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

"I heard from my eldest brother that although Sun Zhongmou’s military strategy was not as good as that of Sun Ce, he was polite, knowledgeable, good at assigning people, and had a clear mind."

"If Sun Quan takes charge of Jiangdong instead of Sun Ce, maybe Sun Quan will obey my advice?"

Zhuge Liang murmured to himself, thoughtfully

……

Two days later, west of Chaisang.

More than three hundred dragon boats sailed eastward along the river.

A scout ship came upstream and docked at the flagship

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Sun Ce personally led 500 warships and 30,000 naval troops to march west from Chaisang to meet our army."

The scouts boarded the boat to report.

Lu Meng's eyes flashed, and he praised:"Advisor Ziyou really saw through Sun Ce. This plan of luring the snake out of the hole is really clever.

After sighing in admiration, Lu

Meng waved his hand and shouted:"Every ship listens to the order and continues eastward along the current to completely lure Sun Ce out.""

The navy continued to move forward in mighty force.

In the afternoon, the two fleets of Wei and Wu finally encountered each other about thirty miles away from Chaisang City.

On the flagship of Wu Jun's tower ship.

Sun Ce stared at the flag with the word"Lu", proudly Said:"Lu Meng, you unknown person, do you really think you can compete with me on the Yangtze River? I will teach you today how to fight a water battle!""

With an order, war drums soared to the sky on every ship of the flag army.

Five hundred ships, battleships, and stern ships formed a large formation and rushed towards the Wei army.

The two armies were soon separated by a few miles. Get on the Wei army's flagship.

Watch. Lu Meng sighed with emotion at the menacing Wu army:"Sun Ce is really good at commanding the navy. In the battle at Chibi, if it hadn't been for Ziyou's ingenious plan, I might not have been his opponent in the battle by water."

Sighing with emotion, Lu Meng was in a very relaxed mood.

In today's battle, Cao Cao's task for him was not to defeat Sun Ce completely, but to fake defeat. It is difficult to win a battle, but it is not easy to defeat it.

Lu Meng gave an order, and all the ships of the Wei army Above, the sky thunder cannon soared into the sky, and the divine arm bow suddenly launched.

Stone bullets and countless sharp arrows roared towards the Wu army.

Almost at the same time, sharp arrows also rose into the sky from the ships of the Wu army.

The two armies Each showed their strengths and took the lead in launching long-range attacks.

The Wei army's dragon boats were large, and they formed an iron-locked boat formation. The combination of Tianwei cannon and divine arm bow naturally had an overwhelming advantage in long-range attacks.

Sun Ce also figured out the Wei army's Taking advantage of the situation, the navy quickly changed its formation, forming a team of five ships to deal with the Wei army in a dispersed formation.

Wu Zu was proficient in water skills, and could maneuver large and small warships flexibly, and easily avoided the long-range attacks of the Wei army.

Each of the two armies relied on their own abilities to kill them at once. When they were evenly matched, it was hard to tell the difference. They fought for an hour. Both armies suffered casualties, and it was hard to tell the winner.

Lu Meng glanced at the sun, waved his hands and said:"Send the order, all ships retreat, don't fight with the Wu army!""

On the flagship, a golden sound sounded, and the retreating signal flag was also raised.

The dragon boats of each ship quickly turned around and looked upstream to retreat.

Seeing the Wei army retreating, the morale of the Wu soldiers on each warship was greatly boosted.

On the flagship,

Cheng Pu He said happily:"Your Majesty is indeed invincible in the water battle. Lu Meng is scared. Should we take advantage of the victory and pursue him?" But Sun

Ce's face flashed with pride, and he sneered:"It's getting late, don't chase the poor bandits, otherwise Cao Yuan might have some tricks. Send an order to the ships to dock and camp on the spot.""

Although he was arrogant, he was still somewhat calm. He was afraid of Cao Yuan's wisdom and did not dare to pursue him. The

30,000 Wu army stopped pursuing and camped on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Lü Meng led the navy and retreated ten miles. On the north bank, along the line, Cao Cao had already set up the flood and drought camp in advance.

The navy dragon boats sailed into the water camp in an orderly manner.

Cao Cao and Cao Yuan had already been waiting on the shore.

Lu Meng got off the boat and came forward, cupped his hands and said:"Your Majesty, Sun Ce Sure enough, as Ziyou's military advisor expected, he came far away from Chaisang to fight. The minister followed the plan and pretended to be defeated. Sun Ce had already set up camp in Xia Shili and did not withdraw to Chaisang!"

"Okay, okay, Ziming, you lost this battle well!"

Cao Cao applauded and looked at Cao Yuan:"Ziyou, as you expected, Sun Ce is really arrogant and wants to avenge Chibi's defeat!"

Cao Yuan sneered and said:"This plan to lure the snake has been completed. Next, it depends on whether Huang Hansheng's plan to cross Chencang secretly will go smoothly."

"Ziyou, your plan is exhaustive, I believe that this battle will be successful!"

Cao Cao was convinced.

The monarch and his ministers smiled and looked in the direction of Chaisang City.

……

Thirty miles west of Chaisang, Wu Camp.

In the king's tent.

A celebration banquet is in progress

"The old minister has long said that in a serious water battle, Lu Meng is definitely no match for the king."

"Even if he has some kind of dragon boat, what can he do? He was not defeated by the king today!"

Cheng Pu sneered disdainfully, his brows filled with arrogance.

"It's a pity that it's already getting late. Otherwise, I would have pursued him and annihilated Cao Cao's navy!"

Sun Ce was overbearing and arrogant, but he was a little bit regretful.

Cheng Pu disagreed and said:"Your Majesty, don't think it's a pity. As long as Cao Cao refuses to retreat, we have plenty of opportunities."

"What the veteran general Demou said makes sense."

Sun Ce laughed loudly and raised his glass to drink.

The Wu generals all laughed and drank happily, as if the haze of the Battle of Chibi had been swept away.

"Your Majesty, since we have repulsed Cao's navy, I think it would be prudent to retreat to Chaisang to rest."

Zhuge Liang reminded

"Be safe, be safe, if you only seek to be safe in everything, how long will it take to defeat the Cao thief! Sun

Ce slapped the case and said proudly:"I want to take advantage of the situation to destroy Cao Cao's naval army. I not only want to wash away the shame of Chibi, but also work hard to take Jingzhou back from Cao Cao!""

In the big tent, all the Wu generals were immediately ignited by Sun Ce's bold words.

"Your Majesty's words are right. We will not withdraw our troops until Jingzhou is captured!"

"We first defeated Cao Cao's navy, then captured Xiakou, and then captured Jiangling in one go. Even if we cannot completely capture Jingzhou, we will turn the Yangtze River into our great Wu inland river!"

"As it should be, let Cao Cao see who is the master of the Yangtze River!"

The generals were high-spirited, full of pride, roaring and shouting excitedly.

"Bang! Sun

Ce smashed his wine glass on the table and shouted boldly:"Drink well tonight, and tomorrow the whole army will be sent out. You and I will go straight to the Wei camp with my king and destroy the Cao thief's navy!""

The tent reverberated with impassioned shouts of war.

"Could it be that I am overly worried? Sun Ce really has hope of defeating the Cao thieves and regaining Jingzhou?"

Zhuge Liang looked at the Wu monarchs and ministers who were determined to win, and there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

Sun Ce, the monarchs and ministers had no idea that when he was full of pride and drinking happily.

South of Chaisang, a Wei army of 7,000 men, Like a ghost, it is traveling through the night.