The elegance and calmness on Zhuge Liang's face finally disappeared. A pair of thick eyebrows were already deeply frowned and said in confusion: "Ma Butcher Ma's actions hit the nail on the head of preventing and treating big belly disease, but he is clearly a native of the North. How can he know the prevention and treatment of big belly disease? Could it be that... Ma Yue has a Jingzhou person who is familiar with big belly disease to give him advice?"

Liu Ye sighed and continued, "Lord, there is still bad news."

Cao Zhen's brows became tighter and he said, "Tell me."

Liu Ye said: "Rewards from the navy, Gan Ning led nearly 10,000 Huainan navy troops to the vicinity of Maicheng. Dozens of iron chains were squeezed on the surface of Xiangjiang River. General Cai Mao's navy ships attacked several times, and tried to break the iron chains on the river without success. Several rushing ships were sunk by Liang's catapults on both sides of the Xiangjiang River. Now, the Huainan navy is building a floating bridge. After the floating bridge is built, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the butcher's army can be safely withdrawn to the north."

"Ah?" Zhang He said disappointed, "If the hundreds of thousands of troops of Ma Butcher fled back to the north like this, wouldn't this battle be defeated?"

"Oh!" Zhang Liao sighed long and said annoyed, "If I had known this, I would not have given up Nanjun and Jiangxia County so easily. Now 100,000 Sichuan troops are all occupying the city and guarding it almost. It would be difficult for our army to retake it again. Moreover, if we cannot wipe out the entire army of Ma Butcher's army in Jiangling this time, the gap between our army and Liang army will only be even greater in a few years. If we continue this time, the big thing will be over!"

"Kong Ming." Cao Zhen turned around and looked straight at Zhuge Liang and asked, "What should we do now?"

Although Cao Zhen was looking forward to Zhuge Liang coming up with a clever plan to turn the world, the cruel reality kept reminding Cao Zhen that in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks would be lost.

Suddenly, Cao Zhen's ears involuntarily echoed what he said on the night before his adoptive father Cao Cao died: Kong Ming and a scholar had no experience in fighting on the battlefield. The so-called trick to make the Liang army defeated was just his wishful thinking. The horse butcher was as cunning as a fox in a long battle, how could he fall into his plan?

"Lord." Zhuge Liang bowed his hand and replied in a stern voice, "At this point, I can only wait and see what's going on."

Chaisang, on the shore of Poyang Lake.

A small boat was bathing in the setting sun, swaying gently with the wind and the river wind. Zhou Yu was wearing a blue shirt and sitting alone on the bow of the boat. A bamboo flute was placed on his mouth. The melodious sound of the flute was like crying and complaining. It was as if the river wind was lying in detail, just like a pair of lovers snuggling together, whispering. At this moment, Zhou Yu's eyes showed unprecedented melancholy...

Suddenly, Xiao Qiao's slim figure floated in front of Zhou Yu again, hiding in the hazy clouds and fog, and Zhou Yu was fascinated by the charm of his smile.

"Grandmaster, Governor..."

A sudden call suddenly sounded, bringing Zhou Yu back to reality. The melodious flute sound suddenly stopped. Xiao Qiao's figure of a clever smile turned into ripples in an instant, and he never saw him again. Zhou Yu sighed as if he was lost, and slowly turned around. He saw a walking boat as if flying, and a man stood in the bow of the boat in the wind. It was Lu Meng.

When the two ships were close, Lu Meng jumped and gently jumped over Zhou Yu's stern last year.

Zhou Yu smiled faintly and asked without looking back: "Zi Ming, I think the battle in Jingzhou has ended?"

Lu Meng bent over the tent, came to Zhou Yu and stood firm, responded respectfully: "The Grand Commander predicted things like a god, and the battle in Jingzhou has indeed ended."

Zhou Yu said: "The result must be that the Liang army occupied Nanjun and Jiangxia, and the entire Chu army retreated to Jingnan."

Lu Meng sighed and said, "The Grand Governor never leaves his home, but he knows everything about the world. He will be convinced."

Zhou Yu said sadly: "Zhuge Liang, the commander of the Chu army, is just a scholar. The so-called failure is too natural. In the end, it is expected to be unbeaten. If you think seriously, the Chu army was actually defeated. After all, it was lost to Jiangbei Nanjun and Jiangxia. But then again, if someone else was the commander of the Chu army, the result would only be worse. Zhuge Liang saved at least 30,000 elite Chu army soldiers."
Chapter completed!