Cao Cao lost 150,000 bows and arrows for no reason. Originally, it was not a very important thing for Cao Jun's family, but Kong Ming asked the soldiers to shout: "Thank you, Prime Minister Cao, for borrowing the arrows." This made him very depressed. You must know that Cao Cao was almost the father of the two, and he was plotted by the two young people in turn. In addition, the incident was not very harmful, but it was extremely insulting, which made Cao Cao depressed.
It happened that Xun You came over to give advice and said: "There are two people in Jiangdong, Kong Ming and Zhou Yu, who have joined forces, and there is no way to defeat the enemy in a hurry. We can send people to fake the surrender of Soochow, as a subtle internal agent, to obtain some information about the other party, so that we will also have Find a way to start."
Cao Cao said: "This idea is in line with my understanding. Who do you think is more suitable in our army?"
He replied: "Cai Mao was executed. The Cai clan is all in our army. His younger brother Cai Zhong is now the deputy general. The prime minister can infect him with favors and send him to Soochow to fake a surrender. They will not doubt it. "
Cao Cao followed this suggestion and secretly called the two of them to the camp that night and told them: "You two can take less soldiers to Soochow to fake a surrender. Once they make any movement, you will send someone to tell me secretly. It will happen." Finally, I will definitely not treat you badly, and you must not think about other things!"
The two replied in unison: "Our family members are all in Jingzhou, how can we have two minds? Please don't be confused, Prime Minister. We will definitely take the heads of Zhou Yu and Kong Ming and present them to the Prime Minister."
After hearing this, Cao Cao was very satisfied and awarded him a reward. On the second day, he took five hundred sergeants and some boats and headed south along the current.
Zhou Yu was discussing with everyone the next plan to send troops. Suddenly, he reported that an enemy ship had arrived from the north of the Yangtze River. He and Cai Zhong, claiming to be Cai Mao's younger brothers, came specially to surrender.
Zhou Yu called over, and the two of them cried: "Our brother was killed by Cao Cao despite having no crime. The two of us are ready to avenge our brother, and we surrender specially. We hope to take him in, and we can be the front line!"
Zhou Yu was very happy and rewarded the two men heavily, and then ordered Gan Ning to lead the soldiers as the front guard. The two thanked him and looked at each other, thinking that Zhou Yu had fallen into a trap.
After the two of them left, Zhou Yu secretly said to Gan Ning: "These two people came to Jiangdong alone, and they did not bring their families with them. It was obvious that they were pretending to surrender. They should be agents sent by Cao Cao. I will take advantage of them now." , let them spread some news that we need Cao Cao to know. You can be more attentive to them and confuse them, but you must be careful. When the time comes to send troops, we will first kill two of them to sacrifice the flag. You must be careful. We must handle this matter well!" Gan Ning accepted the order and left.
When Lu Su heard about this, he judged that it was a false surrender, and quickly went to Zhou Yu and said: "The surrenders of Cai Zhong and Cai He should be fake, and they cannot be used."
Zhou Yu's expression suddenly became stern and he scolded: "They surrendered because Cao Cao killed their brother and were ready to take revenge. If you are so suspicious, how can we in Jiangdong accommodate all the celebrities in the world? Who else is willing to surrender?" What about us?"
Lu Su had never seen Zhou Yu be so harsh, so he said nothing more and retreated, looking for Kong Ming to complain.
After hearing this, Kong Ming laughed and said nothing. Lu Su looked strange. He was like this, so why was the other party still laughing at him? He asked, "What's so funny?"
Kong Ming said: "I'm laughing at you for not seeing clearly that this is the plot of your chief governor. The river is far away, and it is difficult to travel between small groups. Cao Cao sent Cai Zhong and Cai He to pretend to surrender, just for spying. The military situation in the army, the governor is using his tactics to inform him of some information that he needs to know, to mislead his judgment. Soldiers are not afraid of deceit, he is a strategist!" After hearing this, Lu Su understood Zhou Yu's intention.
Zhou Yu was in the camp that night when he suddenly saw Huang Gai coming to see Zhou Yu in the middle of the army. Zhou Yu asked, "You come to me so late, must you have a good way to teach me?"
Huang Gai suggested: "There are so many of them that we can't hold out for a long time. Why don't we attack with fire?"
Zhou Yu looked very surprised and said: "Who taught you to give me the strategy of attacking with fire?"
He replied: "No one else taught me, I figured it out myself."
Zhou Yu said: "I have the same idea, so I deliberately kept people like Cai Zhong and Cai He who pretended to surrender, so that I could pass on the news, but I lacked someone who could pretend to surrender to Cao Cao on my behalf."
Huang Gai nodded and said: "I came here so late just to carry out this matter. I will pretend to surrender to Cao Cao."
Zhou Yu said: "It's hard for them to believe this without suffering at all!"
Huang Gai said: "I have received kindness from Mr. Sun, and even though I am very upset, I have no regrets."
Zhou Yu stood up excitedly and said: "If you are willing to carry out this painful plan, that will be Jiangdong's luck!"
Huang Gai said: "That's why I died like this, and I have nothing to complain about." So he thanked and left.
On the second day, Zhou Yu played drums and everyone met under the tent. Kong Ming also came.
Zhou Yu said: "Cao Cao has millions of men and horses. The navy camp alone is more than 300 miles away. It cannot be defeated in one day. Now all the generals have prepared three months of food and grass to prepare to resist the enemy!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Gai said: "Don't say three months, even if you give us thirty months of food and grass, it will have no effect! If we can defeat Cao Cao this month, then this month will be enough. If not, , then let’s simply follow Zhang Zhao’s idea and surrender directly, why should we resist?”
Zhou Yu was very angry after hearing this and said angrily: "I was ordered by the princess to urge the soldiers and horses to defeat Cao Cao. Anyone who dares to surrender must be beheaded. Now when the two armies are facing the enemy, since you have spoken You are making arrogant remarks and neglecting my military morale. If I don't behead you, I'm afraid I won't be able to convince the crowd!" So he asked his left and right men to lift Huang Gai up and prepare to pull him out and behead him.
Huang Gai cursed and said: "Since I followed General Sun, I have conquered east and west and made great achievements. After three dynasties, you, a young man, have no right to kill me!"
Zhou Yu was furious and ordered his officials to quickly drag him out and behead him. Gan Ning stepped forward and spoke, saying: "Huang Gai is an old minister of Soochow. I hope he can be forgiven."
Zhou Yu scolded: "Don't say any more, don't mess with my laws." After saying this, he ordered his left and right men to beat Gan Ning with a stick.
All the officials knelt down and begged for mercy, saying: "Huang Gai's crime is enough to be beheaded, but it is not good for the army. I hope the governor can forgive him and remember the crime first, and then behead him after he is defeated."
Zhou Yu's anger was still lingering, and the officials begged, and then Zhou Yu said: "If it weren't for everyone's sake, I would definitely behead you, and now you can avoid death!"
