"Ran!"

Ji Ling had the feeling of punching the cotton.

The old man Tao Qian ran to Qu County with people and gave up the good state capital.

Running faster than a rabbit, this allowed him to complete the task assigned by Yuan Shu.

If Tao Qian can't be captured alive, the battle of Xuzhou is always just the beginning.

Only by catching Tao Qian can he be regarded as half of the battle.

Qu County, it is close to Yuzhou Mountain Island, I have to chase after him, this old man will not be picked up by Xu Ding's sailors.

Or flee south to Gwangling County.

This is all a headache, shaking his head, Ji Dao felt that this kind of thing should not be considered by himself, so he waved his hand and said: "Enter the city!" ”

It is the right thing to take over the city.

However, after receiving Danxian, Ji Ling was depressed again.

There's no one in the city!

There's no money or food in the city!

There aren't many families in the city!

If Tao Qian was given a little time, Ji Ling had no doubt that the old man would be able to empty the state capital.

If you don't want to do it so desperately, we have no shortage of people or money and food in Yuzhou, and we won't rob you of your things.

My lord Yuan Shu has a bold ranger temperament, and he won't do bastard things like Cao Cao.

This is true, although Yuan Shu is proud of his personality, his eyes are above the top.

But the kind that harms the aristocracy and the family is so disdainful that they don't bother to do it.

"The general has good news!" A subordinate came over with a child of a family who hadn't left to give Ji Ling the good news.

Ji Ling said: "What good news, you'd better really say something I'm happy about, otherwise Lao Tzu wants to tear people up now!" ”

From the beginning of the attack on Xuzhou, he was first injured by Li Jin, and then pushed all the way, the city occupied a lot, but he did not destroy many soldiers and horses of the other party, and now Tao Qian also ran ahead of schedule.

Ji Ling's mood was actually not very good.

The subordinate said: "It is said that Cao Cao sent cavalry to attack the southern part of Taishan County, and then ran to plague Langya County, and now it seems to have hit Kaiyang, so the old man Tao Qian was so frightened that he ran away." ”

"......" Ji Ling.

His subordinate Ji Ling's face darkened in half, and then he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly said: "Old man Tao Qian saw us coming, and he was worried about internal and external troubles, and he was beaten by us and ran away. ”

Ji Ling looked at the child of the family who was carried over by his subordinates and said, "Is Cao Cao's dispatch of troops to Mount Tai serious?" ”

The child of this family shrank his head and nodded and said resignedly: "Back to General Hui, at this time, it is true, it is true, Cao Jun has entered Langya County, and it is said that he has come to open Yangcheng." ”

Ji Ling waved his hand to let his subordinates get out of here, closed his eyes and was silent for a while, and then burst into anger when there was no one around: "Cao Cao, you bastard, I'm a fart soldier!" ”

Then Ji Ling's fist slammed into the wooden pole.

It snapped apart with a click.

Cao Cao sent troops without notifying him, and directly scared his big fish away, causing him to beat Danxian in vain, can Ji Ling not be angry?

Thinking that the truth was like this, Ji Ling was naturally extremely resentful.

However, he quickly sent someone to inform Yuan Shu of the matter.

Next, how do you need Yuan Shu to give instructions there.

Is it chasing Tao Qian or something else.

"Cao Cao, this shameless one, actually secretly sent cavalry to attack the southern part of Mount Tai, this shameless one." Yuan Shu received the battle report from Ji Ling, and quickly understood Cao Cao's intentions, and couldn't help but scold.

Whether Cao Cao rode the tiger and leopard to Mount Tai or attack Langya, it was definitely not a good intention to cooperate with him to fight Xuzhou, but for his own interests.

Yuan Shu could see this at a glance, if it was cooperation, Cao Cao would inevitably send someone to contact Tao Qian.

Since Cao Cao did not inform himself, it shows that Cao Cao is selfish and is doing private work.

How could Yuan Shu not be angry, the old man Tao Qian, who was originally at his fingertips, was scared away because of Cao Jun.

Yuan Jian said: "I don't think Tao Qian's eastward retreat is all due to the appearance of Cao Cao's cavalry in Langya County, this is still part of Wang Xiu's strategy!" ”

Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Cao Cao's cavalry went south just at the right time, it should be a coincidence, Tao Qian's eastward move should have been prepared." Yuan continued:

"General Yiji's return, Danxian retreated more completely, this must have been preset a long time ago.

Two Tao Qian is like a carrot, always hanging our appetite, if we chase to Qu County, the battle line is stretched again, if Tao Qian runs to Guangling again, we can't always follow behind his butt to chase, then our weaknesses will be more and more, once Wang Xiu launches a counterattack and onslaught, we may break the line. ”

"Yaoqing, you mean not to pursue." Yuan Shu asked uncertainly.

Yuan Jian said: "That's right, we can't chase it, even Danxian can not do it, we should retreat, if we can't get in touch with Cao's army and establish a position on the same front, then we must retreat to defense." ”

Now looking at the two serpentine figures marked on the map, Yuan Jian seemed to think of what Wang Xiu wanted to do.

The real important thing in Xuzhou is Tao Qian, as long as Tao Qian is not ambushed, as long as he does not die, Xuzhou will not disperse.

Danxian is not of much use, and it can't do anything with it.

So after looking at all this arranged by Wang Xiu, Yuan Jian realized that Peng Cheng and Xiapi were still the existence that he couldn't avoid and had to fight.

These two places are the eyes of two serpents.

can't beat here, Wang Xiu's two little snakes can still continue to twist and change.

If he can't take these two, he can't defend the entire Xuzhou, and it's useless.

So the problem comes back to the beginning.

Things are back to square one.

"Then let's wait for a while, see if Cao Cao's people will go south to contact us, if they can be contacted, it will be of a lot of benefit to Xuzhou." finally won Danxian, Yuan Shu didn't want to give up so easily.

So he asked Ji Ling to stay in Danxian for a few more days, and sent someone to take the initiative to go north to Kaiyang to get in touch with the tiger and leopard horse.

It's just that their people didn't get in touch with the tiger and leopard riders, and soon learned that the tiger and leopard riders were defeated by Ma Teng and Xi Zhicai and suffered heavy losses, and then withdrew from Xuzhou.

"Withdraw! Immediately withdraw from Danxian and withdraw from Wuyuan City! Withdraw to Lu County! As soon as Ji Ling heard about Xi Zhicai, he led tens of thousands of troops to the south and killed Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, so he had no mind to stay in Danxian at all, and withdrew to Wuyuan City with people overnight.

And soon withdrew from Wuyuan City to Yuan Shu in Lu County.

Xi Zhicai went south, and a large number of reinforcements from Qingzhou came, and if he didn't leave, he would be surrounded in Danxian.

So Ji Ling was quite nervous.

Even Yuan Jian once thought that this was Wang Xiu's conspiracy, but soon they received news that Xi Caizhi had changed his route to the south of Mount Tai to quell the turmoil, and he did not go south at all.

And Tao Qian also stayed in Qu County and did not fight back.

Everything is getting confusing again.

"What's wrong? What am I overlooking? Yuan Jian walked back and forth, constantly scrutinizing, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if he remembered something, two steps and several steps to the desk, his hands propped up in the map cloth, and his eyes were fixed on the city of taking care of the right side of Ziqiu.

"Zhuyi! It's still Zhuyi, Wang Xiu still wants to fight Zhuyi, he still wants to cut off the middle of our army, he wants to cut off our connection with Yuzhou, his naval army will march west from Suishui, I'm afraid I'm going to act at this time.

It's a good calculation, throw out the meat of Danxian, and let the old man Tao Qian pull the hatred to attract us firmly, but in the end he still wants to outflank and block the back road of our army, and his appetite is not small. At this time, Yuan Jian finally completely understood Wang Xiu's intentions, and knew what he wanted to do.

"Wang Shuzhi still wants to eat them, he really dares to think that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses want to eat my 150,000 army, he didn't wake up from a dream." Yuan Shu smiled disdainfully.

Yuan Jian said: "Lord, the people of Weihaihou have always been very bold, there is nothing they dare not think, Weihaihou himself is not afraid of heaven and earth, what he does is different, contrary to my family, and his subordinates think about it."

If he fights to consume the water army, storms Zhuyi, and blocks Suishui, we are still really in danger, so please retreat to Ziqiu immediately, and be sure to urge the defenders of Zhuyi not to lose here. ”

Yuan Shu thought for a while and said: "Okay, I will retreat west, but I will retreat directly to Zhuyi, with me, who would dare not serve the death force." ”

"It's okay, the safety of the lord comes first, and if the lord supervises the battle of Zhuyi, Suishui will not let the Donglai Navy control it." Yuan Jian thought about it and agreed with Yuan Shu's idea, and then said:

"In this way, I can storm Pi with General Ji Ling, and also surprise Wang Xiu!"

Yuan Shu said: "You have thought of a way to break Xiapi!" ”

"Yes, my lord, but this method is a bit hurtful, but if this plan is successful, it can crush Wang Xiu's plan, disrupt his deployment, and even create a fighter plane to defeat and destroy him." Yuan Lian's face showed a look of affirmation, but there was also a hint of unbearability, because his plan to break the city would really cause large-scale casualties, and it was indiscriminate.

However, Yuan Shu didn't care about these and said: "As long as he can break the Pi, whether he hurts Tianhe or not, I think we are stronger than Cao Cao in how to toss!" ”

Cao Cao really robbed and killed tens of thousands of people in Xuzhou, and the entire Surabaya did not flow.

They also dig up people's graves and dig up treasures.

Although Cao Cao said that he did not do this, it was his attack on Xuzhou, and it was not wrong to blame him.

He does not slaughter the people, and he does not dig graves, which is much more merciful than Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu wanted to explain something, but finally swallowed it back, but he still didn't tell Yuan Shu the method of breaking the city.

Because he was afraid that Yuan Shu would not use it if he heard it, because Yuan Shu didn't care about anything else, but he cared about face very much.

Yuan Shu left, and soon Yuan Jian received the news that Jiang Qinxi had entered Suishui and attacked the city.

Sure enough, it was still a step too late, and the city was still lost.

However, because he guessed Wang Xiu's intentions earlier, Zhuyi City was defended to the death, and Li Jin's jump attack again failed to succeed, and the sneak attack failed and retreated to Wuxian.

Of course, this time the Yuan army didn't dare to attack Wuxian, they dared Li Jin to play tricks again, lure them to attack again, and then staged another siege and annihilation.

The left line is all right.

When Yuan Shu retreated to Zhuyi, the rear was stable.

Yuan Jian led the army to let Ji Ling go straight to Xiapi, and built a dam on the Surabaya River overnight to intercept the water.

Xiapi City is located in the north of the Surabaya River and east of the Yishui River, which belongs to the place where the two rivers meet.

Originally, the two rivers were the natural defense line of Xiapi City, but now they have become a sharp weapon for Yuan Lian's siege.

The next day, a sergeant reported the news to Li Gan, Li Gan frowned slightly, thought for a while and said, "Go and ask Mr. Xue to come over." ”

Soon Xue Zong came, and after listening to the sergeant's report, Xue Zong pondered for a moment and said, "I guess Yuan Chuan has two intentions.

The first is to block the support of our army's naval forces in the north and south directions, and the second is that he wants to break the embankment and flood the downhill slope. ”

"Why does he want to break the embankment, how dare they?" Li Gan was shocked when he heard this, and he couldn't believe it.

The embankment burst and poured the water of the two rivers, and if this was really done, the area of Downhill City would not be destroyed.

This is too hurtful to the peace of the heavens, and it doesn't care about the life or death of the people at all, and does everything to the extreme.

Xue Zong shook his head and said: "We are now in a war, and the soldiers are treacherous, only the victory and defeat are not moral, and I guess the real intention of Yuan Lian to flood the downhill slope is to prevent our army's reinforcements, and at the same time, according to the current water level conditions, the water potential cannot be washed down Picheng at all, only blistered by water, and then the city wall is soft, and then the siege will be much easier." ”

Hearing that the water could not collapse Picheng, Li Gan was a lot more relieved.

How many people are still in the city?

If the city collapses and is swept away by the water, 95 percent of them will be drowned.

"Come, send orders to the people, strengthen the corners of the houses of each family, put all the food and clothing in a high place so that they will not be flooded, and seal the city gate for me, so as not to let water penetrate in." Li Qiankun instructed his subordinates.

Xue Zongdao: "General, Yuan Jian will not break the embankment for a while, let the sergeant notify the nearby people to take refuge in other counties, if you can, I think the general can also withdraw from Xiapi." ”

"It's enough to inform the people, it's not appropriate for our army to withdraw downhill, once Xiapi is lost, the right flank front will collapse, and the plan of Wang's division will be completely ruined." Li Qian shook his head and refused.

Xue Zong persuaded: "But general, you and the First Army are more important, the First Army can't lose anything with you, without Xiapi, we can retreat to the lower minister, and we can still reorganize the long snake formation." ”

"Xia Xiang can't be compared with Xia Pi at all, okay Mr. Xue, I want to make a decision like this, besides, didn't you say that with the current water level, the embankment can't be washed downhill?

Since it won't collapse, am I still afraid of Ji Ling and Yuan Lian? Li Qian said resolutely.

Xue Zong smiled bitterly: "General, it won't collapse at that time, but it will still collapse after soaking for a long time, this city is all made of mud, but it's not all made of green bricks and boulders." ”

"It doesn't matter, it takes time to soak, it should be able to hold up in three or two days, and it's good to be able to drag on for three or two days, and then we can't hold back and it's not too late to retreat!" Li Gan saw that Xue Zong still wanted to persuade him, so he said to his hand:

"Come on, take Xue Zong off the downhill slope, send me to the next phase safely, and see you if something happens!"

"No!"

"General...... Ay! ”

Soon two days passed, and the water levels of the Surabaya River and the Yishui River had risen significantly, and Ji Ling asked, "Is this really feasible sir?" There are also wise men in the opposite city, and it seems that they are evacuating the people these days, and I am afraid that the scriptures will see our intentions. ”

"Haha, what can I see, my real killer is this, who would have thought of our unique way of attacking the city, Li Gan and Xue Zong can only guess that I am going to flood and go downhill, how do they know that I still have a move?" Yuan Jian smiled confidently:

"The embankment broke in the middle of the night, and the morning dawn attacked Xiapi, and I thought that the plan was designed for the general, and it depends on whether the soldiers can fight bravely."

"Don't worry, as long as your method is feasible, there is no problem on my side, and then I will personally go up, I will cut Li Qiankun first, and see how many catties and taels he has." Ji Ling patted his chest and reassured, and at the same time added his mouth, looking at Xiapi Cheng longingly, his eyes were full of strong war intent and desire for revenge.

The Li family!

I must defeat your Li family.