After returning, Cheng Pu was very worried about Zhou Yu's physical condition and asked, "Do you feel okay, Governor?" Zhou Yu secretly said to Cheng Pu, "This is a plan of mine!"
Cheng Pu was a little confused and asked, "What's the plan?"
Zhou Yu said: "Actually, I have almost recovered. The reason why I did this is to let Cao Jun know that I am not in good health. Then they will be careless, so that they can send their trusted people to surrender over there and say that I He is already dead, so Cao Ren will definitely come to rob the camp at night. I will ambush here to deal with it, and then I can capture Cao Ren."
After hearing this, Cheng Pu nodded and said, "That's great!"
So they played mournful music in the camp, and everyone was shocked. Cheng Pu came out and cried: "The governor's wound burst open just now, and he was so angry that he has passed away!"
The news of Zhou Yu's death quickly spread to various places, and Wu soldiers paid tribute to him.
In Nanjun, Cao Ren held a discussion with everyone and said to everyone: "Today I faced Wu Bing. I saw Zhou Yu leading the way. His wounds burst open, blood vomited from his mouth, and he fell off the horse. He must have died soon!" The words had just finished! , suddenly someone came to report: "More than a dozen people from the Wu Army camp came to surrender, and two of them were captured."
Cao Ren happened to lack someone to inquire about the situation, so he called for inquiries.
The soldier said: "Earlier, Zhou Yu's wound burst in front of the battle, and he died soon after returning to the camp. Now all the Wu soldiers are mourning. We have all been humiliated by Cheng Pu. Thinking of Zhou Yu's death, , our situation is even more difficult, so we have no choice but to surrender here!"
Zhou Yu's death just confirmed Cao Ren's inference, and he immediately discussed attacking the opponent's camp at night, recapturing Zhou Yu's body, beheading him, and then sending him to Xudu, where he was praised by Cao Cao.
Counselor Chen Jiao said: "This matter must be carried out immediately, otherwise there will be other changes."
So Cao Ren asked Niu Jin to be the vanguard and lead the middle army himself, with Cao Hong and Cao Chun as backup. Only Chen Jiao was left to guard Nanjun with some soldiers and horses, and the rest followed him to attack Zhou Yu's camp.
After the first watch, he left the city and sneaked to Zhou Yu's camp. When he came to the gate of the camp, he didn't see anyone. He just planted some flags. Only then did he realize that he had been tricked and quickly retreated. Suddenly I heard the sound of cannons all around. Han Dang and Jiang Qin were coming to kill from the east, Zhou Tai and Pan Zhang were coming from the west, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng were coming from the south, and Chen Wu and Lu Meng were coming from the north.
Cao's army was surrounded on all sides and was severely defeated. All three groups were scattered, and the head and tail could not see each other.
Cao Ren led a dozen cavalrymen to break out of the siege, and happened to encounter Cao Hong, so he retreated with the remaining soldiers and horses. By the fifth watch, they were not far from Nanjun. Another cannon sounded, and Ling Tong led all the troops. After blocking the way and killing for a while, Cao Ren continued to retreat with his soldiers and horses. When he met Gan Ning, he charged and killed him for a while. As a result, Cao Ren did not dare to return to Nanjun anymore and could only march towards the main road of Xiangyang. After the Wu soldiers chased him for a distance, He went back by himself.
Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu gathered their troops and went to the bottom of Nanjun's city. They saw that it was covered with flags. A general appeared upstairs and said, "Captain, don't blame me! I have followed the military advisor's order to capture Nanjun. I am Changshan Zhao Zilong.”
Zhou Yu was very angry and ordered an attack on the city. Bows and arrows were fired on the city. The Wu soldiers could not get close. Zhou Yu could only order to go back first. He asked Gan Ning to take thousands of soldiers and horses to capture Jingzhou, and Ling Tong to take thousands of soldiers and horses. , it doesn’t matter if we take Xiangyang, and then take Nanjun.
After the arrangement was completed, an outpost suddenly came to report: "After Kongming obtained Nanjun, he used military symbols to mobilize Jingzhou's defenders and horses overnight to rescue, and asked Zhang Fei to sneak attack Jingzhou."
Another spy came to report: "Xiahou Dun was in Xiangyang, and Kong Ming sent people to take the military talisman. They lied that it was Cao Ren who asked for rescue, and deceived Xiahou Dun into coming out, so that Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang. Neither of the two cities wasted much strength. It already belongs to Liu Bei."
Zhou Yu asked: "Where is Kong Ming's military talisman?"
Cheng Pu said: "If he catches Chen Jiao, he will naturally get the military talisman of Nanjun!"
Zhou Yu was very angry after hearing this. He yelled, the wound burst open again, blood vomited out of his mouth, and he fainted.
In Shangdang, with Kong Ming's reminder, Yu Yi sent people to collect many types of drinks from all over the country, and came to entertain Xu Shu the next day. He took out a kind of wine he had tried and handed it to Xu Shu. Said: "I heard that your husband likes to drink. Although I am not talented, I also have some research on wine."
Xu Shu took a sip of the wine, showed a cheerful expression, and said: "The general is really thoughtful!"
Yu Yi felt that the other party was in a good mood, so he asked tentatively: "Sir, are you really willing to waste yourself like this on the border and waste your life?"
Xu Shu drank some more wine, picked up the bottle, shook it, and said: "Life is just like these drinks. Whoever drinks it has no right to make the decision."
Yu Yi walked up to Xu Shu and said, "Drinks can't decide who drinks them, but they can decide how to realize their own value."
Seeing Xu Shu's puzzled expression, Yu Yi continued: "It can be drunk, it can be wasted and dumped, or it can be put in a jar and forgotten forever. In my opinion, your talent is no less than that of Guo Jia." , Xun Yu and his ilk, why don’t they realize their ambitions?”
Xu Shu drank another sip of the filled wine and sighed: "Earlier, I gave advice to the emperor's uncle. I could have realized my ambition. Unfortunately, my mother was with Cao Cao, so I went there to make my mother feel wronged. But I am really ashamed to die. Now that I am back to Uncle Liu Huang, what kind of face should I face him, and how should the world evaluate me? I think this is what fate is."
Yu Yi felt that Xu Shu wanted to take revenge in his heart, but his fate was unfavorable, so he could only give up on himself. He felt that the time was still ripe, so he asked: "Sir, why did I come to my tent?"
Xu Shu smiled and said: "You are Uncle Liu Huang's fourth brother. What's the difference between me going to you and going to him? This won't work!"
Yu Yi said: "Nowadays, few people pay attention to Mr.'s affairs. I believe that no one cares about you when you go to Xiliang. I heard that Mr. had to change his name because of murder in order to avoid being wanted by the government. Now, In this situation, why don’t you, sir, follow suit?”
Xu Shu looked at Yu Yi and suddenly realized, "You mean I was attacked by bandits on the way to Xiliang and died unfortunately, and then I changed my name and worked under the general's tent?"
Yu Yi nodded and said: "The great ancestor Zeng Jin commented on Zhang Liang's strategizing and decisive victory thousands of miles away. I think you don't need to show your face too much. This matter can be perfectly covered up."
