The front line fought successively, after successively capturing Jingzhou, Qingzhou and most of Xuzhou. The Han army finally stopped.

was able to capture Jingzhou entirely because Shouchun did not send a single reinforcement, and was able to capture Qingxu because Sima Yi withdrew the main force to Shouchun, not so much to capture, but rather to give up strategically by Sima Yi.

Next, if you fight again, you will fall the Huaihe region, Shouchun is in Huainan, and Sima Yi will not let the Huaishui area be captured by the Han army.

At the same time as the Han army attacked on a large scale, Sima Yi also eliminated the 6 Xun who were entrenched in Lujiang. As Zhuge Liang expected, a holy decree was enough to put the 6 Xun into passivity, and it was enough to make the 6 Xun people rebel and leave, and it was enough to make the soldiers mourn and resist.

6 Xun killed himself by the Yangtze River, and his body fell into the Yangtze River, and it was difficult to find his whereabouts.

……

For Adou, the first stage of the offensive was quite smooth, but the next offensive was the real test of the Han army, the vanguard had reached Huaibei, and it was Sima Yi who was about to face.

In order to carry out the next stage of the offensive, Adou summoned Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and other strategists. The strategic policy was discussed, and Zhuge Ke, who was familiar with Eastern Wu, also rushed back to Luoyang from Jingzhou.

Zhuge Ke was flattered to be invited to participate in such a high-level meeting. Of course, Zhuge Ke also knew that the reason why he was recruited was also because he was familiar with the internal situation of Dongwu.

Faced with this situation, Zhuge Ke put forward a bold idea, that is, to attack Jiangdong first, and then Huainan.

Looking at the map in front of them, and hearing Zhuge Ke's bold idea, everyone in the audience fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Adou took the lead in speaking: "Yuan Xun, you said that you should attack Jiangdong first, where should you start?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that crossing the river from Chibi is the best choice!"

"Chibi?" Hearing this familiar name, Adou was shocked.

The Battle of Chibi is all too familiar to people of any era after the Three Kingdoms. Cao Cao's army of 830,000 was burned to the ground by a fire, and at the same time achieved Zhou Lang's reputation.

"Walking Chibi?" Adou fell silent again.

Cao Cao's defeat of Chibi has only been more than 20 years, and now Adou is facing a situation similar to Cao Cao back then.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been carefully considered, our northern army is not good at water warfare, and the distance between the water surface of Chibi is narrow, and the terrain is complicated, and the camp on the north bank of Chibi is not afraid of the attack of the Jiangdong Naval Division. On the contrary, if it is from Chibi to attack Jiangdong. It's easy. Zhuge Ke continued.

"Oh?" Adou peeked at Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang.

The five people present, except for Adou and Zhuge Ke, all participated in the Battle of Chibi that year, in which Zhuge Liang helped Zhou Yu in Chaisang, Pang Tong offered Cao Cao a plan for a series of ships, and Xu Shu pretended that Ma Teng was attacking and ran back to Chang'an before burning Chibi.

Zhuge Liang shook his fan slightly, and then said: "Your Majesty, if you want to ask Shi Yuan about this matter, the minister remembers that Shi Yuan lived in seclusion on the mountainside of Chibi Jinluan Mountain back then. For the terrain of Chibi, Shiyuan is well aware. ”

Seeing Zhuge Liang mentioning himself, Pang Tong didn't sell Guanzi, and came out directly and said: "When I went to Chibi, I expected that Cao Cao would cross the river from Chibi, so I lived in seclusion in Jinluan Mountain in Chibi. It's just that I didn't expect that Cao Mengde didn't come to me, but Lu Zijing came to the door first. ”

Pang Tong smiled self-deprecatingly, and Adou also understood that Pang Tong lived in Jinluan Mountain at the beginning, waiting for Cao Cao to find him. Presumably, at that time, Pang Tong already had a strategy to break Wu. It's a pity that Cao Cao didn't go to Pang Tong, but was preempted by Lu Su. But later, because Pang Tong was ugly, Sun Quan did not reuse, so Pang Tong defected to Liu Bei.

I only heard Pang Tong say with certainty: "Your Majesty, the northern army is going south, and Chibi is indeed an excellent location." ”

"Taifu, when you were waiting for Cao Cao in Jinluan Mountain, did you already have a strategy to break Wu? Can it still be used now? Adou hurriedly asked.

"What Your Majesty said is that I did have a way to break Wu at the beginning, and I was just waiting for Cao Mengde to invite me." Pang Tong said and looked at Zhuge Liang, and then said: "At the beginning, the first emperor invited Kong Ming out of the thatched house, so if Cao Cao had one-third of the first emperor, I would also go out of the mountain." ”

Zhuge Liang next to him interjected and said: "Fortunately, Zijing found you first, otherwise it would be difficult to say whether the battle of Chibi would have won or lost." ”

Seeing that Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong had a tendency to gossip, Adou hurriedly asked: "Taifu, what is your strategy to break Wu?" ”

"Lian...... Ring...... Boat! Pang Tong said sonorously.

"Serial ship? Taifu, I'm talking about the strategy of breaking Wu, not the strategy of breaking Cao. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is not wrong, it is a serial ship." Pang Tong paused, and then said: "Your Majesty, the Northern Army is not good at water warfare, and without the chain of ships, our Northern Army will not be able to adapt to water warfare at all. However, this serial ship is a double-edged sword, and if it is used well, it can break the Dongwu Sailor, but if it is not used well, it will hurt itself. ”

"Taifu, what do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, just imagine. If there is no east wind, what will happen to the Battle of Chibi? ”

"No east wind? Without the east wind, Zhou Yu would not be able to burn Chibi, although it cannot be said that Zhou Yu will definitely lose, but presumably Cao Cao's winning chance will be greater. Adou said.

"Your Majesty is right, Cao Cao was defeated in that east wind, and the army of 830,000 troops, even if half of them went down to Jiangdong, it was enough to destroy the Sun family. It's a pity, the sky doesn't help Cao Cao, this midwinter season, but the southeast wind has been hanging for three days. Pang Tong sighed.

"South-east gales? Taifu, is it possible that if there is no southeast wind this winter, this chain boat will be feasible? Adou asked.

"What Your Majesty said is that if there is no southeast wind, my serial ship can go straight down to Jiangdong. As for whether there is a southeast gale this year...... This needs to be asked Kong Ming. ”

Zhuge Liang immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, there is still some time before the middle of winter, and it is difficult to say whether there is a southeast wind on the river this winter, but the minister can go to Chibi in person, and then His Majesty can build a high platform on the mountain near Chibi, and the minister can watch the sky on the high platform." ”

……

Zhuge Ke finally failed to become the governor of the navy.

After all, Zhuge Ke had just surrendered not long ago, even if Adou trusted him. It was not enough to convince the public, so in the end, Adou appointed Guan Ping as the governor of the navy, Zhuge Ke as Guan Ping's deputy, and Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong also went to Chibi with the army.

Guan Ping once followed Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou, which can be regarded as a little proficient in water warfare, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were originally proficient in water warfare, Zhuge Ke is not only proficient in water warfare, but also knows the Eastern Wu Naval Division very well. The only drawback of the Han army was that the northerners were not good at water warfare.

On the Eastern Wu side, the Han army attacked Jiangdong first, which caught Sima Yi off guard. The Jiangdong family has a deep prejudice against Sima Yi. Once the Han army attacked Jiangdong proper, Sima Yi's command was issued, and whether those Jiangdong soldiers would obey the order was a big question. Moreover, with the Yangtze River as a barrier, Sima Yi naturally has to make good use of it.

The generals of the Jiangdong family have always been not on good terms with Sima Yi, and at this critical time, Sima Yi can't trust the generals of the Jiangdong family. So Sima Yi ordered Buqi to take command, leading 100,000 naval troops and thousands of large and small warships to resist the Han army.

……

Chibi.

The first thing the Han army did when they came to Chibi was to choose a place with a gentle wind and clear air and build a high platform for Zhuge Liang. Next, Zhuge Ke personally commanded and began to build the naval camp.

The northerners were not good at water warfare, so the structure of the Chibi battalion of the Han army was still mainly based on defense and training. At the same time, the warship also began to be renovated, preparing for the winter link chain ship.

Since the establishment of the Chibi Navy camp, the Han army has been cowering in the camp for several months, no matter how Buqi challenges, the Han army will never be able to hold out. Zhuge Ke is well aware of the shortcomings of the Han army's navy, and compared with the more than 30 years of experience in Eastern Wu, the Han army's navy is not at the same level at all. Even Zhuge Ke's level of water warfare is top in Jiangdong, but the gap in the quality of middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers is not something that Zhuge Ke, a top commander, can make up. No matter how good the command is, it also needs middle and lower-level officers and soldiers to carry it out, and the execution is not good, even if the command is excellent, it will not help.

There is a gap of more than 30 years in the water army, and this is not a gap that can be crossed in a short period of time. When Cao Cao was in the Battle of Chibi, there were 830,000 troops, of which the naval army mainly inherited the Jingzhou naval division, although it was not as elite as the Eastern Wu naval division, but it was superior to the number of people. There were only 30,000 sailors under Zhou Yu of Eastern Wu, so it can be said that Cao Cao had an advantage at that time.

Today, the Han army has only more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Chibi, while the Wu army also has 100,000.

Bu Qi, the commander of the Eastern Wu Naval Army, is also an old acquaintance of Zhuge Ke.

Buqi is a native of Huaiyin, Xuzhou, and Zhang Zhao was Zhang Zhao's sworn friend when he was there. Back then, he once defected to the Sun family with Zhuge Jin and Yan Ji, this person has a generous personality, has a very high prestige in Jiangdong, is very serious in his work, meticulous, and has his leading army, it is difficult to find flaws. But also because of Buqi's character, Buqi didn't like to use dangerous soldiers to win, so Zhuge Ke believed that Buqi would not easily attack the Han army camp.

Zhuge Ke is also a genius, and he has designed a set of training programs specifically for northerners, and the effect is very good.

If you want to fight well in the water, you must first learn to swim. Zhuge ordered people to dig nearly a thousand large pools, including five feet deep, six feet deep, seven feet deep, eight feet deep, and nine feet deep, and the pools were filled with water, and the Han army learned to swim in the pool every day, starting from five feet and slowly adapting to the nine-foot pool.

After being able to swim in the nine-foot pool, you can swim in the river to get used to the environment of the river. After all, there is stagnant water in the pool, and living water in the river, and the two are completely different.

In the blink of an eye, it is the Mid-Autumn season.

The temperature of the Chibi generation is slightly warmer than in the north, and the climate is not a big problem for this group of northerners who are used to the cold. However, it is still very easy to get sick when you want to go into the water in this weather, but fortunately, the swimming training has been almost carried out now, and the Han soldiers have begun to get on the boat for training.

Zhuge Ke did not let the soldiers go directly to the boat, but ordered someone to watch the trees cut down and set up a bunch of bamboo rafts, the soldiers first took the bamboo raft, wandered in the shallow water for a few days, and slowly adapted to the environment in the water, and then put it on the big boat, into the wind and waves of the place to train. However, even after so much training, there are still many seasick people in the Han army.

In mid-September, the chain of warships was finally completed.

The big ships are linked together by iron cables, and they are covered with wooden planks, even if the wind and waves come, the hull will not shake violently, and even the horse's fart can trot on the boat, and people are very relaxed.

As soon as the serial ship came out, the phenomenon of seasickness of the Han army was immediately eliminated, the archers shot accurately, and the soldiers had confidence in drilling.

……

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army.

Zhuge Liang gently shook the fan, and the brush in his hand gestured on the paper from time to time.

Next to him, more than a dozen soldiers all looked at Zhuge Liang, their faces full of nervousness and impatience.

After a long time, Zhuge Liang put down the pen, raised his head, the corners of his mouth rose, the signature smile on his face, and slowly said: "Within ten days, there will be no wind!" ”

"Huh......" All the generals let out a sigh of relief, but Pang Tong was still frowning.

Guan Ping stood up and said to the soldiers: "Since there is no wind, then everyone should be able to rest assured, let's disperse first today!" ”

"The last will retire!" A group of generals said they all withdrew.

Pang Tong saw that everyone had retreated, so he asked: "Kong Ming, you are right, there is really no wind in ten days?" ”

"There is really no wind, no southeast wind, no northwest wind."

"There is no ...... at all," Pang Tong's face looked very unhappy.

"Shiyuan, do you need wind?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Pang Tong nodded: "I need the wind, I need a three-day southeast gale!" ”

"South-east gales? Mrs. Pang, you said you want a southeast gale? Guan Ping asked in surprise.

Everyone knows that a southeast gale buried Cao Cao's sailors, and now the Han army is in the same position as Cao Cao at the beginning, and also uses a chain of boats, Pang Tong actually asked for a southeast gale!

"Shi Yuan, are you going to ......?"

"Kong Ming, you guessed right, I'm going to fight a lose-lose fight!" Pang Tong said slowly.

"Shi Yuan, is this the plan you prepared for Cao Cao back then?" Zhuge Liang then asked.

"Yes, this is the plan I set up back then, to attack with the serial ship Yin* Zhou Yu's sailors, and then withdraw the 6th Army to other places, and the sailors and Zhou Yu fought a defeat and were both defeated. In that way, Cao Cao and Zhou Yu did not have a water division, and there was no water division in Eastern Wu, so it would not be able to prevent Cao Mengde from crossing the river at that time, and Cao Cao only needed to cross the river with 100,000 people to determine Jiangdong! ”

"Good plan, good poison! Everyone says that Jia Wenhe is a poisoner, and now it seems that you Pang Shiyuan is a poisoner! It's a pity, if Cao Cao had invited you first, Dongwu would have been defeated! ”

During the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan's honor was the natural danger of the Yangtze River, if Cao Cao's sailors and Jiangdong's sailors were defeated and injured, Cao's army could take the opportunity to cross the river, as long as 100,000 people could successfully cross the river, Jiangdong would not be able to resist the trampling of Cao's army's iron hooves.

It's a pity that Cao Cao was so proud at the beginning, from the poems made by Cao Cao between the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Chibi, it can be seen that behind Cao Cao's momentum at that time, there was still a thick sense of pride. In Cao Cao's view at that time, the army was invincible everywhere it went, and there was no need to use this kind of lose-lose move.

Seeing Pang Tong's solemn expression, Zhuge Ke laughed, and then said: "Taifu Pang, you want the east wind, it's easy, I will immediately order someone to build a seven-star altar and let my uncle borrow some east wind ......"

"He? Hahaha......" Pang Tong suddenly burst out laughing, and Zhuge Liang's face showed a wry smile.

I saw Zhuge Liang open his mouth and say: "Yuan Xun, don't think that this borrowing the east wind is a real thing, I have already calculated that there will be three southeast gales." At that time, I expected that Zhou Gongjin would not be able to tolerate me, so I took the opportunity to escape on the grounds of borrowing the east wind! ”

"But at that time, Zhou Yu swore that his uncle borrowed the east wind, which ......"

"Hehehe, with Zhou Gongjin's intelligence, how can I not see that I have already calculated the time. It's just that Zhou Gongjin didn't catch me at that time, so he brazenly claimed that I had ghosts and gods that I could borrow the east wind for the sake of face, so that even if he didn't catch me, he could get back some face. Zhuge Liang said slowly.

"I see." Zhuge Ke nodded with some disappointment. In Zhuge Ke's heart, Zhuge Liang is a legendary-level existence, and now that he hears the real thing, Zhuge Ke is inevitably a little lost.

Seeing that Pang Tong was still sighing there, Zhuge Liang smiled and comforted: "Shiyuan, don't worry, the east wind you want will be there, I estimate that the east wind you want will come at the latest." ”

……

The two armies engaged in the first confrontation on the river.

When the Eastern Wu Naval Division approached, the warships in front of the Han army suddenly dodged away, revealing the chain of warships inside.

The Bu Qi, who was commanding in the rear, was suddenly taken aback.

"Serial ship? It turned out to be a serial ship! Bu Qiu frowned, and then said, "Order, withdraw the troops!" ”

As the Jiangdong naval division slowly retreated, the Han army finally achieved a victory, but it also exposed a series of warships.

……

Wu army camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, a cadre of generals talked a lot.

Among the generals present, there are few people who have participated in the Battle of Chibi that year, but when it comes to the big victory of that year, everyone still remembers it vividly, and almost everyone can tell the story of the year in detail.

"Do you say that the Han army is stupid or stunned, have they forgotten how Cao Cao was defeated back then? How dare you use a chain boat? ”

"I've heard that Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong both came with the army. At that time, one of these two people dedicated the plan of the serial boat, and the other borrowed the east wind to break the Cao army and burn Chibi, they made a great contribution, to say that they did not know the shortcomings of the serial ship, impossible, absolutely impossible. ”

Bu Qi waved his hand, everyone fell silent, and then said: "Pass the order, from today on, no one is allowed to fight." ”

"Don't fight? Governor, what is your consciousness? ”

"Let's wait, wait for the southeast wind to come! As soon as the east wind arrives, it will be the time for us to break the enemy. ”

"But the Grand Duke, we don't know when the east wind will come!"

"Prepare the burning things first, once the east wind rises, we will immediately attack the Han army, and burn Chibi again!"