Chapter 142: The handsome Zhou Lang becomes a drowned chicken! Xiao Fang's wisdom is better than mine? I swear on the lives of the Sun family!

Rockets were flying all over the sky, covering the sky like an overwhelming force.

Zhou Yu was confused.

He froze in place, his eyes wide open, as if he had seen the most incredible scene in his life.

Thousands of thoughts flooded my mind and I was suddenly awakened.

He understood why the rain of arrows on the shore suddenly stopped for a short time.

That's because Liu Bei was replacing the rocket.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary arrows are enough to suppress him, so why switch to expensive rockets?
There is only one reason:
Liu Bei saw through his plan of borrowing arrows by using straw boats!

No, it should be Xiao Fang who saw through his plan of borrowing arrows by using the straw boat.

That's why they called Liu Bei to shoot him with rockets so as to burn his baggage ship covered with straw men!
"The weakness of this plan is that it is afraid of fire attack?"

"No wonder Liu Bei chose to use this trick to trick our army into firing arrows on the rainy night yesterday!"

"Damn it, I was careless!"

Zhou Yu clenched his fists, his face twisted with endless regret and self-blame, a feeling of shame and anger of being teased instantly spread throughout his body.

Just as he was distracted, the rocket whizzed down.

Two of the rockets were heading straight for the supply ship where he was.

"Captain, be careful!"

Pan Zhang shouted loudly, drew his sword and stepped forward to block the attack, pushing Zhou Yu back.

The rockets attacked, but were all deflected by Pan Zhang.

Zhou Yu was caught off guard by the push and fell into the cabin in a panic, falling to the floor.

The wine glass on the table fell over, splashing all over Zhou Yu.

The rest of the straw boats were not so lucky. Five of them were hit by rockets in an instant.

The straw man on the side of the boat was ignited instantly when it came into contact with the arrow tip soaked in kerosene, and the flames spread rapidly.

Panic screams rang out one after another on the river.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third rounds of rockets fell one after another like fire nets.

Supply ships were constantly hit by rockets and ignited. In a blink of an eye, more than ten ships were on fire, and the screams of Jiangdong sailors were heard everywhere.

"Commander-in-chief, your plan has been discovered by Liu Bei. We must retreat to the south bank!"

While Pan Zhang was waving his sword to block the rockets, he turned back and shouted anxiously.

Zhou Yu, who was lying on the ground, got up, not caring about his embarrassment, and shouted anxiously:

"Sound the retreat, quickly sound the retreat!"

"All ships turn around and retreat to the south coast at full speed—"

Before his order was passed down, the morale of the soldiers on each ship had already collapsed, and they scrambled to turn around and row desperately towards the south bank.

Behind him, Liu Jun's rockets continued to fall.

Zhou Yu looked around and saw that one straw boat after another was on fire. Soldiers who were burned into flames kept jumping into the river screaming.

It is now the middle of winter, the river is freezing cold, and it is also the lowest temperature in the middle of the night. If you jump in like this, even if you are not burned to death, you will soon freeze to death in the river.

Zhou Yu clenched his fists, his heart aching.

It’s not because I feel sorry for the deaths and injuries of these soldiers.

Looking back on that day, he was so confident that he declared that he would give Sun Ce a taste of his own medicine, using Liu Bei's strategy to trick Liu Bei and tricking Sun Ce into returning 100,000 arrows.

The big talk has been made, and all the soldiers in the camp know it.

But now all the straw boats were lost, the arrows were not retrieved, and he had to flee in a panic, ending in an extremely embarrassing situation.

This is like shooting oneself in the foot. It turns out that the clown is actually himself...

How should he face Sun Ce?

How can I save my face in front of the soldiers?
"It must be Xiao Fang who saw through my plan. This fire attack must be his work!"

"Is this country bumpkin's wisdom really superior to mine?"

Zhou Yu gritted his teeth secretly, the more he thought about it, the more depressed he felt.

At this moment, the last round of rockets came whizzing in before the straw boat was out of range.

Because most of the straw boats had been set on fire, almost half of Liu Jun's rockets were concentrated on the few remaining straw boats.

Dozens of rockets flew down towards the straw boat where Zhou Yu was.

Pan Zhang had no time to care about Zhou Yu. He desperately waved his sword into a ball to block the incoming arrows.

But the rain of arrows was too dense, and seven or eight rockets still hit the straw boat.

The straw men on both sides were instantly ignited, and flames suddenly rose up.

Zhou Yu was awakened from his anger and remembered to draw his sword, wanting to chop off the burning straw man and push it off the boat.

A streak of fire passed through Pan Zhang's sword and headed straight for Zhou Yu's face.

"Captain, be careful!"

Pan Zhang shouted in panic to warn people.

At the critical moment, Zhou Yu dodged by instinct.

The rocket passed by his face.

The sharp arrow tip instantly cut a gash on Zhou Yu's handsome face.

The raging flames then burned the wound and flesh.

"what--"

Zhou Yu let out a heart-wrenching scream, the sword in his hand fell out of his hand, and he fell to the ground, covering his face.

Pan Zhang rushed forward, brandishing his sword in one hand and helping Zhou Yu up with the other.

There was a bloody cut on Zhou Yu's left cheek, and most of his flesh and blood had been burnt by the flames, making him look extremely hideous.

"Du...Dudu..."

Pan Zhang looked at the disfigured handsome Zhou Lang and gasped, stunned for a moment.

"Leave me alone, put out the fire, put out the fire!"

Zhou Yu ignored the pain on his face and yelled at Pan Zhang.

Pan Zhang finally reacted and hurriedly shouted at several soldiers to put out the fire.

To no avail.

The fire spread very quickly, and in a blink of an eye the entire straw boat was on fire. Several sailors were either shot to death or jumped into the river to escape.

"Commander-in-chief, the fire cannot be put out. Let's jump into the river to escape!"

Pan Zhang hurriedly began to take off his armor.

Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and hesitated as he looked at the cold river water.

The river was surging and freezing cold. Even if he knew how to swim, he would be dead if he jumped in. "General, please forgive me for leaving first. Please take care of yourself!"

Seeing that Zhou Yu was hesitant, Pan Zhang did not want to be buried with him, so he made up his mind and jumped into the river to escape.

Just before he stood up and was about to jump into the river.

A rocket whizzed from behind and hit him right in the back.

With a scream, Pan Zhang plunged into the freezing river water and sank in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Yu was so shocked when he saw Pan Zhang die in front of him that his whole body trembled.

At this moment, there was a loud cracking sound behind him, and the mast that was burned by fire fell towards Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu didn't have time to think, so he just jumped into the icy river.

The entire straw boat behind him had turned into a blazing fire boat.

Zhou Yu had no choice but to endure the pain on his face and the biting cold, and swam towards the south bank with all his might.

A few dozen steps away, on the flagship of the Jiangdong Army.

Sun Ce was standing proudly with his sword in hand, staring coldly at Liu Jun’s water camp on the north bank.

When Sun Ce saw the arrow shadows flashing in the night sky, he smiled.

"Gongjin's plan worked!"

"Liu Bei, you never dreamed that I would use the trick you used to trick me to trick you in return."

"I will take back all the arrows you stole by trickery."

"If you dare to send your navy to fight, that would be even better. I will take advantage of the situation to destroy your navy and seize the water rights of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop..."

Sun Ce let out a sarcastic sneer, and all the frustration in his heart was released. He felt extremely refreshed and relieved.

"I heard that Xiao Fang was very smart and helped Liu Bei to destroy Liu Biao and seize Jingzhou. Even Kuai Yue, who was known as the best counselor in Jingzhou, was killed by Xiao Fang."

"Now it seems that Zhou Lang is this man's nemesis."

Huang Gai, who was standing beside him, stroked his half-white beard and sighed with admiration, making no effort to hide his admiration for Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was young and inexperienced, and many in the army were dissatisfied with him.

In particular, veterans such as Cheng Pu and Huang Gai privately disagreed with his decision to use Zhou Yu against all odds.

Moreover, since the Western Expedition to Jingzhou, Zhou Yu had made repeated miscalculations, causing more and more doubts about his wisdom in the army.

Today, it is not easy for Huang Gai, a veteran general, to praise Zhou Yu so highly.

This means that Zhou Yu proved his strength through this strategy and gained recognition from all the generals.

Sun Ce also breathed a sigh of relief, with a hint of pride on his face.

Sudden.

Countless flames suddenly lit up above the originally pitch-black sky above the north bank, sweeping down like meteors.

Immediately afterwards, the straw boats hidden on the river caught fire one after another.

The sound of war drums and shouts of killing turned into tragic howls.

"This this…"

The pride on Sun Ce's face gradually turned into astonishment.

The approval on Huang Gai's face was replaced by confusion and suspicion, and his eyes suddenly widened.

"Rocket!"

"My Lord, Liu Bei has switched to rockets!"

Lu Su, who was equally shocked, woke up first and pointed ahead and exclaimed:

"This is because Liu Bei saw through Gongjin's plan and knew that we were trying to imitate him to trick the arrows, so he used fire arrows to shoot us instead!"

"Gong Jin made a mistake and failed to anticipate that the rockets would be the nemesis of the straw boats."

"My lord, this must be the work of Xiao Fang!"

Sun Ce's body swayed and his face turned pale with shock.

Huang Gai's eyes widened, and he suddenly felt a dull pain on his face, as if he had been slapped in the face.

You should know that just in the blink of an eye, he also recognized Zhou Yu's wisdom and evaluated him as Xiao Fang's nemesis.

But in the blink of an eye, Liu Bei used rockets to make Zhou Yu's strategy a joke.

"No wonder Liu Bei came here in the rain last night to use his strategy. It turns out he was trying to prevent our military rockets."

"Gong Jin's plan of using his own method to return the favor has failed to achieve the desired result!"

Lu Su's words were another true one, which hit Sun Ce on the head like a club.

Anger and deep confusion surged in Sun Ce's bloodshot eyes.

"Liu Bei must have used the rocket by chance. I don't believe it was Xiao Fang's doing. I don't believe that country bumpkin is smarter than Gongjin!"

Sun Ce was so angry that he punched out and hit the wall of the boat hard.

Lu Su was startled, and dared not comment any further, and said hurriedly:

"My lord, the enemy has used rockets. Gongjin is in danger. We must rescue him."

Sun Ce calmed down and ordered all the straw boats to approach the direction and prepare forks to prevent being hit by the fire boats.

What he saw before his eyes made Sun Ce feel heartbroken.

More than fifty straw boats were almost burned, and the bodies of his drowned soldiers were floating everywhere on the river.

"Bo Fu, save me, save me~~"

Just when Sun Ce was anxious, he suddenly heard Zhou Yu's cry for help.

When the torch shone in the direction of the sound, they saw Zhou Yu struggling desperately in the river and calling for help not far away.

"Quick, save Gongjin!"

Sun Ce shouted loudly and urged the warship to move closer.

After a while, Zhou Yu, whose whole body was frozen purple, was finally pulled out of the icy river.

After being rescued, Zhou Yu felt exhausted and fainted in an instant.

"Gongjin, Gongjin!"

Sun Ce rushed forward hurriedly, wrapped Zhou Yu in a blanket and held him in his arms.

Looking down, he was shocked to see a bloody and burnt wound on Zhou Yu's face.

Zhou Lang, who was once known as the most handsome man in Jianghuai, was injured by a rocket and his appearance was ruined.

"Liu Bei, Xiao Fang!"

"How dare you, the master and your minister, humiliate me like this, and hurt Gongjin to this extent!"

"I, Sun Ce, swear on the lives of the entire Sun family that I will kill both of you and wash Jingzhou with blood to vent my hatred—"

Sun Ce's violent and angry roar echoed across the river.

(End of this chapter)