Another week passed.
In the Red Cliff Water Bandits, Ouyang Shuo finally waited for Zhou Yu and his entourage. Although the meeting was not a pleasant one, Ouyang Shuo was still very happy. He kept his promise and let Sun Quan return to the Red Cliff.
Zhou Yu was also a man of his word. Although he was loyal to the Sun Clan, and although he was very unwilling, he had no choice but to obey Ouyang Shuo and join Shanhai City.
Ouyang Shuo smiled in satisfaction and checked Zhou Yu's attributes.
[Name]: Zhou Yu (Imperial Level)
[Dynasty]: Late Eastern Han Dynasty
[Identity]: General of Shanhai City
[Occupation]: Special General
[Loyalty]: 60
[Commander]: 91 [Martial Power]: 68 [Intelligence]: 85 [Politics]: 85
[Specialty]: Proficient in both land and water (Increases naval power by 20, military morale by 30, strategy success rate by 30, enemy morale reduced by 15)
[Evaluation]: Gong Jin has the qualities of a king. Courageous and astute, knowledgeable in both civil and military matters, magnanimous and magnanimous. Once supported the country in his youth, only Zhou Yu was able to do so. A hero of the world, the husband of Jiang Zuo Feng. Qi Beidou, famous in Dong Yue Wu. Youth returned to the earth, making people sigh when he was mentioned.
Because he was forced to submit, Zhou Yu's loyalty was only 60 points, the lowest among the generals. If it was lower than 60 points, it meant that he was disloyal.
Ouyang Shuo was not worried about this.
After returning to the main map, Zhou Yu's loyalty would naturally rise. As someone who had been reborn, Ouyang Shuo knew very well that among the three heroes of the Three Kingdoms, only Liu Bei appeared in the wilderness.
Sun Quan and Cao Cao were both hidden in the wilderness and did not appear.
Without the Sun Clan on the main map, Ouyang Shuo had reason to believe that Zhou Yu would submit to Shanhai City's foundation and Ouyang Shuo's personal charm.
Ouyang Shuo wasn't on the same level as the Dragon Seeking Acupoint Technique and the others.
Among Zhou Yu's four-dimensional attributes, other than [Martial Power] which was on the low side, his other three attributes were all top-notch among the Imperial Generals. His [Commander] attribute had broken through the shackles of 90 points.
His [Politics] attribute was comparable to a civil official. Thus, Zhou Yu could be considered a scholarly general. Looking at his four-dimensional attributes, he was only one step away from becoming a Divine General.
Although there were many dazzling generals during the Three Kingdoms period, Gaia's evaluation system did not produce a single Divine General. Compared to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which was also a time of war, it was incomparable.
One of these points was that the generals of this period were more than brave and fierce, but their military thinking was slightly lacking.
Many of the generals of the Three Kingdoms were born in the wilderness, and some of them were not even considered poor. They did not have the opportunity to study the art of war, and could only slowly gain experience from the actual war. Therefore, they were not like the generals of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, who were not only good at war, but were also the founders and practitioners of the military doctrine.
Even the God of Slaughter, Bai Qi, was better at military affairs than Zhou Yu and the others.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao was the one who truly achieved military success.
Cao Cao was proficient in the art of war. He read the works of Sun Wu, Wu Qi and the other military strategists of the previous generation. Based on his study of the art of war, he wrote the book 'The Book of War'. His book 'Sun Tzu's Brief Explanations' was the first to organize and annotate the thirteen chapters of 'Sun Tzu'. It enriched and developed China's ancient military theory.
Unfortunately, Cao Cao was considered a human lord, and was not included in Gaia's evaluation system for generals. If not, Cao Cao would have been the most likely to be evaluated as a Divine General in the Three Kingdoms.
Below Cao Cao were Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin.
In the process of deifying Zhuge Liang in the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', Zhou Yu became a huge and solid stepping stone. The Zhou Yu in the novel was worlds apart from the real Zhou Yu in the historical novel.
The Zhou Yu in history was suave, handsome, and talented. He was far from the narrow-minded and jealous character described by Luo Guanzhong.
Zhou Yu's versatility made countless young girls and married women fall in love with him. Compared to Pan An, he was even better. Pan An only had looks, while Zhou Yu was talented and good-looking.
There was a poem to prove it: In order to gain Zhou Yu's attention, I often play the zither by mistake.
The real Zhou Yu was not only not narrow-minded, he was broad-minded.
The old general Cheng Pu relied on his seniority, at first he often bullied Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu did not mind. Later on Cheng Pu finally admired Zhou Yu from the bottom of his heart, he said, "Being friends with Zhou Gongjin is like drinking wine, without feeling drunk."
The poets of the Tang and Song dynasties all praised Zhou Yu. Su Shi praised him in 'Remembering Your Charming Maiden – Remembrance of the Crimson Cliffs', "Thinking back to Gongjin's years, little Qiao was married for the first time, looking valiant and heroic. With a feather fan and silk handkerchief, amidst conversation, the oars were reduced to ashes. "
Even Liu Bei said, "Gongjin's literary and military strategies are the cream of the crop. Although he is broad-minded, he will not be a subject for long."
Clearly, the description of him being narrow-minded was purely Luo Guanzhong's need to deify Zhuge Liang. Without Zhou Yu's narrow-mindedness and jealousy, how could he embody Zhuge Liang's heroic bearing?
The most eye-catching 'Zhuge Liang's Three Qi Zhou Yu' in the novel was complete nonsense.
Of course, Zhou Yu was not angered to death by Zhuge Liang. There were no traces of the 'Three Qi Zhou Yu'. After the Battle of the Crimson Cliffs, Zhou Yu was poisoned when he attacked Nanjun. When he reached Bachu, the arrow wound acted up and he died young.
Strictly speaking, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang were not on the same level at that time and could not be compared. When Zhou Yu helped Sun Wu establish River East, Kong Ming was still wandering and living in seclusion. When Zhou Yu's name shook River East and he became one of the founding fathers of the Sun family, Zhuge Liang was still far from making his debut.
This was not to belittle Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang was indeed talented, but it was after Zhou Yu's death that Zhuge Liang truly rose to prominence.
While Zhou Yu was recovering from his poisoning, he suggested Sun Quan to put Liu Bei under house arrest. At the same time, he formulated a military plan to attack Yizhou. This plan was approved by Sun Quan, but he died before it could be implemented.
It was foreseeable that if Zhou Yu had not died young, Shu Han would not have had a chance.
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Ouyang Shuo was well-versed in the history books and often applauded Zhou Yu's graceful bearing. It was not difficult to understand why Ouyang Shuo racked his brains to get Zhou Yu.
For Zhou Yu, Ouyang Shuo even gave up the opportunity to kill Sun Quan and end the war.
The position of naval admiral of the North Sea Bay Fleet was specially reserved by Ouyang Shuo for Zhou Yu.
… …
After accepting Zhou Yu, Ouyang Shuo released the five generals, Lu Su, Huang Gai, Lu Meng, Zhou Tai, and Gan Ning, and allowed them to meet Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu didn't know whether he should be happy or worried when he saw them again.
In this battle, the most outstanding generals of the River East Navy had been wiped out by Ouyang Shuo. They wouldn't be lonely after returning to the main map.
The River East faction would become a force to be reckoned with in Shanhai City's navy.
As for arrangements for Lu Su and the others, they would have to wait until they returned to the main map.
After the handover, the Shanhai fleet did not linger at Chibi. They immediately headed for Yiling.
They weren't going to Yiling to assist in the war, but to receive their rewards. In fact, the Battle of Chibi had already ended four days ago.
Baihua, Feng Qiuhuang, Di Chen, and the others had all returned to the main map.
Shanhai City was the last to be left behind.
The cause of the matter had to be traced back to the Battle of Yiling.
After Zhou Yu led his troops away, there was a disturbance within the Di Chen Corporation. The departure of the representative Zhou Yu not only weakened the strength of the army, but more importantly, affected the morale of the army.
Some of the lords were no longer as resolute and wavered. Especially the lords who weren't loyal to Di Chen, they didn't have much hope of winning the war.
Because of this, Di Chen had to speed up the preparations for the siege.
That day, Di Chen ordered the army to scavenge for rations for the last time. At the same time, a large number of laborers and craftsmen were needed to speed up the construction of siege weapons.
Time was tight, and the task was heavy.
A large number of soldiers were sent out, and the huge barracks became empty.
That afternoon, Baihua and Feng Qiuhuang, who had been patiently waiting, finally made their move. Once they made their move, they didn't leave any leeway, hoping to give the enemy a fatal blow at the most unlikely time.
In fact, they did.
At around three in the afternoon, the north gate that had been closed for half a month suddenly opened. Shanhai City, Lingxi City, Luo Feng City, and Wan Shi City, a total of more than seventy thousand soldiers, all rushed out.
Apart from them, there were no other lords' armies.
It was clear that Baihua and the others had learned their lesson from the rebellion in the South of Rosy Clouds, and they used the army of the [Shanhai Alliance], preparing to stake it all on this one attack.
Even more cleverly, Feng Qiuhuang and the others didn't choose to attack Sun Liu's mutant army. Instead, their target was the Di Chen Tribe.
The twenty thousand soldiers were responsible for guarding the perimeter, while the remaining fifty thousand elite cavalrymen were like a pack of hungry wolves, fiercely and swiftly charging into the Di Chen Tribe's barracks.
The completely unprepared Di Chen Tribe was caught unprepared, and in an instant, they suffered heavy losses.
Under the charge of the fifty thousand elite cavalrymen, the Di Chen Tribe, which had less than fifteen thousand soldiers, was quickly routed. Seeing this, the various armies that had received the news and rushed over to reinforce the Di Chen Tribe immediately had different thoughts.
Since the main fighter, Di Chen Tribe, had already withdrawn from the battle, why should they continue fighting?!
With this thought, the reinforcements that they had expected became insincere, and they began to put on an act.
Just like that, the allies could only watch as the Di Chen Tribe was slaughtered by the enemy, and not even ten percent of them survived.
Feng Qiuhuang and the others weren't greedy. After destroying the Di Chen Tribe, they immediately returned to the city and left, leaving behind a ruined barracks and an ashen-faced Di Chen.
"I'm not worthy of your help!"
Di Chen roared in the ruins.
After this defeat, the Di Chen Tribe had less than two thousand soldiers left, and they had completely lost their right to speak in the allied army. In Sun Liu's camp, the lords of the [Shanhai Alliance] were lobbying.
The plan to attack Yiling was completely ruined.
The siege of Yiling was thus resolved.
At the same time, it announced that the Battle of Red Cliffs, which had lasted for nearly two months, had finally come to an end.
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