Chapter 426

But facing most opponents, Taishi Ci could easily defeat them.

With the addition of Taishi Ci, Gu Yi's camp could be considered to have added wings to a tiger.

Regarding this southern expedition, it added a bit more certainty.

After thinking.

Gu Yi decided to set the total force for the expedition at ninety thousand.

Among them, it included Gan Ning's fifty thousand naval troops, as well as four thousand elite land infantry under Gu Yi's command.

The fifty thousand naval troops were handed over to Gan Ning, Taishi Ci, and Huang Zhong to lead.

Huang Zhong had served as a commandery official in the Jingnan region for ten years, so he was not completely ignorant of water.

At the same time, Huang Zhong was also one of the first martial generals to join Gu Yi's camp.

Having him assist Gan Ning and Taishi Ci could be said to be the most appropriate.

As for the forty thousand elite land infantry, they were commanded by Gu Yi himself.

The accompanying generals included Zhang He, Xu Huang, Pang De, Wu Yi, Zhang Xiu, Gao Shun, and others.

The troops left to guard Xuzhou were handed over to Lü Bu, Zhao Yun, and Hua Xiong to manage on his behalf.

Although Lü Bu, Zhao Yun, and Hua Xiong also wanted to participate in the southern expedition.

But Gu Yi had to leave some troops to guard against Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Furthermore, these three great generals were all cavalry commanders.

This southern expedition did not carry any cavalry units.

Leaving the three of them in Xuzhou was also a decision Gu Yi made after careful consideration.

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At the same time.

Zhou Yu, who returned to Lujiang, reported his observations and hearings in Peng Cheng to Sun Ce with a decadent expression.

After listening, Sun Ce's face gradually sank.

He did not expect that Gu Yi had long since made preparations to attack Jiangdong.

What did it mean after Jiangdong was conquered by Gu Yi?

It meant that Sun Ce's surroundings, in the four directions of southeast, northwest, would be tightly surrounded by Gu Yi's forces without any dead angles.

In other words.

Sun Ce would lose all room for development.

Unless he chose to cross Gu Yi's territory to attack other territories.

But... how could Gu Yi allow such a thing?

Whether it was the north or the south, it would all be Gu Yi's world in the end.

Even the Huainan occupied by Sun Ce was just temporarily kept for him for the short term.

After all.

The reason Gu Yi released the two butcher's knives, Sun Jian and Sun Ce, father and son, was precisely to slaughter the aristocratic families.

And now.

Sun Ce's role had been greatly reduced.

What should be done with a butcher's knife that had no use?

Although there was the marriage relationship with Sun Shangxiang, it was impossible for Gu Yi to execute Sun Ce without a word.

But with the passage of time.

Whether it was the territory or military power in Sun Ce's hands, I am afraid it would be difficult to escape the fate of being pulled from the bottom of the pot by Gu Yi in the end.

For a time.

These thoughts floated tightly in Sun Ce's mind.

His hands couldn't stop trembling, his eyes kept widening, and he shouted to Zhou Yu:

"I ask Gongjin to help me find a clear path!"

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