Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 124 Zhou Yu Borrows Zhang Fei

"Why is the old general here?" Zhou Yu asked, rubbing his forehead.

Huang Gai said: "Great Governor, the enemy is outnumbered, and it is difficult to last long. I see that the water stronghold of the other army is well-defended, and its ships are concentrated in the stronghold. Why not burn it?"

Zhou Yu was overjoyed after hearing this, "The old general's plan is very clever. I will send more than ten warships and warships with you to trick the bandits into surrendering Cao. When they are close to the water stronghold, light the fire boat and rush into the camp, and then great things will be done. carry on”

"That's exactly what the last general wants." Huang Gai clasped his fists in agreement.

"Old General Huang was originally from Jingzhou. He was a former minister of General Wentai, but his official position is still low. Why don't you take advantage of this book to pretend to surrender?" Zhou Yu suggested.

"Just according to the governor's plan." Huang Gai said.

After finding the breakthrough point of victory, Zhou Yu's thinking became clearer, and he instructed: "General Huang, go and prepare dry firewood, ointment and other things first, and I will arrange follow-up matters with the generals first."

"Wei." Huang Gai cupped his fists and left.

Zhou Yu summoned all the generals to discuss matters in the big tent, and then sent Lu Su to Jiangxia by light boat to discuss with Liu Bei how to fight together.

At this time, except for Liu Bei's civil servants and family members who stayed in Jingnan, the rest of the generals had been summoned in Jiangxia to prepare for the final decisive battle with Cao Cao.

Lu Su met Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Xu Shu in person, and said happily: "The governor has a good plan to defeat Cao, and the decisive battle is scheduled for three days later at night. Please send troops to the north bank secretly, and cooperate with our army to pursue Cao's bandits."

"Zhou Lang has only been to Chibi for ten days, so he will soon have a strategy to defeat Cao, and he is a real general." When Liu Bei was admiring, seeing Zhuge Liang's calm demeanor, he thought that the military commander must have seen the way.

"Please envoy the king to send General Guan to go northward by water first, and intercept Cao's reinforcements and return route as agreed. After the governor defeats Cao in Wulin, he will follow up to attack Xiangyang." Lu Su reminded again.

"Gongjin doesn't need Yunchang to help him break the water village?" Liu Bei asked back.

"Yunchangjue North Road has a heavy task of reinforcements. Jiangdong has the ability to break through the Wulin water village alone, but there are no generals to take the lead on the land route. The governor has talked to Mr. Kong Ming before, so please use some generals to help you." Lu Su. Said.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Although we have few cavalry in Jiangxia, we need a general to lead us to pursue Cao Jun, so I lent Mi Fang and Fu Shiren to Gongjin. These two have followed the lord for many years, and they are both generals who are accustomed to fighting."

Lu Su was taken aback when he heard that, what Gong Jin wanted was Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, but you gave it to Mi Fang and Fu Shiren?

"Ahem, Gongjin needs Xionghu as the vanguard. I heard that Zhang Yide and Zhao Zilong are enemies under the envoy's tent. I wonder if I can lend them?" Lu Su went straight to the point.

"This..." Liu Bei looked distressed.

Lu Su continued: "Since Sun and Liu have formed an alliance, everyone should help each other. The general governor knows that Jiang Xia has few soldiers, and is willing to donate [-] cavalry to help. The envoy should also show sincerity."

"Three thousand steps?" Zhuge Liang frowned.

"It's better for the governor to borrow more." Xu Shu agreed.

Lu Su shook his head abruptly, "These three thousand are still squeezed out from Cheng Demou. You must know that we are facing hundreds of thousands of Cao Jun."

"Zijing is right, I will lend Yide to Zhou Lang, and Zilong has other important responsibilities."

Liu Bei felt that Zhou Lang's soldiers 'borrowed' too little, otherwise Zhao Yun would be able to discuss borrowing one more. With such a small force to pursue Cao Cao, there would not be many left after the war, so naturally there was no need to return it to Jiangdong.

Zhang Fei was no less brave than Guan Yu, so it was a blessing to be able to borrow it, and Lu Su quickly agreed to accept it.

Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to Chibi together, Zhang Fei temporarily obeyed Zhou Yu's order, and Zhao Yun took the three thousand steps and rode back to Jiangxia.

After Lu Su left, Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu in front of the sand table, discussing the deployment of follow-up operations.

"The two military advisers, Zhou Lang said with certainty that he will defeat Cao Cao in three days. Does he have something to rely on?" Liu Bei asked puzzled.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Zhou Gongjin's reliance is outside the house."

"Outside the house?" Liu Bei looked surprised.

"Recently, the southeast wind has been strong on the river, and Kong Ming predicted that Zhou Yu would use fire to attack." Xu Shu explained.

After hearing this, Liu Bei suddenly realized that Cao Jun must be unable to resist the help of Huo Jiafeng. How he burned Yuan Shao in Guandu at that time will be burned by Zhou Yu now.

"The main battlefield seems to be a decided outcome, but I don't know what will happen to Ziyu's division of the battlefield." Liu Bei looked worried.

"My lord, you have to trust Ziyu. I always thought he was very talented in military affairs. Moreover, Gao Shun and Gan Ning would help him." Xu Shu comforted.

Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement: "I have the same opinion as Yuan Zhi."

Liu Bei: "That's the only way. Yun Chang led Jiang Xia's navy to the Juebei Road. How should we arrange the remaining thousands of paces?"

"Cao Cao stationed his army at Wulin Xiazhai. If he loses, he must go to Huarong Road. We can lead our troops to intercept. First, we can capture the luggage, ordnance, and war horses. Second, we can support Ziyu to seize Jiangling." Zhuge Liang analyzed.

"The third brother has been borrowed by Zhou Gongjin, I will personally lead the troops to intercept Cao Cao." Liu Bei had been chased by Cao Cao before, but this time it finally turned around.

Zhuge Liang persuaded: "My lord, don't go into danger yourself. Jiangxia only has a few thousand cavalry. Even if Cao Cao is defeated and flees, he can't confront him head-on. In addition, Cao Cao is very good at using troops, and he has tiger and leopard cavalry to follow, so he may not be able to stay in Jingzhou. Get him down."

"General Zilong and I can harass along the way. Jiang Xia's troops have been taken away. My lord and Kong Ming are still here to prevent Sun Quan from taking the opportunity to seize the city." Xu Shu said.

"We are forming an alliance now, Jiangdong wouldn't do such a dirty thing, would he?" Liu Bei was surprised.

"Soldiers are tricky, but it's better to be careful anyway." Xu Shu said this because he was influenced by Lan Tian. When they were analyzing the general situation together, Lan Tian had mentioned several times to be cautious.

Liu Bei agreed suspiciously, and then asked someone to send the news of the decisive battle to Lantian.

After Lan Tian returned to Lingling from Chaisang, he reported the alliance to Liu Qi and threatened to take back Jiangling.

Liu Qi had enigmatic confidence in Lantian, and when he learned that he could regain his hometown in Jiangbei, he asked the governor of Lantian to take charge of the military affairs of the four Jingnan counties and the entire west front.

After Cao Cao and the Jingzhou navy crossed the border, Lantian asked Gao Shun and Gan Ning to station troops at Youjiangkou (public security), and sent Liu Pan out of Linxiang to garrison Baqiu on the bank of Dongting to prevent Zhou Yu from sending a navy to attack Jingnan after the Chibi War. .

Lan Tian has too deep a memory of Jiang Dong's demeanor in history, and now he has to keep it.

Liu Pan's original 1 horses were borrowed by Lantian in the name of Zhonglang General Huang Zhong, and 1 soldiers were mobilized to gather at Youjiangkou. Gao Shun's [-] troops captured Jiangling alone, and Lantian's confidence was obviously insufficient.

In late October, news came from Jiangxia confirming the exact time of the Chibi War.

Lantian then asked Gan Ning to mobilize transport ships to transport troops to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in batches. He planned to follow Zhou Yu's plan to take Yiling first and then attack Jiangling eastward.

Cao Ren was guarding Jiangling at this time. It would be a very dangerous move to take Jiangling directly with more than [-] soldiers from Youjiangkou (public security). Lantian, who was more cautious than Zhuge Liang, naturally would not take this risk.

(End of this chapter)