Sima Yi's words made everyone nodded.

Even Cao Cao, although he did not say anything, was quite convinced by Sima Yi's words when he saw his beard twisting his beard and flirting with his eyebrows.

At this time, Pang Tong could hardly hold the wine glass, so he had to put it down, laughed for a while, but did not immediately refute it. In fact, he couldn't think of how to refute it for the moment, so he used the laughter to gain some time and cover up his nervous expression.

Seeing this, Wu Fan realized that he had to say a few words, otherwise it would be difficult to refute Sima Yi with Pang Tong's performance at this time. If the two of them were not good at fighting, Pang Tong would not be Sima Yi's opponent.

Thinking of this, Wu Fan also put down his wine glass, and then Sima Yi suddenly said:

"This is a bad saying. Now the first month of the year has not passed. The temperature is still cold and warm. There are mostly west winds and north winds, but no east winds and south winds. Sun Jian's army is on the south bank of the Yangtze River. He attacked with fire. Should he burn us or himself?"

As soon as Wu Fan said this, everyone suddenly realized it again, whispered to each other for a while, and finally thought it was the reason.

Sima Yi was about to say something else, but Wu Fan was already ahead of him and continued:

"Most of our soldiers come from the north. They are very inconvenient to water wars at first. They bump on the boat every day, vomit and faint. As the commander of the water army, I know the best about this. Those who only talk about the interests of the people on paper can stop talking."

This was said to Sima Yi purely.

In front of Cao Cao, one of the generals and ministers under Cao Cao calculated the other, and no one dared to be so arrogant, with Wu Fan being the exception.

In fact, since Wu Fan joined Cao Cao, he has always argued with his colleagues for nearly ten years, saying things, and even politely. This is the first time he is so arbitrary and tyrannical like today.

With Wu Fan's achievements and status, he was indeed tyrannical and the only person qualified to be tyrannical in front of Cao Cao. However, throughout the ages, those founding heroes who had not had a good ending almost all had made the monarch unable to rest assured because of this problem, and then ended up in a miserable end.

As a modern person, he certainly understood the principle of using history as a mirror. Therefore, although Wu Fan has a high position and great power, no one can match his merits, and is inferior to ten thousand people, he has always been a low-key person and has maintained a good relationship with his colleagues. Today, this sudden attitude towards Sima Yi surprised Cao Cao's generals and ministers, especially those who know Wu Fan very well, such as Xiahou Dun, Cheng Yu, Li Dian and other old ministers.

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Even Wu Fan's elder brother Cao Cao turned his head to look at Wu Fan in surprise, but he didn't say anything. Because he had already seen Wu Fan stretch out a hand from under the table swaying towards him. Although Cao Cao did not fully understand the meaning, he also knew that there must be a hidden truth.

In this way, Cao Cao naturally would not say much, and just waited for everyone to disperse and then asked in detail.

The old ministers under Cao Cao were quite puzzled by Wu Fan's behavior at this time because they all understood Wu Fan's character, not because of their high position and power to exclude dissidents. Sima Yi was different. He treated Wu

Fan didn't understand. Seeing Wu Fan's aggressive tone and a little arrogant and arrogant expression, he thought of the first time when the two met, when Cao Cao introduced Wu Fan's attitude towards him, Sima Yi was sure:

This person is a snob and jealous person. Seeing that his official position is much lower than his, he raised targeted doubts, so he tried his best to exclude himself, so as not to overwhelm his limelight.

Sima Yi is only nineteen years old, and he is very young. Wu Fan, who is determined to be of high power, is excluding himself. Not only did he not calm down, he suddenly stood up, clasped his fists at Wu Fan, and said with a cold expression:

"Governor Wu, listen to me."

Tip: Sima Yi, who is also a general under Cao Cao, has made a request for a verbal battle to you. Do you agree?

Wu Fan didn't even look at Sima Yi, and shook his hand and said:

"Want to fight with me? You don't have the qualifications"

"you……"

Sima Yi's face turned purple so angry that he choked and said:

"As the governor of the Second Legion, the most famous scholar in the world, he dared not argue with me, the nameless person. Can I understand this as, are you afraid of me?"

Sima Yi's words have a provocative effect. If a person with lower intelligence is immediately angry, he will immediately take Sima Yi's request for verbal battle.

Wu Fan was unmoved and chuckled:

"Everyone has its own strengths, I'm not omnipotent. Since you want to compete with me one-on-one, how about we fight one-on-one?"

When Sima Yi was talking about a one-on-one fight, he was immediately lost; with his force, it was hard to be Wu Fan's opponent if he tied up a hundred times. He could only snort and looked at Wu Fan, then turned and left his seat angrily.

Sima Yi, who left his seat, had already secretly warned himself:

Wu Fan will definitely be a great obstacle to his future career. Only by avoiding this person or even getting rid of this person can he be able to gain the position. Wu Fan, let’s take a look

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Looking back, I talked about Wu Fan. Seeing Sima Yi leaving, I felt very relieved: my plan took another step towards success.

As for how Sima Yi views him, Wu Fan didn't care at all. The reason for this is that on the one hand, Wu Fan knew that Sima Yi threatened the Cao Wei regime, so he was inevitably jealous, so he naturally didn't care whether his relationship with Sima Yi was harmonious. On the other hand, Wu Fan now has hundreds of minor officials like Sima Yi. When a person's power becomes greater, sometimes even if he is not arrogant by nature, he will inevitably show some external arrogance.

Sima Yi left, and Cao Cao's generals and ministers thought Wu Fan were just right or simply supported Wu Fan, they no longer expressed any different opinions on the serial warship. Since Cao Cao knew that Wu Fan had other hidden information, he readily agreed to the serial warship that Pang Tong mentioned.

Besides, when Sima Yi suggested that the series of warships were very unfavorable to encounter fire attacks, he was so nervous that he almost pissed his pants. However, Wu Fan not only rejected Sima Yi's statement, but also made Sima Yi angry. Pang Tong was very grateful, and at the same time he secretly laughed at Wu Fan.

What a big fool.

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In fact, he still didn't know that he had fallen into Wu Fan's trap.

The serial warship matter was settled, and Cao Cao and Wu Fan both showed the joy of finally being able to quickly train the navy, and the wine was even more enjoyable.

After the banquet, Pang Tong stood up and said goodbye and continued to travel around. Cao Cao asked Pang Tong for invitation to Dengyong. Pang Tong pretended to ask for something and responded that he was going to visit a friend in Shuzhong, and after he came back, he joined Cao's camp.

Cao Cao was overjoyed and ordered people to bring a good horse from the army. He also gave Pang Tong a hundred gold coins as a way to travel expenses. He watched Pang Tong travel west at the south gate of the city gate until he disappeared. Then he led the generals back to the city gate. This shows his love for Pang Tong, a talented person.

After returning to the city gate, all the generals and ministers left one after another. Wu Fan quietly walked with Cao Cao, fell into Cao Cao's step, and returned to the lobby of the General's Mansion together.

The two sat down in the hall. Cao Cao ordered the servants to bring sobering soup, and then sent away all the civil servants and guards in the lobby, leaving only himself and Wu Fan. Then he asked Wu Fan:

"Eighth brother, your performance in the hall is different from the past. When Brother Wei saw you making gestures under the table, there must be hidden information. At this time, there is no one else in the hall except you and my brother. Brother Wu, please tell me about it."

After taking a sip of the soup, Wu Fan put down the soup bowl and said to Cao Cao:

"Today's events are not yet finalized. We need to continue to observe the movements of Sun Jian's army to determine the true purpose of Pang Tong's serial warships. If we want to analyze them carefully, we might as well start with Pang Tong."

Cao Cao likes to play reasoning the most. When he heard that Wu Fan’s game seemed to be quite spread, he immediately became interested and listened attentively to what Wu Fan was going to say.

Just listen to Wu Fan:

"As far as I know, Pang Tong was originally from Jiangbei, and moved to Jiangnan to avoid the war and Wu Fan only knows about Pang Tong's situation, but he has run to Zhou Yu's tent. Now our army and Sun Jian's army are confronting across the river and are stepping up training of the navy. Pang Tong suddenly traveled here and offered a strategy for a series of warships on the grounds of helping Cao's army unify the world as soon as possible. This coincidence is strange. In addition, there is another biggest doubt among them: If Pang Tong really trusts our Cao army so much, why didn't he directly move his family back to Jiangbei but stay in Jiangnan? Even if he suffers the upcoming warships. In this way, I am already 90% sure that the strategy for a series of warships offered by Pang Tong must be the commander of Sun Jian."

After hearing Wu Fan's words, Cao Cao nodded understandingly and said:

"The eighth brother's intention is to use a general to make a plan against Sun Jianjun?"

It is worthy of being Cao Cao, and his mind reacts quickly. If it were Liu Bei and Sun Jian and others, they would definitely ask, "Since they knew it was a plan, why do you still agree?", but Cao Cao directly thought of Wu Fan's motive, so he asked this.

Wu Fan said:

"Yes, I'm indeed the purpose. As Sima Yi said, the benefits of water wars are one of the things that are done, and Sun Jian's army is very likely to launch a fire attack after our army gathers into a series of warships. However, before implementing a fire attack, Sun Jian's army needs to make further arrangements so that it can

It was enough that when our army was unprepared, we sent a small team of troops into our water camp and suddenly set fire to our army's serial warships."

Cao Cao thought about it after twisting his beard, and agreed with it, and then asked Wu Fan:

"I wonder if my eighth brother thought about how Sun Jianjun would make the next plan?"

Wu Fan thought of many possibilities before this, but in the end he still felt that the fraudulent surrender plan in history was the most appropriate. Therefore, he said to Cao Cao:

"There are many types of layouts that Sun Jian's army may adopt, but in my opinion, only the trick of surrendering is the most practical. If someone in Sun Jian's army wants to surrender to our army a few days later, it can be concluded that this must be the Sun Jian's army set up a further plan for fire attacks. Then our army can use the strategy to defeat Sun Jian's army in one fell swoop and pacify Jiangdong."

In fact, even if the Cao army formed a chain of warships, as long as the patrol was stepped up on the river surface and closed the gate of the water village at night, even if Sun Jian's army forced a fire attack, it would be difficult for the Cao army to suffer much damage. Only by sending a fleet that did not warn Cao's army, after entering the water village, approached the chain of warships and set fires suddenly, can the Cao army catch him off guard and achieve the goal of the fire attack.

Of course, Cao Cao understood this truth. After hearing Wu Fan's words, he was even more convinced that after forming a chain of warships, he would not only not cause heavy losses to his troops, but also induce Sun Jian to fall into the trap and then counterattack him.

That way, you will make a lot of money.

In this way, Cao Cao had no doubt about the serial warships. After Wu Fan left, Cao Cao immediately ordered the craftsmen in the army to build a large iron ring, connect the warships, and lay wooden boards, so that soldiers and war horses could walk on the boat as if they were on flat ground, exactly as Pang Tong said.

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Turning around and talking about Wu Fan, after leaving Hefei East City Passage, he rode his horse back to Caojun Water Village located by the river.

Although Wu Fan pretended to be very happy at today's banquet, he did drink a lot of wine. Although he drank the sober soup, he was still a little drunk. He went straight to Hanzhai on the river bank and planned to have a nap.

As soon as he walked to the tent where he was resting, Wu Fan was stunned. He quickly opened his eyes hard for a few more times and then took a closer look.

Yes, the person walking across from him turned out to be Xiao Qiao

Today, Zhao Yun is responsible for the inspection of the Han Village. Zhao Yun is already familiar with Xiao Qiao. When he learned that Xiao Qiao was here to find Wu Fan, he let Xiao Qiao go directly. Therefore, Xiao Qiao was able to appear near Wu Fan's resting camp.

However, at this time, Xiao Qiao looked angry. While walking towards Wu Fan quickly, she kept looking back, as if someone was chasing her behind her. So she didn't notice Wu Fan standing in front of her.

Originally, because Wu Fan said in front of Jiang Gan that Xiao Qiao was his newly married concubine, Xiao Qiao was very dissatisfied and slammed the door and left angrily.

Wu Fan didn't explain anything to Xiao Qiao. Anyway, it was just a joke. He believed that based on the special relationship between him and Xiao Qiao, and his frequent use of thunder to bang Xiao Qiao but no longer achieved the initial results, Xiao Qiao would soon "think through".

Now, Xiao Qiao suddenly appeared in his military camp without invitation. It can be seen that Wu Fan's foresight was still very successful, so he was naturally very pleased.

After all, his relationship with Xiao Qiao is different from everyone in this world. Before Xiao Qiao appeared in his world, Wu Fan didn't think anything was there, but since Xiao Qiao appeared, Wu Fan realized that only when he was with Xiao Qiao, he felt more real and appropriate.

Isn’t this feeling the same for Xiao Qiao?

It is precisely for this reason that Xiao Qiao, who is idle on weekdays, often comes to Wu Fan. Even if Wu Fan often jokes about her, he is not really angry about it.

With a slightly drunk expression, Wu Fan stood on the road that must be passed in front of Xiao Qiao with a smile. Just as he turned around and looked at Xiao Qiao behind him and was about to hit him, Wu Fan suddenly said loudly:

"What are you doing?"

Xiao Qiao was all focused behind her, and Wu Fan's words immediately scared her. Seeing that it was Wu Fan, Xiao Qiao said angrily:

"You are so scary that you are a rough martial artist, don't you know how to be gentle?"

Wu Fan smiled and said nothing, but looked behind Xiao Qiao. He was surprised that Xiao Qiao would look angry because of whom, and he looked a little uncertain.

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