"Zixiu, this Liu Bei is not authentic, I am waiting here to fight for him, but he only seeks personal gain, now so many people are coming, isn't it to help Liu Bei defend the city? What's in it for us? "In the Jiangdong camp, Cao Xiu fought with Ma Chao, came back with some losses, was angry, and found Cao Ang to complain, he felt that there was no need to fight this battle, then Liu Bei was also greedy, he wanted to protect Jingzhou, but also wanted Shuchuan, he didn't have that much ability, don't spread the stall so big, and now Chen Mo called, but asked them to help, what is this called?

Cao Ang was studying the map, and when he heard this, he beckoned and said: "If this Xiangfan is broken, the Ming army can go down from the Han River, tend to the big river, and cross the Jiangdong, Liu Bei is interested in this, so he has no fear, he can do this, but our army in Jingzhou can't help but save it, otherwise if this Jingzhou is lost, Jiangdong will be difficult to support alone, and it will be difficult to resist the Ming army." ”

Cao Xiu nodded a little irritably, the truth is such a truth, but Liu Bei's approach is really disgusting.

Cao Ang didn't continue to say more on this matter, looked up at Cao Xiu, saw that he was injured, frowned, and said, "That Ma Chao is very powerful?" ”

"Hmm." Cao Xiu nodded: "The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is extremely fierce, I fought with 6,000 infantry troops, but he still broke the Chinese army." ”

The people of the previous generation of the Cao family are basically dead, and now the Cao family has voted in Jiangdong, headed by Cao Ang, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhang are the backbone, as for Cao Pi, he is not very proficient in military affairs, and now he is a book under Sun Quan's account.

"In this Jiangdong land, although there are horses, but most of them are horses, it is difficult to restrain the cavalry, the Xiliang cavalry is known for its swiftness, and it is difficult for ordinary cavalry to win, if you meet this person in the future, don't compete with it." Cao Ang shook his head.

"Zi Xiu, you see, now that Chen Mo has moved the camp here, is the rear empty, if there is a soldier and horse on the Xiangyang side to detour behind the enemy, and then rob its grain route, can it be done?" Cao Xiu suddenly pointed to the map.

Chen Mo moved the battalion to Fancheng, although he oppressed Fancheng, but the rear was naturally weak, if Zhuge Liang sent a group of troops and horses to detour behind the enemy to attack and harass at this time, could it cut off its grain route.

"Difficult!" Cao Ang shook his head and smiled: "Such an obvious mistake, he is unlikely to make it, and now let me wait to see it, I am afraid it is a strategy to lure the enemy." ”

As a disciple taught by Chen Mo himself, Cao Ang's first lesson when he learned the art of war with Chen Mo was how to be invincible first, of course, it is not ruled out that Chen Mo underestimated the enemy's carelessness, but this possibility is very small, the flaws that Chen Mo can show you may generally be traps.

"He's really that good?" Cao Xiu frowned.

Cao Ang nodded, did not speak, if it was not powerful, Cao Cao would not have been defeated to nothing, and the Cao family would not have been under the fence like now.

"How do you fight that?" Cao Xiu said irritably, you can't stop fighting just because Chen Mo is powerful, right?

"The two armies are facing each other, the most jealous and impetuous, don't be blinded by hatred, our army is already at a disadvantage in this battle, if you are impetuous, it is easy to be taken advantage of by the enemy." Cao Ang shouted.

"General!" While the two were talking, a junior colonel came in and saluted the two, "The governor is invited." ”

Cao Ang nodded, and immediately took Cao Xiu, Xiahou Ba, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhen and others to Zhou Yushuai's tent.

"Governor!" When Cao Ang saw Zhou Yu, he bowed and saluted.

"Zixiu doesn't need to be polite, take a seat." Zhou Yu nodded, pointed to the seats next to him, motioned for everyone to take their seats, and after the generals sat down, Zhou Yu said: "Now that Chen Mo has moved his troops, the big war will break out at once, and the generals are summoned today to discuss this war, there can not be two commanders in this army, Zixiu's land warfare can be above me, and today's convening of the generals is to agree on the charter with you, from today onwards, how to fight with the Ming army, how to fight, and when to fight, all by Zixiu, I am responsible for grain and grass planning." ”

"Governor, this is not in order, is it?" Hearing Zhou Yu's words, the generals of the Cao family are nothing, anyway, they all listen to Cao Zhang, but the other Jiangdong generals are somewhat unhappy in their hearts, Lu Meng frowned and said, Although Cao Ang does have the ability, but in the eyes of many people in Jiangdong, after all, he is still an outsider, how can he easily grant real power to the general.

"What's wrong? In this land battle, you are better than Zixiu? Zhou Yu asked rhetorically.

"The last general is naturally inferior, but the governor is the commander in our army, except for the governor, I will not accept anyone!" Lu Meng snorted coldly.

"Ridiculous!" Zhou Yu's face sank and said, "I haven't left yet!" This expedition, of course, is to assist Jingzhou, but it is also to protect my Jiangdong, whoever is suitable, who will do it, Zixiu is also my Jiangdong general, why can't you? ”

"But he's not from Jiangdong!" One will whisper.

"Presumptuous!" Zhou Yu slapped the table and said angrily: "What? How many generals in our army are not from Jiangdong? Gan Ning, isn't it? Xu Sheng, isn't it? Even the veteran Han Dang is not from Jiangdong, why don't you say it? Since you have entered my Jiangdong, that is Jiangdong people, if as you said, non-Jiangdong people cannot lead the army, then is it more appropriate to go to Jiangdong to pull someone to come than Zixiu? If you want to be able to win the battle, not to come here to discuss your origins, if you think you can do it, you come! ”

The general was reprimanded by Zhou Yu, his face was red, and he was silent.

Zhou Yu looked at Cao Ang and said, "Cao Ang listens to orders!" ”

"The last general!" Cao Ang stood up.

"This sword is given to me by the lord, temporarily lent to you, you hold this sword, you can command the three armies, but if there is a disobedient, you can immediately cut it, no need to report to me!" Zhou Yu took off his sword and handed it to Cao Angdao.

"The last general commands!" Cao Ang bowed, took the saber and retreated.

Although the generals were resentful, they didn't dare to say anything more when they saw Zhou Yu's resolute attitude.

Zhou Yu told everyone about the next strategy, which is basically to assist Fancheng and ensure that Fancheng is not lost, as for whether Chen Mo can be defeated, there is no fighter, and Zhou Yu does not dare to make this guarantee.

After some orders, the generals were dispersed, and Cao Ang was the only one to stay.

"Zixiu, do you have a chance of winning this battle?" After there were only two people left in the tent, Zhou Yu looked at Cao Ang.

Back then, he was the one who tried his best to protect Cao Ang and train the army, otherwise, whether Jiangdong could have today's army was really uncertain.

"Dudu, the last general is really not sure, today Wen Lie and Ma Chao had a battle, and finally lost the enemy, with all due respect, although I Jiangdong is now training the army, but compared with the Ming army, if it is a frontal fight, it is still inferior, if it is not relying on geographical advantages, this battle will not be at all certain." Cao Ang sighed and said bluntly.

In Jiangdong, Cao Ang's friendship with Zhou Yu is the best, when he learned that Cao Cao died, he came forward to help the Cao family gain a foothold in Jiangdong, and later recommended Cao Ang to train his troops, which was also promoted by Zhou Yu, and now he is even more powerful to override public opinion, so that he can be the actual commander of this war, this trust and reuse, Cao Ang is naturally grateful, but to fight with Chen Mo, Cao Ang is really not the slightest bit sure.

"Just do your best!" Zhou Yu nodded, thought for a moment and said, "If you can't do anything, you will mainly protect my Jiangdong soldiers." ”

This battle, in the final analysis, is to help, it is best to keep nature, but if Xiangfan is broken, there is really no need to accompany the 50,000 troops into it, Liu Bei is an old bachelor, and he has been used to several ups and downs in this life, but Jiangdong is the foundation of the Sun family for three generations, if this battle hurts the vitality, it will not be cost-effective.

"Don't worry, the governor will understand." Cao Ang nodded, this is a way that cannot be done, but now the number of victories and defeats is still unpredictable, he has no confidence to repel Chen Mo, but to keep Fancheng, Cao Ang is still confident, this strong wall is clear, and occupying Li Qiu is a decision he made.

"One more thing." After a moment of silence, Cao Ang [interesting] suddenly looked at Zhou Yu and said, "I said earlier that the Ming army may be preparing a naval army in the East China Sea, did the governor find out the news later?" ”

"There are some, but then I seem to have noticed it and broken." Zhou Yu nodded, and said with a serious expression: "But it can be determined that the Ming army is indeed training the navy." ”

As for the reason for training the navy, it is naturally for Jiangdong, this is what everyone knows, this is also the most worrying thing in Jiangdong, now Jiangdong's only reliance on Chen Mo is the navy, if Chen Mo can train a qualified navy, then Jiangdong will no longer have an advantage over Chen Mo.

"Zixiu don't have to worry, how can the navy be successful in three or five years?" Seeing Cao Ang's worried face, Zhou Yu said with a smile: "In this campaign, our army only went out of the army, and the navy was not moved, just to prevent the Ming army from attacking the rear of our army with the navy, and it would be fine." ”

Why did Cao Ang ask this question, that is, he was worried that when he and Zhou Yu were here, Chen Mo suddenly attacked Jiangdong with a naval army, then this battle would not be able to be fought, but Zhou Yu obviously also considered this problem, so the Jiangdong naval army almost did not move, and the prevention was that Chen Mo's naval army suddenly killed from the sea, Zhou Yu walked this sea route, and it was very clear that if it was just near the sea, although it was bumpy, the risk was not too great.

"It's good that the governor is prepared, but if the Ming army really starts training sailors, I'm afraid it will ......" Cao Ang sighed.

Even if the other party's sailor can't do it now, what about another three or five years? How about another ten years, Cao Ang knows too much about his own teacher, never for a while, sometimes it may be a war ten years later, the Ming army began to train sailors, for Jiangdong, it is by no means a good news.

"There is no need to worry, our army only needs to block the mouth of the river, and no matter how many sailors he has, it is useless if he can't get in." Zhou Yu smiled reluctantly.

But in fact, there is no need to go to the mouth of the river, as long as the sailors are really trained, they can take the waterway from the Jianghuai area, it is really not good, the soldiers come in, and it is okay to build ships here, and Zhou Yu has also seen the battle on the Han River today, even if the fighting ships built by the other party are not as good as those in Jiangdong, they are not too much worse, with the manpower and material resources of the Central Plains, it is too easy to build a fleet.