Zhou Yu and Liu Bei started drinking and chatting. After drinking for three rounds, Zhou Yu got up to pour the wine. He was going to break the cup according to the previous plan, and then brought out the swordsman to kill Liu Bei. Suddenly he saw Liu Bei standing behind him. There was a very tall man in front of him, and he quickly asked who it was.
Liu Bei said: "This man is my second brother Guan Yu!"
Zhou Yu was very surprised and asked: "Is it the person who killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou in Hebei before?"
Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu, with a proud expression on his face, nodded, and said, "That's exactly it."
Zhou Yu was so surprised that he even sweated. He thought that he couldn't do this anymore, otherwise with Guan Yu's martial arts, he might not be able to kill Liu Bei and would lose himself, so he filled up the cup that was about to break. The wine was handed to Guan Yu.
Not long after, Lu Su arrived, and Liu Bei quickly asked: "I don't know where Kong Ming has gone. I hope you can call him over. I have something I need to talk to him about."
Zhou Yu hurried over to propose a toast and said with a smile: "Let's wait until Cao Cao is defeated. Kong Ming is busy with other matters now and it is not convenient for him to come forward."
Liu Bei didn't say anything more to Kong Ming. He looked back at Guan Yu and found that Guan Yu was trying to make trouble for him. He stood up and complained, saying: "Then I won't bother you. When I defeat Cao Cao later, I will definitely prepare a big meal." Gifts, specially come to Jiangdong to celebrate the soldiers."
Zhou Yu sent Liu Bei away. After Liu Bei left, he turned back and wiped the cold sweat from his head.
After Liu Bei and Zhou Yu separated, they came to the river with Guan Yu. Liu Bei was very happy to see Kong Ming in the boat.
Kong Ming said: "Master, do you know what happened today? It is actually very dangerous!"
Liu Bei was a little confused and asked, "What's the matter?"
Kong Ming said: "If Guan Yu hadn't followed my lord, my lord would have been almost killed by Zhou Yu!"
Only then did Liu Bei understand. After several people reviewed the details and knew that Zhou Yu had ambushed the swordsman behind, and then compared the details of Zhou Yu's pouring of wine, they understood everything. After Liu Bei knew the danger involved, he quickly invited Kong Ming to return to Fankou with him.
Kong Ming said: "Although I am surviving in the tiger's mouth, I am very safe. Now the lord only needs to pack up the army and wait for the call. The deadline is after November 20th. Zhao Yun can be sent to the shore with a ship to wait. , don’t forget it.”
Liu Bei asked what he meant. Kong Ming looked at the sky and said: "This game of chess will eventually be played. When the east wind blows by the river, I will come back."
Liu Bei wanted to continue asking for details, but was interrupted by Kong Ming, and then he was urged to sail away. Kong Ming himself walked onto the shore and left lightly.
Liu Bei and Guan Yu took their entourage to sail. After walking for less than a few miles, they suddenly saw fifty or sixty boats coming up. On the boat at the head was a man standing with a spear across his head. It was his third brother Zhang Fei, who was walking away. When they got close, they asked about the reason. It turned out that Zhang Fei was afraid of Zhou Yu's murder. Guan Yu couldn't handle it alone, so he came over to help him, so the three of them went back together.
Zhou Yu sent Liu Bei away and returned to the camp. Lu Su quickly entered and asked why, saying: "Since you lured Liu Bei here, the swordsman and axe-hand were ready, why did you suddenly give up!"
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu was still frightened and sighed: "After I was ready, I suddenly saw Guan Yu. You must know that Guan Yu is a rare fierce general in the world and is very close to Liu Bei. If he takes action, it is likely to be with a sword and an axe." The hand assassination failed and cost me the money, so I gave up."
Only then did Lu Su understand the reason. At this time, someone reported that a letter from Cao Cao had arrived.
Zhou Yu took the letter and saw the font of the letter, which read: "The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty delivered it to Governor Zhou Yu."
Zhou Yu was furious when he saw the arrogant tone in the content. He tore up the letter without opening it, threw it on the ground, and sent someone to kill the envoy.
Lu Su said: "The two armies are fighting, so don't kill the envoy."
Zhou Yu said: "Our battle with Cao Cao is unavoidable. Killing the envoys can establish our authority and better reflect our determination to fight against Cao Cao." So he asked the envoys on the left and right to drag out the envoys and behead them, and sent the heads to others. After returning, he ordered Gan Ning to be the vanguard, Han Dang to be the left wing, and Jiang Qin to be the right wing. Zhou Yu personally led the generals, started cooking at the fourth watch, and sailed the boat at the fifth watch, beating drums and shouting.
Cao Cao actually wrote this letter to persuade Zhou Yu, but he learned that Zhou Yu tore up the letter and killed the envoy. He was also very angry, so he sent Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and other Jingzhou surrender troops to the front, and Cao Cao personally As the rear army, I made up my mind to destroy Jiangdong and soon arrived at Sanjiangkou.
Jiangdong's warship was seen from a distance. The leader was Gan Ning. He sat on the bow and shouted: "I am Gan Ning! Who of you dares to come out to fight with me!"
Cai Mao sent his younger brother Cai He to fight. After the two ships approached, Gan Ning picked up his bow and arrow and shot at the opponent. Unexpectedly, he fell to the ground.
Gan Ning led the rest of the troops forward, and bows and arrows were fired from the boats. Cao's army was not good at water stations and could not resist at all. He was about to retreat. At this time, Jiang Qin on the right and Han Dang on the left rushed straight into Cao's army.
Most of Cao's troops were from Qingzhou and Xuzhou and did not understand water stations at all. On the river, the warships shook and they could not stand. Some people suffered from seasickness to varying degrees.
Gan Ning led three water armies to attack, and they were able to navigate the water with ease. Zhou Yu came out to assist in the battle. Countless Cao's troops fell into the water, were hit by arrows, and were seasick. They continued to fight from the beginning to the end of the day. Zhou Yu took some advantage, but Fearing that after a long pursuit, Cao's army would become more numerous and outnumbered, he had no choice but to order gold to contain the army.
After Cao's army was defeated, he had no choice but to return and regroup his morale. He called Cai Mao and Zhang Yun and rebuked them, saying, "I see that Jiangdong doesn't have many troops. Why can they still defeat us? It's because you people don't care."
Cai Mao explained: "The navy in Jingzhou has not practiced for a long time. The soldiers in Qingzhou and Xuzhou are not used to fighting on the water at all, so we will fail. Now we should build a water stronghold first and then spread it among the army. If we train every day, our navy will be even more powerful."
Cao Cao nodded and said, "You are now the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. You can handle this matter yourself. Why do you want to report to me?"
So the two of them followed this plan to train the navy. They built twenty-four water gates along the river, with the big ships outside as the city wall, and the small boats inside, where they could travel together. When the lights were lit at night, the water surface would be very clear and continuous. For more than three hundred miles, the fireworks continued without interruption.
This conflict ended with Zhou Yu's complete victory, which increased the confidence of the Jiangdong troops. After Zhou Yu returned to the camp, he rewarded the three armies, and then sent people to Sun Quan to report the matter, not forgetting to publicize it.
