Chapter 228: Zhuge's Scheme, Liu Biao's Fury
The love-hate entanglements between Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu were, in truth, all inventions of novelists.
In the original course of events, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu had not actually shared that many scenes.
Although Zhuge Liang had indeed gone to Jiangdong to seek reinforcements, the Battle of Red Cliffs had little to do with him.
It had basically been Zhou Yu leading Cheng Pu, Lu Su, and the others to crush Cao Cao's army in one stroke.
But now, due to Qin Tian's influence, Zhuge Liang had been able to emerge earlier than expected and, by a twist of fate, had crossed paths with Zhou Yu.
Hearing Zhuge Liang's assessment, the two guards were both startled and hurriedly said,
"If the enemy is plotting like this, they are most likely targeting Jing Province's troops."
"We were ordered by the strategist to go to Lujiang, not to investigate secrets. Now that we have discovered this, what should we do?"
Zhuge Liang smiled faintly upon hearing this.
"There is no need to rush over this. I believe the enemy is doing this because they intend to place an unusual force here!"
"If we had not seen it, we would have to worry about their movements."
"But now that we know, we may as well turn their scheme against them. Let us see what the enemy intends before making our plans!"
Though he had spotted Zhou Yu's unusual movements, he was not worried.
For a method of hiding troops like this was generally not meant for immediate use.
Zhou Yu's ambush here was likely meant to guard against some tactic, while Qin Tian had sent him to Lujiang this time to support the naval forces.
Support—easy enough to say, but difficult to carry out.
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