Let's say that when Cao Cao heard Pang Statistics' strategy, his face changed abruptly: "I have fought all the way to this point, but if I want to retreat without a fight, won't I give up all my efforts?" ”

Pang Tong said: "What I just said is a life-saving policy. There is another way to make the naval forces of the north and south free of disease and to succeed in peace. ”

Cao Cao asked again and again, and Pang Tongcai said: "If the big ships and small boats are matched with each other, or thirty or fifty in a row, the end is chained with iron rings, and the top is covered with wide boards. Then connect the rows with iron cables to become one, not only people can walk, horses can also walk. In this way, the ship can stabilize the water surface, and can move freely, reduce turbulence, and use the strength of land warfare to make up for the shortcomings of water warfare, and let the wind and waves blow, what is there to fear! ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and thanked him again: "Sir's plan is indeed a good strategy to break the enemy." ”

Pang Tong said: "If you are foolish, you hope that the prime minister will judge himself." I know that Jiang Zuo Haojie, who took refuge, was not reused because of Zhou Yu's narrow measurements, and there were many complainers. I am willing to be a lobbyist, with a three-inch tongue, or say that it will come down, or persuade it to be an internal response. At that time, Zhou Yu will be isolated and helpless, and he will be captured by the prime minister, and Jiangdong can be broken. ”

Cao Cao said: "If Jiangdong is broken and the world is unified, Mr. will make a lot of contributions." I will invite the Son of Heaven and be named among the three princes. ”

Pang Tong said: "I am not for wealth, I only want to dominate the world and the people are peaceful." But I hope that the prime minister will cross the river, and do not kill innocents indiscriminately. ”

Cao Cao said: "I do the right thing for heaven, put the people first, and endure and kill indiscriminately. ”

Pang Tong asked for the inscription, saying that it was to save his family and persuade the lives of those who responded.

Cao Cao immediately ordered to write a list and deliver it to Pang Tong, and Pang Tong thanked him and said: "Don't go back and march quickly, don't make Zhou Lang conscious." ”

Cao Cao sent Pang Tong back, and immediately issued an order, ordering the blacksmiths in the army to build a chain of big nails overnight, lock the boat, lay a wide board, and connect the iron cables.

Besides, Pang Tong said goodbye to Cao Cao, came to the riverside, and was about to get off the boat, but was pulled by Xu Shu, who was walking alone by the river: "Good you Shiyuan, you are so bold and vicious." Huang Gai used bitter meat tricks, Kan Ze deceitful and surrendered the book, and now you come to offer a serial scheme, lest Cao Jun be burned inexhaustibly. This kind of vicious scheme can only be concealed from Cao Cao, who is eager to achieve success and is in a hurry, how can he hide it from me? ”

Pang Tong saw that it was Xu Shu: "As Kong Ming expected." Kong Ming and you and I are classmates and friends, how can we hide from each other? When Kong Ming came, he also taught me to set up a plan for Yuan Zhi to get out. ”

Xu Shu said: "Under the nest, Ann has finished eggs? It's a pity that more than 200,000 military horses here will be killed in the sea of fire in an instant. ”

Pang Tong said: "You and I both know that war is so cruel, either you die or I live, and we can't stop it." It's just that Yuan Zhi should decide on a plan to get out early. ”

Xu Shu said: "Cao Cao is thirsty for talent, but he just forced my mother to death, this hatred is difficult to eliminate, and he swears not to set up a plan for him." Since I have followed the army here, when the army is defeated, there is no distinction between jade and stone, and it is inevitable that this will be difficult. Kong Ming has a plan for me to get out, but I don't know what the clever plan is? ”

Pang Tong said: "Yuan Zhi is so far-sighted and has his own plan to get out, why bother asking me? ”

Xu Shu feigned anger: "The matter has come to this point, and I still sell Guanzi." You and I will see the prime minister together, and we will make things clear. ”

Pang Tong hurriedly said: "Yuan Zhixiu is strange. Cao Cao's expedition, what are your worries? ”

Xu Shu had an epiphany: "Thank you Shiyuan for your order." Then he said goodbye to Pang Tong and returned to the village.

Pang Tong said goodbye to Xu Shu, got off the boat and returned.

Xu Shu returned to the village, and that night the secret envoy was close to the rumors of the villages, saying that Xiliang Han Sui and Ma Teng rebelled, and took advantage of the false killing to run to Xudu.

The next day, groups of three or five in the army exchanged heads and ears, telling each other and panicking.

A detective had already reported to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was shocked, and hurriedly gathered the crowd to discuss: "I led the army to the south, and I was worried about Han Sui and Ma Teng. In the case of the edict of the cloth belt, although the mastermind Dong Cheng was killed, Liu Bei was chased to this point, but Ma Tenghu was in Xiliang, and it was finally a trouble in his heart. There are rumors in the army, although they have not distinguished the truth from the false, they must not be guarded against. ”

During the discussion, Xu Shu saw and said: "Yuan Zhicheng was included by the prime minister, and he hated to repay his merits. Hearing that the soldiers and horses of Xiliang wanted to attack Xudu, they asked 3,000 men and horses to go to Sanguan to guard the pass, and if there was an emergency, they would report again. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed: "If Yuan is willing to go, I don't have to worry about it!" Above the scattered passes, there are also soldiers, who are directly under the command of the Yuan. Today, 3,000 horse infantry troops are allocated, and Zang Ba is the vanguard, and he will go to the starry night, and he must not be delayed. ”

Xu Shu resigned from Cao Cao, and led 3,000 soldiers and horses with Zang Ba to gallop to Sanguan (now Baoji South, Shaanxi).

Since Cao Cao sent Xu Shu and Zang Ba to go, he felt a little calmer, and he was able to calm down and seek Jiangdong with one heart and one mind.

This day is the 13th year of Jian'an (208) November 15, the weather is sunny, the wind and waves are calm, Cao Cao first looks at the dry village along the river, the second time to see the water village, and then takes a big boat in the center, on the construction of the "handsome" word flag, both sides are listed in the water village, the ship ambushes the bow and crossbow thousands. Cao Cao stood on the boat and looked around, and saw that the warships were locked into rows, and the rows of iron cables were connected, and the rows were connected to the river, and the flags and horns were all in order, and the men and horses were walking on the ground as if they were walking on the ground, and the soldiers on the ship were all happy and happy. Cao Cao rose: "Set up wine and enjoy it on the big boat, I want to meet the generals tonight." ”

The sky is late, the moon shines on the river, and it is as bright as the white sun. The Yangtze River area, such as Heng Su Lian. Cao Cao sat on the big boat, and there were hundreds of attendants on the left and right, all dressed in brocade and embroidered jackets, and He Ge held a halberd. The civil and military officials sat down in turn.

Cao Cao looked at the realm of Chaisang in the east, the river in Xiakou in the west, Fan Mountain in the south, and Wulin in the north. Today, with millions of heroes, and relying on the lives of the public, why can't you unify the world! After the subjugation of Jiangnan, there will be nothing in the world, and the people will live in peace. ”

Both civil and military thanked him and said: "I wish to play a triumphant song early!" We rely on the prime minister's blessing for the rest of our lives. ”

Wang Cang made a toast to Cao Cao: "When Yuan Shao rose to Hebei, he relied on many soldiers and generals, aiming to seize the world, but although he cherished the talents, he could not reuse them, so those strange men eventually left him. Liu Biao is in Jingchu, calm, sitting and watching the times, thinking that he can imitate King Wen of Zhou. Those wise men who took refuge in Jingzhou were all heroes in the sea, but Liu Biao was not good at appointing them, and as a result, there was no one to assist him when he was in danger. When the Ming Dynasty decided Jizhou, he was busy rectifying the army in Jizhou at the beginning of getting off the bus, and included the local heroes to make the best use of them, so they could dominate the world. When Jiang and Han are pacified, and the sages and talents in this area are recruited to occupy their respective positions, so that the world will return to the heart, the wind will be attached, the civil and military forces will be used together, and the heroes will do their best, these are all things that the founding monarchs of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties can do! ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed: "Zhong Xuanwen is outstanding, and the poems he writes, narrative, depiction, and lyricism, after reading, he seems to have experienced it personally, and he is intimate with him." "Ascending the Tower", from the scene to the love, the scene is blended, and it is popular. When the world is set, I will gather the talents of the world in Tongquetai, show their talents, and highlight literature. "After saying that, he drank it all, and ordered the wine to be left and right.

Drinking until midnight, Cao Cao was drunk and guided the shore from afar: "Zhou Yu and Lu Su, they want to rely on the dangerous geographical advantages of the river to split the territory and dominate one side, but they really don't know the time!" He also pointed to Xia Kou: "Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, trying to use the Han clan relatives, pretending to trust people, acting perversely, and vainly trying to restore the Liu family's world, which has long been spurned by the people, really don't know what the people in the world want." After saying that, he laughed, but took the lance to stand on the bow of the ship, laid it in the river with wine, drank the three lords, and said to everyone: "I should respond to the heavens, and obey the will of the people, and hold this lance to bravely fight against Dong Zhuo, capture Lu Bu, destroy Yuan Shu, collect Yuan Shao, go deep into Saibei, reach Liaodong, and dominate the world, quite worthy of the ambition of the husband." Today, there is great generosity in this situation. I will be a song, and you will be with it. Everyone cheered.

Cao Cao's bow was crossed, facing the rolling river, looking up at the bright full moon, drunken singing:

"When you sing about wine, life is geometric: like morning dew, there is a lot of bitterness in the past.

Be generous, and worry is unforgettable; How to solve the worries, only Du Kang.

Qingqing Zijin, leisurely my heart; But for the sake of the king, he has been groaning so far.

Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild apples; I have guests, drummers and shengs.

Bright as the moon, when can I drop out? Worries come from it, and you can't cut it off!

The more strange it is, the more vain it exists; Qi Kuo talks about the feast, thinking of the old grace.

The moon stars are scarce, and the black magpie flies south; Three turns around the tree, no branches to follow.

The mountains are not tired of being high, and the water is not tired of being deep: Zhou Gong spits and feeds, and the world returns to the heart. ”

Cao Cao's masterpiece "Short Song Xing" first expresses the deep sigh of the passage of time and the unsuccessful achievements, and then expresses the love and thirst for talents through the description of the guests who miss the talents and banquets, and then shows the grand ambition of recruiting talents to complete the great cause of reunification.

After a few low rounds, the whole poem makes people feel that the poet is stirring a kind of undulating mood and an impassioned mood in the deep melancholy, which vividly shows the poet's feelings about the difficulty of making contributions in the chaotic reality, and shows his ambition to unify the world and his tenacious spirit of struggle and enterprising spirit through high artistic achievements. Exactly: the external martial arts dominate the world, and the internal literary innovation style. If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.