Chapter 51: The East and the West(1/3)
After saying that.
With a slap in the horse's back, the dust left.
Zhou Yu opened the envelope and just took a look, he knew that this was definitely not written by Zhuge Liang.
Nothing else.
Zhuge Liang would not be so cunning and sarcastic.
"Pang Shiyuan, Pang Shiyuan, you are so cruel."
"How can you bear to force a loyal and good general using such means?"
Zhou Yu sighed and tore the letter to pieces.
However, he also understood why Pang Tong did this, and his purpose was naturally to force Zhao Yun to return to Liu Bei.
After all, who doesn’t like such a brave general?
"Forget it, Jiangdong and Zhao Yun are not destined to do so after all, let him go."
"It's time to defeat Cao Zhe and promote the power of our Jiangdong Army."
Zhou Yu shook his head, no longer cared about this matter, turned around and walked towards the central army's tent.
Zhou Yu is here.
All the generals in Jiangdong have arrived.
Everyone was full of energy and looked angry.
I wish I could cross the river and kill Cao Cao now.
There is no other reason.
Yesterday, news came from Wanling that the young master Sun Zhao was looted by Cao's army in Wanling, crossing the river and fleeing, and has been missing yet.
The five hundred brave soldiers responsible for protecting Sun Zhao were wiped out and no one survived.
This news was like a hurricane sweeping across Jiangdong.
Nowadays, from the civil and military officials to the people in Jiangdong.
A rare agreement was reached.
The northern expedition of Cao Cao, regained Sun Zhao, and promoted the power of Jiangdong.
Civil and military officials and generals unite against the enemy.
The morale of the soldiers under his command is rising.
Although Zhou Yu vaguely felt that Sun Zhao was robbed was a bit strange, he couldn't bear to destroy the current good situation in Jiangdong.
I can only hide my doubts in my heart.
Everything will be said until Cao Cao is defeated.
Taking out the amulet he had obtained from Sun Quan and holding it high in his hand, Zhou Yu walked past the generals in Jiangdong.
When he reached the main position, everyone's momentum also reached its peak.
"Grandmaster!"
All the generals bowed their hands.
Zhou Yu nodded: "How are the battalions prepared?"
"Report to the Grand Commander, the infantry and warships of all battalions are ready, and you can cross the river and head north at any time." Cheng Pu replied.
"good!"
Zhou Yu smiled and nodded: "Public retribution, I'll be here to help you."
"Don't worry, the general has received a letter from Cao's thief and asked me to lead troops to surrender in the afternoon three days later, using the Qinglong Banner as evidence." Huang Gai bowed and said, "I have prepared sixty bucket ships, the bow deck is filled with heavy tinder. Each ship has three fire throwers, which is enough to burn Cao Cao's warships!"
"good!"
Zhou Yu nodded again, "This battle is related to the survival of our Jiangdong, and also to your life, death, honor and disgrace. Everyone should go on and prepare for the war quickly and face Cao Cao in three days!"
"promise!"
All the generals retreated respectfully.
...
Three days later.
Jiangling Ferry.
Thousands of warships sailed out along the coast, and because of the iron chains connecting boats, they were connected into a piece, shaped like land.
The navy is in front and the infantry is in the back.
For this war, Cao Cao sent a total of 380,000 troops.
Among them were 180,000 navy troops and 200,000 infantrymen.
The remaining troops were handed over to Xiahou Dun, stationed in Jiangling, Yicheng and other places, and beware of the surprise attacks from Jiangdong and Liu Bei.
After Cao Cao brought a group of civil servants and military generals to board the warship.
He is heroic and heroic.
In front of the soldiers on the boat, he recited the poem that was passed down from generation to generation.
Short song line.
Su Chen, who was hiding in the corner of the warship, felt a little funny when he saw Cao Cao's coquettish operation.
But I have to say that this poem is well written.
At least he can't write it.
After reading a poem, the morale of the soldiers under his command also increased.
Cao Cao smiled with satisfaction, pulled out the sword in his hand and raised it high.
"The whole army will be deployed and target Jiangdong."
With Cao Cao's war order issued, more than a thousand warships were anchored at the same time, and drove towards Jiangdong amid the sound of breaking water.
Great momentum.
Fortunately, after the chain chain, the stability between the warships was extremely high.
The soldiers in the north temporarily overcome the problem of seasickness and retained most of their combat effectiveness.
Seeing this, Cao Cao also felt relieved.
Lead the generals back to the cabin.
Noon.
After having lunch on the boat, Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren and asked, "What's wrong with the soldiers in the army?"
"Lord, the soldiers in the army occasionally have seasickness and vomiting, but the number is not large, about one or two. In severe cases, there are about a thousand people. The doctor has been ordered to go to the hospital for treatment." Cao Ren replied.
Cao Cao frowned.
He didn't expect that after improving the stability of the warship, there were so many soldiers seasick.
Although it was much better than before the iron chain, it still did not meet Cao Cao's expectations.
"Seasy soldiers are allowed to rest, and you must maintain sufficient combat effectiveness before the war." Cao Cao said.
"No." Cao Ren nodded and immediately went to make arrangements.
At this time.
A messenger walked in.
"Report to the lord, Huang Gai from Jiangdong came to throw him, and it is less than ten miles away."
"oh?"
Cao Cao was delighted, was he delivered to his door so soon?
He rubbed his slightly sore eyebrows and hurriedly took the generals to the deck.
Looking into the distance, there is no yellow ship yet.
However, Cao Cao was not in a hurry. At the current speed, the yellow-gaied warship would arrive without half a stick of incense.
Cheng Yu stood beside Cao Cao, and as Cao Cao looked at the river, he couldn't help but say, "Lord, Huang Gai came to sue rashly, be careful of fraud."
Who is Huang Gai?
That was Sun Jian’s old minister.
When he followed Sun Jian to fight, he not only had good military strength, but also had good military command ability. He was one of the generals around Sun Jian.
Later, Sun Jian was caught in Jingzhou and was shot and killed by Cai Mao.
Huang Gai helped Sun Ce stabilize the situation and conquer the six counties in Jiangdong.
To be continued...