Three Kingdoms: The identity of the financial master behind the scenes was exposed by Cao Cao

"Chained together? Cao

Cao looked curious and asked:"What is the chain of boats?""

"This chain of iron boats is to create an iron chain to connect all the dragon boats in our army to form a chain of boats!"

"Then a layer of wooden boards was laid on the deck of the boat, so that soldiers and horses could walk on it. It would be as if they were on flat ground. No matter how strong the wind and the waves on the river were, there would be no bumps."

"In this way, with a little training, our infantry can board the ship and be used as sailors. In less than three to five months, the king can defeat Sun Ce's navy, go down the river, and take the east of the river!"

Lu Su explained in a daze.

He was afraid that Cao Cao wouldn't understand, so he got up and gestured on the ground.

Cao Cao finally understood, and there was ecstasy on his face.

There was a picture of a chain of boats across the river, crushing the Wu army. , comes to mind

"Zijing’s plan was truly a stroke of genius!"

"With this iron lock on the boat, I really don't need to spend several months with Sun Ce anymore, and I can defeat his naval army overnight! Cao

Cao was overjoyed and praised:"Zijing, you have made a great contribution with this plan. If I can defeat Sun Ce, you will be the first to succeed. I will reward you heavily!""

Lu Su secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and an imperceptible sneer flashed between his brows.

Then, he suddenly stood up, cupped his hands towards Cao Cao and said,"I only ask the king to defeat Sun Ce and recover Jiangdong. If you can treat my Jiangdong people well, this is This is the greatest reward for me!"

His appearance of asking for orders for the people made Cao Cao appreciate him even more.

Cao Cao said happily:"Okay, okay, don't worry. When I pacify Jiangdong, I will definitely restrain the soldiers and try not to disturb the people of Jiangdong!"

Lu Su felt relieved and felt grateful to Cao Cao.

"Zijing, you are also a man of great talent, and now you have made great contributions with your suggestions, so please obey orders in front of the tent and work with Ziyou and others to make suggestions for my king."

Cao Cao cherished talents and wanted to reuse Lu Su on the spot.

"I have come to pay a visit to the king, but Sun Ce doesn’t know yet. His family is still in Jiangdong. If he were to serve in front of the king’s tent now, Sun Ce would definitely massacre his entire family when he found out!"

"I ask the king to let me return to Jiangdong first. I will help the king to connect with those heroes who are loyal to the king. When the king comes to Jiangdong, he can act as an internal agent and help the king to easily capture Jiangdong!"

Lu Su expressed his difficulties and asked Cao Cao for his life.

His reasons were justifiable and gave Cao Cao no reason to refuse.

Cao Cao didn't think much and said:"Since your family members are still in Jiangdong, it is really difficult to openly submit to the king. , just follow what you say"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will be in Jiangdong, waiting for Your Majesty’s arrival!"

Lu Su secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and after expressing his gratitude, he said goodbye.

Cao Cao was not easy to persuade him to stay, so after some comfort, he let Lu Su go back to the south bank.

"Ziyou, this time, I feel that this Lu Su is sincerely surrendering."

Cao Cao looked at Cao Yuan with a smile.

Cao Yuan did not criticize, but asked:"How can the king conclude that Lu Su is sincerely surrendering?"

"It's very simple. I only need to send people to Jiangdong to find out whether Sun Ce has forcibly commandeered his Lu family's 500,000 grains."

"If this is true, it proves that Lu Su will definitely have complaints about Sun Ce, and it is reasonable to secretly join the king."

Cao Cao stated the reasons for his judgment.

Cao Ren followed:"No matter whether Lu Su sincerely surrenders or not, the ingenious plan he presented has indeed helped us overcome the problem of training the navy. This is enough!"

Everyone nodded one after another, mostly agreeing with Cao Ren's opinion.

"Could it be that your Majesty has forgotten that Han Dang was willing to give up his life and was beaten with forty army sticks by Sun Ce to implement the plan of false surrender?"

"In this case, why couldn't Lu Su give up hundreds of thousands of grains and grass just to convince the king that he was sincerely surrendering?"

Cao Yuan smiled with a deep meaning and asked sarcastically.

Cao Cao's expression changed:"Could it be that Ziyou thinks that Lu Su is also pretending to surrender? Cao Yuan said calmly:"

I have said before that Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu's plan is not as simple as Han Dang's fake surrender. There must be a plan next. The chain of iron boats presented by Lu Su today is just a chain of tricks!""

"Chain plan?"

Cao Cao looked at a loss and failed to understand Cao Yuan's profound meaning.

Cao Ren said:"With this dragon boat company, the advantage of Jiangdong Navy will be gone. If Lu Su really pretended to surrender, then he offered this trick and was not rebelling. Our army?"

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and Cao Ren expressed his doubts.

"A single company of dragon boats can make our soldiers walk on flat ground, and our infantry can be used as water pawns without training."

"Lu Su can think of such a simple method. Does the king think that I can't think of it?"

Cao Yuan asked with a sneer.

Cao Cao became more and more suspicious and asked:"Lu Su can think of it, Ziyou, you are ten times more intelligent than him, so naturally you can think of it, but why don't you dedicate it to me?"

For a moment, everyone was confused and looked at Cao Yuan.

Cao Yuan took a sip of wine and said calmly:"Your Majesty, don't be anxious. As soon as Lu Su's serial plan is revealed, we will be able to defeat Sun Ce. Far away, the king just needs to pretend to fall into Lu Su's plan and build an iron chain boat. Cao

Cao became more and more curious and asked:"Ziyou, what deceitful plan does Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu have? Can't you tell me now?""

"The king asked the minister to let the matter pass. Anyway, it will take only a few days to see the result."

Cao Yuan said with a smile.

Although Cao Cao had doubts, he thought that his son had always made every effort, so he no longer doubted it.

At that moment, he ordered the blacksmiths to be summoned, and they immediately used Lu Su's suggestion to build an iron chain. , preparing to chain the dragon boats.

Half a month later, more than 300 dragon boats, divided into teams of ten, finally built an iron chain chain.

The meticulous work on the north bank quickly sent the news to the south bank.

……

Chibi, the coalition camp.

Sun Ce and Liu Bei stood side by side on the shore, watching the Wei army's boat formation on the north shore.

"Mr. Kong Ming, your plan worked. The Cao thief connected all his warships together as you expected!"

Sun Ce looked at Zhuge Liang with ecstatic eyes.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and smiled without saying a word.

Liu Bei also had a face full of joy and asked:"King Wu, Cao Cao's thieves are tied up, so when will we get up? Let General Han set fire to the ship so that our army can take advantage of the situation and attack the north bank to defeat the Wei army in one fell swoop?"

"If you use fire to attack, you need to take advantage of the favorable wind! Sun

Ce pointed boldly towards the north bank:"As long as the southeast wind blows, it's time for us to attack the Wei camp!""

The words just fell.

Zhou Yu's expression suddenly changed:"Your Majesty, it's winter now. Where does the southeast wind come from?"

Sun Ce's expression turned serious, and the proud and conceited smile on his face disappeared in an instant.