The Jiangxia navy suffered a disastrous defeat in the first battle, which did not affect the morale of Cao's army.
It did not affect Cao Cao's ambitions.
The 150,000-strong army and more than 5,000 navy troops continued to march eastward towards Wulin Port.
The terrain of Nanjun is quite peculiar.
The intersection of the Yangtze River and the Han River forms an angle, and from the west is Nanjun.
On the north bank of the confluence of the river is Xiakou, where Lu Xun was previously stationed.
Not far down the river is Fankou, and further ahead is Chaisang.
Theoretically speaking, Cao Cao could lead his infantry to march eastward until it faced Xiakou across the river.
However, this is not actually possible.
Nanjun is not only densely covered with lakes, but also has many low mountains and slopes.
There was no chance for the infantry to perform at all.
This section of the journey is deserted, almost the same as the section from Yiling to Yufu.
There is no city and no soldiers and horses to garrison it.
It is extremely unrealistic to expect a decisive battle between Lu Xun and Lu Xun at the intersection of the Yangtze River and Xiakou.
It is impossible for 150,000 infantry troops to reach there, and the furthest they can reach is Wulin.
The terrain of Wulin is gentle and suitable for infantry garrisoning.
This is the best place to build a water stronghold and train navy troops.
Once a major change occurs, the navy can quickly land ashore and turn into the previous infantry, so as not to fall into a dilemma.
Guo Jia sent Huang Zu to take a step not to occupy Wulin, but to let him occupy Red Cliff on the other side of Wulin.
Occupy both sides of the Yangtze River and build water fortresses respectively. No matter where Lu Xun's army is stationed in the future, they can suppress him by water and land.
Cao Cao also proposed what to do if Lu Xun was stationed at Xiakou and did not send his troops to the west.
In this regard, Guo Jia said very confidently that this situation will not happen!
It is absolutely impossible for a Confucian general like Lu Xun to sit and wait for death in Xiakou.
Wulin and Chibi belong to the north and south sides of the Yangtze River respectively. Not only are their terrains dangerous, they are also important places to guard the throat.
Especially Chibi on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the land is connected to Yuzhang County.
It can be said that if you occupy Wulin, you will have no worries in Nanjun; if you occupy Chibi, you will have no worries in Yuzhang!
On the other hand, Xiakou guards the intersection of the Han River and the Yangtze River.
But because of being on the north bank, Jiangxia can only be guaranteed to be safe.
Randomly abandoning Wulin and two dangerous places in Chibi is undoubtedly a major strategic failure.
Even if Yuzhang County is not considered, the waters will be released to allow Cao Jun to build water fortresses, build battlefields, and train naval forces unscrupulously.
After a long time, Lu Xun's army made no progress. Instead, it sat back and watched as Cao's soldiers became familiar with naval warfare and their strength increased greatly.
But with Lu Xun's astonishing reaction and Huang Zu's disastrous defeat in the first battle, Guo Jia's deployment was almost completely disrupted.
Forget about Chibi. Lu Xun did not lead his army to pursue Huang Zu, so he must have set up camp in Chibi in advance.
They had no choice but to urge Cao Cao to continuously increase their marching speed so that the army could steadily occupy Wulin.
Cao Cao was worried. If Wulin was also occupied by Lu Xun, wouldn't he have no place to stand?
Guo Jia once again advised Cao Cao not to worry too much and expressed absolute confidence.
Time is running out now, and Cao Cao doesn't want to discuss it too much.
I just want to rush to Wulin as soon as possible to ensure that I occupy an important place!
Even though they were marching at full speed, it took the army three days to reach Wulin.
It was just as Guo Jia expected!
Wu Lin did not see any Jiangdong soldiers.
On the other hand, the south bank of Red Cliff on the other side of Wulin has been completely occupied by Lu Xun.
There are many water villages, connected with the land villages, complementing each other, extremely magnificent!
Cao Cao thought highly of himself throughout his life, and he couldn't help but sigh that this camp was extremely exquisite and captured the essence of military art.
Even Guo Jia, who didn't know how to organize troops, was shocked by the orderliness of Lu Xun's camp.
At the same time, Cao Cao also understood a fact.
Lu Xun was not an ordinary Jiangdong kid.
The Jiangdong navy may not be able to win easily.
The strength shown by the enemy did not scare Cao Cao, but instead ignited his desire to win again.
No matter how difficult the current situation is, can we still be saddened by the difficulties we faced when we competed with Lu Bu for Yanzhou nine years ago?
The army of 150,000 was three times that of Lu Xun!
The piles are like mountains, comparable to the grain and grass in the entire Jiangdong!
Every one of them is the existence of crushing the opponent, and every one of them is full of confidence!
Cao Cao, who was full of determination to win, did not express too much emotion at the brilliance of Lu Xun's camp, but immediately put the army into action.
Cao's army was divided into four parts, the water route and the land route were divided into two parts.
Some built land strongholds and water strongholds, and some were responsible for guarding to prevent Lu Xun from taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
While Cao Jun was building a camp in full swing, the Jiangdong generals in the Chibi camp on the other side could no longer hold back.
No one wants to replicate the previous victory over Huang Zu.
And now, the busy Cao Jun undoubtedly gave him a great opportunity!
In the navy commander's tent on the east side of the Chibi River, old and new civil and military personnel occupied half and half.
The president of the West Route Army was Lu Xun, the deputy commander-in-chief Zhu Zhi, the generals Zhu Heng, Ling Cao, Sun Yu, Dong Xi, Zhu Ran, as well as the counselors Kan Ze, Lu Fan and so on.
If you look carefully, you can understand something. Everyone in the tent is from a local family in Jiangdong.
Among these people, only Lu Xun was the youngest.
However, none of the civil and military talents in the account chose to go against Lu Xun despite their seniority and age.
It was not entirely because Lu Xun represented the Lu family that he gained everyone's respect, but Lu Xun's own talents and abilities were able to convince the entire army.
Just like the many civil servants and generals in the tent at this moment, they were all extremely quiet in front of Lu Xun, and no one whispered to each other.
"Generals, I have found out clearly that Cao's army in Wulin on the other side has no less than 150,000 troops!"
"Cao Cao personally led the army to attack, and it is obvious that he covets the six counties in Jiangdong."
"I have received the great favor from my lord and been granted the position of governor. Naturally, I will do my best to contain Cao's army's eastward offensive."
"But Cao's army is elite and coming with ferocity. I hope all generals and this governor will work together!"
Lu Xun was still the same as before. When leading the troops in battle, he first summoned the generals to be humble for a while.
He is young and has low qualifications. If he wants to convince the public, he must use both kindness and power.
Fortunately, most of the civil and military personnel in the tent had followed him to resist Liu Bei in Yuzhang, and there was already a tacit understanding between the generals.
None of the military commanders who had just been assigned raised any objections.
Deputy Commander Zhu Zhi even took the initiative to stand up.
"Since my lord has appointed Governor Lu, we must follow the lead of Governor Lu!"
"Please rest assured, Commander, we will obey the orders of the Commander-in-Chief!"
After saying this, all the generals in the tent stood up and looked at Lu Xun with their hands raised.
"We will obey the orders of the Commander-in-Chief!"
Lu Xun quickly stood up and saluted everyone one by one.
"Thank you, generals!"
"If we work together, why worry about Cao's thieves not being defeated?"
At this time, a young general stood up and asked Lu Xun for help.
He was the adopted son of Deputy Governor Zhu Zhi, Fa Xiao Zhu Ran, who was highly trusted by Sun Quan.
Zhu Ran's twenty-second year is the year of bloody bravery!
"Reporting to Governor Lu, Cao Cao's naval forces have suffered a new defeat and their morale is low. It is better to take the initiative to attack while their foothold is not stable and their troops have no fighting spirit!"
"The general feels that Cao's army will be defeated in one battle!"
