Gan Ning nodded and turned around to order the soldiers to eat and prepare to receive reinforcements. Cao Hong, Cao Chun, and Niu Jin also soon received the news. Knowing that Zhou Yu had brought troops and horses, they first sent people to Nanjun to report the situation to Cao Ren, and on the one hand, they divided their troops to fight the enemy.
When the soldiers and horses led by Zhou Yu arrived, Cao Jun fought. Gan Ning and Zhou Tai fought in two groups. Cao's troops were in chaos and were quickly surrounded. Cao Jun could only retreat, and the direction of their retreat was exactly Some weeds soon appeared on that path, and the horses could no longer walk. They had to let go and walk instead. Soon more than 500 horses became the trophies of the enemy.
Zhou Yu rushed to Nanjun with his soldiers and horses overnight, and happened to meet Cao Ren leading an army to come to the rescue. The two armies met and immediately started fighting. They fought until very late, and each of them withdrew their troops.
Cao Ren returned to the city and discussed with everyone.
Cao Hong said: "Now that we have lost Yiling, the situation is already very critical. Why not take a look at the strategy that the prime minister left for us before he left, so as to relieve the current predicament!"
Cao Ren nodded and said: "It's time to unravel the Prime Minister's plan!" He opened it and read the content. He was very happy and asked the soldiers to make rice at the fifth watch. All the troops and horses abandoned the city, and the city was filled with flags. With a bluff, the army left the city in three groups.
Zhou Yu rescued Gan Ning and was stationed near the Nanjun city. Suddenly he saw Cao's army leaving in three groups. Zhou Yu watched from the stage and saw only flags on the wall and no soldiers guarding them. He also saw the soldiers' waists. All packed with some packages.
Zhou Yu thought that it must be because Yiling was gone and Nanjun had no intention of holding on. Cao Ren must be preparing to leave, so he came down and issued an order to divide the two armies into left and right wings. If the front army was victorious, then they would directly go forward to catch up. , until he heard the voice of Ming Jin, he could retreat and let Cheng Pu supervise the rear army. Zhou Yu personally led the troops and horses to attack Nanjun.
The drums sounded, Cao Hong came out to challenge, Zhou Yu came under the gate, Han Dang came out to fight, and fought with Cao Hong for thirty rounds, Cao Hong left after being defeated, Cao Ren came out to fight in person, Zhou Tai came out to challenge, and fought for more than ten rounds. After a round, Cao Ren couldn't beat him and left, and his formation was in disarray.
Zhou Yu led the troops on both wings to fight out, and Cao's army was severely defeated.
Zhou Yu personally led his soldiers and horses to pursue them to the bottom of the Nanjun city. Cao's army did not even run into the city, but fled to the northwest.
Han Dang and Zhou Tai led the troops in front and tried their best to catch up. Zhou Yu saw that the city gate was open and there were no soldiers guarding the city, so he ordered to enter Nanjun to seize the city. A dozen cavalry entered the city first, followed by Zhou Yu The horse is riding behind and the whip is raised.
Chen Jiao was hiding on a high building in the city. When he saw Zhou Yu personally leading his troops into the city, he cheered in his heart: "What a good plan, Prime Minister!"
Suddenly there was a sound, and bows and arrows from both sides were shot out, like rain. Those who started to enter the city fell into the holes dug in advance. Zhou Yu secretly sighed that it was not good, and was about to turn his horse's head and leave the city, when he was hit by a bow and arrow. He took off his left arm, turned over and fell off the horse.
Niu Jin came out of the city and prepared to capture Zhou Yu directly. Seeing this, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng rushed to the rescue. Cao soldiers suddenly came out and killed another group. Wu soldiers trampled on each other and fell into Cao soldiers' dugout. in the trap.
Cheng Pu realized that something was wrong and was about to retreat. Cao Ren and Cao Hong fought back in two groups and defeated the Wu soldiers. Fortunately, Ling Tong came out with a team of soldiers and horses to rescue and held back Cao soldiers.
Cao Ren re-entered the city with his victorious army, and Cheng Pu led the defeated army back to the camp. Ding Feng and Xu Sheng struggled to rescue Zhou Yu, and immediately called for military doctors for diagnosis and treatment. The military doctors used iron pliers to pull out the arrowhead. Applying the good gold sore medicine to cover the sore, Zhou Yu frowned, his expression twisted, it was obvious that he was in pain, and he couldn't even eat the food.
The military doctor pointed to the purple wound on Zhou Yu's arm and said: "The bow and arrow that hit the governor are poisonous. There is no way to heal if you are impatient. If you are too angry, it will cause wounds."
Cheng Pu ordered the three armies to stay close to each camp and not leave easily without orders. Three days later, Niu Jin came to challenge with his troops and horses. Cheng Pu did not move, and Niu Jin yelled and cursed in front of the formation. He did not go back until the evening. The next day, there was another scolding battle.
Cheng Pu was afraid that Zhou Yu would be angry and the wound would burst if he knew about it, so he did not dare to report it.
On the third day, Niu Jin went outside the camp and yelled, saying that he would capture Zhou Yu himself. Cheng Pu convened everyone to discuss, and planned to retreat temporarily and go back to see Sun Quan before making the next plan.
Although Zhou Yu was injured in bed, the pain made him very clear-headed, and he had opinions in his heart. He knew that Cao Jun would definitely come to the battle and scold him, but he did not see a general coming to report the situation.
On this day, Cao Ren personally led his army out to challenge him. He shouted loudly, but Cheng Pu still couldn't refuse. Zhou Yu called everyone over and asked, "Where is the shouting coming from?"
Everyone replied: "It's a military training, some soldiers did something wrong!"
Zhou Yu was very angry. He sat up and said, "Why did you deceive me? I already know that Cao Jun was insulting in front of the camp. Since Cheng Pu has the military power, how can he sit idly by and do nothing?" After saying this, he sent someone to arrest Cheng Pu. Found it.
Cheng Pu explained: "I saw that the governor was injured. The military doctor said not to get angry easily, so Cao Jun came over for a decisive battle, but we didn't dare to report it!"
Zhou Yu asked: "Then if you don't go to fight, what are you going to do?"
He replied: "We are going to withdraw our troops and return to Jiangdong for the time being. When your wounds recover, we will make further arrangements."
Zhou Yu was very angry after hearing this. He stood up from the bed and said: "Since a man has his salary, he should die on the battlefield and pay back his body in horse leather. This is the lucky thing! How can you delay the important affairs of the country just for me?" What?" After saying that, he put on his armor and mounted his horse, everyone looked at each other in confusion.
Zhou Yu came out with hundreds of cavalry, and saw that Cao Ren had already set up the formation. He stood in the center of the formation, pointed his riding whip at Zhou Yu and said: "Zhou Yu, you little kid, I thought you were dead. You dare to come out again!" The curses continued, and Zhou Yu also pointed at Cao Ren and cursed angrily: "Cao Ren, you are a common man! Have you ever heard of the name Zhou Lang of Jiangdong?"
Cao Jun thought Zhou Yu had died, and was a little surprised when he saw Zhou Yu himself.
Cao Ren turned around and said to everyone: "You can curse! No matter how unpleasant it is, just curse!"
Everyone cursed, and Zhou Yu was very angry after hearing this, so he sent Pan Zhang out to fight, but before Pan Zhang stepped forward, Zhou Yu spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fell under the horse.
Cao Jun quickly came over to cover up the attack, and everyone resisted with all their strength. After a melee, Zhou Yu was rescued back to the camp.
