Chapter 168 Cao Cao's Decision
Guo Jia also expressed his doubts: "Lord, what Zhongde said is also what I am worried about. Sima Hui's purpose is too difficult to predict."
Cao Cao said: "But one thing is that although we have Sun Quan's high-yield crops, the scope of promotion is limited, so the food and grass are limited, so we can't afford it. The training of the navy takes too much time, so this method is something we especially need."
Guo Jia replied: "Lord, it is precisely because we urgently need it that we must consider it clearly. If the enemy deliberately reveals it to us, there must be a conspiracy behind it."
Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, you said, as long as we fight in the winter, the enemy's fire attack is invalid, what can we use to defeat us? The iron chain boats, although our boats reacted a little slower, the northwest wind blew from us, and their fire attacks burn themselves. So what other ways can we overturn our boats?"
Guo Jia also thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of any other way, so he said, "Unless they can borrow some wind from God, there is no other way."
"Everyone said this, then what else can we worry about?" Cao Cao said confidently.
"But, lord, this teacher Sun Quan has many novel ideas. I think he may have any solutions." Guo Jia still reminded Cao Cao again.
"Yongxiao, no matter how much Sun Quan has any idea, he can't have a way to borrow Dongfeng from God, right? That's it. Ziyang, you immediately arrange someone to carry out iron chains. I will order the blacksmiths from Nanyang County and Nan County to collect them for you." Cao Cao finally made the decision.
Soon, Sun Quan received the news that Cao Cao had collected blacksmiths, and then Sun Quan asked the Jinyiwei to arrange some people to mingle among the blacksmiths and enter Cao's camp. Now Sun Quan knew that the Cao army had already started the iron chain, so he came to discuss it. Sun Quan saw Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu under his command, and this camp did not need Cao Cao to be weak. Then he said, "Cao Cao has already started the iron chain, which was the plan that Sima Hui went to Cao's camp to present. Now we must analyze the situation carefully to determine our plan."
Pang Tong spoke first. This plan was decided by him and Zhuge Liang at that time. He said, "Lord, next we will attack with fire and burn the Cao army's naval army with fire."
Zhou Yu was not so optimistic and said, "Lord, fire attack is naturally the best. Although we have been on the Yangtze River for a long time, everyone knows that the southeast wind will occasionally rise in the middle of winter, but no one can determine the time of the wind. This thing depends purely on God. If Cao Cao also knows this situation, he will definitely fight us before this."
Lu Su said: "Lord, Zhang Yun, the Jingzhou navy's Cai Mao, may have known it. He may not necessarily know it. After all, they are all from a great family and will not agree to care about these things. Unlike our Gongjin, we spend a lot of time in the water."
Xu Shu continued: "The key now is that we have to find a way to confirm when the wind will rise."
Sun Quan remembers that Zhuge Liang borrowed the wind in the novel, that is, Zhuge Liang was familiar with the atmosphere here, so he said, "Zhuge Liang should understand this matter. This guy is indeed better at learning. Let's ask him how?"
Now Sun and Liu are in an alliance, so although everyone is prepared, they believe that Liu Bei will not have any problems in this plan against Cao Cao, and they all said they can. Sun Quan arranged for someone to invite Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang over, and then asked them about the trend.
Zhuge Liang pondered for a while and said, "Wu Hou, I can't determine the specific time. One reason is that the iron chain of Cao's army has not been completed yet, and the other reason is that the time is too long and the prediction is inaccurate. But once the right time is reached, I am sure that I can get a specific time."
Sun Quan was puzzled after hearing this and said, "Okay, Kong Ming, you go back and figure it out carefully, and it will depend on you when the time comes."
After Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang left, Zhou Yu said to Sun Quan: "Lord, there is something wrong with this matter. Zhuge Liang agreed so simply, and you believe so simply. I still don't believe that Zhuge Liang can calculate this matter so accurately."
Sun Quan said: "Little Phoenix, you know Zhuge Liang more well. What do you think?"
Pang Tong still thought for a while before saying, "I think Kong Ming must have a solution, but I'm not sure if he can calculate it himself or something else. We should find a way to arrange people to inquire about information in Liu Bei's army."
"Yes, little Phoenix, you go and choose two people and invade Liu Bei's army as a secret spy." Sun Quan said as if he was joking.
"Yes, lord, I will arrange it."
Of course, the people arranged by Pang Tong were just a cover. Apart from these two people, Sun Quan did not arrange for others to penetrate Zhuge Liang's side, but it made people find out that Zhuge Liang's book boy Amu. Amu was an orphan and there was nothing to threaten, but he fell in love with a maid Huang Yueying. In fact, Huang Yueying's maid was from the Jinyiwei, so Sun Quan naturally knew this matter very well, so he asked someone to find Amu and use this maid to threaten Amu. Although Amu was loyal, he attached more importance to the woman he loved deeply. He even agreed to him that as long as he stole the time when the east wind was rising that Zhuge Liang calculated, the maid could marry him.
Amu naturally didn't believe it at first, but the other person knew about their relationship, which even Zhuge Liang and his wife didn't know. He also gave him a maid Musang he gave to him liked. Amu knew that his sweetheart was already in control, so he didn't dare to make a statement and agreed to the request of the person who came. He didn't know who this person was.
After Zhuge Liang knew that Pang Tong had arranged for people to enter, he said, "These two people are just a cover. We should continue to investigate strictly. There must be other people who have been in." Then he asked Guan, Zhang and Zhao to screen the army, but he never thought that it would be his own book boy. This boy, Amu, has been following Zhuge Liang for many years. Zhuge Liang is not good to him, and the two are very familiar with each other.
Zhuge Liang also found that his book boy was in a bad condition, so he asked, "Amu, are you feeling unwell? Why is your complexion a little wrong?"
Amu said guiltily: "Young Master, I slept a little badly at night."
Zhuge Liang was still very concerned and said, "Then you go down and sleep for a while, there is nothing wrong here for the time being."
As Amu walked down, he said to himself, "For the sake of my beloved woman, I must not let the young master discover me. I must get this secret." Amu began to hypnotize himself, but never showed any abnormality again. That acting skill was a progress in Kaka.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!