Chapter Seventy-Four: Thirty Thousand Jars of Wine
In the middle of winter in December, a biting cold wind blows on the river, and flakes of ice gradually condense on the surface of the river, where boats are scarce, and fish that leap up from time to time come out to steam.
Zhou Yu watched Zhuge Jin take Guan Yu and Lu Meng's head to ask Liu Bei for peace, silent, shaking his head and sighing slightly.
Lu Su said: "Although General Sun's statement is a bit lacking in resourcefulness, it is understandable, after all, it is forced by form. ”
"It's a pity that Lu Meng, such a talented person, passed away in vain." Zhou Yu said.
"Gongjin, do you have a way to resist Liu Bei's army?" Lu Su asked.
"If they don't know, forget it, don't you know?" Zhou Yu shouted, "No matter how powerful Liu Bei's army is, it is still an army, once it is on the water, in the face of my Jiangdong refined water army, it will only be able to break and escape!" ”
"Ah, that's it. I think it's because I haven't been in Jiangdong for a long time, and I didn't realize that Jiangdong is a powerful navy, so what about General Sun and General Cheng Pu, why didn't I realize that as long as there was a Jiangdong navy? As long as we set up a defense line on the Yangtze River, then Jiangnan will have no worries. ”
"Hmph, they're just a bunch of short-sighted people who have been scared by defeat."
Liu Bei was in the Lujiang River, looking at the rolling Yangtze River, the hazy river, the monstrous white waves, and then at the pitiful few boats at the ferry and the soldiers who were handling the horses on their backs, and was silent. Could it be that my way to the south will be blocked by this vast Yangtze River?
Liu Bei was thinking about it, when suddenly a cold wind blew, and the heavy dark clouds obscured the dim sun, and in the light refracted by the cold and dim clouds, pieces of crystal snowflakes floated down, diffracting the light like elves flashing. The surface of the river gradually began to freeze.
"Hahaha, God help me!" Liu Bei looked at the frozen Yangtze River and laughed, "Come, send me a message to Sun Quan, when the river is frozen, I should lead an army of 100,000 across the Yangtze River and go up the river, at that time, it is the time for you to surrender!" ”
The envoy came to Caisang, his demeanor was domineering, his tone was arrogant, full of contempt, Sun Quan listened to the words of the envoy, he was furious, and shouted: "Come on, drag him out and cut him down, sacrifice the flag!" ”
The generals hurriedly stopped, and Cheng Pu admonished: "The general is angry, the two armies are fighting, and they will come without a fight." Zhuge Jin admonished: "Yes, in the past, I sent Liu Bei, although Liu Bei had an enmity with us, but he still didn't kill me, we can't break the rules because of the anger of a word." ”
"Okay, okay, let him go back, add a few more cotton clothes to him, don't get cold." Sun Quan waved his hand and said.
Sun Quan looked at the Yangtze River, which had been frozen for more than half of the time, and said lightly: "Liu Bei's army will come soon, what is the strategy for everyone to retreat from the enemy?" ”
The generals were silent, Cheng Pulujiang was defeated, and he no longer dared to say that he could resist Liu Bei; Zhang Hong's apology and peace strategy cost Lu Meng's life in vain, although Sun Quan didn't say anything, he must have kept it in his heart, and Zhang Hong didn't dare to come up with any more ideas.
"You don't speak, do you want to lead your troops to fight Liu Bei in person, who wins and who loses, and who is the favored person of heaven?" Sun Quanzhong pretended to be deep one by one and shouted.
Eh, this is a good idea, the other party is Liu Bei, the lord of one party, and Sun Quan should personally go into battle to deal with it. When the generals heard Sun Quan say this, they all nodded yes.
Sun Quan saw that the crowd would react like this, angry, short of breath, and drew his saber and thrust it into the wooden board with a "pop".
The veteran Huang Gai looked at Sun Quan and said, "Since all the generals here can't retreat from the enemy, the old man has a candidate." ”
"Oh, General Huang, please speak." Sun Quan replied.
"Zhou Yu."
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden uproar, you must know that now Zhou Yu is not only young, but also defeated in Jiangxia, not to mention the loss of Jiangxia, but also let Liu Bei get a large number of soldiers and materials.
"I also know that Zhou Yu is very famous, but Jiang Xia's loss, I'm afraid it doesn't live up to its name." Sun Quan said.
"When General Sun was alive, he valued Zhou Yu very much; The eldest prince became a brother with Zhou Yu, and with his help, he conquered the six counties of Jiangdong; At the time, people called the two Sun Lang Zhou Lang, which shows that Zhou Yu's talent is no longer under the eldest son. As for Jiangxia's loss, the old man thinks that he is also a jealous talent and deliberately let Zhou Lang suffer setbacks! Huang Gai said in a frustrated voice. Huang Gai is a veteran who has followed the Sun family since Sun Jian, and he is quite prestigious, and everyone does not object.
Sun Quan said: "Okay, then it depends on Zhou Lang's strategy." Only, where is he now? ”
Zhou Yu has been listening to the cold wind blowing five meters away from the tent. You can use me, and I don't care if you don't need me.
Zhou Yu walked into the tent and saluted everyone, dashing, heroic, quite handsome, and his personality charm diffused all over his body. Sun Quan asked:
"Does Brother Gongjin have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?"
"Liu Bei weaves a child, but he won by some luck. Under my command, an army of 50,000 is enough to break through Liu Bei's army and recover the south of the Lujiang River. Zhou Yu said.
"It is difficult to raise an army of 50,000 for a while, and 30,000 soldiers are ready, just waiting for my brother to go to Taipei." After Sun Quan finished speaking, he asked someone to take the talisman and handed it to Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu took the talisman, "I will live up to expectations." ”
The next day, the river was not completely frozen, Zhou Yu was watching the undulating and tumbling ice on the river, and 30,000 soldiers were resting at the ferry. Cheng Pu walked behind Zhou Yu and said:
"Why doesn't the Governor use soldiers yet? Do we have to wait for the river to freeze and Liu Bei's army to press on the top, and we have the advantage of the water army? ”
Zhou Yu turned around and smiled, and said, "If I repel Liu Bei with sailors, don't you have a reason to say that the reason why you were defeated by Liu Bei was just because there were no sailors." ”
"You!" Cheng Pu was furious, but he couldn't organize words to fight back against Zhou Yu in an emergency.
"The general is old, pay attention to his body, and the old general doesn't have to worry about the war!" Zhou Yu said lightly, Cheng Pu turned around and left, seriously ill.
Lu Su stepped forward, saw Cheng Pu leaving angrily, avoided him, and walked towards Zhou Yu, "Gong Jin, the main and deputy generals are out of harmony, I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to send troops." ”
"It's not a big deal, I already know this battle." Zhou Yu said lightly, gradually revealing excitement.
"Okay, Gongjin, I also know your talents. But I'm afraid that the other generals will not be convinced, and I have come this time to ask you to send troops as soon as possible on behalf of other generals. Lu Su said.
"No hurry, no hurry. Zijing: Are the 30,000 jars of wine I want you to prepare? Zhou Yu said.
Lu Su glanced at a corner of the camp, Zhou Yu looked at the tens of thousands of wine jars that were neatly stacked, and Zhou Yu nodded.
Lu Su was speechless when he heard Zhou Yu talk about it, knowing that Zhou Yu was definitely not for drinking, but for a conspiracy, but asked Zhou Yu Zhou Yu didn't say anything; However, Lu Su was amiable and amiable, and from time to time a soldier asked Lu Su what the 30,000 jars of wine were for, Lu Su said that this was the material prepared by Zhou Dudu for the war; After hearing this, the soldier laughed and said, "I think the Governor is a celebration bar prepared for our victorious return!"