My father-in-law Guan Yu, I persuaded Liu Bei to launch a surprise attack on Xiangyang at the beginn

Chapter 62 This is the confidence for the lord to punch Cao Cao and kick Sun Quan!

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up.

Wei Yan's beacon tower plan had been bothering him for days, and now this Lu Meng was claiming to have a plan that could break it?
"Ziming, what's your good plan? Tell me about it."

Zhou Yu's face showed great interest, and he gestured for Lu Meng to sit down and serve him tea.

Lu Meng symbolically took a sip of tea and said in a low voice:
"Although Jingzhou and Jiangdong are sworn enemies, their trade has never ceased. Soldiers join the army simply to earn a living. As the saying goes, money can..."

Lu Meng then told Zhou Yu his plan.

Zhou Yu's brows gradually opened to smile, and the gloom on his face cleared up, and he suddenly felt enlightened.

"Great! Ziming's plan is truly brilliant!"

Zhou Yu clapped his hands in admiration and said:

"Ziming, I didn't expect you to have such wisdom and strategy. No wonder the Lord made such an exception to promote you."

"My lord's ability to judge people and his discerning eye for talent is truly admirable."

Zhou Yu naturally understood the ways of the world.

Lu Meng was a close confidant promoted by Sun Quan. When Zhou Yu praised Lu Meng, he also did not forget to praise Sun Quan.

Hearing Zhou Yu's praise, Lu Meng's mouth corners rose slightly, but he did not dare to be arrogant. He was busy with self-deprecating humility.

"Ok, deal!"

Zhou Yu then made the final decision and pointed at Lu Meng:
"Ziming, since you came up with this plan, you should execute it. Go and prepare quickly."

"As soon as Cao Cao retreats, I will march westward and launch a surprise attack on Xiakou."

"If we can easily take Xiakou in this battle, you, Lü Ziming, will be the main contributor!"

Lu Meng was secretly delighted and gladly accepted the order.

Zhou Yu stood up and walked outside the hall, standing with his hands behind his back, his eyes half-open and half-closed as he looked towards Xiangyang.

"Liu Xuande, do you think that if you defeat Cao Cao, Jingzhou will be yours?"

"You, Liu Qi, and Liu Cong, the three Lius, I will wipe you out together!"

"I, Zhou Yu, will complete the work that Bofu has left unfinished. As long as I am here, Jingzhou will only have the surname Sun in the future."

A determined sneer sounded.

...

Xiangyang, water camp on the south bank.

"Zhang Wenyuan, with eight hundred cavalrymen, managed to force Sun Zhongmou to flee?"

In the central army tent, Liu Bei studied the intelligence from Huainan and was amazed.

Guan Yu, Xu Shu and others in the tent were all shocked.

Liu Bei then circulated the information to everyone.

There was a lot of surprise in the tent.

According to the original plan, if Sun Quan marched into Hefei with 40,000 troops, Zhang and Li Dian of Liao would have to retreat and hold the city firmly.

Who would have thought that Zhang Liao would dare to take the initiative to attack and charge the Jiangdong army with 800 cavalrymen.

No one expected that Sun Quan would be so weak and the Jiangdong army would be so weak that they were defeated at the first charge.

This ending was really beyond everyone's expectations.

"Sun Jian was a legendary general, but Sun Quan turned out to be so useless. He truly is like a tiger father and a dog son!"

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful beard and expressed his contempt for Sun Quan.

Xu Shu studied the information for a while, then said:

"From my observation of this battle, it's not that the Jiangdong army is weak, but rather that Sun Quan's command was flawed."

"He clearly doesn't know his own army's weaknesses, and has no idea how to counter Zhang Liao's cavalry-driven tactics."

"Not knowing himself, nor the enemy, this Lord of Jiangdong truly knows nothing about military affairs."

The master and his ministers expressed their own opinions, but they all agreed on one thing:

Sun Quan doesn't know how to fight!
"My Lord, I remember that Bowen had predicted that Sun Quan would be defeated by Zhang Liao."

"Now it seems that the outcome of the Hefei battle was completely within Bowen's expectations."

Liu Bei was shocked and suddenly remembered this matter.

Xu Shu was also surprised and looked at Liu Bei hurriedly: "My lord, did Bo Wen really predict that Sun Quan would be defeated by Zhang Liao in Hefei?"

"It's true."

Liu Bei nodded heavily and said with emotion:

"When Bo Wen learned that Sun Zhongmou was going to personally lead the army to attack Hefei, he said that Sun Zhongmou was good at political schemes but poor at military strategy, and that going to Hefei was to give credit to Zhang Wenyuan."

"At that time, we still had doubts. We thought that Sun Zhongmou's father and brother were both powerful generals in the world, and he led an army ten times larger than the enemy to Hefei. Even if he couldn't take Hefei, he wouldn't be defeated."

"Unexpectedly, the ending was just as Bowen expected."

"Now it seems that Bo Wen not only knows Jingzhou like the back of his hand, but also has a clear understanding of Jiangdong, thousands of miles away, and Sun Zhongmou."

Xu Shu suddenly understood, and a look of admiration appeared on his face.

"Come on, everyone, let's go there in person and tell Bowen the news."

"I heard from Zilong that Bowen has been working as a carpenter in his tent these past few days. He's been hammering away with Yinping, and I don't know what he's trying to build. We might as well go and take a look."

Liu Bei stood up and left the tent, taking Guan Yu and his men with him, and headed towards Xiao He's tent in the heavy autumn rain.

Soon, the group arrived outside a military tent.

Liu Bei lifted a corner of the curtain and saw sawdust all over the floor, with a wooden object placed in the middle.

Xiao Hezheng rolled up his sleeves and started hammering at the thing, while Guan Yinping assisted him beside him.

"What on earth are you building?"

Guan Yinping handed over the tools and asked with a blank look in her almond-shaped eyes.

"This thing of mine is something that can help you, my lord, to gain the whole of Jingzhou with just a small corner of Xiangyang."

Xiao He didn't even raise his head, but kept tapping with his hands.

Guan Yinping was stunned, her eyes rolling around, but she was completely confused.

"Such a strange thing could actually help my uncle conquer the entire Jingzhou? I don't believe it..."

Guan Yinping started mumbling.

Outside the big tent.

When Liu Bei and his companions heard what Xiao He said, their expressions brightened up.

After looking at each other, Liu Bei walked in with everyone.

"Done!"

Xiao He took the last swing of the hammer, threw it to the ground, and let out a long sigh.

"Bowen, what strange thing have you made?"

Liu Bei's voice sounded behind him.

When Xiao He turned around, he saw Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others, shaking off the rain stains on their bodies and walking towards him with curiosity on their faces.

"My Lord, you have come just in time. I have just finished making this thing and was just planning to present it to you sometime."

Xiao He rolled down his sleeves, pointed at the "miracle weapon", and explained with a smile:
"Recently, the Lord raided the Cai and Kuai clans and obtained hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain and fodder, alleviating our urgent need for food and fodder."

"But this food will eventually run out, and then we'll have to use the small corner of Xiangyang to feed tens of thousands of mouths, so we can defend against Cao Cao in the north and take Jiangling in the south."

"The grain tax collected from the existing farmland is not enough to feed so many people and horses. We must reclaim new fields from the wasteland."

"This plow was used by my master and I when we were studying and farming in the mountains. I decided to make this plow by imitating it, so I could present it to the lord and distribute it to the people to cultivate new fields."

Liu Bei's eyes lit up and he looked at Guan Yu and others.

Several people looked at him in surprise, obviously not expecting that Xiao He actually understood agriculture and had the ability to make farm tools.

Liu Bei came from a humble background and was not a nobleman who was ignorant of the world. Although he had never worked in the fields, he had seen a plow and a harrow.

But the plow in front of him seemed quite different from the plow he remembered.

"Bowen, why does this plow of yours look slightly different than I remembered?"

Suspicion flashed across Liu Bei's eyes, and he kept looking at the plow.

Xiao He smiled, patted the plow and said:
"The plow your lord is familiar with is a straight-beam plow. The plow I made is called a curved-beam plow, so it's naturally different."

Quyuanli?
An unheard-of name!

Liu Bei's eyes became more curious, and he asked hurriedly:
"Then what's the difference between your curved... curved plow, Bowen, and a straight plow?"

(End of this chapter)