The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 164
"Let's send someone to watch first, keep the evidence well, and clean up one by one after Cao Cao is defeated. Now we should try our best to keep it stable. Cheng Yuan, how is the situation of Cao Jun's navy?"

Ding Feng said: "My lord, Cao Jun built a stronghold on the north bank of the Han River, and fought against our army several times relying on the water stronghold. Although he was still defeated by our army, he was indeed a little better than when he first started. In order to avoid attacking Cao Jun's Confidence, the last general didn’t send out ships to fight, and most of the soldiers who went to the battle were recruits who had just been recruited, so I just took advantage of this opportunity to train troops.”

"Okay, we must win beautifully, but not cause Cao Jun to lose too much. We must make Cao Jun's navy feel that although they have lost, the Xiangyang Navy is no different. We must give them the courage to fight. Zhengping, isn't that the Han family? Is it on the list of secretly informing Cao Cao? I remember that there was a man named Han Cheng in his family who was Cai Mao's confidant and once served as a captain in the Xiangyang Navy. Last time, because they killed too many people, they had a good attitude. I didn't clean them up, and I didn't expect to die again this time. In this case, I will arrest the Han family tomorrow for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, create an opportunity for that Han Cheng to escape at night, and deliberately leak the news that our army is worried about Cao Jun's navy. Then If Han Cheng executes his whole family after he escapes, he will defect to Cao Cao and help Cao’s army train the water army, and then he will be eager for revenge and encourage Cao Cao to use the water army to fight our army.”

Xu Shu clapped his hands and said: "My lord, this plan is very clever. Even if Cao Cao sends someone to investigate, it can only prove that Han Cheng escaped from the dead and hates the lord to the bone. As long as Cao Cao dares to send the navy out to fight our army, then this will be a good idea." We will accept the tens of thousands of troops with a smile! And it can also kill chickens and monkeys, and it is also a warning to others."

"Hahahaha, yes, it's not that I look down on them. It's okay to toss around on the shore a few times. If we really get to the center of the Han River, it will be good for these northerners to stand firm. This is still above the Han River. If we reach the wider Above the river, there is no need for us to fight, we are afraid they will fall down on their own!" Ding Feng laughed.Now Cao Jun's navy has been staying in the water stronghold near the shore. Even if the Xiangyang navy can defeat them and even burn their water stronghold, they can't kill many Cao Jun.As long as they dare to send out a large army to the river, Ding Feng is sure that they will never come back.

This strategy actually took advantage of Cao Cao's two psychology, one is Cao Cao's eagerness to calm Jingzhou's psychology.The pacification of Jingzhou is equivalent to the pacification of most of the world, and it is possible to realize the dream of unifying the world in Cao Cao's lifetime, and he now has a great advantage. Can he give up this opportunity?
Another is to take advantage of the shortcomings of Cao Cao and Cao Jun's lack of understanding of water warfare.Since Cao Cao launched an army against Dong Zhuo, he has destroyed Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Yuan Shao and other princes. He has fought in the South and North for nearly 20 years. He has never fought a water battle. Including Cao Cao's counselors and generals, no one really understands water warfare. .Although they all know that water battles are different from land battles, and that they can't take risks, being invincible in land battles does make them feel a little arrogant. As long as they give them a little more confidence and hope, maybe they will give it a try.

Zhang Wu, Xu Shu, Mi Heng and others carefully considered the plan again.

On the second day, a large group of soldiers and horses were suddenly mobilized in Xiangyang City. A team of Xiangyang City Guards, under the leadership of Xiangyang Guard and General Chen Sun, surrounded a small family of the Han family in Xiangyang City in order to secretly communicate with the enemy. All the members of the Han family were arrested for this reason.

In the ensuing search, the Xiangyang City Guards found evidence that the Han family had liaised with Cao Jun. Under the evidence and torture, the head of the Han family admitted his crime in public and begged the governor to spare his life.

Zhang Wu, governor of Jingzhou and general of Zhennan, was furious. He ordered the whole family of the Han family to be tied up at the gate of the city to show the public.

Everyone in the Han family was full of despair, some begged for mercy loudly, some wept bitterly, some collapsed to the ground in fright, and some cursed loudly.

Two days after the public demonstration, the Han family members were desperately waiting for the final result, because they hadn't had food for two days, and they didn't have the energy to cry and scold.

That night, the soldiers in charge of the guards had nothing to do and started chatting.

"Litou, you said that this family will be executed in one day, how pitiful it is!"

"What's so pitiful! Who let their patriarch's mind get watery, and dared to collude with the enemy army. This will not hurt the whole family."

"Hey! You can't blame them. I heard that Cao Cao brought 30 troops this time. He lost all his territory in Jiangbei. Cao's soldiers are about to attack Xiangyang. Who isn't afraid?"

"Hush!! Old Wang, you are dying!! How dare you say such a thing, what's the use of Cao Jun, they can't cross the river."

At this time, the old king looked around, and then whispered: "Brothers, let me tell you a piece of news, please don't spread it! I have a brother in the Xiangyang Navy. When the army expanded last time, I was promoted to a small official, and I said when I went home last time that Cao Jun also has tens of thousands of sailors. Although I am not familiar with water warfare now, there are still many people, and they are still practicing. After a period of time, when Cao Jun became familiar with water warfare, the Xiangyang navy might not be able to withstand it. He also said that the higher-ups secretly dispatched the Jiangxia navy to come to support him. If General Gan could lead the navy to defend the river, Cao Jun No amount of troops can get through."

The rest of the people agreed, "That's right, that's right, General Gan is the number one general on the water in Jingzhou, even the Jiangdong Navy can't get cheap from General Gan!"

Old Wang took out a bottle out of nowhere, and whispered: "It's very cold tonight, brothers, let's drink some wine to warm you up! The Han family committed suicide, and we have to stay here at night to suffer." .”

"This is not very good, what if something goes wrong and the Han family run away?"

"Hey! Litou, what can I miss? One or two sips per person, and they still can't get drunk. Besides, this family has been hungry for two days. Even if you untie the rope and let them run, they can't run away." !"

"Yes, yes, Li Tou, what are you afraid of, there are still people guarding in front, and we can't get drunk, my feet are almost numb from the cold!"

"Well, one person can only drink two sips, and there will be two shifts for a while. Those on duty are not allowed to sleep. I can't afford to take care of things if something goes wrong."

So, a few people took a bite of each other, and each took out pancakes to eat to fill their stomachs, and then talked and laughed for a while.In the middle of the night, a group of people felt sleepy, so they were divided into two shifts, on duty in batches, and the rest of them found a place to lie down.

(End of this chapter)