Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

Chapter 736: A Timely Solution

“Zhou Yu?!”

Cao Ren exclaimed in disbelief.

“How could you still be alive?”

Zhou Yu, whom Cao Ren had personally witnessed being shot by an arrow and sinking into the water, was actually standing alive before his very eyes.

Zhou Yu did not answer Cao Ren's question, one hand pressed on the sword at his waist, while the other waved forward.

Immediately, a rain of arrows soared from behind Zhou Yu, flashing with a dazzling cold light in the darkness, falling into the Cao army, splashing large patches of blood and bursts of wailing screams.

“Retreat!”

“Withdraw quickly!”

Cao Ren shuddered, quickly waking up, holding a giant shield in front to protect his vital points, and hurriedly ordered the Cao army to retreat back to the shore.

“Think you can escape?”

Zhou Yu muttered in a low voice, not issuing a second command, but quietly watching the battle ahead.

The bait prepared for Cao Ren was never those pieces of wood.

From the beginning, Zhou Yu had used himself as bait, and then fished Cao Ren from the water to the shore.

At this thought, Zhou Yu's palm couldn't help but secretly press down on his right chest, the tearing pain still constantly coming, making Zhou Yu's face a little pale.

Even though Zhou Yu was wearing soft armor inside at the time, and then placed a blood bag made from a horse's bladder in the interlayer between the soft armor and the outer garment.

Zhou Yu deliberately allowed the arrow to hit the location of the blood bag, but the relatively weak defensive soft armor was still pierced by the arrow, the arrowhead almost sinking into the flesh, stuck in the gap of the ribs.

If it had penetrated half an inch deeper, injuring the lungs, Zhou Yu's swimming skills, no matter how good, would have ended in being buried at the bottom of the water.

Only in this way could Zhou Yu make Cao Ren believe it without a doubt, and then induce Cao Jun, this fisherman, to come ashore and become a big fish on the hook.

Therefore, how could Zhou Yu give this big fish on the hook a chance to escape?

Just as the Cao army was retreating back in a panic, in the water where nearly two hundred light boats of the Cao army were moored.

Zu Mao, Han Dang, Cheng Pu and other generals who were good at swimming led their confidants to drill out of the water, their target directly at the boats.

Only by seizing the boats would Zhou Yu have a chance to survive.

When Cao Ren led the Cao army to pay a considerable and tragic price, and fled back to the shore in a disheveled manner, he was shocked to find that the boats near the shore had already been seized by Cheng Pu and others, cutting off the Cao army's retreat back to the boats.

And in the rear, a large number of Liu army elites were still chasing and killing the Cao army, killing the Cao army to the point of almost no resistance.

‘The situation is over…’

Seeing this, Cao Ren immediately understood that the Cao army was already in a dilemma, and there was no possibility of a smooth retreat.

“Zhou Yu!”

Cao Ren never expected that he would still fall for Zhou Yu's trick even after being so cautious.

This young man in Cao Ren's eyes was not an ambitious and incompetent person, but a resourceful man who did not hesitate to enter the game himself.

It was just that Cao Ren's roar did not change the situation in the slightest.

Even if Cao Ren constantly commanded the Cao army to resist the enemy's pursuit while personally going to the front line to try to recapture the boats.

However, let alone Cao Ren.

Even if Lu Bu himself came, fighting Cheng Pu, Zu Mao, and Han Dang on the water, he might not be able to win in a short time.

Cao Ren, not to mention breaking through the defense line to recapture the boats, was already in a precarious situation facing the joint efforts of the three generals Cheng Pu.

It was just that those Cao troops who had been hastily trained collapsed even faster, and had already completely become a rout, surrendering their weapons one after another.

Seeing this, Cao Ren felt extremely sad and indignant, barely protecting himself with the shield in his hand, and leaping into the water.

“Thief, don't run!”

Zu Mao subconsciously wanted to rush up and jump into the water to chase and kill Cao Ren.

It was just that when Zu Mao had already leaped into the air, Cheng Pu forcibly hugged Zu Mao, pulled Zu Mao back, and persuaded him.

“Da Rong, don't be impulsive, the night vision is even more unclear, once you chase too fast, or encounter any undercurrents, I am afraid it will be dangerous.”

After hearing this, Zu Mao calmed down a lot.

Even just now, Cheng Pu and others led their confidants who were good at swimming around the shore to approach the boats underwater, and along the way there were undercurrents surging, and they repeatedly encountered danger.

Even though Cheng Pu and others were excellent swimmers, they did not dare to take risks easily.

Zhou Yu was able to return smoothly from the water in a wounded state, which was also due to luck.

Soon, the completely defeated Cao army was either captured or killed, and more importantly, more than one hundred and eighty boats were seized, barely solving Zhou Yu's situation of being trapped on the hill by the flood and unable to move.

Immediately afterwards, the wounded and ill Zhou Yu still maintained a clear judgment, without the slightest delay.

He immediately ordered Cheng Pu and Han Dang to lead three thousand elites to take the boats and raid the temporary camp set up by the Cao army.

Only by seizing the boats and counterattacking the Cao army's camp to seize the food and grass can the Liu army's urgent need be solved.

Even though the food and grass carried by Cao Ren were not sufficient, when Cheng Pu led his troops to successfully transport the food and grass from the Cao army's camp back for inventory.

Zhou Yu did not hesitate to drag his sick body to come and personally confirm, grabbing a handful of rice, his eyes slightly red, and the expression that had been tense all the time was relieved a little.

No one knew how great the pressure Zhou Yu was facing.

It was Zhou Yu who proposed to attack Jinan and go deep into Dongchaojin, and now a full 20,000 elites were trapped in the hills by the flood, with the danger of being overturned at any time.

The thought of being ashamed of the lord and ashamed of Sun Ce constantly tormented Zhou Yu, making it almost impossible for Zhou Yu to sleep for more than an hour in these days.

Although there was not much food and grass seized from the Cao army, the entire army was frugal, and it was estimated that it could only last for five or six days at most.

But with a batch of boats in hand, these five or six days of food and supplies were the key to turning these 20,000 soldiers from death to life.

The next moment, Zhou Yu's figure, grabbing the rice in his hand, trembled and softened, and Cheng Pu, who was standing behind, subconsciously reached out to support Zhou Yu.

At this time, Cheng Pu noticed that Zhou Yu's body temperature was frighteningly high.

“Quick, bring the doctor…”

Before Cheng Pu could somewhat panickedly shout for the guards to bring the doctor over, Zhou Yu suddenly raised his hand and pressed on Cheng Pu's wrist, urgently saying.

“Absolutely do not publicize it…”

Immediately, Zhou Yu, who had dissuaded Cheng Pu, continued to explain in a hurried tone.

“After dawn, mobilize the elite troops in the army to take all the boats and rush to Dongchaojin immediately.”

“Dongchaojin must be captured no matter what, so as to ensure the subsequent food and grass for the army…”

“And if I am not mistaken, Bo Fu should also be near Dongchaojin…”

Speaking to the end, Zhou Yu could no longer hold on and fainted, completely collapsing in Cheng Pu's arms.

Cheng Pu was anxious in his heart, and while hurriedly sending someone to secretly invite the doctor, he dismissed the surrounding soldiers, and then sent Zhou Yu to a nearby camp to settle down, waiting for the doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment.

And Cheng Pu also made corresponding arrangements overnight for the instructions given by Zhou Yu.