Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 325
After reading the secret letter sent by Cai Zhong and Cai He, Li Song put it aside and thought to himself, Zhou Yu seems to have really fallen for it, but he doesn't know if villager Zhuge Liang will also take the bait.

"Report to the Prime Minister! Sima Yi from the other department asks to see you!" The guard entered the room, clasped his fists and saluted.

"Oh! Zhongda is here! Let him in!" Li Song said, the guards led away, Sima Yi entered, tidied up his clothes, bowed his hands and saluted, and Li Song gave him a seat.

After Sima Yi took his seat, Li Song said: "Zhongda! Cai Zhong and Cai He have written." After speaking, he showed the secret letter to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi looked at it and said: "Prime Minister, everything is ready now! I only owe Dongfeng."

"No! There's still one item missing." Li Song laughed.

"Excuse me, Prime Minister, which one is unfinished?" Sima Yi asked.

"There are no iron chains connecting the boats. Only in this way can Zhou Yu believe that great things can be achieved, and we will be able to win." Li Song said.

"If you count the days, Jiang Gan should come back." Not only did Zhou Yu's success depend on Jiang Gan, but Li Song's success also cannot be separated from Jiang Gan.

As soon as Li Song finished speaking, a personal guard came to report: "To the Prime Minister! Jiang Gan, who joined the army, has returned and asked to see him outside the tent! He also brought a person, who is said to be Pang Tong, a famous scholar from Xiangyang."

"Ha! Ha!" Li Song laughed when he heard this. It was the right time. Li Song got up and walked out of the tent. He wanted to meet Jiang Gan and Pang Tong in person. The more he liked Pang Tong, the more Zhou Yu would believe him. I fell into his trap.

Li Song motioned Sima Yi to step down, and he wanted to perform the next play by himself without his cooperation, so Sima Yi stood up and said goodbye.

Li Song immediately took off his boots, pretending to have run away with his shoes, and when he saw Jiang and Gan two people in the distance, he clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Okay! Ziyi, I have been looking forward to your return day and night, and you really lived up to my expectations."

"Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life! Invite a famous scholar Pang Tong for the prime minister, breaking the Eastern Wu is just around the corner!" Jiang Qian cupped his hands and introduced Pang Tong to Li Song.

Li Song asked: "Zhou Yu is young, relying on his own ability to not look down on others and not to listen to others' advice, I have heard about Mr.'s name for a long time, and I am really lucky to be favored by Mr. today! I hope Mr. can give me some advice. "

Pang Tong said with a smile: "When I was in Xiangyang, I heard that the prime minister uses troops well. Today, I wonder if you can let me see the military appearance."

"Of course there is no problem!" Li Song ordered people to prepare horses, and first took Pang Tong to watch the dry village together, and the two climbed up with the horse.

After observing for a while, Pang Tong said: "The prime minister's use of troops is wonderful, even if Sun and Wu are born again, and Rangju comes back, it's just like this."

Li Song said with a smile: "Mr. is over the award. If there are any deficiencies, please give me your advice."

Pang Tong laughed and said nothing!So Li Song took Pang Tong to observe the water village again.See the 24 gates in the south, all of which have warships and battleships, listed as city walls, small boats from China and Tibet, and lanes to and fro, with orderly ups and downs.

Pang Tong said with a smile: "The prime minister's use of troops is really well-deserved! I admire you!"

Li Song was overjoyed, and went back to the village with Pang Tong, please enter the account, buy wine and drink together, and ask Pang Tong for military advice, Pang Tong talked about it, Li Song was like a god, and his hospitality was even more attentive.

When the drink was about the same, Pang Tong pretended to be drunk and said: "Although the method of the prime minister's training of the navy is said to be exquisite, it is a pity."

Li Song sneered in his heart, and finally wanted to say the main point, but he asked with a puzzled face: "I don't know what's the pity! Please enlighten me, sir!" After finishing speaking, he got up and bowed his hands.

Pang Tong pretended to be a bit embarrassed, and finally, under Li Song's repeated pleadings, he said, "Forget it! I just said that the prime minister's sailors are all soldiers from the north. They are good at riding horses, but not good at riding boats, which is not good for water warfare."

"I have a strategy here, which can enable large and small naval forces to cross the river as if they are walking on flat ground, without fear of water battles."

Li Song was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know what the plan is, but please give me your advice, sir."

Pang Tong said with a smile: "In the Yangtze River, the tide ebbs and flows, and the wind and waves are endless. The northern soldiers are not used to the wind and waves on the ship. Not to mention their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, and they are prone to illness."

"If large boats and small boats are matched with each other, a row of thirty or fifty will be connected with iron rings at the head and tail, and broad boards will be laid on the top. Let alone people, even horses can run on it. Just go, let him go up and down in the wind and waves, what else can we be afraid of when the time comes?"

Li Song left the table and came to Pang Tong, cupping his hands in thanks: "If it wasn't for the master's plan, how could we see the hope of defeating Soochow!"

Pang Tong said with a smile: "This is just my humble suggestion. The prime minister can figure out what to do. You don't need to ask me."

"Come on! Quickly call the general's blacksmith!" Li Song called the general's blacksmith without hesitation.

Not long after, all the blacksmiths in the army arrived, and Li Song ordered them to work day and night to make a series of big nails to lock the ships.

After Li Song finished his orders, Pang Tong went on to say: "I admire Jiang Zuo's heroes, and there are many people who hate Zhou Yu; I would like to be a lobbyist for the prime minister with my three-inch tongue, and let them all come to submit to the court and take refuge in the prime minister." At that time, Zhou Yu will be alone and helpless, and it will not be easy to capture him, and the breakthrough of Jiangdong will be just around the corner!"

Li Song looked happy after hearing this, but he sneered in his heart. He knocked down the wine glass "inadvertently" and ignored his clothes when the wine got wet. Please play the Son of Heaven, let Mr. rank among the three princes."

Seeing Li Song's appearance, Pang Tong knew that he had been duped, and he could also take the opportunity to go back to Jiangzuo to meet Zhou Yu, and hurriedly said: "I don't offer advice to the prime minister for my own wealth, but to save the people from fire and water. After the prime minister crosses the river, I hope the people will not be killed."

Li Song sneered in his heart, if I believed you, I would have been accused of Jiang, and it would be fine if I didn’t confess my life, but he said with righteous words on his face: "I crusade against Jiangdong just to do justice for the heavens, why? Can kill innocent people! Please rest assured, sir."

Pang Tong got up and said: "I thank the prime minister here for the people of Jiangdong, I will go back and persuade Jiangzuo heroes to join the rebellion, to respond to the prime minister, and leave!"

After Pang Tong finished speaking, he was about to leave. Li Song hurriedly pulled him and said, "If you need anything, sir, you can contact my internal response at Zhou Yu."

In order to make them believe that they have been fooled, Li Song decided to expose Cai Zhong and Cai He to them again.

"I don't know who it is?" Pang Tong asked hastily, thinking to himself, could there be other people besides the Cai brothers.

"Cai Zhong and Cai He are the internal agents I placed in the enemy camp. Zhou Yu didn't know that the two were spies, so he reused them. You can contact them when the time comes. I will also inform the two of you about this and let them Good cooperation sir." Li Song said sincerely.

(End of this chapter)