As soon as this idea came up, Cao Cao couldn't help but think about this matter, and he began to weigh the pros and cons.

Cao Cao thought: "Disposing Cai Mao and Zhang Yun with military law can eliminate the resentment of his generals. Maybe it can really boost morale and shock other surrendered generals in Jingzhou. It can be said that they kill two birds with one stone."

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun knelt in the hall. After being scolded by Cao Cao a few times, they were so scared that they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

I didn't hear Cao Cao talking for a long time, and I couldn't help but wonder. When I took a peek, I happened to see Cao Cao's face changing, and it seemed that there was something difficult to decide.

Cai Mao suddenly remembered the words of Cao Cao who asked them to make meritorious deeds after the last defeat in the war, and felt a bad feeling in his heart. At this moment, Cao Cao had already made a decision and decided to take the opportunity to get rid of Cai and Zhang.

Cao Cao did not drag on the slut, took out the fake letter and threw it in front of Cai Mao, and said sarcastically: "If you are skilled in your army, I will offer my head to Zhou Lang!" Cai and Zhang didn't know what to do, and they were panicked and could not answer.

Since Cao Cao wanted to kill them, he did not give him a chance to defend himself. He drank the warrior and took him to kill him. In a moment, he offered his head to the tent.

When the generals saw Cao Cao suddenly killed Zhang and Cai, most of them were shocked, and many of them were gloating and secretly happy, and they all came in to ask the reason.

Although Cao Cao deliberately fell into a trap, he could not say it clearly. He had to say to the generals: "The two of them lost their troops and humiliated the country and neglected the military law. I will kill them." Everyone sighed.

Before Cao Cao's southern expedition, he trained the navy in Xuanwu Pond, using Mao Jie and Yu Jin as the main general. This time he used the two as the navy commander-in-chief to replace the positions of Cai and Zhang.

After carefully investigating the news of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun being killed, he reported to Jiangdong. Zhou Yu was overjoyed when he heard about it.

Zhou Yu's plan this time was because his childhood classmate Jiang Gan came to be a lobbyist and improvised it.

Due to the hasty time, insufficient preparations, and not rigorous strategies, I didn’t have much hope, and I had more ideas in my heart to disgust and anger Cao Cao.

But what he unexpectedly expected was that Cao Cao was furious and killed Cai Mao without thinking, and Zhang Yun was unexpectedly happy!

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are not famous generals. If they were not too disparate from Cao Cao's troops, it would not be too difficult to defeat them.

But after all, they were the commanders of the Jingzhou naval army and were proficient in water wars. Once they died, the Jingzhou naval army would be in charge of the leader and its combat effectiveness would be reduced by another level, which was equivalent to eliminating the threat of water wars.

Zhou Yu sent generals to fight to disturb Cao's army every day, while he focused on deducing tactics, training military formations, stocking up objects, and preparing for fire attacks.

This time, Zhou Yu was not sure about using the plan and did not make any statement. Only his confidants knew that Zhou Yu could only be proud of it.

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Although Liu Bei's army in Fankou seemed to be a three-way army, he was actually the most vulnerable side of the three-way army. He worked hard every day to train and wait for the decisive battle to come.

Because of his experience in the dream world, Ma Su's horizons were broadened and he attached great importance to the collection of intelligence. He had a layout of intelligence personnel in various places at a very early age.

Because he was familiar with the Battle of Chibi, Ma Su was very interested in what tactics Cao Cao adopted and paid close attention to the movements of Cao's army.

Cao Cao gathered hundreds of thousands of troops on the riverside. Since his first small defeat with Zhou Yu, there has been no movement. He only asked Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to train his troops every day, and there was no sign of attack.

Not long after, what surprised Ma Su was that the plot of "Jiang Gan stealing a book" actually appeared!

In the dream world, he and his classmates once talked about the Battle of Chibi, and agreed that Jiang Gan's stealing of books might happen, but it would be impossible to get Cao Cao to a trap.

Because with Cao Cao's IQ, he could figure it out with his toes that it would be impossible for the two of them to betray him and connect with Jiangdong!

Since Cai Mao and Zhang Yun had already encouraged Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao, they were naturally to gain a good future. Now that Cao Cao has given them high-ranking officials, it is impossible for Sun Quan from Jiangdong to give him better treatment.

Ma Su's early layout played a role, and various news came one after another showed that Cao Cao seemed to have given up competing for power with Zhou Yu on the water.

Since his first defeat in the water battle, Cao Cao was trapped and killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun by chance. He has been banning the battle card. Zhou Yu sent people to invite the battle many times, but Cao's army ignored it.

Ma Su was also wondering, was Cao Cao really just overwhelmed by a large army, waiting for Sun Quan to surrender?

This is obviously not possible! So many people consume food and grass, and Cao Cao can't afford it after a long time. Ma Su guessed that Cao Cao should be preparing to use his ultimate move!

Some sporadic news came from Jiangling that Cao Ren hired a large number of rafters in Jiangling and made a large number of wooden rafts and bamboo rafts. Now some of the wooden rafts have flowed down to Cao Cao's camp.

However, Cao Cao did not use these wooden rafts to expand and strengthen the previous camps, but instead used these wooden rafts to set up another water camp. He trained his own naval army on the wooden rafts every day, regardless of the provocations of the Jiangdong naval army.

Although the Cao army could not fight in the water, it was still more than enough to defend the camp!

Once the Jiangdong Navy's ships approached the camp, Cao Cao would shoot thousands of arrows at once, and long-range attacks such as catapults also hit him, and the Jiangdong Navy was helpless.

Although Ma Su's detailed work did not find out what these wooden rafts were used for, Ma Su had a bold guess in his mind, that is, Cao Cao might have to use a large number of wooden rafts to build a floating bridge to cross the river.

Although this project is huge, there is no problem with Cao Cao's manpower and financial resources. Ma Su couldn't help but be shocked by Cao Cao's big moves!

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Although Cao Cao deliberately fell into a trap and killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, although the military atmosphere was clear and the training was even more hard.

But there is no airtight wall in the world. In the end, the Prime Minister was hit by Zhou Yu's plan and mistakenly killed Cai Mao. Zhang Yun's message still appeared in the army, which made Cao Cao very dull.

Seeing that the army's training was successful, the soldiers were walking on flat ground on the ships and wooden rafts. As long as the pontoon bridge was successfully built, it would not be too difficult to cross the river.

But the news brought by Cao Ren was not optimistic. The floating bridge they tried to build on the river with wooden rafts was useless. Thousands of people would fall apart after the past and they would have to be rebuilt.

Even if the first thing that passed by was the most elite troops, if the subsequent army did not cross the river continuously, it would be driven off the Yangtze River by Zhou Yu.

Although the ropes for thickening and tying were increased, there was still not much improvement, which made Cao Cao very anxious...

It is the dry season in winter. Not only does the water surface narrow, but the water flow is also much slower. It is the best season to force the river to cross the river.

Once the war cannot end as soon as possible, it will be delayed until next spring, the rain will increase and the southeast wind will blow. At that time, if you want to cross the river, it will be more difficult, so you may have to retreat!
Chapter completed!