancheng, Cen Peng would have been unstable behind him, and he would have been reluctant to make arrangements in Xiangyang.

Before this military use, Cen Peng left some troops in the western part of Nanyang to guard against Jia Fu and Deng Feng, but he did not expect that he would jump to the southern battlefield. Isn’t it true that enemies would not gather?

"General, what should we do next? "

Faced with the question from the staff and the generals, Cen Peng said calmly: "The military strategy is to achieve the right combination and win with the strange."

"Since you have a strange use, let's fight against the enemy with a dignified army first. In the past six or seven years, the new soldiers have become old soldiers. Your Majesty has added many military and national weapons to us. It is indeed time to give it a try. Let's leave 10,000 troops to guard Lankou, and watch out for food, fodder and supplies. The remaining 40,000 people and 5,000 cavalry will drive Dangyang soon!"

Cen Peng's eyes fell at the place where the enemy troops in Dangyang were stationed. It was a small place with a map with less accuracy and no name was even found:
Chapter completed!