The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 242 Everything is ready

The next day, Yu Jin and Mao Jie, the commanders of the navy, came to ask Cao Cao: "I would like to inform the prime minister that all the iron chains and boats of the navy are in place, and the rest of the warships are also ready. The flags and war equipment are ready one by one. Please dispatch and carry out review."

It turned out that Cao Cao wanted to conduct a large-scale military parade and exercise before dispatching troops to see how the various ministries cooperated.Cao Cao sat down on the battleship in the center of the navy and called the generals to listen to orders.

Cao Jun's 40 troops were divided into water and land armies, with 20 troops stationed on land, and the remaining 20 troops boarded warships.The two armies of water and land are divided into five parts, and they use five-color flags to command and order.

In the water army, the central yellow flag is Yu Jin, the front army is red flag Zhang He, the rear army is Zao Banner Lu Qian, the left army is Qing Banner Mao Jie, and the right army is white flag Lu Tong.

In the army, the central yellow banner Xiahou Dun, the front army red banner Xu Huang, the rear army Zao Hong, the left army green banner Zhang Liao, and the right army white banner Xiahouyuan.

The rest of the generals also returned to their teams. This time the exercise was mainly performed by the navy, and the army waited in place after forming their positions in each position.

After the drums were played three times in the water village, the warships of each team sailed out of the water village one after another. At this time, the northwest wind suddenly picked up, and the ships pulled up their sails, surfing the waves, as stable as flat ground.

The soldiers of Cao Jun lined up on the big ship to meet the enemy, demonstrating how to fight on water.I saw an order, and the neatly arranged phalanx of archers drew their bows and shot arrows, and a warship in front of them as a target was filled with arrows.Cao Jun's soldiers made various actions to meet the enemy on the deck according to orders. The pike soldiers raised their spears and stabbed, and the sword and shield soldiers set up their shields and chopped their knives.

There were also soldiers manipulating the catapults to reload and shoot. Huge boulders flew into the air, splashing a big splash on the river far ahead.

Yu Jin was on the flagship with the word "Shuai" in the center and commanded with a five-color flag. The front, rear, left, and right fleets advanced and retreated freely, or took turns to attack, or flanked left and right, or suppressed from a long distance, or fought hand-to-hand.There are hundreds of small boats coming and going to patrol the police to urge them to supervise.

Standing on the general platform, Cao Cao saw that his navy was advancing and retreating in an orderly manner during the drill, attacking and defending in an orderly manner. The 20 navy was fighting the waves on more than [-] iron-chained ships and hundreds of small boats. Ruhong was very happy in her heart, and felt that she would win this battle.Therefore, Cao Cao ordered all the ministries to close the sails and retreat to the water village one by one.

"It's God's destiny to help me this time! This iron-chained boat is indeed crossing the river like walking on flat ground. If we had obtained this sharp weapon last year, we might have captured Sun Quan and Zhou Yu alive today!" Cao Cao summoned his generals in Fancheng During the discussion, he said happily.

Cheng Yu then said: "Prime Minister, although the iron chain ship is stable, it is huge and difficult to move. Although it is winter and the northwest wind prevails, Zhang Wu is full of tricks, so you need to be careful."

Cao Cao laughed and said: "Zhongde's words are quite reasonable. Zhang Wu does know some ways of using troops. He is good at using his own strengths to overcome the enemy's weaknesses. He can either defend the city or rely on his navy, but since He did not dare to face the enemy directly with our army. This time our army has iron chains and ships, forcing him to fight our army head-on, otherwise he will give up Xiangyang. Our army is all Qing, Xu, Yan, Daizhi You guys are not used to riding in boats, but with this sharp weapon, you will not be afraid of the dangers of the river. If we face the enemy head-on, who is our army’s opponent today? In the face of absolute power, some strategies are actually not worth worrying about.”

All the generals bowed and said: "The prime minister has a good opinion, I can't wait!"

Cao Cao said again: "Everyone, prepare for a few more days. When the northwest wind blows, the army will officially go out!"

"Follow the prime minister's order!"

Cao Cao's large-scale southern expedition also affected the hearts of many people. Other princes in the world were also very concerned about this war, because the result of this war will affect the future trend of the world.

If Cao Cao wins, Jingzhou will fall into Cao Cao's hands. On the one hand, Cao Cao will gain the population and wealth of Jingzhou, and his strength will increase greatly;

Therefore, although Cao Cao used the name of the imperial court to designate Sun Quan as General Zhendong, Liu Zhang as General Zhenwei, and Liu Zhang's younger brother Liu Mao as General Pingkou, and ordered Sun Quan and Liu Zhang to send troops from Jiangdong and Yizhou to attack Jingzhou together, But neither of these two sent troops.

Because other princes do not want Cao Cao to win.

But Jiangdong still has some contradictions. He neither wants Cao Cao to win nor Zhang Wu to win.Because if Cao Cao wins, he will definitely take advantage of the situation to pacify Jiangdong. Jiangdong does not have an advantage in geography, so it is difficult to stop Cao Cao.

If Zhang Wu wins again, his prestige will rise to another level, the entire Jingzhou will be more united, and the Jingzhou army will also increase in confidence and morale. Take the initiative to invade Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu is a very aggressive and proactive governor, always wanting to capture Jingzhou for the sake of the world.It can be said that among the civil and military monarchs and ministers in Jiangdong, only Zhou Yu has the highest strategic vision.In the original book, after the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu suggested to Sun Quan to find an opportunity to put Liu Bei under house arrest, even if he does not kill him, he must control Liu Bei's army in name and strength.Then take the waterway to take Yizhou directly, and finally form an alliance with Ma Chao to resist Cao Cao.

This is the strategy of "dividing the world into two" proposed by Zhou Yu.

It is a pity that Sun Quan did not follow Zhou Yu's plan. Not only did he let Liu Bei go, but Liu Bei grew up, completely blocked the way for Soochow to develop westward, and allowed Liu Bei to acquire Yizhou.In the end, Sun Quan became anxious, so he turned against Liu Bei and killed Guan Yu in order to get Jingzhou back.

Therefore, such a top commander and counselor who always wants to annex Jingzhou and then plot the world is of course very concerned about this battle between Cao and Zhang.In Zhou Yu's view, the best outcome is of course that both Cao Cao and Zhang Wu will suffer losses, and Jiang Dong will finally take advantage.

But when Zhou Yu learned that Zhang Wu not only did not transfer Gan Ning's 40 sailors to join the battle, but also sent General Wen Pin to strengthen Jiang Xia's defense, he knew how wary Zhang Wu was of Jiang Dong.At this time, Cao Jun had an army of [-], but Zhang Wu actually left nearly half of his troops in Jiangxia, especially the most elite navy in Jingzhou.

Zhou Yu knew that in this way, Jiangdong would not be able to cross Jiangxia to intervene in the war between Zhang Wu and Cao Cao, but why did Zhang Wu have such confidence that the [-] sailors and tens of thousands of infantry in Xiangyang could defeat Cao Cao?

There must be something strange about this matter. If Zhang Wu really defeated Cao Cao, Zhou Yu felt that Zhang Wu must have a secret that no one knows. He must figure out this secret, otherwise today's Cao Jun will be tomorrow's Jiangdong.

Why do you say that?Because Zhou Yu has studied Zhang Wu's growth path over the years, and found that Zhang Wu never fights uncertain battles, and every time he has unexpected cards.

At such a critical moment, Zhang Wu did not mobilize Jiang Xia's soldiers, which can only show that he is sure to defeat Cao Cao with Xiangyang's army alone.With Zhang Wu's ambition, after defeating Cao Cao, sooner or later he will fight Jiangdong. If even the 40 Cao army with iron chain ships is not Zhang Wu's opponent, how can Jiangdong fight against Zhang Wu?

Therefore, Zhou Yu wanted to go through this battle to see how Zhang Wu dealt with the chain boat he invented, so that he could prepare for the decisive battle with Zhang Wu in advance.

(End of this chapter)