After Zhou Yu and Liu Bei discussed some specific matters, Zhou Yu asked Lu Su to send Liu Bei away under the pretext that the army still needed to go west.

At this time, Zhou Yu no longer looked at the map, but said to Qiao Ren: "Ziyan, what do you think of this Liu Bei?" ”

Qiao Ren pretended to tidy up his clothes, which were not messy, and said in a deep voice: "Liu Bei is really a hero in the world. ”

"Oh!" Although Zhou Yu also had a conclusion, he still wanted to hear Qiao Ren's opinion, "Why? ”

Qiao Ren said: "Cao Ying once said that Liu Bei said, 'Dragons can be big and small, and they can be promoted and hidden; The big one is the clouds and the fog, and the small one is hidden and hidden; The rising is soaring between the universe, and the hidden is lurking in the waves. Fang is deep in this spring, the dragon changes when the time comes, and the Jews have the ambition to cross the seas. Dragons are things, comparable to the heroes of the world. And that Liu Bei, since the beginning of the conquest of the Yellow Turban, has been fighting for decades, and will be the heroes of the world, although there are many defeats and few victories, but he is quite tenacious. has experienced the suffering of wandering and the hatred of losing his family several times, but he is indomitable, which should not be underestimated. ”

Zhou Yu also nodded yes and said: "If this Liu Bei is assisted by a famous minister, he will become a hegemon." And I look at Zhuge Liangcai, Gao Badou, is a talent for the world, and Xu Shu of Fang Cai is also extraordinary, especially good at military strategy. As for Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals, they are also famous. If Liu Bei finds a good opportunity, it will become a big trouble for us. ”

Qiao Ren has a deep understanding of this, whether it is in later generations or now, Liu Bei is a big disaster in Dongwu. Therefore, Qiao Ren said: "Brother, it is better to remove its wings." ”

"Oh," Zhou Yuqi said, "What do you mean?"

Qiao Ren also said unequivocally: "Zhuge Liang is running for the sake of the alliance, and he will always be in our army." After our army breaks Cao..." Qiao Ren's words speak for themselves.

"No!" Lu Su on the side hurriedly said: "Ziyan, how can you say such a thing." Gong Jin, Lian Liu to resist Cao is the strategy to establish a business, if you harm your allies, let me Jiangdong how to win the trust of the world. ”

Qiao Ren also said: "Why is Zijing so excited, Ren is just talking." In addition, the southerners are not good at water warfare, if our army fights with Cao's army in Xiangyang, Nanyang and other places, it will only consume military strength on the way, it is better to leave Xiangyang and other places close to Xuluo, leaving Liu Bei to let him and Cao Ying consume each other, and our army will take all the east of Jiangling, as well as Huainan and other places. ”

"That's it! The two of you don't have to quarrel, now Cao Ying is still showing off his martial arts in Jiangbei, what's the use of saying this now? ”

"That's right," Qiao Ren seemed to remember something. said, "Brother, it is said that the phoenix chick Pang Tong, who is as famous as Zhuge Liang, is among his brother's subordinates?" ”

Qiao Renyi said that Zhou Yu also remembered Pang Tong's peculiar face, and said, "Exactly, he is in Xiakou now." In two hours, we will arrive at Xiakou, if you are interested, go and meet this Pang Shiyuan! ”

Qiao Ren listened to Zhou Yu's tone and seemed to disagree with Pang Tong. Zhou Yu is not a jealous person, he has long regarded Sun Ce's career as his own, and Zhou Yu wants to get rid of Zhuge Liang only because he can't be used by Eastern Wu. Zhou Yu is not a person with no eyes, on the contrary, Zhou Yu's vision of people is very accurate. But Pang Tong was not valued by Zhou Yu, and he thought there were some other reasons.

Swimming against the current, the speed is slower but better than walking. Heading west from Fankou, Zhou Yu's fleet arrived at Xiakou in less than two hours, while Qiao Ren took Jianye's 30,000 infantry troops to set up camp. However, the Jianye Navy had to rest earlier, and later said that it would return to the sea.

By the time Qiao Ren had arranged the stationing of the army, he had already ignored the time when Jin Wuxi fell. Qiao Ren was supposed to dine here, but in the spirit of not wasting time, Qiao Ren decided to have a banquet for Pang Tong tonight to satisfy his curiosity.

In Xiakou, in the courtyard where Qiao Ren temporarily lived, there were two seats of wine and food in the hall, but only one person was very bored drinking. It was Qiao Ren who was still waiting for Pang Tong.

"It's been half an hour! Why hasn't Zhang Wen invited Pang Tong yet," Qiao Ren was bored and chattered alone.

After a while, Zhang Wen finally returned, but he was the only one. Qiao Ren asked, "Huishu, why are you alone?" ”

Zhang Wen couldn't say a word for a long time, and Qiao Ren's heart was tight. "What the hell is going on? What about Pang Shiyuan? ”

Zhang Wen seemed to have the courage to say, "General, when I went to invite Pang Tong, he was drinking. I said, 'The protector wants to invite Mr. to see', I thought that the general's banquet was already a great honor, and Pang Tong would definitely come, but I never thought that he said, 'Protector? Qiao Ziyan is just a nepotistic minister, first offering his sister and then joining the Sun family. How can a person with no talent and no virtue entertain me'" Saying that, Zhang Wen also secretly peeked into Qiao Ren's expression, after he lost his father at the age of seventeen, he has always been supported by Qiao Ren, although Qiao Ren is only four years older than him, but his feelings are quite like master and apprentice, so it is difficult to calm down when he sees Pang Tong insulting Qiao Ren.

"Haha!" Qiao Ren laughed suddenly, but Zhang Wen was afraid that Qiao Ren would be confused, and said, "The general is angry!" ”

Qiao Ren smiled: "I'm fine, I finally understand why Zhou Yu doesn't value Pang Tong anymore, such a surname is no one to use it even if he stays in the marquis and Sun Wu is reincarnated." With this one person, how can we unite our subordinates; If you reuse this person, how to convince the courtiers. Qiao Ren finally understood at this moment why Pang Tong was more famous than the sky but was not tolerated, even if Liu Bei reused him, he died in the battle of Shu without waiting a few years, he had no fame in his life, no achievements, and he had not offered a single plan, so he could really be regarded as a vain name.

Qiao Ren thought about patting Zhang Wen on the shoulder and said, "Such an arrogant person, what if you don't see it." Come to Memori, you may not have had a drink with me in a long time. Of course, the wine and food can't be wasted, Pang Tong can't come, Qiao Ren and Zhang Wen eat and drink together.

The next day, Zhou Yu summoned Qiao Ren, Lu Su, Huang Gai, Lu Meng and other generals who were good at strategy to discuss the military situation.

Zhou Yu sat on the top and asked, "This time, I want to fight to the death with Cao Ying, but I don't know where to be!?" ”

At this time, Qiao Ren was the first to speak: "Between Yiren, our army must seize this place before Cao Ying." ”

Everyone followed Qiao Ren's fingers, and saw the two big characters of Chibi written on the map.

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up, and he found that what Qiao Ren was referring to was neither Fankou nor Xiakou, but an inconspicuous small place, Chibi, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Ziyan, what is the explanation." ”

Qiao Ren followed the memory that was not very clear, and at the same time combined the experience of this life and the geography of the art of war he had learned, he said unhurriedly: "Governor, please see, a few miles downstream of this red cliff is the mouth of the land, where the land and water converge with the Yangtze River, and if you go upstream along the Lushui River, you can pass through the Mufu Mountain on the south bank, and then you can go straight to Chaisang by land, and the cavalry is just a few kung fu." Even if you don't take Chaisang, you can attack Xiakou from behind through the Xianpu Corridor by land, and if Cao Jun is allowed to grab such a critical place, the consequences will be unimaginable. And if our army seizes this place, Cao's army will definitely want to seize this place, which is prompting it to fight with us in the water. ”

Zhou Yu laughed at the moment and said: "Ziyan is really extraordinary, but he went with a certain thought." But there is another reason why I chose Chibi, please see, the south bank of this Chibi is Chibi Mountain, and it is difficult for Cao Jun's infantry to wield it, so as long as we seize Chibi, then Cao Ying can only be stationed in Wulin on the north bank and fight with us in a water war. As for this Wulin, it is a narrow slope between Yunmengze and the Yangtze River, surrounded by large lakes and swamps, many slopes are tidal flats after the river recedes, unusually muddy, so in the winter season, the most elite northern army of Cao thieves had to camp in the cold mud, so that before the war started, the soldiers of the Cao army were about to fall behind. In addition, when the northerners first arrived at the riverside, it was inevitable that they would not adapt to the water and soil, and for a long time, they would inevitably get sick."

"The Governor of the Metropolis is wise!"

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