Chapter 922 River Beach

The ministers looked at each other and said, "Fang Mu? What do we want this thing?"

No one asked yet, Cao Cao pointed at Liu Ye again: "Ziyang, you have worked very hard these days. Tell me what you did?"

Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang are advisers who have been highly valued by the King of Wei in recent years.

First of all, Liu Ye himself has outstanding talents, is good at planning and making plans and changes in a lot of skill.

Secondly, because the conflict between the King of Wei and the Han court of Xudu became increasingly fierce, Liu Ye, as a descendant of Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Guangwu, served in the Wei State as a legitimate Han clan, and was a powerful tool of political propaganda.

This time, the King of Wei went south for the emperor. Liu Ye has been responsible for the platforms and Gaoque buildings around Nanyang, the Han and Wei alternated. All the ministers knew that Liu Ye had used more than 60,000 residents in Nanyang County at most, and recruited thousands of civilians who could weave and collect huge amounts of cloth and other materials.

Being able to do such a thing shows that Liu Ye has now become Cao Gong’s confidant and his future is limitless.

It is precisely because of this that the ministers present rarely asked Liu Ye about the progress of the construction period. Occasionally, some people said that the high platform north of Nanyang had begun to take shape a month ago, but later it seemed that it had not been moved. The person who asked the question was immediately ordered to stop talking by others... Such a major event, such a key thing, lack of identity, and random guessing, would he die?

At this time, Liu Ye made his way out, bowed to Cao Cao first, and then turned to his ministers.

His voice was clear and nice, and his tone was soft: "Everyone, I was ordered by the King of Wei to prepare supplies in Nanyang and the population is basically ready. This includes 3,000 rafts anchored along the Qingshui River; 200,000 of them have been loaded with earth and stones and transported to rafts; in addition, 200,000 utensils and other utensils, half of which are iron tools. Finally, more than 1,000 craftsmen who have been transferred from Jianghuai to build dams, dams, embankments, and ponds have all understood our requirements and can lead the people to take action at any time."

The ministers became more and more confused.

Judging from Liu Ye’s opinion, the emperor has nowhere to abdicate? Liu Ye has made so many noises this month, but has nothing to do with the emperor?

Seeing that the ministers were puzzled, Cao Cao became more and more satisfied.

Xiangyang! Xiangyang is a mere little place, the key to a big chess game! In two months, at most, it can open up the situation in Jingzhou and then open up the situation in the world! Although he has gradually become sinister and deeper over the years, he can't help but feel a little excited.

He curled his emotions and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, look at this place in the picture!"

Cao Cao personally gave instructions and explained, and all the ministers all looked taller and stared at them. Even though some subordinates were old and dizzy, they all looked focused.

"Look! This is Xiangyang, this is Fancheng, this is Han River. Further south, we have three strongholds: Yicheng, Zhengxian and Zhuanxian. These three places are densely surrounded by rivers, with dozens of small rivers and streams rushing, and the waterways are mostly crisscrossing, forming continuous wetlands and swamps. Once the rainy season comes, the city will definitely be surrounded by water. Once the Jingzhou naval army arrives, our army's infantry and cavalry will be trapped in it, and it will be like a turtle in a jar. Therefore, if you can't defend it, there is no need to guard it."

Cao Cao pointed at these three places with the hilt of the sword: "So, our army might as well retreat. Just like Le Wenqian has been doing in the past few years, he went south in the dry season and north in the rainy season. Guan Yu came here, not to attack cities and plunder the land, but to kill our army and restrain our army's strength. Therefore, they must have chased them closely, intending to fight in the field. We will fight with him for a few games, and gradually retreat into Xiangyang."

"At this time, it is impossible to maintain the land route from Xiangyang to Jiangling in the rainy season in Jingxiang. I remember that in the past few years, Guan Yu dug lakes north of Jiangling, called Sanhai and Eight Guests, with the intention of using it to carry the summer flood... I don't know how the effect?" Speaking of this, Cao Cao was distracted for some reason.

After a while, they continued: "This is the time when the Jingzhou naval army is in operation. The main force of the Jingzhou army must rely on the Han River and come from the southeast. With the size of their fleet, it must be beyond our ark ships to resist. Therefore, they must have intended to use the navy to block the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng. Zhongda!"

"Here!" Sima Yi replied.

"At this time, you will need those square woods. I don't care whether you need 200,000, 300,000, or 500,000 square woods to build. Even if the people who logged in Wudang and Yinxian areas die, you must maintain the floating city and floating bridge between Xiangyang and Fancheng!"

"Abide by the order!"

"As for defending the floating bridge and leading troops to fight..."

Cao Cao's eyes swept over the generals, paused on Zhang He, turned to Zhu Ling, and then turned back to Zhang He: "Junyi, you'll come! This time, no enemy ships have come from upstream. Even if the Jingzhou army uses one hundred or one thousand ships to hit, the floating city and the floating bridge cannot be lost. If there is any mistake, I will kill your head!"

"Abide by the order!"

Cao Cao continued to stare at the map and said for a moment: "There are many low-lying terrain around Xiangyang, and important places such as Xianshan must be in my hands. Therefore, the Jingzhou Army's garrison will not be far away from the embankment, and it will definitely rely on each other by water and land. The water flows across the south bank of Xiangyang, and there are very few places suitable for mooring boats. Considering their need to attack the city, the garrison must be here."

He stabbed it up with his sword sheath, and the servant who supported the map hurriedly took a step back half a step, so as not to get his silk pierced through: "Here!"

What he refers to is the long embankment of a series of Han River sandbanks east of Xiangyang City, close to the east Baisha, south Baisha, and Yuliangzhou.

"Their troops were stationed in the long dike, and the navy would wander among the sandbanks! In this process, they would naturally have some fun to build a military camp here that could serve as a long-term stronghold so that the navy ships that attacked Fucheng and Fuqiao could be repaired and rectified. At this time, Ziyang, your mission will be here!"

Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Once the Jingzhou army enters the brigade, you and Pei Qian lead the men and transport the materials stored in Nanyang in rafts. They go south from the Qingshui River at night, and set up camps close to the waterside at the beach from the Qingshui mouth to the north of Lumen Mountain at the fastest speed. Then..."

"Wenlie!"

The leader Cao Xiu responded and stepped out: "Here!"

"Are all the things you should prepare ready?"

"Your Majesty, when you go south, you will carry five hundred stone chariots with your army. You will use giant wheels to hang stones and drums to make the stone bullets fly hundreds of steps, and the head and tail are coming, and all the attacks will collapse. In addition, you will also prepare tens of thousands of pottery jars, filled with firewood and oil to prepare for the burning ship."

"Liu Ziyang, Pei Wenxing's mission is to repair the river beach camp that can be used for stone chariots to enter within one day. If the camp fails for a day, you can kill Liu Ziyang, Pei Wenxing's head; if you don't see the stone chariots bombard the Jingzhou navy within two days, I will kill your head! Within three days, there will be any large ship in the Jingzhou water camp that can move, and I will also kill your head!"

Cao Xiu said sternly: "I will never let the king down."

Liu Ye and Pei Qian also hurriedly stepped out, and they all said that there would be no mistakes.

Cao Cao's orders were settled, exhale deeply, and breathe slowly and calmly.

He looked around everyone again and said loudly: "The Jingzhou army went north to attack, relying on water and their naval army. This time, we have planned for several years, gathered huge forces, and made complete preparations to destroy their naval army first! Once the navy is defeated, the Jingzhou army will be trapped in the mud of lakes and swamps around Xiangyang. We will attack it with several times of the force, which is absolutely unbeatable! This time, we annihilated Jingzhou and the people of Jiaozhou, and then we can dismantle the floating bridge into boats, load soldiers into the south of the Yangtze River, and completely cut off Liu Bei's arm!"
Chapter completed!