The evening of Chaisang was quiet, and Sun Quan, who controlled the vast land of Jiangdong, walked along the riverside, and on his right hand was a tall and handsome Confucian general.

This person was dressed in a white robe, with a sharp sword hanging from his waist, and the dark night could not hide the heroic spirit that burst out of his whole body, and even Sun Quan, the master of Jiangdong, was more than an inch shorter by his side, like a servant.

The man looked at the ebb and flow of the dark river, and couldn't help but remember that he had followed a man here many years ago.

At that time, they were young and vigorous, looking down on the heroes of the world, without servant warriors at all, stepping on the night to talk about revenge in their chests, the dung of the world heroes, and laughter could suppress the roar of the river.

The Kesi man is gone, and now he has faded away from the chic and elegant of the past, even if he is dressed in a white robe, he is a little more gloomy and heavy, like a tiger and leopard ambushed in the dark.

Sun Quan looked at the surging river and said with a smile:

"Now Bo Yan should have arrived in Xiakou, and in a few days, I will know that Cao Jun is real and false. Hey, if it weren't for Gong Jin, I really wouldn't dare to compete with Cao Gong. ”

Zhou Yu said humbly:

"The Supreme is serious."

Sun Quan raised his eyebrows, revealing a slight hint of unhappiness, but no one could notice it in the dark night. He smiled heartily, stopped and grabbed Zhou Yu's palm, and sighed:

"What supreme, Zi respects them, just call them. Back then, my mother once said that she regarded Gongjin as her son, and also instructed me to treat you as a brother. ”

Zhou Yu replied humbly:

"The general is the lord of Jiangdong, and Yu doesn't dare to waste the number of courtesies."

Sun Quan was helpless, and could only smile and shake his head, the two continued to stroll along the river, the sound of the wind and the flow of the river continued, the two did not speak for a while, and the entourage behind them vigilantly held torches high to observe the surroundings, illuminating the way forward for the two.

Finally, Sun Quan stopped again.

"When the old thief asked me to hand over the proton, I was already determined to fight him to the end. This time, how many people does Gongjin want? Sun Quan smiled even more kindly.

Sun Quan's methods have to be said to be clever.

Everyone in Jiangdong, including Lu Su, thought that Zhou Yu was still training the navy in Poyang, and Zhang Zhao also believed that he was completely sure that he could control the overall situation. Sun Quan also appropriately showed his fear of Cao Cao, Zhang Zhao transferred Ling Shi from his side, and organized Guan Ping to assault Cao Jun, these things were under Sun Quan's nose, but Sun Quan deliberately pretended not to care, did not care, it seemed that the whole person was living in the fear of being pressed by the army, and there was nothing he could do about these Jiangdong clans.

Sun Quan was able to sit firmly in Jiangdong and gain the support of these Jiangdong clans all thanks to Zhang Zhao, but Zhang Zhao failed this time, and he would have a handle in the hands of Sun Quan in the future, and the mission of the minister who was entrusted with the heavy burden of entrusting Gu was almost completed, and Sun Quan wanted to slowly regain his authority.

Lu Yi is Sun Quan's arrangement, this Jiangdong Confucian has the ability, reputation, and upward ambition, and the most important thing is that the contradiction between him and Sun Quan is not irreconcilable-

Lu Kang, who was forced to death by Sun Ce, was Lu Yi's uncle, this hatred is not too big, Sun Quan can reconcile Ling Tong and Gan Ning, and slightly show kindness to this talent of the Lu family, saying that he will do his best to cultivate him in the future, this talent of the Lu family really admires himself, and even uses the exclusive title invented by Lu Su in his words.

Supreme.

It sounded so comfortable, but Sun Quan knew that he couldn't accept the title yet.

He needs a complete victory in a big battle to prove himself, and Lu Yi, who also needs to prove himself, is the sharp knife he let go.

As long as Cao Cao is defeated, Zhang Zhao will no longer be able to command himself as an elder in the future, and the Jiangdong clan will also be forced to accept the reality and be tightly tied to their own interests.

That's checks and balances.

Zhou Yu's face was calm, and he said eloquently:

"General, you inherited your father's and brother's old business, ruled the six counties, the soldiers were well fed, and the morale of the soldiers was strong. Moreover, casting mountains for copper, boiling the sea for salt, people's hearts are stable, morale is strong, and it can be said that they are invincible. And Cao Cao was a Han Xiang, but he was actually a thief, and he dared to abandon the saddle without destroying Ma Chao and Han Sui, and relied on boats to confront us, which was his own death. ”

"Now that the weather is getting colder, the soldiers of the Central Plains are not accustomed to the water and soil, and they are bound to develop diseases. Although Cao Cao's Central Plains soldiers and horses had more than 100,000, they had been exhausted from a long battle, and the Jingzhou naval army was 70,000 or 80,000, but they were unwilling to surrender.

I only need 50,000 soldiers to win a big victory. ”

Sun Quan frowned, his heart said that 50,000 yuan is almost all his family funds, if he comes out of the nest......

"Let's take a long-term view, let's see how Guan Ping wins or loses."

Zhou Yu showed a hint of disappointment, but he could only nod.

Sun Quan took out a cardboard box from his sleeve and opened it carefully, and in the faint light of the torch, Zhou Yu clearly saw that it was a crystal clear, white jade-like square thing.

"Zijing said, this is the thing that Guan Ping's little boy picked up from the Han River after defeating Cao Chun, this thing is strange and fragrant, quite strange, and Lone has been reluctant to eat it."

Sun Quan said, broke half of the soap, handed it to Zhou Yu, and slowly sent the remaining half to his mouth.

Zhou Yu immediately flew up, snatched it over, and said in horror:

"The origin of this thing is unknown, how can it be eaten indiscriminately, Supreme...... Beware, Supreme. ”

Sun Quan bowed slightly, sighed slightly, and said:

"That's a good point. Hey, it would be nice if the eldest brother could be as cautious as Gongjin. ”

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On the Yangtze River, the huge warships of the Cao army advanced in thousands of sails, and the 30,000 sailors attacked under the command of Cao Ren, the general of the Cao army, with the posture of Mount Tai pressing the top, and began to march towards Xiakou.

Zhang Yun, the titular commander of the navy, had long since lost the spirit of his expedition, and he stood in the cabin and walked around blankly, full of anxiety about the battle that seemed to be a must-win battle.

For no other reason, although their forces had far surpassed Liu Beijun's, the commander Cao Ren had no experience in commanding naval armies.

Zhang Yun thought that he was not a master of water warfare, but Cao Ren's command was extremely clumsy in front of him - for example, Cao Ren actually used the tactics of commanding infantry to order Cao's big ships to move closer and move forward in formation.

When this order was given, the Jingzhou Navy couldn't believe their ears.

They are big ships, and they are still moving downstream, it is obvious that they should use fighting ships to look for traces of the enemy in front, and large ships such as warships that are specially designed to ram followed, and when they found traces of the enemy, they dispersed their ships, rammed with the enemy and then launched a melee battle, and then the small boats surrounded them, trying to board the ships from all over to launch an attack - Xu Shu also emphasized in his tactics that he should give full play to the advantages of more ships, and even spread the surface of the Yangtze River as much as possible, so that he could detect the enemy's movements in time, At the beginning of the war, the enemy did not dare to rush into our army at will to attack the commander's ship.

In this way, we can show the advantages of many ships and large ships, can the opposite side still shoot and sink the ship directly like a flat battle?

But Cao Ren and his soldiers just don't think so - what kind of thing is Xu Shu, a stinky person really treats himself as a character, won't he fight if he doesn't listen to him?

One more thing to say, by the way.

Cao Ren is Cao Chun's brother.

So Cao Ren ordered all the big ships to assemble, and from a distance, Cao Jun's naval brigade looked like a giant island floating in the Yangtze River, looking extremely powerful and majestic, and it was indeed terrifying.

But!

Cao Ren didn't know that the boat suction effect existed, let alone the Bernoulli equation, because the water flow speed between the big ship and the big ship was slow, but it would not collide with each other for a while and a half, but many of the more than 30,000 people drove the small boat (walking), because the distance was too close to collide together, many people were hit and fell directly from the boat into the water, happy Cao Ren laughed, saying that Jingzhou's navy was nothing more than that.

What's going on......

I hope that Liu Beijun's whole army will shrink in Xiakou, and if we wait for a water war, I am afraid that we will suffer a big loss.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Yun had the courage to ask to see Cao Ren, and asked Cao Ren to listen to Xu Shu's advice.

But when Cao Ren's personal guard leader heard this, he immediately snorted disdainfully, and glanced at Zhang Yun again, meaning to let him give some benefits.

But Zhang Yun was anxious now, and he didn't understand this hint at all, and the face of the leader of the guards suddenly became cloudy, and he sneered:

"What is Xu Shu? My general crisscrosses the north and the south, and no one knows more about water warfare than him, so you just have to drive the boat well. ”

The leader of the guards had a philistine look on his face, which made Zhang Yun quite annoyed, and he was about to argue again, when he suddenly heard a soldier shouting in surprise:

"There's a boat, there's a boat ahead!"