Chapter 145 Chapter Twenty-Three

Zhou Yu was so happy that he thought that Kong Ming was frightened out of his head. "There is no joke in the army!" Zhou Yu raised his voice, and his tone was extremely serious. Kong Ming also raised his voice and said: "If you don't do it for three days, you are willing to be punished. I am willing to issue a military order." Zhou Yu couldn't ask for it, so he quickly ordered the military and political department to fetch pens, ink, paper and inkstones. The military order had been issued, and when Kong Ming said goodbye, he said, "At dusk on the third day, please send someone to the river to fetch arrows."

Lu Su whispered to Zhou Yu, "Could Kong Ming be deceiving you?" Zhou Yu said carelessly: "He is going to die by himself. I didn't force him. Now that the military order has been issued in public, no one can help him. Even if all the craftsmen in the army work together, it is impossible to make a hundred thousand in three days. Zhi Jian, this time, Kong Ming can't fly with his wings." After saying that, he laughed wildly. Lu Su went to see Kongming again, and Kongming said: "I told you not to tell me what I knew about Cai and Zhang, but you did, which made me issue a military order within three days. How can I make 100,000 branches?" Arrow. Zijing, save me!"

Lu Su said: "Who told you to issue a military order, how can I save you?" Kongming pretended to be pitiful and said, "I beg Zijing to lend me 20 boats. Each boat needs 30 soldiers. The boats are covered with blue curtains, and the cabins are filled with thousands of straws. In this way, you don't have to worry about not getting it." One hundred thousand arrows. But I beg you not to tell Gongjin, otherwise, my life will really be gone." Lu Su agreed, but he didn't know the use of Kong Ming asking him for those things.Zhou Yu asked about Kong Ming's preparations for making arrows. Lu Su didn't talk about Kong Ming's borrowing of ships and other things. Zhou Yu said, "Whatever happens to him, anyway, let's see how he gets on in three days."

Lu Su handed over the boat and other things to Kong Ming, but Kong Ming did not see any action.After two days in a row, Lu Su couldn't hold his breath anymore, and ran to ask Kong Ming again and again. Kong Ming lay in the cabin all day, reading books, reciting poems and composing, very leisurely.After hearing Lu Su's report, Zhou Yu felt even more incredible. At four o'clock on the third day, Kong Ming quietly invited Lu Su into the boat. Lu Su asked: "What orders did you call me?" Then he joked: "Could it be that you have entrusted me with funeral affairs."

Kongming said solemnly, "I would like to invite Zijing to go with me to get the arrow." I saw that Kongming had connected the twenty boats with a long rope. After the two boarded the boat, Kongming urged the boats to go upstream directly to the north bank. On the morning of January 137, the sky was so foggy that no one could be discerned a few steps away.The great fog has become the content of singing by literati. There is an article entitled "Ode to the Great Fog Chuijiang", which is chanted like this: "The Yangtze River is great! It is connected to Min and E in the west, Sanguan in the south, and Jiuhe in the north. It gathers all kinds of rivers and flows into the sea, and it has flowed through the ages. To Ruolongbo, Hairuo, Jiangfei, and Shuitian, the whales are as long as Zhang, and the sky is full of water. There are nine centipedes, ghosts and monsters of different kinds, and they are gathered together. Gaifu ghosts and gods rely on them, and heroes stick to them. Sometimes yin and yang are chaotic, and there is no distinction between them. Surprised by the color of the sky, suddenly surrounded by thick fog. It is impossible to see, but only the golden drum can be heard. At the beginning, if it is dark, then the leopard in the southern mountain will be hidden; gradually it will be full, and it will speed up the kun in the northern sea. The salamander rises out of the water and rises, and the dragon dives into the abyss and exhales. It is also like the plum rain harvesting, the spring yin brews cold; , all sank into the rocks and ravines; the fishing boat was frightened by the waves with a single leaf, and even the sky was dark and the sun faded; when the day was turned into a dim yellow, the Danshan Mountain was turned into a clear water, even though the wisdom of Yu Dayu could not fathom its depth; How can you tell the light from Lou? So Feng Yi stopped the waves, screened the shadows and closed his work; fish and turtles escaped, and birds and beasts stalked. The island of Penglai was cut off, and the palace of Zhanghe was surrounded in darkness. The rush of trance, like the approaching rainstorm; Diverse and chaotic, as if the desires of cold clouds are the same. It can hide poisonous snakes, which cause miasma diseases; Injury, the grown-ups look at it with emotion. Gai will return to his vitality in the prehistoric, and it will be a great joy to mess with the world."

About five o'clock, the boat was approaching Cao Jun's water village. Kongming taught people to lay the boat across the river, and then taught people to beat drums and shout.Lu Su was very nervous, and said: "If Cao Bing came to kill all at once, how would we deal with it?" Kong Ming said: "Mao Jie, Yu Jin, how dare you come out when you see such a thick fog?" Mao Jie and Yu Jin didn't dare to come out to stop them, they just ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows, the arrows shot like locusts, penetrated the blue curtain and stuck on the straw. Kongming estimated that there were enough 100,000 arrows, so he ordered the ships to be hit, and ordered the soldiers to shout in unison: "Thank you two generals for the arrows!"

At this time, the fog on the river had almost cleared away. Yu Jin and Mao Jie saw that the "Sun" flag was clearly visible, so they knew they had been fooled, and quickly sent boats to chase after them. had to return. Lu Su praised: "Sir, you are really a god, how do you know that there will be heavy fog on the river today?" Kong Ming said: "I don't read military books, don't know the weather, don't know astronomy and geography, don't know Yin and Yang gossip, how dare I risk my life to agree? Gongjin limited me to ten days to complete it. He didn’t send craftsmen with me, and the materials were not enough. Isn’t it obvious that he wanted my life? There was heavy fog on the river, so I boasted about Haikou."

At this time, Zhou Yu had sent five or six hundred soldiers to wait by the river to carry the arrows. Lu Su went to see Zhou Yu and told how Kong Ming took the arrow. Zhou Yu sighed and said, "Kong Ming is so clever, I am not as good as him!" Zhou Yu invited Kong Ming to drink again.Zhou Yu said: "Master Wu sent someone to urge me to enter the army again, but I haven't figured out a plan to defeat Cao. I hope you can enlighten me." Kong Ming said modestly: "I am just a mediocre person, so how can I have any clever plans?" Zhou Yu Said: "I observed Cao Jun's water village, it is very strict, and ordinary people can't do anything about it. I thought of a plan, but I don't know how to do it. Please ask the general to plan with me." Kongming said: "We each write the results of our thinking in our hands. See if they match." Zhou Yu was very happy, and asked someone to fetch a pen and inkstone, and first wrote a word on the palm of his hand, and then Kong Ming also wrote a word on his own hand, and the two got together, stretched out their hands, and the two The word "fire" was written on the palm of his hand.Zhou Yu said: "The two of us agree, this plan can be used, I hope you don't reveal it." Kong Ming said: "There are no trivial matters in the army, Gong Jin just implements it."

Cao Mengde felt extremely remorseful because Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were killed for no reason.Since the Southern Expedition, although there have been no major twists and turns, he always felt stumbling, far less smooth than the Northern Expedition.He double-checked his strategic planning.Whether the timing was premature, or the southern power itself was very strong, he couldn't figure out what was going on.In terms of strength, I am more than ten times that of the coalition forces. In terms of the strength of the navy alone, I am five or six times that of the Sun Liu coalition forces, not to mention the infantry.It is true that soldiers in the north are not familiar with water warfare, and it is an objective fact that the Jingzhou navy has not practiced for a long time, but after several months of training, they have achieved satisfactory results. Unfortunately, Cai and Zhang died unjustly. At the critical point, if the Jingzhou navy really came to have a hard time, the situation would be unimaginable.Sun Liu's power is a formidable enemy than Yuan Shao's. There is Zhou Yu in the water control army, Liu Bei's generals on land, and Kong Ming who was defeated by Cao Ren in Bowangpo. This man is even more strategizing. able man.Going downwind from Jiangling, there is always a series of unsatisfactory things. First, the illness of the soldiers in the north. After this problem is solved, then seasickness. One day, in the first encounter on the water, he was defeated by Gan Ning.Then to solve the problem of military training, when he had a clue, he almost fell into Zhou Yu's trick, but objectively, he had already fallen into the trick, lost two generals, and gave Kong Ming more than 100,000 arrows for nothing today...