Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Cao Cao's 30 land and water troops stationed in Wulin built a water village to relax and wait for work.

After Sun Quan prepared the money and food, Zhou Yu commanded the land and water army to march westward, and finally set up camp at Chibi on the opposite bank of Wulin.

When the two armies fought for the first time, they both carried out tentative attacks on the river. As a result, Cao Jun was defeated and returned to Shuizhai.

Zhou Yu saw the rigorous layout of Cao Jun's water village on the warship, and Wulin's position can be advanced, attacked, retreated, and defended, so he knew that Cao's camp must have expert guidance.

During the confrontation, Zhou Yu sent people out of the boat several times to fight, but unfortunately the northern army did not respond, and the archery towers built on the water village were extremely difficult to break into.

When Zhou Yu was at a loss, Huang Gai from Lingling walked into the handsome tent.

Chapter 123 Zhou Yu Borrows Zhang Fei

"Why is the old general here?" Zhou Yu asked, rubbing his forehead.

Huang Gai said: "Great Governor, the enemy is outnumbered, and it is difficult to last long. I see that the water stronghold of the other army is well-defended, and its ships are concentrated in the stronghold. Why not burn it?"

Zhou Yu was overjoyed after hearing this, "The old general's plan is very clever. I will send more than ten warships and warships with you to trick the bandits into surrendering Cao. When they are close to the water stronghold, light the fire boat and rush into the camp, and then great things will be done. Yeh..."

"That's exactly what the last general wants." Huang Gai clasped his fists in agreement.

"Old General Huang was originally from Jingzhou. He was a former minister of General Wentai, but his official position is still low. Why don't you take advantage of this book to pretend to surrender?" Zhou Yu suggested.

"Just according to the governor's plan." Huang Gai said.

After finding the breakthrough point of victory, Zhou Yu's thinking became clearer, and he instructed: "General Huang, go and prepare dry firewood, ointment and other things first, and I will arrange follow-up matters with the generals first."

"Wei." Huang Gai cupped his fists and left.

Zhou Yu summoned all the generals to discuss matters in the big tent, and then sent Lu Su to Jiangxia by light boat to discuss with Liu Bei how to fight together.

At this time, except for Liu Bei's civil servants and family members who stayed in Jingnan, the rest of the generals had been summoned in Jiangxia to prepare for the final decisive battle with Cao Cao.

Lu Su met Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Xu Shu in person, and said happily: "The governor has a good plan to defeat Cao, and the decisive battle is scheduled for three days later at night. Please send troops to the north bank secretly, and cooperate with our army to pursue Cao's bandits."

"Zhou Lang has only been to Chibi for ten days, so he will soon have a strategy to defeat Cao, and he is a real general..." When Liu Bei was admiring, seeing Zhuge Liang's calm demeanor, he thought that the military commander must have seen the way.

"Please envoy the king to send General Guan to go northward by water first, and intercept Cao's reinforcements and return route as agreed. After the governor defeats Cao in Wulin, he will follow up to attack Xiangyang." Lu Su reminded again.

"Gongjin doesn't need Yunchang to help him break the water village?" Liu Bei asked back.

"Yunchangjue North Road has a heavy task of reinforcements. Jiangdong has the ability to break through the Wulin water village alone, but there are no generals to take the lead on the land route. The governor has talked to Mr. Kong Ming before, so please use some generals to help you." Lu Su. Said.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Although we have few cavalry in Jiangxia, we need a general to lead us to pursue Cao Jun, so I lent Mi Fang and Fu Shiren to Gongjin. These two have followed the lord for many years, and they are both generals who are accustomed to fighting..."

Lu Su was taken aback when he heard that, what Gong Jin wanted was Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, but you gave it to Mi Fang and Fu Shiren?

"Ahem, Gongjin needs Xionghu as the vanguard. I heard that Zhang Yide and Zhao Zilong are enemies under the envoy's tent. I wonder if I can lend them?" Lu Su went straight to the point.

"This..." Liu Bei looked distressed.

Lu Su continued: "Since Sun and Liu have formed an alliance, everyone should help each other. The governor knows that Jiang Xia has few soldiers, and is willing to donate [-] cavalry to help. The envoy should also show sincerity..."

"Three thousand steps?" Zhuge Liang frowned.

"It's better for the governor to borrow more." Xu Shu agreed.

Lu Su shook his head abruptly, "These three thousand are still squeezed out from Cheng Demou. You must know that we are facing hundreds of thousands of Cao Jun..."

"Zijing is right, I will lend Yide to Zhou Lang, and Zilong has other important responsibilities."

Liu Bei felt that Zhou Lang's soldiers 'borrowed' too little, otherwise Zhao Yun would be able to discuss borrowing one more. With such a small force to pursue Cao Cao, there would not be many left after the war, so naturally there was no need to return it to Jiangdong.

Zhang Fei was no less brave than Guan Yu, so it was a blessing to be able to borrow it, and Lu Su quickly agreed to accept it.

Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to Chibi together, Zhang Fei temporarily obeyed Zhou Yu's order, and Zhao Yun took the three thousand steps and rode back to Jiangxia.

After Lu Su left, Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu in front of the sand table, discussing the deployment of follow-up operations.

"The two military advisers, Zhou Lang said with certainty that he will defeat Cao Cao in three days. Does he have something to rely on?" Liu Bei asked puzzled.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Zhou Gongjin's reliance is outside the house."

"Outside the house?" Liu Bei looked surprised.

"Recently, the southeast wind has been strong on the river, and Kong Ming predicted that Zhou Yu would use fire to attack." Xu Shu explained.

After hearing this, Liu Bei suddenly realized that Cao Jun must be unable to resist the help of Huo Jiafeng. How he burned Yuan Shao in Guandu at that time will be burned by Zhou Yu now.

"The main battle seems to be decided, but I don't know what will happen to Ziyu's division..." Liu Bei looked worried.

"My lord, you have to trust Ziyu. I always thought he was very talented in military affairs. Moreover, Gao Shun and Gan Ning would help him." Xu Shu comforted.

Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement: "I have the same opinion as Yuan Zhi."

Liu Bei: "That's the only way. Yun Chang led Jiang Xia's navy to the Juebei Road. How should we arrange the remaining thousands of paces?"

"Cao Cao stationed his army at Wulin Xiazhai. If he loses, he must go to Huarong Road. We can lead our troops to intercept. First, we can capture the luggage, ordnance, and war horses. Second, we can support Ziyu to seize Jiangling." Zhuge Liang analyzed.

"The third brother has been borrowed by Zhou Gongjin, I will personally lead the troops to intercept Cao Cao." Liu Bei had been chased by Cao Cao before, but this time it finally turned around.

Zhuge Liang persuaded: "My lord, don't go into danger yourself. Jiangxia only has a few thousand cavalry. Even if Cao Cao is defeated and flees, he can't confront him head-on. In addition, Cao Cao is very good at using troops, and he has tiger and leopard cavalry to follow, so he may not be able to stay in Jingzhou. Get him down."

"General Zilong and I can harass along the way. Jiang Xia's troops have been taken away. My lord and Kong Ming are still here to prevent Sun Quan from taking the opportunity to seize the city." Xu Shu said.

"We are forming an alliance now, Jiangdong wouldn't do such a dirty thing, would he?" Liu Bei was surprised.

"Soldiers are tricky, but it's better to be careful anyway." Xu Shu said this because he was influenced by Lan Tian. When they were analyzing the general situation together, Lan Tian had mentioned several times to be cautious.

Liu Bei agreed suspiciously, and then asked someone to send the news of the decisive battle to Lantian.

After Lan Tian returned to Lingling from Chaisang, he reported the alliance to Liu Qi and threatened to take back Jiangling.

Liu Qi had enigmatic confidence in Lantian, and when he learned that he could regain his hometown in Jiangbei, he asked the governor of Lantian to take charge of the military affairs of the four Jingnan counties and the entire west front.

After Cao Cao and the Jingzhou navy crossed the border, Lantian asked Gao Shun and Gan Ning to station troops at Youjiangkou (public security), and sent Liu Pan out of Linxiang to garrison Baqiu on the bank of Dongting to prevent Zhou Yu from sending a navy to attack Jingnan after the Chibi War. .

Lan Tian has too deep a memory of Jiang Dong's demeanor in history, and now he has to keep it.

Liu Pan's original 1 horses were borrowed by Lantian in the name of Zhonglang General Huang Zhong, and 1 soldiers were mobilized to gather at Youjiangkou. Gao Shun's [-] troops captured Jiangling alone, and Lantian's confidence was obviously insufficient.

In late October, news came from Jiangxia confirming the exact time of the Chibi War.

Lantian then asked Gan Ning to mobilize transport ships to transport troops to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in batches. He planned to follow Zhou Yu's plan to take Yiling first and then attack Jiangling eastward.

Cao Ren was guarding Jiangling at this time. It would be a very dangerous move to take Jiangling directly with more than [-] soldiers from Youjiangkou (public security). Lantian, who was more cautious than Zhuge Liang, naturally would not take this risk.

Chapter 124 Wulin Fire

Huang Gai prepared something to light the fire, and Zhou Yu and Lu Su went to the riverside to inspect in person. They saw that more than a dozen boats and warships were loaded with dry grass and dry firewood, and the ointment was poured into them, and the firewood was used outside. Red mantle camouflage, with bright tooth flags planted on it, and walking boats tied to the stern of each ship.

One day before the start of the battle, Zhou Yu sent brave men with Huang Gai's letter of surrender to Cao Ying by light boat.

Since they were stationed in Wulin, there have been tens of thousands of people who are not acclimatized to the water and soil in the camp, and hundreds of people have died of serious diseases.

At this time, the weather had turned cold, and the speed of shipbuilding in Jiangling and Xiangyang was also very slow. After several failed battles with Zhou Yu in Chibi, Cao Cao regretted not listening to Jia Xu's words, but he was more proud and unwilling to admit his mistakes. The village wastes time.

Seeing Huang Gai's letter, Cao Cao was skeptical, so he immediately called Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and other counselors to discuss.

Jia Xu is extremely sophisticated but selfish. Since he failed in persuading Cao Cao in Jiangling, he seldom offered advice for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took the initiative to ask Ji Liu Ye: "Zi Yang is from Jianghuai, does he know anything about Huang Gongfu? He wants to bring food, grass and trilogy to surrender tomorrow night. Is there any fraud?"

Liu Ye was a native of Chengde in Huainan. He served Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, and later defected to Cao Cao with Liu Xun.

After Cao Cao appointed a general, he came out of the squad and said: "Huang Gongfu, a native of Lingling and Quanling, although he belongs to the old army left by Sun Jian, compared with Cheng Pu and Han Dang, he is indeed not used by Sun Quan very much. This man is brave in battle. , and he is good at training soldiers, but it is a pity that he is only the captain of Danyang..."

Sun Jian left five generals for Sun Ce, Zhu Zhi was Xiaolian for Sun Quan, and Xu Kun was Sun Jian's nephew. They were the prefects of Wujun and Danyang during Sun Ce's era, Cheng Pu was the captain of Wujun, Huang Gai and Han Dang Sima for another department.

Up to now, Cheng Pu has been promoted to deputy governor, Han Dang has been promoted to Zhonglang general, leaving Huang Gai with the lowest official salary.

Cao Cao frowned, "Although Sun Zhongmou is not as good as Sun Jian and Sun Ce, he is still the leader in Jiangdong, and he will be negligent in employing people?"

Liu Ye shook his head and said, "When Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, the places in Jiangdong were not convinced. Sun Quan ordered Huang Gai to supervise the postal services in various counties..."

As soon as Cao Cao heard it, he understood that Huang Gai had done such an offending job as Duyou, and it must be that Sun Quan was under pressure and dared not reuse it. Such a person would also surrender?

While Cao Cao was meditating, Cheng Yu saw Jia Xu bowed his head and remained silent, and he took the initiative to say, "Duke Huang is in his sixties, if he sincerely surrenders, he should be thinking about his descendants."

"Zhongde agrees with me, we will see tomorrow night." Cao Cao nodded.

After nightfall the next day, Zhou Yu ordered Huang Gai to lead the ship in front, and the rest of the warships slowly followed in the distance.

Wulin Water Village knew that Huang Gai had surrendered, and the generals of the navy were watching near the gate of the village. When they saw a dozen or so boats approaching, they quickly reported to Cao Cao of the Chinese Army.

Cao Cao was taking a nap in the big tent after dinner.

Xu Chu stayed outside the tent, and the messengers dared not enter to disturb him.

Because there was no general order from Cao Cao, the guard dared not refuse or greet him.

When the front ship was less than two miles away from the water village, Huang Gai ordered his men to raise the sails and ignite the fire at the same time. At this time, the southeast wind was blowing violently, and the fire boat went straight to the water village on the north bank with the help of the east wind like an arrow leaving the string.

"Enemy attack..."

"Enemy attack..."

When Cao Jun's officers and soldiers saw the flames soaring into the sky, they immediately shouted, and there was a sudden chaos in the camp.

Cao Cao slept very lightly. Hearing the sound of Huzhi, he sat up in a cold sweat because he had just dreamed of the beautiful woman in Wancheng.

"Where is Anger? Where is Dianwei?" Cao Cao shouted.

Xu Chu quickly walked into the big tent, and said: "My lord, the water village is full of flames, it's Zhou Yu who's calling."

"It turned out to be Zhongkang..." Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Chu. He confused the dream with the reality just now, but immediately said, "You said Zhou Yu is coming? Get ready with me."

"It's out of the account." Xu Chu replied.

The accompanying attendants put on the armor for Cao Cao, and Zhang Liao and other generals from Hanzhai rushed over.

"My lord, Huang Gai feigned surrender and used a fireboat to attack the water village..." Zhang Liao clasped his fists and said.

"Lead me there." Cao Cao yelled, raising his whip.

Dozens rode to the shore, the water village was already in flames, and many warships had been burned.

With the help of the fire from the water fortress, Cao Cao saw that the fleet of ships in the distance was connected together, and Zhou Yu was marching towards the north bank with thunder drums.

"Wen Yuan." Cao Cao called out with a frown.

"The last general will obey orders." Zhang Liao clasped his fists in response. He estimated that Cao Cao was preparing to deploy to meet the enemy.

"Order the battalions to set fire to the boats to prevent Zhou Yu's water army from landing." Cao Cao said firmly.

"Uh... as ordered." Zhang Liao didn't know what he meant, and immediately arranged for people to burn the warship.

At this time, Cheng Yu also rushed to the shore. Seeing that the fire was fierce and unstoppable, he said to Cao Cao: "My lord, the southeast wind is strong at this time. Although setting fire to the boat can stop Zhou Yu temporarily, the dry village on land is also risky. Why don't you go?" Send troops to defend the riverside."

"The water fortress has been burned. Zhou Yu is condescending on the boat. Our bowmen are too disadvantaged. Besides, if the ship is not burned, it is equal to the enemy..."

Cheng Yu was speechless after hearing this, all the battalions are panicked now, it is not easy to mobilize enough troops to defend against the enemy.

"Order all the troops to gradually return to Jiangling from Huarong Road according to the scheduled plan, and give this Wulin Dazhai to Zhou Yu." Seeing that Cheng Yu was at a loss, Cao Cao continued to order.

Although Cao Cao was hasty in Wulin, he did not put all his eggs in one basket because of his rich combat experience. He made a comprehensive deployment of the entire Jingzhou when he went south to Jiangling.

General Cao Ren of Zhengnan and General Xu Huang of Hengye stayed in Jiangling, General Zhechong Lejin stationed in Xiangyang, General Fenwei Manchong stationed in Dangyang, General Li Tong stationed in Runan.

Together, these groups of troops numbered [-] people, and they occupied the main water and land routes of the Jingbei march. Whether it was attacking, transporting food, or retreating, it was a complete strategic plan.

Cao Cao was unable to defeat Zhou Yu in the water battle, and the disease was rampant in each battalion. He had long intended to retreat, but he never had the chance.

After a while Zhang Liao came back and replied, "My lord, all the warships have been set on fire, but at this moment the south wind is strong and the fire is spreading to the dry village..."

Cao Cao could see clearly from the riverside, so he turned his horse's head and ordered: "After the soldiers and horses of Ru Yin's troops are cut off, they will withdraw from Huarong Road to Jiangling."

"Wei." Zhang Liao cupped his fists.

After autumn, the vegetation dries up, and when sparks catch fire, the northern shore of Wulin will soon become a sea of ​​flames.

The battalions in Wulin Dry Village scrambled to retreat towards Huarong Road. The soldiers who were weak and sick were smashed to the ground and trampled into mud when they fled. The panicked soldiers in the dark night were not restrained, and many strayed into Yunmengze and drowned , 30 soldiers and horses had suffered heavy casualties before they encountered Zhou Yu.

After Zhang Liao was ordered to stop, he led his archers to guard the riverside, and after the whole battalion retreated, they chased them along the road.

Huang Gai saw that the opponent had set fire to his warship, and mistakenly thought that the opponent was in chaos, so the old man went into a teenage madness, and immediately commanded hundreds of people who pretended to surrender, and took the lead to sail to the right side of the water village.

Just as a dozen fast boats were about to land, hundreds of cavalry appeared from behind the reeds on the shore, and they stopped their horses with bows and arrows.

While avoiding the rain of arrows, Huang Gai was shot by Zhang Liao on the shoulder and fell into the river.

Chapter 125: Cao Cao defeated Huarong Road, Lu Meng attacked Yiling City