Although Zhuge Liang still didn't understand the situation, he just asked, "Where does Zijing want to go?" ”

"Armory!" Lu Su patted Zhuge Liang's shoulder with joy and turned away.

Zhuge Liang came to Chen Wu's tent with questions, with a crying face, and when he came in, he bowed to Chen Wu and said: "Liang heard about General Huang, and he came to mourn." Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and the beggar general reinvigorates ........."

Chen Wu saw that the clouds on Zhuge Liang's face were also swept away, and after Chen Wu asked Zhuge Liang to sit down, he said, "I have a plan to break Cao!" It's just not known when the next southeast wind will come? ”

Zhuge Liang asked in surprise: "Just now I met Lu Zijing on the road, and I knew that the general had a good plan. It's just that now that the plan to surrender has been revealed, and the serial warships have also been unraveled, how can Cao be broken without fire attack? ”

"Fire attack, of course, fire attack! As long as our army can produce tens of thousands of Kong Ming lanterns and prepare more fire oil to load them, great things can be accomplished! Chen Wu looked at Zhuge Liang excitedly and said.

"Kong Ming lantern? I wonder what this thing has to do with Liang? Zhuge Liang wondered.

Chen Wu directly picked up the drawings of Kong Ming Lantern and explained the principle of Kong Ming Lantern to Zhuge Liang in detail, and Zhuge Liang was also full of surprise. He didn't expect this small Kong Ming lantern to be so powerful.

Zhuge Liang is Zhuge Liang after all, after Chen Wu's explanation, he quickly understood the principle of Kong Ming lantern, and made suggestions on the defects of Chen Wu's Kong Ming lantern.

Zhuge Liang took out the compass and divination, and casually divined a hexagram, Zhuge Liang glanced at the hexagram and smiled: "This is the auspicious hexagram, and the general's plan is synthetic!" ”

The pointer on the compass turned, pointing to the northwest, Zhuge Liang pinched his fingers again, put away the compass and said to Chen Wu: "Liang has calculated that there will be a southeast wind in three days, and Cao should be broken after three days." ”

"Sir has this ability, and the consequences of three days are really southeast winds?" Chen Wu asked in surprise. He admired and feared Zhuge Liang, but for now, Po Cao still needed his help.

Tens of thousands of Kong Ming lanterns were made in three days, and it was still a bit rushed, so Chen Wu said: "Kong Ming, time is not waiting for me, I bother you to tell Emperor Liu Brother Chen my plan after you go back." ”

Zhuge Liang happily agreed, and then sighed, Chen Wu saw this and asked, "Why did Kong Ming sigh?" Although the number of tens of thousands of Kong Ming lanterns is large, the production is simple, as long as our army rushes to make them day and night, it will definitely be completed. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "If Liang's wife Huang is here, she will definitely be able to help the general." She is good at craftsmanship, and the Kong Ming lantern will definitely exert greater power in her hands. ”

Chen Wu didn't know that Zhuge Liang was talking about Huang Yueying, but he remembered a strange craftsman in Jiangdong, who was Huang Daozhou. Chen Wu then ordered someone to invite Huang Daozhou in the starry night, and Huang Daozhou was in Changsha at this time, not far from Jiangxia.

As soon as the people sent by Chen Wu arrived, Huang Dao Zhou was discussing with Liu Ye how to improve the catapult. This Liu Ye is not only a strategist, but also proficient in the production of kitsch equipment in the army, since returning to Han Xuan, when he visited the army, he became interested in the siege weapon of the catapult, and then he was like-minded with Huang Daozhou, and studied new combat equipment all day long.

After Chen Wu's subordinates sent the drawings, the two of them were startled at first, and then carefully pondered this Kong Ming lantern. The two improved the Kong Ming lantern overnight and made a sample, and after conducting experiments, they were convinced that this plan would work.

Liu Ye suggested that Du Raid should be made overnight, and Chen Wu would ask for tens of thousands of Kong Ming lanterns in three days, so Du Raid let go of the people of Changsha and make Kong Ming lanterns with the ordnance workshop.

Just when Jiangdong was crazy about Kong Ming's lantern, in Cao Yingzhong, Guo Jia looked at the hexagram of the great murderer that had been repeatedly divided, and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood in shock.

The plague spread in the Cao army, and countless soldiers and generals were infected with the plague, and even Cai Mao and other generals were also infected. Guo Jia was already frail and sickly, so naturally he couldn't escape.

Cao Cao learned that Guo Jia was sick in bed and hurriedly came to visit. I saw Guo Jia lying on the bed, his face pale and his lips chapped. When Guo Jia saw Cao Cao coming, he stood up and said, "Prime Minister, my army has been infected with the plague, and there are countless deaths. Today, you can temporarily return to Xiangyang, rest the army, train the navy well, and then take the south of the Yangtze River! ”

Cao Cao has not been defeated since Yuan Shao broke the army, and this time Jiangdong has few soldiers, and Guo Jia has seen through the plan of deception and fire attack. Cao Cao was arrogant and arrogant, so he naturally didn't care about Chen Wu, Zhuge Liang and others. In his opinion, even if the plague spreads in his army, as long as the naval army is trained and the army crosses the river in one go, Jiangdong will inevitably be the first to lose.

It's just that Cao Cao didn't know that when Cao Jun arrived in Jingxiang in the autumn, he had already contracted the plague. It was hidden until the large-scale outbreak in the middle of winter, and most of Cao's soldiers were northerners, and there were no antibodies to this germ in their bodies, and the speed of the plague spread far beyond the imagination of Cao Cao, an ancient man.

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "My navy will be well-trained in the near future, why does Feng Xiao say that he will retire again?" ”

Guo Jia wanted to persuade him again, but he saw that Cao Cao had made up his mind, and he would not collect his troops and go back if he did not see the victory. Guo Jia remembered what Xi Zhicai said to him when he was dying, and he gradually understood Xi Zhicai's mood, no matter how good he Guo Jia was, but after all, he was just a subordinate, Cao Cao was the lord, and he had to make decisions in the end.

No one is perfect, but Cao Cao's shortcomings have always been covered up by his advantages. He Guo Jia's time is running out, but the grace of knowing the encounter must be repaid, even if he snoops on the heavens and dies by the curse of God, what does it matter?

Unexpectedly, Jiang Dongjun's next move, Guo Jia was anxious, and he coughed violently a few times. Cao Cao was very distressed when he saw Guo Jia like this, sighed, and ordered the doctor to take care of Guo Jia, and he led Xun You, Cheng Yu and others to leave.

Three days later, the Kongming lanterns in front of Chen Wu's military camp were piled up, and the soldiers and civilians of Changsha and Jiangxia exceeded the task, and at least 30,000 Kongming lanterns were piled up here.

Chen Wu looked at the flagpole and saw that the horn of the flag floated straight to the northwest. Chen Wu was overjoyed and said: "The southeast wind is blowing, God help me!" Tell the army, put the lantern! ”

At this time, it was late at night, and except for the sentries in the Cao army's barracks, the rest of the soldiers were sleeping soundly. Suddenly, countless lights floated in the sky, and the sentry pointed to the Kong Ming lantern in the sky and exclaimed, "Look! What's that? ”

For a while, the news of a UFO flying in the sky woke up the entire Cao army camp, and the Cao soldiers came out to watch in an uproar. Cao Cao Yindianwei, Cheng Yu, Xun You and others hurriedly came out to see, Cheng Yu saw that the fire inside the Kong Ming lantern was bright, and immediately reacted, and hurriedly shouted: "Prime Minister, quickly order the army to disperse!" This must be the object of Jiangdong's military attack. ”

But it was too late, because each Kong Ming lantern carried saltpeter and fire oil flew at low altitude, just enough to reach the range of Cao Jun's crossbowmen. The Cao army crossbowmen had already shot crossbow arrows towards the Kong Ming lantern, and for a time countless Kong Ming lanterns fell on the Cao army's warship, just as the southeast wind was blowing, and the raging fire spread in the Cao army's water village.

It didn't take long, but I saw that on the surface of the three rivers, it was red and the sky was all over the ground. The drums on the southeast river were loud, and it was Chen Wu who led the army to pour out, and the Jiangdong military building boats, Mong, and fighting ships rushed to the Cao army water village with the wind.

The whole river shouted and killed, and on the left was Zhu Huan and Jiang Qin's two armies killing from the west of Chibi; On the right, the two armies of Zhou Yi and Guan Hai came from the east of Chibi; In the middle was the ships of Chen Wu, Lu Su, and Lu Xun's brigades. Taking advantage of the chaos of Cao's army being burned by the fire, the Jiangdong soldiers poured out their previous anger towards Cao's soldiers. The Cao soldiers in the water battle on the river were not as good as the Jiangdong soldiers, and now they are even more defeated. Cao Bing was shot by arrows, burned to death, and drowned.

Seeing the chaos in the camps everywhere, Dian Wei hurriedly helped Cao Cao to get on his horse and urged: "Lord, go quickly!" ”

Cao Cao hurriedly reflected on his surprise and urged his horse to flee. Dian Wei held a big iron halberd to guard behind, Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Zhang He and other generals saw this scene and hurriedly gathered their men and horses to move closer to Cao Cao, Cao Cao ordered the sergeant to carry Guo Jia, and ordered Cao Chun's tiger and leopard to ride to escort it. Cheng Yu, Xun You and others also rushed on their horses and caught up with Cao Cao, and more than 10,000 defeated troops rushed north.