Yangzhou, on the bank of the Huai River, is the camp of Zhou Tai's navy.
After several days of march, Xiang Ji's army arrived at Zhou Tai's naval camp.
After all, if you want to go to Jiangdong, you must rely on the navy's ferry.
"Overlord! Now our navy has been expanded and its strength has reached 40,000.
There are ten flat ships, twenty stern ships, twenty large boats and twenty fighting ships each, and more than a hundred small ships of various types."
Looking at Zhou Tai with an excited face, Xiang Ji couldn't help but sigh.
Fortunately, I have the foresight to vigorously develop the navy. With the current strength of Chu State's navy, I am afraid that the little overlord will be shocked when he sees it.
Now, including Zhou Tai's 40,000 navy troops, the army sent to Jiangdong has reached 60,000 troops. It is enough to deal with the little overlord who just pacified Jiangdong!
"Youping, tell the soldiers to go to Jiangdong with King Gu."
After receiving Xiang Ji's order, Zhou Tai's navy suddenly burst into cheers.
You know, they have been soaking in the Huai River for more than a year, and now they finally have the opportunity to go to the battlefield. How can they not be excited?
Seeing the vigorous naval battle, Xiang Ji also became excited.
Jiangdong! When I capture Jiangdong, I will no longer have any worries. I can freely compete with Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others in the north.
The losses you made me suffer last time will be paid back to me this time!
And just as Xiang Ji's army was preparing to head to Jiangdong, the alliance against Chu also took action.
"Masters, according to accurate information, Xiang Ji has now led his troops to leave Pengcheng and go to Yangzhou.
According to Cao, that person must be Sun Ce who is planning to defeat Jiangdong first and come to deal with our northern coalition forces.
Now that Xiang Ji is away, it is a great opportunity for us to wait. As long as Pengcheng is captured before Xiang Ji returns, Chu will be in chaos.
At that time, martyrs from all over the world will naturally rise up to respond to our army!"
You must know that because of Xiang Ji's brutal attitude towards clans, in addition to those who have benefited from it, there are also many small and medium-sized clans in Xuyang and Yangzhou who have always been resistant to Xiang Ji.
Previously, due to Xiang Ji's strong suppression, these small and medium-sized clans could only hide in secret.
But now, with the Chu Chu alliance coming, these small and medium-sized clans have naturally become active.
Cao Cao got the news about Xiang Yu's expedition from those people.
Moreover, they also made a guarantee to Cao Cao.
As long as the alliance army holds back the main force of the Chu army, they will naturally rise up in various parts of Chu to respond to the alliance.
And this is what gave Cao Cao the confidence to defeat Xiang Ji.
Hum hum, you are not even at peace within your own country and still go out to fight everywhere, you are really a reckless man.
As for the reaction of alliance members?
Liu Bei and Xiang Ji have a bloody feud. As long as Xiang Ji is unlucky, Liu Bei will definitely charge forward.
As for Yuan Shao's representative, Chunyu Qiong? I have brought five thousand people with me. If you like, go and beat you. Don't delay me. You can drink whatever you want.
Cao Cao also knew Chunyu Qiong, who was the eighth captain of the Xiyuan Academy with him, and knew that he was an alcoholic, so he let him go his own way.
This is the attitude Cao Cao wants towards Yuan Shao.
As long as you join the alliance, even if you send just one person, Cao and I can rest assured.
Otherwise, if we attack the Chu State here and your hometown is stolen by you, wouldn’t we be crying to death?
The internal opinions were unified, and Cao Cao was deeply satisfied.
As expected, the alliance is easier to command if the number of people is smaller.
I think back then, when the eighteen princes challenged Dong, the princes who had their own evil intentions left a deep impression on Cao Cao.
"In this case, Cao gave the order.
Liu Qingzhou, please lead your troops to set off from Junan, attack Licheng, take Xiangben and Xiaopei, and finally attack Xiapi directly.
General Chunyu Qiong followed Cao's main army from Mengyin, attacked Yangdu, Kaiyang, Lanling, and finally attacked Pengcheng directly."
Looking at the map, Cao Cao decided that it would be prudent to divide his forces and attack.
After all, there is a gap between himself and Liu Bei.
Fighting together, who knows whether the big-eared thief will deliberately hold us back.
What's more, dividing the troops also has advantages.
I think Xiapi is the second largest city in Xuzhou. If I visit Xiapi at the same time, the southern gate of Xuzhou will be completely opened.
To advance, you can directly attack Guangling; to retreat, you can also occupy the counties in the southern part of Xuzhou.
Therefore, Cao Cao expected that the Chu State would not allow Xiapi to fall.
In this way, a large army will naturally be sent to defend, and the pressure on yourself to attack Pengcheng will naturally be much less.
And the most important thing is that Cao Cao doesn't look down on the combat effectiveness of Liu Bei's Qingzhou Army.
In the previous battle, Liu Bei had only about 20,000 people beaten, and now the 50,000 new ones were simply forced peasants.
That's it? It's fine if you don't delay and retreat.
Liu Bei naturally had no objection to Cao Cao's decision.
After all, attacking Xiapi would be a waste of time.
As long as Xiapi is captured, will southern Xuzhou still be left to its own devices?
Just as Cao Cao's northern coalition forces were preparing for action, Sun Ce from Jiangdong also received news that Xiang Ji was personally leading an army to invade.
"Gong Jin, that Xiang Ji personally led his army to attack Jiangdong, is he looking down on us?"
The little overlord Sun Ce was not convinced at all by that overlord of Chu.
What kind of person is the best in the world? Haven’t you met me yet?
As the current lord of Jiangdong, Sun Ce has experienced the feeling of coming from all directions.
A large number of Jiangdong clans who were hostile to Xiang Ji all gathered under his command, causing Sun Ce's power to rise sharply.
You know, when he first entered Jiangdong, he only had more than 3,000 troops, but now he has grown to an army of 50,000.
"Bo Fu, don't underestimate that record. You must know that there are no real people under the great reputation."
The person who replied was about twenty years old, with good qualifications and beautiful appearance. He was none other than Mei Zhoulang and Zhou Yu.
Although he was trying to persuade Sun Ce, Zhou Yu also had a sneer on his lips.
What kind of Overlord of Chu? What kind of Xiang Ji? How dare you come to invade Jiangdong? I, Zhou Yu, will definitely tell you that you will never come back this time.
"Gong Jin, in your opinion, where can we resist the Chu army from that country?"
After hearing what Sun Ce said, Zhou Yu quickly came to the map and started looking at it.
The navy of the Chu army is stationed on the Huaihe River, so if it wants to use the navy to cross the river, it must go south along the Huaihe River.
And here!
"Bo Fu, please assemble the army immediately and we will go to Qu'a.
If the navy wanted to cross the river, it would have to go south from the Huaihe River into the Yangtze River.
Then, Qu'a is the place where the Chu army must pass."
"Okay! Then we will give Na Xiang Ji a head-on blow in Qu'a and let him know how powerful our Jiangdong talents are!"
The high-spirited Sun Ce looked at Qu'a on the map and already thought of the day when he defeated Xiang Ji.