noffsinger Chapter 257 Guo Jia's new mission is to kill Sun Ce? The Jin Fan bandits encounter a great floo
Chapter 257 Guo Jia's new mission is to kill Sun Ce? The Jin Fan bandits encounter a great floo
Inside Xiangyang City
Liu Biao remained as calm and collected as ever, fiddling with his prayer beads.
Cai Mao was having a huge argument with Liu Bei.
Liu Bei thought, "We can't rely entirely on Huang Zu's Jiangxia navy!"
There are at least 60,000 garrison troops inside the city. They should cooperate with Huang Zu to inflict heavy losses on Cao Cao's army!
Cai Mao, however, believed that the naval battle should be left to Huang Zu.
After Cao Cao's army is defeated, the task of pursuing them (and taking advantage of the situation) will then be handled by the army!
Liu Bei was so angry at this that he almost cursed Cai Mao for being both brave and reckless!
But Cai Mao wouldn't give Liu Bei any face.
You're an outsider. You finally managed to get half a government job in Jingzhou, and now you dare to tell me how to do things?
Liu Biao listened calmly to their argument, and finally said:
"If Xuande feels he can cooperate with Huang Zu, then Xuande should lead his troops out of the city to support Huang Zu."
"De Gui will continue to be responsible for defending the city."
Cai Mao gave Liu Bei a cold snort.
In this exchange, he once again emerged victorious.
It appears that Liu Biao divided military power in two, giving it to Cai Mao and Liu Bei.
However, the troops under their command were all from Jingzhou.
Liu Bei, being an outsider, was at most the temporary commander of this Jingzhou army.
Cai Mao was different; his soldiers had a much higher level of identification with him than with Liu Bei.
Liu Biao wasn't stupid either.
Liu Bei is just a tool; if used well, he can be a top-notch screw!
If used incorrectly, it might cut your hand!
Therefore, Liu Biao could let Liu Bei go out of the city to try, but he couldn't entrust all the troops to Liu Bei to command alone.
This was Liu Biao's unique method of checks and balances.
He was moderate, but as long as he lived, he would always be the one playing the game.
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Night falls
Cao Jun's Camp
An intelligence officer entered from outside and reported to Cao Cao:
"Reporting to my lord, Huang Zu's Jiangxia navy is less than twenty li away from our army!"
Cao Cao suddenly stood up.
Although this was the first proper naval battle for Cao Cao's camp, aside from the time Cao Ren brutally defeated Sun Ce,
However, this naval battle was not intended to be a direct confrontation with Huang Zu on the river.
Upon learning that Huang Zu was less than twenty li away, Cao Cao immediately ordered all his generals to take their positions.
The other side
Su Yu and Guo Jia climbed a mountain near a tributary of the Han River.
What Cao Jun has been openly doing these past few days is building a new city.
In fact, the Cao camp's gold-digging team, commanded by Guo Jia, along with some of Cao camp's strong soldiers, had already dug through the mountain range and the ditch of the Han River tributary.
If it weren't for the dikes protecting it, countless streams of water would have rushed towards the city that Cao Cao's army had just built!
As the old saying goes, those who drown are often the ones who can swim.
The Jiangxia navy was a formidable fighting force, truly deserving the title of kings of naval warfare.
So the question is, if Cao Cao's army knew they couldn't win, why did they fight the Jiangxia navy?
Let the Jiangxia trolls play among themselves; that's the right way!
The massive current could capsize the Jiangxia navy's warships instantly!
Without warships, even the strongest naval warfare capabilities are useless!
"Fengxiao, it's up to you this time."
Su Yu gazed at the gray sky, and he and Guo Jia sat facing each other, each with a wine jug.
Guo Jia smiled.
Compared to the tedious handling of government affairs and the honest strategizing in the military camp, Guo Jia preferred digging graves and digging the ground!
In addition, Su Yu recently had the idea of having Guo Jia further expand his business!
The Jiangxia navy will suffer heavy losses in this battle.
Given Sun Ce's keen insight and Zhou Yu's strategic acumen, they certainly wouldn't let go of this excellent opportunity to attack Jiangxia.
Cao Cao's camp is currently unable to take Jingzhou, but that doesn't mean we should let Jiangdong take advantage of the situation!
How can we fundamentally transform the people of Jiangdong from "heroes of Jiangdong" into "cowards of Jiangdong"?
The answer is: change the monarch!
According to the information sent by Cao Cao's intelligence corps in the Jiangdong region.
The relationship between Sun Ce and the powerful families of Jiangdong was quite strained.
Sun Ce's competitive nature meant that he would not be willing to share the Jiangdong region, which he had worked so hard to conquer, with the powerful families of Jiangdong.
On the contrary, he wanted the Jiangdong aristocratic families to bow down and submit to his orders, making them work for him.
This is the limitation of Sun Ce as a ruler.
If you're going to slaughter sheep for food, you have to let them grow fat first and make sure they're full!
If they wouldn't even lay out the bait, the powerful families of Jiangdong certainly wouldn't agree to serve Sun Ce.
Without the support of the powerful families of Jiangdong, rebellions broke out one after another in the territories under Sun Ce's command.
Even Zhou Yu, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, and others were successively dispatched by Sun Ce to quell the rebellion.
But unless the problem of the Jiangdong aristocratic families is resolved, the rebellion will never stop.
Ordinary mountain bandits and outlaws, where would they get such great abilities?
It's obvious to anyone with a brain that the mastermind behind this is the Jiangdong aristocratic family.
However, at present.
Sun Ce and the powerful families of Jiangdong were still in the process of bargaining.
The powerful families of Jiangdong generally disliked Sun Ce, yet Sun Ce possessed both martial prowess and unified Jiangdong.
They could only hope that Sun Ce would make concessions and achieve a relatively equal situation of cooperation and mutual benefit.
If Sun Ce were given enough time to reconcile with the powerful families of Jiangdong, it would not be good for Cao Cao's camp.
This further exacerbated the conflict between the powerful families of Jiangdong and Sun Ce.
Transforming this conflict into something irreconcilable is in the best interest of Cao Cao's camp!
There are many factors to consider in this matter.
It's clear that ordinary intelligence guards wouldn't be qualified to handle it.
Li Dian, as the head of the intelligence guard, couldn't be sent out randomly.
Guo Jia, on the other hand, is the leader of Cao Cao's gold-digging team, whose presence is extremely low.
With his extremely high IQ, he is perfectly suited to disrupt the situation in Jiangdong!
Moreover, given Guo Jia's wisdom, Su Yu believed he would surely return intact, bringing the good news that "Sun Ce is dead."
Of course, that's a story.
At present, the Jiangxia navy is about to arrive at the battlefield.
Guo Jia was ready at any moment to command the gold-digging team to destroy the dikes and give the Jiangxia navy a good bath!
……
The sounds of warships moving about rose and fell on the river.
"Report!"
"Ten miles ahead, a newly built city by Cao Cao's army has appeared!"
The messenger reported to Huang Zu.
Huang Zu nodded, signaling his soldiers to get ready to teach Cao Cao's camp a lesson!
"General Huang, let me lead the Jin Fan bandits as the vanguard!"
Gan Ning licked the Bajiang Greatsword in his hand, and the bells all over his body jingled.
Huang Zu calmly looked at the river and agreed to Gan Ning's request.
Like a wild horse, Gan Ning, leading a thousand brocade-sailed pirates who were dressed seven or eight parts similarly to him, increased the speed of his warships, preparing for a beach landing!
Jin Fan Thief truly lived up to his reputation as a waterborne knight-errant who grew up on the banks of the Jialing River.
A thousand Jinfan bandits fought with the ferocity of thousands of elite troops!
Unfortunately... all of this was in vain!
The gurgling sound of the river foreshadowed the impending fate of the Jinfan pirates!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The dammed water, ready to burst forth, suddenly surged down from above, leaping towards the tributary of the Han River!
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