Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 156 The Fire Company (4)
Jia Xu bowed his head and thought for a while when he heard the words, and felt that there were no flaws in what Cao Cao said just now, so he stopped talking.The other advisers and generals also nodded in agreement.

But Sima Yi said at this moment: "My lord, Yi has a foolish trick to improve this boat-connecting strategy. Now that the boats are connected by ropes, their strength is limited, and they are easily worn down by the ups and downs of the warships on both sides. —It’s better to connect them with iron chains, which will be stronger!”

Cao Cao stroked his beard slowly and said, "Yes."

Qianlong Zaiyuan
At the end of the garrison and the beginning of Haihai, the night was as dark as a curtain.In Sima Yi's private sleeping tent, there were neither lamps nor candles, and it was pitch black.

In the thick darkness, a vigorous and powerful voice sounded slowly: "Did Cao Cao believe Kan Ze's words?" The voice was actually Sima Hui's.

"This Kan Ze is eloquent and quick-witted, Cao Cao can't find any loopholes in his lies at least on the surface." Sima Yi's voice also sounded softly in the darkness, "Zhou Gongjin's 'bitter tricks', Huang Gai It’s really dazzling to see one trick after another with the ‘false-surrender strategy’!”

"Hmm... according to common sense, what kind of treacherous and suspicious person is Cao Cao? How could he be dazzled by Zhou Yu and Huang Gai's 'double play'?"

"Uncle, Cao Cao must have doubts about Huang Gai asking Kan Ze to surrender, but he has no choice but to temporarily accept this incident. Now there are rumors in the army that Xiliang Ma Chao , Han Sui marched eastward under the banner of "punishing the ministers of power, and the Qing emperor's side", and approached Chang'an; and there was news from Huainan that Zang Ba and Chen Jiao led the army to attack Wancheng, but they were defeated by Zhang Zhao and Sun Shao. The half-way ambush also failed, and retreated to Hefei. All of this has already made Cao Cao lose his sense of proportion! He really needs to grasp the "straw" of Huang Gai's surrender at this time to carry out the last blow to "turn the tide of the battle" against Zhou Yu and the others. He just wanted to give it a try and take a gamble. What if Huang Gai really surrendered like Xu You who suddenly turned against him during the Guandu battle? It was Xu You who helped him at the last moment Turning the tide of the battle, Huang Gai might be the second 'Xu You' at this time? Maybe, subconsciously, Cao Cao still thinks that this is God's favor for him..."

"Alas! If even Cao Cao, a big-hearted and full-fledged hero, begins to pin his last hope of winning by surprise on illusory luck, then he may really be starting to age." Sima Hui sighed, "This time, he will completely lose his bet—he will lose all his warships and all his sailors, and thus lose the right to fight and control the natural dangers of the Yangtze River during his lifetime, and he will never be able to complete the unification of Liuhe , Clearing up the great cause of thousands of miles..."

Sima Yi also felt the same way in his voice: "Yes, now, there is only a southeast wind to bring Cao Cao's defeat of Chibi to an end. But, uncle, in this midwinter season, the Yangtze River is really Will there be a southeasterly wind?"

"You don't have to worry too much about this. The southeast wind really blows. As a general, he is not good at astronomy at the top, geography at the bottom, and understanding of human relationships at the bottom. I know that on the surface of the river, every time around the middle of the twelfth lunar month, as the saying goes, "when the winter solstice is born, the spring will come and go", there will naturally be a southeast wind for a day or two. This is common sense about the climate unique to the Jingxiang area. , only Zhuge Liang knew about it. Therefore, Uncle Wei concluded that Zhuge Liang must have contributed to Zhou Yu's ingenious strategy of "taking advantage of the east wind and burning the boat with fire". Zhou Yu lived in Jiangdong, so it was impossible for him to know the climate of Jingxiang so clearly. , he couldn't think of this strategy..."

"That's right, when Zhuge Liang asked Niu Hengjun to send a secret letter, asking his nephew to implement the "serial boat" timing, he wrote: "If you want to break Cao's soldiers, you must attack with fire; but on the river, if one boat catches fire, the rest of the boat Scattered in all directions, it is difficult to wipe them all out. Brother can try to make them line up with boats, and then they can be burned to the ground'. At that time, Yi also secretly wondered, the strategy of connecting boats is good, but if "the fire has no wind to help", Even if tens of thousands of rockets are launched in all directions, it may not necessarily hurt the main vitality of Cao Jun's naval ships, but I did not expect that Zhuge Liang had already come up with the idea of ​​"taking advantage of the east wind"..."

"However, in my uncle's opinion, Zhuge Liang's 'dangerous move' was a fluke! It is common sense that there will be a southeast wind in the middle of the twelfth lunar month above the Yangtze River. In fact, the locals in Jingzhou know a little bit about it. Yes. If you and Zhuge Liang hadn’t responded internally and externally, you would first induce Cao Cao to burn and slaughter [-] seriously ill soldiers, and then use tricks to get rid of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun. In their hearts, how could they be silent about Cao Cao's major mistake? I am afraid that when Huang Gai comes and the fire is on that day, they will also take the opportunity to disperse and flee. These people will return to Liu Bei sooner or later With Zhou Yu's command..."

Sima Yi's voice suddenly became a little sour: "My lord uncle, don't mention these things... Regarding the burning and massacring of the [-] seriously ill dead, Yi has always felt a little pain in his heart. Treating human life like nothing, this... This is a journey of beasts! The blood on Yi's hands may never be washed clean again..."

"Nephew, why do you blame yourself so much? Burning them to death that night is the best relief for them! If it continues, even if Cao Cao can't afford to slaughter them heartlessly, the best thing to do is It's just that they are isolated and sealed up, and they are left to cry and struggle every day, to fend for themselves. You just gave them a chance to get rid of it. What's wrong? Even if there is any punishment from God, I will bear it alone , has nothing to do with you waiting!"

Sima Yi's voice fell silent, only the sound of heavy breathing and breathing came and went in the darkness, which seemed extremely depressed and uncomfortable.

"My nephew's ingenuity really amazed Uncle Wei during this period of time! You made good use of Jiang Gan, a 'chess piece'. You used him to eradicate Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and you used him to implement You made the plan of 'serial boats', but you yourself can always hide behind the scenes without anyone noticing..." Sima Hui praised with a smile.

"Uncle, my nephew doesn't seem to have reached that level if I say that I don't know anyone. My nephew has an intuition, and I have a faint feeling that the military adviser Jia Xu seems to have noticed something. His attitude towards my nephew recently has a secret Something is wrong, my nephew can feel his deep guard against my nephew..."

"Can you handle this?"

Sima Yi was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "Uncle, don't worry. My nephew is confident that he can handle it now. After repeated self-examination and self-examination, my nephew can confirm that there is no 'handle' in his hands."

"That's good. Uncle Wei believes that you, my nephew, will be able to resolve this crisis smoothly. Now, we, uncle and nephew, can talk about the trend of the world after the Battle of Chibi.

"First of all, as far as our Sima family is concerned, if Cao Cao fails in this battle, it will be difficult for him to expand his career of "unifying the world and calming the world", and our Sima family finally took advantage of his defeat in Chibi to create It has given us a very precious period of time to use our talents and an extremely rare place to use our talents. Our Sima family will seize every opportunity to cultivate and work hard, so as to keep the natural conditions, human conditions, and victorious forces that the Cao family in Peijun has neglected. Incorporating it into the bag will lay an invisible foundation for our Sima family to turn the world around in the future and the great cause of the world!"

"My uncle is right!"

"Secondly, what is certain is that after Cao Cao's defeat in Chibi, his opponents Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and other young heroes will gain fame and fame all over the world through this battle——hahaha! Zhongda, you will be jealous them?"

In the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, Sima Hui couldn't see Sima Yi's expression.He was still so calm, as if he was talking about another stranger's thoughts: "No. My nephew won't be jealous of them."

"why?"

"My nephew learned this from my father and my uncle. My father is far-sighted, how can he be inferior to Xun Lingjun in the court? How can my uncle be inferior to Mr. Guan Ning in the court and the public? He has achieved the realm of 'the big is big and the elephant is invisible', which also gave my nephew a deep inspiration. The real master, he should always hide behind the ever-changing and ever-changing appearance, and accumulate in silence Weili accumulates perseverance in solidity and persistence in calmness, and is never disturbed by external objects. He does not need to show off himself, nor does he need the applause of others; he just consistently moves towards the fixed goal deep in his heart The goal of the struggle is non-stop, non-stop, and non-stop!" Sima Yi said slowly, "My nephew has always been very clear that the journey of our Sima family's "emerging suddenly, attacking later, and turning the world around" is extremely long, extremely bumpy, and extremely tortuous. , Who dares to slack off until the last moment? My nephew has always thought so, whoever can laugh last will laugh the best."

Sima Hui's voice suddenly became extremely hot: "Nephew, it's really great that you have such insight! This is really a blessing for my Sima family! ——It seems that everything in my Sima family is prosperous and prosperous, really! It's about to 'flower and bear fruit' on you, Boda, and Zhi'er..."

"Uncle, nephew, etc. are just closely following your footsteps in the thorn bushes, to fulfill our duty as the descendants of the Sima family of the Yin State! You don't have to be so flattering."

"Okay, let's get back to business. Uncle Wei told you about Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's situation before, and it's time to pay close attention to Jiangdong's movements. Now Jiangdong will take advantage of the situation after Cao Cao's defeat in Chibi With their sudden rise, we should consider them in the overall strategy of our Sima family. What do you think of Lu Su, the head of the Jiangdong Sun Quan shogunate?"

"Yi once met Lu Su in Qingyun Mountain Villa. Judging from his manner of speaking, he can be regarded as a rare hero in this world. He is stupid on the outside and wise on the inside, soft on the outside and strong on the inside. Being able to bend and stretch, there are many things worthy of Yi's serious study."

"That's right! If Zhuge Liang hadn't met Lu Su, how could he be such a heart-to-heart and inseparable soul mate? It wasn't Zhuge Liang who didn't know the necessity of uniting Sun against Cao, and it wasn't Lu Su who didn't know how to unite Liu against Cao It's precious! Zhuge Liang's encounter with Lu Su is also a great blessing in his life." Sima Hui said slowly.

(End of this chapter)