Chapter 154: New shame added to the old humiliation! All the schemes are in vain! Zhou Yu: No one knows what misery is better than me!
Above the Yangtze River.

Hundreds of Jiangdong warships are still hidden in the night, ready to go.

On the flagship.

Zhou Yu stood proudly with his sword in hand, his sharp eyes fixed on Liu Jun’s camp on the north bank.

He raised his hand and gently stroked the scar on his face.

The thrilling and humiliating scene of borrowing arrows on that day came to my mind.

It was Liu Bei's anger that caused him to lose face.

It was that fire that ruined his reputation as the handsome Zhou Lang and left an indelible mark of shame on his face.

"Liu Bei, for the humiliation of this arrow, today I will make you pay with the lives of 40,000 soldiers!"

"Xiao Fang, you have the reputation of being a master planner, but I, Zhou Yu, will take it away with my own hands today!"

The corners of Zhou Yu's mouth rose slightly, his eyes burning with an eagerness to wash away the shame.

In the blink of an eye, nearly half an hour had passed.

On the north shore, the expected fire still did not appear.

"Commander-in-chief, General Gongfu has not yet launched the fire ships. Will something go wrong?"

"Could it be that Liu Bei saw through General Gongfu's false surrender?"

Jia Hua, who was standing next to him, spoke frankly and expressed his anxiety directly.

Zhou Yu glanced at him sideways, but his face showed confidence, and he said disapprovingly:

"If Liu Bei had seen through my false surrender plan, he would have seen through it long ago. Why wait until today?"

The words trailed off.

On the north bank, countless flames suddenly appeared, stretching for more than a hundred steps along the river bank.

The flames burned fiercely, as if the entire Liu army’s water camp was swallowed up by the fire in an instant.

Jia Hua was ecstatic and shouted excitedly:
"Commander-in-chief, the enemy camp is on fire. General Gongfu's fire attack was successful!"

"I was overthinking. How could Liu Bei have figured out the governor's brilliant plan?"

Seeing the fire in Liu’s camp, Zhou Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth, drew his sword, and shouted:
"All troops, listen up! All ships, attack the north shore!"

"Kill all the enemy troops and capture Liu Bei alive, tonight!"

"Kill me!"

The horn sounded.

More than hundreds of Jiangdong warships immediately hoisted sails and weighed anchor, rushing towards Liuying on the north bank where flames were ablaze.

The Jiangdong soldiers, who had been exposed to the cold wind for a long time, clenched their swords and guns, their blood boiling and murderous intent burning in their eyes.

The ships sped towards the north shore.

Zhou Yu clenched his sword tightly, and even imagined in his mind the scene of Liu Jun's soldiers being burned to the point of screaming and howling, and running away in panic.

The hundreds of warships that Liu Bei had pieced together with great difficulty would also be burned to ashes in the raging fire.

"Bofu, I have succeeded here. Whether I can completely destroy the enemy and capture Liu Bei alive depends on you..."

Zhou Yu turned his gaze towards the upstream direction.

At this time, Sun Ce must have landed in Xinjin and blocked the route that Liu Bei had to take to escape west to Xiakou.

The current battle is no longer suspenseful. Whether Jingzhou can be defeated depends on Sun Ce's ambushes along the way.

As long as Liu Bei can be captured alive, even if he is killed, Jingzhou will be decided in one battle!

A sneer of determination appeared on Zhou Yu's lips.

"Commander-in-chief, something is wrong in the enemy camp!"

Jia Hua beside him suddenly shouted, interrupting Zhou Yu's fantasy.

Zhou Yu came back to his senses and became alert, looking towards Liu Ying on the north bank again.

At this time, they were only fifty steps away from the north bank, and the strength of Liu Ying's army was clearly visible.

Zhou Yu's eyes suddenly widened, and the pride on his face instantly turned into astonishment.

The scene that I had imagined before did not appear.

There were only dozens of Liu army's warships left in the water camp, and the rest had disappeared.

The blazing fire was not caused by the warships, but by hundreds of bonfires!
"What...what's going on?"

Zhou Yu blurted out a surprised question, his eyes were so shocked as if he had seen a ghost.

Hadn't Huang Gai successfully launched the fire ships, and should have burned Liu Bei's water camp and the warships into a sea of ​​fire?

Where is the sea of ​​fire?
Where is Huang Gai?

Where did Liu Bei's warships go?
What are those bonfires on the shore?

Countless questions, like thunder, exploded in Zhou Yu's mind.

Finally, it came down to three words:

Fell into a trap!
Huang Gai's fire attack must have failed. The bonfire on the shore must have been set by Liu Bei on purpose, just to make him mistakenly believe that Huang Gai's fire attack was successful, so as to lure him to lead the navy to attack!

"My plan was flawless and clearly fooled Liu Bei. How could Huang Gongfu's feigned surrender fail?"

"This doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense—"

Zhou Yu muttered to himself, cold sweat rolling down his forehead, and he was in a state of panic.

On the river bank.

Liu Bei, standing with his sword in hand, could clearly see the Jiangdong navy approaching the water camp in the light of the fire.

"As Jinglue said, the main force of the Jiangdong Army is really following Huang Gai!"

Liu Bei looked at Xiao Fang beside him and sighed.

Xiao Fang smiled, stared at the enemy for a moment, and pointed with his feather fan:
"The enemy ship has obviously slowed down. They must have discovered that the fire on the shore was fake, so they will probably turn around and retreat."

"Our infantry is no longer useful, my lord. Let's attack with our navy immediately."

After Liu Bei sighed, he waved his hand and shouted:
"Light the signal fire and order Xu Wenxiang and Su Ziyi to lead the navy to attack the enemy."

"Order Gan Xingba to lead the navy out of the water camp and attack head-on."

"The three naval forces will attack together and defeat the invading Jiangdong army in one fell swoop!"

When the order was given, three beacons rose into the sky above the dry camp.

The sluice gates of the water camp were wide open, and Gan Ning led the most elite soldiers of the Jinfan Army, urging dozens of ships to charge towards the oncoming enemy forces.

Followed by.

The main forces of the navy ambushed on both wings of the water camp, under the command of Xu Sheng and Su Fei, rushed out from the shore in the darkness and clamped down on the enemy. Facing the Jingzhou navy rushing in from three directions, the Jiangdong navy immediately fell into chaos.

On the flagship.

Jia Hua was already in a state of panic, and he shouted to Zhou Yu:
"Commander-in-chief, the enemy is attacking from three directions. We only have half of our navy here. The soldiers are in great disarray. How can we resist?"

"Governor, please withdraw to Fankou immediately!"

Zhou Yu, who was still in a daze, suddenly shook and finally came to mind.

Looking up and around, he saw that the Jingzhou navy, which had been nowhere to be seen, suddenly attacked from both wings.

It was obvious that Liu Bei had been prepared for this situation. He had already moved the warships away from the camp and set up an ambush outside the camp, just waiting for him to come to him.

If the troops had not been divided and the entire division was here, even if they were caught off guard, Zhou Yu was confident that he could turn the situation around.

But now he only has half of the navy. Liu Bei's navy clearly has the advantage, and his own army was caught off guard and the morale of the army is in chaos.

No matter how elite the Jiangdong navy was, no matter how confident he was in his ability to fight on water, he knew that he would undoubtedly lose this battle.

"Except for Xiao Fang, no one has the ability to see through my plan."

"But how did that country bumpkin see through it?"

"Damn it, am I going to be played by him again? Hateful, hateful~~"

Zhou Yu gritted his teeth, his chest filled with anger, unwilling to be defeated.

If they fail, the prestige that they have worked so hard to rebuild will be shattered once again.

His plan for Sun Ce to seize Jingzhou and control the Yangtze River would also become a bubble.

How else can we face Sun Ce?
How could he face those Jiangdong generals who were already questioning him?
"Whoosh whoosh!"

Countless sharp arrows came from all directions and attacked the flagship.

Screams were heard, and the panicked Jiangdong soldiers were immediately nailed down and screams were heard suddenly.

"Commander-in-chief, please retreat quickly. If you don't leave now, we won't be able to leave!"

Jia Hua drew his sword to block the incoming arrows, begging almost in tears.

The unwillingness in Zhou Yu's heart was finally completely shattered by Jia Hua's crying and the screams of the soldiers.

"retreat!"

"Sound the retreat, all troops retreat to the south bank!"

A hoarse roar sounded above the flagship.

As if Jia Hua had been pardoned, he hurriedly issued an order.

The golden voice sounded, and the flag of retreat was hoisted on the flagship.

The terrified Jiangdong warships turned around in a hurry and fled to the south bank one after another.

The advantage of having a tailwind turned into a disadvantage at this moment.

Under the obstruction of the southeast wind, the Jiangdong warships could not increase their speed and could not leave the battlefield in time.

More than a hundred Liu Jun frigates, driven by oars, ignored the headwind and crashed into the enemy's formation from all directions.

"Boom boom boom!"

The sounds of collisions came one after another, echoing across the river.

Liu Jun's ships crashed into the Jiangdong warships one after another. The excited sailors of Liu Jun rushed onto the enemy ships and engaged in close combat.

One ship, ten ships, a hundred ships...

Hundreds of Jiangdong warships were captured, and countless Jiangdong soldiers were driven off the warships and fell into the river.

Zhou Yuhuan watched the warships fall one after another and the elite Jiangdong soldiers being killed like ants by Liu's army. His heart ached as if it was being cut by a knife.

A major defeat is inevitable.

At least half of the more than 500 warships of various sizes were destroyed, and the naval casualties were at least 8,000.

It was indeed a disastrous defeat.

The only thing to be thankful for was that he did not rush forward with his flagship like Cai Mao did in the past, so he was able to turn around and accelerate in time to avoid being hit by Liu Jun's ship.

"Even if Xiao Fang sees through my plan, so what? Even if half of our navy is lost in this battle, so what? Bo Fu still has 500 warships."

"When Bo Fu returns, we will unite our forces. The navy still has the upper hand and can fight that big-eared thief..."

Zhou Yu clenched his fists, forced himself to comfort himself, and forced a bit of confidence on his face.

at this time.

A fleeing warship nearby lost its direction in the chaos and headed straight for the flagship.

"It's about to hit us, hold on tight, Governor!"

Jia Hua was the first to react. He grabbed the boat rope and shouted to warn people.

It's too late.

Before Zhou Yu could react, the fighting ship had already crashed into the side of the ship.

"boom!"

There was a loud bang.

Under the huge impact force, the ship shook violently. More than ten soldiers had no time to grab the ropes and fell into the river screaming.

Zhou Yu was caught off guard and fell backwards, falling from the top deck directly to the bottom deck.

When he landed, his right leg touched the ground first. There was a muffled "crack" and the leg bone was broken.

"what--"

Heart-rending screams sounded.

Jia Hua was horrified and rushed down to the lower deck, only to see Zhou Yu lying on the ground, covering his bloody broken leg and wailing in pain.

"Captain!"

"The governor broke his leg. Where is the doctor? Save him quickly!"

Jia Hua rushed forward and screamed in a trembling voice.

The severe pain from the fall shattered Zhou Yu's remaining hope and suddenly woke him up completely.

"Since Xiao Fang has seen through my plan, he must have expected that Bo Fu would divide his forces and attack upstream!"

"Oh no! Bo Fu is in danger!"

Zhou Yu suddenly woke up, pushed Jia Hua away, and shouted excitedly:
"Quickly send someone to Xinjin upstream to bring Bofu back. We must not let him land!"

"Hurry up, hurry up~~"

(End of this chapter)