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Chapter 103: Sending a Head Across the Thousand Miles! Cheng Pu: I'm Going to Be Burned to Death? I Shouldn't Have Come!
Iron chains across the river!

Liu Bei actually built an iron chain that cut the Yangtze River in half!
"What's going on?"

Cheng Pu held it in for a long time before finally uttering these words, his eyes still filled with shock as if he had seen a ghost.

Ling Tong pointed forward and asked in a trembling voice:

"General Demou, when you passed through Xiakou on your way back to Jiangdong, did you see this iron chain?"

"How is that possible!"

Cheng Pu shook his head without hesitation and asked:
"If there were this iron chain across the river, how could my boat possibly pass through unimpeded?"

Ling Tong was filled with suspicion. He took several deep breaths, trying his best to calm his surging emotions.

Suddenly, a guess popped into my mind.

"That iron chain was only forged by Liu Bei after you, old general, passed through Xiakou. It was only six or seven days before our army set out, so my spies had no time to report it."

"Could it be that Liu Bei forged this iron chain because he saw through Lü Ziming's plan and anticipated that we would betray the alliance again, using the pretext of transporting the families of surrendered soldiers to launch a naval attack on the enemy forces in Baqiu?"

"So, he was prepared and set up this iron chain across the river to prevent our warships from passing through?"

Things have come to this point, and this is the only explanation Ling Tong can think of with his wisdom.

Cheng Pu suddenly woke up, took another breath of cold air, and shuddered violently.

If Ling Tong's speculation is true, it means that as early as when Sun Quan was bargaining, Liu Bei had already predicted that there was something fishy going on and that Sun Quan would stab him in the back again!
Liu Bei simply took advantage of the situation and let Sun Quan and his men jump around like clowns, but secretly devised the plan of "Iron Chain Across the River", causing them to go through a lot in vain and ultimately bring humiliation upon themselves.

How brilliant must the person be who saw through Lu Meng's plan?

Who was the man with such extraordinary wisdom and imagination who offered Liu Bei the strategy of "crossing the river with iron chains"?

"Could it be that Xiao He again?"

"I don't believe there really is such a cunning and calculating person in this world who could even see through Lu Ziming's flawless plan."

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it—"

Cheng Pu clenched his fists and muttered to himself, his old face twisted with a mixture of anger and horror.

beside.

Ling Tong sighed and said helplessly:

"General Cheng, no matter how Liu Bei saw through Lü Ziming's plan, this iron chain blocks the river, and our warships can't get through."

"It would be better to retreat to Fankou for the time being and wait for the Lord to arrive with the follow-up army before making a long-term plan."

retreat!
These two words were like a sharp blade cutting into Cheng Pu, causing a pain in his heart and suddenly waking him up.

Looking at the iron chain formation in front of him again, Cheng Pu's eyes were bloodshot and looked so ferocious that it was creepy.

He was holding his breath, determined to use a victory to wash away the shame of being captured, and to use Guan Yu's head to restore his reputation as the top military general in Jiangdong.

But now, he is only one step away from successful revenge!
Is he going to be blocked by this iron chain and give up the chance to avenge his humiliation?

"My army has come this far, how can we return without success?"

Cheng Pu gnashed his teeth and roared, looking up at both banks, then drew his sword and pointed towards the south bank:
"Both ends of the iron chain must be fixed to the shore. Since the Xiakou Water Camp on the north bank is difficult to attack, we will attack the south bank."

"As long as we cut off the lock on the south bank, the iron chain will fall into the river and become useless!"

"Order all ships to immediately turn to the south coast to attack—"

Ling Tong wanted to make a contribution and was unwilling to retreat. When he thought that this way of fighting might be successful, his spirits immediately recovered and he immediately issued an order.

On the flagship, the signal flag was waving.

The ships that were originally speeding at full speed saw the ship in front of them suddenly slow down, and in a hurry they had to slow down as well.

Before the speed had slowed down, the flagship issued an order to attack the south bank and then began to turn around.

Cheng Pu's orders were issued in a hurry and were disorganized.

Soon, hundreds of Jiangdong warships crowded on the river and fell into a brief chaos.

At the iron lock array ahead.

More than twenty fighting ships and nearly a thousand Jiangxia sailors were all leaning against the iron chains across the river.

On both sides of each fighting ship, there were more than ten bamboo rafts covered with straw men.

At this moment, on the flagship.

Su Fei was standing at the bow of the ship, holding his sword, staring solemnly at the oncoming Jiangdong warship.

When Su Fei saw that the Jiangdong warships did not head towards the ferry on the north bank, but turned to head towards the south bank, he couldn't help but laugh.

Instead of heading to the Xiakou ferry on the north bank, it headed to the south bank, which proved that the people on the boat were not the families of surrendered soldiers, but soldiers from Jiangdong!

Their purpose, of course, was not to send anyone off, but to cross the Xiakou River Basin, head straight to Ba Qiu, and stab Guan Yu's navy in the back.

"Military Advisors Zhuge and Xiao are truly as good as gods. Sun Quan, that shameless man, is indeed a dog that never changes its ways. He has betrayed the alliance and launched a surprise attack for the second time!"

Su Fei sighed with emotion, then smiled coldly:
"What a shame, Sun Quan! You never dreamed that Military Advisor Xiao had already laid out this plan of locking the river in two, waiting for you to come to him!"

This iron chain across the river was exactly the plan that Xiao He proposed to Liu Bei that day.

The inspiration for this plan came from a battle when the famous general Wang Jun attacked Wu during the Western Jin Dynasty's conquest of Wu.

At that time, the power of Sun Wu was declining, and Sun Wu knew that it could not resist the navy coming from Yizhou, so it set up this iron chain formation on the Yangtze River to prevent the navy of Jin from moving eastward.

It is actually not difficult to break this iron chain formation.

At that time, Wang Jun used a bamboo raft filled with kerosene and firewood to hit the iron locks downstream, burning them with fire, and finally melted the iron locks and broke the iron lock formation.

However, to use fire attack, one must have the advantage of upstream terrain so that the fire ships can go downstream and attach iron chains.

The Jiangdong navy arrived from downstream and naturally could not launch a fire attack, otherwise they would not be able to burn the iron chains and would burn themselves instead.

Therefore, once this iron chain formation is built, only a thousand navy soldiers need to be left on the river to hold the line, and the infantry can be used to guard the bases on both sides of the river. Then, even if there are many navy soldiers in the east of the Yangtze River, they will have no place to use their skills!

Just as Su Fei was making sarcastic remarks, the Jiangdong navy in front had already begun to turn and slow down, and was temporarily thrown into chaos.

Su Fei's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he pointed fiercely at the enemy:
"Orders are being passed. Launch the fire rafts as planned. I will follow Military Advisor Xiao's plan and burn the Jiangdong bandits to the ground!"

The order was passed down and the flag was waved.

On each fighting ship, Liu Jun's sailors immediately ignited the firewood and kerosene on the bamboo rafts and cut all the ropes.

More than a hundred bamboo rafts, loaded with blazing flames, rushed towards the nearby Jiangdong fleet.

"Uuuuuu——"

The flames danced, the sound was terrifying. On the Jiangdong warships, the Jiangdong navy discovered that Liu Jun had launched a fire attack, and instantly screams broke out, and the whole place fell into chaos.

"General Cheng, this is terrible! The enemy has prepared fire ships. It's that traitor Su Fei. He wants to set fire to our navy!"

Ling Tong pointed at the "Su" flag and the fire rafts coming from upstream and shouted hoarsely.

Cheng Pu glanced back and suddenly shuddered, his anger instantly extinguished.

He finally panicked.

In addition to blocking the river with iron chains, Liu Bei also prepared fireboats, which he had never anticipated.

Under normal circumstances, he is naturally not afraid of fire attacks and has the means to deal with them.

It was nothing more than ordering the ships to keep their distance, sending out fire-repelling ships to tow the fire rafts to the two wings, and extending fire-repelling poles from the bows to push the fire ships away from the warships.

But it’s different now.

Due to the hasty deceleration and turning, the ships did not have time to adjust their formation, and were too crowded and too close to each other.

In this situation, there is no time to avoid the fire raft.

And as long as one ship is ignited by the fire raft, a chain reaction will soon occur and the entire fleet will be quickly ignited.

"Big Ear Thief, you are so vicious, and you actually have this trick up your sleeve!"

Cheng Pu gnashed his teeth and cursed loudly, then shouted in a trembling voice:

"Pass the order, all ships disperse immediately and avoid the fire ships——"

Before his order was passed down, the morale of the Jiangdong army was already in chaos, and all the ships turned their rudders in panic to avoid the fire rafts coming from upstream.

However, the ships were already crowded, and if they tried to dodge on their own, they would collide with each other, making the situation even more chaotic and crowded.

When the Jiangdong army was in chaos, more than a hundred fire rafts had already arrived across the river.

"Pong!"

With a loud bang, two fire rafts collided with a fighting ship at the same time.

The splashing kerosene splashed onto the deck, and several Jiangdong soldiers who were unable to dodge were immediately ignited and jumped into the river wailing.

The fire spread rapidly, and in a blink of an eye, most of the ship was burned.

The Jiangdong soldiers on the boat were terrified. They either jumped into the water to escape, or rushed to the side of the boat to walk on Ke.

The entire ship lost control and drifted downstream, soon colliding with another warship and immediately setting it on fire.

At the same time, one warship after another was hit by the fire rafts and set on fire, losing control and continuing to crash into other warships...

As a result of this chain reaction, half of the Jiangdong warships were soon engulfed in flames.

Above the river, flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the dumbfounded faces of Liu's soldiers on both sides of the river.

Su Fei, who was at the bow of the ship, felt indescribably happy when he saw the enemy fleet turned into a sea of ​​fire.

"Sun Quan, you massacred my people at Xiakou and killed so many of my fellow Jiangxia folks. Today, I, Su Fei, will burn you to the ground and avenge my fellow villagers with my own hands!"

Su Fei raised his sword and shouted loudly:
"All ships, attack! Follow me to hunt down the Jiangdong thieves! Kill them!"

More than twenty fighting ships roared out and chased after the defeated Jiangdong warships.

On the flagship of the Jiangdong Army.

Cheng Puhuan looked at the burned fleet, his fists clenched, his heart bleeding.

He volunteered to fight in this battle, but he came to avenge his humiliation.

Not only did they fail to avenge their humiliation, but they also ended up in a disastrous defeat where the entire army was almost wiped out.

This is a true case of losing more than gaining.

"How hateful! How could I fall twice in the same place? How hateful—"

Cheng Pu gritted his teeth as he vented his resentment.

Just as he was angry, an out-of-control warship came rushing over and crashed into the flagship.

The boat shook violently, Cheng Pu lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"Crack!"

With a loud bang, the mast of the burning ship broke and pressed down towards Cheng Pu.

"Old general, be careful!"

Ling Tong, who was not far away, screamed in fear.

When Cheng Pu raised his head suddenly, the mast was already pressing down on his head. He was so scared that he dodged sideways.

If it were an ordinary time, with Cheng Pu's skills, he would be able to dodge it in time.

His injuries had not yet healed, and his movements were far less agile than before. Before he could move half of his body away, the mast fell down.

"boom!"

Cheng Pu's legs were hit immediately.

A pig-slaughtering howl rang out.

The mast not only broke Cheng Pu's legs, but also set his clothes on fire, which spread rapidly.

"Hurry up and save General Cheng!"

Ling Tong shouted and rushed forward. The soldiers on both sides were also terrified and rushed forward to rescue him.

However, the mast was already on fire, and as soon as he took it, he would be burned to the point of bleeding, and there was no way to move it away.

Ling Tong and his men surrounded Cheng Pu, scratching their heads anxiously, but they didn't know how to save Cheng Pu.

"Hurry up and go back and tell Zhongmou that I have served the Sun family faithfully!"

"You must tell Zhongmou to kill Liu Bei, Xiao He, and Su Fei to avenge me!"

"Revenge—"

Knowing that he could not escape death, Cheng Pu let out a final wail of grief, anger and despair.

Ling Tong could only clench his fists, squat in the distance, and watch Cheng Pu being engulfed by the flames with tears in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)