Chapter Twenty-Three: The Battle of Red Cliffs, Beginning
As we all know, in order to achieve a victory, strategic layout is naturally the first priority, and the key is tactics.
On the other hand, if we can see through the enemy's strategic objectives, we can choose the best time to deploy our troops. Then the balance of victory will naturally tilt to this side.
Just like Zhou Yu did,"
On July 21, Cao Cao's side, led by Sima Yi and Mi Heng, led 5,000 elite soldiers to cross the Yangtze River from Wulin to the area of Chibi on the opposite bank.
On July 26, Cao Cao personally led the naval army to storm Xiakou, and thousands of warships swept away from the river.
At the same time, Sima Yi and Mi Heng also acted according to the plan, taking advantage of Liu Bei, Xu Shu and others to lead the Jiangxia army to resist, they suddenly attacked Xiakou.
Xiakou's guard Zhang Fei made a mistake, but he never found that Mi Heng and other 5,000 elites sneaked close to Xiakou, and they were suddenly attacked, and Xiakou was out of danger.
When Jiang Xia Taishou Liu Yi heard this, he was shocked. Immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses in the city to help Zhang Fei regain Xiakou, but Mi Heng saw the arrival of Jiangxia's army, and knew that he could not resist, so he made a golden cicada out of his shell, and led the army to sneak out of Xiakou in the middle of the night and take Jiangxia directly.
There is no accident, Jiang Xia, who is empty of troops, was taken by Mi Heng, which is extremely easy, but this is at this time. Another army has arrived",
That is, Sun Ce, who had been in Wuchang for a long time, commanded 60,000 troops and led more than 10 generals, but he didn't know when he had moved to the vicinity of Jiangxia.
What a disparity in strength, almost within half an hour, Sun Ce took Jiangxia from Mi Heng's hands.
Even if he had a secret hatred in his heart, Mi Heng could only flee in embarrassment.
In hot pursuit, Sun Ce ordered the general Zhou Tai to chase straight to Chibi, and at the same time, Liu Yi, who had no choice but to temporarily garrison troops in Xiakou, also sent troops to encircle and suppress Mi Heng, after several battles, 5,000 Cao army elites were completely lost, leaving only a few hundred people with Mi Heng to be picked up by Sima Yi who was left in Wulin to wait.
Speaking of the battlefield on the river, Cao Cao led 100,000 sailors to attack Xiakou, Liu Bei and Xu Shu were not stunned, only to fight, leading more than 10,000 sailors to resist to the death, but halfway through the battle, Zhou Yu, who had set up a water jam at the mouth of the Sanjiang River, suddenly appeared on the river and attacked the flank of Cao's army.
This is good, the enemy on both sides was replaced by Cao Cao. Seeing that Liu Bei was about to be defeated and Xiakou was about to fall into his hands, at such a critical time, Zhou Yu actually led his army to disrupt the situation. This is called how Cao Cao is not angry. While scolding Zhou Yu'er angrily, he took out his sword and slashed the wooden fence on the ship.
Cai Mao, who was so bluffed that he was standing next to him giving orders, didn't dare to move, for fear that Cao Cao would cut himself by mistake in anger."
Like Sun Ce, Zhou Yu came out of the nest. All the warships and soldiers of the Sanjiangkou were transferred. In front of Zhou Yu's army, Zhang Yun's army was almost vulnerable, and it was broken through by Zhou Yu in one shot.
Water warfare is different from land warfare.
In the middle of the river, it was extremely difficult to turn the fleet, especially in the chaotic battle, Cao Cao never thought that Zhou Yu would appear at this time.
After fighting for more than three hours, Cao's army finally retreated.
Seeing the cooked duck flying, Cao Cao hated it so much that his teeth itched, and when he returned to the army, he chatted with Zhang Yun to relieve his anger, but poor Zhang Yun didn't say a word, and Cai Mao beside him had relatives.
The three-pronged strategy, except for Jiang Zhe's success in taking Shiyang, the other two ways all failed. However, it was finally a slight achievement, because taking Shiyang meant that Dongwu had been completely forced to the south bank of the Yangtze River, after all, no matter what, Zhou Yu did not dare to be sandwiched between Jiang Zhe and Guo Jia. Continue to garrison troops at the mouth of the three rivers, even if it is said. On the north bank of the Yangtze River, from Jingzhou, Yuzhou to Xuzhou, Cao's army had already controlled the north bank area.
However, speaking of disadvantages, due to Zhou Yu's sudden intervention, Cao Cao was unable to take Xiakou, as for Jiang Xia, he obviously made a wedding dress for Jiangdong, and sent troops several times, except for taking a Shiyang, he gained nothing, but accompanied the lives of many soldiers, which obviously outweighed the losses; Secondly. It was Sun and Liu who were even closer, and they moved their whole bodies with one shot, obviously unable to break them one by one.
At the end of July, Liu Xiao and Liu Bei took care of Sun and Liu's alliance, and were embarrassed to return to the city from Sun Ce, who was stationed in Jiangxia. He moved to the south bank of the Yangtze River in the Fankou area. Adjacent to Zhou Yu, who went upriver and set up a water plug at the red cliff.
In other words, Sun and Liu are elite. It has completely deployed troops in the area on the south bank of the Yangtze River from Baling to Jiangxia, and has set up several here. The camp is heavily fortified, the soldiers patrolling the shore are more than doubled, the boats in the middle of the river are endless, and the guard towers on the shore are numerous, and there is quite a momentum that does not make Cao Jun take a step closer.
After all, whether it is Zhuge Liang or Zhou Yu, if it is like the previous time, asking Cao Jun to set foot on the south bank of the Yangtze River in a roundabout way, it will be quite tricky for the two of them, fortunately, in order to avoid being discovered by Liu Beijun, Mi Heng only brought a mere 5,000 people, but what if it was 50,000?
On the other hand, Cao Cao listened to the advice of Sima and Xun You, the military minister of the army, and transferred his subordinates Xu Huang and Le Jin to the area of Shiyang in exchange for Jiang Zhe, Cao Hong, and Zhao Yun.
After all, Zhou Yu is now stationed in Chibi, Jiangdong's strength has been forced into the south bank of the Yangtze River, and then calling Jiang Zhe's troops Shiyang is obviously a big use, besides, seeing that the war is approaching, as his most trusted strategist, how could Cao Cao let Jiang Zhe be in the field?
Cao Cao's orders to Xu Huang and Le Jin were very simple and clear, to clear the remnants of the Eastern Wu forces on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Waiting for the opportunity to use troops against Jiangxia. Of course, it's just to cooperate with the army to feint, after all, Xu Huang and Le Jin are both cavalry generals and don't practice water warfare.
The second is to cater to the arrival of Guo Jia's 100,000 troops.
Like the practice of Sun and Liu, Cao Cao ordered his generals to set up camps on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and Sun Ce and Liu Bei across the river.
But what does it mean that the time is ripe?
Is the water army training done? Or did Guo Jia lead an army of 100,000 to Shiyang?
In fact, it's just a pretext, and at the moment, for Cao Cao, where is the time to speak.
In terms of strength, Cao's army of 400,000, 300,000 army, and 100,000 navy army has far exceeded the strength of Sun and Liu's nearly 100,000 troops. Even if Guo Jia arrives with an army, it will not be more than 100,000 troops, and what role can 100,000 troops play in the current situation? If it is a water army, it is naturally a different matter.
Honestly, a few times back to Jiangdong still need to rely on the Yun Gong, but for the Jingzhou Navy, Cao Cao is obviously not hopeful, and the Cao soldiers who have high hopes, that is, the Qingzhou soldiers and Yuzhou soldiers, but they are not water-oriented, to train to the extent that they have the ability to fight with Jiangdong, then to practice until what year and month?
Is there a way to call the soldiers of the two states of Qing and Henan, who are not able to pass through the water, to board the ship and kill the enemy? Cao Cao has been meditating hard in recent days, and he has had several headaches, but there is still nothing he can do.
The war fell into a stalemate for a while, but whether it was Cao Cao, Sun Ce, or Liu Bei, they all understood that they either didn't fight at the moment. World War I is a big war, never to the death!
In the middle of the four eight bodies of Jian'an, Guo Jia led the army to Shiyang, and after a few days of rest, he began to frequently put pressure on Jiangxia and Xiakou, but the general of Eastern Wu, Gan Ning, also rushed to the Jiangxia area to settle down, and Guo Jia, who was proficient in water warfare, was obviously helpless to do anything about the Jinfan army under his command.
Guo Jia didn't think about luring Gan Ning to the shore and besieged him, but unfortunately, no matter how he lured him, Gan Ning just didn't go ashore, and only led the crowd to run rampant on the river, regardless of Guo Jia's fraud or defeat, insulting.
At the same time, in accordance with Guo Jia's policy of nourishing the war with war and training troops with war, Cao Cao always ordered Cai Mao to attack Jiangnan, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands, disturbing Liu Bei and Sun Ce unable to be peaceful.
And the win rate. It has also been improved from repeated defeats to nine defeats in ten battles.
Although it is only a small victory over one or two, it has sounded the alarm for Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, after all, Cao Cao sits on seven states, and Dongwu is in a corner of peace, Cao Cao can afford it, and Dongwu can't afford it.
This tactic of killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000 yourself. Jiang Zhe and Mi Heng obviously disagree, but at the moment, Jiang Zhe has no good plan to instantly improve the strength of the water army, let alone Mi Heng.
As for Jia Xu and Sima Yi,
For Jia Xu, who is known as a poisonous soldier, even if he uses 300,000 soldiers to summon Sun and Liu 100,000 soldiers. So what?
As for Sima Yi, what does it have to do with him dying some small soldiers? On the contrary, he didn't really want Soochow to perish prematurely, it wasn't that "the birds were all hidden" but that "the birds were all dead." So where will there be a chance to show the power of the bow?
He Sima Yi is just a vain and powerless member of the army right now!
Cao Cao was also calm, and he was in a stalemate with the Sun and Liu families for a month, but Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu were obviously a little breathless.
Compared with Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang is more concerned about Eastern Wu at the moment, because Liu Bei's family has been almost consumed recently, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that it will not be too late to be destroyed by Cao Cao, and it will be annexed by Eastern Wu first;
And Zhou Yu is considering the overall situation, at present, for Cao Jun, Jiangdong's advantage lies in the water army, that is to say, veterans who are familiar with water warfare,
If these veterans and Cao Cao's "rabble." The fight is over, so how can Jiangdong survive under the iron hooves of Cao Jun?
After all, what Cao Cao was afraid of was Jiangdong's elite naval army, not Jiangdong itself! This. Zhou Yu reminded himself from time to time.
There is more of a righteous brother like a pioneer general than a lord, and the heavy responsibility on Zhou Yu's shoulders is much heavier than Zhuge Liang.
"It's difficult," he pinched the sour bridge of his nose. Zhou Yu, who was sitting in the camp tent of the commander of Chibi Water Village, looked at the Yangtze River regional map on the case and sighed slightly.
At this time, someone happened to enter the tent, heard Zhou Yu sigh, and mocked, "The Metropolitan Governor will also sigh?" ”
Zhou Yu subconsciously looked at the person, didn't think it was a pestle at all, and said with a smile, "The Metropolitan Governor is also a human, since he is a human, how can he not sigh?" Does Bo Yan think so? "The person who came was Lu Xunwu, suspicious.
Seeing that the ridicule failed, Lu Xun snorted lightly. Rolling his eyes, he casually found a place in the tent and sat down, followed him into Lu Meng, and when he saw it, he shouted, "How can you be so disrespectful to the Metropolitan Governor, and don't you quickly confess your guilt?" "It's okay," Zhou Yu chuckled and said to Lu Meng, "Ziming, when will you come to my camp?" ”
"Just now" Lu Meng clenched his fists a little reservedly, and said respectfully, "I heard that the majority of the capital governors and soldiers have come here in Chibi Tun, and I will wait for the starry night to come" Saying that, Lu Meng was a little ashamed on his face. He really couldn't talk about the defeat.
"Oh" Zhou Yu is such a smart person, he has already understood what it is, and he saw that Lu Meng's face was different. didn't say anything, but he glanced at Lu Xun. He said with a little coconut pleasure, "Why did Bo Yan come to my camp? Since you are too guarded by Shiyang, you leave your post without permission, but it is a big crime! ”
"I don't believe you don't know anything!" Lu Xun rolled his eyes.
With a slight smile on his face, Zhou Yu pretended to be surprised and asked, "What do you want me to know?" ”
Looking at Zhou Yu's chuckling appearance, Lu Xun only felt breathless in his chest, and said depressedly, "If you really don't know that I lost Shiyang, how can you lead the army from Sanjiangkou to this point?" ”
"Hehe, Bo Yan is too arbitrary" With a faint smile, Zhou Yu shook his head. Zhengse said, "The reason why I led the army here is just that I saw that Cao Jun's troop transfer was a little abnormal, so I came to find out
"What is there to say" Lu Xun snorted, but after thinking about it, he still took care of Zhou Yu a little, and said expressionlessly, "I am not the enemy of Jiang Zhe." That's it! ”
"Poof" Zhou Yu laughed at it, shook his head helplessly, and then the smile on his face gradually put away, and Zhengse said, "Okay, I won't joke with you, I've lost Shiyang's business." I will convict you in the future, right now, Bo Yan, I want to fight a decisive battle with Cao Jun, do you have a good plan in your heart? ”
"A decisive battle?" Lu Xun sat up straight, his eyes widened and he said in astonishment, "Thank God that Cao Jun didn't attack much, but you actually want to fight a decisive battle with Cao Jun?" In my opinion, the odds of winning are less than 30%! ”
"Lu Boyan!" Seeing that Lu Xun didn't give Zhou Yu face like this, Lu Meng scolded lightly.
Waving his hand to stop Lu Meng, Zhou Yu sat with his fists against the table, and said. A few months ago, the Jingzhou Navy under his command was repeatedly defeated in the hands of our army, but recently, he won one or two games, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that we will even have a chance of winning three percent.
Cao Cao sits on Qizhou, he can afford it, but I can't afford it in Jiangdong! ”
After Zhou Yu said this, the old Sun Jianwei also had this solemnity. After all, no matter how many people do, they only voted for Sun Ce. If Sun Ce is defeated, Lu Xun will have no good fruit to eat.
"If you want to fight Cao Cao, then" Cai Mao should be punished! ”
"It is worthy of Lu Boyan, the head of the Lu family, in one sentence." Zhou Yu stroked his palms and laughed, but at this moment, there was also a sound of approval outside the tent.
"Jiang Zaiguo is full of talents, and breaking Cao is just around the corner!"
Saying that, a person came in, dressed in a plain white Confucian shirt, with a green crown on his head, holding a feather fan and looking at Zhou Yu with a smile, who is Zhuge Liang?
"Before he could report it, he broke into the tent and hoped that the governor would forgive his sins."
"Where is it, Kong Mingyan is serious". Zhou Yu got up and bowed weakly, raised his hand to Lu Xun and Lu Meng and introduced, "Kong Ming, come, let me introduce to you, this is Shiyang Taishou, a wealthy family in Jiangdong." Lu Xun, Lu Boyan, the head of the Lu family, this is the leading generals in our army, Lu Meng, Lu Ziming, Boyan, Ziming, this is the strategist under Uncle Liu Huang. Mr. Zhuge Kongming, don't hurry up! ”
"How dare you". Zhou Yu's voice fell, Zhuge Liang rushed in front of the two, bowed his hand and said, "Zhuge Liang, the man of the mountains and wilderness." I've seen Lu Taishou, I've seen General Lu! ”
Although it is the alliance of Sun and Liu, but at the moment, Liu Bei is relying on Jiangdong to snort, and Zhuge Liang naturally does not dare to support it.
And Lu Meng saw that Zhou Yu was very polite to Zhuge Liang, and he didn't dare to be rude, so he hugged his fists and said respectfully, "Don't dare, don't dare, the last general will hear Mr. Liang's name for a long time." When I saw it today, I was very lucky. ”
Lu Xun also got up and arched his hand, and said with a smile. "Lu Xun has seen Zhuge Junshi!"
Quietly, he secretly looked at Lu Xun in front of him, seeing that he was obedient on his face, but there was no respect in his eyes, Zhuge Liang thought in his heart, although this son is smooth and proud, he must be a conceited and knowledgeable person.
"How dare you save it?"
With a faint smile, Zhou Yu ordered everyone to take a seat, and asked the soldiers outside the tent to serve tea.
After serving tea and drinking the soldiers, Zhou Yu asked with a smile, "I don't know why Kong Ming came here today?" Is it the reality of the camp in Tanyu??
Why am I here, you don't know? Shake your head. Zhuge Liang arched his hand and said, "The governor laughed. Liang is here for Cao Jun, these days. Every time Cai Mao led the army to attack us, the governor also fought with him several times, although there were many victories and few defeats, however, Cao Cao's Jingzhou naval army gradually became stronger, obviously Cao Cao intends to train his troops in battle, if this goes on for a long time, even if the elite of you and I are not exhausted by Cao Cao, I am afraid that there is no enough certainty to defeat the Cao army."
"Kong Ming's words are reasonable" Zhou Yu nodded, and said thoughtfully, "Yu is also worried about this matter" However, before he finished speaking, Lu Xun on the other side said mockingly, "Zhuge Military Division, I heard that these battles seem to be completely my Jiangdong to reject Cai Mao's army, could it be that Uncle Liu Huang deliberately left the elite and wanted to make trouble from it?" ”
"Lu Taishou said and laughed" Zhuge Liang smiled, shook the feather fan and said indifferently, "Since it is a joint effort, how can we divide each other" According to the foot, Jiangdong lagged behind some time ago, and there was no name for the alliance, but there was no corresponding reality, so that my lord was alone to resist Cao, can it be considered that this is Jiangdong borrowing a knife to kill people, deliberately depleting the strength of our army? ”
Boy! ridiculed instead of being ridiculed, Lu Xun immediately looked at Zhuge Liang, who was not amazing, a few points higher in his heart.
Looking at Lu Xun's somewhat depressed appearance, Zhou Yu smiled faintly, and nodded secretly in his heart, jade is not a weapon, and it is a good thing to let him suffer some setbacks, but well,,
"I have heard that Kong Ming is a talent who has passed through the heavens and latitudes, and he doesn't want to argue the same, but Kong Ming misunderstood the matter of killing people with a knife, because Yu saw that Cao's army was powerful and the truth was unknown, so he didn't dare to make a mistake. Garrison troops at the mouth of the three rivers, and at the same time persuade me to garrison Wuchang, Ejun County, is it not Kong Ming who has some Yu
"Don't dare, don't dare, Liang lost his words, and I hope that the governor will not be surprised to see that Zhou Yu has completely taken this matter down. Zhuge Liang also had no choice, although he hated Jiangdong for lagging behind, and deliberately asked the only few soldiers and horses under his lord's command to test the reality of Cao's army, but because of all this, he couldn't talk about it, so as not to anger Zhou Yu and ask Sun and Liu to join forces. into empty words.
Just as Zhuge Liang was secretly thinking about how to persuade Zhou Yu to use troops against Cao's army, a call suddenly came from outside the tent. Then a man walked in.
"Gongjin, Gong" shouted Zhou Yu's words in his mouth, Lu Su hurriedly walked, and when he saw everyone in the tent, his face was stunned.
Lu Zijing? Isn't he in Jiangxia?
Zhuge Liang flashed through his mind, preempting Zhou Yu before he spoke. opened his mouth and said, "Zijing." Don't come unharmed, huh? Look at Zijing's dusty servants, it won't be from Jiangxia in a hurry, right? ”
"Well, this Lu Su, who has always been honest and benevolent, was said a little dumb by Zhuge Liang. glanced at Zhou Yu and nodded with scruples. "Indeed, it is true that it came from Jiangxia
As if he understood something, Zhuge Liang got up and arched his hand and said, "Guanzi respects his expression, I think it is that Wu Hou has something important to pass on to the governor of Dadu, and he is an outsider." Or do you want to accuse for the time being."
As soon as Zhuge Liang said this, Lu Su was suddenly a little embarrassed, waved his hand and hurriedly said, "No need, since you and I have joined forces to fight against Cao." Where can it be said that it is an outsider" said, he arched his hand to Zhou Yu and said intently, "Dudu." The lord wants to fight Cao Cao to the death, so he asks the governor to set a date, and he has to respond from the side."
Alas! Zijing is too honest and benevolent.
Glancing at Zhuge Liang quietly, Zhou Yu shook his head helplessly, then raised his hand and said with a smile, "I know about this matter, I also want to fight with Cao Cao, Zijing has worked hard all the way, take a break, we will discuss and discuss, how to break Cao." Come on, serve tea! ”
"Thank you, Governor!" Lu Su bowed his hand and thanked him. Then he nodded to Lu Xun and Lu Meng and smiled slightly. As a courtesy, he then sat down, but saw Zhuge Liang smiling kindly at himself, and he was a little unsure in his heart.
In addition to Zhou Yu, Lu Su is a fan of the authorities. Lu Meng is a bystander and is also fascinated, but Lu Xun can see it clearly, and he originally had a bad impression of Zhuge Liang. Now it's even worse, snorting coldly, Gu Ziran's eyes are refreshed.
Taking out the recent battle report, Zhou Yu briefly read it, and then said to everyone in the account, "This is the case with the recent battle situation, if this battle drags on again." I'm afraid it's going to be more and more unfavorable to us, what do you think??
"En" the honest man Lu Su nodded. He lowered his head and said in a condensed voice, "With such an old claw, Cao Cao intends to train his troops in battle, which is really not good for our army." Cong Yi didn't know if Cao Jun's food and grass were sufficient? If it is not enough,"
Although Lu Su never said everything, what kind of people are the people in the tent? They are all people who know the meaning of elegance.
Seeing Zhou Yu glancing at him, Zhuge Liang immediately understood, and said solemnly, "According to Liu Yan's son." Cao Cao got Jingzhou's grain and military salary for several years, and supported until the end of this year, I am afraid that it is not a problem, and now, now Cao's army has all the counties in Jiangbei, if the grain and grass are insufficient, Cao Cao can also collect food and salary from Chongzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Sanzhou, and wait for Cao Cao's grain to retire, I am afraid it will not be easy.
"This" Lu Su's face darkened when he heard this. sighed slightly and said, "In this way, the only way to fight is to fight, but Cao Cao has many soldiers and horses, if it is not a battle, otherwise, it will be difficult to defeat him" "Zijing is extremely Qian" Picking up Lu Su's words, Zhou Yu said with a straight face. "That's why, these days Yu has often thought hard, what is the best plan, I can ask Cao Cao to invest all the soldiers and horses under his command, and I will wait for a battle!"
"Hey" laughed, Lu Xun Ye Yu said. "Most of Cao Cao's troops are soldiers and horses from the north, the so-called southern ships and northern horses, those Qingzhou soldiers and Henan soldiers, if they get on the boat, I am afraid that there will be a little wind and waves on the river. He commanded an army of 300,000, I am afraid that he made the food for the fish and crabs in the river, you said Cao Cao is really so unwise? ”
"Here's the point!" Zhou Yu tapped his fingers on the table in front of him, and Zhengse said, "Is there any good strategy to make Cao Cao invest all his troops and horses without any scruples."
"Say it lightly!" Lu Xun snorted. Bowing his head and thinking deeply, Lu Su, Zhuge Liang, and Lu Meng also bowed their heads and pondered silently.
After several hours of deliberation, the people still couldn't come up with a clue when the sun was setting.
asked his subordinates to arrange the residence of Zhuge Liang and Lu Su, and Zhou Yu was alone and still in the tent
Think.
"Du Du" With a soft call, one of Zhou Yu's personal guards walked into the tent with the food and said in a low voice, "Du Du, it's time to eat."
Take a closer look, as the commander of the first army and the governor of the Eastern Wu Navy, Zhou Yu's food is just a few pieces of winning meat and a few pieces of steamed buns.
Zhou Yu is in charge of the army, and he has always been strict with himself and lenient with others. Three meals a day, similar to that of ordinary soldiers. It's never been the slightest bit special, some times. If there is a shortage of food in the army, Zhou Yu's food is not as good as that of ordinary soldiers, which is also the reason why the whole army respects Zhou Yu and Zhou Dadu.
"En" Zhou Yu nodded, waited for the guard to put the food on the table, looked at the vegetables and meat in the bowl, frowned and said, "I didn't say that." Do you want your soldiers to eat first? ”
The guard hesitated for a moment and whispered, "The soldier has already used it, this is the rest"
Zhou Yu frowned and glanced at the bowl. He looked straight at the guard and said, "Really? ”
I saw that the guard lowered his head and said on the ground. "Subordinates should be damned" thought that the governor, as the commander, should eat first. The soldiers did not know where they were, and where would there be anything left, and they called the governor every day
"Alright, let's get started" got up and walked forward. Pulling up the guard, Zhou Yu said with a smile. "I'm the commander-in-chief, and I'm strategizing. It's not as good as the soldiers' lives, fighting hard to kill the enemy, I took your kindness
"Governor
"Let me finish, I took your kindness, hmm. This is the only time, not an example! ”
Seeing Zhou Yu say that, the guard showed a little joy on his face, and said happily, "The governor doesn't know, this brain meat was just transported by the second son today, and his subordinates are not easy," as he spoke, he saw Zhou Yu look at him strangely, and he felt speechless, and smiled.
Shengrou, if it weren't for the second son who persuaded those families. I'm afraid that the food and grass in the army are still not enough. How can such a luxury come about?
was holding a piece of fibula and looking at it, seeing that his personal guard was speechless, Zhou Yu shook his head with a wry smile, and suddenly his eyes fell on the object in the guard's arms, and said with a smile. "I don't think you've eaten either, right?"
"No, no," the guard shook his head repeatedly. He took out something from his bosom and said, "My subordinates have also received it."
Looking at the rice bowl, Zhou Yu obviously understood what was going on, shook his head and was about to say something, when he suddenly saw the thing in the hands of the guard, his face changed, and his eyes froze.
is the same as the steamed bun in Zhou Yu's bowl, except that this guard skewered him with chopsticks......
The guard didn't know what to do, and he said with a smile, "Let the governor see it, it's convenient for his subordinates to carry" Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhou Yu stretching out and taking it, and said in a condensed voice, "Look at it with me!" ”
"Oh!" The guard nodded.
Looking at the buns that were worn together with chopsticks for a long time, Zhou Yu gradually showed a little smile on his face and muttered. "Good! Good! ”
"The bun is good, but the guard is confused.
Turning around, he patted the guard on the shoulder. Zhou Yu was overjoyed and said, "Well done! ”
"Guys?"
In the stunned eyes of the guards, Zhou Yu held the string of steamed buns, strode outside the tent and shouted loudly, "Quickly send Jiang Qin and Ling Cao to see me" Forget it, I'll go in person!" ”
It seems that he has just come back to his senses. The guard hurried to the tent door and shouted, "Governor." Use...... Intentions..."
"Here you go!" Zhou Yu, who hurriedly walked into the distance, raised the bun in his hand and said with a smile.
"Huh?"
At the same time, Zhuge Liang was in a tent in Zhou Yu's camp, unable to sleep for a long time.
Zhou Gongjin is right, Cao Cao sits on seven states. There are many soldiers and generals, if it can't be decided in a battle, and the 400,000 Cao army will not be able to solve the danger of Sun and Liu, what can be done to make Cao Cao invest all his troops without scruples? And on the premise of hiding from Jiang Zhe,
After thinking about it, he couldn't get the point, and suddenly a Jiangdong soldier walked in outside the tent, clasped his fists and said respectfully, "Sir, there is a person outside the camp who said that he is an old friend of Mr. We don't know the truth and the truth, I'm afraid it's Cao Jun's meticulous work, yes"
"What's that man's name?" Zhuge Liang smiled and asked
"It seems to be a cousin... Heart..."
"Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan?" Eyes lit up. Zhu Zhaoliang said with a happy face, "He is my old friend, and I will put him in with my little brother,"
"Don't dare, don't dare!" The soldier clenched his fists and retreated, and after a short time, he brought a person to come, and when they met, he smiled and said. "Kong Ming abandoned Xuande Gong and voted for Zhou Langye." What did Shi Yuan say" Zhuge Liang thanked the soldier, then looked at Pang Tong dissatisfiedly and said, "In order to resist Cao Cao, the Sun and Liu families joined forces, and I came here today to persuade Zhou Gong to enter the army!" ”
"Haha, joking, joking, I'm from Xiakou" rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in Zhuge Liang's tent without restraint, looking for wine. Pang Tong smiled and continued, "But I don't want you to wait for Jiang Xia, and there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under your command, how embarrassed you are." Why don't you even have alcohol? ”
"This is Zhou Gong's dedication, he strictly forbids alcohol, how can there be alcohol in the tent?" As he spoke, Zhuge Liang saw Pang Tong take out a wine jug from his arms, with a wry smile on his face, and secretly wondered, he hesitated and said, "At the beginning, Shi Yuan said that he wanted to come to Jiangdong, but he didn't know what Shi Yuan was doing when he came to Jiangdong?" ”
"Why?" Pang Tong shook the wine pot in his hand, and Ye Yu said, "Mountaineering, boating, the fun is endless, in addition, it is waiting for the family to realize the original big words." For example, 50,000 soldiers and horses, sitting on a city or something, I said Kong Ming, Liu Bei didn't get you in front of you. Defeated, defeated, how can I get you now. Still a failure? ”
If it were someone else, Zhuge Liang would have sneered at each other a long time ago, and now from the mouth of this supreme friend. But he was very kind.
"My lord is defeated, but he is lacking like Shiyuan,"
"Don't talk about me!" Seeing through Zhuge Liang's motives at a glance, Pang Tong smiled and waved his hand and said, "I said, when Liu Bei has 350,000 soldiers. A city to settle in, I helped him "But look at the current situation, hehe, it seems that I still have to continue to climb the mountain and boat,"
"Heh, Shi Yuan didn't see the joke?" Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head, but when he saw the opposite face shrugging his shoulders, he said with a smile, "Now that I'm out of the matter, what do you have to do with Cao Cao to win or lose?" ”
If you really get out of it, why will you come to me? Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, didn't say anything, and thought slightly, so he said as difficult, "I'll wait for now." It's almost a desperate situation, but it's not without a chance, I'm thinking about how to teach Cao Cao to put in all the troops."
"Poof!" After squirting a sip of wine, Pang Tong was stunned and said, "Tell Cao Cao to invest all his troops, are you afraid that your life will be too long?" Shi Yuan said with a smile, and smiled bitterly. Zhuge Liang Zhengse said, "Cao Cao sits on seven states, has many generals, and will lose him 800 today and 10 tomorrow." For Cao Cao, it doesn't matter, it's the reason. If you want to defeat him, you can only punish the 400,000 soldiers and horses under his command! ”
Glancing at Zhuge Liang deeply, shaking the wine jug in his hand, Pang Tong said lightly, "Then do you have an idea?" ”
Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and sighed slightly. But seeing a smile on the corner of Pang Tong's mouth, he said in surprise, "Mo Fei Shiyuan has a good plan in his heart?" ”
"Well, this one" sold off. Pang Tong asked Zhuge Liang and said lightly, "He is breaking Cao, I don't want to be under you!" ”
Maybe others don't know the meaning of Pang Tong's words, but how could Zhuge Liang, who has been friends with him for many years, not understand, and said with great joy when he heard the words, "Naturally, he is breaking every day." Shi Yuan outside the palm, bright in the palm, to help the lord Kuang to help the Han family, the great cause! ”
Pang Tong was a little satisfied, but when he thought of Liu Bei, he couldn't help but sigh a little.
"Cao Cao wants to put all his troops into it. That's not simple, as long as Cao Cao thinks that the victory is in hand, "Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, most of them were born in the north." Not accustomed to taking a boat, a little wind and waves, it is enough to defeat it, therefore, Cao Cao has no choice, only to use the Jingzhou naval army, but well, if he is asked to connect the warships under his command with iron cables and lay wooden planks. Even if the wind and waves are strong."
"Brilliant plan!" Zhuge Liang was moved. looked at Pang Tong deeply, and suddenly smiled, "The meaning of Guan Shiyuan is that there is a plan", Liang understood! ”
"Oh?" Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang with interest, and said with a smile, "Then how about I wait for a passage?" ”
"Good!"
Glancing at each other, the two said in unison. "Fire Attack!"
"Haha, it's worthy of Kong Ming" Pang Tong laughed, put away the wine jug and said, "He is breaking Cao." Don't forget that I'm waiting for you..."
"Wait" grabbed Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang said in a condensed voice, "There is one more thing"
"Huh?"
In Pang Tong's somewhat impatient eyes. Zhuge Liang said in a low voice, "Cai Mao under Cao Cao, who has lived in Jingxiang for a long time and is good at the navy, must be said to be an obstacle..."
"That's not easy!" Glancing at Zhuge Liang. Pang Tong sneered and said, "Write a letter with scribbled handwriting and many alterations, and then send several dead soldiers, this side deceives Cai Mao to meet, and that side is for Cao Cao to know, and when Cao Cao comes to investigate." Let those dead soldiers commit suicide by taking poison, and keep it so that Cai Mao is hard to argue! ”
Opening his mouth, Zhuge Liang sneered and said, "Wonderful, wonderful!" ”
Glancing at Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong knew that he disagreed in his heart, sneered, waved his hand and said. "Count, I've said to you, use it or not. You think about it yourself, go, Sun Ce's horseman army, I don't want to stay for a moment! As he spoke, he walked out without any nostalgia.
Looking at the tent that was still shaking, Zhuge Liang secretly smiled bitterly.
It seems that this guy is not really committed to the lord. I'm afraid that when I went to Sun Ce's self-recommendation, I was stiff, and I had to help,,
However, it's a pity that such a talented person doesn't need to!
"Then the rest is to discuss with Duke Zhou to see if you can deceive Cao Cao's strategists, especially Na Jiang Zhe" Sitting on the couch, Zhuge Liang muttered to himself. wW