Chapter 338: Zhibo

Chapter 338: Zhibo

Swing your sword on horseback and slash to the right to maximize your power. If you are standing on the ground and using a spear with both hands, it is most convenient to stab to the left. But if other weapons are used, there is a different way of saying it. The sword light was close, the evil wind was blowing, the muscles in Dian Wei's body were tense, and the iron halberd in his left hand drew an arc to block forward, and then his right hand was raised, and the other iron halberd was already aimed at Guan Yu and thrown out.

Seeing a black dot flying towards him, Guan Yu was startled, turned his head sideways to avoid it, and the iron halberd flew past his ears with the sound of "whirring". When he was evading, the movements of his hands were inevitably a little deformed, and the blow that he was originally intended to win was not able to kill the enemy general as he wished, but only cut through the double iron armor on Dian Wei's body, leaving a deep wound that could be seen in the bones.

The war horse galloped out, leaving the badly wounded Dian Wei behind. Guan Yu wielded the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, killed more than a dozen Cao soldiers, repelled Xu Chu and Cao Hong, fought a bloody way, and drove away with the cavalry under his command.

After burning Cao's siege equipment, Chen Zhi had already fought and retreated, until he retreated to the gate of the city. The Cao army on the city wall saw that the fire broke out behind him, and there were soldiers and horses in the city, thinking that they had encountered an ambush, so they all retreated. Guan Yu crossed the ditch with his horse and said to Chen Zhi, who was guarding the city gate: "You go into the city!" ”

The Xuzhou soldiers who went out of the city to counterattack finally retreated, but Cao Cao's face sank, and he said to the generals who came to help with some dissatisfaction: "You didn't keep your original position well, but you all came to me, so that Guan Yu can come and go freely!" Now there is only one Guan Yu, and it has already made you chickens fly and dogs jump, if Zhang Yide also comes, won't you behave even worse? ”

The congregation will be reprimanded, and there will be injustice on their faces. Dian Wei was already seriously injured, Xu Chu stepped forward and shouted: "I will go into the city, cut off Guan Yu's head, and sacrifice it in front of the lord's tent!" ”

"Excuse me!"

Cao Cao waved his hand and said stupidly: "I have already injured one of my generals, and I can't fold another one in!" ”

Xu Chu's face turned red, and he gasped heavily, as if he was about to breathe smoke out of his nose.

Cao Cao looked at the generals with a look of grievance, but suddenly laughed again, he pointed to Xiapicheng and said: "I originally thought that Liu Bei sent soldiers and horses to lurk nearby at night, so as to meet Guan Yu in the city." Now it seems that Liu Bei really lost his heart and didn't dare to come again. Although Guan Yu played well, it was only a small victory, and it was not of much use! ”

He said confidently: "The Xuzhou army has been exhausted, and when our army repairs for a few days, it will be necessary to break this city!" ”

The generals also became happy, and said one after another: "Yes, wait for us to rest for two days, and then make Guan Yu look good!" ”

Cao Cao laughed a few times, and then led his troops back to the camp. When he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, the smile on Cao Cao's face disappeared immediately, and he said to Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia quite worriedly: "The surrounding trees have been cut down, and if you want to rebuild the siege equipment, you have to transport the trees from more than ten miles away, which cannot be completed in a while." But there is not much food and grass in the army, so it is better to withdraw from the army for the time being and come back after the summer harvest, how about it? ”

Xi Zhicai immediately said: "No! Our army attacked Xuzhou twice, lost a lot of soldiers and horses, consumed countless grains, and saw that it was about to break through Xiapi, how could it fall short? At this time, it is easy to go back, but it is not so easy to come back! Yuan Benchu had already taken Yuzhou from the lord before, and sent senior cadres into Qingzhou, if the lord could not take Xuzhou as soon as possible, I am afraid that he would always be able to rely on people in the future! ”

Cao Cao looked up to the sky and sighed: "I also know what you said." Yuan Shao is one thing, and Xiliang people are another thing. Now that Chen Wenzheng has controlled the imperial court and has sent people to recruit displaced people to cultivate near Luoyang, the Xiliang cavalry may come out of the east at any time, and we will really be embattled by then! ”

He said distressedly: "It's just that although Liu Bei has been defeated by me many times, he has always refused to surrender. If we do not get rid of Xiapi, we will not be able to continue to attack the eastern part of Xuzhou. Now that the army has been under the fortified city for more than 40 days, Yanzhou's grain and grass are almost exhausted....... What if you don't retreat now? ”

Guo Jia coughed on the side and said, "It's actually not difficult to break the Xiapi." ”

Cao Cao turned his head, with a happy look on his face, and asked, "What is Fengxiao's plan?" ”

Guo Jia coughed a few times again and said, "Does the lord still remember the story of Zhibo's siege of Jinyang City in the past?" ”

Zhibo was the minister of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period, and together with the Han, Wei and Zhao families, he controlled the military and political power of the Jin State. Among them, Zhibo's power is the strongest, and he has been oppressing the other three, and the Han and Wei families have endured again and again, whether it is humiliation or compensation in various places, they will not refuse.

But the Zhao family couldn't bear it, the strength of the Zhao family was the weakest at that time, but they were the first to stand up and say "no" to Zhibo. Zhibo launched a large army, took the soldiers and horses of the Han and Wei families, formed three coalition armies, and attacked the Zhao family together. The coalition army progressed smoothly in the early stage, and the Zhao family was beaten to the point that only one city was left in Jinyang.

But there is only one city left, and the people of the Zhao family have always refused to admit defeat. Zhibo couldn't capture Jinyang City after attacking for a long time, so he thought of the method of "diverting water to irrigate the city". Although this method was vicious, it was very effective, and it almost destroyed the Zhao family. If it weren't for the temporary backlash of the Han and Wei families, the future Zhao State would have been stillborn.

Cao Cao himself has a high level of cultural literacy and knows a lot about various historical allusions, and as soon as Guo Jia said this, he immediately understood the meaning. Isn't the reason why Xiapi City is difficult to fight is because it is backed by Surabaya and can often get troops and materials from the outside?

However, "where misfortune and blessing depend, and where blessing and misfortune lie", Surabaya can provide supplies for Xiapi, and it can also become a help for the destruction of Xiapi. Cao Cao immediately burst out laughing and said, "Okay, I'll have someone dig the embankment tomorrow!" Recently, it is the time of spring rain, and the river is full of water, which will definitely send all the enemies in Xiapi City to be with the fish and shrimp! ”

Since leading the troops, Cao Mengde has done a lot of things to kill and slaughter the city, and digging up the river embankment is not a little psychological burden for him. What if hundreds of thousands of people drowned?

When he got out of the big tent of the Chinese army, Xi Zhi asked Guo Jia in a low voice: "Feng Xiao must have thought of this plan a long time ago, why don't you offer it to the lord earlier?" ”

Guo Jia coughed a few times and replied: "How can such a thing as digging a river embankment be easily used until the last moment?" As soon as this plan is made, not only will the enemy army in the city be flooded by the river, but the surrounding people will also suffer! ”

Xi Zhicai was very disapproving, and said: "Ci is not in charge of the army, how can there be immortals in war?" Only when the lord grows rapidly can he end this troubled world as soon as possible, and can he let more people die less in the world. ”

Cao Cao was a man of action, and he did what he said, and the next day he sent people to survey the surrounding terrain, and then moved the military camp to a higher position. Guan Yu had few soldiers in the city, and although he noticed that Cao Cao's army had some abnormal movements, he did not dare to send troops out of the city, so he was not aware of the enemy's scheme.

Two days later, at the third watch in the middle of the night, Cao Cao asked people to dig up the embankment of the Surabaya River and divert water to lower Picheng. When the levee was dug up, the river rushed out of the breach and slammed into the ground with a loud bang. On the high ground in the distance, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing when he saw that the water was so strong, looked left and right, and said: "The art of war is wonderful, and it is one heart!" No matter how indomitable Liu Bei is, no matter how brave Guan Yu is, how can he resist this panicked might? ”

When the soldiers on the left and right saw that the water was so strong, their faces turned a little pale. At this time, seeing Cao Cao Yan and smiling freely, he didn't seem to be affected at all, and he couldn't help but admire him very much.

In the city of Xiapi, Gao Shun, who was guarding the head of the city, was still wearing a bandage, and suddenly heard a strange sound, he jumped up violently, ran to the edge of the battlements and looked out. He had been knocked unconscious by a mace, but when he woke up, he didn't complain in the slightest, but went back to the city.

He heard the noise outside, and he was afraid that it was Cao Jun's night attack, so he looked a little nervous. But after listening to it for a while, the sound became louder and louder, and it became less and less like the enemy army was launching a night attack. Gao Shun raised a torch and threw it outside. The torches spun and flew up, then swooped down to the ground.

Maybe it was the firelight that worked, or maybe it was because it was close enough, Gao Shun finally saw how the sound came from. At the end of the line of sight, white waves rushed towards the city walls.

"It's broken!"

Gao Shun shouted as hard as he could, "Get up, the embankment has burst!" ”

The sleeping soldiers at the head of the city were awakened, saw what could be described as a terrible sight outside the city, and then shouted together. The sound of gongs and the shouts of the soldiers resounded in the night, waking up all the soldiers and civilians in the city. Guan Yu jumped up from the bed, grabbed the horizontal knife and rushed out, he stood still in the courtyard, and asked, "Is it that Cao Jun has come to rob the city?" ”

A soldier recruited from the local area replied in panic: "It's the river embankment that has breached!" ”

Xuzhou waterways are vertical and horizontal, and there will be floods every three or five times, and the locals are deeply suffering, and they all know the terrible floods. Guan Yu's face changed color, and he said in disbelief: "How could you break down at this time?" ”

Ordinary people can't think of such a thing as digging up a river embankment, and those who can do this kind of thing and dare to do this kind of thing need to have a big heart. Guan Yu had been in the north before, and he didn't know much about things in the south. He also thought that it was because of the war and no one to maintain the embankment, so it broke down.

Not only him, but few of the soldiers and civilians in the city could have thought that this was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster.

The sound of running water grew louder and louder, and the waves crashed against the walls, and the solid walls shook together. was smashed by Cao Jun's catapult for more than ten days, and the city wall of Xiapi persevered, but it was only slapped by the waves, and the city wall collapsed for a length of several zhang.

It's the turn of spring and summer, and it's raining more than usual, and the water level in the river is high. At this time, the embankment is dug and the damage is greater than at other times.

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