According to Zhuge Liang's conjecture, Cao Cao is already more than lucky, and even if he survives, his strength will be greatly damaged. At this moment, Cao Cao is no longer the number one enemy of all princes, Nan Ye is. Zhuge Liang must reverse Nan Ye's position with Cao Cao's previous position, first encroach on Cao Cao's strength, and then see if there is any possibility of competing with Nan Ye. That's why he decided to follow Nan Ye's strategic intentions and put his mind on Xiangyang. From the point of view of accurately grasping the overall situation, Zhuge Liang is stronger than Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu and Lu Su returned to the camp, and Lu Su frowned and asked Zhou Yu: "Guanghua Guoshi and Liu Xuande are also going to take Nanjun, how about we wait?" ”

Zhou Yu said confidently: "I only took Nanjun at the snap of my fingers, and I hope that they will just be a false favor after me." ”

When Lu Su heard this, he was still worried: "If the governor takes Nanjun, he will block the path of the national teacher to the north, what if the national teacher comes to attack at that time?" ”

Zhou Yu had already made a comprehensive plan from the moment he decided to send troops to Nanjun, and smiled at Lu Su: "Zijing doesn't have to worry, Nan Ye will never send troops for no reason. Even if he really comes to attack, we can still use Cao Cao's hand to fight against him. ”

In Zhou Yu's opinion, even if Cao Cao Chibi was defeated, he was still the strongest prince in the world, and Nan Ye could only rank second at most. Because of this, Zhou Yu made a completely different choice from Zhuge Liang, that is, to continue to complete his strategic goals and by the way, hinder Nanye from expanding his strength in the north. His choice was also related to the fact that Sun Quan's strength far surpassed Liu Bei's, and if Zhuge Liang was in Zhou Yu's position, he might have made the same choice.

Lu Su saw that Zhou Yu was already prepared, so he didn't say anything more, and convened the generals for Zhou Yu to discuss the matter of capturing Nanjun. Zhou Yu asked the generals: "Who dares to take Nanjun first?" ”

Jiang Qin responded and said: "The last general is willing to go!" ”

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "Gong Yi can be the vanguard, and Xu Sheng and Ding Feng are the deputy generals." I will allocate 5,000 elite military horses for the three of you to cross the river first. I then led my troops to respond. ”

However, it is said that Wei Yan and Lu Xun were appointed by Liu Cong as the guards of Nanjun at the beginning of the war, and after Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was not at ease to let Liu Cong be the commander of the counties, so he ordered Xiahou De to increase troops to guard Nanjun. In the first battle of Chibi, Cao's army was in chaos, and Cao Chun, Chen Jiao and Cao Renbu defeated Niu Jin and went to Nanjun to vote for Xiahoude.

Xiahou De had already discriminated against the generals of Jingzhou, and Cao Chun and others did not reuse Wei Yan and Lu Xun when they arrived, and ordered Cao Chun and Niu Jin to be deputy generals, and ordered Chen Jiao to guard Yiling and fight with Nanjun.

Jiang Qin's vanguard men crossed the Han River, and Xiahoude received the news. Although he didn't know the news of Cao Cao's death, but Cao Bing Chibi was newly defeated, and he didn't dare to rush into battle, so he said to the generals: "Zhou Yu and Jiang Qin are here to take advantage of the victory, and we will stick to it and not fight." ”

Niu Jin has always been brave, but unfortunately he can't fight in the water. Chibi was defeated on the water, and Niu Jin held back the fire in his belly. At this time, he finally had the opportunity to fight on land, and he wanted to recover the defeat. So he went out of the class to ask for war: "If the soldiers come to the city and don't fight, it is cowardice." Our army is newly defeated, and it is just to regain its vigor. The last general is willing to borrow 500 elite soldiers to fight to the death. ”

Xia Houde knew that Niu Jin was Cao Ren's favorite general, and he didn't want to refute his face, so he ordered Niu Jin to lead 500 soldiers to fight. Jiang Qin saw that a group of men and horses had been killed in the city, so he instructed the young general Ding Feng to do this.

Ding was ordered to fight Niu Jin on horseback, and the two fought with swords and guns for less than ten rounds, and Ding Feng was defeated and left. Niu Jin bullied Ding Feng at a young age and led the army to chase into battle. Ding Feng saw Niu Jin's plan, and waved his army to surround Niu Jin in the array.

Niu Jin rushed left and right and couldn't get out of the formation, so he had to work hard. Xia Houde was anxious when he saw Niu Jin trapped in the city, but he didn't dare to open the city to meet him. At this time, the first general came out of the squad and said: "The last general is willing to lead the people of the headquarters to save General Niu." ”

When Xia Houde heard this, he looked at it, it was Wei Yan, the general of Jingzhou. Originally, Xiahoude didn't look down on Wei Yan and other generals, but at this time, Wei Yan asked for battle, which made Xiahoude overjoyed, so he ordered Wei Yan to lead his troops to rescue.

Wei Yan put on his armor and mounted his horse, led hundreds of strong men from his headquarters to ride out of the city, and fought hard to swing his sword into Jiang Qin's array. Jiang Qin saw that there was another future in the city to save Niu Jin, so he ordered Xu Sheng to fight.

Although Xu Sheng's martial arts are not weak, he can only rank second-rate, Wei Yan is also a strong one among first-class generals, how can Xu Sheng be an opponent? Wei Yan saw that Xu Sheng was not afraid to fight with a spear and a leaping horse, and he slashed with a knife, Xu Sheng could not resist being killed by Wei Yan into the battle to rescue Niu Jin.

After Wei Yan rescued Niu Jin from the battle, he turned around and found that there were still dozens of cavalry trapped in the formation and could not be reached, so he turned over and killed and rescued the trapped soldiers from the encirclement.

Jiang Qin saw that Wei Yan bravely blocked his way, Wei Yan and Niu Jin joined forces to fight Jiang Qin, and killed Jiang Qin again. Xiahoude saw that Wei Yan had disrupted Jiang Qin's position in the city, so he asked Cao Chun to lead the army out of the city to respond. The two armies fought for a while, Jiang Qin was defeated and left, and Wei Yan returned victorious. Xiahoude was overjoyed and rewarded Wei Yan.

Jiang Qin was defeated and came back to see Zhou Yu, who was furious and said: "The first battle is not conducive to frustrating my spirit, and I should be beheaded according to military law." ”

The Jiangdong generals persuaded hard, and Zhou Yu spared Jiang Qin's sin and ordered soldiers and horses to fight a decisive battle with Xiahoude in person. Zhou Tai said: "The southern county city is high and thick, and the governor should not be careless. Now Xiahou De ordered Chen Jiao to guard the Yiling Tomb as a corner. If Nanjun can't be attacked for a long time, Chen Jiao will attack me. The last general is willing to lead 3,000 elite soldiers to take Yiling first, and the governor can take Nanjun here with peace of mind. ”

Zhou Yu didn't expect Zhou Tai to capture Yiling with 3,000 soldiers and horses, but as long as Zhou Tai contained it, Zhou Yu could concentrate on attacking here, so he ordered Zhou Tai to lead troops to fight Yiling.

As soon as Xiahoude heard the direction of Zhou Yu's division of troops, he knew that he was going to Yiling, so he convened the generals to discuss. Lu Xun said at this time: "Yiling is lost, and Nanjun cannot be defended. The general should send someone to save him. ”

Xiahoude saw that Wei Yan was powerful, so he didn't dare to underestimate the generals of Jingzhou, so he listened to Lu Xun's plan and ordered Cao Chun and Niu Jin to secretly lead troops to Yiling to rescue Chen Jiao.

Cao Chun did not enter the city when he arrived at Yiling, but first secretly sent someone to report to Chen Jiao, asking him to transfer the grain and grass in the city, and then went out of the city to lure the enemy into battle.

Zhou Tai led troops to Yiling, and Chen Jiao sent troops to fight. He is a civil official who can defend the city, how can he be Zhou Tai's opponent in a head-to-head confrontation? It is to fight with all his strength Chen Jiao is also defeated and invincible, at this time it is even more convenient to lure the enemy to defeat, as soon as the two armies come into contact, Chen Jiao led the troops to defeat and let Zhou Tai occupy the empty city of Yiling.

Chen Jiao deliberately failed and did not lose many men and horses, and the baggage was transported out in advance, and it was completely undamaged. Waiting until dusk, Cao Chun and Niu Jinbing arrived, and Chen Jiao and the two generals surrounded Yiling and trapped Zhou Tai in the city. Although Zhou Tai won the city, he did not get food and grass, and now he was besieged by the army, so he had to ask Zhou Yu for help.

Tanma broke out of the siege and reported to Zhou Yu, saying that Zhou Tai was trapped in Yiling City. Zhou Yu was shocked when he heard the report, so he had to divide his troops to rescue him in person. Liu Chengpu, Ling Cao and other generals led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to continue to besiege Nanjun.