Guo Peng has many famous generals under his command, and the elite army is good at fighting. Nanyang is located in the northern basin and the terrain is flat. It cannot play the advantages of the Jingzhou Navy, but it is conducive to the performance of the Northern Infantry and Cavalry Group.

Guo Peng's advantage lies in the powerful infantry and cavalry group. The Wei army's infantry and cavalry are well-known all over the world. Once the Nanyang Basin is attacked by Guo Peng's heavy infantry and cavalry group, whether the 20,000 Jingzhou soldiers led by Zhang Yun can be defended will be a big question mark.

Like the Jiangdong soldiers, the Jingzhou soldiers are good at water warfare, but they are not necessarily good at field war fronts on the plains.

This is especially true for Guo Peng, who has a powerful cavalry group.

Liu Biao knew this clearly, Cai Mao knew, Zhang Yun knew, and Kuai Yue knew it.

Everyone knows it well, but the key to the problem lies in the content of the covenant.

If one side advances or is attacked, the other two sides need to send troops to restrain each other, so that it can be considered an act that conforms to the alliance. If Liu Zhang asks for cooperation for the first time, he will not comply with the action. Then how can he expect allies to support him when he has needs in the future?

This kind of thing is relative, and a person cannot sing a one-man show.

"We have made a covenant. If we don't attack, we will violate the covenant. The covenant will be abandoned directly. I am happy that Guo Zifeng was initiated by the alliance of the three prefectures in Jiangnan. I must abide by it. No matter what, I will send troops north to control Guo Zifeng!"

Liu Biao made the final decision and sent troops forcibly despite opposition, and sent someone to contact Sun Ce, hoping that Sun Ce would cooperate to send troops to suppress Guo Peng and fulfill the alliance.

He specifically emphasized that if the first situation occurs, the covenant will not be fulfilled, then this covenant will be the same as not being concluded. Guo Peng is happy.

Sun Ce just lost the opportunity under Guo Peng's political offensive and was attacked by a sneak attack. His fame fell and his situation was in an awkward situation. So as soon as Liu Biao's news came, Sun Ce immediately decided to go north.

"Mr. Wei takes action first. How could I not take action and let Mr. Wei take action to see my joke?"

Sun Ce grinned, his face full of fighting will and his eyes full of fire.

Zhou Yu said worriedly: "If our army goes north, its targets will definitely be Lujiang and Jiujiang. Duke Wei must also know this, so he arranged troops in Lujiang and Jiujiang and had already made preparations. Is there really no problem for us to go north at this time?"

"This is a covenant, Gongjin, this is not something I want to do or not. If I don't send troops at this time, how can I expect Liu Jingsheng and Liu Jiyu to send troops to help me when I am in trouble in the future? In the fight against Wei Gong, the power of one state is not enough, and the three states need to work together."

Sun Ce took a deep breath: "Also, my Jiangdong Navy is the best in the world, and I go north along the waterway, and I can reach the hinterland of Jiujiang County in one breath. I want to see how the elites of Wei Gong's world compete with me on the water, should I go into the water to fight me, or chase me on the shore?"

Zhou Yu frowned, thinking that what Sun Ce said made sense, but...

"Did Gong Wei not think of something we can think of? Duke Wei must have thought of it long ago and was ready to deal with it. Bo Fu, you have to think twice."

"I have thought about it twice. I have to fight this battle, and I have to fight it. Gongjin, help me. If I win this battle, all the losses we suffered before will be recovered. If I can't win this battle, then..."

Sun Ce did not say anything, but Zhou Yu understood what he meant.

If this battle cannot be won, the situation will be really bad. It will be really difficult whether the Jiangdong Army can go north again.

If you were defeated on the political battlefield, you would also be defeated on the military battlefield. The rebellious spirit of the Jiangdong locals who were finally suppressed may break out again.

On the first day of August of the fifth year of Xingping, when the Shu army had not yet completed the difficult Qishan Road and began to attack Liangzhou, the letter Guo Peng wrote to Zhang Liao was sent to Zhang Liao by 600 miles. Zhang Liao immediately opened the letter and read it.

After reading it, he was silent for a while. Zhang Liao said to the generals around him: "Duke Wei is far-sighted and our army will win this battle."

Afterwards, Zhang Liao burned the letter and did not let anyone else see it.

At that time, Guo Peng had obtained the news from Zhang Yun that Liu Biao was about to send troops north to attack Runan County and Yingchuan County, and Zhang Liao had obtained information from various aspects to prove that the Sun Wu regime was carrying out a series of war preparations, with the troops heading north and about to attack Jiangbei.

When Guo Peng wrote the letter, he didn't know about Liu Biao and Sun Ce's actions. He just speculated on the inevitability of this action and then gave Zhang Liao an idea. Zhang Liao was a little nervous, but Guo Peng's letter arrived.

Zhang Liao's confidence increased greatly.

However, even the generals such as Ma Yan, Cheng Lian, Cao Xing, Hao Meng, Hou Cheng, etc. who were sent by Guo Peng to Zhang Liao to assist in the battle did not know what Guo Peng wrote to Zhang Liao, which gave Zhang Liao so confidence.

No matter what, Zhang Liao did start to act.

Zhang Liao quickly evacuated the main force of the Jiang defense force, leaving only the symbolic guards garrison troops, and did not intend to fight Sun Ce when the Sun Wu Navy marched.

Then, it was ordered that all the people south of Hefei, Jiujiang County and east of Xiang'an County, Lujiang County be moved to the north of Hefei and west of Xiang'an County, and all the materials were transferred away, leaving a strategic vacuum belt.

Guo Peng's military farming center in Jiujiang is still in Shouchun area, and in Lujiang County it is in Wancheng area. When the population along the river is reset, Guo Peng deliberately did not place much, so it is very easy to move inward now.

Zhang Liao easily built a strategic empty city area, so that Sun Wu's army could not get any supplies or destroy anything when it marched.

Of course, Zhang Liao directly gave up the defense south of Hefei and had no intention of tangling with the Sun Wu army in these places.

In fact, Zhang Liao did not have the ability to fight against the Sun Wu Navy. There were no ships or naval forces, and Guo Peng did not train naval forces along Chaohu and the Yangtze River. The only naval force was far away in Qingzhou, so Zhang Liao had no choice.

So I could only watch the Sun Wu Navy along the river and entered Jiujiang County in one fell swoop and could not stop it.

The only place where the Wei army could block the Sun Wu Navy was Hefei.

After Zhang Liao's renovation, Hefei City has become a very strong military fortress. Although it is close to the water surface, this is the chance to win.

Although Guo Peng praised Sun Bofu very much and praised Sun Bofu as a Lion and was enterprising, Zhang Liao did not think that Sun Ce could take Jiujiang away from him.

When Sun Wu's fleet arrived at the source of the water and had to land and attack Hefei, it was time for Zhang Liao to show his power.
Chapter completed!