Chapter 62: Borrowing Arrows from a Straw Boat (1)
After Cao Cao's war book came, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang went to Jiujiang to investigate the reality of Cao Jun, at this time the river was foggy, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang stood on the river bank, only faintly saw the lights on the opposite side, Zhou Yu suddenly fixed his eyes, pointed to the opposite side and said: "Did Mr. Zhuge vaguely see the hundreds of warships on the opposite side?" ”
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"Although there are nearly a million soldiers in Cao Cao's war book, I don't think there are so many people, just to scare Zhang Zhao and others, now Cao Cao's soldiers are mixed, the northern soldiers, Jiangxia soldiers, and Jingzhou soldiers are gathered together, the northern soldiers don't know the water nature, and the soldiers of Jiangxia and Jingzhou are familiar with the water nature but are not loyal to Cao Cao." Zhuge Liang looked at the river bank and then at the soldiers behind him. "The governor has 30,000 soldiers assembled, and we have 10,000 soldiers to deal with Cao Cao's army, and Cao Cao is fighting a protracted war now, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold out for long!"
"What Mr. Zhuge Liang said makes sense, our top priority is to prepare combat resources, and the second is to train soldiers to be ready for combat as soon as possible." Zhou Yu looked at the other side, his brows still tightened.
"What other doubts does the Grand Governor have?" Zhuge Liang asked.
"There is indeed another doubt, that is, how can the Cao army break through so many warships?" Zhou Yu sighed lightly.
"Fire Attack!" Zhuge Liang said it lightly.
"That's good, but it's very difficult!" Zhou Yu said.
"Then it's up to God to help each other." The two watched for a while and left.
The next day Zhou Yu was recalled, Zhou Cheng's eldest brother told me these things, Zhou Cheng asked me if I had any opinions, I couldn't think of anything, but affirmed the opinion of the fire attack, Zhou Cheng asked me how I could have the opportunity to fire attack? I can't give any answer, I can only say that it depends on the geographical advantage, our two armies have relied on the Yangtze River to fight, and now in the face of Cao Cao's heavy troops, in addition to tactics, the location is advantageous!
Sun Quan came to Zhou Yu's house, and Zhuge Liang was also there.
"Gong Jin! But what did you find? Sun Quan was worried.
"Some discoveries." Zhou Yu said, Sun Quan's eyes lit up when he heard this. Although Cao Cao wrote in the letter that he had nearly one million soldiers, he fought every year, and fought twice with General Liu in Fancheng and Dangyang, which was enough to consume the energy of the soldiers, Cao Cao's original Central Plains soldiers were only 150,000, and the naval troops of Jingzhou and Jiangxia were 780,000. In addition, Cao Cao has been stationed in Jiangbei for a long time, and the grain and grass are not enough, or Cao Cao's grain and grass are sent from a relatively distant place, and they will not last long. Zhou Yu's words lit up Zhou Yu.
"What you say is very much to my liking." Zhou Yu said with a smile. "Zhang Zhao and the others only care about their own life and death, do not care about the people of the six counties of Jiangdong, and insist on surrendering to Cao Cao, that is selfishness!" Zhou Yu slammed the table hard.
Then Sun Quan convened a meeting of civil and military officials in the main hall.
"Cao Cao is really a Han minister, he is really a Han thief, my Jiangdong people will never surrender to him, if there is anyone who wants to surrender to Cao Cao, tell me as soon as possible, I will definitely fulfill you, may I ask if there is any?" Sun Quan shouted loudly on the stage, and the civil officials were shocked and did not dare to make any movement. Zhang Zhao kept his head down and didn't say anything. "Since everyone has no opinions, then it will be decided to gather the strength of Dongwu and Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao! If there is a voice of surrender, shoot and kill! Sun Quan said the last few words in a very heavy voice, and no one in the crowd said more.
Zhuge Liang told us about the matter at the inn, and his eyes completely eliminated a doubt.
"Qiansheng, General Zhou still have one more matter, what can you do?" Zhuge Liang looked at us.
"What's the matter, the military advisor just has to say it." Zhou Cheng asked.
"That is, Cao Cao has a lot of warships, if he rashly attacks, he will definitely miss a lot, how can he burn them all together." Zhuge Liang looked at us.
"It's not on the ground, how can you burn the ship together!" Zhou Cheng couldn't think of an answer.
"It would be much more convenient if Cao Cao's boats could be tied together!" I said.
"This is what I want to trouble everyone, think about how to tie Cao Cao together!" Zhuge Liang looked at our eyes, and there seemed to be hope in his eyes.
I really don't know about this!
"Maybe Cao Cao himself will think so!" Zhou Cheng suddenly opened his mouth from the silence and said to the point.
"That's all we can hope for!" Zhuge Liang sighed.
Lu Su came to visit suddenly.
"What is the so-called reason why General Lu Su came?" Zhuge Liang asked.
"Governor Zhou Yu said that there are 80,000 arrows in the army, can General Liu borrow a little?" Lu Su asked.
"General Liu doesn't have 80,000 arrows, and the armory in Jingzhou has long been occupied by Cao Cao." Zhuge Liang said.
"What should I do?" Lu Su was a little anxious. "Without these 80,000 arrows, many soldiers would not have arrows!" Lu Su paced back and forth in the room, anxious like an ant on a hot pot.
"General Lu Su doesn't have to be so anxious!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.
"At this time, Mr. Zhuge can still laugh!" Lu Su accused Zhuge Liang.
"Mr. Lu Su, don't I want you to think about it? Didn't I just say, where are the arrows? Zhuge Liang asked.
"How do I know where?" Lu Su glanced at Zhuge Liang.
"Stupid!" Zhuge Liang got up. "The arrow is at Cao Cao!"
"You're crazy, now go to Cao Cao to borrow arrows, isn't that just surrendering Cao Cao, this matter reached the ears of Zhou Yududu, and the two armies could only disperse." Lu Su took it seriously and was very frightened.
"General Lu Su is really naïve, with so many arrows, Cao Cao will not lend me to fight himself!" What to do.
"In the past few days, there has been a lot of fog on the river, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are dead, Cao Cao has no generals who are familiar with the navy, if we beat the drum on the river, Cao Cao will definitely shoot ten thousand arrows!" Zhuge Liang looked at Lu Su.
"You're so beautiful!" Lu Su said.
"Mr. Lu Su don't have to worry, you have prepared more than twenty small boats, each boat is equipped with twenty straw men and two sergeants, and we will take one boat." Zhuge Liang said: "Can you go with me?" "Zhuge Liang looked at me and Zhou Cheng.
"Okay, that's good!" I said that I could see what it was like to borrow arrows from the straw boat.
"Then I'll go too!" Lu Su was stunned, but he didn't believe Zhuge Liang in his eyes, and he didn't believe that he could find Cao Cao to receive so many arrows. "You said I would prepare what you said, and you don't need to report this matter to the governor, right?" Lu Su asked.
"Not yet!" Zhuge Liang smiled and comforted Lu Su. "Arrows will be borrowed, so you don't have to worry."
Lu Su returned to the barracks and prepared twenty warships, all of which were small boats, and the scarecrows had already been tied.