Zhou Yu was not idle that night. He had been paying close attention to the movements of Cao's army. He only found that there were flames reaching the sky in the west. He sent people to inquire about the situation and came back to report: "These are the lights of the army in the north." With such big lights at night, Zhou Yu was a little agitated. Surprised, in order to further understand what it meant, on the second day, Zhou Yu personally went to check the situation of Cao Jun's water stronghold, packed up a building boat, took Gudong, and some elite members, and brought guns, bows and slaves. Arrow, slowly moved forward to the vicinity of Cao Jun's camp, found a foothold, stopped the ship temporarily, and played drums on the ship, while Zhou Yu checked the situation of Cao Jun's water camp on the bow. The more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong, and sighed: "Do this , is the key to training navy troops!"
So he asked the people around him: "Who is the commander-in-chief of the navy in Cao's army now?"
He replied: "They are the generals who surrendered earlier, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun."
Zhou Yu thought that these two people were originally from Jingzhou and had lived in Jiangdong for a long time. They were very familiar with water battles. If Cao Cao trained according to their strategies, his original advantage would be further weakened, so the matter became clear. To defeat Cao Cao, we must first find a way to get rid of these two people.
Someone in Cao Cao's army heard the sound and identified the direction of the enemy ship, so he went to report to Cao Cao, saying: "A ship from Zhou Yu has arrived and is checking the situation of our camp."
Cao Cao was furious and said: "What are you waiting for? Send someone to catch him quickly!"
Soon Zhou Yu saw the flag coming out of Cao Jun's water camp. Knowing that Cao Jun had discovered him, he quickly turned the bow of the boat, rowed on both sides at full speed, and quickly left in the opposite direction. When Cao Jun's warship came out of the camp, Zhou Yu Zhou Yu's ship was already more than ten miles away and could not catch up, so he went back to report the situation.
Cao Cao said to everyone: "Yesterday we lost once, which dampened our morale. Today, he came to spy on our camp like this, and let him leave in a big way. How should we deal with them?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a person came out from below and said: "I have been Zhou Yu's classmate since I was a child. I hope that with my sharp tongue, I can go to Jiangdong to recruit such a person."
The best is to defeat the enemy without fighting. Cao Cao was very happy when he saw the identity of the man. He was from Jiujiang, his surname was Jiang, his given name was Qian, and his courtesy name was Ziyi. He was now the guest of the tent.
After all, this person had only recently joined him, and he didn't know if he could be relied upon, so Cao Cao asked in a questioning tone: "How good is your relationship with him?"
He replied: "Prime Minister, please rest assured. After I arrive in Jiangdong, I will definitely persuade Zhou Yu to surrender. Then Jiangdong will be easily captured."
Cao Cao nodded and said, "What do you want to bring with you, money or beauty?"
He replied: "No need, as long as a child follows and two servants drive the boat, there is no need to bring anything else."
Cao Cao was very happy and personally toasted Jiang Gan, sent it to the riverside, and watched him leave.
Jiang Gan wore very simple clothes. He drove a small boat and soon arrived at Zhou Yu's camp. He asked the soldiers to report the situation and said that his old friend Jiang Gan was visiting.
Zhou Yu was discussing with everyone in the camp how to confront Cao Cao next time. When he heard that Jiang Gan was coming, he immediately smiled and said: "Our guests have arrived." After that, he softly expressed some ideas in front of the generals. If this is the case, Everyone got the order and left.
Zhou Yu got dressed and came out with many followers, all wearing brocade clothes and flowered hats. They were surrounded from front to back. Jiang Qian came proudly with the child. Zhou Yu hurriedly went up to greet him.
Jiang Qian said: "Old classmate, long time no see. How are you?"
Zhou Yu glanced at Jiang Gan and said: "Thank you for your hard work, but I heard that you are wandering around the world. Why did you become Cao Cao's retainer and come to convince me?"
Jiang Gan's purpose was revealed immediately. The atmosphere was very awkward, but he still kept calm and said: "I have been separated from you for a long time, and I came here specially to catch up with you. Why do you suspect that I am Cao Cao's lobbyist? ?”
Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Although I am not as smart as our teacher, I can still know something."
Jiang Qiandao: "This is how you treat your old friend. I ask you to resign."
Zhou Yu immediately turned into a smiling face, held his arm and said: "I'm afraid that my old classmate will become Cao Cao's lobbyist. Since you don't have such thoughts, then don't leave so quickly, just stay, let's reminisce about the past." ." So Jiang Gan stopped and entered the camp together.
After reciting the ceremony, he sat down and ordered some heroes from Jiangdong to meet Jiang Gan and introduce them one by one. Soon after, another group of civil servants and military generals came, all dressed in luxurious clothes. Under the tent, there were generals and generals, all wearing silver. Armor: Enter in two lines.
After Zhou Yu asked all these people to come to meet him, he sat on both sides, then held a very grand banquet, played the music of military victory, and then began to pour wine and watch the performance.
Zhou Yu said to everyone: "Jiang Qian was my scholar when I was a child. We have a very good relationship. He came from Jiangbei specifically to reminisce with me. He is not Cao Cao's lobbyist. Don't doubt it." After that, he paid tribute. He handed the sword to Tai Shici and said: "You can bring my sword to supervise this banquet. We are just catching up on old times. If anyone talks about the military dispute between Cao Cao and Soochow, you can just behead him without reporting it!" "
Taishi Ci nodded and stood aside holding his sword. Jiang Gan originally wanted to take this opportunity to lobby Zhou Yu, but after doing this, he did not dare to say anything.
Zhou Yu said: "I am now the Grand Governor of Soochow, in charge of the troops. Since I took office, I have never drank a drop of wine, but today my old classmate is here. I will make an exception and pretend to be drunk." After finishing speaking, Laughing, pouring wine, and drinking.
After drinking some wine, Zhou Yu took Jiang Gan's hand and walked out of the tent together. The military officers on the left and right stood aside with weapons.
Zhou Yu asked: "Do you think our soldiers here are strong?"
Replied: "Very majestic1"
Zhou Yu took Jiang Qian to the back of the camp to look at the food and grass. He only saw the food and grass piled up like a mountain. Zhou Yu said: "My food and grass, please see if it is enough!"
He replied: "The soldiers are well-equipped and well-deserved, and their reputation is well-deserved!"
Zhou Yu pretended to be drunk and said: "When I was studying with you, I didn't expect that today would be like this. I would become the governor of Soochow."
Jiang Gan said: "My old classmates are very talented. This is actually normal."
Zhou Yu took Jiang Gan's hand and said: "When a real man lives in this world, when he meets a master who understands him, he must entrust the friendship between the king and his ministers externally, and the kindness of his own flesh and blood internally. He must follow his words, follow his plans, and share misfortunes and blessings." Even if Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Lu Jia, and Li Sheng come alive to convince me, how can I be tempted?" After speaking, Jiang Gan burst out laughing. His face looked bad because his plan was to recruit Zhou Yu to surrender, but it was different from what he expected. The goal is obviously getting further and further away.
