Suddenly a soldier reported: "There is a small boat looming in the south direction of the Yangtze River, coming on the wind."
Cao Cao hurriedly went to see the situation. Not long after, someone came to report: "Those ships are all flying the green dragon tooth flag, and there is also a ship with a big flag, which says Pioneer Huang Gai, four big characters."
The incoming ship came closer. Cheng Yu observed it for a long time and said to Cao Cao: "There is something wrong with these ships. Don't let them get closer!"
Cao Cao was a little confused and asked, "Why?"
Replied: "If the boat is filled with grain, it must be stable. Now I see that these boats are all light and floating. Also, has the Prime Minister noticed that just now, the southwest wind stopped and then blew up? If there is a southeasterly wind, if it is a false surrender, then the situation will be critical!"
After hearing this, Cao Cao suddenly woke up and asked, "Which one of you is going to stop me?"
Wenpin said: "I'm very familiar with water properties, just send me." After saying that, he jumped onto a small boat and pointed with his hand. Soon there were ten patrol boats, following Wenpin.
Wenpin stood on the bow of the ship and shouted to the oncoming fleet: "The Prime Minister has ordered that the southern ships coming to surrender should not approach and stop in the middle of the river!"
All the officers and soldiers on the patrol boat shouted together: "Stop!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a bowstring was suddenly heard. Wenpin had been shot in the left arm by a bow and arrow and fell into the boat. There was a sudden chaos on the boat, and everyone returned.
When the southern ship was still two miles away from Cao Cao's ship, Huang Gai raised his sword and moved forward. He saw the ship set on fire. The fire was blown by the southeast wind and became very powerful. There were more and more rockets on the ship. , thick smoke billowed, and the twenty fire boats also ignited their flames, turned into fire boats, and crashed into the water village.
In the camp, a boat had been set on fire, but it was locked by an iron ring and there was no way to separate it. I could only watch helplessly as more of the boat was burned.
Soon the sound of cannons was heard, and the fireships from all directions sailed nearby. Only the wind blew the flames on the Sanjiang River, burning half of the sky red, and the shouts filled the sky and the earth.
Cao Cao looked back at the camp on the shore and found fireworks everywhere.
Huang Gai jumped on the boat, and behind him there were several people driving the boat, looking for Cao Cao in thick smoke.
Cao Cao saw something was wrong and was about to jump ashore. Suddenly Zhang Liao arrived in a small boat and helped Cao Cao out of the boat. The original big boat was already burning.
Zhang Liao led a dozen people to protect Cao Cao and rushed to the port.
Huang Gai saw a man in red clothes getting off the boat, and guessed it was Cao Cao, so he urged the boat forward quickly, holding a big sword in his hand, and shouted: "Cao Cao, thief, don't leave! Huang Gai is here!"
Cao Cao felt very depressed and complained repeatedly. Zhang Liao took away his bow and arrow, observed it for a while, and when Huang Gai was close, he shot directly. At this time, the southeast wind had reached its peak, and the wind was very strong, whistling by Huang Gai. Where can you hear the sound of bowstrings in the firelight? So the bow and arrow hit Huang Gai directly on the shoulder, and he turned over and fell into the water.
Huang Gai was originally in the army's stronghold. Because he cooperated with the bitter meat trick, he was beaten severely. The wounds on his body did not recover. He was shot by Zhang Liao's bow and arrow and fell into the water. He did not know whether he was alive or dead for a while.
Zhang Liao found an opportunity and quickly rescued Cao Cao and landed. He found horses and prepared to leave. The army was in chaos. Han Dang braved fireworks to attack the water stronghold, and only heard the soldiers report: "There is a man behind the boat, shouting the general's name loudly."
Han Dang quickly focused his attention and only heard the voice saying "Come and save me!"
Han Dang immediately recognized the sound and it was Huang Gai's. He hurried over to rescue Huang Gai. When he saw that Huang Gai had been shot in the shoulder by a bow and arrow, he bit out the bow and arrow shaft with his mouth, but the arrow was still in his flesh. middle.
Han Dang quickly took off Huang Gai's wet clothes, dug out the arrowhead with a knife, pulled off the flag next to it to make a temporary package, then took off his shirt and gave it to Huang Gai's ship, and sent soldiers to send Huang Gai back for medical treatment.
Huang Gai had lived by the river for many years and knew the properties of water very well. During this time, he fell into the river while wearing armor and escaped with his life.
There was no wind from the southeast, and the flames ignited all the ships. The flames illuminated half of the sky, and the soldiers' shouts and cries shook the sky.
All the soldiers from Jiangdong came to kill them. On the left were Han Dang and Jiang Qin's troops coming from the west of Red Cliff; on the right were Zhou Tai and Chen Wu's troops coming from the east of Red Cliff. In the middle were the troops of Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Xu Sheng, and Ding Feng. The ships have arrived.
After the fire attack came the attack. The soldiers relied on the power of the fire and were full of fighting spirit.
Most of the northern soldiers were not able to swim, and when encountering fire, they panicked and trampled on each other countless times. Countless Cao soldiers were hit by arrows, burned, and drowned.
On the other side, Gan Ning led Cai Zhong into the depths of Cao Cao's camp. Cai Zhong was about to turn around and tell Gan Ning something, but when he turned back, Gan Ning had already slashed Cai Zhong in half, and then A fire was set on the grass.
Lü Meng saw the fire getting bigger and bigger not far away, so he set a dozen fires and prepared to go to meet Gan Ning.
Pan Zhang and Dong Xi also joined in the shouts of setting fire, and drums beat loudly. Cao Cao and Zhang Liao broke out with more than a hundred cavalry and ran through the forest. They saw that almost everything in front of them was a sea of fire, and even the road was covered with fire. Almost gone.
While running, he suddenly met Mao Jie. It turned out that Wenpin was shot by Huang Gai and fell into the water, and it was he who saved him.
Cao Cao asked them to explore the road ahead. Zhang Liao pointed to the front and said: "There are fires everywhere now. Only the Wulin ground is open and can be walked."
So Cao Cao took most of them and walked there. After walking part of the way, suddenly a group of people arrived from behind and shouted: "Thief Cao, don't leave!"
The flag appeared in the light of the fire, and it was the word "LV" on it. Lü Meng was leading his troops to fight out. Cao Cao urged the horses to speed up, leaving Zhang Liao behind to resist Lü Meng.
Not long after walking, another group of enemy troops suddenly came. The leader shouted: "Jiangdong Lingtong is here!"
After hearing this, Cao Cao was very desperate and felt that he was besieged on all sides. At this moment, a group of people suddenly rushed out. The leader was Xu Huang, and shouted: "Prime Minister, don't panic! Xu Huang is here!" So Xu Huang and Ling Tong There was a melee, and after seeing Cao Cao walking away, Xu Huang also led his troops to the north.
After walking some distance, I saw a pair of military horses stationed in front of the hillside.
It was difficult to tell whether they were friends or foes, so Xu Huang came out to inquire. It turned out that they were the generals Ma Yan and Zhang Wei who had surrendered under Yuan Shao. They had three thousand troops from the north and were encamped here. They saw the flames soaring into the sky at night, so they did not dare to do so. Acting rashly, he happened to meet Cao Cao and greeted him.
Cao Cao led two generals and a thousand troops and horses to open the way, and the rest of the people were protecting the surroundings. After getting these troops, Cao Cao felt a little more at ease.
