Lu Bu and Pang Tong came in from outside together and reported to Liu Xian: "Your Majesty, I just received a scout report that the enemy's main force is going downstream, and it seems that he is preparing to retreat to Sanjiangkou."

Pang Tong said: "From this point, crossing the Yangtze River to the south is a remote place with thorns and mountains and rivers, which is very unfavorable for the army to develop. Even if we cross the Yangtze River from this direction, our army will be unable to move forward.

Therefore, our army cannot cross the river from this direction. The most suitable location for the battle of crossing the river should be near Sanjiangkou. The Wu army obviously saw this, so they moved their main force to near Sanjiangkou to prepare for the upcoming battle of crossing the river that our army is about to launch."

Liu Xian nodded and asked, "Have all the enemy troops in Jiangbei retreated?"

Lu Bu clasped his fists and said, "According to the report I received not long ago, the enemy troops originally stationed in Hanyang and Wulin have also retreated to Jiangdong."

Liu Xian thought for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, we should not waste time here. We will send an order to leave 10,000 troops to defend Nanjun, and the rest of the troops immediately marched towards Sanjiangkou!"

Xiakou, Wu army camp.

Cheng Pu and others came to the tent and saw Sun Jian. They all bowed with shame: "The last general is incompetent, which has caused Nanjun to fall into the enemy. Please deal with the King of Wu!"

Sun Jian got up and walked down the tent, helped Cheng Pu and others up, patted them on the shoulder, and said, "You have done your best! The mistake in this battle was caused by God's will, no wonder you wait! You don't have to blame yourself!"

Cheng Pu and others were moved and ashamed when they saw that Sun Jian did not blame them at all, and could not speak. They only felt that King Wu was very kind and could only repay him with death!

Sun Jian said to Cheng Pu and others: "Let's all be included."

Cheng Pu and others agreed with their fists and retreated to the right queue and stood at their own position.

Sun Jian paced back and forth on the tent, frowned and said, "Nanjun and other places were all trapped in the enemy. With Liu Xian's character, he would naturally not give up. I believe that in the near future, these Sanjiangkou will become the battlefield for both the enemy and us to decide the victory or defeat!"

Everyone felt the same and couldn't help but feel solemn.

Zhou Yu saw the expressions of everyone and said loudly: "Our army has gathered 460,000 troops and 50,000 navy troops, totaling 510,000 people. With the natural danger of the river and backed by thousands of miles of mountains and rivers! Even if it is as strong as Liu Xian, it will not shake our army at all!"

When everyone heard Zhou Yu's words, their original worry suddenly subsided, and many people felt the urge to avenge their previous failure.

Cheng Pu thought of something and said with a fist: "The main force of our naval army has been transferred to Sanjiangkou. If the enemy Wenpin and Wei Yan's naval army attack from the sea, what should we do?"

Sun Jian smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. Although our army's main forces gathered at Sanjiangkou, Wujun and other places still have heavy troops stationed, including the most elite Danyang soldiers.

On all the key passes along the Yangtze River, iron-locked across the river and arranged heavy troops to guard it. Therefore, whether Wenpin Wei Yan wanted to land on the coast or go up the river, it would be impossible to succeed."

When Cheng Pu heard Sun Jian's words, he felt relieved and thought, "In this way, we can concentrate on the decisive battle with the enemy at Sanjiangkou!" The others could not help but nodded.

At this time, a dusty scout rushed in and reported to Sun Jian: "Report to the King of Wu, Liu Xian has led an army of 450,000 to leave Nanjun and come to Sanjiangkou!"

Everyone couldn't help but feel that a war that was larger and that the entire Wu army's life and death was about to begin.

After the army led by Liu Xian left Nanjun, he advanced all the way to the southeast. Two days later, he arrived at Wulin opposite Chibi, stopped and set up a huge camp that stretched for more than twenty miles.

At the same time, the navy troops of Ganning advanced to the Han River near Hanyang, more than twenty miles away from Sanjiangkou.

They set up a water camp here according to Liu Xian's order, and at the same time, they quickly set up more than a dozen iron locks to block the river on the Han River to prevent the Wu army from entering the Han River!

Surrounded by everyone, Liu Xian rode a horse to a high cliff by the river, looking at the vast water surface of Sanjiangkou in front of him. Then he turned his eyes to Xiakou, and saw his opponent's camp rolling and undulating, like a huge tiger crawling beside Sanjiangkou.

When his eyes were withdrawn, the red high cliffs on the other side suddenly came into his eyes. He couldn't help but feel his heart moved. He pointed to the opposite side and asked everyone around him with a smile, "That's the so-called Red Cliff, right?"

Pang Tong smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise. The so-called Red Cliff Pavilion opposite is named after this continuous red cliff."

Liu Xian looked at the Red Cliff for a while, then looked into the distance, and couldn't help but murmur: "The Battle of Red Cliff..."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Pang Tong said: "The water surface here is wide and the misty waves are vast. If our army wants to cross the Yangtze River to defeat the Wu army, we must first defeat their navy!..."

Liu Xian nodded and said with some emotion: "I really admire the Wu naval army. Although the equipment is so much worse than ours, it can still severely damage our army, resulting in the Jingzhou naval army being able to stand on the defensive now!

It is not easy to defeat the Wu army naval army!"

Pang Tong clasped his fist and said, "Your Majesty, our army can make up for this with other methods. In fact, the foundation of the navy lies in warships. Our army does not have to rush to attack. Just build a large ship near the Red Cliff, and then connect it with iron locks to form a city wall-like structure.

At that time, put heavy equipment such as artillery on the ship and launch an attack on the enemy! It will be destroyed and will be invincible!"

Liu Xian was stunned for a moment and muttered to himself: "Isn't this a series of plans that Pang Tong offered to Cao Cao in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"

When I thought about this, a strange feeling surged into my heart.

But then I thought about it, today is not the same as before. How could Pang Tong’s suggestion be to harm himself!

After thinking for a while, I felt that in the current situation, it was certainly not worth the effort to attack urgently, but Pang Tong's plan was still relatively feasible.

He looked at Huang Yueying and asked, "Yueying, if you build an ordinary big ship, is there any difficulty?"

Huang Yueying shook her head without thinking, "There is no difficulty. You only need to gather the shipbuilders in the Luoyang Ordnance Farm and all the craftsmen in the Jingzhou area to build ships here."

Liu Xian nodded and said, "It's great. Then I'll send an order immediately and transfer the shipbuilders in Luoyang and all the craftsmen from Jingzhou to Wulin Camp to obey the orders."

Xiakou, Wu army tent.

Huang Gai said: "I just received a scout report saying that Liu Xian issued an order not long ago to transfer shipbuilders from Luoyang and all the craftsmen from Jingzhou to Wulin to listen to it. It seems that they are planning to build ships nearby."
Chapter completed!