Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1020 Come to vote at night
Chaohu.

As night gradually fell, the sky fell into darkness. On the vast water of Chao Lake, the ships were anchored in the water, leaving only vague silhouettes and black shadows.

The same is true for the Jiangdong fleet in the Ruxu River in the south. Most of the ships have entered the water village, and the river is quiet. The few ships used to block the river are also silent, as if everyone on board has fallen asleep.

There are several water villages on the waterway hundreds of miles south of Ruxu River. Xinpi was sitting in the cabin, looking at the river outside the window, frowning and saying: "How many days have it been? What on earth is Jiangdong doing?"

"Are they going to just keep fighting the fierce tiger navy in Chaohu?"

Sima Yi on the side naturally knew that Xin Pi was asking him, so he said: "Isn't this just right?"

"If Jiangdong occupies Chaohu and surrounds Shouchun in advance, wouldn't it be meaningless for Ming Gong to send troops there?"

Xin Pi was startled, then said: "That's right. If this happens, wouldn't we be like Wuming?"

"Okay, you also reminded me. I was very anxious at first, but now that you say this, I feel at ease."

"Let's just watch the show here and let the two sides fight each other. When Ming Gong conquers Shouchun, he will make wedding clothes for us!"

"If we break into the battlefield to take credit, will Jiangdong's army turn around and attack us on the grounds that they don't distinguish between friends and foes, and then find excuses to shirk it afterwards?"

Xinpi was stunned, "Huh?"

Sima Yi also stood up and looked over Xinpi's shoulder out of the window. He saw thousands of Jiangdong warships parked in the water village along the Yanjiang River, slowly sailing away from the shore. At the same time, the sails were hung high and the bows turned to the north. Start gradually accelerating.

Xinpi was so frightened that he stood up quickly, looked out the window, and said, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Should we send troops immediately to follow?"

"It can be said that even if we turn around to help the fierce tiger, we may not be able to suppress the Jiangdong Navy. If that is the case, why should we help the Jiangdong Navy? Isn't it better to just watch from the sidelines?"

These thousands of warships moved together, like thousands of giant ferocious beasts swarming from the deep sea to hunt for prey. This gave Xinbi Sima Yi an extremely shocking visual effect, and the two of them were speechless for a while.

Xin Pi thought about it carefully and realized that this was really the case!
He could only ask: "Then what should we do?"

In the past few days, Xinpi and Sima Yi had discussed the analysis of the war many times, and they were gradually impressed by Sima Yi's vision. Therefore, unknowingly, the roles of the two had reversed. Now Xinpi was speaking with a vague meaning. It's a bit like asking for advice.

He was talking happily when he suddenly heard the sound of horns on the river, one after another, continuous.

Sima Yi thought for a while and then said: "We will follow."

After a while, looking at the fleet that gradually increased in speed and formed like a huge wave, Sima Yi couldn't help but exhale and sighed: "It's awesome, it's unexpected, and it's really courageous to use troops at night."

"Looking at their neat appearance, it's obvious that they have been prepared for a long time. There are powerful counselors in Jiangdong."

Xin Pi said anxiously: "They are about to seize the opportunity. How about we just watch?"

"Just wait here?"

"If we do nothing and ruin Ming Gong's affairs, won't we be accused?"

Sima Yi did not hide anything and said directly: "Have you ever thought about the supervision of the army? Compared with the Jiangdong navy, our navy is absolutely inferior in terms of numbers. Taking into account the comparison of the strength of the two navy, the difference is even greater. ”

"And from the beginning to the end, Jiangdong never told us the plan for this night attack. Who knows if he deliberately set a trap for us?"

Then his figure stopped motionless, as if he was frightened by something.

Sima Yi listened and shook his head, "I don't even know how to fight Jiangdong or who to fight, so we don't want to wade into muddy waters, right?"

"Judging from Zhou Yu's thoughts, he may not have the idea of ​​weakening our strength and relying solely on Jiang Huai."

"But we can't get too close. Once they all enter Chao Lake, it won't be too late for us to leave."

"When the two sides are fighting inextricably, we will observe the situation and wait for opportunities."

"If there is a confrontation between the two sides, we will wait and see from behind."

"If the Fierce Tiger Navy is defeated, we will reap benefits from the side and at the same time concentrate the fleet to be on guard to avoid being taken advantage of by the Jiangdong Navy."

"If so." He hesitated, "If the Jiangdong navy is defeated, we will find a way to block their retreat route on the waterway and trick them."

"But with such a big gap in strength between the two sides, this shouldn't happen, right?"

Xinpi was in a daze: "Blocking the Jiangdong navy?"

"Why is this so?" Sima Yi said: "It's very simple. If Duke Ming wants to take Shouchun, he not only wants to kill the ferocious tiger, but he must also have the intention of conflict with Jiangdong."

"The importance of Jianghuai is not only that Jiangdong wants to get it quickly, but also Ming Gong, isn't it the same?"

"Right now, both sides are attacking Fierce Tiger, but the moment Fierce Tiger loses, it will be the moment when both sides break up!"

"I believe that by then, even if we don't take action first, Jiangdong will take action against us!"

"So what we have to do is to make Jiangdong and Xiu Hu both lose. It is best to cripple both sides, so as to lay the groundwork for Ming Gong to use troops in the future!"

"If we continue to foolishly serve as Jiangdong's pawns, then we have really failed to live up to Duke Ming's expectations of us!"

Xinpi was stunned and murmured: "Is that so?"

"But when I was leaving, Ming Gong didn't say anything to me?"

Sima Yi said: "Of course Duke Ming will not tell the supervisor!"

"because of him"

Suddenly Sima Yi's body trembled, and his face instantly turned pale.

I got too carried away!
Cao Cao had an idea in mind when sending troops this time, but he would only tell the confidants of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and would never reveal it to people with foreign surnames like himself. He obviously did not trust people like himself!

What kind of person is Cao Cao? He is suspicious, and only by being extremely vigilant can he be better than him, or someone who can guess his thoughts. Even though he is a polite and virtuous corporal, he is actually very wary in his heart!

Just like Yang Xiu, if you show yourself to be smart in everything, you will definitely suffer backlash in the future!
I am really stupid. I usually see so clearly. Why did I forget everything at this time? I got carried away and made a mistake and guessed Cao Cao's thoughts?
Thinking of this, Sima Yi hurriedly responded without revealing his words: "Of course, this is just a random guess on my part. Before getting the military order from Ming Gong, we should deal with it carefully. At least we should stay away from the battlefield as much as possible. Self-protection is the best policy."

After hearing this, Xin Pi nodded without thinking too much and said, "As you said, I will send an order to each ship to assemble the army immediately and set off in half an hour!"

After hearing this, Sima Yi felt a little relieved, and secretly warned himself that he must not show off like this in the future, lest Cao Cao would be suspicious of him, and he would not even think about having a happy life!
The fleet in the Ruxu water is heading towards the entrance of Chao Lake. In half an hour, they will be able to enter Chao Lake.

At this time, at the entrance of Chao Lake, there were more than a hundred warships setting sails under the cover of night, riding the east wind, and sailing towards Chao Lake.

This fleet is naturally Huang Gai's fleet that faked surrender. Its ships are filled with thatch, kerosene and other fire-starters. Taking advantage of the agreement to fake surrender tonight, Huang Gai will set the entire fleet on fire and rush into the fierce tiger fleet. Central Army, light them all on fire!

Of course, this fire attack strategy is actually not ideal, because the opponent will also run away to avoid the fire.

But this is exactly what Zhou Yu wants. He does not ask Huang Gai's warships to burn many of the Fierce Tiger Navy troops. What he wants is just to make the Fierce Tiger Army's formation chaotic and unable to organize an effective counterattack.

Because there are thousands of warships coming from Ruxushui behind, what Zhou Yu has to do is to command this warship with an absolute numerical advantage to enter the battlefield and completely crush the ferocious tiger navy that is in chaos!
The fire attack is only an auxiliary, these nearly two thousand warships are Zhou Yu's trump card to make the final decision!

Zhou Yu was full of confidence in this battle because he and generals such as Han Dang and Cheng Pu had deduced it countless times on the map and found no hope that the fierce tiger navy could come back.

Nowadays, the number of warships, the number of people, and the direction of the wind are all the advantages of Jiangdong Navy, so how can they lose?
This time, I must avenge the last defeat in Chaohu and recover the debt with principal and interest!

He watched Huang Gai's warship disappear into the night, and then ordered all the ships to be ready to rush into Chao Lake once the fire started.

Zhou Yu calculated the time very well this time. More than half an hour ago, the southernmost fleet of Ruxushui was the first to set off, and the warships on the shore of the water village along the way would follow in turn, forming a situation of marching at the same time.

It is expected that when the first wave of warships arrives in half an hour, Zhou Yu will lead his army into Chao Lake and launch thousands of warships into the battlefield in the shortest possible time.

And at that time, Huang Gai's ship that pretended to surrender happened to set the Fierce Tiger navy on fire, causing the opponent to collapse. The time was just right. This would make Fierce Tiger unable to react at all, and could only watch helplessly!

perfect!

Just when Zhou Yu was planning everything, Huang Gai's fleet lined up one after another riding the east wind, heading towards Yuan Xi's navy in the dark shadow in the distance.

A journey of more than twenty miles, seven or eight miles in a blink of an eye, but at this time Huang Gai was suddenly stunned, because in the darkness, there was a fleet of ships coming from the opposite side!
Seeing the warships lined up on the opposite side, slowly forming a semicircle, holding the waterway nearly ten miles wide, and blocking Huang Gai's path, Huang Gai was a little confused. What was going on? What's going on?

Come to take care of yourself?

This is a little different from what I said before. It's a bit too hasty. Aren't you afraid that Zhou Yu will find out later?
Huang Gai subconsciously asked the fleet to slow down, because he could not act too hastily at this time and get too far away from the opponent's center. If he set fire to the ship at this time, he would not be able to reach the middle of the opponent's fleet. Before that, the ship might be burned out!
He was hesitating whether to answer the other side, but he saw a rocket rising from the opposite side, lighting up the river, and standing on the bow of the ship, a military commander shouted: "Huang Gai!"

"You ambitious traitor, Sun Quan treats you well, but you betrayed him, do you still have any shame?"

Huang Gai went numb instantly, what's going on?

You are a member of the Fierce Tiger Army, how can you stand with Sun Quan and scold yourself?

(End of this chapter)