Chapter 540: Xiapi City is broken
Liu Yu, who was given a good person card by Liu Xie, is now lying in a carriage, easily enjoying the massage and back beating of two beautiful palace maids. Liu Yu is now on his way back to Luoyang, and it is not interesting for him to stay in Xuchang.
The two palace maids gently massaged Liu Yu and beat her back, and the two of them looked at Liu Yu eagerly, and deliberately opened the clothes a little later, covering them but not leaking, faintly appearing, hoping that something wonderful could happen to Liu Yu, so that they could fly on the branches and become phoenixes. And Liu Yu's appearance is very attractive, which makes these two palace maids collide like deer.
This idea can only be buried in my heart, because there is another man in the carriage, and that is Li Gui. The two palace maids looked at Li Gui angrily, he was really an unknown person, it was too much of a hindrance here, it was rare for the two of them to have such an opportunity to get close to Liu Yu, Li Gui was here, they couldn't do anything else. If this opportunity is wasted, God knows if there will be a chance to get close to Liu Yu. The two beautiful palace maids hoped that Li Gui would leave the carriage quickly.
Obviously, the hopes of the two palace maids were about to be dashed, Li Gui took out a piece of parchment and said, "Your Majesty, this is important information that has been collected in the shadows recently, please give your Majesty's instructions!" ”
"Hmm." Liu Yu took it leisurely and watched it slowly.
The information was gathered through the "dark department", and it was the result of some previous arrangements.
First of all, the "Shadow Division" has successfully established its own rudder within Liu Zhang's and Liu Biao's forces and gradually infiltrated the core area, and it must not be long before it can form a scale in their two territories.
Liu Yu is very satisfied with this, he knows that intelligence is a very important factor, and only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles.
"Why hasn't Picheng been breached yet!?" Liu Yu saw the information that made him very unhappy.
Li Gui had already collected information, and even brought over the battle reports of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, and said: "Your Majesty, Xiapi City is the strongest city in Xuzhou, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren gathered a large number of soldiers and horses in the city to defend, and the two generals Guan Yu and Zhao Yun have repeatedly attacked without attacking. Sun Cejun, however, only circled in the territory promised to them by His Majesty, occasionally sending troops to attack for a while, without much military input. In addition, the dark department also found that this time Liu Xie had a son, and Sun Ce also sent a gift to Liu Xie, and it was estimated that Sun Ce wanted to meet the source left and right. ”
Sun Ce had any thoughts, of course Liu Yu could know it, and snorted coldly: "Sun Ce, this kid will let him be proud for a while, and when I have my hands freed, I will definitely clean him up and teach him how to be a man for his father!" Ordered Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to break through Xiapicheng as soon as possible, our army wasted too much time in Xuzhou. ”
Li Gui felt Liu Yu's anger, "Xiao understands, and immediately send His Majesty's orders to Guan Yu and Zhao Yun!" ”
"Remember, they don't have to scruples, just break through Xiapi City!" Liu Yu said a word.
Li Gui hurriedly wrote it down, and then handed the order to Liu Yu, who took out his big seal and pressed it directly.
Liu Yu thought of Liu Bei in Xuzhou, as if there was no information about Liu Bei in the intelligence, and asked, "Why is there no news of Liu Bei?" ”
Li Gui said: "Back to Your Majesty, Liu Bei somehow went from Xiapi City to Xiaopei. Then during this time, I ran to Shouchun's side, and I heard that I went to celebrate Liu Xie's son in person. ”
Liu Yu secretly praised Liu Bei's strong ability to predict dangers, and he chose to run away so quickly, no wonder he was able to live so long in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms and dragged Cao Cao to death.
"In the future, ask the dark department to pay more attention to Liu Bei's situation, and if you can, kill Liu Bei!" Liu Yu gave the order.
Liu Yu's murderous intent was already obvious, and Li Gui smiled cruelly: "The little one understands!" ”
Liu Bei, who rushed to Runan to take up his post, suddenly felt a chill and couldn't help but panic.
Liu Bei has a natural perception of danger, and his current feeling tells him that danger is approaching him, but this feeling is fleeting, so that Liu Bei can't figure out what danger he has.
"Big brother, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Fei came to ask with concern.
Liu Bei shook his head and said, "It's okay, everyone continue to hurry!" ”
Liu Bei took Zhang Fei and the others to Runan, where there was still a mess that he needed to deal with.
Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, who were ordered by Liu Yu to capture Xiapi as soon as possible, are now looking at Xiapi City, which has been unable to capture three times.
Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong carried out many defensive strategies against Xiapi City, and they simply blocked Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's attack. But Sun Ce's side didn't have any intention of marching, and occasionally sent an army to help, but he didn't use too much force, at most, he just meant it, and left after doing his duty as an ally.
With such and such factors, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun once again withdrew from Xiapi City.
Back in the big tent of the Chinese army, Hou Cheng, who was in charge of the siege this time, directly threw his helmet on the ground and said: "This kind of battle can't be fought!" If we continue to fight like this, our losses will be too great. ”
Guan Yu frowned, Hou Cheng was a little overwhelmed by this, and his face couldn't help but turn blue.
Zhao Yun knew Hou Cheng's resentment, and said softly: "General Hou, let's dissipate your anger." You need to think long-term. ”
Hou Cheng calmed down, knowing that he had offended the two main generals just now, and asked for guilt: "The last general was reckless just now, please punish the two generals." ”
Hou Cheng's plea made Guan Yu's face turn better, and he said, "Don't do this next time." ”
Hou Cheng bowed, and then found a place in the big tent of the Chinese army and sat down.
In the big tent, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Guo Tu, and Hou Cheng began to study how to break through Xiapi City.
"Our army has launched many attacks on Xiapicheng, but it can't shake Xiapicheng for half a minute, and in the long run, our army's strength and morale will be greatly affected." Zhao Yun said worriedly.
"It's all Sun Ce's gang who has been stealing and playing tricks, if he could help, our army would have captured Xiapi a long time ago." Hou Cheng said resentfully.
Guo Tu said: "What Sun Ce's strategy is, we already knew it when we bought him. The main reason is that Xiapi City has Xiahou Yuan's reinforcements. Xiahou Yuan is a wise and brave general, with him guarding Xiapi City, it may not be easy for our army to break through Xiapi. ”
"Military advisor, can we use the strategy of luring the snake out of the hole to lure Xiahou Yuan out of the city, and our army will destroy him in the field battle." Zhao Yun came up with a plan.
"It's difficult, let's not talk about whether we can break Xiahou Yuan in the field. With Xiahou Yuan's wisdom, sticking to Xiapi is the best choice. It is estimated that Xiahou Yuan will not be lured by our army. Guo Tu didn't agree with Zhao Yun's strategy.
After Zhao Yun heard this, he lowered his head and groaned again, but he couldn't think of any other plan to break the city.
Guan Yu, who had never spoken, suddenly said: "There will be a strategy to break Picheng, but it will hurt Tianhe." ”
Guo Tu and the others were overjoyed and said, "Guan Yu has a good plan, why didn't he make it clear earlier." ”
Guan Yu was silent for a while, and then said lightly: "Dig Surabaya and irrigate Pi!" ”
Zhao Yun, Guo Tu, and Hou Cheng finally understood why Guan Yu said before that it hurt the heavens and peace, water and fire are ruthless, and no one can control the consequences.
They were all silent, if the other side was an army, then they would use this strategy without hesitation, but there were countless unarmed people in Xiapi City, they were all innocent, and as military generals, they really couldn't do that.
Seeing that Zhao Yun and the others were silent, Guan Yu said: "Ben General knows that this strategy is too vicious, so he can't bear to speak out. ”
Zhao Yun and the others had an expression of agreement, if they thought of this strategy, they would not dare to implement it.
A soldier of Zhao Yun walked in and said, "Enlighten the generals and military advisors, Your Majesty has a will. ”
Guan Yu and the others hurriedly got up and took over Liu Yu's will.
Liu Yu asked Guan Yu that they must break through Xiapi, as long as Xiapi is captured, they can form a multi-faceted offensive posture against Yanzhou.
After Guan Yu read Liu Yu's will, he said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, Your Majesty's will wants us to capture Xiapi, maybe there is only the way I just said." ”
Guan Yu and Zhao Yun are the two main generals, and if Guan Yu wants to implement the water attack strategy, he must obtain Zhao Yun's consent.
After Zhao Yun was entangled for a while, he said: "For Your Majesty, it can only be like this!" ”
After Guan Yu saw Zhao Yun agree, he looked at Guo Tu and Hou Cheng again. Hou Cheng has no problem at all, he was promoted by Liu Yu from the lower level, and he fully recognizes any orders from Liu Yu.
Guo Tu raised his worries and said: "Recently, the weather has been dry, and I am afraid that the amount of Surabaya will not be enough." ”
Guo Tu was right to worry, it didn't rain at all during this time, and the amount of water in Surabaya alone was not enough to carry out the water attack.
As soon as Guo Tu's words came out, the big tent fell silent again.
A muffled sound followed, and Guan Yu and the others stood up in surprise, and then ran out of the big tent.
Guan Yu saw a black cloud slowly floating in the sky, and the sound just now was the sound of thunder.
"Haha, God help me! Zilong, now is the time for us to implement our strategy. Guan Yu said with a smile.
Zhao Yun nodded firmly, now is the best opportunity to break through Xia Pi City.
"Command the whole army to move to the good. Hou Cheng led 5,000 infantry, immediately went to the Surabaya embankment, and when the river was high, he dug the embankment and captured Pi! Guan Yu immediately gave an order.
"The last general obeys!" Hou Cheng immediately followed Guan Yu's order.
Guan Yu looked at Xiapi City, this city also had a good memory before, and now he was going to destroy it with his own hands.
Zhao Yun knew what Guan Yu was thinking, and walked up to Guan Yu and patted him on the shoulder.
Guan Yu smiled slightly and expressed his gratitude.
And Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong of Xiapi City were drinking tea on the ground with the old gods, and they were very confident in the defense of Xiapi City.
"Miaocai, now I know the gap between me and you, Xiapi City is as stable as Mount Tai in your hands." Cao Hong thought to Xiahou Yuan and complimented.
Xiahou Yuan said modestly: "I only have the advantage of taking advantage of the strong city, and it will be the same if Zilian comes to guard the town." ”
"Where do I have your ability, without you, Picheng would have been broken by the enemy army outside the city." Cao Hong said with a smile.
The two complimented each other, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
"What do you think the enemy will do next? Do we have to do anything else? Cao Hong talked about what happened next.
"In my opinion, the enemy may use the method of agitation to lure us out of the city to fight, as long as we hold back, then the enemy can only look at the city and sigh. Although Liu Jun and Sun Ce were united, Sun Ce did not sincerely cooperate with Liu Jun. According to the scouts, Sun Ce's army was stabilizing its occupation in southern Xuzhou. I think this Sun Ce wants to sit and watch our army fight to the death with Liu Jun, and then he will have another fisherman to benefit. It's a pity that he overestimated Liu Jun's combat power and underestimated the strength of our army. As long as I can't get out of the city, they can only watch. "Xiahou Yuan already had a draft in his heart, and there was no problem for him to defend Xiapi City.
What Xiahou Yuan said was similar to what Cao Hong thought, and Cao Hong also thought that Xiapi City was not something that Liu Jun and Sun Ce could take.
A few thunderclaps rang out, and a heavy rain suddenly came.
Cao Hong saw the heavy rain outside, and said with a smile: "The long drought is a rain, this heavy rain is good, it is better to let it rain for a few days, the enemy army will not be able to attack the city in these days, you and I can relax." ”
Xiahou Yuan's heart jumped, and he suddenly asked, "Zilian, what are you talking about?!" ”
"I mean, you and I can take it easy." Cao Hong said with a smile.
Xiahou Yuan said excitedly: "It's not this sentence, it's the last sentence!" ”
"It's better for him to rain for a few days." Cao Hong didn't know why he touched his head and said.
Xiahou Yuan couldn't sit still, and roared angrily: "Come to the city wall and see what Liu Jun is doing outside the city!" ”
Cao Hong suddenly thought of something, and his face turned pale all of a sudden. Ignoring the rain, the two of them rushed to the city wall.
After arriving at the city wall, the two of them saw the last thing they wanted, the enemy army had all moved to the high ground.
"It's over, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun are going to attack with water!" Xiahou Yuan's entire face turned pale.
"Miaocai, we'll go out of the city now to fight the enemy, or we'll have to explain everything here." Cao Hong immediately made the most correct choice.
Xiahou Yuan also thinks so.
But before they could start moving, a silver belt appeared in the distance.
"Not good! Liu Jun dug the embankment! Xiahou Yuan shouted in horror.
The heavy rain began to pour down from the upper reaches of Surabaya, replenishing a large amount of water to Surabaya, and Hou Cheng found that the river was already very large when he arrived at the embankment.
When Guan Yu and Zhao Yun moved their troops to the high ground, Hou Cheng immediately dug up the river embankment, and the river rushed towards Xiapi City in an instant.
"Quick, block the gates, don't let the flood rush in!" Cao Hong roared madly.
The flood was monstrous and extremely fast, and without waiting for the Cao army in Xiapi to react, it crashed into the city wall, causing the city wall to shake violently. Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong were unsteady on their feet and fell directly on the city wall.
The flood broke through the city gate and poured into Xiapi City, the water level continued to rise, and a large number of Cao troops fell into the water, wailing. The whole Xiapi has become an ocean!
Cao Hong didn't know what to say, and tears of remorse flowed from the corners of his eyes.
Xiahou Yuan struggled to look at this scene, and said sadly: "Xiapi City is over!" ”