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When Cao's army and the Liangjiang coalition forces confronted each other in Chibi, Jiangling was not calm. Liu Bei personally led 20,000 troops to station in the Yangtze River, staring at Jiangling City on the north bank. On the one hand, he raised the flag to unite Wu to fight Cao, and on the other hand, he was also eager to retake Jiangling City.

But the bleak reality lies in front of Liu Bei. Although he has ambitions, there is no possibility of achieving it. Liu Bei's army has no ships to cross the river, so he can only sigh at the river.

It is precisely for this reason that Cao Cao did not take Liu Bei's army seriously from the beginning. The ships within a few miles of the south bank of the Yangtze River had been plundered by Cao's army, and all the craftsmen and boatmen who could build ships were also captured by Cao's army.

Faced with the dilemma of not being able to cross the river, Liu Bei was helpless except for his anger and sigh. Although he also temporarily built dozens of small boats, he could not solve the problem of the army's need to cross the river.

However, just when Liu Bei was almost desperate, an opportunity came quietly.

At the fifth hour, a small boat rowed from the Yangtze River and gradually approached the south bank. This is one of the fifty new boats built by Liu Bei's army. This kind of boat is very similar to the most common fishing boat in the southern rivers. It can navigate in ordinary rivers, but it is a life-threatening life to cross the surging Yangtze River.

Liu Bei used it as a scout boat and put twenty into the Yangtze River, but in just ten days, there were only one of the remaining boats. At this time, the boat rowed from the Yangtze River was one of the remaining boats.

There were two Liu Bei military detectives on the boat, both of whom were of superb boating skills. It was with their superb water skills that they could cross the Yangtze River repeatedly.

"Password"

As the boat gradually approached the shore, a stern shout came from the shore, and a patrol soldier discovered the boat.

"Expel Cao's Thief" the Explosion on the ship responded immediately.

The command is correct, and the soldiers on the shore changed their posture and stepped forward to help them dock. "Is it not easy for two brothers to come from the other side?"

"We are lucky today. There are not much wind and waves on the river. We have been crossing the river smoothly and we have received important information. We must report to the emperor immediately."

The two men reached the shore and lent them two horses by patrol. They rolled over and ran towards the barracks...

At this time, Liu Bei had already lie down and rested, but was woken up by the low call of his personal soldiers, "Uncle, the scout of the North Bank has returned and said he has received important information."

Liu Bei was excited and sat up, saying repeatedly: "Let them in quickly."

The lights in the tent lit up, and several personal soldiers brought two scouts into the tent. The two scouts knelt down and saluted, "Welcome to the Emperor's uncle"

"Tell me how the situation on the other side"

A tall scout reported: "Uncle Qi reported to the Emperor, an epidemic broke out in Cao's army on the other side. We received news that several people had died. People in the Cao army camp were in panic. Cao Ren had ordered the city gate and camp gate to close and no one was allowed to enter and exit."

"God really helps me"

Liu Bei was so surprised that he patted his forehead, and then his heart felt sad again. Without a boat crossing the river, he had no choice but to die even if Cao's army died.

"What else is there?" Liu Bei asked again without wanting to show depression in front of the soldiers.

Another scout replied: "Also, we found that there was a five-stone cargo ship on Jiangling Wharf, and there were only a few Cao's army guarding it. It happened that the wind and waves on the river were calm these days. We wanted to seize one, but we were afraid of shocking the emperor and ruining the great affairs of the emperor, so we did not dare to take action."

“You guys did a good job”

Liu Bei praised him and immediately ordered his personal soldiers to say, "Give each of them ten taels of gold, go down and have a good rest."

"Uncle Xie's reward"

The two scouts were overjoyed and kowtowed to thank him, so they followed their personal soldiers. At this time, Liu Bei was no longer sleepy and put on a thick robe and came to his military tent.

The sky in the east was already blue, the sky was bright, and the river breeze was strong, blew the flags of the camp. The weather was very cold, but early fire soldiers began to prepare for morning food.

The cold river wind blew Liu Bei's last trace of sleepiness without a trace. He walked into the big tent. The lights were lit in the military tent. Several personal soldiers came in with a brazier. The charcoal fire was burning vigorously, which immediately brought a warmth to the cold tent.

Ma Su, the chief clerk who was sleeping next door, also got up after hearing the news, placed a few letters on Liu's registration, and whispered: "I sent these few copies last night."

Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh. When he was in Nanjun, he had to review more than twenty copies of the discs delivered from all over the country every morning, but now there are only two copies left. This shows that his power has been drastically reduced, and the huge gap has really frustrated Liu Bei.

Liu Bei took the book and saw that the first letter turned out to be Zhuge Liang. He couldn't help but ask: "When will the military advisor's letter be sent?"

"It was probably delivered at an interval. Because there was no emergency sign, it did not disturb the rest of the emperor."

Zhuge Liang did not follow Liu Bei to the south bank of Jiangling. He did not agree with Liu Bei's action of seizing Jiangling. Zhuge Liang believed that it was not realistic to seize Jiangling now. Even if they crossed the river, they might not be able to capture Jiangling City, let alone they could not cross the river.

However, the cold water poured by Zhuge Liang could not stop Liu Bei's eagerness to recover Jiangling, which instead aroused Liu Bei's anger. He accused Zhuge Liang of not understanding the pain of his wife and children being captured, and angrily led his troops to Jiangling.

But at this time, Liu Bei had gradually calmed down, and he realized that Zhuge Liang's words were not wrong. More than a month passed and he could not cross the river.

Liu Bei sighed in his heart and opened Zhuge Liang's letter. Zhuge Liang told him good news in the letter that Jian Yong had successfully bribed the Golden Witch Girl. Under the induced sensation of the Golden Witch Girl, Liu Zhang was willing to form an alliance with Liu Bei to fight against the Cao army. He had sent envoys to Jingnan to negotiate.

This news made Liu Bei feel uncontrollable joy in his heart. He seized Bashu and achieved his foundation. It can be said that this was his greatest hope. He gave this matter full power to Zhuge Liang to operate, and now there has been progress.

Liu Bei continued to read again. In the letter, Zhuge Liang advised him to give up attacking Jiangling and increase his troops to build Ping County to prepare for entering Shu.

Liu Bei was a little hesitant at this time. Did he really give up seizing Jiangling? If it was yesterday, he might have considered giving up, but he had just obtained information from Cao Jun, and there was a chance. If he gave up, wouldn't it be a pity?

Liu Bei pondered for a long time and immediately ordered the soldiers, "Go and invite Mr. Pang."

Soon, Pang Tong rushed over. Although Liu Bei hated Pang Tong, Pang Ji wrote several letters to surrender to Cao Cao, but Pang Tong refused him firmly and angrily accused his uncle of betraying the master. This moved Liu Bei again, so he appointed him as the army and the military. This time, Liu Bei wanted to cross the river and seize Jiangling, so he brought Pang Tong.

Pang Tong bowed and bowed to the tent and said, "I am looking for the lord."

"There is no need to be too polite to the sage, please sit down."

Liu Bei casually put Zhuge Liang's letter next to the table and smiled: "Just just got the information from the scout. Cao's army had an epidemic and several people had died of illness. Cao's army was very panicked, and the scout also found that there was a five-stone cargo ship on the dock. I think this is an opportunity. I want to discuss with Shi Yuan how we can take advantage of this opportunity."

Pang Tong attaches great importance to the opportunity to go to war with Liu Bei. Although he did not agree with the capture of Jiangling, he could not find a better solution and could only do his best to help Liu Bei.

However, since a large-scale epidemic occurred in Cao's army, the morale of the army would inevitably be disintegrated, which is indeed a good opportunity.

Pang Tong pondered for a moment and said, "The key is to seize the cargo ship first. Weichen has a plan to see if the lord can adopt it."

Liu Bei was overjoyed, "Please say it"

"I have also investigated in the army during this period. I have found more than four soldiers who are good at swimming, and they can swim across the Yangtze River. The main reason is that the river is cold now, which is the biggest test for them. However, some soldiers said that if they apply ginger juice to the whole body, they can effectively resist the coldness of the river. My subordinates suggest that they swim across the river at night, and they can directly seize the cargo ship and return the ship. Then we cross the river overnight and try to send all the troops to the other side before dawn..."

"good"

Before Pang Tong could finish his words, Liu Bei exclaimed loudly, "Shi Yuan is indeed a person who is interested. It is indeed a brilliant plan to enable us to cross the river with a strange weapon."

Pang Tong smiled again: "Now the Yangtze River is mainly the supply fleet of Cao's army. The supply fleet of Cao's army just set out today, so there will be no ships in the river within two days. To be on the safe side, I suggest taking action tonight."

Liu Bei nodded. No matter what, he didn't want to give up this opportunity.

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At night, the river water rippled slightly and the waves were not big, but after entering the water, you could feel the huge surge of the river water. If you were not strong enough, you would be swept away by the undercurrent. More than four soldiers from Jingnan were on their bodies, swimming hard in the cold and bone-breathing river water and swimming towards the north bank of the Yangtze River.

But half an hour later, less than one soldier who finally arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River were left, and the rest of the soldiers were swallowed up by the ruthless Yangtze River water.

The scout's information was correct. The five-stone cargo ship was docked densely at the dock. The ship was undulating with the fluctuations of the river, and it was silent all around. Only from afar were Cao's patrols patrolling back and forth on the shore. Perhaps Cao's soldiers would never dream of the enemy swimming over to steal the ship.

The soldiers of Jingnan climbed onto the big ship one after another, each carrying a sharp dagger. They quickly controlled the boatman sleeping on the boat, swung the dagger to cut the cables, and cargo ships left the dock and drove towards the south bank with the wind.

Perhaps it was God's arrangement that would have destined to make Liu Bei lose his power. At this moment, a fleet appeared on the river, composed of more than five-stone cargo ships, and the ship was loaded with Cao army soldiers sailing towards Jiangling Wharf.

This fleet was originally transporting supplies to Wulin, Chibi, but it happened to meet Cao's army who had retreated from Chibi in half. At this time, Cao Cao was on the ship.

"There are ships in front." Cao's soldiers discovered the ships on the water and shouted immediately.

Seeing that Jiangling was about to reach Jiangling, Cao Cao did not fall asleep. He was standing on the bow of the boat waiting for the ship to sail to the dock. A soldier reported urgently: "Reported to the Prime Minister, many empty ships were found on the river, and they were about to sail to the south bank."

Cao Cao was stunned. He suddenly realized that it was someone stealing a boat. He immediately ordered: "Intercept all ships, and no ship is allowed to cross the river."
Chapter completed!