Wenchen Zhang Zhao heard that Sun Quan decided to face Cao Cao, he quickly pulled Gu Yong to meet Sun Quan, he told Sun Quan that the enemy Cao Cao was too strong, if he sent troops casually, it would be extremely dangerous. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Gu Yong also said that Liu Bei wanted to use Eastern Wu to resist Cao Cao, and the lord must not be fooled. As soon as Sun Quan was surrounded by Zhang Zhao and others, his will was a little shaken.

Sun Quan returned to the inner house of Wu Palace, and Wu Guotai saw that his son was upset and full of sorrow, so he asked him why. Sun Quan said it one by one. Wu Guotai said: "Why have you forgotten your brother's will? Didn't he tell you that he would ask Zhang Zhao if he was undecided on internal affairs and Zhou Yu if he was undecided on foreign affairs?"

This sentence reminded Sun Quan, and Sun Quan immediately flew a pigeon to Poyang to invite Zhou Yu to come to Chaisang. Zhou Yu was originally training the naval army in Poyang, and when he heard that Cao's army had arrived in Hanshang, he planned to eliminate Liu Bei and annex Eastern Wu. Lu Su was the first to greet him and told Zhou Yu everything he had discussed in the past two days.

As soon as Zhou Yu arrived in Chaisang, Wen Chen, such as Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong, and others, went to meet him and exert the influence of the main surrender on him; after a while, the generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and others also came to explain to him the reasons for the main battle. Zhou Yu just listened to the opinion and said, "Tomorrow we will go to the lord together to discuss." ”

The next morning, Sun Quan summoned civil and military officials to ask Zhou Yu to make a decision for him. Zhou Yu said: "Cao Cao went south, from a military point of view, Cao Cao committed four major taboos: first, their rear is unstable, and Ma Teng and others are making trouble. Second, northerners are not accustomed to water warfare. Third, it is winter, and the Ma army can't find fodder. Fourth, their soldiers are not accustomed to the water and soil of the south and are prone to illness. ”

Zhou Yu continued: "Cao Cao threatened that there are 800,000 people in the navy and army, although his number is large, I think this is just an exaggeration, the actual number is not so much, there is nothing to fear, please give me 50,000 elite soldiers, I will be enough to defeat Cao Cao, please rest assured." ”

Sun Quan unconsciously perked up and said: "Zhou Dudu's words are very much in line with me, I am determined to fight Cao Cao!"

Zhou Yu was afraid that Sun Quan would be shaken, so he forced again: "I, Zhou Yu, am willing to fight to the death for the lord and die on the battlefield, but I am afraid that the lord will not be able to make up your mind." ”

Sun Quan was excited, he squandered his sword, slashed it down with a bang, cut off the corner of the public case in front of him, and then said majestically: "If anyone dares to surrender again, his fate will be like this!"

Zhang Zhao and the others saw that Sun Quan had made up his mind, and they didn't dare to say anything more. Sun Quan gave this sword to Zhou Yu, and made him the governor of the capital, Cheng Pu the deputy governor, and Lu Su the captain of the military academy on the spot. The civil and military officials have those who do not listen to the order. Zhou Yu announced in public: "Tomorrow morning, everyone will gather to listen to my dispatch, if there is a delay, the law will be punished according to the military law!"

In the evening, Zhou Yu returned to the dormitory to see Xiao Qiao, and said to Xiao Qiao: "It's going to be a war......

Xiao Qiao smiled: "Aren't you fighting all year round? ”

"This time is different, this time the opponent is Cao Cao, the overlord of the north, he has a million soldiers, and I am not sure that I can defeat him. But for you, I will definitely protect you, for you I will definitely fight to the last soldier, and I will not let Cao Cao touch our happy home. ”

Xiao Qiao saw Zhou Yu's sad face and knew that this time he was really in big trouble. Cao Cao, a generation of heroes, how terrible will he be?

The Battle of Chibi is a classic battle in history in which fewer won more, and it is also one of the three most famous battles of the Three Kingdoms period. In one fell swoop, the battle established the situation of the separation of the three kingdoms, and the pace of reunification came to a halt.

The two sides of the war were Cao Cao, who occupied the northern Kwantung region at that time and held the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes, Sun Quan, who occupied the south of the Yangtze River, and Liu Bei's allied forces in parts of Jingzhou.

On Cao Cao's side, the Yuan clan in the north has been completely wiped out, and the Wuhuan minority in the northeast who are close to the Yuan clan have also been devastated in the expedition, and the only danger in the north is Ma Teng and Han Sui in the Guanzhong region. In the south, Sun Quan in the southeast and Liu Biao in the south posed a threat to Cao Cao.

Liu Zhang in the southwest and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong did not pose a direct threat to Cao Cao due to their geographical location. Among them, Ma Teng was still obedient on the surface at that time, and the biggest threat to Cao Cao was Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Thanks to Liu Bei's support, Liu Biao's power is gradually increasing.

Before Cao Cao carried out the Battle of Guandu, Liu Biao eliminated Zhang Xian, the Taishou of Changsha who had returned to Cao Cao, and occupied the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang, and sent Liu Bei to attack north and defeat Xiahou Xuan's army, so Cao Cao's top priority was to eliminate Liu Biao.

After the victory of the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao wiped out the remnants of Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi and Gao Gan after another seven years of campaigning, and his own strength was greatly enhanced.

Liu Biao did not have a clear strategic thinking, first rejected Yuan Shao's alliance request to attack Cao Cao from the north and south, maintained neutrality in the Battle of Guandu, and successively sent troops to attack and sneak attack Cao's army, but the result was that the two ends did not fall well. Liu Biao was content to keep the territory of Jingzhou and be a warlord of local secession.

Sun Quan, for his part, after years of operation, has annexed various small separatist forces in the southeast and has firmly occupied most of the territory in Jiangdong. He defeated Liu Biao's general Huang Zu and extended his power to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and had already occupied Baqiu as far as possible. After Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan took over the leadership of the entire Sun clan at the age of nineteen, and after several years of rectification, defeated Huang Zu again and reoccupied the southern bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

Jingzhou is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and has an extremely important strategic position. It leads to Yizhou in the west, Yangzhou in the east, and can go directly to the Central Plains in the north, which is the barrier of the entire lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It was difficult to attack Jingzhou from the lower reaches, but it was more advantageous to attack the downstream areas from Jingzhou, so Jingzhou became a battleground for soldiers.

The strength of Liu Biao and Liu Bei's army, Liu Cong's army that surrendered to Cao Cao was 70,000 people, Liu Qi's army in Xiakou was 10,000 people, and Liu Bei's army was more than 10,000 people, totaling more than 90,000 people.

Since Liu Biao's army was located in the Yangtze River and Hanshui area, the navy army was his main force, and the navy army was estimated to account for about 50 percent of the total strength. Liu Bei was routed by Cao's army at Dangyang when he retreated to Xiakou, and it was estimated that he lost several thousand, so at the beginning of the campaign, Liu Bei's army was about 15,000 men, located on the line from Xiakou to Fankou.

Sun Quan's military strength, Sun Quan's troops sent to Zhou Yu were 30,000 men for direct combat against Cao's army. At that time, Sun Quan's total strength was estimated at 70,000 to 80,000 troops, but because the troops were scattered in various places, it was difficult to mobilize them for a while, and more than 10,000 troops were needed to defend against Cao's three-way diversion offensive on the Eastern Front. It is estimated that Sun Quan himself also led a reserve force of more than 10,000 people, located in the rear of Zhou Yu.

Cao Cao's military strength, Cao Cao's letter of persuasion to Sun Quan, saying that it was an army of 800,000, it was completely Cao Cao's written article to scare Sun Quan, hoping that Sun Quan would not dare to resist and surrender. The strength of Cao's army reported by Zhou Yu to Sun Quan was that Cao Cao's Central Plains army was 15 to 160,000 people, plus the newly surrendered Liu Biao army of 70,000 people, and the total army was more than 22 to 230,000 people.

The next day, Zhou Yu transferred the remnants of the army, commanded 30,000 elites, and advanced by land and water. He and Lu Su invited Zhuge Liang to be on the same boat and went down to the village fifty or sixty miles away from the mouth of the three rivers.