It is said that Liu Bei's army marched slowly and reached the east bank of the Phoenix River at sunset.
Looking across the river, a camp has been set up on the west bank. There is a big flag on the camp with the word "Sun" written on it. It is Sun Ce's army.
Zhao Chen reined in his horse and looked over, seeing a camp on the other side of the Yishui River, starting from the mouth of Fanliang Lake in the north and extending several hundred meters to the south. There are blocking trees on the outside of the village, with pointed and long heads. There is an entrance and exit every tens of meters, and many warships are lined up in sequence.
"Sun Boxu and Zhou Gongjin are indeed familiar with water warfare."
"Who is this Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin who deserves such attention from Houde?"
Liu Bei was a little confused. He didn't even praise Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling or Zhao Chen, but he kept talking about Zhou Yu and seemed to attach great importance to him.
But currently, Zhou Yu is not as famous as Ji Ling.
Only then did Zhao Chen remember that Zhou Yu was not yet famous at this time.
In the first year of Xingping, Zhou Yu only followed his father Zhou Shang to Danyang. In the same year, Sun Ce gained absolute command in Liyang, succeeding Wu Jing and Sun Bi. The Zhou family chose to cooperate with Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu sneaked into Sun Ce's military camp. The two were extremely happy to meet each other. Later, Zhou Yu used his intelligence to help Sun Ce capture Danglikou where Zhang Ying was stationed and Hengjiangjin where Fan Neng was stationed.
Maybe everyone doesn't understand how difficult it is to defeat Danglikou and Hengjiangjin. That year, Wu Jing and Sun Ben spent more than a year without defeating them. The defense line established by Liu Yao at Hengjiangjin at that time was centered on Niuzhu, which has a dangerous terrain, and continuously supplied Fan Neng, Hengjiangjin and Zhang Yingdang Likou in the center of the river. The latter two serve as each other's horns to protect Niuzhu, forming a trinity defense system. Ordinary water battles cannot be shaken at all.
Zhou Yu relied on his thorough knowledge of the terrain and super resourcefulness to win this battle in a short time, which directly led to Liu Yao's successive defeats in the later period.
This was also the first battle where Zhou Yu became famous.
It was normal for Liu Bei and others not to know. When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu went rampant in Jiangdong later, they would know how powerful Zhou Yu was.
Zhao Chen pointed to the camp on the other side of the river and replied: "My lord, the person who can set up such a camp is not an ordinary person. Zhou Yu is best at water warfare, and in the future he will be the god who has dominated Jiangdong for ten years."
"Oh?" Liu Bei narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "So what if Zhou Gongjin is more virtuous than him?"
Zhao Chen laughed loudly. Every lord was the same. When he saw a powerful counselor, he would compare them with each other. If one's own family is powerful, they will naturally be proud of it; if someone else's family is powerful, they will all be salivating.
In modern times, Zhao Chen would definitely tell Liu Bei that Zhou Yu was one of the most resourceful people during the Three Kingdoms period. Now that I have traveled through time, naturally I am the most powerful.
"My lord, I am Zhao Chen, and my courtesy name is Hou De. A person with high virtue is capable of fighting on foot, by water, by chariot, by horse, by day, and by night. All of them are excellent. A child from the south of the Yangtze River has a saying: "Fighting on the road" Rao Zijing is the gatekeeper, and Zhou Lang is the one who fights on the water near the river. Zhou Gongjin only knows how to fight on the water, but he cannot do other methods of warfare."
Sorry, since Liu Bei asked, Zhao Chen mentioned Zhuge Liang's evaluation of Zhou Yu in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to reassure Liu Bei.
After hearing this, Liu Bei smiled knowingly: "Then it depends on the military advisor."
The two chatted for a while, and Guan Yu and Chen Dao on the side commanded the army to set up camp on the spot.
While talking, the water village opposite slowly opened, and a small boat came with the waves.
There were only three people in the boat, one was holding the boat and two were standing.
One of the two standing men is wearing a white cloth shirt and armor, with a gentleman's sword on his waist and a feather fan in his hand.
The feather fan flapped slightly, and the river breeze blew through the man's hair, revealing a handsome face.
Zhao Chen had already guessed that this person was Zhou Yu.
The other man has a heroic appearance, a heroic face, a sword in his hand, wearing silver armor and a red wind on his shoulders, and his eyes are bright. No need to ask, this man is Sun Ce.
Zhao Chen secretly screamed, "Oh no, Zhou Yu is so handsome, a typical handsome man, but he is actually more handsome than me!"
No wonder Xiao Qiao fell in love with Zhou Yu. With his appearance and talent, he could capture the hearts of young ladies wherever he went, not to mention that this guy was the second in command in Jiangdong.
Zhao Chen muttered in a low voice: "If you are more talented than me, I can learn from you, but if you are more handsome than me, that won't work. It will seriously affect my ability to swallow up the world."
If Liu Bei hears Zhao Chen's thoughts, he will definitely vomit blood. How can there be any military advisor who is not as clever as his appearance?
Liu Bei and Zhao Chen saw Jiang Zhongli and took a few steps towards the river.
When Sun Ce saw this, he shouted from across the river: "With your big ears and shoulders, your hands above your knees, you are Liu Xuande, right? I am Sun Ce!"
Liu Bei immediately said angrily: "This person is very rude!"
Zhao Chen was also a little surprised. Historically, Sun Ce was the little overlord of Jiangdong, but he was kind to the people. Although the Sun family advocated force, it was a big family after all. They came and went from officialdom. They still knew basic etiquette. Otherwise, how could they be in officialdom? How do you attract so many heroes and heroes to follow you?
The only explanation for Sun Ce's rudeness at this moment is that he did it on purpose, just to anger Liu Bei so that he could find a flaw in it.
Looking at Zhou Yu who was calm on the side, Zhao Chen already understood that before the two armies fought, the battle between the counselors had already begun.
Zhao Chen calmly reminded Liu Bei: "My lord, please calm down. Sun Ce did this deliberately, just to anger my lord and to lure our army into a hasty attack."
After listening to Zhao Chen's explanation, Liu Bei felt relieved.
"I almost got into trouble with them, thank you for the reminder."
Then Liu Bei adjusted his mentality and shouted from a distance: "Bo Fuxian's nephew came across the river hundreds of miles away. Today he set up camp here to block my way. What do you want?"
Zhou Yu was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that Liu Bei was so powerful and ignored his methods of provoking the generals.
He then gave Sun Ce a wink. He couldn't give up such a good opportunity.
Sun Ce understood and said: "I came here to tell you, go back. This is not the place you should come to, and you have no ability to come to this place."
Liu Bei remained unmoved and replied: "Nephew Bo Fuxian's words are wrong. Taozhou Mu asked me before his death to guard Xuzhou. Guangling County is within the scope of Xuzhou. It is reasonable for me to take Guangling and comply with the voice of the people. Why did my wise nephew say this?"
Liu Bei remained motionless as a mountain, letting Sun Ce's breeze caress the hilltop, which made Sun Ce a little impatient.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's just leave it here, I will beat anyone who dares to touch Guangling!"
Zhao Chen thought to himself, how could Sun Ce be the coach? He was clearly a gangster.
Now that the effect has been achieved, Zhao Chen no longer hid, and shouted to Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, you and I are both counselors. You all know what we are saying across the river today, so why not open the skylight and speak openly."
Zhou Yu was slightly surprised. He had never fought against Liu Beijun, and he was not yet famous in Jiangdong. How did this man know about him?
On the other hand, this person was wearing a long gown, with a strange crew cut, a calm expression, and confident speech. As far as he understood, the only one in Liu Bei's army who had this characteristic was Zhao Chen, the strategist who was famous for his two battles with Yuan Shu in which one enemy defeated ten.
"Your Excellency, you are Zhao Chen and Zhao Houde?"
"Of course!"
"Have you ever heard of Houde?"
Zhao Chen smiled and said, anyone who has read the Three Kingdoms will not know Zhou Yu. Jiang Lang's clever plan to settle the world, Qu Wrong and Zhou Lang Gu, etc. are all descriptions of Zhou Yu.
"Gong Jin is both wise and courageous, and extremely talented. Especially his ability to listen to music and distinguish music is a master of music. The battle at Hengjiangjin is a classic water battle. Who in the world doesn't recognize you?"
Zhou Yu is now new to the world, and Zhao Chen's few words of praise made him feel so happy that he couldn't help but have a proud smile on his face.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Zhao Chen said: "Zhou Gongjin, although you are slightly more handsome than me, but in terms of resourcefulness, you are not as good as me. I will tell you that our army will attack the camp tonight. Let's see how you deal with it."
As soon as these words came out, not only Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were surprised, but even Liu Bei couldn't help but glance at Zhao Chen.
On the battlefield, how can anyone inform the enemy of their strategies? How could it be called a night attack when it was clearly stated that it was just an attack? There is no unexpected effect at all.
After Zhao Chen finished speaking, he immediately turned around and rode away without giving Zhou Yu a chance to think about his response.
Although Liu Bei was puzzled, he stopped talking to Sun Ce, reined in his horse, turned around, and walked towards the half-finished military camp behind him.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were left in the river with confused faces.
