Chapter One Hundred and Twenty
Time passed like this day by day, Sun Ce continued to strengthen his military equipment, and the entire military camp was busy.
But even so, in order to prevent Li Pu from becoming suspicious, boats were still sent out to harass Li Pu every day.
The time came on the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the surrender date agreed with Huang Gai was on this day.
"Zi Long!"
"exist!"
"Go and untie all the connected warships. No ships are allowed to be connected together. Only the row of ships in the front are left and connected horizontally."
Li Pu took the chopsticks and picked up a piece of mutton from the copper pot in front of him and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Ah? General, why is this?"
Zhao Yun looked at Li Pu who was eating meat next to him and was a little confused. He even suspected that Li Pu wanted to eat the meat he had put into the pot, so he found an excuse to send him away.
They have been using these iron ropes and boats for half a month, and they have achieved great results. Every time they go out to fight against Jiangdong's navy, they always come back with great victories. Now that Li Pu wants to untie these boats, this is simply self-destruction.
one arm.
"Huang Gai is pretending to surrender, just hurry up and untie the iron rope."
Li Pu took out Zhao Yun's fish meat with another chopstick. Nowadays, there are many fish and shrimps on the bank of the Yangtze River.
"General, how did you know that Huang Gai was pretending to surrender?"
Zhuge Liang was also a little curious. Pan Feng and Huang Gai had never met each other before. Why did Pan Feng think Huang Gai was pretending to surrender?
"No need to say more, you will know when you wait and see tonight."
Li Pu put down the chopsticks in his hand and wiped his mouth. Zhuge Liang fished the chopsticks in the pot a few times and only took out a few pieces of ginger. He picked up a plate of fish and threw it into the pot to cook.
"promise!"
Seeing that Li Pu was so determined, Zhao Yun didn't say anything and turned around to make arrangements.
"In the middle of winter, it would be nice to have some hot pot to keep warm."
How could Li Pu not be sure? Zhou Yu's remark about hitting Huang Gai is already well known to everyone.
Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, just stared at the tumbling fish fillets in the pot and fell into deep thought.
After a while, a chant came from outside the tent, and along with the chant was the sound of the iron ropes colliding.
The army has begun to remove the iron cables between the warships, and the wooden planks laid out have also been cleaned.
The iron ropes were taken off, and it was evening. Li Pu took a small stove and a jar of wine to the warships at the front of the warships that had not untied the iron ropes.
Along with Li Pu came some river delicacies and mutton.
In fact, although Li Pu likes to eat meat, his favorite food is beef.
Nowadays, livestock power is in short supply, so it is forbidden to eat farm cattle. Although he wants to eat it, he will not eat it.
He knows very well what goes up and down, and once he eats it, his subordinates will think that people in such a high position as Li Pu have eaten it, and they will not take it to heart.
"Tonight, just take care of yourselves. You don't need to take care of me."
Li Pu stood on the bow of the boat and talked to Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun. After speaking, he sat on the bow of the boat eating meat and drinking wine alone.
After a while, the sky darkened, and then the wind on the river suddenly changed direction and an easterly wind blew.
The cloak behind Li Pu was blowing loudly, and there was no one on the ships in the front row that had not untied their iron ropes.
Now only Li Pu was sitting quietly in the middle of the boat.
The cloak behind him was blown by the wind like a flag. Countless soldiers were fascinated by Li Pu's fluttering cloak.
Under this banner, they won every battle, beheaded Yuan Shao, captured Youzhou, defeated the Yellow Turbans, killed Li Guo, defeated Liu Bei, eliminated Cao Cao, and captured Jingzhou.
Now in a battle with Sun Ce, under this banner, they will definitely win!
Several torches suddenly appeared on the river in the distance, and the number of torches increased.
There were so many torches that they illuminated more than twenty warships descending.
"General Zhao, Huang Gai really pretended to surrender."
Zhuge Liang looked at the warship driven by Huang Gai. After careful observation, he said to Zhao Yun.
"How did Kong Ming find out?"
Zhao Yun also looked carefully at the approaching warship, but found no clues.
"You see, Huang Gai said that he came with food, grass and ordnance. The food, grass and ordnance are very heavy. The draft of these ships will not be so shallow. These ships must be carrying things to start fire. Once they get close to our warships, they will
It will set our warships on fire."
Zhuge Liang told Huang Gai's plan calmly.
"This! Fortunately, the general asked us to untie the warships and leave only a few warships on the river. Otherwise, our army would be ignited and our army would be defeated."
Zhao Yun looked at Huang Gai's approaching warship with a scared look on his face, and a cold sweat broke out from his back.
"It should be almost done." Zhuge Liang estimated the distance and said slowly.
"What's almost done?"
As soon as Zhao Yun finished speaking, something strange happened on the river surface.
On the warship that came to surrender, Jiangdong's soldiers threw countless torches into the cabin of the warship.
A violent fire suddenly broke out in the cabin and rushed towards the camp with great force.
Li Pu, who was sitting on the bow of the boat at the front, kicked the hot pot away when he saw this, picked up the battle ax in his hand and stood up from the boat.
Jiangdong's warship crashed into the ships that were crossing the front, and in just a moment, these ships were set on fire.
Looking at the fire shooting into the sky, Huang Gai stroked his beard and laughed.
"Pan Feng, the unparalleled general, is nothing more than this! Under the plan of my lord's fire attack, he is just a chicken and a dog with ears!"
In Huang Gai's impression, Pan Feng connected all the warships. Now that several large ships in front have been set on fire, the huge fleet behind them will also be burned. Victory is just a matter of time.
"Hahaha! Good! General Huang Gai is here!" Sun Ce led a large fleet on the river far away from Jizhou Water Village. Now there are fires in the distance. It must be the old general Huang Gai who set Pan Feng's warship on fire!
"Congratulations to General Sun. Now that Pan Feng's water village is on fire, General Huang must have set Pan Feng's boat on fire. Now the situation has been determined. General Sun has won a great victory!" Cao Cao stood on the small boat aside, looking at the fire in the distance, and held his hands.
Congratulations to Sun Ce.
On the other side of the bank, Liu Bei saw Pan Feng's camp burning, and he also slapped the flagpole fiercely.
"It's a big deal! The whole army is heading towards Pan Feng's camp!"
Liu Bei pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed at Li Pu's water stronghold.
"promise!"
All Liu Bei's soldiers quickly attacked Li Pu's camp.
Everyone was happy except Huang Gai.
Huang Gai's smile only lasted for a moment. The next moment, Huang Gai saw the situation behind him through the lit ship.
Behind these large ships, there were no chain links, just an open water area. Li Pu's ship stopped a hundred meters away.
Even though the east wind is blowing fiercely now, it is impossible to ignite Pan Feng's other warships over such a long distance.
Fell into a trap!
Only these three words echoed in Huang Gai's mind.
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Chapter completed!