Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

"Yes..."

"Crench!"

The concubine pushed open the door, and entered slowly, holding a skirt in one hand and a plate in the other.

The concubine was about to close the door, but Cao Cao got up suddenly, took off his robe hanging on the wall, and said to the concubine who came over: "Put down the supper, go get some needles and thread first, and help me sew it." robe."

The concubine glanced at the old robe, and then cast a suspicious glance at Cao Cao.

She thought to herself: "This robe has faded badly, and many places have been worn out, it seems that it has been used for many years.

Most of the world is already owned by the prime minister, yet the prime minister still keeps it?

It seems that the prime minister is really a nostalgic person. "

Generally nostalgic people are more reliable people.

Thinking of this, the concubine felt that Cao Cao would be so nostalgic that he would take good care of the old man, and the sense of security in her heart suddenly became full.

"Only a man like the prime minister can be called a real hero!" The concubine couldn't help sighing in her heart, and even her eyes looking at Cao Cao's back became watery.

......

After a busy night, Cao Cao looked very energetic the next day.

He put on the robe that had been with him for more than ten years since he started the army.

Although the robe looks old, in the eyes of Cao Cao's group of old people, it looks very kind and majestic!

Standing on the commander's platform, there is an army of 40 that can't be seen at a glance.

Cao Cao didn't say a word of nonsense, he raised his arms high, and waved fiercely in the direction of Jiangdong: "The whole army is going! Target, Jiangdong!

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"call!"

"call!"

"call!"

The army is shouting, and the morale is high!

As the order to march was issued, Cao Jun's 40 troops began to advance in batches according to the route planned in advance.

The Jingzhou Navy won the Waterway Pioneer and is currently the first team to set off.

The land vanguard was still the Dragon Riding Battalion led by Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan, and behind them were Le Jin, Yu Jin, Wei Yan and other teams.

Cao Jun set off, the situation changed!

The Jiangdong Jiefan Camp hidden in Jingzhou's territory immediately sent all kinds of information back to Jiangdong in a hurry.

.......

There is a saying in the art of war: Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

For Cao Cao, who is seasoned on the battlefield and proficient in the art of war, knowing himself and the enemy is just the premise of everything.

Only by understanding the strength of the enemy first can we effectively estimate the strength gap between the enemy and ourselves, and formulate better and more targeted strategies.

This is the case at the moment,

After Cao Cao learned from Lu Yan that he would be defeated in Chibi in history and ruin his only chance to rule the world, he became extremely cautious and cautious.

If you want to quickly understand Jiangdong's true strength, playing a few games with them is the most direct and fastest way.

Before Cai Mao snatched Lu Yan's vanguard position regardless of his status, Cao Cao was still a little unhappy, but now thinking about it again, he suddenly felt that Lu Yan's choice was indeed the most correct!

Cao Cao needed someone to test the current strength of the Jiangdong Navy for him. Since Cai Mao was willing to risk himself as a pioneer for the army, Cao Cao naturally let him go.

Even, in order to let Jiangdong send troops to fight the Jingzhou army as soon as possible, Cao Cao specially sent someone to report a letter to Cai, asking him to copy thousands of copies of the secret letter he had given him, and then put it in a sealed bamboo tube. And down.

It contained the challenge books on Zhou Yu's desk.

Cao Cao's sending of these letters was both a challenge and a temptation.

If Zhou Yu sent troops to fight Cai Mao, then he, Cao Cao, would be able to get some accurate data from the battle, and thus estimate the approximate strength of the Jiangdong Navy.Although there is a high probability that they will hide some hole cards, at least they can have some understanding of the regular strength of the Jiangdong Navy.

For Cao Jun, the Jiangdong Army's land combat capabilities are insufficient, so they don't have to worry too much.

Only the Jiangdong navy, Cao Cao dared not be careless at all.

In fact, Cao Cao already knew that Sun Quan was imitating the shadow and created an organization dedicated to collecting intelligence. He also knew that Sun Quan was recruiting craftsmen to strengthen his warships, armor and other equipment.

Sun Quan is a leader who can put down his body in order to achieve his goals. He can do everything possible to learn from the enemy in order to strengthen himself.

Both Sun Quan and Zhou Yu are not easy people, and they are called men who can create miracles by Lu Yan. In order not to let himself "repeat the same mistakes", Cao Cao must ensure [-]% caution.

Cao Cao was careful everywhere, and the march was naturally done in a watertight manner.

In the face of Cao Cao who has an absolute advantage, still does not sell or waste, and is even overly cautious,

Both Sun Quan and Zhou Yu felt extremely headaches.

Lu Su asked Zhou Yu before, what should Zhou Yu do when Cao Cao has issued a war letter and the Jingzhou navy has passed Wulin...

After thinking for a while, Zhou Yu sighed slightly and said to Lu Su, "After the Jingzhou navy enters our Jiangdong territory, we can only send troops to fight.

Although I don't want to expose my strength so soon, but if the Jingzhou army is allowed to run rampant in my Jiangdong, then I am afraid that the morale of the army and the people will be tested.

Moreover, even if our army does not fight behind closed doors, I am afraid that after a few days, more bamboo tubes will flow down the river.

Cao Cao will definitely say in the letter that I, Jiangdong, dare not fight, and I will not be able to fight at all.

By then, I am afraid there will be turmoil within us. "

Chapter 542 Jiangdong's Secret Development

Lu Su knew that Zhou Yu's words were not meant to be alarmist.

Even regarding the turmoil that may occur when Jiangdong was under tremendous pressure and did not respond forcefully, Lu Su felt that Zhou Yu might have said it lightly.

At the end of Lu Su's daily dealings with these people, he also knows the thoughts of these people best, "They only have family inheritance in their eyes, and they don't care who comes to this country at all!"

There are many gentry and gentry in Jiangdong, and they are also the group that are best at adapting to the wind.

Just like when Cao Cao faced Yuan Shao's army, a considerable number of families and even officials under Cao Cao's rule secretly communicated with Yuan Shao.Now it is just replacing Yuan Shao with Cao Cao and Cao Cao with Jiangdong. As for those aristocratic families, they are basically the same.

Lu Su hesitated and asked Zhou Yu, "Governor, what do you mean..."

"Since Cao Cao wants to fight, let him do so!" Zhou Yu said with a stern tone, "Jingzhou Navy is nothing more than a bunch of local chickens! Since they dare to come, I, Jiangdong, will swallow this big Fish!"

After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Lu Su's boy hole couldn't help shrinking!

He knew that after Zhou Yu made up his mind, it was basically a done deal, an unchangeable fact.

Regarding Zhou Yu's decision, Lu Su should fully cooperate with it.

To deal with Cao Jun, Jiangdong must not back down.Moreover, the entire Jiangdong Nine Counties are so big, where can they retreat?You can't really retreat to Jiaozhou or Ryukyu Island that you just won...

Lu Su bowed deeply to Zhou Yu, cupped his hands and said, "Since the governor has made up his mind, the subordinates must cooperate with all their strength! Please give orders from the governor!"

Zhou Yu looked very serious, and he said to Lu Su, "Then trouble Zijing to send an order: order Lu Meng and Jiang Qin to lead [-] sailors to test the strength of Cai Maoshui."

"Three... three thousand?" Lu Su's face froze when he heard the words, and he said, "Great Governor, Cai Mao has a hundred thousand sailors... Three thousand sailors, is it too little?"

Lu Su was a little worried that the number of troops was too small, only 3000 people went to provoke another [-] people... Isn't that sending sheep to the tiger's mouth?

"Hehe." Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu walked out of the tent with a light smile, and said to Lu Su, "Zijing, I think you were frightened by Lu Yan's navy! It's just a Jingzhou navy, I, Zhou Yu, are really serious!" Didn't take it seriously."

After all, Zhou Yu didn't force Lu Su to give the order.

He walked straight to the outside of the tent, and then shouted loudly, "Pass down the order: Name Lu Meng, Jiang Qin leads three thousand sailors to investigate the Jingzhou navy camp and the strength of the Jingzhou navy!"

"No!" After hearing Zhou Yu's order, the messengers waiting outside the tent immediately agreed, and then rushed to deliver the order.

Following Zhou Yu's order, the entire camp began to boil like boiling water.

"Brothers, the governor ordered to use troops against Cao Jun!"

"Is it finally going to war? Brothers have been waiting for a long time!"

"Yes! We must avenge our last defeat!"

"Drink! Drink! Drink!"

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Lu Meng and Jiang Qin quickly left the water stronghold with three thousand sailors and disappeared in the middle of the river.

However, in the navy camp, there are still many soldiers, who are constantly carrying bows and arrows, equipment, dry food and other supplies to the ship.

For Cao Jun, especially the army under Lu Yan's command.

Since the advent of explosives and cannons, the role of catapults and ballistas in the army has begun to decline in a straight line.

With the changing and upgrading of weapons, some craftsmen with a "mixed" mentality felt a sense of crisis in their hearts.

As technology has gradually failed to keep up, their positions will eventually be replaced by others.

Although Zhuge Liang has been trying to make up for this problem, but Jiangdong couldn't stand it and began to recruit craftsmen aggressively, and the wages they paid were higher than those of the generals.

As a result, this part of craftsmen whose skills could not keep up but had a lot of experience, and the other part of craftsmen who were not determined, had other ideas in their minds, and then they directly switched to Jiangdong secretly.

In their words: "There is no way, although we don't want to go to Jiangdong, but the money they give is too much!"

After all, it is human nature to pursue profit.

With this group of craftsmen, Sun Quan's workshop is also very impressive and decent.

These craftsmen not only brought advanced technology to Jiangdong, but also brought advanced management concepts to Jiangdong.

This allowed people of insight, including Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su, to finally understand why Cao Cao's strength grew so rapidly.

But what Sun Quan wanted most was undoubtedly artillery, but artillery was not what these craftsmen could bring to him.

No matter whether it was holding a continuous crossbow, or the more mysterious gunpowder and artillery, their secrets could only be accessed by core personnel. Therefore, this group of craftsmen who could not keep up with the rhythm naturally could not provide Sun Quan with more relevant help.

Although artillery is still out of reach for Sun Quan, they have made great progress in equipment such as catapults and ballistas.

Moreover, under the patchwork of these craftsmen and Jiangdong shipbuilders, Jiangdong's shipyard even imitated a three-masted warship.

Although the counterfeit version of the three-masted warship is not as good as the genuine one in terms of size or overall performance.But even if it is a copycat, this kind of flexible and strong ship has raised the overall strength of the Jiangdong Navy to another level.

Without artillery, they moved the trebuchets and ballistas, which had greatly improved performance and range, to the big ship.

Although it can't compare with the Dahan Navy with additional artillery, but against the Jingzhou Navy, the Jiangdong Navy is really more than enough!

Moreover, with the firepower of the catapults and ballistas on these large ships as cover, other small boats such as 艨艟舸 have more room to charge and maneuver.They will also have more space and means to deal with the Han Navy.

All of this was done secretly by Sun Quan. Whether it was Cai Mao, Cao Cao or Lu Yan, they have no news at all.

Fortunately, Sun Quan had only a short period of time to launch the knockoff plan, and only ten knockoff three-masted warships had been built in the past few months.

But with the capabilities of Jiangdong Shipyard, as long as they are given a few more months, maybe they can really get dozens or hundreds of counterfeit three-masted warships.

Lu Su stood in Zhou Yu's camp, silently watching the busy and undisturbed soldiers in the camp.

He looked at the faces of these Jiangdong soldiers who were determined to take revenge on Cao Jun's navy, and he couldn't help but secretly praised them.

"Facing the battle without fear, encountering the strong without chaos, you really deserve to be the elite brought out by the governor!"

At this moment, Lu Su was full of thoughts.

The scene of his defeat by Lu Yan Navy kept flashing in his mind.

"Hey... If Cao Cao gives us another year... No, it only takes half a year! Maybe we can really challenge Lu Yan's navy head-on."

Although Lu Su did not personally experience that battle, even after being told by others, Lu Su could imagine the impact and shock caused by Lu Yan Navy to Jiangdong Navy at that time.

However, Lu Su didn't think that the Han Navy was invincible.

"The artillery is powerful, but it is not completely flawless.

As long as the mobility is strong enough that the artillery placed on both sides cannot be aimed, then the artillery on their sides is just a display. "

Chapter 543 The Infection in the Army

Some people may have such doubts: Why didn't Cao Cao attack Jiangdong by land from Changsha, instead of choosing to go from Jiangbei to Chibi, and then fight the Jiangdong army by water?

In fact, this problem still cannot be circumvented by the special terrain of Jingzhou, that is, the unique vertical and horizontal closed water network in the south of the Yangtze River.

If Cao Cao wanted to cross the river, he could actually cross the Yangtze River from Jiangling City to the south of the Yangtze River at any time.