Chapter 528: The Decisive Battle (Part II)
Ming Gong? β
"Huh?"
Gongsun Du looked at the half moon in the sky and was distracted, and suddenly heard someone shouting to himself, looked down and saw that Guo Jia was also, and asked, "Is there something wrong with Fengxiao?" β
Guo Jia hesitated slightly, gritted his teeth and said: "Ming Gong, the situation in the city is unknown at the moment, it is better for Ming Gong to go out of the city and rest!" β
Gongsun Du's eyes widened, and a wave of anger spread out: "What does Fengxiao mean to ask someone to flee without a fight?" β
Guo Jia felt that he was being targeted by the beasts of the wilderness, his heart trembled, and cold sweat grew on his forehead, but he also said to himself: "Duke Ming, my subordinates have been thinking about it for a long time, and I feel that Cao Cao let the north of the city go, if there are only three tricks. β
"Oh? What are the three? Gongsun Du became interested, looked at him angrily, and asked.
Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief, gently wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said slowly: "Fire attack, flooding, poisoning!" β
Gongsun Du just understood it when he heard it, but after thinking about it, he said, "Isn't destroying the city?" β
"Not counting!"
Guo Jia shook his head and explained: "As soon as the northern city wall has been destroyed, Cao Cao knows that we will inevitably inspect the other city walls, so it is better not to do it than to do useless work; Second, if you want to dig up other places in the city, it will cost too much manpower and material resources, and Cao Jun has always been strapped for money, so he will not take it. β
At the end, he hooked up again: "Maybe it is the tight situation that makes Cao Cao want to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible." And he can't take the initiative to fight with us, so he can only use this means to lure us to war. β
When Gongsun Du heard this, he thought back to all the things he had come to Xuzhou, and he had a feeling of falling into conspiracy.
As Guo Jia said, the Youzhou army entered Xuzhou and suffered from plots one after another, and anyone would be angry.
Gongsun Du thought about it carefully and shook his head. When he decided to come to Pengcheng at that time, Gongsun Du had no anger in his heart, or rather, but after so long, it had faded, and it couldn't affect him to make a decision.
Guo Jia looked at Gongsun Du's expression, from frowning, to uncertain, and finally became relieved, with a smile on his face, and said: "Cao Cao is anxious for a decisive battle because of the problem of grain and grass, and we want to pacify Xuzhou as soon as possible. β
Gongsun Du looked at Guo Jia, and Guo Jia also looked over.
"Hahaha!"
Before long, both of them burst out laughing.
In the middle of the night, the laughter stopped. Gongsun Du said: "It is good to say that poisoning and fire attack are good, and after a detailed inspection, no problems have been found here. β
Guo Jia nodded and said, "That's right, with the previous lesson, and then with the teaching of Doctor Hua, the doctors in the army don't say that they can cure strange poisons, but at least the examination is not successful." Fire attacks must also have fire, and there is nothing to cause fire in the city, so this trouble will be removed. β
"That ......"
"That is, only flooding is left?"
Gongsun Du sensed that something was wrong and walked quickly to the bottom of the low wall. Seeing this, Guo Jia hurriedly followed.
"Go and find some of the people of the city."
Gongsun Du got off the low wall, and said to Dian Wei while looking out.
"Yes, Ming Gong."
Gongsun Du came to the moat, then looked at the moonlight and the firelight, and did not see anything wrong, and walked along the moat to the place where the river was poured in.
Pengcheng is located in the place where the water flows into Surabaya, and its moat is naturally filled with water from the two rivers.
"The river is rushing endlessly, and it doesn't look wrong!"
At the fork in the river, Gongsun Du stared at the sparkling river for a long time, said something puzzled, then turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and said, "Fengxiao, what do you think?" β
Of course, I looked with my eyes, and I watched it from my standings.
Joke!
"The subordinates don't know, but the subordinates think that everything should be cautious and cautious, and it is necessary to investigate in detail." Guo Jia replied.
A word to wake up the dreamer!
Gongsun Du was startled, and immediately set his eyes on the river again.
The river was still sparkling, but this time Gongsun Du saw a little different. Obviously, the river should be flowing from the northwest to the southeast, but the water on the surface of the river does not seem to be moved, and there are faint signs of southeast to northwest flow.
Reflux?
Gongsun Du had such a word in his mind, then looked at Dian Wei and said, "How is the person you are looking for?" β
Dian Wei shook his head and said nothing.
Gongsun Du was about to speak, when a sound of footsteps came, and his eyes immediately swept over.
"Ming Gong, the person has been brought!"
Gongsun Du was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Let them come closer." β
"Yes, Ming Gong."
Then Gongsun Du saw several men with fearful faces, his heart softened, and he comforted: "A certain is Gongsun Du, a certain promise will not hurt you like Cao Jun, the reason why I brought you here at this time is that I want to ask you for help with something." β
The faces of the six big men softened slightly, but they still didn't dare to speak, only one of them whispered: "Ji has heard of Ming Gong, everyone rest assured, our lives have been saved." β
Gongsun Du also heard it in his ears, and smiled on his face, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, otherwise he really didn't know how to explain it to them.
Assemble? It should be the person's name.
Gongsun Du thought for a while and said, "You are all people who live here, you should know a lot about every grass and tree around, right?" β
When the six big men heard the voice, five of them bowed their heads and were silent, and the remaining one was the person who spoke before, and replied: "What Ming Gong said is exactly what he said." β
Gongsun Du looked at the same timid "set", and simply stopped procrastinating, so that people could feel at ease, and said directly: "Do you see that this river is different from the past?" β
Gongsun Du asked people to find these people before, and his purpose was like this. He wondered what the river had changed, as an outsider, it was naturally difficult to find the clues, but as a local, it was different, and he could see the difference.
It's a great move!
As Gongsun Du thought, two of the six great men, including the previous "Ji", had their fields close to the river, and every year during the drought season, they took water from the river to irrigate their fields.
After a while, "Ji" said: "Ming Gong, this water level seems to be a little wrong!" β
"It seems?"
Gongsun Du ignored the word and asked urgently, "Can you be sure?" β
"Ji" seemed to be frightened by Gongsun Du's eagerness, and lowered his head and said: "At this time in previous years, the water level of the water was not so low. However, it seems that last year was similar to now. β
Last year, there was a big drought, and there was a shortage of water everywhere, so it was normal to be low, but now it ......
"What about some time ago?" Guo Jia suddenly spoke.
"Ji" heard the unfamiliar voice, and shrank again, but he didn't dare not reply, but his voice was lower: "Some time ago...... Some time ago...... Higher than it is now. β
Gongsun Du asked the others again, and after learning that this was indeed the case, he said: "You have made meritorious contributions, and each person will be rewarded consistently." Now we all hurry back and get ready, there may be a big flood. β
The six big men didn't seem to react, only "Ji" said: "Thank you Ming Gong." β
Then he had the courage to ask: "Ming Gong is talking about big water?" This is impossible, the villain's ancestral home is here, and he has never heard of it for many years. β
Gongsun Du shook his head and said, "I won't explain it if there's more, let's go back quickly!" If you believe so-and-so, you should be prepared, or you can share this with your neighbors so that they can prepare. β
Immediately ignoring them, Gongsun Du said to Guo Jia: "Now we will enter the city immediately, and arrange for the people in the city to pack up and go out of the city overnight and go to the high ground to rest." During the day, I saw that there was a small mountain in the direction of more than ten miles west of the north, and if there was a big flood, it would be safe and sound. β
Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Since Ming Gong already knows, there is no need to go back to the city, and this matter is still left to others to handle." β
After speaking, without waiting for Gongsun Du to reply, Guo Jia said to Dian Wei again: "Don't stop Ming Gong yet, and go to the camp in the north quickly." β
Although Dian Wei was stunned, he also heard that something was wrong, and immediately took Gongsun Du away by force.
Gongsun Du had already reacted at this time, Guo Jia must have thought of this a long time ago, just to trick him into leaving, he pretended not to know, and now it should be regarded as a ...... Show oneβs true colors in the end?
Gongsun Dufang wanted to drink Zhidian Wei and forcibly left, but Guo Jia said: "Ming Gong is in danger of tens of millions of people, so he should leave as soon as possible, otherwise the army in the city will be distracted to take care of Ming Gong, which is not advisable!" β
Gongsun Du was stunned, and finally could only sigh: "Okay, then I'll leave it to Fengxiao." β
Guo Jia shrunk his neck and said: "Jia is very timid, so he won't go back, anyway, everything has been notified to Chen Cangcao and the generals, as long as their speed is fast enough, they should be safe." β
Suddenly, there was a loud noise from the northwest direction, although it was still far away, but it fell in the ears of Gongsun Du, it was like thunder!
"Oh no, it's already here!" Gongsun Du exclaimed, he really didn't expect Cao Cao to be so fast, and he could avoid Qiao Yanglou's eyes and do this.
"Ming Gong go quickly!" Guo Jia no longer lost his timidity, and shouted urgently.
Gongsun Du hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to believe Guo Jia, just glanced at the restless "Ji" six people on the side, and said, "Take them." β