Xun You's analysis was very well done.

It was not beyond his expectations that the lords of the three southern states reached an alliance to fight him. In fact, after destroying Yuan Shu, he had this idea.

At that time, he thought that Sun Ce would join forces with Tao Qian to pinch him, but he did not expect that Tao Qian did not contact Sun Ce until his death.

It seems that the plan to divide the Eight Kingdoms into feudalism was really successful, which made them mess up and gave themselves a lot of time, so that they only reached an alliance now.

Is it a little late?

Guo Peng thought disdainfully.

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

"Yeah, it's reasonable."

Guo Peng nodded.

"The only thing we need to worry about now is that they will suddenly attack our rear when our army fought with Ma Teng and Han Sui in Guanzhong, Yuzhou and Xuzhou. Liu Jingsheng and Sun Bofu were not as strong as Duke Wei, but the two sides joined forces to send 100,000 troops, which should not be a problem."

Xun You analyzed the most dangerous things again.

Guo Peng continued to nod.

"Since ancient times, using troops on both sides has been a taboo in military strategists. If Sun Bofu and Liu Jingsheng use our army to send troops north during the battle between Ma Teng and Hansui in Guanzhong, it will be a big problem for our army."

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

"Yes, the problem is not small. We will concentrate our efforts to deal with the battle in Kansai. If they want to take the opportunity to go north, I have no other way except to stick to it."

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

"What are Zijing thinking, don't you tell me?"

When Lu Su looked up, he saw Guo Peng smiling at him, and immediately bowed: "Su was thinking just now. Instead of worrying about how our army will deal with it after they sent troops, it is better to think about what to do so that they can not send troops north and interfere with our army's advance westward."

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

Guo Peng looked at Lu Su with great interest.

"What did Zijing think of?"

"Just have a little thought."

Lu Su hesitated and said, "Sun Bofu seems to be unpopular in Jiangdong, and there are many killings when conquering cities and territories. The people of Jiangdong seem to have deep prejudice against Sun Bofu. Sun Bofu goes north to invade the jurisdiction of Duke Wei, which should not be a good thing for these people."

Guo Peng curled the corners of his mouth.

"I also understand what Zijing said. Sun Bofu killed too many people, and only relied on strong troops to gain a foothold in Jiangdong. In fact, it is not stable. The people of Jiangdong will not want to be involved in this war by Sun Bofu. Therefore, Zijing thought that I wanted to transfer Gu Yuantan to serve as the governor of Lujiang County. Is it the best idea?"

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

The only county magistrate-level figure under Guo Peng who came from Jiangdong led Gu Yong'an to the front line of Lujiang, directly arousing a storm of conflicts within Jiangdong.

This has dragged Sun Ce's back, making it impossible for him to go north with all his might.

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

Among the people of Jingzhou, there are no fewer people who are the same as Guo Peng than those who are the same as Liu Biao. Cai Mao, the Great Infernal Affairs, is one of them.

Making full use of the subjective initiative of the wealthy families in the nine counties of Jingxiang may bring some unexpected gains to Guo Peng.

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

Especially since he himself cannot command the command in the middle, it will be even more difficult.

Therefore, political means targeting Jiangdong and Jingzhou will be put on the agenda.

When Guo Peng first brought Gu Yong by his side, he never thought that he could use Gu Yong to carry out political and psychological offensives against Jiangdong. That was because he lacked administrative bureaucrats and with the help of Cai Yong, he obtained the talent of Gu Yong.

In recent years, Gu Yong has been serving as county magistrates and county magistrates in various places, fully exerting his abilities, working hard under Guo Peng's command, making up for shortcomings and deficiencies, 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 Guan.

It is also because of Gu Yong's existence that Guo Peng, an almost 100% regime in Jiangbei, has a touch of Jiangnan.

The ten years of Cai Yong's life in Jiangnan and the ten years of Gu Yong's service under his command built a bridge of mutual understanding between Guo Peng and the powerful scholars in Jiangdong.

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

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

I don’t know how many children from Jiangdong went to visit Guo Peng and chatted and laughed with Guo Peng. How many people sent Guo Peng back all the way, and how many people rushed to Wujun after that, but failed to see Guo Peng and returned in disappointment.

Now, the Jiangdong gentry, a powerful man who was extremely popular, was coming back. How could the Jiangdong gentry, a powerful man who suffered from the humiliation of Sun Ce and the suffering of killing?

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

He wanted to appoint Gu Yong as the prefect of Lujiang, cooperate with the new Lujiang garrison Xu Huang, the central governor of Hengjiang, to actively prepare for war to prevent Sun Ce.

After Xu Huang surrendered to Guo Peng, Guo Peng still valued him very much. At first, he brought him by his side, and from time to time he was interested, he personally taught military tactics. Then he sent him out to lead troops alone to fight the grassland and trained his skills.

This time, Guo Peng deliberately investigated whether Xu Huang's ability was enough to stand alone, so he placed him in Lujiang as the garrison, commanding the 5,000 Wei troops in Lujiang, waiting for Zhang Liao's orders.

Because Sun Ce was too tough and considering that Sun Ce had a slap in his head and sent troops directly to attack Lujiang, Guo Peng ordered the 10,000 Wei troops who had previously gone south to stabilize Xuzhou to Lujiang and Jiujiang counties, with Zhang Liao being in charge of command.

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

If there are still problems, there are troops in the training camp led by General Yu Jin, the Zhendong, set up by Guo Peng, who has troops to mobilize and support it to form a dual defense.

In order to train troops and ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, Guo Peng initially set up three training camps in Jizhou and Yanzhou, integrating garrison training and was a huge military camp.

The training camp was directly under the command of Guo Peng, who sent a dedicated person to the commander, which was classified as the Central Army. The governor and the prefect had no command authority.

After pacifying Xuzhou, the total strength of the Wei army's combat soldiers had reached 265,373 people. This is the precise number given by the digital team of the staff station after accurate statistics.
Chapter completed!