Chapter 33-Sun Liu Desires Alliance, Battle of Red Cliff Begins! (New book!)
Zhuge Yi heaved a sigh of relief after settling Zhao Yun's matter.
"Sir, my army is about to enter Xiangyang, and Jingzhou has been settled. I intend to take the Sun family of Jiangdong. What do you think of this battle?”Cao Cao asked Zhuge Yi.
Zhuge Yi thought to himself, Is Old Cao testing me?
Didn't you start training the navy when you dug out Xuanwu Lake at the edge of Ye City last year?
To seize River East, one must use troops on the water!
"Hehe, it seems that the prime minister has the intention to consider me!”Zhuge Yi smiled.
"There are many waterways in the River East of Jing Province. If you want to take the River East, you must make a fuss on the water!”
Cao Cao's eyes lit up.
"What do you mean? Mister, do you have any good ideas?" Cao Cao asked.
Zhuge Yi shook his head.
He was not optimistic about the Battle of Red Cliff.
Even with him helping Cao Cao and not setting Red Cliff on fire, Cao Cao's chances of winning this battle were very low.
"The prime minister's army is mostly from the north, and most of the soldiers don't know how to swim. I know that the prime minister must have practiced this before.”
Zhuge Yi was talking about how Cao Cao had dug the Black Tortoise Pond to train his soldiers.
"But even so, lakes are not like big rivers. It will be very difficult for soldiers to adapt to the ups and downs of boats!”Zhuge Yi said.
Hearing Zhuge Yi's words, Cao Cao frowned.
Of course, this did not mean that Old Cao would not be able to defeat the Sun Liu Alliance.
The main culprit of Cao Cao's hundredfold increase in the Battle of Red Cliff was not just the abnormal fire.
There was an even more important factor.
Plague.
Old Cao's attack on River East was said to be 800,000.
However, in reality, those who could board the ship and fight, other than the cavalry, were only around a hundred thousand people.
Sun Quan and Liu Bei's alliance army numbered about 40,000 to 50,000.
The difference in military strength was not big.
Sun Quan and Liu Bei had the geographical advantage, and the river was a natural barrier. Their chances of winning were high.
Old Cao's soldiers from the north were not accustomed to the climate in the south, and a plague broke out in the barracks.
Most of the people who had vomiting and diarrhea had lost 80 - 90% of their combat strength.
How?
Therefore, the key to winning the Sun-Liu alliance was not the fire that was ignited by the east wind.
It was how to solve the plague.
However, Old Cao obviously didn't believe him.
Otherwise, on the eve of the Battle of Red Cliff, Cheng Yu and Xun You had written a letter saying that they were worried about the use of fire in Jiangdong after Pang Tong had offered a series of plans.
However, Old Cao did not believe that there would be an east wind in winter.
However, Old Cao had forgotten that this was the south, not the north.
"I know what you said, sir, but this is not an insurmountable problem!”Cao Cao clasped his hands behind his back and said,"Jingzhou also has 70,000 to 80,000 navy troops!”
"Liu Qi has already pledged his allegiance to me, and the Jing State navy is at my disposal.”
Old Cao.
Zhuge Yi knew that he would not admit defeat.
"Prime Minister, don't forget that other than Sun Quan, there's also Liu Bei!”Zhuge Yi said.
"Hmm?" "Liu Bei?" Cao Cao frowned. Wasn't he missing? How did Sir know that he would appear in River East?”
"I don't know if Prime Minister has heard of this saying, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Although Liu Bei is in trouble now, he still has the status of the Imperial Uncle. As long as he calls out, there will still be people who will respond!”
"Moreover, in order to resist the Prime Minister, the Sun family of Jiangdong will definitely stand on the side of righteousness. Liu Bei is righteous, so the Sun family of Jiangdong will definitely fight for Liu Bei.”
"The Prime Minister has the help of the Jingzhou army, but the Sun family of Jiangdong also has Liu Bei!”Zhuge Yi poured a bucket of cold water over Cao Cao's head.
He hoped that Old Cao would calm down.
It would be best if he didn't suffer a double loss.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend!"
Cao Cao repeated Zhuge Yi's words thoughtfully.
At the mention of Liu Bei, Cao Cao was filled with regret.
"I regret that I didn't listen to Xiao's words and let Liu Bei off. Now, I've repeatedly opposed me, stealing my Xu Prefecture, and allied with Liu Biao to occupy my territory outside of Jing Prefecture.”Cao Cao gritted his teeth.
Back then, Liu Bei had been forced into a corner by Lu Bu and Yuan Shu and had no way to join Cao Cao.
At that time, Cao Cao wanted to kill Liu Bei.
However, Liu Bei had surrendered, and after entering the palace to meet the emperor, Liu Bei was recognized as the emperor's uncle.
This way, Cao Cao would have no way to make a move.
Back then, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and the others had persuaded him to kill Liu Bei.
Unfortunately, Cao Cao was worried that something like Bian Rang would happen again, so he let Liu Bei go.
However, he didn't expect it to become a huge problem.
"Mister, I have made up my mind to take River East. I hope Mister can help me!”Cao Cao said as he looked at Zhuge Yi.
hey...
Zhuge Yi sighed in his heart.
He knew that Old Cao was too anxious.
But this was understandable.
After all, the unification of the world would be settled as long as they took down River East. At that time, the Han Dynasty would be like fish on the chopping board, and Old Cao would be able to do whatever he wanted.
However, the more anxious she was, the more she couldn't eat hot tofu.
But since Cao Cao had made up his mind, he couldn't say anything.
"Alright, since the Prime Minister has made up his mind, I will do my best to help the Prime Minister!”Zhuge Yi cupped his hands and said.
"Alright, I'll immediately send someone to draft a strategy for the war in Jiangdong.”
"Men, go and call Jia Xu, Chen Qun, Xun You, Xun Rong, Dong Zhao and the others to come here for a meeting!”Cao Cao said to Xu Chu, who was standing outside the camp.
"Here!"
Xu Chu agreed and walked out.
Coincidentally, Jia Xu was nearby. When Xu Chu walked out, he saw Jia Xu.
"Mr. Wen He, why are you here? The Prime Minister is looking for you!”The loud Xu Chu stood in front of Cao Cao's tent and shouted.
The distant Jia Xu's expression immediately changed!
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