Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

Chapter 221 The Battle of Chibi Begins

If possible, he would of course want to control Sun Quan just like Sun Quan controlled Jingzhou, but unfortunately, using illusory immortals to intimidate Sun Quan is the limit of what Zhuge Liang can do now.

Sun Quan immediately laughed: "Kong Ming had already said that there were immortals who were sure, so there would be no need to waste so much breath!"

"With the help of immortals, are we still afraid of failure?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing.

If he really believed Sun Quan's words, he would really be a ghost.

Without previous preparations and promises of benefits, unless Qin Tian himself was present, it would be absolutely impossible for Sun Quan to let go.

To put it bluntly, if there is no benefit, Sun Quan will not be in a hurry to join forces with Liu Bei!

As for the final theory of immortality, it is just a layer of insurance.

Even without this statement, the intention of the two parties to unite has basically been determined.

If Sun Quan had not been promised benefits, even if an immortal came forward, it would not be easy.

"only……"

Before Sun Quan finished speaking, there was an urgent report outside the account.

Now that the intention to cooperate has basically been confirmed, Sun Quan did not shy away from Zhuge Liang and took a look at it on the spot.

He laughed out loud after reading it.

"Look at Cao Cao, he actually claims to have an army of 800,000 people. It really makes people laugh!"

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but feel a little funny when he heard this.

Of course, the 800,000-strong army may be true, but how many of them can actually go to the battlefield?

Perhaps 800,000 people really went out with the army, but the actual number of soldiers was probably only about 200,000.

As for the real elite, I'm afraid it will be reduced in half.

Therefore, this 800,000-strong army can only deceive fools.

Only people without military knowledge would be frightened by this number.

Just like those literati who have been on the battlefield, they will never be shocked by this outrageous number.

Cao Cao's announcement made the atmosphere in the tent lively a lot.

After laughing, Sun Quan then raised the question that he had not finished just now.

"After all, Cao Cao's navy..."

Zhuge Liang was sure of victory: "If you don't believe it, general, you only need to give Cao Cao a try and you will know."

"The top priority is to unite the two armies and practice them first, so that they can march forward on the battlefield!"

Sun Quan exclaimed loudly: "Okay, that's exactly what it should be!"

After this negotiation, the matter of the Sun-Liu Alliance has been finalized, and everything is on track.

At the same time, Liu Bei was stationed at Fankou.

After leaving Changbanpo, Liu Bei, who had settled down, sent patrolling soldiers to watch Sun Quan's army by the river every day.

Liu Bei can't wait to see through it.

Especially after Zhuge Liang returned, Liu Bei looked forward to joining forces with Soochow's army as soon as possible.

There is no way, the current situation is stronger than the people, Liu Bei is eager to take back Jingzhou, it is almost to the point of looking forward to it.

Finally, Liu Bei waited for this day.

As soon as he saw Zhou Yu's fleet, Liu Bei sent people to Yulao.

But whether it was to give Liu Bei a warning or for some other reason, Zhou Yu wanted Liu Bei to go and meet him in person.

He was unwilling to come to see Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang was unhappy, but he also knew that there was nothing he could do about it.

Since you now rely on the strength of others, you can only do what others ask you to do.

So Liu Bei went there in person.

After the condolences, we started talking about business.

Although they planned to fight against Cao Cao together, even if Zhou Yu arrived, Liu Bei did not know how many people Soochow sent.

It wasn't until Zhou Yu answered that Liu Bei finally knew that this time Zhou Yu had brought 30,000 people.

"It's a pity that there are too few." Liu Bei was a little worried: "How can there be enough for so many people?"

Zhou Yu, however, was full of confidence: "That's enough. General, let's see me defeat Cao Jun."

Liu Bei said nothing, and then wanted to summon Lu Su and others.

Since they want to join forces, the two sides must meet.

It was just a meeting, but to put it bluntly, Liu Bei wanted some command rights.

How could Zhou Yu give up the command? So he gave the same answer as he had refused Liu Bei before.

Liu Bei had no choice but to accept the status quo.

But from another perspective, this is also a good thing.

This shows that Soochow's military orders are strict and all they bring are elites.

Liu Bei became happy again.

Then, after the two sides practiced for a few days, Liu Bei led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and two thousand naval troops to follow Zhou Yu. Of course, the command of these two thousand men was in Liu Bei's own hands.

After the armies of both sides merged into one place, they soon began to drill.

By December, the Sun-Liu coalition was formally formed.

After the alliance, the Sun-Liu coalition went upstream. Firstly, they wanted to inquire about the military situation. Secondly, they also wanted to run the army into practice.

But at this moment, the Sun and Liu coalition forces unexpectedly encountered Cao Cao's army.

When they arrived at Chibi, the coalition forces of Sun and Liu met Cao's army who was crossing the river.

Enemies are jealous when they meet, let alone them.

However, Zhou Yu and others did not act rashly, but planned to observe first before talking.

Seeing that it didn't matter, Zhou Yu and others were immediately overjoyed.

Everyone can clearly see that Cao Jun's morale is very low.

So the two sides had a fight.

The result is self-evident. The coalition forces of Sun and Liu were immediately victorious, and Cao's army was beaten and fled in panic.

This war just confirmed what Zhuge Liang said before.

Cao's army has been fighting for years and is at the end of its war effort. This newly recruited naval force is even more vulnerable.

Sun and Liu Lianjun are obviously very optimistic about their future.

Cao Cao didn't take his defeat in the first battle seriously. He felt that the problem would be solved soon.

Most of Cao's troops were from the north. When they came to the south for the first time, they were naturally acclimatized.

And because many of the infantry were on board the ship for the first time, many fell ill immediately.

Now it is winter again, and this climate has also caused many people to contract diseases. It can be said that there is almost a plague running rampant within Cao's army.

But this is not a big problem. It only needs a little adjustment and the plague problem will be solved in a short time.

As for the low morale, it is very simple. It is nothing more than the newly formed navy and the newly attached Jingzhou navy having difficulty getting along.

It's only a matter of time.

Therefore, Cao Cao was not worried about the failure in the first battle. It was just a matter of time. After the soldiers' training was completed, he would definitely return with a great victory!

However, the failure in the first battle still had some impact, so Cao Cao had to lead the navy to the north of the Yangtze River to allow the navy to join the army.

This allows the army to serve as the backing of the navy to guard against enemy attacks, and it also gives many soldiers time to practice.

While Cao Cao docked his warship on the Wulin side of the north bank to train his navy and wait for a good opportunity, Zhou Yu docked his warship on the Red Cliff side of the south bank and confronted Cao's army across the Yangtze River.

The two sides faced each other across the river, waiting for the opportunity to come. At this moment, Cao Cao made a decision that made everyone laugh.

Because the infantry was really unable to adapt to fighting on the river, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the infantry, Cao Cao actually had a whim and connected all the ships with iron ropes.

In this way, even on a ship, infantry and war horses can fight the enemy as if they were on flat ground.

Cao Cao's idea is very good. Since the navy cannot defeat you, then there will be no need for the navy to fight you.

If we can't win a water battle, let's fight the land battle we are good at!

It was a good idea, but Cao Cao didn't realize the consequences of doing so.

There is no other way.

Because after some training, Cao Cao discovered that no matter how hard he trained, he would not be able to give his navy the same combat effectiveness as the Sun-Liu coalition in a short period of time.

His original intention was to rely on Jingzhou's navy to capture Soochow and Liu Bei.

But the failure in the first battle was a slap in the face to Cao Cao. The facts told him that Jingzhou's navy could not be relied on.

If he was willing to wait, return home, and train for two or three years, the Sun-Liu coalition would really have nothing to do with him.

At that time, the battle between the two sides will be a real competition of combat effectiveness.

But Cao Cao didn't want to go back like this. He wanted to complete his victory in one battle, so he came up with this impossible method.

After the news came back, everyone unanimously decided to use fire attack.

These ships are connected together and are simply living targets. It would be too unfair to attack them with fire.

……

Just as the Battle of Chibi was in full swing and the final result was about to come, Qin Tian's selection on Chibi also came to an end.

The first was corn, a high-yield and drought-tolerant crop. After tens of thousands of screenings, Qin Tian finally selected the variety he wanted.

This kind of corn is not far behind the high-yielding, drought-tolerant and cold-tolerant varieties of later generations.

And because this is a purely natural selection, it is difficult for the traits of its offspring to change.

If the breeding work is done well when planting, I am afraid that it can maintain high yields for thousands of years.

According to Qin Tian's estimation, even in the harshest environment, as long as this kind of corn can grow, it can have a yield of at least two stones per acre.

If the environment is suitable, the yield per mu can even reach six or seven stones.

Not to mention sweet potatoes, the yield is ridiculously high.

With these two crops, we can ensure that the people will not be short of food for at least the next three hundred years.

only……

Looking at the two crops in his hands, Qin Tian was stunned.

Is the lack of food for the people really a problem of crop yields?

Qin Tian felt that this was more like a man-made disaster than a natural disaster.

In fact, famines caused by real natural disasters in history are actually very few, almost a handful.

Most famines are actually just man-made disasters.

No matter how much grain is produced, it cannot compete with the plundering of corrupt officials, nor can it compete with excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

If the land produces more food, it will only make the landlords and officials plunder the people more fiercely.

"Master, what are you hesitating about?"

Muchun turned into a little dragon and floated beside Qin Tian.

Since Qin Tian entered meditation here, the two little guys Muchun and Lingxia have been really bored.

After getting used to the prosperity of the human world, it would be difficult for them to meditate in the mountains and wilderness.

Qin Tian happened to take this opportunity to hone their willpower.

After these few months of training, the two little guys finally calmed down a little.

After all, Qin Tian practices with his eyes closed every day. They dare not disturb Qin Tian and can only meditate beside him.

In their spare time, these two little guys would also run down the mountain to watch the scenes of mortals fighting.

What a coincidence, Qin Tian's retreat place is on the main battlefield of Chibi.

Cao Jun and Sun Liu's coalition forces have been facing each other across the river for more than a month.

The daily exchanges between the two sides were very lively.

The two little guys transformed into humans and often sneaked down to watch the battles between the two sides.

They were even lucky enough to see the famous scene of borrowing arrows from a straw boat.

After watching the battle between the two sides' counselors in the air, the two little guys felt very sad.

They were all very simple-minded, and they were very frightened when faced with such a scheming monster.

If you were to face them, no matter how powerful you were, you would still be manipulated by these complicated human beings.

They were horrified, but that couldn't stop the two little guys from being curious about human wars.

After being in this world for so long, this is the first time they have seen human war so close with their own eyes.

Lingxia had experienced this a few times with Qin Tian before, but the scale of those wars was not large.

Muchun had faced off against human armies, but there were not many of them.

It was the first time for both of them to see a war like today between humans and human armies, with a total of hundreds of thousands of people in total.

Today, after watching the following scolding and training, the two little guys returned to Qin Tian. Qin Tian just ended his retreat.

"Master, what is this in your hand? It looks so strange."

Qin Tian looked at the two disciples and smiled slightly: "This, this is something that can benefit all people."

Qin Tian hesitated and debated whether to give these things away.

If it is given out, will it not only fail to bring peace to China, but also bring greater disasters and more wars?

He hadn't thought about it that much before, he just did it when he thought of it.

But when it was actually done, Qin Tian began to hesitate again.

If the problem of man-made disasters cannot be solved, what will happen even if these high-yielding crops are given away?

Don’t the people in this world suffer the same hardships?

Qin Tian sighed.

His original intention was to give the seeds of this high-yielding crop to the world, but now that he thinks about it, it seems inappropriate to do so.

Giving it to everyone in the world is actually equivalent to giving it to no one.

Even if there are more resources, the world will still be in chaos.

To end this chaotic world, we need a regime that can unify the world with absolute strength.

Only when the world is unified can these crops play their role and make the country strong and protected from being bullied by foreign enemies.

But unfortunately, not to mention these people now, if we look two hundred years in the future, there will be no emperor who can make Qin Tian like him.

Among the Three Kingdoms, only the generation of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan can be admired. As for their successors... we can only say that there are good and bad.

If you look at it a generation later, it will basically be unsightly.

As for the subsequent Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, well, let’s not mention them.

Qin Tian sat there and thought for a long time.

This was the first time since he started practicing that he had hesitated and struggled for so long.

Seeing Qin Tian lost in thought, Muchun and Lingxia did not dare to disturb him, so they quietly left the cliff together and slipped down the mountain to play.

"Where are you going today?" Lingxia asked in a milky voice.

"How about I take you to catch fish at the bottom of the river today?" Muchun suggested.

"Okay, okay, catch fish, catch fish!"

Lingxia said very excitedly.

(End of this chapter)