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Chapter 273 Cao Cao does not love women, the basis of decision-making is power (33)

Cao Cao had a similar mentality, tearing off the calendar.

So he was unwilling to wait. What the hell was there to wait for? He was so impatient.

Shen Santong designed many plots.

The first place was before the southern expedition.

Cao Cao asked his confidants: "What is the auspicious day next year? We must pick a good day."

It actually implies that the ascension to the throne is imminent and preparations must be made for the throne hall.

Various rituals need to be prepared.

The second place was after he recovered Jingzhou and chased after Liu Bei.

Cao Cao put on his fine clothes, looked in the bronze mirror, adjusted his appearance, and asked his confidant: "How do you think of my robes? Have you chosen a date?"

Reciting the poems I wrote last year, I am fortunate enough to be able to sing them to express my feelings.

woman?

He never cared about women. What he, Cao Cao, wanted was the country and the world.

He wanted to suppress Confucianism, promote Legalism, and solve the problem of family background.

The third place is after issuing a declaration of war to Sun Wu in Jiangdong, he asked his confidants, not just one person, but several people: "How should we deal with Liu Bohe?"

After that, Cao Cao changed the subject and said, "Let's see how to fight Sun Quan in Jiangdong."

At this point, the matter of becoming emperor was brought to the table in the core circle and made public. It was not stated explicitly, but everyone understood it.

The issue of whether to kill or keep Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, had already begun to be discussed.

Before the Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao opened a jar of fine wine to celebrate.

Shen Santong designed these plots to enrich the characters.

Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Red Cliffs, and later generations with foresight knew that he would be defeated badly.

But in Cao Cao's view, great unification was imminent and victory could be achieved with one strike, so he was full of confidence.

With this kind of mentality, it is impossible to have no feelings or reactions at all.

After filming the scenes related to Cao Cao, Shen Santong turned to filming the scenes related to the Sun Wu camp.

According to the schedule, two other camera crews shot the minor roles, and Shen Santong directed the highlight himself.

The Cao Wei camp was ready to fight and full of enthusiasm.

As for the Sun Wu camp, the situation was extremely serious and everyone felt insecure.

In this plot, Cao Cao's declaration of war arrives, and most people in the Sun Wu camp advocate welcoming and surrendering.

Cao Cao has already taken Jingzhou, and Sun Wu will definitely not be able to hold it.

The north is unified, Cao Cao owns the Central Plains, and great unification is imminent. The sooner you surrender, the sooner you can enjoy.

People led by Chief Clerk Zhang Zhao persuaded Sun Quan to surrender.

Analysis shows that Cao Cao is a jackal, a tiger or a leopard, who held the emperor hostage to conquer the four directions and had a righteous cause.

Moreover, Cao Cao had already occupied the land of Jingzhou and possessed the navy trained by Liu Biao, including thousands of Mengchong warships. The Yangtze River was no longer a natural barrier.

In addition, Cao Cao had more troops than us, and we were outnumbered.

Finally, if Sun Quan surrendered earlier, Cao Cao could also arrange a position for him. If he failed after fighting, there would be no way to negotiate.

Shen Santong was very satisfied and announced, "Okay, I'll keep one."

Huang Xiaoming’s acting skills are good enough to show Sun Quan’s resentment and helplessness as the young master.

The other actors are also veteran actors.

It showed the shamelessness of the aristocratic families and the faces of the capitulationists.

Shen Santong used some history, including the ugly behavior of some people before the Korean War, and the spineless behavior of the media and economists during the trade war.

Just use a little bit of it and capture the spirit of the film, and the audience's blood pressure will definitely rise.

Then he patted Lu Su for advice.

The whole audience was filled with voices of surrender, except Lu Su, who remained silent.

Sun Quan got up to go to the toilet and Lu Su followed him to the eaves.

Lu Su analyzed the pros and cons for Sun Quan and said that anyone could vote except Sun Quan.

After Sun Quan surrenders, he will definitely suffer the consequences.

And what about Sun Quan?

I know I can’t vote, but I’m not sure if I can win.

In addition, there are too many main surrenders, which is a powerful force but lacks support.

When Shen Santong wrote this scene, he particularly showed Lu Su's isolation in Sun Quan's team.

His background determined that if he wanted to join the aristocratic class, he could only rely on Sun Quan.

Lu Su came from a powerful family and had a certain amount of power and wealth in the local area, but since none of his ancestors had served as officials, he did not belong to the aristocratic class.

Troubled times are the time for reshuffle.

Lu Su wanted to lead his family to the ranks of aristocratic families, so he relied closely on Sun Quan and assisted him.

Lu Su advised Sun Quan to recall Zhou Yu who had arrived in Fanyang on orders.

Zhou Yu was a man of both civil and military talents, and had great ambitions. He always advocated "seceding from Jiangdong and establishing an independent country", which was inconsistent with the line of Zhang Zhao and others.

Moreover, Zhou Yu had a very high prestige, so if he advocated war, he would be able to fight.

The filming proceeded to Zhou Yu’s highlight scene.

In the finished film, Sun Quan's confidant will help pass the message first.

After understanding Zhou Yu's attitude and Zhou Yu expressed his support for war, he was recalled.

The details of this sequence are very important and contain subtext.

Sun Quan firmly advocated war. If Zhou Yu did not want to fight, he would not let Zhou Yu come back. He would find another way to promote the war.

Of course, if Zhou Yu advocates war, then it will be easy.

After Zhou Yu arrived, he first expressed his attitude, and his attitude was extremely important.

Zhou Yu denounced Cao Cao as a thief.

Although he was nominally the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, he was actually a traitorous minister of the Han Dynasty.

It praised Sun Quan's bravery and talent, and showed that Sun Quan inherited the legal system and took over the foundation from his father and brother.

It means that our Jiangdong is not weak, the area we rule is thousands of miles, we have enough elite soldiers, heroes are willing to serve, and we are able to resist Cao Cao.

After analyzing the situation again, Cao Cao was actually not optimistic.

The north had not yet been completely pacified, and Ma Chao and Han Sui were still stationed west of Hangu Pass, which was a threat to Cao Cao. Cao Cao would be very uncomfortable abandoning his saddle horses and using ships instead to compete with the people of Jiangdong who grew up in a water town.

In addition, it was a very cold day and the war horses lacked fodder.

Moreover, if soldiers from the Central Plains were forced to travel long distances to the Jianghu area, they would not be able to adapt to the local climate and would inevitably suffer from epidemics.

These aspects are major concerns in deploying troops, and Cao Cao acted rashly.

Finally, he asked for battle, requesting to lead tens of thousands of elite troops to station in Xiakou and ensure the defeat of Cao Cao.

This scene is Zhou Yu’s highlight.

Lu Yi’s acting skills are indeed not that good, but fortunately it is a movie and he can hone his shots.

In Wu Yusen's version, Zhuge Liang drives the plot forward.

The accent of Sun Quan, played by Zhang Zhen, is difficult to hold, and the plot is also difficult to hold.

Is it okay for Lu Su to praise Zhuge Liang, Sun Quan's confidant in the Sun Wu camp, and praise the strategist of the Shu Han camp in formal occasions?
Zhuge Liang also had to persuade Zhou Yu, which did not add to the drama, but ruined Wu Hou.

The military camp scenes are even more explosive.

Military training is like child's play, military discipline is like child's play, Xiao Qiao delivers a foal.

There is a wave of anti-war sentiment. Don’t go to the battlefield with your pony.

unbelievable.

The horse itself doesn't want to.

How can you eat good food if you don’t go to the battlefield or serve as a war horse?
What happens next is even more outrageous.

Zhuge Liang understood each other's intentions through playing the piano, and then Xiao Qiao encouraged Zhou Yu and strengthened his confidence in fighting.

Later, in order to persuade Sun Quan, Zhou Yu took Sun Shangxiang, played by Xiaoyanzi, to hunt.

Leave Sun Quan to fight the tiger alone.

What a big heart.

It is better to say that Zhou Yu wanted to kill Sun Quan, staged a scene of him dying from horse fright, and offered Jiangdong to Cao Cao than to say that it was to encourage Sun Quan.

Moreover, the war is imminent. What if Sun Quan dies at such a critical moment?
Without his status and righteousness, Zhou Yu could not fight even if he wanted to.

Then, Sun Quan gained confidence in defeating the tiger.

In this plot, drawing the bow with an open string is nothing, that's just a problem of technique, the problem is with the plot as a whole.

The Wu Yusen version is okay in terms of texture, props and costumes, but the plot is completely fucked up.

Hong Kong directors simply don't understand how a large organization operates, they only know about gang fights.

Shen Santong is too confident.

As long as you shoot honestly, you will definitely beat Wu Yusen.

Whether to fight or surrender is not determined by emotions or courage.

It is determined by the balance of power.

This strength does not depend on Cao Cao's strength, but on the power comparison between the Sun Wu forces who advocate war and those who advocate surrender.

What Sun Quan lacked was never courage, but real power.

When Zhou Yu expressed his intention to go to war, the power of the pro-war faction in the Sun Wu team surged.

So Sun Quan made the final decision: "The old villain Cao Cao has long wanted to depose the Han emperor and usurp the throne himself, but he was worried about Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and me."

"Now, those heroes have been eliminated, and I am the only one left. I cannot coexist with the old thief."

He looked at Zhou Yu and said, "You advocate fighting Cao's army, which is exactly what I want. It must be God who gave you to me!"

After Sun Quan expressed his opinion, he drew his sword and chopped at the table in front of him.

He looked around and said, "Generals and officials, if anyone dares to say that we should surrender to Cao Cao, he will be punished just like this memorial!"

Huang Xiaoming held his breath. This scene was his highlight. When their eyes met, Lu Yi couldn't catch it.

Fortunately, there was a difference in their status, Sun Quan was the leader and Zhou Yu was the follower, and the relationship was quite harmonious.

The Wu Yusen version also used the Hong Kong Island ranking method in the movie.

The movie gives people the feeling that Zhuge Liang is not the follower, but Liu Bei is the follower; Sun Quan is not the master, but Zhou Yu is the master.

Of course, putting everything aside, just look at a character in the original book, making faces and acting as Zhuge Liang.

It's disgusting just looking at it.

After the general meeting, a small meeting will be held.

Zhou Yu went to see Sun Quan again and conducted a more detailed analysis.

The war situation is completely based on military analysis.
Zhou Yu made a detailed analysis and refuted it: Cao Cao claimed in the declaration of war that he had "800,000 naval infantry", but in fact he did not have that many.

Based on the size of Cao Cao's entire army, the number of Cao's troops coming to the south would not exceed 16.

Moreover, it took only one month to fight from Henan to Jiangling, so they must have been very exhausted.

The number of soldiers from Jingzhou that Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao was at most 8. It was impossible for them to be truly integrated into Cao's army in a short period of time, so Cao Cao was not able to use them easily.

Zhou Yu believed that Cao's army had no more than 200,000 men at most, with a tired main force and half-hearted surrendered soldiers. Even if they had a larger number, they would have little combat effectiveness.

Zhou Yu ordered 50,000 men to go to Xiakou (located northeast of Chibi) for a decisive battle with Cao Cao.

Sun Quan gave him 30,000.

Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu as the left and right generals, and asked them to join forces with Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao. He also appointed Lu Su as the military commander to assist in planning strategies.

He continued to mobilize troops and transport more baggage and food as support.

Zhuge Liang had no role in these decisions, because these were decisions made by the core circle of Jiangdong Sun Wu, and were the highest decision-making secrets of the Sun Wu camp.

It is impossible for Zhuge Liang to participate.

After filming the core drama of the Sun Wu team, Shen Santong transferred to the Shu Han team.

He wanted to give Zhuge Liang a full sense of participation when he had no sense of participation.

Shen Santong gave Wu Hou a cheat.

Shen Santong concentrated on filming in 07.

Something big happened in the entertainment industry.

1 month 1 day.

Zhang Weiping fired the shot.

I feel so wronged.

Shen Santong was amused.

(End of this chapter)