It seems that Guo Jia said it simply, but Zhao Yu sounded very mysterious. No matter what Zhao Yu thinks, he can't figure out how these clusters of fires and torches are related to cracking the enemy's fire attack trap.

Perhaps seeing Zhao Yu's doubts, Guo Jia stopped selling Guanzi, and said seriously to Zhao Yu: "Your Majesty, this time Zhou Yu suddenly withdrew his troops, wanting to lure His Majesty to pursue. Once our army has reached the hinterland of Nayiling, Zhou Yu will order a fire to burn it, and use it to destroy our army. Then Guo Jia wants to ask, if we have learned this time that the enemy is planning to attack by fire, and this kind of jungle fire, as long as it is ignited. It must only be extinguished by ourselves, otherwise it will be difficult to extinguish it with manpower, so why don't we preemptively set fire to the enemy before they set fire? ”

Guo Jia's words obviously made Zhao Yu somewhat understand, but Zhao Yu really didn't expect such a simple method, and couldn't help blurting out: "Set fire first?" ”

Guo Jia explained: "The torches were limited just now, and the soldiers needed to wait until the person in front of them had finished lighting the torches before they could light the torches. Just as this time the enemy has torches and is waiting for us to light them as soon as they arrive, if we also have torches in our hands. Then we will ignite the fire one step ahead of the enemy, and in this way, we will not solve the enemy's trick this time. ”

At this meeting, Zhao Yu completely heard Guo Jia's strategy, and immediately blurted out: "It's so simple? You must know that the enemy's strategy can be said to have been painstakingly figured out, but it was simply cracked by you, and you are a little too faceless for the enemy. If you let Zhou Yu and the others know that I just held a dinner party and gave you a reminder of how to crack their fire attack, then where should the faces of the three armies of Wei, Shu and Wu be placed. ”

From Zhao Yu's words, it is not difficult for Guo Jia to hear that Zhao Yu is a group of praises for himself. Fortunately, Guo Jia knew Zhao Yu early on, otherwise, it would be really difficult to adapt to Zhao Yu's feelings of monarchy and ministers.

Suddenly, Zhao Yu spoke to Guo Jia again and said, "Guo Jia, since you have already thought of a strategy to break the enemy's fire attack trap, then wait until after tonight." I immediately prepared my troops and horses, ready to go after the enemy and kill them in one fell swoop. ”

After hearing Zhao Yu's inquiry, Guo Jia hurriedly said to Zhao Yu: "Your Majesty, although Guo Jia has already thought of a strategy to break the enemy's fire attack trap, this method must match the weather and weather, otherwise it will only backfire." ”

After speaking, looking at Zhao Yu's puzzled look, Guo Jia hurriedly explained to him: "The power of jungle fire needs to use the weather of the wind of time to play its true role. Now the enemy army has gone to the land of Yiling early to ambush, waiting for our army to take the bait. However, if the enemy wants to attack and burn our army, it must take advantage of the direction of the wind and set fire to our army. ”

"Otherwise, if it's against the wind, the enemy will set fire. With the help of the wind, the fire will only burn towards the enemy, which is equivalent to self-immolation. And on the east side of the land where the enemy army is located this time, if our army goes, it will be on the west side of the land of Yiling. If you want to break the enemy's trap fire attack and set fire to the jungle first, you must use the west wind to set fire, only in this way the fire will go straight to the east and burn to the three armies of Wei, Shu and Wu. ”

So that's the case, Guo Jia's words suddenly made Zhao Yu think of a story. But it's a story, it's better to say a war, the earth-shattering battle of Chibi. According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the alliance between Shu and Wu prepared to launch a fire attack against Cao Cao's army in Chibi. When everything was ready, there was a lack of an east wind, and the wind blew the enemy's army, at this time, Zhuge Liang's legislative altar summoned the east wind to help the armies of the two countries summon the east wind to burn the Cao army's warship.

However, it is obvious that the matter of borrowing the east wind is absolutely bragging. It's just that Zhuge Liang sensed the east wind that was about to blow in advance, but Zhuge Liang made the matter of opening the altar and borrowing the east wind in order to mythologize himself. If you want to let yourself feel the direction of the wind like Zhuge Liang, I am afraid that I will be tired to death, and I will not have that ability.

Zhao Yu said without thinking: "You are right, you must use the direction of the wind to counterattack the enemy army." It's just that there is such a thing as perceiving the direction of the wind, I don't have that ability, I don't know Guo Jia, do you have any research on this? ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "As a strategist, when marching and arranging for the army, you must take into account the favorable time, place and people, so that you can make plans to meet the enemy. Although Guo Jia did not dare to say that he could gain insight into astronomy and geography, it should not be a problem to perceive the direction of the wind. ”

After finishing speaking, Guo Jia looked up at the starry sky and said for a while: "The east wind has come in the past two days, if Your Majesty leads the army to Yiling in these days to pursue the three armies of Wei, Shu and Wu." I am afraid that we will be hit by the enemy's fire, and it will be difficult to counterattack the enemy even if we have the ability to turn the sky upside down. However, Your Majesty does not have to worry, as long as these two days pass, the wind direction in Jingzhou will be reversed, and Your Majesty can directly lead troops and horses to advance at that time. The enemy army would definitely not dare to set fire, otherwise it would only be self-inflicted, and the enemy army would not dare to expose his conspiracy casually, for fear of being discovered by our army. ”

"The only possibility is that the enemy will try his best to delay the fighters and wait for the wind to turn again, so that they can regain the lead. However, if His Majesty leads a large army into the land of Yiling, and the wind direction is favorable to our army, then the enemy army will definitely not dare to attack it again, and will definitely use other methods to stop our army. At that time, our army must be careful, otherwise the enemy army will attack our army with the help of the mountain-shaped landform ambush, and we will also suffer heavy losses. ”

After Zhao Yu heard this, he couldn't help but feel that Guo Jia's words were quite reasonable, and immediately said to him: "In this way, if the enemy army wants to say that it is ambushing our army with the help of the terrain of mountains and forests, since it can't attack like on flat ground, what kind of ambush will it give?" ”

Guo Jia replied without hesitation: "The mountains and forests are narrow, and they are not suitable for a large army to besiege them, so the enemy army will definitely use the momentum of the mountains to ambush them." The most suitable ambushes are rolling stones, woods, and arrows. The enemy only needs to attack once, and then he can take advantage of the momentum of the mountains and forests to retreat directly, even if our army wants to pursue, I am afraid that it will be blocked by the mountains and forests, and it will not be able to pursue at all. ”

Zhao Yu said casually: "I see, since this is the case, then our army only needs to defend in advance." Deliberately bypass those mountains that may be lurked, so that even if the enemy army wants to ambush our army, I am afraid that there is no way. ”

In the face of Zhao Yu's inquiry, Guo Jia immediately expressed his attitude to Zhao Yu and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, with Guo Jia with the army, you will definitely not let the enemy army gain so much power, otherwise Guo Jia will be ashamed of his trust in His Majesty." ”

With Guo Jia's cracking this time, the doubts in Zhao Yu's heart also dissipated, according to what Guo Jia said, in the past few days, due to the direction of the wind, it is not suitable for the army to break through. It is best to wait until a few days later, after the wind has reversed, and the enemy loses the opportunity to fire and attack, and is swinging his troops straight in. However, before that, Zhao Yu planned to temporarily disguise himself while letting the enemy notice something unusual. In the past few days, he has been preparing his troops and horses to immediately pursue the enemy, creating an illusion for the Wu army's outposts.

And the infantry army of the three armies of Wei, Shu and Wu, who were in the land of Yiling, had been hiding in the mountains, waiting for the army of Zhao. After waiting for two days, there was no trace of Zhao Jun's figure, and when everyone was not in a hurry, he suddenly heard a sentry report that Zhao Jun's army had begun to prepare for departure. After hearing the news, Wei Shu and Wu Sanjun finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the anxious wait for many days came to an end.

Just the day before Zhao Yu was about to send troops, Mrs. Cai gave Zhao Yu a big gift, which can also be said to be good news. It turned out that after Zhao Yu's strong recommendation, Mrs. Cai was appointed as the lord of Jingzhou, and her son Liu Cong was also appointed as the Taishou of Nanyang.

And Mrs. Cai and Liu Cong really did not disappoint Zhao Yu, when Mrs. Cai led a team of Zhao soldiers and horses, took office, and entered the first day of Nanyang, Jingzhou. Mrs. Cai and Liu Cong did not directly return to Cai's house in Jingzhou, but first rectified the Nanyang Yamen and replaced some Yamen officials. Immediately went directly to the Jingzhou Thorn Shi Mansion, and sat quietly in the mansion, ignoring anything else.

At first, Liu Cong was particularly curious about his mother's behavior, and he didn't understand why his mother was like this. Just when Liu Cong was not in a hurry to wait, he suddenly heard that the guards outside the door came to report, saying that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun came to ask for a meeting, and with them, there were also Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang of the Jingzhou Wang clan. After hearing the news, Liu Cong finally understood and immediately praised his mother.

In history, because Cao Cao's soldiers were in the city, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang tried their best to surrender to Cao Cao, and afterwards all four became Cao's generals. In this incident, the four of them still surrendered to Cao Cao first, but later they did not expect that Liu Bei occupied most of Jingzhou. Sun Quan also constantly sent Zhou Yu to attack Jingzhou, so that the four of them followed Cao's army in Jingzhou, which can be said to have been in a low state.

Afterwards, Jingzhou was taken by Liu Bei, and finally all of them fell into the state of Wu, when Zhou Yu led the army and conquered the entire Jingzhou. For Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others, they are not interested, even Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang, Sun Quan did not reuse. It's just that these people are all famous families in Jingzhou, so Sun Quan didn't order them to be killed.

But every year, the taxes drawn from several major families are enough to make several families feel heartache. This is also the reason why Sun Quan did not kill them, that is, let them make money and pay taxes for the Wu State, if they dare to refuse, I am afraid that they will be destroyed immediately. Although they were able to survive, several people obviously had an extreme grudge against Sun Quan, and the army of Zhao defeated Shu Wei one after another. They all wished that the soldiers and horses of Zhao State would come to Jingzhou as soon as possible, so that the major families in Jingzhou would not have to be oppressed by Wu State in this way.