Cao Cao looked at the few letters in his hand. During this period, there was information sent to him from everywhere that he needed to read personally.
The first thing sent was information about Anxi and Rome from Cao Zhen and Sima Yi. This information was factual and was seen by Sima Yi and Cao Zhen themselves. It was extremely shocking. In short, after reading it, Cao Cao inexplicably wondered whether I was a frog in the well.
Feel.
Especially the dazzling variety of elite talents of the Roman legions, as well as their universality displayed on different battlefields, even Cao Cao secretly lamented that they were not as good as them.
As for Anxi, although it was a bit weak compared to the Romans, the fighting power of those 100,000 elite legions of the same attributes, coordinated with each other, was extremely tyrannical even if Cao Cao didn't actually see it.
Sure enough, he used to be a frog in the well. No wonder Liu Bei didn't want to force unification all the year round. It was not a good thing to waste the national power of the Han Empire when there was such a powerful enemy outside. However, with such an opponent, Cao Cao was completely inspired.
Cao Cao's ideal was to be a general who conquered the west. Since there were such powerful enemies in the west, it would be more meaningful to conquer them. He would bring in the barbarians into the Central Plains, expand his territory, and establish an unparalleled great cause. Cao Cao was very excited when he thought about it.
As for the second letter, it was a normal letter between Sun Ce and Cao Cao. Just like Cao Cao was transferring domestic assets, Zhou Yu was also transferring assets. Both sides mentioned it secretly in the letter, and then both understood it tacitly.
Start doing this.
By the way, it was actually Zhou Yu who exchanged letters with Cao Cao. Sun Ce's understanding of these matters was basically, ah, leave it to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu will handle it himself, so I don't need to worry about it.
Of course, Zhou Yu's side did a pretty good job, but unlike the bridgehead that Cao Cao had already completed, Zhou Yu's bridgehead had some problems.
Shi Xie really had no intention of blocking it, and expressed his willingness to give the recently acquired Qiongzhou to Zhou Yu to garrison troops. Even if Sun Ce was willing, they could also lend Rinan County and Jiuzhen County to Sun Ce to garrison troops. Zhou Yu thought about it
I want to express my agreement.
Although Zhou Yu also knew that Shi Xie was definitely not completely kind-hearted, with Sun Ce's current strength, he really didn't worry much about the opponent cheating him, so Zhou Yu took over the two counties that Shi Xie leased.
However, as a price, Zhou Yu said that if we garrison Qiongya and Jiuzhen County in Jiangdong, it would be too difficult to transport grain to Rinan County, and he hoped that Shi Xie would support it.
Shi Xie was almost targeted by Sun Ce some time ago. In order to buy peace, he spent money and food all over the place before the battle in Northern Xinjiang and gave a lot of grain and dried fish to each of the three princes. Sun Ce couldn't attack Shi Xie again when he came back.
Expressing that I am very happy, I will try my best to build a good bilateral relationship with Sun Ce.
After that, Liu Bei invited Shi Xie to participate in the military parade. After going this time, in addition to witnessing Liu Bei's incredible combat power, what shocked Shi Xie the most was that the commander-in-chief of the decisive battle in the Northern Xinjiang War was actually next door.
Zhou Yu, Sun Ce’s adopted brother.
For the first time, Shi Xie clearly felt what it meant to be untouchable. He originally thought that Jiaozhou was high in the sky and far away from the emperor, with complex terrain and miasma. As long as he was well prepared and stuck to his old base, even if he couldn't defeat Sun Ce, Sun Ce himself would still need it.
Weigh the loss.
However, after seeing Zhou Yu's terrible record, Shi Xie wiped his sweat in his heart and thought that it was better to give in. Besides, the Han Dynasty did not fall, so I gave Sun Ce some food, jewels, fish, etc., at most it was
There's nothing shameful about supporting neighboring states and counties, right?
There was no way. If Shi Xie had confidence before speaking out, he would definitely be able to block Sun Ce's army. After coming out, Shi Xie felt that he was just like a salted fish in a frying pan. Zhou Yu could turn it over as he wanted. To be reasonable, only now can he turn it over.
Zhou Yu, who was twenty-five years old, had a better record than Ma Yuan after the Battle of Northern Xinjiang.
Think about how flat Lingnan and Jiaozhou were in those days. The so-called dangerous terrain, harsh environment, and pervasive miasma made famous generals a ghost. They couldn't afford to offend them, so they had to give up.
This is why Zhou Yu had the confidence to send someone to tell him what he was going to do, and Shi Xie would definitely give him face. As for the two counties that Shi Xie gave away for free, when he heard that there was a rebellion above, Zhou Yu didn't take it seriously at all. It was no big deal.
of.
After that, Zhou Yu did the same thing as Cao Cao. He secretly began to transfer Jiangdong's background and secretly transferred all the cards he had not yet played to Rinan County, Qiongzhou and Jiuzhen County, but He Shixie
To put it another way, the problem in that place was no longer about dissatisfaction with Wang Hua, but actually raised the flag of rebellion, and the riot was very fierce.
Zhou Yu could only send people to pacify it first, and train his troops at the same time. How could the place occupied by his ancestors be lost? The locals wanted to raise the flag of rebellion and all go on the road.
Zhou Yu has been messing around like this, and Zhou Yu still hasn't conquered those two counties. It's not that he can't defeat you. The biggest problem is that the other party won't fight you at all.
In addition, Zhou Yu himself could not go over, but could take charge of strategic talents on his own. Zhou Yu expressed helplessness, Pang Tong and Cheng Pu could not be touched. The others were all problem children and he did not dare to let them do it alone, like Li Yan.
There's no problem with his ability, but he doesn't dare to be thrown out alone, otherwise something will happen if he goes out, and Zhou Yu is also tired.
So this matter was dragged on like this. After getting a group of Zhu Zhi, Huo Jun, Zhu Huan and others over, Zhou Yu stopped staring and started fighting. It was just a training exercise. Zhou Yu was also angry.
After Liu Bei's military parade last year, Zhou Yu's focus has shifted from military strategy to military training. After looking at the infantry in the north, Zhou Yu finally realized that the infantry in Jiangdong were all rookies, so Zhou Yu began to select infantry from various places last year.
Start intensive training.
Anyway, the infantry of Jiangdong are basically good at archery. Zhou Yu made a few guesses and felt that they are not equipped with any shields, armors and the like, and generally do not need close combat. Therefore, Zhou Yu's positioning of Jiangdong's infantry is very clear. Most of the long-range archers are guaranteed.
As long as you have the ability to counterattack in close combat.
The remaining few infantrymen only have two positions. One must be able to penetrate the opponent's defense line when necessary, and the other can provide defense for archers. As for the other infantry, Zhou Yu said that they are not needed at all. When these three cooperate,
It is enough to serve as the basis of Jiangdong infantry.
The solution to the first problem, Zhou Yu thinks, is nothing. Targeted training is that the Jiangdong archers have very strong upper body strength. The reason why they are not strong in close combat is that they want to run when they see others rushing towards them. Zhou Yu captured 30,000 veterans for training, and half of them
I copied Danyang's efforts and made half of them by feeling.
Zhou Yu's training level is actually very high, and his talent is very good. He quickly found the feeling. With the quality of his soldiers reliable, Zhou Yu quickly trained an elite talent, group concert, which can make a large number of soldiers work together as one.
a talent.
To put it simply, driven by this talent, if a veteran makes correct movements, it will influence many soldiers around him who are training with him to make coordinated movements. The deeper the talent, the more tacit this cooperation will be. However, this is not
What Zhou Yu wants.
To be precise, the infantry in the north will be very powerful if they have this talent, but the infantry in the south, especially the current Jiangdong infantry, save it. They want to run away when the enemy rushes over, and Zhou Yu is also angry.
Five thousand people were left for others to take to Ninan County. Zhou Yu continued training with the remaining twenty-five thousand. This time it took a little longer than the last time. Zhou Yu successfully changed to new talents, predicting and parrying, and there was no way to do this.
Because I was training with archers, I came up with such a thing.
Zhou Yu once again sent 5,000 people to Rinan County with an expressionless face. This talent would be very powerful for northern infantry, but in the south...
Zhou Yu continued to train the remaining 20,000 people. After spending some time, the training was able to achieve instant thrust. Zhou Yu silently sent the 5,000 people to Rinan County again. This talent would be very strong for the northern infantry, but the southern...
After a while, Zhou Yu's remaining fifteen thousand people were trained by Zhou Yu to use blunt weapons to attack. Zhou Yu silently repeated the last time, this talent...
Afterwards, Zhou Yu trained again and created Concussive Strike, which was another elite talent that was extremely powerful for northern infantry. So Zhou Yu disbanded the legion and found Sun Ce. He said that he had nothing to do and told Sun Ce to let Sun Ce train.
Go and train others on your own.
However, less than two months after Zhou Yu left, Sun Ce accomplished something that Zhou Yu had been unable to achieve. The problem of those 10,000 people was solved by Sun Ce. Their elite talents were turned into fearless by Sun Ce.
Leading Tiantian to roar and roar everywhere, Zhou Yu was also convinced.
In this way, the problem of Jiangdong infantry is barely solved. It is obvious that the problem of Jiangdong infantry is not in quality, but in mentality. When Sun Ce came up with this under brainless training, the biggest problem of Jiangdong infantry has been successfully solved.
As for the other two armies, Zhou Yu also reluctantly worked out a framework, training and studying at the same time. Training troops is not difficult for Zhou Yu anyway, so Zhou Yu can rest assured while training troops, transferring domestic assets, and communicating with Cao Cao.
Whether or not.
Until not long ago, a lot of messy news came that made Zhou Yu feel overwhelmed.
For example, the news about the Roman Empire, the Parthian Empire, and the Kushan Empire. After exchanging information with Cao Cao, and after comparing the information between Sun Quan and Cao Zhen, both sides knew what their opponents had.
strength.
Under this situation, the relationship between Cao Cao and Sun Ce became closer, and the idea of a big fight with Liu Bei became less intense. The original so-called battle to decide the outcome was reduced to one.
A battle determines the outcome.
However, not long after, even Cao Cao had no time to issue rescue orders to Cao Ren, Xu Huang, and Pang De, and new letters were delivered to Cao and Sun.
Looking at the above content, Cao Cao was unable to express any thoughts except his helplessness at the gap in strength.
