In the big tent, Zhou Yu saw that his goal had been achieved, so he took advantage of the situation and said: "Everyone, Cao Jun is virtual and real, but there is no this, I have the overlord of Western Chu in front of my good man in Jiangdong, and now I have the overlord of Eastern Wu, and let those northerners meet us, Jiangdong Tiger Master!" Punish Cao thief, break Jingzhou! ”

At that moment, Gan Ning, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, first shouted: "Kill Cao thief and break Jingzhou!" ”

Gan Ning roared, and the other generals were not to be outdone, shouting loudly: "Kill Cao thief, break Jingzhou!" ”

And Qiao Ren on the side thought in his heart, 'It is worthy of Zhou Lang, it is so easy to boost morale.' The most rare thing is that strong self-confidence, if others will be annoying or considered pretentious, but Zhou Lang makes people feel like a spring breeze, what a powerful contagious force! ’

When the Jiangdong army was in Chibi, drinking wine and eating meat, shouting to destroy Cao thief, Cao Ying's army was still in the wind.

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

At this time, a personal guard returned and said: "Prime Minister, General Cao Xiao and others ask to see." "General Cao Xiao is not Cao Ying's son, but his righteous son Cao Zhen.

"Let them in!" Cao Ying's voice seemed to reveal some tiredness, perhaps it was this desolate man who made him tired.

After a while, Cao Zhen, Xun You, Man Chong, Liu Ye, Cheng Yu and others rushed in.

Cao Ying asked at this time: "Zidan, the tiger idiot's illness is better!" ”

The tiger idiot in Cao Ying's mouth is Xu Chu, the fierce general who commanded the tiger guard, 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 the 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.

When Cao Zhen heard this, he said with some emotion: "Back to my father, General Xu was already unaccustomed to the water and soil, but now he is infected with wind and cold on the river, and his condition has recurred, and he has not improved. Moreover, there are many veterans in the army who are sick. "Cao Zhen is also a general of the personal guard and has been with Xu Zhu for a long time, so after Xu Chu fell ill, in addition to temporarily leading the personal guard, he also had to visit Xu Chu often.

Cao Ying was a little unbearable when he heard this, but he still said: "When the army captures Xiakou, the army can rest temporarily, so that he can rest in peace." ”

At this time, Cao Zhen suddenly wanted to speak and stopped, and finally plucked up the courage to say: "Father-in-law, the report ahead, many boats have been stranded on the riverside, and it is already difficult to travel in the dark, and now it is the shallow water season. And, and...

"A manly man, how can he be verbose. Say! Cao Ying couldn't get used to seeing his adopted son like this, and shouted.

Cao Zhen had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "The front report that the vanguard Yangwu General Lu Zhao has been killed, and Chibi is occupied by Zhou Yu. ”

As an art of war, everyone can naturally see the importance of Chibi, so he sent the general Lu Zhao to lead the army of 5,000 to go, but he didn't want Lu Zhao to take 800 light cavalry first.

"Come down carefully," Cao Zhen said with his forehead on his forehead, and seeing this, Cao Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to support Cao Ying.

Cao Zhen said: "General Lu, after arriving in Jiangnan, in order to seize Chibi, he led the cavalry first, and the infantry army followed. But I don't want Dongwu to send nearly 2,000 cavalry, not only defeated our army but also killed General Lu, and then used cavalry to surround our foot soldiers by the river, after the round of the water army·····"

Cao Ying forgot to glance at it, and the black river said: "Who is it, occupy Chibi!" ”

At this time, it was Cheng Yu who said: "It is said to be the protector Qiao Ren." Prime Minister, now the Northern Army is not accustomed to water warfare and is often infected with diseases. And the Sun-Liu alliance is not easy to win lightly, or..."

"Enough! Lone has already said that the matter of retiring from the army should not be mentioned again! Don't say any more! Cao Ying interrupted Cheng Yu's words, and instead said, "Qiao Ren, but the grandson of Captain Qiao." "Captain Qiao is Qiao Xuan, the official is the captain.

Xun You, who came out of the General's Mansion in his early years, said: "Exactly! This Qiao Ziyan is Sun Ce's brother-in-law and brother-in-law. ”

"Qiao Ren! Lone remembered! "Cao Ying's eyes reveal infinite essence." I didn't expect it to be your grandson, there is someone in Qiao Gong's successor, you should also laugh secretly, you still want to find him as a son-in-law! ”

At this time, Xun Yu reacted slowly and said: "Prime Minister Shi just said that the army is temporarily resting? Could it be that the prime minister has given up on the quick destruction of Sun Liu? ”

Cao Ying stroked his beard and smiled: "Those who know me, Gongda also!" Lone originally wanted to occupy Chibi, go down to Xiakou first, and then go south to Chaisang, but he didn't want to be preempted by Qiao Ren, but Qiao Ren has few troops, and I can take Chibi back later. ”

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 Lone not count this section, but Liu Bei and Sun Ce are afraid of Lone's might, and although they are united, most of them will only defend themselves." Gu naturally calculated all the way, as soon as Chibi was defeated, Xiakou could not be protected, Liu Bei and Sun Ce would retract back to Chaisang, and when the time came, the upstream of Jingzhou would be all for me, and it was only a matter of time before I took down the heads of these two people. ”

At this time, Cao Ying occupied it, but his not tall body revealed a lot of pride, and said: "Therefore, the battle of Chibi is very important. ”

Just when Cao Ying was showing his ambitions, he suddenly reported that Cai Mao had an urgent matter to see, and Cao Ying entered the moment after he finished speaking, and Cai Mao rushed in and shouted: "It's not a good thing!" Prime Minister·· Great"

"De Jue, as the commander of the army, how can he be like this, for the sake of the general, but Taishan collapsed in front of him and was not shocked." Cao Ying lectured.

Cai Mao also thought that she did have some Meng Lang at this time, and said, "Prime Minister, I have something important to tell you." ”

"Say!"

Cai Mao said at this time: "Zhou Yu has moved to Chibi with an army of 70,000 and joined Qiao Ren's troops. ”

"What?" Cao Ying was shocked when he heard this, hurriedly opened the map and looked at it carefully, and said, "Deqi may be recaptured." ”

"This!" Looking at Cai Mao, who was spitting out, Cao Ying knew that there was no play.

At this time, Cao Ying pointed his finger and said, "I don't know how Zhou Yu is this and what he can do." ”

Jiangdong and Jingzhou are feuds, and after more than ten years of fighting, Cai Mao can have anything good to say, "Zhou Yu is still young, what can he do with soldiers, but because he followed Sun Ce to raise troops in his early years, and married Er Qiao with Sun Ce, Mao thought that it was only because of this relationship, so Sun Ce sent this Zhou Yu to lead the army, and the prime minister didn't have to care." ”

This sentence, Cao Zhen knows that it must not be true, and Sun Ce is not a child, how can such a major event be child's play, and arrange for someone who does not understand military affairs to come. And everyone didn't dare to say more when they saw that Cao Ying listened seriously.

Cao Ying listened and said: "This Zhou Yu dared to take the initiative to seek battle, which was indeed unexpected by Lone, but fortunately, Lone happened to annihilate all the main forces of Liu Bei and Sun Ce here. ”

At this time, Cheng Yu felt that it was impossible to stop talking, and hurriedly said, "Lord." Looking at this red cliff terrain, the Sun and Liu families have already taken the lead, and our army is actually less than 100,000 at the moment, and the army going south along the Han River in the north is still far away from Xiakou and cannot form a flank attack with us, so it seems that it is not suitable for a decisive battle with Liu Sun at this time. ”

"Humph!" Cao Ying didn't eat this, and said with a smile: "In the past, with only 20,000 people, Yuan Shao's 100,000 army was completely wiped out, and now even if there are only 80,000 people in his hands, in the face of a rabble of 70,000 led by a yellow-mouthed child, it is difficult to retreat, if so, will Lone be ridiculed by the people of the world, and how will the soldiers obey my orders." This battle must be fought alone."

Everyone is familiar with Cao Ying, and they know that Cao Ying is usually good at admonishment, but once he makes up his mind, the nine horses can't turn back, so they don't persuade again, but think about how to defeat the Sun-Liu Alliance.