Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh when he saw it. You must know that he was a figure in the same period as Sun Jian, but now he is competing for the world with his son. He sighed: "If you have a son, you should be like Sun Quan. Look at Liu Biao's son. Just like a useless dog!" At this moment, there was a sound coming to the east, and the ships from the south came together, and a group of men and horses were killed in Ruxu dock. After all, the tragic failure of the Battle of Chibi was still vivid in my mind. , after the soldiers saw it, they suddenly retreated back. Cao Cao shouted to stop the army and horses, but no one listened to him.
Suddenly, a team of hundreds of cavalry rushed over. The leader was a man with blue eyes and purple beard. Everyone recognized him as Sun Quan. Sun Quan himself led a team of troops to attack Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was very surprised and quickly turned his horse to prepare to go back. He was stopped by Soochow generals Han Dang and Zhou Tai. He only saw them coming on horseback. Xu Chu felt the danger and hurriedly stepped forward to fight the two men and help Cao Cao rescue the siege. Only then did he have the chance to return. Xu Chu was extremely brave and fought with Soochow and Zhou Tai for more than thirty rounds before returning to the camp.
After Cao Cao returned, the first thing he did was to reward Xu Chu heavily, and then scolded the other personnel, saying: "You escaped from the battle and dampened my spirit. If you continue to do this, you will all be beheaded!"
At the second watch, he suddenly heard a loud shout outside. Cao Cao quickly mounted his horse and saw a fire below. It turned out that the Wu soldiers had entered the stronghold. Cao Cao organized people and horses to resist, and continued to fight until dawn.
The first battle was unfavorable, which made Cao Cao very depressed. He could only retreat to a place fifty miles away and set up camp. He had nothing to do and could only read the military books. Cheng Yu was a little confused about Cao Cao's behavior and asked: "Since the prime minister is familiar with the art of war, , don’t you know that soldiers are valuable and quick? The prime minister raised troops from Xudu and went south to take revenge. It took a long time, so Sun Quan had the opportunity to prepare. He used the mouth of Ruxushui as a dock, so it was difficult to attack. If it didn’t work, he would retreat temporarily. , are you thinking of another way?"
Although Cheng Yu told the truth, Cao Cao did not express his position immediately, but did not respond.
After Cheng Yu left, Cao Cao lay down and fell asleep. Suddenly he heard the roar of the tide, like thousands of horses galloping. Cao Cao quickly went to check the situation and saw only a red sun pushing out of the river, with dazzling light. When he looked up into the sky, , I only saw two suns shining on each other, which was very strange. Suddenly, a sun fell from the sky, just in the mountains in front of the camp, and the sound was like thunder.
At this time, Cao Cao finally woke up from the fright. When he sensed the surrounding situation, he realized that this was just a dream. The army in front of the camp came to report that it was noon.
Cao Cao asked the horses to be prepared and took more than fifty soldiers to leave the stronghold. He went to the place where the sun set in the dream to check. Suddenly he saw a group of people coming out, one in the lead, wearing golden armor and helmets.
Cao Cao saw that the man was Sun Quan. When Sun Quan saw Cao Cao, he was not in a hurry. He stopped his horse on the mountain, pointed his whip at Cao Cao, and said: "The prime minister is sitting in the Central Plains, and he is powerful in all directions. He has already gained status and wealth." After reaching its peak, why are you still greedy and want to invade my Jiangnan?"
Cao Cao replied: "As a minister, you are not subject to the imperial court's orders and do not respect the royal family. I followed the emperor's order and came here to attack you!"
Sun Quan smiled and said, "Aren't you ashamed to say this? Who in the world doesn't know that you are threatening the emperor to blackmail the princes? I have no disrespect for the Han Dynasty, I am just preparing to attack you to rectify the country and the country!"
Cao Cao was very angry and ordered his soldiers to go up the mountain to capture Sun Quan. Suddenly there was a drum sound and two groups of people came out from behind the mountain, Han Dang and Zhou Tai on the right, and Chen Wu and Pan Zhang on the left. Four generals and three thousand archers fired wildly, and the arrows were like raindrops.
Cao Cao saw that the opponent was on guard and immediately retreated with his men. The four generals behind him came very quickly. Halfway through, Xu Chu came with his troops to intercept and rescued Cao Cao.
When Wu Jun saw Cao Jun coming, he played a victory song and returned to Ruxu.
Cao Cao listened to several exchanges and thought to himself, "Sun Quan is not an ordinary person. Behind the sun, it means that he will definitely become an emperor in the future."
The dream combined with the pressure of reality made Cao Cao somewhat intend to retreat. However, he was afraid of Soochow's ridicule, so he could not decide whether to advance or retreat. So he continued to resist for more than two months. There were several battles between the two sides, with victories and defeats, until the third In the first month of the second year, the spring rain continued, and there was more and more stagnant water around. The soldiers were all in the mud and seemed to be in great distress. Some soldiers began to fall ill, which made Cao Cao very worried. So I discussed with the soldiers in the camp what should be done? Some counselors believe that this situation means that the time to attack Jiangnan is not yet mature and the troops should be withdrawn. Some counselors believe that the weather is fine now and it is the time for a big fight. The stalemate can continue. Once there is an opportunity, Soochow can be pacified. Basically, there was no suggestion that was particularly convincing, which made Cao Cao even more hesitant.
At this time, someone suddenly reported that a letter had been sent from Soochow. Cao Cao opened the letter and saw the content: The Prime Minister and I are both ministers of the Han Dynasty. The Prime Minister does not think about how to serve the country and stabilize the people, but to engage in war at will. , destroying all living beings and cruelty to all living beings, isn’t this the behavior of people with lofty ideals? Now that spring has arrived, you should leave quickly. If you don't leave, the disaster of the Battle of Chibi will come again. I hope you can seriously consider it.
Cao Cao opened the back of the letter and found that there was another content: If you don't die, my mood will be peaceful.
Regarding Sun Quan's truth, Cao Cao burst out laughing and said, "Sun Quan is an interesting man. He did not deceive me!" So he rewarded the messenger and then ordered his troops to let Zhu Guang, the prefect of Lujiang, guard Wancheng, and he would return with his army. To Xuchang,
After Sun Quan learned the news, he also withdrew his troops and returned to Moling. For Sun Quan, things have never been so smooth. In the past, there were basically various failures. Cao Cao's retreat this time gave Sun Quan confidence. In addition, Zhang Hong's predictions increased Sun Quan's confidence. After returning, Sun Quan did not think about active defense. Instead, he discussed with the generals and said: "Although Cao Cao has gone back this time, Liu Bei is still in Xichuan and has not come back. Why don't we resist Cao Cao's troops to take away what should be Where is our Jingzhou?"
Zhang Zhao paid his respects and said: "In fact, this matter does not need to involve any of our Soochow soldiers. I have a plan that will make it impossible for Liu Bei to return to Jingzhou. Then Jingzhou will naturally be ours."
Sun Quan quickly asked about the content, and Zhang Zhao said: "We cannot use troops. If Cao Cao knows that we are attacking Jingzhou, he will definitely unite with Liu Bei and return again. It is better to write two letters, one to Liu Zhang, saying that Liu Bei has actually formed an alliance with Soochow and is preparing to attack together." Xichuan, to make Liu Zhang suspicious and attack Liu Bei, and there is also a letter to Zhang Lu, asking him to march to Jingzhou, so that Liu Bei cannot respond from the beginning to the end, and our plan to capture Jingzhou can be further advanced."
