Han Xiang

Chapter 356
The five groups of cavalry have new equipment, and their intelligence acquisition capabilities have increased geometrically.

In the past few days, important information has been transmitted to Hefei one after another. Long Xiang and Lu Su often discuss this in the Xiaowei's mansion.

The grain ships heading south from the Central Plains continued to gather towards Shaopi, and some of the grain ships had gone up against the Bi River;

Xia Houyuan assembled in Lu'an to rest and marched towards Hefei with great fanfare, but disappeared when he reached Zipeng Mountain;
The troops that had marched north from Shu County and threatened to attack Hefei turned west before approaching Zhang Liao's camp, and also disappeared in Zipeng Mountain.
Strange things happened one after another. On the surface, Cao Jun gathered in Hefei, but in reality, Chen Cang disappeared in Zipeng Mountain. Obviously, Cao Cao played a trick on Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, and Hefei was also a pawn in this conspiracy.

Is this the strength of Boss Cao?

Long Xiang didn't have time to sigh, and pointed to the map on the table and asked Lu Su:

"Cao Cao has repeatedly made big moves. Is there any movement in Wu Jing's fleet? Chen Wu should also look for it."

"Those hundreds of warships are still parked upstream on the Feishui River. After Chen Wu rushed to meet up, he added scouts to investigate. So far, no action has been taken."

"Wu Jing is not a reckless man. He will not act rashly if he is not sure. Cao Cao put up such a big battle, and it would be shameful if he didn't gain anything in the end."

Long Xiang frowned and shook his head lightly, then asked another question: "Now that the Jiangdong warships in Huainan are concentrated in two places, is Cao thief planning to plot against Wu Jing in Feishui? Or Sun Quan and Zhou Yu in Chaohu?"

Lu Su looked solemn, stroked his beard and analyzed:
"Maybe it's a combination of both. Xiahouyuan suddenly changed the grain road in the north. He should have wanted to use grain boats to lead Wu Jing into the Bishui, and then use the hundreds of miles of the Bishui to defeat the enemy;
As for how Cao Cao will deal with the Jiangdong water army in Chaohu Lake, since we can’t detect any useful information, we can’t figure it out just by guessing. Cao Cao’s presence in Shu County can already explain the problem. It would be great if there were more binoculars.”

"Hehe." Long Xiang smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "No amount of binoculars is useless. Chaohu Lake and the southern part of the Lujiang River are covered by the cavalry sentinels of Sun and Cao. Our scout cavalry can't get in at all."

"Too."

Lu Su nodded and nodded: "Since we have deduced Cao Cao's plan in the north, should we send someone to warn Wu Jing? After all, Cao Qiang and Sun Ruo are now weak. If we don't help Sun Quan at this time, if Cao Cao's plan succeeds, Jiangdong's plan will succeed." The loss is immeasurable, if they withdraw from Huainan, it will be difficult for Hefei alone to contain them."

Long Xiang was startled when he heard that, and responded with a cold snort: "You want me to help Sun Quan? Zijing forgot about Chen Wu? They are not good birds."

"Whatever he is."

Lu Su smiled, and asked back: "Didn't you say that Sun Quan should be used to contain Cao Cao, so as to create opportunities for Uncle Liu?"

"The words are what I said, and the plan is also the plan."

Long Xiang pinched the bridge of his nose in the middle of his speech. He didn't have any good feelings for Sun Quan in his heart. He thought for a while before continuing to add: "The situation is unclear now, so don't take it lightly. The result I want is to hurt both sides, not to win a big victory for one side." fiasco."

Lu Su responded with a wry smile: "Let both Sun and Cao suffer? The result you want is too ideal, and it is too difficult to achieve it."

"It's hard to dare to think." Long Xiang smiled openly, and changed the subject to ask: "You said that Cao thief's bait in Shaopi, is it real or fake? Is it because of the fake grain ship that Wu Jing was not fooled?"

Lu Su frowned and murmured: "Cao Cao is a master of soldiers after all. Who can tell the truth? I think even if there is a lie, it can't be completely false. After all, the Lujiang army needs soldiers and rations. The understanding of the grain ship is also stronger, and the draft of the grain ship can tell whether it is true or false. If you use an empty ship or load it with stones, you should not be able to hide it from Wu Jing."

Hearing this, Long Xiang suddenly had an idea, and said: "As the saying goes, there are brave men under great rewards. If Cao Cao wants to lure the veteran Wu Jing into a trap, he must offer an irresistible temptation, like the bait that can change the situation of the battle in Guandu Wuchao. Military rations that can make Wu Jing's heart flutter."

"And then?" Lu Su asked curiously.

Long Xiang smiled mysteriously, and asked back: "Does Zijing know the allusion of 'the mantis catching the cicada and the oriole behind'?"

"Well, this allusion comes from "Zhuangzi Shanmu." Halfway through the answer, Lu Su suddenly thought of Long Xiang's intentions, so he asked anxiously, "Yun Qi wants to be an oriole?"

"Hey, of course."

Lu Su greeted Long Xiang with a mean smile, and shook his head worriedly to analyze:

"Sun Quan is compared to a cicada, and Cao Cao is compared to a praying mantis, but our oriole in Hefei is probably a smaller chick than the two, and it may not succeed and may be injured."

"Anything is possible, it just depends on how it works."

Long Xiang looked solemn, and said: "Now with the help of the telescope, even if it can't be done in the end, it is still possible to avoid risks."

Lu Su continued to remind: "Don't forget one thing. In the future, the war on the water will be a battle of tens of thousands of people. The old and new cities of Hefei count the craftsmen's camp, and there will be only more than ten thousand soldiers in total."

Long Xiang hastily corrected: "Zijing didn't understand my real intention, and I didn't intend to transfer too many people to be orioles, and the purpose was not to destroy Sun Cao's army, but to burn those ships and food, so more than a thousand people were killed. enough."

"Burning the boat? Burning food?"

Lu Su stroked his beard and pondered for a while, and it seemed to be a feasible solution.

Whether it is Jiangdong's warships or Cao Cao's water transport ships, the burning of a large number of them will definitely affect the direction of the war and weaken the strength of the two companies in disguise.

Thinking of this, Lu Su's eyes brightened, and he hurriedly asked: "Tell me how to implement it."

Long Xiang pointed at the map and said sternly: "Bi River stretches for hundreds of miles, and it is the largest tributary from Huainan to Huai River. If Cao Cao wants to defeat Wu Jing on the water, he must set a trap in a certain section of water, that is, take Jiangdong's fleet Trapped in it, and then using bows and arrows, fire attacks, etc., to force the Jiangdong soldiers to abandon their boats and dive into the water, Cao Jun will then chase and intercept along the coast, and finally win a complete victory."

Lu Su nodded and nodded: "I've thought of this too, the key is what should we do with the oriole?"

On the combat map, wooden blocks of various colors were used as chips to refer to the military forces of various forces. Long Xiang placed the red wooden block representing Hefei upstream of Cao Jun, which represented blue, before explaining.

"Cao Cao used grain boats as bait to lure Jiangdong warships. In order to block the way, the grain boats must also run aground in the water. When Sun Cao has a full-scale battle in the water, the defense of the grain boats used as bait must be empty. Salary and tung oil, first burn Cao Jun’s grain ships and then Jiangdong warships, and flee to the western mountains after fishing in troubled waters.”

"A good plan is a good plan, but it is very difficult to implement."

Seeing that Lu Su was frowning, Long Xiang explained with a smile: "The key to the success of this plan is the accuracy of the information. We must know Cao Jun's ambush points in advance. Fortunately, with the help of binoculars, it should be much easier to obtain information. As for burning the ship And finally running away, I already have someone who can do it in my mind."

(End of this chapter)