Huang Gai prepared fire starters. Zhou Yu and Lu Su personally went to the riverside to inspect. They saw that more than ten ships and fighting ships were loaded with dry rice and dry firewood, and they poured anointing oil into them, and used firewood outside. They were camouflaged with red curtains, with bright fang flags on them, and a walking boat was tied to the stern of each ship.
One day before the war started, Zhou Yu sent brave men to enter Cao's camp in a light boat with a yellow cover and a letter of surrender.
Since the camp was stationed in Wulin, the number of people in the camp who were not accustomed to the acclimatization gradually increased to tens of thousands, and hundreds of people have died of serious illness.
At this time, the weather had turned cold, and the shipbuilding speed in Jiangling and Xiangyang was also very slow. After several failed battles with Zhou Yu in Chibi, Cao Cao regretted not listening to Jia Xu's words, but he was quite proud and unwilling to admit his mistakes, so he could only do it on the water. Time wasted in the village.
Cao Cao was suspicious of Huang Gai's letter, so he immediately summoned Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and other advisers to discuss the matter.
Jia Xu was extremely sophisticated but selfish. After his failure to persuade him in Jiangling, he rarely offered advice to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao took the initiative to ask Liu Ye: "Zi Yang is from the Jianghuai River. Does he know anything about Huang Gongfu? He wants to bring provisions and troops to surrender tomorrow night. Is there any deception?"
Liu Ye was a native of Chengde in Huainan. He first served as Liu Xun, the governor of Lujiang, and later followed Liu Xun to defect to Cao Cao.
After Cao Cao ordered the general, he went out and said: "Huang Gongfu, a native of Lingling Quanling, although he belongs to the old army left by Sun Jian, compared to Cheng Pu and Han Dang, he is indeed not used much by Sun Quan. This man is brave in battle." , and he is good at training soldiers, but it is a pity that he is only the captain of Danyang..."
Sun Jian left five generals for Sun Ce. Zhu Zhi was promoted as filial and honest by Sun Quan, and Xu Kun was Sun Jian's nephew. They were the prefect of Wu County and the prefect of Danyang during Sun Ce's time. Cheng Pu was the captain of Wu County, and Huang Gai and Han Dang were both. For other departments Sima.
Now Cheng Pu has been promoted to deputy governor, Han Dang has been promoted to Zhonglang General, leaving Huang Gai with the lowest official salary.
Cao Cao frowned, "Although Sun Zhongmou is not as good as Sun Jian and Sun Ce, he still dominates Jiangdong. He will also make mistakes in employing people?"
Liu Ye shook his head and said: "When Sun Quan first took over the throne, the various places in Jiangdong were not convinced. Sun Quan ordered Huang Gai to supervise the counties..."
Cao Cao understood as soon as he heard this. Huang Gai had such an offending job as a postal supervisor. It was probably because Sun Quan was under pressure that he did not dare to reuse him. Would such a person surrender?
When Cao Cao was deep in thought, Cheng Yu saw Jia Xu lowering his head and said nothing. He took the initiative and said, "Huang Gong is already sixty years old. If he sincerely surrenders, he should consider his descendants."
"Zhongde and I agree. We will see the outcome tomorrow night." Cao Cao nodded.
After nightfall the next day, Zhou Yu ordered Huang Gai to lead the warships in front, and the other warships slowly followed in the distance.
Wulin Water Village knew about Huang Gai's intention to surrender. The generals of the navy were watching near the gate of the village. When they saw more than ten stern boats coming, they quickly reported it to Cao Cao in the Chinese army.
Cao Cao had finished his dinner and was taking a nap in the big tent.
Xu Chu stayed outside the tent, and the soldiers did not dare to enter and disturb him.
Because there was no order from Cao Cao, the generals did not dare to refuse or welcome.
When the front ship was less than two miles away from the water village, Huang Gai ordered his men to raise the sails and light the fire at the same time. At this time, the southeast wind blew fiercely, and the fire ship took advantage of the east wind and headed straight to the water village on the north bank like an arrow from the string.
"Enemy attack..."
"Enemy attack..."
When Cao Cao's officers and soldiers saw the flames reaching into the sky, they immediately shouted, causing chaos in the camp.
Cao Cao was sleeping very lightly. When he heard the shouts, he sat up in a cold sweat because he had just dreamed of the beautiful woman from Wancheng.
"Where is Ang'er? Where is Dian Wei?" Cao Cao shouted loudly.
Xu Chu quickly walked into the tent and reported, "My lord, the fire in the water village is soaring into the sky. It's Zhou Yu who's calling."
"It turns out to be Zhong Kang..." Cao Cao saw Xu Chu let out a long sigh of relief. He had just confused dreams and reality, but he immediately said: "You said Zhou Yu is coming? Prepare your horses with me quickly."
"Already outside the tent." Xu Chu replied.
The attendants helped Cao Cao put on his armor, and Zhang Liao and other generals from Hanzhai also came over.
"My lord, Huang Gai pretended to surrender and used fire boats to attack the water stronghold..." Zhang Liao said with his fists clasped.
"Lead me forward." Cao Cao shouted, raising his whip.
Dozens of people rode to the shore. The water village was already in flames, and many warships had been burned.
Cao Cao used the firelight of the water village to see the fleet of ships in the distance, and Zhou Yu was advancing toward the north bank with thunderous drums.
"Wenyuan." Cao Cao called with a frown.
"The general will obey the order." Zhang Liao responded with clasped fists. He estimated that Cao Cao was preparing to deploy to deal with the enemy.
"Instruct all battalions to set fire to the ships to prevent Zhou Yu's navy from landing." Cao Cao said firmly.
"Uh... I obey." Zhang Liao didn't know what he meant, so he immediately arranged for people to burn the warship.
At this time, Cheng Yu also rushed to the shore and saw that the fire was so fierce that it was difficult to stop it, so he advised Cao Cao: "My lord, the southeast wind is strong at this time. Although setting fire to the ship can temporarily stop Zhou Yu, there are also risks in the dry stronghold on land. It is better to Move troops to the riverside to defend."
"The water stronghold has been burned, Zhou Yu is condescending on the stern, our crossbowmen are at a huge disadvantage, and if this ship is not burned, it will be the same as the enemy..."
Cheng Yu was speechless after hearing this. Now all the battalions were in panic and panic. It was not easy to mobilize enough troops to defend against the enemy.
"Instruct all armies to return to Jiangling slowly from Huarong Road as planned, and this Wulin Dazhai will be given to Zhou Yu." Seeing that Cheng Yu was at a loss, Cao Cao continued to order.
Although Cao Cao hastily settled in Wulin, he had rich combat experience and did not go all out. He made a comprehensive deployment of the entire Jingzhou during his march south to Jiangling.
Cao Ren, the general who conquered the south, and Xu Huang, the general of Hengye, stayed in Jiangling. General Lejin of Zhechong was stationed in Xiangyang, General Manchong of Fenwei was stationed in Dangyang, and General Li Tong was stationed in Runan.
These groups of men and horses together numbered 100,000. They occupied the main water and land route in Jingbei. Whether it was attacking, transporting food, or retreating, it was a complete strategic plan.
Cao Cao could not defeat Zhou Yu in a water battle, and diseases were rampant among his camps. He had long wanted to retreat, but he never had the chance. At this time kE * Zhang Si
After a while, Zhang Liao came back and said, "Lord, all the warships have been set on fire, but the south wind is very strong at this time, and the fire is spreading to Hanzhai..."
Cao Cao could see clearly from the riverside. He turned his horse's head and ordered: "After you lead the troops and horses of your troops to break up, then withdraw to Jiangling from Huarong Road."
"Wei." Zhang Liao
After autumn, the vegetation dries up, and sparks instantly start a prairie fire. The northern shore of Wulin soon turns into a sea of fire.
The various camps in Wulin Hanzhai scrambled to retreat towards Huarong Road. The soldiers who were originally weak and sick were knocked to the ground and trampled into mud while escaping. The panicked soldiers were not restrained in the dark night, and many drowned in Yunmengze. , 300,000 troops and horses had already suffered heavy casualties before they encountered Zhou Yu.
After Zhang Liao was ordered to break off, he led his cavalry who were good archers to guard the riverside. After the entire battalion retreated, they would catch up along the road. Control the big one, control the owl
When Huang Gai saw that the enemy was setting fire to his warship, he mistakenly thought that the enemy was in chaos. So he went crazy and immediately ordered hundreds of people who were pretending to surrender to take the lead and sail to the right side of the water stronghold.
Just as a dozen clippers were about to land, hundreds of cavalry appeared from behind the reeds on the shore. They stationed their horses, drew their bows, and set up arrows to stop them.
When Huang Gai was avoiding the rain of arrows, he was shot by Zhang Liao in the front shoulder and fell into the river.
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