Chapter 61 Burning the Red Cliff
After the news of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's death came from Jiangdong Camp, Zhou Yu couldn't help but be overjoyed and said to Sun Ce: "As soon as these two people die, the Jingzhou navy may be more depressed, but Gan Ning alone will find it difficult to fight against our army!"
Sun Ce nodded and said, "The Jinfan thief has some skills. He doesn't expect that Ye Zhao's command has such a general who is good at water battles! But even so, how can Gongjin attack the thief camp in a fire?"
"Lord, Governor, Jiang Gan is here again, and has been taken down by our soldiers!" Lu Meng walked in and bowed to the two of them.
"This matter should be this person." Zhou Yu smiled and looked at Sun Ce and said, "I want to ask the lord for someone, maybe I will suffer some flesh and blood!"
"Who?"
"Zhou Tai!"
"Zhou Tai?" Sun Ce hesitated for a moment and said to Zhou Yu: "How should Bo Fu use him?"
"Zhou Tai was born as a water bandit and had a rift with me. He happened to use him to act as a bitter plan, which made Zhou Tai pretend to surrender Ye Zhao." Zhou Yu said with a smile.
Fake surrender?
Upon hearing this, Sun Ce nodded silently. If he wanted to get the fireboat to approach Ye Zhao's camp, this was a good way. Of course, the premise was that this bitter plan could succeed.
Zhou Yu went to see Jiang Gan next time, but Sun Ce called Zhou Tai to discuss the matter with him.
Zhou Yu and Zhou Tai staged a bitter plan in front of Jiang Gan. Needless to say, Jiang Gan lobbled Zhou Tai and Kan Ze respectively. After receiving the two of them, they were proud to return to Ye Zhao's camp and handed over to Ye Zhao's camp. Although it was impossible to say that Zhou Yu was surrendered, it was also a good thing to have Zhou Tai and Kan Ze, a general of civil and military, who joined the army, but did not agree on a date, which made Ye Zhao's Chinese civil and military command question.
Kan Ze came in person and felt passionate in front of Ye Zhao, saying that he didn't convince Ye Zhao didn't know, but at this time many civil and military officials under Ye Zhao were moved, so Ye Zhao took the opportunity to believe Kan Ze and sent him back in person.
It has been October, and the weather has begun to turn cold. It seems that the army will turn into a navy army still has a long way to go.
On that day, Ye Zhao was having a banquet with everyone in the camp, and suddenly someone came to report that a famous scholar named Feng Chu from Jingxiang came to join us.
When Ye Zhao heard this, he rubbed his temples and nodded to invite him in.
People are really ugly. Anyway, after Ye Zhao met Pang Tong, he had no appetite.
"I heard about Feng Chu's name for a long time. When I saw it today, I was born with a strange appearance." Ye Zhao signaled his maid to pour a glass of wine for Pang Tong and smiled: "I wonder if Mr. I'm here to vote at this time, but have a clever plan to teach you?"
"I dare not take a clever plan." Pang Tong shook a palm-leaf fan. It was winter. Ye Zhao didn't know what this person was thinking. Anyway, he looked very strange and said to Ye Zhao with a smile: "It's just that the place of Jingxiang has been in war for a long time. Tong really can't bear to suffer the pain of war anymore. He came to offer his plans before, hoping to contribute to the Prime Minister and allow this place of Jingxiang to enjoy peace and not suffer the disaster of war!"
"I don't know what Shi Yuan has to do, tell me quickly!" Ye Zhao's eyes lit up and smiled at Pang Tong when he heard this.
"This plan is called a chain across the river!" Pang Tong smiled and pulled out his sword from his waist.
"Rareless!" This move immediately made the generals around him stand up, Dian Wei took a step forward and protected Ye Zhao.
"What is an iron chain crossing the river?" Ye Zhao waved his hand and told everyone not to be excited. He had fought in the south and north for many years and wanted to be assassinated by a literati like Pang Tong. That would be a joke.
Pang Tong bowed to Ye Zhao, put the sword in his hand between two tables, and smiled at Ye Zhao: "You can connect the boats and oars under the city with iron ropes and wooden boards, or five boats in one row, or ten boats in one row. In this way, even if the river is vast, the soldiers under the Prime Minister can also walk on flat ground!"
When Ye Zhao heard this, he looked at Guo Jia, smiled and said, "My plan! Mr. is worthy of being a genius. Just this plan will make it a problem that has bothered me for many days! Okay, if you win this battle, you should remember your first merit."
"I dare not, it is enough to do a little bit of effort for the people of the world. I dare not ask for rewards." Pang Tong shook his head and said, "I still have mundane things in my heart, so I will say goodbye first."
"No hurry!" Ye Zhao stretched out his hand and said, "Sir, but if you have merits under your own rule, you will be punished if you have any mistakes. If you have made such a great contribution, wouldn't it be your own words? Let's just let you be wronged as the chief clerk under your own ruler first, and then reward you after the battle is completed!"
After saying that, he didn't let Pang Tong talk about it anymore. He just pulled Pang Tong to persuade him to drink. Pang Tong was afraid that the situation would be exposed, so he could only agree temporarily and think about a way to escape later.
It is winter now, and the northwest wind is blowing. Whether it is the astronomical phenomenon or the east wind borrowed by Zhuge Liang, Ye Zhao ignored it. The next day, he trained the boat into a piece of ship according to Pang Tong's plan. The iron rope crossed the river. From a distance, it was quite spectacular.
Another month passed, and when November began, Zhou Tai finally sent someone to agree on the date of surrender. Three days later, at night, Zhou Tai would lead his troops to surrender.
"Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Ji Ling, Zhang Ren, Zhang Liao, Wei Yan obeyed the order!" After Ye Zhao sent away the envoy sent by Zhou Tai, he quickly recruited a group of generals under the tent.
"I wonder what is important about the lord suddenly summoning him?" Everyone looked at Ye Zhao in confusion.
"From now on, you will be responsible for the act of being sent to you by filial piety. My order is my order and there must be no violation!" Ye Zhaosu said.
Although the generals were confused, they saw Ye Zhao's rare solemnity and did not dare to say much, and they responded to their orders.
Ye Zhao handed a golden order to Guo Jia and smiled and said, "In three days, it depends on Fengxiao."
"Don't worry, lord!" Guo Jia received the order and ordered Gan Ning first. Huang Zhong led his troops to go to Yunmengze and others quietly crossed to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River with a small boat. He agreed that as long as he saw the fire on this side, he would not need to return to help and directly attack the Daying Water Village in Jiangdong. Two days later, he secretly transferred the army. By the evening of the third day, only the Jingzhou water army was left in the entire Yunmengze camp.
Although these dispatches can be hidden from Zhou Yu, who cannot see the truth, but they cannot hide from Pang Tong, who is in the army. After seeing Ye Zhao's deployment, Pang Tong hurriedly wanted to leave, but was watched by Dian Wei.
"Mr. Pang, lord has an order. Something will happen tonight. No one is allowed to act without action. Those who violate the order... behead them!" Dian Wei looked at Pang Tong with a expressionless face and said in a stern manner.
Pang Tong was so angry that he was staring at Dian Wei. He didn't dare to force himself, so he could only be defeated and retreated back to the camp, thinking about countermeasures.
Unfortunately, Ye Zhao seemed to have known his intentions and did not give him any opportunity to communicate with the outside world. Dian Wei and several imperial guards were followed when they entered and left or even went to the toilet. Until nightfall, Pang Tong did not find any opportunity to contact the outside world.
In the evening, under Dian Wei's leadership, he came to Ye Zhao.
"There will be a good show tonight. I want to ask the sir to watch it together!" Ye Zhao looked at Pang Tong and said with a smile.
Pang Tong looked around. The former elite Guanzhong army with a solemn appearance was no longer there. Almost all the weak Jingzhou navy soldiers around him, and a chill suddenly arose in his heart.
After nightfall, a fleet of ships under the banner of Zhou Tai appeared in sight on the horizontal line in the distance. Ye Zhao turned his head and smiled at several Jingzhou water generals beside him, saying, "This must be Zhou Tai's surrendered army. After letting him enter the camp, ask him to come and see me!"
"Here!" Several naval generals bowed to answer the order, and Ye Zhao led Pang Tong straight to the back camp.
"Boom~"
Not long after, a fire broke out in the direction of the front camp. At this moment, the wind suddenly turned into an east wind. The fire took advantage of the wind and countless rockets came with the wind, covering most of the water village.
Ye Zhao stood up and looked at Pang Tong, who was blushing beside him and said with a smile: "Sir, the plan has been completed, why is it still so gloomy? Smile?"
Pang Tong swallowed dryly, looked at Ye Zhao and said in a slight voice: "The Prime Minister is such a poisonous method. The 100,000 Jingxiang naval troops were destroyed by the Prime Minister's thoughts. How could the Prime Minister bear it?"
"Sir, have you made something wrong?" Ye Zhao looked at Pang Tong, his smile remained unchanged, but there was a little chill in his laughter: "If it weren't for Mr., how could they do this? How could they impose this evil on me?"
"Let's go." Looking at Pang Tong who was in a daze, the fire in the distance had already spread toward this side, and countless shouts of killing were also spreading toward this side. Ye Zhao stood up and sneered: "Don't think that some intelligence can play with the heroes of the world in applause. There is a reason why he has never lost after two decades of fighting in the north!"
Pang Tong, under Dian Wei's escort, followed Ye Zhao and his personal guards quickly left the water camp and headed straight for Xiangyang. At the same time, the Jiangdong naval army also took advantage of the fire to attack the case, chasing the Jingzhou army's defeated troops all over the mountains and fields. At the same time, Liu Bei's Jiangxia army rushed to Jiangling as soon as possible after seeing the fire on this side, trying to seize the territory.
However, when Liu Bei's army arrived, they were facing Zhang Liao who was already ready. At the same time, the main force of Jiangdong led by Sun Ce encountered the siege of Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Zhang He and Zhang Ren in Dangyang.
The Jiangdong navy was a dragon on the water, but on this land, facing the Guanzhong soldiers who had been prepared, they just charged and smashed the Jiangdong army with a rainbow. In order to protect Sun Ce, Zhou Tai was shot by Zhao Yun and killed the horse. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce led the army to fight for a bloody road and fled back to the camp, but they met Huang Zhong and Gan Ning. Sun Ce was killed by Huang Zhong, but Zhou Yu was captured by Gan Ning.
It was also on this day that Guan Hai, who was stationed in Guangling, led the air force to cross the Yangtze River to cover Ding Li and Fang Yue landed, killed Qu'a's guard Jiang Qin, and defeated the enemy camp and attacked Wu County.
In just a few days, Wujun, Yuzhang, Danyang and Kuaiji quickly fell under the fierce offensive of Ye Zhao's army. Liu Bei defeated Jiangling, Jiangxia was also defeated by Hua Xiong and Ji Ling, and Zhuge Liang was captured alive by Hua Xiong.
Chapter completed!