After noon, Zhou Yu had withdrawn all the soldiers, leaving a passage for the Jingzhou army, Huang Shot led the army to the Zhangdu Lake ferry, and all the Jingzhou soldiers got on the boat, at this time Huang Shot breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's all up to the strategy of the military advisor that we can get out and shoot again." After Huang Zhu finished speaking, he was about to salute Ma Hong.

Ma Hong hurriedly grabbed Huang Jie's hand and said, "The general praised it falsely, Hong didn't dare to be it." ”

"If you assist the eldest son in the future, I will definitely be able to ensure that Jingzhou is worry-free." Huang Jie laughed.

Ma Hong said with a smile: "General, Hong suggested that we not return to Xiling from Zhangdu Lake, but go to Shaxian along the Yangtze River, General Su Fei is stationed in Shaxian, and we can return to Xiling after we arrive in Shaxian." ”

Huang Zhu was puzzled: "Why do you want to go far away? ”

Ma Hong replied: "Last night, our army fought with Zhou Yu's army at night, and Zhou Yu did not send all his troops to meet it, I was afraid that he would send a naval army to intercept our army at Zhangdu Lake." Today, he asked the general to swear before the battle to let your army leave by boat for half an hour and then release the people, instead of letting us go ashore and release the people. ”

Liu Ye said: "Senior brother is right, it is safer to walk the Yangtze River. ”

Huang Jie nodded and said, "According to what the military advisor said, the whole army will go to Shaxian." ”

When the Jingzhou army fleet left for nearly half an hour, Zhou Yu led the army to the mouth of Zhangdu Lake, bent down to hold water and wash his face, stood up and said to Han Dang and the others: "Ready!" At this time, Sun Quan and they should have been released, and we led the army to pursue. ”

Tai Shi Ci asked puzzledly: "The enemy has been gone for half an hour, how can he chase him?" Can you catch up? ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Yu's mouth and said: "The Jingzhou army deliberately did not go to Zhangdu Lake, but went to Shaxian along the Yangtze River, which was within my expectations, if they took Zhangdu Lake, they might still be able to escape, but they chose to go to Shaxian, the waterway to Shaxian is far away, and we can catch up." ”

"Could it be that General Zhou set up an army to intercept him on the way? How did Han not know? Han Dang asked with a frown.

Zhou Yu grabbed a handful of mud and sand from the lake and said, "I just did something on their boat, and after half an hour, their boat will slowly sink, and then they will be unable to fly." ”

On the other side, Ma Hong let go of Sun Quan and Wu Jing, gave the two of them a small boat, and let the two row to leave by themselves, Sun Quan stood on the boat and said to Ma Hong: "Please also let my friend Zhu Ran go." ”

"Although Zhou Yu didn't mention Zhu Ran's name, don't worry, when our army arrives in Shaxian, Zhu Ran will definitely be released, I promise you." Ma Hong smiled at Sun Quan.

Sun Quan looked at Ma Hong's eyes, then looked at Zhu Ran on the boat, nodded and said, "Okay, I believe in you." ”

After Sun Quan left by boat, the river wind became stronger, and Ma Hong and Liu Ye sat on the deck and chatted with the river breeze. Ma Hong told Liu Ye about what happened after Zhuge Liang came, and Liu Ye also told Ma Hong about the things he encountered in Chengde in the past two years. At this time, Gan Ning, who was standing on the deck, stared at another building ship not far from him, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was wrong, there was a problem with the draft of the building ship, and then he looked at other building ships, and the seven building ships of the Jingzhou Army had problems. Gan Ning hurriedly took someone to the cabin to inspect it, and when he arrived at the cabin, he found that the cabin was about to leak.

It turned out that Zhou Yu did something to the wooden planks at the bottom of the boat, and one of the planks was replaced with a wooden plank that was about to rot, and then a wooden box was placed on it to cover up. In addition, Zhou Yu also tied a large stone with a rope under the plank of each boat, and when the boat moved forward, if these stones touched the rocks at the bottom of the river in the shallow water and got stuck in it, it was easier to crack the rotten plank.

Gan Ning had rich experience on the water, and immediately ordered someone to disassemble the wooden box, patch up the planks of the building ship with iron nails, and send someone to deliver the news to the rest of the ships. But by the time the news reached the other ships, it was too late, and five warships were about to sink. Seeing that the situation was not good, the soldiers all jumped into the river.

Ma Hong and Liu Ye looked at this scene dumbfounded, silent, and after a while, Liu Ye said: "You and I were actually calculated by Zhou Yu. ”

Huang Jian wanted people to throw ropes into the river to save the soldiers who had fallen into the water, but Gan Ning stopped him. Gan Ning thought that the hastily repaired building ship could no longer be on board. Huang Ran was furious and grabbed Zhu Ran to behead him.

Ma Hong stopped Huang Jie and said: "This is Zhou Yu's plan, it has nothing to do with this little general, and the general is angry." ”

Zhu Ran cast a grateful look at Ma Hong, shrunk his neck, curled up and squatted in the corner with his legs crossed.

Huang Zhu was already in a mess, and asked Ma Hong in a panic, "Then what should we do now?" ”

Ma Hong sighed and said: "For today's plan, we should move forward quickly, if we delay too much time and are caught up by Zhou Yu, we will be all finished." ”

Huang Jian frowned and said, "Are you asking me to throw away my soldiers and escape?" ”

Ma Hong said: "General, most of our Jingzhou army knows water, and now that it is summer, they should be able to swim ashore." ”

Huang Jian looked at the waves on the river and said: "The sky has changed, there are many wounded soldiers on other ships, how many people can swim out?" ”

Gan Ning stomped his feet, and after scolding Zhou Yu, he said to Huang Jie: "General, when you keep interrupting, you will suffer from it." If the general insists on saving people, I am afraid that our ship will also sink due to overload, and even if it does not sink, it will be caught up by Zhou Yu. ”

Huang Jie stood on the deck, knelt down in front of the Jingzhou soldiers who were struggling in the river, and cried: "Brothers, I can't help you, please take care." ”

The soldiers in the river watched the boat get farther and farther away from them, screaming and despairing, and a wave came and slapped them into the water.

At this time, Huang Ran stood up and saw Zhu Ran again, stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Ran, and said, "Since my soldiers are all soaked in water, you can also go down to accompany them!" If you're good at water, swim out, or wait for Zhou Yu to come to your rescue. ”

"I can't swim, and I'm going to die if I go into the water." Zhu Ran cried with a sad face, and said helplessly.

Huang Ran still refused to let go of Zhu Ran, and pulled Zhu Ran to push into the water.

Seeing the situation, Ma Hong took Huang Jie's hand and said, "General, please sell Hong a favor and let him go!" ”

Huang Jie saw Ma Hong pleading with him, so he snorted coldly at Zhu Ran, and then couldn't bear to look at the miserable situation on the river and entered the cabin.

Ma Hong patted Zhu Ran on the shoulder, looked at the young man of his age and said, "Disciple of Jiangdong, don't you know water?" ”

Zhu Ran said with a sad face: "I really don't know water." ”

Ma Hong smiled, stretched out his hand to untie Zhu Ran, and said, "Then you have to learn from now on." ”

Zhu Ran nodded vigorously, looked into Ma Hong's eyes and asked, "Why did you want to save me?" ”

Ma Hong saw Zhu Ran asking him this, and thought: I can't say that I know that you are very powerful in the future, and I want to sell your personal favor, maybe I can still be friends with you. said with a smile: "You and I are of the same age, and I saved you unconsciously." ”

"Can I ask another question?" Zhu Ran asked.

Ma Hong turned his back to Zhu Ran, looked at the boat that was flooded by the river, and then looked at the fleet looming in the distance, it should be Zhou Yu's fleet, and only after a while did he speak: "You ask!" ”

"You are young, you know the art of war, and I heard you call Liu Ye a senior brother, who is your teacher?" Zhu Ran asked.

"At this point, Zhou Yu should be stronger than me and my senior brother, if you want to learn, follow Zhou Yu in the future, why do you want to ask our teacher?" Ma Hong asked rhetorically.

Zhu Ran looked at Ma Hong's back and said, "I want to know how many of your senior brothers there are, and how do the others compare to you?" ”

"You want to know how many opponents like me will have in the future, right?" Ma Hong said without looking back.

Zhu Ran said, "So to speak. ”

"You are very confident, and you want to use my senior brothers as opponents, but unfortunately you are still too weak. Five or ten years from now, if you're lucky enough to meet, I'll let you know. ”

"Among your senior brothers, is there anyone stronger than Zhou Yu?" Zhu Ran asked again.

Ma Hong looked back at Zhu Ran's eyes and said, "You have a lot of questions, then I will also ask you a question, do you think I will be better than Zhou Yu in the future?" ”

Zhu Ran looked at Ma Hong's eyes, thought for a long time, and didn't speak.