Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1023: Calculating to Death
During the day, Zhang Liao led 800 cavalry to defeat the 100,000 troops led by Sun Quan, forcing Sun Quan to retreat to Xiaoyaojin camp more than 20 miles away.

The so-called Jin refers to the ferry, and Xiaoyaojin in the south of Hefei is originally the ferry channel leading to Chaohu Lake.

Sun Quan's decision was actually a strategy for stability, because most of the ships in Xiaoyaojin went to Chaohu to resist the Jiangdong navy. Now there are only a dozen boats of various sizes and hundreds of ships left at the ferry. The guards, under attack from Jiangdong's army, soon fell.

From Sun Quan's perspective, his defeat during the day was just a small defeat. He still had 60,000 to 70,000 men left. As long as he pushed his troops to the gates of Hefei tomorrow, he could break into the city and seize Hefei.

Then he could turn around and occupy Xiaoyaojin, cut off the retreat of Yuan Xi's navy, and block it in Chao Lake.

Because according to Sun Quan's speculation, the Jiangdong Navy led by Zhou Yu is several times larger than Yuan Xi's Navy, not to mention the help of Cao Cao's Navy. It can even level Chao Lake. By then, Yuan Xi's Navy will be defeated and can only be blocked. He became a turtle in a urn in Chaohu Lake and was completely destroyed by the Jiangdong Army!
As for today's failure, Sun Quan comforted himself that he was caught off guard because he was new to battle. Coupled with various coincidences, Chen Wu died in battle, and the rebellion of the Shanyue people led to the collapse of the former army. He would not make this mistake again!

As long as he pushes forward openly tomorrow, no matter how harassed the opponent is, and keeps the formation stable, there will be no worry of the army's formation collapsing. By then, no matter how many cavalry the opponent comes to, it will be useless!

Sun Quan even thought of his next plan. After quickly occupying Hefei, he must gather the remnants of the fierce tiger army as quickly as possible, block Cao Cao's navy at Ruxushui, and then get ahead of Cao Cao and quickly capture Shouchun. , when Cao Cao arrived, Jiang and Huai had already fallen into the hands of Jiang Dong, and he could only cry out in vain!
Thinking of this, Sun Quan fell into a blissful sleep. He was frightened and frightened during the day. He was already exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.

Until he was awakened by continuous explosions and screams.

Half asleep and half awake, he was woken up by Xu Sheng who rushed in. He sat sleepily on the edge of the bed and said in a daze: "What's wrong, what's wrong?"

"Is this the end of my one hundred thousand army?"

"Why don't you find someone to put out the fire?"

Everyone got on their horses in a hurry, trying to identify the direction in the dark night, and wanted to leave from the south, but there were soldiers like headless flies everywhere, blocking the escape route in disorder, making it difficult for Sun Quan and his party to move.

Sun Quan was suddenly startled, and he broke out in cold sweat. He rushed outside the tent and saw raging fire everywhere. The thick smoke choked him, and he suddenly fell into panic. "How could this happen? How many people came from the other party?"

Sun Quan heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer behind him, and a roar came very clearly, "I am Zhang Liao of Bingzhou, Sun Quan dares to fight with me?"

After hearing this, Sun Quan closed his eyes in pain, hearing the screams of Jiangdong soldiers. Then he suddenly opened his eyes, "In that case, let's retreat to the east bank of Chao Lake!"

He grabbed Xu Sheng's chest and said, "One hundred thousand people, one hundred thousand people!"

Xu Sheng's face was full of bitterness, "Mr. Wu, the enemy is attacking and has set fire to the other side. Please break out first!"

He couldn't help shouting: "Go, go, go!"

"Can't you think of a way to save me?"

When Xu Sheng and Pan Zhang saw soldiers blocking the road ahead, they looked at each other and shouted: "Get out of the way!"

At this time, Pan Zhang rushed over with a black face. Seeing that Sun Quan was still arguing with Xu Sheng, he quickly stepped forward and worshiped: "Mr. Wu, the soldiers have scattered and fled. They can't stop it!"

Sun Quan suddenly woke up and looked at the soldiers running around in disbelief, shouting: "Let's go?"

Sun Quan trembled even more after hearing this. Isn't this the God of Killing during the day?

Xu Sheng pulled Sun Quan to find the horse and said helplessly: "Mr. Wu, there are not many enemies here, but we have fallen into their trap, and a fire starter has been buried here long ago!"

"Otherwise we will be killed without mercy!"

After the two men stabbed to death a few blind soldiers blocking the road, the road finally opened up and everyone fled southward, ignoring the hateful glances from Jiangdong soldiers.

However, when they arrived at the gate of the village, everyone was discovered by Zhang Liao's cavalry scouts. Some of them fired rockets, and Zhang Liao's cavalry from other directions saw them and rushed towards them.

"And if Mr. Wu has three short games and two shortcomings, what can Jiang Dongru do?"

"The enemy will break in at any time. I hope Mr. Wu will protect himself. It's not too late to wait for Governor Zhou to defeat the fierce tiger navy and then join forces to take revenge!"

"After the enemy lit the fire, the fireworks rose from the ground. They couldn't be extinguished for a while. The enemy took the opportunity to attack the camp. Now that our army has blown up the camp, it's better to leave quickly!"

Sun Quan saw the Youzhou cavalry rushing over and suddenly wanted to cry. Was he going to die here?
Suddenly, Zhang Liao rode out from the diagonal stab, rushed towards Sun Quan, and shouted: "Sun Quan, don't leave!"

Xu Sheng and Pan Zhang were entangled by the Youzhou cavalry. Seeing that the rescue was not urgent, Song Qian and He Qi rushed over from behind. At the same time, he stopped Zhang Liao and shouted: "Don't hurt my lord!"

Xu Sheng and Pan Zhang quickly pulled away and ran away with Sun Quan. Zhang Liao was entangled by Song Qian and He Qi, so he had to draw a gun to deal with it. The three of them fought in the thick smoke.

According to Zhuge Liang's calculations, fire starters were buried in Xiaoyaojin. Before Zhang Liao's night attack, he found a ignition point and lit it. When the firewood and kerosene in the ground started to catch fire and smoke billowed, and Jiangdong soldiers panicked, he took the opportunity to attack the camp. In one fell swoop, Jiangdong soldiers blew up the camp. He had already been prepared for the smoke. The eight hundred cavalrymen all wore cotton smoke masks with charcoal particles sandwiched in the middle. They were more durable than the Jiangdong soldiers who were constantly inhaling the smoke. So now Zhang Liao was fighting one against two. Not only was he not Falling behind will also force Song Qian and He Qi into danger.

On the other hand, Song Qian and He Qi kept inhaling the pungent smoke, their heads were swollen, and their moves gradually became scattered. After a few dozen rounds, the two of them were already struggling and making mistakes.

Zhang Liao took a chance and swung his crescent halberd away from the two men's spears. He then hit He Qi's throat and dragged it, creating a deep wound on his neck. Blood spurted out instantly.

He Qi threw away the spear in his hand, covered his neck, and his throat rattled. Finally, his body swayed twice, and he fell under the horse and died.

When Song Qian saw it, he couldn't help but lose his mind. He waved the spear in his hand, avoided Zhang Liao, and took the opportunity to turn around and run away. Zhang Liao was chasing after him. Seeing that he was only a few feet away, the opponent was running faster and faster, so he drew his bow from behind. An arrow aimed at Song Qian's heart.

Song Qian heard the news and hurriedly ducked down to dodge, and the arrow flew out of his helmet. Song Qian was secretly thinking that he was lucky, and the second arrow arrived again.

The arrow hit his thigh without armor. The severe pain made Song Qian scream, and he fell off the horse involuntarily, falling to the ground unable to move.

Zhang Liao galloped past on his horse and shot Song Qian in the face with an arrow. Song Qian's eyes widened with anger and he died.

Sun Quan was galloping in front of him, surrounded by the defeated army. He suddenly wanted to cry. Is this a nightmare? Why haven't he woke up from the dream?
He looked in the direction of Chaohu Lake and thought that Zhou Yu was doing things so poorly. If he had arrived a day earlier, how could he have ended up in this situation?
But it’s late and late. The Battle of Chaohu should be won, right?
At the same moment, nearly half of Zhou Yu's naval forces in Chao Lake were completely plunged into a sea of ​​fire.

The vanguard of Zhou Yu's navy at the front, after paying a very heavy price, finally broke through the three chain ship formations set up by Yuan Xi's navy and rushed into Chao Lake.

The flames behind them also gradually spread, dyeing ten miles of wet water red, making thousands of warships seem to be in a flaming hell.

This is not over yet. Zhuge Liang, who is leading the army on the shore, is still firing oil cans and Dongfeng rockets to further expand the area on fire. This is the wealth that Yuan Xi has accumulated over the years, and now he has taken all of it in this battle. out.

Zhuge Lai looked at the red river and was filled with emotion. Before the war, Yuan Xi said to Zhuge Liang that this time things were enough, even if everything was thrown at the head of Jiangdong Army, it was finally realized.

This is not the credit of any one person, but also the result of the hard work and cooperation of everyone in Yuan Xi's power, from generals to soldiers, from officials to common people, from Yuan Xi to craftsmen.
Zhou Yu had already led his fleet into Chao Lake and braved the battle with Yuan Xi's navy. He thought in his heart, just burn it. If his own warship was burned, wouldn't you be the same?
As a result, when he saw a warship of Yuan Xi's navy nearby, he finally couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

Several feet above and below the opponent's waterline were surrounded by a circle of iron plates, effectively blocking the flames in the river!

If this continues, the first one to catch fire will definitely be our side. The other side will really take care of everything!

Zhou Yu felt dizzy, but he still held on to a glimmer of hope. He didn't know how many ships behind him were caught in the sea of ​​​​fire, but some of the rear army must be safe and sound. With Cao Cao's navy, they still have an absolute advantage in numbers. If he dares to come to the rescue when the fire is extinguished, , and can even turn the situation around!
What he has to do now is to suppress Yuan Xi's navy and wait for the moment when the situation turns around!
On the river surface twenty miles south of the entrance to Chaohu Lake, Xinpi stood on the bow of the boat, looking fearfully at the flaming river surface in front of him, and asked, "What is this?"

"Is it the Taiping Dao magic?"

He turned to Sima Yi beside him, "What should we do now?"

Sima Yi looked at the blazing river fire. He didn't know what it was, but his instinct told him that he must not let the boat go in.

Thinking that all this was caused by the fierce tiger he had never met before, Sima Yi felt an extremely strange feeling in his heart. What kind of person was he on the opposite side?
No matter how you look at it, the Jiangdong navy is in danger. Without such a disadvantage, a fierce tiger can come back. So in Hefei or even Shouchun, can Cao Cao really achieve his wish?

A trace of confusion emerged in Sima Yi's heart. Was he right or wrong to seek refuge with Cao Cao?

Xinpi's anxious urging in his ear brought Sima Yi back to his senses. Facing Xinpi's question, Sima Yi said: "There are several ways to go."

"The first is to wait and see what happens. When the fire disappears, Bian will join the Jiangdong Navy and rush into Chao Lake together to attack the Fierce Tiger Navy."

Xin Pi hesitated and said, "Can this demon-like fire be extinguished?"

Sima Yi said: "Unless it is really a magic spell, this should be similar to kerosene and will always be extinguished."

"But if we help the Jiangdong navy defeat the fierce tiger, it may not be the best choice for us."

Simpi wondered: "Are there any other options?"

Sima Yi nodded and said: "Yes"

"Jiangdong is actually in disarray. I think the troops behind it are in great confusion. We can take the opportunity to trick them into retreating together, then return to occupy Jiangxia and capture Jingzhou for the Ming Dynasty!"

Xinpi was stunned, what was this idea?
Doesn't this mean that you are falling out with Jiang Dong?

(End of this chapter)