"Military advisor, in fact, if I don't give you money, you will find excuses to stay, right?"
Cai Zhong and Cai He sent a secret letter to Cao Cao about their meeting with Kan Ze and Gan Ning to surrender to Cao Cao. Cao Cao still didn't fully believe that this was true. Jiang Gan volunteered to go to Zhou Yu's camp to find out the true story, so as to make up for his mistake of flying to Soochow and failing to accomplish anything. Cao Cao agreed.
Zhou Yu was planning a plan to attack Cao Cao day and night in Soochow. He suddenly thought: if a boat on the river caught fire, the remaining boats would be able to scatter and escape, and the power of the fire attack would be reduced sharply. Lu Su asked the famous scholar Pang Tong for advice. Pang Tong was willing to go to Cao Ying to present the chain strategy in person, otherwise the fire attack would be useless. At this time, Jiang Qian came to Soochow again. Zhou Yu was overjoyed and shouted: "My success lies in this person!"
Zhou Yu angrily accused Jiang Qian of stealing books and sent him to a Xishan nunnery to rest, secretly arranging for him to meet the famous scholar Pang Tong. Jiang Qian saw that it was difficult to make meritorious deeds during this trip, so if he recommended Pang Tong to Cao Cao and assisted the prime minister in making meritorious deeds, it would be considered a great achievement for himself. The two of them had made a decision, but they came to Cao Ying with their own concerns. When Cao Cao saw Pang Tong's arrival, he was overjoyed. He and Pang Tong personally inspected various villages in the army.
Just when Pang Tong walked down the river embankment carefree and was about to get on the boat, he was suddenly grabbed by someone and revealed Pang Tong's true intentions. Pang Tong suddenly froze there.
Pang Tong, who had discovered his conspiracy, looked back and saw that it was his old friend Xu Shu who had entered Cao's camp without saying a word, and he felt relieved. Xu Shu asked him for advice on how to escape, and Pang Tong gave him the advice, and the two said goodbye. On the vast river, Pang Tong rode a small boat and drove away in the dusk.
According to Pang Tong's plan, Cao Cao locked the warships in one place and lined them up majestically on the river. The momentum was very spectacular. Cao Cao and his officials came to inspect, and all the officials said in unison: "The Prime Minister is going south, and the destruction of Wu is just around the corner!" Cao Cao couldn't help but be happy, and ordered Xu, the best musician in the world, to recast Zhonglu and restore ancient music. On the 15th of that month, he Wine and music were set up on the boats in the building, and songs and dances were used to boost the military's power. Master Xu took the order and made it with precision. If there were any flaws, he would smash it with a hammer and recast it.
On the night of the 15th, the weather was calm and the sea was as bright as the day. Cao Cao, together with the military generals and officials and staff, boarded the boat to the sound of solemn and rich ancient music, set wine and had fun, danced boldly, and the drums were rumbling, so magnificent! Cao Cao, wearing a red robe, was full of ambition, expressed his heroic feelings directly, composed poems and songs over wine. After finishing the poem, Cao Cao was full of wine and complacency. He smiled and asked his teacher Xu, hoping to get his appreciation. Unexpectedly, his teacher Xu was a simple nature. While praising the prime minister's beautiful poem, he also bluntly pointed out the ominous words in the poem. This angered Cao Cao, who shouted loudly, raised his hand and stabbed Xu Bao into his chest. This poor generation of musicians, because they are sincere but ignorant of current affairs, lie quietly under the knife of the master who serves them with all their heart. The ministers were horrified, and Cao Cao screamed and fell to the deck. When he woke up, he said that he was accidentally injured while drunk. What Shi Xu got was a rich burial and the red robe worn by the prime minister.
The new navy commanders Mao Jie and Yu Jin invited the prime minister to review the troops. After Cao Cao watched the five groups of chain boats on the river rehearsing various formations, and the soldiers on the chain iron boats coming and going freely, crossing the river and riding the waves as if they were walking on flat ground, he was very pleased. He thought that the attack on Wu was just around the corner, and he would definitely succeed in one fell swoop. Self-satisfied and arrogant. Counselor Cheng Yu reminded the prime minister to beware of fire attacks. Cao Cao laughed and ordered a fire implement to be lit. The north wind was so strong that the flames ignited burned towards Cheng Yu's own chest. Cao Cao said that in the middle of winter there were only west and north winds, but no east or south winds, so there was no need to worry. All the generals praised the prime minister for his wisdom.
The Soochow Navy came to fight. Cao Cao first used small boats to fight to test his military strength, and then used a series of large ships to attack and returned victorious. This added to Cao Cao's confidence and arrogance that he would win this time.
Zhou Yu and Lu Su came to the observation deck and looked far into the distance. The river wind blew up and the flags were flying. When they were feeling proud, a strong wind suddenly blew the horns of the flag and hit Zhou Yu in the face. Zhou Yu turned around suddenly, stunned and shocked. Shocked and stunned, he suddenly screamed and fell to the ground, vomiting blood and passed out.
Lu Su and other generals were stunned.
In November, Sun and Liu jointly defended Cao's troops, and Zhou Yu planned a fire attack. However, it was the middle of winter and there was no southeast wind. Zhou Yu was so worried that he vomited blood and fell to the ground. Lu Su visited Kong Ming at night. Zhuge Liang said that he could cure Gong Jin's illness.
Kong Ming came to Zhou Yu's tent and wrote down a sixteen-character secret recipe, and Zhou Yu jumped up. Kong Ming asked Zhou Yu to build a "Seven Star Altar" so that he could take advantage of the strong southeast wind for three days and three nights to meet Zhou Lang. Zhou Yu was extremely excited.
Lu Su had no doubts about Kong Ming's borrowing the wind, and everything was done according to Kong Ming's instructions. Zhuge Liang looked at the loyal Lu Su with a look of sadness on his face. Lu Su was about to ask again, but Kong Ming resolutely turned around, climbed the mountain with bare feet and went to the altar to worship the wind.
Zhou Yu mobilized his troops and generals. Everything was arranged and he was just waiting for the southeast wind to blow up. The day passed without any wind, and as dusk approached, Zhou Lang's heart began to waver. Suddenly the southeast wind stirred the tent, and all the battle flags of the Wu army roared and floated back to the northwest. Zhou Yu was shocked. While issuing orders to attack Cao Cao, he sent Ding Feng and Xu Sheng to divide the water and dry roads and go straight to the Seven Star Altar in Nanping Mountain. When he saw Kong Ming, he immediately beheaded him. Lu Su was shocked but couldn't stop it.
Ding and Xu chased him all the way and saw Kong Ming on a small boat on the river. Next to him stood Zhao Zilong holding a bow and arrow. When an arrow was fired, the rope of Ding and Xu's boat was cut off and the boat turned sideways. The boat filled its sails and sailed away with the wind. The two reported back to Zhou Lang, but Zhou Yu had no choice but to march to Jiangbei according to the original arrangement.
After Zhuge Liang returned to Xiakou, he immediately mobilized his troops and generals to cooperate with Zhou Yu to achieve success in the Chibi War. However, Zhuge Liang mobilized all the troops and horses, but only left Guan Yu in front of the tent. Guan Yu was displeased and blamed him. Finally, Zhuge Liang sent Guan Yu to Huarong Road to intercept Cao Cao and asked him to issue a military order.
The southeast wind blew, and Zhou Yu sent out troops to kill the surrendered general Cai He and sacrifice his blood to the flag. Huang Gai led the fireboat to ride the wind and headed straight for Cao Jun's water stronghold.
Cao Cao heard from the warship tower that a cluster of sails was approaching from the south of the Yangtze River. Cao Cao said with a smile: "The Duke has not broken his promise, so God helps me!" Cheng Yu said: "The ship is trying to cheat, so don't call us into the stronghold." Cao Cao said: "How do you know this?" Cheng Yu added: "Huang Gai's letter Inform Cao Cao that the grain escort ship is coming to surrender. If it is a grain ship, the ship must be stable and have a deep draft. The ship looks light and floating now, and the southeast wind is very strong tonight. If they pretend to surrender and attack with fire, how can they stop it?" Cao Cao said. After hearing this, he was enlightened and quickly ordered to stop the incoming ships from entering the stronghold.
It was too late to say that, Huang Gai raised his crossbow and fired arrows, and ordered all the ships to light fire and rush to the stronghold. In an instant, twenty fire boats crashed into the water stronghold. The fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind helped the fire. The ships in Cao's stronghold were chained up with iron chains, leaving no way to escape.
Cao Cao fled for his life in the fire and ran straight to Wulin. As they were walking, a general in front shouted, "Thief Cao, please leave, Lü Meng is here." Cao urged his troops to move forward. Zhang Liao cut off the rear and resisted Lü Meng. But when he saw the fire coming up again in front, a large army came out of the valley and said, "Cao Cao, the thief, please leave, Ling Tong is here." Cao Cao was so shocked that his liver and gallbladder were split. At this time, Xu Huang and others arrived and started a melee with each other.
In the battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was like a frightened bird or a rat crossing the street, with nowhere to escape and being attacked from all sides. He met Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and other generals again, and finally met Guan Yu on Huarong Road. Cao Jun was all frightened and did not dare to move forward. Cao Cao said: "Now that we are in a desperate situation, we have no choice but to fight to the death." The generals said: "The horses are short and the men are trapped, how can we fight again?" Cheng Yu said to Cao: "Yun Chang is proud of his superiors but does not bully his subordinates. He bullies the strong but does not bully them. When someone bullies a weak person, his grudges are clear, and his integrity is the most outstanding. The Prime Minister was kind to him in the past, but now he can appeal to him personally, and he may be able to escape this crisis."
So Cao Cao and Zhang Liao begged Guan Yu. Guan Yu was a man of great righteousness. When he saw Cao Jun weeping in panic, he thought of Cao Cao's many kindnesses and Zhang Liao's old feelings, and he suddenly felt pity in his heart and let go of them all.
Guan Ping hurriedly reminded his father that a military order had been issued before leaving. Guan Yu remained silent and reined up his horse to return to the stronghold.
In the winter, Sun and Liu jointly fought against Cao Cao, defeated Cao Cao's army of 830,000 men, and won a glorious victory in the Battle of Chibi. At the grand celebration banquet in Xiakou, all the generals were presented with prizes, but Guan Yu was the only one who faced severe military punishment. Just when Guan Yu obeyed and led to death, all the generals and Liu Bei stood up to plead for mercy, and Zhuge Liang agreed.
After fleeing to Nanjun, Cao Cao finally recovered from his shock. After learning from the pain, he cried loudly and shouted to Guo Jia, saying: "If Fengxiao was here, An could have allowed me to suffer such a disastrous defeat!" Finally, he left a secret plan to Cao Ren, the guard of Nanjun. He led his army back to Xudu temporarily.
Zhou Yu took advantage of Chibi's victory and sent his troops to attack Nanjun. At the same time, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang also stationed troops at the mouth of the Youjiang River. Zhou Yu suspected that Kong Ming wanted to take Nanjun, so he sent troops to ask about it. Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei a plan and encouraged Zhou Yu to agree to go to Soochow and fail to capture Nanjun, so Liu Bei could take the oath. The aloof Zhou Yu agreed out of anger.
Zhou Yu sent Jiang Qin, Ding Feng, and Xu Sheng to attack Nanjun, but were defeated by Cao Ren. Zhou Yu sent Gan Ning to capture Yiling, but was besieged in the city again. Zhou Yu was furious, and his troops defeated Cao's army, captured Yiling, and took advantage of the situation to surround Nanjun City. The war situation immediately reversed. Under the critical situation, Cao Ren and Cao Hong hurriedly uncovered the secret plan left by Cao Cao and couldn't help but feel happy.
At dawn the next day, Zhou Yu led his troops to attack the city and won successive victories. He pursued the fleeing Cao Ren and urged his horses to rush towards the gate of Nanjun with his sword. Suddenly there was a bang on the tower, and thousands of arrows were fired from both sides. When Zhou Yu turned his horse sharply, he was shot in the left side by an arrow from Cao Chun. He screamed and fell off the horse. The veteran Cheng Pu was hit by several arrows and risked his life to rescue Zhou Yu.
Cheng Pu's arrows were all on the surface, but one of Zhou Yu's arrows was highly poisonous. He was instantly naked, burned, and unconscious. Lu Su temporarily took charge of the post of governor, looking for doctors and medicines everywhere, while hanging a war-free sign at the camp gate. Finally, I found the antidote.
As soon as his health improved, Zhou Yu planned to defeat Cao Ren. Cao Ren escaped from danger and rushed to Nanjun City under the protection of the fierce general Niu Jin. But no matter how much he shouted, the Nanjun city gate was tightly closed and no one responded. Wu's army followed him, and Cao Ren had no choice but to abandon the city and flee.
Zhou Yu led his troops to rush to the bottom of the city. The city gate was still closed and there was no one on the city. When the soldiers were about to climb up the parapet by the ladder, the ladder was suddenly pushed away by a long log on the city and fell backwards. The sergeant on the ladder screamed in surprise. There was a banging sound, and the flags on the city head were like a forest, flying and swaying. A general flashed out of the city tower, but it was Changshan Zhao Zilong. Zhou Yu was stunned and speechless. Zhao Yun smiled and said: "I have captured Nanjun under the orders of my family's military advisor and in accordance with the governor's previous agreement." Zhou Yu was furious and ordered to attack the city! Zhao Yun and all his troops responded with all their bows. Seeing this, Lu Su persuaded Zhou Yu to capture Jingzhou and Xiangyang first. As soon as Zhou Yu sent generals to Lu Suyan, they came to report that Jingzhou had been taken by Zhang Fei and Xiangyang also fell into the hands of Liu Bei. Zhou Yu's face turned pale when he heard this, and he asked anxiously why. When Zhuge Liang, the scouting general, told him how he had taken the two cities, Zhou Yu shouted: "I'm so angry!" He fell down from his horse.
"Shao Zhen, because of the hard work I put in reporting the war situation to you every day, please keep me."
