Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1024 Alone
Xinpi realized that he still underestimated the young man named Sima Yi in front of him.

It is true that the other party was born in the Sima family, but when the reputation of Sima Bada reached Xin Pi's ears, he thought it was just a campaign by the noble clan. The Xun family has eight dragons, so your Sima family will have a Bada. I don't know if this is to promote the reputation of his own children.

But during the time when Xinpi was in contact with Sima Yi, he discovered that this young man should not be underestimated. From his knowledge to his methods, from his character to his determination, he was the only one Xinpi had ever seen in his life. With time, his achievements would be immeasurable!
Especially this time, faced with the unexpected situation in the Battle of Chaohu, the opponent proposed a countermeasure that Xinpi had never thought of. With Cao Jun and Jiangdong joining forces, they actually wanted to stab Jiangdong in the back. This is really OK?
And if you guess Cao Cao's thoughts wrongly, causing the matter to fail, what should you do if you go back and be questioned?
Sima Yi saw the hesitation in Xin Pi's eyes and knew that he was going to add another fire.

He opened his mouth and said: "May I ask the supervisor, what do you think of Xiu Hu's use of troops?"

Xin Pi hesitated for a moment and then said: "Ten years ago, the overlord of the North was not Lord Benchu, but Gongsun Zan."

"Qi and Benchu ​​Gong were at war for five years. In the first four years, both sides had their own victories and defeats. Even if Gongsun Zan retreated to Yi Jing, he had a good defense and might not be able to sustain it."

"But within just one year, he was defeated and died. Before his death, he said something."

"Yuan's attack looks like a ghost."

"In the last half year of Gongsun Zan's reign, he was defeated three times in a row, and he was the one known as the Fierce Tiger."

"Yuan Xi Yuan Xianyi."

"Since Fierce Tiger has a clever plan to restrain the Jiangdong navy, how can he not stay in Hefei to deal with Sun Quan?"

"Inform the Jiangdong rear army that Jiangxia was attacked by the fierce tiger and Liu Bei coalition forces and is in urgent need of rescue."

Sima Yi said without hesitation: "Of course it's best to retreat as soon as possible, and by the way, we can capture some Jiangdong warships."

"This time the ferocious tiger used a trick to reverse the disadvantage. He will definitely counterattack in a big way later. If we can't preserve our strength, wait for him to defeat Jiangdong, gather his fleet, turn around and attack Hanshui, and Ming Gong's plan to take Jingzhou fails, then we should How to go back and face Duke Ming?”

Sima Yi spoke up: "Jiangdong is not monolithic. Let people spread rumors that Zhou Yu died in the battle. Oh, let's just say that Sun Quan also died in the battle!"

"Now there is a fire on the Ruxushui River. They can't get through it for a while. Many of them have the idea of ​​​​retreating. We can deceive them into Xiakou first, and then suddenly attack, and we can capture all their fleets."

"I think the same is true for Jiangdong this time. I can't deal with this weird fire. Jiangdong has already appeared in ruins."

"But we need an excuse to evacuate openly, and we can give an explanation to Jiangdong afterwards."

"Although this plan is crude, it cannot stop those who want to take advantage of the situation. If Sun Quan really dies in battle, people like Jiangdong may not join Ming Gong!"

Sima Yi said firmly: "Jiangdong are all timid people who dare not fight. The ferocious tiger has scared them out of courage earlier. What's more, this may not happen."

Xinpi had been persuaded by Sima Yi and said, "In your opinion, what should we do now?"

"When I followed Mr. Xianfu, I knew very well that he was a man to shoot. Whenever there was a big battle, he always used troops in unexpected ways, causing countless opponents to fall into disgrace."

Is it possible that Xin Pi was stunned, refused to save him, took advantage of Jiangdong, and then asked Jiangdong not to pursue him afterward?

Xinbi was stunned, "There's a big battle ahead, how could they escape?"

Xinpi was suspicious: "Will anyone really believe it?"

"This person is really difficult to deal with. If you want to defeat him, you must have the right time and the right place and the right people. Now that we don't have the right time and place, it's better to evacuate and protect him as soon as possible."

Sima Yi added, saying in a deep voice: "There is a way."

"He hid it for several years without revealing anything. Once he emerged from the sky, he shocked the world and defeated countless powerful enemies in a row."

"With Fierce Tiger's plan, if Jiangdong Zhou Yu can be plotted to such an extent, there will definitely be tricks waiting for us."

"Your question just now is a good one. After thinking about it, I think it is difficult to change the situation with our hundreds of warships."

Sima Yi said: "It's okay. I also feel that there is no way to save the situation this time. The top priority is to protect ourselves."

Xinpi hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded firmly: "Okay, I will listen to you this time!"

Sima Yi heard this and breathed a sigh of relief. Although he did this to protect himself, he also had deeper considerations.

He probably couldn't hide his performance this time. When Xin Pi went back, he would definitely tell Cao Cao what he could guess about Cao Cao's thoughts. He would probably be jealous of Cao Cao, but he couldn't kill Xin Pi.

So what I have to do now is to make contributions as much as possible in order to save my life, and this time retreat is a great opportunity for me to make contributions!

Not long after, Jiangdong heard the rumors, and as Sima Yi expected, many people panicked.

Sima Yi was very sure that most of the people who stayed in the rear army were private soldiers from families in Jiangdong that were not very valued. These families were already wavering, and some of their major families were also far away from Wu County like Yuzhang. Instead, they were fighting with Jingzhou. The place where Jiangxia borders.

Now that they have an excuse to return to Jiangxia and save their family property, they are naturally happy to do so, and the reason is also very legitimate. The river is covered with demon fire. They can't get through, so they can't just watch here, right?
After that, Sima Yi asked Cao Jun's dozens of warships to hang the flag of Jiangdong family early, pretending to be Jiangdong's power, and took the lead to leave. As a result, hundreds of ships in Jiangdong's army followed suit. Sima saw that the time was right, so in the name of assisting Jiangdong's warships in guarding Xiakou, he asked the fleet to turn around and leave southward along the Ruxu River.

The remaining Jiangdong warships were seen. Except for some loyal ones who were still trying to find a way to carry them on their backs, the others all ran away with Cao's fleet.

At this time, Zhou Yu, who was fighting fiercely with Yuan Xi's naval forces in Chaohu, had not yet heard the news from the south, otherwise he would be angry to death on the spot, but now he couldn't care less.

Nowadays, flames are burning on the surface of Chao Lake. The Jiangdong navy cannot let the soldiers fetch water to put out the fire, and they must try their best to avoid touching the water to avoid being burned by the flames.

This means that the small boat assault tactic is completely unfeasible. The two sides can only shoot at each other across the side of the warship. As a result, the Jiangdong Army is obviously inferior to the Yuan Xi Army, which has strong bows and hard crossbows. After all, the Jizhou Army, which has the same lineage, is inferior in bow and crossbow technology. Jiangdong was suppressed from afar.

This is not the most deadly thing. The most difficult thing for Zhou Yu to deal with at the moment is not the rain of arrows from the opposite side, the occasional rockets, or the kerosene that can ignite the ship's plank, but the smoke.

The black oil on the water, the smoke from the burning, and the accompanying pungent smell made the Jiangdong Navy extremely uncomfortable. The soldiers had tears in their eyes and kept coughing. Many of them had covered their throats and fell to the ground, losing their fighting power. .

On the other hand, on Yuan Xi's side, everyone was wearing a mask, and there were buckets of wet cloth at their feet for the soldiers to cover their mouths and noses to breathe, so the impact was much less than that of the Jiangdong navy.

Under the situation of ebb and flow, the Jiangdong Army, which had superior strength and well-trained soldiers, not only failed to break through the defense line of Yuan Xi's navy, but was beaten back by the opponent, and was forced to be unable to get out in the smoke that blocked the sky and the sun.

Hearing the screams of the soldiers, Zhou Yu was furious. He attacked Chaohu twice, but the opponent did not fight him openly. Once he attacked and killed, and once he attacked with fire, then Zhou Yu was inexplicably eliminated. This made him He felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart, and now he couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly: "Ferocious tiger, why don't you dare to fight me openly!"

"Why!"

The sound spread far away, but it seemed so small on this hell-like battlefield, and soon disappeared in the noisy waves. Zhou Yu held on to the side of the ship, with red eyes, watching his own warships being destroyed one by one. , but there is nothing we can do.

At present, Han Dang Cheng Pu, Zhou Tai, Huang Gai and others have been sent out by Zhou Yu to attack the fierce tiger navy in four directions. However, no news has been transmitted so far, making Zhou Yu wonder if someone has died in the battle?

While he was hesitating, he saw an opposing fleet rushing towards him against the wind and waves. On the bow of the ship was a fierce general eight feet tall with a huge bow in his hand!

When Zhou Yu saw the other person's face clearly, he was furious. Isn't this Tai Shi Ci?
He was obviously coming to take his own life!
Zhou Yu waved his hand and ordered to the soldiers behind him: "Fire the arrow and shoot him to death!"

The soldiers in front of Taishi Ci held up huge shields and blocked all the arrows. When Taishi Ci reached the place where the arrows were fired, he shouted: "Zhou Yu!"

"I, Tai Shi Ci, am here to take your life today!"

Zhou Yu heard this and shouted: "Wishful thinking!"

"Don't think you won, let's see who among us can have the last laugh!"

Taishi Ci laughed and said, "Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. Don't you just think that Sun Quan can capture Hefei and cut off our retreat?"

"I can tell you that Sun Quan has been killed and his head has been hung on the top of Hefei City!"

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Dongbing was immediately confused. Zhou Yu immediately woke up and shouted: "Nonsense!"

"If you dare to disturb the morale of our troops, you are seeking death!"

Taishi Ci smiled and said: "When you are ready to capture me, and we arrive in Hefei together, you will know the truth and the lie!"

"I advise you not to resist. With your level, why waste time in Zhehong, Jiangdong? Lu Su has already surrendered to my lord. If you surrender now, my lord will treat you favorably!"

Zhou Yu was so angry that his orifices were filled with smoke, "He is deceiving the public with his evil talk, shoot him to death!"

When Taishi Ci saw the opponent's arrow coming, he lightly dodged it and shot at Zhou Yu, "Look at the arrow!"

Taishi Ci's attack made the Jiangdong navy even more chaotic. They attacked several fleets on the flanks. Seeing that the Chinese army was under attack, they all turned back to rescue Zhou Yu.

It wasn't that they didn't want to break through Yuan Xi's central army, but they were completely disgusted by Yuan Xi's tactics. Yuan Xi's navy was indeed unable to suppress the Jiangdong navy based on experience and numbers, but Yuan Xi did the opposite and used the iron of later generations. The chain link connected the warships together.

Logically speaking, this approach was due to fear of fire attacks, but Yuan Xi happened to use these ships to cooperate with fire attacks.

The connected warships completely isolated the waterway between the two armies. They not only blocked the breakthrough route of the Jiangdong navy, making it impossible for them to escape from the fire area, but also compressed the opponent's combat space.

Moreover, iron plates were installed near the waterline of Yuan Xi's warship, which made it even more difficult to burn, completely eliminating the vulnerability to fire attack. In turn, it cooperated with the fire attack and forced the Jiangdong navy to a dead end.

Han Dang Cheng Pu was blocked by iron chains several times and was not allowed to break in. When he was at his wits' end, he saw Zhou Yu's army being attacked and had to return to the army to rescue him.

When Taishi Ci saw the warships from Jiangdong surrounding him, he suddenly felt proud and laughed and said, "You're here just in time!"

"I still miss my battle with Sun Ce back then. Who dares to step forward and challenge me, Taishi Ci!"

(End of this chapter)