Chapter 411: The Battle of Chibi
The first difficulty Cao Cao encountered was that some of the nearly 50,000 Jingzhou soldiers he had newly recovered did not listen to him.
For this situation, Cao Cao can't solve it in a violent way, and the reason is very simple, the reason why he doesn't listen to you is not without reason.
You Cao Cao just destroyed other people's countries, and other people's families and brothers may have died in the war.
Although this is the trend of the times, it seems that there is nothing unreasonable, but if you want these ordinary soldiers to accept it, it will take a long process, and you Cao Cao will not give people a chance to breathe at all, so you will call people to accompany you to fight Wu Guo again, which is a touch of discomfort in your heart.
Looking at this situation, Cao Cao also had some scoundrels, but they had already driven the army to the place of Chibi, and Sun Ce Duan's troops were in contact, so it was impossible to return in a hurry, and finally Cao Cao arranged all this part of the Jingzhou soldiers on the shore.
But at this moment, Cao Cao's army still has almost 120,000, which is an absolute advantage compared to the army of Wu.
It's just that the next wave after wave of things made Cao Cao quite a headache, that is, although the 120,000 Wei soldiers under his command listened to his Cao Cao's orders, but most of these soldiers were some northerners, who were not used to the south at all, and as soon as they sat on the boat, the ship would shake and cause a series of symptoms such as vomiting and dizziness.
Seeing this, Cao Cao didn't dare to be careless, because if this kind of thing dragged on for a long time, it was likely to cause a plague later, so he invited the divine doctor Hua Tuo.
As for how Hua Tuo came to Cao Cao's army, the reason is very simple, it is precisely because of the death of Xi Zhicai that Cao Cao has been a big wake-up call.
That is, there must be a miracle doctor in the army, and that time he didn't ask for Zhang Ji, maybe it was the regret of Cao Cao's life, so Cao Cao invited Hua Tuo next.
Cao Cao gave Hua Tuo a very high treatment this time. is no longer like in history, killing people because of one or two sentences, and in today's world, the emperor is gone, and Hua Tuo has no need to be loyal to the Han family, and there is no motive to murder Cao Cao, so Hua Tuo also stayed here with peace of mind, just like Zhang Ji of Qin.
Although Cao Cao received a little resistance, but this resistance is nothing to Cao Cao, Cao Cao has not seen any winds and waves along the way, isn't it just a little setback? Just get through it.
Although Cao Cao's idea is correct and very inspirational, but now it is not about a person's growth path, but about life and death, so it is Cao Cao's tenacity that gives the opponents Zhou Yu and Sun Ce a chance.
Zhou Yu saw that Cao Jun's ships were connected everywhere with decks, and then stabilized the stability of the ships, which was also an idea that Cao Cao's strategists came up with, after all, Cao Jun's swaying on the deck was unstable, this has become a fact, and a way must be found to improve, not to mention, after using this method, it seems that everything is much better.
When Zhou Yu saw this, he showed a treacherous smile, but a few days later, there was a sudden strong wind in the sky, but when Cao Cao felt the wind, he walked out of his handsome tent directly, felt it carefully, and then the whole person's expression changed greatly.
Although Cao Cao also read a lot of books, he has not yet reached the point of going to astronomy and geography.
Cao Cao had rarely been to the south, and he did not know that there was a habit on the river, that is, the problem of the river wind being changeable, maybe the east wind for one day, and then the south wind for ten days, and then the wind direction was constantly changing.
Zhou Yu, who has lived in Jiangdong for a long time, grasped this opportunity, he finally saw the dawn of victory, and immediately Zhou Yu reported to Sun Ce, and Sun Ce did not hesitate to order an attack, this battle must be completely annihilated Cao Cao.
Cao Cao's side immediately had a strategist suggest to Cao Cao that the most important thing at the moment was to guard against fire attacks, and Cao Cao also deployed the arrangement for the first time, and any open flames were not allowed to be taken out at will, as for the ship made of wood, it would also be ignited by fire, so there was no way but to send ships up and constantly harass Zhou Yu's troops, so that they were not allowed to approach here.
Although Cao Cao has been trying his best to save the defeat in front of him, but this is the will of heaven, how can he Cao Cao change, no matter how hard Cao Cao tries, but after all, he is still approached by Zhou Yu's troops, and finally, Zhou Yu directly ordered specific soldiers to attack Cao Cao.
The fire borrowed the wind and immediately burned Cao Cao's warship, Cao Cao saw this and knew that the general trend had gone, and he was powerless to return to the sky, although there was some lamentation in his heart, but he quickly cheered up.
Cao Cao's carelessness led to his failure, but Cao Cao is also a person who has been through storms for a long time, although he has lost this time, but he has tried his best to make up for it, in fact, when Zhou Yu's ship came, Cao Cao already had a premonition in his heart, maybe he was destined to be defeated this time.
The reason why Cao Cao is still here now is just to do a little desperate struggle, and there is a bit of luck in his heart to see if there is any possibility of victory, but it turns out that a general like Zhou Yu, as long as he does not make a big mistake, in this case, Cao Cao has no chance.
So at that time, Cao Cao was slowly retreating with his soldiers.
In the Battle of Chibi, the Sun-Liu coalition army was completely victorious, and Cao Cao was defeated, but Cao Cao did not lose many soldiers and horses this time, but he lost some morale, and there were a little more soldiers scattered on the road, but this was still bearable for Cao Cao.
However, after this battle, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and Liu Bei completely became famous all over the world.
After Cao Cao went back, he realized a problem, that is, his heart was too anxious, this time it was completely to send troops and food to Wu to send prestige, if he wanted to attack Wu again next time, I am afraid that he would need more powerful troops than now to do this, thinking of this, Cao Cao was also helpless, and immediately ordered that all Wei countries entered a state of recuperation, and they were tired enough during this time.
Zhou Yu and Sun Ce took advantage of this opportunity to directly lead his troops westward to occupy the remaining part of Jingzhou, that is, the four counties of Jingzhou.
However, after Sun Ce and the others finished beating Cao Cao, something new came out.
Liu Bei found Sun Ce and proposed that this time he didn't need any loot, and only asked Sun Ce to lend him the four counties of Jingzhou as his Liu Bei's foothold.
Sun Ce didn't say anything when he heard this, frowning and pondering, but Zhou Yu was completely blown up after hearing this, what kind of joke was this Liu Bei playing with him, this Red Cliff Battle Liu Bei's army was just responsible for transporting a little grain and grass.
Now he still dares to run over to ask for credit, it is simply a big joke in the world, so Zhou Yu didn't say a word, so he ran to Sun Ce and told Sun Ce that he must not do this, Liu Bei still wants the four counties of Jingzhou, it is a dream, he persuaded Sun Ce to kill Liu Bei now quickly, so as not to cause Liu Bei to rebel in the future.
However, Sun Ce also showed some helplessness in this regard. He Sun Ce slaughtered all sides in Jiangdong, and he seemed to be a murderer, but Sun Ce was also a principled person, he only killed those who were disobedient under his hands, and he would not touch those who were powerless.
Liu Bei doesn't seem to have done anything wrong now, if Sun Ce wants to kill him, first of all, there is something difficult in Sun Ce's own heart, but Sun Ce is not a stupid person, if you Liu Bei really borrowed Jingzhou, it is estimated that there will be some difficulties in returning it, so Sun Ce's final decision is that he will not lend Liu Bei Jingzhou, but he has given Liu Bei a lot of convenience.
even divided a part of the army to Liu Bei's command, he told Liu Bei that he would not kill Liu Bei, after all, Liu Bei used to be an ally with him, but it was impossible to borrow Jingzhou, Sun Ce's weapons and grain and grass here Liu Bei took it casually, Liu Bei still had to find his own way out.
Liu Bei nodded quietly when he saw this, he also understood his profound thoughts, in fact, although Sun Ce was a hero, he had not yet reached the point of Cao Cao.
Cao Cao wants the whole world, and he Sun Ce is only satisfied with being a prince king, just like the feudal system in the Warring States Period, he loves the land of Jiangdong, so he only wants to manage the land of Jiangdong, as for other places, he Sun Ce is not interested at all, which is somewhat similar to the overlord Xiang Yu back then.
However, Sun Ce's words can be regarded as a problem for Liu Bei, Liu Bei is bumpy and half-bodyed, and there is no place to stand, and now Sun Ce has issued an eviction order to Liu Bei, although this eviction order is very polite, and he also gave Liu Bei so many things, it should be said that it is quite good, but after Liu Bei leaves Sun Ce, where can he go?
However, at this time, the arrival of a person made Liu Bei see a new way out, in fact, this person was introduced by Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang has the title of Wolong in Jingzhou, and there are countless talents in the world he knows, and this ugly-looking person saw Liu Bei's dignified appearance and courtesy, so he nodded indifferently, and then offered something.
Half a month later, there was a wave of controversy in the court of Shu.
Represented by Zhang Song, Wu Yi and others, they actually advocated letting Liu Bei enter Sichuan to help them resist the attack of Qin, which was the opportunity that Cao Xing said before.
Of course, this proposal was opposed by some ministers of Shu, and Liu Zhang, the king of Shu, was a little unassertive, Zhang Song saw this with a wisp of his eyes, and directly stepped forward and said to Liu Zhang.
"King, Liu Bei and you are both relatives of the Han family, the same clan and the same clan, can't you even believe him? Although some of the old ministers just now also told you that there is General Zhang Ren in the front, Cao Xing can't get in, but this is just a general statement, General Zhang Ren's troops are not as good as the Qin army in terms of combat effectiveness, morale, equipment, etc., if it goes on like this, of course it will not be able to stand it, so I implore the king to let Liu Bei enter Jingzhou, and let him help us resist Cao Xing, so that we will not lose! ”
Liu Zhang is a person who does not have many opinions, and under Zhang Song's repeated instigation, he finally agreed to this request, so Liu Bei directly took his soldiers and horses and killed them in Shu.
And Cao Xing also smiled when he saw this, laughed completely, he knew that the time had come for him to perform.
In history, Zhang Song did not get the status and power he wanted in Shu, so he was dissatisfied with Liu Zhang, so he wanted to change the lord, but his method of changing the lord was too chic, and he actually asked Liu Bei to steal other people's countries.
However, Cao Xing didn't care too much, since this was the case, he added more fire to this contradiction, Cao Xuan discussed with Fa Zheng Jia Xu and others, and finally decided to temporarily put down the assault on Shu. Hanzhong's side completely entered a defensive posture, as long as Zhang Ren and Liu Bei were not allowed to enter.
However, in Liu Zhang's opinion, Liu Bei really has some ability, as soon as he came to Qin, he stopped the original attack and took a defensive posture, which shows that Liu Bei does have two brushes, not only to block Cao Cao, but also to defend against vitality, is really a rare general.
However, Liu Zhang's subordinates still have some cronies, and they suggested that Liu Zhang should be more or less wary of Liu Bei, Liu Zhang thought about it carefully, it seems to be the same thing, but because Liu Bei is his imperial uncle, he is a junior, and nothing can be done too much, so he just transferred Liu Bei to Chengdu, as for Liu Bei's general Zhang Fei Guan Yu, all stationed in Xiameng Pass.
Liu Bei seems to have finally gained trust this time, and with a foothold, Liu Bei's heart is very pleasantly surprised, but Zhuge Liang next to him smells a little different from this change.
Liu Bei originally entered Chengdu happily, thinking that this time he could rise to prominence, at least in Shu to be able to hold the position of an important minister, but when he arrived in Chengdu, he found that it was not as good as he imagined.
Although Liu Zhang got him over, he only gave him a false position, not because Liu Zhang didn't want to reuse Liu Bei, but because the local forces here were too strong, and except for Zhang Song and others, most people had some rejection of Liu Bei, so Liu Bei's position in the court was shaky, and at this moment Liu Bei was surprised to find that the danger on the grassland was no less dangerous than the danger on the battlefield.
Liu Bei did not have his own power in Shu, in order to prevent being attacked by others, Liu Bei finally made a decision, that is, to establish his own forces, and the party would fight against differences, so that he could protect himself.
For this point, Zhuge Liang under Liu Bei has no disagreement, after all, he also knows what Liu Bei is here for, but there is still one thing that makes Zhuge Liang have some worries, that is, Cao Xing's attitude, Cao Xuan seems to be too humble this time, and he directly gave up the attack on Shu, it seems that Cao Xing must have a big plan.
Seeing that Liu Zhang had already sent someone to take Liu Bei back at this moment, and the defenders of the narrow gate were not only Zhang Ren's generals, but also Liu Bei's generals, seeing this, Cao Xing nodded, and he pointed in a direction, aiming at Xiliang.