Yellow River embankment.

Ye Zong stayed in front of the embankment of the Yellow River and set up a large camp, placing 50,000 troops here, ready to meet the men and horses of Yushan Town, who might cross the river at any time.

Long before, Ye Zongliu had already received the news of Wang Neng's defeat, and the 20,000 horses were all wiped out.

Ye Zongliu was not a fool, and he knew in his heart that as long as Wang Neng was defeated, the 10,000 horses stationed in Guting Town would be fierce and unlucky, and there would be no trace of life.

Now, several of Ye Zongliu's generals have all died in battle, although he has not yet received the exact news that Wang Neng died in battle, but Ye Zongliu can also be sure that Wang Neng is dead and lifeless.

As soon as he thought of this, Ye Zongliu felt extremely sad in his heart, he couldn't see the future of himself and his subordinates, and his intuitive future was gray and lifeless.

A few days after the 50,000-strong army was stationed here, heavy rain came again, and the water level of the Yellow River embankment rose again.

On this day, Ye Zongliu was watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the camp tent, and when he saw Guan Yunchang flooding the Seventh Army, his heart suddenly jumped, cold sweat flowed down instantly, and his hands holding the book were even trembling uncontrollably.

"Someone!"

Ye Zongliu shouted loudly in a voice that was almost out of tune, and the guards outside the camp hurriedly ran in, and Ye Zongliu was just about to give the order to withdraw the troops, when he saw a figure rushing in and knocking the guard to the ground.

Ye Zongliu looked at it, and the person who came turned out to be Wang Neng!

At this moment, Wang Neng is ragged and bearded, and where does the whole person still look like Wang Shuai, he is clearly a beggar.

"King! How can you lead the army here! ”

Before Ye Zongliu could say anything, he saw Wang Neng and said impatiently: "Didn't the king hear that the Yellow River embankment on the boundary of Xuzhou will burst every few years?" Now it has been raining heavily for several days, and the water level of the Yellow River is constantly soaring, and this is a Jedi who has no life! ”

When Ye Zongliu heard this, his heart also sank suddenly, and he said, "I also understand this!" Miscalculated, miscalculated! ”

After speaking, Ye Zongliu said loudly: "Pass the order!" The whole army immediately retreated and returned to Jingoukou! Right away! ”

On the same day, Ye Zongliu and Wang Neng led an army of 50,000 thieves to withdraw in a hurry and returned to the Jingou Kouwu Fort to garrison.

On the day that Ye Zongliu and Wang Neng led the Empress of Juncang to withdraw, Liu Juntao sat alone in the room of Guting Town, without the slightest sleep.

According to the plan specified by Liu Juntao, this day is the day for the actions of the various departments, if the action goes well, the 50,000 horses of Ye Zongliu's department should be in danger!

It didn't take long for Liu Juntao to hear a loud bang coming from the south of Guting Town, as if the sky was falling apart, and then he heard an endless roar.

Liu Juntao knew in his heart that this must be Zhou Zongsheng's success!

Zhou Zongsheng received the task of reinforcing the embankment on the north bank of the Yellow River embankment, so that the already extremely weak embankment on the south bank gradually collapsed!

At this time, Liu Juntao excitedly rushed to the north bank of the Yellow River embankment with a team of guards, and saw that the vast river had changed its direction, from the original westward flow to the south!

Seeing the boiling Yellow River pouring down towards the south bank, Liu Juntao's originally excited mood instantly became heavy, and then full of awe and shock, and the same was true of a team of guards behind Liu Juntao, looking at the rolling Yellow River water and stunned, like a group of sculptures.

At this time, a personal guard said excitedly: "Mr. Lian! The thieves on the South Shore are finished! ”

Liu Juntao nodded when he heard this, but there was no joy in his heart, only a deep sadness.

"I hope that this flood will not spread to other places, and the people of Xuzhou will not suffer, otherwise I Liu Juntao will be responsible for his death!"

It's no wonder that Liu Juntao thinks so, anyone who sees the Yellow River bursting its banks will have this humble feeling in their hearts, after all, in the face of the power of nature, manpower is too small.

At the same time, after Zhou Zongsheng destroyed the embankment of the Yellow River, he led his troops to march eastward, entered Xuzhou from the area of Weishan Lake in Tengxian County, and directly attacked the Wubao of Jingoukou in Peixian County.

Zhang Xiaojun and Gao Ran led their respective subordinates to join forces, marched westward, crossed the Yellow River from the Zhuwangkou ferry in Shanxian County, Yanzhou Prefecture, and directly killed Xiao County, Xuzhou Prefecture!

Along the way, Liu Juntao deliberately appointed Zhang Xiaojun as the main general and Gao Ran as the deputy general, so that the two could act arbitrarily.

This time in Liu Juntao's plan, after the Yellow River embankment broke, Ye Zongliu's tens of thousands of troops were wiped out, and the east and west roads could attack the Xu family, and in one fell swoop, they would join Xiao County, Xuzhou Prefecture, and pacify Xuzhou in one battle!

The next day, Liu Juntao also gathered the men and horses of the Central Military Department early, and went to Xuzhou Mansion through the route of the West Road.

However, when Liu Juntao led his troops to Shanxian County, Liu Zian suddenly found Liu Juntao and said with an unkind face: "Mr. Lian, something happened!" ”

Liu Juntao couldn't help frowning and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The cavalry department was blocked in the attack at Jingoukou, and was besieged by tens of thousands of Ye Zongliu's troops, and now it has retreated back to Shagouji on the shore of Weishan Lake!"

Hearing this, Liu Juntao couldn't help frowning, and said, "In this way, Ye Zongliu actually escaped the Yellow River bursting its embankment!" ”

Liu Zi'an also had a bad face and said, "It is very likely that Ye Zongliu sensed the danger, so he led the army to retreat in advance. ”

"I just collided with the cavalry department that raided to the mouth of the golden ditch!"

Liu Juntao continued: "In this case, the pressure on Zhou Zongsheng's side is too great, and Ye Zongliu is very likely to see the truth and even lead tens of thousands of thieves to enter Yanzhou Mansion again!" ”

Liu Zi'an was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Lian, should we come back as soon as possible!" ”

"Don't worry! Let me think about it! ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao pondered for a moment, and then said: "Pass the order!" Let Zhang Xiaojun and Gao Ran immediately lead their troops to attack the Jingoukou of Peixian County from the west, and form a flanking attack with Zhou Zongsheng's department, forcing Ye Zongliu to fight a decisive battle! ”

Liu Zi'an hurriedly wrote down this order, and then asked, "Mr. Lian, what about the Xu family?" ”

"On the Xu family's side, I personally led the Chinese military department south! Xu Zhaohui, I'll deal with it personally! ”

On the same day, Liu Zi'an passed Liu Juntao's order on a fast horse, of course, what was written on the order was not literal, but borrowed from the anti-counterfeiting means of the Yushan ticket number, and used the "code book"!

These commands seem to be words that don't matter, or even words, just words that don't have any logical connection.

But with the "code book" of Yushan Town, you can connect these words and independent words into a smooth sentence!

Within a few days, Zhang Xiaojun and Gao Ran received an order, and the two immediately led two divisions of 4,000 men and horses to turn east and kill them in the direction of Jingoukou in Pei County.

At the same time, Zhou Zongsheng also reorganized his team and constantly harassed the tens of thousands of troops of Ye Zongliu's headquarters to buy time for reinforcements to arrive.

At this time, due to the breach of the Yellow River embankment, most of Pei County was already Zeguo, which also greatly affected the marching speed of Zhou Zongsheng's department, so Zhou Zongsheng could only fight and retreat, and did not fight hard with Ye Zongsheng's army.

Xu Zhaohui, the head of the Xu family, was also shocked when he learned that the Yellow River embankment had burst, thinking that Ye Zongliu's tens of thousands of troops had been finished, and his heart was even more sad.

But later after receiving the news that Ye Zongliu was urging him to ask for grain and grass, he knew that Ye Zongliu immediately led his troops to retreat, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, so he sent a large amount of grain and grass over.

It didn't take long for Xu Zhaohui to receive two pieces of news: Liu Juntao led thousands of soldiers and horses straight to Xiao County! After Ye Zongliu accepted the money and grain sent by the Xu family, he actually made a false shot, took the initiative to give up the Wubao of Jingoukou in Pei County, and rushed in the direction of Qingzhou Mansion.

At this time, the main army of Yushan Town was basically in the west, so it was powerless to pursue, so it could only let Ye Zongliu's army leave.

After hearing these two news, Xu Zhao would understand that Ye Zongliu was using the Xu family as a bargaining chip to get out of himself, and at this time, the Xu family would become the only target of Yushan Town!

"Ye Zongliu! You don't have to die well! ”

Xu Zhaohui wailed, and his heart was also desperate.