Kong Ming cursed in his heart, did he really treat others as fools? He replied: "I already knew in advance that your Grand Governor would send you here. Once the southeast wind blows, he will definitely not be able to tolerate me, so he will send you to harm me, so I let Zhao Yun do it first." Come pick me up, and stop chasing me!" Xu Sheng saw that Kong Ming's boat was not moving very fast, so he gave chase. When he was about to get close, he saw a general at the stern of the boat with his bow and arrow ready, and shouted: "I am Zhao Zilong of Changshan. I came to meet the military advisor Kong Ming on the order of my lord Liu Bei. Why are you chasing after me? I was originally preparing to shoot you to death with a bow and arrow, but considering the alliance between our two families, doing so will lose the harmony. However, You still need to know my methods!" After saying that, he shot out the bow and arrow, only to see that the bow and arrow quickly hit the rope on Xu Sheng's boat. Soon the sail also fell into the water, and the speed of the boat instantly dropped. .
Zhao Yun asked people to pull up the full sail of his ship, and sailed at full speed with the help of the wind. Xu Sheng saw the ship gradually going away and knew that he could no longer catch up.
There was no other way, so Xu Sheng had to return to the shore and said to Ding Feng: "Zhuge Liang is really a clever man. Everything is under his control. Zhao Yun who picked him up is also very brave. You know he is in Dangyang Chang." What happened to Banpo's seven in and seven outs? Just now, he used a bow and arrow to hit the rope on our boat from a long distance. His skill in martial arts was shocking. We have done our best, why not go back and report to the Governor."
So the two went back together to report the situation to the Grand Governor, saying that Kong Ming had contacted Zhao Yun in advance and left before the two arrived.
Zhou Yu said: "This Kong Ming is so cunning and can change the sky at will. It really makes me uneasy day and night!"
Lu Su was afraid that Zhou Yu would be in trouble, so he advised: "Now the southeast wind has risen, and we have the right time, place, and people. At this time, we should consider defeating Cao Cao's army. After this matter is over, we can think of ways to kill him." Kill Kong Ming."
There was no better way, so Zhou Yu could only follow this suggestion and immediately summoned the generals in Jiangdong to take orders. First he said to Gan Ning: "Cao's army led Cai Zhong and the surrendered troops along the south bank. They raised the flag of the northern army and went directly to the ground of Wulin, where Cao Cao stored food and grass. They went deep into the army and raised fire as a signal. Only Cai He is left alone in the camp, and I have my own arrangements."
Then he said to Tai Shici: "You take three thousand soldiers and horses and march directly to the border of Huangzhou to cut off Cao Cao's soldiers coming from Hefei. You only need to force them. Set fire as a signal. If you see a red flag appear, that is The soldiers accompanying our lord Sun Quan have arrived."
The soldiers led by Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci had the farthest starting point, so they attacked first.
Then let Lu Meng lead three thousand soldiers to Wulin to meet Gan Ning and burn Cao Cao's camp. Then let Ling Tong lead three thousand soldiers to the border of Yiling. As soon as he saw the fire in Wulin burning, he would use his troops and horses. Dong Xi led 3,000 soldiers to directly attack Hanyang, and fought from Hanchuan to Cao Jun's camp. See the white flag to respond. Pan Zhang led three thousand soldiers, all flying white flags, to Hanyang to meet Dong Xi.
The six groups of people were properly arranged, so they each took action separately with their tasks.
Huang Gai arranged some fireships and sent people to submit a letter of surrender to Cao Cao. He arranged to surrender that night. Then he set aside four warships and quietly followed Huang Gai to respond. The first team leader Han Dang, the military officer, Zhou Tai, the leading officer of the second team, Jiang Qin, the leading officer of the third team, and Chen Wu, the leading officer of the fourth team: each of the four teams has three hundred warships, and there are two more to prepare in front of them. Ten boats specially set on fire.
In the Zhongjun camp, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu were supervising the battle on the building and boat. Xu Sheng and Ding Feng were the left and right guards. Only Lu Su, Kan Ze and other counselors were left to guard the camp.
It turned out that Cheng Pu still had some prejudices against Zhou Yu. Seeing that Zhou Yu was able to mobilize his troops freely, and that he was unable to do so, he developed some admiration.
At this time, Sun Quan also sent people over with military symbols, saying that he had sent Lu Xun as the vanguard to advance directly into the Qi and Huang areas, and he himself served as the back-up.
After Zhou Yu learned of the news, he sent people to release artillery behind Xishan Mountain and raised the flag at Nanping Mountain. After the orders were completed, he repeatedly thought about all the details of the strategic arrangement and only waited until 10pm before taking action.
In Xiakou, Liu Bei was waiting for the arrival of Kong Ming on the city wall. Suddenly he saw a group of ships arriving. It was sent by the young master Liu Qi to find out the news. Liu Bei invited him to the city wall and said: "The southeast wind has been blowing for some time. Zhao Yun went to pick up Kong Ming, but why haven't he seen them yet? Is there something unexpected that happened? I feel very worried."
The man turned around and pointed at a small boat that was slowly moving forward on the river, and said: "There happened to be a sailboat that was almost sailing to the shore. It must be General Zhao Yun and Military Advisor Kong Ming."
Liu Bei and Liu Qi got off the boat to greet them, and soon the boat arrived. Kong Ming and Zhao Yun quickly boarded the shore. Liu Bei was very happy and pulled Kong Min to ask about the situation.
Kong Ming replied: "I don't have time to talk about anything else. I asked you if the horses and warships I wrote before are ready."
Liu Bei said: "I have been preparing for a long time. I am just waiting for the military advisor to make arrangements."
Kong Ming, Liu Bei, and Liu Qi found a place to sit down, and said to Zhao Yun: "You can take three thousand troops and horses, cross the river and take the Wulin path, and ambush in the dense places of trees and reeds. The fourth watch tonight is over, Cao Cao will definitely start from Run along that road. When his troops and horses pass by, set a fire in the middle. Even if you don't kill him completely, you will kill half of them."
Zhao Yun was a little confused and asked: "There are two roads in Wulin, one leads to Nanjun and the other leads to Jingzhou. I wonder which way Cao Cao will come?"
Kong Ming said: "The situation in Nanjun is very critical. Cao Cao, who does not dare to go, must go to Jingzhou, and then the army will return to Xuchang."
After seeing Zhao Yun take the order and leave, he called Zhang Fei and said: "You can cross the river with three thousand soldiers and horses, cut off the road to Yiling, and ambush at the entrance of Hulu Valley. Cao Cao does not dare to go to the south of Yiling, and must look to the north of Yiling. Go. After the rain in the coming days, they will surely come to bury pots and make rice. As soon as the smoke started to rise, they set a fire on the mountainside. Even if Cao Cao is not captured, the credit will certainly not be small."
After seeing Zhang Fei leaving, he asked Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, and Liu Feng to each sail a boat around the river to defeat the defeated army and seize their equipment.
Seeing that the three people were ordered to leave, Kong Ming stood up and said to Young Master Liu Qi: "This area of Wuchang is very critical. I hope Young Master will go back immediately and lead his troops to guard the port. After Cao's army fails, there must be someone fleeing, and you can capture them at this time, but you must remember not to leave the city easily."
Liu Qi bid farewell to Liu Bei and Kong Ming and left in the direction of Wuchang.
Kong Ming said to Liu Bei: "My lord, you can station your troops at Fankou, climb up high and watch the great things Zhou Yu has accomplished tonight!"
