In the middle of the river, Cao's army surrounded Jinfan's army, and both sides were fighting on the boats. Suddenly, they saw the shadow of sails at the mouth of the canyon, and countless warships appeared. It was Jiangdong's navy arriving.
Xiahou Dun said: "The Wu army has arrived, the prime minister must retreat quickly."
Cao Cao saw that Gan Ning killed Xia Houen in a blink of an eye and went after Cao Xiu. Knowing that there was no hope of taking him, he could only sigh with regret.
He set up an arbor and looked around, and saw that the Soochow navy stretched for miles, with countless ships of various sizes. The "Zhou" flag on the tallest warship was fluttering in the wind. His narrow eyes narrowed into a slit, and he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.
Cao Chun asked in surprise: "Why is the Prime Minister laughing?"
An army of 100,000 people now has less than 2,000 people left. How can they still laugh?
"It's a blessing in disguise, how could you know it's not a blessing?" Cao Cao laughed and said, "Zhou Yu personally led the troops to pursue him. I know that Zixiao has already invaded the Dongwu Dazhai at this time. The Wu army is in a dilemma!"
Xiahou Dun suddenly realized: "Yes, I forgot that Zixiao went to attack the old camp in Jiangdong."
Cao Cao pointed to the north and ordered: "This is not far from Chao Lake. There is no need to move quickly to lure the Wu army into the lake."
Wen Qin said: "I will eventually hear that those who are good at fighting do not care about temporary gains and losses. The Prime Minister has made plans. This battle may seem like a loss, but in fact it is not a loss."
Cao Chun praised: "Wu Jun is like a fish in a net, the prime minister has a brilliant plan!"
"I have already predicted it!" Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled, "If we capture Zhou Yu this time, we will be ten times better than Gan Ning!"
Everyone was in high spirits. There were still 20,000 new navy soldiers and 10,000 garrison troops stationed in Chaohu. Together with Cao Ren's troops and horses, the Wu army was blocked in Chaohu. Wouldn't it be like letting them be slaughtered?
As the sound of gold ringing sounded, Cao's army abandoned the ship as if they had been granted amnesty, jumped on the small boats one after another, cut off the iron ropes and cables with all their strength, and retreated by boat.
Su Fei wanted to rush the boat to catch up, but Gan Ning put away the knife and said coldly: "Leave it to Wu Jun!"
At this time, Zhou Tai had arrived quickly in his boat. Both sides clasped their fists and saluted from a distance. The warship cut through the water and pursued Cao Jun directly.
Jinfanjun gathered on several chain boats to treat their injured companions. Gan Ning returned to the big ship. Several people surfaced one after another, but found nothing.
This place is close to Chaohu Lake. The river is extremely deep and the undercurrent is surging. It is dark and difficult to distinguish the scenery underneath, so the soldiers dare not go too deep.
Gan Ning waited for a while, and finally couldn't hold it any longer. He took off his brocade robe and put on a water support, and went into the water to look for the Qingzhi Sword himself.
That was a peerless sword, and Liu Qi loved it very much. He had no choice but to leave it with Xia Houmao when he left. He was missing a sharp weapon for self-defense. If he lost it here and found it again, he would be the real owner of this sword from now on.
Liu Qi did not care about the war ahead. With Xu Shu, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, and the Soochow navy, they were more than enough to deal with the defeated Cao army. It depends on whether Boss Cao can escape this time.
However, he didn't hold out much hope. It was not easy to kill Cao Cao. Huarong Daoshang could survive, let alone here.
When Liu Paopao was set up, if Cai Hao hadn't provided the assist, something might have happened. To put it more mysteriously, these people are blessed with luck and can always survive in desperate situations.
The young man is full of energy and has nowhere to vent his energy recently, so Liu Qi can only practice martial arts diligently to consume his energy.
This set of swordsmanship is very different from what the original owner had learned before. The swordsmanship of Junzi's Six Arts is generally based on sword dancing, which is similar to performance. Zhou Yu's sword dancing and piano skills are very popular in Jiangdong.
Wang Yue's swordsmanship is a real killing skill, combining hardness and softness, brisk and free, mainly chopping, slashing, teasing and stabbing, which is indescribably wonderful.
When Wang Yue was young, he fought against all the unbeatable swordsmen in the world, and met countless masters. He extensively collected swordsmanship from the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, and then summarized it based on his actual combat experience, and wrote "Thirty-eight Chapters on the Way of the Sword", all of which were passed on to Liu Qi.
Although Liu Qi dare not say that he wants to become a martial arts master, and he rarely has the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, he at least has the ability to protect himself. The body is the capital of revolution.
While he was sparring with Zhao Yun, he saw Lu Su running towards him in a hurry and exclaimed: "It's a serious matter. General, please stop playing with the sword."
"This is sword practice!" Liu Qi put away his sword, emphasized solemnly, and asked: "Captain Zhou mobilized his troops, could there be any mistakes?"
Lu Su wiped his sweat: "The Xianxi garrison has just come to report. Cao Ren is leading a surprise attack and is heading towards Dazhai to kill."
"Cao Ren?" Liu Qi was surprised and asked hurriedly: "How many people are there?"
Lu Su looked solemn: "At least 30,000 cavalry are on foot, and 5,000 fine cavalry are already ten miles away."
"Captain Zhou was still careless!" Liu Qi took a breath.
The Wu army came out in full force, and there were only 5,000 soldiers left in the camp, at least half of the handymen and logistics. Liu Pan also took away the main force, and there were only 300 white soldiers guarding it.
After a hundred secrets, I never expected that Cao Cao would mobilize Liyang's troops. Looking at the situation, Cao Ren had already planned to steal the house.
Could it be that in order to attract the Soochow army, Cao Cao had already made plans to abandon Ruxu Water Village and tens of thousands of troops?
Liu Qi was shocked and doubtful. The cost of cheating was too high!
Seeing Liu Qi in a daze, Lu Su paused and said: "Now the army is out on an expedition, and Cao Ren's troops have arrived. If the camp is lost, all the previous achievements will be wasted! General, please quickly think of a strategy to deal with the enemy!"
Liu Qi came back to his senses, paced back and forth, and said helplessly: "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. If there are no soldiers in the camp, even if there are countermeasures, it will be in vain."
In the face of absolute strength, any opportunistic tactics are useless.
Zhao Yun cupped his fists and said, "Don't worry, general. Yun is willing to lead the troops to resist the enemy."
Do you want Zilong to go in and out seven times?
But this is not realistic. Changbanpo Zhao Yun can leave, but the camp is here, and it will not help if he enters and exits ten times.
Lu Su also sighed repeatedly and was sweating profusely. He knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said, "For the sake of the marriage between the two families, please help me, general."
The cavalry was so fast that they couldn't even think about it. If this battle failed, Soochow's main force would be lost. Liu Qi could still escape, but Jiangdong would definitely be in danger.
"Why is Zijing like this?" Liu Qi hurriedly helped Lu Su up. It was obvious that he was a person who really contributed to Jiangdong's cause, and said seriously: "Sir, don't worry, since I'm here to help in the battle and defeat Cao Cao together, I will never run away from the battle. "
Lu Su secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but still had no idea what to do, and said in a trembling voice: "Now... what should I do?"
"In this case, we have no choice but to make a desperate move!" Liu Qi quickly thought of various strategies in his mind, and finally had an idea and beckoned: "Zilong, come with me!"
Holding the sword upside down, he hurried towards the Dongwu camp. Lu Su trotted behind him, and Zhao Yun followed closely with the white soldiers.
Several people came to the tent, which was completely empty. Zhuge Jin went to adjust the food supply, but none of the generals left behind were qualified to raise the tent.
Liu Qi asked: "Sir, do you still remember Lu Boyan's plan to suspect soldiers?"
Lu Su nodded hurriedly and said: "Although the smoke along the coast is confusing, Cao Ren knows that the camp is empty and may not retreat."
"I will guard the camp!" Liu Qi ordered: "You immediately send people to the shore to prepare. There will be a hundred people in the back camp and on the mountain. If you hear the drums in the camp, they will light a fire at the same time. The remaining soldiers will guard the four corners of the camp, each holding a flag. , if anyone makes any move, behead him!"
Lu Su was completely panicked at this time and did not dare to ask any more questions. He went to deploy his troops. Liu Qi ordered the soldiers to move the table in the tent to the camp gate, opened the camp gate wide, and lined up the white soldiers on both sides.
After everything was arranged, he looked at Zhao Yun and said with a smile: "Zilong, how about you and I competing here?"
Although Zhao Yun didn't know what his intention was, his expression was indifferent, he cupped his fists and said, "General, please!"
