At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Although the loss was heavy, no one felt that it was not worth it.

Obviously, Zhou Yu's value cannot be reflected by two hundred cavalry.

At this time, Zhou Yu's heart was full of gratitude for the rest of his life after the catastrophe. He was very glad that he survived, but then he became strongly dissatisfied with Sun Ce.

"Bo Fu! You are too impulsive! This is too dangerous! If something happens to you, we...we...we..."

Zhou Yu was speechless, her lips were trembling, and she kept trembling.

Because Sun Ce's face was pale and his lips were blue, he looked at Zhou Yu with that kind of helpless smile, and then his body began to sway.

Then, an arrow stuck in his back.

"Bofu!!!"

Zhou Yu fell off the horse directly, and the whole person stumbled to the side of Sun Ce's horse, just in time to hug the exhausted Sun Ce.

Wu Jun on the bank of the river suddenly panicked. Han Dang, who was still guarding the bank, reacted quickly and calmly, pushed Zhou Yu and Sun Ce into the boat, and sent troops to take them across the river to find a doctor to treat the wound, and stayed on the bank by himself. Bian arranged for the army to cross the river at a faster speed.

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When Zhang Liao finally cleaned up most of the resisting Wu troops and rushed to the river, there were only more than 300 Wu troops left before they could board the boats and cross the river.

Wei Jun swarmed up and wiped out the Wu army, and then raised his bow and crossbow to shoot at the Wu army on the boat that hadn't run far.

Zhang Liao worked very hard. He chased all the way from Hefei to the riverside, chasing and beating him all the way, almost causing Wu Jun to bleed dry, but he was still dissatisfied because the leader of Wu State was not killed by him.

This battle is not all done.

What he hopes most is to kill Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, so as to repay Guo Peng's trust in him. He is more eager for a greater victory than anyone else.

Unfortunately, it couldn't be done, and Wu Jun withdrew to Jiangdong. Without warships, he couldn't cross the river.

Having said that, the battle was won.

The two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang won two battles, wiped out the main force of the Wu army, killed many important generals, and captured a large number of Jiangdong children. Basically, the first battle wiped out Sun Ce's entrepreneurial accumulation and crippled Wu.

Sun Ce's plan in advance was to snatch the population of Jiujiang County and Lujiang County. As a result, not only did he not get this part of the population, but even the army he brought was basically lost in Jiangbei, with nothing to return.

The things Sun Ce had accumulated since he went to Jiangdong basically disappeared, and what followed was probably a raging tide of betrayal.

Now losing face on the political battlefield is very embarrassing, and then losing everything on the military battlefield. Nothing in military, political, economic and technological can compete with Guo Peng, and Wu Guo is beaten by Wei Guo in all directions.

How can this be a competition?

Well said, Trinity contended against Guo Wei, what happened?

This is too ugly, right?

This is your Trinity?

This is their holy trinity.

All three sides sent troops to the north, but they all suffered losses. Liu Zhang suffered the smallest loss, and Sun Ce suffered the greatest loss.

Not only did Sun Ce lose most of his troops, but he almost confessed to being in Jiangbei, which was a great setback.

Zhang Liao became famous in the first battle. He defeated Sun Wu's superior force with inferior forces, beheaded several generals, wiped out nearly 300 Wu troops, and captured about [-]. Marines are almost non-existent.

Counting after the war, the losses of the Wei army were not large. Only more than [-] people were killed in the battle, and more than [-] people were injured. The main cities, roads, and farmers did not suffer any losses. It can be said that they have won a complete victory.

It's just a pity that Wei Jun couldn't chase the Yangtze River. If he could, Zhang Liao vowed that he would chase him to Wu County and Sun Ce's hometown in one go, and chop off Sun Ce's head as a sacrifice to Guo Peng.

Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others were soon freed from the depression of not killing Zhou Yu. Looking at the proud record, they were overjoyed, and immediately submitted a joint petition to Guo Peng to express their merits and ask Guo Peng to reward the meritorious soldiers. Reward for meritorious deeds to end this battle.

The national power brought about by the Wei army's years of careful training, combat preparations, and the construction of the garrison area made the Wei army win this big victory, which is enough to prove the correctness of Guo Peng's policies and military strategies.

After this battle, Wei Guo disabled the most aggressive and combative force among the three major forces in the south of the Yangtze River, and severely damaged its vitality. In a short time, there is no need to think about going north again, rebuilding relations with Guo Peng, and straightening out the internal political strategy. enough time.

The general trend of the world is becoming more and more clear, and there is nothing to doubt anymore. All people with different ambitions must start to carefully consider whether their choices are right or wrong, whether their ambitions are a charge or a funeral march.

In October of the fifth year of Xingping, this is the moment to decide the future.

Compared with Wei's complete victory and a great situation, Wu's situation is particularly miserable.

A disastrous defeat in the Northern Expedition, not only lost the main force of about 4 people, but also lost many outstanding generals.

Based on the post-war statistics and the proud announcement of the Wei army on the north bank of the river, the Sun Wu regime has learned a lot of bad news.

During the Northern Expedition, the biggest loss of the Sun Wu regime was the death of Cheng Pu, one of the most experienced generals and Wu Guozuo General Cheng Pu who followed Sun Jian.

The young rising star, Wu Guozhaowu General Jiang Qin died in battle.

Xu Kun, Sun Jian's nephew, general of Sun Wu's relatives, important commander of the army, and Empress General of Wu State, died in battle.

Sun Ce was very optimistic about the young man, Wu Guo's rebellious Zhonglang general Chen Wu, who died in battle.

Saved Sun Quan's life, Zhou Tai, the general of Wu Guofen who was valued by Sun Ce, died in battle.

Sun Ce's general, Yuan Xiong, the general of Wu Guozheng, died in battle.

Sun Ce's general and Deng Dang, Wu Guoan's northern general, died in battle.

Sun Ben, a general of Sun Wu's relatives and general of Wu Guozhendong, was captured. He would rather die than surrender. He scolded Guo Peng and was sent to Guanzhong.

Of course, not everyone died, and some people survived by luck.

Except for Zhou Yu, Wu Guoyou General Han Dang, Wu Guozheng North General Huang Gai, Wu Guohengye General Dong Xi, and Wu State's Thieves Breaking General Ling Cao all survived, which can be regarded as retaining a group of military commanders for the Sun Wu regime.

Then the [-] troops led by Sun Wu's relatives general Wu Jing and Wu Guozhenxi General Wu Jing to contain Wei General Zang Ba in Guangling did not suffer major losses. Loss, complete return, is a blessing in misfortune.

The 4 Northern Expedition army, and a large number of auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands responsible for transporting supplies, totaled more than [-] people, but only [-] people managed to escape back to Jiangdong alive one after another, and more than three-fifths of Jiangdong's children He fell in Jiangbei and never came back.

A large number of generals who went out to the expedition were also killed in battle, or were killed after refusing to surrender after being captured, and none of them survived.

But before they set off, they were still so lively, so full of fighting power, and so powerful that they made their own people feel proud and made the Sun Wu regime feel that they had the strength to challenge the Guo Wei regime, so they went.

Now, everything is known.

They learned with resentment and fear that they were no match for Wei Jun at all. Facing such a behemoth, they had no strength to challenge.

Since the establishment of the Sun Wu regime... no, since Sun Ce came to Jiangdong, he has not suffered such a tragic blow.

Lost the main army, lost a large number of outstanding generals, lost a lot of supplies, and lost almost all of Sun Ce's savings since he started his business.

After the First World War, the mobilization ability of the Sun Wu regime was basically destroyed, the aggressiveness was completely lost, and the hearts of the people were scattered.

And get nothing.

The two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang are still firmly in the hands of the Wei army, and the 50 people Sun Ce covets are still under the control of the Wei army, producing food for the Wei army.

The people of Wu looked to the north and were intimidated. Since then, they have not dared to look to the north.

Fear of Wei Jun arose in their hearts, thinking that Wei Jun was an invincible and powerful enemy, not something they could fight against.

Because too many Jiangdong children were killed or captured, for a while, Wujun and Danyang, the two counties that sent the most troops, almost every household was crying, and there were people who lost their loved ones and felt desperate.

Every family held a funeral, every family cried and howled, and the scene was extremely bleak.

The officials of the Sun Wu regime, the surviving soldiers and officers were startled three times a night, and they all listened to the situation in Jiangbei, for fear that the Wei army in Jiangbei would break through the Yangtze River and attack Jiangdong.

They didn't have the courage to resist at all. If Wei Jun really came, they would definitely flee.

The Sun-Wu regime was broken in the First World War, and everyone drooped their heads. The names of Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other Wei generals who defeated the Wu army were widely spread in Jiangdong, and they were deeply feared, which could stop children from crying at night.

The situation of the Sun Wu regime is already very bad.

To make matters worse, Sun Ce was seriously injured, and after crossing the river, he fell into a coma and was in a dire condition.

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Although Zhou Yu and others urgently called the military doctor to take out the arrow behind Sun Ce, it seemed to have little effect.

The arrow seemed to be poisoned on the arrow, and the military doctor couldn't tell what kind of poison it was for a while, so he could only make do with the medicine.

But this was far from enough. The military doctor asked Zhou Yu and others to take Sun Ce back to Jingkou to seek treatment from a famous doctor immediately.

Zhou Yu and others immediately took Sun Ce back to Jingkou, and traveled day and night by boat. After returning to Jingkou, they immediately called for a consultation with a famous doctor to treat Sun Ce.

The famous doctors tried their best to treat Sun Ce's injuries with their own special abilities, but Sun Ce's body seems to have recovered somewhat.

When Sun Ce's physical condition stabilized, Guo Peng learned in Guanzhong that Zhang Liao had defeated Sun Ce under the city of Hefei.

"Wen Yuan lived up to my trust! Well done!"

Guo Peng laughed, and passed Zhang Liao's victory report to the generals and advisers for reading. After reading it, everyone was overjoyed, with sighs and envy.

Everyone can see that Guo Peng likes Zhang Liao. A general who followed Lu Bu to Yanzhou to attack Guo Peng and surrendered after being defeated was trusted and reused by Guo Peng. He was entrusted with the command of the southeast front army. Many people do not understand.

The old people who followed Guo Peng also knew that when Zhang Liao had just surrendered, Guo Peng wanted to appoint Zhang Liao as the prefect of Chenliu, and Guo Peng only gave up after everyone objected.

After that, Zhang Liao was also very good. He put his family, his wife and children under Guo Peng's nose, honestly implemented the quality and appointment system, worked hard, followed Guo Peng in many battles, and made many military exploits. After the establishment of Wei State, he won He took over the military post of General Wei Zhennan.

In fact, there have always been some Yuan Cong faction and old people who joined the Guo Peng Group before Zhang Liao were dissatisfied with Zhang Liao's rapid rise, and it's not like they didn't say something bad about Zhang Liao in Guo Peng's ears. They were all repelled by Guo Peng.

In the chaos in the southeast, Guo Peng made Zhang Liao surpass Yu Jin in the command sequence to become the coach, which puzzled many people.

Yu Jin is a veteran who has followed Guo Peng since the Qingzhou era. Although his record is not very brilliant, he also had the record of leading troops to defeat Xuzhou by himself before.

What is Zhang Liao?

Guo Peng asked him to lead the army again, and gave him 300 tiger guards as personal soldiers. Only Cao Ren, a veteran general who followed Guo Peng in the army, got this before, and Zhang Liao became the second one.

Everyone has many puzzles. They don't know why Guo Peng values ​​​​Zhang Liao so much, but this time, Zhang Liao has indeed made a record that lives up to Guo Peng's favor.

The reserve team of the East China Sea Camp was not used to participate in front-line operations, and only 6 frontier troops in Lujiang, Jiujiang, and Guangling defeated Sun Ce's [-] northward invasion army, annihilated Sun Ce's main force, and killed many Sun Ce regimes. important general.

Zhang Liao almost defeated the Sun Wu regime in one battle. Such a record is enough to prove Guo Peng's accuracy in seeing people.

Against all odds, he handed over the command to Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao lived up to expectations, showing excellent command and planning skills.

So a group of people began to praise Guo Peng for his knowledge of people, and didn't mention Zhang Liao's credit. They thought they were envious and hated, and couldn't help picking up lemons.

Le Jin's achievements can't be compared with Zhang Liao's. Le Jin's side feels like playing games. He solved Liu Biao's attack in two or three strokes. This is the big battle in the southeast.

"Don't always say that I have a good understanding of people. This achievement was made by Wen Yuan. I just gave a small instruction."

Guo Peng smiled and waved his hands: "Before, Feng Xiao wrote to me, saying that Liu Zhang and Liu Biao are not aggressive people, only Sun Bofu is an aggressive person. If I can't solve Sun Bofu as soon as possible, Jiangdong will definitely become my leader." worries.

I think so too, and I plan to personally conquer Jiangdong and take Jiangdong down after the Guanzhong incident is over. Now it seems that there is no need to worry so much. trouble. "

Lu Su immediately followed Guo Peng's topic.

"What Duke Wei said is very true. Sun Bofu pacified Jiangdong by deterring people with courage, not by virtue. The people of Jiangdong fear Sun Bofu's bravery, but do not admire his virtue. They build a country with bravery, not with virtue. Such a country must not last long.

The people of Jiangdong are afraid of his force for a while, but as long as he is defeated once, there will be strong men who will resist Sun Bofu. There must be civil strife! "

Lu Su's words were well recognized by everyone present, everyone nodded, and then looked at Guo Peng expectantly, wondering if Guo Peng would directly raise troops to go south to pacify Jiangdong after Guanzhong.

They are very interested in the credit for destroying the country, and they don't want Zhang Liao to take the credit alone.

Guo Peng thought about it, but didn't express anything else.

He began to discuss with everyone the content of the rewards for the generals who have made great achievements in battle this time, but he did not mention the strategy of taking this opportunity to enter Jiangdong.

No one knew what Guo Peng was thinking, neither Chen Gong, Xun You, Lu Su, nor Zhang Zhao, knew what Guo Peng was thinking.

Of course, Guo Peng would not take this opportunity to go south to Jiangdong to destroy the Sun Wu regime. If he wanted to do it, he could actually do it, but he didn't want to do it.

To be precise, I don't want to do it right now.

Not to mention that there are still things to do in Guanzhong, and there are still some government affairs that need to be dealt with. The warlords in Liangzhou are still in the separatist regime in Liangzhou. Guo Jia suggested that Guo Peng shift his strategic focus to the southeast, but the battle in Hefei changed the situation.

The threat of the Sun Wu regime to the Wei regime has been greatly reduced, and within a few years, Jiangdong will not be able to recover.

However, the Sun Wu regime’s threat to Jiangdong’s local area has greatly increased, because it cannot seek breakthroughs from the outside, and it has suffered a disastrous defeat, and it is urgent to stop losses.

Guo Peng wants to make Jiangdong more chaotic.

I want the gentry in Jiangdong and Shanyue to join hands and fight against the Sun Wu regime.

Guo Peng can send people to Jiangdong to start a heart-to-heart battle, use various empty checks to win over the nobles, powerful, and Shanyue groups, promise them official positions, give them empty titles, and give them seemingly beautiful but meaningless benefits.

Let them and the Sun Wu regime dog-eat-dog.

Bite, bite hard, the harder you bite, the happier Duke Wei is.