The Three Kingdoms: A vicious plan was offered, and Liu Bei was stunned!

Chapter 480: Cao Mengde deals with his injuries, and Zhou Lang realizes his mistakes during the Yangtze River War

Cao Cao said: "The soldiers followed me south to unify the country because they believed in me. Now there are occasional setbacks, but it does not affect the overall situation. When Jiangdong is pacified and everyone enjoys peace, all the efforts will be worth it."

Xun You nodded quickly and said, "You are the boss, so you are right."

I didn't take it seriously at the beginning, and I can't take it seriously now even if I want to. Once the soldiers get to know about it, the military's morale will be lost, and I'm even more afraid of a mutiny in the army.

Unless the troops withdraw.

But Cao Cao just thought about it. He went south with great fanfare but returned without conquering Jiangdong. Would he still have the nerve to brag in the future?

Xun You said: "The only way now is to fight quickly and make a quick decision."

Start a war with Jiangdong quickly so that everyone can go home after the battle. The longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for Cao's army.

But Zhou Yu would not listen to him.
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Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow we will send out our navy to attack Zhou Yu's water stronghold."

Xun You looked at Cao Cao in confusion. He had tried to get in before but failed. Zhou Yu was so good at pretending to be a thief on the other side of the river that Cao's army did not dare to land in Jiangdong rashly.

Firstly, they were unfamiliar with the terrain of Jiangdong and were afraid of being ambushed. Second, they were afraid that Zhou Yu would cut off their retreat. If they wanted to attack Jiangdong, they had to first eliminate Zhou Yu's navy.

Xun You said: "King Wei, I'm afraid we will return empty-handed."

Cao Cao smiled. Xun You didn't guess what he was planning. He said with some pride: "It's not for victory or defeat, but to boost the morale of our army. Right now, the army is demoralized due to injuries. At this moment, only by starting a war can we boost the morale of the soldiers and make them forget their injuries."

Xun You thought it was a good idea, so Cao Cao immediately made arrangements to fight Zhou Yu the next day.

After the arrangements were completed, Cao Cao called Xiahou En and said, "Today, we will issue an order to the three armies to reward the soldiers. The soldiers will surely forget their tempers. You will wait for someone to transport the wounded and sick soldiers to the rear for resettlement."

There is no rear at all.

But after taking a look into Cao Cao's eyes, Xiahou En immediately understood that Cao Cao meant to kill the wounded and sick, and naturally told outsiders that they were relocated to the rear.

When the soldiers who went to the battle come back tomorrow and see that the wounded and sick in the army have all been sent to the rear for resettlement, they will be able to fight with peace of mind.

Xiahou En received the order and went to do it. That day Cao Cao rewarded the three armies and the soldiers had a hearty meal. The atmosphere in the army improved a lot.

Xiahou En led the army to take away thousands of wounded and sick soldiers. When someone asked about it, he learned that they were being sent to the rear for resettlement, and he did not doubt it and was very grateful to Boss Cao.

The morale of Cao's army improved a lot.

At dawn the next day, Cao Cao sent out a large army to attack Zhou Yu's water stronghold.

There were densely packed warships across the Yangtze River. Zhou Yu laughed loudly: "Cao Cao doesn't know how to fight on water. Does he think that having more people is enough? Today we will let him know the power of Jiangdong."

Zhou Yu immediately arranged for Huang Gai, Jiang Qin, Ding Feng and others to lead the small boats, use more rockets, and personally lead the main force to support the rear.

As soon as the war started, during the fierce battle, the Jiangdong navy occupied the upper reaches of the river, and water ghosts were drilling ships in the Yangtze River. For a time, Cao Cao lost more than a dozen warships, and the soldiers who came forward fell into the water.

Several warships were on fire in the Yangtze River. Seeing that the situation was almost over, Cao Cao sounded the horn, ordered people to salvage the soldiers who fell into the water, and hurriedly withdrew his troops.

Although there were losses in this battle, Jiangdong also suffered losses. Cao Cao and his men said that this time it was a draw and they would fight again tomorrow.

The same thing continued the next day, with Zhou Yu winning and losing alternately.

Cao Cao fought with Zhou Yu for seven days in a row.

When Zhou Yu came back one day and thought about it in the army, his face suddenly became gloomy. Cao Cao had been fighting with him continuously for the past seven days. It seemed that he had won, but in fact... Cao Cao was training his troops.

"Oh no, I almost fell into Cao Cao's trap. He fought with our army day and night, and the enemy he fought was different every time. He had more people than us, so he could take turns fighting with us. After a long time, he became familiar with our tactics..."

Zhou Yu thought to himself that it was fortunate that he reacted quickly. Cao Cao was too treacherous. After thinking for a while, he said, "We will attack Cao's camp tonight. We will close the water fort and sleep during the day, and then attack at night."

This time Cao Cao suffered a loss. Zhou Yu launched a surprise attack on Cao's army at night. Knowing that he could not defeat Fang Jian, he beat the gong to prevent Cao's army from resting.

The boats from Jiangdong were free to come and go in the Yangtze River. Cao Cao's army was not familiar with fighting on the water at night, so they could only close the gates and not go out to fight. "Zhou Yu is still quite capable. It seems that he has seen through my intention of training the troops." Cao Cao felt a little regretful. This was a solution that he had come up with with great difficulty.

It won't be used anymore.

Zhou Yu changed the battle to night battle, but Cao Cao chose not to follow him and continued to train during the day. However, due to his actions, the soldiers in the army seemed to have really forgotten about their injuries.

The morale of the army also stabilized.

Xun You looked at Cao Cao and was also convinced that his boss was the most capable one.

It easily boosted the morale of the army.

Luo Yuan received the battle report from Jiangling in Jingzhou. After reading it, he couldn't understand it at all.

Cao Cao is sick. Luo Yuan estimated that Cao Cao has three to four thousand soldiers these days. Are they just giving away their heads in vain?

Boss Cao and Zhou Yu colluded to cheat Boss Cao?

This... isn't that outrageous.

Cao Cao would definitely not do something that would harm himself. He must have other purposes.

Jia Xu looked at it and smiled: "It is to boost morale.'

Luo Yuan followed Jia Xu's line of thought and his face darkened. Cao Cao was willing to use thousands of lives to boost morale.

The military newspaper did not mention the plague.

"Has the King of Wei controlled the plague?"

Jia Xu smiled.

Luo Yuan thought Jia Xu's smile was very mysterious. Thinking about Jia Xu's character, he immediately understood: "Not really. Jiangling is nearby. He can send his injuries to Jiangling. I have already told Zhang Zhongjing to do his best to treat him."

"The army is about to engage in battle. Injuries and illnesses are affecting the morale of the troops. The King of Wei knows that some lives need to be sacrificed to stabilize the army." Jia Xu said.

"I go……"

This is too heartless, those are human lives.

There are so many injuries and illnesses, and not all of them are suffering from plague. Some of them may just be suffering from common acclimatization.

Luo Yuan couldn't believe it: "He killed them all?"

"Don't we need people to take care of the wounded? Once those people die, the doctors in the army will be free to treat minor injuries." Jia Xu didn't care at all and said it as if it was nothing.

When he saw the military newspaper, he knew what was going on.

Luo Yuan took a deep breath, this... was too cruel, was this a case of a kind-hearted man not being able to lead an army?

With more than 800,000 people, no one would notice if a few thousand were lost. The attention of Cao's soldiers must be on fighting now.

Cao Cao is good at making a feint to the east and attacking in the west.

Luo Yuan didn't even dare to think that if it were him, he really wouldn't be able to do this.

He couldn't help but get angry: "How could he do this? Jiang Ling is nearby, why didn't he send him to Jiang Ling."

Jia Xu sighed and looked at Luo Yuan: "Gongqi, the King of Wei wants to save face, how can he ask you for help?"

"Is his face more important than the lives of thousands of people?" Luo Yuan said angrily, "How can he be a king if he is so unkind?"

Jia Xu laughed and said, "Which king since ancient times was kind and merciful?"

Jia Xu felt that Luo Yuan’s anger was really unreasonable. Luo Yuan himself was a prince, so how could he not know what a prince was?
(End of this chapter)