After Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were killed, Cai Zhong Cai He has been living a trembling life, for fear that he will lose his head if he is not careful. After Gan Ning Wang Wei was in charge of the navy, although Cai Zhong's official title had not changed, his real power was gone, and he could only hang an idle post and get a salary. Hearing Liu Ze's call, cold sweat flowed down the ground, but how dare they not go, they had to bite the bullet and go to the king's tent with trepidation.

Liu Ze saw Cai Zhongcai's panicked appearance and couldn't stand on his own, chuckled, and said with a pleasant face: "Brother Ling Cai Mao is plotting against him and hiding evil intentions, he deserves it, although you two belong to the Cai clan, but you are not complicit in it, this king will not be held accountable." The two of you are summoned here today, since there is a military discussion, there is no need to be nervous. ”

Cai Zhong Cai He said: "Thank you King Jing for your grace of not sinning, and I am willing to serve His Highness." ”

Liu Ze said: "On the river, the exchange of news is very inconvenient, you two can lead a few people from the headquarters to go to Dongwu to surrender, and use the excuse that Brother Cai Mao was punished, Zhou Yu will not be suspicious." But there is movement on the Jiangdong side, which can be reported secretly. After the matter is completed, there will be a reward, but if you two dare to take refuge in Zhou Yu to spread the news, this king will punish you nine clans! ”

Cai Zhongcai He was not very frightened, and bowed to the ground and said: "The two of us must do our best to serve King Jing, if there is any disagreement, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed." ”

Liu Ze's face softened slightly, and he said with good words: "As long as you work hard, this king will definitely reward you." ”

Cai Zhong Cai He received the order, took advantage of the night to lead two or three hundred sergeants, took a few small boats, left the Jingjun Water Village, and threw himself into Chibi. than when the sky is shining. Fang Xing from the middle of the river, he heard the sound of the water behind him, several warships chased up, and the person standing on the current boat was Wang Wei, the deputy governor of the navy, who shouted loudly: "Cai Zhong Cai He, you and others have turned their backs on the enemy to join the enemy, where to flee?" ”

Cai He was in a hurry, didn't he say that King Jing asked us to surrender, how could he send Wang Wei to chase and kill? I want to discern. It's Cai Zhong's mind that is more flexible than him. He grabbed him, pointed to the warships of Soochow not far from Jiangnan, and said, "King Jing must have sent Wang Wei to make a scene, so that Jiangdong would think that our deception was true." ”

Cai He understood. scolded loudly: "Liu Ze killed my brother." How will my brothers serve it again? Wang Wei Piff. When my brother was alive, he treated you well, how can you be forced to do so? ”

Wang Wei sneered: "Cai Mao collaborated with the enemy and rebelled. Take the blame on yourself, King Jing is forgiving, you two dare to be rebellious, go back with me to ask for the guilt, otherwise don't blame me for not remembering the friendship of the past! ”

Cai Zhongcai and how he was willing to stop the boat, so that the sergeant pulled the sails and looked straight to the south bank. Wang Wei led the ship in hot pursuit, and when he saw that Cai Zhongcai and refused to stop the ship, he ordered the archers to shoot at him.

Random arrows are flying, several sergeants on Cai Mao's boat were hit by arrows, and a feather arrow even grazed Cai He's scalp and flew over, which shocked Cai He's soul and cursed Wang Wei secretly in his heart, this fake show is too real!

Ling Tong, who was on the river today, saw the anomaly on the river in the north from a distance, and saw that the two fleets were chasing me, and the arrows were flying, so he greeted him and shouted from afar: "Who is coming?" ”

Cai Zhong hurriedly said: "I am the younger brother of Cai Mao, the governor of the Jingzhou Navy Army, because my brother was killed by Liu Ze, so I defected to your place, and the chasing soldiers behind me are very anxious, please save me!" ”

Ling Tong listened, it turned out that Cai Mao's younger brother came to surrender, obviously his deeds were revealed, and he would be chased and killed by the Jing army, although the authenticity was unknown, Ling Tong decided to save the Cai brothers first. So he let go of Cai Zhong's fleet and went up to Wang Wei's fleet, listing the battle formation.

Wang Wei saw that there were many ships in Jiangdong, so he naturally did not dare to fight, and hurriedly ordered to turn the rudder and return to the sea, so as not to compete with Ling Tong. When Ling Tong saw Wang Wei retreating, he sneered, did not chase, collected the boat back to Chibi, and led Cai Zhongcai and Cai He to see Zhou Yu.

After Wang Wei returned to Shuizhai, he left the ship and went straight to see Liu Ze, and truthfully explained the situation to Liu Ze.

Liu Ze nodded in response, Wang Wei was originally sent by Liu Ze to deliberately hunt down Cai Zhong and Cai He, creating a false impression for the Jiangdong side, which was conducive to Cai Zhong Cai He's fraudulent surrender, Wang Wei was also very hard-working, and the play was also very realistic, and he also injured several soldiers under Cai Zhong, but fortunately Cai Zhong Cai He was not injured, otherwise it would have gone too far.

Jia Xu was noncommittal, thinking that Cai Zhongcai alone could not hide from the treacherous Zhou Yu because he was not the same as being hunted down. "Zhou Yu is suspicious by nature, cunning and treacherous, Cai Zhongcai and this deception may not be able to make Zhou Yu suspicious, and the lord wants them to cross the river to obtain valuable information, but he may not be able to do so."

Liu Ze smiled lightly and said: "If you want to get information about Jiangdong, it is enough to have Jinyingwei, this time I sent Cai Zhongcai and the two to Dongwu, I really didn't expect them to find out any valuable information, just let them pass on some news to Zhou Yu." ”

"Send some news to Zhou Yu?" Jia Xurao is so smart, and he can't guess Liu Ze's intentions at the moment.

Liu Ze didn't dwell on this question all the time, and instead said: "Pang Tong has been in the army, can he be well?" Liu Ze appointed Pang Tong as a military captain, and temporarily arranged to be on an errand under Jia Xu.

Hearing Liu Ze mention Pang Tong, Jia Xu said: "Pang Shiyuan has just arrived, and he is not yet familiar with military affairs, and the minister has arranged for him to get in touch with some elementary things first, so as to familiarize himself with the military mid-range instrument. Speaking of Pang Tong, the minister thought that there seemed to be some problems with the chain of strategies he offered, the hull was connected, although it was stable, which was conducive to the northern army's action on the ship, but if Zhou Yu used the fire attack strategy, it was difficult to avoid, one ship was on fire, and the rest of the ships were implicated, and the lord had to guard against it. ”

Liu Ze laughed and said: "Wen He has far-sightedness, but there are also omissions this time. ”

Shi Chen Deng was also present, and said: "Mr. Wenhe's words are very true, the ships are connected, he attacks with fire, it is difficult to avoid, why is the lord laughing?" ”

Liu Ze said: "All fire attackers, there is no one who succeeds without the help of wind, the so-called wind helps the fire, the fire borrows the power of the wind, Zhou Yu wants to burn the company camp, without the wind power, it will never be possible." In the middle of winter, only the northwest wind often blows, how can there be a southeast wind? Our army is in the northwest, and the Jiangdong naval army is in the southeast. If it is really the warm spring at the beginning of the year, you should be careful. ”

All the generals bowed and said: "The lord is high, and we are convinced." ”

Liu Ze bowed slightly, in fact, his heart was like a mirror, the fire of Chibi still had to burn after all, but what Liu Ze is doing now is to make a set, a big set, as the saying goes, reluctant children can't catch wolves, if you want to lure Zhou Yu to the bait, at least you have to put down a piece of bait with enough weight. As for this plan, it has always been hidden in Liu Ze's heart, and he has not mentioned anything about his advisers and generals, not that Liu Ze has doubts about their loyalty, but the less people know about this plan, the higher the certainty of success, the battlefield of Chibi was originally a stage for fighting wits and courage, and whoever laughs to the end is the real winner.

In the next period of time, Liu Ze paid close attention to the drills of the water army, he personally went to the water village to supervise, and the drills of the water army were in full swing and orderly. Gan Ning and Wang Wei, the two deputy governors of the navy, did not dare to slack off, strictly commanded the training of the navy, actively prepared for war, and were ready to fight at any time.

It was already the winter moon, and although the weather in the south was not as cold as the cold in the north, it was close to the number nine, and the cold days were short, and the training effect of the navy army was also greatly reduced. The Jing army and the Wu army have been facing each other across the river in Chibi for more than two months, and the air on the river has been in a tense state, but no one knows what form this war will take and when.

The Battle of Chibi had not yet begun, but news of fierce battles came from Huainan and Guangling. After Zhou Yu sent troops to Chibi, Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, took Xu Shengding Feng as the vanguard, personally led an army of 30,000 to attack Hefei, and Zhang Liao led the army to defend Hefei City.

Danyang Taishou Sun Yi led 20,000 troops to cross the Yangtze River north and besieged Guangling City. Garrisoned in Guangling was the Fourth Infantry Division of the Second Army Corps, with Xu Xuan as the commander-in-chief, and at the same time, Guangling City also had 3,000 city defense troops under the command of Xu Xuan. The enemy was outnumbered, Xu Xuan did not dare to send troops to meet the battle, but cleverly adopted the strategy of sticking to the city, and let Sun Yi insult him in every way, that is, he would not go out of the city to fight. Sun Yi sent troops to attack Guangling City several times, but Guangling City was well defended, Xu Xuan commanded well, Sun Yi lost his generals, and he could not take Guangling, so he had to adopt the strategy of besieging but not fighting, begging to force Xu Xuan to surrender with a long-term siege.

Jiangdong's intention to attack Huainan and Guangling in succession Liu Ze was very clear, Huainan and Guangling were not the real targets of Jiangdong, Sun Quan's attack on these two places was just to contain Zuò and not give Liu Ze the opportunity to transfer troops to reinforce Chibi, so the real main battlefield in Jiangdong was still in Chibi.

The battle of Chibi is already ready to be sent, and it has to be sent, for Liu Ze, this is definitely a battle that he can't afford to lose. If he wins, he can take advantage of the situation to cross the Yangtze River in the south, and then take Jingnan County, and at the same time form a threat to the six counties of Jiangdong, Sun Quan's base; If defeated, Jingzhou will be completely lost, and he will have to retreat to Huainan, and even Huainan will not be able to keep it, so he can only retreat to Xuzhou, the starting point, and Liu Ze's dream of competing for the world will come to an end.

That's why Liu Ze is so concerned about the Battle of Chibi, cautious, step by step, in the face of Jiangdong's clever moves, Liu Ze can only see the moves, and lure Zhou Yu into his plan step by step. Liu Ze had to be cautious, after all, with Zhuge Liang's strategy of dividing the river and ruling in front of him, if Zhou Yu gave up his plan to fight a decisive battle against Chibi, it would undoubtedly be the most headache for Liu Ze. You have to give Zhou Yu some sweetness, only with fragrant bait can you catch big fish.

"Report, the lord of Qiqi, Jiangdong Kan Ze asks to see." The Chinese officer hurried to Shuizhai and reported to Liu Ze. (To be continued......)