Chapter 30 4. Spike Fang and Poisonous Arrows Eliminate Zhou Yu

On the tenth day of the first lunar month in the fourteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, Jia Xu, Xun You, Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun and other counselors and generals led 180,000 northern infantry back to Xudu to "press the formation". He only stayed in Xudu City for six days and did two things.On the one hand, Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun, etc. were sent to lead tigers and leopards westward to Tongguan to assist Zhong Yao and Zhang Ji in resisting Xiliang Ma Chao, Han Sui and other cavalry troops;Then, Cao Cao personally led Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other 100,000 soldiers to Hefei City to support Zang Ba, Chen Jiao and others.

Mao Jie, Yu Jin, Wen Pin, and Sima Yi, the military officer in the prime minister's mansion, stayed behind to assist Cao Ren in Jiangling City to resist Zhou Yu and other Jiangdong infantry's onslaught. Cao Ren and Sima Yi worked together briefly in the sixth year of Jian'an. At that time, Cao Ren was the prefect of Hanoi County, and Sima Yi was his deputy, serving as the governor of Hanoi County.He has always had a good impression of Sima Yi's dexterity, ability, and promise.Therefore, Sima Yi is now his assistant again, and he welcomes him very much. "General Cao, Yi recommends to you a heroic general who is brave enough to fight against Zhou Yu!" Sima Yi solemnly said to Cao Ren at the military meeting of the government office that day.

Cao Ren was overjoyed: "Who is he? Where is he now?" Sima Yi pointed to Niu Jin, a soldier standing next to him, and introduced seriously: "Speaking of which, General Cao is no stranger to this Niu Jun. He was at the Hanoi County Office that day, and Niu Jun was the county official. One of Wei Liangguang's capable generals. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his skills are extraordinary. He can draw a bow of ten stones and shoot through Yang with a hundred steps. With a long spear weighing 100 catties in his hand, few opponents dare to strike him. "

"Oh? Mr. Niu really has such a brave talent?" Cao Ren gave Niu Jin a suspicious look, "Since Zhong Da strongly recommends it, let's ask Mr. Niu to stay and give it a try!" At this moment, the sound of "woo woo woo" horns suddenly sounded from the sentry tower at the head of Jiangling City—Zhou Yu led the Jiangdong army to challenge the city again! Under the banner of "Zhou" flying high, a handsome and extraordinary young general stands in the horse.Needless to say, he is Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong.Wearing a chain armor with silver scales, a purple gold helmet with a tiger's head on his head, a pair of knee-high cowhide boots on his feet, a rhinoceros horn belt with eight treasures around his waist, a command flag in his left hand, and a long sword in his right.

He looked at the opening of the gate of Jiangling City, Cao Ren led a black mass of northern cavalry to rush out, and rushed to his front in an instant. "Who will take down Cao Ren's head?" Zhou Yu asked loudly. "The final general is willing to go!" Gan Ning shouted loudly, and received the order to sprint out. At this time, a young general on cavalry rushed out of Cao Jun's formation - he was Niu Jin.With a wave of the spear in Niu Jin's hand, there was a gust of wind, and a spear flower as big as a millstone was blown away. The water could not be splashed, and the needle could not be inserted. thump, thump, thump" backed up a foot away.

Gan Ning didn't expect Cao Jun to be so young at such a young age, so he was surprised. He quickly raised his spirits, shouted, and swung his two knives to kill him. The moment Cao Ren saw Niu Jin make a move just now, he weighed the weight of Niu Jin, and immediately frowned, revealing a satisfied smile. Sima Yi, who was standing behind the walls of the city tower, watched the battle on the battlefield below the city coldly, and remained silent. When he saw Zhou Yu galloping back and forth between the two battle formations as the commander of the three armies, his heart moved secretly.It's no wonder that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce from back then were in love with each other, and they had always been close friends—they were both hyperactive, frivolous and unprepared combatants!

Suddenly, a sneer appeared on the corner of Sima Yi's lips, and he ordered a personal guard beside him: "Bring the sharpest 'Spike Poison Arrow'! Send the best archer!" A half-moon-shaped crossbow as tall as a man was carried to Sima Yi's side - he ordered coldly: "Put ten 'male-fanged poisonous arrows'--to shoot at the silver-armored general under the enemy's banner" emission!" "嗖嗖嗖嗖" a series of piercing wind and sharp howls swept through the air, and "Spike Poison Arrows" as thick as a thumb and impregnated with highly poisonous arrows shot out violently, like steel blue lightning bolts Zhou Yu, who is under the banner of the "Zhou" character array on the opposite side of the city.

"Captain, be careful!" The guards beside Zhou Yu rushed over with their shields to protect him. After a muffled "Puff Puff Puff" sound, the nine "Spike Fang Poison Arrows" were abruptly caught by their shields, and the huge force of the impact made them crumble—in this fleeting gap In the meantime, Zhou Yu couldn't avoid the last "Poisonous Spike Arrow". With a "poof", it shot through his silver-scale armor with the strength of a hole in the metal, and hit his left chest. On Zhou Yu's unusually handsome face, pain appeared and then disappeared.He pulled out the "Spike Fang Poison Arrow", pretended to be calm and raised his voice as usual and ordered: "The whole army launches a charge - capture Cao Ren's traitor alive!"

The Jiangdong soldiers shouted to kill in unison, and rushed forward like a tide——Zhou Yu stopped his horse under the banner of the word "Zhou". There were drops on his forehead. A year later, Zhou Yu was wounded in the heart and lungs by this "Poisonous Spike Arrow" and could not be cured, and finally died suddenly.His death directly caused Jiangdong's strong expansion momentum to be curbed in one fell swoop.Sun Quan, Lu Su, and Lu Meng made many subsequent Northern Expeditions, but they never achieved the impressive achievements of Zhou Yu in the Battle of Chibi. On Liu Bei's side, Han Xuan of Changsha County was killed by Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun in a battle, and the county lieutenant Huang Zhong immediately surrendered to the city.The remaining three counties of Guiyang, Wuling and Lingling were invincible.Liu Bei finally controlled seven or eight out of ten of the entire territory of Jiangnan in Jingzhou, and won a base for himself.Seeing that their momentum will become more and more fierce in the future-it is said that Zhang Song, the special envoy of Yizhou, has persuaded Liu Bei to lead troops into Chengdu to assist Liu Zhang, the shepherd of Yizhou who is also a Han family clan, to join forces to fight against Cao...

On the eighth day of February in the fourteenth year of Jian'an, Sima Yi received two letters in the pavilion of Jiangling City. One was written by his wife Zhang Chunhua.She gave birth to Sima Yi's first son on the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and she wrote to ask Sima Yi to name the son himself.Sima Yi thought, this son was born during Cao Jun's expedition to the south, and it could be said that he answered the "Shi Gua", so why not name him "Shi".As for his character, since he was his first son, he took it as "Ziyuan".

The other letter was written by Cui Yan, the East of the Prime Minister's Mansion. He asked Sima Yi to do a good job in handing over the military affairs immediately. He was about to leave this Jingxiang realm, leaving the mountains, rivers, rivers, people, and affairs here, and Sima Yi suddenly felt an inexplicable reluctance in his heart.However, the broader stage in Xudu is also calling, waiting for him to return quickly to show his talents. Thinking of this, he raised his eyes to look in the direction of Chibi, and thought deeply: from now on, no one may know that in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, I, Sima Zhongda, also visited Chibi, and I The role played behind the scenes is no less than that of any of Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu.But I will definitely ask the historian to hide my name from this historical record... There is no need for any outsider to know the inside story of all this.The trend of history and the trend of the times have been secretly reversed by my uncle and I with the method of "be generous without corners, and the elephant is invisible", but all the people are kept in the dark, they don't even know who is The real director and main character... While thinking quietly, Sima Yi slowly threw some confidential letters into the copper basin of charcoal fire in the bedroom, watching them being burned inch by inch into bright red ashes.There seemed to be dark red sparks flickering in his eyes. Although the light was not dazzling, it was hot enough to burn any hand who dared to touch them!