Chapter 473 Cao Cao Is Defeated at Huarong Road, and Lu Bu Pursues Him

The clear night is dust-free, and the moonlight is like silver.

The light mist on the river has been blown away by the wind. Through the clear moonlight, you can see a ship on the Yangtze River heading in the direction of Cao Jun's navy.

Without exception, these ships have a green dragon tooth flag on their bows, marking their identity.

It was the Han army who "rebelled"!

After receiving Xu Chu's report, Cao Cao boarded the watchtower and looked into the distance. When he saw hundreds of ships approaching, he couldn't help but look happy.

"Lu Su and Zhou Yu sincerely don't bully me!"

There were only a few large ships among the approaching ships, all of which were medium-sized ships that could only carry a few dozen people. The size of these ships did not pose a threat to Cao Jun's navy, and it was even difficult to board their warships.

It can be seen from this that Lu Su and Zhou Yu are sincerely seeking refuge with them, rather than taking this opportunity to attack them.

As for these soldiers returning, he will naturally divide them into various armies, so that everything will be safe.

A big stone fell in his heart, and Cao Cao said to Xu Chu: "Hurry up and let Xu Huang and Le Jin go to respond!"

"promise!"

Xu Chu nodded in agreement, turned and left.

Cao Cao was in a good mood. He leaned on the railing and looked at the ships that were quickly breaking through the waves under the southeasterly wind. He smiled at Xun You, Cheng Yu and others beside him: "The northwest wind has been blowing in the past few days, but starting tonight The wind is blowing from the southeast, it seems that God is really helping me.”

Xun You frowned slightly and said worriedly: "Sikong, the southeast wind is not good for our army. If the enemy takes the opportunity to attack..."

"Hey, Gongda is worrying too much."

Cao Cao waved his hand to signal Xun You not to worry, "How could I not have thought of your concerns?"

"Zhou Yu and Lu Su had made an appointment during the day to come tonight. The wind was still blowing from the northwest at that time. How could they have expected in advance that the southeast wind would start blowing tonight?"

"The weather is unpredictable. If they can really control the celestial phenomena, then they are not mortals, but ghosts and gods."

It was not that he had not guessed that the Han army wanted to take the opportunity to attack him with fire, but the wind had always been blowing from the northwest. In this wind direction, if the Han army wanted to attack him with fire, they would burn themselves.

This direction of the wind changed only after he and Lu Su set a specific date for surrender. He did not believe that people could predict the change of the direction of the wind in advance.

Only immortals can do this kind of thing. If there is someone in the Han army who has this ability, then this battle will not be fought.

At this moment, above the river.

Those small boats have already crossed half of the Yangtze River and are not far from Cao Jun's navy. The two sides will be in contact soon.

Le Jin and Xu Huang were ordered to lead the ships to meet them. Seeing the ships getting closer and closer, Le Jin suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Why do these ships look so frivolous? They don't seem to be carrying food, grass, weapons... and why don't they slow down?"

The ships on the river were rushing toward them at extremely fast speeds under the wind, and they didn't seem to be slowing down at all.

If this continues, the two sides may collide!

Le Jin's face changed slightly, and he said cautiously: "Something is wrong, let the soldiers be on alert! Be careful and avoid it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a cluster of fire suddenly lit up on the river surface shrouded in pitch-black night.

It was set on fire by the small boat rushing ahead.

This cluster of fire burned a hole in the night, and just a moment later, clusters of flames lit up on the river!

On one Han army ship after another, the Han army soldiers used fire sticks to ignite the anointing oil, sulfur and firewood loaded on the ship, then jumped onto a small boat towed by the stern, and cut off the rope connecting the two ships.

The ignited ships quickly burst into flames, like wild horses running wild, rushing towards Cao Jun's navy like arrows from the string!

Le Jin's pupils instantly shrank to the size of a needle tip, and he shouted in horror: "Escape! Escape quickly!!"

But it was too late.

At this moment, the distance between the two sides was very close. Their ship was hit hard by several ships burning with flames, and the entire ship was shaking for a while!

But at the same time, more ships on fire quickly passed by their warships and headed straight for Cao Jun's navy behind!

If you look down from the sky, this picture will definitely be quite shocking. Those burning ships are like fire arrows shooting at Cao Jun!

Cao Cao had been observing the situation on the river from the watchtower. When he saw the "surrendered" ships suddenly burst into flames and rushed towards his own fleet, his expression suddenly changed and his eyes were about to burst!

"Little Zhou Yu! How dare you bully me!"

Cao Cao was furious. How could he not understand that he had fallen into a trap? Zhou Yu and Lu Su had deceived him and pretended to surrender, but in fact they took the opportunity to attack!

Cheng Yu said anxiously: "Lord, order the ships to evacuate quickly! Otherwise, it will be too late!"

In fact, it was too late now. These burning ships were too fast to stop, and it would also take time for the navy ships to evacuate intensively.

But it’s better than doing nothing.

Cao Cao felt that his head began to hurt again, but he endured the pain, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Evacuate quickly! Prepare to respond to the enemy!"

The fire attack is just a prelude. The Han army will not miss this excellent opportunity and will definitely send troops to attack!

The decisive battle is tonight!

Han navy navy, headed by the warship.

Seeing the burning ships rushing into Cao Jun's navy on the other side of the river, and igniting raging fires, everyone felt excited.

"The plan worked!"

Lu Su said excitedly, his face full of joy.

After so much effort, Zhou Yu was seriously injured and is still lying on the hospital bed recovering from his injuries, but fortunately everything was not in vain!

"All officers and men obey orders!"

Zhuge Liang withdrew his gaze and suddenly spoke.

Zhao Yun and others clasped their fists and raised their hands: "Here you are!"

I saw Zhuge Liang pointing his feather fan at Cao Jun's navy on the other side of the river, and said loudly: "Send troops to defeat Cao!"

"yes--!"

What responded to him was the thundering voice of taking orders.

Sima Yi looked at Zhuge Liang and saw Zhuge Liang's clothes and belts flying in the southeast wind. His figure looked so graceful under the reflection and contrast of the fire on the other side of the river.

He was silent for a long time, and the light in his eyes slowly dimmed.

In this life...does he still have a chance to defeat Zhuge Liang?

…

Although Cao Cao tried his best to order the navy to evacuate the ships, the burning Han ships arrived too quickly.

The outer ships had just begun to evacuate, and these fireships rushed in directly. Hundreds of ships loaded with flammable materials such as ointment, sulfur, and firewood rushed into the fleet. You can imagine what it looked like. scene.

The bows of these fire ships were equipped with ramming angles. With the support of wind and speed, many Cao's warships were directly hit with large holes in their hulls.

Cao's warships were set ablaze one after another.

At the same time, the entire Han navy was dispatched. All the soldiers were awake tonight, waiting for the order to dispatch troops.

As Zhuge Liang's order was issued, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others led the navy to attack Cao Jun in a mighty manner.

"Put in the kerosene!"

Zhang Liao ordered the soldiers to push the catapult forward and throw out a jar filled with kerosene.

The fire is not enough, we need to add more fire!

Zhao Yun also led his soldiers to fire fire arrows, and soon the fire arrows and jars of kerosene were overwhelmingly smashing into Cao Jun's navy, which was in chaos.

Originally, only the outer ships were affected by those fire ships, but as the Han army began to throw kerosene jars and fire arrows, the Cao army ships inside also began to catch fire.

The wind borrows the power of the fire, and the fire assists the power of the wind.

The fire grew bigger and bigger.

Soon fires broke out everywhere in Cao Jun's naval fleet, and thick smoke billowed. Many soldiers were so smoked by the fireworks that they jumped directly into the water.

The Han navy did not rush to get close to Cao's navy and board the ships to engage in hand-to-hand combat. Instead, they formed a dispersed formation and surrounded Cao's navy from the outside. They kept firing arrows and throwing jars of kerosene.

Although Cao Jun also wanted to organize a counterattack, the fleet was shrouded in fire at this time, and everything they did was in vain.

"Lord! We are surrounded by enemy troops!"

"What to do now?"

Le Jin and Xu Huang returned to the warship where Cao Cao was. Both of their faces had traces of being burned by fireworks, and they looked very embarrassed.

Cao Cao didn't speak. He raised his eyes and looked around. All he could see were fires and burning warships.

Fire arrows continued to fall from the sky, and the screams of the soldiers were heard in the ears.

Through the fire, we could see many Han warships outside, and they were obviously surrounded inside.

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This battle is over for him.

Xun Yu advised: "Sikong, the enemy forces have blocked the river and we can no longer escape. We can only evacuate from the land now."

"Let the soldiers disembark and retreat."

Since Wulin is suitable for garrisoning a large army, they chose to garrison on the north bank. However, Jiangbei has been occupied by the Han army. Even if they evacuate, they will not be able to evacuate anywhere, but this is the only way to retreat now.

They could only wait for a certain distance to avoid the pursuit of the Han army, and then find a way to cross the river and return to the south bank.

Cao Cao closed his eyes in pain when he heard this.

He understood that this withdrawal meant that he had lost the battle, and he would no longer have the strength to compete head-on with the Han army.

Even if the remaining defeated soldiers fled back, it would be difficult to defend Jiangnan.

Is this retribution for backstabbing Sun Quan?

He is not willing to give in!

But the situation has reached such a bad point now that even if he is unwilling, there is nothing he can do to reverse it.

Everything was wrong because he shouldn't have believed Zhou Yu and Lu Su's lies and fell into their trap of surrender!

But what made him even more dissatisfied was why was it such a coincidence that the southeast wind started blowing tonight?

Could it be that the Han army really had divine help?

"Lord, we can't hesitate any longer. The fire is getting bigger and bigger. If we don't evacuate, it will be too late!"

Xun You urged again.

Cao Cao opened his eyes and said in an extremely tired voice: "Withdraw."

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Han Navy Navy.

A soldier came to Zhuge Liang and reported: "Warning to the military advisor! I found that Cao Jun has abandoned the ship and is evacuating from the shore!"

Sima Yi couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said to Zhuge Liang: "We can't let the Cao thieves escape alive. Let General Zhang and the others quickly dock the ships to pursue them."

As long as Cao Cao is dead, it doesn't matter even if Cao Cao's army is not destroyed. Only Cao Cao is the biggest thief.

"No need, I have already made arrangements."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said to Chen Gong: "Brother Gongtai, please send a signal to Duke Wen so that his troops can be dispatched."

He had already calculated that Cao Cao would give up the navy and evacuate from the shore, so after the war started, he asked Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun to take advantage of the situation to surround Cao Jun's navy. As for Lu Bu, he sent Lu Bu to ambush and wait on the other side of the river.

"good!"

Chen Gong nodded, turned and left.

……

After deciding to evacuate, Cao Cao quickly gathered the remaining remnants of the army, burned the remaining ships, and then landed and retreated under the cover of night.

After the army ran for more than ten miles, they dared to stop for a short rest.

At this time, several hours had passed.

The night gradually faded, the sky was pale, and the stars and moon in the sky were lonely, looking a little cold.

Cao Cao and the army were exhausted. They were first attacked by fire in the battle last night, and then they hurriedly landed and evacuated. Not to mention eating, they didn’t even have time to drink a sip of water.

"My lord, drink some water."

Xu Chu came forward and handed a water bag to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took it and wanted to drink it, but after looking at Xu Chu, whose lips were dry and peeling, and Xun Yu and others around him who also looked tired, he finally put down the water bag.

"No need, I'm not thirsty, Gongda, Wenruo, you drink first."

Cao Cao handed the water bag to Xun Yu, and then asked Xu Chu: "Where are we now? How far have we escaped?"

Xu Chu said: "My lord, we have escaped more than ten miles. Huarong Road is ahead. We will be safe after passing through it."

"Huarong Road..."

Cao Cao silently recited the name, then looked up at the demoralized soldiers around him, and suddenly laughed out loud.

Everyone was startled when they heard the laughter.

Cheng Yu asked in confusion, "Why are you laughing, lord?"

Cao Cao stood up and said with a smile, "I am laughing at Zhuge Liang's lack of strategy and Zhou Yu's lack of wisdom. They didn't expect me to evacuate from the shore."

"At this time, our army is exhausted. As long as a few thousand elite troops pursue us, we will definitely be buried here!"

"It seems that God will not abandon me!"

Cao Cao laughed heartily, as if he didn't care about the disastrous defeat last night, let alone Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu.

But at this time, a rough roar suddenly came out, covering up his laughter.

"Cao thief! This general has been waiting for you here for a long time!"

"Why don't you die quickly!"

This murderous voice exploded like thunder in the sky. As the voice fell, a large number of Han soldiers suddenly rushed out from the forest not far away!

Among them, the figure riding on a red horse was the most eye-catching.

He was wearing a phoenix-wing purple gold crown, holding a halberd, with angry eyes and imposing manner. Who else could it be but Lu Bu!

"Lu, Lu Bu!"

Cao Cao was horrified and almost fell to the ground.

How could Lu Bu be here!

However, Lu Bu did not waste time talking to him. After showing up, he led the elite Han army and attacked Cao's army!

Today, he must kill Cao Cao with his own hands!