Summary of the previous chapter: Sun Quan wanted to resist Cao Cao, but Zhang Zhao and others tried to dissuade him. Ma Xiaoquan suggested that Sun Quan summon Zhou Yu. After Sun Quan did so, his determination to resist Cao Cao was immediately affirmed by Zhou Yu...
Sun Quan has taken action, and Liu Bei cannot lag behind. After all, the alliance between Sun and Liu to fight against Cao Cao is not just about making slogans and doing nothing. At this time, if anyone neglects, Cao Cao's army will definitely be invincible.
Sun Quan allocated 30,000 elite troops to Zhou Yu and ordered him to reorganize his elite troops to prepare for the war against Cao Cao. At Fankou, Liu Bei received an express message from Zhuge Liang and learned that Sun Quan had ordered Zhou Yu to reorganize his troops, so he immediately sent an envoy there.
Condolence.
Condolence has two meanings. One is to show off to Sun Quan, which means General Sun. Look, I, Liu Bei, am not the kind of person who doesn't do anything. The other purpose is something that even Ma Xiao can't guess.
Sun Quan handed over full power to Zhou Yu and appointed Zhou Yu as the commander-in-chief of the army.
This governor-general position is not small, almost except for Sun Quan, only Zhou Yu has the highest position.
Without the nagging of Zhang Zhao and other factions who surrendered to Cao, Zhou Yu's reorganization process went very smoothly. By this time, it was already January. Although Jiangdong was not as cold as the north, the unique cold and dampness even made the soldiers in the south a little intolerable.
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When meeting Liu Bei's envoy, Zhou Yu also expressed his sincerity on behalf of Sun Quan, but "because he was too busy." Zhou Yu said that he could not meet with Liu Bei for the time being. If Liu Bei was in a hurry, he could come to Jiangdong for a reunion.
Liu Bei was a real man. Upon receiving Zhou Yu's invitation, he immediately set off for Jiangdong.
Arriving in Jiangdong, Liu Bei first met with Zhuge Liang, and then met with Ma Xiaoquan.
Liu Bei asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Master Shangxian, after you have been in Jiangdong these days, have you ever felt that we are sure of victory? No, I should say, have you ever calculated that we are sure of victory?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Xuande, you know too much."
Liu Bei was overjoyed: "According to what Master Shangxian said, then our coalition will definitely win?"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "I didn't say it, you said it yourself!"
Liu Bei didn't care about Ma Xiaoquan's excuse. Anyway, Master Shangxian was here, so he must be helping him. For this reason, Liu Bei was very passionate.
In the evening, Liu Bei and Zhou Yu met.
Zhuge Liang stood behind Liu Bei, while Ma Xiaoquan was placed next to Zhou Yu because he was an honored guest.
Liu Bei asked Zhou Yu: "Grand Governor, how many people are there in your main anti-Cao force?"
Zhou Yu didn't hide his secrets, nodded and said: "Thirty thousand!"
"Thirty thousand?" Liu Bei frowned, looked at Zhuge Liang, then looked at Zhou Yu, "Too little!"
When Zhou Yu heard that Liu Bei was so discouraged, he felt calm and said slowly: "Don't say Cao Cao has 800,000, he has millions of soldiers. As long as he steps into the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, I will turn him into 8,000 cowards!"
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Liu Bei smashed his words and asked again: "So what does the governor think should be done?"
Zhou Yu looked at Zhuge Liang: "Mr. Wolong is a well-known scholar in Jingzhou. Now he has joined General Liu. I think he must have an idea. As for this idea, General Liu can ask it himself. I have something to do, so I won't say much."
Here you go!"
Liu Bei was stunned.
Zhou Yu is really disrespectful. How can he say that he is also an imperial uncle? Hey!
"Hmm," Ma Xiaoquan hummed twice and looked at Liu Bei, meaning Xuande, you can't be petty, you have to be big.
Liu Bei understood what Ma Xiaoquan meant and immediately reacted, heheing: "If the governor doesn't have time, is Zijing here?"
"Not here!" Zhou Yu answered simply.
Liu Bei shook his head, but became happy instead. He bowed respectfully to Zhou Yu and said: "Jiangdong, our coalition is led by a major governor. I think Cao Cao will really be defeated! Haha!"
Everyone likes to hear compliments. Zhou Yu was not interested in Liu Bei at first. When Liu Bei came to see him, he also arranged to meet him in the evening. Originally, Zhou Yu's idea was to humiliate Liu Bei and make Liu Bei return disappointed.
Understand that the main force against Cao Cao is Soochow, not him, who is always defeated by Cao Cao.
But when Ma Xiaoquan said "hmm" just now, Liu Bei seemed to have changed.
Liu Bei clearly understood that to become a hero, in addition to being enlightened, one must also be able to bend and stretch.
The two hums from Master Shangxian reminded Liu Bei just right. Liu Bei immediately felt that he had benefited a lot. As for Zhou Yu's indifference to him, Liu Bei didn't care at all.
Feeling that his indifference did not aggravate Liu Bei, Zhou Yu no longer persisted.
"If General Liu wants to see Zijing, go to the Second Alliance Army to find him." The tone of Zhou Yu's words was much lighter than the previous sentences, and Liu Bei could naturally hear Zhou Yu's change in attitude.
"Haha, thank you so much, Governor!"
After saying that, Liu Bei bowed to Zhou Yu again, and then led Zhuge Liang out of the camp.
Looking at the backs of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang paying the bills, Zhou Yu said: "I seem to underestimate Liu Bei a little?"
Zhou Yu's tone didn't sound like he was talking to himself, but he didn't explicitly talk to Ma Xiaoquan, but Ma Xiaoquan still answered: "This person is so talented, does Gong Jin have any ideas?"
Zhou Yu glanced at Ma Xiaoquan and secretly made a decision in his heart.
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The envoy from Jiangling came back and reported to Cao Cao the situation in Soochow. Cao Cao was also greatly surprised after hearing this.
"So, the evil way is at Sun Quan's son's place?"
"Reply to the Prime Minister, yes!"
"Hmph! This demon has nothing to do all day long and only knows how to run around!"
Cheng Yu worriedly asked: "My lord, is Master Shangxian helping Liu Bei and Sun Quan?"
Cao Cao was a little worried and said: "It's possible, but... I have 200,000 soldiers with 800,000 numbers. To deal with Sun Liu's 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers, I scared him to death!"
Cheng Yu was still a little worried and said: "My lord, most of our soldiers are from the north. We are not good at water battles."
Cheng Yu's words touched Cao Cao's heart.
When it comes to the number of troops, Cao Cao does have a great advantage, but his disadvantage is also obvious, that is, most of the soldiers under Cao Cao are from the north.
Most people in the north cannot swim and are too adapted to the climate in the south. Misfortunes never come singly. Recently, diseases have broken out. The soldiers have vomiting and diarrhea, making Cao Cao very anxious.
At this time, the envoy took out another silk letter and presented it to Cao Cao. After Cao Cao unfolded it, he immediately laughed.
"Zhongde, come and take a look at this!" With that said, Cao Cao handed the silk letter to Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu took the silk letter, looked at it, blinked and said, "This is the handwriting of Master Shangxian? What's wrong with him?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "This demon path is really interesting, but we really need it! Zhongde, send my order to Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to intensify their training!"
"yes!"
Seeing Cao Cao's smug expression, Cheng Yu lowered his head and glanced at the contents of the silk letter in his hand.
There were only two words on the silk letter: caution.
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"Ah sneeze" Ma Xiaoquan stood by the river, rubbed his nose, and complained: "The winter in the south is really fucking difficult."
Beside him, Zhuge Liang exclaimed: "Master Shangxian, please pay attention to your health!"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and shook his head: "Kong Ming doesn't have to worry, I won't get sick!"
Zhuge Liang said helplessly: "It would be great if I had the strong physique of Master Shangxian, haha!"
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment and suddenly said: "Kong Ming, what do you think we should do if we want Cao Cao to lose?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Fire attack!"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded.
"But..." Zhuge Liang said again, "This fire attack has to be done by the governor. Our troops are still reserved for other uses."
Ma Xiaoquan asked quietly: "Kong Ming has already started planning the four counties of Wuling, Guiyang, Lingling, Changsha?"
Zhuge Liang's eyes narrowed and he glanced at Ma Xiaoquan, his meaning was self-evident.
Ma Xiaoquan consoled him: "Don't worry, Kong Ming, you deserve this, haha."
Zhuge Liang shook his head: "I can't hide anything from Master Shangxian, haha."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "But Kong Ming, if you think this way, haven't you ever thought about whether Zhou Yu would think this way?"
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Of course I have thought about it. Zhou Gong Jin's literary and military skills are all top-notch. How could I not have thought that it would be a good thing that Master Shangxian didn't mention it. Now that he has brought it up, I'm really worried about it. I secretly discussed this matter.
I have discussed it with my lord and have not found a better solution so far. I wonder if Lord Shangxian has any good suggestions?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and thought to himself: Kao, I also said this based on historical data. Do you think I can really come up with any clever ideas?
I thought so in my heart and shook my head, but what I said out loud was: just wait and see what happens.
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
At this time, Zhou Yu came over, saw Zhuge Liang laughing, and asked: "Master Hou, Kong Ming, why are you two laughing?"
Ma Xiaoquan asked Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, what do you think is the best plan to deal with Cao Cao's army?"
Zhou Yu thought for a moment: "Fire attack!"
Ma Xiaoquan hummed, nodded and said: "Kong Ming has also thought about it with you, but it may not be that easy for Cao Cao to be hit by your fire attack."
Zhou Yu asked Ma Xiaoquan: "What good suggestions does the Marquis have?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Uh-huh, uh-huh..."
Seeing Ma Xiaoquan's hesitation, Zhou Yu immediately understood what Ma Xiaoquan meant.
"Master Immortal, please tell me, I, Zhou Gongjin, will never treat you badly!"
Ma Xiaoquan hummed and said, "Why don't you give me some money?"
Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment: "How much does Master Shangxian need?"
Ma Xiaoquan stretched out five fingers.
Zhou Yu agreed immediately, then turned and left.
After Zhou Yu left, Zhuge Liang asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Master Shangxian, what is the number you mentioned?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "He left before I said anything. Who knows how much it is? Well, Kong Ming, just give these money to your lord Liu Bei. I think Liu Bei should also have it after the battle of Chibi."
With a little base, although money can be accumulated, it will be very useful in the head start of development!"