Red Cliff Front Line
Just as Cao Zhi was preparing his troops and mobilizing his troops, leading three thousand elite soldiers to Huarong Road, Cao Cao was composing poems at the mouth of Red Cliff River.
Cao Cao was holding a pre-battle banquet when he heard the crow's voice flying south. Cao Cao was very suspicious, so he asked the people around him,""Why does this crow cry at night?"
The people around him replied,"The crow saw the moon and suspected that it was dawn, so he left the tree and sang."”
Cao Cao laughed when he heard this. He knew that this was an auspicious sign. It meant that he was about to unify the world. Therefore, he was overjoyed and ordered everyone to continue drinking three cups. After drinking three goblets of wine, Cao Cao became even more drunk. Under the flattery of the surrounding scholars, his mood became a little light.
Coincidentally, Cao Zhi's letter arrived at this time.
Hearing that Cao Zhi had actually sent a letter, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment before he was overjoyed. "It's really my son!" he said to the people around him. Stay at the back and think about the big picture."
Cao Cao opened Cao Zhi's letter as the people around him praised him.
After reading it once, Cao Cao frowned slightly, then laughed and said,"Zijian advised me to be careful and not connect the warships. Hahaha, my son is talented, but his consideration of the battle situation is still inappropriate. He is too cautious!”
As everyone agreed, Cao Cao drank the wine in his hand in one gulp. He took out his spear and stood on the bow of the ship. He put the wine in the river and drank three goblets. He held his spear horizontally and said to the generals,"I relied on this lance to defeat the Yellow Turbans, capture Lu Bu, destroy Yuan Shu, capture Yuan Shao, and go deep into the northern frontier, straight to Liaodong. Now I'm very generous to you. I'll make it a song, and you guys will sing along." He began to walk down the steps and recite a poem loudly. The poem he wrote was the famous "Short Song Journey".
To drink and sing, how much life is like the dew in the morning, the days gone are bitter.
Generosity should be generous, worry can not be forgotten, how to relieve worry, only Du Kang.
My heart is green and purple, but for the sake of you, I have been silent until now.
You you deer cry, eat wild apple; I have a guest, playing zither and sheng.
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After the poem ended, he stood on the ground with an imposing appearance. The generals cheered. After killing Han Fu, who could not speak, the generals dispersed soon after and began to prepare for the battle tomorrow.
On the day of the Battle of Red Cliff, the sky was dark. The sky was already dark, and each camp had also lit up their torches. Navy Commander-in-Chief Mao Jie and Yu Jin had also finished gathering their troops. They stood in their respective tents and asked Cao Cao,"Boats of all sizes have been chained together. Banners and war equipment were all prepared. Prime Minister, please dispatch the troops."
Cao Cao nodded his head in satisfaction. He brought Cheng Yu and the others to the large warship in the middle of the navy. After they sat down, he summoned his generals and had them listen to his orders. He divided the army into two groups, one for water and one for drought. Each group was divided into five colors, yellow, red, black, green, and white. They each held a flag of five colors and began to march into the Jiangdong Navy camp.
The commanders of these five flags were Mao Jie and Yu Jin of the Yellow Flag Army, Zhang He of the Red Flag Army, Lu Qian of the Black Flag Army, Wen Pin of the Green Flag Army, and Lu Tong of the White Flag Army.
As for the drought army, they were arranged on the other side of the warship. They were also wearing five-colored flags. They were divided into the horse and horse front army, the red flag Xu Huang, the rear army, the black flag Li Dian, the left army, the green flag Le Jin, and the right army, the white flag Xiahou Yuan.
Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong were appointed as reinforcements by land and sea, while Xu Chu and Zhang Liao were appointed as guards to supervise the battle. The rest of the valiant generals led their own troops and relied on the overall situation to advance in the left and right guard formation.
After Cao Cao gave the order, the sound of drums rang out three times from the naval stronghold. Then, the generals led their troops and warships out of the gates.
The ships raised their sails and lined up by the Red Cliff River. With a single order, they set off together.
Cao Cao sat on the ship and was overjoyed when he saw that his warships were as stable as flat ground. Around each ship, there were 50 small boats patrolling back and forth, acting as guards. Their aura was extremely majestic.
However, Cao Cao saw the northeast wind blowing again, so he gave the order to slow down and stared at the east of the river. Now everything was ready, but he was waiting for one person.
This person was Huang Gai. Two days ago, Huang Gai wrote to himself, saying that he was willing to surrender. Cao Cao also sent Jiang Gan to cross the river to check the situation again, confirming that Huang Gai had an argument with Zhou Yu. Thus, they were overjoyed and signed a secret agreement. They agreed that on the day of the battle, both sides would raise fire as a signal. Huang Gai would lead his subordinates to plunder the military supplies in River East and then come to Cao Cao.
As expected, Huang Gai's warship appeared not long after. From the east, there were many medium-sized warships carrying torches as they charged towards Cao Cao's warship formation.
Just like in history, Cao Cao sent Wen Pin to stop Huang Gai, but Huang Gai turned a deaf ear to him. After shooting Wen Pin down with an arrow, he ordered the entire ship to move forward. For a time, the wind helped the fire, the ship shot out like an arrow, and smoke rose into the sky. The sky was filled with flames, and the sky was red, illuminating the darkness of the night.
Twenty fire boats, carrying a full load of oil barrels, crashed into the Cao army's water stronghold like wild wolves that had entered a flock of sheep. All the boats in the Cao army's stronghold were set on fire. The warship wanted to escape, but it was locked by iron rings and had nowhere to run.
Cannons were fired across the river, and fire boats arrived from all directions. On the Three River, fire flew in the wind, and a red rain of arrows filled the sky.
Soon, the Eastern Wu warships arrived, and the Eastern Wu soldiers began to slaughter the Cao army on a large scale. Cao Cao's army was shot by arrows with spears, burned by fire and drowned by water. Countless people died.
The surface of the 800-mile river was fiery red.
All 800,000 soldiers fled.
He had lost his helmet and armor, and was utterly defeated!
Under the cover of the crowd, Cao Cao also fled towards the north.
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After Cao Cao escaped from Lu Meng, Ling Tong, Gan Ning, and Taishi Ci, he met Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Mao Jie, and Wen Pin. There were more than 2,000 soldiers guarding Cao Cao as he broke out of the encirclement to the north.
When Cao Cao broke out of the encirclement and fled in the direction of Yiling, he asked Zhang He to cover the rear. Then, he led his troops to gallop through the night. At the fifth watch, he looked back at the fire and calmed down a little. He happened to see the dense trees and steep mountains.
"Where is this place?" he asked.
"This is the west of Wulin and the north of Yidu," replied the attendants.”
When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately stood on his horse and laughed loudly. Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were very puzzled and asked,"Why are you laughing, Prime Minister?"
Cao Cao said,"I don't laugh at others. I only laugh at Zhou Yu's lack of strategy and Zhuge Liang's lack of wisdom." If I set up an army here before I use my troops, what should I do?”
Before he could finish speaking, he heard the sound of drums on both sides and flames rising from the sky. Cao Cao was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse. A valiant general of the Yin Biao Army charged out from the Cixie and shouted,"I, Zhao Zilong, have been waiting here for a long time under the orders of the military counselor!”
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