It had been a few days since Zhao Yun returned to Xiakou, and he learned from Liu Bei that in the few days he had gone to Xiangyang, Cao Jun and Sun Jun had fought several times on the river, and they had won and lost each other.

"Cao Cao has a lot of ships, if he continues to fight like this, Sun Jun will collapse sooner or later." Liu Bei added a cup of tea to Zhao Yun and drank it leisurely.

These days, Liu Bei has been waiting for news from Zhuge Liang, and just got a secret letter the day before yesterday, with only four words written on it: Kan Lost and Detached.

He pondered repeatedly, today, give this short letter to Zhao Yun to read.

"The one who leaves, the fire also. Attack with fire! Zhao Yun straightened up.

Liu Bei nodded, touched his beard, and said, "But Cao Cao has so many warships, how can he attack with fire?" ”

"Is there any news from the military advisor?"

"Not yet."

"That's right, Zilong." Liu Bei stood up, "Master An Shigao sent someone to pass the word, please come over if you have something important." I'll go with you. ”

"My lord, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, I can just come when I go." Zhao Yun got up, Liu Bei grabbed his hand, and said, "I'll go with you, I also want to talk to the two masters as a friend, you won't mind, right?" ”

Zhao Yun smiled: "Okay, lord, let's go over now!" ”

An Shigao was settled in a small Taoist temple, Lang Tian lived with him these days, Liu Bei and Zhao Yun rode to the Taoist temple, only to see that this Taoist temple is very clean, there are no people nearby, there are no shops and neighborhoods, the leaves are colorful, and no one is sprinkled and swept, the two stepped into the Taoist temple, only to see the cigarette smoke, it is indeed a clean place.

"Master An Shigao, can you live in peace?" Liu Bei walked into the hall first, only to see An Shigao and Lang Tian meditating on the futon, hearing that the two were coming, An Shigao opened his eyes, and Lang Tian seemed to be still in the middle.

An Shigao clasped his palms together and said: "Uncle Huang is also here, and the little monk is out of welcome." ”

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Okay, there are not so many rules, can I sit here?" He dragged a futon and sat cross-legged in front of Anshigao.

Lang Tian slowly opened his eyes, saw Liu Bei arrive, nodded slightly, and sat still.

"Kong Ming and Zhou Yu, design fire attack." An Shigao got straight to the point, "But the only difficulty is that Cao Cao has countless warships, and it is difficult to attack, and the other is the direction of the wind." ”

"Kong Ming told me that there is no problem with the direction of the wind, but this warship needs a capable man to persuade Cao Cao to lock the big ship."

Convince Cao Cao?

If you don't have the strength and courage to do this kind of thing, who can do it?

Zhao Yun thinks about fighting on the battlefield, he is full of confidence, but if he wants to make his heart and play tricks, he can't, this year, who can deceive Cao Cao?

Liu Bei frowned tightly and said, "How can Cao Cao be so easily fooled? The traitor in the world, only he plays with others, and no one can play with him yet! ”

"Uncle Huang, there is one." An Shigao laughed and said, "Has Uncle Huang forgotten Mr. Shuijing's words?" Wolong, phoenix chicks, can the world be safe, Wolong is in Jiangdong, phoenix chicks take on this task, is it okay? ”

Liu Bei was shocked and said, "Could it be that the Pang Tong that Xu Yuanzhi said wants to persuade Cao Cao?" ”

An Shigao smiled and nodded.

Zhao Yunyi heard the news for the first time, and calculated the time that Zhuge Liang had agreed with him in his heart, but it was less than half a month.

"Zilong, this matter is almost half of the success, Pang Shiyuan has already rushed to Cao Cao's camp, he personally went out, what are you worried about?" "In addition, Judgment will also help us in this war." ”

"Could it be that the Asura King wants to ......" Zhao Yun said, and Lang Tian interrupted him: "His next target must be the other divine beast weapons in Cao Cao's hands, so he must always be monitored by Cao Jun."

"What about Liansheng?" Zhao Yun suddenly remembered the little girl.

"She's gone to the city."

Zhao Yun thought in his heart, since he was born in Xiakou, it was like a different person, and all the previous old and skilled people had disappeared, just like an ordinary little girl whose mind had not been opened, she knew how to play all day long.

"Okay, Zilong, there are still a few days left, and it's time for you to pick up the military advisor. You have a good rest these days, the big war is imminent, once the war starts, it will be a life-and-death fight! Liu Bei's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness, for him, if he can defeat Cao Cao, he will be able to get a chance to breathe, in order to realize the strategy of Zhuge Liang for him to divide the world, if the first battle is lost, everything will be over, and he may have to live a life of exile again.

The Yangtze River in December, it was already very cold, I heard that the bullfighting tripod was stolen, Cao Cao was very annoyed, looking at the letter sent by Cao Ren, Cao Cao couldn't suppress the anxiety in his heart, and the surface forced to calm down, the letter was burned on the candle, staring at the firelight, and there was also an ominous premonition in his heart.

When he first came to Jingzhou, although Liu Cong surrendered, he could gain the entire territory of Jingzhou without a fight, but the morale of Changbanpo was dampened by Zhao Yun alone, and Liu Bei escaped, Sun Quan gave up his heart of surrender and was determined to fight him.

This is not what he wants, he originally wanted to use the power of the army to force Sun Quan to surrender, and secretly sent people to lobby the important ministers of Jiangdong to lure him, but he didn't expect Zhou Yu to fight hard, Sun Quan actually ignored the opposition of the old ministers and the emerging magnates, and decided to fight with him.

Later, he fell for Zhou Yu's counter-plot and killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, although these two straw bales were useless, but they were much more experienced in water warfare than any of Cao's generals. Killing them is equivalent to Cao Cao being at a disadvantage in the water war.

What's worse is that winter is coming, the wet and cold in the south is uncomfortable, Cao soldiers are all northerners, six or seven out of ten will be seasick, although Jingzhou is quite good at water warfare, but most of them are not high-spirited, thinking about going home, although Cao Cao has ordered those who wish to go home can go home, but there are too many soldiers going home, Cao Cao had to issue a secret order again, strictly limit the number of people, therefore, the Jingzhou soldiers who stayed behind felt that Cao Cao's words did not count, so they were not willing to die for him.

Although Cao Cao had an absolute advantage in the number of soldiers, in the combat ability on the river, the Eastern Wu naval army was almost one capable of defeating ten.

After fighting a few times before, morale has been low, and Cao Cao has been thinking about how to improve morale in the past few days.

So, he summoned all the generals and prepared a feast to boost morale.

The banquet was held on Cao Cao's main ship, which was also the largest ironclad warship.

The length of the war ship is about 70 zhang, and the height is 6 zhang, and there is a feeling of standing out from the crowd in the Cao army.

"Prime Minister, the time has come." Cao Cao woke up from his memories, the letter had been burned to ashes, he put on his cloak and slowly stood up, although he had been fighting for many years, he was still in good health, except for the occasional headache to attack, he was hardly sick.

How can a bullfighting tripod be lost?

Cao Cao recalled the contents of Cao Ren's letters, and recalled Zuo Ci who appeared in Xuchang that year.

Cao Cao was greatly surprised that Zuo Ci was able to fish out of the painting, and when he was about to hunt him, Zuo Ci turned into a white light and disappeared, leaving a sentence at the end: Asura is inviolable!

The minister thought that the theft of the bullfighting tripod was done by Asura.

Could it be Zuo Ci?

Cao Cao's heart suddenly became annoyed, if it weren't for the banquet tonight, he really wanted to immediately recruit Cao Ren back and ask for clarification.

"Long live the Prime Minister, long live, long live!"

Long live was originally the emperor's honorific title, but at this time, Cao Cao happily accepted it, and his mood suddenly improved.

"Who's the leader?" Cao Cao squinted his eyes and saw a new eunuch standing next to the red carpet, and the eunuch saw the question, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The villain is the personal eunuch of Liu Biao, the former assassin of Jingzhou. ”

"A history of assassination, also with eunuchs? Come on, pull it down and cut it! ”

The eunuch was shocked, hurriedly prostrate on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Prime Minister, why do you want to kill the villain1? ”

"The old man is the prime minister, but you call me long live, aren't you scolding the old man!? What are you doing in a daze, slash! ”

What else did the eunuch want to say, he had already been dragged behind the boat by the wrestlers.

When the ministers saw that Cao Cao was killing people as soon as he came out, they were all frightened and did not dare to speak.

Cao Cao saw that the banquet had been completed, sat down first, and said, "Everyone, please take a seat!" ”

Only then did the ministers sit down.

The music started, and the singing and dancing appeared.

After watching it for a while, Cao Cao felt quite bored in his heart, and if he wanted to inspire everyone, he also felt like chewing wax for a while.

He thought for a moment that life was too short and he would soon pass away, looking at the waning moon in the sky, when suddenly a cold wind hit, he tensed all over his body, waved his hand, and said: "The big war is coming, singing and dancing is out of place!" ”

The music immediately stopped, the singing and dancing withdrew, Cao Cao stood up and said, "Take my lance!" ”

The guards didn't know what Cao Cao was suddenly going to do with the lance, but they didn't want to ask too much, so they hurriedly ordered the lance to be raised.

Cao Cao grabbed the jue with one hand, dragged the steel lance with the other, and walked to the deck, the ministers sat separately in two columns, Cao Cao walked to the center, glanced at a circle of ministers, and said with a smile: "The old man has fought countless battles in his life, from being an official in the imperial court, to assassinating Dong Thief and running away from the desert, he is really like a lost dog!" Asking for the Yellow Turban, welcoming the Son of Heaven, recruiting Zhang Xiu, killing Lu Bu, Guandu a battle, Russia will take Hebei into the bag, the court not only does not take the old man as a credit, some rebellious people also secretly murder the old man, as everyone knows, if there is no Cao Cao in the world, I don't know how many people are called kings, how many people are called emperors! Fang is under today, there are still Ma Chao and Han Sui who are rebellious and not destroyed, Jiangdong Sun Quan Xiaoer does not know the current affairs, and Liu Bei, the despicable man who claims to be the emperor's uncle, lives in Xiakou, and the old man captures Liu Bei and turns his hands and ears! ”

Cao Cao said as he spoke, became interested, and sang casually:

When you sing about wine, what is your life? For example, the morning dew is bitter in the past.

Be generous and unforgettable. How to solve the problem? Only Du Kang.

Qingqing Zijin, leisurely my heart. But for the sake of the king, he has been groaning so far.

Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild apples. I have guests, drummers and shengs.

It's as clear as the moon, when can it be done? Worries come from it, and they cannot be cut off.

The more strange it is, the more vain it exists. Qi Kuo talks about the feast, thinking of the old grace.

The moon stars are scarce, and the black magpie flies south. Three turns around the tree, what branches can be followed?

The mountains are not tired of being high, and the sea is not tired of being deep. Zhou Gong vomits and feeds, and the world returns to the heart!

"The prime minister will be able to win and exterminate the thieves!" The ministers congratulated together.

Cao Cao straightened up his lance, faced Mingyue, drank the wine in the jue in one gulp, and when he put down the jue, he was surprised to find that there was a person standing on the top of the huge mast on the ship.

"Who!?" The jingle in Cao Cao's hand fell to the ground, and he raised his steel lance and pointed at the man.

When Cao Cao shouted, everyone was startled, and the guards hurriedly ran over to surround Cao Cao.

"Mengde, long time no see!" The man crouched down with a hat on his head.

"Zuo Ci!" Cao Cao recognized the voice, "What are you doing here?" ”

The white light flashed in front of him, Cao Cao shouted, and hurriedly sacrificed his whole body, he recited the mantra, and the golden armor on his body mutated, transforming him into a golden bull.

Zuo Ci suddenly appeared above Cao Cao, pressed his head with a palm, saw that Cao Cao had changed, hurriedly withdrew his hand, turned a somersault back, stood on the deck, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the summoning technique of the zodiac, I didn't expect Meng De you also have this trick!" ”

Cao Cao withdrew the summoning technique and returned to his human form, which stunned the ministers.

"Where is Xu Chu?" Cao Cao shouted, only to see Xu Chu rushing to this side, and the rest of Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Xu Huang, Cao Hong and others all surrounded Zuo Ci as soon as possible.

Xu Chu jumped up and stood in front of Cao Cao, and was surprised to see that it was a thin old man who was less than five feet tall.

"It turns out that the divine beast weapon is not on yours, but on him!" Under the hat, Zuo Ci's shining eyes were revealed.

"What are you doing in a daze, he is Zuo Ci, Zuo Ci! Attack with all your might! Cao Cao ordered loudly, Xu Chu had never seen Cao Cao so flustered, he was busy offering Zhenru, and the dragon behind him came out, and he actually made a move to use the true runess of the divine beast.

"Yo-yo, that's good!" Zuo Ci smiled: "You can actually surrender the divine beast and turn it into your own use!" ”

"Less nonsense, look at the tricks!" Xu Chu was full of ghostly anger, and he blasted towards Zuo Ci with a vertical step.

Zuo Ci put his hands on his back, his mind was calm, he stepped on his left foot suddenly, the huge warship actually tilted, Xu Chu stepped on the air, and the punch had deviated from the direction.

Zuo Ci sideways his head to avoid this punch and said with a smile: "Stand firm!" After speaking, he inserted one hand into Xu Chu's chest, Xu Chu screamed, and stood in place unable to move.

"Who is your master, you brute!!?" Zuo Ci shouted angrily, Ying Long behind Xu Chu suddenly disappeared, Zuo Ci pulled his hand out of Xu Chu's chest, and saw a yellow ball in his hand that was really tumbling, and let out Ying Long's miserable howl.

"Hehe, I haven't seen you for many years, and you're still so irritable, do you see that you don't know your master?" Zuo Ci turned over and grabbed Ying Long, and at this time, the warship tilted in the opposite direction again, Xu Chu stood unsteadily, and fell on the deck.

The big boat tilted suddenly, many people were caught off guard and fell, Cao Cao saw Xu Chu being pierced through the chest by Zuo Ci, he was shocked, fled backwards, and said: "Quick, kill him, kill him!" ”

Ying Long struggled a few times, and finally couldn't resist, his body shook, and his original form suddenly appeared.

A thick dragon lay over the warship, its head and tail longer than the warship, writhing endlessly.

"Cao Mengde, you can't even stand on your feet, how can you fight Jiangdong?" Zuo Ci sneered, "I don't kill anyone, the task has been completed, so I'll leave!" ”

"Where to go!" Xu Huang was furious and ordered the archers to shoot arrows in unison.

There were a total of 3,000 archers on the ship of the Great War, and when they heard Xu Huang's order, they bent their bows and shot arrows at the same time.

Zuo Ci jumped on Ying Long, he was not afraid at all, stretched out his left palm, and said with a smile: "Wasted effort!" ”

He pressed down with his palm, and the three thousand archers on the big war ship were covered by the cold light, and suddenly disappeared, the cold light disappeared, and he saw a huge picture scroll appear in Zuo Ci's hand, he threw the picture scroll towards the war ship, and said: "Goodbye, let's do it for yourself!" ”

Looking at Zuo Ci's divine power, Xu Huang was stunned, he picked up the long scroll that fell on the deck, and found that the three thousand archers had all become the people in the painting.

The stunned expressions of the three thousand archers were clearly visible, and they were engulfed in fire and buried in the flames.

Xu Huang's palms were sweaty, and he hurriedly said: "Protect the prime minister!" ”

At this time, Cao Cao ran back into the cabin, panicked in his heart, and muttered: "Lock the ship, lock it, lock it up......"