However, it was said that Cao Cao adopted the plan of Pang Tong's iron cable to connect boats, and the large and small ships were paired with chain stops, and personally inspected the two villages in dry water and watched the drills.

However, seeing that the two armies of the flood and drought were evenly divided into five-color banners, strict and magnificent, they could not help but be overjoyed, and they set up wine and music on the central big boat, drunk and sang, and everyone was happy and harmonious, and they were happy and dispersed.

The next day, Cao Cao raised the tent and gathered the crowd to discuss: "If it weren't for God's help, Andefeng's clever plan?" The iron cable is connected to the boat, and it is like walking on the flat ground to cross the river. ”

Cheng Yu was worried: "The ships are all chained, although they are stable, but if they attack with fire, it is difficult to avoid and must be guarded against." ”

Cao Cao laughed.

Xun You said: "What Zhongde said is not unreasonable, why did the prime minister not think so, but laughed? ”

Cao Cao said: "Although Cheng Zhongde has foresight, he also has something that he can't see, so he is worried. Whoever attacks with fire will borrow the power of the wind. If it's spring, summer and autumn, how can I not guard against it. Fang Jinlong is in winter, but there is a west wind and a north wind, where will there be an east wind and a south wind. Our army is in the northwest, and the enemy army is on the south bank, if the enemy attacks with fire, will he not set himself on fire, why be afraid? ”

Everyone bowed to him.

Jiang Gan saw that Cao Cao strongly appreciated Pang Tong's clever plan, and consciously recommended meritorious service, and went forward to say: "I went to the other side twice, and saw that many hermits in Jiangzuo and even Sun Quan's strategists and generals resented Zhou Yu, and I am willing to persuade them again, maybe more people will defect." ”

Cao Cao thought to himself: The day before yesterday, Kan Ze was sent by Huang Gai to offer a letter of surrender, but he accused him of deception on the basis of an undetermined date of surrender, but Kan Ze was clever and eloquent, and Cai Zhong, Cai and the secret report knew that it was true. Kan Ze is leaving, scheduled to come down on November 18, counting the date, there are still two days. Seeing Jiang Gan ask for help again, he said, "It's okay." Huang Gai on the other side was responsible, taught Kan Ze to surrender, and agreed to descend on November 18, counting now, there are still two days. Ziyi went, he must find out and understand, so as not to delay. It's just that Zhou Yu is scheming and beware of being deceived. ”

Jiang Gan said: "Coming and going inevitably aroused Zhou Yu's suspicions. The prime minister can send a confidant to follow me, and I will visit the enemy camp and make it pass news back and forth. ”

Cao Cao obeyed, and then sent a henchman to cross the river by boat with Jiang Gan.

Before Jiang Gan's boat reached the shore, it was already besieged and locked by the river patrol boats, and Jiang Gan and his entourage were bound to enter the village to see Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu saw that it was Jiang Gan, and said, "Why did Ziyi deceive me too much? ”

Jiang Gan said: "You and I are classmates and friends, come to talk about the old days, why deceive each other? ”

Zhou Yu said: "The first time I came, I said that I surrendered, I refused, because I remembered my friends, I couldn't bear to hurt each other, I was warmly welcomed, I drank and drunk, and I left you to sleep with you." But you stole the smuggled books, left without resignation, returned to Cao Cao, killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and did a bad thing for me; came the second time, kindly left you to stay temporarily, and taught people to serve diligently, but you spied on the secrets of our army and fled back without permission; If you come again today, you will have bad intentions. If you don't remember the old love, you will be cut in two! I wanted to drive you back, but I was going to fight in the next day or two. I have to imprison you, and then dispose of it after you break Cao. ”

Jiang Gan looked at Zhou Yu and said: "The entourage has been with me since Jiujiang, and the relationship is extraordinary. ”

Zhou Yu then ordered his entourage to be sent to Ganning camp for detention, and instructed the good students to entertain them.

After the entourage was escorted away, Zhou Yu ordered Jiang Gan to be sent to Houzhai and imprisoned in strict custody to prevent escape.

Hearing the order left and right, Jiang Gan was pulled out.

Jiang Gan laughed: "My teacher's evaluation is really not bad. ”

Zhou Yuling pushed Jiang Gan back: "When it comes to Master's evaluation, I remember that 'Ziyi is wise and foolish, and open-minded', and it is true." Within two days, I will break Cao, and the day of breaking Cao is the death period of Ziyi. When death is approaching, you can still laugh, which is really 'open-minded'. ”

Jiang Gan said: "The matter has come to this point, how dare you talk about evaluating me." My teacher said that 'Gongjin is smart and quick-witted', which is by no means a fallacy. However, although Gongjin has a precise design and an exquisite plan, it is only difficult for Gongjin to follow Gongjin's wishes, and November 18 may not be successful. ”

When Zhou Yu heard this, he couldn't think back to the situation of his classmates, and he didn't have time to discuss the master's evaluation, so he hurriedly asked: "How does Ziyi know that the eighteen battles?" Why didn't you expect it to succeed? ”

Jiang Gan said: "A wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts." The reason why Cao Cao roped the warship was that it was expected that there would be little east and south winds in winter. The last thing Gongjin should do is to make Huang Gai make an appointment with him. If there is no east wind and south wind within two days, Gongjin's clever plan will be shattered. ”

Zhou Yu's face changed suddenly, and he urgently ordered Jiang Gan to be imprisoned in Houzhai, and then led the generals out of the village to the top of the mountain to look at Cao Cao's water village in Jiangbei.

When he was looking, suddenly the wind blew fiercely, Jiang Tao slapped the shore, the battle flag fluttered in the wind beside him, and the corner of the flag swept his face, Zhou Yu suddenly remembered what Jiang Gan said, and screamed unconsciously, and fell backwards, spitting blood in his mouth, unconscious, and rescued him back into the tent left and right, while reporting to Sun Quan, and seeking medical treatment on the other.

Besides, Pang Tong came back, went to see Zhuge Liang, and prepared to talk about Cao Cao's boat and Xu Shu.

Zhuge Liang said: "Since Yuan Zhi knows it, he has his own plan to get out. It's just that although Jiang Gan was tricked, how could he hide it from Cao Cao? ”

Pang Tong said: "It seems that Ziyi is not only clever and eloquent, but also has hidden wisdom. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Ziyi Jiujiang people, and Zhou Lang's classmates, just like you and I are straight, and our homes are in Jiangnan, and I don't know if I secretly help Zhou Lang." ”

Pang Tong said: "If Zhou Lang has Ziyi to help, it will be like a tiger with wings." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Zhou Lang is smart and smart, but he is narrow-minded, how can he be compatible? ”

Pang Tong said: "I have avoided the chaos so far, Domeng Luzi recommended me, I wanted to serve Wu Hou, but I offered a plan for Zhou Lang to Jiangbei, if it succeeds, it will be incompatible." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Shi Yuan first took his family back to Jingzhou to wait. After Cao is broken, please ask my colleague Uncle Huang. ”

Pang Tong said: "I have this intention. It's just that if Cao Cao is defeated this time, he will definitely reorganize his army and horses, and when Sun Liu loses peace, he will make a comeback. The priority now is to consolidate the Sun-Liu alliance. I will stay in Wu for the time being, maybe I can help Brother Kong Ming. That Zhou Lang was narrow-minded, and he was jealous of Brother Kong Ming's intelligence, and he hoped to find a way out as soon as possible. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Sun and Liu's joint resistance to Cao is not easy to come by, and it should be a long-term plan for the future. I will help Zhou Lang win the victory of Chibi and lay the foundation for the implementation of the Longzhong strategy. I've arranged to stop, don't worry. ”

After Pang Tong said goodbye and left, he went to Nanping Mountain to measure the terrain.

On this day, Zhuge Liang stood on the top of Nanping Mountain, looking north at the calm river, and his heart was turbulent: since he conspired with Zhou Yu to attack Cao's army, Zhou Yu took great pains, worked day and night, and planned one after another, one ring after another, and he was really a great general. It's just that it's narrow-minded and difficult to die well. Pity planting, Wu Hou!

Zhuge Liang was sighing to himself, and suddenly the northwest wind rose, and Zhuge Liang hurriedly drove his horse down the mountain.

When I came to the beach by the river at the foot of the mountain, I saw several old people squatting on the ground and talking.

Zhuge Liang stepped forward with his horse, only to see an old man with white hair suddenly standing up and exclaiming: "The day after tomorrow, there should be a southeast wind, and it will rest in three days." I will wait to inform my children and grandchildren that they must not leave the ship at that time. ”

Zhuge Liang Shili asked: "How do you know?" ”

The old man pointed to the mud marks raised by the loaches in the swamp and said, "The loaches are moving forward, but before they enter the water, they turn around and turn back, so they know that the direction of the wind has changed." ”

Zhuge Liang asked again: "How do you know when the wind rises?" ”

The old man said: "Listening to Mr.'s accent, you know that it is not from Jiangnan, so you ask so carefully, do you want to go back to Jiangbei in the near future?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "It's not a secret, the day before yesterday, I crossed the river to visit friends, and agreed with my family to return tomorrow. I am sorrowful, so I ask carefully. ”

When the old man heard this, he squatted down and measured the loach drill marks with his hands, and then calculated with his fingers and said, "The northwest wind will rest tomorrow." The day after tomorrow, around the evening of November 20, the southeast wind will blow and will rest for three days. In winter, there are three days of southeast winds, and it is rare to encounter them once in several years. Mr. is going back to Jiangbei, and after twenty or three days, it will be a good wind. ”

Zhuge Liang was secretly happy when he heard this, and secretly thought in his heart: the mire animals are the most sensitive to weather changes, and there are still such careful observers among the people.

Zhuge Liang was full of emotion, and when he saw that it was getting late, he thanked everyone and got on the horse and left.

Zhuge Liang returned to the post house, and before he could sit down, he suddenly reported that Lu Su was visiting, and hurriedly welcomed in: "Zi Jingtian is here late, and there must be something important to tell." ”

Lu Su told Zhou Yu the details of his sudden illness, and Zhuge Liang guessed the cause of the disease from the details described by Lu Su, so he said: "Gongjin's disease can be treated with drugs that are not ordinary Langzhong, and I can cure it without medicine." ”

When Lu Su heard this, he asked Zhuge Liang to go with him to treat Zhou Yu.

Lu Su led Zhuge Liang into Zhou Yu, taught Zhou Yu, who was sleeping with his head covered, to help him up and sit on the bed, and asked Zhuge Liang to sit next to him.

Zhuge Liang said: "The governor has been working hard for days, and he doesn't dare to come to bother. I don't want to see you for a few days, but you are uneasy. ”

Zhou Yu said: "How can people protect themselves if they have good and bad luck? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "There are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, how can people expect it? ”

Zhou Yu was disillusioned when he heard this, and it was expected that Zhuge Liang knew what he meant, so he pretended to moan: "Abdominal angina, chest and abdominal irritation, stomach and stomach vomiting, medicine can't be given." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Dudu's illness is caused by qi blockage and blood stasis, as long as the qi is smooth and the blood is flowing, it will be cured if it is not cured." ”

Zhou Yu said: "Without medicine, how can you have smooth blood flow?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "I have one side, which can make the governor smooth the blood." "After that, ask for a pen inkstone, teach Zhou Yu to retreat left and right, write sixteen characters in the secret book, and hand it to Zhou Yu: "This is the source of the governor's illness,"

Zhou Yu took over the exhibition: "If you want to break Cao Gong, you should attack with fire; Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. ”

Zhou Yu was shocked: "Since Mr. knows the source of the disease, there must be a way to solve it." The situation is critical, and I hope to give advice. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "I once met a strange person who preached Qimen Dunjia Heavenly Book, calling for wind and rain skills. If the governor wants the southeast wind, he can build a three-story seven-star altar on Nanping Mountain, nine feet high, with one hundred and twenty people, holding flags and flags around, I do it on the platform, borrowing three days and three nights of southeast wind, to help the governor use troops to break the enemy, what does the governor think? ”

Zhou Yu said: "Don't say three days and three nights, just one night of strong winds, big things will be done." It's just that Huang Gongfu has agreed with Cao Cao to surrender on the 18th, but how is it good? ”

Zhuge Liang said: "To change the appointment date, the governor has his own clever plan. It's just that it takes a day or two to build the Seven Stars Altar. I am scheduled to sacrifice the wind on November 20 and Bingyin on the 22nd. The rest were to be dealt with. ”

Zhou Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, his heart disease had been removed, he jumped up from the bed, and ordered five hundred strong soldiers to build an altar on Nanping Mountain; Allocate 120 men to hold the flag and guard the altar, and wait for the order.

Zhuge Liang resigned and went to prepare.