In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, who pacified the north, moved troops to the south. In the same year, Liu Biao died of illness, and Cai Mao supported Liu Cong to succeed him as the pastor of Jingzhou, and at the instigation of the ministers, Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao.

Attached to Jingzhou, Liu Bei, who was stationed in Fancheng, fled in the desert and was chased by Cao Cao himself with 5,000 elite cavalry, and lost a large number of men and horses in Banpo, the magistrate of Dangyang County. Due to the lack of strategic guidance from top strategists, Liu Bei chose to take refuge in his old friend Cangwu County, who guarded Wu Ju, although he solved the urgent need, but in the end, due to the weakness of the army, he could not make a comeback.

Cao Cao, who got Jingzhou, was not satisfied, and the 150,000 troops in the north (800,000 were claimed to be external), plus the 50,000 naval troops in Jingzhou, went down the Yangtze River. Due to the difficulty of running in the northern navy and the Jingzhou navy, the morale was obviously insufficient, coupled with the fact that the northern soldiers were not accustomed to the water and soil, and the epidemic was epidemic, Cao Jun temporarily anchored on the north side of Chibi, while training the navy, while waiting for a good opportunity.

Sun Quan sent Zhou Yu to lead 30,000 pioneers to confront Cao's army across the Yangtze River on the south bank of Chibi.

"Although Cao Cao was nominally the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, he was actually a thief of the Han Dynasty. With the foundation of my father and brother, I manage thousands of miles of land in Jiangdong, and I have enough elite soldiers to use, and I should model the world and eliminate evil thieves for the Han Dynasty! "Sun Quan, who was in Wu County, was launching a verbal attack on officials and leaders of the Hao clan in Jiangdong.

The Sun family said that it was 'separating Jiangdong', in fact, it was a matter of the past ten years, even if they relied on the army to suppress the ground worms, but with reference to Sun Ce's stabbing incident, you can know what kind of attitude the ground worms hold, and a considerable part of them are just people who have to bow their heads under the eaves. Once the Sun family was defeated, they immediately patted their butts to welcome Cao Wei's arrival, and Cao Cao generally did not embarrass them.

But obviously, the Wei-Wu war is imminent, and Sun Quan not only needs this group of ground insects to stay quietly, but he also wants to get the help of the ground insects.

"What the general said is very true." Of course, the perfunctory attitude of the ground worms is also obvious.

This 'perfunctory' can't be a provocation of Sun Quan openly, it's a tired fool, they maintain enough respect on the surface, so that Sun Quan can't find fault with half of it, and how to say it when he turns his head to do practical things.

"Jiangdong will win this battle." Zhuge Liang, who stayed in the rear to assist Sun Quan, stood up and said in a flickering manner, "First, now that the north has not been completely pacified, Ma Chao and Han Sui are still stationed west of Hangu Pass, which is Cao Cao's trouble; Second, Cao Cao abandoned the pommel horse and switched to a ship to fight with the Jiangdong people who grew up in the water town, and attacked the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings; Third, it is bitterly cold now, and the war horses lack forage. These three points are a great trouble with the use of soldiers, and Cao Cao himself came to send him to death, just because it was a good time for us to give him a head-on blow. ”

He didn't disclose the information of black powder and artillery, and these wall grasses couldn't turn around and leak a letter, and their credibility was not as good as that of the low-level soldiers.

"............" The insects on the ground showed a different color, and they were really fooled by Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang took advantage of the situation and continued: "Besides, Cao Cao claimed to have waved 800,000 troops, most of which were false reports, and the northern troops he led were only 1560,000, and he was already exhausted after a long campaign; The newly received troops of Liu Biao, with a maximum of 70,000 or 80,000 men, were still suspicious. With a weary soldier, he harnessed the suspicious people, and although they were numerous, there was nothing to fear. As long as we have 50,000 elite soldiers, we will be able to subdue the enemy army, so please don't worry! ”

"Cao Cao's old thief has long wanted to abolish the emperor of the Han Dynasty and usurped the throne himself, but he is just afraid of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and me. Now everyone else has been wiped out, and only I am the only one who remains! Even if it's for the sake of the big man, I have to stand up to the old thief! Sun Quan shouted loudly to put an end to this recruitment speech.

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"Nonsense! Xingba, how can you take a ten-year-old child and the county lord to the battlefield! There was chatter in the rear for conscription, and there was also a dispute ahead, and seeing the two faces that appeared on Gan Ning's ship, who had just been transferred from Huang Zu's command, Mei Zhoulang's face changed instantly.

"Governor, I have the approval of the lord." Lyle puffed up his chest and said that he and Sun Shangxiang were not all the way.

Well, it's just that he didn't get the approval of his father and mother, and as soon as he persuaded Sun Quan, he immediately followed Gan Ning and ran on the boat to Chibi.

Sun Shangxiang, who was dressed in ordinary sailor attire, said angrily: "Whether the foundation laid by my father and eldest brother can be preserved is in this battle, there are no eggs under the nest, instead of hiding in Wu County, it is better to go into battle and kill the enemy!" ”

Hawkers, although it is not a template in a lawn mowing game, she often leads a group of maids with knives to hunt, which can be called the female middle Lu Bu, and the white-knuckle battle is already stronger than the soldiers from the common people, and the archery skills are far ahead.

"Alas......" Zhou Yu sighed helplessly, everyone was on the battlefield, and he had no way to say anything.

Gan Ning, who knew that he didn't have to take the blame, asked: "Compared to this, the governor ...... Just now, our boat looked at the center of the river, and Cao Jun's ship formation didn't seem to be normal. ”

Zhou Yu answered for these later reinforcements: "In order to solve the problem of the northern soldiers not being able to pass through the water, the Cao thief connected the end of the ship, and the men and horses walked on the ship as if they were on the ground. ”

By the way, this has nothing to do with Pang Tong, at this time, Pang Tong has been doing chores under Zhou Yu, but he didn't vote for Wei Xian's serial plan.

“…… Isn't this a clear sign that we should play with fire? Lyle blurted out.

Zhou Yu smiled slightly, and said, "I think so too." ”

"In that case, it may be better to use the incendiary powder that spreads directly than to fire a cannonball?" Lyle groaned.

"Explosive specialized gunpowder that spreads easily?" Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, he still wanted to let people risk death to surrender, but suddenly found that it was not impossible to come hard.

"Originally, the gunpowder refined by Fang Shi can be burned but not exploded, give me three days and enough manpower, I should be able to adjust the formula of gunpowder, tie it to the arrow and ignite it, and then launch it." In this era, there is no such thing as a 'rocket', although it is a natural thing, but it is also a small invention.

“！” Only then did Zhou Yu remember that the improvement of black powder originally came from Lyle.

In the past two years, many of Lyle's inventions may be seen as 'childlike' or 'childish', but he thinks that those inventions are of practical value, and may not be widely used now, but the future is uncertain.

Lyle suddenly raised his head and said, "Dudu, why don't you leave the task of arson to us?" ”

"Huh?" Zhou Yu frowned.

"Rather than directly attacking and igniting the ship formation north of the Cao army, it is better to wait for the Cao army to cross the river, and the army under the command of the governor to resist head-on," Lyle said with a smile, "--and then our 'Jiangdong Pirates' will make a cameo appearance in the 'Jiangdong Arson Group'!" ”