The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 405 Cao Cao: What happened?

"Commander-in-chief, the scouts report that Gan Xingba appeared at the gate of the enemy camp on the north bank." Li Yan walked into the central military tent and said to Zhou Yu.

"Gan Xingba?" Zhou Yu frowned rarely. This guy was not easy to deal with. Zhou Yu had not yet analyzed all the naval warfare secrets revealed in the last Lujiang naval battle. The most important ones were the cloud channel solidification secret, the cloud reserve secret and the group defense method.

Unfortunately, until now, Zhou Yu still hasn't analyzed these three secret arts. It's not that he can't analyze them, but Zhou Yu has been busy with various things in the past one or two months and has no time to analyze these three secret arts. He can only find some secret arts or elite talents that can play a similar role to replace them.

However, what really made Zhou Yu feel difficult about Gan Ning was that he was not sure what Gan Ning was thinking. Gan Ning's thinking was very erratic, and Zhou Yu always felt like he was facing Sun Ce towards Gan Ning.

Zhou Yu knew Sun Ce too well, and it was precisely because of this understanding that Zhou Yu knew what kind of wisdom was hidden inside this seemingly brainless guy. What they showed on a daily basis was indeed their truest side, but it was not all.

"I've gone to see it myself. Gan Xingba indeed appeared openly in the camp on the other side." Li Yan said somewhat seriously. Having been hit hard in the past few days, he has now begun to face up to himself and the world-famous civil and military officials. However, he still has not made a choice between internal energy and mental strength.

"It seems that the enemy is about to start crossing the river on a large scale. I just don't know what surprises Yang Ziyu and Gan Xingba have prepared for us." Zhou Yu did not mention Cao Cao and others. Perhaps these people are the most capable in the world, but is he, Zhou Yu, weak?
Moreover, can these people really exert their strongest strength under Yang Ji? Or dare to show their strongest strength? After all, they are surrendered generals.

"Don't pay attention to Gan Xingba. He appeared in front of us just to create psychological pressure on us." With his understanding of Sun Ce, Zhou Yu could directly see through Gan Ning's thoughts. Although there was no way to confirm this, Zhou Yu was very sure that Gan Ning was most likely thinking so.

"They have their surprises prepared, and we also have our preparations to deal with everything." Zhou Yu said calmly to Li Yan, don't worry about what the other side wants to do, just do your own thing now.

"Yes." Looking at Zhou Yu's calm expression, Li Yan's nervous mood was indeed relaxed. Although he shouldn't say this, Li Yan really felt a little relaxed. He had never felt this kind of feeling of having someone in front of him before.

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"It seems that the other side is also ready for war. The atmosphere in the air is becoming more and more tense." Yang Ji stood on a high platform, observing the camp on the opposite bank, and casually said to Cao Cao and Cheng Yu beside him.

"Gan Xingba appeared in our camp openly, and then left openly. It would be strange if the other side was not prepared.

And we have been in the war all the time and it has never stopped. "Cheng Yu shook his head and said, although he knew that Yang Ji would fight Zhou Yu with regular troops, he did not expect it to be so regular.

Although there was no large-scale fighting between the two sides in the past few days and although there was the Yangtze River between them, the scout battle between the two sides was very fierce. After all, there were only a few scouts who could ignore the natural barrier of the Yangtze River.

"Isn't this exactly Xingba's purpose?" Yang Ji smiled. Regardless of whether the other side would be on guard against the Qingzhou fleet commanded by Gan Ning, Gan Ning had already achieved his goal.

If Zhou Yu dispatched troops to guard against the Qingzhou fleet, then there would be fewer troops to fight against Yang Ji's army group. If he did not guard against the Qingzhou fleet, Gan Ning would let Taishi Ci take his marines ashore and rush directly to Zhou Yu's camp, and then it would depend on whether Zhou Yu's army would become chaotic.

"You can't judge a person by his appearance." Cheng Yu shook his head. His first impression of Gan Ning was that he was unreliable. Gan Ning rarely made a battle plan during battles. He almost always rushed forward on impulse. Could such a general really become a good general? Cheng Yu was skeptical about this.

However, Gan Ning's battle record and active thinking now forced Cheng Yu to admit one thing: there really are people who can rely on their own intuition to win battles that should not be won. This is a heavy blow to a wise man like him who is good at planning.

The carefully planned situation was ruined by the enemy relying on intuition. Who can you complain to? Of course, intuition is not omnipotent. After all, no matter how powerful intuition is, it must have the power to support breaking the situation. If the power is not enough to break the situation, it is easy to fall into the situation.

“So, just trust the Qingzhou fleet commanded by Gan Xingba. He won’t let the Jiangxia navy hinder our crossing of the river.” Yang Ji turned his head and looked at the Qingzhou fleet that had come into view and was rampant on the vast river.

"Why is the Qingzhou fleet here now?" Cheng Yu said in astonishment. It seems that the time they agreed to start the war was not today?

"Ha, Gan Xingba really is worthy of his name, he seized the opportunity." Yang Ji turned his head to look at the Jiangxia navy on the opposite bank who were changing guard. Zhou Yu seemed to have lost the trace of the Qingzhou fleet.

"Messenger, beat the drums and gather the troops. The war is about to begin!" Yang Ji suddenly turned around and shouted to the signalman not far away.

Regardless of whether Zhou Yu did it on purpose, when the Qingzhou fleet appeared in the battlefield waters, the war between them and Zhou Yu had already begun.

On the north bank, there were drum sounds, which was Yang Ji's order to gather troops and prepare for war; the Jiangxia navy that was changing guard on the south bank did not panic, but quickly integrated the fleet and began to sail towards the Qingzhou fleet. At the same time, there were drum sounds from Zhou Yu's camp.

After three drum beats, Yang Ji's army had assembled and was waiting for Yang Ji's order to cross the river and go to the south bank to fight.

Looking at Zhou Yu's camp on the south bank, Zhou Yu's army had actually assembled. Although the assembled army seemed a little messy, it was assembled after all, and the speed of assembly was no slower than that of Yang Ji's army on the opposite bank.

At this time, the Jiangxia navy had already started fighting with the Qingzhou fleet, but it did not look like they were going to delay the Qingzhou fleet, but rather to die. The Jiangxia navy without Zhou Yu was no match for the Qingzhou fleet commanded by Commander Gan Ning.

"Commander-in-chief, the army on the other side has gathered and is ready to cross the river." Li Yan quickly walked through the slightly messy team and reported to Zhou Yu who was standing on the high platform.

"How do you think the army on the other side will cross the river?" Zhou Yu did not pay attention to what Li Yan had just said, but asked another question, a question that puzzled him.

Li Yan followed Zhou Yu's gaze and looked at the other side of the river. He had thought about this question before. He originally thought that Yang Ji would use the Qingzhou fleet to transport the army. After all, there was no bridge for Yang Ji's army to cross the Yangtze River. Since ancient times, there was no other way to cross the Yangtze River except by boat. However, Yang Ji's operation now made Li Yan a little confused. He traced the source of the Yangtze River ten miles upstream and downstream from this point, and the scouts sent out did not find even a single warship used to cross the river. Li Yan had sent people to scout even the small streams, rivers, and lakes.

But no, the scouts sent out did not find even a single warship that could be used to cross the river, except for the Qingzhou fleet sailing on the river and the fishing boats used by surrounding fishermen.

Fishing boats? Don't be ridiculous. How can an unwarmed fishing boat withstand the concentrated shooting of the archers? And there are 60,000 troops. If they want to cross the river by fishing boats, how many fishing boats will they need?
"I don't know." Li Yan shook his head. He couldn't imagine how the other side would cross the river when they had no boats, and they were forcing their way across the river against the large army on the south bank.

"Yes, the Qingzhou fleet is being held back by the Jiangxia navy. Without requisitioning fishing boats, how will he cross the river?" Zhou Yu couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Yu looked at the Jiangxia navy that was dragging the Qingzhou fleet around on the Yangtze River. Zhou Yu knew very well that without him, the Jiangxia navy was no match for the Qingzhou fleet, so the battle plan he made for the Jiangxia navy was not to engage in battle but to drag the Qingzhou fleet.

To this end, he modified the secret art of waves to make it more suitable for inland water battles. In addition, the warships of the Jiangxia navy are basically flat-bottomed boats, which have greater advantages in sailing in inland rivers than the pointed-bottomed ships of the Qingzhou fleet.

Because of the existence of the repulsion army, the Jiangxia navy can ignore arrows below a certain level. If it exceeds the upper limit of the repulsion interference, small boats and flat-bottomed boats can turn around to dodge powerful arrows.

Of course, if the Jiangxia Navy only has these means, it can only barely contain the Qingzhou Fleet. If Gan Ning divides his troops, the Jiangxia Navy will not be able to stop him. Therefore, when necessary, the Jiangxia Navy will launch a boarding battle in order to prevent the Qingzhou Fleet from transporting troops across the river.

However, Zhou Yu observed the situation on the other side of the river from afar. It seemed that Yang Ji did not need the Qingzhou fleet to help him cross the river. So why did Yang Ji not start the battle a few days ago? Was it to let the soldiers rest for a few days?

However, it seems that Xia Pi is not far from Guangling. Do the soldiers on the opposite side really need several days of rest?

Zhou Yu couldn't help but have a frightening thought. Could it be that Yang Ji on the other side was playing a trick on him? Otherwise, why would Yang Ji do this? The 60,000 troops on the other side could have crossed the river without the Qingzhou fleet...

Zhou Yu didn't believe that Yang Ji could find a way to cross the Yangtze River without a boat within a few days. However, the internal energy that had the ability to fly could allow one to cross the river without a boat.

But it couldn't be that all the 60,000 soldiers on the other side were using internal energy to leave their bodies, right? If that was the case, Zhou Yu thought it would be better to surrender as soon as possible.

"It seems that it is some kind of elite talent or legion talent that can walk on the water, combined with some kind of Xuanxiang formation and super-large water-walking secret technique." Zhou Yu sighed, then thought of something else and added: "It may also be a spiritual talent."

Spiritual talents are not like legion talents and elite talents. Once awakened, they will become abilities in specific directions. The abilities of spiritual talents are varied. It is not difficult to understand that they can allow people to stand on the water.

Although the spiritual talents of some individuals cannot allow so many people to stand on the water at the same time, if they are combined with the Xuanxiang or secret techniques of treading water, the power of the spiritual talents can be spread out, and cloud gas can be used as energy, it should be possible for 60,000 people to cross the river at the same time. If Yang Ji is on the opposite side, Zhou Yu believes that Yang Ji can do it.

"Are there any spiritual talents and legion talents of this kind?" Li Yan widened his eyes. It turned out that there were such bizarre spiritual talents and legion talents in the world.

Li Yan couldn't help but worry about his spiritual talent and legion talent. Although he had not yet decided which one to choose, it did not stop Li Yan from worrying about it. After all, he worked so hard to study and condense his internal energy just for his spiritual talent and legion talent.

It's funny to say that Li Yan is so yearning for spiritual talents and legion talents, but in the end he can't even sense what type of ability his spiritual talents or legion talents will awaken in the future.

Maybe Li Yan cares too much about spiritual talents and legion talents, otherwise, at this point, it is impossible for him not to sense what type of abilities spiritual talents and legion talents have.

Unless the spiritual talent or legion talent that Li Yan is about to awaken is some kind of passive talent, just like Chen Xi at the beginning. After awakening, Chen Xi didn’t know what his spiritual talent was, let alone before awakening.

"Spiritual talents are all kinds of strange, so it's not surprising that someone awakens this ability." Zhou Yu shook his head and said, not noticing what Li Yan was worried about. After all, it was already this time, so how could he have the energy to think about other things.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's organize the troops to stop the enemy from crossing the river." Zhou Yu looked at the Jiangxia navy and Qingzhou fleet who were still fighting, then turned to Li Yan and said.

"Yes." Li Yan responded quickly. After saluting Zhou Yu, he turned around to organize troops to stop the enemy from crossing the river.

"Hey, I hope you can use some normal means, otherwise I don't know..." Zhou Yu looked at the other side and whispered, the sound of the wind concealed Zhou Yu's words.

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"Hey, hey, hey, why is that guy Gan Xingba still having a water fight with the Jiangxia navy? Our army has already assembled, why doesn't he quickly gather the Jiangxia navy and transport the troops over?" Cao Cao looked at the Qingzhou fleet still circling with the Jiangxia navy on the river, and shouted to Yang Ji in dissatisfaction. Although Cao Cao knew that his shouting was useless, after all, Yang Ji was the commander-in-chief and had the qualifications and ability to change the battle plan at any time.

"What are you shouting about? The army doesn't need the Qingzhou fleet to cross the river. Just let them circle around on the river." Yang Ji glared at Cao Cao. This guy seemed to have mutated.

"Ah? The army is crossing the river... without the Qingzhou fleet?" Cao Cao's brain was stuck. If they don't need boats to cross the river, what can they use?

(End of this chapter)