Chapter 152: The welcoming banquet turned into a Hongmen Banquet? Old man, take my arrow! Huang Gai: Who am I? Where am I?
On the north bank, Liu Jun’s water camp.

The door of the central army tent was wide open, facing the Yangtze River.

Liu Bei sat high up in the throne, his sword across the table, his face as cold as a blade.

Zhang Fei, Zhang Xiu, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Wen Pin, Xu Sheng and other generals stood solemnly, each holding a sword.

The entire tent was filled with a strong murderous aura.

Looking at this situation, Zhuge Jin felt uneasy, and his hand holding the tea bowl couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Didn't we agree to welcome Huang Gai with open arms? Why is there such a murderous atmosphere? It seems like they are going to hold a Hongmen Banquet?

"Military Advisor, you will be the one giving orders to the generals in today's battle."

Liu Bei ordered Chen Dao to deliver the arrow box to Xiao Fang.

In the face of a great battle, Xiao Fang did not refuse. He slowly stood up with a feather fan in his hand and glanced at the generals.

"Today Huang Gai will come to feign surrender, intending to set fire to our camp. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu will surely divide their forces into two groups, intending to annihilate our army completely."

"My lord and I have agreed that we will take advantage of the situation and defeat the Jiangdong army and win this decisive battle!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the generals were shocked and the tent was immediately in an uproar.

Zhuge Jin's face changed drastically, he was so shocked that his hand trembled and the wine glass in his hand fell directly to the ground.

"Brother-in-law, General Huang--"

"Brother, please be patient. After I have finished giving instructions to the generals, we can talk slowly."

Xiao Fang flicked his feather fan gently, interrupting Zhuge Jin's surprised question.

Then he casually took out a command arrow and glanced at the generals in front of the tent again.

"Gan Xingba, listen to my orders!"

"I order you to lead 2,000 naval forces to patrol outside the water camp. If you see Huang Gai leading his ships to pretend to surrender, capture him and his ships!"

Gan Ning accepted the order generously and took the command arrow immediately.

"Huang Hansheng, Zhang Wenjin, listen to my orders!"

"I order you two generals to lead 7,000 infantry and cavalry to ambush at Xinjin, ten miles upstream. That is the only way our army must take to retreat to Xiakou by land. Sun Ce will definitely divide his troops to intercept us."

"Wait for Sun Ce to land, then ambush his troops halfway across the river and defeat his army!"

Xiao Fang drew out another command arrow and handed it to Huang Zhong and Zhang Xiu.

The two generals gladly accepted the order.

"Su Ziyi, Xu Wenxiang, listen to my orders."

"Wait until night falls, then immediately send our navy out of the water camp and ambush on the east and west banks of the water camp."

"Just wait for the signal fire in our camp to be raised, and then attack from both wings to pincer attack the attacking Jiangdong army!"

Xiao Fang issued a third order.

Generals Su Fei and Xu Sheng took the command and accepted it with great enthusiasm.

"Yide, Wen Zhongye, listen to my orders!"

"You two will lead the main force of our infantry and line up on the bank. Once the Jiangdong Army comes ashore to attack, we will attack head-on and drive the enemy off the Yangtze River!"

Xiao Fang gave his last order.

Zhang Fei was so excited that his blood boiled. He rushed forward to take the order, and he and Wen Pin gladly accepted it.

After the order was delivered, Xiao Fang turned to Lao Liu and bowed:

"My lord, you will naturally stay in the main camp and command all my troops!"

Naturally, Liu Bei had no objection to Xiao Fang's arrangement. He stood up with a heroic spirit.

"Everyone, Sun Ce's every move is under the control of the military advisor."

"Tonight we will use the military advisor's strategy, wait for the enemy to tire themselves out, and unite the three armies to defeat the little tyrant of Jiangdong!"

The generals' already boiling blood was completely ignited by Lao Liu's encouraging words.

"I am willing to fight to the death for my lord!"

"I am willing to fight to the death for my lord!"

Inside the big tent, the passionate roars of the generals echoed.

The generals then accepted the orders and left.

Zhuge Jin, who was standing by, was dumbfounded. He was completely stunned, and his head was buzzing and in a mess.

Isn’t it just Huang Gai coming to surrender? It’s not a small matter, but it’s not a big matter either.

How did it get to such an unmanageable point?

Liu Bei has made such a large-scale deployment, it seems that he is going to send out his entire army to fight to the death with Sun Ce?

"Envoy Liu, sister...brother-in-law, what on earth is going on?"

"General Huang clearly surrendered sincerely, why did you conclude that he surrendered falsely?"

"Your Excellency, why are all the generals out here, with such a large scale?"

Zhuge Jin finally lost his composure and asked again in excitement and doubt.

At this time, Zhuge Liang came forward, poured a cup of calming wine for his elder brother, and handed it to him.

"Don't panic, brother. When General Gan captures Huang Gai and confronts him face to face, you will understand everything."

Listening to his brother's comfort, Zhuge Jin's surprise and confusion only increased.

But the situation had developed to this point, and he did not dare to ask any more questions. He could only sit there anxiously, waiting for the situation to continue to develop in an uncontrollable direction.

The soldiers of the three armies, the water and land camps, have all lined up and are waiting.

Before I knew it, night had fallen.

Above the Yangtze River.

More than fifty grain ships with "yellow" flags were speeding towards the north bank with the southeast wind.

Huang Gai stood at the bow of the boat, holding his sword, and looked at the brightly lit Liu camp getting closer and closer, with a ferocious look in his eyes.

His gaze turned to the west, towards his hometown, Lingling County. Thinking back to the past, when he was an official in Lingling County, he had a very bad relationship with his colleagues in the county because of his harsh actions and conceited temperament.

Just because he was unhappy as an official in Lingling County, Sun Jian happened to kill Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou. This domineering and ruthless style was just what he wanted, so he simply switched to Sun Jian's army.

Now, after many years, I finally have the opportunity to follow Sun Jian's son and return to my hometown as a conqueror.

Asking Sun Ce for the position of Lingling prefect was not only to return home in glory, but also to settle old scores with his old colleagues in Lingling who had been at odds with him.

"If Bofu takes Jingzhou, he will kill as many people in Jingzhou as possible. I will then slaughter Lingling with blood and kill all those people who were blind and looked down on me~~"

Huang Gai clenched his fists, and a sense of excitement at being able to vent old grudges arose in his heart.

Just as he was lost in fantasy, the north bank water camp was approaching.

Dozens of patrol boats roared in and blocked the direction of the grain ship.

"The one who came is General Huang Gongfu!"

A military officer on the bow asked loudly.

Huang Gai's thoughts returned to the present, his nerves immediately tensed, and he said loudly:
"I am Huang Gai. I have stolen 100,000 hu of grain from Sun Ce and come to surrender to Lord Liu. Please let me go."

When the general at the bow heard the name Huang Gai, he immediately bowed and said:
"I am Gan Ning, the admiral of the navy under Lord Xuande. I am here to welcome General Huang Lao on the orders of my lord."

"My lord has prepared fine wine on the shore, waiting to welcome General Huang. General, please come ashore quickly."

After saying this, Gan Ning waved his hand and ordered the patrol boats to move to both sides, making way for a passage leading to the water camp.

Huang Gai clenched his fists again, a hint of excitement appearing at the corners of his mouth.

Liu Bei sent the naval commander to greet him. After listening to what Gan Ning said, it was obvious that Liu Bei believed in his surrender and attached great importance to it.

At this moment, the remaining worry in Huang Gai's heart disappeared.

"Gongjin's plan finally worked. With this extraordinary man assisting Bofu, how can he not achieve his ambitions?"

"Liu Bei, Liu Bei, you are nothing more than a mat weaver and shoe seller. Are you worthy enough to compete with Sun Wentai's son for Jingzhou?"

"Tonight I will burn you to the ground, and turn you back to your original form, so that you will know who is worthy of being the master of Jingzhou!"

Huang Gai was secretly sarcastic in his heart, but he suppressed his excitement on his face and ordered the ships to continue moving towards the water camp on the north bank.

One grain ship after another passed slowly in front of Liu Jun's patrol boat.

After passing this checkpoint, there will be no more obstacles ahead, so you can light the fire and launch the ship.

Huang Gai thought that once the fireboats were released, Gan Ning would surely lead his army to intercept them. By then, they would all be switching to small boats, so wouldn't they be at a disadvantage in a fight?
"Let's go all out, shoot that Jinfan thief first!"

"The enemy's patrol boats are leaderless and will scatter in panic. Who can stop me?"

Huang Gai's mind flashed with a cold murderous intent.

So he took out a hard bow, lowered his head and quietly bent the bow and put an arrow on it. Then he turned around calmly and aimed the arrow at where Gan Ning was.

Just when Huang Gai found Gan Ning's figure with the help of the lights on the north bank, his face suddenly changed and he froze in place.

At this moment.

Gan Ning was actually also drawing his bow and arrow, aiming at him from behind.

"Take my arrow, old man!"

Gan Ning let out a low shout and loosened his fingertips first.

An arrow flew through the air and headed straight for Huang Gai.

Huang Gai never expected that Gan Ning would actually shoot an arrow to attack him. He was suddenly awakened when the cold light shot towards him.

"puff!"

The left side of his chest was hit by an arrow.

Huang Gai screamed, the bow and arrow in his hand fell out of his hand, his body staggered, and he fell into the river.

Gan Ning threw away his bow and arrow, held the halberd in his hand, and shouted:
"All troops, charge forward and capture these Jiangdong bandits who are pretending to surrender, and seize all the grain ships!"

When the order was given, the ships retreating on both wings immediately rushed up and pounced on the Jiangdong army's grain ships.

A sudden change occurred. The hundreds of Jiangdong navy soldiers had never expected such a scene to happen, and the morale of the army was immediately thrown into chaos.

In addition, Huang Gai fell into the water, and the Jiangdong army was leaderless. In a blink of an eye, they were killed by Gan Ning's elite navy.

More than fifty grain ships loaded with kerosene were all taken control.

Huang Gai, who fell into the river, was still enduring the severe pain and struggling desperately in the water.

Even though he was an excellent swimmer, he was old after all, and after being shot by an arrow, he could not survive in the icy river water.

Just as he was struggling helplessly, Gan Ning drove his boat by, bent down to scoop Huang Gai out of the river, and threw him onto the deck.

Huang Gai was seriously wounded by the arrow, and he drank a lot of water, which pierced his bones. He was confused and unconscious for a while.

Gan Ning ordered the captured grain ships to be escorted, turned around and returned to the water camp.

On the high ground of the bank.

Liu Bei and Xiao Fang were sipping fine wine, calmly waiting for the big fish to take the bait.

Zhuge Jin had sweat on his forehead, was fidgeting, and looked anxious.

"Envoy Liu, brother-in-law, this——"

Just when he couldn't hold his temper anymore and wanted to ask again.

Gan Ning was already dragging his broken body up the slope excitedly.

"My Lord, I have captured Huang Gai alive and all the grain ships he led have been captured."

"Just as the military advisor predicted, the food ship was not loaded with food or rice, but firewood, kerosene and other flammable items!"

"Here comes the old man Huang Gai, please judge for me, lord!"

Gan Ning excitedly reported the results of the battle and threw Huang Gai to the ground.

Zhuge Jin listened to what Gan Ning said, and then looked at Huang Gai, who was wounded by an arrow and rolled to the ground like a drowned rat. He was stunned and at a loss as to what to do.

Huang Gai on the ground finally woke up at this moment.

When he endured the severe pain and struggled to get up, he looked up and saw Liu Bei for a moment. His face, as pale as paper, was instantly twisted with endless astonishment.

(End of this chapter)