strokinit Chapter [179] Zhou Yu Broke The Defense
Chapter [179] Zhou Yu Broke The Defense
When Guo Jia and Xun Yu saw Cao Cao getting angry, they had long been familiar with it, and no one spoke to comfort him, knowing that Cao Cao would calm down in a while.
Sure enough, after venting for a while, Cao Cao sat down again panting heavily.
"You two talk about it, how should we act?" Cao Cao asked in a deep voice.
"The current plan is to see if the lord is still willing to send troops. Guo Jia spoke slowly.
"When we send out troops, we will face Lu Bu, Hangu Pass, Tongguan, and Lu Bu's army." Xun Yu took over the conversation, "In the process of attacking the pass, it will inevitably suffer great losses!"
"Sit back and watch Yuan Shao win the state without sending troops. Although there is no loss, the biggest beneficiary of this alliance will be Yuan Shao."
"Besides, Yuan Shao's goal has been achieved now. If the lord does not send troops, then Liu Bei and Sun Ce will most likely withdraw their troops after getting the news, and this crusade will come to nothing."
If you send troops, you have to attack key points, and if you don't send troops, the alliance will collapse.
Moreover, the benefits were taken away by Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao's work was in vain in the end.
From then on, Yuan Shao has four states, while Cao Cao still has three states, and Yuan Shao will be completely suppressed in terms of strength.
Due to the interference of Lu Bu in this life, a butterfly effect occurred, and Cao Cao was more fishy than in history.
Xuzhou was easily obtained, and Zhang Miao's rebellion was not mixed with Lu Bu. Cao Cao quickly unified the Central Plains, and his strength was not much worse than Yuan Shao.
And because Yuan Shao was defeated by Lu Bu in Hanoi County and lost part of his troops, Cao Cao's current strength can be said to be a little stronger than Yuan Shao, with 300,000 troops at his disposal.
But with 300,000 yuan to go to Hangu Pass, it cannot be said that he has no confidence, Cao Cao feels that he can still eat it.
But I'm afraid that there will be too many casualties, and there is a Tongguan behind Hangu Pass, and it is only after passing through Tongguan that they can enter the pass.
Two iron gates in a row, plus a 350-level military general like Lu Bu sitting in the town, and shrinking Bingzhou's troops are not easy to do.
"send troops!"
After hesitating for a long time, Cao Cao gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
"If you don't send troops at this time, the alliance will disintegrate, and there will be no chance to unite in the future." Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Even if we go around the Hangu Pass, we can fight first to see the effect, and if it doesn't work, we can withdraw later. "
"We can declare defeat to the outside world, but it is better than not sending troops.
"In short, it is to leave a chance for the next alliance, and not to block this road."
Lu Bu's move of retreating and abandoning Bingzhou really caught Cao Cao by surprise.
At the same time, Cao Cao also realized that Lu Bu had started to play the art of war! This is not bad!
At first, I thought that Lu was not a common man, so it was nothing to worry about.
Unexpectedly, this man actually coerced the emperor to make the princes, but at that time Cao Cao's focus was still in the Central Plains, and he couldn't care about Lu Bu.
But as Cao Cao aspired to the Central Plains, he turned his head and saw that the Lu in the west looked more and more like the State of Qin.
Aware of the seriousness of the problem, Cao Cao decided to unite with the princes to get rid of Lu Bu, a potential threat first.
But Lu Bu gave Cao Cao a "surprise" and decisively abandoned Bingzhou, making Cao Cao in a dilemma.
Facing the current situation, Cao Cao had no choice but to send troops, intending to go to Hangu Pass to show off. At the same time, he was not optimistic about this attack, thinking that the possibility of winning Guanzhong was unlikely, just to leave a retreat for the next alliance.
Holding the attitude of giving it a try, Cao Cao finally sent troops.
But Cao Cao didn't dare to take the whole army out. After all, Yuan Shao had nothing to do now, so he had to guard against it.
If Cao Cao had just left, and Yuan Shao turned his face and directly crossed the Yellow River to invade Henan, it would definitely be a heavy blow.
Cao Cao took away 200,000 troops and left 100,000 for Xiahou Dun, and directly sent troops to the south bank of the Yellow River to guard Yuan Shao in Hebei.
Lu Bu gave up a Bingzhou, did not solve the enemy of Yuan Shao, but also restricted Cao Cao through Yuan Shao, indirectly abolishing Cao Cao's 100,000 troops.
Three Gorges.
On the turbulent river, a fleet is parked on the river.
Zhou Yu was on a ship in the middle of the fleet, constantly observing the water potential of the Yangtze River.
The time for the fleet to leave continued, but at this moment Zhou Yu had not yet entered the Three Gorges, normally it should have arrived long ago.
The reason why this happened was that Zhou Yu was waiting, waiting for a suitable day.
There are too many hidden reefs and dangerous shoals in the Three Gorges, and the danger of sailing is extremely high.
With such a large fleet, if they do not care about it and directly plunge into it, they will definitely lose more than half of it, and perhaps they can pass through the Three Gorges smoothly.
Zhou Yu would definitely not do such an irrational behavior.
If you want to reduce the danger of passing through the Three Gorges, you can only wait for the water level to rise.
The higher the water level rises, the deeper the hidden reefs and dangerous shoals will be buried, and it will be relatively safe for ships to sail on the river surface, and it will not be easy to run aground.
As Zhou Yu, who grew up in Lujiang County, he also grew up by the river since he was a child, and he is particularly keen on studying water warfare.
An excellent naval commander must not only understand the law of water warfare, but also understand hydrology and water potential.
Only those who know how to fight on boats on the water will never be able to become a top naval commander. Only those who know how to use the river water can truly be invincible on the Yangtze River.
When the water level is high, when the water level is low, where the water flow is fast and where the water flow is slow, these are also part of the art of war.
You must know how to use the terrain on land, and you must also know how to use the water potential on the river.
"Old man, what do you think of the water level?" Zhou Yu asked, looking at the old man beside him.
"General, compared to the same period in previous years, this water level is not low, even higher." The old man replied looking at the water level.
The old man is a nearby fisherman, and he has made a living by fishing all his life. Zhou Yu's understanding of the Yangtze River is far inferior to these fishermen who rely on water for their food.
They have lived on the Yangtze River all their lives, and these fishermen are the ones who know the Yangtze River best. (aeff)
"In this way, it is relatively safe to cross the Three Gorges today." Zhou Yu nodded slowly.
"General, even though that's the case, the Three Gorges is a gate of hell, don't enter if you can." The old man had a good impression of Zhou Yu and persuaded him: "In the main gorge, ships will be destroyed and people will die every now and then."
"Once it hits a rock, the ship sinks immediately, and the people on board will surely die if they fall into the turbulent river.
"Ah~" Zhou Yu shook his head and laughed, "I have a reason to go!"
Zhou Yu doesn't know the danger of crossing the Three Gorges, but as long as he can pass through smoothly, he will get the whole of Sichuan!
Big risk, big profit!
After obtaining Shuzhong, Sun Ce is equivalent to a complete southern regime, and he will be directly fattened.
Therefore, Zhou Yu had to give it a try. Once he succeeded, he would make a lot of money.
Seeing Zhou Yu's resolute attitude, the old man didn't continue to persuade him.
Zhou Yu sent someone to take the old man ashore in a small boat, and then led the fleet back up the river.
Not long after walking, rolling mountains appeared along both sides of the river. Zhou Yu knew that he was going to enter the Three Gorges when he saw it.
The first thing to enter is Xiling Gorge, and the shore is Guigui.
As the fleet continued to advance, landslides occurred one after another, and once they occurred, it was basically hopeless. Only a limited number of lucky ones could escape from death and be fished out of the water by their comrades.
Fortunately, Xiling Gorge is not long, and the fleet passed quickly.
But passing Xiling Gorge is not the end, but the starting point of Wu Gorge.
Among the Three Gorges, Wu Gorge is the longest and the most dangerous, with the highest risk factor.
"boom!"
"Boom!"
As the fleet got deeper and deeper into the Wu Gorge, shipwrecks occurred frequently, but Zhou Yu remained unmoved. These were all expected things.
Some casualties are nothing, as long as you can take Shuzhong, all the efforts are worthwhile.
"I don't know how the battle between Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei is going?" Zhou Yu said to himself.
"Hehe, no matter what the entry is, anyway, the infantry is definitely not as fast as the navy, and the first to make meritorious deeds must be the navy." Zhou Yu couldn't help but show a smug look on his face.
Today, among the princes in the world, only Sun Ce's family owns a navy, and the other princes do not have such a thing.
When we joined forces with Liu Bei to attack Jingzhou, it was agreed in advance that the navy in Jingzhou would belong to Sun Ce and the infantry would belong to Liu Bei.
There are no pawns that can be recruited at any time. As long as there is food, there is no need to worry about having no pawns.
But the navy is different, the technical content and threshold are higher than the infantry.
When Zhou Yu went to the Three Gorges this time, he brought out all the navy, a total of 50,000 people, because of 800 small warships.
On land, Sun Ce took 50,000 infantry and went to contain the troops in Shuzhong so that Zhou Yu could take advantage of it.
Seeing the mountains on both sides of the strait gradually calm down from the towering, Zhou Yu couldn't help showing joy on his face, "Haha, Wu Gorge is about to pass through!"
After passing through Wu Gorge, there is only one Qutang Gorge left, and Qutang Gorge, like Xiling Gorge, is very short.
It can be said that among the Three Gorges, as long as they pass through the Wu Gorge smoothly, then this wave can be said to be stable.
However, in the next second, after the ship turned a corner on the river, Zhou Yu was completely dumbfounded!
A huge rock was stuck on both sides of the canyon, which happened to completely seal the river, let alone a huge warship, even a small raft could not pass through the gap.
Qi and blood surged up, Zhou Yu only felt his head buzzing at the moment, as if a bell was ringing in his head, and his brain hurt.
"Why is there a rock here?" Zhou Yu couldn't believe it, and asked the lieutenant general involuntarily.
The lieutenant general was also dumbfounded, how could he know why there was a stone, he couldn't answer at all, "I don't know...
"ah!!!"
Zhou Yu's angry howls echoed in the canyon, and Zhou Yu, who was not strong enough, broke through the defense directly.
After paying countless ships and casualties, they are about to cross the Three Gorges, enter the middle of Shu, and take down the Land of Abundance.
But at this moment, Zhou Yu was blocked by a boulder, which also shattered Zhou Yu's dream. .