"It turns out that Mr. Zibu has arrived, quick, take a seat!" Xiakou, in the camp of the Ming army, the arrival of Cao Ang and Zhang Zhao was naturally courteous to Chen Mo, Zhang Zhao is a famous man in Xuzhou, although he has served in Jiangdong over the years, he is also quite famous in the Central Plains, including You Heng is highly respected by Zhang Zhao, such a famous man, Chen Mo will naturally not slack off.

"King Xie Ming!" Zhang Zhao nodded politely and sat on top of the guest seat.

"Zixiu also sits, you and I don't have to entertain in person, right?" Chen Mo glanced at Cao Ang, who was standing beside him, and said with a smile.

"No need, thank you King Ming!" Cao Ang saluted and sat down generously.

"Mr. Zibu, you say...... Lone went south this time, it was Liu Bei, from beginning to end, he never showed the slightest hostility to Jiangdong, but Zhongmou seemed to have a misunderstanding of Lonely, first united with Liu Bei to form my army, my army has been ready to return to the division, but now it is the garrison Chaisang, so I have to stay here, but I don't know what Zhongmou means? After the guests and hosts of both sides sat down, Chen Mo looked at Zhang Zhao and asked with a smile.

"King Ming is quite powerful, although he has no intention of encroaching on Jiangdong, but this Jingzhou, King Ming can cross the river at any time, and my lord is also worried that King Ming will take advantage of the situation to seize my Jiangdong, so he made this decision, and there is no offense." Zhang Zhao smiled.

"Zibu has never led the troops, I don't understand this military matter, don't say that Chai Sang is now gathering more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, just 10,000 troops consume food and grass every day, how much Zibu knows? Now these 100,000 troops are gathering Chaisang, and they can swim against the current at any time? Invade my territory? If it is not moved, the daily consumption of grain and grass may not be more than three years? Jiangdong's accumulation over the years will be wasted? If it's just a precaution, 20,000 or 30,000 people are enough? Mr. Zibu is a human being, and Lone is quite trusting? But this statement inevitably treats Lone as a child. Chen Mo smiled: "Zibu deceived me." ”

Zhang Zhao didn't dare to say anything.

"King Ming captured Jiangxia this time? My lord really doesn't want to be an enemy of King Ming, but King Ming has now taken my border, I'm afraid this will ......" Cao Ang hugged his fist and said.

"Stop, Jiangxia is the boundary of Jingzhou? The imperial court has always only recognized the King of Chu as governing Jingzhou? This is also the original intention of Liu Bei, now he is alone to take Liu Bei, this Jingzhou boundary, since the return of Angelica, if Sun Quan is willing to return Jingzhou? And hand over the puppet emperor, can you go to the court? Feng Sun Quan is the Marquis of Wu, what do the two of them think? Chen Mo raised his hand? Interrupting Cao Ang's words, he asked with a smile.

Zhang Zhao and Cao Ang frowned at the same time? This condition? There's no way they're going to say yes? Besides, Sun Quan is the Marquis of Wu, and it makes no sense for Chen Mo to seal it again, but it is just a change of approval from the imperial court, not to mention handing over Liu Ji, even if it is the four counties of Jingnan, Sun Quan will not be able to return it, no, it is Sun Quan's territory, and there is nothing to talk about returning.

"King Ming's move is difficult for a strong man." Cao Ang frowned.

"The two of you came from afar today, so I won't say these disappointing words, I have prepared a banquet, and I will catch the wind for the two of you tonight, as for war or peace, how about we talk about it another day?" Chen Mo didn't continue, just smiled.

Zhang Zhao and Cao Ang glanced at each other and nodded silently, no matter whether Chen Mo or Sun Quan had any intention of making concessions in this matter, this peace talk may eventually collapse, but in terms of etiquette, since Chen Mo was invited, Zhang Zhao and Cao Ang could only agree, and besides, the two had different purposes, and sitting together at this time, there were some things that could not be said.

At that moment, after Chen Mo arranged a place for the two of them, he left Cao Ang behind, and Zhang Zhao didn't say much, and bowed to retire.

"Hate me?" There were only two people left in the tent, Chen Mo looked at Cao Ang and asked with a smile.

Cao Ang did not answer.

"It looks like hatred." Chen Mo sighed, looked at Cao Ang and said, "You, everything is good, you can't hide things on your face, you have to learn from Zihuan about this, how are they now?" ”

"Brother Pi and Brother Zhi have also begun to join the ranks now." Cao Ang was silent for a moment before saying.

"Brother Meng De was buried in my hometown, if you have time in the future, you can go and see it." Chen Mo nodded.

"After this battle, the disciple will go." Cao Ang said indifferently.

"Do you think you have hope for this battle?" Chen Mo looked at Cao Ang and asked.

"If you win, Ang Zi can gallop to the Central Plains, if you lose, you want to come to King Ming and will not stop worshipping your ancestors!" Cao Ang said indifferently.

Indeed, if Jiangdong loses this battle, how can Jiangdong still be able to stop Chen Mo's army?

"It seems that Zixiu doesn't want to say more to me." Chen Mo got up and said, "Let's go and rest, this battle won't be too long!" ”

Cao Ang got up, said goodbye to Chen Mo according to the number of courtesies, and turned to leave.

"Phew~" Seeing Cao Ang leaving, Dian Wei spit out a wooden ball from his mouth, looked at Chen Mo speechlessly, and said: "Your Majesty, if I don't speak, besides, this Jiangdong clearly has no intention of surrendering, what nonsense do you say to them?" Just hit it! ”

But Chen Mo was worried that Dian Wei was talking nonsense at a critical time, so he deliberately asked him to swallow a wooden ball beforehand, but at this moment, Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo with a resentful expression.

"Fighting is to fight, but not now, they are here, one is to surrender, the other is to provoke me to fight, it depends on who the water can deceive." Chen Mo looked at the direction Cao Ang left, shook his head, sat down on his knees again, and said, "This time we still have to talk about it, it's useful." ”

At least the naval army that wants to contain Jiangdong can't quickly come back to help, and then, it's simple, Yu Sheng's sailors have almost arrived in Guangling now, and what is missing now is an opportunity.

"Someone is going to surrender?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo in amazement, how could he see it.

"Hmm." Chen Mo smiled: "Very strange? ”

"Zixiu Gongzi?" Dian Wei thought for a moment and asked.

"I want to go." Chen Mo shook his head, got up and walked outside, "Let's go, drink all you can tonight." ”

"Whoa!" Dian Wei agreed in a high-pitched voice.

The next morning, Chen Mo called Zhang Zhao to the tent, and ordered Dian Wei to stay outside the tent, and talked secretly for an hour, no one knew what was said, but in the following days, there was no such time to meet alone, and the two were called together to discuss peace, and in the end they could not negotiate a result, and the two said goodbye and left.

"Your Majesty, you said that these two people have been here for seven or eight days, and in the end they didn't say a result, what is this?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo puzzled.

"Who says there is no result?" Chen Mo glanced at Dian Wei and said, "Near this Xiakou, there are eight building ships, haven't they all seen it?" ”

"What's the use of seeing this?" Dian Wei was puzzled.

"You are Sun Quan, what do you think if you know that I have mobilized so many warships here?" Chen Mo asked rhetorically.

"War?"

"Almost." Chen Mo smiled.

"They're here to spy on the military!?" Dian Wei suddenly reacted and looked at Chen Mo with an angry expression.

"You just found out?" Chen Mo was a little funny.

"Your Majesty, I will send someone to chase them back!" Dian Wei said angrily.

"Don't be impulsive!" Chen Mo waved his hand and said, "If you don't let Sun Quan know the situation here, how can Sun Quan be willing to fight this battle?" Do you think the generals in the army don't know about this? ”

"They know!?" Dian Wei was shocked.

"Even you can guess why they can't guess, there are some things, everyone knows it." Chen Mo shook his head and said.

"Then, let them know, and Sun Quan will fight this battle?" Dian Wei frowned.

"Not necessarily, he should know that what Cao Ang sees should be what Gu wants them to see, but at least he also knows that I want to fight this battle." Chen Mo shook his head, the two armies are in a game, and if they can guess the layout of the other party, it is equivalent to taking the lead, Sun Quan will not be naïve to think that he only has these, so whether he fights or not depends on whether Sun Quan's attitude is resolute.

"Then fight!"

"Who hits? Do you hit? Chen Mo asked rhetorically: "Can you fight a water war?" ”

"Of course not." Dian Wei shook his head, he couldn't even command more than five hundred soldiers and horses in a land battle, let alone a water battle.

"It's not as simple as you have to say, look at the generals here, how many are good at water warfare?" Chen Mo glared at him and said, "These boats, just for people to see, if they really fight, they have to be lured to the land to fight!" As a general, you have to be able to deceive! ”

"Uh...... Then I ......" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo with a confused expression, now that the requirements of a general are so bottomless? Can you deceive people and become a general? What can I do with an honest man?

"You just be a guard, I don't expect you!" Chen Mo glanced at him and said.

As a Guard...... It's actually pretty good!

Dian Wei nodded, followed Chen Mo and walked back, and couldn't help but look at the water village behind him.

In the next few days, Chen Mo began to deploy, the ships left by the Jingzhou army were reorganized by Chen Mo, and the water village was also expanded, after a large number of ships docked, the Jingzhou army was pulled to guard the water village, most of the Jingzhou soldiers knew water warfare, but there were no suitable generals, so they had been pressed and beaten by Jiangdong, in fact, it was not that there were no suitable generals, but Liu Biao couldn't keep people in the era, and there were also some talents in Jingzhou who were not reused, and finally they all went to Jiangdong, and the generals on the Jingzhou side were mostly from the wealthy families. For the background is very important, the generals of Liu Biao's era are basically people in the gate valve, and the generals of the navy who echo Chen Mo's heart, among these Jingzhou generals, they can't be found, Chen Mo will fight a water war, but it is too much to expect these to defeat Jiangdong.

From the very beginning, the battle of Jingzhou, Chen Mo was used to attract Jiangdong the most, Chen Mo's soldiers and horses began to be distributed in various important places, replacing the Jingzhou army in the past, only a few generals stayed to assist Lu Bu to command the Jingzhou naval army.

As for Jiangdong's side, after Cao Ang brought back the intelligence here, Sun Quan had already made up his mind to fight this battle, he was not afraid that Chen Mo would form a naval army, he was afraid that Chen Mo would want to fight Jiangdong on land, and the land war would not be able to defeat the Ming army, Sun Quan already had enough cognition of this, but if it was a water war, even if Chen Mo won the Jingzhou Naval Division, it would still not be Jiangdong's opponent, and Sun Quan was still confident in this.

Although He Qi and Quan Cong have been sent to garrison Danyang, Wujun and other places, Zhou Yu is still a little worried, but now Chen Mo has already stationed troops in Xiakou, and Zhou Yu can only prepare for this battle, unless he really wants to surrender, this battle is inevitable.