Chapter 50 The 49th Round of the Seven Stars Altar Zhuge Worshiping Feng Sanjiangkou Zhou Yu Arson

But Zhou Yu stood on the top of the mountain, watching for a long time, suddenly fell behind, vomited blood, and fell unconscious.Rescue the left and right into the account.All the generals came to ask questions, and they all looked at each other in astonishment, saying: "There are millions of people in the north of the Yangtze River, and tigers dominate and whales swallow them."Indisputable ① The governor is like this, if Cao Bing arrives, what can I do?Hurriedly sent someone to report to Marquis Wu, while seeking medical treatment. But Lu Su said that when he saw Zhou Yu lying ill, he felt sad, so he came to see Kong Ming and told him about Zhou Yu's death.Kongming said: "What do you think is the case?"Su said: This is Cao Cao's blessing, and Jiangdong's disaster.Kong Ming said with a smile: "Gong Jin's disease, Liang can also heal."Su said: If this is the case, the country will be lucky!So please ask Kong Ming to go to the doctor together.Su went to see Zhou Yu first.Yu lay down with her head covered.Su said: "How is the governor's illness?"Zhou Yu said: "My confidant is in pain, and I fall into a coma again."Su said, "What kind of bait did you take?"Yu said: "I feel nauseated in my heart, and I can't take the medicine."Su said: Come and go to see Kongming, and he said that he can cure Dudu's disease.How about seeing it outside the tent and coming for treatment?Please come in at Yu's order, teach the left and right to help him up, and sit on the bed.Kongming said: "If you don't see your face for several days, how can your body be uneasy!"Yu said: How can people protect themselves if they have misfortunes and blessings?Kongming said with a smile: "there are unpredictable things in the sky, how can people predict them?"Yu turned pale when he heard that, but made a sound of groaning.Kongming said: "Does the governor seem to be troubled?"Yu said: Yes.Kong Ming said: "It is necessary to use cold medicine to relieve it."Yu said: "I have taken cold medicine, but it has no effect at all."Kongming said: You must first regulate the Qi; if the Qi is smooth, you can recover naturally between breathing.Yu knew that Kong Ming must know what it meant, so he challenged him with words: "If you want to get smooth energy, what medicine should you take?"Kongming said with a smile: "if there is one side, then teach the governor to be smooth."Yu said, "May I teach you, sir."Kongming asked for a pen and paper, and moved the screen back to the left and right. The sixteen characters in the secret letter said:

If you want to defeat Cao Gong, you should use fire to attack; everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. After finishing writing, I handed it to Zhou Yu and said: This is the source of the disease.Yu was shocked when she saw this, and thought to herself: Kong Ming is really a god!I already know what's on my mind!Just tell the truth.Nai laughed and said: "Sir, you know the source of my disease, what medicine will you use to treat it?"Things are in danger, I hope you can teach me.Kong Ming said: Although Liang is not talented, he once met a strange person, taught him the Qimen Dunjia Heavenly Book, and could call the wind and rain.If the governor wants a southeast wind, he can build a platform on Nanping Mountain, called the Seven Star Altar: nine feet high, three floors, surrounded by 120 people holding flags and flags.Liang practiced on the stage, taking advantage of the strong southeast wind for three days and three nights to help the governor use his troops, how about it?Yu said: "Hold the road for three days and three nights, only one night of strong winds, and great things can be accomplished."It's just a matter of now, don't delay.Kongming said: How about the Jiazi sacrifice to the wind on November 20th, and the wind in Bingyin on the 22nd?Yu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and got up heartily.Then he sent an order to send 500 strong soldiers to build an altar on Nanping Mountain; 120 people were sent to guard the altar with flags and wait for orders.

Kongming bid farewell to the tent, got on horseback with Lu Su, and came to Nanping Mountain to compare the terrain. He ordered the soldiers to build an altar with terracotta in the southeast.It has a radius of twenty-four feet, and each floor is three feet high, making a total of nine feet.The twenty-eight constellation flags are placed on the next floor: the seven flags in the east, according to the angle, kang, di, room, heart, tail, and dustpan②, are in the shape of Canglong; The chamber and wall ③ are the power of Xuanwu; the seven white flags in the west, according to Kui, Lou, Wei, Subaru, Bi, Qi, and Shen ④, stand in the prestige of the white tiger; the seven red flags in the south, according to wells, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen ⑤ are in the shape of a rosefinch.The second floor is surrounded by sixty-four yellow flags. According to the sixty-four hexagrams, there are eight people standing. On the upper floor, there are four people.There is a person standing on the front left, holding a long pole with chicken feathers on the tip of the pole to attract wind; A sword; a person stands on the rear right, holding an incense burner.Twenty-four people under the altar, each holding a banner, a treasure cover, a euphorbia, a long dagger, a yellow axe, a baiyan, a red banner, and a soap banner, surrounded the four sides.On the auspicious day of Jiazi on November 20th, Kongming took a bath and fasted, dressed in Taoist robes, and came to the altar with bare feet.Pay Lu Su and say: "Zi Jing went to the army to help Gong Jin transfer troops."Don't be surprised if Liang's prayers are not answered.Lu Su don't go.Kongming told the soldiers guarding the altar: Don't leave your position without authorization.Do not whisper.Do not speak nonsense.Don't be surprised.Those who disobey the order will be beheaded!All take orders.Kong Ming stepped up to the altar slowly, set his viewing position, burned incense in the furnace, poured water into the bowl, and looked up to the sky to pray in secret.Go down to the altar and enter the account for a short rest, so that the sergeants can eat in turn.Kongming went up to the altar three times a day, and went down three times a day, but there was no southeast wind.

Let's say that Zhou Yu asked Cheng Pu and Lu Su to serve in the tent, and when the southeast wind blows, he dispatched troops;Huang Gai had already prepared twenty fire boats, the bows of which were densely covered with big nails; the boats were loaded with reeds and dry firewood, filled with fish oil, covered with sulfur and flame nitrate, and covered with oil sheets; Longya flag, each rowing boat at the stern ⑥: waiting under the tent, just waiting for Zhou Yu's order.Gan Ning, Kan Zewopan, Cai He, and Cai Zhong drank every day in the water fortress, not letting any of them go ashore.Surrounded by soldiers and horses of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, they can't get through: just wait for the order from the account.Zhou Yu was sitting in the tent for a discussion, when the spies came to report: Marquis Wu's ships were anchored eighty-five miles away from the stronghold, just waiting for the good voice of the governor.Yu Yu sent Lu Su to tell all the officers and soldiers under his command: "Everyone pack up their ships, weapons, sails and sculls and so on."As soon as the order is issued, it is always forbidden to violate it.If there is a violation, it will be in accordance with military law.All the soldiers will be ordered to gear up one by one, ready to fight.It is day and night, the sky is clear and the breeze is not moving.Yu called Lu Su and said: Kong Ming's words are absurd: How can there be a southeast wind in the middle of winter?Su said: "I expect Kongming to be right."Nearly three o'clock, I heard the sound of the wind suddenly, and the flags and flags turned.When Yu went out to look at the tent, the flag belt was flying northwest. Suddenly, the southeast wind blew up.

Yu said in amazement: This man has the art of surpassing the heavens and the earth, and the art of unpredictable ghosts and gods!If this person is left behind, it will be the root of disaster in Soochow.Kill them early to avoid future worries.Urgently call the two generals Ding Feng and Xu Sheng, the guards in front of the tent: each with a hundred people.Xu Sheng went from Jiangnei, Ding Feng went from the dry road, and they all went to the Seven Star Altar in Nanping Mountain.Don't ask the right and wrong, grab Zhuge Liang and behead him, and use the head to ask for credit.The two generals commanded: Xu Sheng disembarked, a hundred knives and axes, swung oars;Yu Lu is facing the southeast wind.There is a poem from later generations that says:

On the seven-star altar, the crouching dragon ascends, and the east wind rises overnight.Wasn't it because of Kong Ming's ingenious plan that Zhou Lang'an succeeded? Ding Feng's horse army arrived first, and saw the soldiers holding flags on the altar, standing against the wind.Ding Feng got off his horse and went up to the altar with his sword in hand. When he didn't see Kong Ming, he hurriedly asked the guards.The answer was: I just went down to the altar.When Ding Feng went down to the altar to look for it, Xu Sheng's boat had arrived.The two gathered by the river.The pawn reported: "Last night a fast boat stopped at the front beach, but Kong Ming was seen disembarking from the boat at the right time."The boat looked into the water and went.Ding Feng and Xu Sheng pursued them by land and water.Xu Shengjiao pulled up the full sail and grabbed the wind.Looking at the ship not far ahead, Xu Sheng yelled loudly on the bow: "Military commander, go away!"Governor please!I saw Kong Ming standing at the stern laughing and saying: "Superior Governor: Use your troops well."Zhuge Liang returns to Xiakou temporarily, and will meet again in another day.Xu Sheng said: "Please stay here for a while, I have something to say."Kongming said: "I have predicted that the governor will not tolerate me and will come to harm me. I will teach Zhao Zilong to meet me in advance."Generals don't have to chase!Seeing that the boat in front had no roof, Xu Sheng just rushed to it.Looking closer, Zhao Yun drew his bow and set an arrow, stood at the stern of the boat and shouted, "I am Zhao Zilong from Changshan!"I was ordered to pick up the military division.How do you come to catch up?I was expecting to shoot you to death with an arrow, and it seemed that the two families lost their harmony, so I will teach you how to do it!After saying that, the arrows went everywhere, and shot through the tent ropes on Xu Sheng's boat.When the canopy fell into the water, the boat would be sideways.But Zhao Yun taught his own boat to pull up the full sail and sail away with the wind.His boat is flying like flying, and he can't catch up with him.On the shore, Ding Feng summoned Xu Sheng's boat to approach the shore, saying: "Zhuge Liang's ingenious calculations are beyond human reach."In addition, Zhao Yun has the courage of all men.Do you know when he was in Yangchangban?We just ask for something in return.So the two went back to see Zhou Yu and said that Kong Ming had made an appointment with Zhao Yun to meet him in advance.Zhou Yu was shocked and said: "This man is so cunning, it makes me restless at dawn and night!"Lu Su said: "Let's wait until Cao is broken, but then try again."

Yu followed his words and summoned the generals to listen to the order.First taught Gan Ning to take Cai Zhong and surrendered his troops and marched along the south bank: he only fought the banner of the Northern Army, and went straight to the ground of Wulin, where Cao Cao garnered grain.Go deep into the army and raise fire as a sign.Only Cai He is left under the account, and I am useful.The second call Tai Shici to pay: You can lead 3000 soldiers and go straight to the border of Huangzhou. If you cut off Cao Cao's troops to meet him, you will force Cao's soldiers to set fire; just look at the red flag, and the Marquis Wu will arrive.The two teams of soldiers are the farthest and go first.On the third day, Lu Meng led three thousand soldiers to Wulin to meet Gan Ning, and burned Cao Cao's stockade.On the fourth day, Huanling commanded three thousand soldiers and went straight to the head of Yiling.Just look at the fire in Wulin, and respond with soldiers.On the fifth day, Dong Xi led 3,000 soldiers and took Hanyang directly; he rushed from Hanchuan to Cao Cao's stronghold, and watched the white flag respond.On the sixth day, Pan Zhang led three thousand soldiers and went to Hanyang to meet Dong Xi with all the white flags.The six teams of ships went their separate ways.But Huang Gai was ordered to arrange a fireboat, and the pawns wrote to Cao Cao to come down tonight.At the same time, four warships were dispatched, and they followed the yellow-gai boat to meet them.Han Dang, the leader of the first team, Zhou Tai, the leader of the second team, Jiang Qin, the leader of the third team, and Chen Wu, the leader of the fourth team: each of the four teams led 300 warships, and each lined up fire in front. Twenty boats.Zhou Yu himself and Cheng Pu supervised the battle on the big mongoose, with Xu Sheng and Ding Feng as the left and right guards, leaving only Lu Su, Gong Kanze and all the counselors to guard the stronghold.Cheng Pu admired Zhou Yu's skill in mobilizing troops.

But he said that Sun Quan had sent a mission to arrive with a soldier's talisman, and that he had sent Lu Xun as the vanguard to go straight to Qi and Huang to march, and Wu Hou would respond by himself.Yu sent people to set fire to the west mountain, and Nanping mountain raised the banner.Everyone is ready to wait for the evening action. The story is divided into two parts: let's say that Liu Xuande was waiting for Kongming's return in Xiakou, and suddenly saw a group of boats arrive, and it was the young master Liu Qi who came to inquire about the news.Xuande asked to go up to the enemy building and sit down, and said: "When the southeast wind blows for a long time, Zilong went to pick up Kongming. I haven't seen him yet. I am very worried."The small school pointed to the port of Fankou from a distance: "If the boat comes with the wind, it will be a military division."Xuande and Liu Qi went downstairs to greet him.After the boat arrived, Kongming and Zilong landed.Xuande was overjoyed.After greetings, Kong Ming said, "I have no time to tell you anything else."Have all the troops, horses and warships agreed by the former been done?Xuande said: "It's been a long time since I cleaned it up, just waiting for the military division to call."Kongming then sat down with Xuande and Liu Qi, saying that Zhao Yun said: "Zilong can take three thousand troops and horses, cross the river to take the Wulin path, and pick trees and reeds to ambush."After the fourth watch tonight, Cao Cao must run that way.When his army and horse passed by, he set fire in the middle.Even if you don't kill him completely, you can kill half of them.Yun said: There are two roads in Wulin: one leads to Nanjun, and the other leads to Jingzhou.Don't know which way to go?Kongming said: "Nanjun is under pressure, and Cao Cao dare not go. He must come to Jingzhou, and then the army will go to Xuchang."Yun led the plan to go.He also called Zhang Fei and said: Yide can lead three thousand soldiers across the river, cut off the road to Yiling, and go to the mouth of Hulu Valley to ambush.Cao Cao dared not go to the Southern Yi Mausoleum, but must go to the Northern Yi Mausoleum.When the rain passes in the coming day, we must come to bury the pot and cook.Just looking at the smoke, they set fire on the side of the mountain.Although Cao Cao was not caught.Yide's achievements are not small.Fei led the plan to go.He also called Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, and Liu Feng to drive boats around the river to capture the defeated army and seize equipment.The three of them took the plan.Kongming got up and called his son Liu Qi, saying: "Wuchang is the most important place to look at."Please come back, son.Lead the troops of the troops.Chen Yukou.If Cao Cao is defeated, there must be escapees, and they will be captured, but they must not leave the city walls lightly.Liu Qi resigned from Xuande and Kongming.Kongming called Xuande and said: My lord, you can set up troops in Fankou, look up from a height, and sit and watch Zhou Lang achieve great success tonight.

When Yunchang was by his side, Kong Ming ignored him completely.Yun Chang couldn't bear it, so he said loudly: "Guan has been fighting with his elder brother for many years, and he has never fallen behind."What is the meaning of today's great enemy, but the military division is not appointed?Kong Ming said with a smile: "Don't blame Yun Chang!"A certain person wanted to pass the most important pass with one step, but there were some obstacles, so he dared not pass it.Yun Chang said, "What's wrong with it?"I wish to see the oracle.Kongming said: In the past, Cao Cao treated his subordinates very well, and he should repay them with one step.Cao Cao was defeated today.You must go to Huarong Road.If Ling stepped down, he must be let go.So I dare not teach.Yun Chang said: "The military division is very kind!"Cao Cao really treated a certain person very seriously that day, and a certain person had beheaded Yan Liang, punished Wen Chou, relieved the siege of the white horse, and reported him.How could I let it go lightly if I ran into it today!Kongming said, "what if you let it go?"Yun Chang said: "I would like to follow the military law."Kongming said: "That's it, let's make a document."Yun Chang issued the military order.Yun Chang said: "What if Cao Cao doesn't come by that road?"Kongming said: "I also give you a military order."Yun Da is overjoyed.Kong Ming said: "Yun Chang can pile up firewood in the high mountains of Huarong Xiaolu, set off a handful of fire and smoke, and attract Cao Cao."Yun Chang said: "Cao Cao saw the smoke and knew there was an ambush. How could he come?"Kongming said with a smile: "Don't you hear the theory of the art of war?"Although Cao can use troops, this is the only way he can hide it from him.When he sees the smoke rising, he will call it a bluff, and he must go this way.The general is merciful.Yun Chang received the general order and led Guan Ping, Zhou Cang and five hundred school swordsmen to lay in ambush on Huarong Road.Xuande said: "My brother has a deep sense of loyalty. If Cao Cao really goes to Huarong Road, I'm afraid he will let him go."Kongming said: "Looking at the Qianxiang in the bright night, the thief died before he got together."It is also a good thing to keep this favor and teach Yunchang to do it.Xuande said: "Mr. God's calculation is rare in the world!"Kong Ming then went to Fankou with Xuande to watch Zhou Yu use his troops, and left Sun Qian and Jian Yong to guard the city.

But he said that Cao Cao was in Dazhai, discussing with all the generals, and only waiting for news from Huang Gai.The southeast wind was very strong that day.Cheng Yu came in and told Cao Cao: "Today the southeast wind blows, so we should take precautions against embankments."Cao laughed and said: "Winter solstice is a yang, and when it comes and goes, is there no southeast wind?"What's the big deal?The sergeant suddenly reported that a small boat came from the east of the river, saying that there was a secret letter from Huang Gai.Call in urgently.The person submitted a letter.The book tells: Zhou Yu was tightly guarded, so he had no way to get out.Today, there is new grain shipped from Poyang Lake, and Zhou Yu sent a guard to cover it, which is convenient.At any rate, kill the famous Jiangdong general and present his head to surrender.Only at the second watch tonight, those who plant the dragon tooth flag on the boat are also grain boats.Cao was overjoyed, so he and all the generals came to the big boat in the water village to watch the yellow-gai boat arrive.

Let's talk about Jiangdong, it was getting late, Zhou Yu called out Cai He, and ordered the soldiers to fall down.And called: innocent!Yu said: "What kind of person are you, who dare to feign surrender!"I lack blessings and sacrificial flags today, and I would like to borrow your head.He couldn't deny it, and shouted, "Kan Ze and Gan Ning of your family also conspired with each other!"Yu said: "This is my envoy."Cai He regretted it too much.Yu ordered him to be caught under the banner of Zaoyu by the riverside, burn the paper with a libation, behead Cai He with a knife, sacrifice the flag with blood, and then ordered the boat to sail.Huang Gai is on the third fire boat, wearing a cloak to hide his heart, holding a sharp knife, and Huang Gai is the pioneer of the big book on the flag.Gai took advantage of the day's favorable wind and looked at Chibi to set off.At that time, the east wind was blowing and the waves were raging.In the middle of the army, look across the river and look at the moon, shining on the river, like ten thousand golden snakes, turning the waves and playing with them.Cao laughed in the wind, thinking he was successful.Suddenly Yijun pointed out: "There is a cluster of sails faintly in the south of the Yangtze River, which makes the wind come."Fuck with high hopes.According to the newspaper, the Qilongya flag is inserted in all of them, and there is a big flag inside, with the name of Huang Gai, the pioneer of the big book.Cao cao said with a smile: "if you come down here, God will help me!"The boat is approaching.Cheng Yu waited and watched for a long time, and said to Cao Cao: "If you come to the boat, you will be cheated."And stop teaching near the village.Cao said: How do you know it?Cheng Yu said: "The grain is in the boat, so the boat must be stable."Looking at the incoming boat today, it is light and buoyant; moreover, the southeast wind is very strong tonight; if there is a fraud, why should it be taken?When he realized it, he asked: Who will stop it?Wenpin said: "I am quite familiar with the water, and I would like to invite you to come."After speaking, he jumped out of the boat, pointed with his hand, and dozens of patrol boats came out with the text.Standing on the bow of the ship, he shouted: "Prime Minister Jun's decree: the southern boat will stop near the stronghold, and leave it in the heart of the river."All the troops shouted together: Get off the awning quickly!Before he finished speaking, at the sound of the bowstring, Wenpin was shot in the left arm by an arrow and fell into the boat.There was chaos on the boat, and everyone rushed back.The south boat is only two miles away from Caozhai on the water surface.Huang Gai made a move with a knife, and the boat in front of them all became angry.The fire takes advantage of the wind, the wind helps the fire, the boat shoots like an arrow, and the smoke and flames block the sky.Twenty fire boats crashed into the water village.The boats in Caozhai were all caught up for a while; they were pinned by iron rings, and there was nowhere to escape.There was a sound of fire across the river, and fire boats from all directions arrived, but on the surface of the three rivers, the fire was flying with the wind, and it was full of red, covering the sky and the ground. Cao Cao looked back at the camp on the shore, and there were several fireworks.Huang Gai jumped on the boat, and several people behind him drove the boat, smoking and burning, and came to look for Cao Cao.Seeing that the situation was urgent, Fang wanted to jump ashore, but Zhang Liao was driving a small boat, and when he helped Cao get off the boat, the big boat was already on its own.Zhang Liao and a dozen others rushed to the port to protect Cao Cao.Huang Gai saw the man in the crimson robe get off the boat, he thought it was Cao Cao, so he urged the boat to advance quickly, holding a sharp knife, and shouted loudly: "Cao thief, don't go!"Huang Gai is here!Fuck screamed.Zhang Liao picked up his bow and set up an arrow, watching Huang Gai approaching, he shot it away.At this time, the wind was blowing loudly, Huang Gai was in the firelight, where could he hear the sound of the bowstring?In the middle of the shoulder socket, turned over and fell into the water.It is exactly: when the fire is bad, the water is bad, and the stick sores are healed and the gold sores.It is not known what happened to Huang Gai, but see the breakdown below. ① Not to contend here means not to care, to leave aside. ② Jiao, Kang, Fang, Xin, Wei, Ji Dongfang Qisu, collectively named Canglong. ③ Dou, Niu, Nv, Xu, Wei, Shi, Bibei Qisu, collectively named Xuanwu.Xuanwu is said to be a tortoise, a snake, and a god of the north, a combination of a turtle and a snake. ④ Kui, Lou, Wei, Pleiades, Bi, Qi, and Shenxi Qisu are collectively named Baihu. ⑤ Wells, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhangs, wings, and Zhens in the south of Qisu, collectively named Suzaku.In ancient China, the twenty-eight constellations mentioned above were called the twenty-eight constellations near the Baidao and the Zodiac.It is divided into four groups according to the four directions, namely: Canglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu.The ancients believed that these are the four gods who stabilize the Quartet. ⑥ Take the fast boat.