d puzzled at the depth of his rival's insight。
〃I shall have no peace day or night while he lives；〃 said Zhou Yu。
〃At least wait till Cao Cao is done with；〃 said Lu Su。
And Zhou Yu knew Lu Su spoke wisely。
Having summoned the leaders to receive orders； first Zhou Yu gave orders to Gan Ning： 〃Take with you the false deserter Cai Zhong and his soldiers； and go along the south bank； showing the flags of Cao Cao； till you reach the Black Forest just opposite the enemy's main store of grain and forage。 Then you are to penetrate as deeply as possible into the enemy's lines and light a torch as a signal。 Cai He is to be kept in camp for another purpose。〃
The next order was： 〃Taishi Ci is to lead two thousand troops as quickly as possible to Huangzhou and cut the enemy's munications with Hefei。 When near the enemy； he is to give a signal。 If he sees a red flag； he will know that our lord； Sun Quan； is at hand with reinforcements。〃
Gan Ning and Taishi Ci had the farthest to go and started first。
Then Lu Meng was sent into the Black Forest with three thousand troops as a support to Gan Ning who was ordered to set fire to Cao Cao's depot。 A fourth party of three thousand troops was led by Ling Tong to the borders of Yiling and attack as soon as the signal from the forest was seen。 A fifth party of three thousand under Dong Xi went to Hanyang to fall upon the enemy along the River Han。 Their signal was a white flag； and a sixth division of three thousand manded by Pan Zhang would support them。
When these six parties had gone off。 Huang Gai got ready his fire ships and sent a soldier with a note to tell Cao Cao that he was ing over that evening。 Four naval squadrons were told off to support Huang Gai。
The four squadr