Chapter 409: Red Cliff (18)
With Cao Cao's final decision, Pang Tong's heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The purpose of his own envoy to Cao's army has been achieved, and the iron cable ship will definitely be able to hit Cao Cao's expected effect, but if Zhou Yu really launches a fire attack, Cao Cao's warship will be burned down in an instant, because Cao's warship has no way to dodge at all. Now that the plan has been accomplished, it's time to think about how you should get out of Cao Jun. I am in Cao Ying, and it must not be easy to get out.
Sure enough, just as Pang Tong was calculating how he should get out safely, Cao Cao said at this time: "Shi Yuan's dedication to this good plan today is really a great achievement. I ordered someone to build an iron chain, and when the iron chain is completed, I will personally invite Shi Yuan to board the ship. If the effect is good, I will definitely give Shiyuan credit! ”
Cao Cao said this, and Pang Tong obviously had no way to refuse. If he disappears without a trace after making his own plans, then a fool knows that he has bad intentions. It seems that he still needs to stay in Cao Jun for a while. After the chains of the Cao army were laid, he would find a way to leave the Cao army camp.
Pang Tong smiled slightly, and then said: "Since the prime minister loves him, how can he shirk it." "If you come here, you will be safe, anyway, you are already trapped in the camp of the Cao army, so why worry about anything? Besides, he just offered Cao Cao's advice, and Cao Jun not only won't deal with himself, but will also treat himself hospitablely, so being trapped in Cao Ying's camp is not necessarily a bad thing!
Thinking of all this, Pang Tong settled in the Cao military camp. A few chains were still easy to build, and in a short time, the chains were built. Iron chains were attached to several warships. Then the planks were laid, and Cao Cao took Pang Tongtong on the warship connected by iron cables as promised.
On the warship, Cao Cao was obviously very happy. As Pang Tong said, several warships connected by iron cables did not shake at all. Standing on top of a warship is like walking on the ground. Fighting on such a stable warship, the officers and men of the Cao army will no longer be seasick, and the combat effectiveness of the officers and men of the Cao army will be restored.
Cao Cao was obviously in a good mood, and his face was always filled with this smile. Pang Tong on the side saw this picture, and his heart kept laughing. Cao Cao has been fooled. Then you can retire with success. Cao Ying himself wanted to leave a long time ago, because he had been annoyed by Cao Cao a little helpless in the past few days.
Cao Cao has been holding on to himself for the past few days, and has been pulling himself to discuss matters, which makes Pang Tong not know how to deal with it. Now, Cao Cao obviously treats himself as his subordinate, although Cao Cao doesn't really treat himself like a real subordinate, but this still makes Pang Tong feel very unaccustomed.
Now that Cao Cao finally believes in the matter of connecting the boat with iron cables, he finally doesn't have to listen to Cao Cao's nagging anymore. After returning to Cao Ying, he thought about how to leave Cao Ying safely. After all, Cao's camp was heavily defended. If there was no reasonable plan, it would still be difficult for Pang Tong to leave the base camp of the Cao army.
After testing the strength of the iron cable ship, Cao Cao ordered craftsmen to build iron cables day and night to connect the warships. After the order was given, Cao Cao left the battlefield with his civil and military generals. Although the battleship was very stable, the wet and cold weather obviously made Cao Cao feel very uncomfortable.
That night, Cao Cao set up a banquet to invite Pang Tong. Pang Tong offered Cao Cao such an excellent plan, how could Cao Cao treat Pang Tong badly. At the banquet, Cao Cao once again threw an olive branch and wanted Pang Tong to join Cao Jun. But in the end. Pang Tong still refused. Although Pang Tong's words were very tactful, everyone knew that he refused.
What Pang Tong didn't know was. This is the last chance Cao Cao gave him, if Pang Tong knew the interest, he would join Cao Jun, but if Pang Tong did not know the interest, then Cao Cao could only put him under house arrest first. After all, in the past few days of contact, Cao Cao also determined that this Pang Tong is indeed a talent, and such a talent cannot be left to the enemy.
Although Pang Tong did not agree to join Cao Jun, Cai Cao was disappointed. But he apparently didn't say much. Although Pang Tong rejected Cao Cao, he obviously didn't worry about anything in his heart. Could it be that Cao Cao would kill himself, although he was alone, he also had some reputation in Jingxiang, he didn't believe that Cao Cao would do this.
The dinner is over. Pang Tong returned to his camp. If it is late today, if you want to leave Cao Ying, you can only wait for tomorrow after dawn. As soon as Pang Tong returned to his bed, a group of Cao soldiers wearing armor broke in, and without saying a word, several Cao soldiers took Pang Tong under control.
Pang Tong wanted to resist, but how could he be the opponent of a group of tigers and wolves. After several Cao soldiers took control of Pang Tong, they immediately pressed Pang Tong out of the camp. Outside the tent, Cao Cao was standing there with a solemn face, looking at his appearance, Cao Cao's mood was obviously not very good, and Cao Cao's face at this time was gloomy and terrifying, which was diametrically opposed to the performance at the banquet just now. Pang Tong was quickly overwhelmed by Cao Cao, and at this moment, Pang Tong obviously realized something.
"Prime Minister Cao, what do you mean by this?" There was obviously a hint of annoyance in Pang Tong's words, he was obviously annoyed about what Cao Cao was trying to do. Could it be because he didn't want to serve Cao Cao, so he did it on purpose. But it shouldn't be, although Cao Cao bears the name of stealing the country, he still respects talents very much.
Cao Cao showed a sneer, and then said, "What do I mean, I want to ask you what you mean." Iron cable even ship, you dare to put forward such a wolf's ambitious strategy, you want to destroy the huge foundation of my Cao Jun! Cao Cao's tone had a hint of murderous aura, which made people feel very infiltrating.
Cao Cao's cold words suddenly made Pang Tong's back cold, and just when he wanted to say something, Guo Jia behind Cao Cao suddenly spoke: "The iron cable boat can indeed make the Cao army soldiers walk on the ground on the warship, but if the enemy army attacks or launches a fire attack, how should these connected warships dodge?" ”
Guo Jia's words completely made Pang Tong not know how to answer, Kong Ming and Zhou Yu wanted to attack Cao Jun, and in order to create an opportunity for him, he returned to the plan of admonishing the iron cable and connecting the ship. This plan was completely set up to cater to the fire attack of the Sun-Liu coalition army, and now Guo Jia asked so, how did Pang Tong answer.
Seeing that Pang Tong didn't know how to answer, Cao Cao sneered: "However, Shiyuan's plan is not undesirable, the iron cable boat can indeed make the Cao army soldiers walk on the ground on the warship." In fact, this Ji Silang had already proposed it to Lone, not only that. Silang also improved slightly on the basis of Shiyuan. The iron cables connecting the warships were made to be detachable, so that if the enemy really attacked them, Cao's warships could also deal with them flexibly. ”
After listening to Cao Cao, Pang Tong immediately understood that he had been being played by Cao Jun in applause. However, he obviously didn't understand why Cao Cao didn't do it if Cao Jun had a good opportunity. Why did Cao Cao have to wait for himself to come up with a plan. Suddenly, Pang Tong discovered that there must be a big conspiracy behind this, a conspiracy that was enough to reverse the outcome of the war.
At this moment, Pang Tong obviously became very indifferent, since he knew that all this was Cao Jun's conspiracy, then he didn't need to be pretentious. However, Pang Tong wanted to know what the hell Cao Jun was doing. So he looked up at Cao Cao, and then said: "Since Prime Minister Cao Cheng has already seen the opportunity, then there is nothing to say in the future." But if you die like this. Zai Xia is obviously unwilling, so I hope that Prime Minister Cao Cheng can solve his doubts for Zaixia. ”
Cao Cao obviously expected Pang Tong to say this, but there are many people here, so naturally it is not the place to speak. Cao Cao waved his hand, and several tiger and wolf divisions escorted Pang Tong away. When he came to Cao Cao's camp, Cao Cao said to several Cao army guards who were escorting Pang Tong: "You can all retreat!" "A Pang Tong, Cao Cao really sees it in his eyes. After all, Cao Cao is also experienced in a hundred battles, so he naturally stretches out his hand. How could he be afraid of a counselor?
The guards turned around and left the big tent, and at this moment there were only Cao Cao and Pang Tong in the big tent. Cao Cao groaned slightly. Then he said: "Shi Yuan has always been very puzzled, in fact, all of this is a complete set set set up by our army for Zhou Yu, in his opinion, everything in Cao Jun is according to his ideas. But in fact, Zhou Yu was led by the nose by our army. Let me tell you this, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are not dead at all. The two of them lived quite comfortably. ”
Cao Cao's words were like a bombshell, which shocked Pang De. He knew that in order to kill Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, Zhou Yu took great pains to design a big scene for Jiang Gan to lure Cao Jun into the game. But now it seems. Cao Jun has always been a theatergoer, and he controls the direction of the theater.
As soon as Cao Cao said this, the thoughts in Pang Tong's mind suddenly became a lot clearer. Some of Cao's army knew that Zhou Yu wanted Cai Mao's life, and then sent Jiang Gan to the camp on the other side to meet Zhou Yu, which was to create an opportunity for Zhou Yu to get rid of Cai Mao.
After getting rid of Cai Mao, Cao Jun deliberately induced Zhou Yu to launch a general attack. But Cao Jun also knew that if Zhou Yu felt that this matter was too smooth, he would naturally be suspicious. Only by bringing it up himself, Zhou Yu could have a lot of trust in this matter, so he appeared in Cao Jun's camp.
Everything is luring the Cao army to lure Zhou Yu to take the initiative to fight, but there is another point, the Cao army is infected with the plague, and most of the Cao army soldiers do not have much combat power. Could it be that Cao Jun has even solved this problem? Pang Tong wondered in his heart, if this was the case, Cao Cao waited for work, how could he lose this battle.
Cao Cao obviously guessed what Pang Tong was thinking, smiled slightly, and then said: "This matter also needs to be thanked to Zhou Dudu, Zhou Dudu sent someone to assassinate Silang, Silang was injured, so I took Guo Qi to Chibi. Guo Qi is the first miracle doctor in my Xu capital, and with him, he can naturally prevent the plague! ”
At this moment, Pang Tong obviously seemed a little weak, Kong Ming and Zhou Yu had already decided how to deal with Cao Jun, and Cao Cao already knew what strategies Zhou Yu and the others would use. Now that Cao Jun has woven a big net, he is waiting for the Sun and Liu coalition forces to rush in.
Cao's army is not good at water warfare, but if the Sun and Liu coalition forces really launch an offensive, then the first battle of Chibi will have a water battle and turn into a land battle. On land, Pang Tong had never seen a soldier comparable to Cao's army. It can be said that as long as Zhou Yu launches an offensive, then the Sun-Liu coalition army will inevitably be defeated.
Pang Tong sighed slightly, Cao Jun was really extremely powerful. Looking up at Cao Cao, Pang Tong asked a little weakly: "This plan is very good, I don't know if it is Du Silang's strategy?" ”
Cao Cao nodded, and told Pang Tong everything, and it was not a sentence or two. And Pang Tong finally felt Du Chen's strength at this time, he hadn't seen Du Chen in Cao Jun for a long time, and he thought that Du Chen was still on the bed. Lying on the bed, he was able to play with Kong Ming and Zhou Yu in applause, and it seemed that he still underestimated Du Chen. Du Chen's resourcefulness is really unfathomable, and it is really a very good thing to be an enemy of such a person.
Cao Cao said this to himself, and Pang Tong knew that he was afraid that his life would be in danger. These are the most confidential things in Cao Jun. If Zhou Yu listens to it, it will not be a big deal that will spoil Cao Jun.
"Shi Yuan rest assured, as long as you stay in the Cao army camp during the period when the Cao army and Sun Liu's alliance army are separating the winners and losers, I will not take your life!" Cao Cao suddenly spoke.
Cao Cao's words obviously made Pang Tong slightly stunned, and at this time, he heard Cao Cao say again: "Shiyuan is a rare talent. It's not a pity to die. However, I am afraid that I will wronged Shiyuan to live in the camp of our Cao army for a period of time, and our army will defeat the Sun-Liu coalition army, and we will let Shiyuan leave. ”
Cao Cao's expression was very sincere, which made Pang Tong have to believe it. At the banquet just now, he didn't show any affection to Cao Cao, and now he knows such important news about Cao Jun. Knowing Cao Jun's strategy, he became a huge threat to Cao Jun, but even so, Cao Cao still did not choose to kill himself. It's very helpless to imprison yourself for a while. But it's better than dead. Pang Tong was not afraid of death, but he didn't want to die so unwillingly.
He has not yet become a leader, and he has never done any feats. Although he has a slight reputation in the land of Jingxiang, this reputation is nothing in the entire Han Dynasty. In vain, he learned to be rich and five cars, and passed away like this, Pang Tong would not be willing to do so no matter what. But what if you are unwilling, if Cao Jun can really defeat the Sun-Liu coalition army in one battle, then is there still a lord in the world who can assist him. Like today. Only the Sun-Liu coalition army can fight against Cao's army.
After Cao's army defeated the Sun-Liu coalition army, Cao's army would take advantage of the situation to take Jiangdong and the whole of Jingzhou. If that's true. Cao Jun's natural strength has soared. Cao Jun single-handedly occupied two-thirds of the entire Han Dynasty, and if he wanted to capture the remaining third, it would obviously be an easy matter, and it would not take much time at all. After all, Liu Zhang in Shu is not as good as Liu Biao, although the terrain in Shu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but with Liu Zhang's ability. How much longer can he hold on?
Pang Tong naturally didn't want Cao Jun's strategy to be implemented, after all, Cao Jun had already settled on the Sun-Liu coalition army at this moment. But what can he do, knowing such an important strategy of Cao Jun, Cao Jun is bound to take strict care of himself and want to escape Cao Jun's care. With its own situation segment is obviously impossible.
Now, Pang Tong can only be appointed, after all, he is a fish and meat, and Cao Jun is a sword. He plunged headlong into the huge trap set by Cao Jun for the Sun-Liu coalition army, and it was obviously impossible to escape at this moment. Now he can only wait for the Cao army and the Sun Liu coalition army to fight to the death before he can leave the Cao army camp.
Although Pang Tong has accepted his fate, he still can't lose his integrity. After sorting out his mood, Pang Tong said in a deep voice: "I have already put life and death aside in the next morning, but I didn't expect the prime minister to want to stay in the next life." As the saying goes, ants still steal life, but they are just a layman, and they can live thanks to the prime minister. However, although the prime minister spared his next life, if he wanted to let the prime minister and the prime minister, he was afraid that he would disappoint the prime minister, and he still refused! ”
Pang Tong's words obviously made Cao Cao very angry, this Pang Tong really didn't know the times. However, since he had promised not to kill Pang Tong, Cao Cao naturally would not lose his word. is just a Pang Tong, and it doesn't have much impact on his hegemony. As long as he can defeat the Sun-Liu coalition army, is there anyone in the world who can match him?
"Someone's coming!" Cao Cao shouted in a deep voice, and after a while, several Cao soldiers walked in. came to Cao Cao's fist and saluted, and then Cao Cao said: "Take Mr. Shiyuan down to entertain him, remember not to snub Mr." After speaking, Cao Cao waved his hand, obviously he was not in a very good mood.
Pang Tong turned around and walked down, and then Guo Jia walked into Cao Cao's big tent. Seeing that Cao Cao's expression was not very good, Guo Jia immediately guessed that the recruitment had obviously been frustrated again. Guo Jia shook his head helplessly, Pang Tong was really stubborn, the lord was so heart-to-heart with him, he still didn't have the idea of joining Cao.
However, Pang Tong's idea Guo Jia somewhat guessed, as the so-called rather do - chicken head than phoenix tail, now Cao Jun is full of talents. In addition to his friend Du Chen, Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Xun You and others also perform their duties and show their strengths. It can be said that these Cao military strategists have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is really difficult to surpass them.
And this Pang Tongyou is a talented person, and this kind of person naturally hopes to be able to make a difference. Serve Cao Cao, under the light of Du Chen, Xun Yu and others. It is obviously very difficult for Pang Tong to show his talent to the world. And if you can be small and big, then you must be well-known to the world.
To tell the truth, every learned person wants to be able to show their talents. However, this is not something that can be done just by doing it. Of course, there are still a few people like Pang Tong, because such people are people who are quite self-conscious about their talents. Only such people. There will be the idea of rather than a chicken head and not a phoenix tail.
However, Pang Tong is indeed quite talented, not to mention anything else, his plan to connect the ship with iron cables is obviously a clever plan. For Cao Jun, the iron cable ship can solve the problem that Cao Jun's soldiers are not used to the swaying of warships. For the Sun-Liu coalition army, the iron cable can make Zhou Yu's strategy better implemented.
If Pang Tong is willing to serve Cao Jun, this will definitely be a blessing for Cao Jun. However, Pang Tong was so rigid, which made Guo Jia shake his head helplessly. However, these are obviously not what he should think, after all, Cao Cao already has ideas and countermeasures for this matter. Everything will wait for the battle of Chibi to be talked about later.
My friend shows affection with my sister-in-law all day long, and I don't care about anything, all the burdens of Cao Jun are on my body, and the pressure is quite heavy. But fortunately, although Du Chen shows affection all day long, he can still take care of the overall situation, not to mention anything else, just this strategy to deal with Zhou Yu. It is not comparable to ordinary people. Silang flirts and scolds all day long, and can also turn Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang and others around. I didn't think it before. But Guo Jia obviously had to admire in the first battle of Chibi, Du Chen's mind was so meticulous.
One thing after another was guessed by Si Lang to be exactly right, Si Lang said that Zhou Yu would send someone to design the iron cable boat, and sure enough, someone came. And Silang said that the person who came was Pang Tong, and sure enough, the person who came was really Pang Tong. And Silang said that Pang Tong would not serve Cao Jun, and Pang Tong really would rather die than serve Cao Jun.
"Bong Filial Piety. How's the arrangement of Pang Tong's affairs? Cao Cao asked in a deep voice. Cao Jun's trap was in full swing, and Cao Cao didn't want any accidents at this time. The reason why Cao Jun blatantly arrested Pang Tong was to make a show for Zhou Yu.
The reason for this is because of the problems that have been mentioned earlier. If something goes too well, it often makes people suspicious. Now he has arrested Pang Tong. proved that he had doubts about the matter of the iron cable connecting the boat, and then ordered someone to quietly make the iron cable, and then spread the matter to Zhou Yu's ears easily, and it was difficult for Zhou Yu not to be fooled.
It is undeniable that there must be Jiangdong's meticulous work among Cao Jun. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Cao's camp, so many people, mixed in dozens of fine works, I am afraid that no one will be able to detect it. And when Pang Tong was just arrested, Cao Cao was surrounded by henchmen and soldiers, and it was obviously impossible for Cao Jun's meticulous work to get in. Therefore, Cao Jun's meticulous work can only be seen from a distance, but he can't hear what Cao Cao and Pang Tong said.
Pang Tong was arrested, and Zhou Yu was bound to be a little worried. Although Pang Tong is not a person from Eastern Wu, the strategy offered by Pang Tong is related to the decisive battle of Chibi. If Pang Tong's plan fails, Zhou Yu will inevitably worry about whether this will affect the plans of the Sun-Liu coalition army. If you are in chaos, you will be confused, and if you are in chaos, you will easily make mistakes.
Sure enough, the news that Pang Tong was captured by Cao Cao soon reached Zhou Yu's ears. Hearing this news, Zhou Yu immediately frowned. It can be said that Pang Tong's plan is the most critical part of whether or not he can burn Chibi, if Cao Jun does not have a chain ship, it is obviously not a problem to attack the fire boat.
is also very anxious about Zhuge Liang, for Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang still trusts him. His ability is not below himself, so Zhuge Liang has never worried about what problems will occur in Pang Tong. But everything that happened now shocked Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong was actually arrested by Cao Cao.
Several days passed, and the Sun-Liu coalition did not hear any more about Pang Tong. The news of the loss of Pang Tong made Zhou Yu a little overwhelmed. He obviously didn't know whether Pang Tong's plan was successful. He also didn't know if the fire attack plan would continue.
Also anxious is Pang Tong, after all, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong have a good personal relationship, and he is obviously more worried about Pang Tong's comfort. But fortunately, Cao Jun put Pang Tong under house arrest and did not ask for Pang Tong's life. However, Xizuo only knew that Cao Jun had placed Pang Tong under house arrest, and he didn't know what else was going on.
Cao Jun guarded Pang Tong quite strictly, and the inner and outer three layers were all Cao Jun soldiers. Hosaku wants to get closer, which is obviously impossible.
And just when Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang were anxious, Zhou Yu suddenly got important news from Xizuo. Although Cao Jun put Pang Tong under house arrest, he was secretly building chains. Although this matter is secret, there are too many chains that Cao Jun wants to build, so it is still circulated.
Hearing the news, Zhou Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Obviously, Cao Jun finally fell for the scheme. At this moment, Zhou Yu secretly thought in his heart that the reason why Cao Cao arrested Pang Tong was obviously for himself. I want to get away with it, I obviously want to do it, but I have to show that I don't care. However, Cao Cao obviously didn't expect that he would finally show his feet. How many warships did Cao Jun have, how many iron cables were needed to connect these warships, and how could Cao Jun keep it a secret if he built so many iron cables. (To be continued......)