Even on a summer night, the river is cold, because of his strong vitality.

"Shhh...... It's cold! A Cao soldier tried it, and his heart was tight.

"Less nonsense, get into the water quickly!" A Cao Jun, who was obviously different from the other Cao soldiers, shouted.

The rest of the Cao soldiers immediately died down and hurried down to the river. But......

It's really cold!

With this in mind, more than 100 Cao soldiers swam towards their destination in the cold river water, that is, the battleship in the Yellow River north of Puyang City.

When Zhou Yu arrived in Puyang, Cao Cao got the news and immediately sent his people who would know the water, well, just watch the whole army, and gather a total of about 100 people.

In doing so, Cao Cao had three purposes.

First, it is to let Gongsun Du know that the navy is not invincible, and if he provokes him, Cao someone, he can also sink the ship. Well, for this reason, Cao Cao quietly instructed them to scuttle a ship as much as possible. As for why it is one, it is limited in strength, and it is still a question whether it can be done, and I don't want to completely anger Gongsun Du.

Second, it is the most important purpose, he wants to find evidence that Gongsun Du's naval army is very strong, and it surpasses the Eastern Wu naval army. In this way, when Sun Ce of Eastern Wu learned about this, would he panic? Will they rush to demand a closer alliance with him? And that Jingzhou Liu Bei, oh, Yizhou Liu Bei, will you also feel pressure, even if you don't form an alliance at that time, it's good to be able to support some supplies from behind.

In terms of foundation, Cao Cao is not bad, but compared with Jingzhou and Yizhou, it is indeed a lot worse!

Third, steal the teacher!

Wow...... Wow......

"Huh? Did you hear anything? ”

After Zhou Yu received the order, he immediately made arrangements to divide the upper and lower sections of the Yellow River, of which Baima to Cangting, that is, the opposite bank of the Dongwuyang River is a section. Because Gongsun Du was in Puyang, Zhou Yu arranged ten warships in this section and requested that at least two of them dock in the north of Puyang every night. Tonight, it happens to be a Shui De Xingjun and a strange phase parked here.

What's even more coincidental is that Zhou Yu happened to be on this Shui De Xing Jun battleship called Crescent Moon (Shui De Xing Jun is not a name, it is a type). With his cautious character, even at night, there are sailors who take turns to keep vigil, and what is prevented is that there are water ghosts.

"Huh?"

Listening attentively, there was only the sound of water waves, and I looked at the water surface below, but I still found nothing, and I couldn't help but mutter: "It seems to be nothing!" ”

"Is there a situation?"

At this moment, a person walked out of the cabin and asked with a serious face.

"Huijun Sima, it seems that I heard movement just now, and an investigation is underway!"

"Huh? What's going on? Jun Sima's expression perked up, he had just gotten up to inspect the circle as usual, and then went back to sleep, but now it seems that he ......

It's a credit to you!

The soldier who was questioned did not know what he was thinking, and replied: "The sound of the water has changed just now, and someone may have touched it, but when they listened carefully, they found nothing, and then ......."

Wow...... Wow......

Jun Sima had already pricked up his ears, and when he heard such an abnormal sound of water, he stretched out his hand to stop the soldier from continuing to speak, and listened carefully, but as the soldier said, he found nothing, but he believed that he had heard it correctly just now. Just because—

This military Sima can become a military Sima not because of his excellent command ability, nor because he has martial arts that far surpass others, but because he has a hearing that far surpasses others. It is precisely for this reason that he is required by the captain to get up every night to make rounds, that is, to let him hear things that others can't hear.

"Raise the flag, notify our partners!"

This partner does not refer to a person, but to the battleship next to it. Signals are transmitted on land, there are messengers shouting, and there are also flags waving, and they are more rapid than the heralds; Naturally, there is no way to use the messenger to shout on the water, and the best way is naturally to order the flag. But sometimes it's inconvenient to wave the flag, so what to do? It is passed with a fixed flag, which has different colors and different shapes, which are used to express different meanings.

After receiving the news, the strange man who was close to the left also quickly made preparations, and at the same time notified the captain and military commander on the ship.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the basic establishment of the water army. Because unlike the army, the personnel of each warship are not necessarily a full ten hundred, so the basic establishment is based on ships, not to mention the odd phase, all around the odd phase and these slightly larger warships to fight. For warships under 1,000 tons, each ship shall have a captain, a military commander, and a military false commander, and several commanders according to the number of people on board, with 30 to 50 men per ship.

"In addition, immediately notify Captain Qin that there is an enemy attack!"

As soon as the military Sima finished speaking, he saw the military fake Sima rushing over, and said, "Lao Chen, you go to the bottom warehouse, be careful that someone digs out the nest." ”

The nest, that is, the heart nest. The bottom of the ship was chiseled, as if it had been gouged out of the heart.

"Okay, no problem!" The military fake Sima didn't say much, turned his head, entered the cabin again, and hurried to the bottom warehouse.

As soon as the military fake Sima left on the front foot, Captain Qin arrived on the back foot. Don't think he's slow, you must know that the first half of the night is the patrol, and the second half of the night is the military horse. So it's understandable to sleep a little deeper.

"What's the situation?"

Jun Sima hurriedly explained to Captain Qin in the most concise language, and at the same time said his arrangements for the military fake Sima.

"Good!"

Captain Qin praised: "In this case, the military commander and the good student will stay here, and the captain of the school will go to the back." ”

The rear is more dangerous than the front deck. The deck is light and has a wide field of vision, and if it appears here, it is definitely a live target. There is the influence of the cabin in the back, and it is easy to be touched. Of course, this is easy to be relative.

"Someone!"

When Captain Qin reached the stern of the boat, he noticed something strange in the water, and whispered to the soldiers beside him, "Take the bow!" ”

"Yes!"

Er, a longbow was handed over to Captain Qin.

Captain Qin pulled it first, tried his strength, and then took the arrow and shot it towards the anomaly in the water. Although the ancients did not understand the so-called principle of refraction, they still knew what it meant to be shallow.

An arrow flew out and hit a Cao soldier who touched the stern of the ship, and soon saw a faint splash of water rushing up. Captain Qin knew that it was the person who was shot and sank.

"Keep your eyes open and take a good look, but if there is anything abnormal, notify the captain immediately."

In the dark night, the defending side is always not so friendly, even if they don't have night blindness, it's the same, Captain Qin had to give this order, hoping to find the enemy before he makes a move and strangle it.

For a while, no further anomalies were found.

Captain Qin's face turned dark, and he said, "Prepare the fireboat~"

Fireboats, a special tool used to illuminate the river at night, were not easy to make, and there were no more than fifty of them per warship. Originally, Captain Qin was reluctant to use it, but when he thought of his location, he finally ......

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a fireboat floating on the river, illuminating the surroundings. Captain Qin immediately understood that it was the order given by Governor Zhou Yu, and he couldn't help but admire it in his heart.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Zhou Yu's voice spread clearly under the night sky and reached the ears of Captain Qin. Captain Qin subconsciously looked serious, drew his bow and opened his arrow, shooting towards the dark place in the water.

Hundreds of other arrows had already been shot out and landed in the water. Eventually, most of the arrows floated, and a few vanished, bringing with them flowers of blood.

At this time, Captain Qin also came to the deck from the stern of the ship and said, "Governor, do you want to go into the water to catch people now?" ”

"No hurry!"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "Cao Cao has always been treacherous, and his subordinates are not bad, so it's hard to guarantee that there won't be anyone hiding in the water and preparing to sneak attack." ”

"There shouldn't be so many people in Cao Jun who know how to water, right?" Captain Qin was surprised.

"With or without it, be careful! Everything will wait until dawn. Zhou Yu shook his head and rejected Captain Qin's suggestion.

Captain Qin didn't say much, but he inevitably felt a little pity in his heart, he felt that if there was a fish that slipped through the net, he would definitely take advantage of this time to escape.

But he didn't know that this was ......

As soon as the morning dawned, Zhou Yu ordered the corpses to be salvaged, but in half an hour, ninety-eight corpses were fished up, each of which was very much in line with the special system of "water ghosts", and they were soaked to the full, and at the same time, the water net that was put under the water at night was taken up. If it weren't for this thing, these corpses would have gone nowhere.

At this time, Gongsun Du, who received the news, also rushed over.

"I heard that Cao Jun wants to touch the boat?" Gongsun Du asked lightly.

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "That's right, only ninety-eight people were left, and there should be many people who escaped." ”

Gongsun Du didn't ask why, just looked at the neatly arranged corpses.

"That's it! It's all buried, people die and grievances are gone, and it's better to go into the ground. ”

Zhou Yu obeyed his orders and ordered his subordinates to dig a pit by the river to bury people. And at this time, Zhou Yu also talked about why he wanted to let these people go.

"Prime Minister Ming Gong Cao Cheng sent someone at this time, it must be to find out the truth, if it is killed, he will definitely send someone again, although the result may be the same, but just in case, it is better to let them know that it is powerful."

"Besides, Prime Minister Cao Cheng's move may also have the intention of wooing Sun Ce, but he didn't expect that if the news of the strength of our naval army reached Sun Ce's ears, I am afraid that he would be more worried about the rear than attacking with all his might."

Gongsun Du instantly understood, looking at Zhou Yu, whose complexion was obviously much darker, but looked much tougher, and said with emotion: "Gongjin, you have really grown up. Good, good, very good! ”

"Teacher......" Zhou Yu choked up and couldn't speak.