Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1021 The key to victory or defeat
Before Huang Gai set out, he had anticipated various possible accidents, but he had never thought about the current situation. His mind was short-circuited for a moment. What happened?
Moreover, with the voice and appearance of the military commander opposite, Huang Gai immediately found the corresponding person in his mind. He had dealt with him many times on the battlefield. This was not the subordinate of Huang Zu who had fought against Jiangdong for many years. He was shot to death a few days ago. Ling Cao's Gan Ning?
Logically speaking, it is possible for someone to surrender to Jiangdong, but it is unlikely for you, Gan Ning, who has a blood feud with Jiangdong, right?

Thinking of this, Huang Gai's body suddenly trembled. Yes, there is definitely something wrong with this. Is it possible that Yuan Xi didn't trust him and sent Gan Ning to deceive him?
Thinking of this, he immediately held his head high and shouted to Gan Ning: "I have served Jiangdong for many years, but I have been coldly treated and bullied by Xiaoxiao. Jiangdong has failed me, so I came to surrender to Yuan Shijun!"

"I sincerely abandon the darkness and turn to the light. Could it be that you have evil intentions towards Yuan Shijun, so you came to stop me?"

After speaking, Huang Gai waved his hand to speed up the ship and rush over. He just had an excuse. There were rebels on the other side, so it was natural for him to rush over, right?
When Gan Ning saw this, he immediately shouted: "Huang Gai!"

"Don't be stubborn!"

"I am Gan Ning, Huang Zu's general. I don't want you to go astray, so I'm here to stop you. Turn around and go back quickly!"

"To take refuge in the fierce tiger is a foolish move. If you can turn back in time, there is still a way to survive!"

When Huang Gai saw Gan Ning gathering his warships and blocking his waterway, he couldn't help but feel angry and anxious, and said angrily: "I believe you are a ghost!"

"You killed so many generals in Jiangdong and you still want to surrender to Jiangdong. Do you think I am a three-year-old child?"

Gan Ning Zhengyi Lingran said: "I have learned from the pain and feel that Sun Quan is the wise master. Now Jiangdong is so powerful that the fierce tiger has no chance of winning. You were confused for a while and took the wrong path. You will regret it in the future!"

Gan Ning knew he couldn't hide it anymore. He was suppressing laughter almost the whole time. At this time, he laughed and said: "General Huang, if you sincerely surrender to the envoy, let me board the ship to check and see if it contains weapons. Or a fire starter?"

The roaring sound of impact continued, wood chips flew from the bow of the ship, and the screams of soldiers were heard everywhere. Huang Gai tried his best to stand still, and was surprised to find that his own ship did not rush over by the impact as he expected, but The bow of the ship rushed several feet away, and then it seemed to be stopped by something, and its forward momentum came to an abrupt halt!

Huang Gai was about to curse out loud, "You are talking about wealth and wealth, I will spit on your face the shitty wealth!"
Others are already on the verge of collapse, and their well-planned plans are messed up like this?

Both sides shouted and fought together.

He immediately realized that Gan Ning had surrendered, so why did he need to use iron chains to connect the warships?

No wonder Gan Ning's fleet was lined up. It turned out that each ship was connected by several extremely thick iron chains. Huang Gai's ship was about to pass through the gap, but was blocked by the iron chains and could not move. No!

Huang Gai knew that his fake surrender was a complete failure, so he immediately ordered the sergeant: "Kill them all, break away from the chains, and come with me!"

He hurriedly climbed onto the bow of the boat and when he looked at it under the moonlight, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

Aren't you afraid of being discovered by a vicious tiger when you do these useless things in a big way?
After he figured this out, he yelled: "Gan Ning, how dare you deceive me!"

wrong!

Huang Gai is numb, he wants to cry but has no tears. When is it not good for you to surrender? Surrender now?
Do you know you're in my way?
My boat has to go over before it can be set on fire!
Seeing Gan Ning's ship blocking the front, he knew he had no choice but to charge forward, and immediately shouted: "Listen to my command, the warship will collide and pass through the gap in their ship!"

"If you persist in your stubbornness, I will fight you here and I will never let you defect to the vicious tiger!"

When Gan Ning saw this, he shouted: "Bold Huang Gai, you are so ungrateful, let me kill you, you villain!"

"Hurry up and go back with me to meet Governor Zhou, bear the thorn and plead guilty, and serve in Jiangdong!"

Gan Ning's voice sounded again, "Huang Gai, you tricked the sergeant into running away with you, and you even took Jiangdong's weapons to surrender. You are such an ungrateful villain!"

"Now I will send these weapons back to Governor Zhou. I will take your incredible wealth!"

The ships on both sides approached rapidly and then crashed into each other.

After hearing this, Jiang Dongjun responded one after another. Although their voices were quite neat, they already showed signs of lack of confidence. It was originally a arson attack, but now it's a risk of death. Can they be kept unwavering?
When Gan Ning saw it, he also shouted: "The Jiangdong dog thief pretended to surrender, kill him!"

Thinking of this, Huang Gai also bit the bullet and led the fleet to charge over.

He was forced to have no choice. Even if he rushed through the boat formation on the opposite side, it would be difficult for him to escape after setting fire. Unless Gan Ning truly surrendered to Jiangdong and saw that he had set fire, he would understand that he was pretending to surrender!

"Warship collision!"

As soon as Huang Gaifu fought, he felt that something was wrong. The crossbow firepower on the opposite warship was too fierce. His side fell into a disadvantage almost instantly. If this continues, it will be a matter of time before it collapses. Do you want to set fire in advance?

Anyway, the wind direction is favorable to our side. As long as the fire is lit, the other side will have to abandon the ship. Depending on the wind, maybe we can carry Gan Ning's warship to the opposite side?

But when he looked carefully at the water, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

Because Gan Ning's ship array has collectively anchored and cannot move at all!
Huang Gai knew that this fire attack plan had completely failed. The opponent was probably well prepared. The most important thing now was to notify Zhou Yu as soon as possible to avoid falling into the opponent's ambush. Now I have two choices.

One was to light a fire on the spot, set fire to Gan Ning's ship, and take the opportunity to return in a small boat to report the news.

But there is a problem. The boat is moving slowly, and it is against the wind. It relies solely on manual oars. If it is caught up by the other side, it is basically a certain death situation.

The second is to make the ships retreat and turn around while fighting, and take these ships back with you.

Of these two methods, the second one is naturally the safest, but Huang Gai felt that something was wrong. He took the fire ship that was supposed to be set on fire back home. If the other party took advantage of it, the consequences would be disastrous!

Huang Gai thought about it again and again, and finally decided to retreat by boat. Anyway, the east wind was blowing tonight, and the wind direction was always blowing in the direction of the Fierce Tiger Army. It would not burn the Jiangdong Army's ships, and he would not light it again when he arrived at the entrance of Chaohu Lake. Chi, it can also be used to stop the vicious tiger navy!

Thinking of this, Huang Gai shouted: "Turn around and leave!"

When Gan Ning saw it, he also shouted: "Kill! Don't let them escape!"

After a quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, most of Huang Gai's ships finally successfully turned around and retreated towards Ruxushui, braving the attack of Gan Ning's army.

When Gan Ning saw this, he immediately ordered the ship to weigh anchor and chased after Huang Gai. At the same time, he admired Yuan Xi, Zhuge Liang and others. The situation turned out as they expected!
He ordered the soldiers to shoot rockets. Yuan Xi saw the fireworks exploding in the sky from a distance, and smiled at Lu Xun: "It's done, let's go!"

Lu Xun also ordered people to shoot rockets. Seeing the signal, all Yuan Xi's naval forces parked in Chao Lake moved together and headed straight towards the entrance of Chao Lake and the direction of Ruxushui. This is the battlefield chosen by Yuan Xi's army tonight!
Over there, Gan Ning and Huang Gai were chasing each other. Huang Gai managed to escape to the entrance of Chaohu Lake. He saw Zhou Yu's navy approaching from a distance, so he quickly shouted: "Turn the ship around, set it on fire and then abandon the ship." !”

After hearing this, the soldiers ran away from the fire starters and found the fire starters in the cabins. In a short time, hundreds of ships were burning.

Huang Gai ordered his men to board the small boats to evacuate, and rushed to Zhou Yu's warship to report the news. Here Gan Ning saw the lit fire ships floating towards his own fleet, so he issued an order: "Disperse and use iron chains to stop the enemy ships." !”

The fleet gradually dispersed, the iron chain in the middle stretched, and then faced Huang Gai's fire ship, and blocked it with the iron chain again. The ships caught fire one after another, but due to the wind direction, the fire would not be directed towards the Jiangdong Army. If it spreads, it will only blow in the direction of Yuan Xi's navy.

So Gan Ning ordered his soldiers to anchor, then abandon the ship, letting Zhuo get the ship and burn it where it was.

Zhou Yu took the embarrassed Huang Gai onto the boat. After Huang Gai finished explaining the cause and effect, Zhou Yu frowned slightly and said: "I didn't expect that the other party would see through it. The fierce tiger is really cautious."

Then he comforted him: "But it doesn't matter, let's wait until the boat is burned out, then rush directly into Chao Lake and defeat them head-on!"

"Our ships are far superior to the opponent's. At most, we will lose more warships. The fierce tiger will not be able to stop our attack!"

He ordered the ship to anchor and stayed quietly a few miles away, waiting for the fire ship to burn out before leading the army into Chao Lake.

In Zhou Yu's eyes, the fire ship plan was over, but in the eyes of Yuan Xi, who arrived, everything had just begun.

He said to Lu Xun: "Send off the fireworks signal."

Two fire dragons rose into the sky and exploded into two brilliant fireworks, lighting up the night sky. Zhou Yu looked up and was confused for a moment. What did the other side want to do?
On the east bank of Ruxushui, Zhuge Liang led an army of troops and horses, using the cover of the woods on both sides of the bank to lurk several miles away from the bank of Ruxushui.

He climbed to a high place and used his binoculars to see that the bank of Ruxushui was empty. A large number of warships were sailing to the middle of the river, with no end visible. This was a large number of Jiangdong navy ships gathering, waiting for Zhou Yu's order.

Zhuge Liang thought that this was the key to victory or defeat. Because Jiangdong's army was not good at fighting on foot, they simply gave up on landing and only used warships as cover to ensure the safety of the entire fleet.

This is not a problem when fighting others, because no matter how powerful the infantry and cavalry are, they have to board ships to cause casualties to the Jiangdong navy, but Yuan Xi's current naval strength cannot do this.

But it was possible to put it here with Yuan Xi, because he had attack methods that Zhou Yu had never thought of!
Everyone thought that Yuan Xi was going to have a water battle with Jiangdong Army. In fact, the key to this battle at Chaohu was on land!
Seeing that the time had come, Zhuge Liang gave the order, and hundreds of small catapults lined up behind him.

At the other end of the catapult, there were round urns with openings. As Zhuge Liang gave the order, the catapult let go with a roar, and hundreds of round urns were sent to the sky!
The round urn drew a high arc, crossed the woods, flew for several miles, and then crashed into the river with a splash.

The round urn sank into the water, and the black liquid in the urn flowed out. Instead of sinking into the water, it slowly floated to the surface.

oil.

When it surfaced, oil began to spread out from the water in large areas.

Some round urns directly hit the deck of a crowded ship in the middle of the river and exploded. The oil inside spattered, startling the generals and soldiers on the ship, and hurriedly went to the shore to check.

When they saw a series of round urns being launched from behind the woods on the shore, they realized that something was wrong and quickly sent someone to report to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was watching the burning ship on the bow. After hearing the news, he was also a little confused. What was being shot across?
(End of this chapter)