Chapter 37 The Battle of Jiangbei (13) Cao Shuanghuo defeated Sun Wu!
Sun Jun's army tent in Honghu Lake still had an oil lamp on during the ugly time. The spring river breeze blew slowly into the tent, causing the oil lamp to flicker on and off.
The Wu army's tent was hidden in the reed marsh. The reeds were swaying in the wind and rustling, as if hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were marching covertly in the reed marsh at this moment...
Sun Jun ordered the officers and soldiers in his department: "The three armies listen to the order and have a good rest tomorrow, and defeat Cao's thieves early the next morning!"
Sun Jun's subordinates then went back to inform each camp, allowing all the soldiers to have a good rest and wait until the next morning to kill the Cao thieves with all their strength.
After the military order was given, a moment later, all the battalions roared loudly and began to fall into sweet dreams. A group of soldiers marched from Jianye and had not had a good rest yet.
In the past few days, Sun Jun ordered all the battalions to be on alert to avoid being discovered by the Wei army. At this moment, the stone in his heart fell, and he could finally have a good sleep. The soldiers did not know whether they would survive the battle after waking up.
Continue to train and fight day after day.
All the Wu army camps relaxed due to Cao Shuang's "sincere" letter, and the soldiers of each battalion camped on the Wu army warships among the reeds to prepare for maneuver at any time.
Early in the morning of the next day, Wu's army was still practicing silently on the deck as they had been in the past few days. They did not shout slogans to avoid being detected by the Wei State.
Deng Ai led more than 40 fire ships and more than 2,000 water battles, and they were ready to launch at midnight tonight when the Wu army was sleeping soundly.
Cao Shuang's 95,000 men also rested for a day today, and when fire broke out in the rivers and lakes of Jingzhou at midnight, they went to join Deng Ai's men and capture Wu's 200,000-strong army.
Sun Tzu's Art of War said: There are five objectives in a fire attack: first, to burn the enemy's men and horses, second, to burn the enemy's grain and grass accumulation, third, to burn the enemy's baggage, fourth, to burn the enemy's warehouses, and fifth, to burn the enemy's warehouses.
Transportation facilities.
This time, Cao Shuang wanted to burn the Wu army's 200,000 troops in one fell swoop, burn down Soochow's troop transport ships, disrupt the morale of his army, and annihilate Soochow's troops who pretended to surrender in one battle.
Certain conditions must be met to carry out fire attacks, and fire-generating equipment must be always ready.
You have to choose a favorable time to get angry, and you have to choose a favorable date to start a fire.
The so-called favorable time refers to the dry weather; the so-called favorable date refers to the moon moving to the four constellation positions of "Ji", "Bi", "Yi" and "Zhen". Whenever the moon moves to these four constellation positions,
When the wind blows, it is the day when the wind blows.
Any fire attack must be based on the situation changes caused by the above five fire attacks, and troops must be used in a timely manner to respond.
If you start a fire from within the enemy, you must send troops as early as possible to respond from the outside.
If the fire has started but the enemy can still remain calm, you should observe and wait and do not attack immediately. When the fire reaches its peak, attack if you can and stop if the attack is not possible.
Fire can also be set from the outside, so there is no need to wait for internal response, as long as the time and conditions are ripe, the fire can be set.
Fire starts from the upper wind and cannot be attacked from the lower wind. If the wind blows for a long time during the day, the wind will stop at night.
The general in charge of the army must understand the changes and applications of the five fire attack methods, wait until the conditions are met, and then implement the fire attack.
Today, the rivers and lakes in Jingzhou were calm, but at midnight the wind began to blow violently, and the northwest wind started. It was God who helped Cao Wei destroy the Wu army.
During the past few days in Xiling, Cao Shuang was not completely idle. He took the initiative to find fishermen along the Yangtze River outside Xiling City to learn about the local climate.
After that, he and the chief clerk Yang Zong roughly estimated the wind direction in Jingzhou on the fifth day of May, so Cao Shuang did not hesitate to agree to Zhuge Ke's false surrender and use his plan.
At midnight, the Wu camp was roaring loudly. Sun Jun and Quan Cong also rested early to recuperate their spirits. They got up at Mao o'clock the next day and waited for Cao Shuang's army to arrive.
At the beginning of the midnight hour, Deng Ai ordered his men to place Cao Shuang and Wang Ling's banners on the ship, hoist the fang flag, and lurk near the Wu army's warship. Deng Ai shouted: "Generals, soldiers, follow me, follow me and charge."
, break, break Sun Wu at this time!"
As he spoke, Deng Ai opened the curtain covering the ship with a "swipe" sound. The same was true for more than 40 fire ships. He used the rosin torch he held to light the reeds, sulfur, and fire salt on the ship that were already covered with fish oil.
For a moment, the rivers and lakes were illuminated like daylight.
Wu Jun just woke up from his sleep, and before he could make any move, Wei Jun's fireships rushed forward one after another, taking advantage of the northwest wind, and rammed into Wu Jun's fleet. For a while, Wu Jun's warships were ablaze.
The officers and soldiers of the Wu army were all panic-stricken and shouted: "Go and report to Sun, both generals! Hurry and put out the fire!"
The two generals Sun Jun and Quan Cong were also awakened by the Wei army's attack, and they got up and went out to check...
Sun Jun was shocked and said: "Come here, quickly follow me to put out the fire and assemble to resist Cao's army!"
Quan Cong also said with an ugly face: "Who can tell me, what happened? How could Wei Jun appear here at this time? Didn't Wei Jun just come to meet Gongxun early tomorrow morning?"
A young general came forward in panic and reported: "General, the Wei army just attacked. While the soldiers were still sleeping, they attacked our warships with fire and burned the reeds. At this moment, our army is in chaos. The soldiers saw that the fire was too big."
,The boat cannot be saved,
They couldn't go to the reed swamp, so they all jumped off the boat and fled for their lives. General, let's leave quickly. The fire has already reached the big tent. If it's too late, it'll be too late!"
Quan Cong, who was already in poor health, was attacked by the Wei army and destroyed the Wu army's original plan to ambush the Wei army. He was so furious that he vomited blood and murmured: "Gongxun has mistaken me for Soochow. It's all over. Everything is over. This
Within ten years after leaving Soochow, I will no longer be able to move northward!"
Then Quan Cong was unwilling to let his war career end, so he shouted hoarsely: "Come, follow me to resist, and kill the Wei army!"
But where can one kill in the reed swamp? If there is another place to go, it is in the water. After a stick of incense, all the thousands of warships in Dongwu were burned, and Cao Shuang's 95,000
The men and horses have also arrived, encircling the Jingzhou River from the north bank of the Changhu Lake and the north of Jingzhou, leaving the Wu army struggling in the water and fire.
Quan Cong saw that there was no way to save the day, so he had to join up with Sun Jun. Both of them were burned by the smoke, their heads were gray and their faces were dirty, and they looked like they were in a miserable state. The two led their soldiers to put out all their strength on a large ship "Yuhuang".
He took three thousand soldiers and fled to Wuchang in a hurry...
Cao Shuang ordered his soldiers to shout loudly on both sides of the strait: "Sun Jun, Quan Cong has escaped. I won't abandon you anymore. Why don't you surrender quickly?"
Sun Jun looked up to the sky on the big ship and sighed, saying: "Gongxun has misled me. The army of 200,000 has been dispersed. How can we explain to His Majesty!"
At dawn, the fires among the reeds on the Jingzhou River and Lake had just burned out all the combustible vegetation, and the fire attack had just come to an end...