Lan Tian and Zhuge Liang returned to Jiangxia and told Liu Bei and Xu Shu about Chai Sang and his party.
After hearing this, Liu Bei laughed and said: "You two are planning to hide the truth from the sky. If Zhou Lang finds out one day, you will be angry to death."
Xu Shu worriedly said: "The plan for now is to attack Jiangling after the war. Cao Cao has too many troops and horses in the north of the Yangtze River. Even if the water battle can be won, there will be no shortage of troops in such a big city. In addition, Jiangling has a strong city and sufficient food and grass." , it’s really not easy to take it down by force.”
Zhuge Liang walked to the sand table, pointed to a place and said: "This is the key road to Shu. If you want to take Xichuan in the future, you must take it first."
Liu Bei stood up and took a look. The place Zhuge Liang was pointing to was Yiling.
"Lu Zijing is cautious and prudent, and Zhou Yu is wise and resourceful. Before the war starts, he is looking for Kong Ming to borrow generals. There are not many people who can be transferred to Ziyu to capture Jiangling in the future..." Liu Bei sighed.
"There are Gao Boping and Gan Xingba on Ziyu's side. Do we need to send Yuan Zhi there? To defeat Jiangling, we need to use strategy..." Guan Yu suggested.
"Zijing met Yuan Zhi in Jiangxia before. It would be bad if Jiangdong's spies find out." Liu Bei shook his head.
"You guys don't understand Ziyu very well. He took Wuling and Changsha just talking and laughing. I think taking Jiangling is not a problem either." Zhuge Liang boasted.
After hearing this, Liu Bei looked at Lantian happily, "Ziyu really has a plan to take Jiangling?"
Lan Tianxin said not to trade off each other's business. Zhou Yu surrounded Cao Ren for a year but failed to capture Jiangling. How can I be stronger than Zhou Yu?
He shook his head and said: "I haven't thought about it yet. I can only make calculations based on the development of the war situation. If we really can't win Jiangling, we can capture Yiling before Jiangdong."
"This..." Liu Bei's heart was hanging again.
"Lord, it's useless to talk more. It's better to let Ziyu go back and prepare as soon as possible. Everything will be discussed after defeating Cao Cao." Zhuge Liang reminded.
"The military advisor is right. Ziyu, please return to Lingling as soon as possible. I'll leave it to you to plan for Jiangling." Liu Bei said with his hand in hand.
"Don't worry, brother-in-law, I will do my best." Lan Tian responded with clasped fists.
Liu Bei communicated frequently with Jiangdong, and Cao Cao, who was stationed in Jiangling, also received the news. He immediately summoned civil servants and generals to discuss countermeasures.
During the period of conquering the Yuan clan in Hebei, Xun You made the most achievements but was physically tired. Cao Cao was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of Guo Jia, so he only took four people, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Liu Ye, and Dong Zhao with him during the southern expedition.
Cao Cao easily captured Jingzhou, and when he was satisfied with his ambition, he looked at the civil and military officials and said with a smile: "Everyone said that Sun Zhongmou would kill Liu Bei, but who would have expected that the two families were secretly collaborating. I recently heard that Zhou Yu was gathering in Chaisang. The warship will soon go upstream to fight me, and Zhongde is still more skilled."
Cheng Yu was not complacent after being praised, but instead advised: "Although Sun Quan is not as brave as his father and brother, he has his own understanding of the situation when employing people. My lord should make plans early."
Cao Cao nodded and said: "The so-called strike first and strike later are controlled by others. Now that there are hundreds of thousands of troops here, I decided to take the initiative."
The counselor Jia Xu gave an advice: "My lord just defeated the Yuan family, and now he has conquered Jingxiang. Now the army is huge and famous. If we use this rich land to appease the gentry and appease the people, and make them live and work in peace and contentment, the people of Jiangdong will It will surely fall by the wind.
Cai Mao's naval force was only 20,000, and his warships were only 2,000. In addition, his soldiers were exhausted after years of conquests, and there were many people in the army who died because of the acclimatization. At this time, fighting Sun and Liu may not be able to defeat him, so it is better to rest and recover for the time being to avoid his sharp edge. .”
"Wen He asked me, with hundreds of thousands of tigers and wolves, to evade Sun Quan and Liu Bei's tens of thousands of troops? We originally planned to send out troops after all the warships were ready, but since the other side is provoking, what should I be afraid of? Besides, Liu Bei is pretending to slander me. Prime Minister, if you kill him without binding him, it will be difficult to relieve the hatred in your heart." Cao Cao said coldly.
Seeing Cao Cao's displeasure, Jia Xu quickly said: "It is a fact that there are many diseases in the camp..."
"Degui, I heard that there is a famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing in Nanyang. Can you bring him to share my worries?" Cao Cao asked Cai Mao.
Cai Mao cupped his fists and replied: "Prime Minister, Liu Bei's wife was ill a few years ago. Zhang Zhongjing was invited to Jingnan for treatment. He has never returned to Jiangbei..."
"Hmph, there is another reason to kill Liu Bei. Since there are many diseases in the camp now, we should defeat Sun Quan and Liu Bei in one go, and then rest and recuperate to our heart's content." Cao Cao said.
Seeing Cao Cao's determination, everyone knew that this battle must be fought.
Cheng Yu followed up and said: "There are 30,000 naval forces in Jiangdong, and Liu Bei has 10,000 naval forces, which is twice our navy. Why not, like Guandu, do you want to occupy a favorable terrain first?"
Cao Cao nodded and sighed: "It's a pity that Gongda is not here..."
Cheng Yu sat down immediately after hearing this. Jia Xu looked at him with amusement. You are still much worse than Xun You and Guo Jia in the heart of the lord.
Cheng Yu calmed down and continued: "I looked carefully at the map of Jingxiang just now. The terrain in the Wulin area is dangerous. It is the pass that goes against the Yangtze River into Yunmeng. It is connected to the Huarong Road in the north and the Yangtze River Waterway in the south. The Prime Minister can lead troops to build water channels here. The stronghold can be advanced, attacked, retreated or defended."
"Get the Jingxiang map quickly." Cao Cao was overjoyed.
Cai Mao quickly asked someone to get a map. Cao Cao quickly found Wulin on the map. He pointed at the map and said: "Zhongde's plan is very clever. Zixiao, you will lead your troops to stay in Jiangling, and the rest of the troops will go to Wulin by land and water." Let's go."
"Wei." All the generals responded in unison.
It was already late autumn in October, and the weather was getting cooler.
Cao Cao took a boat and walked the waterway with Cai Mao. He had never experienced such a water battle. At this time, when he saw the sparkling waves and floods on the Yangtze River, he was suddenly excited and worried.
"Degui, you have been in charge of the Xiangyang Navy for many years. How much do you know about Sun Quan and Liu Bei's navy?" Cao Cao asked.
Cai Hao thought for a while and replied: "How can they compare to the Prime Minister's Heavenly Army? Previously, Huang Zu and Jiangdong fought with each other winning and losing. Now that Huang Zu is dead, the strength of Jiangdong's navy is unknown, but I know the Jiangxia navy very well. "
"Huh? Let's talk about it."
"The 10,000 naval troops in Liu Bei's hands were originally the Xiangyang navy under my command. They were brought to Jingnan by Liu Qi. Later, Sun Quan and Huang Zu fought a decisive battle, and were taken to Jiangxia by Guan Yu. Its strength is hard to describe..."
Cao Cao looked puzzled when he heard this, "Degui has something to say clearly."
"Those are the old, weak, sick and disabled that I carefully selected. Their strength is no more than half of the current naval force..." Cai Mao said awkwardly.
"Hahaha, Degui's choice was brilliant. So Liu Bei only has 10,000 people? I have nothing to worry about..." Cao Cao laughed.
Cao Cao's army of 300,000 people on land and water was stationed in Wulin and built a water fortress to wait for work. This time kEns hU fA*nG . Com Zhang Si
After Sun Quan had prepared money and food in the rear, he asked Zhou Yu to command the land and water army to march westward, and finally set up camp at Chibi on the other side of Wulin.
When the two armies first fought, they both conducted exploratory attacks on the river. As a result, Cao's army was defeated and returned to the water village. Control the big one, control the owl
On the warship, Zhou Yu saw that Cao Jun's water camp was well laid out, and that Wulin was a position that could be advanced, retreated, or defended, so he knew that there must be an expert in Cao's camp to give guidance.
During the confrontation, Zhou Yu sent people out of the boat to fight several times. Unfortunately, the Northern Army did not respond. There was an arrow tower built on the water stronghold, which was extremely difficult to break into.
When Zhou Yu was at a loss what to do, Huang Gai from Lingling walked into the commander's tent.
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