Zhou Yu looked very unhappy.
Zhuge Liang really delivered 100,000 arrows in three days. Although they were not made, they were "borrowed" from Cao Cao.
No matter where the arrow came from, Zhou Yu actually didn't care. He didn't even want to send someone to count whether the arrows were sufficient.
What Zhou Yu is most worried about now is that in three days, Zhuge Liang planned a perfect battle and defrauded Cao Cao of these 100,000 arrows. Zhou Yu felt that he could not do this if they were to get along in a different place.
This is not jealousy or caring, Zhou Yu simply wants to nip Zhuge Liang's threat in the bud.
Now Liu Bei's army is not strong yet, so there is nothing to worry about, but if he waits until he defeats Cao Cao, Liu Bei will soon grow stronger with the help of Zhuge Liang. Zhou Yu is experienced in this. After all, when Sun Ce went to Jiangdong, It's not as powerful as Liu Bei's current power, but isn't Sun Quan now firmly seated as the lord of Jiangdong? !
Zhou Yu didn't want to admit that Zhuge Liang was better than him, but even if he had talents similar to his own, Zhou Yu couldn't let Zhuge Liang leave like this.
By the way, there is also Zhang Xi.
Although Lu Su has always been unfavorable to Zhang Xi, who can he compare with?
Compared with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xi is definitely not as good as Zhuge Liang. Now Zhou Yu has realized this.
But if compared with other generals or counselors in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu felt that if Zhang Xi came to Jiangdong, he might be able to rank in the top five.
After all, there are not many people in Jiangdong who can make plans and lead troops in battles, that is, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, and Lu Fan can barely count.
The others are either pure civil servants or pure military generals, or they are new recruits, or they are too young and inexperienced to be reused for the time being.
The more Zhou Yu thought about it, the more he felt that there was no way Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi could let them return to Liu Bei alive.
However, Zhou Yu really has nothing to do with these two things now.
First of all, the Sun-Liu alliance must be maintained, at least before Cao Cao is defeated, this alliance cannot be broken.
Secondly, Lu Su firmly opposed it.
In a sense, Lu Su represents Sun Quan's will. Lu Su is opposed to breaking the covenant now, which can also be seen as Sun Quan not wanting to break the covenant now.
Furthermore, what Lu Su said makes sense.
"If the Commander-in-Chief can capture the Cao thief alive and cause chaos in the north, the two of them will be completely handled by the Commander-in-Chief. If not, then I will have to face the Cao thief alone in the east of the Yangtze River. How long can we be safe like this?!"
Zhou Yu is not a person without strategic vision.
If Cao Cao is defeated this time, then Liu Bei is really needed to help share the pressure, so as not to fall out with Liu Bei.
But if Cao Cao can be killed this time, the north will be in chaos, and Liu Bei's presence is a threat. It is better to turn against Liu Bei early and destroy Liu Bei when he is not strong. Jiangdong can still occupy Jiangxia and gain a barrier from Jiangbei.
It's a pity that Zhou Yu is sure to defeat Cao Cao, but he is really not sure to kill Cao Cao.
Plus.
"The Governor had an old relationship with Yuan Chang in the past. Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin also served in Jiangdong. Why wouldn't the Governor ask this person to come forward and convince his brother to join us and serve the Lord together? Wouldn't it be a good thing?!"
Don't tell me, Zhou Yu was moved by Lu Su's idea.
If Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi abandoned Liu Bei and defected to Jiangdong at the same time, then why would Zhou Yu kill people? They were simply welcomed to the end.
Therefore, Zhou Yu temporarily suppressed his thoughts of killing. On the one hand, he went to a banquet with Zhang Xi to communicate with each other and test the possibility of Zhang Xi defecting to Jiangdong. On the other hand, he sent people to Chaisang to invite Zhuge Jin and asked him to help To persuade Zhuge Liang.
But this didn't happen.
Of course it wouldn't work. If Zhang Xi left Liu Bei, he would have gone to Cao Cao. Who would choose Sun Shiwan, the great emperor of Soochow?
Zhang Xi knew what kind of virtuous person Emperor Soochow was. Working under such a person, even veterans like Zhang Zhao and confidants like Lu Xun, who had known each other for forty years, could fall out with Emperor Soochow.
It has nothing to do with right or wrong. I can only say that Sun Quan was a heroic leader in the early stage, but in the later stage, he was simply a political machine without emotions, and everything was only for profit.
It is really not practical to work under such a person.
So, although Zhang Xi respects Zhou Yu quite a lot, Zhang Xi completely doesn't understand, understand or know Zhou Yu's explicit and implicit willingness to recruit.
As for Zhuge Liang, it's even more amazing.
His brother arrived at Lukou and finished reminiscing with Zhuge Liang. He had just begun to persuade, but Zhuge Liang took over and in turn persuaded Zhuge Jin to defect to Liu Bei.
This made Zhuge Jin very embarrassed. Knowing that his brother already knew the purpose of his visit, he simply stopped mentioning it. The two brothers drank and recalled the past. After drinking, Zhuge Jin left.
Zhou Yu wasted several days in vain, but the final result disappointed Zhou Yu.
But at this moment, Zhou Yu had no intention of scheming with Zhuge Liang because Cao Jun had a new trend.
I don’t know which stupid fool suggested to Cao Cao that he connect the large and small warships in Jingzhou with iron cables and planks.
This is simply a God-given opportunity to defeat Cao Cao.
Now that the fighter plane has appeared, all Zhou Yu's thoughts are on defeating Cao.
On the river, there are iron ropes and boats. It is obvious that some fool who is not familiar with water fighting has done it. However, no one in Cao's army raised objections, which shows that Cai Hao and Zhang Yun are probably doomed.
And the idiot who created the chain-linked boat is still very proud to show off to his subordinates.
"Qingxu's soldiers are not good at water warfare. Now I use the big ship as the base and connect the small boats so that Qingxu's soldiers can also cross the river. Gentlemen, Jiangdong can be broken!!!"
Well, this fool is Cao Cao himself.
Cao Cao actually had no choice but to do so.
At the beginning, he appointed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun as the commander-in-chief of the navy to lead the Jingzhou navy. As a result, the Jingzhou navy with more troops could not defeat Zhou Yu's Jiangdong navy.
At that time, Cao Cao was very dissatisfied. Cai Mao said that the Jingzhou Navy has not been practicing for a long time. Is it the fault of the Jingzhou Navy that the Jingzhou Navy has not been practicing for a long time? ! Isn’t it the result of your Jingzhou family’s indifference? !
But thinking about it, Cao Cao thought it was better to forget about this group of people. If they were doing human affairs, could Jingzhou surrender so simply? !
Another thing, Cao Cao considered that Cai Mao was the head of the Cai family in Jingzhou after all, and he was considered younger than himself. In addition, Cai Mao proposed to build a water stronghold with Jingzhou soldiers outside and Qingxu soldiers inside, which made Cao Cao realize that he We still had to rely on Cai Mao to manage the navy, so we tolerated it for the time being and let Cai Mao continue to lead the navy.
But after a month of training, Cai Mao still said that the navy under Cai Mao could not go to war. At this time, the soldiers from the north gradually began to show signs of acclimatization. Cao Cao couldn't wait any longer, and he became increasingly dissatisfied with Cai Mao. .
It happened that at this time, Jiang Gan rushed back from Jiangdong overnight and handed over a "letter of surrender" written by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to Zhou Yu. Cao Cao had just been woken up by someone at that time and was suffering from a headache. When he looked at the letter again, Thinking of Cai Mao's usual incompetence, he suddenly became furious and had Cai Mao and Zhang Yun kicked out.
But soon, Cao Cao came to his senses and realized that he had been fooled.
But he was the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, sweeping Jingxiang with great victory. At this time, even if he knew that he was wrong, he could not admit that he was wrong.
Cao Cao was guilty of the pride and complacency of those in power. At this time, he only had two advisers, Cheng Yu and Liu Ye. Neither of them were the kind of people who would make direct suggestions. Therefore, although they could see it, no one could tell it. Dare to talk too much.
Therefore, Cao Cao ordered Mao Jie and Yu Jin to take over the Jingzhou navy. He thought that these two men had trained the navy in Yecheng and should know some navy methods. As a result, Zhuge villagers "borrowed" one hundred thousand arrows. He was even ridiculed.
Although this matter was Cao Cao's fault. Cao Cao judged that this was a ploy to lure the enemy and refused to let the navy go into battle, but Cao Cao would not admit it. It must be Mao Jie and Yu Jin's problem.
But this is not an option. Cao Cao doesn't want to continue confronting Zhou Yu across the river.
Cao Cao's army went south to attack about 200,000 troops. When they arrived in Jingzhou, they surrendered about 100,000 troops, which amounted to a total of 300,000 troops. Originally, Cao Cao felt that with an army of 300,000 men, known as 800,000 men, with such a strength advantage, Jiangdong would surrender even if he did not People are panicking. When the time comes, they will be able to pacify Jiangnan with one battle.
But what Cao Cao did not expect was that fighting in the south of the Yangtze River was completely different from fighting in the north. To cross the Yangtze River, a naval force was necessary, and this could only rely on the local army in Jingzhou.
However, the new troops from Jingzhou were unsettled, and Cao Cao did not expect that the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou navy was so different from that of the Jiangdong navy. They fell into a stalemate for a while, which made Cao Cao very dissatisfied.
On the other hand, after the Qingxu Army from the north went south to Jingzhou, they gradually began to feel unaccustomed to the climate, and even caused a small-scale plague. In mild cases, the limbs were weak, in more severe cases, they suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, and their combat capabilities were greatly reduced.
Coupled with the continuous battles, many soldiers have not returned home for almost two years. Although the temporary victory in the southward march to Jingzhou diluted this mood, with the confrontation with Jiangdong's army across the river, homesickness among the army began to spread again.
If this continues, Cao Cao will have to consider whether it is time to withdraw his troops and return to Xudu.
Cao Cao obviously didn't want to withdraw his troops with so much thunder and rain, so he thought of a way.
The biggest problem facing Cao Cao now is that the soldiers in Qingzhou and Xuzhou are not good at water battles and cannot help in water battles. The water army in Jingzhou alone cannot defeat the Jiangdong Army.
If this is the case, then if the water surface is turned into land, wouldn't the Qingxu Army be allowed to participate in the war? !
And once the Qingxu Army formed a fighting force on the water, with the hundreds of thousands of troops at hand, could they still defeat the Jiangdong Army on the other side of the river, which had less than 50,000 troops? !
But how to turn the water into land? Cao Cao found that the stability of large ships was better, and Qing Xu's army on the big ships had less physical discomfort. On the contrary, the small boats shook more seriously, and Qing Xu's army was less able to adapt. universal.
So, if we connect large ships and small boats together, can we effectively resist the swaying waves on the river and turn the river into land? !
Cao Cao tried it and found that this method really worked. The Qingzhou Army's combat effectiveness was guaranteed to a certain extent when they fought on such a boat, and they would not be vomiting as soon as they got on the boat.
So, Cao Cao felt that he had discovered a way to defeat the enemy, and with a wave of his hand, he connected all the warships of the Jingzhou Army.
And as he continued, he also found a way for Zhou Yu to defeat the enemy.
With such a tightrope, I am really worried that the fire will not burn! ! !
(End of chapter)
