Zhou Yu's vigilance was very high, and when he saw that the flags in the water village were crowded, and there were signs of the warship moving, he urgently ordered his subordinates to put away the gravel, pull the sails full, turn the oars, and the clipper boat flew away on the river like an arrow from the string.

The procrastination of the Jingzhou Navy will miss the great opportunity, and when Cai Mao leads the fleet out of the water village, Zhou Yu's clipper is already ten miles away, and he can't catch up, which makes Cai Mao sigh.

Back to Chibi Water Village, it was the second watch, but all the generals did not rest, they were waiting for the governor to come back outside the gate of the village, and the lights in the camp were bright. As soon as Zhou Yu got off the boat, Lu Su and the others greeted him, and Lu Su said: "The governor is so involved in the camp that he is so frightened. ”

Zhou Yu smiled disapprovingly and said: "It's okay, it's okay, although Cai Mao has been in charge of the water army for a long time, he has more than enough to defend it, and he lacks the ability to change the battle machine, my ship is fast, what can he do to me?" What's more, if you don't see it for yourself, how can you have a strategy to break the enemy? ”

Lu Meng asked on the side: "The governor has come up with a plan to break the enemy this time?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said solemnly: "Cai Mao Zhang Yun has led the naval army in Jingzhou for many years, although he is not a good general, he is not a mediocre talent, and there are more than 20 water gates along the river, which are interlocking, the layout is rigorous, and there are quite rules. Let me think about it carefully, if I can get rid of these two people, it will be easy to break Liu Ze. It is late in the night, and you shall go back to the camp and rest until the next day we will have our deliberations. ”

In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Yu was promoted to the account and rewarded the Han Dang Department who had won the first battle. Everyone congratulated him, and Ling Tong's face was not happy. Gritted his teeth and said: "I only hate Gan Ning's thief who is treacherous, and he has not been able to capture and kill him in several battles, and the revenge of killing his father cannot be avenged, which is the regret of his life." ”

Zhou Yu said with relief: "Gan Ning shot Ling Zun, this revenge is the hatred of Jiangdong State, a certain will swear to repay it, General Ling don't worry, the day the red cliff breaks Liu Ze, it is the time for the big revenge to get snow!" ”

Although the fleets of Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Lu Meng rushed to Chibi one after another, they were all temporarily stationed. Not exhaustively deployed. Wait for Zhou Yu to come and make arrangements. According to Zhou Yu's original plan, the first target of the Jiangdong Navy was Baqiu, but at this time, Liu Ze was already Chen's soldier Wulin, and he sent his army to gather here. More than 20 miles along the river. Heavily defended. It was impossible for the Jiangdong Navy to bypass Ulin and attack Baqiu again, so Chibi fought. It will be a crucial battle that will determine the outcome of both sides. Zhou Yu did not dare to take it lightly, and ordered the Jiangdong Navy to set up a village in Chibi, and the army to camp on the south bank, which was far away from the camp of the Jing Army.

Zhou Yu's ability is far above Cai Mao, the layout of the water village dry camp is naturally not worse than Cai Mao, compared with Cai Mao's water village is mainly defensive, Zhou Yu is both offensive and defensive, which is of course related to the strength of the Jiangdong Navy is stronger than the Jingzhou Water Army, but it is more reflected in Zhou Yu's concept of army management, preemptive, forge ahead, Zhou Yu came to Jingzhou to attack, marching and arranging, naturally also put on a positive posture.

At the same time, Zhou Yu sent a number of scouts to sneak across the river to inquire about the news and grasp the first-hand military information, so that he could anticipate the enemy's opportunities and formulate corresponding offensive strategies.

After a few days, Jiangbei successively sent information back, Liu Ze transferred the army this time, in addition to the Jingzhou Navy of more than 70,000 people, but also mobilized 60,000 foot cavalry to fight, and stationed in Wulin, Jiangbei. Liu Ze unexpectedly mobilized 130,000 troops to fight this time, which was completely equal to the Jiangdong army in terms of numbers, the difference was that the Jing army was six or seven open, 60,000 foot cavalry, and 70,000 naval troops, but the Jiangdong side was five or eight open, with 50,000 naval troops and 80,000 infantry cavalry. Zhou Yu couldn't figure out whether Liu Ze did it on purpose, or if he was overstretched and could only send these horses over, but what made Zhou Yu happy was that the Xuzhou heavy cavalry that he feared the most was not transferred to Wulin this time, and was still stationed in Yicheng, which was six hundred miles away from Wulin.

Zhou Yu did not work the situation of the Xuzhou army, this mysterious cavalry unit in the Anlu War was exposed, it attracted Zhou Yu's close attention, with less than 10,000 cavalry to crush the Jingzhou 50,000 cavalry, such a record can only be described as shocking, terrifying! Zhou Yu secretly thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't find a way to break the thunder and ride, these people and horses covered in heavy armor were invulnerable, and they were simply monsters.

In this battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu was still full of confidence in dealing with the Jingzhou naval army, but if he wanted to defeat Liu Ze completely, he had to cross the Yangtze River and annihilate Liu Ze's infantry and cavalry. Now there is news that the thunder cavalry has not reached the Wulin front line at all, perhaps Liu Ze feels that the Chibi water battle, there is no place for the thunder cavalry at all, so he simply did not take the thunder cavalry south, Liu Ze wants to win the battle, but also must cross the Yangtze River, with the weight of the thunder cavalry is bulky and unbearable, the ordinary ferry boat can not be loaded much at all, and it is difficult to put the thunder cavalry into the south bank of the Yangtze River to fight.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Yu's mouth, and he said secretly: "Liu Ze, Liu Ze, you are a smart person, confused for a while, there is no thunder ride, I see how you can win my Jiangdong's 80,000 step ride!" ”

Zhou Yu ordered to closely monitor the movements of the Third Army of the Xuzhou Army in Yicheng, and report it immediately as soon as there were signs of action. Yicheng is more than 600 miles away from Wulin, and it will take at least three days to help Wulin with the heavy and huge body of the thunder horse. There are three days, which is enough for Zhou Yu to be fully prepared.

In early winter, although Jiangnan is not as cold as the north, you can still feel the breath of winter, especially in the early morning when the frost and dew are heavy, standing by the river, you can clearly experience the thick cold.

"Governor, the cold is thick by the river, be careful of catching a cold." Lu Su just rushed over, and saw that Zhou Yu's shoulders were already covered with a layer of pale hoarfrost, and he comforted Zhou Yu, who had been standing by the river for half a night.

Zhou Yu waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "I'm not so squeamish!" Zhou Yu would come to the riverside every morning, overlooking the Jingjun camp on the other side, thinking about a good way to break the enemy, he liked the cold atmosphere of the riverside, which kept his mind clear.

A small boat appeared in Zhou Yu's sight in the distance, and the wind and waves on the river were very strong in the early morning, and the boat was floating up and down in the waves, fading or appearing. Zhou Yu frowned. At this sensitive time, a civilian ship has long been forbidden to travel on the river, and at this time, there is actually a small boat haunted in the turmoil, could it be that the Jing army sent a spy? Zhou Yu immediately sent the Chinese army forward to find out.

When the boat docked, the patrolmen of Jiangdong immediately intercepted it, surrounded it with knives and guns, and shouted: "Who is it? Don't you know that the river is forbidden now? Disembark immediately for inspection! ”

A man who looked like a Confucian in a scarf cloth robe came down from the boat. White face without beard. The face was thin, and when he saw the posture of the Jiangdong patrol swords and guns, he was slightly panicked at first, and waved his hand again and again: "Don't get me wrong." Don't get me wrong. A certain is a classmate and friend of your Zhou Dudu. I have made a special trip across the river to visit your governor, please let me know. ”

The military marquis led by him looked the Confucian up and down, and said with a sneer: "You came from Wulin?" ”

"Exactly."

The military marquis immediately shouted: "It is clear that you are the spy sent by Liu Ze." If you want to spy on the military situation, you dare to falsely claim to be a classmate and friend of Zhou Dudu, what kind of identity is Zhou Dudu, how can there be a poor student like you! Come on, take it down for me, and torture it carefully! ”

The Confucian student was shocked and said: "I am really your Dudu's classmate, I don't believe it, I can see it at first sight with your Dudu." ”

Junhou sneered: "What kind of identity is the governor of Zhou, how can he have time to see you, it's a joke, let me capture it left and right." ”

The soldiers rushed up, and were about to take down the Confucian student, when the lieutenant officer sent by Zhou Yu had already come to him, stopped those patrolmen, looked at the Confucian student with cold eyes, and said, "You really have to be a classmate of Zhou Dudu?" ”

"Exactly, exactly, as if fake." The Confucian was shocked and said continuously.

"Then what is your surname, and report your name, and I will pass it on to the governor."

"Thank you, Master Jun. In Xia Jiang Gan, the word Ziyi, Jiujiang people's family, and Zhou Dudu were childhood classmates, please report to the Dudu, Zhou Dudu must know my name and surname. Jiang Gan made a fuss.

The lieutenant officer looked at Jiang Gan suspiciously, and said, "You wait here for a while, and I will report to the governor." The Chinese officer turned around and went back to report to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu's position is not too far apart, Zhou Yu can also see the scene from afar, the Chinese officer reported Jiang Gan's name to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu laughed, and said to Lu Su: "I didn't expect Jiang Gan to come, Zijing, do you remember this person?" ”

Lu Su is also from Huainan, and after hearing this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Jiang Gan, isn't it Jiang Ziyi who is your classmate in the Shu County School?" It's sour and roundabout, and it only talks about it, and there is nothing really to learn. I heard that he later came to Jingzhou to defect to Liu Biao and was a guest under Liu Biao's account, presumably he also surrendered to Liu Ze this time, and came here as a lobbyist to lobby Gong Jin to come, why didn't Gong Jin refuse? ”

Zhou Yu smiled meaningfully and said: "Since the old man is visiting, how can he refuse to leave the door, not to mention that a certain person has already thought of a plan and happened to fall on this person." As he spoke, Zhou Yu greeted him with a smile on his face, and shouted from afar: "Brother Ziyi is coming to visit, and it is rude and rude." ”

Jiang Gan glared at the military marquis fiercely, and the military marquis also bowed his head in a witty manner, and Jiang Gan didn't care about anything with him anymore, so he greeted Zhou Yu. "Brother Gongjin, don't come unharmed."

Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Ziyi, we haven't seen each other for a long time, I can't imagine that today, we will meet again here, I heard that Ziyi defected to Liu Biao in the early years, and now he must have also been Liu Ze's guest. ”

Jiang Gan was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "I heard that Brother Gongjin is here, and the younger brother has come to visit, why do you come to visit?" ”

"Ziyi deceived me, although I am not as smart as Shi Kuang, but I also know the meaning of the strings and songs, Ziyi is so good, and I came here through the river, isn't it for the sake of the new master?" Zhou Yu's smile did not decrease, but his words were as sharp as a knife.

Jiang Gan was stunned and feigned a trend. "Gong Jin was so suspicious, treating the deceased like this, so he resigned, and never said anything about being a classmate with Gong Jin again."

Zhou Jin laughed, stepped forward to hold Jiang Gan's arm, and said, "Ziyi is still so temperamental, he can't make the slightest joke, just joking, Ziyi doesn't have to take it seriously." As long as Ziyi is not Liu Ze's lobbyist, how can he ignore the friendship of his classmates and take a walk, it is rare to reunite old friends today, and he must be drunk and rest. ”

Jiang Gan turned his anger into joy and returned to the camp with Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu set up a banquet to wash the dust for Jiang Gan, the water and land were full of Chen, and the Jiangdong generals were all accompanied.

Zhou Yu was very bold and generous, took Jiang Gan's hand and sat side by side on the main seat, and said to the generals: "Jiang Gong is my classmate and friend, since childhood, we have been friends with each other, meeting old friends in a foreign country, it is a great blessing in life, today is a rare happy event, the right to break the ban on alcohol in the army, you and drink happily!" ”

Saying that, Zhou Yu untied his sword again, handed it to Lu Meng's hand, and said: "Today's banquet and drink, but the old friends are separated, if anyone dares to mention the military affairs, the public can exercise the right to supervise the wine, and kill it!" ”

Lu Meng generously agreed, standing at the foot of the stairs with his sword, pressing the hilt of the sword with his hand, his eyes showing a cold light, and his awe-inspiring aura made people dare not force his eyes. (To be continued......)