Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 384: Lin Mo’s Favoritism

Outside the Chinese army tent at Baqiu Ferry, their respective generals were waiting there.

Cheng Pu, Han Dang and Ding Feng were said to be the main generals, but in fact they were Sun Ce's only ones to rely on. Jiang Biao's twelve tiger ministers were dead and poached, so only the three of them were left.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Huo Jun and Zhuge Liang, although there are not many in number, they can be regarded as following the emperor's usual situation. They have few people but they are all capable of fighting.

Accompanied by Liu Bei and Sun Ce, Cao Cao climbed up the steps and came to the tent. The generals bowed politely and called "General Cao".

Cao Cao nodded in return and glanced around, and finally his eyes fell on Guan Yu. The feeling of seeing an old friend again makes people feel a little wandering. His eyes were a little distracted, and he called out in a low voice: "Yun Chang."

Cao Cao liked Guan Yu very much. Even if he didn't capture him back to Xuchang and treat him with kindness and kindness to reflect his high righteousness towards Liu Bei, he didn't have the unparalleled bravery to kill Yan Liang and Wen Chou to break the siege of the White Horse. He was shocked when he warmed wine and killed Hua Xiong. The picture of the eighteen princes is still vivid in my mind.

In fact, when he was in Suanzao, Cao Cao had always thought about taking Liu Bei under his command, and the main reason for doing so was because of Guan Yu.

"General Cao, I have been missing for some time." The last time we met was in Xuchang. Seven or eight years had passed in the blink of an eye. Guan Yu actually felt emotional.

Cao Cao looked at Guan Yu and felt that something was wrong. He suddenly realized and said in surprise: "Yun Chang, where is your beard?"

No wonder I always felt something was wrong just now, but I couldn't remember it for a moment. Then I suddenly remembered that in my memory, he was a man who cherished his beard very much. Why did he shave his beard? It looked weird.

Guan Yu's originally blushing face turned dark when Cao Cao asked this question, and his fists clenched and his knuckles crackled.

"General Cao, please enter the account." Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over. This question was too hurtful.

Cao Cao is also a person with high emotional intelligence, and he can probably think of some things. I'm just curious about what kind of man can shave Guan Yu's beard. Lu Bu, of course, has this ability, but in the past few years, they don't seem to have the ability. Have fought against each other.

Could it be Zhao Yun?

Cao Cao is leaning toward this possibility because they met each other when they were welcoming the emperor. Zhao Yun's martial arts is also known as the best under Lu Bu. He killed many of his own people in Xiaoguan City. It seems that I am not incompetent. Even Yunchang was shaved. Beard, Cao Cao felt relieved when he thought about it.

After entering the account, the three parties sat down respectively. Cao Cao did not immediately declare his sovereignty. More often, he just talked to Liu Bei and Sun Ce about the situation of Lu Lin's army, and also asked some countermeasures.

He knew very well that for others to listen to him, the most important thing was to show off his muscles. When the building boat approached the ferry just now, it was a display of strength.

But this alone is not enough. When the three parties form an alliance, they need to coordinate operations, so tacit understanding is indispensable.

Therefore, there will be a period of training in which the armies of the three parties will go out to the Yangtze River together. On the one hand, it will strengthen cooperation, and on the other hand, it will also make the soldiers more familiar with the battlefield.

For Cao Cao, after fully demonstrating his naval strength, he would have greater hope of asking the two of them to obey his orders. Of course, it would be better to integrate them into his own army first.

Early the next morning, a fleet was lined up beside Baqiu Ferry. Its size was no worse than that of Lulin's fleet. The tall ships were in the middle, surrounded by sterns, red horses, fighting ships and sea swans.

But the warships on the left and right sides seemed a bit thin. On the left was Sun Ce's army. Half of the 5,000 navy troops were arranged to sail. There were 70 or 80 warships, red horses and fighting ships combined.

Liu Bei's army on the right only had more than seventy ships, which made Cao Cao scratch his head.

"Xuande, this alliance is a battle that will determine the life and death of our three families. The training is also to improve the tacit understanding of the soldiers so that they can deliver a fatal blow to Lu Lin at the critical moment."

Cao Cao, who was standing by the river, put his hands into his belt and said earnestly: "There are only five thousand sailors on Sun Bofu's side. It's good to be able to incorporate dozens of warships. But Xuande, you have two to thirty thousand sailors." The army only sent more than 2,000 people. Isn’t this justified?”

Cao Cao let out a long sigh. He thought that Liu Bei would dispatch seven or eight thousand men no matter what. After all, this was his territory, and he would be more confident to speak in the alliance with a certain amount of strength.

Damn it, only more than 2,000 people came. Cao Cao had reason to suspect that Liu Bei was clearly hiding his strength by doing this. He just wanted his own people and Sun Ce's people to rush to the front, while he reaped the benefits from behind. Who doesn’t know this little trick?

It’s not surprising to have small calculations. After all, the alliance is just a touch of upper and lower lips, but you can’t start planning against your own people before the war starts, right?

But the actual situation is that Cao Cao really doesn't know that the Changsha Navy plus the Baqiu Navy are indeed nearly 30,000 people, but the problem is that he only has 70,000 arrows.

If 8,000 people are really sent out for training, even if all 70,000 coins are taken away, each person will only have less than 10 coins. You must know that the training is going to the Yangtze River, and there is a possibility of encountering Lu Lin's navy.

In other words, it is possible to start a war at any time. If the soldiers are equipped with nine arrows each, they can point their fingers at Liu Bei's nose and scold him. This is really no joke.

Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao with a troubled face and hesitated to speak.

Zhuge Liang on the side smiled and said: "Don't be surprised, General Cao. This is a secret of our army that should not be publicized to the outside world. However, General Cao did not dare to hide it after asking for personal information. Our army is seriously short of ordnance. There are only 70,000 arrows in the camp, so for the time being, we only have Be able to arm these people.

But General Cao can rest assured that Changsha, Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang are stepping up supervision, and 200,000 arrows will arrive soon, which will not affect the war. "

Cao Cao glanced sideways at the man with a feather fan and silk scarf standing next to Liu Bei, his eyes darkened slightly, "Are you Wolong Zhuge Kongming?"

"It's down."

Cao Cao nodded, Zhuge Liang, he kept this name firmly in his heart.

The battle at Fukong Mountain was a battle of wits and courage between him and Guo Jia, with one win and one loss. Although he was defeated in the end, Guo Jia was not defeated. The retreat was successful because Xia Houyuan insisted on going his own way and fell into his trap.

Of course, this was enough for Cao Cao to take a high look, especially after hearing Zhang He recount the whole process, he realized that this man's talent was not inferior to that of Guo Jia.

It is said that he advocated his release after Xia Houyuan was defeated and captured.

If Xia Houyuan had been beheaded at that time, there would actually be no alliance today. Even if he took care of the overall situation, the Cao family would not be able to tolerate Liu Bei.

This person is Liu Bei's support.

"Kong Ming."

Cao Cao sighed and said, "You and I both know the situation in the four counties of Jingnan. Two hundred thousand arrows can be made long ago. The autumn harvest has just passed. There should be enough money and food, but you can't even get the arrows together." , the winter tax is only 30% of the autumn tax, how can we supervise the production of 200,000 arrows?"

This is true. The winter taxes can indeed supervise the production of a batch of ordnance, but it will definitely be less than 200,000, and it will not be able to be produced in a short time.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei and said, "Xuande, you don't have enough weapons, but I do. If you believe me, first integrate the troops into our army, so that I can naturally reissue the weapons."

After retreating from the enemy, I will return them in full. "

From Cao Cao's point of view, he had no reason to refuse. He didn't even need to take action against a force that didn't even have the weapons and equipment. As long as he spread the news, Liu Bei's naval forces would be in civil strife.

There is no ordnance, this is no joke, no one dares to go to the battlefield.

"General Cao, each branch already has its own habits and tacit understanding. If you rashly pull the team together, I'm worried that you will suffer from it."

Zhuge Liang explained calmly: "Furthermore, as mentioned below, the ordnance from the four counties will arrive. General Cao is worried that it will be late. That's okay. In eight days, another 200,000 arrows will be delivered. So Tell me, can General Cao feel relieved?"

Hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but tilted his head and looked at Zhuge Liang, "What did you say?"

"Eight days, only eight days, someone will send 200,000 arrows, and then all our navy and navy can join the battle!"

It is obviously impossible to rush to make 200,000 arrows in eight days.

Not to mention the small city of Baqiu, even a political center like Xiangyang City cannot do it.

What's more, he was actually very aware of Liu Bei's lack of financial resources.

But looking at Zhuge Liang's calm demeanor that he was confident of winning, he felt that this was not a bluff, especially when he had already tacitly agreed in his heart that he and Guo Fengxiao could be equated, so he naturally felt that he had some special means.

It's just that no matter how high the strategy is, it's still marching and fighting, and you can't conjure weapons out of thin air. Cao Cao pondered for a moment and asked, "What if the weapons don't arrive within eight days?"

"If the ordnance does not arrive in eight days, our army will follow General Cao's orders."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and then he looked at Liu Bei, "Xuande, are you serious about this?"

"There is no joke in the army!" Of course, Liu Bei was very confident in Zhuge Liang.

Without him, he would not be where he is today. Liu Bei has never doubted this.

Naturally, if he said yes, he would be willing to go up there.

In fact, this method is the best way to get rid of Cao Cao's bullying in the alliance.

"Okay! Then please board the ship." Cao Cao made an invitation gesture and motioned for Liu Bei to get on first.

Cao Cao, who was walking behind, turned to Fazheng who was following him and whispered, "What do you think?"

"Two hundred thousand arrows is not a small amount. It is absolutely impossible to do it just by supervising the production of military examinations. I guess Zhuge Liang should have sent these two hundred thousand arrows from other places." Fazheng was wearing a brand new Confucian robe. The river breeze made a cooing sound, and he twirled his mustache to analyze.

"other places?"

Cao Cao rolled his eyes and said, "Sun Ce cannot protect himself and cannot help him at all. Where can he get arrows?"

"This section will not be understood in the next half hour." Fazheng confessed frankly.

Cao Cao did not go into details, but nodded slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "Send someone to keep a closer eye on him. I am very interested in knowing what he wants to do."

"Here."

This matter is actually quite tangled in Cao Cao's mind. Of course he hopes that Liu Bei's army will be stronger. After all, he is risking his life. But at the same time, even Fazheng can't figure out Zhuge Liang's intentions, and he will have an unreasonable fear. .

Look, it doesn't seem to be a bad outcome for you whether this happens or not.

On the Xiakou side, the rear troops have arrived one after another. Except for the 30,000 troops who are monitoring the movements of Xiangyang City in the Fancheng area and are also used to cut off the retreat of the Cao, Sun, and Liu coalition forces, all the other 300,000 troops have already arrived. Arrive at Xiakou.

Once the navy succeeds, the 300,000-strong army can immediately cross the river, without giving them a chance to breathe, and directly annex all the ministries in Jingnan. If they don't mind the trouble, they can also take Jiaozhou with them.

Of course, the center of gravity is Yizhou, which is the only place that may give Cao Cao a chance to counterattack after his defeat. As long as he is blocked from Yizhou, this battle will be the last battle to regain the world.

Probably, the officers and soldiers actually believed that this was their last chance to gain military glory, so they all worked hard. The generals who came after them climbed onto the warship one after another, regardless of whether they were landlubbers or not.

It's a pity, a landlubber is a landlubber, and it's useless to try hard. Except for Zhao Yun, Guo Huai, Gao Shun, and Pang De, the others basically couldn't withstand the rocking of the warship. Ma Chao couldn't bear it either, and he couldn't help but vomit. Get up.

In terms of military generals, it can be confirmed that there are not many people who can participate in water battles, including Zhao Yun, Guo Huai, Gao Shun, Pang De, Gan Ning, Xu Sheng, and Zhu Huan.

Fortunately, there were not many of Jiang Biao's twelve tiger ministers left, and Jingzhou's naval generals Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, as well as Lu Xun and Zhu Huan, were able to deal with it.

Lin Mo and Jia Xu were squatting by the river, looking at the people who clearly couldn't bear the rocking of the warship but were still forcing themselves to overcome it. They couldn't help but want to laugh. They must have gone crazy thinking about military exploits.

"Sir, you came to me for military matters?" While the two were talking, Xu Sheng, who was wearing armor, came over and bowed his hands.

Jia Xu stood up when he saw this, "Then I'll leave first."

"Thank you very much. It's thanks to you this time, otherwise it would have delayed my important event."

After saying that, Lin Mo waved to Xu Sheng and motioned for him to squat beside him, "Now, you are the only one who still calls me Young Master."

This title always reminds Lin Mo of his days in Pengcheng.

Xu Sheng couldn't change his habit, and Lin Mo didn't bother to correct him.

"Time flies. I still remember that when I recruited you from Dongshi to be the nursing home, you were like a boring can. Now you talk more and look a bit like a general." Lin Mo held up a hand. He stirred up the river water and said casually.

Xu Sheng didn't know why Lin Mo was so emotional today, but he knew in his heart that Lin Mo treated him as a family member with all his heart, so he didn't think that he was hiding something and couldn't see the crisis. He just instinctively echoed: "Then Didn’t you almost fight with the general? Fortunately, the general brought out the gold cake, otherwise."

Speaking of this, Lin Mo couldn't help laughing, "Otherwise, our General Xu would probably have to be a nurse for the rest of his life, right?"

"Actually, I also feel that I was more comfortable following the young master back then than I am now. However, I have fought several bloody battles with Cao Jun over the years, which can be regarded as revenge for my family."

Lin Mo turned to look at him and nodded, "It's okay to come to you. You are still a gangster general now, right?"

"Yes." Xu Sheng nodded.

"It's a bit low. After all, we are also people who came out of the Pengcheng Lin family together. But the most taboo thing for those in charge of the army is to have close relatives in the tribe. Therefore, you can only rely on yourself to accumulate military achievements. I really care about this for you. not enough."

"What are you talking about?"

Xu Sheng scratched his head and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the Young Master's reward, how could I, a mere refugee, become the general of the imperial court?"

Although General Dangkou is a miscellaneous general, for Xu Sheng, who was still a nurse at the beginning, he has already risen to the top.

"Of course it's good for you to be content, but after this battle it's probably not going to be easy for you to earn military merit. So, this time, I decided to favor you, at least to keep you as the Zhonglang General. "

Lin Mo looked at the person who had inspired him to stay with his old father-in-law. This natural feeling of closeness made him very comfortable.

"Master, what military affairs do you want to assign to me?" Xu Sheng laughed. General Zhonglang is the real general. How many people have stopped in front of this road for their entire lives.

Lin Mo didn't answer, just picked up a stick and started making gestures on the ground.

After some analysis, Xu Sheng's eyes flashed, "Hahaha, this is fun, this is interesting, sir, I will definitely complete the task!"

"You don't need to fight for this, but if it succeeds, it can severely damage the enemy's morale. When the enemy is finally defeated and rewards are given based on merit, it will be considered a great achievement." Lin Mo casually put the stick in his hand away. Throw it away and look ahead.

"Thank you, sir! I'll get ready right now!" Xu Sheng stood up excitedly and held his hands.

"Go ahead and remember, don't let too many people know."

"I will finally understand!"

After saying that, Xu Sheng flicked his cloak and walked forward with his head held high as if he didn't recognize his relatives.

If this thing is done, it will not only be a military achievement, but also a good story in future generations. Xu Sheng knows that there are a lot of people in the military camp who can do such a thing, but in the end it falls on him. Of course it's impossible for Lin Mo to have no partiality.

But this kind of favoritism is not excessive, at least it will not cause other generals to gossip.

However, there is definitely envy.

interesting!

(End of this chapter)