Summary of the previous chapter: Cai Mao's pursuit victory made Cao Cao's ambitions immediately expand. Cao Cao immediately changed his original plan, intending to capture the Sun and Liu coalition forces in Chibi... As for the coalition forces, Zhou Yu has made detailed plans
The battle formation is deployed, a big battle is about to break out...
Ma Xiaoquan understood Zhou Yu's meaning very well.
Although the two armies are an alliance, this is only a temporary alliance with the same interests. In other words, if Sun Quan were stronger and could have 60,000 elite soldiers, Sun Quan might abandon Liu Bei and lead his troops to fight alone.
Cao Cao.
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Although Liu Bei's army was a little entangled in taking the lead, with Ma Xiaoquan's mediation and Zhuge Liang's persuasion, Liu Bei agreed. However, given that his own troops were smaller than Sun Quan's army, Liu Bei still maintained a conservative attitude while agreeing.
Ma Xiaoquan understood what Liu Bei was thinking. After all, it would be very depressing to face such a powerful enemy offensive with just such a small force. If one were not careful, not to mention his 20,000 troops, it would be Sun Yat-sen's.
It is possible that Liu's entire army of 50,000 troops could be eaten by Cao Cao.
Liu Bei sent a messenger to secretly bring a message to Ma Xiaoquan, solemnly explaining his concerns.
Ma Xiaoquan told Liu Bei's messenger only one sentence: the coalition will not lose, but will win.
The messenger conveyed the words of Master Shangxian to Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei heard that these words were so false, it was better than nothing. Furthermore, based on Liu Bei's judgment of Ma Xiaoquan's character, Shang
Lord Immortal is also a very cautious Immortal, so... after a while, Liu Bei slowly calmed down.
Zhuge Liang was very happy to see his lord calm down, and immediately asked his lord for instructions on how to deploy the battle.
Liu Bei has an advantage, that is, he will entrust important tasks to those he trusts without reservation. Zhuge Liang's current position in Liu Bei's army is that of military advisor. Generally speaking, Zhuge Liang's current responsibilities are more focused on
Therefore, Zhuge Liang proposed, and Liu Bei immediately agreed to order Zhuge Liang to deploy the entire army.
Liu Bei's navy troops were much inferior to Zhou Yu's. Firstly, when Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, except for Jiangxia's tribe, all the rest were taken by Cao Cao. Secondly, it was also because of Zhou Yu's attack on the Sun-Liu coalition.
There are differences in the deployment of the entire army.
Although Zhou Yu arranged Liu Bei's troops in the forward position, in fact not many directly participated in the battle. Generally speaking, Liu Bei's navy troops were still in a marginalized role.
Ma Xiaoquan, Zhuge Liang and others have long seen this arrangement, but Liu Beijun did not argue much about it. First of all, whether this battle can be won is still unknown. Secondly, Liu Bei also understood that Zhou Yu's purpose was to do this.
In order to seize the fruits of victory.
War has a principle from ancient times to the present, that is, rewards are based on merit. If the Sun-Liu coalition wins this battle, it will also depend on who puts in more effort, which is the so-called more reward for more work.
Therefore, in response to Zhou Yu's deployment, Zhuge Liang and Ma Xiaoquan secretly met and suggested that Liu Bei use "cheating tactics".
What is a cheating tactic? That is, if you can successfully resist Cao Cao, or you have seen the dawn of victory, you must strike first to seize the fruits of victory.
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On Sun Quan's side, Zhou Yu looked calm on the surface, but he was actually a little surprised in his heart. Zhou Yu had selfish motives when deploying the army, and Zhou Yu did have the mentality of "more work, more gain". Of course, if such a mentality is based on
Today's judgment standards are very risky. If Sun Quan's troops in the Sun-Liu coalition are repelled or defeated by Cao Cao first, then Liu Bei's army will definitely become a little lamb at the mercy of others.
It’s just that... Zhou Yu believed in Master Shangxian, and Sun Quan also believed in Master Shangxian. If the Battle of Chibi was really won as Master Shangxian said, then the dominance of the subsequent war would legitimately fall to Sun Quan’s army.
In hand. Although there is never a "what if" in war, this time, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu both decided to take a gamble. The bet was... everything in Jiangdong.
Gently patting the plank of the building, Zhou Yu murmured: "Risks... coexist with opportunities..."
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In the evening, Cao Jun had left the river mouth.
According to Cao Cao's deployment, the large army immediately divided into two groups, one going to Chibi and the other going to Wulin to camp.
Cao Cao's consideration was not actually due to his blind self-confidence, but actually due to the unfamiliarity of the entire army with water warfare, and the fact that some people had been getting sick continuously since boarding the ship.
In view of this, Cao Cao specially ordered people to link up the Wulin tribe's warships and pull back the sick soldiers. As for the Chibi tribe, Cao Cao also made some arrangements, but compared to Wulin's chain of large ships, Chibi was only a small one.
yi part.
As soon as Cao Cao left the river mouth, the coalition forces immediately received the news. Zhou Yu named himself the commander-in-chief of the left and Cheng Pu the commander-in-chief of the right. They each led ten thousand people and went into battle with Liu Bei to defend against the enemy.
At night, the coalition forces and Cao Cao's army finally met in Chibi.
The river should have been pitch black originally, but under the light of the torches on the warships, almost the entire Red Cliff was within the light range.
In the Cao army camp, Cao Cao stood on the tallest building ship and shouted to the coalition camp: "Sun Quan, son, Liu Bei, the big-eared thief, I have let you go and waited for many days. I didn't expect that you two didn't know what to do and wanted to fight with me."
Contrary to each other... I have come to attack you with the emperor's decree!"
In the coalition formation, Zhou Yu took a step forward and shouted: "Old thief Cao Cao, don't talk more, fight if you want, why are you talking nonsense!" After saying that, Zhou Yu nodded lightly, and several flag officers around him quickly
He waved the flag in his hand.
Command flags are widely used in both land and water battles. They have obvious goals and are more suitable for remote deployment assistance. The chief commander issues orders, and the branch also has a dedicated command flag officer responsible for receiving the orders, and then translating the orders and handing them over.
To the branch general to carry out the commander-in-chief's orders.
The order was passed very quickly, and almost at the same moment, the coalition forces launched an attack on Cao Jun.
Han Dang, Zhou Tai returned to Zhou Yu's command, Jiang Qin, and Chen Wu returned to Cheng Pu's command.
After receiving the order, the four generals immediately launched an attack.
As soon as Cao Jun saw the coalition forces starting to move, he was unambiguous and immediately deployed Cai Mao's troops as the vanguard of the navy and quickly deployed.
Cao Cao is good at encirclement battles, so when it comes to the deployment of battle formations, Cao Cao tends to use large battle formations.
Unfortunately, the water area in Chibi is not that big. If we blindly adopt a large battle formation, not only will it not be implemented smoothly, but it may also become overcrowded.
For this reason, Cai Mao immediately asked Cao Cao for instructions to turn the large battle formation into small battle formations, which looked a bit like the Yuli formation in land warfare.
Seeing Cai Mao's deployment, Zhou Yu couldn't help but feel nervous, and immediately ordered Han Dang and Zhou Tai to retreat urgently.
Cheng Pu also gave the same order.
When Cao Cao saw the response speed of the coalition forces, he couldn't help but admired: "How great it would be if this Zhou Yu were one of my generals!"
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Ma Xiaoquan asked Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, it seems that your opponent is not weak in this water battle."
Zhou Yu chuckled: "It's not up to them to decide whether we are weak or not. Lord Shangxian, please don't forget that our Jiangdong Navy has specially trained a special force!"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Yeah, I've heard a little bit about this, and I even gave your special unit a name. How about the frogman unit?"
When Zhou Yu heard this, he laughed and said: "Frogman troops, yes, yes, let's call them frogmen troops!"
After laughing, Zhou Yu immediately ordered the frogmen troops to enter the battleship ranks.
With the addition of the frogmen troops, the coalition battle formation immediately underwent qualitative changes.
The battle formations of each fleet changed from the previous square formation into a cone shape, with Meng Chong at the vanguard, the fighting ships behind, and the exposed red horses on both sides, pointing directly at the belly of the local ships.
Among the ships, in addition to the high-rise ships, the battleships Mengchong, Luradia and Chima are faster than the others, and their combined attack power is getting stronger and stronger. The Mengchong ship is the leader, rushing into the local fleet formation and disrupting the enemy ships.
Formation.
Immediately afterwards, the fighting ship Luradi Chima followed up, cooperated with the harassment, and went straight to Huanglong.
There were many officers and soldiers in Luradi, and there were also frogmen among them. As Luradi's ship entered, the frogmen immediately jumped into the water. Some of them swam and climbed onto the enemy ship to fight with the people on the enemy ship, while the other part
Dive underwater, holding a sharp chisel, to destroy enemy ships.
Cai Hao had already noticed Zhou Yu's move. When he saw the coalition frogmen, Cai Hao immediately deployed corresponding strategies. As the two sides drew closer, the war gradually became intense.
Cao Jun's battleship was attacked and immediately turned around to implement a defensive posture. At this time, the coalition battleship and other soldiers on the exposed raft drew their swords and guns and started a hand-to-hand combat with Cao Jun.
Hand-to-hand combat emphasizes speed, accuracy, ruthlessness, and physical strength. Most of the coalition's officers and soldiers are from the south, so water battles are not a problem. However, Cao's army's officers and soldiers are mostly from the north. The boat shakes, and the mentality is shaken. Not long after the fight, it immediately shows
Fatigue and discomfort.
Some officers and soldiers of Cao's army were not attacked, but the ship was rocking, which made these officers and men feel uncomfortable. Some of them were not careful and fell into the water with a plop. In addition, they did not know the nature of water, so they could only be drowned.
The coalition soldiers are different. Falling into the water? It doesn't matter. We can swim, climb on the boat and continue fighting. Even if we can't climb out, we will secretly pull a few Cao soldiers into the water and drown them.
As the war progressed, the war fell into a stalemate. The coalition forces seemed to be winning successively, but unfortunately there were too many Cao soldiers and it felt like they could not kill them all.
At this time, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu personally jumped on the fighting ship and rushed to the front line to fight against Cao's army.
As soon as the coalition forces saw that all the governors had arrived, their morale immediately rose to an unusually high level. Initially, the war was still in a stalemate, but it gradually took an incredible turn.
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Ma Xiaoquan was very helpless. Since Zhou Yu jumped on the fighting ship, he has been hit by more than eighty cold arrows so far. If he hadn't promised Zhou Yu to protect his safety, or if he hadn't wanted to maintain the smooth progress of history, Ma Xiaoquan would have really wanted to be beautiful.
Get some sleep.
"Damn" Ma Xiaoquan spat and pulled out the cold arrow from his arm.