Can I get to the other side?

The great victory in the Battle of Jiangxia was a staged victory. The Han army solved its worries and could confidently go up the river to face Cao's army.

When the Han army arrived at Chibi, they found that Cao Cao's army was already waiting here. However, Zhuge Liang did not choose to confront Cao Cao's troops immediately. Instead, he chose to temporarily avoid it and retreated to the south bank to station and confront Cao Cao's army across the bank.

This move also caused dissatisfaction with Lu Bu.

On the south bank of Red Cliff, the Han army camp.

Lu Bu strode into Zhuge Liang's tent and asked: "Commander, Cao's army is right in front of you now, why do you avoid fighting?"

Today, he saw Cao Cao's navy from a distance on the river. He thought that the two sides would finally have a big battle. Who knows, Zhuge Liang ordered to avoid Cao's navy and retreated to the south bank without fighting Cao's army.

This act of cowardice before fighting made him feel too cowardly. Now that the morale of the Han army was at its peak, why should he be afraid of Cao Jun?

Zhuge Liang didn't seem surprised by Lu Bu's arrival. After smiling slightly, he shook his feather fan and said, "Don't be anxious, Mr. Wen. Please sit down first."

After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, although Lu Bu was still angry, he still gave him face and walked aside with a dark face to sit down.

Zhuge Liang asked people to serve tea to Lu Bu, and then said: "When we arrived at Chibi today, I saw that Cao's army was in good order. It was obvious that they were ready to fight us."

"Compared with Cao's army, our army is at a numerical disadvantage. We have traveled all the way here, and the soldiers are also quite tired."

"It would be disadvantageous for our army to fight at this time, so we chose to retreat temporarily."

Zhuge Liang patiently explained to Lu Bu the reasons for retreating.

Of course he believed in Lu Bu's bravery, but after all, this was a water battle, not a land battle, so it couldn't be the same.

Zhou Yu and Lu Su also held the same idea as him.

They all felt that this confrontation should be treated with caution.

Because they captured Jiangxia City, from a strategic perspective, Cao Cao should give up blocking them here and retreat.

After all, Chibi does not have any geographical advantages.

But Cao Cao chose to fight them here, probably because he was stimulated by the loss of Jiangxia City and the deaths of Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan.

These two people are Cao Cao's true confidants.

As the saying goes, the mourning soldiers will win. Cao Cao risked his life to fight them, but they had to be cautious and not be careless.

"It's not good for this, it's not good for that, it's really frustrating!"

After hearing this, Lu Bu couldn't help but said dullly. Although he knew what Zhuge Liang said was reasonable, he would inevitably feel unhappy in his heart.

He should have insisted on leading his troops back to help Chang'an before.

Seeing this, Lu Su said: "Wen Gong ascended to seize the city first and killed Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan in formation. His power is unparalleled."

"Now that Cao's thieves are right in front of us, why should Wen Gong be in a hurry? Sooner or later, there will be a place where Wen Gong can show his bravery."

Lu Su's words finally made Lu Bu feel a little better. He immediately said: "I don't care about these twists and turns. I will tell this general when there is a war."

After saying this, Lu Bu stood up and left the military tent.

Looking at Lu Bu who came and left quickly, Lu Su couldn't help but smile and said to Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu: "It is really worry-free to work with a general like Wen Gong."

Although Lu Bu's words and deeds were a bit rude, he didn't have any good intentions. He could just say more nice things. He was brave in fighting and willing to listen to advice.

In comparison, Sun Quan's coach, who is petty, suspicious, and unwilling to listen to advice, is nothing.

"It makes sense for Mr. Wen to be respected by His Majesty."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said that a general like Lu Bu couldn't fault him in any aspect. The only shortcomings were that he was not very smart and liked drinking and sex.

So he admired Zhao Yun more. Although Zhao Yun's bravery was not as good as Lu Bu's, he was not much inferior. Not only was he brave and resourceful, but he also carried out military orders very thoughtfully.

I saw the two of them talking and laughing, but Zhou Yu had no thoughts.

He frowned and asked the two of them: "Commander, Zijing, have you thought about how to defeat Cao's army?"

The topic of today's discussion is to formulate a strategy to deal with Cao's army.

Cao Jun's navy is powerful and far superior to theirs. This battle is very crucial and will determine whether they can successfully march to the south of the Yangtze River.

Lu Su shook his head when he heard this and sighed: "Cao's army is well prepared, and it is really difficult to find any flaws. It is not easy to defeat the strong with the weak."

Now that the two sides are facing each other head-on, he can't think of any good way to win. It seems that there is no other way except to use the hard power of both sides.

But the risk is not small.

After hearing this, Zhou Yu thought for a while and said to Zhuge Liang: "I have a plan, I don't know if it is possible, I hope the military advisor will decide it for me."

"Oh? Gong Jin has a good plan? What a coincidence."

Zhuge Liang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I happen to have a plan. Why don't you and I write the plans on our hands and see if what we see is the same?"

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "You can do anything you want!"

Then he and Zhuge Liang each held a pen and wrote something in their hands, and then came together.

The two of them each opened their palms.

Lu Su felt very curious, so he stepped forward to take a look. He couldn't help but be stunned, and then laughed loudly.

"Heroes really think alike!"

I saw the word "fire" written on the palms of both Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu's hands!

With Lu Su's vision, it was not difficult to guess that this was the fire attack.

Both of them plan to use fire attack strategy!

Zhou Yu looked at Zhuge Liang quite unexpectedly, and was very surprised. He didn't expect that Zhuge Liang had the same idea as him.

"The military advisor actually plans to use fire attack?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Cao's army has a strong navy and dense warships. This is both their strength and weakness."

"As long as their warships can be set on fire, and then the army waits for an opportunity to attack, the victory of this battle will be established."

After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Zhou Yu couldn't help but nodded secretly.

Because he thinks so too.

After wiping off the ink stains on his hands, Zhou Yu said: "Military advisor, although the fire attack strategy is good, it is not easy to implement. Cao Jun will definitely be prepared for this."

"So I hope that the military advisor will lead the army to pretend to retreat tomorrow, while I will lead a team of dead soldiers to hide on the south bank. After Cao Jun relaxes his vigilance, I will lead the team to approach Cao Jun's navy at night and launch an attack and set fire to their ships."

"When the time comes when the military advisor leads the army to fight back, Cao's army will undoubtedly be defeated!"

There is no fighter opportunity at the moment, so Zhou Yu plans to create one.

He would risk his life to personally lead his troops to set fire to Cao's ships!

After learning Zhou Yu's plan, the smile on Lu Su's face suddenly froze, and then he said in surprise: "Gongjin, are you crazy? This is too risky!"

The fire attack is nothing. The key is that Zhou Yu plans to personally lead a team of dead soldiers to set fire to Cao's ships. Regardless of success or failure, this team is unlikely to survive.

It's like sending someone to death!

Zhou Yu's eyes were determined, and he said in a deep voice: "As long as I can defeat Cao Jun, it doesn't matter if I die."

In prison, he promised Sun Quan to kill Cao Cao.

This is his only belief now.

As long as Cao Cao can be defeated, it will be worth his while even if he dies!

Lu Su did not expect that Zhou Yu had already prepared to die. Just when he was about to persuade him, Zhuge Liang spoke.

Zhuge Liang thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Gong Jin's strategy is indeed good..."

Lu Su was anxious and said: "Military advisor, let's discuss this matter again. Maybe there is a better strategy than this."

"Zijing, you don't need to say more, I have made up my mind."

Zhou Yu stopped Lu Su from continuing to speak, then raised his hand to Zhuge Liang and said: "Military advisor, please give me the order!"

Seeing Zhou Yu's resolute expression, Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed with admiration, but he did not give the order immediately, but smiled and said: "Gong Jin is too anxious, why don't you listen to my plan?"

"I have a plan. I don't need you to put yourself in danger, Gongjin. As long as you endure some physical pain, you can still achieve the goal of attacking Cao's army with fire."

Zhou Yu was stunned when he heard this, while Lu Su was overjoyed and asked quickly: "What's the military counselor's clever plan?"

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He didn't want to see Zhou Yu die.

In comparison, what is the pain of skin and flesh?

Zhuge Liang didn't show off and said, "What Gong Jin said before is right. Cao Jun will definitely be prepared for our fire attack."

"So if you want to use the fire attack strategy, you must first dispel Cao Cao's vigilance before you have the possibility of success."

"So I want to dispel Cao Cao's defenses by pretending to surrender."

Zhuge Liang said calmly.

After hearing this, Zhou Yu looked puzzled and said: "We represent the imperial court, how could Cao Cao believe that we would... wait a minute!"

Zhou Yu suddenly realized something, looked up at Zhuge Liang, and asked with some uncertainty: "What do you mean by the military advisor, let me fake a surrender?"

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "That's right."

If he said that he wanted to surrender to Cao Cao, even a fool would know that it was false, because it was impossible.

But it would be different if Zhou Yu surrendered. You must know that Zhou Yu was a surrendered general who was pardoned by the emperor, and essentially did not belong to the imperial faction.

Moreover, Zhou Yu's lord Sun Quan was also executed by the imperial court. If he surrendered to Cao Cao, the reason would be defensible.

"But even if I pretend to surrender, I'm afraid Cao Cao won't believe it."

Zhou Yu understood what Zhuge Liang meant, but he was not optimistic about this plan. He frowned and said, "Cao Cao is cunning and suspicious. Cao Cao backstabbed the alliance, and there is also hatred between Cao Cao and me."

"Now that the two armies are facing each other, how can he believe that I suddenly switched sides?"

Cao Cao is not a stupid person. Based on his understanding of Cao Cao, he doesn't think Cao Cao will believe such a false surrender.

"So, there's still a play to be done."

Zhuge Liang expected that Zhou Yu would say this, so he smiled faintly and said: "Now that Cao Cao's general Xu Huang has been captured by us, we only need to deliberately stage a drama of discord between you and me in front of Xu Huang, and then Gong Jin will let him go privately. When he goes back, he will report it to Cao Cao."

"Once Cao Cao's doubts are dispelled, Gong Jin will contact Cao Cao privately and surrender to him. He will not think too much about it."

"At that time, Gong Jin does not need to enter Cao Cao's camp in person. He only needs to agree on a time to defect to Cao Cao, prepare ten small warships, load them with firewood, pour them with anointing oil, pretend to surrender, and march towards the north bank, two miles away from Cao Cao's camp. When they arrived, all the ships set fire and rushed towards Cao's army, and the plan was completed."

Zhuge Liang slowly explained his thoughts and plans.

Zhou Yu and Lu Su's eyes lit up when they heard it. The more they listened, the more excited they became. In the end, they couldn't help but scream in admiration!

"What a brilliant idea!"

Zhou Yu praised Zhuge Liang's plan with great excitement, making no secret of his admiration for Zhuge Liang's strategy.

Lu Su also said with admiration: "The strategy of the military advisor is far better than mine, which is really shameful."

He had heard that the emperor had sent people to Jingzhou to find Zhuge Liang in order to invite him out of retirement. He had traveled thousands of miles to invite Zhuge Liang to his side and let him directly enter the central government to participate in political affairs.

Now Zhuge Liang is only 22 years old, but he has already achieved the high position of Zuomin Shangshu. The emperor even let him be in charge of the troops to attack Cao Cao, and even Lu Bu had to obey Zhuge Liang's orders.

Before, he thought that this was the emperor's preference for Zhuge Liang. Now it seems that the emperor's preference is true, but Zhuge Liang's own intelligence is almost a monster.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Since Gongjin and Zijing have no objection, then this matter is settled."

"It's just that acting in front of Xu Huang must be real, so I will order my left and right to use military law against Gongjin and whip him severely."

"Liang apologizes to General Gongjin in advance."

Zhuge Liang said, got up and left the table, bowing to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was shocked and quickly stood up to return the greeting, and said with shame: "What are you talking about, military advisor? If it weren't for the military advisor's plea to His Majesty, Zhou Yu's life would have been cut off on the execution ground."

"As long as we can defeat Cao, Zhou Yu will not mind dying, so what's the point of the mere physical pain?"

"Please act boldly, military advisor!"

His strategy was to die, Zhuge Liang's strategy was more brilliant, and he didn't need to die, which was equivalent to saving his life in disguise.

In addition to the last time he pleaded with the emperor, he owed Zhuge Liang two favors, which he might never be able to repay in this life.

Zhuge Liang said: "With Gongjin's words, Liang is relieved. After defeating Cao, when we report our achievements to the emperor, Gongjin will definitely be the first credit."

Zhou Yu said he didn't dare.

Lu Su saw this scene from the side and was very pleased. After experiencing so many things, Zhou Yu has also grown a lot.

After defeating Cao Cao, this achievement will be enough for Zhou Yu to wash away his sins and truly gain the trust and attention of the emperor.

Then the three discussed the specific details of the plan and how to implement it, and did not disperse until the evening.

Lu Su and Zhou Yu walked on the way back to the tent. Zhou Yu looked high-spirited and full of spirit between his eyebrows.

Seeing this, Lu Su smiled and said, "You are the first person in history to be so happy to be punished by military law."

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "I am happy that my great revenge is about to be avenged. This is the closest I have ever been to defeating Cao the thief."

"After completing this matter, I will also be completely loyal to my master... and Zhongmou, and from now on I will no longer be bound by the framework."

Sun Quan is dead and is no longer his master.

Now his master is only the emperor.

Killing Cao Cao, he can put down all his burdens, say goodbye to everything in the past, and realize his ambitions on a new stage.

"I believe in you, Gongjin."

Lu Su was also sincerely happy for Zhou Yu. The two talked and laughed together and walked away in the sunset.