However, it is said that Cao Cao did not give up immediately after Liu Bei's temporary escape, and continued to chase Liu Bei along the river, and threw some bamboo slips into the Yangtze River, down the river, claiming to have an army of 800,000 to the south, trying to seize the hearts of the people in Jiangdong.

As a result, Cao Cao was sniped by the Sun-Liu coalition army at the mouth of the Sanjiang River, lost a lot of men and horses, and was helplessly defeated. Cao Cao was not too angry about this, because Cao Cao himself knew very well that his soldiers were all northerners, including Cao Cao himself, who were not good at water warfare. This time, I didn't expect Sun Quan Xiao'er to dare to directly resist him, knowing himself but not knowing the other, it was not surprising that he was defeated. Cao Cao has never been a person who can't recognize his mistakes, and Cao Cao fully admitted at this time that he may indeed not be Jiangdong's opponent if he fights a water war at this time.

However, in this battle, Cao Cao has at least felt the attitude of the Jiangdong Sun family, Sun Quan is unwilling to surrender, and intends to fight him Cao Cao to the death! If you want to fight, then fight, who is he Cao Cao afraid of?! When Liu Biao was still there before, Cao Cao didn't take Jiangdong very seriously, not to mention that now Liu Biao is no longer there, and Jingzhou has surrendered!

It is said that as early as a few years ago, Cao Cao had already solved the Yuan brothers, and he was still stabilizing the situation in the north, and before going south, Cao Cao had already built a Xuanwu Pool in Yecheng in advance to train sailors in order to prepare for the southward attack on Jingzhou and Jiangdong. And now, Jingzhou has surrendered, with an outstanding water war general like Cai Mao, plus Jingzhou's original elite sailors, Cao Cao has the confidence not to take Jiangdong in his eyes!

So, Cao Cao built a water village in Chibi, with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun as the governors of the water army, and Ling Qing and Xu Jun in the middle. The Jingzhou army is outside, and they are proficient in teaching every day. Wait for the date of availability. Cai Mao and the others have been familiar with water warfare for a long time, and they really have two brushes. And recently surrendered to Cao Cao. Cai Mao and they must also want to perform well in front of Cao Cao, hoping to be reused by Cao Cao. Cai Mao is divided into 24 water gates along the river, with the big boat living outside as the city, and the small boat living inside, which can be accessed, and the lights are lit up in the evening, illuminating the water surface of the heart of the sky red. The dry village is more than 300 miles, and the fireworks are endless.

Such a formation, it is not an exaggeration. It is no less than the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array on the ground, of course, without Cao Cao's huge financial, material and human support, Cai Mao would not be able to put it out easily. But now that it's out now, it's definitely going to be as effective as it should be. It is said that Zhou Yu personally came to spy on Cao Jun's water village, and after seeing this formation, he couldn't help but be shocked: "This is the wonder of the water army!" Immediately, Zhou Yu had the strategic direction that in order to defeat Cao Cao, he must first get rid of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the two governors of Cao's army and navy

The so-called raising army for a thousand days. Use it for a while. If you want to train soldiers who are not familiar with water warfare to fight water warfare, it is the same as training recruits, and even because there is no actual combat practice, it may be more difficult than training recruits. Therefore, not to mention training for a year, but at least for half a year. Cao Cao's water army can see. It may still not be as elite as Jiangdong's naval army, but it has an absolute numerical advantage. It's still completely capable of suppressing the opponent.

So, at this time. All that's needed is to settle down and wait. At this time, what should really be anxious is definitely not Cao Cao, but the Sun-Liu Alliance.

It's just that as early as when Cao Cao defeated the Yuan clan and just went south to fight Liu Bei in Xinye, it was already obvious that there was an overly radical and impetuous atmosphere in Cao's camp. In the past year and a half, not to mention whether Cao Cao can calm down, some of the people below can't be idle. Especially some people who want to make meritorious contributions, are eager to make meritorious contributions, and think that they can make meritorious contributions!

Like, Jiang Gan.

Now Cao Cao's worries are nothing more than Jiangdong Zhou Yu, and Jiang Gan has been friends with Zhou Yu since he was a child, and the relationship between Jiang Gan and Zhou Yu, well, Jiang Gan thinks that it is similar to Guo Jia and Xun Yu. Therefore, Jiang Gan took the initiative to ask Ying, hoping to go to Jiangdong to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender to Cao Cao with his incorruptible tongue.

Although Cao Cao actually didn't have much hope for this, if Zhou Yu would surrender so easily, then he would not be Zhou Yu, and the Jiangdong Sun clan would not dare to resist Cao so clearly! But at this time, waiting is also waiting, idle is idle, even if the hope is small, it is also hope, it is better than nothing, what if it really succeeds? Besides, his subordinates are so active, Cao Cao can't dampen the enthusiasm of the people below, right?

Therefore, this was just a two-pronged approach, the training went on as usual, and Jiang Gan crossed the river alone to meet Zhou Yu. I have to praise that Jiang Gan is at least quite bold.

In short, Jiang Gan's action finally gave Zhou Yu a great opportunity to carry out the counter-plot!

After that, needless to say, Zhou Yu pretended to be drunk and let Jiang Gan see something that "shouldn't be seen". So Jiang did a trick and hurriedly returned to the other side of the river to expose the rebellion of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to Cao Cao.

Later, Sun Quan asked Zhou Yudao,

"How can you be sure that Cao Cao will fall for it so easily?"

Zhou Yu smiled and replied,

"It's not whether Cao Cao will win the scheme, but whether Cao Cao is willing to win the scheme!"

That's right, with Cao Cao's cleverness, he would fall for the trick so easily? There were so many people who separated Cao Cao and Guo Jia back then, did you see Cao Cao easily attack Guo Jia? Cao Cao is suspicious, but such an important key person, how can he be killed immediately. If you don't think it through, don't you investigate it well, and you can't take it into custody first?

Therefore, it is not so much that Cao Cao was deceived by Zhou Yu, but that Cao Cao deliberately pretended not to see it, deliberately pretended to be angry and killed, and was deliberately deceived by Zhou Yu. However, judging from the results, Cao Cao still fell for Zhou Yu's plan!

I have to say, Cao Cao is arrogant! That's right, so many people separated Cao Cao and Guo Jia back then, and the reason why Cao Cao never made a move against Guo Jia was because Cao Cao knew the importance of Guo Jia very well. And after that, when Guo Jia was no longer so important, or rather, Cao Cao no longer thought that Guo Jia was so important, and he didn't need others to get separated, and Cao Cao also took action against Guo Jia.

Now the same is true, compared to Cai Mao's role, Cao Cao feels that Cai Mao's threat may be greater, especially with Guo Jia. So, for such a guy, maybe it's a little early to make a move, but it's rare to have such a reasonable opportunity, so why not take advantage of it?

What the? Doesn't it seem contradictory that Cao Cao did this? If Cao Cao didn't know the importance of Cai Mao, how could he hand over the position of the governor of the navy to Cai Mao? How long has it been now, why does Cao Cao feel that Cai Mao is useless all of a sudden?

Don't forget, there is a word for "learning" in this world! Could it be that you Cai Mao is the only one in the whole world who can fight in the water, is this a natural talent that others can't learn? During this time, how Cai Mao acted, how to arrange, and how to train the soldiers, Cao Cao actually asked his henchmen and generals to imitate, seek advice, and learn. Cao Cao's purpose is that someone can succeed Cai Mao in the future and be the governor of this naval army!

Because Cao Cao himself and most of his generals don't know much about water warfare, although Zhou Yu's discord came suddenly, Cao Cao thought that he had learned almost, but he didn't know that he only got his shape but not his god, and he didn't know why, so Cao Cao decided that Cai Mao didn't have much effect, so Cao Cao would be so reckless to kill such an important naval general. (To be continued......)