"Before today, if someone asked me what was the funniest thing I had seen this year, I would have given many answers, but I would never have imagined that it would be Romance of the Three Kingdoms. But after today, I have only one answer, and that is Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I TM Everyone is laughing so hard right now, I never thought that the Prime Minister could laugh like this, it’s so funny!”
This is the first sentence that appeared in the group after the latest three chapters were updated, and it also represents the voice of all readers.
No way, this plot is really a joke.
In the plot updated yesterday, Cao Cao was defeated as expected. Because the early stage preparations were so perfect and meticulous, even the most angry Prime Minister Party readily accepted this defeat.
They could only lament that the Prime Minister was really careless and dissolute, and it made no sense for him not to lose in this battle. At the same time, if this battle is won, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms will probably end here.
So although the Prime Minister's Party suffered a disastrous defeat yesterday and the whole of Chibi was ablaze, surprisingly all the readers' emotions were quite stable. At the same time, everyone knew in their hearts that the plot updated on the second day should be the afterglow of the climax. Everyone should Each collects his own gains.
Sun Quan won a great victory and then captured half of Jingzhou. Liu Bei also achieved a great victory and captured half of Jingzhou. Cao Cao abandoned Jingzhou in embarrassment. The two sides resumed confrontation at the border lines of Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Yanzhou. Yes, this is basically the plot.
The next chapter should be quite smooth, with both sides devouring their own interests. No one thought that Liu Xu could come up with something fancy at this time, but the facts proved that Liu Xu not only did it, but also made all the readers I was almost beside myself with joy.
It turns out that at the beginning of the chapter, Cao Cao was really miserable.
First, they met Lü Meng in Wulin. Cao Cao could only leave Zhang Liao behind to resist Lü Meng.
Then Ling Tong came. Fortunately, Xu Huang arrived in time and met 3,000 troops and horses. It seemed better, but he met Gan Ning. Only 1,000 of the 3,000 troops and horses were left, and there were two more. The general was killed.
Cao Cao could only continue to escape, but unexpectedly he met Lu Xun and Tai Shici. Thanks to Zhang He's arrival at this time, he survived, but Zhang He was also thrown behind to cut off the rear.
When Liu Xu read this paragraph, he felt it was very magical. Cao Cao left Wenpin, Zhang Liao, and Zhang He to cut off his own queen. In the end, none of these three died, and they each became Shu Han and Soochow. The nightmare is really magical.
Fortunately, he finally encountered no one chasing him and fled all the way to the west of Wulin and the north of Yidu. At the same time, Jingzhou was just ahead. Cao Cao couldn't help laughing proudly. Liu Xu described that this laughter , startling the birds in the surrounding streams.
The surrounding generals were all looking disgraced. Seeing that their prime minister was still laughing, they immediately asked in confusion, "Why is the prime minister laughing?"
Then Cao Cao said a classic line: "I don't laugh at others. I only laugh at Zhou Yu's lack of strategy and Zhuge Liang's lack of wisdom. If when I use troops, I lay down an army here in advance, what can I do?"
As a result, after Cao Cao's words fell, Zhao Yun came out and killed him. Cao Cao was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse. He could only let the two unlucky guys Xu Huang and Zhang He block Zhao Yun while he just ran away.
This ends the first chapter.
In fact, it's good that this chapter has been updated. Most readers haven't had time to laugh. Only some readers complained, "Is the Prime Minister so frightened that he still said such things at this time?"
But soon the Prime Minister's party came out and explained, "No, how could the Prime Minister be so superficial? There must be a reason for him to speak like this!"
"What's the reason?" others asked.
"This..." Prime Minister Dang himself was immediately speechless. Fortunately, Xiuyan helped them out in time and said, "Cao Cao did this for a reason, and he was very smart."
"You think about it, Cao Cao's 830,000-strong army was almost burned down by the Yangtze River, and the few remaining defeated generals have been chased by Soochow's soldiers and horses for so long. Their energy and spirit must have declined to the extreme. After running away all night, they must be hoping to get some mental comfort at this time."
"So the Prime Minister deliberately said this at this time, and the purpose was to boost morale. Who would have thought that Zhuge Liang would actually arrange a lot of troops here." Xiu Yan said.
"That's right! That's right! That's right!" The Prime Minister's Party immediately echoed, completely forgetting that Xiu Yan was actually the leader of the Emperor's Uncle Party.
However, the discussion about the Prime Minister's laughter only lasted like this. People mostly discussed that Zhao Yun, who appeared at the end, was so handsome. After all, almost half of the entire Romance of the Three Kingdoms group are fans of Zhao Yun.
At the same time, some people felt sorry for the Prime Minister and said, "The Prime Minister is so kind. If he had ordered the archery shooting at Changbanpo, there would be no such humiliation today!"
"Wait a minute, I remember in yesterday's updated chapter, Zhuge Liang seems to have been arranged by the master to send three groups of troops!" Some readers said, and everyone finally realized that yesterday actually described the story of what happened after Zhuge Liang escaped from Zhou Yu's military camp. .
After Zhuge Liang joined Liu Bei's army, he had already concluded that Zhou Yu would win this battle, and then began to arrange manpower. Three of them were aimed at Cao Cao. From now on, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were arranged to intercept Cao Cao at three positions. .
"Do you think the Prime Minister will meet Zhang Fei and Guan Yu next?" Readers looked at this sentence and were stunned for a moment, and then began to mourn for the Prime Minister.
Regarding the plot of Zhuge Liang arranging his troops, most readers focused on how Zhuge Liang predicted the enemy's opportunity and calculated his invincibility. He successively sent Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun to calculate Cao Cao's escape route. Seriously, he toyed with Prime Minister Cao in the midst of applause.
Few people will notice that Zhuge Liang actually arranged two other groups of people.
Along the way were Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, and Liu Feng. They were asked to drive their boats and go around the river to capture the defeated army and seize various military equipment.
On the other side, Liu Qi was ordered to defend Wuchang. The mission was also to capture the fleeing soldiers, but Liu Qi was not allowed to leave Wuchang.
In Liu Xu's opinion, these two orders are the most important, and they are much more important than what he ordered Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Zhao Yun to do before.
The first and most important thing is the mission of Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, and Liu Feng, which is to capture the defeated army and seize military equipment.
Finally, a famous librarian once said that the most important skill in combat is how to preserve one's own vitality while annihilating the enemy's vitality.
So what is vitality?
That’s people!
For many generals and emperors, their favorite thing to do is to expand territories, as if how much territory they win is a great thing.
But in fact, talent is the most valuable thing.
This can be seen by comparing the changes in strength between Liu Bei and Soochow after the Battle of Chibi.
Before the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei had only less than 20,000 troops left, but Soochow had an elite army of 50,000, which was far stronger than Liu Bei.
However, after the Battle of Chibi, Soochow barely gained any territory. On the contrary, Liu Bei almost swallowed up the entire Jingzhou.
what is the reason? Could it be that Zhuge Liang's scheme really made Zhou Yu angry to death?
Of course not, it's because after Soochow won this battle, it exhausted all its own strength. Only 20,000 or 30,000 elite troops were left out of 40,000 to 50,000. It was difficult to even maintain the territory in Jiangdong, let alone Talk about swallowing the whole Jingzhou.
On the contrary, after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei's army quickly expanded to about 60,000 people, so he had the strength to quickly capture Jingzhou's major cities in Jiangbei such as Nanjun and Jiangling, and at the same time, he still had enough power to send another army to capture them. The four counties of Jingnan.
Because after the Battle of Chibi, the military strength between Liu Bei and Sun Quan has undergone tremendous changes, and Liu Bei has more soldiers.
Where did the 60,000 soldiers that suddenly appeared come from?
The answer is Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, and Liu Feng. It is said that Zhuge Liang gave them the task of capturing the defeated army. To translate, it means to capture a large number of prisoners, capture all Cao Cao's defeated soldiers, and then turn them into his own soldiers.
It is actually impossible for a fire to burn 830,000 people to death. After all, everyone has two legs. If you run with all your strength, can you outrun the flames?
Therefore, except for a small number of soldiers who were actually burned to death, most of the other soldiers scattered and fled, which gave Liu Bei the opportunity to directly capture prisoners.
At the same time, it is impossible for these soldiers to escape with various military equipment, and Zhuge Liang has another order, which is to let them seize various military equipment, which are all kinds of military equipment that Cao Cao has accumulated for most of his life. The equipment was all cheaper than Liu Bei in the end.
So what is Soochow doing at this time?
Their armies and generals were all chasing Cao Cao, hoping to get the greatest credit visible to the naked eye, but they didn't know that the real wealth was actually hidden in the soldiers who fled and the military equipment that no one cared about everywhere.
This is also the reason why after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei suddenly became the strongest force in the entire Jiangnan. It was because of the Battle of Chibi that Liu Bei swallowed up almost all the benefits.
Zhou Yu was just a wage earner, sacrificing a lot of his own strength to help Liu Bei drive away Cao Cao, but he could not get any actual benefits. This is why Zhou Yu would be angry to death later, and at the same time, Sun Quan later disliked Zhou Yu because Zhou Yu won the tactics, but made a fatal mistake in the overall strategy.
On the contrary, Prime Minister Zhuge saw clearly the real interests of the entire battle. He first sent Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Guan Yu to intercept Cao Cao.
But in fact, everyone knows that Zhuge Liang did not want to kill Cao Cao at all. He did this just to show Soochow.
Tell Soochow that I am actively cooperating with your actions and actively cooperating with you to capture Cao Cao. Even my three strongest generals have been sent out. You can't say that I sent a few unknown generals to salvage some loot. There's a problem!
As for Liu Qi on the other side, he embodies Zhuge Liang's sinister side.
First of all, Zhuge Liang asked Liu Qi to guard Wuchang, which seemed like a good job, but in fact, Wuchang is the only place Sun Quan must pass through to attack Jingzhou. Holding Wuchang is equivalent to blocking Zhou Yu's way to capture Jingzhou. This is a very important strategy. In this important area, can Zhou Yu take the opportunity to capture Jingzhou?
This is to let Liu Qi and Zhou Yu confront each other, and let Liu Qi use up his direct lineage to take the blame.
Another point is that many people have overlooked it.
Cao Cao's army in Chibi can be divided into two parts. One is the soldiers and horses brought from the north, and the other is the surrendered troops from Jingzhou in the south.
After Cao Cao's army in Chibi collapsed, his soldiers would flee along two different roads.
The soldiers from the south would flee directly along both sides of the Yangtze River, and then they would directly encounter Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, and Liu Feng. Because Liu Bei was already considered a native of Jingzhou at this time, there was no psychological barrier for these soldiers to surrender to Liu Bei. Because if you surrender to Liu Bei, you can go home directly.
The fleeing soldiers and horses in the north must go to Hefei through Wuchang, which is the only way Liu Qi must pass. Although Liu Qi can also capture soldiers through this route.
But each of these soldiers wanted to return to their homes in the north. How could they stay in the south and serve as soldiers with peace of mind? Therefore, even if Liu Qi surrendered these soldiers, it was impossible for them to stay with peace of mind. In the end, these soldiers would just flee.
As a result, the 20,000 soldiers and horses in Liu Qi's hands will not be able to grow. After Liu Bei has digested the entire surrender of Jingzhou and has an army of 60,000, Liu Qi will no longer be able to pose any threat to Liu Bei. Liu Bei truly had the power to dominate Jingzhou.
This is the huge impact Zhuge Liang issued in just one hour after borrowing the east wind, which had a huge impact on the entire subsequent situation.
It can be said that such an order directly laid the foundation for Liu Bei to capture Jingzhou and then march into Yizhou. This is the strategic height.
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