Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Cruel War

As the night deepened, the mist on the lake became thicker and thicker, and the visibility became lower and lower.

Just experienced a wave of surprise attacks, the soldiers of the Cao army were exhausted, and Sima Yi also returned to the camp, his brows furrowed, the other party came this time to obviously plot arrows and replenish combat strength. Now that the arrows have been taken away by the other side, it seems that the pace of the attack will also be accelerated, and it cannot be dragged on any longer.

After thinking about it again, Sima Yi walked out of the camp tent, prepared to report to Cao Mengde, and sent troops to attack in advance. Just when he walked to Cao Mengde's tent and had not yet spoken, the herald suddenly came, knelt on the ground and said: "Report to the military division, the enemy is coming, the army is pressing, and our ships are suppressed." ”

Hearing the herald's words, Sima Yi sat down on the ground, beat his chest and said, "It's just one step, it's only this one." After speaking, he shouted to the herald: "No matter what method you use, hold me back, as long as it is delayed until dawn, the reinforcements will arrive." ”

Speaking of returning to the battlefield, Yun Chang and Yide, with tens of thousands of soldiers, sailed to a position two miles away from Cao Jun, stationed on the boat and waited, only to see that just half a moment later, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and the dense fog was blown away in an instant, Yun Chang stretched out a hand, felt the direction of the wind, and sighed secretly, "The military advisor is really clever, this wind direction is beneficial to our army." He ordered all the archers to prepare and apply the arrows with oil. ”

Cao Jun's ship sentinel felt a gust of wind passing by, the dense fog faded, and when he was happy that he could see clearly, he suddenly saw a fire in the opposite position about two miles, so he hurriedly rang the bell to warn, however, it was too late, thousands of rockets hit like rain, and the soldiers suffered heavy losses before they even had time to defend.

After seven or eight rounds of arrow rain, one-third of Cao's ships had already burned, Yun Chang ordered to stop the attack, twenty warships were drawn in two wings, Yide led a hundred warships straight to the center of Cao's army, and the moment the warships met, the battle began.

Sima Yi came to the rear of the front line to sit in command, and saw more than 100 warships of the other side rushing straight to the center, so he ordered: "The two winged warships are surrounded by the front, and the central group of ships is retreated." Just as he had just finished giving the order, he heard the herald report: "Report to the military division, two more Wind Country troops have come from the left and right of our fleet, and they are engaged in battle with the left and right wings of our army. ”

Sima Yi was already anxious at this time and shouted: "Hold me back, no matter what, you have to drag me until dawn." ”

Cao Jun launched a suicidal counterattack, and when Yide's troops were tight, Yun Chang led twenty warships from the rear to support, although the opponent was caught off guard, but there was still a gap in strength.

At the time of the stalemate, Yun Chang suddenly heard the withdrawal horn behind him, so he pulled Yide to the rear, Cao Jun saw the other party retreating, thought that he was outnumbered, and wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, just chased forward about ten zhang, and saw hundreds of wooden barrels flying in the sky.

The barrel fell on the ship and shattered instantly, a black liquid flowed out of it, the smell was pungent, Cao Jun hid his face, and the retreating Yun Chang instantly ordered, and the archers once again began to attack with a rain of arrows, and the rocket touched the black liquid, and it burned instantly, and the entire Chibi battlefield was on fire.

At this time, Sima Yi knew that he was defeated, but he didn't want to admit it, and he still had to insist, at this moment, the wind direction changed abruptly, and the original wind became like an east-west image, accompanied by a strong wind, the other ships were also ignited by the flames blowing in an instant, just an instant, all the ships on the entire right wing were on fire, and only the remaining quarter of the ships on the left wing could resist.

Sima Yi did not stop to command, but rushed back to the camp tent and came to Cao Mengde, Sima Yi knelt down and said to Cao Mengde: "Lord, the raid of the Wind Country and the Dragon Kingdom, our army can no longer resist it, and the other party has used the wind power, causing a large number of ships of our army to catch fire, and please leave for the country to return to the dynasty as soon as possible." ”

Although Cao Mengde's face was serious, he looked very indifferent, he put on armor, wore a battle helmet on his head, bypassed Sima Yi, walked out of the camp, and came to the front line with a team of followers, only to see that the front line at this time was already messy, and there were screams of soldiers everywhere, some were in pain, and some were shouting and cheering, and the scene here was like hell.

Tears flowed from the corners of Cao Mengde's eyes, he drew his sword, pointed to the sky and shouted loudly: "I, Cao Mengde, am willing to live and die with all the soldiers, dawn, as long as dawn comes, we will win, we can go home, brothers, rush." With that, he rushed out with an arrow.

The soldiers in the rear of the Cao army spread word of mouth: "The lord of Cao is here, the lord of Cao is here to live and die with us, brothers, we can't disgrace the lord of the country, kill!"

A soldier of the Cao Army, who had retreated and was broken, heard Cao Mengde's shout, dragged his injured leg, picked up the halberd, and limped forward.

A soldier who was haunted by the flames, saw Cao Mengde, he was not there, dragged his body covered in flames, rushed to the enemy army opposite, and shouted with a smile: "Lao Tzu exchanged one life for one life, it's worth it." ”

Sima Yi then arrived, and when he saw that Cao Mengde had rushed onto the warship, he was immediately anxious, and ordered Dian Wei, who was protecting him, to say: "Dian Wei, I don't care what method you use, save the lord of the country for me." ”

Dian Wei nodded in agreement, rushed towards Cao Mengde, and when he was about to approach Cao Mengde, he suddenly stopped, he saw Cao Mengde turn around, his eyes were full of determination, and he hesitated for a while.

When Cao Mengde saw Dian Wei coming, he said to him: "Evil, follow me to the front line to kill the enemy." ”

Dian Wei thought of Sima Yi's words and said to Cao Mengde: "Lord, I'm here to take you back." ”

Cao Mengde said angrily: "You look at the battlefield, they are all soldiers of my land country, they sacrificed their lives for the country, you want to take me back, are you going to rebel?"

Dian Wei didn't speak, stepped forward, slapped Cao Mengde on the back of the neck with one hand, knocked him unconscious, and then carried Cao Mengde on one shoulder and ran in the direction of Cao Ying.

Sima Yi saw that Dian Wei brought back Cao Mengde, so he ordered everyone to pull out the camp and return to the court, overnight, the battle of Chibi ended, dawn came, the entire Chibi River was dyed red, the soldiers of the Wind Country and the Dragon Kingdom returned to the camp, waiting for them was a lavish praise, a banquet to celebrate.

And the dead corpses on the Chibi River they ushered in, will be the baptism of hell, Zhuge Liang stood on the tower, looked at it, only to see a piece of life, sighed and said: "May all the generals be able to get rid of the sea of suffering and ascend to bliss as soon as possible." ”

Shi Fu in mid-air looked at all this blankly, this is the war, this is the real battle of Chibi, Zhuge Liang won with only one pair of hands and one mouth, but what did he get in exchange? He didn't understand why he couldn't negotiate peace, why he had to fight, why everything had to be solved by war. He doesn't understand, he doesn't want to understand, even now, he can already understand Zhuge Liang's thoughts, and he doesn't want to understand.

The dawn of dawn shone on a carriage, in the car was Cao Mengde, who was knocked out by Dian Wei, Sima Yi sat in front of the carriage, suddenly heard a sigh in the car, and then pulled up the door curtain, only to see Cao Mengde slowly wake up, holding his forehead with one hand, he already knew that he was brought back, but he couldn't be angry, after all, Dian Wei was for his good, and Sima Yi was also for his good, so he helplessly held his forehead.

Sima Yi saw that Cao Mengde woke up, so he stopped the carriage, knelt on the ground and said: "Weichen is eager to save the driver, so that the evil comes and goes, and the lord of the country is knocked out and brought back, and he also asks the lord of the country not to punish the evil, if you want to punish me." ”

Dian Wei also walked over with Xu Chu at this time, the two knelt on the ground, and Dian Wei said: "Lord of the country, Sima Junshi just asked me to bring you back, and never asked me to knock you out, you should punish me." ”

Xu Chu also said: "Lord of the country, I am commensurate with the evil brothers, if you want to punish it, even I will kill it together." ”

Cao Mengde in the car waved his hand and said: "That's it, you are all kind, King Gu knows, but the lives of these hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been burned, my heart aches." ”

Sima Yi said: "Lord of the country, only by staying in Qingshan can you avenge the soldiers, please take the overall situation first." ”

Cao Mengde lowered the curtain and said, "King Gu knows, continue to hurry." ”

Sima Yi ordered Xu Chu Dianwei to escort him, and he got into the carriage again and hurried forward.

Cao Mengde in the car beat his chest, the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers are just for one of his own ambitions, he really can't accept it, he really wants to live and die with the soldiers, but as the lord of the country, he can't do this, he has to lead the people of the land country to dominate the country.

He sat up again, exhaled a breath of turbidity and said: "Husband and hero, you should have great ambitions, hidden scheming, the opportunity to contain the universe, and the ambition to swallow heaven and earth, I can't sink into self-blame for the lonely king......." ”