Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

After pacifying the aristocratic families, Liu Yu ordered Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and Gao Shun to capture cities and territories in Jizhou. They were unstoppable along the way.

Liu Yu was not surprised by this battle situation. For the aristocratic families in various places, the fall of Yuan Shao was simply irrelevant. As long as their interests were not infringed, it made no difference whether it was ruled by the Han Dynasty or by Yuan Shao.

Liu Yu predicted that it would not take long before Jizhou would be pacified.

Guo Jia walked into the hall with the latest battle report in his hand.

"My lord, Yuan Shang fled all the way north to Youzhou. Now Yide and Wenhe are working together in the north and south of Youzhou. Their offensive is strong. I predict that it won't take long for Youzhou to be pacified."

Liu Yu nodded. This information was not too different from his predictions.

"Has there been any news from Yuan Tan?"

Guo Jia said: "Since Yuan Tan entered Bingzhou, there has been no news. It is obvious that he still has some reservations about submitting to his lord.

Judging from the news brought by the scouts, he was not doing well in Bingzhou. Gao Gan showed no mercy to the eldest son of the Yuan family. He scolded him for surrendering and then launched an attack on Yuan Tan.

The troops Yuan Tan brought were not enough to resist Gao Gan's elite troops. The reason why Yuan Tan was still able to hold on was largely because the soldiers were concerned about his status and did not dare to attack with all their strength. "

Liu Yu said slowly: "Let them fight for a while. After these three states are pacified, we will draw out troops and pacify Bingzhou in one fell swoop."

"My Lord, you are right. Judging from the current situation, the four northern states are no longer a threat, but the situation in Yizhou is not optimistic."

In Guo Jia's eyes, since the death of Yuan Shao, the four northern states have no longer posed any threat. What needs to be done now is to gradually eliminate the remaining enemies and completely occupy these places.

Liu Yu asked, "Did Cao Cao send any latest intelligence?"

"The news just came from Chengdu. After Cao Cao broke through Hanzhong, he was in a dominant position and there was not much resistance. Now he has deployed his troops to the city of Chengdu. In my opinion, Liu Zhang is powerless to save the situation. Yizhou will soon become Cao Cao's possession."

"Cao Cao is so quick. It has only been a short time and he has achieved so much. Isn't it said that the road to Shu is harder than climbing to the sky?"

"There are two roads from Hanzhong to Yizhou, one is Jinniu Road and the other is Micang Road.

Cao Cao was very treacherous. When he captured Hanzhong, he let his troops blend in with the defeated troops and continuously infiltrate towards Jinniu Road.

When he captured Hanzhong, he pretended to deploy all his soldiers on the Micang Road, creating the appearance of entering Yizhou from the Micang Road.

In fact, he secretly hid his elite troops in Jinniu Road. Liu Zhang really fell into the trap, and he kept transferring troops from Jinniu Road to support Micang Road.

Cao Cao saw that the time was ripe and suddenly sent out his troops, with the help of the internal and external forces, to capture several cities in one fell swoop. By the time he captured Mianyang on the Jinniu Road, his pace was unstoppable.

Liu Yu sighed and said, "Huang Quan sent people to warn Liu Zhang several times, hoping that he would send troops to help Cao Cao when he attacked Hanzhong. Who knew that he would be so stubborn and wanted to see both of them suffer twice as much before he was willing to send troops? It's really a joke."

Guo Jia looked at the sand table and said slowly: "The north is safe now. I am currently worried about two things. Cao Cao is a great hero in the world. He has excellent generals and wise counselors. He has also had great ambitions for a long time. We must be on guard.

Although Sun Quan of Jiangdong was young, he had Zhang Zhao in literature and Zhou Yu in military, both of whom were outstanding people of the time. Jiangdong was crisscrossed with rivers, which was not conducive to cavalry combat, but the navy under his command was invincible.

If allowed to develop, these two places will inevitably become the biggest obstacles for the lord to unify the world.

Once they are connected head to tail and form a three-way confrontation, even if we occupy the north, it will be difficult to pacify the world. "

Liu Yu admired Guo Jia's foresight. Historically, Cao Cao occupied the north and also had an absolute advantage. The reason why he did not unify the world was because of the joint efforts of the two.

If the Battle of Red Cliffs was caused by Cao Cao underestimating the enemy, then in subsequent wars, it would be like what Guo Jia said, with the three forces standing in a tripod and forming a horn-like force. No matter which side was attacked, the other side would go to the rescue. In this way, Cao Cao always had to fight on two fronts and was unable to concentrate his superior forces.

"Does Fengxiao really mean to seize Jingzhou while both sides are still unstable and completely cut off their connection?"

Guo Jia pondered for a moment and shook his head and said, "No, although occupying Jingzhou can split their territory, we still have to defend the enemy on both sides, and they can still respond, so my suggestion is to attack Jiangdong."

"Koto?"

"Yes, it is Jiangdong. Not only can we not attack Jingzhou, but we must also use Jingzhou to keep Cao Cao out.

By then, we will attack Jiangdong, and even if Cao Cao wants to rescue us, it will be too far away.

As for Liu Biao? He is defensive. Even if he sees some signs, he doesn't dare to send troops to rescue Jiangdong. After all, he is thinking about Jingzhou. Once we turn our forces to attack Jingzhou, he will lose more than he gains."

Liu Yu secretly thought about Guo Jia's plan and felt that it was feasible. Directly attacking Jiangdong could ensure that the spearhead of the attack would always be focused on one point.

Guo Jia continued, "Jiangdong is densely covered with rivers. One difficulty in attacking Jiangdong is that it requires a large number of naval forces. I wonder how Gan Xingba's naval forces are doing?"

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Gan Ning had a very fulfilling life during this period. Since Uncle Liu brought him to Xuzhou, he built a port near Langya.

He began to recruit navy troops. The recruitment conditions were very strange. Priority was given to those who had been pirates in his place. At the very least, they were those who had been bandits in the mountains. If you had never done anything, and had been law-abiding all day long, working honestly and farming, then I'm sorry, you will be given priority to where you came from.

Good boy, you still want to serve under me, Gan Ning? No way.

Under Gan Ning's somewhat strange and strict requirements, Gan Ning only recruited 3,000 naval troops in the first six months.

This made Gan Ning a little depressed. Uncle Liu gave him a lot of money and food. If he couldn't recruit navy, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?

Gan Ning thought about it for a few days and finally came up with a solution. Since he had recruited them well, he might as well start snatching them.

After all, in this field, Gan Ning is a good friend of his.

From then on, Gan Ning rarely trained his troops in the port, but instead wandered around the sea with his soldiers.

When seeing bandits elsewhere, Gan Ning didn't waste any words. Just one word: beat them to death.

After convincing everyone, Gan Ning proposed a condition for them to join the group. Anyone who disagreed would be punished.

With this unique way of recruiting people, Gan Ning's team quickly expanded to 10,000 people.