Cao Shu led his army to station on the north bank of the Yangtze River, while the Jiangdong Army confronted them on the south bank.

The boat that Zhuge Liang asked Lu Su to prepare for him was delivered to the Yangtze River that night.

He thought he could hide it from Zhou Yu, but not long after the boat was ready, Zhou Tai sent the news to Zhou Yu.

When he heard that Lu Su had prepared many small boats with straw men, Zhou Yu was stunned at first, and then laughed.

"What did the Grand Governor laugh at?" Zhou Tai asked him in confusion.

"I laughed at Zhuge Kongming and made a boast about it in front of me." Zhou Yu said to Zhou Tai: "Send people to pay close attention to them and do not harass them. I want to see what new tricks Zhuge Kongming can play."

"I still don't understand what he wants to do." Zhou Tai said with a confused look on his face: "Can he still thinks of attacking the Cao family with a straw man?"

"No need to ask more." Zhou Yu smiled and waved his hand, saying to Zhou Tai: "You just need to watch it."

The night passed quietly, and as dawn approached, the sky became darker and darker, and the river was covered with darkness and could not see anything clearly.

Zhuge Liang came down to the riverside with two guards.

In the darkness, Lu Su heard the footsteps and asked, "Is it Kong Ming here?"

"That's right." Zhuge Liang asked, "The boat is ready?"

"Everything is ready," Lu Su said: "There are 200 ships in total, and each ship has twenty straw men."

Following the sound, Zhuge Liang came to Lu Su.

Lu Su asked, "What do Kong Ming wants these ships to do?"

Zhuge Liang said mysteriously: "Zijing will naturally understand when he comes with me."

The two of them got on the boat, and Lu Su gave the order and two hundred small boats headed to the south bank of the Yangtze River.

"How far is it from the river bank?" After walking for a while, Zhuge Liang asked the soldiers who were lying on the boat.

"It shouldn't be far away." The soldier replied: "At most, there is only a half shot."

"Stop." Zhuge Liang ordered.

"Send the order, stop." Lu Su then issued an order.

In the black cabin, he could not see Zhuge Liang's appearance, but could hear the other party's breathing.

Lu Su asked, "What exactly is Kong Ming planning to do?"

"Zijing, don't be anxious, you'll know after a while." Zhuge Liang said confidently: "Send the order and beat the drums of war to make the other side think that we are about to launch an attack."

The order to beat the drums was issued, and the sound of war drums that were shaking from the river immediately came from the sky.

The general of Cao's army who was responsible for the night patrol was Xiahou Dun.

He was shocked when he heard the sound of war drums coming from the river and quickly shouted to the soldiers: "Go and invite the young master!"

The soldier held the torch and ran quickly towards Cao Shu's handsome tent.

Before he could run far, he saw dozens of torches coming towards him.

He was almost there and he saw clearly that Cao Shu was walking in front of the group of people.

"What's going on?" Before the soldiers could speak, Cao Shu had already asked first.

"Report to the young master." The soldier said: "The sound of war drums suddenly came from the river. Because it was too dark, we couldn't see how many enemy troops there were. General Xiahou asked me to invite the young master."

The war drums on the river were very loud, which had already awakened most of the soldiers of the Cao army. Many people ran out of the tent and looked at the direction where the drum sounds came.

But the darkness before dawn gave Zhuge Liang and others the best cover, and no one could see clearly what was going on.

Cao Shuo accelerated his pace and ran towards the place where Xiahou Dun was stationed.

He came to the front and Xiahou Dun greeted him: "Young master, the enemy seems to be going to launch an attack."

"Have the general responded?" Cao Shuo asked.

"I have sent archers to prepare arrows." Xiahou Dun said: "No matter how many people there are in the enemy, it is necessary to shoot more arrows in this dark and deserted sky."

"The general is right." Cao Shuo said: "But our army just shot arrows and couldn't see how many people the enemy had arrived."

"The arrows are ignited, and the amount of shots will be shot." Cao Shu ordered: "Look the river surface to me like daylight."

"I understand!" Xiahou Dun then ordered the soldiers: "All arrows are lit and shoot me to the place where the sound of war drums comes."

The Cao army archers wrapped the linen on the arrows and soaked them in oil.

In the boat, Zhuge Liang saw a lot of flames suddenly appearing on the bank of the river. He asked Lu Su: "Zijing, can you swim?"

"Will it be a little bit." Lu Su asked, "Kong Ming asked what he did?"

"I feel relieved if I can swim." Zhuge Liang said, "We should go into the water as soon as possible."

As he said that, he plunged into the cold river.

Lu Su was still sitting on the boat in a daze, not knowing what was going on, and countless arrows with flames flew from the shore.

Arrows covered the sky and the sun, and the flames were connected into pieces, which actually brightened half of the night sky.

When the rocket was shot onto the ship, Lu Su realized why Zhuge Liang asked him if he could swim.

There is no reason why a boat full of straw men meets open fire.

Countless arrows fell on the ship, the ship ignited instantly, and the river surface suddenly became a sea of ​​fire.

Not daring to hesitate at all, Lu Su plunged into the water and swam to escape to the south bank.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Zhou Yu looked at the sea of ​​fire on the river and shook his head and said, "I knew it would be like this."

"Grandmaster, this is..." Zhou Tai, who had no idea what was going on, asked Zhou Yu.

"Did you see the fire on the river?" Zhou Yu said: "Zhuge Kongming played a trick and thought Cao Zirong would be fooled, but he didn't know that Cao Zirong was as cunning as a ghost and launched an attack in the middle of the night. How could he not shoot a rocket? Zhuge Kongming took it upon himself, but he just felt sorry for Zijing..."

Looking at the burning fire, Zhou Yu sighed in slight relief.

Not long after, a soldier ran to him quickly: "Report to the Grand Governor, I just discovered Duke Lu on the shore."

"How is he?" Zhou Yu asked.

"I was not injured, I was just surprised and drank a lot of river water." The soldier replied.

"Take me over quickly." Zhou Yu ordered the soldiers.

The soldiers responded and led Zhou Yu and others to the riverside.

After being dragged ashore by the soldiers, Lu Su vomited a few sips of water, and was sitting on the ground in chaos.

Zhou Yu ran to him quickly, bent down and asked with concern: "How is Zijing?"

"Grandmaster!" Lu Su bowed to Zhou Yu, sighed in shame and said, "Don't mention this matter anymore. Zhuge Kongming asked me to prepare a small boat to borrow arrows from Cao's army with him. Unexpectedly, although the Cao's arrows were shot, they were all ignited rockets. Two hundred small boats were buried at the bottom of the river. Fortunately, I knew some water nature, otherwise I would have lost my life to see the Grandmaster this time."

"It's just a little deviation." Zhou Yu advised: "Don't take Zijing to heart."

He then asked Lu Su, "I wonder where Zhuge Kongming has gone?"
Chapter completed!