Chapter 5 Flooding of Xiangcheng

Xu Huang retreated and came to Kunyang City, and found that the city was full of Han banners, and a white-robed and silver-armored general smiled at Xu Huang and said: "Xu Huang, Changshan Zhao Zilong is here, don't hurry up and surrender." ”

It turned out that Xu Shu had already ordered Zhao Yun to lead an army to take Kunyang, and Xu Huang had to retreat to Xiangcheng. Han Xuan and Chen Wu led the army to come, and when they saw Zhao Yun here, they learned that Xu Huang had fled to Xiangcheng and chased after him.

Xu Huang retreated to Xiangcheng, the arrow wound was so painful that he ordered the doctor to apply medicine, wrap it in silk, and lie on the bed to recuperate.

Xu Huang called Xu Zhen and said to him: "Brother Ru didn't listen to my orders, went to war without authorization, and died on the battlefield. Thou shalt guard this city with thy heart, and thou shalt not go on any more business trips. ”

After Xu Huang finished speaking, the old tears were rampant. After Xu Zhen buried Xu Gai, he sent someone to Cao Rui to ask for support.

After another two days, the New Han army came and quickly surrounded Xiangcheng. Han Xuan commanded the army to attack the city, but it rained heavily and firearms could not be used, so Han Xuan had to order the troops to attack with catapults and ladders.

Xiangcheng was very strong, and Han Xuan's army attacked it for a day and a night without the slightest progress.

Zhao Yun saw that he couldn't attack for a while, so he said to Han Xuan: "It's better to give up this city first, go to attack Cao Rui's rear, and attack His Majesty back and forth." If the Wei army comes to the rescue, our army will be attacked from inside and outside, and the situation will be critical. ”

Chen Wu also urged Han Xuan: "The fastest Wei army nearby can arrive is Deng Ai, I can lead the army to block him, but Cao Rui and Lu Qian's reinforcements will also come soon." Think of some clever plan to break through this city. ”

Han Xuan was also very anxious, and said irritably: "What you said, I'm thinking about it, what's the hurry?" ”

In the evening, Han Xuan called Chen Wu, took a few henchmen out of the camp, walked around Xiangcheng, and then climbed the hillside, observed the terrain of Xiangcheng, and had an idea in his heart.

There is a river ten miles outside Xiangcheng, which flows from northwest to southeast, and the water potential is very turbulent. Han Xuan asked Zhao Yun to lead a thousand people to cut off the mouth of the river with mud bags, so that the river could not go downstream, and rushed into Xiangcheng in reverse. In this way, the Wei army could not hold it.

It rained heavily for seven or eight days, and the river swelled sharply, and it could not go downstream, so it rushed straight into Xiangcheng. Xiangcheng was originally built of mountain stones, and it fell down after being washed by water. In an instant, the water rushed into the city like a thousand horses.

Xu Zhen was unable to intercept the water potential, and hurriedly led Xu Huang and the Wei army soldiers to rush out of the shallow water at the north gate and flee in the direction of Yingyang. Han Xuan and Chen Wu led the army to chase behind.

After chasing for a while, Han Xuan saw that the water had already overflowed the road, and he was afraid that he would drown his own people, so he had to send an order to set up camp and order Zhao Yun to let go of the estuary and dredge the waterway.

After Cao Rui received Xu Qian's report for help, he was about to divide his troops to rescue. But he heard that Han Xuanshui flooded Xiangcheng, and Xiangcheng had been lost, and he was afraid that the road was far away and it was too late to rescue, so he ordered Sima Fu to lead the Yang Zhai garrison to rescue.

Sima Fu was afraid that he would not be able to resist because he had few soldiers, so he notified Deng Ai and Lu Qian and asked them to jointly raise troops to resist. Sima Fu also sent someone to inform Cao Zhen, hoping that he would send troops to rescue him as soon as possible.

Soon, the New Han army led by Han Xuan approached Yingyang, and there was little grain and grass left in the city, so Xu Zhen had to go to the city to meet the battle.

Xu Zhen scolded: "Chen Wu, you killed my brother and hurt my father. I swear revenge! ”

"The sword has no eyes on the battlefield, don't blame me." Chen Wuce rode his horse to fight.

Xu Zhen hurriedly retreated into the formation, ordered all the troops to come together, and surrounded Chen Wu to fight. In the New Han Army, Zhao Yun and Chen Xiu led the army to rush towards Xu Qian. After a scuffle, Xu Zhen naturally couldn't resist it and retreated backwards.

At this time, the reinforcements of Deng Ai, Sima Fu, and Lu Qian also arrived. Zhang Bao and Zhang Hu led Han Xuan's secret plan to copy the Wei army led by Deng Ai and others from behind. The Wei army was surrounded by men and horses on both sides of the Xinhan Dynasty in two parts, and Xu was unable to win, so he had to rush out with Xu Huang and lead dozens of horsemen and flee to Xuchang.

Han Xuan, Chen Wu and Zhao Yun led the army back to fight against Deng Ai and Lu Qian's army, and broke the crowd. Sima Fu led the defeated army to retreat to Xuchang, and Deng Ai and LΓΌ Qian fled to Chenliu.

Han Xuan and others then led the army south to attack the rear of Cao Rui's army, and Liu Du led the army to kill from the front. Cao Rui was defeated, the 200,000 army was broken, and Cao Rui had to lead the defeated army to retreat.

Han Xuan and Liu Du will be teachers, and Liu Du said to Han Xuan with a smile: "The king side by side is invincible all the way, and he is invincible!" beheaded Zhu Ling, punished Manzhong, forced Xiahou Shang to death, broke Deng Ai, flooded Xiangcheng, and pursued Xu Huang. The merit of the Qing should be above the generals, and the official position can no longer be sealed. Well...... Soldiers, tell me, what should I reward the king side by-side? ”

All the generals were convinced by Han Xuan's achievements, Wang Ping, Zhang Yi and other generals said that Han Xuan's treasures should be rewarded, and Liao Hua and Mi Fang said that they should be rewarded with good fields. The generals had their own opinions, and for a while the focus of everyone's attention was on Han Xuan, and Liu Du looked at Han Xuan with a smile at this time, and Han Xuan secretly shouted that it was not good.

Han Xuan hurriedly said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, the soldiers will use their lives. If it weren't for His Majesty dragging Cao Rui's army in the front, how could the minister lead the army to Yingchuan? If Your Majesty wants a reward, please reward all the soldiers."

When Liu Du heard this, he pointed at Han Xuan and smiled. Liu Du stepped forward and patted Han Xuan on the shoulder, but Han Xuan felt that he hadn't seen him for a few months, and Liu Du seemed to be a different person. Accompanying the king like a tiger, Han Xuan looked at the familiar and unfamiliar Liu Du, and gradually felt fear in his heart.

Han Xuan hurriedly changed the topic to break the deadlock: "The minister heard that Prime Minister Zhuge was blocked by Sima Yi, if he didn't retreat Sima Yi, when would the Fifth Route Army enter Liangzhou?" His Majesty can lead the army to attack the fortifications, take Chang'an, and attack Sima Yi with Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng. Chen Yuan and General Pingbei led the army to pursue Cao Rui and capture Luoyang. ”

Although Cao Rui was defeated, the Wei army only lost tens of thousands of horses. The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the king should lead the army to attack Xuchang, and I will lead the army to attack Luoyang. "Luoyang is the capital of Wei State, Liu Du doubted Han Xuan's intentions and said deliberately.

Han Xuan didn't think of this, he only said it from a strategic point of view. The atmosphere was embarrassing, and Gu Yong sent a message from Jianye: Tian Yu has captured Youzhou and defeated the Wei general Qin Lang.

Liu Du was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay! General Tian Yu is so brave that he will definitely capture Yecheng in the near future. Once the rear of the Wei State is broken, the destruction of Wei is just around the corner! ”

Liu Du then issued an order to add Tian Yu as the rear general and the Marquis of Pingxiang. Ling Tian Yu led the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to attack Yecheng in the south, and joined Liu Du as soon as possible. Liu Du held a banquet to celebrate, and the generals were happy.

After the banquet, Han Xuan invited Chen Wu to come to his camp for a secret talk. Han Xuan saw that Chen Wu was drunk, made him a cup of tea to sober up, and then said slowly: "Do you think Liu Du has changed?" ”

Chen Wu drank a cup of hot tea, and when he heard Han Xuan say this, he woke up most of the time. Chen Wu wiped his drunken face and said, "That's true. What's wrong? ”

Han Xuan picked up the teacup, blew and said, "Now that the general trend has been decided, it is only a matter of time before Wei is destroyed. Now that Liu Du is the king, you and I are ministers, we can't be like before anymore, we must be cautious in our words and deeds. ”

"You're saying we're going to learn the way of our courtiers? Didn't you advocate the merger of the two countries in the first place? Chen Wu asked.

Han Xuan stood up and paced, holding his pale temples, and sighed, "I feel that he is becoming more and more like an ancient." Maybe it's because we're making history, and we're going to make history in the end. ”

"After the reunification of the world, what are your plans?" Chen Wu chuckled in his heart, and now wrinkles had crept up on his face.

Han Xuan took out three books and said to him: "These are the three strange books of the Taigong Art of War, and only the Yin Fu has not been found. At the beginning, Su Lie said that there was no supreme chance to read through the four strange books. I guess it might have something to do with the way we got home......".

"What? You think we can go back? Chen Wu asked in surprise.

"I don't know. But when the plane disappeared, why were only the two of us traveling to the end of the Han Dynasty? I asked Liu Du before, he came here because of a car accident, which is different from us. Of course, this is just my guess. Han Xuan looked at the three books, not knowing what he was thinking.