Chapter 3562 Is there no cure?

Jiangling area.

Zhuge Liang looked at the burned old military camp on the north bank and frowned.

Destruction is always easier than construction, and there is nothing wrong with this sentence no matter where it is.

The burned military camp on the north bank was the water camp of the Jiangdong Army before. Now it has been burned and destroyed, it has become ruins.

Obviously, no matter how combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong Navy is, at least there is no problem in selecting the water village.

The location of this ruin is the best place to go to the village. There are either problems here or there are some shortcomings in other places.

But if we really want to rebuild a new military camp on this ruin...

That would be too troublesome.

Not to mention whether there is so much manpower and time to clear the remaining ruins and debris. Just talking about Cao Zhen’s troops who are eyeing the land, it is impossible for Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang to have any ample effort to rebuild the water camp.

Cao Zhen's decisiveness surprised Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang, but also felt it was difficult.

Now Cao Zhen gave up fighting against the Sichuan and Shu naval army on the north bank of Jiangling, but directly burned the original remaining Jiangdong water camp and retreated directly to the land.

Cao Zhen led not many naval forces, so it is impossible to rely on warships on the water surface to intercept Sichuan and Shu naval forces like the Jiangdong naval forces. If he continues to fight against Sichuan and Shu naval forces on the river, he is likely to be eaten part of it today and a part of it will be reduced tomorrow, and he will be defeated in the end.

After Cao Zhen gave up the water camp, he gained the initiative instead.

Next to Jiangling is Yunmengze.

Although Yunmengze is shrinking due to the accumulation of mud and sand, even if it is shrinking by nearly half, it is still a huge land. Cao Zhen hid the remaining naval warships into Yunmengze, and Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang have the ability to reach the sky, and they cannot find it.

The current situation is that if Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang rebuilt the burned water camp or choose another place to build the forward base on the north bank, they may be attacked by Cao Zhen's naval fleet at any time.

It is OK to guard against thieves in one day, but there is no reason to guard against thieves in a thousand days.

Cao Zhen is now delaying time.

If Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang attacked Jiangling City without caring about it, they would be attacked by Cao's army sideways. Moreover, although the Jiangdong Navy retreated, it does not mean that it is impossible to dispatch again.

No matter what dynasty it is, it is very difficult to fall into the open conspiracy of exchanging space for time.

Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang could either design to fish out the hidden Cao Zhen’s naval army first and then destroy it so that they could attack Jiangling boldly, or they could only move forward step by step steadily.

But now, Cao Zhen is obviously not that easy to catch...

Do you have to work hard? It’s nothing to consume time, it’s mainly a waste of manpower and material resources.

After all, the supply line was too long when we came from Sichuan and Shu along the river.

Just when Zhuge Liang could not think of any two-dimensional method, Cai's people appeared...

Xu Huang didn't know the Cai family, but he knew that Zhuge Liang knew, so he asked someone to find Zhuge Liang who was thinking about countermeasures by the river.

When Zhuge Liang was under Lushan, he also met Cai An, but he did not have much contact with each other. However, Zhuge Liang could tell the authenticity of the secret letter from the elder Cai.

"This letter will become true in eight."

Zhuge Liang didn't say he was dead, but there was basically no problem.

"It's a pity that there is no Jiangling defense map..." Xu Huang nodded, somewhat regretful.

After all, they are now facing Jiangling's opponent Cao Zhen, not Cao Ren in Xiangyang.

Zhuge Liang also nodded.

However, there is nothing to blame for the Cai family. After all, judging from the current situation of the Cai family, they cannot get Jiangling's defense map.

『Xiangyang, Fangling.』 Xu Huang looked at the defense map sent by Cai, "Kong Ming, what do you think?"

Zhuge Liang looked at the defense map and suddenly an idea came out. He raised his head and revealed the vitality and vitality of the young man. "General, since you have this map, you might as well take a feint to attack Jiangling and attack Fangling sideways!"

Xu Huang frowned and said, "Would it be too risky? From now on, you may not be able to hide from the guard post in the mountains of Cao Jun! If you are not careful, you may be..."

Zhuge Liang shook his head, stepped forward, and pointed to a place on the map, "not from here, but... from here!"

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While Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang were about to punch a left hook, Liu Xie, who was in the Xu County Palace, stared at a painting that could not be completed on the table, looked at the crooked bamboo, and hesitated while holding the pen.

A drop of ink beads dripped off the tip of the pen, soaking it into a diffuse ink mark on the paper.

"This is Guanzhong paper...

Liu Xie suddenly sighed and threw the pen on the table.

Thanks to Feiqian's vigorous development of some daily necessities, not only those precious spices and exquisite clothes, but also mid- and low-end products like paper, were also welcomed and used in the Central Plains of Dahan.

Of course, this kind of "middle and low-end" is still the middle and low-end of the children of the gentry, and ordinary people still cannot afford this kind of paper. For the people, the cheapest piece of paper requires one or two copper coins, which is better to buy a bowl of light soup cakes to eat.

The little yellow gate silently stepped forward to clean up the table, and Liu Xie looked into the distance with his hands behind his back in front of the window.

Before I knew it, there were actually too many things in Shandong, all of which were using Guanzhong goods...

How to fight, how to fight, how to fight?

Just this paper, if Guanzhong will no longer provide it later, can Liu Xie adapt?

Without paper, there is no painting.

How about continuing to paint on the stone slab?

Liu Xie picked up the jade halberd hanging from his waist and stroked the coldness of the jade halberd with his fingers, just like the cold night in memory.

The spring night that year seemed particularly humid and cold.

He saw himself in the bronze mirror. His thin face overlapped with the appearance in the bronze mirror, and he couldn't tell who was the living and who was the dead.

He gave up a lot for this throne...

Even including his original ideals and emotions in his heart.

Liu Xie still remembers that Dong Cheng brought him a rare pot of red peonies. Under the layers of petals, there was a pressing echo of loyalty. "Do your Majesty remember the fire in the sixth year of Zhongping? I am willing to be a firewood."

Cold sweat broke out in Liu Xie's palm.

Of course, he remembered how the flames at the age of nine swallowed Jian Shuo's screams, and the bloody smell that Dong Zhuo cut the Zhongping sword in front of him.

He fought hard, but failed.

'My crown has twelve jade strings...' Liu Xie whispered to himself, 'But I can always see two shadows...'

A cold light was Cao Cao's sword, which always stood between him and the court.

The other one is in Guanzhong...

When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao started the war, many people thought Cao Cao would lose, and secretly told Liu Xie that he could show goodwill to Yuan Shao earlier, but Liu Xie felt that how could a guy who could not even tolerate his younger brother could tolerate the trapped dragon of the Han Dynasty?

So what about now?

Liu Xie also felt that Fei Qian could not accommodate him...

Fei Qian seemed to be building a new world, and he was the old emperor of the Han Dynasty.

The little yellow door whispered beside him: "Your Majesty... the table is cleaned up."

Liu Xie recovered from distractedness. When he saw the table cleaned up again, he walked back and was silent for a moment. "Can the table clean up again... Can the big man do it?"

Xiao Huangmen lowered his head and shrank his neck.

Nowadays, Liu Xie can understand some of Cao Cao’s ideas.

For example, I issued an edict to Zhao Yun for reward.

Liu Xie also wanted to see if Zhao Yun would answer and how Fei Qian would react.

"Heluo...what has any recent reports?"

Liu Xie asked Xiaohuangmen.

Xiaohuangmen shook his head and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I haven't received any new news in the past two days...but..."

"But what?" Liu Xie glanced at the little yellow gate, "You have been with me for so long, do you still need to be so careful?"

The little yellow gate whispered: "I heard that... the cavalry army has left Hangu Pass... is preparing to attack Luoyang..."

"Luoyang." Liu Xie seemed to have repeated these two words without any emotion.

Luoyang seems to be a place that makes Liu Xie obsessed with him, but he is also afraid to remember him.

"You think... who can win?" After a while, Liu Xie couldn't help asking this question again, but after asking, Liu Xie laughed at himself and waved his hand, "It's okay, go and do it..."

The little yellow gate swallowed, thanked him, and then stepped down.

Before, Liu Xie thought that it would be best if Cao Cao could lose both sides with Fei Qian, but now he understood that the possibility of losing both sides was very small, so small that it could almost be ignored.

Even if there is a temporary stalemate, one side will eventually lose.

If both sides are indeed evenly matched, then there will be no war easily.

It's like a beast meeting each other in the jungle, with a loud roar, but not many cases of real fights.

Unless the other party really invades his own territory.
To be continued...