Chapter 435

During the period before the southern expedition.

Gu Yi specifically stayed in Guangling Commandery.

Every day, he ordered generals like Pang De, Gao Shun, Zhang He, and Xu Huang to take these forty thousand elite infantrymen to hang around the Yangtze River.

Hoping to overcome their seasickness attribute.

After persistent training.

Gao Shun and the three thousand elite Camp-Crushing Battalion were the first to overcome their fear of the Yangtze River.

Now.

They are not only skilled in climbing mountains and raiding camps from behind.

Their naval combat ability is also increasing day by day.

Even, these three thousand Camp-Crushing Battalion soldiers were clamoring to have a showdown with the three thousand Brocade Sail Thieves under Gan Ning to see who was the strongest army on the water!

Of course.

In Gu Yi's view, the probability of the Camp-Crushing Battalion losing is relatively high.

If it were land combat.

The name of the Camp-Crushing Battalion as the strongest infantry is well-deserved.

But if it were naval combat, the Brocade Sail Thieves are undoubtedly better.

After all, naval combat ability is the specialty of the Brocade Sail Thieves.

However, Gu Yi would not dampen the confidence of the Camp-Crushing Battalion for no reason.

Being able to have such a positive and enterprising spirit among his troops.

As their lord, Gu Yi was happy enough; how could he possibly dampen them?

Besides the soldiers under his command.

Gu Yi and the civil and military officials in the army also occasionally took boats to hang around the north bank of the Yangtze River.

At first.

Civil officials like Fa Zheng, Chen Gong, and Jia Xu almost couldn't help but want to vomit to death on the bank of the Yangtze River.

But after listening to Gu Yi's pep talk (painting a big picture), everyone was motivated to overcome the fear of seasickness.

The result was actually quite good.

After a period of special training.

Several scholars had gradually adapted to the rocking of the boats and the strong winds on the river.

Gu Yi was quite pleased with this.

In this way.

The preparations before the southern expedition could be considered complete.

However.

These were just preparations made at the military level.

In other aspects, Gu Yi naturally would not slack off.

For example, the precautions against various warlords.

Xuzhou and Yanzhou had Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, Zhang Song, and others sitting in command there.

The two elite forces, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, were also left in the north.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao would definitely not dare to invade easily.

As for the Guanxi region.

The retired Old Dong was still there!

Plus Li Ru.

Everything could be worry-free.

The only variable was Sun Ce and Liu Biao.

Gu Yi, who knew history well, naturally would not make no preparations for these two people.

He had long dispatched a large number of intelligence spies to infiltrate Jingzhou and Huainan.

Once Liu Biao and Sun Ce had any intention of sending troops, Gu Yi would immediately retaliate.

For example, Sun Ce.

If this brat dared to defect.

Zhao Yun would directly lead the Xiliang Iron Cavalry left in Xuzhou south all the way to Huainan to wipe out Sun Ce's nest!

Sun Ce's combat ability is indeed good.

But so what?

Under his command, there was almost no cavalry.

Facing Zhao Yun and the thirty thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry, what could Sun Ce use to resist?

Infantry?

Huainan is flat as a pancake, with no dangerous terrain to defend.

Even if Sun Ce had three heads and six arms, facing the charge of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, he could only scratch his head and be helpless.

As for Liu Biao.

Although this brat looks harmless to humans and animals.

And insists on paying tribute to the Han imperial court controlled by Old Dong every year.

But Liu Biao in the original history of the late Han and Three Kingdoms era was the stirrer second only to Liu Bei and Lu Bu.

If it weren't for him supporting Zhang Xiu in Jingzhou, did you really think that Zhang Xiu, who only occupied one Wancheng, would dare to oppose Cao Cao?

To put it bluntly.

The reason why Zhang Xiu was able to occupy Wancheng in the original history was precisely because of Liu Biao's tacit approval.

Liu Biao was using him as a "door panel."

At the same time, he provided him with a not-insignificant amount of military funds and grain.

It's a pity that later Zhang Xiu was persuaded by the old fox Jia Xu to lead his troops to surrender to Cao Cao.

Liu Biao therefore lost this "door panel" of Zhang Xiu.

But even so.

Liu Biao still did not forget to continue looking for a new "door panel."

Thus, Liu Bei, who fled south, became the hot commodity in his eyes.

This led to Liu Bei's later warlordism in Xinye.

Otherwise, why would Liu Biao give the strategic location of Xinye at the northern end of Jingzhou to Liu Bei for no reason?

Liu Biao is not a fool!

Where in the world is there such a good thing as a free lunch?

Therefore.

Gu Yi also had precautions against this brat Liu Biao.

Of course, what he was most wary of was not Liu Biao.

But the Jiangxia naval force under Huang Zu!

The combat effectiveness of this naval force is extraordinary.

Hmm! It is better to have such a weapon of mass destruction in one's own hands.

In Gu Yi's heart, a plan against the Jiangxia naval force had already been formed!

Hehe, some warlords want to plot against him?

Wait until the next life!

It has always been Gu Yi bullying others; how could he let others bully him?

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