Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 485 The Fire of the Red Cliff
Cao Cao was thinking, and so were his civil and military subordinates. More people were looking to Cao Cao, waiting for Cao Cao to make up his mind.

The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more he felt that there was such a possibility. Zhou Yu used the fire boat to choke his men and horses, making him think that Jiangdong wanted to use fire to attack him on the river. on the raid.Alas, I was too careless, giving Han Hao 5000 troops is too little. "Shi Huan, you bring another 5000 troops to meet Han Hao."

The Cao Cao at this time is no longer the Cao Cao in Guandu. At that time, he was at a disadvantage and had to put all his eggs in one basket. Now Cao Cao has a high position and authority, and he has begun to cherish his life, and his life is the first.

"Then how will the enemy army deal with it?" Xun You wanted to persuade Cao Cao to retreat.

"Report, Prime Minister, Jingzhou soldiers are in chaos." After a wave of unrest, Mao Jie, the deputy commander of the navy, brought another bad news. "The men and horses in Jingzhou refused to fight, and many escaped. They even disturbed our army's morale and fought with our army. Although the last general beheaded Cai Zhong, he still couldn't suppress it."

There was a big fire before and after, how could Jingzhou soldiers not see it, Cai Zhong and Cai He felt that Cao Jun was going to be defeated, and when they fled back, they wanted to pull their own troops to preserve their strength, and immediately shouted: "Cao Jun is defeated." The boats scattered and fled.Mao Jie was ordered by Cao Cao to mobilize ships to prepare for the battle. Unexpectedly, the army was in chaos. Cai Zhong was killed by Mao Jie in the chaotic army, but Cai He fled.The Jingzhou soldiers were in chaos, and Cao Jun was also in chaos. On the water, Mao Jie couldn't stop him at all, so he had to report to Cao Cao in a hurry.

Cao Cao sighed, don't worry about how Zhou Yu used his troops, the defeat is a foregone conclusion. "Send people to pick up the papers and come back quickly, send people to tell Han Hao and Shi Huan to withdraw immediately, and then send people to Hefei to order Wenyuan to Jiangxia to help Wenpin." order.

Under the escort of Cao Hong, Xu Chu and others, Cao Cao abandoned the ship and landed. Xun You, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye and other advisers followed closely. "Burn all the water villages and ships to stop the Jiangdong Army." At this time, Cao Cao showed the courage and heroism of a strong man who cut his wrists.

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, Wulingji is reflected in the sea of ​​flames, and the mountain peaks and stone walls are all reflected in red, so this place is also called Chibi, that is, North Chibi.

Yu Jin got Cao Cao's military order, and without informing others, he immediately changed to a small boat and fled to Wulin. When Zhang Nan learned that Yu Jin had escaped, he couldn't help but cursed. Each holds a plank and jumps into the river to swim back.Fortunately, he encountered a small boat, and Zhang Nan climbed onto the boat desperately, shivering all over from the cold.

Cao Jun, who did not escape, cried helplessly, and jumped into the cold river water unwilling to be burned alive. Those who waited for them were either drowned or frozen to death.There are countless corpses and broken ship boards floating on the surface of the river, thick smoke and a burnt smell are everywhere.Water and fire are ruthless, and the rolling Yangtze River is like purgatory on earth.

Cao Jun suddenly stopped attacking and retreated one after another. Tai Shici, Zhu Huan, and Zhu Ran were wondering why Cao Ying had such a change, and continued to sail to the north bank when the fire subsided a little.

"Ziyi save me..."

Tai Shici vaguely heard someone calling for help, followed the sound to find him, and saw Huang Gai floating in the water holding on to a boat plank.

Thanks to Huang Gai's extra layer of armor, Yu Jin's arrow didn't go too deep into the flesh, and thanks to Huang Gai's good water quality, he didn't drown.

Tai Shici hurriedly pulled Huang Gai onto the boat, "The old general is suffering." Tai Shici burst into tears, the old Huang Gai was really suffering so much, he quickly sent someone to send Huang Gai back to the camp for treatment, and continued to lead the army to Cao Ying.Although the veteran Huang Gai survived, his vitality was seriously injured, and he was plagued by illness from then on, and he passed away within two years.

Almost all the big ships were burnt down, only some skeletons remained, without any resistance, and there was nothing to kill. Cao Jun surrendered on the only remaining small boats, which made Tai Shici feel powerless.

"Look, general, there is still a boat ahead." A sharp-eyed soldier saw Zhang Nan climbed into a boat and was commanding to row back.

"Come up."

About an arrow away, Tai Shici bowed his bow and shot Zhang Nan to death. All the soldiers on board were shot to death. This became Tai Shici's biggest gain in this battle.

The busiest one was Lu Fan. Countless trophies were salvaged. The corpses were picked up and stripped of their armor and then thrown into the water. Cao Jun’s chains were also dragged back to the camp. Looking at the chains, Lu Fan was also shocked and burned several places. It shows how big the fire is.There are countless weapons and armors that sank into the river.

Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu's large troops also joined in the salvage, and Cheng Pu couldn't help but smile from ear to ear.Zhou Yu ordered Tai Shici to divide his troops into two groups, continue to pursue Cao Cao all the way, and meet Ling Tong all the way.

Under Zhou Yu's order, Ling Tong ordered the soldiers to light the torches to make a bluff. Han Hao led the troops to meet him and then stepped back. Shi Huan joined his troops and rushed to Wulin, Ling Tong followed behind.

Before Wu Lin was reached, Zhu Huan and Zhu Ran rushed out, Ling Tong immediately accelerated the pursuit, Han Hao and Shi Huan fought back and continued to retreat.After intercepting and blocking, Cao Jun's 1 horses actually lost five thousand, of which only one or two thousand died in battle, and the rest were either separated or surrendered.

The three of Ling Tong stopped pursuing, took in the surrendered troops, cleaned the battlefield and returned with a full load.

"General Cheng, this battle is a foregone conclusion, and we can report victory to our lord." Zhou Yu said to Cheng Pu after seeing Ling Tong return with victory.

"Exactly. I just don't know if I can catch Cao Cao." Cheng Pu still seemed a little dissatisfied.

Zhou Yu sighed softly in his heart, but didn't answer directly: "Oh, it's a pity that General Huang was seriously injured." Looking up, the sky was gradually getting brighter, and it hadn't been dark this night. "Then let Zijing report to the lord."

Cao Cao counted more than [-] men under his command, ordered Cao Hong to lead the way, Xu Chu protected himself and the advisers in the middle, and ran to Wulin after the ban.

After traveling for about [-] miles, I saw another fire in front of me, and the sound of shouting and killing was loud.Cao Cao was shocked: "Why is there another ambush here?" He urgently ordered Cao Hong to fight.

Cao Jun was already scared by the fire, and everything was red in their eyes.It was Pan Zhang who was lying in ambush here. He made people beat gongs and drums, shouted loudly, and greeted Cao Hong with random arrows.

Tai Shici's pursuers also arrived at this time, and Yu Jin fought hard, but he was no match. At the time of crisis, Han Hao and Shi Huan's defeated army arrived, and the three of them fought together and retreated. Zhang intercepted a large amount of military assets and returned.

After this ambush, half of Cao Cao's men and horses were cut off. Shi Huan and Han Hao's men were no more than 8000 to [-] people. They lost all food and grass, and were exhausted. Cao Cao was not allowed to rest and continued on his way.

"Prime Minister, you can go from Wulin to Huarong just ahead."

Tanma hadn't finished speaking, only a sound of gongs was heard, and arrows were fired in disorder in the dense forest. "Ah, my life is over."

(End of this chapter)