Zhou Yu finished going to the village, so he invited Nan Ye, Pang Tong, and Zhuge Liang to discuss the matter in the army. After everyone saluted, Zhou Yu said: "In the past, Cao Cao had few soldiers, Yuan Shao had many soldiers, and Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, all because of the first cut off of the grain of the black nest. Now Cao's army is 500,000, and our army is only 50,000 or 60,000, how can it be shaken? Cao Cao's grain must be cut off first, and then it can be broken.

I have found out that Cao Jun's grain and grass are all stationed in Jutie Mountain. Mr. Kong Ming has lived in Jingxiang for a long time and is familiar with geography. Please ask Mr. and Guan, Zhang and other fierce generals to go to Jutie Mountain to cut off Cao's army grain road in the starry night. I also helped thousands of soldiers, and we worked together to defeat the law, and we must not shirk. ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he secretly thought: Cao Cao is accustomed to using the method of robbing grain, how can he be defenseless? Zhou Yu is also a plan to kill people with a knife. But if I shirk and look timid, I might as well take it for the time being and see what Nan Ye has to offer. Thinking about it, Zhuge Liang said: "What the governor said will work together to break Cao Zheng and my will." Since the Governor and I have both sent troops and horses, I wonder if the Guanghua National Division can send the Vulture Bone General to help with the personal guards? ”

Although Dian Wei and Ma Chao under the command of Nan Ye were well known to Cao Jun, it was impossible for Cao Jun to remember them all, and the vulture bones were mistaken by Cao Jun for Liu Bei's subordinates, so it made sense for Zhuge Liang to use these horses. Zhou Yu also looked at Nan Ye when he heard this, although he couldn't kill Nan Ye, he didn't mind seeing him lose more.

Nan Ye saw that Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang had a good discussion, and he really didn't know that the two of them had ghosts, but he didn't agree immediately. Because the vulture bone needs to be controlled by him before he can act, if he sends the vulture bone to fight, it means that Nan Ye himself will also go with him, but Nan Ye can't let Cao Jun find out, which makes him hesitate for a while.

Just when Nan Ye hesitated, Pang Tong interjected and persuaded: "I heard that Jiangnan Xiaoer has a ballad: Lu Zijing is the gate of Fulu, and Zhou Lang is in the water battle of Linjiang." Gongjin is only good at water warfare, not land warfare. It would be better for the national teacher to help Gong Jin. ”

Pang Tong originally had a face that attracted hatred, and he was disliked by Zhou Yu, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately angered Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu said: "Children's rumors are not to be believed! I didn't need a national teacher, and personally led 10,000 horse troops to rob the grain road. ”

Zhuge Liang saw that Zhou Yu had fallen for Pang Tong's radical method, and hurriedly came to the round and said: "Cao is a thief and a thief, and he is used to cutting off people's food and grain in his life, and now he will definitely be heavily guarded." If Gong Jin goes, he is afraid that he will be captured, which is not a clever plan. Now we should use our own strengths and attack the weaknesses of the other, first decide the water war, frustrate the spirit of the Northern Army, and then find a clever plan to break it. ”

Zhou Yu suddenly came to his senses when he heard Zhuge Liang's words, only to realize that he had almost wrapped himself in just now. So Congshan Ruliu said: "What Mr. Kong Ming said is true, we will first compete with Cao Cao on the water." ”

Nan Ye was confused when he listened to the discussion of the three of them on the side, and he didn't understand how a good plan to rob grain suddenly turned into a water war? After leaving the camp, Nan Ye asked Pang Tongdao: "Gong Jin is very wise and will not use tricks indiscriminately. If he robbed the grain and would be defeated, why did he make such a decision? But if it is a clever plan to rob grain, why does Kong Ming oppose it? ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "The national teacher was mistaken by Gong Jin and Kong Ming!" Gongjin ordered Kong Ming to cut off his food, and really wanted Cao Cao to kill him. Kong Ming invited the national teacher to go with him, and he used the hand of the national teacher to break his plan. I saw that the national teacher did not reply, and when the national teacher had already seen through his plan, he used the method of agitation to lure Zhou Yu out. ”

Nan Ye didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns, it seemed that he had better play soy sauce. At this time, Lu Su happened to come to Zhou Yu to discuss matters, Zhuge Liang pulled Lu Su and said: "Zijing, please also tell Gong Jin, now when employing people, as long as General Sun and Liu Yuzhou are of the same heart, it will be a great success. ”

Lu Su was confused when he heard this, but he still entered the account and told Zhou Yu. Only then did Zhou Yu inform Lu Su of what happened, and Lu Su persuaded: "When employing people today, I hope that the governor will put the country first." After the Cao is broken, it is not too late to figure out. Zhou Yu nodded yes when he heard this.

However, it was said that Guan Yu was stationed in Xiakou, looking at the flags on the south bank of the river in the distance, and the halberds were heavy, and he expected that Eastern Wu had already mobilized troops, so he went to report to Liu Bei. Liu Bei personally prepared a gift of sheep wine to come to the army, Zhou Yu wanted to take the opportunity to kill him, but Guan Yu had no choice but to give up with Guan Yu guarding on the side.

As soon as Liu Bei's army left, Cao Cao's envoy arrived. Zhou Yu summoned the envoy in, and the envoy presented a letter with the cover reading: "The prime minister of the Han Dynasty paid the governor of Zhou to open it." ”

Zhou Yu didn't read the content of the letter, and casually tore the book and threw it on the ground, shouting: "In the future, I will drag it out and behead it." ”

Lu Su persuaded: "The two countries are fighting, and they don't come to make it." ”

Zhou Yu explained in a low voice: "Cutting the demonstration is a trick to lure the enemy!" "Kill the messenger and give the head to the servant to send back. He also ordered Han Dang to be the vanguard, Zhou Tai to be the left wing, Jiang Qin to be the right wing, the fourth watch to make rice, the fifth watch to drive the boat, and march with drums and shouts.

Cao Cao couldn't help but be furious when he learned that Zhou Yu had destroyed the book and beheaded the envoy. Regardless of Cao's army's poor water warfare, he called Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and other Jingzhou generals to the front, personally led the rear army to urge the warship, and went to the mouth of the Sanjiang River to fight Zhou Yu.

Nan Ye watched with great interest on Zhou Yu's boat and gave orders. In the past, Nan Ye led most of the troops in land battles, and this was the first time he watched a water battle. He found that the water wars of this era were completely different from the water wars he remembered.

Nan Ye has played "The Age of Discovery" and knows that the basic principle of naval warfare is the T-shaped tactic. Since the guns of later generations were on both sides of the hull, both warring sides would strive to aim their side at the bow of the other ship, that is, to seize the horizontal position of the T-shaped formation. However, the water battle in front of them was just the opposite, whether it was the Jingzhou Navy or the Jiangdong Navy Army, they were completely using the warships as war horses, and they all charged forward, trying to launch the broadside battle first.

Han Dang took the lead in the boat and shouted on the bow of the ship: "I am Han Dang!" Who dares to fight me? "Looking at his posture is no different from calling a battle general on a war horse.

Cai Mao ordered his brother Cai Xun to fight. When the two ships approached, Han Dang shot Cai Xun with a bow and arrow, and Cai Xun bent his bow at Han Dang at the same time. Han Dang didn't dodge or dodge, Cai Xun's arrow shot directly into the air, grazed Han Dang's cheek, and nailed it to the mast behind him. Cai Xun also didn't dodge when he saw Han Dang's arrow coming, not that he didn't want to dodge, nor that he was sure not to be shot by Han Dang, but he couldn't dodge it and fell down directly.

Han Dang shot an arrow to kill the enemy's vanguard and drove the ship forward, and ten thousand crossbows were fired at once, and Cao's army could not resist. Zhou Tai on the left and Jiang Qin on the right slaughtered, like the two claws of a crab clamping the left and right of Cao Jun and rushing into Cao Jun's fleet.

Most of the Cao army is the soldiers of the Central Plains who are not accustomed to water warfare, and the swaying of the warships on the river has long made the Cao soldiers unstable. Han Dang and other three-way warships crisscrossed the water and strangled Cao Bing.

Seeing that the front team was victorious, Zhou Yu waved the sword in his hand and urged the rear team to help. Cao Jun was already in a mess, and as soon as Zhou Yu's brigade came out, there were countless people who fell into the water with arrows. From the beginning of this battle to the end of the battle, the river was dyed with blood. Although Zhou Yu said that the water battle was profitable, but the Cao army had countless warships, and the Cao soldiers were even more numerous. In this battle, he was just to demoralize Cao's army, and he did not expect to win the first battle, at this time the strategic goal had been achieved, and he did not need to consume any more troops.