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  "Master Yuanzhí." Liu Feng and Liu Qi stood up at the same time.

  Xu Shou's face, which was still pale and tired just a day ago, now had a hint of excitement, as if today's meeting had given him an injection of enthusiasm.

  "Mr. Xu, I heard from Ah Feng that Zhou Yu is planning to sail upstream and head west to fight a decisive battle with Cao's army at Red Cliff?" Liu Qi asked again to make sure.

  Xu Shu also understood what Liu Qi was worried about, so he explained Zhou Yu's battle plan again. Even Xu Shu, a wise and resourceful strategist, agreed with it, and Liu Qi finally put his mind at ease one hundred percent.

  "People say that Zhou Yu is the number one strategist in Jiangdong, and now it seems to be true. Alas, unfortunately, those advisors like Kuai Yue by my father's side are all just famous in name only, they couldn't see the importance of Lu Kou, if we had known how important this place was earlier, these years of fighting against Jiangdong wouldn't have been so passive."

  From this comment on "the first wise general", it can be seen that Liu Qi's hostility towards Zhou Yu has been greatly reduced.

  Xu Shu sneered: "Kuai Yue's followers are only skilled in politics, but when it comes to military strategy, they are not worth mentioning. However, the reason why Zhou Yu chose Red Cliff as the location for the decisive battle is not simply because of defending Lukou."

  Xu Shu's expression and words seemed to imply something, and Liu Feng realized that he must have more to say, so he asked: "Then, in your opinion, Mr., apart from defending Lukou, what other reasons does Zhou Yu have for this move?"

  Xu Shu turned his gaze to Liu Qi: "Young Master Zide, having been born and raised in Jingzhou since childhood, you must be familiar with the geography of Jingzhou. You should know about Wulin, shouldn't you?"

  "Wulin! Could it be that he..." Liu Feng's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

  Liu Qi didn't know why Xu Shu suddenly asked this, and he stroked his chin, muttering: "Wulin is a place that I passed by several times when I went to Jiangling a few years ago. It seems that there is a dry road that can go through Yunmengze to Jiangling, but the place is muddy and cold, and I didn't get off the boat to take a look before."

  As he spoke, Liu Qi's eyes suddenly lit up: "Right, the southern bank opposite Wulin is precisely Red Cliff!"

  Xu Shu burst out laughing and stopped teasing: "Zhou Yu occupied the Red Cliffs, so Cao Cao had to set up camp on the north bank at Wulin. By setting up camp in a place that violates the principles of warfare, he was already at a disadvantage from the start. This is the second layer of meaning behind Zhou Yu's occupation of the Red Cliffs."

  Xu Shu said that it was consistent with the prediction of the mysterious person in the note, but what puzzled Liu Feng was why Xu Shu didn't mention the second reason when he met Zhou Yu at first?

  "Master Yuanzhao, I was also present when you met with Zhou Yu. Why did you only mention one reason?" Liu Feng asked suspiciously.

  The corners of his mouth slightly raised, a hint of slyness flashed across his angular face, and Xushu chuckled dryly: "I deliberately didn't make it clear, naturally I didn't want to steal the limelight from that Zhou Da Dudu. This time resisting Cao's army, we still have to rely mainly on Zhou Yu and his Wu army. As for this face, of course, we have to give enough to them."

  Liu Feng suddenly realized that Xu Shu was not unable to see through, but rather intentionally did not speak. Thinking back to when he had read those notes earlier and had even lamented that Xu Shu's strategy was inferior to Zhou Yu, now knowing the truth, Liu Feng couldn't help but secretly mock himself.

  Liu Qi did not participate in that conversation earlier and knew nothing about the contest between the wise men, of course, this was also not what he was interested in.

  "Since the Wu people are determined to fight against Cao Cao, we'd be happy to sit back and watch the two tigers fight each other. I wonder when Uncle will return to Xia Kou, so that he and I can discuss our plan to jointly resist the Northern Cao army."

  Xu Shu shook his head: "The lord will not return to Xia Kou for the time being. He has decided to go to Red Cliff with Zhou Yu and participate in the Battle of Red Cliff in person."

  "Hmm, he's clever. If he didn't personally participate in the Battle of Red Cliffs, what qualifications would he have to share the spoils of victory after the war?"

  Liu Feng was confident, but Liu Qi was shocked: "The Western Cao army is powerful. Even if Zhou Yu occupies the strategic location, it's not necessarily a sure win. Why must Uncle take personal risks?"

  "The Red Cliff is the main battlefield, if we win this battle but our lord doesn't participate in it, then the great achievement of resisting Cao will be snatched away by the people of Wu. After the war, we will lose more speaking rights on the issue of retaking Jingzhou. Our lord has no choice but to do so."

  Xu Shu's explanation was in line with Liu Feng's speculation, but Liu Qi obviously didn't think it through that far. As soon as he heard this, he became anxious: "Mr. Yuan Zhi, what do you mean by this? Didn't we secretly agree to ally with Wu and resist Cao, a 'one stone two birds' plan? Once the Cao army is defeated, we would attack the Wu people from behind and drive both the wolf and tiger out of Jingzhou together. Why has Uncle suddenly changed his mind?"

  This so-called 'one stone, two birds' plan was just a makeshift excuse that Liu Feng came up with on the spot because he didn't want Liu Bei to turn against Liu Qi and do something drastic. He didn't expect that after all these days, Liu Qi still hadn't figured out the loophole in it.

  Liu Feng coughed lightly, picked up his cup and bowed his head to drink tea, kicking this difficult problem of round lies to Xushu.

  Xu Shou couldn't help but smile wryly: "Plans always can't keep up with changes, do you remember that yesterday we received the intelligence brought back by Sun Gongyu, saying that Wu Hou appointed Cheng Pu as the Right Commander-in-Chief?"

  Liu Feng put down his teacup, a curious look in his eyes: "Of course I remember, but Mr. Wu's analysis of this move is to use Cheng Pu to control Zhou Yu, what connection is there between these two things?"

  "Of course, it's related. Wu Zhi's this time advance, with Zhou Yu leading 20,000 people as the main force, to seize Red Cliff. And Cheng Pu's 10,000 people, were deployed as a second army group, stationed downstream of Lukou, nominally to protect the grain path for Zhou Yu's army. In my opinion, Cheng Pu's deployment like this, monitoring and restricting Zhou Yu is only one layer of intention, another layer of intention, mostly..."

  "It's meant to guard against us!" Before Xu Shu could finish speaking, Liu Feng suddenly realized and blurted out.

  Xu Shu sneered coldly: "That's exactly what I mean. Cheng Pu's naval forces are stationed downstream of Lukou, not only can they monitor the movements of our army on the Xia Kou side, but also cooperate with Zhou Yu's army to encircle and guard Lukou. As long as Lukou is in their hands, the grain route of the Wu army at the front line can be transported through land and water, bypassing Xia Kou and maintaining contact with Chai Sang. Master Zi De, will we have a chance to counterattack later?"

  Xu Shu's words left Liu Qi speechless, his expression once again becoming anxious. "If that's the case, then won't the final outcome be just like what I was worried about before? Hasn't it turned into shutting the front gate to keep out the tiger, only to invite in the wolf through the back door?"

  Xu Shou's eyebrows slightly trembled as he looked at him with an expression that seemed to be brewing up a new excuse to deceive Liu Qi.

  Liu Feng could no longer bear it. In his heart, he felt that Liu Qi had been sincere in treating them well, but due to the pressure of survival, they had repeatedly deceived him openly and secretly, taking advantage of him. Now, Liu Qi only had 2-3 thousand soldiers left, and all the important positions in Jiangxia County had been replaced by their people. Having reached this point, they still dared to deceive him like a clown, which Liu Feng felt was a bit too much.

  Liu Feng hastily comforted him, his face calm and composed: "The ways of the world are unpredictable, and things don't always go as planned. Elder brother, let it go, at this point we can only take things one step at a time."

  Liu Qi fell into silence, remaining still for a long time, shaking his head and letting out a deep sigh.

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