Zhou Yu commanded Jiangdong's naval forces on the river, pursuing and slaughtering the Yuan Army.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yu had arranged for Sun Ce to personally lead an army across the river in secret, preparing to intercept Yuan Xi at Wulin Crossing. They had to seize Yuan Xi during this opportunity; otherwise, if he escaped back north and recuperated for a few years, he would once again become a grave threat to Jiangdong.
The generals accepted their orders and departed, leaving only Zhou Yu standing at the prow, one hand on his sword as he surveyed the surroundings, filled with ambition.
Suddenly, the southeast wind died, and a northwest wind rose. The flags shifted around, as though a slap had struck Zhou Yu across the face.
Zhou Yu froze. He looked up at the sky, which had suddenly turned cold, and cried, "Heaven has doomed me!" Blood sprayed from his mouth as he fell backward.
Those around him hurriedly rescued him.
Zhou Yu slowly regained consciousness and saw flames rising across the river. More than twenty fire ships, arranged in a line, were speeding toward them as if flying!
He hurriedly ordered the naval camp to remove its anchor stones and had all warships, large and small, scatter and flee.
However, Zhou Yu had prepared too many fire ships. Quite a few warships were still struck by them and immediately caught fire.
Bai Xiaowen stood atop the tower ship and gazed into the chaos at Zhou Yu's naval camp at the Three Rivers Estuary, then ordered the signal flags raised.
Huang Zhong, Murong Ping, and Cecilia each commanded their archer units to light fire arrows and unleash a furious barrage upon the Jiangdong naval camp, as though a rain of fire had fallen.
The fire oil and other supplies prepared