Camp outside Jiangling City.
A small colonel tremblingly followed the burly guards in front of him. He walked from the camp gate to the central army for more than three miles. He finally saw the Chinese army's banner with the word "Cao" written on it, and he felt nervous again. stand up.
The guard asked him to wait here and entered the central military tent. After a while, he came out and called him in.
The junior high school student entered the tent and saw a red-robed general sitting in the middle of the tent with a golden sword and a dozen people on the left and right.
Xiao Xiao came from Xiangyang and was the messenger of General Zhang Liao. He had never seen such a big scene. In a room of generals, he only recognized Xu Huang. In his eyes, Xu Huang was already a great general. However, Here, he can only be ranked at the bottom of the martial arts column.
The principal fell to his knees with a "thud" and said incoherently: "Your Majesty, General Zhang has an urgent report, please send it to me!"
The principal heard that under the emperor, the prince was the highest, so he thought that the highest official sitting here should be the king.
Who would have thought that he was called to the wrong position. At this time, Cao Cao was not even the Duke of Wei, let alone the King of Wei.
The small school's words came to nothing, and all the civil and military officials looked at each other, not daring to speak nonsense.
But for a moment, the atmosphere in the camp was solemn. The principal felt that everyone was looking at him unkindly, and was so frightened that he shook his head and did not dare to speak.
Cao Cao laughed loudly and said: "I have heard that General Beifu has arrived in Xiangyang, and I am very relieved. I won't kill you today. Tell me, what information can General Beifu give to me?"
"some!"
The principal quickly took out a piece of cloth and was about to present it.
Behind Cao Cao, the burly Tiger Chi Xu Zhu shouted loudly, making the principal fall to his knees again in fright.
Xu Huang recognized this man, so he stepped forward to take the cloth and handed it to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao looked at the cloth with a normal expression. After reading it, he asked Xu Zhu to take it and burn it, while ordering the principal to get up.
The principal then started to fight with each other and talked about ambushing Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and Zhang Fei.
Hearing that Zhang Fei was so brave, the generals looked at him sideways. Cheng Yu stepped out and said: "Liu Bei has a great reputation. Both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are enemies of ten thousand people. They must have the power to defend me. My lord, we must not underestimate him."
Xia Houyuan stood in the team and sneered: "Zhang Liao is a surrendered general. When he saw Zhang Fei, he did not dare to pursue him. It is true that Zhang Liao himself is cowardly, not necessarily that Zhang Fei is brave."
Everyone was talking about it, and some of the generals surrendered, and they were all angry.
Cao Cao tapped on the table, and the room immediately became silent.
What Cao Cao was knocking was the table-sized sand table, which Xun Yu had forcibly commandeered from Beifu. For this table, Ah Jiu almost cursed the minister.
Subsequently, the table was rushed to the front line by 800 miles.
Cao Cao looked for the location of Xiangyang on the map, roughly calculated Cao Wu's whereabouts, and finally waved his hand.
As if he had received an amnesty, the principal left the tent, leaving two lines of marks on the ground. Even his calves were sweating, making the ground wet.
Cao Cao smiled and said, "I heard a rumor in the army that Xiao Wu trampled to death ten great scholars in Yecheng. I wonder who these ten great scholars are?"
Some of the generals laughed, and some smiled bitterly. They all knew that the rumors were not credible. No matter how arrogant and domineering the Beifu general was, he would trample to death at most one great scholar, not ten. But what happened among the army was true, as if someone was adding fuel to the flames, but the soldiers didn't understand and thought it was true.
Seeing that the atmosphere had eased, Cao Cao called his mastermind Xun You and asked, "Speaking of Xiao Wu, I forgot. Gongda, what happened to the six defeats?"
What he asked this time was the analysis made by Cao Wu he brought from Yecheng.
At that time, Cao Wuyu fought against Sima Yi and analyzed six reasons for his defeat. Cao Cao took them back and gave them to many counselors to let them think about countermeasures.
Xun You, who was named, had already prepared a draft, and said with his hands in hand: "General Beifu said that there will be six defeats. My uncle and I have come up with six strategies, and all six strategies are already being implemented. One is to Anbian, conquer Xiliang and Ma Teng as a guard. Ranked as the ninth minister, Ma Teng and his family were already on their way to Yecheng. At the same time, Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu were writing letters, informing the prime minister that he had resigned to attack the crime and asked them to send troops to assist. Now Zhang Song, who is engaged in Yizhou Mubiejia, has led his army to assist. , Zhang Lu's army is also on the way. The Prime Minister has launched an expedition against Wuhuan at the beginning of the year. The Southern Xiongnu and Wuhuan are frightened by the news and will not invade. The borders on all four sides are safe, and our army can attack Liu Bei and Sun Quan with all our strength. The three reasons for the defeat mentioned by General Beifu can be explained .”
The generals nodded, and the main separatist forces all surrendered. Even the most powerful Ma Teng was about to join Ye, so he had no worries.
Xun You was talking eloquently in the military tent.
"Recruit all the skilled warriors from all over the country and station them in the rear and rotate them at any time. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Qingzhou Soldiers are also on the way. The morale of our army has greatly increased, and they can be rotated at any time. There is no worry about the source of troops, and the four causes of defeat can be solved."
"The prime minister wrote a letter to Sun Yat-sen to fight against the captives, which made the officials in Jiangdong want to surrender, and they could not be united. He also intercepted tens of thousands of people in Xinye, and ordered the people to write family letters and send letters to Xiakou, which made Liu Bei alienate the people. Harmony has been broken, and the defeat was due to five reasons. Then solved."
"Added people from nine counties, moved Liu Cong to be the governor of Qingzhou, granted him the title of Marquis, added Kuai Yue as Guanglu Xun, and ranked Jiuqing. From the general level down, there were heavy rewards, so that Jingxiang officers and men could use their lives. There are two possible reasons for defeat. untie."
"The ships from all over the world are gathered in Jiangling and Xiangyang. Our army now has three large five-toothed ships, one hundred tower ships, five hundred fighting ships each, and countless other ships. Their sails are connected and the air dominates the Yangtze River, making the enemy invincible. If it is close, then the cause of the failure can be solved.”
"The four seasons are the art of war, and the terrain is also the art of war. I have measured the river for ten days, and the west wind has been blowing for ten days. Our army is moving down the river from west to east. Why should we be afraid of going against the four seasons? If we miss this opportunity , it will not be good if Liu Bei and Sun Quan continue to recuperate. We must march in winter, and this defeat is caused by six reasons!"
All the generals discussed and thought that what Xun You said was extremely true.
Cao Cao held a piece of paper in his hand, which was exactly the one that Cao Wutuo Zhang Xia gave to Xun Yu that day.
There were four words of greeting written on that piece, including the words "You can also borrow the east wind in winter", which conflicted with Xun You's solution to the six causes of defeat, but Cao Cao had no intention of arguing with Xun You.
After the generals discussed for a while, Cao Cao said: "Gongda really has no plan left. There is no need to worry about this battle. All the generals have to do is work together to defeat the enemy in front!"
All the generals said in unison: "Here!"
Cao Cao nodded, wrote on the bamboo slips for a while, and finally said: "Generals, listen to the order!"
The generals looked solemn and waited for Cao Cao's order.
"Transmit the order. The Qingzhou soldiers have arrived in Xiangyang. Zhao Yan, the prefect of Zhangling, is supervising the seven armies. Each department has increased the Qingzhou soldiers to 10,000. The 70,000 soldiers will advance together with the Han River navy and arrive in Jiangxia within ten days!"
"Transmit the order. Cao Hong, the Marquis of Guoming Ting, led 30,000 troops to hold Xiangyang. Cao Ren, the Marquis of Anping Ting, led 50,000 troops to hold Jiangling. Beware of Yizhou soldiers and horses flowing down the river and causing trouble."
"Granting the seal. Cao Yuan and Liu Ba led a cavalry team of thousands of people and went south from Jiangling to recruit more counties in Jingzhou and recruit wise men."
"Send the order, Cao Chun, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, is waiting for the opportunity in the north of the Yangtze River and is responding back and forth."
"Transmit the order. Protector Zhang Xi leads 10,000 troops out of Huainan and goes to Hefei. He assists Wen Hui, the governor of Yangzhou, and Jiang Ji in charge of guarding Hefei. We must defend Hefei and keep an eye on Jiangyou."
"The order is sent, Dutinghou Zang Ba leads 10,000 troops out of Guangling and is angry at Jingkou."
"The order is sent, Li Tong, Marquis of Duting, leads 10,000 troops out of Runan and overwhelms Jiangxia."
After each sentence, a command sword fell, and the named general took the order to leave. For those who were not present, the herald from outside came in and left quickly with the command sword.
In the end, Cao Cao no longer had his sword in his hand, and he looked around at the generals and counselors who were still here.
Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Lejin, Xu Huang, Xu Chu, Xiahoushang...
Xun You, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Huan Jie, Man Chong, Dong Zhao, Du Xi, Liu Ye, Yang Xiu, Linghu Shao...
"Transmit the order. The remaining troops, totaling 830,000 people, follow me..."
Cao Cao pointed at Xiakou on the sand table and swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger.
"Join Xia Kou!"
"Sweep across the Yangtze River!"
All the generals agreed in unison.
