All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 375: Why is the Lord laughing?

Zhuge Liang did not go to Nanyang, but was still farming in his hometown of Xuzhou.

If he is not here, who can borrow the east wind?
There is wind on the river, the kind of river breeze.

As the saying goes, wind helps spread the fire. Strong winds can spread the fire more quickly and smoothly.

At this time, wind direction is very important.

Chen Ran's camp was located in the northeast, so a northeast wind needed to blow over the river to blow away the fire started by the arson boat.

But at this time of year, the wind is blowing from the southwest on the river.

If you really use fire attack, you will burn yourself.

At this time, your knowledge reserves will be tested.

If it were Chen Ran, he could just go back and search online.

But for the coalition forces, it all depends on who has a brain and can remember which books they have read the relevant records in.

There was no Internet and no libraries back then.

Knowledge is blocked by aristocratic families, so talented people are hard to come by.

At this time, Xun You was the first to express his opinion, "I once read a travelogue that said that on the river surface in Jingzhou, the wind is mainly from the southwest at this time of year, but there are a few days when the wind direction suddenly changes and the wind blows from the northeast."

Zhou Yu was overjoyed and asked quickly, "Which days?"

Xun You thought about it carefully and said, "It's probably around the end of the month."

"Can you be more precise?"

"The main reason is that the records in the travel notes are rather vague, and we only know the general idea."

"General," Sima Yi said, "We can find some local fishermen and ask them."

"it is good."

After asking a dozen local fishermen, the responses were roughly the same: at the end of the month at this time of year, the wind direction changes for a few days.

But it's only a few days.

"That's enough."

Zhou Yu immediately made up his mind, "I intend to use a self-torture strategy, and let General Huang Gai pretend to surrender. First, I will lead the arson fleet to enter the Chen bandit's water camp in the name of surrender, set the fire to ignite the ships, and use the east wind to sweep the Chen bandit's camp!"

"Please ask Liu Muzhou to lead his troops across the river ahead of time and ambush them in Huarong Road to intercept the fleeing Chen army."

Liu Bei stood up and accepted the request without hesitation.

He has no capital now, and even relies on Zhou Yu for food and supplies, so naturally he cannot refuse.

And he also wants to win, because only by winning can he have a chance to rise again.

Even more so, as long as he kills Chen Ran, who has no children yet, there will inevitably be chaos in the North and the Central Plains, and then he can restore the Han Dynasty!

"If thief Chen really flees to Huarong Road, we must not let him go!"

"Lord Cao." Zhou Yu was obviously more polite when facing Cao Aman. "Please ask Lord Cao to lead his troops across the river in advance. If we see the fire in Chen's water camp, we should attack them!"

The wind helped the fire, and once it started it would surely burn all of Chen Ran’s chained boats.

At the same time, the fire would spread to the camps on the shore, causing terrible chaos.

At this time, the land division must attack the camp and completely defeat the enemy.

Cao Cao did not refuse and immediately agreed, "Don't worry, Gongjin, this battle will completely defeat the Chen bandits!"

"Everyone!"

Zhou Yu, full of vigor and vitality, lifted his cloak and shouted loudly, "We will win this battle. The revival of the Han Dynasty is just around the corner. You should be soldiers and fight hard!"

"Here~~~"

Huang Gai sent someone to deliver a letter to Chen Ran, saying that he would lead his fleet across the river to surrender at the end of this month.

Chen Ran's reply was very quick, and there was only one sentence: "Wait for you to come~"

The coalition forces made intensive preparations, and at the end of the month, Liu Bei and Cao Cao crossed the river first to set up an ambush.

They encouraged each other before parting, drank farewell wine, and agreed to drink heavily to celebrate after victory.

On the appointed day, the evening wind indeed blew towards the northeast.

After dinner, Huang Gai personally led more than a hundred fireboats, hoisted flags and headed straight for Jiangbei.

Zhou Yu and others also led a large number of ships out of the camp to prepare for the support.

At Chen Ran Water Village, people are having dinner.

"My lord." Jia Xu, who was rumored to have returned to Luoyang to recuperate, smiled and put down the wine glass in his hand and said, "Calculating the time, it's almost time for you to come."

"Zhou Yu, you are too contemptuous."

Chen Ran laughed. "A feigned surrender and a self-torture tactic. Do you really think I can't see through it?"

It is said that Cheng Yu, who was in charge of the grain supply, also said with a smile, "We can just take advantage of their strategy and defeat them all in one battle!"

Gan Ning kept shouting, "Don't worry, my lord. We will definitely defeat the enemy in this battle!"

"Not urgent."

Chen Ran nodded and responded, "Eat first. Only when you have enough food can you have the strength to fight the enemy."

The generals of the various armies responded in unison and began to eat and drink as much as they could.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they each took orders and prepared to meet the enemy.

Chen Ran put on his armor, put on his weapons, and stepped onto the warship.

He had never had a water fight before, so this was his first time trying it.

All specific surface operations were handed over to Gan Ning for command.

Considering the strength of the Jinfan thieves, it is almost certain that they will win if they know the opponent's strength and plan in advance.

Even if something went wrong and led to his loss, Chen Ran didn't care.

At worst, we can withdraw our troops first and come back in two years.

He can afford to lose, even several times.

But the opposing coalition would be doomed if they lost just once.

When Huang Gai's fleet arrived in front of the water fort, a patrol boat came forward to lead the way.

When his arson fleet sailed into the huge navy camp, he looked at the fleet of iron chain ships in the distance, waved his fists vigorously, and roared in a low voice, "It's done!"

Seeing that the distance was almost right, Huang Gai immediately gave the order "Set fire!" More than a hundred fire ships set sail, and the death-defying sailors rowed desperately to speed up.

With the help of the wind, the burning incendiary ship crashed directly into Chen Ran's fleet.

Huang Gai, who jumped into the water ahead of time, laughed loudly, "Chen thief, this day next year will be the anniversary of your death!"

The flames in the water fort shot up into the sky. Zhou Yu and others who were ambushing in the distance were overjoyed. They shouted angrily and urged the fleet to rush over.

Huang Gai, who was swimming towards the shore, suddenly realized that something was wrong.

He treaded water and looked around carefully, and only then realized that Chen's troops were not in any panic.

What’s even more terrifying is that the burning ships are constantly drifting outwards.

"That's not right, we should burn it on the shore."

Huang Gai couldn't understand this.

But he soon saw the answer.

It turned out that only the two outer circles of ships were on fire, and they were quickly pushed away.

The ships inside were not connected by iron chains at all, and they were coming out one after another!

"It's bad." Huang Gai was horrified. "We've fallen into a trap!"

Zhou Yu, full of high spirits, personally led the navy into the water fort, intending to take advantage of the situation to destroy Chen Ran's navy.

Huang Gai, who was about to swim to the camp entrance, waved his hands desperately in the water and shouted, "Go back, go back quickly! This is a trap!"

The sound of the wind and fire was so loud, and the screaming was deafening.

No one could hear his shouts.

Huang Gai, anxious in his heart, swam towards a ship of the Eastern Wu and wanted to board it.

Unexpectedly, it was dark and the people on the boat were looking forward, not paying attention to the water surface at all, and they crashed directly into Huang Gai.

The great general of Eastern Wu sank into the water.

By the time Zhou Yu realized he had fallen into a trap, Gan Ning's fleet, which had been ambushed outside, had already returned and blocked the entrance and exit of the camp.

The soldiers on the shore were firing rockets, and Chen Ran's navy also launched their own incendiary boats.

Now it was Zhou Yu's turn to be attacked by fire.

"Zhou Yu~~~"

Chen Ran, standing on the deck of a warship, laughed and shouted, "How dare you show off your skills in front of an expert!"

At this time, Cao Cao's troops who were ambushing inland saw the camp on fire and took advantage of the situation to attack.

Everything went smoothly at the beginning, and the large group of people entered the camp easily.

But they soon encountered an army array that was waiting for them, and after a fierce battle, there was no chaos at all.

"broken!"

Seeing this, Cao Cao immediately felt uneasy, knowing that he was trying to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice. "We've fallen into a trap! Hurry up, hurry up~~~"

"Where are you going, Cao thief~" In the blazing fire, Cao Cao's banner was so conspicuous that Zhang He was the first one who couldn't wait to rush out, wanting to take the credit.

"Uncle, hurry up!"

Cao Anmin hurriedly rode forward and engaged in battle with Zhang He.

Before he could run more than a hundred steps, another general rushed over and said, "Cao, don't run~~~"

The man coming with a white horse and a silver spear is none other than Zhao Zilong from Changshan!

"Lord, leave quickly!"

Dian Wei handed the banner in his hand to Xu Zhu and turned around to stop Zhao Yun.

Cao Cao escaped again and saw the camp gate just in front of him. At this time, another general rushed out. It was Wei Yan.

Looking around, only his eldest son Cao Ang was left by his side.

Before he could say anything, Cao Ang had already pushed his mount away, shouting, "Father, go first, and I will follow soon."

Chen Ran’s camp was extremely large, and consisted of dozens of villages, large and small.

Cao Cao's main attack was on the largest naval camp, while other generals led their troops to attack different camps. At this time, they were all fighting in a group and could not get away at all.

After finally escaping the camp, I heard someone shouting, "The one with a beard on a horse is Cao Cao~"

He quickly took a knife and cut off his beard.

Then someone shouted "The one wearing the red robe is Cao Cao~~"

Cao Aman quickly threw away the red robe again.

But even so, there are still pursuers behind him.

Cao Cao, who was puzzled, finally saw Xu Zhu who was running after him with a big banner in his hand.

He yelled angrily, "You are so stupid! Throw the banner away right now!"

Xu Zhu was still arguing, "If we lose the banner, all the soldiers guarding it will die."

Cao Cao was so angry that he was shaking. "Shut up! Throw it away!!"

Xu Zhu threw away the big banner, and under the cover of darkness, Cao Cao and his entourage gradually got rid of their pursuers.

"My Lord," Xu Zhu asked, "Where are we going?"

"We can't go to Jiangdong. Zhou Yu, that idiot, must have fallen into our trap and is probably getting beaten now."

Cao Cao thought about it carefully and said, "That's right. Let's go to Huarong Road to join Liu Xuande first, and then gather the defeated soldiers and look for an opportunity to flee to Jingnan."

Thinking of this, he immediately took the few remaining soldiers and headed straight for Huarong Road.

When they were about to arrive at Huarong Road, seeing the silence and darkness ahead, Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled, which was a rare occurrence.

Xu Zhu, who was sleepy and tired, was puzzled and asked, "Why is the lord laughing?"

"I don't laugh at others, I only laugh at Chen Ran's lack of strategy and Jia Xu's lack of wisdom."

"There must be an ambush at such a critical point like Huarong Road. They didn't even think of it. Hahahaha~~~"

"Kill~~~"

Before the laughter died down, countless torches were seen suddenly rising in the distance ahead, and a large number of soldiers and horses rushed into Huarong Road and fought with Liu Xuande's troops who were ambushed there.

Cao Aman's laughter here suddenly stopped.

(End of this chapter)