Zhou Yu starts the battle by sending troops charging head-on towards the north of the river. Cao Cao meets the attack, but fails in the battle. He orders two lines of interlocked boats to set out from the naval camp to come to their aid. The troops of the Southland pretend to be defeated, and compare Cao Cao’s boats to the greatness of the Taihang Mountain. Cao Cao becomes very happy, and orders his entire naval force to have the boats connected with iron chains. Zhou Yu rushes to the top of the Southern Screen Hills to get an overview of the training of the interlocked boats. He watches them for three days in a row. Suddenly he screams out, with blood flowing from his mouth, and falls to the ground. Lu Su asks the army doctor to treat Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu tears apart his prescriptions. Lu Su then sends someone to Chaisang to search for a doctor of good reputation to come and treat Zhou Yu. Lu Su enters the small boat of Zhuge Liang to talk to him. Zhuge Liang claims that he has the ability to treat illnesses. Lu Su gets very pleased, and asks Zhuge Liang to come to the camp to treat Zhou Yu’s illness.
曹操等到三更，月亮當頂到連環船頭，慶賞月當頂，手內端住以前用的一杆兵刃混鐵槊，當即作歌一首，劉馥認爲曹操的歌詞不吉利。曹操已醉大怒，一槊將劉馥打入水中身亡。