Chapter 259: Capture Huang Gai alive, destiny lies with Han!
That night.
Cao Cao ordered the generals to board large ships and set off in an orderly manner. If they saw Huang Gai's warship arriving, they would shoot arrows directly!
Shoot the Soochow soldiers on the ship and try to capture Huang Gai alive.
If we really can't capture him alive, we will send Huang Gai, a veteran of Soochow, on his way!
Sure enough.
Near Chibi, Cao Cao also received a report from his subordinates and saw twenty ships coming with the wind, and there were many Qinglongya flags on the ships.
Among them, one big flag even has the words "Pioneer Huang Gai" written on it.
Hearing such news, Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed.
"This Huang Gongfu is finally here, God help me!"
After saying that, there was a very strange expression on his face.
Trying to feign surrender is really just a dream!
"My lord, Huang Gongfu's coming here is definitely a fake surrender. Afterwards, Ruojia's guess is right, he must also follow the Soochow Navy led by Zhou Yu. This time, we must seize the opportunity to defeat the Soochow Navy, and we will be able to take advantage of it in one fell swoop.
Go down to six counties and eighty-one prefectures in Jiangdong!"
Guo Jia on the side said.
"That's right! What Fengxiao said is absolutely right!"
Cao Cao nodded.
Soon.
The twenty ships led by Huang Gai are getting closer and closer to Cao Cao's chain of warships.
There are only eight miles and six miles left.
"It's going to happen, it's going to happen! Cao's army will be defeated this time!"
For a moment, Huang Gai muttered in his mouth, believing that Zhou Yu's fire attack strategy would definitely lead to a great victory.
However, at this moment, archers appeared one after another on Cao's warship.
Moreover, these archers have already set up their bows and arrows, making a posture where they can release arrows anytime and anywhere.
"I am Huang Gongfu, and I have come to surrender to Duke Cao with my food and baggage. What do you mean by this?"
Huang Gai frowned. Could it be that Cao Cao saw through the bitter plot?
How is this possible!
But Wenpin, the leading general standing on one of Cao's warships, burst out laughing.
"Huang Gongfu is extremely ridiculous! You are pretending to surrender. Do you really think that the Prime Minister will fall into the trap?"
As soon as the words are finished.
He directly ordered his men to fire arrows!
"Oops!"
Huang Gai's eyes widened. The thing he was most worried about had happened, and he had fallen into the trap.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
In an instant, arrows rained down, one after another, like a ruthless god of death, directly taking away the lives of the Soochow soldiers.
"Withdraw! Withdraw quickly!"
The fake surrender plan failed, so Huang Gai could only issue an order quickly.
But who knows, there are several small boats of Cao Jun around, and they have already approached the twenty ships led by Huang Gai.
As soon as these boats approached, they started to catch fire, and in the blink of an eye they turned into fire ships.
The soldiers from Cao's camp who were riding in the boat also quickly jumped into the water to escape.
"Not good! Not good!"
Surrounded by these fire ships, Huang Gai murmured to himself and became even more dizzy.
Sure enough, things got worse.
The twenty ships led by Huang Gai also quickly caught fire due to the surrounding fire ships.
"Chi! Chi!"
The fire burned very vigorously.
In an instant, the twenty Soochow ships turned into fire ships.
The fire is soaring into the sky!
The scene was horrifying. Some Soochow soldiers wanted to escape by jumping into the water, but they were hit by many arrows and could only watch the fire spread.
"Ah!"
The screams of Soochow soldiers also reached the ears of Cao Jun.
But Cao's soldiers showed no sympathy at all.
All this was brought about by the Soochow soldiers.
Anyone who dares to be an enemy of the Han Dynasty or the Prime Minister is seeking death.
"Sure enough, the ships led by Huang Gongfu must have put a lot of sulfur, saltpeter and other fire starters, otherwise the fire would not have spread so fast."
Staring at the sea of fire in the distance, Cao Cao sighed and felt frightened.
If Huang Gongfu hadn't been able to see through Huang Gongfu's plan to surrender, then once Huang Gongfu had surrendered, he would have detonated these fireships, and his proud serial warships would have definitely been burned.
He will definitely suffer an unprecedented defeat in this Battle of Chibi!
The more he thought about it, beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on Cao Cao's forehead.
At this time, a subordinate hurriedly appeared in front of Cao Cao, as if he had some important news to report.
"But Huang Gongfu was caught?"
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and said.
"Reporting to the Prime Minister, although Huang Gongfu jumped into the water to escape, he was still captured alive by us."
The subordinates said quickly.
"Okay!"
On the spot, Cao Cao's eyes lit up after hearing this.
"My lord, don't take it lightly now. Zhou Yu's Soochow navy is likely to arrive later."
Guo Jia on the side reminded him.
"Yes! This time, we will destroy the Soochow navy in one fell swoop!"
Cao Cao nodded repeatedly and quickly ordered everyone to not relax and be alert to the enemy's arrival.
The students who watched this video scene felt their hearts tremble.
"The Soochow Navy is going to be defeated!"
The students who entered Soochow had a very bitter look on their faces.
They are really suffering in their hearts.
I thought that the Soochow navy could win a big victory with less and more.
As expected, I still failed after all.
Sure enough, investment should be more rational and should not take chances.
Just say that Guo Jia has seen through the plan of bitter flesh and false surrender. How can the Soochow Navy be undefeated?
But they still look forward to a miracle.
Everything changes in an instant on the battlefield, and anything is possible on the battlefield!
At the same time.
Zhou Yu was also on a large ship, ordering his soldiers to speed up.
He even saw the distant Chibi with flames rising into the sky, and the astonishing flames sweeping across the river!
"It's done! It's definitely Huang Gongfu's plan to surrender!"
Zhou Yu was overjoyed and quickly ordered his soldiers to set off as soon as possible!
We must destroy Cao Cao in one fell swoop!
Generals Han Dang and Zhou Tai were the first to set off by boat.
"Report! Commander, the situation is not good!"
In the blink of an eye, a subordinate came to report.
"What's the matter?"
Zhou Yu’s expression is calm.
"Commander, something is not right! Cao Ying's chain warships are impregnable and did not catch fire. Generals Han Dang and Zhou Tai returned with a great defeat! They were killed by Cao Ying's chain warships and were knocked upside down!"
The subordinates quickly made a report.
"How could this be so! Did Huang Gong's plan to surrender fail? Was he captured alive by Cao Jun?"
In an instant, Zhou Yu's eyes were bloodshot and his whole body was unsteady.
Soon, he noticed that Cao Jun was coming from the east and west of Chibi!
"Does this mean that everything is over?"
Zhou Yu was in agony, his face was as pale as paper, and suddenly he spit out a mouthful of blood from his heart.
"Pfft!"
No, he cannot fall.
"Quick! Send Dongwu boats to collide with Cao Cao's serial warships!"
Zhou Yu issued the order.
This is also the backup plan he prepared.
Dongwu's small boat collided with Cao Cao's large ship.
These boats are not ordinary boats, but fire ships.
As for these Soochow soldiers, they had no choice but to sacrifice themselves for Soochow.
"Yes."
The subordinates took orders and hurriedly carried out Zhou Yu's orders.
Sure enough.
As soon as the order was given, fifty small boats sailed on the river.
Moreover, these fifty small boats also headed in various directions such as southeast, northeast, northwest, etc., towards Cao Cao's chain of warships.
Every Soochow soldier on the boat has a solemn expression and is not afraid of death.
They know very well that this time, they will never survive!
There is absolutely no chance of survival!
But for Soochow, they are not afraid of sacrifice!
They want to protect their land and their families!
"Wow!"
They desperately used their oars to row the boat, and began to use saltpeter, sulfur and other fire starters to set the boat on fire.
In an instant, these small boats turned into fire ships.
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
Cao Jun also noticed this scene and quickly ordered the radiation.
Although many Soochow soldiers on the fire ship died, there were still some who survived by chance.
Xu Chu, Xu Huang and other generals also quickly went out in person and took small boats to stop these fire ships.
They succeeded in stopping it, but there were too many fire ships in Soochow, and there were always fish that slipped through the net.
In addition, there is a strong southeast wind blowing right now!
"Whoop!"
In an instant, the chain of warships to the west of Cao Jun caught fire.
The one on the east side also caught fire.
……
The fire was like a ferocious beast that chooses people to devour, and it spread quickly on Cao Jun's serial warships.
Cao Cao, who received the information immediately, felt unbelievable.
"Are these Soochow soldiers so unafraid of death?"
Guo Jia also frowned when he learned that Cao Jun's warship was on fire.
"Lord, the situation is not good..."
It's just that he hasn't had time to finish his words.
He was actually a little confused.
It was raining one after another.
"Crash!"
There were more and more raindrops, but in an instant, it started raining heavily!
Countless rain fell on Cao Jun's warship, and the fire continued to dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"God helps me!"
Cao Cao laughed loudly on the spot. He really didn't expect that God would help him like this.
At this critical moment, there suddenly came such a heavy rain.
"God bless my lord, God bless my lord!"
Even Guo Jia is full of joy.
At this time, the real-time video screen turned the camera towards Zhou Yu.
As the Grand Governor, Zhou Yu's eyes are now splitting.
"The sons of Jiangdong risked their lives to have such a sky-wide fire! Who knows, the sky did not go as planned, and there was a heavy rain!"
Zhou Yu's eyes were red and his face was full of bitterness.
He realized that the Soochow Navy was probably going to lose in this battle!
No!
The Soochow navy will win!
Win!
But now the fire attack strategy is no longer feasible.
What other strategies can be used to deal with Cao’s army’s serial warships?
Zhou Yu thought silently, especially when he was standing on the floor deck and felt the water droplets beating one after another, he felt a heartache and a bodyache.
"Crash!"
The rain is getting heavier.
Zhou Yu's heart has turned cold.
"Report! Commander, the Left Route Army Chen Wu and Jiang Qin were defeated, and our Soochow navy suffered countless casualties!"
"Report! The Commander-in-Chief, Cheng Pu and Xu Sheng of the Middle Route Army were defeated, and our Soochow navy suffered countless casualties!"
"Report! Commander, Ding Feng, the right-wing army, and Gan Ning were defeated. Our Soochow navy suffered countless casualties!"
……
News of defeat one after another made Zhou Yu almost faint.
He really wants to fall. This is a big defeat!
Is there no possibility of obtaining it?
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
At this moment, the water on the entire river began to surge.
The river suddenly rioted like a violent beast.
This made Zhou Yu frightened.
"How could the river riot! Could it be..."
He speculated in his mind, "It is because of this heavy rain that the river water has risen. Is this going to cause a sea roar?"
Moreover, this sea roar was actually directed at Cao Cao's serial warships.
Could Cao Cao be defeated?
Is this God’s will!
"God wills it like this! God wills it like this!"
For a moment, Zhou Yu began to be ecstatic, and ordered the entire army to retreat, pay gold to withdraw his troops, and stop confronting Cao Cao.
Their ships can come and go freely, but it is not so easy for Cao Cao's serial warships to retreat and move easily.
However, in the blink of an eye, Zhou Yu led the remaining defeated generals to retreat.
"Prime Minister! This is not good! There is going to be a sea roar!"
Cao Cao's men also quickly reported the situation.
"Clang!"
Even Cao Cao, who was standing on a building ship, could feel his body swaying, and the flags on the building ship were directly broken by the waves.
Even without the support of his subordinates, he would have staggered and fallen directly to the ground.
"Heaven, why is it so unfair!"
Cao Cao burst into tears, and his clothes and armor were all wet from the lapping river water and rain.
"Lord, retreat! Escape quickly!"
Guo Jia also quickly shouted.
"As a filial piety, it doesn't matter if there is a sea roar, I can't retreat! I want to live and die with the soldiers!"
Cao Cao's tone was extremely determined.
He wants to escape too!
But now, with no way to heaven and no way to earth, where should he escape to?
Originally, the two armies were fighting fiercely, and Cao's army was overwhelmingly powerful, killing countless enemies.
Who knew there would be such a sea roar?
"We saw heavy rain again, and saw tsunamis again. Is Cao Cao finally going to be defeated? This is a defeat, and this is clearly a lose-lose situation for both sides!"
The students watching the real-time video felt extremely worried.
Now this is a lose-lose situation. Does it mean that no matter whether you invest in Cao Cao or invest in Soochow Navy Zhou Yu, you will lose? You will lose blood?
However, the next scene made the students stunned again.
An unusually large tsunami is about to erupt on the river.
Unexpectedly, the tsunami that swept over me actually stopped halfway through.
All you can see is the river water flying all over the sky.
Then, it stopped.
It just stopped.
Not only has the tsunami stopped, but the rain has gradually become weaker and weaker.
Even the dark clouds in the sky are beginning to dissipate, allowing people to see glimmers of bright moonlight.
"This..."
There were no more riots on the river, and the rain became lighter and lighter. These strange scenes made Cao Cao speechless in surprise.
"The autumn wind is bleak, and the flood waves are falling!"
He began to murmur to himself, and also smiled, as if he was crazy.
"Lord, have we survived?"
Even Guo Jia, who was used to seeing strong winds and waves, found it a little unbelievable.
"Destiny lies with Han! Zhou Yu, a child, acted against nature, so he should be defeated! How can he win?"
Cao Cao asked back.
He even issued an order to have people clean up the battlefield!
Immediately, he went back to his room and started writing furiously.
He wants to write a letter of persuasion to surrender to Zhou Yu, and he also wants to write a letter of persuasion to surrender to Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian!
"Swish!"
In front of the case, Cao Cao wrote like a god and splashed ink. He hoped that Zhou Yu and Sun Jian would be wiser and stop resisting stubbornly!
Otherwise, Jiangdong will definitely die more and more people!
In the tent of Dongwu Water Village.
Zhou Yu is waiting anxiously.
Waiting for the good news brought back by my subordinates.
How much loss would Cao Cao suffer from such a terrible sea roar?