Outside the tent of the Chinese army at the Baqiu Ferry, all the generals were waiting there.

Cheng Pu, Han Dang and Ding Feng are said to be the main generals, but in fact, they are also Sun Ce's only reliance, the twelve tiger ministers of Jiangbiao, the dead are dead, the dug are dug up, and only the two of them are left.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Huo Jun and Zhuge Liang, although there are not many people, they can be regarded as implementing the situation that Uncle Huang has always come, there are few people but they are all very capable of fighting.

Accompanied by Liu Bei and Sun Ce, Cao Cao, who had climbed the stairs, came to the tent, and the generals still bowed their hands very politely and called 'General Cao'.

Cao Cao glanced around after returning the salute, and finally his eyes fell on Guan Yu's body, the feeling of seeing the old man again would make people look a little distracted, his eyes were a little sloppy, and he called in a low voice: "Yun Chang." ”

Cao Cao liked Guan Yu very much, even if he did not capture him back to Xuchang to reflect his high righteousness towards Liu Bei, nor did he have the unparalleled courage of beheading Yan Liang and Wen to solve the siege of the White Horse.

In fact, when he was sour jujube, Cao Cao had always thought about bringing Liu Bei under his command, and a large reason for doing so was because of Guan Yu.

"General Cao, it's been a long time." The last time we met was in Xuchang, and seven or eight years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Guan Yu actually has feelings.

Cao Cao looked at Guan Yu, always feeling that something was wrong, and suddenly reacted, and said in surprise: "Yun Chang, where is your beard?" ”

No wonder I always felt that something was wrong just now, but I couldn't remember it for a while, so I suddenly remembered that in my memory, he was a man who cherished his beard very much, how could he shave his beard, it looked weird and awkward.

Guan Yu's already red face was directly blackened by Cao Cao's question, and his fists clenched and his knuckles gurgled.

"General Cao, please enter the account." Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to play a round, this question was too hurtful.

Cao Cao is also a person with high emotional intelligence, and he can probably think of some things, but he is curious about what kind of man he can shave Guan Yu's beard, Lu Bu, of course he has this ability, but I have the impression that they don't seem to have fought in the past few years.

Could it be Zhao Yun?

Cao Cao is inclined to this possibility, because they met it when they were welcoming the Son of Heaven, Zhao Yun's martial arts are also known as the first person under Lu Bu, Xiao Guancheng killed his own people on his back, it seems that I am not incompetent, even Yun Chang was shaved his beard, so thinking about it, Cao Cao was relieved.

After entering the account, the three parties sat down separately, Cao Cao did not immediately swear sovereignty, more often than not, he was just talking to Liu Bei and Sun Ce about the situation of Lu Lin's army, and would also ask some countermeasures.

He knows too well that he wants others to listen to him, and the most important thing is to show his muscles, and when the boat is close to the ferry, it can be regarded as a show of strength.

But this alone is not enough, when the three parties are aligned, they need to work together, so tacit understanding is indispensable.

Therefore, there will be a period of drills in the future, and the armies of the three parties will go out of the Yangtze River together, on the one hand, to strengthen cooperation, and on the other hand, to make the soldiers more familiar with the battlefield.

For Cao Cao, after fully showing the strength of his naval army, it is more hopeful to let the two of them obey the dispatch, of course, it is best to be able to integrate into his own troops first.

Early the next morning, a fleet was lined up on the side of the Baqiu Ferry, no worse than the Lulin fleet, with the building ships in the center, and the ships, red horses, fighting ships, and sea hooves were clustered.

It's just that the warships on the left and right sides are a little thin, on the left is Sun Cejun, and half of the five thousand sailors have arranged for half of them to sail, and there are seventy or eighty ships together with the warships, Chima and fighting ships.

Liu Beijun on the right only had more than seventy ships, which made Cao Cao couldn't help but scratch his head.

"Xuande, this alliance is a big battle that will decide the life and death of our three families, and the drill is also to improve the tacit understanding of the soldiers one step further, so that they can give Lu Lin a fatal blow at a critical time."

Cao Cao, who was standing by the river, put his hands into his belt and said earnestly: "Sun Bofu only has 5,000 sailors, and it is already very good to be able to incorporate dozens of warships, but Xuande, you have 20,000 or 30,000 sailors, and you only send more than 2,000 people, is this unreasonable?" ”

Cao Cao sighed, he thought that Liu Bei would dispatch seven or eight thousand people no matter what, after all, this is his land, and he can speak more confidently in the alliance with a certain strength.

There were only more than 2,000 people who were killed, and Cao Cao had reason to suspect that Liu Bei was hiding his strength by doing this, but he wanted his people and Sun Ce's people to rush ahead, and he was sitting in the back to reap the benefits of the fisherman, who doesn't know this careful thinking.

It's not surprising that there is a small abacus, after all, the alliance is just a touch of the upper and lower lips, but you can't calculate your own people before the war starts, right?

But the actual situation is that Cao Cao really doesn't know that the Changsha Navy plus the Baqiu Navy is indeed nearly 30,000 people, but the problem is that he only has 70,000 arrows.

If you really send 8,000 people out to practice, then even if you divide all the 70,000 pieces, each person will be less than ten, you must know that the drill is to go to the Yangtze River, and it is possible to encounter the Lu Lin army.

In other words, it is possible to go to war at any time, and it is really no joke that you want the soldiers to be equipped with nine arrows each, and they can point at Liu Bei's nose and scold her mother.

Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao with an embarrassed expression, and stopped talking.

Zhuge Liang on the side said with a smile: "General Cao, don't blame, this is a secret of our army that should not be publicized to the outside world, but General Cao personally inquired and did not dare to conceal it, our army is seriously short of armaments, and there are only 70,000 arrows in the camp, so we can only arm these people for the time being."

But General Cao can rest assured that Changsha, Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang are stepping up supervision, and 200,000 arrows will arrive soon, and it will not affect the big war at that time. ”

Cao Cao glanced sideways at the man standing beside Liu Bei, his eyes were slightly sunken, "Are you Wolong Zhuge Kongming?" ”

"Exactly down there."

Cao Cao nodded, Zhuge Liang, this name he kept in his heart.

In the battle of Fukong Mountain, he and Guo Jia fought wits and courage, one win and one defeat, although he was defeated in the end, but Guo Jia was not defeated, and the plan to retreat was successful, just because Xiahou Yuan insisted on falling into his plan.

Of course, this is enough for Cao Cao Gao to take a look, especially after listening to Zhang He relay the whole process, this person is not under Guo Jia.

I heard that he also advocated for Xiahou Yuan's return after his defeat and capture.

If Xiahou Yuan had been beheaded at that time, in fact, there would not be today's alliance, even if he took care of the overall situation, the Cao family would not be able to tolerate Liu Bei.

This person is Liu Bei's reliance.

"Kong Ming."

Cao Cao sighed, "You and I both know the situation in the four counties of Jingnan in our hearts, 200,000 arrows can be made a long time ago, just after the autumn harvest, there should be enough money and food, but you can't even get together the arrows, the winter tax is only 30% of the autumn, how to supervise the creation of 200,000 arrows." ”

This is true, the winter tax can indeed supervise the manufacture of a batch of ordnance, but it is certainly less than 200,000, and it will not be possible to make it for a while.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei, "Xuande, you don't have enough weapons, I have it." If you believe me, you can first integrate the troops into our army, so that I can also reissue the ordnance logically.

When the enemy is withdrawn, I will return the full amount. ”

This problem, in Cao Cao's opinion, he has no reason to refuse, a force that can't even muster weapons, he doesn't even need to do it, as long as the news is spread, Liu Bei's army will directly civil strife.

There is no ordnance, this is not a joke, no one dares to go to the battlefield at all.

"General Cao, each part has its own habits and tacit understanding, and he rashly pulls the team together, and I am worried that it will be affected by it."

Zhuge Liang calmly explained: "Besides, as mentioned below, the ordnance of the four counties will arrive, General Cao is worried that it will be too late in time, so it doesn't matter, in another eight days, another 200,000 arrows will be sent, so can General Cao rest assured?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help tilting his head to look at Zhuge Liang, "What did you say?" ”

"Eight days, it only takes eight days, and someone will send 200,000 arrows, and then our army and navy will be able to participate in the war!"

It is obviously impossible to produce 200,000 arrows in eight days.

Not to mention the small city of Baqiu, even a political center like Xiangyang City can't do it.

What's more, he is actually very aware of Liu Bei's lack of financial resources.

But looking at Zhuge Liang's calm demeanor in his hand, he felt that this was not like a bluff, especially when he had already tacitly agreed in his heart that he and Guo Fengxiao could be equated, he naturally felt that he still had some special means.

It's just that no matter how high the strategy is, it is also a march and a battle, and it will not be able to conjure up ordnance out of thin air.

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and asked, "What if the ordnance doesn't arrive within eight days?" ”

"If the ordnance does not arrive after eight days, our army will obey General Cao's orders."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and then he looked at Liu Bei, "Xuande, can you take this seriously?" ”

"There is no joke in the army!" For Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei is of course very confident.

If it weren't for him, there would be no self today, Liu Bei never doubted this.

Naturally, he said yes, then he was willing to stud up.

In fact, this way is the best way to get rid of Cao Cao's bullying in the alliance.

"Good! Then please come aboard. Cao Cao made a gesture of please and motioned for Liu Bei to go up first.

Cao Cao, who was walking behind, turned his head and whispered to Fa Zheng who was following behind, "What do you think? ”

"200,000 arrows is not a small number, it is absolutely impossible to do it just by supervising the military department, and I guess that Zhuge Liang's 200,000 arrows should be sent from other places." Fa Zheng, dressed in a brand-new Confucian robe, was cooed by the river wind, twisting his mustache and analyzing it.

"Elsewhere?"

Cao Cao's eyes rolled, "Sun Ce can't protect himself, he can't help at all, where else can he get arrows?" ”

"This verse will not be able to be understood in the next hour and a half." Fa Zheng confessed frankly.

Cao Cao didn't delve into it, just bowed his head slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "Send someone to keep an eye on it, I'm very interested in knowing what he wants to do." ”

"Whoa."

This matter is actually quite entangled in Cao Cao's heart, of course he hopes that Liu Bei's military strength will be stronger, after all, this is playing with his life, but at the same time, he can't even guess Zhuge Liang's intentions, and he will rise up a sense of jealousy for no reason.

Look, it doesn't seem to be a bad outcome for me anyway.

At the end of Xiakou, the rear army has arrived one after another, except for 30,000 people who are monitoring the movements of Xiangyang City in the area of Fancheng, and it is also used to cut off the retreat of Cao, Sun and Liu's coalition army, the other 300,000 troops have all arrived in Xiakou.

As long as the navy is successful, the 300,000 troops can immediately cross the river, without giving them a chance to breathe, and directly annex the various departments in Jingnan.

Of course, the center of gravity is still Yizhou, which is the only place where Cao Cao may give him a chance to counterattack after his defeat, as long as he is blocked out of Yizhou, then this battle is the last battle to recover the world.

Probably, the soldiers actually decided in their hearts that this was the last chance to make military achievements, so they all worked hard, and the generals who came later didn't care if they were landlubbers and climbed onto the warship.

It's a pity, landlubbers are landlubbers, barely useless, except for Zhao Yun, Guo Huai, Gao Shun, Pang De, and a few of them, the others basically couldn't withstand the shaking of the warship, and Ma Chao couldn't bear it, and he couldn't spit upright.

In terms of military generals, it can be confirmed that there are not many people who can participate in water battles, such as Zhao Yun, Guo Huai, Gao Shun, Pang De, Gan Ning, Xu Sheng, and Zhu Huan.

Fortunately, there are only a few of Jiangbiao's twelve tiger ministers left, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the generals of the naval division in Jingzhou, think that Lu Xun and Zhu Huan can also deal with it.

Lin Mo and Jia Xu squatted by the river, looking at those who couldn't stand the shaking of the warship but were still forcing themselves to overcome it, they couldn't help but want to laugh, thinking about military exploits and going crazy.

"Childe, are you looking for me for military affairs?" While the two were talking, Xu Sheng, who was wearing armor, came over and bowed his hands.

Seeing this, Jia Xu stood up, "Then I'll go first." ”

"Thank you, thanks to you this time, otherwise it would have delayed my big event."

After that, Lin Mo beckoned to Xu Sheng and motioned for him to squat over beside him, "Now, you are the only one who still calls me a son." ”

This title always reminded Lin Mo of his days in Pengcheng.

Xu Sheng couldn't change his habits, and Lin Mo didn't deliberately correct him.

"Time flies, I still remember when I recruited you from Dongshi to be a nurse, you would be like a stuffy jar, and now you talk a lot, and you have a bit of a general." Lin Mo picked up the river with one hand and said casually.

Xu Sheng didn't know why Lin Mo was so emotional today, but he knew in his heart that Lin Mo treated him as a family member, so he wouldn't feel that he couldn't see the crisis here, but instinctively echoed: "Isn't that almost going to be with the general?" Fortunately, the general brought out the golden cake, otherwise."

Speaking of this, Lin Mo couldn't help laughing, "Otherwise, our General Xu is afraid that he will be a nurse for the rest of his life, right?" ”

"Actually, I also feel that I was more comfortable with my son than now, but I have fought a few bloody battles with Cao Jun over the years, and it can be regarded as revenge for my family."

Lin Mo turned his head to look at him and nodded, "It's okay to come to you, you're still General Dangkou, right?" ”

"Yes." Xu Sheng nodded.

"It's lower, anyway, we are also people who came out of Pengchenglin's house together, but the most taboo thing for those in charge of the army is that there are distant and close relatives in the trilogy, so your combat exploits can only be accumulated by yourself, and I really don't take enough care of you."

"Where's the word?"

Xu Sheng scratched his head and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the reward of the son, how could I, a mere homeless person, be the general of the imperial court." ”

Although General Dangkou is a miscellaneous general, for Xu Sheng, who was still a nurse at the beginning, this is already a smooth progress.

"Of course it's good that you can be content, but after this battle, I'm afraid it's not so easy for you to earn military merits, so this time, I still decided to favor you a little, at least to ensure that you are the position of a lieutenant general."

Lin Mo looked at the person who had awakened himself and stayed by his old father-in-law's side, and this natural sense of closeness made him very comfortable.

"Childe, but what military affairs do you want to send me?" Xu Sheng smiled, General Zhonglang, that is the real general, how many people have stopped in front of this cross.

Lin Mo didn't answer, just picked up a stick and began to gesture on the ground.

After some analysis, Xu Sheng's eyes flashed, "Hahaha, this thing is fun, this thing is interesting, Son, I will definitely complete the task!" ”

"You don't need to fight for this, but if you succeed, it can severely damage the morale of the enemy's army, and when you finally break the enemy and reward your merits, it can be regarded as a great achievement." Lin Mo threw the stick in his hand and looked ahead.

"Thank you, Childe! I'm going to prepare! Xu Sheng got up excitedly and gave up his hand.

"Go ahead, remember, don't let too many people know."

"The last general understands!"

After that, Xu Sheng threw off his cloak and walked forward with his head held high with his head held high with the steps that his six relatives did not recognize.

This matter has been done, but it is not only a military merit, I am afraid that it can be passed on as a good story in future generations, Xu Sheng knows that a large number of people in the military camp can do such a thing, but in the end it falls on himself, it is of course impossible to say that Lin Mo is not a little favoritic.

But such partiality is not excessive, at least it will not let other generals gossip.

However, there is definitely envy.

Interesting!

(End of chapter)