webnovelvip Chapter 86
Chapter 86
After defeating the Yuan family and pacifying Jizhou, Cao Cao transferred Xun You as the division of the Central Army and stayed at Cao Ying.
Jia Xu immediately went south to attack Jiangdong because he opposed Cao Cao's occupation of Jingzhou. After Cao Cao vetoed it, he lay peacefully in Jingzhou like a salted fish to appease the people.
This time, Cao Cao brought Guo Jia, the main adviser, and several young staff members with him when he went south.The fast boat from Jiangdong approached rapidly, Guo Jia and Cao Cao sat quietly in the cabin of the main ship, playing Liubo while listening to the messenger soldiers coming to report non-stop.
"The Jiangdong ship has entered our military jurisdiction."
Cao Cao pretended not to hear it, and while throwing the dice, he waved casually to let the messenger soldier go out.
"The boat from Jiangdong has reached the crossing border."
Cao Cao waved his hand, still indifferent, took a chess piece and kicked away Guo Jia's one.
The messenger soldier was nervous and puzzled.
The enemy is close at hand, why is the prime minister not nervous at all?
But he couldn't believe it, and tiptoed out, surrounded by countless peers.
"how?"
"Has the prime minister ordered the troops to be dispatched?"
"Can Secretary Ling's flute stop?"
The third question fell, and everyone fell into silence.
For some reason, they were more concerned about the sound of Xiao than the ever-changing battle situation.
Everyone waited for the messenger soldier to answer these questions, especially the third one, which was related to the livelihood of tens of thousands of people.
The messenger soldier only sighed: "It's the same as before."
Everyone gasped, and some of them had quietly gone to get the cloth strips and put them in their ears, preparing to take them off when the battle started.
They have never been like this for a moment, eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the enemy.
Finally, the fastest boat rushed into the forefront of Cao's ships. Following the impact, the camouflage cloth was swallowed by the flames inside. The fire was boosted by the east wind and spread rapidly. The Cao Fang's ship that was hit immediately It burned.
Cao Bing nearby immediately followed the regulations and shouted loudly: "It's the water, it's the water."
Zhou Yu and others in the rear saw that the plan could be achieved, so they gave up the plan to jump off the ship and swim away immediately, and ordered the helmsmen on other ships to drum up the sails and rush to other ships at full speed.
When the messenger soldiers entered Cao Cao's place this time, Cao Cao happened to end the game and took Guo Jia's last chess piece.
Guo Jia pretended to raise his head and sighed, accusing Cao Cao of being ruthless.
Cao Cao accepted his tricks, but he still wanted to expose him and said:
"If you don't distract yourself, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win against you."
Guo Jia couldn't help feeling that it was really too difficult to play chess with Shangfeng.If you win, you will offend others, if you lose, you will be accused of not doing your best.
Fortunately, Cao Cao just said casually, he didn't want to play chess in his spare time and be abused by the most important counselor.It just so happened that messenger soldiers came in through the curtain. He took advantage of the situation to end the topic and asked, "Has Jiangdong's ships reached the core? How many ships have we lost?"
"The first two ships."
Cao Cao said again: "Can you see Zhou Yu and others?"
"There are people in the cabin on every boat, and there are more than ten boats left. We still can't tell where Zhou Yu is."
"Keep waiting."
Cao Cao didn't feel sorry for the burned ships. The supplies on those ships had been removed, and there was only an empty shell left. It didn't hurt to burn a few more ships.
After all, when this battle is over, regardless of the outcome, these ships of his cannot be taken away and can only be burned on the spot.
Anyway, it will be burned sooner or later. In order to attract the important generals of the enemy, a few ships will be burned first to add to the fun.
After Cao Cao strategized and spoke freely and freely, there was a moment of silence in the cabin.
The "relaxing" Xiao sound outside is still spreading.The messenger soldier wanted to speak but stopped, stopped and wanted to speak.
Cao Cao raised his trembling hand, stroked his beard, and said, "When will the secretary order be played?"
Messenger: So you also care about it?
Before, because Cao Cao played chess too calmly, he seemed to pay no attention to the sound of the flute, and let Zheng Ping play. Everyone thought that Cao Cao had great concentration and was completely immune to the "tear" sound of the flute.
Seeing that Cao Cao also asked unbearable questions now, the messenger soldier finally felt a little more balanced.
He went out to share the joy with his peers, and continued to follow the enemy's movements.
After the messenger soldiers went out, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao:
"Heaven-sent opportunity, there are many listeners here, let Zhengping play to the fullest."
As soon as these words came out, Cao Cao received horrified and astonished eyes.
Guo Jia said again: "Play more today, and when he gets tired from playing, he will put the panpipes away in the cabinet another day, and we will also have a quiet time."
What's more, with so many people listening to it, it's better than being stared at and poisoned by their small group, right?
Cao Cao read Guo Jia's subtext, but he still had doubts about Guo Jia.
He scrutinized Guo Jia for a while, then suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed his ear with lightning speed. After searching quickly, he took out two pieces of dough the size of gravel from his ear hole.
Even though he was caught on the spot, Guo Jia did not show any signs of guilt.
Cao Cao smirked and said, "It's not true to let him 'return to his heart's content, and settle down for a few days', but it is true to want Gu to continue to be poisoned by the sound of the flute?"
Guo Jiachang sighed: "Hearing music can improve your head wind..."
"Xianle can really soothe the emotions and relieve the pain of head wind," Cao Cao said in his heart, provided that Xianle is not a magic sound that can make people's scalp dance wildly.But he didn't refute Guo Jia's words, and even followed his words, "Not only that, but it can also regulate the body and mind, and improve the physique."
He put Guo Jia's simple ancient earplugs into his ears: "Fengxiao's body has been a little bad since Wuhuan, and this opportunity to recuperate is given to you—a godsend opportunity, why don't you listen?"
After finishing speaking, he put on earplugs, put on his armor and went out of the boat, leaving Guo Jia struggling in the arms of Xiao Sheng.
Four of Cao Cao's ships had been burned on the Jiangdong side, and Huang Gai and the others couldn't hide their excitement.Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang were just the opposite, and their expressions gradually became solemn.
"Zhuge, can you detect it?"
"This plan won't work, I'm afraid there will be fraud."
When the rest of the people heard this, their high emotions seemed to be poured with cold water.He quickly asked the two of them, "How do you say this?"
Zhou Yu opened the window of the ship, his eyes were like knives, "Cao Jun is not good at water warfare, so he built the ship quite large, at the cost of reducing maneuverability, and improving balance. How long does it take for such a ship, plus the supplies on board, to burn out? ?”
Without waiting for others to think about it, Zhuge Liang answered: "The previous ships were empty."
Thinking that Cao Jun might have been prepared long ago, but they were complacent about burning a few empty ships, they felt a sense of depression spontaneously.
Huang Gai said: "Since Cao Jun has already seen through our army's strategy and has made sufficient preparations, it will be of no benefit for us to stay any longer. It is better to dive and leave."
Zhuge Liang said: "I'm afraid that Cao Jun is waiting for us to enter the water, so that we can come to a pen to catch sheep."
Zhou Yu said: "Cao Jun obviously has other ways to deal with it, but he just let us burn the empty ship, I am afraid it is to paralyze you and me. Zhuge's words are very likely to hit Cao Jun's plan."
One person anxiously said: "Then what should we do? Most of the ships are already on fire, and when the Tie Bu is burned out, Cao Jun will know where we are as long as he can identify which ships are not on fire. Isn't it the same as 'enclosing the land to catch sheep'?"
Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang were contemplating, but the ear-piercing sound of the flute was still haunting their ears, which somewhat aroused emotional interference.
The two covered their ears again, and for a moment, ordered someone to light the cabin, then covered their mouth and nose, and pierced the tarpaulin on the window.
There was also a lot of firewood in the cabin of their ship, and the wind pouring in from the window fueled the fire, and the flames quickly climbed up, burning the cabin roof and the long cloth covering the outside first.
The soldiers at the helm of other ships saw that Zhou Yu's ship was on fire suddenly, and the fire was the most violent. In shock, several people from each ship handed over the steering wheel to someone to take charge of it, and jumped into the rescue one after another.
Zhou Yu and others took advantage of this opportunity to dive with these people.
Cao Jun, who was observing the enemy's movements all the time, was stunned: Why did three or four people dive into all the boats, which one was Zhou Yu?
Cao Jun didn't have time to distinguish, and was afraid that Zhou Yu would take the opportunity to escape, so he immediately put away the disguise of being panicked by the fire attack strategy, and asked the Shanshui soldiers recruited by Jingzhou to drive a small boat to attack.
The big ship lost most of its helmsman, but it was still driven by the wind and rushed towards the big ship on Cao Jun's side.
Cao Jun launched an empty boat to resist, freeing up precious time for other boats to evade. At the same time, Jingzhou soldiers rushed to the place where a few people fell into the water just now, patrolled, salvaged, and shot crossbows/arrows into the water. spear.
Some unlucky enemy troops were stabbed and taken captive, but the main target they had been waiting for recently escaped successfully, like a fish entering the sea without a trace.
A fleet picked up veteran Huang Gai.
Because Huang Gai was getting old and had just been injured some time ago, he felt a little stiff when moving in the water, and was stopped by Cao Jun before he could swim.
Except for Huang Gai, none of the other important generals in Jiangdong entered the net, which made Cao Cao, who had carefully laid out, very embarrassed.
When Huang Gai was brought before Cao Cao, his face was very ugly.
This time is the same as last time, Cao Cao is still looking at him from a distance across a string of guards, the only difference is that when Huang Gai came last time, he was still a begging general who was treated politely, but now he is bound and becomes a A prisoner.
Cao Cao deliberately said: "General Huang has caused heavy losses to our side, and I don't know how to deal with you so that everyone's anger can be calmed down."
Huang Gai stared at Cao Cao like an angry King Kong for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing:
"Burning a few empty ships, how can it be called a heavy loss? General Cao is so elegant that he went to great lengths to invite us to 'appreciate'?"
He didn't want to be called Prime Minister Cao Cao, so he replaced him with General Cao, and his words were full of sarcasm.
But Huang Gai didn't know that his irony hit a part of the truth in a sense.
Although Cao Cao did not win, he took the lead in this small battle, so he was in a good mood.
He didn't care about Huang Gai's sarcasm, but echoed, "Exactly. I heard that Governor Zhou is good at rhythm, so I specially asked you to find him here, and enjoy the 'Sweet Song of the Ages'."
Many question marks appeared in Huang Gai's mind.He has always been serious and resolute, and for a moment he didn't know whether Cao Cao was trying to argue with his enemy, or if he really had this indescribable thought.
Huang Gai is still doubting his life, Cao Cao has ordered someone to fetch Zheng Ping:
"General Huang misses yesterday's song very much, let the secretary come and play another song for General Huang."
Huang Gai: ...? ? ?
...Hold me (ju4) quickly! !