A sense of defeat instantly surged.
Other people transmigrated and became the protagonist of the righteous path. They could call the wind and summon the rain with their domineering aura, attracting peerless generals and unparalleled strategists.
Why did he transmigrate? Not only did he not become the protagonist, but he also became a villain who harmed others. Moreover, he had to help his father remove some obstacles.
"Father, let's not lose our morale.
Don't make any arrangements. Do what you should do. Zhou Yu probably won't live long.”Liu Chan sighed and said.
What else could he do? Since his scheme had failed, he could only continue to wait for the right opportunity. He could not give up just like that. A cheapskate father would follow the rules when doing things. As his son, he would worry so much that he did not even hesitate to be a villain. This was enough to make him one of the top ten people who moved the Han Dynasty.
Villain or not, Liu Chan didn't have a good impression of the people from River East, especially Sun Quan.
In history, there were not many people who could betray the alliance and then turn around to attack their allies.
"Jiangling City has probably already heard the news of Zhou Yu being heavily injured. With Cao Ren's personality, he would definitely take action.
Don't run around these few days and stay in the tent. I'll let Chen Dao follow you closely.”Liu Bei warned.
"Yes, I know."
Zhou Yu's health was getting better by the day, and he continued to drink the medicine. Liu Chan had been thinking of poisoning Zhou Yu, but there was still no good news.
He sighed and practiced writing Han script on the rough paper. He did not have much experience writing calligraphy in his previous life, so the words he wrote now were naturally unreadable. They were crooked, like earthworms crawling on the paper.
"Junior brother, don't waste the treasures of heaven. You should practice on the ground now.”Zhang Yan couldn't stand it anymore. Paper was very expensive now, and its price was not too much compared to gold.
"I'm not practicing anymore.
Senior Sister, it has been two days. Why hasn't Zhou Yu been poisoned yet?”Liu Chan asked in frustration.
"He might have a stronger ability to detoxify poison.”Zhang Yan said.
Liu Chan sighed heavily and picked up the pen to practice again. Zhang Yan said,"Junior Brother, practicing calligraphy requires a calm mind. You're currently distracted and won't be able to practice effectively.”
The drums were beating loudly outside. Zhang Yan was confused. Liu Chan muttered,"Why are you beating the Generals Gathering Drum at this time? Usually, he would knock during the morning training?”
"Cao Ren still dares to leave the city?" Liu Chan suddenly came to a realization and couldn't help but say in surprise.
Liu Chan did not believe Liu Bei when he said that Cao Ren would seek to leave the city for a decisive battle. After all, Cao Ren was already at the end of his rope when defending the city. How could he dare to leave the city and engage in a field battle with the attacking army? Shouldn't they defend the city now?
"I've still underestimated this famous general.”
"Let's go and take a look." Liu Chan said to Chen Dao.
Chen Dao blocked the door." Young Master, the Lord has instructed you not to leave the tent. He has specially ordered me to watch over you."”
"Uncle Dao, Cao Ren left the city to seek a decisive battle. Do you think he will only use his main force to seek a decisive battle? He definitely has a backup plan, and it's very likely that he'll circle around from the back and attack our camp, causing our army and the Jiangdong Army to be unable to look after each other.
Right now, staying in the tent is the most dangerous. Only by staying by my father's side is the safest.”Liu Chan said.
Chen Dao pondered for a moment before Liu Chan continued,""Uncle Dao, if the Cao army attacks the camp and we stay here, we will definitely die.”
"What Junior Brother said makes sense." Zhang Yan added.
"But the order I received was for you to stay in the tent and not run around.”Chen Dao said.
"There's danger here. Uncle Dao, are you going to keep me in danger?”
"That's not it."
"Hurry up and put on your armor. We'll just watch from afar. If the enemy comes, we can still run.
If they were brought to the military camp, they would have nowhere to run.”Liu Chan said.
When Chen Dao heard this, he hesitated for a while before turning around to put on his armor.
"Junior Brother, don't bully an honest man like General Chen anymore."”
"Senior Sister, you are also an accomplice."
After three rounds of drumming, the drumming stopped. Then, one could vaguely hear the shouting and killing sounds coming from afar.
By the time Chen Dao and the guards had put on their armor, Liu Bei had already led his troops out of the tent.
"Uncle Dao, let's find a high place to take a look.”Liu Chan said.
Liu Bei had assigned Liu Chan with more than 20 guards, each of whom was clad in iron armor.
In Liu Bei's army, only those above the rank of sergeant could wear armor, which was made of leather. As for iron armor, only the elites of the army could wear it. They were the main force of the army, but even so, only a few dozen out of a thousand people wore iron armor. This showed how precious iron armor was and how much Liu Bei valued Liu Chan's safety.
Chen Dao chose a hill close to the battlefield. There were even many scouts of the Jiangdong Army on the boundary marker. When they saw a group of 20 iron-armored soldiers riding up the mountain, they even checked them.
After learning the identities of Liu Chan and the others, he gave up.
"Let's do it here. We can clearly see the situation of the battlefield from the angle.”Liu Chan looked down the mountain and saw the dense army below. The Cao Army was in formation near Jiangling City, while they were facing the Jiangdong Army and Liu Bei's army.
With more than 10,000 troops, it was vast and boundless. This was the first time Liu Chan had seen such a formation. After a small shock, he asked Chen Dao,"Uncle Dao, how many people are there?”
"About twenty thousand people. Cao Ren has ten thousand soldiers and the Sun Liu alliance army has ten thousand.”
"Uncle Dao, didn't the military book say that besieging a city requires five times the number of defenders?”Liu Chan asked in confusion.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War did say: Therefore, the principle of war is to surround the enemy ten times and attack the enemy five times.
However, you're wrong in Jiangling. Zhou Yu's strategy towards Jiangling has always been to surround it without attacking it. In the past year, he had only attacked twice. The rest of the time, River East had been annexing other cities in South County and cutting off Cao Cao's supplies and reinforcements. In this year, not a single grain of grain entered Jiangling, and not a single Cao army reinforcements came in.
After such a long siege, you should know what the defenders in the city are like now. If it wasn't for Zhou Yu leading his troops to attack the city and causing him to be seriously injured, Cao Ren would never have dared to leave the city to seek a decisive battle.”
"It's to attack the reinforcements and waste Cao Cao's manpower and resources.”Liu Chan said.
Chen Dao nodded and said," That's right. After nearly a year, Cao Cao has mobilized many times more manpower and resources than the Battle of Red Cliff. He sent out tens of thousands of reinforcements, but they were all pushed back. Cao Cao should be thinking of giving up on Jiangling now.
The enemies he faces are not just us from the south, but also many enemies from the north.”
Chen Dao's prediction was correct, Cao Cao would indeed give up Jiangling soon.
This honest man had some foresight. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been promoted to the West Conquering General and Yong 'an Commander-in-Chief, guarding Yong' an and making Dongwu not dare to advance.
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