The stars are scarce at night, the black magpie flies south, three turns around the tree, and there are no branches to rely on. On the edge of the river, Qiao Ren carried a pot of wine and sat silently on the embankment in a daze. There was also a person sitting beside him, and the bell was tinkling in the river breeze.

"Ziyan, why are you in a daze!" Gan Ning asked

Qiao Ren's hair was still swaying in the wind and he didn't tidy it up, he took a sip of wine and said, "Xingba! Do you know that I am facing the road today? ”

Gan Ning also took a sip of wine and said, "Isn't it a big victory?" What is Ziyan worried about!? ”

"A big win?" Qiao Ren smiled bitterly: "General Zhao Yun and I used nearly two thousand cavalry to raid the road in a roundabout way, and the result was that all his cavalry was annihilated, but my cavalry lost nearly two hundred, and Zhao Yun also killed dozens of people. This is just an unknown general like Lu Zhao, and his Cao Jun is also an ordinary cavalry. If it is a famous cavalry general like Cao Chun and Zhang Liao, or a famous general in the United States like the Xiahou brothers, Zhang Jaw, and Xu Huang, how can our army win! ”

Hi! Gan Ning said with a smile: "On the big river, it depends on the navy and the ship, no matter how strong the cavalry is, what is the use." ”

Qiao Ren didn't think so, but said: "Then what if our army Chibi defeats Cao Jun!" Aren't you enterprising Jiangbei? Even if Jingzhou is taken by chance because of the defeat of Cao's army, sooner or later our army will have to fight Cao Cao in a decisive battle with the Central Plains, and how to deal with his elite infantry at that time! ”

It turned out that Qiao Ren was worried about the strength of Cao Jun's infantry for today's battle. Just as Cao Cao didn't know Zhou Yu of Eastern Wu, the generals of Eastern Wu didn't know Cao Cao's specific strength, and some things were difficult to understand without personally making moves.

When Gan Ning heard this, he was also thoughtful. Gan Xingba is different from other fighting generals, he is familiar with the hundred schools of thought and is a strategic general, and he sees it more far-reaching than ordinary martial arts generals.

At this time, Qiao Ren said again: "Not to mention Cao Cao, even Liu Bei's Yuzhou army is extremely elite, and it is not inferior to Cao's army at all." Although the number of people is small, once it is allowed to develop, I am afraid it will not be a blessing for my Jiangdong! ”

Gan Ning also sighed: "Yes! I met Zhao Yun today, judging from the momentum alone, his martial arts are not under General Huang. And he is a native of Hebei, and he was once a white horse righteous servant, and he immediately fought in fear that I was invincible in Jiangdong. And Zhao Yun is still like this, what kind of situation should Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who are famous all over the world. ”

Qiao Ren did not agree with what Gan Ning said, and said in a serious manner: "Brother Xingba, the battle between the two armies is based on attacking the heart and strategy, and the martial arts of the main general only play a key role in small-scale operations. Don't look at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as 10,000 enemies, is it possible that they can really match 10,000 people, if so, Liu Bei will not be driven from Xinye to Fankou by only 5,000 people. ”

This is also Qiao Ren, if others speak to Gan Ning in this tone, I'm afraid Gan Ning would have already gone berserk. "Ziyan's words are not bad, how powerful Lu Bu was in the past, he was not captured by Cao Cao. For the way of the general, it is indeed not that Wu Yong is still here. Gan Ning also pretended to point to his head.

This action made Qiao Ren laugh and said, "Brother Xingba's Liuyang Leader is indeed good. For the way of the general, the heart should be cured first. Mount Tai collapsed in front and the color remained unchanged, and the elk was on the left and did not look instantly, and then it could control the interests and harms, and it could treat the enemy. ”

Then, Qiao Ren said again: "Okay, why bother saying these disappointing words in a good season, come to Xingba Brother to drink." ”

"Come and drink!"

Although Qiao Ren drank the wine in his mouth, his heart flew back to Jianye and flew into Sun Shangxiang's arms.

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The next day, Qiao Renshang slept soundly in the tent. Suddenly, in the camp, the sound of horns sounded, and in a moment, the soldiers of the Wu army who were still asleep woke up one by one, hurriedly put on their tents, and rushed to the wharf by the Qi River.

And Qiao Ren was also in a dream, and his own guards put on Sun Ce's former armor that Sun Shangxiang begged for. There is still a peace charm given by Yu Ji before leaving, although Qiao Ren doesn't believe this, but Yu Ji is famous after all, and the peace charm he drew by himself is even more difficult to find, and Qiao Ren is not easy to refuse.

At this time, one of the guards entered the tent and said: "Protectors, the governor of the capital summons"

"Oh," Qiao Ren turned around and asked, "Where?" ”

"In the Water Village"

Qiao Ren hurriedly hurried to the water village, and when he came, Zhou Yu and the others were about to get on the boat. Zhou Yu saw Qiao Ren, who was late, and smiled: "Ziyan is so late!" ”

"I wonder what the governor has summoned?" Qiao Ren didn't give Zhou Yu the slightest chance to ridicule himself, and went straight to the point.

Speaking of business, Zhou Yu's smiling face became serious, and said: "Cao Jun attacked my water village, I want to lead the army to attack, especially call you." ”

When Qiao Ren heard this, he complained in his heart, "I don't know how to fight, what's the use of calling me?"

As if to see what Qiao Ren was thinking, Zhou Yu said: "I know that you don't understand water warfare, but how can you not understand the way to compete for power on the river in Jiangdong, I am more than ten years older than you, and then you have to do it." ”

Hearing this, Qiao Ren hurriedly interrupted Zhou Yu's speech and said in a homely tone: "Brother-in-law, why bother me, can't I go!?" ”

Zhou Yu's way Qiao Ren was avoiding suspicion, so he was not angry when he was interrupted. Pulling Qiao Ren to the flagship, Qiao Renfang looked at the battle flags fluttering on the surrounding buildings and ships, and the battle flags of Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Huang Gai, Dong Xi and other water war generals could be vaguely seen. As for the left deputy governor, Lu Meng was sitting in the village with Lu Su, and Zhou Yu's flagship, in addition to Qiao Ren, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were invited to observe.

At this moment, it has just dawned, but the river fog has not yet dissipated, and as far as the eye can see, it is only a few hundred meters in radius.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang stood on the top deck of the fighting ship and looked upstream, but they did not see Cao Jun's warship and flag.

Looking around, the warships of the Wu army were passing in an orderly manner from both sides, and no other noise could be heard except for the sound of rowing and hitting the current one after another, and the sound of the sailors' trumpets when they exerted their strength.

Those sons of Koto knew that a fierce battle that might have gone beyond their imagination was about to begin, but their mood was extremely calm, and there was not a trace of nervous noise, as if what was about to begin was just a pre-planned exercise.

Zhuge Liang sighed: "These Wu people's hearts are stable, and their techniques are pure, it seems that this victory is very big." ”

Liu Bei was also stunned by the Wu people's navy, these warships were moored in the harbor and could not be seen, but now they are gradually revealing their hideous side under the control of the Jiangdong navy. After many years in Jingzhou, Liu Bei has also seen the Jingzhou Navy, but Liu Bei still thought that the Jingzhou Navy's was also first-class in the Han Dynasty, but now that he has seen the Dongwu Navy, he feels that the Jingzhou Navy's is like a child, and he is immediately impressed by Huang Zu, who can resist Jiangdong for five years.

Qiao Ren's gaze happened to cross the women's wall at this time, and at the front of the next deck, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were talking softly, although their voices were very quiet, because the surroundings were too quiet, Qiao Ren could hear them clearly.

Although Zhou Yu commanded on the deck of the fifth floor, Qiao Ren was not afraid that Liu Bei and the others would learn the water warfare technique, but shouted: "Liu Yuanjun, Mr. Zhuge . The view from upstairs is better, so let's come up and watch! In the speech, the confidence in his own water army is outrageous. watched, but he didn't take Cao Jun on the other side seriously.

Liu Bei still had to react in a hurry, as the sun rose in the east, the river fog gradually began to disperse due to the sunlight, and the surrounding vision became more and more wide, and the number of warships passing on both sides had expanded from a dozen to hundreds.

Suddenly, Liu Bei's position fell into a gloom, as if a dark cloud suddenly gathered overhead, covering the sun on his side.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liangfang looked at each other, where is the dark cloud! It is clearly an aircraft carrier ------ a building ship among the fighting ships. This building ship is more than ten zhang high, there are five floors up and down, surrounded by countless female walls and battle grids, and there are at least a thousand soldiers on the five decks, and there are even war horses galloping back and forth, transmitting information and intelligence. ------------ is the battleship of the naval general Huang Gai.

However, although this ship is high, it is lower than Zhou Yu's flagship, although it is all five floors, but Qiao Ren can see the yellow cover commanded under its banner, it can be seen that Zhou Yu's flagship is probably nearly twenty zhang high. And Liu Bei, because they are on the first floor, they will be blocked by the battleship from the sunshine of the east.