Chengdu.

The news of Cao Cao's request for help has been sent to Liu Bei.

Seeing Yang Zhao attacking Cao Cao again, Liu Bei felt that a sense of crisis was coming to him, if Cao Cao was defeated, he could predict that the next person to be beaten would be himself.

Liu Bei had to gather everyone together and ask what should be done.

"Yang Zhao is only attacking Cao Cao now, it's too late."

Fa Zheng groaned and said, "If there is no invasion of the Xianbei people, I am afraid that Cao Cao will almost be gone." ”

Xu Shu said: "Cao Cao is gone, so the next one will be our turn, how can this be good?" ”

"Cao Cao is asking us to come out of the battle to support?"

Pang Tong asked.

Liu Bei spread out the news sent by Cao Cao: "That's right, Cao Cao has this intention." The military advisor thinks, should we go to war to help Cao Cao? If we don't help, he loses, and we have to face Yang Zhao alone, and if we help, it will be to sabotage the peace agreement between us and Yang Zhao. ”

After all, when they were in Hanzhong, they sued for peace once, and if they sent troops to Yang Zhao now, it would be equivalent to tearing up the peace agreement, which was also very serious.

"I think troops should be sent to help Cao Cao fight Yang Zhao."

Fa Zheng said helplessly: "We and Cao Cao are secretly allies, we can't watch him face Yang Zhao alone and do nothing, this battle will start sooner or later, it is better to concentrate the strength of our two families and fight together!" ”

Liu Bei asked worriedly: "What does the military advisor think?" ”

Pang Tong said: "Fa Xiaozhi is right, this battle must be fought, and we must fight with Cao Cao, and we will fight a water war with Yang Zhao." ”

Xu Shu shook his head slightly and said: "Even if it is a water war, we are not necessarily Yang Zhao's opponents, when we first fought Yuan Shu, Yang Zhao's sailor, in the Yangtze River, showed his might, his strength is very strong, not to be underestimated!" ”

Pang Tong analyzed: "But in the land war, we can't win. The advantage of water warfare, we are not bad, fight a water battle, there is still a fifty percent chance, and a land war may not even have thirty percent. ”

It's not that they haven't tried, fighting with Yang Zhao on land.

When they attacked Guanzhong, Yang Zhao was not present, and they were hanged and beaten by Yang Zhao's subordinates, and this incident is vivid.

Liu Bei felt very helpless, he shouldn't fight for the world.

I really don't have this strength.

But if he wants to give up everything now and defect to Yang Zhao, he is unwilling.

"How we fight and how we fight, it will be arranged by the military division."

Liu Bei considered the end and agreed to send troops to fight.

Yang Zhao is also forcing him to fight!

Pang Tong said: "The lord first asked people to tell Cao Cao that we are willing to fight, as for how to fight, I have to think about it." ”

It is not an easy thing to meet Yang Zhao on the battlefield, in fact, Pang Tong does not have much confidence, after all, Yang Zhao is ridiculously powerful, and there are many strategists around him, and they are far from being comparable.

"Then it's all up to the military advisor!"

Liu Bei said solemnly.

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Yang Zhao went south, and when he came to Wancheng, he saw wolf smoke rising in the city, and all the people stationed in the city ran away, and they easily opened the city gate to go inside, and only the panicked people were left in the city.

Not long ago, Wancheng changed hands and was defeated by Yang Zhao, who later evacuated and Cao Cao recovered.

It didn't take long for Wancheng to be taken down by Yang Zhao again.

The people of the city had been scared several times, and now they were afraid.

They are just ordinary people, and they don't have much opinion about who wants to be the master of the world, as long as they can give themselves a bite to eat.

But what they fear is killing.

Whoever wants to be the master in troubled times has to go through a series of killings.

Yang Zhao didn't do anything to the people in the city, and after entering the city, he ordered to appease the people, seal the warehouse, control the armament, and so on.

"Cao Cao will really give up Wancheng."

Xun You looked at the city and said, "Even the people in the city have not been taken away. ”

Jia Xu said: "There are not many guards in the city, and when they see us coming, they will run away after burning the wolf smoke, and they can't take the people away, but then in Xinye, there should be Cao Cao's army to resist us." ”

Zhuge Liang said with confidence: "All armies, in the face of our absolute strength, are nothing more than this. ”

Yang Zhao said with a smile: "Kong Ming is right, leave two thousand people stationed in Wancheng, and then put the grain and grass sent from Sizhou and Yuzhou in Wancheng temporarily, to ensure the smooth access of our back road, the supply will not be affected, tidy up overnight, and set off to Xinye tomorrow to have a look." ”

It was the same night.

In the sky, a light rain fell.

Although the rain was not heavy, it quickly wet the ground.

Zhou Yu said: "The rainy season, which we are most worried about, is still here. ”

Yang Zhao and the others were also outside, looking at the falling rain.

"It's not raining much right now, but after a while, it's going to rain heavily, which is still quite troublesome."

Sun Quan said.

Yang Zhao stretched out his hand, caught the dripping rain, and said: "Tomorrow march as soon as possible, before the heavy rain falls, hit the northern part of Xiangyang, our firearms, of course, will be affected in the rain, but not very big." ”

These firearms are not suitable for shooting in the rain.

But the artillery can be fixed and a rain shelter can be built to ensure that the barrel is dry, and the enemy can be bombarded.

The ammunition they use now has long gotten rid of the low-end way of combining gunpowder and iron bullets.

As long as it is not like when it is cold and snowy in Liaodong, the barrel and barrel of the gun are cold.

At present, Ma Jun and they have not yet developed a weapon that can ignore all kinds of climatic conditions.

Zhou Yu said: "Once the heavy rain falls, the rivers rise, and the Jingzhou River network is dense, our warships can enter through the Yangtze River, but not necessarily every tributary in the Yangtze River. ”

This is indeed the case.

Gan Ning and them had already set off in Lujiang.

However, for the time being, he did not pass through the Yangtze River, and did not go deep into the interior to meet Yang Zhao.

Although there are many river networks, not all tributaries are suitable for navigable warships, and if they can't be connected, there will still be trouble.

Yang Zhao said: "Gong Jin's reminder is reasonable, pass the order, when camping, make as many rafts as possible, and carry them on the road, in case you can use them." ”

The soldiers listened to the order and hurried into action.

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"It's raining!"

Xi Zhong looked at the rain outside, and said with some excitement: "Yang Zhao's subordinates, most of them are northerners, and the rainy season in the south can make them very uncomfortable and can bring us opportunities." ”

The rain in Xinye is heavier than that in Wancheng.

The ground has converged into a current.

Ma Liang said on the side: "But if it rains, it is also not good for us, and the gunpowder is easy to be wet by the rain." ”

Xi Zhong said: "Do a good job of waterproofing, and then make a rain shelter!" When it rains, the climate will change, and the northerners around Yang Zhao, once they don't adapt to the new climate, they will be easy to adapt to the soil and water, and even cause epidemics, maybe this is one of the few opportunities we have. ”

In the rain, he was ecstatic in his heart, and said: "When it rains, whether it is grain and grass, or the transportation of materials, it is much more difficult than usual, we can wait for work, haha......"