Chapter 12: The Battle of Red Cliffs

"Prime Minister, our army's naval army has initially formed combat power, and the generals also have a certain understanding of water warfare, and at present, in another month, they will be able to fight to the death with Zhuo Ao!" Cao Jun's camp, Zhou Yu smiled at Cao Cao.

"Gong Jin's talent is extraordinary!" Cao Cao said with satisfaction, less than two months of hard work, so that Cao Jun's naval strength was formed, just this ability, is by no means comparable to Cai Mao Zhang Yun and others, not to mention that during this time, Cao Cao invited Zhou Yu to have a long talk every day, knowing that Zhou Yu is not only proficient in the art of war, strategizing, but also rare in the world, unconsciously attached more importance to Zhou Yu, faintly, has begun to replace the former Guo Jia's position by Cao Cao's side.

"I don't know what are the chances of winning the war with Zhuo Ao now?" Cao Cao smiled and looked at Zhou Yu and asked, Zhuo Ao's ability he had learned ten years ago, and now he didn't dare to underestimate it, although under Zhou Yu's training, the combat power of the navy had been initially formed, but Cao Cao had seen the power of Zhuo Ao's navy, so he didn't dare to assert lightly.

"If Zhuo Ao has no strategy, this battle will be lost!" Zhou Yu said confidently that Cao Cao's family background was too rich, and he couldn't think of a reason to fail in a head-to-head battle.

"What is Qize?" Cao Cao was surprised.

"On the Yangtze River, it is nothing more than the power of fire and water, and the prime minister needs to be careful!" Zhou Yu said with a smile.

Cao Cao nodded and wrote it down, and then talked with Zhou Yu about the past and the present until late at night.

The next day, Cao Cao convened a civil and military meeting, and suddenly heard that someone came to report, and Pang Tong, a famous scholar in Jingxiang, came to vote.

"But Pang Shiyuan, who is famous by Sima Hui and is as famous as Fulong Zhuge Liang? Come on, please. Cao Cao couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, first there were unworldly handsomes like Zhou Yu to vote, and then there were top strategists like Pang Tong. God seems to have blessed me.

Pang Tong came up, and Cao Cao looked. Suddenly a little nauseated, this person has thick eyebrows and a wide nose. is five feet tall, compared to Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang's handsomeness, it is too much worse, but Cao Cao is a hero after all, and there is nothing unusual on his face.

"Mr. Shiyuan. Now that our army has been fighting with Zhuo Ao for a long time, I don't know if Shiyuan has a strategy to teach me? "After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Cao Cao also brought the topic to the current situation.

"I see that although the soldiers and horses under the command of the prime minister are brave, they are mostly fierce in the north, and the bow and horses are invincible, but when it comes to water warfare, although there is Gong Jin to govern the army, but after all, it is not as skilled as Zhuo Ao's command. I have a note that can relieve this sorrow for the prime minister. Pang Tong smiled.

"Please sir teach me." When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Thick and long formwork can be selected to connect the warships. or a row of fifty ships, or a row of thirty ships, reinforced with iron cables. Form an iron chain circumference, so that even if it is a war horse running back and forth. can also walk on the ground, no matter how big the wind and waves are. It's hard to shake either. ”

Zhou Yu frowned when he heard this, his eyes swept over Pang Tong, and then moved away, but when he saw Cao Cao looking at him, he shook his head quietly.

"This is very good, tomorrow I will be alone and someone will connect the warships in the way of the gentleman." The expression on Cao Cao's face remained unchanged, and he continued to beckon Pang Tong to drink, until the middle of the moon and the banquet dispersed, and Cao Cao left Zhou Yu to ask: "Gongjin shook his head during the banquet, but what is the problem with Pang Tong's plan?" ”

"Prime Minister, this person must be entrusted by Zhuge Kongming to offer advice, but in fact, he wants to destroy our three armies." Zhou Yu sneered: "If you really act with Pang Statistics, if Jiangdong attacks with fire, Iron Chain Zhou, this million army will be burned, and its heart is very vicious." ”

"If it is a fire attack, you need an east wind, but now it is winter, and the wind is northwest, how can you attack with fire?" Cao Cao frowned.

"The prime minister doesn't know, Yu was born here since childhood, and knows the climate of this generation, although the winter is mostly southwest wind, but there will be a period of time every year, the sky changes, the east wind blows, according to the past, less than a month, there will be an east wind, Pang Tong came to vote at this time, and also offered this iron lock boat, it is really poisonous!" Zhou Yu said in a deep voice.

"What does Gong Jin think?" Cao Cao nodded, turned his head to look at Zhou Yudao.

"Prime Minister, why don't we plan it, if we don't know, first use the iron lock to connect the boat, fight a few games, if Pang Tong is not sincere to vote, see that the plan is achieved, it will inevitably leave under the pretext, we will quietly disassemble the iron cable, and when the other party is ready to attack with fire, our army suddenly covers against the wind, and kills him by surprise, then Jiangdong can be determined, Jiangdong is flat, then Jiangxia Liu Bei is not afraid." Zhou Yu said with a smile.

"Good!"

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"Cao Cao really connected the boat with iron locks?" Chaisang Water Village, Zhuo Ao heard Zhou Tai's report, Cao Cao connected the boat with an iron lock, raised his sword eyebrows, and glanced at Lu Su.

"Yes, thirty or fifty large ships are connected together, like land, and we can't get close at all, so we are repelled by random arrows!" Zhou Tai said with a depressed face: "Lord, or we will lock the boat with iron locks." ”

"Nonsense." Zhuo Ao shook his head, now it is blowing in the southwest wind, this side is locked with iron boats, isn't it looking for pumping, and said to Zhou Tai: "Close the water village, don't fight in the next few days, and wait until I think of a good slope strategy." ”

"Yes!" Zhou Tai bowed and retired.

Lu Su sat beside Zhuo Ao, looked at Zhuo Ao and said, "Kong Ming's plan has been accomplished, why is the lord frowning?" ”

"If what I expected, Pang Shiyuan was deceived!" Zhuo Ao shook his head and said: "Cao Cao doesn't know the southern climate, so he can't see through this plan, I will definitely believe it, but I believe even more that Zhou Yu will be able to see through this plan." ”

"Then why did Cao Cao ......" Lu Su was slightly stunned, and reacted, it is now the southwest wind, and the iron lock boat is beneficial and harmless to Cao Cao, since Zhou Yu sees through it, as long as the iron lock is solved before the east wind arrives, the strategy of fire attack is naturally useless, and even the other party can plan and pretend to be in the middle of the plan, suddenly attack, and break through the Jiangdong defense line.

"Zijing, you quickly hold my arrow, go to Yuzhang to find Bo Yan, I will explain his affairs to prepare, the day of the east wind, but when you see the fire on this side, you will immediately act according to the plan, and there must be no mistake." Zhuo Ao handed a golden order to Lu Su and said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Lu Su took the arrow and hurriedly saluted Zhuo Ao.

"Without further ado, you set off immediately, and after arriving at the Yuzhang camp, stay on Boyan's side, help him, and call Gan Ning, Lu Lingqi, Jiang Qin, and Sun Shangxiang to come to see me immediately." Zhuo Ao said in a deep voice.

Lu Su left immediately, and after a while, the four generals of Gan Ning came to Zhuo Ao's tent to obey orders. After a while, they each left the Chaisang Water Village. But no one knows where it goes.

Three days later, Zhuge Liang crossed the river. Lu Su was a little puzzled, and asked Gu Yong, who came to receive him, only to know that Lu Su was sent to Yuzhang, and Zhuge Liang and Zhuo Ao discussed the strategy that day, and set the plan to attack Cao Ying. It can only be fought by Jiangdong, and without a group of fierce generals in Jiangdong, Zhuge Liang was suspicious, but he couldn't take care of these at the moment, and after discussing with Zhuo Ao, he stayed in the Chaisang camp, preparing to meet the east wind five days later, and with the help of the wind, he broke the Cao camp.

Zhuo Ao ordered Guan Hai, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao to cooperate with Zhuge Liang to mobilize all parties. At the same time, Zhou Tai was sent to set up a water barrier outside the camp of Chaisang to prevent Cao Cao's iron-locked boats from harassing him again.

Five days passed in a flash, and on the evening of the fifth day, the wind direction changed abruptly. Zhuo Ao, Zhuge Liang, and Gu Yong stood side by side on the water village, looking at Cao Cao's camp in Jiangbei from a distance, and Zhuo Ao waved the arrow in his hand. The five hundred speedboats, which had already been stuffed with withered grass, ignited and rushed towards the Cao Jun Water Village on the opposite side like a sharp sword.

"General, why is that?" Zhuge Liang suddenly saw a large number of soldiers rushing up. The straw men stood in the water village, replacing the original soldiers. couldn't help but look at Zhuo Ao in amazement.

"I didn't expect this plan to succeed, Cao Cao will definitely raid my water village, I can't stay here, Kong Ming will stay with me, and I'll explain the original story to you later!" Zhuo Ao said, with Zhuge Liang and a few people out of the water village, Zhuge Liang found that a large number of trebuchets and crossbow arrows were placed on the high ground outside the water village, Zhuo Ao actually set up another village here, and there were warships resting on it around, but the terrain here is quite high, why are the warships placed here.

In just a moment, Zhuge Liang figured out the original situation, there was no drought this year, but the water level of the Yangtze River was much lower than in previous years, coupled with Zhuo Ao's previous strange behavior, Zhuo Ao's plan is not difficult to guess at this moment.

"How can the general be sure that Zhou Yu can see through my strategy?" Zhuge Liang looked at Zhuo Ao in surprise.

"He has lived in Jiangdong for more than 20 years, for the weather in this area, Kong Ming knows, he must know, Kong Ming does not know, he also knows, it is not easy to deceive him in this regard, but if there is no such plan to attract Zhou Yu's attention, my strategy may not be able to hide from him." Zhuo Ao sighed: "Pang Shiyuan is too conceited, and he underestimates Cao Cao and Zhou Yu too much. ”

Zhuge Liang sighed: "I heard that General Tao is unique, and when I see it today, I know that it is true." ”

The two stood side by side on the high ground, and at this moment they had seen the five hundred clippers rushing into the Cao Jun Water Village and setting the Cao Cao Water Village on fire, but the Cao Army warships were not chaotic, but quickly dispersed, dodging the fire boats, and surrounded the Chaisang camp, and at the same time on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the sound of killing shook the sky, and countless torches lit up in the four fields.

"Bang bang bang~" Cao Jun's warship broke through the gate of the water village and rushed into the water village, but it was fixed by the dark pile that had already been laid in the water village, but at this moment the ship had docked, and Cao Jun couldn't care so much, and rushed ashore and cut down towards the surrounding 'soldiers', but he was stunned to find that what kind of soldier it was, it was clearly a straw man, and the general of the Cao army shouted that it was not good and wanted to retreat, but the warship was stuck by the underwater dark pile, and it was difficult to get out in a hurry, and the rear warships continued to rush in, and for a while, the water village was crowded with Cao Jun.

"Put!" With Zhuo Ao's order, countless canisters filled with fire oil were ignited, and thrown into the water village with a stone thrower, in the night sky, like countless meteors breaking through the sky, in an instant, with the screams of countless Cao Jun, the Chaisang camp fell into a sea of fire, with the help of the wind, the Cao army warships congested in the water village were all ignited, and the Cao army warships in the rear saw that the situation was not good, and quickly stopped, began to row back, avoiding the fire in the water village!

"What a Zhuo Ao!" In the temporary camp of the Cao army in Jiangbei, Zhou Yu, who was commanding the three armies to cross the river, saw the fire in the Chaisang Water Village, and he didn't know that Zhuo Ao had seen through his strategy, but the matter had come to this point, and he couldn't afford to retreat, so he urgently ordered the returning warships to assist the army to cross the river and gain a firm foothold on the opposite side, so as not to be attacked by the Jiangdong army, but on the opposite side of the Yangtze River, there was no shouting and killing, and it was calm.

"Strange? Since Zhuo Ao saw through my strategy, he should have taken precautions, why did he cross the river so smoothly, could it be that Zhuo Ao was a traitor and a trick? Zhou Yu wondered.

"No matter what tricks he has, the general just waited for me to enter Jianye and brought that Zhuo Ao's head over, and any conspiracy and tricks are useless." Zhou Yu's side was Xu Chu, a tiger idiot specially sent by Cao Cao to protect Zhou Yu, and when he heard the words at this moment, he couldn't help pouting.

Zhou Yu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and was about to say something, when suddenly the sound of wind and thunder sounded in his ears, as if ten thousand horses were galloping, Xu Chu looked to the west suspiciously: "Strange, haven't you heard that the prime minister sent cavalry?" ”

Zhou Yu's face changed greatly, and he shouted: "It's not good, it's a trick!" ”

However, under the night sky, a line of silver light suddenly appeared in the distance, which kept squirming and becoming thicker at the end of the line of sight, and finally turned into a monstrous wave under the frightened gaze of the Cao soldiers on both sides of the strait, sweeping towards both sides of the strait.

"General, let's go!" Xu Chu has never seen such a mighty wave, he lifted Zhou Yu, couldn't help but say that he carried it on his shoulder, pulled his legs and left, Zhou Yu's handsome platform was already behind, at this moment Jiang Lang swept up, and it was only worthy of passing through the handsome platform, Xu Chu had already carried Zhou Yu and arrived at Cao Cao's side.

Cao Cao was stunned at the moment, but he looked at the camp in front of him in a blink of an eye, and the 800,000 army was swept away like this?

"Prime Minister, let's go!" Zhou Yu didn't care about pleading at the moment, he had already seen the opposite side suddenly appear a number of boats rushing towards this side, it must be Zhuo Ao's sailors, hiding the big boat in a high place in advance, at this moment the river overflowed, just sailing, Cao Cao's million-strong army was destroyed in a flash, and now there are only some relatives who are left around, and they have already been frightened by the sudden changes.

"Kong Ming, I'll send you here, and the rest of the matter depends on you." Zhuo Ao smiled at Zhuge Liang.

"Won't the general pursue the Cao thief together?" Zhuge Liang looked at Zhuo Ao suspiciously.

"No, General Ben has more important things to do." Zhuo Ao smiled slightly, said goodbye to Kong Ming, and ordered the boat to go down the water, now although the waves have passed, but the water is still turbulent, it will go down the river overnight, and it will arrive in Danyang, here, Gan Ning, Jiang Qin, Lu Lingqi, and Sun Shangxiang will lead the army to wait.

"Lu Lingqi, the water has overflowed the Jianghuai, you can take a boat, slip into the city, Guangling City has someone to answer, you only need to lead the army to attack Guangling City, as for whether you can avenge your father, it depends on your ability, Sun Shangxiang will go with you and help you, remember, there is no offense against the people!" Zhuo Ao looked at Lu Lingqi, who had already revealed the murderous intention.

"The Last General's Order!" Lu Lingqi and Sun Shangxiang took the order together, each brought people and horses on board, and slipped away to Guangling.

"Gan Ning and Jiang Qin, you two will attack Runan overnight, and within three days, you must plant our banner in the entire county of Runan!"

"Order!" The second general took the order and left.

"Let's go, let's go back and see how the battle is going in Jingzhou?" Zhuo Ao watched the army leave, the sky was already bright at this time, Zhuo Ao couldn't help laughing and took Gu Yong and his guards to board the boat and go up the river. (To be continued.) )

PS: The plot of the Three Kingdoms is over here, I wanted to write about the Battle of Chibi a long time ago, but unfortunately when the last book reached this time, the protagonist was already invincible, and the Battle of Chibi couldn't be fought, make up for the regrets, and be capricious, and then collect the tail of the Three Kingdoms, and then start the plot of the abyss of the gods, thank you for messing around with Lao Wang in the past two days, haha