Chapter 302: Cao Cao's Laughter
After killing Liu Fu, Cao Cao always woke up from his dreams in the past few days. ◢ with ◢ dream ◢ small ◢ lā dream. Liu Fu was covered in blood and said: "Prime Minister, this battle will be defeated......"
Cao Cao was very angry, picked up his sword and wanted to kill him again, but he couldn't kill him again. Cao Cao ran profusely and woke up from his dream.
At that time, in the dead of night, Cao Cao picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of herbal tea, but his thoughts were like a tide. After Kan Ze surrendered, there was no more news; Cai Zhong Cai He said that Gan Ning was going to surrender, but there was no follow-up; Pang Tong offered a series of schemes, asked for a list of texts with himself, and returned to Jiangdong to persuade Sun Quan's civil and military forces to return to obedience, but there was no news.
The most unbearable thing for Cao Cao is to wait, which means that he is passive.
In the early morning of the next day, Cao Cao dragged his tired body to the tent, but when he met the generals, he was always in good spirits.
The crowd began to talk about the military situation.
After everyone said about it, Cao Cao said: "There is still no news from Jiangdong now, don't worry, as long as Huang Gai comes to surrender, the army will immediately go south, and Pingjiang Xia will destroy Dongwu, all in our control!"
A group of people naturally patted their sycophants and echoed them.
Suddenly, the wind outside the tent blew the big tent of the Chinese army, and the flag shook. Cheng Yu was careful, and immediately went out to check, when he went out, he was slow, but when he came in, his pace was extremely fast.
"Zhongde, but what happened?" Cao Cao said with a pleasant face.
"Prime Minister, the wind direction has changed! It used to blow a northwest wind, but today it is blowing a southeast wind. If Zhou Yu wants to take advantage of the southeast wind to attack with fire, it will be detrimental to our army. The prime minister must be guarded against!"
"Zhongde, you're too worried. Today is the winter solstice. The winter solstice is a yang, the summer solstice is a yin, and it is not surprising that the winter solstice blows a little southeast wind, and then stops. You don't have to worry, just sit on the sidelines. ”
Cheng Yu sat down and was about to speak, when the Chinese officer entered the account and reported: "Prime Minister Qi, a small boat has come from Jiangdong, and the people on the boat want to meet the prime minister, saying that they have brought Huang Gai's letter." ”
Cao Cao was overjoyed, looked around at everyone, and said, "Okay! ”
Not long after, a Jiangdong junior colonel walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, knelt down in front of Cao Cao, and put the letter on his head: "Knock to see the prime minister! This is a secret letter from the old general Huang Gai that I have asked to send and submit it to the prime minister." ”
"Present it. ”
The Chinese officer took the letter and handed it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao opened it and looked at it, and the letter was very clear: Recently, Zhou Yu's precautions have been too strict, and although I have the heart to go north, I have not been able to get out. Recently, a large amount of military rations were brought from Poyang Lake, and Zhou Yu ordered me to inspect them, and ordered that the grain must not be lost, which is a godsend. Tonight's second watch, I will look for an opportunity to escort the grain ship to surrender to the prime minister, the hull of the ship is covered with green cloth, and the green dragon tooth flag is inserted on it, hoping that the prime minister will send troops to pick me up in case Zhou Yu pursues the soldiers.
Cao Cao laughed and said, "Huang Gong is not up to me! Come to surrender tonight, this is God helping me." Come on, see what!"
The lieutenant officer gave fifty taels of silver to the colonel, who knelt down and kowtowed. Cao Cao said: "You go back quickly, order Huang Gai to come and surrender, and I will send troops to respond." ”
The little school went back to report to Huang Gai, and Huang Gai immediately reported to Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu was overjoyed when he learned about it, and just waited for the sun to go down. Finally, when the sun set in the heart of the river, he commanded: "Beat the drum and raise the tent!"
Jiangdong civil and military saw the governor, and then lined up on both sides. Zhou Yu was majestic and nodded towards the generals. Then his face sank: "Tie Cai He to me!"
The bound hands pounced over and tied Cai He, Cai He said inexplicably: "Du Du, I'm not guilty!"
"Phew! Bold Cai He, dare to come to Dongwu to deceive me! I sent Gan Ning to take Cai Zhong away and keep you under the tent, it is for another use. I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, so that you can die and understand. Tonight, the governor of Pontus sent troops to break Cao, and there is a lack of blessing sacrifice flags, so I want to borrow your head for a use!"
Cai He was stupid: "Dudu, yes, I'm here to deceive Cao Cao, if I don't deceive Cao Cao, I will kill my whole family, I am forced to be helpless, but your camp also has an affair with Prime Minister Cao." ”
"Who is secretly communicating with Cao Cao?"
"Your subordinate general Gan Ning and staff officer Kan Ze. ”
"That was arranged by the governor of Pontus. ”
Cai He grinned, his head drooped, and he was even frightened and his soul was gone.
"Push it out, slash!"
The knife and axe man pulled him to the banner of Daxu by the river, raised the steel knife, the Dongwu knife was fast, and Cai He's head fell to the ground. I saw a cavity of blood spurting out, and the blood was splashed, which was also a great fortune. After sacrificing the flag, Zhou Yu immediately ordered: "Start the boat and burn Cao Ying!"
"Obey!"
Huang Gai bathed and changed his clothes, fasted for three days, but at this time, he was full of energy, as if he had just eaten the elixir in the martial arts, and said hello to Han Dang, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, and Zhou Tai: "Pull the flag!"
The banner was pulled up, and it was rolled up by the wind, with four big characters on it: Pioneer Yellow Cover. Huang Gai boarded the third fireboat. Carrying a treasure knife, the silver hair swings in the wind. Huang Gai pointed with his hand: "Flying boat forward, march towards Chibi!"
The fleet rushed out of the Sanjiangkou Water Village, and more than 1,000 warships of the four naval armies behind it also followed, and the entire river was covered with warships from the east of the river.
Cao Cao looked at the south of the Yangtze River from the top of the boat, looking at the moon in the middle of the sky, shining on the river, like a thousand golden snakes, turning waves and playing waves. Cao Cao laughed in the wind, thinking that he was ambitious. pointed at Jiangdong with a long whip in his hand, and said: "Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou!" Cheng Yu heard it on the side, knowing that he wanted a son who was sticking to the country, and immediately said: "The four sons of the prime minister are all mighty and powerful, and they are all the lords of the country. ”
Cao Cao glanced at Cheng Yu and laughed.
Suddenly, the Chinese officer pointed with his hand: "Prime Minister, please look, there seem to be many fleets in Jiangnan coming with the wind." ”
Cao Cao walked to the highest place of the handsome boat and looked into the river out of thin air, but he couldn't see it really. The lieutenant officer said again: "Prime Minister, the ship in Jiangdong is wearing a green dragon tooth flag, and there is a big flag with the name of Huang Gai on it. ”
Cao Cao put his hand on the pergola to take a closer look, and said happily: "It's Huang Gai's grain ship that has arrived." Come on, order Mao Jue and Yu Ban to open the door of the water village and welcome General Huang!"
"Slow down!"
But it was Cheng Yu who spoke out to stop it. Cao Cao turned around and said, "What does Zhongde have to say?"
"Prime Minister, you can't open the water village, the grain ship is cheating!"
Cao Cao took a closer look: "Where is the fraud?"
"Prime Minister, if Huang Gai is a grain ship, and there is grain on board, the ship will inevitably sink heavily and be calm. If you look at it again, the boat is light and floating, and it is moving fast, as if it is not a grain ship. ”
Cao Cao secretly said: The grain is the heaviest, the draft on the side of the boat can't be so shallow, and the wind rushes again, and the boat can't go so fast. It seems that Cheng Yu is careful and can't help but take precautions.
Cheng Yu said again: "Prime Minister, the southeast wind is blowing so tightly tonight, if Huang Gai is deceitful and sets fire to the ship, we will not be able to resist it." ”
Cao Cao laughed and said: "Zhongde, do you really think that I am so gullible to believe Huang Gai? I have sent Wen Ping to lead the river patrol ships to ambush outside the water village, facing the wind, just waiting for Huang Gai. If it is really a grain ship, he is allowed to enter the village. Otherwise, hmph, just burn it in the heart of the river!"