In the evening, Dong Xi brought Zhou Yu back to the camp and asked a military doctor to treat him again. The arrow was finally removed. Zhou Yu's face was as pale as gold paper and he was unconscious.
Cheng Pu asked, "How is the governor's injury?"
The doctor said: "The blood on the wound is black, maybe the arrowhead is poisonous. It will be difficult to heal for a while. You need to rest and rest. Please ask another famous doctor to come and treat you."
Huang Gai was furious and said, "How dare Cao Cao use poison arrows? I will avenge the commander-in-chief!"
"Wait a minute!" Cheng Pu stopped the generals and said in a deep voice, "The Grand Commander is seriously injured and unconscious. This is related to the success or failure of the battle in Huainan. We must not act rashly at this time."
Lu Meng nodded and said, "Mr. Cheng is right. Cao's army has won a battle and will surely come to take advantage of the victory. We need to deploy our defenses first and wait for the governor to wake up."
Only then did the generals suppress their anger. Cheng Pu ordered all the generals to reorganize their troops, defend carefully, and not go out to fight privately. He also sent someone to inform Sun Quan and sent doctors to the army to treat the wounds.
The next day, Cao Xiu led his troops to challenge him. Dong Xi was furious and rushed out of the camp, shouting, "You despicable boy, you actually shot me with a poisoned arrow. I swear to kill you!"
"What poison arrow?" Cao Xiu was stunned. Just as he was about to explain, the angry creature raised its knife and attacked him.
The two men fought for twenty rounds outside the camp. Dong Xi's eyes turned red and he fought desperately, wanting to kill Cao Xiu to avenge himself.
Upon hearing the news, Cheng Pu rushed over, sounded the horn to call back the troops, and scolded Dong Xi. Zhou Yu was recuperating at the time, and wouldn't the fighting in the front army alarm him
Cao Xiu shouted outside the camp for a while, but when he saw that the Wu army was no longer willing to fight, he had no choice but to lead his troops back to Shouchun and informed Cao Ren of the general's request.
He shot and injured Zhou Yu with an ordinary arrow, but Dong Xi said that Zhou Yu was hit by a poisoned arrow. Could there be a trick
Cao Ren thought for a moment and sneered, "It must be that Wen Lie's arrow hit Zhou Yu's vitals. Zhou Yu was seriously injured and the doctors were helpless. He did this on purpose. This is the time for us to counterattack."
Liu Fu said: "Zhou Yu is full of tricks and schemes. He never tires of using deception in war. We should send more spies to investigate and get information from Jiangdong. It would be great if Miss could find out the truth."
After Cao Ren suffered a defeat, he became more cautious. Following Liu Fu's advice, he sent troops to continue the verbal battle and test the enemy's strength, while at the same time sending people to Sun Kuang's house in Jiangdong to send gifts and greetings.
When Sun Ce swept across Jiangdong, Cao Cao was fighting at Guandu. He was worried about Sun Ce's surprise attack, so the two families arranged an alliance. Sun Kuang's wife was Cao Ren's niece, so it was not difficult for him to go to Sun Ce's house to ask for news.
For two consecutive days, the generals of Cao's army took turns to go to the Eastern Wu camp and shout and curse, but there was no movement in the camp. Cao Ren did not dare to act rashly, and both sides were in a stalemate.
Three days later, Zhou Yu had woken up, and five doctors from Jianye also rushed over. They examined him one by one and all said that apart from trauma, there was no sign of poisoning.
Zhou Yu forced a smile and said, "It's just a minor injury, why bother with so much trouble? It's really wrong to alarm the Marquis of Wu."
Cheng Pu felt relieved after the false alarm. He called the military doctor over, scolded him and expelled him from the barracks. The military doctor also looked aggrieved and had no way to defend himself.
Zhou Yu comforted everyone, sent the five doctors away, and asked them to go back and report truthfully to Sun Quan. Although there were some minor setbacks ahead, there was no need to worry because he already had a plan to take Shouchun.
Cheng Pu said, "Now that we have lost our main camp, all the baggage has been taken away by Cao's army. Morale is low, and the military equipment is insufficient. Gongjin needs to rest, so why not return to Hefei for a while?"
Zhou Yu said angrily: "Many men of Jiangdong sacrificed their lives and shed their blood. How many of them died in Shouchun City? If we withdraw our troops because of a mere arrow wound, how can we be worthy of the dead soldiers? You cannot abandon the national affairs because of me."
Huang Gai asked, "The commander-in-chief just said that he had a plan to capture the city. Was it just to comfort the Marquis of Wu?"
Zhou Yu sneered and said, "There is no joking in the army. How dare I deceive my lord on such an important matter?"
When the generals were about to ask, drums suddenly sounded outside the camp and the defenders reported that Cao Ren had personally led his troops to challenge the enemy.
Cheng Pu was about to tell them not to pay any attention, but Zhou Yu said, "Put on your armor and wait for me to meet the enemy in person."
Huang Gai advised: "The governor is injured, so we should not act rashly..."
Zhou Yu sneered and said, "Cao Ren waited for several days before sending out his troops. I guess he came here to learn about Jianye's situation. I will use his trick to defeat him."
He then ignored the opposition of his generals, issued orders to send troops, ordered his men to put on armor and lead horses, and personally led the troops out of the camp.
Cao Ren was stunned when he saw that Zhou Yu had come out personally from the Wu army camp gate. He asked in a low voice, "Could the news be wrong?"
Cao Xiu shook his head and said, "My sister told me the news herself. Sun Quan invited famous doctors everywhere. This matter caused a sensation in Jianye. It can't be false."
While he was still in doubt, Zhou Yu rode forward and shouted, "How dare Cao Ren, a villain, shoot me with a hidden arrow? I will avenge him!"
Cao Ren laughed and said, "People say Zhou Lang is good at commanding troops, but I think you are just so-so. You are no match for me. Why don't you retreat back to Jiangdong and recover from your injuries?"
Zhou Yu said coldly: "How can you covet the land of Jiangdong? I want to do what Bofu has not done yet, and kill Cao Cao in Xuchang."
Cao Xiu approached and saw the situation clearly, then said to Cao Ren: "You see Zhou Yu's lips are pale, he must have forced himself to leave the camp to stabilize the morale of the troops. It would be better to provoke him and make his injury flare up, so that we can win without fighting."
Cao Ren nodded secretly and laughed, "Sun Ce was so arrogant in the past that he died at the hands of an assassin. Zhou Yu is a child, arrogant and conceited. I think you will also die young!"
Seeing that Cao Xiu was ready, he raised his whip and shouted, "Scold him!"
"Zhou Lang, Zhou Lang, your life will not last long!"
As Cao Xiu started shouting, the Cao soldiers behind him shouted together. Word spread from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, and soon tens of thousands of Cao soldiers shouted together, the sound rising and falling like waves.
Zhou Yu was furious, drew his sword and shouted: "The traitor has bullied me too much, who will help me to avenge him?"
Han Dang could no longer contain himself and rode out on his horse with his spear in hand. After he had run a few steps, he heard Zhou Yu scream and fall off his horse with a thud. His personal soldiers hurried forward to rescue him.
Cao Ren saw that Zhou Yu was indeed bluffing, so he immediately ordered, "Kill!"
Cao's army attacked the camp in three directions. Han Dang hurriedly retreated to the camp gate and fought with Dong Xi to block the enemy and protect the soldiers who returned to the camp for defense.
Cao Ren charged for a while, and seeing that the Wu army was prepared, he left with a great victory. As they were leaving, Cao's army was shouting slogans that were catchy and made the Wu army grit their teeth.
Cheng Pu ordered Chen Wu and Lu Meng to guard the camp, and hurried back to the tent, where he saw Zhou Yu wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth and coughing continuously.
Huang Gai said worriedly: "The commander-in-chief is the most important person in the army. Jiangdong's safety is at stake. We should not act rashly at this time. It is better to retreat."
Cheng Pu nodded and said, "Scouts reported this morning that Xiahou Dun has led his troops back to Xiapi. Reinforcements will arrive in a day or two. Cao Cao has also arrived in Xuzhou. We should stop when it is enough, otherwise it will be worse than too little!"
Han Dang and other generals also tried to persuade Zhou Yu that if anything went wrong again at this time, not only would Hefei be lost, but Cao's army would take advantage of the situation to counterattack and the entire Jiangbei defense line would collapse.
Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. The fall from the horse just now was my plan. Shouchun is just around the corner, and Cao Cao's journey will be in vain."
Cheng Pu asked hurriedly, "What's the plan?"
"It's just a repetition of an old trick!" Zhou Yu said slowly, "I will give him a taste of his own medicine."