The confluence of the three rivers at that time.
A strong southeast wind blew, and the waves surged.
Huang Gai and his twenty fire ships, propelled by the evil wind, burst into flames and crashed irresistibly into Cao Cao's water fortress, which was as flat as the ground.
Cao Cao's ships and men were chained together with iron rings, leaving them with virtually no escape.
Cao Cao realized he had fallen into a trap. He suddenly turned around, but Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, along with their two pretty maids, were nowhere to be seen.
Upon closer inspection.
In the midst of the chaos, Da Qiao, with her nimble movements, and her maid, each holding one of the four—one holding Xiao Qiao's hand and the other holding Xiao Qiao's maid's hand—rushed straight towards Huang Gai's direction and accurately located the soldiers of Eastern Wu.
Cao Cao sighed at that moment.
He lived in the north all day and never imagined that Da Qiao was so agile.
When did Da Qiao learn this martial art?
No wonder she dared to come to Cao Cao's camp alone; it was to personally rescue her younger sister, Xiao Qiao.
Cao Cao loved Da Qiao more.
I also admire Xiao Qiao's gentle yet strong personality.
Hurry up and send someone to bring Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao back.
"Chase them! Chase them! But don't hurt my people!"
Meanwhile, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao were already surrounded by soldiers from Eastern Wu. Cannons were already firing across the river, and fire ships arrived from all directions. The three rivers were ablaze with fire and wind, a fiery red that filled the sky and the earth.
More and more soldiers from Eastern Wu marched in, covering the sky and the earth.
The shouts of killing shook the heavens.
In the firelight, Cao Cao spotted two more women. They were charging ahead of the Eastern Wu soldiers, clad in armor and displaying considerable bravery. The older one wielded a long spear, while the younger one, with a youthful face, exuded a murderous aura and brandished a sharp sword.
The bigger one yelled, "You traitor Cao, stop running! Prepare to die!"
The younger one shouted, "You traitor Cao, give me back my sister-in-law!"
ah!
This time, Cao Cao finally didn't have time to think about beautiful women.
There was no time to think about why the world in Eastern Wu was so difficult to navigate; had it become so chaotic? Even the beauties were all exceptionally skilled.
Cao Cao hurriedly looked back at the camp on the shore and saw smoke and fire everywhere.
Huang Gai had already abandoned his fire ships and bravely led the way to find Cao Cao.
Huang Gai was incredibly strong, his eyes practically bulging with murderous intent.
The soldiers of Eastern Wu all surged over following Huang Gai.
Cao Cao realized something was wrong and quickly ran to the other side, jumped ashore, and just then Zhang Liao helped him off the boat in a small boat.
Huang Gai said to his men, "The man in the crimson robe who disembarks must be Cao Cao!"
He continued chasing, shouting towards the chaotic, infernal Cao camp: "Cao traitor, don't run! Huang Gai is here!"
Cao Cao inwardly groaned, secretly relieved that he had escaped quickly.
Zhang Liao nocked an arrow and, seeing Huang Gai nearby, shot it.
At that time, Huang Gai was in the firelight, his eyes were full of looking for Cao Cao.
Huang Gai only heard the sound of the bowstring, and because he had suffered some physical harm due to his self-inflicted injury, he had no time to dodge and was shot in the shoulder by Zhang Liao's arrow, falling into the water.
Qiao Jingjing saw Zhang Liao shoot an arrow at Huang Gai from afar and hurriedly shouted to Huang Gai to be careful.
However, the wind and fire were too intense, and the battle was too fierce for Huang Gai to hear.
Huang Gai fell into the water, and Qiao Jingjing quickly ordered the soldiers around her to go into the water to save him.
Just then, Han Dang emerged from the smoke and fire, leading a group of Eastern Wu soldiers as they charged in.
It took the soldiers quite a while to rescue Huang Gai.
Despite his injuries and the pain, Huang Gai pulled out the arrowhead.
Han Dang removed Huang Gai's armor and used his knife to dig out the arrowheads. Qiao Jingjing couldn't bear to see the old general like this, so she quickly tore off a piece of her silk skirt and had Ye Rong bandage Huang Gai.
Han Dang had already taken off his own battle robe and given it to Huang Gai to wear, and then used a small boat to take Huang Gai back to the main camp for treatment.
Huang Gai was such a hero.
Truly admirable and praiseworthy!
This also shows the high morale of the Jiangdong soldiers. Even the old generals worked hard and were still strong despite their age. Even the weak women could stand up and fight the enemy at critical moments.
How did Cao Cao avoid defeat?
In addition, the armies of Han Dang and Jiang Qin attacked from the west of Chibi, while Zhou Tai and Cheng Wu attacked from the east.
In the very center were the large fleet of ships belonging to Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Xu Sheng, and Ding Feng.
With such a fierce battle and the burning of the enemy, the Sanjiang Estuary had become a hellish place for Cao Cao and his 800,000-strong army.
One by one, Cao Cao's soldiers were shot, hit by arrows, and burned so badly that they tried to jump into the water, but they couldn't swim and countless drowned.
Cao Cao came with a grand and imposing force.
He never expected that the group of young people from Jiangdong could defeat him.
After all, Cao Cao was truly defeated this time.
Utter defeat.
As Cao Cao fled in panic, he was still thinking about his glorious moments of composing poems on the river, and the two beauties standing beside him, Da Qiao indifferent and Xiao Qiao calm.
That scene was like a dream.
However, the reality was that Cao Cao had to speed up his escape.
One wave of pursuers after another, and swarms of Wu soldiers after swarms of soldiers, appeared as if by magic.
Pan Zhang, Dong Cheng, and others set fires and shouted separately, and the sound of drums resounded all around. Cao Cao and Zhang Liao only had a hundred or so cavalrymen with them.
Cao Cao could not see the road ahead at all in the fire-scorched forest.
Cao Cao's forces had long been scattered and defeated.
Fortunately, these Cao soldiers weren't completely directionally challenged; they still knew the way home.
In their hasty escape, some of them regrouped and followed Cao Cao's footsteps to his side.
His subordinates told Cao Cao, "Prime Minister, let's go through Wulin. It's open and the road is easy to travel there!"
Therefore, under Zhang Liao's protection, Cao Cao went straight to Wulin.
They had barely set off when a group of women appeared in the firelight, carrying a large flag and shouting, "Cao Cao, run!"
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