Romance of the Three Kingdoms 16th Red Cliff Battle (II)

The next day, Cao Cao practiced the navy on a large ship. Cheng Yu and Xun You both said to Cao Cao: "It is certainly beneficial to connect ships with iron cables, but in case Eastern Wu attacks with fire, it will be difficult to dodge. When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed and said, "You know that fire attacks depend on the power of the wind. Now it is winter, there is only the northwest wind, if Dongwu wants to attack with fire and be blown by the northwest wind, won't he burn himself? ”

Zhou Yu looked at the situation on the other side, at this time, the wind was blowing, and a flag horn blew over Zhou Yu's face from time to time, Zhou Yu suddenly remembered that everything was ready only to owe the east wind, and he was in a hurry, so he fainted and fell unconscious.

Zhou Yu was sick in bed, Lu Su was very anxious to see Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "I know how to heal the governor's illness." Lu Su hurriedly asked him to see Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu saw Zhuge Liang arrive, sat on the bed in his clothes, Zhuge Liang greeted: "I haven't seen each other for a few days, and I didn't expect the governor to be sick." Zhou Yu said: "People have good and bad luck, and no one can say."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, how can people expect it?" When Zhou Yu heard this, he suddenly changed color. Zhuge Liang said that Zhou Yu's illness should be smoothed first, and Zhou Yu asked for a prescription for shunqi.

After Zhuge Liang invited the people on the left and right to go out, he wrote sixteen words on the paper: "If you want to break Cao Gong, you should attack with fire, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." Zhou Yu asked how to get the east wind. Zhuge Liang asked Zhou Yu to build the Seven Stars Altar, and he did it on the altar, borrowing the southeast wind for three days to break Cao. When Zhou Yu heard this, his illness was completely cured.

The Seven Stars Altar was built, Zhuge Liang was clothed, barefoot, wearing a Taoist robe, and began to borrow the east wind.

By the time of the third watch, the southeast wind was blowing.

Zhou Yu was happy, and suddenly thought that Zhuge Liang's skills were really amazing, and he couldn't leave him, so he immediately sent Ding Feng and Xu Sheng to the Seven Star Altar to kill Zhuge Liang. Who knew that at this time, Zhuge Liang had long since disappeared.

Ding Feng and Xu Sheng hurriedly chased after them from the river, and saw Zhuge Liang standing at the stern of the boat from a distance. Seeing Xu Sheng chasing after him, Zhuge Liang said loudly: "The general doesn't have to chase after him, go back and tell the governor to use the troops well." I expected that the governor was going to harm me, so I called Zhao Yun to pick it up in advance. Xu Sheng just chased after him.

Zhao Yun shot an arrow to break the sail rope on Xu Sheng's boat, and then quickly left.

Ding Feng and Xu Sheng went back to report what happened, and Zhou Yu was shocked and said: "Zhuge Liang is so resourceful, it makes me uneasy day and night. ”

Zhuge Liang returned to Xiakou and immediately dispatched troops to block Cao's army everywhere. Guan Yu saw that the military advisor had sent someone else, but he was the only one who missed him, so he asked the military advisor why. Zhuge Liang said that he was afraid that he would let Cao Cao go. Guan Yu made a military order, and Zhuge Liang reluctantly agreed, sending him to take Guan Ping and Zhou Cang to Huarong Road to ambush.

Huang Gai prepared twenty fireboats, which were loaded with reeds and dry firewood, filled with fish oil, and covered with sulfur. By the time Cao Cao came to his senses, it was too late. Huang Gai's boat was on fire at one point, the fire took advantage of the wind, the wind helped the fire, and twenty fireboats crashed into the water village, and Cao Jun's water village suddenly burst into flames.

Gan Ning led an army, under the banner of Cao's army, to set fire to Cao Cao's grain depot in Wulin. Suddenly, the fire on the water and on the shore was connected, and Cao Cao rushed left and right in the fire array, leading Zhang Liao and others to run wildly towards Wulin.

Cao Cao fled to Wulin, and when he saw that the mountains were dangerous and the woods were dense, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed and said, "I don't laugh at others, I only laugh at Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang after all, they don't know how to stratagem." It would be great to ambush an army here first. Before the voice fell, Zhao Yun led the army to kill, and Cao Cao was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse.

Cao Cao told his subordinates Xu Huang and Zhang He to hurriedly block Zhao Yun, and he himself fled. Fleeing to the mouth of the gourd, the soldiers were so hungry that they panicked, and the horses could not walk. Cao Cao made people bury the pot and cook rice, and he laughed again and said: "Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang have no plan, if they also ambush a team of people here, then we can still escape?" As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Fei led his troops to kill.

When Cao Bing saw Zhang Fei, he was all frightened. Xu Chu flew to fight Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang also stepped forward to attack, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to escape. At the crossroads, the sergeant who was exploring the way asked Cao Cao for directions. Cao Cao heard that the main road was flat and there was no movement, and there were several places of smoke on the small road, and the road was difficult to walk and difficult to ambush. Cao Cao gave the order to "take the path".

After walking for a long time, the road gradually flattened, Cao Cao laughed again, and the generals knew that Cao Cao was laughing at Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu again. As soon as the words came out, only a cannon rang out, and Guan Yu led the troops to block the way.

The generals were trapped and could not fight anymore, and the strategist Cheng Yu suggested that Cao Cao personally go to intercede with Guan Yu, and maybe let Cao Cao's men and horses go. Cao Cao thought that there was only this way, so he went to Guan Yu hard. Guan Yu saw that Cao Jun was all in incomplete clothes, covered in mud, and burst into tears, he couldn't bear it in his heart, sighed, turned around and let them go.

Guan Yu suddenly remembered the military order, hurriedly reined in his horse and turned around, and shouted: "Where are you going!" When Cao Jun heard this, he was so frightened that he rolled off the saddle and fell to the ground crying. Guan Yu emphasized righteousness in the end, so he released Cao Jun.

Cao Cao walked out of Huarong Road, and when Cao Ren came to receive help, there were only twenty-seven horses left. Cao Cao cried loudly, and the generals asked Cao Cao why he was crying when he was fleeing? Cao Cao wiped his tears and said, "I am crying Guo Jia, if Guo Jia does not die, I will never be defeated." The counsellors were ashamed and blushed and remained silent.

Guan Yu let Cao Cao go back to the camp, and Zhuge Liang ordered the warriors to take Guan Yu and decapitate him. Liu Bei personally pleaded with the military advisor, saying that Guan Yu had made a lot of great contributions before, and asked the military advisor to spare him this time. Zhuge Liang had no choice but to drop Guan Yu from a wide hair, so as to prevent him from dying.