The five groups of cavalry have new equipment, and their ability to obtain intelligence has increased exponentially.

In just a few days, important information has been transmitted back one after another, and Long Xiang and Lu Su often discuss this in the school governor's mansion.

The grain ships heading south from the Central Plains continued to gather in Shaobei, and some of the grain ships had gone up against the water;

Xiahou Yuan gathered in Lu'an to rest, and actually marched to Hefei with great fanfare, but disappeared when he reached Zipeng Mountain;

The troops who went north from Shu County to threaten to attack Hefei turned west before approaching Zhang Liao's camp and disappeared in Zipeng Mountain.

Pile by pile, Cao Jun gathered in Hefei on the surface, but in fact, Chen Cang disappeared in Zipeng Mountain, it is obvious that Cao Cao set Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, and Hefei is also a pawn in this conspiracy.

Is this Boss Cao's strength?

Long Xiang didn't have time to sigh, pointed to the table map and asked Lu Su:

"Cao Cao made a big move, did Wu Jing's fleet move? Chen Wu should have also found it. ”

"Those hundreds of warships are still parked in the upper reaches of the water, and after Chen Wu rushed to converge, he increased scouts to investigate, and there is no action yet."

"Wu Jing is not a reckless man, he will not act rashly if he is not sure of nine out of ten, Cao Cao put on such a big battle, and in the end he will be embarrassed if he has no gain."

Long Xiang frowned and shook his head slightly, and then asked again: "Now that the Jiangdong warships in Huainan are concentrated in the two places, what exactly does the Cao thief plan to plot against Wu Jing in the water?" Or Sun Quan and Zhou Yu of Chaohu? ”

Lu Su looked solemn and analyzed:

"Maybe it's both, Xiahou Yuan in the north suddenly changed the grain route, and he should want to use grain ships to introduce Wu Jing into the water, and then use hundreds of miles of water to break the enemy;

As for how Cao Cao dealt with the Jiangdong naval army in Chaohu, we can't guess just by guessing because we can't detect useful information, Cao Cao sitting in Shu County can already explain the problem, if only there were more clairvoyant mirrors"

"Huh." Long Xiang smiled lightly, shook his head and said: "No matter how many clairvoyant mirrors there are, Chaohu Lake and the south of the Lujiang River are covered by Sun Cao's two ranger sentinels, and our reconnaissance cavalry can't enter at all."

"Yes."

Lu Su nodded: "Since we have calculated Cao Cao's plot to the north, should we send someone to warn Wu Jing?" After all, now Cao is strong and Sun is weak, if they don't help Sun Quan at this time, if Cao Cao's plan succeeds, Jiangdong's losses will be immeasurable, and if they withdraw from Huainan, it will be difficult to contain Hefei alone."

Long Xiang was stunned when he heard this, and responded coldly: "You want me to help Sun Quan?" Zijing forgot Chen Wu? They're not good birds."

"Whatever the hell you are."

Lu Su smiled and asked rhetorically: "Didn't you say that you want to use Sun Quan to contain Cao Cao, so as to create opportunities for Uncle Liu Huang?" ”

"That's what I said, and that's the plan."

Long Xiang pinched the bridge of his nose halfway through his words, he didn't have a good impression of Sun Quan in his heart, and after thinking for a while, he continued to add: "The situation is unclear now, it's better not to do it easily, the result I want is a lose-lose situation, not a big victory for one side and a fiasco."

Lu Su responded with a wry smile: "Let Sun Cao lose both? The results you want are too ideal, and it's too hard to achieve."

"It's hard to think about it." Long Xiang smiled open-mindedly, changed the topic and asked, "You said that Cao Thief's bait in Shaobi is true or false?" Is it because of the fake grain ship, so Wu Jingcai was not fooled? ”

Lu Su frowned and muttered: "Cao Cao is a master of soldiers after all, who can tell if it's true or false?" I think even if there is a fake, it can't be all fake, after all, the army in Lujiang has a need for soldiers' food, and the Jiangdong generals have a stronger understanding of the ship, and the draft of the grain ship can be seen at a glance to know the truth or falsehood, if you use an empty boat or load stones, you should not be able to hide Wu Jing."

When Long Xiang heard this, he suddenly had an idea, and said: "As the so-called heavy reward has a brave man, Cao Cao wants to lead the veteran Wu Jing into the trap, so he must give an irresistible temptation, like the bait that can change the battle situation in Guandu Wuchao, and the military food that can make Wu Jing's heart flutter." ”

"And then?" Lu Su asked curiously.

Long Xiang smiled mysteriously and asked rhetorically: "Does Zijing know the allusion of 'the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind'?" ”

"Well, this canon is from "Zhuangzi Shanmu". Halfway through Lu Su's answer, he suddenly thought of Long Xiang's intentions, so he asked anxiously, "Yunqi wants to be a yellow bird?" ”

"Hey, hey, yes."

Lu Su smiled at Long Xiang, shook his head worriedly, and analyzed:

"If Sun Quan is compared to a cicada and Cao Cao is compared to a praying mantis, but our yellow finch in Hefei is probably a smaller chick than the two, and it may not be able to succeed and be injured."

"Anything is possible, it just depends on how it works."

Long Xiang's expression was solemn, and he said: "Now with the help of the clairvoyant mirror, even if it can't be done in the end, it is still possible to avoid risks." ”

Lu Su continued to remind: "One thing you don't forget, in the future, the war on the water will be a war of tens of thousands of people, and the old and new cities of Hefei will only have more than 10,000 soldiers if they count the craftsman battalions. ”

Long Xiang hurriedly corrected: "Zijing didn't understand my true intentions, and I didn't plan to transfer too many people to be Yellow Sparrows, and the purpose was not to destroy Sun Cao's army, but to burn those ships and food, so more than a thousand people were enough." ”

"Burning the ship? Burning grain? ”

Lu Su pondered for a while, it seemed to be a feasible way.

Whether it was Jiangdong's warships or Cao Cao's Cao transport ships, the large number of them burned must have affected the direction of the war and weakened the strength of the two families in disguise.

Thinking of this, Lu Su's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Tell me how to implement it." ”

Long Xiang pointed to the map and said: "The water stretches for hundreds of miles, is the largest tributary of Huainan to Huaishui, Cao Cao wants to defeat Wu Jing on the water, he will inevitably lay a trap in a certain section of water, that is, to trap the fleet in Jiangdong, and then use bows and arrows, fire attacks, etc., to force the soldiers of Jiangdong to abandon the boat and jump into the water, and then the Cao army will encircle and intercept along the coast, and finally be able to win a big victory." ”

Lu Su nodded: "I also thought of this, the key is what our yellow finch does?" ”

On the battle map, various colored wooden blocks were used as bargaining chips to refer to the military strength of various forces, and Long Xiang placed the red wooden blocks representing Hefei in the upper reaches of the Cao army, which represented the blue, before making an explanation.

"Cao Cao used the grain ship as bait to lead the Jiangdong warship, in order to block the way to the grain ship must also be stranded in the water, and when Sun Cao is in the water in full battle, the grain ship garrison as a bait must be empty, then the yellow bird can take firewood, tung oil, first burn Cao's army grain ship and then burn the Jiangdong warship, and escape into the western mountains after fishing in troubled waters."

"A good plan is a good plan, but it is very difficult to implement."

Seeing that Lu Su was frowning, Long Xiang smiled and explained: "Whether this plan can be achieved or not, the key is that the intelligence is accurate, and it is necessary to grasp the ambush point of the Cao army in advance, fortunately, now with the help of the clairmile mirror, it should be much easier to obtain information, as for burning the ship and finally escaping, I already have a competent candidate in my heart." ”

(End of chapter)