Sun Quan of River East accepted the position of Yangzhou's herdsman without much hesitation.
He was more than happy to join forces with Cao Cao to deal with Yuan Yao.
Right now, Jiangdong was in a turbulent period of power transfer. The Shan Yue people were rebelling internally, while Yuan Yao was eyeing the north of the Yangtze River.
If he could form an alliance with Cao Cao of the Central Plains, not only could he stabilize his position as the ruler of Jiangdong, but he could also restrain Yuan Yao.
Although this alliance was likely to be just a verbal one, it could also play a role in stabilizing the hearts of the people in Jiangdong, which was in an extremely dangerous situation.
However, Liu Biao of Jingzhou was indifferent to the so-called imperial edict. He only said that the Wu Xi Man of Jingnan had rebelled and needed to send an army to quell the rebellion. It was difficult for him to send an army to attack Yuan Yao.
Although Liu Biao did not have any great ambitions, he was not stupid. He knew that the so-called imperial edict was actually a tool for Cao Cao to instigate other princes to fight each other.
Rather than saying that it was the emperor's edict, it was better to say that it was Cao Cao's edict. Whoever believed it would be stupid.
He only wanted to defend Jing Zhou. As long as Yuan Yao didn't come to attack him, he wouldn't go to crusade against the rebels just because Yuan Yao proclaimed himself emperor.
If one wanted to crusade against rebellion, then Cao Cao, who killed the imperial concubine and imprisoned the emperor, was a great rebel.
It was ridiculous for a rebel to issue an edict to punish another rebel.
However, Liu Bei, who was stationed in Xinye, hated Yuan Yao, who chased him out of Runan and stole his two wives.
When he received the imperial edict, he almost couldn't help but want to crusade against Yuan Yao. However, when he saw that he only had 2,000 soldiers under him, he instantly extinguished this desire for revenge.
After all, he only had this little capital in his hands and could not squander it casually.
As for the hatred of losing his army and stealing his wife, it was still within the limits of his tolerance.
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Wan City, the navy camp.
Yuan Yao was currently inspecting the Wan City Navy.
Wan City was located north of the Yangtze River. In order to guard against the Yangtze River pirates, there was a 2,000-man navy.
This was also the only naval power Yuan Yao had, and it was an important reliance for him to attack River East.
However, their numbers were too small, and they were temporarily unable to compete with Zhou Yu's 10,000 navy stationed at Wankou.
This was also the reason why Yuan Yao did not attack River East after learning that Sun Ce was dead.
It's not that I don't want to, but I can't.
Even if he had close to 20,000 soldiers, he only had 2,000 navy soldiers. The remaining 18,000 cavalry soldiers were practically useless on the Yangtze River.
Northern generals like Zhao Yun and Zhou Cang weren't good at water battles either.
This made Yuan Yao feel that he clearly had all the strength in his body, but he just couldn't use it. It was really unbearable.
"Your Majesty, it seems that we can only spend some time to train the navy before we can attack River East." Xu Shu sighed.”
However, Yuan Yao was somewhat unwilling. Now that Sun Quan had just ascended the throne, the internal affairs of River East were unstable and the hearts of the people were in chaos. This was a great opportunity to take down River East in one fell swoop. How could he miss it?
If he waited until Sun Quan stabilized his position as the ruler of River East, then he would have to spend even more time to conquer River East.
He was aiming for the world, so how could he be entangled with Sun Quan in River East?
However, the navy could not be trained in a day, and this matter could not be rushed. Otherwise, it would end up like Cao Cao's hasty attack on River East and his eventual defeat at Red Cliff.
"Right, the Battle of Red Cliff, Iron Chain Connecting Boats!”
Yuan Yao couldn't help but think of these words, and his face revealed an excited expression.
"Your Majesty, do you have any good ideas?" Xu Shu, who was beside him, asked in surprise.”
Xu Shu was already used to Yuan Yao coming up with some amazing ideas from time to time. He only thought that his Majesty was wise and wise.
"Yuanzhi, we have more soldiers than the Wu army. Unfortunately, we have too few water troops. The rest of the soldiers can't stand the jolts on the warships. If we fight on the water, I'm afraid our combat strength will be greatly reduced.”
Xu Shu nodded his head upon hearing this. This was precisely where Yuan Jun's current predicament lay.
Yuan Yao paused for a moment before continuing,"Since that's the case, why don't we use iron locks to connect the warships and then lay wooden planks on them?"”
" With the iron chains connecting the boats, we don't have to fear the turbulence of the river. Even soldiers who are not familiar with the water can walk on it as if it was flat ground and burst out with normal combat strength. This way, we can defeat the Wu navy.”
"Yuanzhi, what do you think?”
Yuan Yao smiled as he recounted his plan.
When Xu Shu heard this, he was delighted at first, but then his expression suddenly changed drastically. He hurriedly reminded,"
"No, Your Majesty!"
"Although the iron chain can allow our soldiers to walk on the water as if it was flat ground and display their normal combat strength, it is still not enough.”
"However, if Zhou Yu uses fire, the warships that are locked together will not be able to disperse in time. As long as one of them catches fire, the rest of the warships will also be burned to nothingness by this fire. At that time, our army will very likely be completely annihilated!”
"Xu Shu is indeed worthy of being a strategist with an intelligence of 95 and above. He saw through the fatal weakness of the iron chain with a single glance.”
Yuan Yao praised in his heart.
However, he still smiled on the surface and said," Yuanzhi, you're thinking too much. If you want to use fire to attack, you have to rely on the strong wind. However, it's winter now. There's only the northwest wind, not the southeast wind.”
"If Zhou Yu uses fire, wouldn't he be burning himself?”
Xu Shu was stunned after hearing this, but he still advised cautiously," It's better to be careful. Although the northwest wind is blowing at this time of year, the weather is unpredictable. It's not surprising that the southeast wind occasionally appears."”
"Your Majesty, you must not be careless. Otherwise, our army will be in danger of being destroyed!”
After Xu Shu finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Yuan Yao.
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