Chapter 141 Sun Ce comes to ask for death, let's make another move! Zhou Yu was confused: Liu Bei, why don't you play by the rules?

Using his way, will he also apply it to his body?
Trick the 100,000 arrows back from Liu Bei?
The resentment in Sun Ce's eyes turned into surprise. He put down his wine glass and looked at Zhou Yu suspiciously.

Zhou Yu took a sip of wine and said slowly:

"Tomorrow night, I will also lead dozens of baggage ships, with straw men covering the sides of the ships, and approach the enemy camp on the north bank with gongs and drums blaring."

"Then Liu Bei will surely think that we are angry about what he did tonight and are leading our army to launch a night attack in revenge."

"At that time, it was dark and gloomy, and Liu Bei had no choice but to suppress our army with arrows, just like we did today."

"In this way, we have tricked those hundreds of thousands of arrows back from Liu Bei, right?"

With a hint of sarcasm on his face, Zhou Yu confidently presented his strategy.

Sun Ce suddenly realized what was going on, and his expression immediately turned from gloomy to bright. He clapped his hands and praised loudly:
"Good, good, good, a good strategy of giving someone a taste of their own medicine!"

"Liu Bei would never have thought that I would use his tricks against him!"

"Gongjin's plan is truly brilliant. He deserves the title of Jiangdong's wisest general!"

Sun Ce smiled from ear to ear and praised Zhou Yu highly. His previous complaints were forgotten in an instant.

Zhou Yu smiled without saying anything. He just sipped the wine in the glass and regained his composure as he was in charge of the overall situation.

"Gongjin's plan is indeed a good one."

"But Xiao Fang is extremely intelligent. If he sees that Gongjin is imitating Liu Bei's plan today and asks Liu Bei to send out the navy, what should we do?"

"If Gongjin doesn't have time to turn around and retreat, and the enemy's navy catches up, the consequences will be disastrous."

Lu Su remained upright and poured a bucket of cold water on him at an inappropriate time.

Sun Ce's high spirits were extinguished in an instant, his smile suddenly disappeared, and he looked anxiously at Zhou Yu.

"I have never thought of what Zi Jing said."

Zhou Yu had expected this. He dipped his fingertips in the wine and scratched on the table while saying:
"I approached the enemy camp with baggage ships to lure them to shoot arrows, but you, Bofu, led my navy and ambushed us from the side and rear."

"If Liu Bei dares to send his navy to fight, I will immediately turn around and retreat, using the sound of the horn as a signal."

"Then you, Bofu, can lead our navy and attack from both wings to launch a pincer attack on the pursuing enemy navy. We will surely be able to defeat it easily."

"Since Liu Bei's navy has been severely damaged, the water rights of the Yangtze River will be completely owned by our army. We are fully capable of separating part of the navy, advancing westward along the river and attacking Xiakou, seizing their food supply route and forcing Liu Bei to retreat without a fight!"

After saying that, Zhou Yu raised his head and looked at Lu Su.

That look seemed to be saying, Zijing, do you still have cold water to pour on me now?
After Lu Su thought for a moment, he clasped his hands and said in admiration:
"I didn't expect Gongjin to be so thoughtful. If it's as Gongjin said, then this plan is indeed foolproof."

"Gongjin's wisdom is beyond Su's reach."

This time, Lu Su was convinced and had nothing to say.

Zhou Yu smiled slightly, then turned to look at Sun Ce again.

"Gongjin is a man of foresight and foresight, worthy of being my Zifang!"

Sun Ce clapped his hands in praise and laughed:
"Okay, okay, let's follow Gongjin's plan. Tomorrow we will return the favor."

"If Liu Bei doesn't fight, I will trick him into firing 100,000 arrows. If he dares to fight, I will destroy his navy!"

...

The next day at night.

On the north bank, Liu Jun’s camp.

"My Lord, given the current state of our navy's reorganization, it will take at least two months to complete the integration."

"By then, the strength of our navy will be on par with that of Jiangdong's navy. I have the confidence to fight Sun Ce to the death."

Inside the central army tent, Gan Ning was reporting on the progress of the navy's reorganization.

"Two months later? It's not too late."

Liu Bei nodded slightly and said:
"Xingba, just do it at your own pace. If you have any needs, just ask."

Gan Ning then presented a list he had prepared, which was full of military supplies such as warships, bows and crossbows.

Liu Bei approved everything without even looking at it.

"Two months, this is too long~~"

"Then don't we have to stay at the north bank for two months, doing nothing, just watching Sun Ce's warships show off their might right under our noses?"

Zhang Fei, however, was not so patient and had already started to complain mutteringly.

Liu Bei shook his head and smiled, and could only appease him:
"Yide, naval warfare is not the same as ground warfare. If you are not fully prepared, how can you be a match for Sun Ce?"

"The strength of Jiangdong's navy is far superior to Jiangxia's navy, and Sun Ce's ability to command troops is incomparable to Huang Zu and Cai Mao."

"There is a chance to defeat Sun Ce within two months. It is not too late. You just need to be more patient."

Zhang Fei said "Oh" and stopped complaining. He lowered his head and drank his tea.

"In fact, in order to defeat Sun Ce, we don't necessarily have to wait until the navy is fully trained."

Xiao Fang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said this.

This simple sentence immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Including Gan Ning, everyone turned their curious eyes to Xiao Fang.

"The military advisor said before that the key to defeating Sun Ce lies in winning the naval battle."

"How can this navy defeat Sun Ce if it has not yet completed its training?"

Liu Bei heard the hidden meaning in Xiao Fang's words and asked hurriedly.

"The navy has not yet completed its training. If we want to defeat Sun Ce's Jiangdong navy, we can only use a surprise attack to win."

"But this time, in order to achieve a surprise victory, we have to wait for Sun Ce to come to us and ask for death, so that we can make our move."

"And this is just my speculation. As for whether Sun Ce will act according to my speculation, I can't say for sure."

After hearing Xiao Fang's ambiguous, mysterious and obscure words, Lao Liu's eyes changed from curiosity to confusion.

This was true for everyone in the tent.

Even Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu, two extremely intelligent men, looked at each other with confusion on their faces.

"Military Advisor, I understand every word you said, but why do I not understand anything when you put them together?"

"You've said so much, what do you mean?"

Zhang Fei scratched his head, looking dizzy.

Sudden.

Outside the originally silent tent, the sound of thunderous drums suddenly rang out.

The discussion in the tent was interrupted, and everyone immediately became alert. Liu Bei jumped up and walked out of the tent, and everyone followed closely.

The drum sounds came from the river, mixed with faint cries of killing, as if enemy troops were attacking from the water.

"It must be Sun Ce who attacked our water camp at night. My lord, I'm going first!"

Gan Ning bowed hurriedly, took his leave and headed straight for the water camp.

Liu Bei did not dare to underestimate the enemy and immediately rushed to the water camp. At the same time, he urgently dispatched infantry from the land camp to the water camp to reinforce the defense.

In a short moment, all the naval soldiers had boarded the ships to prepare for battle, and nearly 10,000 soldiers from the land camp also rushed to the water camp and lined up on the shore.

Gan Ning, who had rushed back to the water camp first, had ordered archers to shoot at the Jiangdong warships in the night to prevent the enemy ships from approaching.

"Han Sheng, your Changsha soldiers are all good archers. Go and help Xingba shoot arrows. Don't let the enemy ships get close to our water camp!"

Liu Bei was calm and experienced, and he immediately made some arrangements.

Huang Zhong took the order and immediately led the Changsha soldiers to the pier. Thousands of sharp arrows flew into the air and shot towards the river in the night.

"Jinglue, could it be that Ah Liang's plan yesterday angered that little bully, and he led his army to attack our water camp at night today?"

Liu Bei turned around and glanced at Xiao Fang.

"It's not impossible. After all, the little bully has a violent temper. If he knew that we had tricked him out of 100,000 arrows, it would be understandable that he would be furious and attack us."

Xiao Fang nodded slightly, but his eyes never left the river, and there was a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

Liu Bei sneered and said, "In that case, Ah Liang borrowed his sharp arrow last night, so I can return it to him tonight!"

All the generals laughed.

Only Xiao Fang, looking at the dark river surface and listening to the deafening drumbeats and shouts of killing, had a more and more suspicious look in his eyes.

After a moment, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"My lord, give the order to stop shooting arrows immediately. Don't waste any more arrows."

"Change them all to rockets!"

Xiao Xiang bowed to Lao Liu and said something.

Old Liu was stunned and looked at Xiao Fang with a blank look.

Everyone was puzzled. Why did they suddenly have to replace the expensive rockets?

Can't ordinary arrows still suppress enemy ships?

"Aliang, do you remember what I said yesterday?"

Xiao Fang smiled playfully and glanced at Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang's thoughts raced, and suddenly his heart was shaken, and he hurriedly said:

"Brother-in-law, are you guessing that Sun Ce is not planning to attack our camp at night, but is trying to imitate my plan of borrowing arrows with straw boats yesterday and trick us into using our arrows?"

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

"Using our straw boat to borrow arrows, and then using it against us, Jinglue, this..."

Old Liu looked surprised, as if he was not quite sure that Sun Ce would have such an unexpected method.

"Zhou Lang is also a man who is good at coming up with surprising ideas. It is precisely because we think this is unreasonable that he is willing to offer this plan to Sun Ce!"

"Then again, no matter if he is using the straw boat to borrow arrows or not, we can just shoot at him with a volley of rockets and we'll know for sure."

Xiao Fang smiled disapprovingly.

Anyway, I cheated Sun Ce out of more than 100,000 rockets yesterday. Even if I made a wrong judgment today and wasted some expensive rockets, I still made no loss when I calculated it over and over again.

Liu Bei thought about it and it made sense, so he stopped hesitating and shouted:

"Send a message to Xingba, stop shooting arrows and switch to fire arrows!"

When the order was given, the arrows that were as dense as rain stopped in an instant.

Barrels of kerosene were carried to the shore and rockets wrapped in oilcloth were ignited.

With Gan Ning's order, thousands of rockets took off into the sky, illuminating the night sky and roaring towards the river.

Above the Yangtze River.

In a baggage ship, Zhou Yu was sitting cross-legged, sipping fine wine.

The flying arrows all hit the straw man on the side of the boat, gradually causing the boat to tilt.

"The governor's move of using his own method to return the favor is truly brilliant!"

"Liu Bei would never have thought that the governor would use the same trick to trick him into taking our arrows and then trick them back again!"

Pan Zhang, who was standing aside, was exclaiming in admiration with his eyes full of awe.

"The plan of borrowing arrows from straw boats was ingenious. Liu Bei certainly didn't have that kind of wisdom. It was probably Xiao Fang's work."

"Xiao Fang, this time our battle of wits ended in a tie..."

Zhou Yu smiled coldly and then shouted:

"Pass the order, turn the boat around so the other side will be hit by arrows!"

When the order was given, the baggage ships began to turn slowly to receive arrows from the other side.

Suddenly, the arrows that were raining down from the sky suddenly disappeared.

"Commander-in-chief, the enemy suddenly stopped shooting arrows. Could it be that they realized we were scheming?"

Pan Zhang turned around and looked at Zhou Yu, and suddenly became nervous.

A trace of doubt flashed across Zhou Yu's eyes, so he put down his wine glass, carefully stuck his head out, and looked towards the north bank.

Sure enough, Liu Jun’s water camp was completely quiet, without a single arrow being shot at.

"Could it be that Xiao Fang saw through my plan?"

Zhou Yu muttered to himself, his brows furrowed.

at this time.

Countless flames rose up from Liu's camp, like meteors in the sky, and came towards them in an overwhelming manner.

"Rocket?"

"Commander-in-chief, the enemy has fired rockets!"

Pan Zhang pointed at the sky and shouted in horror.

Zhou Yu's eyes suddenly widened, and his face twisted into a look of endless shock.

(End of this chapter)