At the beginning of November of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, a key battle that affected the entire political trend of China at that time but was understated in history was vigorously launched on the river more than ten miles away from Xiakou City. On this day, on this narrow body of water, almost all of China's most courageous and warlike armies were concentrated here. Cao's army had 20,000 sailors and 20,000 infantry. There were 20,000 sailors in the Jiangdong Army and 10,000 infantry soldiers in Liu Bei's army. It's almost a small battle of the red cliffs, or a rehearsal of the battle of the red cliffs.

This battle was extremely tragic, and after the Cao army took Jingzhou without bloodshed, it almost completely inherited the powerful water power of the Jingzhou naval army. Coupled with the close cooperation of the Qingzhou Army infantry on both sides of the strait, it once put a strong pressure on the Sun-Liu coalition army in the early stage of the battle.

"Lord, Liu Jingsheng's name for governing the army is well deserved! Since the surrender of the Jingzhou army, the morale has been very low. But even so, today's battle with the Jiangdong Navy also showed good combat power. Although the coalition army won, it was a narrow victory, and Cao Yejun did not break his bones. I underestimated the strength of Cao Jun's water army before! Father Zhuge stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the back of the Cao army's navy that was gradually moving away, and he was apprehensive about the strength of the Jingzhou navy.

Uncle Liu Huang next to Daddy Zhuge is in a good mood, whether it is an overwhelming victory or a narrow victory! In short, it was a victory after all. It doesn't feel good to be chased by Cao Jun all the time. Hearing Zhuge Daddy's words, he patted Zhuge Daddy's shoulder with a smile and said, "Military advisor! Either way, we're victorious! Cao Jun retreated, at least not again for a short time! Let's stop for a while! In any case, it's a good thing for us! ”

"Well, the Lord is right! Today's Jiangdong Navy Division's small victory over Cao Jun is a good start! It's a good omen! It's worth celebrating! Father Zhuge glanced at Young Master Zhuge who was also looking at Cao Jun's back and asked with a smile, "Isn't it!" Zhan'er? ”

Zhuge Zhan came back to his senses, nodded, and said with a smile: "It's really time to celebrate!" There's a lot more to come! The more this is the case, the more you should relax! ”

The Battle of Xiakou did not and could not completely defeat Cao's army, and Cao Cao accepted the advice of Cai Mao and Cheng Yu. He took the initiative to shrink the front and retreated the army from Jiangxia City to the area of Wulin, which was close to Nanjun. The terrain is flat and open, and it is only a hundred miles away from Nanjun, which can greatly shorten the logistics supply line. In addition, after learning the lesson of the insufficient training of the Cao army's naval army in the Battle of Xiakou, Cao Cao appointed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun as the chief and deputy governors of the naval army, with full responsibility for the training of Cao's naval divisions.

While Cao Cao actively adjusted his military deployment, the Sun-Liu coalition army did not slack off. In the middle of November of the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 AD), Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong, led the Jiangdong naval division to Shuoliu and stationed the army to Chibi on the other side of Wulin, where Cao's army was stationed. In Chibi, a new water village of the Jiangdong Army was established to confront the Cao Army water village across the river. At the same time, Liu Bei ordered his eldest son Liu Qi to lead 5,000 troops to enter Fankou City downstream of Xiakou, and ordered Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to lead 5,000 cavalry to enter Lushan on the south side of Xiakou, while Liu Bei himself and Guan Yu joined forces to garrison Xiakou. The three armed forces form the word "product" with each other, forming a stable defense framework. Such a deployment is actually thanks to our young master Zhuge , this guy actually summed up a set of "product" type defense system from the theorem of triangular stability. I can't help but say that this guy is extremely talented in military affairs.

After the strategic deployment was completed, Liu Qi, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun led the troops respectively. Zhuge father and son stayed in Xiakou with Liu Bei and began to plan the next strategic layout.

"Kill~kill~kill~" The shouts of killing in Xiakou City were higher than Lang. Liu Bei's army suffered a lot of losses in the Battle of Jiangling, after repulsing Cao's army. Sun and Liu joined forces together, and Liu Bei received a very generous gift from Zhou Yu and received a lot of armor and weapons. Although it is a little old, it is still a small fortune for Liu Bei, who is exhausted.

After Zhou Yu led the sailors to set up camp in Chibi, Liu Bei also hurriedly took advantage of this rare respite to recruit troops and horses, preparing to use Zhou Yu's weapons and armor to arm himself with a new army.

After Cao's army moved south, a large number of displaced people from Jingzhou continued to migrate south, and hunger and cold threatened these poor people. Many people have fallen on the way south because they have no food and winter clothing. On both sides of the road from Xiangyang to Jiangxia, you can see the corpses of displaced people who died of cold and hunger. Many of them have been bitten by wild beasts in the nearby mountains and forests. But even so, there are still large numbers of displaced people who continue to migrate south every day. The fear of war convinced them that the only way out was to go south.

Many homeless people remembered Liu Bei's many acts of benevolence and righteousness when he was in Jingzhou, and helped the old and young to cross the river and come to Xiakou to defect. This made Liu Bei's loss of strength due to the Battle of Jiangling begin to recover gradually.

Liu Bei properly settled these displaced people in Xiakou City, and selected the best from among them to form a new army. Ordered Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and others to practice day and night.

"My lord, the military division's training method can be said to be the essence of ancient and modern military training! Look at these recruits, they only need to train for another month and can go into battle to kill the enemy! If this had been before, it would have been a year since the new army was formed! Mi Zhu stood behind Liu Bei, looking at the soldiers lined up in a neat phalanx on the school field for drills, and his heart was excited.

"Yes! The formation of the military division can be described as unique. But there are shortcomings! Liu Bei stroked his beard and squinted his eyes, his eyes full of worry.

"Inadequate? What does the lord mean? Mi Zhu turned his head to look at Liu Bei suspiciously.

"The advantage of the military formation of the military division is that through the close cooperation between the soldiers and soldiers, they can learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's weaknesses to the greatest extent, eliminate the loopholes that may arise when going into battle against the enemy, and let the enemy tiger have no way to eat. This formation is extremely beneficial for improving the overall combat effectiveness of the army. However, the disadvantage lies in the fact that each soldier is too singlely trained, and the individual combat ability is not strong. Once the formation is scattered by cavalry, these soldiers are instantly overwhelmed, turning from a tiger to a lamb to the slaughter. In addition, such formations are highly dependent on weapons and equipment. Every soldier must be fully armed. That's so hard for us these days! In the first battle of Gangneung, our army's baggage, weapons, and armor were almost completely lost. The new army has no equipment, just like an eagle without wings! How to make the new army into an army worries me! Liu Bei obviously felt a little old during this time, his temples were already gray, and there were many more wrinkles on his face than before. Standing upright, the legs are slightly bent outward, and there are obvious signs of basket legs. His back is a little rickety, he is half a hundred years old after all!

The defeat of Jiangling was a great blow to Liu Bei, although he had experienced countless such failures in his life. But now he can't compare with the young and vigorous young man who never admits defeat in everything. He can't afford to lose again, and if he loses again, he may never have a chance to get up again in his life.

"Hahaha, what the lord said coincides with what Liang thinks!" Liu Bei turned around when he heard this, who else could it be if it wasn't Zhuge Liang?

Father Zhuge was dressed in a Shu brocade joke, a lupine scarf, and was dressed as a Confucian as always. Although he was worshiped by Liu Bei as a military general, he was a military officer. But as a representative of the Jingzhou scholar clan who was the pioneer of Wei and Jin demeanor, how could Father Zhuge tolerate the cold and hard armor to cover up his countryman's demeanor? Daddy Zhuge walked up to the platform with a smile on his face, and the young master Zhuge behind him followed Daddy Zhuge with a very small face, and walked up to the platform step by step. Just now, because it was covered by Daddy Zhuge 's tall body, Liu Bei and Mi Zhu didn't notice Young Master Zhuge just now.