Jingzhou, Jiangxia County, Huangzhou outside the city, Yuan Yao's camp.

As a rear general, Pang Tong has the responsibility of staff and military affairs.

Yuan Yao had already ordered Mao Xiang to give him the information obtained by Jinyiwei not only to himself, but also to Pang Tongyi.

In Yuan Yaoshuai's tent, Pang Tong hurriedly came to meet Yuan Yao after learning from Jinyi Wei Mao Xiang that the Jiangdong soldiers and horses and the Jingzhou army had been mobilized, and said: "My lord, Sun Bofu has captured Yuzhang County, and personally led 50,000 troops to enter Ai County, Changsha and Jiangxia Counties; Liu Pan of Changsha led an army of 30,000 soldiers to Xia Jun to confront him, and Wen Ping, the general of Jingzhou, led an army of 30,000 to support him; Now that the Jiangdong soldiers and horses and the Jingzhou soldiers and horses have moved, the minister thinks that the time has come for our army to capture Huangzhou! ”

Yuan Yao nodded and replied: "Shiyuan, you came just in time, and I was about to discuss this matter with you, but the Jiangdong soldiers and horses and the Jingzhou army have just begun to mobilize, and they have not yet launched a major war, and our army has broken through Huangzhou at this time, is this a bit early?" ”

Pang Tong stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Lord, my army has been stumbling under Huangzhou City for nearly ten days, and it is time to break through the city and enter it, otherwise the lord will inevitably have the suspicion of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight; As he thought with the lord, in their opinion, the best choice for the lord at present should be to garrison outside Huangzhou City and watch the battle between the Jiangdong soldiers and horses and the Jingzhou army, and then wait for the opportunity to move. If the lord captures Huangzhou City at this time, not only will they not be afraid of the lord, but they will think that the lord is young and vigorous and can't see through the overall situation, and they must feel the pressure from both of them, so they will capture Huangzhou with a desperate blow! ”

"Huangzhou is nothing more than a fortified city in Jiangxia, and the lord has spent a lot of energy and is extremely reluctant to break through it; The danger of Huangzhou and Xiakou and Sanjiangkou are not at the same level at all, Xiakou City is a famous fortress in the world, and Sanjiangkou is also a key point in the world. ”

"The lord is still so reluctant to break through the fortified city of a county, how long and how long will it take to capture Xiakou and Sanjiangkou with the combat strength of the lord's department? The soldiers and horses of the main duke are insufficient, and the lord is competitive and can't see through the overall situation, in their opinion, even if the lord breaks through Huangzhou, it is not a worry! ”

"The lord's attack on the land of Huangzhou will not only not attract their jealousy, but will increase the pressure on Sun Bofu. Sun Bofu will definitely seize the time to win the battle of Jingzhou soldiers and horses, otherwise when the lord is frustrated again in Xiakou and Sanjiangkou and even retreats, then there is no lord to contain the soldiers and horses of Jiangxia Huangzu, how can he get the strong Jingzhou with the strength of his family? ”

Yuan Yao pondered for a moment, and also figured out the truth, in the end, this is just a kind of reverse thinking, but it is indeed not ordinary for Pang Tong to figure this out at this time.

Yuan Yao smiled to himself and said, "Well, what Shi Yuan said is reasonable, I want to go wrong with this matter." I think Shiyuan seems to be confident, I don't know what strategy you have to break the city? ”

Pang Tong laughed and said: "The minister has no good plan, in the final analysis, it is just a cover for people's eyes and ears and a night attack!" ”

"Our army attacked the city for ten days, and tens of thousands of sandbags were thrown down in the moat of Huangzhou, although most of these sandbags were washed into the Yangtze River, but there were still many sandbags sunk to the bottom of the moat, and the water speed of the moat has slowed down a lot in the past few days, which is proof."

"The minister has already inspected the surrounding terrain, and as long as the lord orders the navy to sink two large ships at the entrance and exit of the Huangzhou moat, it will be temporarily cut off; When our army was shooting at the defenders on the hill of the mound, the minister had ordered the sergeant to secretly dig a ravine when he was taking the soil, and as long as this ravine and the moat were dug through, the water in the moat could be channeled out; There is no river water in the moat, and our soldiers will fill it in one or two when they are attacking the city, and they will definitely be able to fill it to the ground! ”

"For the past ten days, our army has been attacking the city at the time of the hour and retreating at the time of the chieftain, and the defenders in the city have become accustomed to this. If our army launches a surprise attack tonight, the defenders of the city will be in a panic; When they see that the moat they rely on is instantly filled in by our army, their soldiers will definitely be in turmoil, and Huangzhou City will be able to go down! ”

Yuan Yao didn't expect Pang Tong to have so many twists and turns, but he also deliberately wanted to cultivate Pang Tong and train him into a handsome general who could take charge of himself, laughed a few times, and said: "Okay, what a cover!" Since Shi Yuan is confident, then you will dispatch troops in this battle, and I will personally press the formation for you, and see your merits! ”

Seeing that Yuan Yao valued and favored him so much, Pang Tong was grateful in his heart, and bowed down and said: "The minister has received the order, and he will take Huangzhou for the lord!" ”

Today is Wei Yan's army to attack the city, and after the chieftain returns to the camp of the siege soldiers and horses, Yuan Yao asked people to summon the generals to come to the big tent to discuss the matter.

After everyone arrived, Yuan Yao said: "The attack on Huangzhou is today, Shiyuan has a strategy to break the city, and you must obey the generals of the army!" ”

Everyone has been in Huangzhou City for many days, and their hearts are already very impatient, and they are overjoyed when they hear this, and they all bow: "I will receive my life!" ”

Pang Tong took a few steps forward and said: "Zhang Dingbian listened to the order, tonight at the entrance and exit of the Huangzhou moat, you sank two warships full of boulders to block the moat. ”

Zhang Dingbian stepped forward and bowed, and said, "The last general will give orders and will complete this matter on time!" ”

Pang Tong nodded to Zhang Dingbian and asked him to retreat, then continued to look at Yang Zaixing and Wei Yan, and said: "Yang Zaixing, your troops left the guards to guard the lord with iron cavalry, and you personally led the rest of the armor soldiers to attack the northern city of Huangzhou, and ordered all the soldiers to bring two bags of sand, and only need to fill them into the river when attacking the city; Wei Yan, your department left 4,000 soldiers and horses to guard the camp, and then lent me a thousand elites, you personally led the rest of the soldiers and horses to attack the east city of Huangzhou, and Yang Zaixing's department, all the soldiers each brought two bags of sand and soil, and filled them into the river when attacking the city. Tonight, the arrow is the trumpet, the arrow is sounded, and you will immediately launch a charge! ”

Yang Zaixing and Wei Yan stepped forward and bowed, and said, "No, we will receive the order, and we will live up to the trust of the lord and the military advisor!" ”

"Okay, let's all go down and prepare, Wen Chang, you hand over the thousands of elites to me first, I have other arrangements!"

……

It was almost midnight, in the east of Huangzhou City, on a high ground.

Five hundred heavily armored iron horsemen and five hundred light horsemen surrounded this high ground, and Yuan Yao and Pang Tong rode on horseback and stood on the high ground waiting for the fire on the river.

"Lord, military advisor, look, there is a fire on the river!"

Yuan Yao was worried that he had missed the signal by negligence for a while, so dozens of sergeants were all around and constantly searching for possible firelight on the river, Yuan Yao and Pang Tong looked in the direction of the sergeant's finger, and sure enough, they saw a firelight on the river that was drawing circles, and the firelight was in a trance as if it was a ghost fire.

Pang Tong saw the light of the fire and said urgently: "Quickly probe, see if the flow of the moat slows down!" ”

Several sergeants galloped towards the moat, and after a moment returned to report: "The military advisor has really calculated that the flow of the moat is extremely slow, and it has almost stopped flowing. ”

Pang Tong stroked his beard and smiled, "Okay!" Send a signal and raise the fire three times. ”

When a sergeant heard this, he quickly lit a torch and raised it high and began to draw a circle, and after raising the fire three times, the sergeant quickly extinguished it.

"Probe again and see if the water level of the moat drops!"

When several sergeants heard this, they hurriedly ran to the moat again to check the water level of the moat.

The 1,000 elites led by Pang Tong personally were guarding the sides of the ravines at this time, and after the soldiers saw the signal of Pang Tong raising fire three times, they hurriedly started to dig through the moat and ravine, and the water of the moat swarmed in, and the gap became bigger and bigger.

Several sergeants watched the side of the moat for a while, and after seeing the water level drop, they hurriedly returned and reported: "Back to the lord and the military division, the water level of the moat has begun to drop!" ”

"Probe again, and when the water level no longer drops, report back to me!"

The sergeant hurriedly ran back to the moat and continued to observe the situation in the moat.

……

On the wall of Huangzhou, a sergeant listened to the movement outside and said to the sergeant next to him: "How do you feel that the sound of the water in the moat is slow tonight, it seems that something is wrong!" ”

The sergeant opened his misty eyes and sneered: "I think you are sleeping stupidly, the moat quotes the living water of the Yangtze River, isn't the sound of this water flowing suddenly and slowly!" Don't talk about it so much, hurry up and go to sleep, you have to continue to defend the city tomorrow. ”

"Yuan Yao'er can neither enter the city nor retreat, what is the reason? In the past ten days, I have been waiting for the daily battle, and there have been many casualties among my brothers. ”

These sergeants chatted and chatted a little off, and no one continued to worry about the problem of the moat, Yuan Yao's army has been attacking the city every day in the past ten days, and the defenders in the city are not allowed to rest every day, the soldiers are already extremely tired, and when everyone is lazy to sleep, no one is even willing to get up and stretch out of the wall to take a look at the moat.

……

Several sergeants have been staring at the water level of the moat, and after seeing that the water level is no longer falling, they hurriedly returned to report: "Lord and military advisor, the water level of the moat is no longer falling, but the black cloth bag can be vaguely seen under the water surface, which should be the sandbag that our army buried before." ”

"Good! Shoot the arrows and attack the city! ”

"Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! ”

Three ringing arrows burst into the sky, piercing the silence outside the city.

"Kill, !!"

After seeing the arrows, Yang Zaixing's army and Wei Yan's army, which were ambushed outside the city, shouted loudly and swept towards Huangzhou City!

"Enemy attack! Hurry up and tell the general! ”

"Enemy attack, enemy night attack! Get up and get ready to defend the city! ”

"Don't mess around, don't panic! There is a moat outside the city, and they can't attack it for a while, so quickly prepare a bow and crossbow! ”

The defenders of the city were a little stunned after hearing the shouts and killings outside the city, didn't they say okay, everyone attacked the city in the morning and rested at night, how did you guys foul!

The army outside the city braved the sparse rain of arrows and soon came to the outside of the moat, and after seeing the situation of the moat, the soldiers were overjoyed, and threw their sandbags into the moat, and a long section of the moat was soon filled in to the ground.

"Build a ladder and attack the city!"

The generals gave an order, one after another ladders were erected high, and countless Yuan Yaojun soldiers began to climb and attack the city, and the defenders of the city saw that the moat was filled so easily, and suddenly the army was in turmoil, and the soldiers were panicked, not knowing what to do!

Yuan Yaojun soldiers quickly climbed the city, the defenders of the army were not the opponents of Yuan Yao's army at all, after hastily resisting, they began to kneel on the ground to ask for surrender, the Huangzhou City pontoon bridge soon fell, the city gate was soon captured, Yuan Yaojun soldiers outside the city swarmed in, Huangzhou City has since changed hands for Yuan Yao!