Cao Cao patted Gan Ning's shoulder and said in a harmonious voice: "Although this battle was not satisfactory, it also let Wu Guoshui see the benefits and disadvantages of my Great Wei Sailor!" Xingba doesn't have to blame himself! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your innocence!" Gan Ning stood up and retreated behind Cao Cao.

Cao Cao stood on the edge of the river and looked at the scene of a wolf on the river, hundreds of warships on both sides were still burning, and many warships were half-capsized on the river, and thousands of corpses and broken wood wreckage were drifting with the waves.

Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said to Gan Ning: "Immediately send a small boat to salvage the corpses of our soldiers as much as possible!" ”

"The last general commands!" Gan Ning clenched his fists and promised.

Zhou Tai got down from the warship, and immediately saw Sun Jian, the king of Wu, and the generals of the cavalry waiting on the port.

hurriedly walked in front of Sun Jian and pleaded: "Your Majesty, it is all because of the fault of the last general, which caused the king's plan to fail!" ”

Sun Jian laughed, helped Zhou Tai up, and said proudly: "Youping doesn't have to blame himself!" Youping's handling at that time was not wrong, not to mention that Cao Cao didn't get much of a bargain! ”

Sun Jian noticed that Zhou Tai was already soaked, and his armor was torn in many places, making him look a little embarrassed, so he asked with concern, "Youping, are you injured?" ”

Zhou Tai couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and hugged his fists and said, "The king can rest assured!" The last general was not injured! ”

Sun Jian frowned and asked, "Who did you meet on the river?" ”

Zhou Tai replied: "The last general met Gan Ning, the general of the Wei Army's naval division, on the river!" ”

Although Gan Ning is now in command of the real main naval division of the Wei State, his position is still that of the general of the naval division, not the governor of the naval division.

Sun Jian was stunned for a moment, and said with emotion: "I can't imagine that this Gan Ning is really worthy of his reputation!" ”

Zhang Zhao on the side said: "Since Gan Ning can occupy a place in the fierce Wei army. Let the puppet emperor personally recruit talents, then he will not be simple! ”

Zhou Tai nodded and said, "This Gan Ning is very stakes!" Fight me on the water for 80 rounds without a win! The last general has never met such a powerful character on the water! ”

Sun Jian nodded. I paid attention to this Gan Ning in my heart.

Sun Jian glanced at the Wei army camp on the other side of the river, and couldn't help but show emotion.

Sun Jian and the generals returned to the big tent. Asked Cheng Pudao: "Demou, how many warships has our army lost?" ”

Cheng Pu replied: "A total of nearly 500 large and small warships have been lost, and the casualties are about 6,000 soldiers, and the specific number is still being counted!" ”

Sun Jian frowned, "Five hundred warships!" What a loss! ”

"But Wei Jun didn't take advantage of it! They lost only a lot more ships and soldiers than we did! ”

Sun Jian nodded, and said to Zhang Zhao on the side: "Zibu, warn Ziyu, step up the construction of warships and train sailors!" The only advantage our army has over the Wei army at present is the water division, if there is a problem with the water division. This Yangtze River moat can't protect us! ”

Zhang Zhao saluted to Sun Jian and said, "The minister understands! ”

And just when Sun Jian in the Wu army camp was constantly building warships and trying to suppress the entire Wei army in the north of the Yangtze River, in the Wei army camp, Cao Cao and Xu Shu were looking at the map, looking for a way to conquer Yangzhou.

Seeing a certain point on the map, Xu Shu's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Your Majesty, Weichen has thought of a way, Your Majesty, please take a look." This is Jiangling, if you can send a partial division, from then on down the Yangtze River, plus Wu Guoshui division was all dragged by our army. Under the attack from both sides, it is very likely to be able to attack Yangzhou in one fell swoop! ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and said with a dry smile: "Even so. But Sun Jian is not a fool, it is unlikely that he will sit back and watch our army move. In my opinion, Jiangling is not the best place to attack Yangzhou! ”

Although Cao Cao is a traverser, the fire in Chibi. He will not easily forget that as long as there is the slightest possibility, Cao Cao does not want to attack Jiangdong from Jingzhou in the south, for fear of another Chibi defeat!

However, Xu Shu didn't understand these at all, for Cao Cao's opposition, Xu Shu just thought that he didn't make it clear, after replying, Xu Shu walked to the map, pointed to the location of Jingzhou on the map, especially the land of Jiangling, and said the benefits of Jingzhou, the key point is that Jingzhou, especially Jiangling, is the best place to attack Yangzhou along the Yangtze River.

Cao Cao felt that what Xu Shu said was very reasonable, but he still didn't want to use Jingzhou as a base camp to attack Wu State, and the scene of the burning joint camp in his previous life impressed him too deeply, and his heart was a shadow for the place of Chibi.

"Yuan Zhi, you have a point! However, the army has now gathered here, and it is very inconvenient to make another move! ”

Xu Shu nodded, and said very understandingly: "What Your Majesty said is very true, so Weichen suggested that if the army is not transferred, it can be used to contain the sailors of Wu State, and a general can lead a corps to Jiangling, and then Chen Bingjiang will look for an opportunity to go down the river!" ”

After saying this, Xu Shu said with some shame: "Wechen only thought that the transfer of troops to Huainan would be more convenient for our army's logistics and command of the water division troops, but he forgot that Jingzhou could attack with the convenient downstream, which is Weichen's fault!" ”

Cao Cao's old face flushed, fortunately Xu Shu didn't see it at this time, coughed a few times, Cao Cao said very cheekily: "Yuan Zhi doesn't have to blame himself too much, if it weren't for my army to contain the sailors of Wu State here, even if he went down the river at the beginning, the battle situation would not have changed much!" ”

These words are also Cao Cao's true thoughts, although it is said that going down the Yangtze River is an easy way to attack Jiangdong, but reality is reality after all, and going down the river does not mean that Jiangdong will definitely be able to break through, just like Cao Cao in history.

And directly on the other side of the Jiangdong River crossing is not necessarily unsuccessful, ready-made is the Ming Chengzu Zhu Di and the later generations of Taizu, the small wooden boat across the Yangtze River can be described as shocking!

After comforting Xu Shu, Cao Cao, who had gained a moving eye, nodded happily for the strategy of not having to put the base camp in Jingzhou, but just dispatching a partial division: "This plan is very good!" Then let Ma Chao lead the soldiers of the Fifth Army into Jiangling, Chen Bing and Jiangzuo, and order the Jingzhou Navy Division to wait in the direction of Jiangling! ”

"Weichen takes the order!" Xu Shu led the order to retreat!

"Gongfu, did the Wei army on the other side do anything?" In the camp of the Wu army, Sun Jian asked Huang Gai.

Huang Gai replied: "There is no action! It's the sailor who is constantly practicing! ”

Sun Jian nodded and said, "Keep watching!" In addition, I will send more details to the other side! ”

"Yes!" Huang Gai clenched his fists and promised.

Sun Jian asked Cheng Pudao: "Demou, have Liu Qi and the others arrived?" ”

Cheng Pu replied: "Liu Qi and his 50,000 soldiers and civilians have all arrived!" Now I'm heading to Qua! (To be continued......)