Zhou Yu should thank God, because Huang Gai's destruction was about to end at the fifth morning of this morning. Zhou Tai surrendered Huang Gai's remnants, cleaned the battlefield and seized the warship, which was already the end of Chen and Si.

Therefore, he repeatedly sent a message to Li Su, sailed more than 80 miles of Yangtze River and delivered it to Li Su, which was already half past the afternoon. Li Su was organizing a fleet to set sail to the gate of Zhou Yu Water Village to show off his power, and it was almost dark.

So much so that after Li Su frantically attacked Zhou Yu and Yu Jinjun's morale, he followed the trend and attacked the camp for only more than half an hour. He stopped the troops because the sky was dark and the visibility on the river was too poor.

Zhou Yu survived this night again and was not completely defeated when his morale was at its lowest point.

Even so, Zhou Yu's side suffered much heavier losses in the attack on the camp for more than half an hour in the evening than Li Su. The soldiers were panicked and panicked when they fought, and their combat power was not even half of their usual strength.

The Han army warships suppressed the shooting with a divine arm crossbow, which made the Jiangdong sailors on the wall of the water village hug behind the wall, and did not dare to poke their heads out to shoot. The firepower density of the defensive party should have been dominant, but today they were pressed and beaten.

After both sides withdrew their troops, the casualties were counted. Zhou Yu and Yu Jin's side suffered at least two or three thousand casualties. He estimated that Li Su's troops on the opposite side were less than 1,000 casualties, and perhaps conservatively estimated that only seven or eight hundred were only seven or eight hundred.

The effect of low morale and confusion in the army is so terrible.

After temporarily repelling Li Su, a lot of troubles are still waiting for Zhou Yu.

First of all, Yu Jin would definitely not let him decide whether to fight the decisive battle or to directly withdraw into Ruxu Water, blocking Ruxu's mouth and giving up. And it is estimated that Yu Jin would be defeated by the entire army of Huanggai Zhuling Road Trigger, so he would most likely give up in one step.

But Zhou Yu had no time to argue with Yu Jin. He first tried his best to let his subordinates hold on to Yu Jin. He only said that General Zhou suffered a minor injury during the war and had to bandage it before he could meet someone. He asked him to discuss it in two hours.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhou Yu had to drag his sick body to understand the situation first: he summoned all the prisoners of war that Li Su had put back, asked about the causes and consequences of Huang Gai's defeat, the details of the battle, and whether Li Su had used any novel fighting style.

When he learned that Li Su was so cowardly that he had put a waterline armor belt on the Five-Tooth Battleship to prevent the fire ship from colliding and arsoning efficiency. There was also mud on the deck, and there was a fire brigade with damaged pipes on the ship...

All the details made Zhou Yu's scalp numb and he felt that he had no hope of fighting immediately.

Huang Gai lost unjustly! Even if Zhou Yu personally prepared for the fire attack in this battle, it would not be significantly better than Huang Gai. At most, it would only be slightly improved, but it was not enough to adapt the situation.

Of course, if Zhou Yu gets this information, some people may think that Li Su was not careless about leaking the secret? How could he put the prisoners of war on Huang Gai who participated in the bloody battle and let them bring back tactical details such as the waterline armor belt and damage pipe fire protection?

Of course, Li Su had thought of this, because Li Su knew that even if Zhou Tai annihilated Huang Gai and Zhu Ling, it would be impossible for him to catch all the boats in the early morning of the Yangtze River.

The Wu army sailors must have fled in scattered ways, but they were just trying to hide secretly and not be caught by searches. Therefore, there may not be Zhou Tai's whistle that came directly to report the news along the main channel, but whether Li Su released the prisoners of war back to attack Zhou Yu's military morale, Zhou Yu will be able to get the details of the battle situation sooner or later.

Therefore, the secrets of ironclad ships and fire damage pipes cannot be hidden, and the enemy will definitely know after a war. Moreover, even if Zhou Yu knows this kind of upright information, he cannot quickly solve it. It is nothing more than to let Zhou Yu learn from his mistakes and not give it to him for nothing next time.

In fact, after Zhou Yu was isolated and interrogated the prisoners of war released, he successively recruited the defeated soldiers who drifted back at night in just one or two hours, and a total of dozens of boats and hundreds of soldiers loyal to the Sun family.

After all, Huang Gai and others brought 16,000 people, and after being annihilated, they only fled back to 800, which was considered to be very efficient in Zhou Tai's annihilation.

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On the other hand, thanks to Li Su's long-awaited plan, "Zhou Yu will not only accept the prisoners of war he put back, but also get some of the defeated Wu army soldiers who fled back on their own, so Zhou Yu will definitely obtain details of the battle situation ahead from these two sources of intelligence at the same time."

Therefore, Li Su thought of another step on the basis of the original: nine real and one fake, real bottles of fake wine, and used those Huang Gai who was released by him to personally accompany the prisoners of war, and released some fake news that Zhou Yu could not find out from other information channels of the defeated soldiers.

It is impossible for the defeated soldiers to know these false news, so Zhou Yu could not find a chance to prove it if he was released from prisoners of war. He could only choose to believe it or not.

Sure enough, after initially interrogating Li Sufang's prisoners of war used to attack the morale of the Wu army and the defeated soldiers who fled back on their own, Zhou Yu had just used supper that night, and remembered a key issue that had not been tried.

The reason why this question was ignored at the beginning was because it had nothing directly to Huang Gai's defeat. However, after asking the most urgent "reasons for defeat", the priority of secondary questions was also increased and worthy of being asked carefully.

Zhou Yu began the second wave of arraignment.

He carefully asked a few officers who fled back, the highest level was Qujun Marquis, and gave them some food to reward them. He asked with a smile:

"When you fight with Zhou Tai, how powerful do you think of their sailors? Are they skilled in water? How about the fight between the crossbows on the water? Tell me what you know in detail."

It turned out that Zhou Yu remembered another purpose of leaving Huang Gai to test the attack on Li Su: to use Huang Gai to find out the individual combat power of the troops brought by Li Su, and to confirm whether the reinforcements Li Su received were just a flaw.

Zhou Yu has accumulated some observation information in the past few days, but because Li Su has not launched a large-scale strong offensive against Nanling Shuizhai, it mainly targets long-range shooting and lands in construction camps and builds siege weapons.

Therefore, Zhou Yu lacks the opportunity to fully contact and evaluate the enemy, so he dare not draw a conclusion based on his own observation. He is afraid that Li Su will be resourceful, so he only uses the elite of the front army to play him without using his full strength. If the main force behind Xuezang who has not taken action yet is a fool, wouldn't he be deceived by Li Su?

But Huang Gai's side is different. Zhou Yu knew very well that although Huang Gai was destroyed this time, he fought in depth with Zhou Tai's 15,000 people, and the two sides fought in a grinding melee. At this level, the bloody battle between you and me is absolutely impossible to hide your strength.

If there were new recruits or prisoners of war in Li Su's reinforcements, they would definitely be discovered by the fleeing defeated soldiers.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yu carefully interrogated and finally found that the information samples obtained were all "the soldiers brought by Li Su, each with elite water battle qualities, not a journey of fishing."

After asking about the defeated soldiers who fled back, Zhou Yu interrogated Li Su and the prisoners of war who took the initiative to release him.

The previous questions are just like asking for the defeated soldiers who fled back to themselves. The answers to the release of prisoners of war are also like the one who fled back to themselves.

When Zhou Yu heard this, he thought to himself: These prisoners of war should not have been deceived by Li Su or deliberately bribed and rebelled and released as traitors, otherwise the answers to the previous questions would not be exactly the same as those of the defeated soldiers.

So Zhou Yu completely believed everything that the prisoners of war said and continued to ask in-depth questions.

The next question is to ask these prisoners of war who were released to Li Su's Central Five-Tooth Battleship, what was the scene they saw when they were sent to Li Su's Central Five-Tooth Battleship. During the dozens of miles, did you see any abnormalities in the soldiers on the Five-Tooth Battleship, and whether they were not accustomed to vomiting and diarrhea or heat that caused the epidemic...

Zhou Yu was very clear that these questions could only be asked about the release of prisoners of war, but the escaped defeated soldiers could not be asked.

The reason is very simple: the defeated soldiers who escaped back must have never boarded the enemy's Five-Tooth Battleship from beginning to end. Because no one who attacked the deck of Five-Tooth Battleship came back alive, unless Li Su let you back.

Zhou Yu is also a rare famous general in the water war. He knew very well that if Li Su's reinforcements were transformed by northern recruits and Yuan Shao's prisoners of war, then these soldiers would definitely be given priority to deploy on the Five-Tooth Battleship.

The reason is very simple: the more recruits and northerners are, the worse the water quality, the more afraid of bumps. Large ships are not easy to bump, and there are also a large number of warriors and crossbowmen paddlers needed on large ships. Of course, new recruits and northerners must be arranged on large ships.

Li Su was no longer treacherous, and wanted to use the release of some worthless Huang Gai and Zhu Ling to accompany the prisoners of war to spread panic and attack the morale of Wu Jun. However, he and Zhou Yu would seize this opportunity to observe and turn the waste into treasure and try to understand the inside truth of Li Sujun!

The final interrogation result really satisfies Zhou Yu's expectations: the prisoners of war released said that when they were on the Five-Tooth Warship, whether it was Zhou Tai's Five-Tooth Warship or Li Su's Five-Tooth Warship, the Han army sailors observed up and down, were all capable people.

I didn't see any epidemic due to the heat, I was not accustomed to the local environment and had low combat power...

"All the reinforcements Li Su got were transferred from the northern line during the three months of quit! At least, they left Gao Shun in Wancheng first, and all the elite troops who served as defense in Xiangyang were strengthened to Li Su, and then Liu Bei transferred the reserve team from Guanzhong and Hedong to replenish Gao Shun!"

Zhou Yu completely believed in an important reason for his failure.

The Jiangdong Army had only a little strength, but it still had to withstand the main attack pressure of Liu Bei's camp! Yuan Shao had 400,000 people, all of whom were warable soldiers, and mobile troops were wandering and sitting quietly in Hanoi and Shangdang!

Huang Gai's defeat and was captured was not in vain. At least he helped Zhou Yu find out the truth about the overall strategic situation!

Zhou Yu had just finished interrogating not long ago and was thinking about how to deal with friendly troops. The attendants and soldiers outside could no longer stop him. He came in and reported helplessly:

"Grandmaster General Yu Jin wants to see you. He said that even if you are still bandaging your injuries, he will explain the next battle situation to you."

Zhou Yu waved his hand: "Let him in!"

The attendant's personal soldiers immediately turned around and left.

Zhou Yu was shocked and suddenly remembered something: "After dragging it half a cup of tea, let me hang my arms first and wrap gauze!"

After some acting skills, Yu Jin rushed in again with great momentum.

Obviously, Yu Jin was a little unhappy after being turned away by Zhou Yu. But he was not idle at those times, so he first released Li Su and the Cao army prisoners who were defeated and fled back last night were interrogated.

Of course, how do you compare Yu Jin's IQ with Zhou Yu? So the questions he asked were not very comprehensive and not so targeted.

Yu Jin asked straight to the point: "Zhou Yu! We have such heavy losses today, I have something to say first. If you want to keep our soldiers resisting delays, I will not agree! Your method can't safely remove the partial division who has hindered the rear and harassed him!

And you have repeatedly said that you can wait for the opportunity to fire attack after waiting. The time and place are good, but now Li Su has already made the situation clear. No matter how you wait, it is impossible for the fire attack to succeed! That is in vain!

I will give you two ways now, either the entire army retreats and let me enter the Ruxu water to block the Ruxu mouth, or come up with a total decisive plan of water and land coordination!"

Zhou Yu coughed twice in pain, but unexpectedly, he wasn't pretending to be completely pretending, and he was really coughing up blood.

He just pretended to have been dealt with injuring and delayed time, and even bandaged it for a while. However, he didn't know that injuring was fake, his blood pressure soared, and the internal injuries of cardiovascular and lung fire inflammation were not fake.

Yu Jin was a little sympathetic when he saw him pleating blood. He was temporarily unable to bear to criticize him with harsh words.

Zhou Yu slowed down and said sincerely: "I am the incompetent leader of the troops, which has implicated the three armies. The losses of the Old General Huang, Zhu, and the Second Captain Lu are all responsible for me. Your army is willing to help our army fight, and Yu is grateful.

My men will take the job of delaying time in the future. Every 180 miles away, I give up a tributary to the estuary of the Yangtze River, block the tributary estuary, and hide small boats in it. I think it is a threat. When Li Su lands, I retreat to the inland river, and the soldiers guarantee to retreat unstoppably.

You don’t have to do anything in the whole process! However, I hope your army can do its best to defend the north bank. If Li Su dares to land in Jiangbei and even occupy the camp and stop leaving, your army will be responsible for driving Li Su off the river again.

The lord has handed over the land of Jiangbei to you. You are defending your own territory! It’s not an exaggeration to contribute to yourself and Cao Gong? Finally, I will consider delaying enough time and fighting with you and Li Su near Ruxukou!”

Yu Jin was stunned. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu was open-minded and said that his follow-up dangerous work would be borne by his people and would not be used as cannon fodder for those who were prohibited.

Zhou Yu said this to this point, and it was absolutely righteous enough, and Yu Jin had no reason to object.

However, another doubt rose to Yu Jin's heart, and he asked in surprise: "Governor Zhou, listen to your tone. You are so determined to delay the decisive battle. What are you waiting for? You said that you are waiting for the right time and place to wait for the fire attack, and Li Su's cautious fire prevention is already destined to be unable to achieve it.

You said that you can wait for the windy days that are enough to overturn Li Su's ship. I am bluntly saying that this level of strong wind is hard to come by. Moreover, when June just entered the scorching heat, there were not many such strong winds. In previous years, it was the time when the dog days were about to end. So, what are you trying to do?”

Zhou Yu vomited blood and smiled bitterly: "Haha, General Yu, what you see is probably incomplete--even though we are defeated today, have you lost even the alertness of seeking military secrets during the defeat? Go back and ask you prisoners of war who were released by Li Su.

You have forgotten that when we left people to test and block Li Su, there was another purpose to find out the origin of Li Su's newly obtained 50,000 reinforcements! Now, I have confirmed that it is the elite reinforcements transferred by Liu Bei from the north! Yuan Shao was sitting quietly on the battlefield of Hebei and delayed the fighter plane. This is completely proof of the evidence!

Liu Bei was sure that Yuan Shao understood history, was suspicious, loved analogies, and was afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Battle of Changping, so he took advantage of the shadow in Yuan Shao's heart and first made a situation similar to Changping, and then scared Yuan Shao for nothing without any effort. Liu Bei's most elite main force was all dealing with us in the south!

Otherwise, why would Guan Yu not enter after he captured the wild king? It was not that Qin defeated the wild king of Han and separated the Han Dynasty from the Han territory into an enclave more than 400 years ago, and then the Han Dynasty surrendered to Zhao! Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were deliberately making a plan, and played the war in the north more and more like Changping, scaring Yuan Shao, a coward!

And I have to wait for this turn of opportunity! Even if it is not so easy to attack Li Su in fire, as long as there is a turnaround in the battlefield in Hebei, as long as Cao Gong can take the blame and speak up for justice and make Yuan Shao repent. Our three families of Guandong have truly cooperated sincerely and worked together, and there is still a chance! I'm waiting for this one!"

Yu Jin listened, although he was not shocked, he was really infected by Zhou Yu's regret.

After all, Zhou Yu's words are clear and organized, and they are magnificent.

The key is that Zhou Yu's tone and expression were indeed sincere from the heart, and he was squirting while squirting, which was exactly like Han Feizi's "Talk Difficulty" and "Loneliness" after being imprisoned by Qin.

Yu Jin thought to himself: "It makes sense. Although I didn't thoroughly review the prisoners of war just now, judging from the enemy situation they took the initiative to make general statements, it is indeed possible to prove this speculation that we have always doubted.

If Liu Bei was really in a state of vain and was secretly dispatched all the elite troops to deal with the Wuhui land, it would not be surprising that we would be defeated in such a crushing defeat. He immediately asked about this key military situation, sorted it out, and sent it to General Xiahou first.

In two days, Cheng Yu will arrive when he joins the army. General Xiahou will ask Cheng Zheng to think about it first. If it is true, then the lord will really have to personally try to persuade Yuan Shao to take the lead and take advantage of the empty Liu Bei's northern line to turn defense into offense...

In that way, we can surround Wei and save Zhao. Maybe some of Li Su's elite soldiers will be drawn away, at least they will not be strengthened again, so we will have a chance."

Yu Jin made up his mind and bowed respectfully to Zhou Yu: "Although the governor of Zhou is young, he is a person with a bright mind. If you don't consider each of them as your master, I, Yu, admire your responsibility.
Chapter completed!