Chen Deng's father, Chen Qi, was also a famous scholar in the late Han Dynasty.

Gongsun Kang connected the Chen family to the nine clans, which caused a great repercussion among the scholars.

In ancient times, news was transmitted slowly, and by the time Chen Jiao in Jiaozhou knew the news, it was already a year later.

He asked Xun You to resign and said: "I am favored by Chen Deng's knowledge, although I am powerless to avenge him, but I am no longer suitable to be an official in the Liaodong Mansion, please allow me to resign." ”

Xun You scolded Chen Jiao! He said: "The children of our family diversify our investments and become officials under the princes of all walks of life. One of the biggest principles is: be faithful!

Even if you encounter the children of your own clan on the battlefield, you have to be ruthless and deadly. In this way, no matter which prince wins, our thousand-year-old family can pass it on.

If they are all like Chen Deng, they dare to hook up with other princes and betray their lords. So what prince would dare to use us again? ”

Only then did Chen Jiao understand the principle of diversification of the wealthy family, and he couldn't help but sweat like rain.

Xun You continued: "The Chen family and our Xun family are both big clans in Yingchuan. Although I am dull, I am also a descendant of the Xun family; However, the Chen family only sent your branch to Liaodong, obviously looking down on the champion Hou. Now that Chen Deng has rebelled again, Champion Hou's opinion of the Chen family has become extremely evil. Do you still want to quit? If the champion Hou dominates the world, do you want the Chen family to be completely wiped out? ”

Chen Jiao was sweating profusely now, crying bitterly and said: "I just wanted to repay the favor, but I didn't expect that I almost ruined the Chen family." I'm a sinner of the Chen family. ”

Xun You breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a gentle tone: "It's not that serious, after all, only you and I know about this matter, and you are not allowed to resign casually in the future." ”

Chen Jiao sneered and said, "Thank you for your advice, I will definitely be loyal to the champion Hou in the future, do my duty, and inherit the Chen family." ”

Xun You's words are not all fools, this is the law of the wealthy family that has survived for thousands of years, and the wisdom of survival. If you are scattered to all kinds of princes, and you still hook up and betray in private, what is the point of diversifying your investment and avoiding risks? It is better for all the clans to bet on a certain prince.

The above is an episode, and then talk about how Liaodong resisted the attacks of various princes.

The first to end the battle turned out to be the road to Xiapi County.

Xiahoudun led 30,000 horses and horses, and he was menacing.

After more than 10 years of resumption of production, Xiapi County is populated again. Many homeless people have returned to their hometowns one after another, and have reclaimed fields and planted crops in the wilderness where there are no chickens crowing for thousands of miles and white bones are exposed.

But 10 years of recuperation have not made them forget the tragic past, and they are still frightened birds.

As soon as Cao Cao's army set off, Xu Rong let people go around publicizing it. The common people living in Xiapi immediately fled to Donghai County with their families.

Fortunately, this time it was organized by the Xuzhou government to clear the field, and there were porridge and soup kitchens along the way, and there were also refugee camps in Donghai County to accommodate them.

The government reassured them that soon the war would end and they would be able to return to their hometowns.

No one believed this, and everyone regarded it as the government's words to appease the people, including Cao Jun's spies, and they did not perceive anything unusual from these words.

The water of the Juyi River and the Si River flooded Picheng. It was in 195, that is, 11 years ago, that Xu Rong was prepared. Over the years, the conditions have become more prepared.

Xiapi City is located in a low-lying area, there is Surabaya flowing from west to east in the south of Xiapi County, and Yishui water flows into Surabaya from north to south in the east of the county, forming the Sancha River Estuary, which is a natural barrier.

Xu Rong's aim was to dig up the embankment of the Surabaya River and release water to flood the outskirts of Xiapicheng. If the operation is not done well and the water flows into Xiapi City, then the 200,000 people in Xiapi City will also be submerged. Xu Rong is tantamount to suicide.

Thanks to the exploration and discussion of water conservancy experts in eastern Liaoning over the past 10 years, the Xuzhou military has taken advantage of the opportunity to repair the river embankment many times and has controlled the water level to a level that will not flood the city wall.

Xiahoudun marched all the way, plundering the army. There are always some stubborn people who are unable to leave their homeland, and they are caught by Cao Jun. From the border of the Cao army to Xiapi, there are more than 10 small towns along the way. Cao Jun happily burned and bullied women. It's as if the good old days have started again.

On this day, they finally came to the city of Xiapi.

The cowardly Xuzhou soldiers and horses did not go out of the city to fight them, but firmly blocked the city gates everywhere.

Xiahoudun ordered that he set up camp five miles away from the city, take a good rest, and prepare to start the siege the next day.

That night, Xu Rong had a beautiful firework set off in the city. There is no sound, and you can see it clearly for dozens of miles around. Fireworks make the night sky even more beautiful. The patrol soldiers of the Cao army looked at it intoxicated, but they didn't understand what it meant.

With a firework by Xu Rong, several fishermen who had been prepared on the embankment, in fact, were Xuzhou soldiers, blew up a small gap with explosives at the top of the dam, and the big water behind the embankment immediately rushed out, and soon the small gap became bigger and bigger, and the flood peak several zhang high also roared and rushed towards the low-lying area of Xiapi City.

The distance of ten miles passed in a flash, and when Hong Feng reached the city wall of Xiapi and rushed into the camp of the Cao army, the soldiers of the Cao army were basically immersed in sweet dreams.

When they heard the roar from far and near, they thought it was thundering in the sky, but the unsuspecting soldiers were not swept away by the flood, except for the unsuspecting soldiers who clung to the flagpole or other things, and the Cao army outside the city was swept up in the surging flood.

The flood is merciless, it doesn't matter if you're awake or asleep. The surging flood broke the tent and swept away Cao's soldiers. Xiahoudun and others were also affected by the flood, in the face of natural disasters. There is no distinction between a general and a soldier.

The soldiers of the Cao army who were sleeping were miserable, and they soaked in the water one after another, and those who could not water fluttered a few times, and then sank and never floated again.

Outside the city, as soon as the flood occurred, the Xuzhou soldiers on the city wall dragged out hundreds of boats and rafts, ready to salvage and kill Cao's officers and soldiers.

Because of the obstruction of the tall city wall of Xiapi, the flood did not enter the city, and there was no momentum of pouring thousands of miles, but the water level outside the city wall was rising rapidly.

The Cao camp outside the city was also more miserable, and a large number of soldiers were swept up by the flood and there was no trace. When it resurfaced, it was probably 10 miles away. A soldier who doesn't know how to water becomes a floating corpse!

The soldiers of the Cao army had relatively good physical strength, some could swim, some held their horses, and they rose and fell on the water, and they were not drowned for a while.

The Xuzhou soldiers lowered hundreds of boats and rafts from the city wall, and then thousands of soldiers with good water skills boarded the boats. Armed with crossbows and Xiangyang iron knives, they searched around for the living Cao soldiers.

Not for the captives, much less for the rescue. They're just here to kill! When he saw something alive, he shot it with a crossbow, and if he was not dead, he cut it with a knife. Don't take prisoners, and don't take heads!

Xiahoudun and Xu Huang were hit into the woods by the heavy water, and they hugged the big tree and climbed to the top of the canopy.

Then they saw small boats rowing near them. The Xuzhou soldiers all raised their crossbows and aimed them at the Cao army above the woods.

Xiahoudun shouted: "I am Xiahoudun, the commander of the Cao army!" ”。

He was answered by a wave of indifferent arrows. A little lieutenant sneered and said: "The Xiahou family and Cao Cao wear a pair of pants, they will definitely not surrender, just kill it!" Just to take the corpse back for credit! ”

Xu Huang watched this scene from afar, and watched Xiahoudun being shot into a hedgehog. He didn't know whether he should surrender or go heroically, and it was very embarrassing to be beaten to death by ordinary soldiers.

The little colonel commanded people to row to the vicinity of Xu Huang.

He had obviously seen Xu Huang's image, and asked, "Is it General Xu Huang?" ”

Xu Huang returned with a lack of energy: "It's a certain family."

He is now empty-handed, and the Xuanhua axe doesn't know where it was washed by the water. If you want to fight, you don't have a weapon.

The colonel obviously didn't want to entangle with him, so he asked directly: "The general doesn't want to surrender either, does he?" Left and right, crossbow aim! ”

Hearing this order, Xu Huang shouted with a divine voice: "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender." ”

The little colonel smiled slyly, and asked people to come up and tie up Xu Huang and bring him back to the boat.

Xu Huang was captured, let them tie up, and brought them back to Xiapi, so he became a prisoner of Xuzhou's soldiers and horses.

Xu Rong and Xu Huang are old acquaintances, and they have both worked for Dong Zhuo. So there was no embarrassment for him, and he was shocked by the wine. just put him under house arrest and waited for Gongsun Kang's fate.

Only Xiahou Yuan, who was washed dozens of miles away by the flood, climbed ashore, found a direction, collected some defeated troops along the way, and fled back to Xudu on foot.

30,000 soldiers were wiped out, and no more than 1,000 returned to Xudu. Cao Jun was dealt another heavy blow.

It is said that when Cao Cao heard the news of Xiahoudun's death, he screamed, threw up blood and fainted.

"Water and fire" is the era of cold weapons, and the means of attacking the enemy are often used in war, and the degree of destruction is irresistible by manpower. The method of "water attack" is relatively simple, as long as the water is introduced into the low-lying city, it is trapped by water, cut off from the outside world, and it sits and waits for death with food, and there is only one way to surrender. This is much smaller than the cost of attacking the city, so Guo Jia said that "it can be worth 200,000 divisions" is exactly what he meant.

The "flooding" method is less than the "fire attack method" because it is easier to take "fire" and it is very difficult to divert water. Moreover, damming and digging ditches are time-consuming, laborious, and not easy to keep secrets, and the natural conditions are more demanding. And "fire" is convenient. Therefore, the utilization rate of "fire attack" is higher than that of "water attack", and its technical content and skills are also diverse. After human beings drill wood to make fire, the "tinder" can be used at any time in the shape of a stone sickle, and the city gate and house can be burned for siege, and the mountain forest and grass can be used for ambush. The ignition of gunpowder with "rockets" increases the power of fire. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang uses fire to attack, and this is where he makes good use of fire.

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