Zhou Yu made this decision suddenly, without informing the others in advance, he gathered his army on the same day, and rode on a huge fighting ship, surrounded by ten building boats and thirty ships, forming a large fleet of naval ships, and rushed towards the waters defended by the enemy army.

According to the information that has been coming continuously in the past half month, the Han army has recently been infected with an epidemic, and at first it was just that they were not accustomed to the water and soil, vomiting and diarrhea, but somehow, many people in the army began to get sicker, their limbs were weak, their faces were pale, and the doctors could not treat them. Moreover, the rapid spread of the disease caused panic among the Han army, so they ordered all the infected people to be concentrated in one place, strictly guarded, and not allowed them to have the slightest freedom, and let them fend for themselves in the controlled barracks.

And the person who offered this strategy was Sima Yi. The epidemic first spread from the horse infantry army brought by Zhang Yan, and at first it did not attract enough attention, and then the water army was also infected, until the epidemic broke out, and Zhang Yan's subordinates had died about 50,000 people, and the number of deaths continued to surge.

Because of this, Zhou Yu felt that this was the favor of God, so he must first see if this matter is true or false, and if he is sure that this is true, then he can wait for the opportunity to launch an attack, and give it a heavy blow while the Han army is in the panic of the epidemic.

The fleet slowly approached the waters of Xiazhi County, and did not encounter any patrol ships of the Han army on the way, which was very different from the tight defense here half a month ago.

But this is extremely convenient for Zhou Yu's trip. The flotilla went directly into the defensive waters of the Han army, this time. Zhou Yu ordered all the officers and men of the navy to be ready for battle. We cannot let our guard down in the slightest. I'm afraid this is a trap set for him by the enemy.

It wasn't until Zhou Yu drove the fleet to the Han army's naval camp that he found that all the naval ships were docked around the naval barracks, and only a small number of boats were patrolling the river.

As soon as the patrol boat saw the appearance of the Jiangdong naval army, it immediately sounded the gong and drum as an alarm, but after a long time, the warship slowly sailed out of the naval barracks. And those sailors and soldiers standing on the warship were all haggard and haggard, without the slightest fighting spirit.

Zhou Yu stared at the shore again, but saw that there were a pile of corpses piled up in the open space on the left side of the naval camp, and the soldiers in the naval army were wrapping their faces in cloth, constantly piling up some corpses here, and after a while, they were piled up like a hill, not to mention five or six hundred people.

At last. A general in armor walked out, covering his face. So he couldn't see his face clearly, but he had a torch in his hand, and then he lit a fire to the mountain of corpses.

The raging fire burned in an instant, and the billowing smoke rose into the air, and at this moment, the enemy warships were approaching step by step, and the soldiers on the warships all drew their bows and arrows, ready to shoot at them, more than 100 warships, forming an arc, and gradually surrounded Zhou Yu's sailors.

"Whoosh ......"

A moment later, the arrows were like dense raindrops, shooting towards Zhou Yu's side.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu waved his hand very calmly, and the flag-bearer on the fighting ship immediately waved the flag, signaling the rest of the ships to retreat.

The naval ships of the Han army came out of the hole one after another and came to pursue the Jiangdong naval army, but before they could run, the Jiangdong naval army had disappeared on the river.

However, the Jiangdong Navy did not leave, but under the instruction of Zhou Yu, it continued to sail towards the waters of the Han Army in the rest of the place, and he wanted to take a comprehensive look at the current situation of the Han Army.

Then, the Jiangdong Navy went to four places in a row to snoop, and the scene they spied was basically consistent with the scout's report, which dispelled the last doubt in Zhou Yu's heart.

So, with a sense of excitement, Zhou Yu officially withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, but he was planning the next move in his mind.

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In the naval camp of the Han army, Sima Yigao, the general of Pingnan, sat at the top position, and in less than an hour, several people came to Sima Yi to report the information, Zhou Yu led the fleet to the waters where they were stationed, and they completely followed Sima Yi's instructions and put on a good show for Zhou Yu to see.

When all the circumstances came together, Sima Yi's heart finally fell. For more than half a month, he had carefully prepared a good play, and he felt a sense of relief when it was finished. Fortunately, there were no mistakes in this performance, otherwise, with Zhou Yu's cleverness, he would definitely find some clues from it.

The curtain call of the good show, then another good play will follow suit, otherwise, wouldn't a masterpiece written and directed by Sima Yi end without a problem?

For this reason, Sima Yiping retired from everyone, came to the old place alone, and found Huang Zhong who was waiting there.

"The general is in such a hurry to find me, is the time ripe to start acting?" For the past half a month, Huang Zhong has been waiting for Sima Yi's summons, because when they meet again, it is likely that the operation will begin.

Sima Yi nodded and said, "The operation has started from the moment Old General Huang surrendered to Zhou Yu, but the specific steps in this are very cumbersome, which is why the old general has been waiting for so long. Next, it's time for the old general to come out again. ”

"Great, the old man has been waiting for this moment for a long time." Huang Zhong said happily, "General, what should the old man do, and ask the general for guidance." ”

Sima Yi then leaned into Huang Zhong's ear and whispered something, Huang Zhong's eyes lit up after hearing it, and then his face showed joy, and said: "General, next, it's up to the old man, the old man will definitely not disappoint His Royal Highness King Yan and the general's expectations for the old man!" ”

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Zhou Yu, who had just returned to Chaisang, plunged headlong into the sea of books, in his opinion, this time was a great opportunity to defeat the enemy army, but it was not the best time. Although the enemy army was infected with the epidemic, which caused the enemy army to panic from top to bottom, judging from the situation of the enemy's naval army just now, the lineup was neat, and the cooperation was tacit, as if it was a well-trained army.

Although Zhou Yu has always boasted that the naval army he brought out is invincible in the world, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Zhou Yu must win the battle and reduce casualties as much as possible.

Therefore, if you rashly attack and get entangled with such a well-trained army, you will definitely consume some troops.

For this reason, Zhou Yu thought about it, and still felt that it was necessary to borrow Huang Zhong's strength, cooperate with him, and deal with the enemy army together, so as to minimize his own casualties.

Just when Zhou Yu was about to write a letter to Huang Zhong, preparing to ask Huang Zhong to prepare something to do with him, the guard actually brought Huang Zhong's letter and presented it to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu opened Huang Zhong's letter, and after hurriedly browsing it, he immediately realized that the opportunity had come.

It turned out that Zhou Yu led the fleet to spy on the enemy's reality today, but Sima Yi mistakenly thought that Zhou Yu launched an attack, so soon after Zhou Yu withdrew, Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, ordered Sima Yi to gather all the naval officers, a total of more than 80,000 people, more than 2,000 warships, with the deputy governor of the naval army, Wen Ping, as the vanguard, led an army of 3,000, ready to launch a comprehensive attack on Jiangdong tomorrow.

In the letter, Huang Zhong told Zhou Yu to relax, telling Zhou Yu not to worry too much, because he had secretly contacted a group of naval army generals, including Wen Ping, the deputy governor of the naval army, who was overhead. Huang Zhong told Zhou Yu in the letter that when Wen Ping fought tomorrow, he would be the first to be defeated, and then ask Zhou Yu not to kill him, and when Wen Ping was defeated, Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, would definitely order Sima Yi to send his main army to rush over, at this time, it was not too late for Zhou Yu to start killing again, as long as he could defeat the main force of King Yan, the rest of the naval army soldiers would disperse under his bewitchment. In this way, Zhou Yu could take advantage of the victory to pursue and not give Zhang Yan any respite, while he and Wen Ping would secretly lead their subordinates to wait for an opportunity to approach Zhang Yan and Sima Yi and kill them.

As long as Zhang Yan and Sima Yi die, the Han army will be leaderless, and it will fall into chaos, and even the entire Han army will be affected, and the Han army will be divided into factions, and there will definitely be a struggle for power and profit, and then Jiangdong can launch a general offensive and defeat the Han army in the Yangtze River.

In addition, Huang Zhong also told Zhou Yu that the outbreak of the epidemic was mainly concentrated in the soldiers and horses in the north, and the naval army was not affected much, and Zhang Yan also gave the rest of the subordinates a death order, without the order of King Yan, no one could leave the defense area one step.

Once Zhang Yan was killed, the news would not be spread immediately, and Zhou Yu could lead the Jiangdong Army to take advantage of this opportunity to cross the river and go north to launch a fierce attack on the Han army. And Huang Zhong, together with Wen Ping, became Zhou Yu's internal response and helped the Jiangdong Army take Jiangxia, Xiangyang, and Jiangling.

Huang Zhong also said that when the matter is completed, he must ask Sun Quan to make himself a marquis and reward him with a lot of money to support his old age.

After carefully reading the letter written by Huang Zhong, Zhou Yuzai was overjoyed, and immediately ordered his troops and horses, gathered all the generals under him, and after giving some orders, he prepared to meet the battle that would come tomorrow.

That night, Zhou Yu has not been able to sleep peacefully, for him, tomorrow will be a particularly exciting day, Zhang Yan personally led the water army, to fight with him, if the enemy army works together, there may be a fierce battle. However, it is estimated that Zhang Yan never imagined that Huang Zhong had already surrendered to Jiangdong, so it was equivalent to him having an internal response from the enemy, and he would win this battle.

Tomorrow, it is impossible to live, and Zhang Yan, the high-ranking Yan King, may die at the hands of Zhou Yu.

If Zhang Yan is killed, Zhou Yu will definitely become famous in the world, and from now on, when he fights with the enemy again, it is estimated that the enemy army will be terrified as soon as he hears his name!

"Hahaha......" Zhou Yu was overjoyed, she couldn't close her mouth happily, she didn't sleep all night, but she didn't feel sleepy at all. (To be continued......)