The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 239
Zhang Wu had expected Cao Jun's arrival.

When Cao Cao retreated, Xiahou Dun and Xu Huang were stationed in Fancheng for this day.

And Zhang Wu has been waiting for this day since he revealed the chained boat.It is necessary to create an opportunity for Cao Cao to be ruthless, otherwise he will harass him every day, and Jingzhou will have no chance to develop.

Cao Cao stationed his army outside the city, entered Fancheng by himself, summoned his generals and advisers to discuss the military situation, and arranged for his ministries to make preparations.

Although Cao Jun still does not have a general of the navy, but because Yu Jin and Mao Jie have temporarily commanded the navy before and have some experience, Cao Cao still ordered Yu Jin and Mao Jie to be in charge of the command of the navy.

This water battle is all using iron chains and chain ships, and the tactics are also very simple.It was nothing more than rushing up with a warship and forcing the Jingzhou navy to fight.Whether it is archery from a distance, or close combat from a distance, Cao Cao has confidence in his soldiers.

Moreover, it was autumn at this time. Although the temperature had not dropped yet, the wind direction had already begun to change. Now the wind was blowing from the west, but after two months of winter, it would turn to the north. That would be the time for Cao Jun to attack aggressively.

Now Cao's army is still mainly training. The soldiers of each department take turns boarding the iron chain ship to adapt and practice. Cao Cao is full of confidence when he sees it.With such a sharp weapon, why fear the water armies of Jingzhou and Jiangdong.

Although Zhang Wu already had a plan to deal with it, it was hard to tell others about such unimaginable things, so except for himself, no one else knew Zhang Wu's plan.

Therefore, although Cao Cao's invasion has been repelled many times before, many people still have no idea about Cao Cao's 40 army this time.

After all, this time is different from the previous ones. Everyone knows the power of the iron chain ship. With this thing, Cao Jun has greatly eliminated the disadvantage of not having a navy army, and the biggest advantage of the Jingzhou Army has also been weakened.Moreover, Cao Jun is the offensive side, occupying the strategic initiative, and can choose the time for the decisive battle. Of course, they must choose to fight when the north wind blows.

Once the Cao army decided to fight, the Jingzhou army could only meet the enemy, and there was no such thing as retreating as an advance or luring the enemy to go deep, because the Cao army only needed to cross the river to reach Xiangyang.As long as Xiangyang is besieged, with Cao Jun's siege ability, sooner or later, the Xiangyang defenders will be exhausted.

Therefore, the Jingzhou army was forced to fight Cao Jun on the water, and Cao Jun must not be allowed to cross the river.

But Jingzhou still has a very big difficulty, which is to guard against sneak attacks from behind by Jiangdong's army, so Jiangxia's navy still dare not mobilize.

Originally, the Jingzhou army was far inferior to Cao's army in number, and now they have to deploy half of their troops in Jiangxia, and they are in a very difficult situation.

Now there are 9000 sailors in Xiangyang, [-] infantry in Wuwei Battalion, [-] infantry from Huang Zhong's department, [-] infantry from Guan Yu's department, [-] infantry from Liu Pan's department, and [-] defenders in the city.

There is a huge difference from Cao Jun's 40. If it weren't for the victories in the previous two wars, it is estimated that some families in Jingzhou will start to think carefully again.

In the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Zhang Wu and his generals and military advisers were discussing how to meet the enemy.

"Wars are not entirely dependent on numbers. We defeated Cao Cao twice before, which is enough to prove this. But there is no absolute. Although we defeated Cao Cao twice, we can't look down on Cao Cao with arrogance. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and Cao Cao is indeed a large number of people, and Cao Cao himself is a hero, so we have to be careful. Kong Ming, how do you think we should meet the enemy this time?" Zhang Wu asked.

Zhuge Liang had just joined Zhang Wu's command, so of course he wanted to show off, so he said: "If my predictions are correct, the governor must have already made up his mind."

"Oh? How can you see it?"

Zhuge Liang waved his fan and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, Xiangfan and Fancheng have been one, and those who guard Xiangxiang must guard Fancheng. Although Xia Houdun occupied Fancheng, there were not many soldiers and horses in the city. If you want to take back Fancheng, it should be a breeze. But the governor didn't care about it, and just sent some navy troops to harass him. I'm afraid the governor did it on purpose. It can be seen that the governor is not worried at all that Cao Cao will attack again. Come with your army."

"Hahahaha, Kong Ming is worthy of being Mr. Shui Jing's proud disciple. He sees things so clearly. Yes, although I expected that Cao Cao would come again, I did have a plan to defeat the enemy. But our army and Compared with Cao Jun, there is a huge difference in strength, how does Kong Ming think we should win?"

"Since ancient times, those who have won the many with the few have not faced the enemy head-on, but have taken advantage of the situation. Either rely on the timing, or rely on the location, or use the power of water and fire, or make the enemy mess up. Now the time is in Cao Cao, and the iron chain The appearance of the boats prevents our army from taking advantage of the land. If we want to make Cao Jun self-disruptive, we must cut off his food roads. However, Cao Jun has cavalry escorts. I am afraid that we will not cut off Cao Jun’s food roads. In this way, the commander-in-chief’s way of defeating the enemy Could it be that Ce is the power of water and fire?"

After hearing this, Zhang Wu also admired Zhuge Liang, and guessed it was almost the same. He deserves to be the "Crouching Dragon" who is as famous as the "Fengchu", and he is indeed the most dazzling star in the entire Three Kingdoms.

What Zhuge Liang said is also quite right. There are many famous battles in history where the less won the more, and the reasons for their victory can be summed up in just a few points.For example, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu. On the frontal battlefield, Cao Jun was almost unable to withstand it. As a result, Cao Cao personally led an elite raid on Wuchao, burned the food and grass of Yuan Shao's army, caused Yuan Shao's army to be in chaos, and then won the victory.

Another example is the Battle of Chibi in history. More than 80 Sun and Liu allied forces fought against more than [-] Cao Cao.

There is also the Battle of Feishui in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Eastern Jin Dynasty used 80 troops to fight against the [-] troops of the former Qin Dynasty. Qin.

Now Jingzhou is also facing such a situation, so if it wants to win, it must rely on other forces.And Zhang Wu had already planned to use fire to attack. He wanted to burn Cao Cao's 40 army with fire, so that Cao Cao would never dare to conquer Jingzhou again in his life.

"Kong Ming's wisdom is rare in the world! Yes, my strategy for defeating the enemy is the strategy of attacking with fire. Iron chain boats are indeed powerful, especially for Cao's army, enabling them to stand on top of the river." Fight steadily. But everyone knows that there are advantages and disadvantages in the world. Because of its huge size and inconvenient movement, the iron chain ship is extremely afraid of fire. Once the warship catches fire in the river, Cao Jun will be compared to our army in a panic. defeat!"

At this time, Guan Yu said: "The fire attack needs to rely on the wind. The reason why Cao Cao chose to attack in autumn and winter is to gain the upper hand and avoid being set on fire by our army. If Cao Cao attacked when the north wind was blowing in the cold winter, the governor How to attack with fire? I'm afraid Cao Cao will set us on fire!"

(End of this chapter)