Chapter 63: Exploring the Truth
Zhou Yu and others invited Liu Bei to the table, Liu Feng sat at the top, Zhao Yun sat at the bottom, and Zhou Yu led a group of Jiangdong generals to sit down opposite. When Liu Feng fixed his eyes, he saw that Gan Ning, who had been discussing with him in Sun Quan's court a few days ago, was also among them, and when Gan Ning saw Liu Feng coming, he greeted Liu Feng with his head, thinking that because of the things in the court, he admired Liu Feng a lot.
At the beginning, Zhou Yu just presented Jiangdong delicacies to the three of them, and did not stop persuading them to drink, Zhou Yu brought Cheng Pu, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong, Lu Xun and other generals to Liu Bei, and everyone also accompanied Liu Bei to drink a few glasses.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhou Yu clapped his hands and dismissed all the dancing girls in the house, and after a while, there were only Jiangdong generals and Liu Bei and other three people left in the banquet, Liu Feng saw this situation, his brows were slightly wrinkled, I don't know what Zhou Yu's move meant, so he secretly held the hilt of the Qinghong sword, just in case.
"Liu Yuzhou must not be careful, there are many suitable people, it is inconvenient to talk, Yu has dismissed all irrelevant people, so that he can discuss one or two with Liu Yuzhou today."
Zhou Yu saw that Liu Feng and Zhao Yun were both unkind, and the smile on Liu Bei's face gradually receded, but he still looked generous, and explained to Liu Bei with a hand.
"I got the news the day before yesterday, that Cao Cao's army is afraid that it has already been opened, and it will reach the north bank in a few days, and I will also camp all the soldiers under my command in Fankou to echo the Jiangdong naval army, so I don't know what good strategy Gongjin has to break the enemy?"
After Liu Bei heard this, he also gave up his hand to Zhou Yu slightly, and informed Zhou Yu of the matter of the garrison Fankou, Zhou Yu was only thirty or forty miles away from Sanjiangkou at this time, and most of Cao Cao's army would cross the river at Sanjiangkou to attack, so how to send troops was indeed a matter that needed to be discussed by the two families.
"It's so good, but I don't know how much Liu Yuzhou led the troops this time?" Zhou Yu didn't talk about his strategy to break the enemy, but just asked Liu Bei's troops.
Liu Bei listened, did not answer, just looked at Liu Feng, and then took care of himself and took the wine, drank it, Liu Feng knew at a glance that Liu Bei did not want to answer, and could not completely ignore Zhou Yu's words, so he handed over the matter to Liu Feng to deal with.
"Our army brought more than 20,000 elite soldiers from Xiakou, and Zhang Fei was the commander of Guan Yu, and Zhuge Liang was in charge of the army, so General Gongjin didn't bother." Liu Feng arched his hand to Zhou Yu and replied with a smile, but his words couldn't help but make the Jiangdong generals show displeasure on their faces.
"And according to the scene I have observed before, the number of Jiangdongtun naval troops here is only twenty or thirty thousand, I wonder if General Gongjin has left a follow-up move, and the generals are ambushed in other places in case of emergency?" Before Zhou Yu could answer, Liu Feng smiled indifferently and said.
The Jiangdong generals listened, their faces were shocked, Liu Feng only stayed in front of the village for a while, and the number of sergeants here was known by him, if he was allowed to stay in the village for a few days, then where is the secret of the Jiangdong Navy in Liu Feng's eyes?
But after hearing this, Zhou Yu didn't have a look of surprise on his face, but he looked at Liu Feng's eyes, there was a faint look of a different look, and he still smiled: "I have heard for a long time that General Ziwei is both civil and military, and the day before yesterday, Chai Sang even frustrated the spirit of Zhang Zibu and other old ministers. ”
Zhou Yu didn't say anything else at this time, but praised Liu Feng, which made Liu Feng a little unexpected, so he had to smile slightly and give Zhou Yu a deep salute.
It turned out that when Cao Cao sent the text into Jiangdong, the ministers of Jiangdong were divided into two factions, Zhang Zhao and others advocated the surrender of Cao Cao, Zhou Yu and a military general, but the main battle to retreat Cao Cao's army, Sun Quan was difficult to weigh for a while, so he gave birth to the heart of alliance with Liu Bei, and Lu Su was also a very personal friend with Zhou Yu, so he arrived in Jiangxia and invited Liu Feng.
Therefore, Liu Feng frustrated Zhang Zhao and made Sun Quan decide to form an alliance, Zhou Yu admired Liu Feng's talent in his heart, so Liu Feng made a statement to find out the number of Jiangdong soldiers, and Zhou Yu was not angry.
"Gongjin doesn't have to praise Feng, Feng is just a coincidence, if Zibu and others can't be convinced, once Cao Cao's army goes south, our army and Jiangdong will become difficult brothers, and then Cao Cao's million-strong army will be fish and meat."
"General Ziwei has such a vision, and has fought with Cao Cao's army several times, and has almost never tasted defeat, so what is the number of Cao Cao's army, can you estimate one or two?"
Zhou Yu was still smiling, but what he said had already attracted Liu Feng's attention, Zhou Yu's move seemed to be considering Liu Feng, but in fact it was also considering whether Liu Bei's army was ready to fight Cao Cao, if not, he wanted to fish in troubled waters and rely on the power of the Jiangdong Navy to avoid the scourge of war.
Liu Feng's eyes were fixed, he looked at Zhou Yu, and he had already decided in his heart to impress Zhou Yu here, so after a little thought, he replied: "Cao Cao is known as a million army going south, according to what Feng saw, it is not a lie, but it is not a lie. ”
"What do you mean by that?" Zhou Yu saw that Liu Feng was pretending to be mysterious, but he was not annoyed, he just asked with a smile.
For Zhou Yu's temperament, Liu Feng was amazed in his heart, the romance of the past dynasties, there was a lot of ridicule for Zhou Yu's small temperament, Liu Feng saw it today, so he secretly slandered, the romance said, it is really mostly apocryphal, Zhou Yu, regardless of Liu Feng's attitude for the time being, but he is really a person with a generous personality, compared with that Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Liang, who has a lot of thoughts, but I don't know how much easier to get along with.
So, Liu Feng no longer cares about him, and said: "Cao Cao already has two or three hundred thousand troops in the north, and he has destroyed Yuan Shao before, and Yuan Shao's army is nearly 100,000, and when he invaded Xinye, he sent 500,000 troops from Xuchang. ”
"Cao Cao took the entire territory of Jingzhou, if you want to say millions, it is quite possible, how can you say that it is exaggerated?" Zhou Yu listened to Liu Feng's analysis and couldn't help asking.
"The number of soldiers in Jingzhou who can fight is only two or three hundred thousand, and Feng and his father have lived here for a long time, so Cao Cao sent troops this time, at most 800,000, known as million, but it is not much different."
Zhou Yu saw that Liu Feng did not hide anything from him in Jingzhou's soldiers, and a smile appeared on his face, and he still looked directly at Liu Feng and asked, "Why did General Ziwei Shicai say that it was a lie?" ”
Liu Feng knew that Zhou Yu could ask this question, so he immediately continued: "Cao has an army of 800,000, but it is difficult to shake General Gongjin's Jiangdong Water Village!" ”
"But why?" Zhou Yu listened, and hurriedly asked, although he is very confident in the combat power of the naval army under his command, but after a long time heard that Cao Cao's army can fight well, and Guandu to destroy Yuan Shao is to win more with less, and now with nearly a million troops to press the border, Jiangdong soldiers have many scruples in their hearts, so it has an impact on the morale of Zhou Yu's army, and now Liu Feng said so, can Zhou Yuyan not be in a hurry to know the reason?