In the main hall of the prefect's manor.
Cao Cao replied,"It's because our army is from the north and is not used to water warfare.”
"Therefore, I shall use these two…"
"After the matter is done, I will not bother about it.”
Chen Qun understood and retreated without another word.
At this moment, many strategists in the hall knew Cao Aman's intentions.
The northern army wanted to go south and was not used to water warfare, so they wanted Cai Mao to lead the Jing State Navy. Which power in the world needed a hundred thousand Jing State Navy to resist?
After it was done?
Which matter?
It was already obvious!
After a long time, when they were about to leave the hall.
A valiant-looking man entered the hall and knelt down like everyone else. He only cupped his hands slightly and said,"Wen Pin greets the Prime Minister!"
Boss Cao collected his thoughts and said indifferently,"All the generals of Xiangfan have come to see you, why are you the only one who hasn't come?”
Wen Pin lowered his head in silence." As a subject, I am ashamed that I can't make my lord protect his territory…"
"What face do you have to face others?"
Cao Cao immediately perked up, as if he was looking at Lady Cai."You really are a rare subject of Jing Xiang!"
Then, he stretched out his finger, which symbolized justice and morality, and clicked his tongue."It's a pity that I haven't met a famous master…"
When he said this, he actually sighed.
Wen Pin was stunned and raised his head in a flattered manner.
"General Wenpin!" Cao Aman said solemnly.”
"I confer you the title of Marquis of the Inner Pass, Governor of Jiangxia!”
Wen Pin was extremely moved and bowed with cupped hands."Thank you, Prime Minister!"
He stood up immediately after his knees were slightly wet. His posture was extremely handsome…
……
In a quiet courtyard in Fan City.
There were more than ten soldiers guarding the place.
Chen Fan was lying on a chair in the courtyard, lazily basking in the sun…
Someone pushed the door open and entered.
"General!"
"General!"
It was Xu Chu.
"Mister, is this courtyard comfortable? Eh, where is Madam Mo?”Xu Chu asked innocently.
Chen Fan rolled his eyes at the idiot.”
"Have you…"
Chen Fan: " If you have something to say, say it. Don't talk nonsense. If you miss it, I'll pick you up!"”
Xu Chu sulked and stopped gossiping. She sat at the side and said to Chen Fan,"Just as little mister said, Cai Mao was given an important position. Not only was he made a marquis, but he was also given the title of navy commander, commanding 100,000 Jing state navy!”
"It seems that there will be a big battle again!”
Su Chenfan understood. Red Cliff, Red Cliff…
The Battle of Red Cliff caused the world to be unable to be unified quickly and divided into three parts.
Perhaps from the perspective of an observer, they would cheer for Sun Liu and even more for Yu Liang.
However, from the perspective of the Chinese people, the Battle of Red Cliff was a pity. This was a great opportunity to unify China.
Cao Cao's successor, Cao Pi.
As for Cao Pi's successor, Cao Rui, he was an expert in checks and balance. Three generations of his grandfather and grandson had suppressed the old thief Sima.
Unfortunately, they were all short-lived.
The most important thing for those in power was not benevolence, but methods, especially methods of checks and balance!
If Cao Cao won the Battle of Red Cliff and unified the country, the three generations of the Cao family might be able to reproduce the rule of Wen and Jing…
If that was the case, the Rebellion of the Eight Princes, the Five Chaos, and the Crossing of Clothes to the South might not have appeared at all!
Chen Fan then noticed that Xu Chu's expression was a little off."What does Zhongkang want to say?"
Xu Chu scratched his head foolishly.”
"When I accepted the surrender today, I felt that something was wrong with my lord…"
Chen Fan thought for a moment and then said,"Is he crazy?"”
"What do you mean by floating?" Xu Chu had never heard of this term before.
Chen Fan began to explain." Gone with the wind. It means to be on cloud nine. It means to be complacent, to leave the ground, to be unrealistic, to be arrogant, to be conceited, to worship oneself…"
"Yes, yes!" Xu Chu was enlightened. He was floating, he was really floating, and it was very serious!”
Chen Fan understood.
Why did Cao Cao lose the Battle of Red Cliff?
The reason was that he had lost his cool. He had killed Lu Bu, expelled Liu Bei, defeated Ma Chao, killed Yuan Shao, slaughtered the Wuhuan, and taken over Jingzhou!
The thirteen prefectures of the Great Han Dynasty, Cao Aman had already obtained the Nine Prefectures. Anyone would feel that the world's situation was already set.
At this moment, Cao Cao was probably already thinking about whether the country should be named Wei. Would it be appropriate for his temple name to be Wei Taizu in a hundred years?
How did Cao Cao view Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang, and Zhou Yu?
Liu Xuande, who weaved mats and sold shoes, was chased away by him like a dog!
Village Zhuge!
Zhou Yu!
His evaluation of Sun Quan was the highest, and his son should be like Sun Zhongmou…
He killed Cai Mao without authorization.
Huang Gai came to surrender because he was too arrogant to defend himself.
He was just one step away from unifying China, but he had to be arrogant now!
"Bring me the map!" Chen Fan suddenly said.
Soon,
Tiger Fanatic Xu Chu had already sent over a map.
Chen Fan outlined Xu Chu on the map."With the army heading south, we have already taken Jingzhou. Cao Cao will not easily return. The right choice is to continue fighting.”
"To attack Yizhou, we have to enter Hanzhong from Guanzhong, then enter Bashu from Hanzhong, and then attack Yizhou from Jingxiang. It's too difficult to go upstream by water.”
"So…Sun Quan of River East is Cao Cao's only target. If they won this battle, the unification of the world would be settled.”
"The Jiangdong and Jingzhou navies are always at war. The Jiangdong and Jingzhou navies are the strongest forces in the world. Only the Jingzhou navy can compete with the Jiangdong navy! This is also the reason why Cao Cao gave Cai Mao a high position…"
" The northern army has gone south, and Jingzhou has been lost. Sun Quan of Jiangdong will know what Prime Minister Cao wants. They won't sit still and wait for death…"
"So, here!"
Chen Fan pointed at a place, Jiang Xia!
"Who is the general guarding Jiangxia now?"
"Wenpin!"
"Wenpin is good at fighting and defending. He can take on a great responsibility. How many soldiers does Jiangxia have?”
"Less than ten thousand!"
Chen Fan stood up and let out a long sigh."The Jiangdong army is probably already on their way to Jiangxia.”
"A clever housewife can't cook without rice. Wenpin's lone army is guarding an important town. It's dangerous and dangerous…"
"What…what should we do?”
Chen Fan sat down." Reinforcements, the sooner the better.”
"Reinforcements of 20,000 soldiers can protect Jiangxia.”
"Reinforcements of 50,000 soldiers, Jiangxia can win.”
"Reinforcements of 100,000 soldiers will greatly damage the vitality of River East before the decisive battle…"
Xu Chu stood up abruptly.”
Chen Fan shook his head." Boss Cao has the nine prefectures of the Jing State. I'm afraid you won't be able to persuade him to join us…"
……
In Liu Bei's camp by the river, all the generals received a piece of bad news.
Zhao Yun defected to Cao Cao.
Like Xu Shu, Zhao Yun also surrendered to Cao.
An unprecedented pessimistic scene filled the military camp.
When he was in Xinye, Liu Bei had a strong army of fifty thousand men and a lot of food and equipment.
When they were retreating from Xinye, Zhuge Liang had promised Liu Bei that these fifty thousand men would not lose too much. They would be able to enter Jiangxia and obtain Jiangxia's money, food, and ships.
But now, Zhuge Liang's words were still echoing in their ears. However, the scene of the withering of the trees was a sight to behold.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei remained silent in the main tent. They were fleeing in panic just like before.
When would this end?
"Reporting to my lord, reporting to the military counselor, Lu Su has arrived!”
When Liu Bei heard the report, he stood up and went out to welcome them.
Lu Su was elegant and had a military strategy. Now that Cao Cao's army was pressing down on the border, Dongwu needed to contact all the forces they could mobilize…
Unfortunately, Liu Bei had just been defeated, and his troops, money, and food had all been lost.
If Liu Bei was in Jiangxia right now, he would have 100,000 elite soldiers, countless money and food, and many warships. He would be able to help Dongwu and deal with Cao Cao together.
But now, Liu Bei only had two thousand soldiers…
After Lu Su was invited into the tent by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, Lu Su looked around at the civil and military officials in the tent and said in surprise,"Why haven't I seen Brother Chen Fan?”
Where's Brother Chen Fan?"
Lu Su had met Chen Fan once before. At that time, Cao Cao hadn't gone south yet. Lu Su and Chen Fan talked about the situation of the world and pointed out some shortcomings of the East Wu. Lu Su was amazed by Chen Fan.
This kind of strategy and big picture view was second to none in the world!
Lu Su didn't reveal his feelings. After all, Chen Fan was Liu Bei's military advisor and Lu Su couldn't recruit him.
However, Lu Su did not forget Chen Fan. After he returned to the East Wu, he had been thinking about Liu Bei's military advisor…
Two days ago, when Lu Su sent a boat to meet Liu Bei, he didn't see Chen Fan and his brother. He thought Chen Fan must be busy bringing up the rear.
However, he still didn't see Chen Fan in Liu Bei's tent today. He couldn't help but ask curiously.
When Liu Bei heard Lu Su's words, he was at a loss for words and did not know how to answer.
Zhuge Liang stood up." Brother Zijing, you might not know this. When Cao Cao attacked Xinye City, Chen Fan was afraid of the battle and fled…"
Before Zhuge Liang could finish his sentence, Lu Su waved his hand and said,"Impossible! Back then, Cao Cao had sent a hundred thousand soldiers to hunt down his lord, but Chen Fan had the courage to stop them! Cover your lord! Risking his life, how could he flee from Xinye City?”
"Xinye City has 50,000 soldiers under the command of Brother Chen Fan.”
In Lu Su's heart, Chen Fan held a high position. Although Chen Fan's only worthy battle was the one in Xu Prefecture, Lu Su had seen how extraordinary Chen Fan was from that battle.
Chen Fan and Zhou Yu were both Confucian Generals!
Everyone in Liu Bei's tent knew how Chen Fan had left.
Advisor Chen Fan wasn't running away because of fear. It was a battle between Advisor Chen Fan and Advisor Zhuge.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Lu Su opened his mouth again to confirm," Advisor Chen Fan is no longer in the army?"
Liu Bei nodded." That's right. Chen Fan left with his seal."”
" Oh no!" Lu Su's expression changed drastically as he exclaimed," This is bad!" If Chen Fan's military advisor was captured by Cao Cao, he would be like a tiger with wings, and he would be able to subdue Uncle Liu! Uncle Liu, the fifty thousand soldiers of Xinye were trained by Chen Fan himself. He knew the soldiers like the back of his hand and the fighting methods of the generals! If Chen Fan entered Cao Cao's camp and gave them advice! He would definitely set up ambushes everywhere and put Imperial Uncle Liu in a desperate situation!”
Boom!
Everyone in the tent suddenly thought of a possibility!
"Could the person who was full of tricks in Cao Cao's camp be Chen Fan? How could a fool like Xu Chu suddenly become a first-class strategist!”
An ominous thought lingered in Zhuge Liang's mind.
Could it be that Chen Fan was the one who had been fighting against him all this time?!
Uncle Liu was terrified! You mean! Chen Fan was the one who plotted against me!？
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