When it came to this issue, Li Ru's attitude was also a little serious, "Yes, there is no news about them yet, and as for where they went, it's really uncertain now." It's just that there are only 30,000 people, and they must not be able to make any waves. ”

"That's just as well." Zhang Chao also nodded after hearing this, no matter how powerful he Cao Cao is, without soldiers in his hands, he can't become a big weapon.

It's just that although he didn't really take them seriously in his heart, if he didn't find these people, it would be a matter of the end, so Zhang Chao said: "Wen You, tell Tianyan with my order, let them do everything possible to find Cao Cao's whereabouts, by the way, then there is also his son Cao Ang, and he must also find out their location and whereabouts." ”

"I understand." Li Ru nodded in agreement and recorded these things to prevent himself from forgetting.

After saying other things, Zhang Chao's whole body relaxed a lot, and his attention returned to the situation in front of him and said: "Wen You, let's talk about it, how are we going to capture Runan?" ”

"Did the emperor say that he wanted to use a trick or attack hard?" Li Ru asked with some certainty.

"Haha, Wen You, although we are smart, but Zhou Yu is not a mallet, he is also an extremely smart person, and it is not easy to deceive them. In this way, it is better to attack hard, and also take the opportunity to let Dongwu know that our Celestial Empire is powerful, how about it? ”

"Your Majesty." Li Ru slapped a sycophant.

This is not to say that Li Ru is a person who follows the crowd, in fact, he himself thinks so. Even if Dongwu wants to find trouble in the Celestial Empire, then use his strength to tell the other party that the gap between us is good.

Because whether it is Lu Meng's defeat or Xu Sheng's defeat, it seems that others have a plan in it, and even if such a battle is won, it will inevitably make people unconvinced. And if you can face to face and defeat Soochow in a hard-fought situation, no one must have said anything.

Naturally, Zhang Chao dared to do this, also based on the overall situation. When he faced Cao Cao before, he didn't do this outside Xuchang City because he had too many scruples, but now that the Wei State has been destroyed, Cao Cao is just a lost dog, even so, what else is there to worry about?

Zhang Chao and Li Ru talked and laughed and drew up a strategy against Soochow. In comparison, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in Runan City were indeed a little worried about this meeting.

The two defeats in a row made Sun Ce and Zhou Yu extremely pressured, and they couldn't imagine how this could be the result. Obviously, it was his own side that attacked first, but why did he fail was indeed his own army. Could it be that the Celestial Empire has been prepared for a long time?

"Your Highness, it seems that the Celestial Empire has clearly wanted to make a move on us Dongwu, otherwise it would not be wary of us everywhere." Zhou Yu seemed to have figured out something, and said as if sighing.

"Not bad." Sun Ce nodded, and the two big defeats were exchanged for his new understanding of the Celestial Empire. Now I have to think that this is the only way to explain why the army was defeated. "Hey, if I had known that this was the case, I should have killed that Sima Yi in the first place."

Thinking of it, the battle of Xuzhou was because of Sima Yi, which caused Xu Sheng and Ding Feng to enter the ambush circle of the Celestial Empire, losing 300,000 soldiers. Thinking of this, Sun Ce hated it so much that the root of his teeth itched.

Zhou Yu was also very angry about Sima Yi's actions, and when he heard Sun Ce's discussion, he also said hatefully, "This person's behavior is really shameful, Your Highness can rest assured, if you have the opportunity, you will definitely get this person back from Zhang Chao's hands, and then cut it with a thousand knives, and let others know what the fate of betraying our Dongwu is." ”

"That's right, this Sima Yi was rescued by us at the most critical time, and he didn't know how to repay his kindness, but he even helped the Celestial Empire to do things and wiped out my 300,000 troops in Eastern Wu, this revenge must be avenged." At this moment, Sun Ce also said angrily. But he did forget one thing, Sima Yi had already escaped, if it wasn't for them to stop him, he was afraid that he would have returned to the land of Wei long ago. said that he threatened his family at the beginning, so that Sima Yi had to surrender, but the fact is that he did not rescue his family. This is equivalent to him breaking his trust first, and Sima Yi's loss of trust last. Not to mention, although he gave someone the title of a right army division, he actually didn't believe him at all, so it's strange that someone can work hard for you.

People are often like this, thinking only about what is good for others, and never thinking about what you have received from others. It might be selfish.

After talking about Sima Yi, Sun Ce asked Zhou Yu how to deal with the arrival of the Celestial Empire's army in Runan.

In this regard, Zhou Yu had already had an idea, and said with a confident smile: "Your Highness, peace of mind is that when I watch Zhang Zhiyuan's actions, I always plan and then act, and there are often strange tricks." It's as if he will give you a favor first, lure you into the bait, and then when you swallow the benefit, you will find out that this is a big trouble, a big trap. Now that we know this, no matter what means he uses, we will not be fooled, such a strategy is useless, I don't believe that he can really attack Runan City, right? ”

Hearing Zhou Yu's confidence, Sun Ce nodded happily and said, "Okay, then everything will trouble Gong Jin." ”

"It should." The corners of Zhou Yu's mouth rose, at this moment he really expected Zhang Chao to make some strange moves in the face of himself. Just imagine, or if you can break the other party's plan, it must be clear in all directions.

It's just that Zhou Yu never thought that Zhang Chao didn't despise him at all. It was precisely because of this that he decided not to use the strategy and turned to a hard attack. With the current strength of the Celestial Empire, the conditions for a hard attack are already ripe.

Two days before the Celestial Empire army arrived in Runan City, two generals, Cheng Pu and Han Dang, had already arrived at Runan County with 200,000 Wu troops each. It's just that they didn't enter the city, but stationed on the left and right sides of the city, which is clearly a move to defend Runan City, and it is also to guard against what conspiracy the Celestial Empire is going to use, so they have the ability to block left and right.

As soon as Zhang Chao arrived, he learned from the scout's mouth about the layout of Soochow in Runan City. As soon as he heard that although Dongwu had come to reinforce the army, he did not enter the city, but was stationed outside the city, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Okay, God really helps me." ”

If the Dongwu reinforcements come and enter the city directly, then the defense force in the entire city will be infinitely strengthened, so even if there is explosives, it is not easy to attack the city, and even a great price will be paid.

But the 400,000 reinforcements did not enter the city, and the situation was completely different, so the Celestial Empire army could attack separately in the form of division and encirclement. You must know that the 1st, 6th, and 7th Corps together have a very obvious superiority in troops.

Although it is said that in the battle with Wei, they have some losses, but because of the defeat of Cao Cao, they have gained a lot of prisoners, and now the strength is not decreasing but increasing, before it was 900,000 people in three legions, after destroying the main force of 800,000 in Wu, they received 500,000 troops, except for some wounded, and finally more than 400,000 temporarily joined the three legions. This made the original losses of the three legions not only sufficient, but also an extra 100,000 people in one legion, which is equivalent to his 1.2 million troops, which is twice the advantage of 600,000 people in Eastern Wu, which is also where Zhang Chao's confidence lies in daring to face hard.

"Prepare the army for battle, and at the same time take out all the good wine and meat we have brought and give it to the soldiers to eat." There will be a big war soon, and Zhang Chao will not be stingy with these foods in order to improve morale. A warrior can only exert his greatest strength when he has eaten and drunk enough.

Zhang Chao ordered, and countless iron pots were set up, and then it didn't take long for the smell of meat and the mellow aroma of the hero's drunkenness to come out, and it was not too much to say that the fragrance was floating for dozens of miles.

This taste also spread to the army of Eastern Wu. Sun Ce, who was at the head of Runan City, smelled the drunken wine of the hero, and couldn't help but admire: "It's really a good thing." It's just that why are the soldiers of the Celestial Empire allowed to drink alcohol when the war is imminent? Didn't the intelligence say that in wartime, the soldiers of the Celestial Empire were taboo in alcohol? ”

"Hahaha." Hearing Sun Ce's words, Zhou Yu on the side laughed, "Your Highness, this is exactly Zhang Chao's plan to lure the enemy." I thought that he would figure out the situation first, but I didn't expect to use the method so quickly. Well, he must have thought that this would attract us to a night sneak attack, but I didn't move, and it was up to him to do what he could do. ”

Originally, Sun Ce was going to tell Zhou Yu that the other party was drinking, so was it a surprise attack at night? But as soon as he heard the latter words, he immediately fell silent. In this way, it was really Zhang Chao's plan, and he almost fell for it.

In fact, Zhang Chao really didn't mean to make a plan. But he also knew that doing so might cause misunderstanding on the other side, but he believed that as long as Zhou Yu was there, such a thing would not happen, so when Li Ru asked if he wanted to prevent the other party from stealing the camp, he just smiled and said: "As long as a small number of soldiers and horses are arranged to patrol outside, they will not have the courage to steal the camp." ”

Zhang Chao's analysis was good, that night, the Eastern Wu army was indeed very honest, although they knew that the Celestial Empire army had drunk countless good wines, and it seemed to be the best time to attack, but because of Zhou Yu, they still forcibly suppressed this idea.

After a night's rest, in the early morning of the next day, the army of the Celestial Empire was all alive and vigorous, and their spirits seemed to be more vigorous.

In the temporary military tent, Zhang Chao was very satisfied with the captains and generals who had drunk yesterday, but now they had sobered up, such as Dian Wei and Zhang Liao. "Are you all rested?"