Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 125
Huang Gai prepared something to light the fire, and Zhou Yu and Lu Su went to the riverside to inspect in person. They saw that more than a dozen boats and warships were loaded with dry grass and dry firewood, and the ointment was poured into them, and the firewood was used outside. Red mantle camouflage, with bright tooth flags planted on it, and walking boats tied to the stern of each ship.

One day before the start of the battle, Zhou Yu sent brave men with Huang Gai's letter of surrender to Cao Ying by light boat.

Since they were stationed in Wulin, there have been tens of thousands of people who are not acclimatized to the water and soil in the camp, and hundreds of people have died of serious diseases.

At this time, the weather had turned cold, and the speed of shipbuilding in Jiangling and Xiangyang was also very slow. After several failed battles with Zhou Yu in Chibi, Cao Cao regretted not listening to Jia Xu's words, but he was more proud and unwilling to admit his mistakes. The village wastes time.

Seeing Huang Gai's letter, Cao Cao was skeptical, so he immediately called Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and other counselors to discuss.

Jia Xu is extremely sophisticated but selfish. Since he failed in persuading Cao Cao in Jiangling, he seldom offered advice for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took the initiative to ask Ji Liu Ye: "Zi Yang is from Jianghuai, does he know anything about Huang Gongfu? He wants to bring food, grass and trilogy to surrender tomorrow night. Is there any fraud?"

Liu Ye was a native of Chengde in Huainan. He served Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, and later defected to Cao Cao with Liu Xun.

After Cao Cao appointed a general, he came out of the squad and said: "Huang Gongfu, a native of Lingling and Quanling, although he belongs to the old army left by Sun Jian, compared with Cheng Pu and Han Dang, he is indeed not used by Sun Quan very much. This man is brave in battle. , and good at training soldiers, but it is a pity that he is only the captain of Danyang."

Sun Jian left five generals for Sun Ce, Zhu Zhi was Xiaolian for Sun Quan, and Xu Kun was Sun Jian's nephew. They were the prefects of Wujun and Danyang during Sun Ce's era, Cheng Pu was the captain of Wujun, Huang Gai and Han Dang Sima for another department.

Up to now, Cheng Pu has been promoted to deputy governor, Han Dang has been promoted to Zhonglang general, leaving Huang Gai with the lowest official salary.

Cao Cao frowned, "Although Sun Zhongmou is not as good as Sun Jian and Sun Ce, he is still the leader in Jiangdong, and he will be negligent in employing people?"

Liu Ye shook his head and said, "When Sun Quan first succeeded to the throne, the places in Jiangdong were not convinced. Sun Quan ordered Huang Gai to supervise the postal services and supervise the counties."

As soon as Cao Cao heard it, he understood that Huang Gai had done such an offending job as Duyou, and it must be that Sun Quan was under pressure and dared not reuse it. Such a person would also surrender?
While Cao Cao was meditating, Cheng Yu saw Jia Xu bowed his head and remained silent, and he took the initiative to say, "Duke Huang is in his sixties, if he sincerely surrenders, he should be thinking about his descendants."

"Zhongde agrees with me, we will see tomorrow night." Cao Cao nodded.

After nightfall the next day, Zhou Yu ordered Huang Gai to lead the ship in front, and the rest of the warships slowly followed in the distance.

Wulin Water Village knew that Huang Gai had surrendered, and the generals of the navy were watching near the gate of the village. When they saw a dozen or so boats approaching, they quickly reported to Cao Cao of the Chinese Army.

Cao Cao was taking a nap in the big tent after dinner.

Xu Chu stayed outside the tent, and the messengers dared not enter to disturb him.

Because there was no general order from Cao Cao, the guard dared not refuse or greet him.

When the front ship was less than two miles away from the water village, Huang Gai ordered his men to raise the sails and ignite the fire at the same time. At this time, the southeast wind was blowing violently, and the fire boat went straight to the water village on the north bank with the help of the east wind like an arrow leaving the string.

"Enemy attack."

"Enemy attack."

When Cao Jun's officers and soldiers saw the flames soaring into the sky, they immediately shouted, and there was a sudden chaos in the camp.

Cao Cao slept very lightly. Hearing the sound of Huzhi, he sat up in a cold sweat because he had just dreamed of the beautiful woman in Wancheng.

"Where is Anger? Where is Dianwei?" Cao Cao shouted.

Xu Chu quickly walked into the big tent, and said: "My lord, the water village is full of flames, it's Zhou Yu who's calling."

"It turned out to be Zhongkang." Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Chu. He confused the dream with the reality just now, but immediately said, "You said that Zhou Yu is attacking? Get ready with me."

"It's out of the account." Xu Chu replied.

The accompanying attendants put on the armor for Cao Cao, and Zhang Liao and other generals from Hanzhai rushed over.

"My lord, Huang Gai feigned surrender and attacked the water village with a fireboat," said Zhang Liao, clasping his fists.

"Lead me there." Cao Cao yelled, raising his whip.

Dozens rode to the shore, the water village was already in flames, and many warships had been burned.

With the help of the fire from the water fortress, Cao Cao saw that the fleet of ships in the distance was connected together, and Zhou Yu was marching towards the north bank with thunder drums.

"Wen Yuan." Cao Cao called out with a frown.

"The last general will obey orders." Zhang Liao clasped his fists in response. He estimated that Cao Cao was preparing to deploy to meet the enemy.

"Order the battalions to set fire to the boats to prevent Zhou Yu's water army from landing." Cao Cao said firmly.

"Uh, as ordered." Zhang Liao didn't know what he meant, and immediately arranged for people to burn the warship.

At this time, Cheng Yu also rushed to the shore. Seeing that the fire was fierce and unstoppable, he said to Cao Cao: "My lord, the southeast wind is strong at this time. Although setting fire to the boat can stop Zhou Yu temporarily, the dry village on land is also risky. Why don't you go?" Send troops to defend the riverside."

"The water fortress has been burned. Zhou Yu is condescending on the boat. Our bowmen are too disadvantaged. Besides, if the ship is not burned, it is equivalent to being an enemy."

Cheng Yu was speechless after hearing this, all the battalions are panicked now, it is not easy to mobilize enough troops to defend against the enemy.

"Order all the troops to gradually return to Jiangling from Huarong Road according to the scheduled plan, and give this Wulin Dazhai to Zhou Yu." Seeing that Cheng Yu was at a loss, Cao Cao continued to order.

Although Cao Cao was hasty in Wulin, he did not put all his eggs in one basket because of his rich combat experience. He made a comprehensive deployment of the entire Jingzhou when he went south to Jiangling.

General Cao Ren of Zhengnan and General Xu Huang of Hengye stayed in Jiangling, General Zhechong Lejin stationed in Xiangyang, General Fenwei Manchong stationed in Dangyang, General Li Tong stationed in Runan.

Together, these groups of troops numbered [-] people, and they occupied the main water and land routes of the Jingbei march. Whether it was attacking, transporting food, or retreating, it was a complete strategic plan.

Cao Cao was unable to defeat Zhou Yu in the water battle, and the disease was rampant in each battalion. He had long intended to retreat, but he never had the chance.

After a while Zhang Liao came back and replied, "My lord, all the warships have been set on fire, but at this time the south wind is strong and the fire is spreading to the dry village."

Cao Cao could see clearly from the riverside, so he turned his horse's head and ordered: "After the soldiers and horses of Ru Yin's troops are cut off, they will withdraw from Huarong Road to Jiangling."

"Wei." Zhang Liao cupped his fists.

After autumn, the vegetation dries up, and when sparks catch fire, the northern shore of Wulin will soon become a sea of ​​flames.

The battalions in Wulin Dry Village scrambled to retreat towards Huarong Road. The soldiers who were weak and sick were smashed to the ground and trampled into mud when they fled. The panicked soldiers in the dark night were not restrained, and many strayed into Yunmengze and drowned , 30 soldiers and horses had suffered heavy casualties before they encountered Zhou Yu.

After Zhang Liao was ordered to stop, he led his archers to guard the riverside, and after the whole battalion retreated, they chased them along the road.

Huang Gai saw that the opponent had set fire to his warship, and mistakenly thought that the opponent was in chaos, so the old man went into a teenage madness, and immediately commanded hundreds of people who pretended to surrender, and took the lead to sail to the right side of the water village.

Just as a dozen fast boats were about to land, hundreds of cavalry appeared from behind the reeds on the shore, and they stopped their horses with bows and arrows.

While avoiding the rain of arrows, Huang Gai was shot by Zhang Liao on the shoulder and fell into the river.

(End of this chapter)