Yan Yan rode back to Xiangyang alone and told Liu Bei all about Zhuge Liang being rescued by Samoko, Mi Fang's death in battle and what he said before leaving.
After Liu Bei heard this, he became furious and criticized Yan Yan for his incompetence. However, when he was hiring people at this time, Liu Bei promoted talents vigorously, making Jiang Wan the prime minister, Yan Yan the general, Tian Yu the chief minister, and Mi Zhu the minister. , Sun Qian was a guard, Jian Yong was in charge of Jinwu, Yi Ji was Taichang, he was promoted to Hussar General, Han Song was promoted to Chariot General, Fu Xun was a former general, and so on. Reward.
Moreover, Liu Bei officially declared Zhuge Liang a national traitor and issued an imperial edict, hoping to punish him quickly.
Although the ministers in Xiangyang City have been promoted to high-ranking positions, everyone knows very well that these official positions and titles are worthless at all, because the country has no generals, so what is the use of these empty positions. After Liu Bei announced that Zhuge Liang was the At the same time as the national traitors, there was also a rumor circulating in the army, that is, the Huaxia Kingdom increased its troops by 500,000 and was ready to swallow up the entire Jingzhou in one fell swoop. Rumors spread all over the place, people were panicked, and the morale of the entire Han army was low.
On the south bank of the Han River, in the camp of the Han navy, Tian Yu was sitting in the tent. Having just returned from inspecting the camp, he felt annoyed in his heart and hated those who spread rumors.
"I'm reporting to the Grand Sima, the people who spread the rumors have been killed on the spot, but...the rumors still exist in the army, and none of the soldiers have the will to fight." He Qian entered the big tent and reported.
Tian Yu had grown into a core figure in Liu Bei's army at this time. He sighed heavily and said: "This must be a strategy used by the enemy. They want to take this opportunity to undermine our army's fighting spirit."
He Qia asked: "What should we do now?"
"You go and call Du Xi, I have my own arrangements."
"promise!"
After a while, Du Xi entered the big tent and bowed: "See Da Sima."
Tian Yu said: "Come here."
Du Xi walked to Tian Yu's side, and Tian Yu whispered something to Du Xi. After hearing this, Du Xi smiled, gave a thumbs up, and said: "Great Sima's clever plan, in this way, the enemy army will be defeated. We The military can also be proud and proud, which will naturally boost the morale of our military."
"Go and get ready."
"promise!"
…………
On the north bank of the Han River, in the Chinese army's camp, Gao Fei was actively mobilizing troops. Zhao Yun had captured Shangyong and other places, garrisoned on the spot, and cut off the Ziwu Road. Sima Yi's army had also spread out quickly. The "pin" shape was formed, which restrained Wu Jun and exerted pressure on Wu Jun invisibly.
"Report to your Majesty, the last general was on patrol on the river and captured a spy. He carried a secret letter with him, please see it for your Majesty." The patrol captain handed over the letter.
Gao Fei took it and hurriedly opened it and looked at it. After reading it in a hurry, he laughed and asked: "Where is the person?"
"Just outside the tent!"
"Bring it in."
"promise!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks walked in. After seeing Gao Fei, he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, the wise and mighty Emperor of China, please don't kill me. I'm just a messenger. Your Majesty." There is an eighty-year-old mother with a newborn son, and..."
"That's enough, that's enough. If you're not annoyed, I'm annoyed too. Why do everyone always say these things when begging for mercy? Get up, I won't kill you!" Gao Fei hurriedly interrupted.
After the man stood up, he kept trembling, because he was surrounded by burly guards, and if he was not careful, he would be in danger of death.
"May I have your name?"
"Little Du San."
"Du San, I ask you, does your general really want to surrender?" Gao Fei asked, holding the secret letter.
"It's absolutely true. When my general saw that the Han army was exhausted, as the saying goes, good ministers choose their masters, so my general wanted to come to your majesty with ten thousand soldiers and horses."
"Well, very good. You can go back and tell your general that he will come by boat at three o'clock tonight. I will personally greet you to show my respect."
"No! Long live His Majesty the Great Emperor! Long live Long Live!"
Gao Fei smiled and said: "Come here, take ten gold coins and reward him."
"Thank you so much to His Majesty the Great Emperor. Your Majesty the Great Emperor may have great blessings and may you live forever!"
"Okay, okay, as long as you do good things for me, after your general surrenders, I will reward you with a hundred gold coins, and then make you a high official. If your general surrenders sincerely, I will use him seriously.
Make him a waiter and give him a first-class official."
"Little... little..." Du San was stunned and admired Gao Fei's generosity.
"Send off guests!" Gao Fei waved his hand and asked someone to send Du San off.
After Du San left, Gao Fei called Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, Wenpin, Zhang Qian and other generals and gave them detailed instructions. After hearing this, the four generals all looked happy and went down to prepare.
.
…………
"Did he really say that?" Du Xi grabbed Du San's wrist and asked excitedly.
"Yes, General." Du San took out ten gold coins from his arms, showed them in front of Du Xi, and said, "General, look, he gave this to his subordinates. He also said that after the work is completed,
Small ones also have official positions."
Du Xi took the ten gold coins from Du San's hand and looked at them carefully. He saw that one side of the gold coins had the word "Huaxia" printed on it, and the other side had the image of Gao Fei. He weighed it and found that the ten gold coins actually had
Weighs half a pound.
"Well, the Huaxia Kingdom has a strong national power and strong soldiers and horses. It seems like this. If I can serve as an official in the Huaxia Kingdom, I will definitely enjoy endless glory and wealth..." With that, Du Xi stuffed the ten gold coins into
In one's own arms.
"General, that gold coin is..." Du San shouted hurriedly after seeing it, but when he saw Du Xi's fierce eyes, he stopped talking, and in his heart he scolded all eighteen generations of Du Xi's ancestors. But
, after he finished scolding, Du San remembered that he and Du Xi were from the same clan, so he quickly changed his words and only scolded Du Xi.
Du Xi said: "I will keep this gold coin for you first. When I achieve great achievements, you will naturally benefit from it. You go and give the order, and I will go see Da Sima."
"Nuo!" Before Du San left, he gave Du Xi a rollicking look and cursed in his heart: "What a bastard!"
Du Xi went straight to see Grand Sima Tian Yu, and immediately paid his respects: "Grand Sima's clever plan, Gao Fei really fell into the trap, and asked me to surrender at three o'clock tonight."
Tian Yu nodded and said: "He is creating rumors among our army just for this reason. I will use his plan and send you to fake a surrender. You go tonight and wait until you reach the north bank. Once Gao Fei launches an attack on the south bank,
I will definitely send you to the front. If you turn against me when the time comes, the Chinese army will be defeated."
"Yes." Du Xi's eyes rolled, and he suddenly remembered something, and said, "However, Gao Fei also put forward a new condition, saying that the Chinese army lacked ships and needed to bring some warships over. Da Sima, look...
…”
Tian Yu thought for a while and felt that Gao Fei's conditions were extremely reasonable, so he said: "I will give you one battleship and ten battleships. I don't want to let the child catch the wolf. After you go, everything will go according to plan."
"No!" Du Xi chuckled in his heart.
"If this matter comes to pass, I will recommend you to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and let His Majesty make you king." Tian Yu seemed to be worried about something again and patted Du Xi on the shoulder and said.
Du Xi said: "I dare not die in service."
At three o'clock that night, Du Xi, as agreed, drove a fighting ship and twenty medium-sized warships, slowly sailing from the south bank to the north bank. The river was very wide, and Du Xi stood on the deck of the fighting ship and looked at the north bank, but
See the North Coast Navy Dazhai
The lights were bright and stretched for more than ten miles. He couldn't help but sigh: "People die for wealth, and birds die for food. I, Du Xi, am also a hero who knows the current affairs. The Huaxia Kingdom has such strong soldiers and horses. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can't resist it, let alone me?"
"
Du San was by his side at this moment and said with a smile: "General, our glory and wealth are right in front of us..."
Not long after, Du Xi approached the north bank, and was intercepted by patrol boats on the river. The boats were very small, and each boat could carry twenty people. They must have been vulnerable to the large battleships brought by Du Xi, let alone the surrounding ones.
There are also twenty medium-sized warships escorting them, which are vast and powerful. Ten thousand soldiers and horses are scattered on these twenty warships, which is also extremely powerful.
At this time, a larger ship sailed out from the Chinese navy camp. Gao Fei stood on the bow of the ship, riding the wind and breaking through the waves, and soon got close to Du Xi and others.
After meeting each other twice, Gao Fei howled: "Is this Du Zixu here?"
Du Xi hurriedly shouted: "It's Du, please see your majesty!"
When he saw that the man was very similar to the portrait on the gold coin, he was sure that Gao Fei was the emperor of China. He clasped his fists and shouted: "Dumou has come as agreed to surrender to Your Majesty. I have offended you many times in the past. Please forgive me."
Tolerance.”
"No problem, please come to the camp!" The warship under Gao Fei's feet was the largest here, but compared with the medium-sized warships brought by Du Xi, it was simply not on the same level. He asked people to get out of the way and let Du Xi and others go.
Enter the navy camp.
After Du Xi entered Dazhai, Gao Fei was already on the shore. He led all the civil and military personnel to welcome Du Xi's arrival, and asked the drumbeating team to start playing music. It was very grand, and Du Xi was deeply moved.
After the group entered the tent, Gao Fei personally hosted a banquet for Du Xi and the 10,000 soldiers Du Xi had brought, allowing Zhang Qian to entertain the soldiers Du Xi had brought while he himself talked freely with Du Xi in the camp.
Of course, we only chatted and never mentioned the military affairs.
That night, Du Xi was very drunk and was helped to rest.
When he woke up the next morning, Gao Fei held another banquet and entertained Du Xi again. Du Xi had never received such courtesy before. During the banquet, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor, I am guilty! I was killed by the Grand Sima.
Tian Yu sent someone to pretend to surrender..."
"I know." Gao Fei replied unabashedly.
Du Xi was shocked for a while, but when he saw that no one sitting with him was hostile, he asked: "Your Majesty knows?"
"Well, how can Tian Yu's little tricks fool me? General Du, since you dare to say these words to me, it means that you have sincerely surrendered to me, right?"
"I sincerely surrender. Tian Yu made an agreement with me, asking me to trick your majesty into sending troops, saying that I will attack the navy on the south bank today, and then surround your majesty on the river..."
"Haha, great. Just mobilize the troops and horses in a moment and let Tian Yu get what he wants."
"But..." Du Xi said worriedly.
"I have made arrangements, General Du just needs to do as I say." At that moment, Gao Fei told Du Xi what to do, and Du Xi felt happy after hearing this.
"In this way, the navy of Han Dynasty is not enough!" Du Xi said happily.
After having had enough wine and food, everyone ordered their troops and horses to board the ship one after another.
Gao Fei took Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Xun You to board the battleship Du Xi was riding in person. All two thousand Chinese troops changed into Han army clothes and stood on the battleship. There were many spears and bows and crossbows.
Seems extremely mighty.
The large warships of the Han army can only carry 2,000 people, and none of the other twenty medium-sized warships can carry 1,500 people. All the soldiers are disguised as the Chinese army, and the clothes of the Han army are ripped off from previous prisoners.
Yes, there are still some soldiers hiding in the cabin and not showing up. On the mast of the ship hangs the great banner of China.
After raising the flag, a group of people headed towards the south bank in a mighty manner. In addition, countless small boats followed the battleship, each carrying either a hundred people, or twenty or thirty people. Half of the Chinese soldiers stationed on the river bank were dispatched, and a hundred thousand troops were dispatched.
The momentum was so great that it filled the entire Han River, and the Chinese army's flags were all over the river that stretched for more than ten miles.
Of course, Du Xi had already sent someone to deliver a message to Tian Yu. When Tian Yu learned that Du Xi had successfully led the Chinese army to attack, he quickly gathered troops and horses, and all 100,000 navy troops boarded the ship, preparing to decide the battle here.
Victory or defeat.
Tian Yu divided his troops into two groups. He led dozens of warships on the left, and assigned 50,000 naval troops to He Qia to lead and assist on the right. After the Han army boarded the ship, Tian Yu boosted morale and threatened that the battle would be won.
We have sent people over to do the damage. After a long time of encouragement, the morale improved a little.
About half an hour later, the two armies met in the middle of the river. Tian Yu stood on the battleship and looked across the way. Seeing the huge momentum of the Chinese army, which was almost overwhelming, he laughed and immediately sent ten medium-sized warships to form a formation.
A row of archers were all ready and rushed towards the Chinese army.
Du Xi stood on the bow of the battleship and immediately raised the flag as agreed, asking people to put down the Chinese army's flag, put up the Han army's flag, and began to make gestures to turn the ship's bow.
After Tian Yu looked at it, he laughed and said: "How can those fishing boats and small boats of the Chinese army be the opponent of my powerful navy?"
However, his laughter suddenly stopped, because he saw that Du Xi did not turn the bow of the ship to attack, but rushed directly towards the Han army's warship at high speed. It was the middle of winter, the north wind was howling, and Du Xi
Xi and others followed the current and the wind, and the speed of the ship was extremely brisk. All the sails on the ship's masts were unfolded. Everyone on the ship also took out their repeating crossbows and fired at the soldiers on the Han army's warship.
"boom……"
With a loud noise, the Chinese army's ship collided with the Han army's ship. After a slight shake, the swordsmen who were waiting in the cabin rushed out and rushed towards the Han army's ship. At the same time, on the deck,
The people also began to throw flying hooks and ropes, which firmly trapped the enemy ship.
"I fell into the trap. Du Xi, this bastard, actually faked it and really joined the Chinese army!" Tian Yu was annoyed for a while, but it was too late to retreat at this time. He could only fight hard and turned to the flag bearer behind him.
, "Give Heqia an order, and the entire army will press forward to fight to the death with the Chinese army!"