At the single knife meeting, Guan Yu and Lu Su officially announced their break.

After returning to Shuizhai, Guan Yu and the generals finally decided on the strategy of the decisive battle after some deliberations.

Guan Yu's Jingzhou Navy is the main force of this water war, and it is said that more than 400 ships and more than 200 fighting ships can be mobilized in the first battle, and more than 100 warships under Huang Zhong's hand will hide in the ring of the Jingzhou Navy according to the plan, and at a critical moment, suddenly attack the Dongwu Navy with Shenwei cannons.

The key to this battle lies in the covering attack of more than 100 Shenwei cannons, which must ensure that the naval formation cannot be broken, and the 100 warships carrying Shenwei cannons must always be in a safe environment that can be fired calmly. The best tactic of the Soochow naval army is to break through the enemy's formation, tear the enemy's formation, and finally break them down.

Guan Yu's first intention was for his Jingzhou Navy to take full authority to receive the Shenwei cannon and provoke a decisive battle in the Ming Dynasty, while Huang Zhong's led his more than 100 Yizhou sailors to be responsible for the palace and garrison the water village, the reason was naturally that the Yizhou Navy was not trained to practice water warfare, and it would get in the way when they went to the battlefield.

Under the insistence of Huang Zhong and Huang Quan and others, as well as Fang Shao's clever words, the Yizhou Legion used the excuse that only they could skillfully make a divine cannon, so Guan Yu had to make concessions and failed to exclude Huang Zhong and others from tomorrow's war.

That night, the officers and men of the whole army enjoyed the most sumptuous dinner since they became soldiers, which was hundreds of cattle and sheep sent by Jiang Wan in Jingzhou Zhizhong in the starry night, and finally they were able to serve the stomachs of the soldiers comfortably at the time of the decisive battle.

After the beautiful meat tube was full, the soldiers gradually fell asleep with joy and excitement.

Inside the water village, it was surprisingly quiet, except for the sound of the river hitting the shore and the occasional footsteps of the night watchmen passing by, only the faint sound of snoring around was left.

In the lonely tent, Fang Shao couldn't sleep, and the surname Suo jumped up, put on his clothes and walked out of the tent.

The river breeze blew, Fang Shao breathed a deep breath, looking up at the night sky, the stars and the moon were shining, it seemed that tomorrow would be a sunny day conducive to war.

After passing through the camp tents, Fang Shao came to the edge of the water village, standing on the slope and looking at the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but saw that at the end of the night, a little spark was faintly visible, and that was the camp of the Wu army.

In the battle tomorrow, either he will step into the camp, or the other party will calmly step into the camp at his feet.

Fang Shao suddenly realized that the water decisive battle directed by himself was a mistake?

Although he is very confident in Shenwei Artillery, although he is very confident in Guan Yu's ability to use troops, although he is very sure of the overall situation...... Although he has many reasons to believe that the winner of tomorrow's decisive battle must be himself, he also knows that history has undergone earth-shaking changes, and this is the first time that he has acted on his own calculations without the basis of historical memory.

Perhaps it was because he relied too much on the prophets of history before, so he doubted his calculations at this time of war. Moreover, he is facing the strongest Soochow naval army in the entire era, and they also have the most outstanding group of famous generals in this era.

With a tide of thoughts, Fang Shao's heart gradually became uneasy.

At this moment, he ran into a few soldiers passing by, not holding weapons in their hands, but stacks of bamboo slips, Fang Shao recognized that these people were Guan Yu's personal soldiers.

"What do you have in your hands?" Fang Shao couldn't help but ask.

Those soldiers also recognized Fang Shao, and they were busy saluting, and one of the soldiers said: "This is my General Guan's "Zuo Biography", which was a little damp before, and the general ordered it to be taken out to dry. The general said that he wanted to read it at night, so he asked the younger ones to go and get it back. ”

I see, Fang Shao waved his hand, signaling that they could go.

The soldiers walked away with bamboo slips, but the hesitation on Fang Shao's face quietly dissipated, and between his eyebrows, he re-revealed his confidence.

Yes, he has always tied his success to himself, but he never thought that he is not the only protagonist in this war, and it will no longer be him who will decide the outcome of tomorrow's battle, but Guan Yu.

Now Guan Yu reads "Zuo Biography" at night, and he can only read with a peaceful mood, and the reason why his state of mind is peaceful is precisely because he has the certainty of winning the battle of Ming Yue.

"Guan Yunchang, I'll put the chips on you, don't let me down."

Fang Shaochang took a long breath, his gaze went deep into the night, crossed the Wu people's camp, and flew farther to the east.

Suddenly, Fang Shao's eyes flashed with that cold face.

"After this battle, since the two sides are enemy countries, she should hate me deeply, it seems that I don't have to worry about not being able to fulfill my original promise."

should have been happy, but for some reason, Fang Shao's heart swelled with a faint melancholy.

The night was passing away, and before you knew it, the east was already white.

It's dawn.

At the end of Dongting Lake, outside Baqiu City, as soon as the city gate opened, the traders and pedestrians who had already lined up pushed and pushed into the city in a hurry.

The Wu people were born to be business materials, and when Baqiu City was shrouded in the clouds of war and the people's hearts were panicked, those merchants who were far away in Wuhui keenly smelled the opportunity to make a fortune.

Now that the Wu army has blocked the mouth of Xiangshui and Dongting Lake, the north-south and south-east traffic have been blocked, and the trade routes have been interrupted.

However, not just any merchant can seize such an opportunity, and those who can get a pass and are lucky enough to enter enemy territory often have a background in a big family behind them. The funny thing is that it was these great clans who drove the war and made the laws of the battlefield, while instead they used their privileges to profit from the war.

"You, hand over the pass!"

The team defending the city led the fierce roar to the vendors who lined up, even those who got the pass, when they showed their documents, they had to secretly stuff a few hangs of money before they were allowed to pass, and those who did not have a pass had to bribe a lot of money, as for those small merchants who were reluctant to put down a large capital, they had to endure some scolding, and then turned back in disgrace.

"You two, get your pass out!"

This time, the team shouted at the rate of two young men with clear eyebrows, these two men were dressed luxuriously, and the jade pei pinned to their bare waists knew that they were either rich or expensive, so the cheering voice of the team was also much gentler than when they were to others, and they were thinking about getting a bribe from the hands of these two noble sons.

"It's just a matter of entering the city, what do you want a pass, get out of the way." The tall man replied disdainfully, raised his feet and walked inside.

The team was the first to encounter such an unknown guy, first stunned for a moment, then furious, and hurriedly shouted: "Okay, you dare to trespass without a pass, come on, stop the two of them." ”

Seven or eight soldiers received the order, and as soon as they rushed up, they blocked the city gate, and one by one they held the hilt of their swords, ready to teach these two young men who did not understand the rules a lesson at any time.

"You are so bold that you dare to stand in the way of my family......"

The shorter man behind him was not shocked and angry, and stepped forward to point at the soldiers and scolded, but before he finished speaking, he was stopped by the tall man raising his hand.

The man didn't even look at them, but said lightly: "We just want to enter the city, why should we stop us?" ”

The team leader stepped forward, pointed to the notice posted outside the city gate, and shouted very unhappily: "You two are illiterate or blind, haven't you seen the order of General Lu of my family?" At present, our army is fighting with the Jingzhou army, in order to prevent annihilation, all those who enter the city will show their passes. ”

"Engage the Jingzhou Army!"

The tall man's expression changed, obviously a little surprised, but he quickly returned to his normal color, glanced at the team leader with disdain, and said: "Since everyone who enters the city must have a pass, then why did we see that there are many people who obviously do not have a pass, but you took their money and let them into the city?" ”

The vendors around who watched the excitement were snickering, thinking that this person was sick in the brain, you said that you didn't stuff money and bribe, and you dared to openly pick out the unspoken rules.

Sure enough, the team leader was ashamed and angry when he heard this, his face immediately swelled red, and he stepped forward a few steps, pointed at the man's nose and reprimanded: "What nonsense are you talking about, whoever collects their money, you don't want to slander Lao Tzu." ”

"Slander? So what is it? ”

As the man spoke, he suddenly pulled out the dagger pinned to his waist, and slashed it on the leader's chest a few times as fast as lightning, and before he could see it, the dagger was already in its sheath.

The team was stunned for a moment before reacting, hurriedly took a few steps back, drew a knife, and exclaimed: "Okay, you dare to use the murder weapon, brothers, give me ......"

Before the words fell, he heard a loud noise, and more than a dozen strings of copper coins fell from his chest to the ground.

The leader of the team immediately fell into a situation of self-pity, and in anger and shame, he waved his sword and shouted: "They must be annihilated, hurry up, take them down for me." ”

Those soldiers also had money, and when they saw that someone dared to cut off their financial routes, they were already unhappy in their hearts, and they rushed up as soon as the head gave the order.

Everyone thought that these two pretty men were going to suffer and had to beat these soldiers half to death, but a strange thing happened, two young men got up and down, and in a few rounds they beat those soldiers to all sides, and in a blink of an eye, all the soldiers defending the city were lying on the ground.

And the tall boy stepped on the head of the team, dangled the dagger in front of his face, and said coldly: "Count yourself lucky, this son doesn't want to kill people today, and take off one of your ears as a lesson, see if you dare to accept bribes in the future." ”

"The chivalrous subordinates are merciful, the small ones don't know Mount Tai with eyes, and the little ones don't dare anymore!"

The tall boy ignored the team's pleas for mercy, his arm raised, and the dagger rushed down.

"Little sister, stop!"

(To be continued)