Three Kingdoms: Hegemony System

After Cao Cao came to Jiangling, he summoned Xun You, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and other advisers, as well as Xu Huang, Man Chong and other military generals to discuss what to do next.

At this time, Jia Xu's proposal was to appease the people first, win the hearts of the people, and gain a firm foothold, but Jiangdong would be subdued without working for the people.

Jia Xu's proposition is a relatively prudent political method, and many people agree with it.

There is also an opinion, which was put forward by Cheng Yu, he knows Cao Jun's weakness, that is, he is not good at water warfare, even if he has 20,000 Jingzhou water troops, it is just a drop in the bucket, and it is difficult to compete with Liu Jue and Sun Quan on the river.

Therefore, Cheng Yu believes that the army should be the main force, waiting for the opportunity on the Yangtze River, and looking for a suitable battlefield decisive battle.

However, this method is too variable, and it requires mature conditions to work, and because the battle line is too long, the march is slow, consumed, variable, and protracted, which is not what Cao Cao wants.

What Cao Cao wanted was a way to defeat the enemy with one move.

Cao Cao not only looked forward to it, but he really came up with a solution, and the focus of this method was in Xiakou and Chaisang.

The most important of these is Chaisang.

What is Chaisang?

It is the gateway of the six counties and eighty-one states of Jiangdong, and if Chaisang is broken, Jiangdong will have no natural danger to defend.

Since Chaisang fell into the hands of Liu Jue, Sun Quan has never wanted to take it back, also because he understands this truth.

Cao Cao's plan in mind was to lead the army down the river, with the might of 100,000 troops, to force Liu Jue and Sun Quan's water army to leave the water, not to engage the Jiangnan water army head-on, to avoid the main force of Sun Liu's water army, the army directly attacked Chaisang, and landed near Chaisang to take this key place in one fell swoop.

Cao Cao's art of war was scheming, giving up saddle horses, fighting boats, and competing with Jingzhou and Wu Yue, he was not the director of the Central Plains, of course he understood this truth.

Although there is a Jingzhou naval army, what Cao Cao hopes most is to fight this battle in the way he is good at.

At the same time as attacking Chaisang, the North Route Corps moved south from Hanshui, and the front of the troops was directed at Xiakou.

Xiakou, like Chaisang, is the barrier to the east of Jingzhou, and if Xiakou can be taken, the land of Jingnan is in the bag.

As long as Xia Kou and Chai Sang are in hand, it is equivalent to holding the death hole of Liu Jue and Sun Quan, the two of them are like rats in the bellows, and it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated.

However, for Xiakou, Cao Cao's attention is not as high as that of Chaisang, Chaisang must be won, and Xiakou does not matter, because as long as Chaisang is won, Liu Jue will not be able to jump in Jingnan for a few days.

Therefore, Cao Cao's idea in his heart was to use the North Route Corps to attract Liu Jue's main force, and to attack with true and false falsehoods, he led his army down the river, pretending to attack Jiangdong, but in fact attacking Chaisang.

Once Chaisang is taken, he will be able to end this southern expedition as quickly as possible.

At this time, Cao Cao's heart couldn't help but feel proud of his idea, such a genius strategic idea, but there is no bosom friend in the world to tell

This made Cao Cao's heart feel a sense of loneliness.

Just when Cao Cao's master was lonely, Ren Jun, the commander of the naval army, came in and reported: "Prime Minister, these days I have asked the soldiers to practice the warship and be familiar with water warfare, but many of the soldiers are seasick and vomiting, and some have even collapsed, so how can they fight?"

Cao Cao was happy, and after hearing the news, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Can you solve the problem of seasickness of the soldiers?"

Ren Jun said helplessly: "Prime Minister, our soldiers are all northerners, unlike the Jingzhou Water Army, who grew up by the river since childhood, and the training time is longer than ours, but I am afraid that there will be no way in a short time." "

"I'll take a look!" Cao Cao snorted lightly, and immediately got up and walked out.

I have just come up with a great strategic idea, and now you tell me that the soldiers are seasick, and even cause collapse and cannot fight, so how can my idea be realized?

Cao Cao quickly came to the riverside water village, and saw that on both sides of the road, there were already many soldiers lying on the ground, and their faces were a little pale.

Although Cao Cao opened up the Xuanwu Pond to train the navy, the artificially dug pond, where can it be compared with the big river, even if the wind and waves on the river are not as good as the sea, it is enough for these soldiers in the north.

At this time, on the river not far away, there were still a few warships cruising, but some of the soldiers on it were already lying on the side of the ship and vomiting wildly.

Some of the Cao soldiers on the shore also showed fear when they saw this scene.

Cao Cao was displeased, and immediately found Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and asked, "My soldiers are seasick, what can you do?"

Cai Mao hesitated for a moment and said, "If the soldier is seasick, you can use an iron chain to connect the end of the warship, so that the people and horses can walk on the ground on the ship." "

"Link the warship with chains?" Cao Cao frowned, pondering whether Cai Mao's method was feasible.

At this time, Cao Cao looked at the warships in Shuizhai, and the appearance of these warship links appeared in his mind, and then a light flashed in his mind, and his face suddenly showed joy.

His 'Chaisan landing plan', the last piece of the puzzle is also there.

Cao Cao immediately asked, "If a thousand warships are connected, how many soldiers and horses can be loaded?"

Cai Mao was stunned for a moment and replied: "With so many warships connected, even hundreds of thousands of troops can be loaded." "

Cao Cao clapped his palms and said happily: "That's enough!"

A thousand warships are connected end to end, and if they can walk on the ground, the soldiers don't have to get seasick, and more importantly, they don't need to worry about the grain, grass, baggage, and war horses, just throw them on the ship.

What is this? Isn't this just a super-large water barracks and mobile granaries?

When the army arrives at Chaisang in the future, a water camp composed of warships will quickly be formed and a large number of troops and grain and grass will be exported.

Historically, when Cao Cao came down the river to Chibi, he encountered the naval armies of the Sun and Liu families, but this encounter was lost, and Cao Cao quickly formed such a water camp after retreating to Wulin.

Obviously, Cao Cao regarded this forced stop in Wulin as a dress rehearsal for landing in Chaisang.

Cao Cao's thoughts became clearer and clearer, and gradually a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Cai Mao: "Deqi, your idea is very good, immediately order someone to build iron chains and prepare the plates that connect the ships." "

"Wow!" Cai Mao breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned around to do it.

At this time, Cao Cao's mood was getting better and better, and the pride in his heart was even stronger, and at this time his eyes looked to the east, which was the direction of Jiangdong.

Immediately, Cao Cao returned to his tent and wrote a letter to send him to Jiangdong immediately.

The content of this letter is: Recently, he resigned from the crime, and Liu Jue tied his hands. There are 800,000 people in the Imabari water army, and Fang and the general will hunt in Wu.