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The word Chibi was like a muffled thunder pouring into Liu Feng's ears, and the rumbling thunder pierced his eardrums, rushed into his mind, and cut off the chaos of all kinds of thoughts accumulated in his mind.

Ever since Fancheng retreated south, he had always thought that the Battle of Chibi would happen as he knew, but all the things that had happened since he arrived at Xiakou had made him wonder if the war would continue as he knew.

The powerful two-way Cao army, the fluctuation of the hearts of the people in Xiakou, and the delay in sending troops in Eastern Wu all made Liu Feng begin to doubt the outcome of this war, and he even once thought that the Liu-Sun coalition army was in the case of insufficient troops, sticking to Xiakou, relying on the advantages of Jiancheng and the naval army was the best policy.

Therefore, he has been thinking about these things, in the past, why those wars related to life and death happened in Chibi, until now, after listening to the conversation between Xu Shu and Zhou Yu, Liu Feng finally solved the mystery in his heart.

According to the marks on the map, the red cliff is located more than 20 miles west of the land mouth, and is named after the red cliff mountain. The land west of the mountain is dense with water, making it extremely difficult to march. After passing the Chibi Mountain, although there is still no lack of water network mountains and rivers, there is a relatively flat Xianpu corridor in the middle.

Therefore, if Zhou Yu wants to defend Lukou, the best choice is to seize Chibi, rely on the danger of the mountains to prevent Cao's army from advancing by land, and force him to fight a decisive water battle with himself on the Yangtze River.

Far away in Chaisang, before the troops were dispatched, such a thorough and far-reaching battle plan was drawn up, which can really be described as a strategic strategy and a decisive victory thousands of miles away.

Is this Zhou Yu's strategic strength?

While Liu Feng sighed, everyone present also suddenly realized. Needless to say, Xu Shu's wisdom is outstanding, Liu Bei and the generals of Eastern Wu who were present, who are not experienced in a hundred battles, even Liu Feng, who is new to the art of war, can see why Zhou Yu chose the battlefield in Chibi, let alone them.

"Gong Jin really made me feel stunned, Gong Jin is so far-sighted, I can't wait for it." After realizing himself, Liu Bei did not hesitate to express his praise for Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu always had a soft smile like a spring breeze on his face, and Liu Bei couldn't tell whether he was proud or disapproving of his beautiful words, but at a certain moment, Zhou Yu's eyes as clear as autumn water seemed to flash a strange look.

That trace of abnormality, only a caring person like Liu Feng will notice.

"Since the Governor has decided to fight the Cao Thief in Chibi, the cooperation plan we agreed on earlier should also be slightly changed." Among the people present, Xu Shu first deduced Zhou Yu's strategic intentions, and his mind changed the fastest, and immediately shifted the topic from praise to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu said very simply: "This is simple, the plan is still the same, the Cao Army on the North Road of Hanshui is still in charge of Xuande Gong, and the Cao Army on the West Road will be handed over to us." ”

Since Zhou Yu is so confident, let's hand over Cao Ying's difficult bone to him, and we can just sit back and enjoy it." ’

Such a good thing, Liu Feng originally thought that Liu Bei would agree, but he glanced at Xu Shu and gave Liu Bei a secret look, Liu Bei's eyes narrowed, and he smiled: "This is an important matter for the military aircraft, and it should be discussed carefully, and there is no hurry to make a decision immediately." However, since the general direction of the battle against Chibi has been decided, then the grain and grass of the 30,000 stone labor army will be sent directly to the governor's ship. Ah Feng, you quickly go and ask someone to do this matter, you must be fast, don't delay the capital governor to enter the army. ”

Liu Fengzheng pondered what kind of thoughts were hidden in Zhou Yu's fleeting strange eyes, and when he heard Liu Bei's order, he had to put it down temporarily, and immediately ordered him to leave first.

Leaving Zhou Yu's flagship, he returned to Xiakou Water Village on his own boat, and at this time it was noon, and more than a dozen grain ships were still waiting at the dock.

"The lord has an order, quickly send the grain and grass to the ships of the Wu army, and let's all move."

The sailors who were waiting for lunch finally waited for the order, and they didn't need to urge much, and they all took active action, planning to hurry up and finish the grain so that they could return to the village for dinner.

Liu Feng walked slowly on the trestle, supervising the grain ships docked on both sides, and suddenly, a soft sigh came from his ears: "It seems that the Wu people really plan to go directly to guard Chibi." ”

This seemingly casual emotion shocked Liu Feng's heart. You must know that when the fleet of Eastern Wu first arrived, the entire army and people in Xiakou thought that the Wu people planned to help them resist the Cao army here, and even Liu Feng himself, if he hadn't gone to see Zhou Yu just now, at this moment, like everyone else, he didn't know Zhou Yu's true combat intentions at all.

Where did the man who spoke know that?

Liu Feng stopped, turned his head to look for prestige, and he quickly found the person.

It was a young man a few years older than himself, with a delicate appearance but no lack of masculinity, a Confucian outfit in green clothes, dignified facial features, although he was a little thin, but there was no lack of elegance, he was the kind of standard, a man who could make people's eyes shine at a glance.

The man was holding a bamboo book in his hand, counting something, and it seemed that he was just a low-level grain official. Such a young and humble little man could predict Zhou Yu's battle plan in advance, how could it not arouse Liu Feng's strong curiosity.

So, after sending away the grain ship, Liu Feng did not go back to the camp directly, but walked straight to the young man and said with a smile: "I still have some things to explain, come with me." ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, only then did he recognize that it was the eldest prince who called him, and hurriedly handed over the grain book in his hand to others, and followed closely behind Liu Feng.

"Just sit down." Back in the big tent, Liu Feng behaved very casually.

"Subordinate......" The young man obviously didn't dare to be casual in front of the dignified General Zuo eldest son because of his humble position.

"When you stand and I sit, do you make me look up to you and speak? This will make the neck very tired. Liu Feng deliberately made a joke to ease the young man's nervousness.

The man was no longer formal, and sat down with peace of mind.

Liu Feng lifted the teapot and poured a cup for him personally, and the young man quickly got up to take it, with a flattered face: "Thank you, eldest prince." ”

"Just now I heard you talking to yourself on the trestle, saying that 'Wu people really plan to go directly to guard Chibi', I would like to hear the reason why you say so." Liu Feng got to the point.

The young man was stunned again, and his eyes blinked before he remembered that he seemed to have talked to himself like this just now, how could he want to be listened to by the eldest prince. However, he didn't feel embarrassed, and replied very frankly: "My subordinates just flipped through the map in their spare time, and felt that Lukou was the key point of Chaisang and Xiakou, if the Wu people were smart, they would definitely go to defend Lukou, and if they guarded Lukou, they would naturally seize Chibi." ”

His analysis was exactly the same as Xu Shu's analysis on the boat at that time, if he was still suspecting that this young man was just guessing just now, then now he was really impressed by the young man in front of him.

Surprised, Liu Feng couldn't help asking, "By the way, I haven't asked your honorific name yet." ”

The young man who came to his lips choked on the tea, quickly put down the teacup, and arched his hand: "Subordinate Ma Yan." ”