Zhou Lang Zhou Lang

If Cao Cao wants to fight quickly, he must gather the main force and fight Jiang Xia's army.However, the momentum of the 20-strong army was astonishing, and the Yangtze River was blocked by natural dangers. How to cross the river smoothly and avoid being intercepted by the Jiangxia Army relying on the advantage of the navy became the biggest focus of debate among Cao Ying.

Some people advocate that the whole army should press on and win by numbers.No matter how good the Jiangxia Navy is at fighting, it only has more than [-] men. With four enemies and one, it can always ensure that most of the soldiers and horses will cross the Yangtze River by force and land on the south bank.

However, Cheng Yu proposed another plan.

The northern army is good at land warfare while the southern army is good at water warfare, using its own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths. Even if it wins in the end, it will inevitably face huge casualties.Cao Cao had to go back to quell the chaos in Hebei. This matter has not been publicized yet, and the army does not know about it. But at this time, he needs to avoid too much loss of troops for Cao Cao.

"Northwest winds have prevailed in the past two days, which is conducive to our army's sailing from north to south." Cheng Yu asked people to spread out the map, marked the location of Jiang Xia's camp along the south bank of the Yangtze River, and ordered the Jingzhou water army to prepare a hundred stone boats. The bow of the boat is densely covered with big nails, and the hull is connected by iron cables. The boat is covered with grease, flames, nitrate and other fire igniters, and crosses the river at night. Just go to the water surface five miles in front of Nan'an Village, set fire to the horizontal boat, and block the river. The main force of our army will take the big boat , taking advantage of the Jiangxia Navy’s warships being blocked by the fire and unable to sail out of the water village, they bypassed Xiakou and landed on the south bank.”

"Avoid the rhinoceros of the water army, and use the army to fight against it!" Cao Cao stood up, clapped his hands and smiled, "Zhongde's plan is great. When Jiangxia's water army breaks through the fire boat, and then intercepts it, our army will have at least several Thousands of people can reach the south bank, attack Jingling first, and then take Jiangxia!"

Cheng Yu cupped his hands towards Cao Cao, his face was calm, but his heart was vaguely uneasy.

When Xun You received the news of the turmoil in Hebei, he rushed to Xudu at night to mobilize troops and horses to appease Hebei.Cao Cao wanted to fight quickly with the main force, so his tactics were formulated in a hurry. The plan to block the gate of the Jiangxia army's water village with fire was made before he left. Continuing to use the same tactical plan will inevitably give birth to the worry of seeking a sword.

However, in the past few days, he has sent additional scouts to monitor the movements of Jiang Xia's army all the time. Since Liu Bei left, except that the number of small boats on the river near the south bank seems to have increased, he can't see anything else. Notable changes.

He never expected that this change came from the small boats that shuttled like fish.

Cao Cao mobilized his army from Fancheng, and the preparations for the war on the north bank were very obvious, and he couldn't hide it from Jiang Xia's naval scouts.So Li Mu finally obeyed the crowd's willingness to raise his tent and order troops, and all the generals who had been persuading the war all day were excited.

In front of the Chinese army's tent, Li Mu and Sun Shao sat on the stage, watching Zhou Yu's white robe and silver armor.In winter, the sun is warm and warm, and the breeze blows slowly, making his robes slightly flutter. The military orders are strict and concise, and the iron-blooded masculinity is not less heroic and elegant.

It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the northwest wind was strong.The gate of Cao Jun's water village, which had been closed for many days, quietly opened, and two hundred hundred stone boats loaded with fire starters, under the cover of night, fully sailed, and headed towards Jiang Xiajun's water village on the south bank.

Leading the army was Zhang Yun, a general of the Jingzhou Navy.Looking at the distant sparks on the dark water, my mood fluctuates with the waves of the Yangtze River under my feet.

His task tonight is to set fire, set a fire to burn his fleet.Use the fire to block the gate of the Jiangxia army's water village. As long as the Jiangxia navy can't get out, Cao Cao will allow him to be the Marquis of Hanyang Tinghou.

Liu Biao was his uncle, but he couldn't find out the cause of his death, so he could only try his best to keep Liu Cong.But after surrendering Cao, Cao's army's regional division of emphasizing the north and despising the south made him feel disheartened.As the chief general of the Jingzhou navy, he is always under the restraint of the vice-general Jin. Without Yu Jin's approval, he would not even be able to carry out the drill of the navy smoothly.

After this battle, he won the title of Hanyang Tinghou, and he asked himself to train the navy and completely surrendered his military power.

The cabin was full of fire starters, although the soldiers on board, together with Zhang Yun, could only stand on the deck.The northwest wind roared from behind, blowing chills all over the body.The sound of the rumbling wind was accompanied by the sound of the turbulent water, and Baishi's warship was bumping and shaking, as if it wanted to shake people's heart and lungs out.

Halfway through the journey, sentry soldiers on the south bank spotted their whereabouts and greeted them.

"Ignore it, speed up and rush over!" Zhang Yun raised his knife and shouted.The fleet changed and rushed forward in the shape of an arrow breaking through.

Caoying's water village is similar to Jiangxia's water village in layout. They both use strong pillars to lay down the river bottom at intervals of about five feet, and connect them with iron cables for reinforcement. For the wall of the village, soldiers walked and patrolled on the deck, just like a dry village.

If a fire is set outside the gate of the village, the tall and solid hull will block the fire and continue in. The soldiers on the boat will use the river water to fight the fire. No matter what, the fire will not spread to the warships in the village.But this time, what Cao Cao wanted to burn was only the gate, and it didn't matter if he couldn't even burn the gate.The flames on the warships lined up along the river soared into the sky, like a fire dragon lying in front of the gate of Jiangxia Water Village.

Cao Cao looked across the river in the middle of the army, and seeing the flames blazing, he gave a long laugh, waved and ordered to cross the river with all his strength.

There are more than a hundred warships in Jingzhou, but in order to shift the focus of the war from water warfare to land as quickly as possible, Cao Cao ordered [-] soldiers and horses as the vanguard, boarding [-] warships to set off first.After [-] troops landed on the south bank by force, they immediately attacked Jingling, and then took a shortcut overnight. At noon tomorrow, they could reach the Jiangdong army's camp from behind.Whether it is in terms of psychological coercion or military strength, it can have a great harassment effect on the Jiangdong Army.

It has to be said that this strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west was extremely vicious and ingenious, especially the initial act of sealing the camp with fire, which can be called the finishing touch.

But when it comes to playing with fire, Li Mu is the expert.

The fire was raging, and it was impossible to go back to the camp under the northwest wind. Zhang Yun could only lead several small boats to resist the pursuit of Jiangxia's patrol patrol, while looking back in the direction of Jiangxia's water village.

Jiangxia water village is quiet.

At this moment, the sentry scouts of Caoying Water Village also blew the horn to meet the enemy.The [-] shuttle boats were originally scattered across the vast river. The shuttle boats were slender and could only accommodate two to three people, and they kept wandering outside the patrolling range of Cao Jun's scout boats. attract attention.At this time, they came together from all directions, and the shuttle boats equipped with pedal runners had no sails and masts. They sailed against the wind with human power, as if they were coming through waves, and soon covered the river for more than ten miles in front of Cao Jun's water village. It caused a riot in Cao's army.

There is an interval of about five feet between the pillars and wooden piles of the water village, and the big ship behind the gate of the village is a wall, and the side of the ship leans against the wooden piles. foot-wide gap.These intervals and gaps were originally used to slow down the impact of the waves on the water village, but now they have become Cao Jun's biggest nightmare.

However, just when Cao Ying was about to send a large ship out of the village to fight, two thousand shuttle boats scattered and entered from the gap between the gate of the village.

The flames in the barracks were like daylight, Cao Cao could see clearly from the large Chinese army ship, his expression changed dramatically.Because the fish-like shuttle boats were all loaded with oil, when they hit sparks, they burst into flames and rushed into the water village, and balls of fireballs crashed into the warships in the village.The soldiers on the shuttle boat were all strong swimmers who grew up on the Yangtze River since they were young. After breaking the bottom of the boat, they jumped into the water one after another and swam south.The unburned oil in the boat spread out from the water surface, and was carried by Jiang Bo, bringing the fire to all directions.

Thousands of warships, as well as the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the warships, armed with armor and ready to go, were engulfed in a sea of ​​flames almost in the blink of an eye.

Oil is lighter than water. Two thousand boats of oil flowed into the Yangtze River and immediately floated on the water, and the fire was carried by the oil. So for a while, tens of thousands of soldiers in Cao Ying saw a scene of fire burning on the water.

It is common sense that water and fire are incompatible, and that water can put out a fire is also common sense, but this water and fire are intertwined, and the fire travels on the water, just like a huge fire dragon entrenched on the Yangtze River. The warships were engulfed in flames the next moment. This unreasonable situation was too shocking. It was as if the end was approaching. Thousands of warships were engulfed by the flames almost within the breath of each other.

The morale of the soldiers of Cao Jun, who were not good at water warfare, collapsed instantly, screaming in panic and screaming, scrambling to escape for their lives, jumping off the ship like crazy, and some even knelt down and bowed to the sky immediately, crying and trembling.Cao Cao shouted the military order to disembark before the Chinese army's large ship was heard, and the water village was already in chaos.

Across the river, the two camps in the north and south of the river caught fire almost at the same time. The flames were like dragons, and the wind helped the fire, and the smoke and flames poured into the sky.The raging flames shot up into the sky, like the sun sinking into the river, and the heat wave was rolling, making the river boil.

The waves are turbulent, the flames soar into the sky, half of the river is full of water, and half of the river is full of fire, just like the universe is turned upside down, it is extremely spectacular.

It's just that Jiang Xiajun's water village is an empty village at all!

Li Mu and Zhou Yu never thought that they could defeat Cao Cao only by virtue of their water advantage.When the fire burned Chibi, only one fire could not burn out Cao Jun's 20 soldiers, nor could it burn Cao Cao's heart-wrenching pain.

Zhou Yu personally led an army of [-] to sail out of Yunmengze, and then abandoned the boat to the north bank. When Cao Cao sent Zhang Yun to set fire to Jiangxia Water Village, he launched a night attack on his barracks.

The most important point that Cao Cao missed is that the current Jiangdong Army has cavalry rushing into the formation, falling into the camp to attack at night, as well as heavy trebuchets with amazing accuracy and continuous crossbows with a range of [-] steps. The embarrassment of being good at land warfare.

On the other line, Zhao Yun led [-] soldiers and horses to ambush on the south bank, filled with Cao Jun, and the thousand-stone ships were like moving hills. All became his feats of war.

Cao Jun's water village was engulfed by flames, burned to death, and countless soldiers were trampled to death. Even Cao Cao's army was hacked to death by his own general for opening the way for Cao Cao's escape. The entire army collapsed.

On the way to the west, Cao Ren was originally supporting the flank. Hearing the urgent report from the scouts in front, he immediately ordered to raise the banner, rectify the army, and organize a counterattack.But just as the drums in his camp were beating, a group of soldiers and horses suddenly rushed out from behind, holding him back.When he jumped out of the camp, he saw banners fluttering in the light of the fire, and a huge "Guan" character flying like an eagle spreading its wings.

"Cao Ren, do you still recognize Guan?" Guan Yu's face became redder in the flames, and the Yanyue knife in his hand was full of murderous intent, waiting for the shame of Xuzhou.

In the Jiangxia military camp, Li Mu and Xu Shu were sitting opposite each other in the large tent of the Chinese army, watching the faint light flickering in the dark sky outside the tent, Sun Shao was delighted to listen to Sun Zhi's report to the soldiers to find out the details of the battle.

Xu Shu lowered his head and drank the cup of tea, got up and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, but he still couldn't figure it out: "Since I know Liu Bei will definitely let Cao Cao go, why did you let Liu Bei attack the West Road?"

Li Mu knew that he would ask that question. In fact, she had asked Zhou Yu that question too.After all, Guan Yu Huarong's moral interpretation of Cao Cao has been passed down for thousands of years.What's more, Zhuge Liang's plan to divide the world into three parts, without Cao Cao, how can Liu Bei contend with Jiangdong?

But Zhou Yu's consideration was to use the fire of Chibi now to directly set the strategic pattern after capturing Yizhou in the future.