On the Yangtze River, Cao's army was chasing the defeated troops in the east of the Yangtze River.
Three large five-tooth ships chased ahead, with Cao Wu in the middle, Heng Jie on the right, and the other on the left.
Cao Wu stood on the bow of the ship, calculating the distance to the opponent's flagship, and on the left side of the ship, there was a warrior holding a short halberd, inserted into the ship's hull, and hung on the side of the ship. Xu Chu.
The speed of the Wuya Ship was very fast, but Xu Chu laughed loudly while blowing the wind.
After destroying the building ship just now, he didn't have time to jump back to the five-tooth ship, so he simply hung himself on the ship and followed him.
He served as Cao Cao's guard for a long time. Before the Battle of Guandu, there were often people who could kill Cao Cao and practice his skills.
But now, it is becoming more and more difficult for enemies to attack Cao Cao. Cao Cao appears less and less directly on the front line. More often, he sits in the middle army or moves to the cities behind the front line to make strategic plans.
He has rarely killed as happily as he did today.
After this fight, the grievances of witnessing the assassination of their lord were wiped away. All they wanted to do was catch up with Zhou Yu's flagship, jump on it first, and kill Zhou Yu.
But Cao Wu was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.
Zhou Yu's flagship was too far back. Normally, he always hid his flagship in the middle of Jiangdong's fleet and never exposed it.
But this time, the flagship is so obvious, it is obviously a scam.
Cao Wubu believed that the left-wing army's cover-up could make Zhou Yu panic. Even if he really fell behind, he should be protected by other ships.
Moreover, he has noticed that there is a river bay in front of him, and the current is very fast.
The north bank of this bay is bare land, and one mile to the north is the eight-hundred-mile Yunmeng Daze.
Because the river here is turbulent, it is too difficult to cross the river. Previously, Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry patrols only glanced at this place and stopped moving forward.
If Zhou Yu is deceiving, he can only set up an ambush here.
But he also had his own plans. Even if Zhou Yu was cheating, he was not afraid.
The reason why Cao Cao dispatched so many troops was naturally not just for Liu Bei in Xiakou. His south point was actually an east point, pointing at the six counties in Jiangdong.
But in the history he experienced, after Cao Cao's disastrous defeat in Chibi, not to mention Jiangxia County, even Jingzhou lost only Nanyang and Xiangfan.
It can be said that the Battle of Chibi created the situation of the Three Kingdoms and also determined the situation of the Three Kingdoms war in the following decades.
He wants to rewrite this period of history and reverse Chibi.
But he also knew the resistance in the dark. He came here to take risks, and every step of the way was difficult. In fact, he had no intention of defeating Jiangdong in one battle, just to reverse the victory or defeat in the Chibi battlefield.
His strategic purpose is threefold.
First, in addition to Xiangfan and Nanyang, he also had to help Cao Cao control Jiangling and the four southern counties of Jingzhou.
Second, the main force of Cao's army cannot die too much, and it must not repeat the mistake of losing its army to a sea of fire.
Third, Liu Bei, who captured Xiakou, occupied the northern part of Jiangxia. In this way, the 800-mile Yunmengze became an inner lake for Cao's army. He could ignore Yunmengze's obstruction at any time and attack Jiangdong from the land. The Yangtze River is naturally dangerous. Really shared with Koto.
After these three strategic goals are achieved, Cao's army can advance, attack, retreat or defend. It will never be unable to conquer the south again, let alone recuperate for decades to complete unification.
Now, he has defeated Zhou Yu's main force and the battlefield is advancing towards Xiakou. The first and second strategic goals have been achieved. He only needs to capture Xiakou and all goals will be achieved.
The report from the soldiers nearby interrupted his thoughts, and they immediately entered within a stone's throw of the enemy ship.
Cao Wu nodded and hid in the bunker from the general platform.
Sure enough, the Wuya big ship entered the firing range of Zhou Yu's flagship and was immediately shot by bows and arrows.
The two armies fought for more than ten days, and both sides suffered losses in bows and arrows. The fact that the opponent's arrow rain was still so dense only shows that Zhou Yu's flagship was well equipped.
The five-toothed ship also organized bows and arrows to fight back, and fired trebuchets and crossbows from time to time. The counterattack was also very effective.
Seeing that the two ships were about to engage in close combat, Zhou Yu's flagship suddenly filled its sails.
Cao Wu narrowed his eyes.
If the east wind is still strong and Zhou Yu's sails are full, the flagship will head straight to the north bank.
"He's escaping to shore!"
Cao Wuxin thought about the telegram and was not sure what Zhou Yu was going to do when he came ashore.
After landing, go to surprise Cao Jun's camp? There were only five thousand tigers and leopards waiting for him.
Dong Xi's death exposed the existence of Hubaoqi, and Zhou Yu would not have known this.
So why did he come ashore? Set fire?
However, there is not much combustible material on this section of the north shore. The wind is now blowing from the east, and setting fires will only push the fire further north. Besides, Cao Wu was afraid of fire attacks, so he had already ordered all the troops to pay attention, as it would not be so easy to get caught.
Just as he was thinking about it, most of the generals of the left wing army following him decided to follow Man Fan and pursue Zhou Yu's flagship.
Led by Le Jin, these battle-hardened generals on the left wing made a decision almost at the same time: killing Zhou Yu alone is better than killing five thousand remaining soldiers.
On the river, Zhou Yu's flagship and several fast boats drew an arc and rushed to the north bank of the Yangtze River. Behind them, countless ships of various sizes also drew an arc and followed them to the north bank of the Yangtze River.
The three five-toothed ships, whose sails were not yet full, were still chasing the five thousand remaining soldiers ahead.
Cao Wu realized immediately that no matter what Zhou Yu's plan was, he had at least achieved his goal.
He is not worried about himself. The five-toothed ship is like a water fortress. It can break out even if it rushes into the enemy's formation.
What he was worried about was the ships of the left-wing army!
Fell into a trap!
Cao Wu stared at the north bank. He was afraid that a fire would come there and re-enact the burning of Red Cliff.
But why did Zhou Yu do it? There's no way to hide Huang Gai's boat on fire on the shore!
"Manfan! Go and follow Zhou Yu's flagship!"
Cao Wu shouted quickly, and the three five-toothed ships also drew an arc and headed towards the north bank.
They were the ones closest to Zhou Yu's flagship, and they also had the largest sails and the fastest speed. They would have an advantage in catching up.
However, just as they were chasing Zhou Yu's flagship within a stone's throw of Zhou Yu's flagship, and Zhou Yu's flagship was also close to the north bank, suddenly——
"Boom!"
A loud noise like thunder came from the north shore.
Cao Wu's eyes widened. He watched helplessly. Behind them, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, a section of the embankment suddenly disappeared!
Immediately afterwards, Cao Wu saw a young man in white jump out, holding a shovel. On another section of the river embankment, he looked at the approaching Five-Tooth Ship, laughing so hard that he burst into tears.
Lu Xun and Lu Boyan!
More than a hundred Jiangdong troops also stood up with shovels.
…
A few days ago, by the river.
Zhou Yu smiled bitterly: "Actually, we have a plan, but I'm afraid it will harm Tianhe. Does Mrs. Sun think that such a plan should be used?"
Da Qiao's reply floated in the air: "Gong Jin, Jiangdong is the foundation of the Sun family for three generations. If Jiangdong is gone, what's the use of Tianhe?"
…
A few days later, in the large tent of Jiangdong Army.
Zhou Yu: "What if I have a way to deal with the Five-Toothed Ship?"
Lu Xun: "If the giant ship can be dealt with, then the decisive battle will begin on a sunny day!"
…
The day of crossing the Yangtze River at night.
Jiangdong's army finally crossed the Yangtze River. One thousand people, more than a hundred of them, died in the cold river water.
Everyone, including Mi Fang, took out shovels and prepared to cut off the grain path.
Only Dong Xi took out several broken guns from his arms and put them together.
"Grand Governor, I'll take the first step and let me try out the skills of a tiger and leopard rider!"
…
The day of crossing the Yangtze River at night.
Lu Xun followed Zhou Yu down the hillside.
He suddenly took off his coat and jumped into the rolling river.
The river here is not as fast as other places. It is not easy to attract attention when crossing the river from here.
Upstream, Dong Xi tried his best to seize the opportunity and lured away the tiger and leopard cavalry patrolling the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Lu Xun was worried about such a good opportunity without a general accompanying him.
Lu Xun knew full well that Zhou Yu only brought him to see him, so how could he feel relieved?
The river was so cold that he did not dare to go down.
…
Before the night of the decisive battle, Yuan Lin sent back news of the funeral at Cao Jun's camp.
Based on the characteristics of Cao's army, the generals formulated the tactics of stalemate, turning, and cutting in.
Lu Xun had been looking at Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu didn't reveal any hint that he still had a counterattack.
Lu Xun suddenly felt so cold.
He was the only one who knew Zhou Yu's plan.
That night, Lu Xun returned to the previous crossing point and crossed the Yangtze River at night.
The current was too fast, but fortunately he was young and strong and successfully swam across the Yangtze River.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Lu Xun arrived on the other side, counted the number of people crossing the river, and laughed like a ghost.
Sure enough, as Zhou Yu said, of the thousands of people who crossed the river, only 189 successfully reached the north bank.
I heard from them that there were several people who almost crossed the river, but were still swept away by the current.
That night, he went crazy.
He knew that there were hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangxia on the north bank of this section of the Yangtze River.
But he wanted to lead these 189 people to poke a hole in the Yangtze River's dragon vein.
…
In Beifu, Cao Ajiu, who was always full of energy, accompanied Cao Awu, who was yawning, into a guest room.
Today, they will hand over a new batch of money and food to Xun Yu, which belongs to Beifu.
However, Xun Yu was busy with affairs and could not be here all the time. He arranged for Chen Qun, the chief secretary of the prime minister, to wait here.
Chen Qun had been pacing the room waiting for a long time. When he saw Cao Awu come in, he immediately said with blazing eyes: "Miss Awu, the algorithm you mentioned yesterday is indeed very efficient. It's really impressive that the girl can come up with such an accounting method." A genius!"
Ah Wu yawned so hard that tears were about to flow out, and he said, "My general just used the remaining methods."
Seeing that Chen Qun didn't believe it, Ah Wu was fine, but Ah Jiu wanted to argue with him and try his best to defend his general.
Suddenly, Cao Aqi didn't even comb his hair, put on his clothes haphazardly, and opened the door.
He glanced at Ah Jiu and asked quickly: "Jiu Jiu, have you sent the greetings to our general to the front line?"
Ah Jiu was stunned for a moment, then said: "I gave it to you, I gave it to you a long time ago."
Ah Qi was in a daze and stopped answering.
…
The moment the river bank collapsed, a huge amount of water surged towards the land outside the north bank.
The closest chasing Cao Jun ships, including several Jiangdong Clippers, also surged towards the land.
The power of the river bursting its embankment was extremely powerful, and he saw countless ships rushing towards the breach. On the Wuya Ship, Cao Wu inexplicably remembered the greeting he received from Ah Qi.
"The crouching dragon appears and the sky moves. The phoenix chick rises and falls into the lake."
It turns out that this lake is actually the 800-mile Yunmeng Daze on the north bank of the Yangtze River!
The epidemic plan, the assassination plan, the false surrender plan, the food shortage plan, and the Beige plan.
Zhou Yu has another plan!
The Yangtze River bursts, flooding Jiangxia, and Cao's army is defeated.
What a ruthless plot, what a ruthless Zhou Yu!
In the east of Daze, there are still hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangxia!
But in the face of such a vicious plan, what can Cao Wu, the general of the Northern Mansion, do to turn the tide?
