Xu Huang had never led the army to fight a war, nor had he had much experience of being alone, and was relatively young. Zhang Liao felt a little confused when he handed over the important defense of Lujiang County to Xu Huang.

He felt that compared to the newcomer Xu Huang, Guo Peng should let Yu Jin press on the front line to guard Lujiang instead of staying in the rear.

To this end, Zhang Liao also personally rode his horse to Lujiang County to see how Xu Huang set up a defense line to prepare to fight against the possible invasion of the Jiangdong Army.

Guo Peng speculated that the Jiangdong Army would enter Lujiang County from Ruxu River, then enter Chaohu, and arrive at Jiujiang County. Among them, the Jiangdong Army might divide its troops to advance to Lujiang County and capture the military farm set up by Guo Peng in the Wancheng area to obtain enough food and fodder and population.

The two counties of Lujiang, Jiujiang, have a population of nearly 500,000, and are all military farmers. They are constantly developing land to cultivate grain, making the two counties of Lujiang, Jiujiang, become the granary of the Jianghuai River in just two years, rich and prosperous.

Zhang Liao thought Guo Peng's speculation was correct, and Sun Ce would inevitably divide his troops to plot against Lujiang County, so Xu Huang's mission was very important.

Zhang Liao came to Xiang'an County, which was the closest county to Ruxushui. Xu Huang set up heavy troops here to guard the army, actively built defensive fortifications, and decided to fight a defensive counterattack.

Xu Huang tried to shrink the defense line and guard the county town, but Zhang Liao discovered this trend when he arrived and immediately stopped it.

"Retracting the defense line and guarding the county town can allow Jiangdong sailors to leave the defense of the boats and facilitate our army to play the advantages of the cavalry. Isn't this the right move?"

Xu Huang was a little puzzled.

"What is the trencher assigned to you by Duke Wei to do?"

"ah?"

Xu Huang looked at Zhang Liao and blinked his eyes, feeling a little confused.

Zhang Liao said angrily: "What can the catapult do?"

"Take a stone."

"What are you doing to throw a stone?"

"Smash people."

"so?"

"so?"

Looking at Xu Huang's appearance, Zhang Liao was furious and stomped his feet and said angrily: "Yumu head! Use a trek to smash their ship! The tower ship is tall and slow, and the number of soldiers is loaded on it, which is simply a living target! Fool! Kill them all on the water!"

Xu Huang suddenly widened his eyes and shouted: "Ah! I understand!"

"How could Mr. Wei think of giving you such an important frontier county to defend? Gongming, remember, if Lujiang County fails and you don't die on the battlefield, I will use your head to apologize to Mr. Wei. Do you understand?"

Xu Huang was startled by Zhang Liao's murderous look and quickly said that he must be careful and dare not make any omissions.

Then Zhang Liao guided Xu Huang to use a catapult to smash them into the water to feed the fish. If you are lucky, you will be able to make great contributions by annihilation of the Jiangdong Navy in one breath.

At that time, Xu Huang, the General of Hengjiang, will not be unable to become General Hengjiang. It depends entirely on Xu Huang's own efforts.

Xu Huang's eyes suddenly turned red.

"There is a mistake in Lujiang, Xu brings up to see you!"

Only the heavy battlefield killer, catapult, controlled by the Wei army, is still unknown to people in Jiangnan. Guo Peng tried his best to block the news of the existence of this killer and prevent the people in Jiangnan from knowing it.

But this time, it is time for the treble to exert its own effect.

After several years of improvement, the trencher has made great breakthroughs in accuracy and range.

According to Guo Peng's instructions, the craftsmen developed a counterweight catapult, which greatly increased the range of the trench and the weight of the launching stone bombs. The Southeast Front Army was equipped with this new counterweight catapult.

Guo Peng asked Zhang Liao to use these catapults to fight an annihilation battle and destroy the Jiangdong superior naval division in the inland waterway, so as not to come and invade repeatedly and harass their southeastern defense line.

In the next one to two years, Guo Peng's focus will still be on the west side, and he will have to complete many tasks in the west. It will not work without the stability in the southeast direction.

This battle destroyed Jiangdong's arrogance and told them that even if there are too many warships, you will be powerless in the face of my black technology.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces!

Are you, a backward and reactionary regime, ready to feel fear?

Probably not.

At this time, Sun Ce was working with Zhou Yu and many other meritorious players to discuss specific tactics for advancing Jiangbei.

Based on Yangzhou, Sun Ce's goal has always been to make Yangzhou's territory complete.

Unfortunately, after pacifying Jiangdong, he had never had the opportunity to make progress. This time, he finally got the opportunity to make progress. Sun Ce attached great importance to it and asked the entire army to step up training and preparation.

In this battle, Sun Ce decided to do his best. While supporting Liu Zhang, he also wanted to take advantage of the situation to obtain Jiujiang and Lujiang. This is a real strategic goal and cannot be shaken.

The land of Jiangdong seems to be vast, but in fact most of it is an unusable primeval forest occupied by indigenous people such as Shanyue. It has not been developed. What Sunce Group can use is just a narrow plain area in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The number of Han people and settlements were pitifully small throughout the Jiangdong area, which greatly limited the potential of the local regime in Jiangdong.

For Sun Ce, obtaining Jiujiang and Lujiang was not only an expansion of territory, but also a barrier to the northern region, but also a channel for obtaining a large population to supplement the biggest shortcomings of the Jiangdong regime.

"At that time, Princess Wei was in Guanzhong and could not look east. There were only 30,000 troops along the Yangtze River and could not compete with me. There were also Liu Jingsheng and Liu Jiyu who sent troops north at the same time. This was a great opportunity for me to advance Lujiang and Jiujiang. Such an opportunity must not be missed!

There are 100,000 households in Jiujiang, and the households are abundant and the resources are abundant. Duke Wei trained farms in the two places and obtained very rich food and fodder. For Jiangdong, the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang are bound to win. The dukes must strive forward and compete for the two counties. If they obtain the two counties, great things will be accomplished!"

Sun Ce punched the table and expressed his unshakable determination.

Looking around, Sun Ce saw a few resolute faces.

Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai.

Three veterans who have followed Sun Jian for a long time.

Lu Fan, Zhou Yu.

A capable minister is almost a close friend who grew up with him, and can be called his own family.

Sun Ben, Sun Jing, Wu Jing, Xu Kun.

Four relatives and their family generals.

Dong Xi, Ling Cao, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Yuan Xiong, Deng Dang.

Most of the young and brave generals who joined Sun Ce Group after coming to Jiangdong were good at water warfare.

People from Jiangdong are good at water wars. If people from water wars are concerned, people from Jingzhou are not opponents of people from Jiangdong.

Sun Ce had thought countless times that he had used them to attack Jiangxia and kill Huang Zu to avenge his father, but Guo Peng is now at a greater threat, so this revenge can be revenged later.

Anyway, the power of himself and Liu Biao will definitely not be able to dominate the world at the same time. Even if Guo Peng collapses and everyone competes in the Central Plains, they will eventually have to decide the outcome.

With the wings on my side, my military strength has been prepared properly, and it is time to show my command ability, advance straight into the battle of Zhang Liao, defeat him, and obtain the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang, so as to demonstrate my ability and the strength of the Sun Wu regime.

This not only avenges Guo Peng's revenge for the Lu family, but also reverses the negative impact of the previous political war.
Chapter completed!