At present, the internal struggle of the Guo Wei regime has ended.

Guo Peng won a complete victory, rectified the interior, and ascended to the throne of Wei, unifying the entire will of Guo Wei's regime.

He is the Guo Wei regime.

His will is the will of Guo Wei's regime.

Guo Peng's unprecedented prestige made it impossible for the Guo Wei regime to have any opposing voices within it, and they did not dare to have opposing voices.

So he will inevitably continue to expand.

It is impossible for him to accept the situation of the division of the north and the south, and it is impossible for him to leave the troubles to future generations and only care about the enjoyment of himself.

That's not what he's always done.

Tough style.

The three princes of Jiangnan must have been his target.

And Zhou Yu felt very nervous, and even had a trace of fear.

He felt that Guo Peng's purpose in becoming the king of Wei was not just to be the king of Wei.

He sat firmly in the position of King of Wei, and there were no more opponents.

The White Horse Alliance has been destroyed by him, and the upper limit of the human retainers has been broken by him.

Now that the ceiling has been breached, then he is already not afraid of anything.

The next step is to become the emperor.

He wants to replace the Han family and replace the Han family with supreme prestige, and Wu is likely to become a stepping stone for Guo Peng to go further.

It is highly likely that Guo Peng will launch a war that will not stop until the state of Wu is completely defeated.

The more Zhou Yu thought about it, the more he felt that this might be very reasonable, and even this was Guo Peng's purpose.

Zhang Liao's large-scale military exercise was to express his stance and show his determination to support Guo Peng.

So this time, it's for real.

Once Guo Peng has made up his mind about which enemies he wants to destroy, he will definitely destroy them, and this is an irrefutable reality.

Since he started his army, there has been no enemy that he cannot defeat, as powerful as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and has not survived to this day, it has long since turned into dust and disappeared into the dust of history.

Therefore, the Sun-Wu regime must not be the enemy that can survive.

Zhou Yu deeply understands this truth, and also knows the danger of this battle.

Therefore, Zhou Yu must also unite the hearts of all the generals and the army before the war, and then he can fight, once the war starts, there is only one voice in the army, and there can be no other noise.

To this end, Zhou Yu convened the last military meeting, which was attended by all the senior generals in the Wu army.

"This battle, Guo Peng is not good, once he starts a war, he will inevitably fight until he is satisfied, what we can't do, he can easily do it, the amount of grain accumulated in the three counties of Lujiang, Jiujiang and Guangling, according to our calculations, is enough to support the actions of the Wei army in Jiangbei for five years, and the grain he has accumulated for so long must be to completely take Jiangdong."

At the core military meeting, Zhou Yu told the senior generals about the most terrible result he expected, which made the senior generals change their complexion.

"If that's the case, this battle is really not going to be good."

Wu Jing frowned: "Originally, our troops were insufficient, if Guo Peng made up his mind to attack Jiangdong, the troops far exceeded ours, whether it was grain or straw, or materials, we could stop it for a while, but we couldn't stop it, Gongjin, our disadvantage is too great." ”

"yes, it's a tough battle."

Sun Jing also nodded: "During this time, Zhang Liao also built a lot of ships in Huainan, and it is said that he also trained some soldiers who are good at water warfare. ”

Before the battle was fought, the two senior generals of the clan showed timidity.

It was obviously Sun Ce's death that caused the trouble, and the fear of Wei Jun was difficult to eliminate.

Han Dang was very unhappy about this.

"Shall we just do nothing and surrender like this? Is this worthy of Wentai Gong and Bofu? ”

Although Han Dang was also defeated by the Wei army, he was still very strong.

He is fearless and courageous, and will not collapse because of a defeat, and from this point of view, Han Dang has more courage than many people.

Huang Gai also supported Han Dang's opinion.

"No matter how good they are at water warfare, they will not be better at water warfare than us, the Metropolitan Governor has set up a lot of naval camps along the coast, and widely placed warships to meet the enemy, once the Wei army sailors are dispatched, we can quickly launch a counterattack, I don't believe they can defeat us on the warship!"

Dong Xi and Ling Cao are less senior than these four senior generals, but they also belong to the generals who survived the previous war, and their status is still there.

The two remembered the scene of the previous lucky escape, and while they were related, they were also full of resentment towards Guo Wei's regime.

Both of them are very willing to fight hard and will definitely not show weakness.

Then, Lu Fan spoke.

Lu Fan is Sun Ce's friend, no less friendly than Zhou Yu, for Sun Ce's death, he is the most sad, after Sun Ce's death to assist Zhou Yu in persuading Sun Ce's old ministry who is about to leave, he has the greatest contribution, the best effect, and the most people who stay.

His remarks were also very pertinent.

"I think, this is not a question of whether it is good or not, but a question of whether to fight, Guo Peng arrogated to be the king, and the heart of the disobedience was clearly revealed, and now he is the king of Wei, violating the White Horse Alliance of Emperor Gaozu, called Han General, but he is actually a Han thief, and I don't know which day I will usurp the throne and become the emperor.

Now what he thinks about is not to get by, but to expand his power and prestige as soon as possible, our Wu State is his best target, he will definitely fight with us endlessly, everyone, please immediately give up the illusion that you shouldn't have, this battle is a battle of life and death to defend our Han! ”

Lü Fan's manifesto was very deterrent, and he actually directly put forward the slogan of defending the Han Empire.

What he means is that Guo Peng is a Han thief who wants to usurp the throne, and we are the guardians of the Han Empire, not the rebellion that Guo Peng claimed, and our struggle is just.

The generals attending the meeting all felt awe-inspiring in their hearts.

They felt that what Lu Fan said was very reasonable.

The general trend of the world has reached this point, Guo Peng swept away the northern heroes and entered the King of Wei, it is when he is full of ambition to dominate the world, how can he accept the current situation of not being up or down?

Unification, great unification.

Such a concept has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

After the great unification, with such prestige and power, plus a young son of heaven, Guo Zifeng, do you still want to be the Duke of Zhou?

So Zhou Yu also stood up and made the final decision.

"The situation is already like this, Guo Peng swept away the northern heroes, and there is no future trouble in the north, so he boldly ascended the throne and became the king, since ancient times, there is no one who does not try to dominate the world, Jiangdong will be coveted by Guo Peng, everyone, this battle is a battle to defend the Han Dynasty!"

Zhou Yu slammed his fist on the table in front of him: "In any case, we have no way out, we have all fought to the death with Guo Zifeng, if we don't win this battle, the Han family does not exist, and we will die without a place to be buried!" ”

Zhou Yu's words deeply stimulated the hearts of the generals.

They immediately realized that Guo Peng was coming, and he was really coming.

Once a war is initiated, Wu will face a stormy blow from the Guo Wei regime, and it will hardly stop.

The extremely powerful national strength possessed by the Guo Wei regime will pour on Wu in one breath, whether Wu can bear it, that is really a question, Wu Guo can't bear it, Guo Peng's prestige is further enhanced, and the Han family, I'm afraid it's really gone.

Zhou Yu's prediction was not wrong at all, and the situation was even worse than the worst situation Zhou Yu expected.

In addition to the 30,000 troops directly controlled by Zhang Liao and the 30,000 troops led by Yu Ban, the Southeast Front Army now counts the Qingzhou Naval Division, which has 13,000 troops, and the total strength has exceeded 70,000.

Not only that, the Southeast Front Army was the first army that Guo Peng wanted to wage war after carrying out cavalry reform.

Therefore, from October of the first year of Jian'an to the end of April of the second year of Jian'an, all the results of the cavalry reform carried out by nearly half a year of hard work were placed on the Southeast Front.

Originally, the Wei army had only 60,000 cavalry in its 400,000 troops, while Zhang Liao only had 7,000 cavalry, but this time, it was directly expanded to 20,000.

After half a year of special training, another 13,000 people under Zhang Liao's command were successfully transferred to cavalry and used brand-new horse harness.

The high bridge saddle, the double horse pedals, and the horseshoe, and the three artifacts of the cavalry, the number of cavalry immediately soared, and the combat effect was particularly good.

Zhang Liao personally tried out the war horse equipped with harness, tried to fight on such a war horse, and was surprised to find that the actions that he didn't dare to do casually could be done, and the heavy weapons that he didn't dare to use casually could already be used.

The legs do not need to grip the horse's belly with a lot of strength, and there is no need to balance the body as hard as possible, the hands are completely free, and the hands can be used to fight with weapons, and ordinary cavalry can also make many tactical maneuvers on horses that were previously considered to be difficult.

From then on, cavalry warfare was no longer the preserve of military generals and elite cavalry.

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