Zhou Yu smiled at the moment: "Liu Yuanjun is worthy of Liu Yuanjun, what a word." It's just that Jun said that Yu overestimated Cao Thief's strength, I don't know what the reason is? ”

Liu Bei saw that Zhou Yu began to look at him a little differently, and his expression became more and more humble at the moment, and said: "Zhou Dudu's overall information is accurate, but according to his foolish opinion, some of it is still missing. Xun Yu, who thought that Xuchang was left behind, Xiahou Dun in Guanzhong, Jiao Touch, Zhangnan, Gaolan, Jizhou, etc., as well as Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou and other places, must leave a part of the elite men and horses to stay, and then subtract this ordinary people, this time Cao Ying's personal leadership of the West Route Army, in fact, no more than 70,000 people, of which Cao Ying's elite northern army is only 30,000 or 40,000, and the rest are all Jingzhou naval troops who surrendered. ”

After Liu Bei's analysis again, Cao Ying's so-called army of 800,000 has now been reduced to 60,000 or 70,000, including the surrendered army.

If Zhou Yu's statement just now was still skeptical, at this moment, Liu Bei, a person who knew Cao Ying, would add it again, and the generals would believe it for seven or eight points, and for a while, the atmosphere in the tent became excited.

Zhou Yu saw that his morale had been boosted, so he took advantage of the situation and said: "Everyone, Cao Jun is just like this, if you are afraid again, it will not insult the pride and courage of my Jiangdong son." Please cheer up the spirit of the twelve, encourage the soldiers of the department, and don't say that I Zhou Yu will kill the Cao thief! Miracles! ”

Zhou Yu was so agitated, and the generals in the tent were furious, and Gan Ning was the first to shout: "Kill Cao thief!" Miracles! ”

As soon as Gan Ning took the lead, the rest of the generals also waved their fists, shouting in unison, "Kill the thief!" Jian Qigong! ”

Over there, Cheng Pu only smiled slightly, not as excited as the generals, although Liu Erren's words persuaded him, but in front of Zhou Yu, he still had to put on a veteran reserve.

Zhou Yu's eyes were unabashedly filled with confidence and pride, that kind of extremely strong self-confidence, not only the generals of Eastern Wu, but even Fang Shao couldn't help but be infected, and said in his heart: "I have never seen such a confident person, if someone else is so overconfident, it will definitely make people feel disgusted, why can't this kid be really annoying......

When the Wu people had already drunk wine and eaten meat in Chibi, cheering up their spirits and preparing to slaughter the northern army, Cao Ying and his army were still messy in the wind.

The stars and the moon are at the head, which is not conducive to the march, especially on this complex Yangtze River waterway, which is a considerable risk.

In the cabin, Cao Ying stared at the map of Jiangdong hanging on the wall, and his eyebrows did not see the pride when he was about to take Sun Quan's head in anger, but was a little more worried.

While thinking about it, the soldiers came to report: "Prime Minister, General Cao Zidan and several others ask to see you." ”

Cao Ying waved his sleeves and said without replying: "Let them in." ”

After a while, several civil and military people rushed in, and the people who came in were Cao Zhen, Xun You, and Man Pet.

Several people had performed the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and before they could speak, Cao Ying first asked: "Zidan, how is Zhongkang's body?" ”

The Zhongkang that Cao Ying refers to is the fierce general Xu Chu who commanded his own soldiers, thinking that Cao Ying originally wanted him to lead the tiger and leopard to Dangyang to pursue Liu Beijun with Cao Chun and others, but Xu Chu was unaccustomed to the soil and water as soon as he arrived in Xiangyang, and contracted a disease. Later, Cao Ying wanted to send him back to Xu Capital to recuperate, but Xu Chu insisted on refusing, so Cao Ying took him to Jiangling together.

Cao Zhen is also a general of the Suwei pro-army, and he has a very good relationship with Xu Chu, so Cao Zhen asked him to take care of Xu Chu.

At this time, seeing Cao Ying asking, Cao Zhen hurriedly said: "I have really invited a few local famous doctors to treat Zhongkang, and now his condition has improved, but the doctors all said that he is not accustomed to water and soil, and he needs to settle down and recuperate well to cure it." ”

Cao Ying's expression was slightly comforted, and he said: "Let Zhongkang endure it a little longer, and when Xiakou is captured, the whole army can stop and recuperate." By the way, what are you waiting for? ”

Cao Zhen glanced at Xun You on the side, and Xun You said: "Prime Minister, we just received the report that several more ships have run aground on the river beach. Therefore, I feel that the Yangtze River channel is already complex and changeable, and now that it is dark and the waterway situation is difficult to distinguish, it is really risky to continue sailing, so it is better to rest in place for one night, and it is not too late to set sail again when it is dawn. ”

Cao Ying waved his hand and replied without doubt: "I can't stay any longer, since Sun and Liu have been allied, then Gu must destroy Liu Bei as soon as possible, in case Sun Quanjun enters Xiakou first, this battle will not be easy to fight." ”

Cao Ying was so resolute that everyone didn't dare to say more, so Xun You suddenly remembered something, and said: "Prime Minister Fangcai's words made You a little puzzled, I don't know if to ask?" ”

Xun You is known as the chief military strategist under Cao Ying, an outstanding tactician, and was once called the "mastermind" by Cao Ying, so he naturally understands the deep meaning in Cao Ying's heart better than Cao Zhen and others.

Cao Ying smiled slightly and said, "Gongda, but it's okay to say it." ”

Xun Yu then said: "The prime minister said before, 'When Xiakou is captured, not only General Xu, but also the whole army can stop and recuperate'. If you understand correctly, does this mean that the prime minister has planned to change his original plan to destroy Liu Sun and the others in one fell swoop. ”

Cao Ying laughed and said, "Those who know the orphan are also Gongda." ”

The remaining two were stunned, and said busily: "The prime minister said that he wanted to take Sun Quan's head, but how could he suddenly change his plan after just a few efforts, could it be that Jia Wenhe said that he couldn't do it." ”

Cao Ying said: "You are all the closest and most trusted people in Lone, and Lone will not hide it from you." In fact, as early as when Gu set out from Jiangling, he planned this eastward expedition, just to exterminate Liu Bei and collect Jiangxia. As for Jiangdong, at present, the combat strength of the Jingzhou Navy is not good, attacking Eastern Wu, but it is mainly water warfare, so now we are not ready to destroy Sun Wu's water army, and Gu is not so confused that he can't recognize this. ”

Everyone looked surprised, and Xun You was even more in a trance, and said: "It turns out that the prime minister has already had a deep plan, and it seems that the previous coercion of Sun Quan was just a delaying tactic." No wonder the prime minister went on this expedition to the east, and only brought with him less than 40,000 elites in the Central Plains, who even had a total of less than 40,000 of the guards, and he had been puzzled before, it turned out that the prime minister only planned to eliminate Liu Bei in this battle. ”

Cao Ying stroked his beard and smiled, with a smug expression, and said: "Sun Quan, this kid, Lone is naturally going to be destroyed, but not now, after pacifying Guanzhong, Lone will come to him again to settle the account." ”

But Man Chong was not as optimistic as Cao Ying, and said: "Now that Sun and Liu have been allied, the combined strength of the two families in Jiangxia is also quite a lot, so the prime minister should not be careless." ”

Cao Ying sneered: "How can Gu not count this section, but Liu Bei and Sun Quan are afraid of the power of Lone, although they are united, most of them will only defend each other." Lone Nature pushed all the way through, once Xiakou is not guaranteed, Liu Bei and Sun Quan will retract back to Chaisang, and when the time comes, the upstream of Jingzhou will be all for me, and it will only be a matter of time to take down the heads of these two people. ”

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