第十四章 赤壁败曹操

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第十四章 赤壁败曹操
Chapter 14: Cao Cao loses at ChiBi

却说曹操经过核查，已经相信黄盖是真降，于是约定当晚黄盖押着运粮船来降。船头插菁龙守旗作为信号。军营里 ，周瑜则安排好进攻曹操的兵马。
Cao Cao investigated the situation,and already believed that Huang Gai really is going to surrender,so he arranged that night for Huang Gai to bring provisions and lead a fleet of ships to come surrender.At the bow he was to put a green dragon flag to use as a signal. At the camp,Zhou Yu had prepared the soldiers and horses to attack Cao Cao.

夜晚，黄盖率二十只火船，船内满载干柴、芦苇等易燃物，顺风向曹操营寨进发。
Zhou Yu had prepared the soldiers and horses to attack Cao Cao.At night,Huang Gai led twenty fireboats,and inside the boats were filled with logs and reeds and other flammable items,they headed toward Cao Cao's camp with the wind behind their backs.

曹操得报后，高兴地登船观看，只见远处驶来一队船，船头都插着青龙牙旗。
When Cao Cao heard of this,he was so happy he hopped on to a boat to look,and saw a group of boats in the distance coming closer and closer,green dragon flags were flapping in the wind, stuck precariously at the bows of the boats.

船越驶越近，曹操的谋士程昱说:“来船如此轻快。不像运粮船，丞相要小心。今晚刮东南风，不可不防。”曹操说：“糟糕，我中计了。”
The boats were sailing closer, and Cao Cao's advisor, Cheng Yu, remarked, "The arriving boats are pretty lightweight and built for speed.They're not like provision boats,Prime Minister, you must be careful.The wind is coming from the southeast direction tonight,we have to be on guard." Cao Cao replied, "Dammit,I fell for their trap."

曹操醒悟，忙命军士领兵前去阻挡，可是为时已晚，只见黄盖冲过阻拦，指挥各船一起点火，向曹军水寨冲去。
Cao Cao realized what was happening,and he quickly ordered his troops to stop the boats,but it was too late,Huang Gai sped through the defense,commanded the boats to be lit on fire,and started speeding toward Cao Cao's navy.

曹操的船队被铁链相连，转眼全部被引燃，曹营变成了火海。
Cao Cao's boats were connected with chains,and in the blink of an eye they were all on fire,Cao Cao's camp turned into an ocean of fire.

曹兵纷纷跳水逃生，烧死和淹死的不计其数。曹操见情况紧急，忙向岸边逃去。
Cao Cao's men dived into the water to save themselves,but there were countless of those who drowned or burned to death.Cao Cao saw that the situation was dire,and hastily started fleeing to shore.

不料岸边也燃起大火，原来周瑜暗中安排将士，到曹操囤粮的地方放火烧粮。
However, the shore was now also ablaze with flames,and it turns out that Zhou Yu had secretly dispatched some soldiers,and set the place where Cao Cao kept his provisions on fire.

大火烧得几十万曹军顷刻瓦解。曹操顾不上收拾残军，急忙乘船逃走。
The fire rendered Cao Cao's soldiers useless in a matter of seconds.Cao Cao could not gather up what was left of his army,and hurriedly boarded the ship and fled.

曹操逃到树木丛生的乌林，突然大笑道:“周瑜、诸葛亮若在此伏下一军......”
Cao Cao had escaped into a forest,and suddenly laughed, "If Zhou Yu and ZhuGe Liang were to ambush me,..."

话没说完，忽见赵云杀了过来。赵云说：“我奉诸葛亮将令，在此等候多时了。”曹操吓得忙叫手下人迎战，自己逃往葫芦口。
He didn't complete his sentence,and he saw Zhao Yun hurtling toward him.Zhao Yun said, "I am under ZhuGe Liang's orders,I've waited for you for a long time."Cao Cao was so frightened that he hurriedly ordered his men to fight back,and he ran toward HuLuKou.

到了葫芦口，曹操已是人困马乏。他在树下休息，又笑道:“若在此伏下一军......”
When he reached it,Cao Cao was exhausted.He rested underneath a tree,and laughed yet again, "If there's another ambush......"

这时张飞又杀了过来。曹操叫张辽迎战张飞，自己则率残兵趁乱逃走了。
At this moment Zhang Fei galloped over.Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao to fight Zhang Fei,and he led the other troops to flee.

逃到路口，有军士报告:“前面有两条路，大路绕远，小路华容道近，却有烟火。”
When they reached a crossroad,a soldier reported, "Ahead of us are two roads,the big road is a long detour,and the smaller one, HuaRong Way, is shorter,but there is fire and smoke."

曹操说:“定是诸葛亮让人在小路烧烟。他却在大路派兵等我。”于是下令走小路。
Cao Cao said, "Then it must be ZhuGe Liang telling people to burn stuff on the smaller road.and he has an ambush waiting for me on the big road. Hmph, I won't be fooled."So he ordered everyone to take the small road.

刚到华容道，曹操就见关羽拦住去路。他只得上前对关羽动之以义，好言相求。
They just reached HuaRong Way,and Cao Cao saw Guan Yu blocking the path.He could only go up to Guan Yu,and plead for him to help.

曹操曾有恩于关羽，关羽感念旧情，不忍杀他，便放他走了。
Cao Cao had helped Guan Yu in the past,Guan Yu remembered and felt a rush of gratitude,he couldn't kill him,and let him go.