Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 331 Battle of Chibi (3)

"Okay! Go back and report to your general Huang Gai immediately. Tonight at [-]:[-] am, I will wait in the water village. In order to prevent Zhou Yu from finding out, our army will not light any torches and will not come to respond. All for the sake of safety. "Li Song said to the visitor.

"No! I will bring the Prime Minister's message back to my general." After the visitor said, he clasped his fists and saluted, exited the big tent, and returned to Jiangzuo to return his orders.

"Report!" A personal guard rushed in, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to the Prime Minister! General Luo Cheng is returning to the camp, and we will see you outside the tent."

"Let him enter the account and have an audience!" Li Song said happily, Luo Cheng came back, did he capture Zhuge Liang alive?

The personal guard led away, Luo Cheng stepped in, knelt down on one knee and said, "The last general, Luo Cheng, pays homage to the prime minister."

Li Song looked at Luo Cheng and said, "Luo Cheng, did you capture Villager Zhuge alive?"

"Prime Minister! The last general never captured him alive." Luo Cheng said.

"If he wasn't captured alive, he would be beheaded. That's fine. If he couldn't be captured alive, he would also remove a hidden danger." Li Song said.

"Prime Minister, forgive me! The last general never saw Zhuge Liang in Yanziji. Zhuge Liang's predecessor left Yanziji one step at a time, so he never met Zhuge Liang in Yanziji." Luo Cheng said.

Ok!He didn't meet him, and he avoided him, so Zhuge Liang's arrangement shouldn't go wrong. Fortunately, he was prepared, but it's a pity that he doesn't know who is better, Luo Cheng or Zhao Yun.

It's a pity that Zhuge Liang was not killed this time!It seems that God doesn't want Zhuge Liang to be finished like this. It's a waste of his own arrangements. This time, Luo Cheng is not the only one to be sent.

"Luo Cheng, come here with your ears! I have something to tell you." Li Song said.

Luo Cheng stepped forward to Li Song, Li Song gave Luo Cheng some instructions, and Luo Cheng took the order and left.

When it was getting late, Zhou Yu ordered people to tie Cai He and Cai Zhong Wuhua to Jiangzuo port. Cai Zhong and Cai He shouted when they saw Zhou Yu, "Why did the governor tie up my two brothers!" It was really imminent. Don't know yet.

Yu said, "It's a false surrender that you came to surrender! Do you really think I don't know? I happen to be short of blessings to sacrifice the flag today, so I use the heads of your two brothers to sacrifice the flag."

Seeing that it was useless not to admit it, the Cai brothers hoped to use those "surrenderers" in exchange for their own lives, and shouted: "The governor, Kan Ze, Han Dang, Cheng Pu and others secretly approached me as a bridge to betray you. Take refuge in Li Song!"

After hearing this, Zhou Yu laughed and said, "I'm not afraid to tell you, so that you can understand that I ordered them to do this, in order to confuse you, so that I can pass false news to Li Song."

Cai and his brothers regretted it in their hearts, but it was too late. Zhou Yu ordered them to be dragged to the banner of Zaoqi by the riverside. They made a libation and burned paper, and beheaded Cai and his brothers with one knife. .

Huang Gai was on the third fire boat, wearing a cloak to cover his heart, holding a sharp knife, and a large book on the flag "Huang Gai Pioneer". Gai set off for Red Cliff with a favorable wind in one day, when the east wind was strong and the waves were rough.

Tonight, the bright moon and cold stars in the sky hid, making it pitch black, and you couldn't see your fingers. Under the effect of the whistling southeast wind, it was the night when the wind was high, the moon was black, and the night was killing people.

Since the Jiangdong navy headed towards Jiangbei, for some reason, since no one was guarding the riverside on the left side of the river, the riverside fell into darkness.

Behind the Jiangdong navy, there is a navy fleet quietly following them. The fleet is pitch black, without a trace of light, as if it has merged into the darkness.

The faint light on the Jiangdong navy in front became a mobile lighthouse guiding them forward. Huang Gai and others didn't notice it, and didn't know that there was a full-strength navy fleet behind them.

"General! In front is Li Songjun's camp. It's pitch black inside, and the water camp is wide open." A soldier knelt in front of Huang Gai and said.

"Okay! Pull up the sails and prepare to light the fire!" Huang Gai was overjoyed. As the people who came back said, the enemy camp did not light any torches, and the water camp was opened. He also reported this to Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu agreed.

The soldiers who received the order pulled up the sails and cut the connecting ropes. The crossbowmen drew their bows and set the arrows. The front boats were all ignited.

The fire took advantage of the wind, the wind helped the fire, the boats shot like arrows, and the smoke rose to the sky. Twenty fire boats crashed into the water village and ignited the inflammable materials piled in the water village. , the fire flew by the wind, and the whole sky was filled with red.

Huang Gai and the commander of the Fourth Route Navy jumped on the small boat, with several people driving the boat behind them, smoke and fire, and shouted: "Whoever captures Li thief alive will be promoted to three ranks, and the reward will be ten thousand taels. A two-level official promotion, a reward of one thousand taels."

After hearing Huang Gai's reward offer, the officers and men of the Jiangdong Navy were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they wished to kill Li Song immediately.

Avoiding the fire, they went ashore, only to find that Li Jun's camp on the shore was completely quiet. It stands to reason that the enemy should have reacted to such a big commotion, and it shouldn't be dead silent. Huang Gai immediately felt that something was wrong. Meet Cheng Pu and the others.

"Everyone, the situation is not good!" Huang Gai opened the mouth first. Just now on the boat, he only cared about killing Li Song and making meritorious deeds. He didn't feel anything wrong.

"Report!" Without waiting for Cheng Pu and others to speak, a soldier rushed over, knelt down on one knee in front of everyone and said, "Generals, no one was found in the camp."

"Report..."

"Report..." Reports were heard endlessly, coming from all directions, all of which were people leaving the camp, and bad news came to the ears one by one.

"No! We've been tricked! Get out!" Cheng Pu was shocked and ordered to retreat. He didn't know he was tricked at this time, so he just bought a piece of tofu and killed him.

The army retreated to the river immediately, because the water fortress was full of inflammable materials, coupled with the strong wind, as soon as the soldiers retreated to the shore, they were forced back by the fire. cry.

The entire army looked lifeless, not at all happy with the burning of the enemy camp just now. In order to prevent the fire from reaching the shore, they were stopped by the riverside with the joint efforts of all the people.

"What should we do now?" Zhou Tai looked at Huang Gai and the others and asked.

"What else can I do, leave as soon as the fire weakens." Chen Wu said, Chen Wu really regretted rushing ashore, why was he so hot-headed, he rushed up regardless.

The camp here is empty, which means that the enemy army has left long ago. What we have to worry about now is whether the enemy army will hide somewhere and wait for the opportunity to give them a fatal blow. Now they don't want to stay in this dangerous place anymore. Except for the soldiers who blocked the fire, everyone in the army was ready to fight to prevent the enemy from rushing out from other places.

(End of this chapter)