Chapter 407: Red Cliff (16)
Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang looked at each other's hands, and found that the word fire was written in the palms of both of them, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang immediately laughed, it is no wonder that the two armies are fighting, and the only available strategy is to use water or fire, now both sides are on the Yangtze River, it is obviously impossible to use water, and the warships are all wooden, these are flammable things, as long as they are set on fire, the warships will inevitably burn into flames, and at that time, the Cao army will definitely suffer heavy losses.
"It's really the same thing that heroes see, I can't imagine that both the Governor and Mr. Zhuge decided to attack Cao Jun with fire." After Lu Su saw the performance of Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, he immediately said, although Lu Su is not very familiar with military affairs, but now Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu have already made up their minds, and only arson has the best effect.
"But before that, there is a headache to solve, although there is no general in the Cao army, but Cai Mao does have some ability, under the training of Cai Mao Zhang Yun and others, the Cao army's water army is gradually beginning to take shape, and the Cao army soldiers are already elite, if they master the naval tactics, the Cao army will be even more difficult to defeat, so if Cai Mao and Zhang Yun do not get rid of them, it will be difficult for our army to win this battle." After Lu Su finished speaking, Zhou Yu suddenly spoke.
Hearing Zhou Yu say this, everyone nodded one after another, for the Jingzhou Water Army, the group of water army generals in Jiangdong have never taken it into their eyes, but as time goes by, the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Water Army has become more and more powerful, and gradually, the seemingly useless Jingzhou Water Army has gradually become stronger, which makes the generals dare not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Water Army, after all, not long ago, the Jingzhou Water Army and the Jiangdong Water Army fought for two hours without showing defeat, which is a strong proof.
All the generals also know that the reason why the Jingzhou Navy was able to burst out with such combat effectiveness. This has a close relationship with Cai Mao, if it weren't for Cai Mao, how could the Jingzhou Navy fight to a draw with the Jiangdong Navy Army, the Jingzhou Navy is just a rabble, so the Jiangdong generals are ashamed to draw the Jingzhou Navy Army.
"However, Cai Mao is now in a high position and commands the Jingzhou Naval Army. Even the Cao army's navy is also under the command of Cai Mao, and now that our army and the Cao army are about to fight, the navy is naturally very important, with Cai Mao's position in the Cao army, it is obviously very difficult for our army to deal with Cai Mao. Lu Su pondered for a moment, and then spoke.
Lu Su's words obviously gave Zhou Yu a headache, Cao Cao asked Cai Mao to lead the navy, obviously this is a manifestation of Cao Cao's trust in Cai Mao, and Cai Mao obviously did not live up to Cao Mao's trust. Under the leadership of Cai Mao, the combat ability of the Jingzhou Navy has made significant progress, and Cao Cao is not a fool, such a person who is very useful to Cao Cao, how could Cao Cao give up, he has long wanted to try to get rid of Cai Mao, but for so long, there is no way.
For this headache. Obviously, no one in the Sun-Liu coalition army can solve it, with Cai Mao's current status in the Cao army. Even if he sends someone to assassinate, there is no chance at all, Cai Mao has always been in the heavily guarded Cao camp, with many guards around him, and it is obviously more difficult to assassinate him than to ascend to the sky.
Last time, a big battle broke out with the Jingzhou naval army. Zhou Yu wanted to take this opportunity to kill Cai Mao, but after experiencing Du Chen's injury last time, Cai Mao learned smartly, he knew that the Jiangdong Navy had a unit with quite strong combat effectiveness that was specially used for surprise attacks, so how could Cai Mao accidentally deal with it. Therefore, although Zhou Yu ordered Gan Ning to lead the Jinfan army to behead, the final result made Zhou Yu very disappointed, and the Jingzhou naval army was well defended, and in the end they all returned in vain.
Just when the Sun-Liu coalition army was discussing how to deal with the Cao army and kill Cai Mao, the Cao army camp was obviously also discussing how to deal with the Sun-Liu coalition army. Since being stationed in Chibi, the Cao army and the Sun-Liu coalition army have fought several times. The army, Cao's army is invincible, and the Sun-Liu coalition army is not Cao's opponent at all. However, the water army, the Cao army is obviously not the opponent of the Sun-Liu coalition army, and the several water battles that broke out in the Sun-Liu coalition army, although the Cao army gradually recovered its defeat, but it takes time to achieve victory.
"Our army has been confronting the Sun-Liu coalition for several months, and until now our army has not achieved any advantage. You must know that the daily consumption of grain and grass by hundreds of thousands of troops is quite terrifying, and if this continues, our soldiers are afraid that they will starve to death on the north bank of Chibi. Looking at the people in the tent, Cao Cao said in a deep voice. In the past, when did Cao Cao lead troops to fight. You must know that you have hundreds of thousands of troops under your command, and the Jiangdong Army is only more than 10,000 people.
Clearly, Cao Cao wanted a hearty victory to gain the advantage of this battle. That's right, if you are any person, you don't want to be so passive all the time when you have an absolute advantage. Besides, what Cao Cao said was not bad, Cao's army was indeed a little stretched thin, and this battle should end as soon as possible.
"If the lord wants to take down the Sun and Liu coalition as soon as possible, I have someone here who can help the lord!" Suddenly there was a man in the tent who spoke. Everyone turned their heads to look and found that the person who spoke was Kuai Liang. Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue have been very low-key since they joined Cao Jun, and at this moment, Kuai Liang said in a high-profile manner that he could help Cao Cao win this battle, which made everyone obviously a little confused. If someone has such a big effect, why didn't Kuai Liang recommend this person to Cao Cao earlier.
Cao Cao was obviously puzzled when he heard Kuai Liang say this, but since someone could help him, Cao Cao was obviously still very concerned, and after glancing at Kuai Liang, Cao Cao immediately asked: "Since Zirou has said so, he is obviously sure in his heart." In that case, don't hurry up and bring this man up. ”
Kuai Liang gave this Cao Cao a deep salute, and then said, "I hope the lord will wait for a while!" After saying that, Kuai Liang got up and left the big tent. It didn't take long for Kuai Liang to return to the big tent. Kuai Liang came back this time and brought someone with him, needless to say, this person is the person who can help Cao Cao in Kuai Liang's mouth.
Cao Cao looked up and down at the person who entered the house with Kuai Liang, this person was quite groomed, and he looked very elegant in a Confucian robe. But at this glance, Cao Cao gave this person a high evaluation. I think this person must have some ability, otherwise Kuai Liang would not recommend it to himself.
"Lord, this is Jiang Gan, Ziyi!" Kuai Liang took the initiative to introduce to Cao Cao, and when he said Jiang Gan, Jiang Gan hugged his fists and saluted Cao Cao.
This person is neither humble nor arrogant, which makes Cao Cao's eyes shine. Subsequently. Cao Cao opened his mouth and said: "Zirou said that Mr. can help him, I don't know if this is true?" Cao Cao was obviously quite concerned about this matter, so he asked this question as soon as possible.
Jiang Gan smiled lightly, and then said: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng doesn't know, my hometown Jiujiang County is adjacent to Zhou Yu's hometown Lujiang County, when I was a teenager. I am friends with Zhou Yu, and I have been friends with Zhou Yu since childhood, so I plan to send an envoy to Jiangdong Yingzhai to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender. ”
Jiang Gan's words made Cao Cao's eyes light up instantly, he had already known that Zhou Yu was a talent, and half of Jiangdong's huge territory was won by Zhou Yu. Such a talent was thrown under his command, and Cao Cao was naturally very happy. Glancing at Jiang Gan, Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "What help does Ziyi need?" ”
"No other help is needed. All it takes is a flat boat! Jiang Gan said loudly. His face was full of confidence, which made Cao Cao nod secretly.
Jiang Gan was confident, and Cao Cao was naturally very happy. However, it was obviously a little late today, Cao Cao pondered for a moment, and then said: "Ziyi is confident from this, I am very pleased. However, it is late today, Ziyi will rest for a day today, and it will not hurt to send out the enemy camp tomorrow! ”
Jiang Gan nodded. As for how to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender, Jiang Gan already had ideas in his heart. And it is indeed not early today. And in order to meet Cao Cao, Jiang Gan also prepared for a long time. After reading the book for a long time, who doesn't want to get ahead, Jiang Gan just had this idea, so he came to meet Cao Cao.
Cao Cao and Sun Liu's allied forces fought at Chibi for several months. The two sides have been fighting for each other. Cao Jun's hundreds of thousands of troops are to take advantage, if he can make contributions to Cao Jun, he can be regarded as a success after studying for so many years.
Cao Cao set up a banquet to invite Jiang Gan, and the matter soon reached Du Chen's ears. Hearing that Jiang Gan appeared in Cao Jun's camp, Du Chen suddenly showed a strange expression. listened to what Jiang Gan did. Du Chen also admired his courage. Although Du Chen knew that Jiang Gan's trip would definitely be fruitless, but as soon as Ye Bianzhou dared to send the enemy camp, if he didn't have a trace of courage, he would not have made such a bold move.
Tomorrow, Jiang Gan will send an envoy to Jiangdong Yingzhai, if Jiang Gan's theft of books really happens, then this matter can be well planned. Not only that, but in addition to Jiang Gan's book theft, the plague can be used.
Thinking of this, Du Chen's thoughts gradually became clearer. Zhou Yu wants to calculate Cao Jun, so Cao Jun can calculate it. Now Zhou Yu naturally thought that there was an outbreak of plague among Cao's army, but what they didn't know was that the plague had been effectively controlled.
Since Zhou Yu and the others didn't know about this, then Cao Junda could use the plague to draw troops. Gather some of the soldiers together and lie about their outbreak of a plague so that the pair can be a surprise force that can be taken by surprise.
Then, Jiang Gan's purpose in stealing books was to get rid of Cai Mao. After getting rid of Cai Mao, Zhou Yu will launch a series of schemes to prepare to burn Chibi. Since Zhou Yu swore that he was ready to burn Chibi, then Du Chen would create a perfect opportunity for him.
Don't you want to kill Cai Mao, then just kill it. You don't want to set fire to the red cliffs, then just burn them. Don't you think that Cao Jun's plague outbreak is not serious enough, then it will be more serious.
All of this was to tempt Zhou Yu and let Zhou Yu take the initiative to fight. And Cao Jun weaved a big net, waiting for work and waiting for Zhou Yu's army to attack.
The more he thought about it, the more Du Chen felt that this plan could be implemented, although Cao Jun's grain and grass were consumed a lot, but the Sun-Liu coalition army also couldn't afford such a huge consumption, after all, although the Jiangdong area was vast, it was relatively barren, and the Cao army couldn't afford it, and the Sun-Liu coalition army couldn't afford it.
Both armies faced the same problem, but the Sun-Liu coalition army was more worried than the Cao army, because although the Cao army was numerous, it governed a vast territory, whether it was Hebei or Jingxiang, it was quite a rich state and county, and with the existence of these states and counties, the pressure on Cao's army was much smaller than that of the Sun-Liu coalition army.
In the face of the pressure brought by the grain and grass and the major families, the Sun-Liu coalition army will definitely take the initiative to fight with the Cao army, which is the case in history, Zhou Yu took the initiative to cause the fire to burn Chibi, so as to defeat the Cao army in one fell swoop.
After figuring out everything, Du Chen summoned the guards and waited for the guards to enter the house. Du Chen commanded in a deep voice: "Send someone to call Guo Jia to me here." ”
The guards took the order, turned around and walked out of the big tent, and after a while, the guards and Guo Jia appeared in Du Chen's tent together, and when they saw Guo Jia enter the big tent, Du Chen waved his hand and ordered everyone to leave the tent. After everyone left the big tent, Du Chen commanded sharply: "No one can enter the tent without my order." ”
Seeing Du Chen so solemn, Guo Jia's expression suddenly froze, it was obvious that his friend was going to discuss a big matter with him, and after glancing at Du Chen, Guo Jia's heart suddenly sighed with emotion, Si Lang's body was just right. I also have to work hard for Cao Jun's affairs, and I am also a strategist, but I have no way to solve problems for my friends.
Du Chen obviously didn't know what Guo Jia was thinking in his mind, and after a deep sigh, Du Chen told Guo Jia the plan in his heart, Guo Jia had been quietly listening to Du Chen, and when Guo Jia listened to all of Du Chen's plans, Guo Jia's face showed a trace of emotion. A genius deserves to be a genius, and it's really powerful.
Friends hang around all day. He has been able to gain insight into how the Sun-Liu coalition army should go next, and it is really the enemy's misfortune to be the enemy with such a person, Du Chen's plan can be described as a ring after a ring, and one ring after another of strategies guide the Sun-Liu coalition army step by step towards the abyss, just listening to the preliminary plan. Guo Jia can know that if this plan can be successful, then the Cao army can win the battle of Chibi in the first battle, as long as this net is set up, it can eat the living force of the Sun and Liu coalition forces.
"Shilang. Although this plan is good, can you guarantee that Jiang Gan will send an envoy to Jiangdong this time, and Zhou Yu will definitely set up a plan to get rid of Cai Mao? Guo Jia pondered for a while and then asked, whether you can take the opportunity to get rid of Cai Mao is the most important part of this plan, only if Cao Jun loses Cai Mao, a general of the navy, Cao Jun may be sick and rushed to the hospital, although it is a good thing to connect the ship with iron cables, but if it is really set on fire, it will really burn all the warships.
"It's simple." Du Chen smiled slightly, and then said: "Empathy, if you are in Zhou Yu's position, what do you think Cao Jun threatens you the most, and when you have repeatedly tried to get rid of this danger without success, but this matter suddenly takes a turn, will you take this opportunity to eliminate the threat?" ”
"In that case, should you inform Jiang Gan of this matter?" Guo Jia then asked again, and Du Chen shook his head slightly, and then said: "This matter can't be told to Jiang Gan, firstly, I don't know if this person is credible, and secondly, let him be kept in the dark, so that we can more easily deceive Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu is not a person who can be easily dealt with, if he detects something, then this plan may fall short." Du Chen's point of view is that at this time, be careful to make the Wannian ship, everything must ensure that this plan can be implemented smoothly, after all, this battle is related to whether the Cao army can win the battle of Chibi.
Hearing Du Chen say this, Guo Jia nodded suddenly, indeed, for Zhou Yu, Cai Mao is definitely a big problem that must be solved, Cai Mao is proficient in the water army, and there is also a set of methods for training the water army, if this person is not solved, the Cao army will be able to defeat the Jiangdong water army sooner or later, after all, the Cao army has a large number of people, and the Jiangdong water army is one less dead, one-to-one or even one-to-two consumption, which is not something that the Jiangdong water army can afford, so Cai Mao must be eliminated.
Since Zhou Yu wants to get rid of Cai Mao from the bottom of his heart, then he will definitely be fooled, as long as Zhou Yu is fooled, then the whole plan can be started, Du Chen's ring is set with a series of schemes, which is definitely something that Zhou Yu has no way to deal with, as long as he Zhou Yu puts one foot into the full set, then he will not want to break free again.
Subsequently, Du Chen and Guo Jia discussed half a salary for this plan, until the plan was scrutinized several times, the two of them stopped, and after several scrutiny, Guo Jia and Du Chen finally calculated this plan more perfectly, and they were able to reach this point, Du Chen was already very satisfied, as the so-called wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts, and nothing can be perfect, and a lie that is too true obviously attracts others not to believe it, and it is better to be careful when dealing with Zhou Yu.
After Du Chen and Guo Jia finished discussing, it was already late at night, after Guo Jia got up to leave, Cai Yan walked in faintly, seeing that Cai Yan hadn't fallen asleep so late, Du Chen's heart was a little guilty, it was really embarrassing for Yan'er, she really suffered a lot for her own affairs.
Du Chen wanted Cai Yan to go down to rest, but Cai Yan didn't agree, and in the end, Du Chen could only compromise. Later, under Cai Yan's care, Du Chen gradually fell asleep, and it was not until he saw Du Chen sleeping that Cai Yan went down to rest.
There was nothing to say all night, and when the red sun rose again, Jiang Gan, who had been preparing for a long time, finally boarded the boat prepared for him by Cao Jun. A boatman rowed a small boat carrying Jiang Gan and slowly rowed towards the camp of the Sun-Liu coalition army.
At this time, Zhou Yu led the Jiangdong generals to discuss in the tent, and suddenly a guard came to report, saying that the old man Jiang Gan was visiting, hearing Jiang Gan's visit, Zhou Yu frowned slightly, without Jiang Gan opening his mouth, Zhou Yu knew what Jiang Gan was here. I wanted to order someone to drive Jiang Gan away, but Zhou Yu immediately thought about it, and then thought about it, he thought about it for a long time, and he didn't know how to deal with Cai Mao, and now that the opportunity has come, Jiang Gan is a sharp weapon to deal with Cai Mao.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu immediately arranged it. After telling everyone about the plan in his heart, Zhou Yu instructed him to act according to the plan. Immediately, Zhou Yu got up and led everyone to greet Jiang Gan.
After seeing Jiang Gan, Zhou Yu naturally greeted Jiang Gan for a while, and then, Zhou Yu took Jiang Gan's arm and entered the big tent together, and Zhou Yu ordered a banquet. Then he ordered someone to invite the civil and military generals of Jiangdong to accompany him.
At the banquet, Zhou Yu untied the sword at his waist and handed it to Tai Shi Ci, and then ordered him to supervise the wine, and then he took the wine glass and instructed Tai Shi Ci and his generals: "Jiang Gan and I are classmates and friends. Although Jiang Gan came from Jiangbei, he was definitely not Cao Cao's lobbyist, so don't be confused, on the banquet today, only friends and old friends are allowed, and if someone mentions the war between the two families, he will be beheaded immediately. Zhou Yu's tone was very sharp, and there was a hint of murder in his words.
Hearing this, Jiang Gan frowned slightly, and wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, but when he saw Tai Shi Ci looking at him with a fierce face, Jiang Gan swallowed what he wanted to say again, and seeing Tai Shi Ci's expression, Jiang Gan was sure that as long as he opened his mouth, Tai Shi Ci would really cut himself, and although Jiang Dong himself would put his death out of the way, Jiang Gan obviously didn't want to lose his life because of this.
Seeing Jiang Gan's expression, Zhou Yu showed a slight smile, looked at Jiang Gan, and Zhou Yu immediately said: "I have not drunk a drop of wine since I led the army, and now I say that old friends meet, it is exactly: I meet good friends on the river, and the army will know it. After finishing with Jiang Gan, Zhou Yu raised his head and drank the wine in the wine glass in his hand, and after Zhou Yu finished drinking, he ordered the music of victory in the army to be played.
Although Jiang Gan felt helpless about this, but at this moment he obviously had no choice, Zhou Yu and the Jiangdong generals kept coming to him to toast, Jiang Gan was naturally embarrassed not to drink, and this drink was out of control, and he drank until late at night, Zhou Yu and the Jiangdong generals were drunk.
At this moment, Jiang Gan sincerely hoped that Cao Jun could attack at this time, Zhou Yu and Jiangdong generals were drunk, now must be the weakest time for Jiangdong's defense, but this is obviously impossible, Cao Ying is still waiting for himself to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender, how can he launch an attack at this time.
After the banquet, Jiang Gan helped Zhou Yu back to the tent, only Zhou Yu was alone at the moment, Jiang Gan wanted to talk to him about the surrender of Cao Jun, and at this moment, he suddenly heard Zhou Yu say: "I haven't slept with Brother Ziyi for a long time, and I want to sleep together tonight." After speaking, Zhou Yu turned over and fell asleep, and after a while, the sound sounded.
Looking at Zhou Yu, who was already asleep, Jiang Gan's heart suddenly felt a little helpless, thinking that he had boasted about Haikou in front of Cao Cao, Jiang Gan's heart was indescribably bored, how can this be good, Zhou Yu has fallen asleep, and he may not be able to wake up when he looks at the style, which makes Jiang Gan not know what to do.
Immediately after a thought, he was in Zhou Yu's camp, if he searched, he could find some important military information in Jiangdong, even if he could not persuade Zhou Yu to surrender, he would go to Cao Cao and have an explanation, thinking of this, Jiang Gan stabbed Zhou Yu gently, and then called softly: "Gong Jin, Gong Jin." ”
Seeing that Zhou Yu didn't reflect, Jiang Gan relieved himself, got up and came to Zhou Yu's desk, Jiang Gan immediately checked it, was flipping, and suddenly saw a letter inside, and took a closer look, this was actually a letter written by Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, the governor of Cao Cao's navy, to Zhou Yu, Jiang Gan was taken aback, and hurriedly hid the letter in his clothes, and just wanted to turn over other documents, but heard Zhou Yu whisper in his dream: "Ziyi, within a few days, I will definitely ask you to see Cao Cao's head." Jiang Gan agreed vaguely, quickly blew out the lamp, and hurriedly fell asleep.
Jiang Gan, who was lying down, didn't feel any sleepiness at all, Zhou Yu's actions just now shocked him into a cold sweat, and until now, Jiang Gan has not come back to his senses. He didn't know if Zhou Yu really said the dream words again just now, or if he noticed his actions, because he remembered the old feelings and did not directly expose them.
With such a worried mood, Jiang Gan slept very lightly this night, until early in the morning, he suddenly heard someone outside the tent calling Zhou Yu, and after a few moments, the person saw that Zhou Yu did not wake up, so he walked in. came to Zhou Yu's side, and someone woke Zhou Yu up softly. (To be continued......)