Chapter 412 Cao Mengde insists on going his own way

Zhang Liao went there quickly and came back quickly. Although Zhang Liao's light body skill is so good that he can basically use light body skills to cross the water surface of 2,000 meters on a wooden board, Zhang Liao deeply felt that his combat effectiveness has dropped by at least half, and at the same time, there is a fear that he can't control his body freely.

If you use light-body skills and stay on the water with the help of external objects, although you feel safe, your combat effectiveness will also be reduced by half. He exerts all his strength as a light body, which consumes Zhenyuan's internal and spiritual power extremely. Therefore, from this, we can see the difference between generals who are good at fighting in water and dry duck generals.

While listening to Zhang Liao's report and looking at Zhang Liao's abnormal face, Cao Cao knew that Zhang Liao was not proficient in water. According to Zhang Liao's report, at this time, the governor Zhou Yu was not in the camp, but the deputy governor Cheng Pu was responsible for the affairs of the barracks. Since Zhou Yu is not in the barracks, Cheng Pu naturally can't make the decision. Cheng Pu can only promise to let Cao Cao's army temporarily be stationed on the north bank of Chibi. As for sending troops to help Cao Cao block Liu Bei's army, he can only wait for Zhou Yu to come back to make a final...

After listening to Zhang Liao's report, Cao Cao's face was like water, and this result was also expected by Cao Cao. Although he has a high position and power, and although Jiangdong Sun Group is its own ally and has in-laws, these are useless at critical moments. Jiangdong Sun Group, since its founder Sun Jian, has not liked to act on other people's faces. At the beginning, Sun Jian was so angry that he had killed three generals higher than his official position. If they hadn't worked hard to manage the relationship with Jiangdong Sun Group for several years, maybe they would have joined hands with the Yuan brothers to deal with themselves...

Jiangdong Sun Group will not completely admit itself or even obey itself. Cao Cao sees this clearly and is self-aWARE. Therefore, Jiangdong Sun Group is also a stumbling block for him to unify the world and his confidant. Therefore, when Jia Xu reminded him that Liu Bei might join hands with Jiangdong Sun Group to deal with him, Cao Cao had the intention to annihilate these two forces in one fell swoop.

If you can annihilate Liu Bei and Sun's Group in one fell swoop, then you will make a lot of money in this southward campaign... If nothing unexpected happens, this goal can be completely achieved! After thinking about it secretly, Cao Cao strengthened his mind even more.

The next day, Cao Cao selected soldiers who were familiar with water from nearly 10,000 soldiers, and there were only a total of hundreds of them. These soldiers are familiar with water, but they can't drive ferries. In desperation, Cao Cao had to hire a nearby boatman to train these soldiers' skills in sailing boats.

Grinding the gun before the battle, it's not fast. After a day of special training, these soldiers can also control the boat, but they are as strange as children's toddlers. However, they can only control the ship. If they are allowed to fight on the ship, it is almost impossible, because in the rapid undercurrent, all their strength and energy are spent on controlling the body and eliminating fear...

Fortunately, there are four super fierce generals around Cao Cao - Zhang Liao, Zhang Zi, Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu. They took a boat in the center of the river, waiting for the arrival of Liu Bei's army. They are also extremely uncomfortable to be distracted and distracted to control the shaking ships and their own bodies.

In the tense waiting of Cao Cao's army, the day finally passed. Liu Bei's army, which was supposed to appear in the waters here, is still missing. Cao Cao, who was on a high-earth platform, was very confused: according to the speed of Liu Bei's boat, they should also be here. Could it be that Liu Bei found that the situation was not good? On this road, the north bank of the river is full of cliffs, and the south bank of the river is either a cliff or a swamp. Liu Bei's side will never abandon the shore and choose to march by land. Could it be that Liu Bei turned the bow of the boat and returned the same way? So how is that possible? Because in the water, it is easy to go down the current and go up against the current? Hey hey, it is estimated that Liu Bei's army is also difficult to do. After all, Liu Bei's army is also men from the north, and they are also half good at water and ships...

And the scouts of Cao Cao's side did not find any trace of Liu Bei's side. In this way, Cao Cao felt very depressed: Why did Liu Bei's army evaporate and disappear from the air in just one day? Of course, according to the report of the scouts, Cao Cao can also judge that Liu Bei's side did not escape from the north bank of the river, let alone return by the same way.

It was not until the next afternoon that Cao Cao learned from the scout that Liu Bei abandoned the shore of the ship on this side, a hundred miles away from the Chibi ferry, and they chose to cross the swamp on the south bank of the river and continue to escape. There was a reed in that place, and the ship abandoned by Liu Bei was hidden in the reed. At that time, a Cao army relied on excellent light body skills to catch wild ducks. When he entered the reeds, he accidentally found hundreds of large and small boats hidden.

At this time, Cao's follow-up troops also arrived at the Chibi Ferry one after another. Immediately, Cao Cao divided his troops to clean up the large and small warships left by Liu Bei. On the third day, Cao's ordnance troops also came to the Chibi Ferry. At this time, Cao Cao was able to order a continuous stone thrower and a new crossbow to block the wide river.

Thousands of powerful and domineering continuous stone throwers and thousands of powerful crossbows can already cover more than half of the river surface of the Red Cliff Ferry.

However, when Cao Cao had this ability, Liu Bei's side also disappeared into the swamps and vast virgin forests in the south of the Yangtze River. Although there is no news from Liu Bei, Cao Cao's patience is there.

Especially after discussing with Jia Xu, the chief adviser, Cao Cao made up his mind to fight for a long time: he would never return to the capital without completely destroying Liu Bei. In the face of Cao Cao's stubbornness, Jia Xu can only fully support him.

After Cao Cao's strategy was changed, in order to ensure the confidentiality of military operations, Cao Cao spent a lot of money to disperse the people near the Chibi Ferry. After that, Cao Cao sent patrols to control the nearby officials, and at the same time, he reused the generals who were good at water warfare. In this way, Zhang Mao, Cai E and other generals in Jingzhou became celebrities around Cao Cao.

At this time, Cao Cao had six building ships, 40 medium-sized warships, and hundreds of small warships. Image: Cao Cao's ships can be lined up to the other side of the river and can go back and forth twice; even if they are lined up on the shore, they are also several miles long.

Cao Cao tried to keep Jiangdong Sun's Group awake at all times with his strong strength: Don't take in Liu Bei and Liu Qi's army. The two-thousand-meter river can't stop the attack of hundreds of thousands of Cao's troops.

Is this really the case?

Let's start with Liu Bei's army arriving in Changsha County. At Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Bei led nearly ten thousand soldiers to Changsha County. At this time, the county-level units in Jingzhou, such as Xiangyang County, Jiangling County, Wuling County, etc., surrendered to Cao Cao, but Changsha County did not deliver the surrender list to Cao Cao. The so-called surrender table is a table that records the population, strength and other data of a county.

Originally, the son Liu Qi wanted to surrender to Cao Cao, but he was rejected by the loyal Huang Zhongyan. When Liu Bei led his army to the west gate of the county, even Cao Cao had told the world that Liu Bei was a rebel. Huang Zhong still did not send troops to attack Liu Bei's army, but let Liu Bei's army rest under his eyes.

When a scribe with a numb face stood downstairs at the gate and shouted: Asking the son Liu Qi to go out of the city, Huang Zhong also informed Liu Qi in time.

When Liu Qi heard that Uncle Liu Bei wanted to meet him, he went out of the city uneasily. He doesn't know why Liu Bei wants to see him. He is afraid that Liu Bei will implicate him. What if Cao Cao's army follows? This is Liu Qi's current psychology.

Entering Liu Bei's camp, Liu Qi did not see Liu Bei come out to greet him. He was surrounded by only eight bodyguards and the numb-faced scribe. At this time, Liu Qi was still a little annoyed that Liu Bei was rude. Anyway, his official rank was also half higher than Liu Bei, and his identity was tougher than Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei's generation is higher than him.

However, when Liu Qi entered Liu Bei's military camp and saw Zhuge Liang kneeling beside Liu Bei, his eyes suddenly glowed. Previously, Zhuge Liang gave him advice to leave the whirlpool of power struggle in Jingzhou and come to the remote Changsha County, otherwise he is also a prisoner of Cao Cao now.

After a cordial greeting between the two sides, Liu Qi knelt down as the VIP chief. Before Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others could speak, Liu Qi covered his face and cried bitterly. The destruction of the state and the death of his family is indeed beyond the tolerance of Liu Qi.

When Liu Qi almost cried, Zhuge Liang gently shook the feather fan and asked Liu Qi gently, "Liu Shizi, what are you going to do in the future?"

Liu Qi raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes and responded with a choked response, "Mr. Zhuge, my brain is confused at this time. Originally, I also wanted to surrender to Cao Cao, but I was rejected by General Huang. General Huang said: You have 20,000 soldiers and horses, and you also have 20,000 horses. Relying on the dangerous terrain of Changsha County, even if Cao Cao has 500,000 troops, you don't want to take advantage..."

"Liu Shizi..." Zhuge Liang said with hatred, "Son, you have always been as good as your father in Liang's mind, and even the brave Liu Pan is not as good as you! How can you have such an idea now? ..."

Zhuge Liang first picked up Liu Qi, making him full of courage and confidence.

"The son, General Huang did the right thing! If you also surrender to the Han thief Cao Cao, who can we rely on?" Zhuge Liang said movedly, "Son, you are not afraid of the Han thief Cao Cao. He is just a bluffing paper tiger... If Liu Mu was alive, he would never have surrender to Cao Cao. As far as Liang knows, the death of your second brother Liu Pan also has a lot to do with Cao Cao! ..."

Instigated by Zhuge Liang's emotional words, Liu Qi's heart was gradually occupied by courage and hatred. At that moment, he became more and more like a man: even if the knife was on his neck, his eyebrows would not frown. This shows that Zhuge Liang's ideological work level is extremely high. With just one word, he fooled a coward into a martyr in an instant... A fearless man.

At this time, Liu Qi had no idea of surrendering to Cao Cao. That idea had changed to how to join hands with Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao's desire. He clenched his fist and asked Liu Bei with a tight face, "Uncle Liu, how are you going to rob Cao Cao?"

Previously, Liu Qi also regarded Cao Cao as an invincible and irresistible enemy. At this time, at the spiritual level, he had despised Cao Cao and even began to hate Cao Cao.