Zhou Yu's worries are naturally not superfluous, in fact, from the moment he saw the pontoon bridge, Zhou Yu began to think about how to break Xiangfan if he changed places.

This pontoon bridge can be built in such a place, it is naturally not easy, and if the pontoon bridge is not destroyed, it will naturally make the two cities of Jingxiang impregnable, and Jiangdong wants to support Xiangyang, and can also directly enter Xiangyang through Fancheng, but this premise is that the pontoon bridge is not destroyed, if you are the commander of the Ming army, you only need to feint Fancheng or even directly attack, force Xiangyang soldiers and horses to come to help, and then destroy the pontoon bridge, and immediately isolate Xiangyang, when the time comes, it is too simple to take the opportunity to attack Xiangyang, and you can even take the opportunity to cut off Xiangfan contact with boats, Even if the Jiangdong fleet came to help in time, it would be difficult to restore the connection between the two cities in a short time.

However, this method is not bad, Zhou Yu had thought about connecting the boat with an iron lock and connecting Xiangfan with a boat, so that he would not worry about the other party destroying the pontoon bridge, but in this way, it would be easy for the other party to break it with fire.

Zhuge Liang smiled and shook the feather fan, and nodded at Zhang Fei on the side.

But when he saw Zhang Fei stepping forward, he asked someone to bring a torch and pour fire oil on the pontoon.

"Mr. Kong Ming, why is this?" Seeing Zhang Fei casually throw the torch on the pontoon, the wooden plank of the pontoon bridge was obviously soaked in oil in order to prevent moisture, and now he poured fire oil, and the torch was thrown on fire immediately, Zhou Yu was a little stunned, even if he noticed that something was wrong, there was no need to burn it, right?

"Governor, wait." Zhuge Liang smiled, and behind him, someone had already sounded the horn.

A large number of soldiers rushed out with wooden planks on their backs, and in Zhou Yu's surprised gaze, they quickly stepped forward to dismantle the burned wooden planks, stepped on the iron chains and began to pounce on the new planks between the iron chains, the speed was fast, the front was still burning, and the wooden planks had been re-paved here.

Zhou Yu stepped forward and saw that the wooden stakes above the water were firmly fixed under the surface of the river, quite strong, and these wooden stakes were connected by iron cables, although they could burn the wooden planks, but they had no effect on the wooden stakes.

And the plank was obviously also specially made, just enough to get stuck between the stakes, Zhou Yu tried to step on it, but it was quite stable.

"Wonderful!" Zhou Yu couldn't help but praise: "I don't know who the craftsman is, he has the ability to block the river and intercept the stream!" ”

"Naturally, it's my family's military advisor." Zhang Fei grinned.

"Mr. Kong Ming is also a craftsman?" Zhou Yu looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise.

"I understand a little." Zhuge Liang smiled.

"It's not like I know a little bit." Zhou Yu looked at the pontoon bridge in front of him, was amazed, and then smiled: "I think it's not just as simple as this pontoon bridge, right?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded when he heard this: "Du Du Huiyan, please come with the light." ”

Zhou Yu curiously followed Zhuge Liang up for a mile or so, and from a distance, he saw a bulge in the center of the river, and many iron chains were tied to the shore on the river.

"Follow the example of Dayu to control the water, Liang fell a copper pillar in the river, this pillar weighs 10,000 jun, deeply inserted at the bottom of the river, there are 36 pieces of solid wood around, connected by iron cables in the middle, if the enemy wants to break the pontoon bridge with boats, the ships will be blocked by these iron cables, even if the iron cables are crossed, this area is under the river, there are hundreds of hidden piles, once the boat is close, it is easy to be pierced to the bottom of the boat." Zhuge Liang explained with a smile.

"Wonderful, in this way, this pontoon bridge can be safe, and if the Ming army wants to break Xiangfan, it will be even more difficult." Zhou Yu smiled when he saw this.

Zhuge Liang smiled and nodded, this Xiangfan defense line, it took him three years to do it, this pontoon bridge is still one of them, there are sixteen fortifications around Xiangyang and Fancheng, there are stone artillery crossbows on the bank of the river, the enemy army does not say that attacking Xiangyang, it is extremely difficult to cross the river, three years, is to prepare for this battle, if not, Zhuge Liang does not dare to let Liu Bei lead the main force of Jingzhou into Sichuan.

Now that Jingzhou and Jiangdong have joined forces, the combined forces are 80,000 troops, and Zhuge Liang still has some confidence in holding the front line of Xiangfan.

Zhou Yu and Cao Ang followed Zhuge Liang to inspect around Xiangyang, and they also admired the defense line laid by Zhuge Liang, after returning to the city, Zhuge Liang ordered people to set up a banquet to invite Zhou Yu, and the two sides discussed some details of cooperation.

"Zixiu, in your opinion, can this Xiangfan be able to hold on?" On the way back, Zhou Yu suddenly asked Cao Angdao.

"Mr. Kong Ming's defense line is interlocking, layer upon layer, and there is no flaw to be found underneath, but the Ming army is also good for these artifacts, whether they can be broken, we can only know after the battle." Cao Ang shook his head, this battle has not yet been fought, if you want to say that you will be able to hold it, that can only show arrogance, when Cao Cao was dominant in the Central Plains, there were countless elite soldiers and good generals, wasn't it also defeated? If you don't really fight, it's all fake.

Zhou Yu nodded, glanced back at the direction of Xiangyang, but was a little vigilant in his heart, this Xiangfan land, Chen Mo is not easy to fight, if there is a conflict between the two sides in the future, it will not be easy for the Jiangdong Army to break through Xiangfan.

This Zhuge Liang does have some ability, not only that he is good at craftsmanship, this thing, if you want to find it, you can still find it, more importantly, I followed Zhuge Liang before to take a rough look at the defenses around Xiangyang, interlocking, layered, and secretly in line with the number of strange doors, but a rough look made Zhou Yu feel a little numb, not to mention, since Zhuge Liang entered Liu Bei's command, the most outstanding thing is not the military, but the orderly governance of Jingzhou in recent years, there is such a person by Liu Bei's side, if he can really defeat Chen Mo in the future, Then Zhuge Liang may become the enemy of Jiangdong, but if he can recruit this person to Jiangdong, it will be a blessing for Jiangdong.

"Zixiu, as the chief general of Liqiu, will be close to this person in the future, his brother Zhuge Ziyu is in Jiangdong, if you can't do anything, you can come to Jiangdong." Zhou Yu looked at Cao Ang and smiled.

Cao Ang nodded, probably able to understand what Zhou Yu meant, this is the heart of wooing, but Cao Ang is not disgusted by this, his father, his teacher is also this virtue when he meets talents.

After the two returned to Liqiu Water Village by boat, Cao Ang began to preside over military affairs and set up camps.

On the other side, Xiangyang, after sending Zhou Yu away, Zhang Fei found Zhuge Liang.

"Kong Ming, now that the two alliances have been formed, I heard that Zhang Liao has been quite arrogant on the other side of the strait for the past few days, why don't you let me go to fight? Give him a dismount. Zhang Fei found Zhuge Liang and asked.

"Zhang Liao is a wise general!" Zhuge Liang looked at Zhang Fei and said helplessly: "Now our army is mainly defending, and we can't send troops indiscriminately, at this time, if we take a wrong step, our army will be doomed. ”

Zhang Fei was unhappy, but he couldn't refute it, he really wanted to lose Jingzhou, even if he died, he wouldn't have the face to see his brother, but just looking at the other party's martial arts, Zhang Fei felt unhappy, and couldn't help but say: "It's just to send troops to fight and frustrate the opponent's spirit, and it may not be defeated." ”

"Wing De may be guaranteed victory?" Zhuge Liang raised his head, looked at Zhang Fei and asked rhetorically.

"How can this battle be won?" Zhang Fei shook his head, Zhang Fei dared to say it, but in the last battle of Nanyang, he had seen Zhang Liao's ability, if he wanted to win, I am afraid that no one in this world would dare to say that he could defeat Zhang Liao.

"Just when the Ming army is twice as many as our army, 160,000, one person killed in battle, at least two enemy soldiers must be killed, if you want to have spare strength to protect yourself, you need to kill at least three opponents, give you 5,000 soldiers and horses, if you can't wipe out the other party, it is a victory, and it is also a defeat for our army, 10,000 soldiers and horses The Ming army lost, but our army can't afford to lose, Yide may understand?" Zhuge Liang looked at Zhang Fei unhappily and patiently explained.

With a battle loss ratio of one to three, let alone fighting the Ming army, which has always been known for its elite, even if it is against some thieves and grass bandits, no one dares to say that they can fight this kind of battle ratio.

Zhang Fei looked at Zhuge Liang with a depressed face and said: "Kong Ming, you don't want to trick me, then the Ming army is not a fool, no matter how you fight, it is impossible to fight such a battle loss, right?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "On the battlefield, the victory or defeat naturally can't be said like this, but to defeat the Ming army, our army broke two cities in a row before, and burned the Ming army in the new wildfire, which has already frustrated the opponent's spirit. ”

Zhang Fei shook his head speechlessly, Zhuge Liang didn't analyze it like this, but after Zhuge Liang's analysis, Zhang Fei suddenly felt that the pressure on his body was so great, and he said sullenly: "Got it." ”

"And!" Seeing that Zhang Fei was leaving, Zhuge Liang stopped him.

"What else?" Zhang Fei turned his head and looked at Zhuge Liang unhappily.

"News has come from Nanyang today, Chen Mo's army has arrived in Wancheng, and it will arrive in Xinye in a few days, and when the time comes, it is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol in the army, especially you!" Zhuge Liang said solemnly.

"I ......" Zhang Fei subconsciously licked his lips when he heard this, and after a pause, he nodded fiercely: "Don't worry!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and left, and the momentum made the clerks in the house who came and went on the side subconsciously get out of the way when they saw him from afar.

Ma Liang said hello when he came in, but Zhang Fei answered indiscriminately and didn't look back.

"Sir, the third general, this is ......" Ma Liang came in and looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously.

"Don't worry about him!" Zhuge Liang had a headache, Zhang Fei was able to fight, but there were many problems, he guessed that Zhang Fei was going to drink before the prohibition was issued.

On the other side, Zhang Fei returned to his camp in a menacing manner, asked people to bring all the wine at home, and called all the generals under his command.

"General, what are you ......" Zhang Da looked at the wine that had been moved over and looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.

"In a few days, the army will issue a ban on alcohol, and while this prohibition has not yet been issued, you will accompany me to drink it all today and drink it all for me!" Zhang Fei pointed to the stacked wine jar and shouted at the generals.

"Whoa!"

As Zhang Fei's general, I don't want to say if I can fight, but the amount of alcohol is very powerful, and many people are also drunkards, so I immediately agreed when I heard the words......