The clear river water is wrapped in waves, and the sound of rhythmic lapping on the river bank is like a lullaby made by a loving mother patting a baby falling asleep, and birds pass by the river from time to time, and the water and mountains are almost integrated. On the bank of the river south of the mouth of the Yangtze River, there is the military camp of Dong Zhuojun's Jiangnan Corps, which stretches for more than ten miles, with swords, guns, and flags covering the sky and the sun, and the warships as dense as carp crossing the river, and the tense atmosphere of the imminent war is coming.

Outside Dong Zhuojun's Chinese army camp, Sima Yi, who was nearly a weak crown, looked at the warships shuttling on the river, his eyes flashed with a shrewd look that did not match his age, for a long time, Sima Yi sighed in his heart, and secretly said to himself: "Zhuge Liang, why do you still come?" Could it be that you see the current situation, your army only has the strength to fight, and my father-in-law has not used all his strength at all, why don't you give up the offensive and use your limited strength to strengthen the defense? That's how I can buy you time to catch your breath, and I can buy time. ”

Sima Yi worshiped Kang Peng as his father and went to Kang Peng's power, in Sima Yi's imagination, the chaotic situation in the Han world could not be ended in ten or twenty years, Sima Yi had enough time to perform, to cultivate party henchmen, and obtain Dong Zhuojun's military power, but Sima Yi did not expect that the princes of the world would be so vulnerable in front of Dong Zhuojun, who had no worries about food, and in less than ten years, Dong Zhuojun swept the world with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, controlling six-tenths of the land, population and nine-tenths of the economy of the Han DynastyThe only thing that can hinder Dong Zhuojun Liu Beijun adopts the wrong strategy of attacking instead of defending, the war is fought with comprehensive strength, and the consequence of reckless military force is to make the comprehensive strength between Liu Beijun and Dong Zhuojun worse and worse, and Kang Peng is still living happily in the world, but Sima Yi has not had the opportunity to lead the troops independently, once the world is peaceful, then Sima Yi wants to obtain enough military power from the hands of the treacherous and slippery father-in-law to rebel, it is an almost impossible task.

"Join the army, the king is in a hurry, and the governor of the capital asks you to go back to the camp to discuss the military situation." When Sima Yi fell into deep thought again, the voice of the herald interrupted his train of thought, Sima Yi turned around and smiled at Na Lusu's personal soldiers, and smiled kindly: "Okay, I'll go back." Sima Yi took out a gold coin and stuffed it into the herald's hand, this is Sima Yi's habit, Lu Su is the commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Army, and his personal soldiers are always with Lu Su, a gold coin is nothing to Sima Yi, who was born in a scholar family who followed Kang Peng at the earliest, but sometimes it can be of great use.

When Sima Yi hurried to the main account of the Chinese army, Lu Su, Pang Tong, Gan Ning, Wei Yan, Sun Ce, Huang Gai and Cai Mao and other important figures of Dong Zhuojun's Jiangnan Corps had already arrived, only Sima Yi was left, Sima Yi hurriedly confessed to everyone, Lu Su did not blame Sima Yi for being late, but smiled and said: "Zhong Da does not have to blame himself, the big war is coming, and it is also a very important job to inspect the terrain." After Sima Yi sat down, Lu Su took out the telegram from Kang Peng, "The king has already given instructions to our army's strategy to meet the enemy, this time, we still have to stick to the enemy, and drag out the last trace of Liu Bei's vitality." ”

"Why are you holding on to it?" Wei Yan was the first to disagree and objected: "Our army has 140,000 front-line troops, and 50,000 second-line troops, and the enemy is only 100,000. Dong Zhuojun's other fierce generals echoed one after another, all wanting to take the initiative to attack, and did not want to be a shrunken turtle anymore, including Cai Mao, who has always been timid as a mouse on the battlefield, also clamored to meet the attack - anyway, he Cai Mao is a general of the navy, and the charge on the road is none of his Cai Mao's business.

"The king must consider the overall situation, and cannot be brave for a while." Lu Su was the formulator of Dong Zhuojun's outflanking of the Central Plains, and persuaded the generals: "According to Lu Su's estimate, this will be the last time we will adopt defensive tactics against Liu Bei, and I believe that blocking Liu Bei's attack this time is the time for our army to counterattack in an all-round way." The situation has reached this point, and no one in the Jiangnan Army's Dong Zhuojun civil and military forces can not see that Liu Bei is making the last desperate bet, so that Lu Su quickly calmed down the dissatisfaction of the generals.

"Zhongda, the king ordered Mingwen to let you get back all the losses to Zhuge Liang this time, you have to work hard this time." Pang Tong joked that before the first time with Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong used to look down on Sima Yi very much, but after several battles with Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong had realized Sima Yi's power and knew that Sima Yi was an indispensable member of Dong Zhuojun's defeat of Liu Beijun.

"The villain does his best." Sima Yi replied with a smile, and asked Pang Tong again: "The enemy army is coming, I don't know what good strategy the military division can have to retreat from the enemy?" ”

In fact, Sima Yi didn't need to ask to know what Pang Tong's idea was, and sure enough, Pang Tong stroked his short beard and said: "I still mean it before, our army can hold on, but it can't just stick on the south bank of the Yangtze River, we should cross the Yangtze River and seize the dock of Weixukou, so that our army can not only hold on, but also counterattack in a timely manner, and also use the advantage of our army's navy to suddenly land along the Chaohu Lake upstream, cut off the enemy's return route and grain route at the right time, and will win a big victory." ”

"It's a brilliant plan, but it's too risky." Sima Yi shook his head and opposed Pang Tong's proposal for the fourth time, "Our army crossing the Yangtze River north and camping can certainly enhance the counterattack force, but our army's granary is left on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and it must be guarded by dividing troops, and it is impossible to rescue each other by land and water. ”

"To fight a war is to take risks, and if you are too cautious, you can only miss the fighter." Pang Tong retorted, but Pang Tong was very depressed, Lu Su, who also likes to act cautiously, has to use Sima Yi's idea again this time, Liu Beijun's first four attacks, except for the first time to use Pang Tong's active tactics, the other three Lu Su have chosen Sima Yi's conservative tactics, and it has been proved that Sima Yi's method is indeed effective, and each time it is to make Liu Bei return in vain at the minimum cost. However, what made Pang Tong strange was that every time he was rewarded for meritorious deeds after the war, Kang Peng always used the excuse that he could not be crony, and always refused to let Sima Yi control the military power, and refused to quickly increase Sima Yi's official position, and every time he only rewarded land and money.

"Zhong Da is reasonable, our army still sticks to the old camp on the south bank, and cannot cross the river easily." Sure enough, Lu Su once again chose Sima Yi's conservative tactics, "Besides, the king has made it clear that our army can only hold on, and cannot take the initiative to attack." From today onwards, all the generals will carry out their duties and strengthen their vigilance, and as long as our army is united, we will certainly be able to repel the enemy again. ”

Ten days later, the scout came with the news that Liu Beijun had arrived at the lower village of the mouth of the river, and confronted Dong Zhuojun across the bank, Liu Bei, who knew that his demise was imminent, had gambled on the national fortune this time, not only brought the Taishi Ci army stationed in Hefei, but also sent Zhuge Xuan to Runan to replace Zhang Fei's position as a defender, so that Zhang Fei led the army of 50,000 to reinforce the main army, if Liu Bei could not capture Jiangnan this time, open up a stable rear for Liu Bei's army, and seize Dong Zhuojun's granary, then Liu Bei's Xu and Yu prefectures will have a problem with the grain for the winter this year. Moreover, Cao Cao also knew that the situation in front of him was critical, and had decided to send troops to Jizhou and attack Dong Zhuojun at the same time as Liu Beijun, so that Kang Peng could not take care of each other.

"The enemy army laid down five large villages in the front, rear, left, right and middle according to the direction of the five elements at the mouth of the river, and each village or more than 10,000 soldiers, or tens of thousands of people, each other is a corner, and the navy is full of Chaohu Lake, echoing with the army from afar." As the deputy military division, Pang Tong pointed to the sand table and personally introduced Liu Beijun's stationing situation to everyone, and added: "The enemy's Zhang Fei's reinforcements have now arrived in Anfeng, and it is estimated that they will arrive at the mouth of the river in five days. ”

"Liu Bei, what do you mean by this?" Lu Suhu said suspiciously: "He is here to attack Jiangnan, but he has put on a defensive formation that is not conducive to attacking, does he also want to be dragged down by us?" ”

"I'm weird too." Pang Tong was also puzzled: "Looking at Liu Bei's appearance, it seems that he intends to let us take the initiative to attack, does he have any conspiracy to force our army to take the initiative to attack and fight him in a decisive battle?" ”

"The big-eared thief has some ugly tricks, don't worry about it for the time being." Gan Ning jumped out and hugged his fist at Lu Su and said: "The beautiful Dadudu, the ugly big-eared thief has just arrived at the mouth of the river today, and the beautiful camp has not yet been firmly established, please give Gan Ning 3,000 elite soldiers, and tonight Uncle Gan will definitely let the gorgeous flames dance on the enemy's ugly camp." ”

"The last general is willing to go with General Xingba." Wei Yan also shouted: "Taking advantage of the enemy's distant foothold, we will rob him of a camp tonight and kill their sharp spirit." ”

"No." When Lu Su was still hesitating, Sima Yi immediately objected: "Liu Bei has been on the battlefield for a long time, and Zhuge Liang is treacherous, how can he not know that our army will take advantage of the void to rob the camp?" What's more, the enemy's defensive posture is to hope that our army will take the initiative to attack, and we still hold on. ”

"Metropolitan Governor, Pang Tong thinks that the strategy of the two generals of Gan and Wei is feasible, but the enemy is tired from afar, and the defense is lax." Pang Tong said: "No matter how treacherous Zhuge Liang is, he is not an immortal, how can he expect that our army will definitely go to rob the camp?" Seeing that Lu Su was still hesitating, Pang Tongyi gritted his teeth and said: "If the governor of the capital is still not at ease, General Sun Ce and General Huang Gai can lead the naval army to meet from behind, if the enemy is prepared, our army will immediately get on the ship, and the loss will not be very large." ”

"Okay, it's up to Master Pang's plan." Lu Su finally nodded, he was also a little tired of Kang Peng and Sima Yi's insistence on the steady defense tactics that they still adopted in the superior forces.

That night, the clear sky was suddenly overcast, and they couldn't see their fingers, seeing that a heavy rain was about to fall, which greatly facilitated Gan Ning and Wei Yan's camp robbery, and made their confidence even more inflated. Each led 3,000 soldiers to quietly cross the Yangtze River by night, and landed on the west side of the mouth of the water, according to Lu Su's instructions, Gan Ning and Wei Yan chose the right camp of Liu Beijun near the waterway as the target of the camp, along the way, Dong Zhuojun's actions were very smooth, and easily solved Liu Beijun's two patrols, and rushed to the periphery of Liu Beijun's right camp before the heavy rain fell.

The raindrops of soybeans crackled and fell, extinguishing the open-air torches and fires in Liu Beijun's right camp, the light in the camp was darker, Gan Ning and Wei Yan discussed a little, and the soldiers led from both sides to kill, the rain in the sky became heavier and heavier, Gan Ning and Wei Yan quickly broke through Liu Beijun's fence and led directly to the main tent of Liu Beijun's right camp, but when Gan Ning and Wei Yan rushed into the main tent almost at the same time, they couldn't help but be stunned - there was no one in the big tent.

"I've been tricked, get out of here!" Gan Ning's roar has not yet ended, Dong Zhuo's army has been killed on both sides, Guan Yu's righteous son Guan Ping who fled from Luoyang to Xuzhou killed from the left, Tai Shici killed from the right, Dong Zhuo's army was surrounded by Yuan Shu's generals Zhang Xun and Yang Xun, and the four sides worked together to immediately surround Dong Zhuo's army, and the troops were far above the Dong Zhuo's army who was lightly armed, Dong Zhuo's army was defeated, Gan Ning and Wei Yan struggled to highlight the waterway, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, most of them were surrounded and slaughtered by Liu Bei's army, and countless people died and surrendered, Only half of them broke through with Gan Ning and Wei Yan.

"Kill!" Gan Ning and Wei Yan are running, in the place where there are still seven or eight miles away from the waterway, Liu Beijun's general Chen Zhi led an army to stop it head-on, a little restless, the chasing soldiers have arrived, and Dong Zhuo's army was surrounded again, Gan Ning and Wei Yan rushed left and right and could not get out of trouble, but there were fewer and fewer soldiers around them, the two were helpless, Chen suddenly killed a Dong Zhuo army after the army, Sun Ce and Huang Gai, who were originally responsible for the response, heard the shouting and killing sound was not right, Sun Ce left Huang Gai to guard the warship, and led an army to go ashore to respond, and under a rush to kill, Sun Ce barely rescued Gan Ning and Wei Yan, and fled to the south of the Yangtze River on a warship, but of the 6,000 soldiers brought by Gan Ning and Wei Yan, there were only more than 1,000 people left who could evacuate across the Yangtze River.

After listening to Gan Ning and Wei Yan's reports, Lu Su comforted them first, let the two go down to rest, bandage their wounds, and sent an urgent telegram to Kang Peng, reporting to Kang Peng about the battle situation ahead, and at the same time strictly ordering the three armies not to fight from now on, strictly implementing Sima Yi's sticking tactics, and preparing to use time to drag down Liu Beijun's morale.

Because it takes time to transfer through various telegraph stations along the way, Kang Peng, who was far away in Chang'an, did not receive the battle report from the front line until the next morning, and Kang Peng didn't care about last night's defeat - there is no invincible division in the world, Kang Peng just wondered why Liu Beijun would lay down a defensive camp, wasn't Liu Bei afraid of Dong Zhuojun's attrition tactics?

"Strange." Jia Xu was also puzzled, "Looking at Liu Bei's move, there must be a winning trick to provoke our army to take the initiative to fight, what trick can he have?" ”

When Kang Peng and Jia Xu were suspicious, the soldiers hurriedly came to report, "Report to the king, the puppet king Liu Bei sent an envoy to Chang'an, and there is something important to meet the king." When he said this, the pro-soldier had a strange face, just like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, Kang Peng was suspicious in his heart, and asked carefully, and the pro-soldier hurriedly confessed: "The king forgive me, because Liu Bei's messenger looks too weird, skinny, and I am afraid that there is no flesh on the whole body, but his head is almost the size of a basin, and I am afraid that his head is heavier than his body, so the villain can't help but snicker, please forgive the king." ”

"I see." Kang Peng nodded, and was about to wave his hand to let the pro-soldier go down, but suddenly his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked: "The envoy of the pseudo-king Liu Bei, but is it called You Heng You Zhengping?" ”

"Back to the king, that person's name is indeed You Heng, but I don't know the words." The soldier replied.

"Hahahaha." Kang Peng laughed loudly, "Liu Bei, Liu Bei, I actually want to use this trick to provoke Gu to order the Jiangnan Corps to fight, don't you know ......" Kang Peng added in his heart, "Don't you know that I Kang Peng is the thickest skinned in the world?" ”