Almost at the same time that Lu Xun did not report back to Cao, there were sporadic boat shadows on the Baiteng River.

At first, it was only a few, but when Cao Jun was halfway across the river, the number of boats gradually increased.

On this plain where the Baiteng River rushes out, those small boats are as dazzling as stars in the night sky, and everyone realizes that they are the enemy troops who will come to attack them.

The Jiangdong Army really arrived.

"Sure enough, it's a half-crossing."

Cao Wu shook his head, in the era he lived in before, even people who didn't understand military affairs had heard such a sentence, this four-character mantra summed up the victory of many wars, and the truth it contained was also very simple.

When the troops cross the river and cross the river halfway through, it is the time when the whole army is the most slack, and it is also the time when the head and tail cannot take care of each other.

For example, now, 20,000 Cao troops and 15,000 Cangwu soldiers were divided into two halves by the Baiteng River, facing each other across the bank, when the ships from Jiangdong came over, they could easily choose which side to fight, but the other side under Cao Wu's command could only watch.

"It's a pity that the lord has already arrived."

Lu Xun said leisurely, his eyes looked at the boats on the river, this lord, he called his heart happy and convinced.

After several days of searching for the main force of Jiangdong to no avail, Cao Wu made his own judgment.

The Jiangdong Army was not on land at all, and these soldiers, who were the best at water warfare in the world, did not intend to fight a decisive battle with Cao's army on land from the beginning, but somehow wandered on the sea, waiting for the opportunity to hit with one blow.

So, Cao Wu led the army across the river and gave them such an opportunity.

Now it seems that Cao Wu guessed correctly.

Although Lu Xun still didn't understand how the Jiangdong Army relied on these small boats to achieve sea transfers, he could be sure that the Jiangdong Army had taken the bait.

The only thing that can't be determined is whether Zhou Yu knows that this is a trap.

At this time, Cao Wu patted Lu Xun's shoulder and said with a smile: "Beat Zhou Yu, don't be pressured, I always thought that you were no worse than him." ”

One sentence brought Lu Xun back to the battlefield physically and mentally, he knew that Cao Wu saw his worries, and he was also encouraged by Cao Wu's words of encouragement.

"General rest assured, the West Bank is handed over to me!"

Lu Xun solemnly bowed to Cao Wuzuo.

Cao Wu nodded and said, "Okay, then the east coast will be up to me." ”

Strictly speaking, at this time, Lu Xun was not the four heroes of Eastern Wu who burned down the company camp in later generations, but he had already shown an overall view second only to Zhuge Liang and enough agility.

Cao Wu dared to give him power and let him command the west bank of the Baiteng River, which was not only his trust in Lu Xun, but also his trust in those generals on the west bank.

Look at the names of that string, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Li Dian, Huang Zhong, Cao Xiu, there is such a lineup, although the number of people in this battle is not as good as the enemy's, but it is completely fought.

And this was originally a trap he laid for others to drill.

Lu Xun was entangled in whether Zhou Yu knew that this was a trap, but in fact, he had already fallen behind, and Cao Wu didn't care if Zhou Yu knew.

The battlefield involves the whole body, as long as he succeeds in leading the other party into his rhythm, why bother whether he knows it or not.

Many times, it's one thing to know, and it's another thing to be involuntarily.

Seeing Lu Xun who was going to the other side by boat, Cao Wuyi pulled the bridle of the little red horse and said to Wei Yan: "The task on our side is simple, just stick to it." ”

When Wei Yan saw the enemy army appearing, Cao Wu was laughing and laughing, and he himself was proud, and laughed: "General, but look at it!" ”

Although he was arrogant, he knew that he did not have the ability to lead an entire army, but if he was asked to command the forces of a certain army, he could do it.

So he saluted Cao Wuzuo and rode to the troops that Zhang He had assigned to him.

On the shore of Cao Wu, almost all of them were Cangwu soldiers, led by Zhang He, Chen Ying, and Bao Long, plus Wei Yan and Biqiu Jian, and their strength was much weaker than those on the other side.

But he was not afraid, this trick invited you into the urn, what he wanted was to be weaker.

The main attack on the opposite side, he is the main defender here, it depends on how Zhou Yu chooses.

……

On the Baiteng River, Zhou Yu stood on the bow of the boat, squinting at Cao Jun.

As Cao Wu thought, these days, he contacted the Wei Wen troops sent by Sun Quan to support him, and then used Wei Wen's sea ships and ships collected from Jiaozhi to transfer the elite troops to the sea.

He already had 10,000 elites in his hands, and Wei Wen brought another 5,000 people, and these 15,000 people were waiting for the situation on the shore at sea.

When Cao Wu was collecting his information, he was also collecting Cao Wu's.

He learned the approximate number of Cao Wu's army, but it was only more than 30,000 people.

And he received more than 60,000 soldiers from the four counties of Jiaozhi, of which 30,000 were given to Lü Meng to attack Cangwu County to govern Guangxin, and the remaining more than 30,000, plus his own 15,000, is more than 40,000 people, purely in number, he has to overpower Cao's army.

Zhou Yu, who has always fought more with less, has enough troops, and he also has the confidence to annihilate Cao Wu here.

Zhou Yu counted the flags on both sides of the Cao army and calculated the strength of both sides.

"Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Xu Huang are all famous generals, I don't know who these two Huang and Xing are, Huang should be the newly promoted Huang Zhong who is determined by the three arrows."

He mentally analyzed the situation in front of him.

He knew that Cao Wu's crossing of the river was likely to be bait, but he was not afraid, because he had enough to deal with it to break any trap.

But in the selection of opponents, he is still very cautious and has not been selected for a long time.

At this time, Huang Gai walked up from behind and said anxiously: "Governor, we are about to reach the shore, the enemy army is weak on the east coast, let's go fight the east coast!" ”

Zhou Tai came over from the puff and echoed: "Let's destroy one of their troops first!" ”

Zhou Yu nodded, but did not answer the two.

After about ten breaths, he opened his eyes.

"If we don't fight the East Coast, we will fight the West Coast!"

"What?"

The two generals immediately looked at Zhou Yu puzzled, why didn't they fight, but chose the difficult one?