"Got it. Go notify Huang Zu and Guo Jia. Have them wait on the riverbank."
Jiang Siming rose and dressed as he muttered mockingly to himself, "You want to pull off the Burning of Chibi on me? Quite an idea."
After leaving the flagship, Jiang Siming arrived at the riverbank. A middle-aged man was kneeling there, covered in scars so gruesome they made one's heart tremble.
They had all been inflicted by whippings and red-hot tongs. His flesh was torn open, and not a single patch of skin remained unscathed.
They had seen this man yesterday. Wasn't he Huang Gai, the one Zhou Yu had beaten?
"Isn't this General Huang? How did you end up like this?" Jiang Siming asked with "concern."
"King Ming, save me!" Huang Gai began to sob.
"What exactly happened?" Jiang Siming kindly helped Huang Gai to his feet.
Huang Gai immediately began to pour out his grievances, claiming that Zhou Yu had monopolized power and ignored Sun Quan and the other warlords.
He had also forced Huang Gai to lead troops in a sneak attack on Jiang Siming's navy. Huang Gai had felt the risk was too great and refused, then gotten into an argument with Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu had angrily slapped him and thrown him into the dungeon.
Fortunately, the soldiers guarding the dungeon were his men, allowing Huang Gai to escape and come seek refuge with Jiang Siming.
After hearing Huang Gai's account, everyone else fell into thought.
Judging from Huang Gai's description, expressions, and movements, it seemed he was not lying.
Besides, Zhou Yu was inherently arrogant and conceited. It did not seem strange that he would do something like this.
"Wonderful! If Huang Gai defects to our lord, Jiangdong will have no chance of winning!" Guan Yu said excitedly. The