Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 123 Cao Cao: I want to strike first

Lan Tian and Zhuge Liang returned to Jiangxia and told Liu Bei and Xu Shu about Chai Sang and his party.

After hearing this, Liu Bei laughed and said: "You two are trying to hide the truth, if Zhou Lang finds out about it in the future, you will die of anger."

Xu Shu said worriedly: "The plan for now is how to attack Jiangling after the war. Cao Cao has too many soldiers and horses in Jiangbei. Even if the water battle can be won, the garrison in such a big city will definitely not be small. In addition, Jiangling has a strong city and sufficient food and grass. , it is not easy to take it by force.”

Zhuge Liang walked up to the sand table, pointed to a place and said: "This is the main road to enter Shu. If you want to take Xichuan in the future, you must take this place first."

Liu Bei got up and saw that Zhuge Liang was pointing at Yiling.

"Lu Zijing is prudent, and Zhou Yu is very resourceful and resourceful. Before the war started, he was looking for Kong Ming to borrow generals. There are not many people who can transfer to Ziyu when he captures Jiangling in the future." Liu Bei sighed.

"Gao Boping and Gan Xingba are on Ziyu's side. Do we need to send Yuanzhi over there? We need to plan to break Jiangling," Guan Yu suggested.

"Zijing met Yuanzhi in Jiangxia before, it would be bad if Jiangdong's spies find out." Liu Bei shook his head.

"You guys don't know Ziyu too well. He just took Wuling and Changsha while talking and joking, and I don't think it's easy to take Jiangling." Zhuge Liang boasted.

Liu Bei looked at Lantian happily after hearing this, "Ziyu really has a plan to take Jiangling?"

Lan Tianxin said not to brag about each other in business, Zhou Yu surrounded Cao Ren for a year and did not take down Jiangling, how can I be better than Zhou Yu?
He shook his head and said: "I haven't made up my mind yet, I can only make calculations according to the development of the battle situation. If Jiangling is really impossible, we can capture Yiling before Jiangdong."

"This..." Liu Bei's heart hung up again.

"My lord, it's useless to talk too much, let Ziyu go back to prepare as soon as possible, everything will be discussed after defeating Cao Cao." Zhuge Liang reminded.

"The military adviser is right, Ziyu, you should go back to Lingling as soon as possible, and I will leave you to seek Jiangling." Liu Bei cupped his hands and said.

"Brother-in-law, don't worry, I will do my best." Lan Tian responded with cupped fists.

Liu Bei communicated frequently with Jiangdong, and Cao Cao, who was stationed in Jiangling, also received the news. He immediately called civil servants and generals to discuss countermeasures.

During the conquest of the Yuan family in Hebei, Xun You made the most contributions but was exhausted. Cao Cao feared that he would follow in Guo Jia's footsteps, so he only brought Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Liu Ye, and Dong Zhao during the southern expedition.

Cao Cao took Jingzhou easily, just when he was full of ambition, he looked at all the civil and military men and smiled and said: "Everyone said that Sun Zhongmou would kill Liu Bei, but who would have expected that the two of them would secretly communicate with each other. I heard that Zhou Yu called a meeting in Chaisang The warship will soon go up the current to fight me, and Zhongde is superior."

Cheng Yu was not complacent even after being praised, instead he advised: "Although Sun Quan is not as brave as his father and brother, he has his own understanding of how to use people to judge the situation. My lord should make plans early."

Cao Cao nodded and said: "The so-called preemptive attack is controlled by others. Now that there are hundreds of thousands of troops, I decided to take the initiative to attack."

Jia Xu, a counselor, remonstrated: "My lord just defeated the Yuan family, and now he has conquered Jingxiang. Now the army is powerful and famous. If you use this rich land to appease the gentry and appease the people, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment, the people in Jiangdong It must fall in the wind.

Cai Mao's naval force is only [-], and the warships are only [-]. In addition, the soldiers who have been conscripted for many years have been exhausted, and many of them died because of disobedience. At this time, fighting with Sun and Liu may not be able to defeat them. It is better to rest for a while to avoid their edge."

"Wenhe asked me to evade Sun Quan and Liu Bei's tens of thousands of soldiers with hundreds of thousands of tigers and wolves? I originally planned to send troops after the warships were ready, but since the other party was provoking me, why should I be afraid? Besides, Liu Bei's edict slandered the original Prime Minister, if you don't bind him and kill him, it will be difficult to solve the hatred in your heart." Cao Cao said coldly.

Seeing Cao Cao's displeasure, Jia Xu quickly said, "It's a fact that there are many diseases in the camp."

"Degui, I heard that there is a famous doctor in Nanyang, Zhang Zhongjing, can you bring him here to relieve my worries?" Cao Cao asked Cai Mao.

Cai Mao clasped his fists and replied: "Prime Minister, Liu Bei's wife was ill a few years ago, Zhang Zhongjing was invited to Jingnan for treatment, and he has not returned to Jiangbei until now."

"Hmph, there is another reason to kill Liu Bei. Since there are many diseases in the camp, it is more important to defeat Sun Quan and Liu Bei in one go, and then rest and recuperate to the fullest." Cao Cao said.

Seeing Cao Cao's decisiveness, everyone knew that this battle must be fought.

Cheng Yu followed up and said, "Jiangdong has [-] sailors, and Liu Bei has [-] sailors, twice as many as ours. Why don't the prime minister occupy a favorable terrain like Guandu?"

Cao Cao nodded and sighed, "It's a pity that Gongda is not here."

Cheng Yu immediately sat on the wax after hearing this, and Jia Xu looked at him playfully. Compared with Xun You and Guo Jia, your status in the heart of the lord is still much worse.

Cheng Yu calmed down and continued: "Just now I carefully looked at the map of Jingxiang. The terrain in the Wulin area is dangerous. It is a pass against the Yangtze River and enters Yunmeng. It is connected to Huarong Road in the north and the Yangtze River in the south. The prime minister can lead troops to build a waterway here. Fortresses can be advanced, attacked, retreated or defended.”

"Get the map of Jingxiang quickly." Cao Cao was overjoyed to hear that.

Cai Hao hurriedly asked someone to fetch a map, and Cao Cao quickly found Wulin on the map. He pointed at the map and said, "Zhongde's plan is very clever. Zixiao, you take your troops and horses to stay in Jiangling, and the rest of the troops will go to Wulin by land and water. Lin set off."

"Wei." All the generals responded in unison.

It was already late autumn in October, and the weather was getting cooler.

Cao Cao took a boat with Cai Mao on the waterway. He had never experienced such a water battle. At this time, he saw the sparkling water and surging waves on the Yangtze River, and he was suddenly excited and worried.

"Degui, you have been in charge of the Xiangyang navy for many years, how much do you know about the Sun Quan and Liu Bei navy?" Cao Cao asked.

Cai Mao thought for a while and answered: "How can they compare with the prime minister's heavenly soldiers? Previously, Huang Zu and Jiangdong fought each other, and now Huang Zu is dead. The strength of Jiangdong's navy is unknown, but I know Jiangxia's navy very well. "

"Huh? Let's hear it."

"The [-] navy in Liu Bei's hands was originally the Xiangyang navy that I was in charge of. It was brought to Jingnan by Liu Qi at the beginning, and was taken to Jiangxia by Guan Yu after the decisive battle between Sun Quan and Huang Zu. Its strength is indescribable."

Cao Cao was puzzled when he heard this, "Degui has something to say."

"It's the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled that I carefully selected, and their strength is no more than half of the current navy." Cai Mao said awkwardly.

"Hahaha, Degui's selection was brilliant. In this way, Liu Bei only has [-] mobs? I don't have to worry about it," Cao Cao laughed.

Cao Cao's 30 land and water troops stationed in Wulin built a water village to relax and wait for work.

After Sun Quan prepared the money and food, Zhou Yu commanded the land and water army to march westward, and finally set up camp at Chibi on the opposite bank of Wulin.

When the two armies fought for the first time, they both carried out tentative attacks on the river. As a result, Cao Jun was defeated and returned to Shuizhai.

Zhou Yu saw the rigorous layout of Cao Jun's water village on the warship, and Wulin's position can be advanced, attacked, retreated, and defended, so he knew that Cao's camp must have expert guidance.

During the confrontation, Zhou Yu sent people out of the boat several times to fight, but unfortunately the northern army did not respond, and the archery towers built on the water village were extremely difficult to break into.

When Zhou Yu was at a loss, Huang Gai from Lingling walked into the handsome tent.

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