After entering Xiangyang, Liu Ze was indeed very busy, pacifying the people of Jingxiang, placing Jingxiang officials, and deploying defense affairs in various places.

The curtain of the Battle of Guandu has fallen, and the ending did not surprise Liu Ze at all. Cao Cao counterattacked in Guandu Jedi, and used strange soldiers to sneak attack Yuan Shaotun's Wuchao where grain and grass were placed, killed Yuan Shao's general Chun Yuqiong, who guarded Wuchao, and burned Yuan Shao's millions of stones, grains and grass. The news reached Yuan Shao's camp in Guandu, Yuan Shao's army was in turmoil, Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to attack, Yuan's army collapsed, the 700,000 army collapsed, and Yuan Shao only led more than 800 horsemen to flee north. The Battle of Guandu put an end to Yuan Shao's ambition to dominate the world, and the new generation of overlords is already proud of the world.

Liu Ze knows that in the next few years, Cao Cao will swallow the four states of Ji Qingyou owned by Yuan Shao with the momentum of the wind and clouds, in the north, there is no force that can stop Cao Cao's strong rise, the first super overlord of the Three Kingdoms era has been born, with the unification of the north, Cao Cao's ambition to dominate the world will become more and more inflated. The five-year covenant is just a thin piece of paper, how can it restrain Cao Cao's ambitions, Liu Ze also deeply felt the coming crisis, and if he wants to compete with Cao Cao, he must make himself stronger.

Liu Ze's eyes turned to the southeast, and it was time to compete with Sun Quan.

The news of Zhou Yu's dispatch of troops reached Xiangyang as soon as possible, Liu Ze held a piece of military newspaper and smiled slightly, what should come will come after all, since this is the case. Then let the storm come harder.

The generals of Jing Xu are relaxed, the Xuzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army have more than 200,000 troops, King Jing is now strong and strong, Zhou Yu led 130,000 horses to attack, isn't that just to kill himself by hitting the stone with an egg? All the generals are gearing up and ready to do a big job.

Liu Ze didn't dare to take it lightly, since Zhou Yu dared to come, he must have nothing to fear, especially the news that Zhuge Liang had defected to Jiangdong and served as a marching senator. It made Liu Ze secretly frightened. Zhuge Liang, who is close to wisdom and more demons, has the power to turn decay into magic, and plays a good trick of winning more with less, with such demonic opponents as Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, Liu Ze has to fight with twelve points of spirit.

However, the information sent back by the Jinying Wei Jiangdong Branch Office made Liu Ze secretly sigh. This plus one really doesn't equal two. If Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang are of the same heart. That result might be three or infinity, but as things stand, this plus one is at best one or even zero. Zhuge Liang's construction of Sun Quan was rejected by Zhou Yu. Zhuge Liang, who had no intention of career, was forcibly conscripted into the army by Zhou Yu, it is not difficult to imagine how bad Zhuge Liang's mood was, a peerless master who was held out of the mountain by Liu Bei Sangu in history was forced by Zhou Yu to serve in front of the army, it seems that Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu are really destined enemies, Liu Ze almost laughed out loud.

But when Liu Ze read Zhuge Liang's Jianyì, he really couldn't laugh again, but it was the back of the back, wow, wow, wow, cool, Zhuge Liang's move to rule the river can be said to hit Liu Ze's weakness. The strength of the Jiangdong Navy is strong, although Liu Ze annexed the Jingzhou Navy Army, but with the combat power of the Jingzhou Navy Army, and the Jiangdong Navy is not at the same level at all, if Sun Quan adopts Zhuge Liang's strategy, blockades the Yangtze River waterway with the superior Navy Army, and then eats the four counties of Jingnan, then Liu Ze's infantry and cavalry are no matter how strong, they can only be blocked on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Although it is not too difficult to break through the defense line of the Yangtze River, without the right to control the water and the waterway of the Yangtze River, the troops crossing the Yangtze River are bound to fall into the situation of fighting alone, and as long as the enemy adopts the method of holding the city with strong walls and clearing the wilderness to cut off the logistics channel, it will be difficult for the troops crossing the Yangtze River to survive, and the final result can only stop at the north bank of the Yangtze River, looking at the ocean and sighing.

Dividing the river and ruling is a soft knife, attacking and defending, which can make Sun Quan invincible, sitting on half of the rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River, you can plan and then move, but for Liu Ze, it is a nightmare not to be stingy, the Yangtze River is difficult to cross, and there is an increasingly powerful Cao Cao behind him, and the taste of being attacked by the enemy in the abdomen and back is definitely not good.

To Liu Ze's relief, Zhou Yu, who had the absolute right to speak in Jiangdong, did not adopt Zhuge Liang's Jianyi, but tried to snatch the whole of Jingzhou in a more radical way. Perhaps Zhou Yu is at the age of high spirits, or because he has not yet suffered a defeat, Zhou Yu's self-confidence at the moment is completely bursting, and he vainly tries to take Jingzhou in one fell swoop with a decisive battle and complete Sun Ce's unfulfilled wish.

If you don't die, you don't have to die! For Zhou Yu's decision, Liu Ze was applauded, Zhou Yu wanted to solve the Jingzhou problem in a short and fast way, Liu Ze is not, for Liu Ze, this is both an opportunity and a challenge. Looking at Zhou Yu's offensive posture, the target is no longer Xiakou, Jiangdong's attack target has already locked on Jiangling in Nanjun, and if you want to attack Nanjun, Baqiu is the first target of Jiangdong's army.

Baqiu is isolated on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the strategic location is extremely important, Liu Ze naturally knows its value, some time ago he has sent Xu Rong Ganning to station in Baqiu, the strength of the two infantry divisions plus the Ganning water division, a total of more than 25,000 troops. But it is still more difficult for this force to hold Baqiu, after all, Zhou Yu's army has 130,000 people, especially the naval force, which cannot compete with it at all.

At the meeting, all the strategists unanimously suggested that they immediately increase their troops to Baqiu, strengthen Baqiu's defensive forces, and resist the enemy under the city of Baqiu.

However, Liu Ze has a different idea, although Baqiu is a pass, but Baqiu is at the confluence of the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake, and the water network is dense, which is not conducive to the Jing army to launch an offensive at all, no matter how many troops are sent, they can only retreat and defend, not to mention that the Jiangdong naval army is strong, once the Yangtze River waterway is cut off, so that the north and south of the Jing army can not take care of each other, the situation in Baqiu will be dangerous. Therefore, Liu Ze did not consider Baqiu as the main battlefield, since Zhou Yu was on the offensive and his own side was on the defensive, then the right to choose the place of engagement was naturally in Liu Ze's hands.

Liu Ze's gaze fell on the huge military map, the Yangtze River waterway drew a huge "V" shape in Jingzhou, Jiangling Xiakou is at the top of the V, Baqiu is located at the bottom of the V, it is impossible to give up Baqiu, so the position of the battlefield must be moved forward, Liu Ze's eyes searched on the section from Xiakou to Baqiu, and what jumped into his eyes was the word Wulin, Liu Ze's heart couldn't help but move, the opposite bank of Wulin, isn't it Chibi?

Liu Ze only felt that the blood in his body was flowing at an accelerated pace, and when he heard Chibi, it made people feel like his blood was boiling. The big river goes to the east, the waves are exhausted, the eternal romantic figures, the west of the base, the humanity is the Three Kingdoms Zhou Lang Chibi! Yes, the historical Chibi has made Zhou Yu's eternal fame, with heroic hair, lupine scarves, and the canopy is in ashes between talking and laughing.

Originally, Liu Ze thought that the trajectory of history had quietly changed, and the Battle of Chibi was no longer possible, but the ghost made him stand on the basis of history again, but will history really repeat itself? Didn't they all say that a small masturbation is pleasant, a big masturbation hurts the body, and a strong masturbation is gone, this time it's Zhou Yu's turn to be wiped out.

Liu Ze pointed out Wulin to the strategists, Jia Xu and others after some heated discussions, they all unanimously affirmed Liu Ze's wise decision to choose Chibi as the main battlefield of this campaign, this section of the river is open, the water flow is gentle, it is indeed suitable for warship confrontation, and the terrain of Wulin in Jiangbei is flat, which is also conducive to the mobilization of infantry and cavalry.

After the battlefield was selected, Liu Ze immediately ordered Cai Mao's Jingzhou Navy to set off from Nanjun and assemble in Wulin. According to the agreement between Liu Ze and Cai Mao, the old land and water departments of the Jingzhou army were unified under the command of Cai Mao, but they had to accept Liu Ze's dispatch during the war. Jia Xu and others were worried that Cai Mao would disobey the yang and the yin and delay the fighter, so Liu Ze specially ordered in the military order that the Jingzhou Navy should not be allocated to Wulin to assemble and stand by within ten days, and if the disobedience was not complied with or the time was delayed, it would definitely be punished according to military regulations.

Despite this, Liu Ze is still a little worried after all, once Cai Mao's army cannot be in place on time, the plan to fight Chibi with Zhou Yu is likely to be aborted, then the Jing army will have to fight the Jiangdong army in Baqiu, if this is the case, the situation will be very passive. Therefore, Liu Ze also sent an order to Gan Ning, asking Gan Ning to lead the 5,000 sailors of his headquarters to Xiakou in advance to block the Jiangdong naval army on the Xiakou River. Liu Ze specially instructed Gan Ning that there was no need to fight hard with the Jiangdong Navy and fight and retreat, as long as the Jiangdong Navy could delay the Jiangdong Navy on the river near Xiakou for three or five days.

After the order to send the water army was issued, Liu Ze continued to dispatch troops, and ordered Wen Ping to lead the headquarters to guard Xiangyang and Xinye, and the first army and the second army all marched in the direction of Wulin. The Third Army Corps was stationed in Yicheng and did not go south for the time being.

Zhang Fei was anxious when he heard this, the brigade of the Xuzhou Army went south, but his Third Army was still stranded in the Xiangyang area, this big battle was actually going to make him miss it, how could Zhang Fei be willing to give up and immediately find Liu Ze to theorize.

"Big brother, my Third Legion is the main ace, why don't you let me go south to Ulin?"

Liu Ze smiled and said: "This battle, mainly water warfare, Lei Qi can't be used for the time being, let's settle in Yicheng first, but the third brother, you can't put Nanshan on a horse, you have to be on call at any time, and you can be at any time." (To be continued......)