[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

On November [-]rd, dark clouds covered the sun.

The north wind was still blowing fiercely on the river, and it showed no tendency to turn to the southeast.

Cao Cao also made the final inspection.

He found that after putting on the iron chains, although the soldiers were still unaccustomed to water, they were not as uncomfortable as before.

Cao Cao became more and more confident!

On the contrary, Cao Zhi's complexion became more and more ugly.

Previously, he and Cheng Yu tried every means to persuade Cao Cao not to connect all the warships together. Cao Zhi even mentioned that the southeast wind was likely to blow along the Yangtze River at this time of year, but Cao Cao rejected them in the end, even saying that they were too soft.

The two had to keep their mouths shut.

The sky quickly darkened that day, and the whole world was shrouded in dark clouds.

Cao Cao leaned on the railing with both hands and looked into the distance.The wind was blowing against his face, and it stinged a little on his face.Behind him are more than a hundred warships speeding towards the Soochow camp, with a magnificent momentum.

Cao Zhi stood beside Cao Cao.Under his feet was the largest and most magnificent warship in Cao Ying, and even a group of counselors and generals gathered here.

The warships coming down ahead are already faintly visible.

But Cao Cao suddenly closed his eyes.He stretched out his hand to feel the direction of the wind, and murmured, "Southeast wind..."

Everyone's expressions suddenly changed.

However, he opened his eyes and stared at the opponent, but saw that the opponent's warship was coming very slowly, and the waterline of the warship was also extremely deep, so he did not stop Huang Gai from approaching.Just in case, he finally ordered: "Yu Jin, order the crossbowmen to prepare."

Huang Gai was getting closer and closer.

He even shouted at Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, I, Huang Gai, have come to surrender with Dong Wu's food and grass!"

Cao Cao couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

However, at this moment, the other party lit a torch and threw it on the light boats in front of them, which were well concealed by the night, and then only heard a "chick", and the light boats were all dyed in flames. .Then the other party cut off the ropes of the light boat that was already on fire, and made it sail quickly with the wind and the water. With a "bang--", it collided heavily with their warship!

But the fire was not extinguished because of this collision, but spread to their warship!At this time, the southeast wind was strong, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind helped the fire. For a while, the burning warship quickly spread to the dozens of ships connected behind.

Cao Zhi's pupils shrank suddenly!

Yu Jin immediately ordered the crossbowmen to shoot arrows, and dozens of people were killed or injured immediately.However, they stared at the arrow rain and continued to burn the light boats and small boats, and all the boats of Cao Ying were chained together, but after a while, the water village suddenly became a sea of ​​flames!

The drums of the Wu army were like thunder, mixed with the sound of soldiers falling into the water, the screams of soldiers on fire, the hissing of arrows in the horses, and even the howls of dying soldiers... almost destroying the world.

Everything, along with the fire that scorched the sky, is engraved in the bottom of everyone's heart.

The morale of the army quickly collapsed.

All Jingzhou navy soldiers were burnt to death or jumped into the water to escape, while Cao Ying's elite soldiers could not get close to the fire at all. Only the archers and crossbowmen could hide behind and shoot, but they did not have much combat power left.

Cao Zhi looked around in a daze.

Even if he knew in his heart that this battle would be defeated, even if he had seen the scene of war before... However, seeing such a situation, Cao Zhi still couldn't help but feel chills in his heart.

He was even a little taken aback,

——More than a hundred large ships were destroyed in such a vulnerable way?

——And their [-] sailors and [-] elite soldiers also fled or died, were they all destroyed in the fire?

Cao Zhi took a deep breath, he couldn't believe it!

But no matter how unbelievable it is, they have already lost!

Realizing the ending, Cao Zhi suddenly drew his bow and shot at Huang Gai.

It's a pity that it was too far away, and even the flames distorted his sight, causing the arrow to hit the soldiers in front of Huang Gai.He wanted to draw the bow again, but he saw that Huang Gai, who had been standing in front all the time, had already hidden in the depths of the crowd.

They can only escape!

Cheng Yu and Yu Jin helped Cao Cao to turn around and leave. Cao Zhi followed them and quickly returned to the water village, looking for Guo Jia.

Because Guo Jia was weak, Cao Cao ordered him to stay in the water village.How could he know that standing by the river and staring at the situation of the battle, it has developed to this point!

Why is this?

Everyone is asking this question, and everyone has no answer!

The east wind was reckless, blowing on his face, causing his clothes to fly in a mess, as if he wanted to ride the wind and leave.

Huang Gai gave chase.The soldiers behind were no longer able to stop them, and even the water village was not a safe place.

They can only escape!

Cao Zhi suddenly dismounted and ran to Guo Jia, then grabbed his wrist and dragged the stunned man to Cao Cao's side.Then he pushed him onto the prepared horse, and he also stepped on the horse, and fled with Cao Cao.

Huang Gai laughed.

He has put in all his efforts to deceive Cao Cao's trust, and he has already held his breath in his heart!It wasn't until I saw Cao Cao fleeing like a bereaved dog that I felt the sullenness in my heart was swept away!

But he didn't feel complacent for long, when the soldier beside him suddenly said: "General, our barracks opposite seems to be on fire!"

Huang Gai paused when he was about to order the pursuit.He turned to stare at the opposite bank, but he could only see the looming fire.Frowning and pondering for a while, his face suddenly changed: "Oops! It was Cao Jun who attacked our barracks... Don't chase after the poor, the whole army will come back to rescue the governor!

The remnants of Cao Jun had fled into a dense forest.

The darkness and silence in the forest was in stark contrast to the overwhelming flames before, and even the eye sockets of everyone were burned and stinging.

They came forward with indomitable momentum, and the Jingzhou soldiers and horses were retreating steadily!Up to tonight, even in the first half of the night, they were still laughing proudly, but at this moment they can only run away!

Cao Zhi tightly wrapped his arms around the man in his arms, and buried his face in his shoulder socket.

Everyone's body was filled with the smell of kerosene and beacon smoke, and Guo Jia was also a little bit contaminated without exception.But after all, he could still find some familiar faint incense, which made his heart calm down.

Cao Cao has stopped.

The soldiers holding the flag were tired from running, and even dropped the commander's flag to the ground.Cao Cao scolded the man angrily, and then asked, "Where is this place?"

Cheng Pu said: "This place is west of Wulin, and the mountain is steep." He paused and said, "It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, my lord should order to retreat earlier."

But he didn't expect Cao Cao to shake his head: "They won't come."

Cheng Yu had some disbelief on his face.

Cao Cao sneered: "The mountain here is steep, and it is the place where military strategists live and die. If an army is ambushed here, the remaining less than 1 of us will surely die here! But they didn't come, do you know why? ?”

Cheng Yu thought for a while and said nothing, but someone said: "Yes, it is because Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu are no more than brave men... I didn't know that our army would retreat from here!"

Cao Cao only glanced at him, then turned to Cao Zhi and said, "Fourth, tell me."

Cao Zhi raised his head from Guo Jia's shoulder.

His eyes were a little red, as if he had cried bitterly just now, but his expression was very calm.He stared at the person who spoke, and said almost word for word: "Father previously arranged for the Sixth Route Army to rob and kill Liu Bei and Zhou Yu, but now Xu Chu, General Zhang Liao and the others may have been killed like an enemy camp."

Cao Cao laughed loudly.

This laughter was as calm and open-minded as ever, and also as tough and unruly as ever.In such a dark night, there was even a tendency to penetrate the sky - if it wasn't for the darkness of the location and the embarrassment on their faces, almost everyone would have thought that Cao Cao was laughing because of the victory!

Cao Cao is still sitting on horseback.

His back is as straight as a sword at his waist.Cao Cao is still the overlord of the world Cao Cao!Even if he is defeated, he is determined not to be defeated in the slightest!

He looked down at the fearful or sad soldiers on their faces, and said calmly for a while: "You have to remember that defeat is not terrible. What is terrible is that once your hearts are defeated, this life is useless!"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one responded.

Only Cao Zhi suddenly got off his horse, picked up the handsome flag that fell on the ground, and held it tightly.He suddenly plunged the end of the wooden pole into the mud, knelt down and said loudly, "Remember my father's teaching!"

The undamaged handsome flag fluttered in the wind, still majestic, as if they had never been defeated.When Cao Zhi knelt down, the whole fleeing army seemed to have found the backbone, and they all knelt down and said in unison: "The last general will remember the Lord's teachings!"

Cao Cao took a deep breath.

He stared at Cao Zhi, with a little dignifiedness and appreciation gradually appearing in his eyes.

No matter whether it is Cao Pi or Cao Zhang, the first time they follow him on the battlefield, they are both flustered and excited, and it is difficult to make an accurate judgment.However, looking at all of Cao Zhi's performances in Chibi, he had to be surprised!

Is this really his fourth son who was humble and even a little unknown?

Whether it was when Zhou Yu was caught off guard before and quickly reacted to draw the bow to kill the enemy, or followed Cheng Yu and others to persuade himself to deploy more soldiers and horses... Even under such circumstances, just this one action, one sentence, unexpectedly In this way, solidify the already broken military spirit!

Cao Cao exhaled this breath.

Although there are only a few thousand of them at the moment, as long as they are united, even if Huang Gai's [-] navy comes, they can resist for a while.

How surprising is this, how can Cao Cao not be surprised?

But Cao Cao never said it.He ordered a team of one hundred guards to patrol around for safety, and then ordered everyone to take care of the wounded or rest first.

Cao Zhi was brought by his side.He patted the shoulder of his son who was already taller than himself beside him, his voice was hoarse, showing exhaustion that could not be ignored: "Cao Zhi, tell my father honestly—are you afraid!"

Hearing this, Cao Zhi raised his head and stared at his father with complicated and unpredictable eyes: "Son, I'm afraid."

Cao Cao smiled instead of anger.

He held Cao Zhi's shoulders, and for the first time, in the attitude of a father teaching his son, he said gently: "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that there will be a lot of talented people in this world? Are you afraid that you will be buried in the battlefield one day? Tens of thousands of lives? No, you can't be afraid! Cao Zhi, you can't be afraid!"

Cao Zhi lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Cao Cao said slowly: "Not only must you not be afraid, but you must hold your head high and look down on it! Because this world, my father will eventually be in your hands!"

At this point, Cao Zhi's heart is already surging.

He has heard this sentence before.But from what Cao Cao said, it was even more difficult for him to calm down the agitation in his heart.He opened his mouth to speak, when he heard commotion in front of him.

It's four o'clock, and Xu Chu and others have all returned!

In fact, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu almost coincided with Cao Cao's deployment of soldiers.Cao Ren faced Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao faced Cheng Pu, and Xu Chu faced Zhao Yun... Almost all the generals of the Cao camp directly pressed the two camps with their superior strength.

On the other hand, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, their strength is insufficient, and now most of the troops are in the hands of Chibi Huanggai, Jiangxia and Wuying have become two empty cities!

Cao Ren even seriously injured Zhou Yu and almost captured him alive!

However, at this time, the warship in the center of the river was burning, and everyone had seen it, and the wailing of the soldiers before their death could be heard endlessly, even across the river bank.Seeing that it was them who were on fire, how could Cao Ren dare to capture Zhou Yu?

They returned with [-] soldiers, [-] cavalry, and [-] crossbowmen.Cao Ren ordered the base camp of Eastern Wu to be burned, while Xu Chu and others killed nearly [-] soldiers and horses of Liu Bei.

When Cao Cao heard that Xu Chu and others reported the report, he was all smiles.

Even if Cao Cao was defeated like this, the combined forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei would never win.

——This is a lose-lose situation!

He looked at the sky, and returned to his usual calmness, as if he could turn over clouds with the touch of his hands: "Zhang Liao passed on Gu's order to rest the whole army for an hour, and then return to Jiangling!"

"As ordered!"

Guo Jia leaned against the big tree and looked up at the sky in a daze.

There is no moon in this night, and the cold wind kills Wulin.It is now the fourth watch, the darkest hour of the day, and the last darkness before dawn.

It was nearly December, but fortunately there was no snowfall in Jingzhou, otherwise they would have been frozen to death by the ice and snow instead of being burned to death.

It was really a thrilling night, I thought I had a chance to win, but I didn't know that Huang Gai even wanted to burn their warships in exchange for his own life.But after going through all these panics and fears, they fled into Wulin, but they seemed to be far away from all the previous fights and wailing, and there was only the wind in the world crying like ghosts.

Cao Zhi has already walked to Guo Jia's side.He gathered the cloak for Guo Jia, and then sat down next to him.

Guo Jia was still in a daze.

Cao Zhi stared at him for a long time, covering his eyes with his hands.This face was so cold that Cao Zhi's heart trembled violently.

It took Guo Jia a long time to laugh lightly: "Fourth Young Master, are you afraid that I won't be able to sleep?"

Cao Zhi gave a soft "hmm".

Guo Jia said lightly, "Fourth Young Master is too worried."

In the dark, Guo Jia's voice was still covered with a heart-warming contempt.Cao Zhi suddenly calmed down.

After a while, Guo Jiacai leaned his dizzy head on Cao Zhi's shoulder, closed his eyes and fell asleep slowly.

In November of the 13th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao went to Chibi to fight Zhou Yu, which was unfavorable.So he retreated to Jiangling.

Soon, there was a major epidemic in the army.