This episode recounts how Zhou Yu, recognizing the overwhelming strength of Cao Cao's forces and deeming direct confrontation unwise, employed Cao Cao's envoy Jiang Gan to execute a counterintelligence scheme. He further orchestrated the feigned surrender of Huang Gai and Kan Ze, with Zhuge Liang collaborating in the planning—laying the groundwork for victory in the Battle of Red Cliffs.
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