Cao Cao and Lu Yan had already made arrangements for this battle.
Although they could not sink Huang Gai's fireships in advance, they could set up an ambush on the shore and use artillery to destroy the Jiangdong soldiers who approached and landed.
Since the location where Jiangdong Army would land was unpredictable and there were not many artillery pieces, Sima Yi's ambush could only be set up around the camp. If they cooperated with the defenders, they would still be able to cause considerable losses to Jiangdong Army.
The soldiers in Cao's camp were already in their respective positions and fully prepared.
The Jiangdong soldiers on the south bank were also nervously and quickly preparing to attack Cao Ying.
Huang Gai and Lu Meng had already brought medium-sized transport ships filled with flammable materials and headed towards Cao Jun's serial warships.
Sure enough, a southeasterly wind blew across the Yangtze River. This time, Huang Gai and Lu Meng were both a little nervous.
I have to be nervous, after all, whether Jiangdong can defeat Cao Jun depends on their attack this time.
If you win, you can take advantage of the situation to seize Jingzhou, and even march into Yizhou, and divide the river from north to south with Cao Cao to rule; if you lose, everything will stop, and you will either surrender or simply die in battle.
"You must not fail, you must succeed!" Huang Gai warned and prayed secretly in his heart.
Huang Gai's fleet has passed the center of the Yangtze River, and the lights of Cao Jun's water stronghold can be seen ahead. Outside the water stronghold, the dark shadows are Cao Jun's warships connected by iron cables.
Taking a deep breath, Huang Gai forced himself to relax, so that he could keep his mind calm and make better judgments.
"Pass the order and remain on high alert."
"Keep a constant speed, don't speed up, and never let the enemy discover our true intentions in advance!"
"Patience, must be patient!"
Orders and comforts were conveyed one after another, but there was still an extremely tense atmosphere in Huang Gai and Lu Meng's fleet.
But they don't know,
All their actions have been discovered by Sima Yi through the telescope.
Through the telescope, Sima Yi had already seen many transport ships in the river, taking advantage of the darkness and slowly approaching the serial warships.
"Here you come! You are really here to die!" Sima Yi said gently to one of his soldiers: "Go and inform the teacher and General Gan that the fleet from Jiangdong has appeared and will be here soon.
.”
"Here!" The soldiers left quickly and went to report the news to Lu Yan and Gan Ning.
Lu Yan and Cao Cao were in the center, controlling everything.
After Gan Ning got the news, he immediately made preparations with Su Fei, Xu Sheng and others to go around to the rear of Jiangdong Army.
In the Chinese army's tent, Lu Yan and Cao Cao looked at each other and smiled.
Cao Cao looked at the sand table in front of him and sneered: "Huang Gai's speed is really fast. The southeast wind has only been blowing for more than an hour, and they have already appeared."
Lu Yan took a sip of wine and said, "Now, let's just wait here for the show to start!"
...
Closer, closer!
Some outlines of Cao Jun's large ship hiding in the shadows in front can even be seen.
"Why isn't it that kind of three-masted warship with a strange shape?" Lu Meng saw the nearest warship, and he couldn't help but have a doubt in his heart, "Is it the ship of the Jingzhou Navy? The warship of the Han Navy is there
where?"
Although he had a bad feeling in his heart, Lu Meng still suppressed his uneasiness. Now that the arrow has left the string, even if there is a problem, it may be too late to withdraw.
"Stop!"
"Who is coming?!"
Sergeant Cao, who was in charge of the inspection, finally discovered the fleet of Huang Gai and others. They quickly stepped forward to stop them and asked them to identify themselves.
Although he was discovered by Cao Jun, Huang Gai remained calm and composed. He replied: "I am Huang Gai. I am here to lead my subordinates to surrender to the Prime Minister!"
The patrolling soldiers didn't know whether it was true or false, so they quickly sent out several people to ask Cao Cao for instructions.
But Huang Gai couldn't wait any longer. After calculating the distance, he took advantage of the patrolling soldiers' unpreparedness and ordered the guards behind him to shoot them all with arrows.
Scattered screams rang out in the river, as if a bomb had been dropped into a warehouse full of ammunition!
"Yang Fan!"
Huang Gai's voice almost broke.
The Jiangdong soldiers he brought rowed with all their might and raised all the sails at the same time.
Huang Gai felt that with the current speed, he could definitely rush into the fleet before Cao Jun could react, so he shouted again: "Light the fire!
!”
All the sailboats filled with flammable materials spread their sails, and the ships took advantage of the wind and traveled much faster.
And at this extremely critical moment, the east wind suddenly strengthened again!
Huang Gai looked at the forty or fifty fireships rushing past like arrows. He was suddenly surprised and shouted loudly: "God help me! The Cao thief will be defeated!"
"God help me! Cao Cao will be defeated!"
The fire ships were extremely fast. Before Cao Jun could react at all, they all rushed into Cao Jun's fleet accurately!
Looking at the other warships that were quickly ignited by the fire ship, Huang Gai seemed to feel that he had a chance to win.
"Hahaha! Cao Jun was unprepared. You really deserve to be burned!"
“We Jiangdong won this battle!
"
With the help of the southeast wind, the fire ship slammed into Cao Jun's serial warship fleet with extremely fierce momentum.
The barbed firing pin on the bow of the fire ship was directly inserted into the chain war ship, and all the kerosene and other igniters contained in it were thrown into Cao Jun's war ship!
The warships of this era were all made of wood, and were almost defenseless against the erosion of the fire. Coupled with the help of the southeast wind, the wind helped the fire, and the fire spread quickly!
The firelight shone on the Yangtze River. Hearing the screams of fathers and mothers on the other side, Huang Gai felt extremely comfortable. But he did not forget about business, so he said to the guards around him: "Send a loud arrow to notify everyone."
The governor can attack across the board!"
"stop!
!”
“Hush, rest, rest!
!
"
In front, a large orange-red fire appeared, and countless piercing arrows sounded... Zhou Yu, who had been following Huang Gai's fleet from a distance, was suddenly shaken, and uncontrollable excitement and excitement surged in his heart.
, “It’s done!
!General Huang succeeded!
!”
"Haha, soldiers, the fire attack plan was successful."
"Cao's fleet has been set on fire by fire ships! The time has come for the entire army to attack!"
"Listen to my call, the whole army will attack!"
Zhou Yu stood on the largest three-masted battleship, a replica of the building ship, and in an extremely passionate tone, issued the order to attack across the entire front.
At this time, Zhou Yu was full of energy and high spirits. In addition, he was extremely handsome and heroic. At this moment, by the firelight, he looked like an immortal who descended from the world, making people dare not look up.
There is, however, only one immortal.
In Cao's camp, after receiving several messages from the messengers, Lu Yan finally gave the order: "Sima Yi has been sent, and when the enemy comes ashore, prepare to bombard them!"
"Here!"
"Send the order to Gan Xingba to prepare for a surprise attack from behind!"
"Here!"
Lu Yan's order was concise and direct. After all his orders were conveyed, Cao Cao asked: "After this battle, Jiangdong can be determined. Mr. Lu, what do you think our next step should be?"
"Sun Quan from Jiangdong is the only stumbling block that can stop us from unifying the world now.