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Continued...
On the Yangtze River (Changjiang), Cao Cao's fleets of fightingboats were tied together with iron chains into a big steady square formation. Flags were flying proudly. On the highest flag in the middle of the square was the big character: "Commander-in-Chief". Cao Cao was treating his generals to a big banquet on his flagship. It was the 15th day of the 11th lunar month of AD208. The moon shone brightly on the tranquil river. Cao Cao was proud about his mighty army, which was ready for battle. He felt even happier when he recalled how easily he had obtained Jingzhou and that this region known as the land of rice and fish was soon to fall into his hand with the help of Huang Gai, the general who had secretly defected to his side. On the other side of the river, Huang Gai had prepared 10 boats filled with dry firewood and fuel. His soldier sprinkled sulphur and oil on the stuff, which was the covered with cloth. A smaller boat was tied behind each fuel-carrier boat for the soldiers to escape once they had lighted the fire. It was midwinter. The sharp north-west wind blew from the Cao camp to the Wu camp. Thinking that the plan mighgt fail, Zhou Yu coughed up blood and fainted. The next day, Zhuge Liang visited Zhou Yu and passed him a note which said: "Fire is the best weapon to destroy Cao Cao. Everything is ready except the east wind." Taken aback, Zhou Yu asked for help. Zhuge Liang told him that was the time when the weather changed frequently because the cold air currents often met the warm. That was why people dubbed this time of the year "a second spring". Zhuge Liang also said a warm current, accompanied by south-east wind, was to ome that midnight. Zhou Yu jumped from his sick bed and ordered his soldiers to get ready to fight. At midnight, there blew a strong south-west wind, bringing Huang Gai's 10 boats to the camp. Cao Cao was standing on his flagship and saw under the bright moonlight the flag with haraters "Vanguard Huang Gai" waving against the wind. His soldiers shouted: "Huang Gai is crossing over to your side!" Cao Cao laughed and said: "Thank goodness. That's wonderful!" Cao Cao's soldiersall came out of their camps to watch what was happening. They were shocked when Huang Gai's boats suddenly burst into fire about 1km away from Cao Cao's fleets. The burning boats slammed into the Cao fleets and camp. In a moment, all of Cao Cao's boats were swallowed in fire. Even the camps on the north bank of the river were burnt. Amid the big fire and smoke same the cries and screams of the soldiers. Soldiers and horses were either burnt to death or drowned. In a moment, more than 100 000 people had died. Cao Cao, unable to control the situation, fled in a hurry while Zhou Yu's army charged against those who were left behind. This battle led the the emergence of the Three Kingdoms.Labels: random |
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