[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

In November, Jiangling is cold and windy.

Five days before Guo Jia came to this place, he had a discussion with a group of counselors over tea, inquiring about the current situation exhaustively.Cao Zhi condescended to roll up his sleeves to add water, and received a lot of praise.

On the fifth day, Yang Xiu arrived.

Yang Xiu and Guo Jia still had a thin friendship, but at that time, one was teaching in the Cao Mansion and the other was on the battlefield, so there was no time to cultivate a deep friendship in the future.However, Guo Jia has always admired Yang Xiu's talent and learning.

So Yang Xiu came, and he was also very happy.

The two talked for a while about the current situation, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Cao Zhi added another bowl of tea to Yang Xiu.

Yang Xiu glanced at him, and then took a sip of tea: "In fact, I think that with the current situation of our army, I am afraid that it is evenly matched with Sun Quan."

Guo Jia said: "Oh? But I heard the details."

"It is a mistake to reward the three armies for occupying Jiangling, but not to send troops to besiege Xiakou in order to rectify Jingzhou."

"It was two mistakes to kill the commanders of the two major naval forces because of Zhou Yu's design."

"Our army is not familiar with water warfare, and the new precipitation army is even more unstable. Under such circumstances, Mr. Cao wants to attack Jiangxia in a hurry, and it is even more wrong."

Yang Xiu finally made a conclusion: "These three mistakes are tied, and our army has already lost one point! Why didn't the military advisor persuade Duke Cao a lot? Since the military advisor has the status in Duke Cao's heart, Duke Cao is willing to listen to the military advisor's words."

Guo Jia moved his fingertips.

As Yang Xiu said, the current situation is not very good for them.Now that Cao Cao is proud, he may not be able to listen to his words: "Brother De Zu is absurd. If you can really persuade the lord, why do you bother to drink tea here."

He wasn't too entangled. After he settled down, he looked forward to Sun Quan's army to be led by Zhou Yu.

——He is eager to fight Zhou Yu!

Zhou Yu's name spread far and wide along with Sun Ce.And this man and Xun Yu, regardless of their family status, or their vision and courage in the world, are equally generous and grand...

Even people at the time commented on "Wang Zuozhi's talent", they were all exactly the same!

Such a character, since he is so correct, there are few tricks and schemes that can defeat him.

Guo Jia knew it in his heart.However, when he saw Zhou Yu for the first time two years ago, he was overwhelmed by his demeanor and at the same time had an uncontrollable expectation in his heart!

It's a pity that at that time the north was difficult to pacify, and it was by no means an opportunity to fight Jiangdong.

He can only wait.

Today, he has finally waited for this opportunity!

But Yang Xiu stopped admonishing him. Instead, he turned his head and asked Cao Zhi, "The fourth son thinks, how should Sun Quan fight against our army?"

Between his words, there was actually a sense of anticipation that Sun Quan would send troops.

Cao Zhi blinked.

He glanced at Yang Xiu suspiciously, not knowing the meaning of his words for a moment, and slowly said: "...the student is not Sun Quan, and he doesn't even know if he will send troops, so how do you know how he will send troops?"

Guo Jia frowned slightly.

Then, he heard Yang Xiu say: "Although our army's fortune is not good, the 30 navy and [-] elite soldiers should not be underestimated. Therefore, if Sun Quan wants to attack, he will never compete with our army in an open and fair manner. You have to think about a lot of strategies... Heh, fourth son. Are you too naughty these days, and you haven't even learned a little bit from the military division."

"..." Cao Zhi was dumbfounded. Is this a magical unfolding?

Guo Jia glanced at him.

Seeing Yang Xiu's calm smile on his lips, he was suddenly a little displeased, and finally said calmly: "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover. No matter what strategy Zhou Yu can think of to deal with our army, I will wait and see, isn't it enough?"

Yang Xiu smiled: "So, I will wait and see."

Guo Jia frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Five days later, Cao Cao finally decided to send troops to attack Xiakou urgently.

Before he sent troops, there was one thing that had to be mentioned.

When he first arrived in Jiangling, Cao Cao found that the army was not used to water warfare, and the water and soil were not acclimatized, resulting in a decrease in troops and a decline in morale.However, Hua Tuo observed for three days, but told him that it was by no means unacceptable, but that most of the soldiers were infected with a strange disease.

Now the disease is still in a dormant state, but once it breaks out, it may not be easily cured.

Cao Cao was shocked and angry!

As we all know, the outbreak of epidemic diseases in ancient times will lead to mourning, and sometimes even turn a prosperous town into a dead grave.Now they are in the battlefield, once the epidemic breaks out, there will probably be countless dead soldiers!And they will face the crisis of withered troops, even Liu Qi's [-] elite soldiers will be able to fight them.

Cao Cao first ordered the news to be blocked, and according to Hua Tuo's wishes, the infected people were quickly separated.On the one hand, he ordered Hua Tuo to step up his efforts to find a way to deal with it, and under the opposition of a group of counselors, he hastily divided his troops into two groups to attack Jiangxia!

These two groups of soldiers and horses marched eastward along the Yangtze River from Jiangling along the Yangtze River, and went southward along the Han River from Xiangyang along the other way.Then they sent a team to attack Sun Quan's rear, hoping that Sun Quan could watch the fire from the other side and give up interfering in this matter.

Unfortunately it was too late.

Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su had persuaded Sun Quan before, and now Sun Quan sent Zhou Yu and [-] elite soldiers to Jiangxia for support.The two armies were caught off guard and met in Chibi.

No one had thought of such a development, and Cao Zhi was a little dazed when he knew about it.But except for Cao Zhi, no one in the boat panicked, even the pale ones had solemn faces and cold eyes!

Cao Cao didn't even change his face.

He drew his sword and pointed it at the sky.

With just this one movement, it seemed that Cao Cao was at the center, and an aura that was difficult to ignore slowly swayed like a wave of water.

--murderous look!

Cao Zhi almost held his breath, he could only subconsciously turn his head to look at Cao Cao who was three steps away.

Cao Cao's body is straight.

Sword-shaped brows are drawn into the temples, eyes are piercing, and there is a domineering arrogance between the brows that will fight the common people.The right hand hanging on the waist is lightly pressed on the hilt of the sword, and the left hand is lightly holding the rein of the horse. There is a cold smile on the well-defined face, as if thousands of troops and horses are under their feet and under their control. middle!

Cao Zhi took a deep breath.

The cold wind on the surface of the river was bleak, and it was sucked into the chest suddenly, even with severe pain.

But Cao Zhi didn't care at all.He suddenly had a premonition, as if the turbulent torrent had actually condensed into ice!

Cao Cao's hand holding the sword slowly lowered, and the tip of the sword pointed straight ahead.His hands didn't tremble at all, they were as firm as steel.Then, he shouted one word: "Kill—!"

Just this one word, but it is like a silver bottle breaking suddenly, and even the ice in the river is suddenly shattered, and the river is full of waves and waves!

With just this one word, the [-] sailors turned around without hesitation and headed towards the Soochow navy!

Countless people drew bows and shot arrows, and countless people were pierced by an arrow, fell off the bow and fell into the water, stained with blood.However, death did not make them timid, on the contrary, countless people went on and on, just to kill the enemy!

Cao Zhi's pupils shrank.

He asked himself that he had seen the scene of life and death fighting.However, it wasn't until I saw these that I realized that it was just a small fight.

At this moment, he watched the fight in front of him, even turning the red eyes that filled his eyes, but an indescribable pride suddenly grew in his heart!

——This is the pride that belongs to the battlefield, and it belongs to the pride that a man is unwilling to give in to!

A guard wanted to send him back to the cabin, but he stopped him instead.He even took the bows and arrows of the soldiers beside him and shot them at the enemy.His hands were still trembling at first, but after a few times, they didn't tremble at all.And whenever he shoots an arrow, someone will be injured or die.

Cao Zhi's gaze became colder and colder!

He couldn't hear any sound, even the clash of swords and the endless fighting of soldiers could not reach his ears.He only concentrates on drawing the bow and archery!

He didn't know how long the battle lasted until the river was stained red with blood. After all, they were slightly inferior to the Soochow navy.

Cao Cao finally ordered to retreat and stationed on the bank of Chibi.Facing Zhou Yu across the river, no one dared to act rashly.

It was late at night.

Cao Jun was stationed in the water village on the bank, and did not dare to take a step forward rashly.

Because of Zhou Yu's interception, Liu Bei was temporarily safe.

Several days have passed since that day of fighting, but Cao Zhi often dreams about that day and Guo Jia's words these days.Fourth son, you have to take a good look at this world!

Cao Zhi let out a breath slowly.

It was very cold at the end of November.After exhaling this breath, he could still see the white mist that was too late to dissipate.

Cao Zhi was a little confused.

—he was in a very different state of mind!

In the past, he was content with a room just to save his life.So he withdrew his edge and showed his ordinaryness, only hoping to enjoy his old age in peace in the future; later he met Guo Jia.When he fell in love with this person, he had a thought in his heart, so he raised his expectations, and was even unwilling; now that he is in this battlefield, seeing such a tragic fight, thousands of pride are born in his heart, but they can no longer be annihilated!

He finally understands why Yang Xiu encouraged him to fight for the position of son.He used to think that the position of son of the world was the end, but he didn't realize that it was just the beginning!

The beginning of a person who is qualified to step into the ranks of contending for the world!

Just as Guo Jia was eager to fight Zhou Yu, he also suddenly had a desire.

Cao Zhi raised his hand and pressed his left chest.

He stared blankly at the top of the tent, thinking a lot in his mind.I don't know how long it will take before I can fall asleep.

At five o'clock, the river was foggy and foggy, and I was at a loss.

Most of the people were still in a deep sleep, but suddenly there was a sound of beating drums and shouts from the river, so loud that it even woke up the entire Cao Ying!

Cao Zhi was not asleep at all, he almost jumped up and put on some clothes indiscriminately, and quickly left the tent to look for Guo Jia and Cao Cao.

Cao Cao had already left his tent, and Zhang Liao reported that "the enemy is attacking".

He stared coldly at the river in front of him, and he could not see any clues at all due to the heavy fog.There was the hoarse sound of beating drums beside his ears, and he said: "The fog is thick, the Wu army is coming from the fog, there may be traps..."

"Zhang Liao."

"The end is here."

Cao Cao said lightly: "You can't meet the enemy with an order, but you can shoot with a bow and crossbowman."

"As ordered."

At this time, Guo Jia also got up, and went to Cao Cao's camp with Cao Zhi.Seeing Cao Cao's serious face, he asked, "Master, what happened?"

Cao Cao said briefly.

When Cao Zhi heard this, he stared at the thick fog in the river with an indescribable strangeness in his heart.Guo Jia said, "Let's go to the riverside to have a look."

When the three of them reached the river, Zhang Liao ordered the crossbowmen to draw their bows.For a while, arrows rained down like rain, presumably there must have been countless casualties.

However, apart from beating the drums, the enemy army did not make any movement—not only did they not move forward, nor did they take a step back.

Everyone also had unspeakable doubts in their hearts.

Cao Zhi squinted his eyes and stared into the fog. He almost squinted his eyes into a line, but he still couldn't see what was going on with those ships.

The enemy's daring to approach them in the thick fog obviously predicted that Cao Cao would not dare to send troops easily.But shooting arrows in the middle of the bank is a matter of course.Anyone can guess these, so no one in the boat will come to die.

——How can someone be so annoying that he deliberately finds someone to shoot his own person?

and many more……

Since there are very few people in the boat, there is space for other things to be placed. If these things are filled with arrows and transported back, wouldn't these arrows belong to Wu Jun?

Cao Zhi suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Could it be... the straw boat borrowed arrows?