Chapter 890: Heavy rain digging the dam
Lejin has a few brushes, and when Gao Ran was about to catch up with them, he took advantage of the familiar geographical location to throw Gao Ran far away.
And the news that Hongxian County was taken by Jia Xu spread as Le Jin returned to Xiangcheng.
Le Jin was very ashamed to come to Cao Cao to plead guilty, he blamed himself, if he could get to Hongxian faster, it would be very difficult for Liu Jun to break through the defense line.
I thought that Cao Cao would be disappointed with Le Jin's result this time, or impose some punishment on Le Jin, but Cao Cao didn't seem to care at all.
"If it's gone, it's gone, how can Lone care about the loss of a city and a place?" Looking at Cao Cao's appearance, he really didn't care at all.
All the people present were puzzled, and Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, even came out and asked: "Father, Hongxian is the first city in our army's defense line, and now that it has been taken by Jia Wenhe, the morale of our army will definitely be affected, and even affect the whole body." Why is my father so relaxed? ”
Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ang with satisfaction, and was very happy that his son had such an opinion. But Cao Ang is still a little inexperienced, and he is not seeing through the whole situation.
"Jia Xu's army of 30,000 came over. What's the benefit of being alone with him? It's better to give them the little Hongxian County. Cao Cao said generously.
Cao Ang was even more puzzled, and at this time, Guo Jia came out and said, "Everyone, the eldest prince, the lord's strategy is high." Liu Jun took Hongxian so easily, then they would think that our army was weak and could be bullied. Jia Wenhe may not have a contempt for our army, but it is hard to guarantee that others will not do the same. If they lightly attack the enemy, then we can plan and greatly kill and injure Liu Jun. Hongxian is the first stop of the defense line, except as a defense, there is no other at all. Losses are losses, and the impact on our army is not so great. That's why the lord is like this. ”
The corners of Cao Cao's mouth raised a smile, and he said softly: "Those who know the orphan, Feng Xiaoye!" ”
"I see." Everyone admires Cao Cao in their hearts, they are still calculating the gains and losses in front of them, Cao Cao is already calculating the next plan, and even the changes in the other party's heart have been calculated.
Cao Ang felt like he had learned something again.
"In that case, Fengxiao, how do you think we are going to calculate Liu Jun?" Cao Cao asked.
Guo Jia pondered for a while, and then said: "In my opinion, let's not use the strategy of luring the enemy to go deeper, but use the reinforcement defense and try to strengthen the defense, so that the other party can mistakenly think that we don't want to fight with him, so we want to drag them." We are fighting on our own, and even if Jia Wenhe is not in a hurry, their subordinates will be in a hurry. Let's start with that! ”
Cao Cao was silent for a while, and finally nodded, agreeing with Guo Jia's strategy.
Why Guo Jia would take such a countermeasure, the first point is that even if Cao Cao's side adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into depth, Jia Xu's IQ must have detected it. In this way, what is Cao Cao doing such useless work here, it is better to strengthen the city defenses and lure Jia Xu to calm their inner impulses, wouldn't it be better to design it again?
Cao Ang was constantly learning the strategies of Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others, and he thought that he still had a lot to learn.
On the other hand, on Jia Xu's side, there doesn't seem to be any action, everything is the same as before.
But this is on the surface, secretly, Jia Xu ordered some soldiers to quietly strengthen the city defense of Hongxian County at night, and all kinds of strategic materials are carried out in an orderly manner.
Jia Xu's purpose is only one, to build Hongxian into a strategic base that can withstand Cao Cao's counterattack and become an attack on Yuzhou.
As for Gao Ran, Jia Xu asked him to train the soldiers directly, so that he would not be idle and have nothing to think. Gao Ran has something to do, and he really doesn't have any other ideas.
Jia Xu found a very comfortable house and enjoyed life leisurely.
After a day or two, Jia Xu still didn't make any moves, which made Cao Cao and the others wonder. Guo Jia and Cao Cao both had a hunch that things would be reversed, and Jia Xu must have a conspiracy, but neither Cao Cao nor Guo Jia figured out what Jia Xu's plan was.
On such a day, Cao Cao came to the city wall to inspect, and finally stood on the edge of the city wall and looked at the beautiful scenery of the land.
Cao Ang came to Cao Cao's side with a shawl and put it on Cao Cao, saying, "Father, the weather is getting colder. This wall is windy, so don't stay long. ”
Cao Cao felt Cao Ang's filial piety, and his heart warmed, his son was so filial, no matter which father he wanted to see.
I saw Cao Cao smile and said: "My father's body is not so weak." The weather is starting to get cooler, but it's nothing to the father? ”
Cao Ang thought he had done something wrong, but Cao Cao tightened his shawl, and Cao Ang knew that his father was very satisfied with his filial piety.
"Zixiu, you look at the splendid country, isn't it beautiful." Cao Cao pointed to the ground in front of him and said.
"Yes, the beauty of mountains and rivers is really the first in the world." Cao Ang sighed.
Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said: "The rivers and mountains are so delicate, and the bones are thousands of miles. Zixiu, in this troubled era, there are a lot of white bones under the splendid country. How many heroes and heroes, Gon Gong Gong buried his bones. For the sake of my father, this era is still for you young people in the end. ”
"Father, why are you talking about such unlucky words?" Cao Ang said in a panic.
Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Don't care. Sitting at the same table with Bo Xuan for his father, he once said that a hundred years later, it was enough to write on the tombstone that the Han Dynasty conquered Xicao. It's a pity that this troubled time has made the hope of a father unrealizable. ”
Cao Ang knew about this, Cao Cao had said it in front of him, so he said with a smile: "Father is now taller than General Zhengxi." but a prime minister under one man and above ten thousand. Who in the world doesn't know. In the final analysis, it is still the creation of people. Didn't Uncle Liu want to be a rich man back then? ”
Cao Ang changed the topic, lest Cao Cao become more and more disappointed the more he talked, and directly turned the final topic to Liu Yu. Cao Ang calls Liu Yu an uncle, it's really appropriate, Liu Yu and Cao Cao are friends of the same generation, when it comes to seniority, Cao Ang really wants to call Liu Yu his uncle.
"Haha, rich man! At that time, Bo Xuan couldn't help himself, and he didn't even have a guarantee for his own life, of course he wanted to be a safe and stable rich man. Now that he is the mighty Emperor Shenwu of the world, if you let him tell him what he wants to do, he will definitely not be a rich man. That kid is such a virtuous person! As soon as Cao Cao talked about Liu Yu, the whole person was a little cheerful, after all, if it weren't for the relationship between him and Liu Yu in troubled times, I'm afraid they would be very good friends now.
But then again, without this troubled era, Liu Yu might have been killed by the ruthless Spirit Emperor early.
Cao Cao's father and son talked and laughed on the city wall, so that the soldiers around the city wall felt the strong feelings of their father and son. It is rare and precious for the high-ranking and powerful people in the world to have such family affection.
There was a dark cloud drifting to the south of the city, and Cao Ang was the first to see it, and said, "Father, the weather is getting so fast that it seems to be snowing. ”
Cao Cao was more experienced than Cao Ang, and he felt a moist breath in the wind, so he said: "The snow is not so fast, it is estimated that it is going to rain." Let's go back first. ”
Cao Ang nodded, it's better to go back to the house at this time, otherwise it will be really bad to get wet.
As soon as Cao Cao and the others returned to their house, it began to rain heavily.
Cao Cao sighed that the world has changed so much.
I thought that the rain would end soon, but in the end, it turned out that it had been raining for several days. At this time, Cao Cao sensed that something was wrong. Such heavy rain is definitely not good news for Cao Cao. And the daredevils in his heart are getting bigger and bigger.
And Gao Ran of Hongxian County is now so impressed by Jia Xu that he has thrown himself to the ground, how does this person's brain grow, he can predict such a heavy rain, it is simply a god-like existence.
Jia Xu was like a master sipping tea in his room, leisurely looking at the map, and smiling constantly at the heavy rain that did not stop.
"Sure enough, as the old man expected! Cao Cao, old man, it depends on whether you are still in a good mood to calculate whether Your Majesty is not! Jia Xu's heart kept sneering.
It is said that after Zhou Cang and they set off from the camp, they began a hard march. Along the way, they encounter various dangers. There were a large number of birds and animals in the mountains and forests, as well as all kinds of harmful plants, and this army paid the price of dozens of sacrifices before getting out of the mountains. In the mountains, Zhou Cang and they also met some mountain people who hunted and chopped wood for a living, and in order to cover up the whereabouts of themselves and others, Zhou Cang had to ruthlessly kill all the mountain people who saw them. Zhou Cang is not a ruthless person, killing these innocent mountain people, Zhou Cang's heart is guilty, but for Jia Xu's plan and Liu Yu's great cause, Zhou Cang feels that if he doesn't do this villain, then the plan may fail. All the sins will be borne by Zhou Cang himself. This is also what Zhou Cang thinks in his heart.
Fortunately, there was a map given by Jia Xu, otherwise Zhou Cang could only keep wandering around this mountain, and in the end he would only get lost.
When they got out of the mountains, Zhou Cang and they secretly advanced. The distance from Shouchun was long, and there was a possibility of encountering Cao Cao's patrols, so Zhou Cang used the strategy of hurrying at night and hiding and resting during the day. But it didn't take long for Zhou Cang to change this strategy. Because of the heavy rain in Yuzhou, not to mention the patrolling Cao Cao patrol troops, and even the people hid in their own homes and did not come out. In this way, Zhou Cang was given the best opportunity, and they braved the heavy rain to keep hurrying, even if they rested, they sat on the ground in the heavy rain. There is a high possibility that Cao Jun will be encountered in the place where he is hiding from the rain, but Zhou Cang still gave up such an idea.
Liu Jun's soldiers did not have any dissatisfaction, but were very much in favor of Zhou Cang's decision. The soldiers had a very hard journey, and they hardly had eaten a decent meal, and even the dry food had turned into mud due to the torrential rain. But they still eat the same, because if they don't eat, they won't have the physical strength to continue on their journey, and if they don't eat, they can't fight with the Cao army that may suddenly appear, they are the elite of Liu Jun, and this bit of suffering is nothing.
Zhou Cang, the main general, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and there was no special meaning at all. The soldiers saw it in their hearts and naturally expressed their convincing attitude to this commander. I thought that Zhou Cang was lucky to be the main general by Jia Xu, but now it seems that he still has the temperament to be a general.
After several days of frantic travel in the torrential rain, Liu Jun finally arrived at the location of the dam marked on the map.
"It's finally here." Zhou Cang felt a sense of relief when he saw the dam in the distance.
The soldiers were very excited, and after many hardships and sacrifices of their comrades, they finally came to this destination.
Zhou Cang began to observe the situation of the dam, due to the heavy rain, the river water has swelled, if it is not blocked by the dam, it may be a flood. And Zhou Cang even found that there were a lot of Cao Jun on the dam to strengthen the dam to prevent the dam from collapsing and causing floods.
Silently counted the number of Cao Jun in the dam in his heart, and Zhou Cang had the bottom in his heart.
Zhou Cang immediately ordered all the soldiers to buy time to rest, eat more dry food to restore their strength, and they would have a fierce battle later.
The soldiers knew that the most important thing was to regain their strength, and no one wanted to waste time, even if it was still raining.
Half an hour later, Zhou Cang felt that the soldiers had recovered a lot of physical strength, and this was the best time to kill towards the dam.
Zhou Cang led his soldiers slowly towards the dam, but since it was still raining, his vision was blurry, and the Cao troops on the dam did not realize that danger was approaching. It's close to Shouchun, and no one would have thought that an enemy would appear, especially in this kind of weather with continuous rainstorms.
Zhou Cang and others took advantage of such a point.
"What people! Stop! By the time Cao Jun found out that something was wrong, Zhou Cang and the others had already appeared not far from them with weapons.
"Brothers, kill them!" Zhou Cang pulled out the steel knife and rushed to the front.
A killing began. The Cao soldiers on the dam were all killed by Zhou Cang. Because these Cao troops had come to reinforce the dam, they didn't have many weapons with them, and they didn't expect the enemy to appear. And Zhou Cang also paid a lot of sacrifices, and under the dog jumping off the wall, many Liu soldiers were killed by Cao Jun's soldiers in the same way.
When Zhou Cang killed the last Cao soldier, he said to the remaining Liu soldiers: "Dig the dam immediately!" ”
Liu Jun's soldiers didn't care about their injured companions, and immediately took the tools that Cao Jun had just used to reinforce the dam and began to destroy the dam.
The river swelled, and after Zhou Cang and they destroyed it for a while, the entire dam collapsed, and the river gushed out from the gap, destroying the gap even more, and a water dragon rushed towards Shouchun City.