Chapter 48: Heavenly Punishment of Cao Cao (4)

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The Yellow River, the mother river of the Chinese nation, she starts from the Bayankala Mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west, like an unyielding dragon that is ready to leap, splitting countless lofty mountains and mountains, crossing the mountains and peaks, and the rapids are agitated, like ten thousand horses galloping, the sound is shaking the sky, and it is more than the golden drum in unison, which makes people daunting. In her middle reaches, it is the loess plateau with hills and ravines, the climate of the loess plateau is dry and cold, the loess particles are fine and the texture is loose, the slope of the ditch bed is large, when the summer rainstorm is more, a large amount of sediment is carried away by the Yellow River, and the river water is also dyed yellow, as early as the Warring States Period, there is a poem called: "The river is clear, and the life is geometric!" 'The name of the Yellow River comes from this.

When the river carries sediment through the canyon and reaches the downstream alluvial plain starting from Mengjin, the river slows down abruptly, and a large amount of sediment accumulates, causing the riverbed to rise year by year, and year after year, the riverbed of the river channel is higher than the ground for more than 1,000 miles downstream, becoming a hanging river flowing in the air. Whenever there is a torrential rain in the upper reaches, the Yellow River will be raging, and both the government and the people along the coast have a headache about it, so it is also called a harmful river and a disaster river.

On June 28 of the third year of the Han Dynasty, Chen stayed in the Guandu area in the northwest direction, the wheat fields on the south bank of the Yellow River could not be seen at a glance, from Guandu to Wuping, regardless of the Guantian and people's fields, tens of thousands of acres of fertile fields were wheat seedlings that grew well, and a good harvest was imminent, just wait until autumn, the grain grown on these lands could supply the army and the people, Cao Cao gave up the opportunity to expand for more than half a year, and the hard-working agriculture was about to bear fruit.

On this day, the sky was overcast, and fine raindrops were falling one after another, in this rainy night, the four carriages approached the river bank along the official road, and seven or eight black shadows jumped down from the carriage, and they carefully observed it, and after confirming that there was no one around, a black shadow led by them waved his hand, and they quickly drove the carriage to the woods beside the road to hide it, and removed two huge wooden boxes from the carriage, as well as several bundles of bamboo poles, as well as hoes and iron manuscripts, etc., and hurried to the river bank with these things.

When they arrived at the riverbank, the black shadow seemed to be very familiar with the terrain of this area, and quickly found the most damaged section of the embankment, and several people waved their hoes to dig along the riverbank, and buried the two large wooden boxes in the embankment, followed by the bamboo poles that had been hollowed out, and the joints of each section of the bamboo poles were firmly tied with waterproof oiled paper.

"My lord, the fuses are all laid out," a dark shadow, a member of the Dark Moon Force that Dong Zhuojun had ambushed in Chenliu, approached Ma Zhong and asked, "Can you light the fire?" ”

Ma Zhong shook his head, "According to the report of the brothers in front, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's reinforcements will arrive here around Shenshi, and the Taishi who buried these things cost a lot of money, just pulling the Western Regions cotton left by Chen is that the Taishi used thousands of gold coins to buy it from the Persian merchants, not to mention the later processing, the nitrocellulose we buried is the only two boxes in the world, and Chang'an has no surplus, so we must make more money to come back." ”

Ma Zhong carefully observed the terrain, pointed to a low hill overgrown with trees not far away, and said: "Wang Huo, you hide on that mountain, I will lurk here, and the others will choose a high place every half a mile to ambush, and when they find that Cao Cao's army is approaching, you will wave the white flag in turn, and I will light the dam and blow it up." ”

"Yes." Wang Huo hurried away with the other members of the Dark Moon Army, and Ma Zhong also changed into ordinary people's clothes, resisted a hoe and pretended to plow, waiting for the fish to be caught.

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At the beginning of June 29, on the road leading from Luoyang to Bishui Pass, the 10,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu was advancing rapidly, and the rain here was much heavier than that downstream, causing a lot of trouble for Dong Zhuojun's advance. The scout Pegasus rushed to Lu Bu and Zhang Xiuma, "Tell the two generals that Cao Cao's army has built fortifications in Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass, and there are countless antler trap pits in front of the pass, and there are enough hoarding of wood, rolling stones, bows and arrows and other things on the pass, and the defenders of the two passes have a total of more than 40,000, all of which cannot be strictly guarded, and no trace of the enemy has been found west of Luoshui." ”

Lu Bu nodded, waved his hand, and said, "Explore again!" The scout took the order and left, and Lu Bucai smiled at Zhang Xiu: "As my father-in-law expected, Cao Cao's army is holding the strategy of the tiger not going out of the hole, and wants to fight a protracted war with us, but unfortunately Cao Cao never dreamed that the order given to us by my stepfather is also to stick to Luoshui and prevent them from jumping over the wall." ”

Zhang Xiu was not as happy as Lu Bu, but frowned and said: "Wen Hou, the villain can't understand, how could he know that Cao Caojun might jump over the wall and attack Luoyang in a hurry, could it be that Taishi he decides?" ”

Lu Bu waved Fang Tian's halberd and laughed: "My father-in-law is clever, saying that Cao Thief may jump off the wall in a hurry and will definitely fight back, I just have to stick to it." Father, doesn't he always say? Soldiers regard obedience to orders as their duty, and as soldiers, we must obey orders in order to have the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune. ”

Zhang Xiu smiled and nodded, agreeing with Lu Bu's words, Zhang Xiu thought for a while and said: "Wenhou, there are a total of three pontoon bridges and a stone arch bridge on the Luoshui in front of Bishui Pass, how should we arrange the defense?" ”

Lu Bu didn't think about it, and blurted out: "Tear it all down, so they can't get by." ”

"The last general feels bad." Zhang Xiu pointed to the heavier and heavier raindrops and said: "Wen Hou, please see, this rain is getting heavier and heavier, Luoshui will definitely rise sharply, if we demolish the bridge, then the enemy will not be able to cross the river, and will inevitably move upstream to cross the river in shallow water, and our army can only move upstream with them, losing the opportunity to wait for work." ”

Lu Bu thought about it and felt that what Zhang Xiu said was very reasonable, so he scratched his head and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

"In my opinion, we might as well leave the stone arch bridge and only demolish the pontoon bridge, if the enemy counterattacks, we can only take the stone bridge, and the stone bridge is not wide, and it is impossible to pass a large number of troops in a hurry, so we will form a refueling tactic, and our army can attack the enemy halfway." Speaking of this, Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "If our 10,000 people can break through the 40,000 enemy army, I believe the Taishi will be very happy." ”

At three o'clock in the morning, Xiahou Dun, who was guarding the pass, also received the news that Dong Zhuojun's vanguard was approaching, and Xiahou Dun sent people to inform the rear quickly, and at the same time personally went up to the wall and braved the heavy rain to inspect the fortifications to prevent Dong Zhuojun's army from taking advantage of the situation.

At the end of the day, Dong Zhuojun arrived in Luoshui, quickly dismantled the pontoon bridge on Luoshui, and the whole army rested on the spot, lit a fire in the camp tent and cooked, waiting for the upcoming battle.

At the beginning of the afternoon, Kang Peng received a report from Tanma, the upper reaches of the Yellow River rained rain, the rain is moving eastward, Hong Feng is estimated to arrive in Luoyang in the afternoon, Kang Peng received the news is happy and worried, happy as Jia Xu judged, the sky is beautiful, this year in the upper reaches of the Yellow River rain, their plan will be twice the result with half the effort; The worry is that in recent years, there have been wars and turmoil, and the Yellow River in Luoyang has also fallen into disrepair and is dilapidated.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Kang Peng led the army to the Yellow River embankment in the north of Luoyang in the pouring rain to check the embankment and water potential, on the embankment, there were already many Luoyang people, they also came to check the water potential - if the situation was not good, they were ready to help their families flee with their mouths, they saw Dong Zhuojun coming, and immediately fled far away, Kang Peng knew that they were still angry with themselves, and they didn't care too much.

The water of the ancient river comes from the sky, roaring thousands of miles to touch the dragon gate, these poems depicting the Yellow River, only to see the surging torrent of the Yellow River can be experienced, the turbid waves on the river surface are several miles wide, and the rolling torrent roars endlessly, so that the people on the shore will involuntarily dizzy when they see it.

Kang Peng inspected along the river bank, and saw that the river embankment was damaged, small breaches and pipe surges continued, the water level was less than one meter away from the embankment, and the situation was very critical. ”

"Yes." Seeing the power of heaven and earth, even Jia Xu didn't care about considering that the flood control was just cheap for the people of Luoyang, who had nothing to do with Dong Zhuojun, and immediately suggested: "Taishi, we don't have many people, it is better to mobilize the young and strong people of Luoyang and the family servants of the officials to assist, and the multiple monkeys have more strength." ”

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the vanguard of Cao Cao's army had arrived in Chenliu, and the Cao-Liu coalition army was still in the Wuchao area, but fortunately, the rain in Yanzhou had not increased, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei had not yet discovered the crisis in front of them. At the same time, Guo Jia's messenger had already arrived in Dingtao, changing horses and men all the way, and it was less than two hours away from catching up with Cao Cao's army brigade.

At the beginning of the day, in the city of Luoyang, Dong Zhuojun's soldiers rode their horses back and forth on the streets, shouting as they ran, "The Great Han Taishi has an order, and the hundred officials of Luoyang will mobilize all the domestic slaves and servants to participate in the berm on the riverbank, and the officials below the third rank must also participate, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

"The Taishi of the Han Dynasty has an order, the water situation of the Yellow River is critical, and the officials above the second grade in Luoyang organize people over 60 years old and under 15 years old to take refuge in high places, and all young and strong men and women go to the riverbank berm, and the Taishi will pay the people who participate in the berm for wages, grain and rice."

"The Great Han Taishi has an order, the people of Luoyang hand over all the sacks for the use of the embankment, and the Taishi will double the compensation for you in the future."

Under the threat of the flood, although the people of Luoyang hated Kang Peng to the core, they couldn't care about holding grudges at the moment, and they handed over the sacks, cloth bags, and even wooden boxes at home according to Dong Zhuojun's arrangement, and the young men and women loaded the carts and ran to the south bank of the Yellow River. Although the hundred officials in Luoyang preferred to organize the servants of the family to move their property to a higher place, after Dong Zhuojun's soldiers beheaded the two officials who did not listen to the call on the spot, these officials obediently obeyed the order.

In less than three minutes, the flood peak of the Yellow River arrived in the area of Caoyang, which is less than 200 miles away from Luoyang, and the people along the Yellow River have also spontaneously organized berms, and there is no major breach yet. In the most critical section of Luoyang, where the south bank is nearly 100 miles, countless officials and people have been busy on the shore, filling in soil and plugging leaks, building bags and protecting them, and they are very busy. Dong Zhuojun did not give up this excellent publicity opportunity, Dong Zhuojun soldiers rushed to repair the embankment, while spreading rumors under the instructions of Kang Peng and Jia Xu, this flood was because Cao Cao robbed the auspicious god seed, causing the heavens to be angry, so the torrential rain fell as punishment. In the midst of the crisis, the people of Luoyang debated the truth and falsehood, and for a while, the scolding of Cao Cao along the Yellow River shook the sky.

At the same time, Xiahou Dun's messenger for help had already contacted the vanguard of Cao Cao's army, and Li Dian, the vanguard of Cao Cao's army, did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to inform the brigade in the rear, asking them to speed up the march.

At the same time, Guo Jia's messenger had already arrived at Wuchao, and it was less than half an hour away from Cao Cao's army brigade.

Shen Shizheng, Fu Yu arrived at the south bank of the Yellow River in Luoyang with the support of Da Qiao, and went to visit Kang Peng, who was directing the rescue and disaster relief, but was scolded by the anxious Kang Peng, Kang Peng wanted to send someone to protect them and evacuate to a high place to take refuge, just in case, but Fu Yu and Da Qiao resolutely refused. At the same time, the flood peak of the Yellow River has reached Mianchi, which is only a hundred miles away from Luoyang.

At the beginning of the Shen period, after Ma Ridan, Zhu Xian and other old ministers protected Emperor Han Xian and retreated to a high place, several old ministers also led the people who could still be mobilized to hurry to the shore to assist Dong Zhuojun in protecting the berm. Cai Wenji also quietly rushed to the shore with a few little girls, and mixed in the crowd to watch Kang Peng's situation.

Just after the first moment, that is, at 3:10 p.m., Li Dian messenger sent a letter of help from Bishui Pass to Cao Cao, who immediately accelerated his march, and the brigade arrived at the periphery of Chenliu. At the same time, the rain in Yanzhou began to increase, and the water level of the Yellow River gradually rose.

At 3:20, a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Cao-Liu coalition army arrived at Chenliucheng, and the army did not enter the city to rest, but rushed from Raocheng.

At 3:25, Guo Jia's messenger arrived at the periphery of Chenliu and had already made contact with the rear of the Cao-Liu coalition army.

At 3:30, the members of the Dark Moon Force who were ambushed at the forefront waved the white flag, passing it on layer by layer, and two minutes later, Ma Zhong lit the fuse, and then evacuated to Wang Huo's hideout to avoid the current.

At 3:40, Cao Cao, who was pale, ordered the whole army to stop advancing and search for Dong Zhuo's army along the coast. The rainfall in Yanzhou continued to increase, and the water surface of the Yellow River increased significantly. After a quarter of planting, the fuse, which was expected to burn for a quarter of an hour, should have burned out, and the nitrocellulose, which could be buried in the embankment, did not explode.

At the same time, the flood peak of the Yellow River arrived in Luoyang, and with the concerted efforts of Dong Zhuojun and the officials and people of Luoyang, the flood peak did not break the embankment, and several small pipe surges were quickly blocked. Twenty minutes later, Hong Feng completely passed through the Luoyang area and continued to run downstream, and the cheers along the Yellow River in Luoyang shook the sky.

And on the small dirt hill where Ma Zhong and Wang Huo were ambushed, Ma Zhong punched the rock hard, "Oops, it must be that the fuse is not sealed properly and is wet by the rain." ”

"What then?" Wang Huo's head was wet, and he didn't know whether it was sweat or rain.

"The only way is to go to nitrocellulose and light a fire." Ma Zhong gritted his teeth and said: "But the Taishi said that the power of this nitrocellulose, those who get close to the ignition will definitely be blown to pieces." ”

Wang Huo didn't say a word, and immediately crawled out of the ambush, "I'll go." ”

"Are you crazy?" Ma Zhong grabbed him and yelled: "You have parents and brothers and sisters at home, and you die, what should they do?" My mother is the only one in my family, and if I want to go, I should go. ”

Wang Huo calmly pushed Ma Zhong away, "Brother, I'm older than you, I should go." Besides, because I have brothers and sisters, I die, and there are parents who can take care of me, if you leave, who will give your mother a pension? ”

Ma Zhong was in a hurry, and grabbed Wang Huo tightly, "No, let's think of other ways." ”

"There's no time." Wang Huo pointed to the figure coming from the coast in the distance, "Do you see it?" It is estimated that our actions have been discovered, and if we delay any longer, the great affairs of the Taishi will be over. Wang Huo choked up again: "Brother, you don't know, my family is from Qingzhou, two years ago Qingzhou drought, almost all the people in our village starved to death, but my family fled to Luoyang, but on the way to escape, I have a younger brother who still starved to death on the road, it was Master Dong who saved my family, I have nothing to repay, just use my life to repay Master Dong." ”

After speaking, Wang Huo struggled to break free from Ma Zhong's hand and ran to the place where the nitrocellulose was buried......

Ten minutes later, "Boom! "Earth-shattering explosions sounded on the banks of the Yellow River, like thunder, and surging turbid waves poured down......

On the top of the dirt mountain, Ma Zhong closed his eyes in pain, and tears rolled down the corners of his eyes......