Chen Deng said: "What the lord said is very true, but Jiangdong has always been good at water warfare. The water in the Central Plains is shallow, and I am afraid that it will not be able to train strong soldiers. ”

Cao Cao said: "I originally intended to train the navy army on the river. However, the water level of the river is too high and too bumpy during the flood season, but it freezes in winter to make it impossible to sail, and the training is only three months a year, which cannot meet the training purpose. ”

"The river is really not suitable for training." "The river is chaotic, and some of the waterways are turbulent. And Wang Jing (11 A.D.) managed the river (no diversion for more than 800 years), so that the river was separated, and the embankments on both sides could not be damaged, otherwise the Central Plains would become a country of Qianli Ze. ”

Cao Cao nodded, "Yes!" I originally wanted to attack Jizhou this year and defeat the Yuan clan first. But I don't want Zhang Yi to attack Xuzhou again, which makes me so helpless! ”

Chen Deng said: "For the time being, it is not the time to deal with Zhang Yi, and it is basically impossible to defeat Zhang Yi without a water army. Even if we cross the Huaishui and lay down Shouchun, Zhang Yi can retreat to Jiangdong. ”

Cao Cao said: "I just want to leave Zhang Yi here, he has no heirs so far, as long as he is killed, Yangzhou will be in chaos." ”

Chen Deng grinned and did not persuade again. Cao Cao was obviously angry, and I am afraid that he himself knew how unreliable this was. If Zhang Yi was so easy to kill, he would not have lived to this day, Sun Ce would have killed him a long time ago.

Zang Ba also rushed to Wei County, and the grain and grass he brought ran out, and he waited until the grain and grass placed in Donghai County were transported to Wei County.

Cao Cao saw Zang Ba coming, asked him to repair for three days, and he himself began to reorganize his army to attack Zhang Yi's water village.

Chen Deng did not act with Cao Cao's army, he still had a lot of things to do. Before Zhang Yi besieged the city, there was a shortage of medicine in Wei County, and many people were injured and urgently needed medicine.

On the day when the siege of Wei County was lifted, he asked people to go north to buy medicinal materials, and now he has returned. Cao Cao's army also carried medicinal herbs, but they had already been distributed to various generals, and Cao Cao could only ask Xiahou Yuan to allocate some for temporary use.

Outside the water village, Cao Cao had already ordered all his troops and horses, brought the crash car and the well, and divided the army into four camps. Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang, Zhu Ling, and Zang Ba each led troops to attack for one day.

After attacking for five days in a row, the water village broke through a gap, but it could not enter the city. The trebuchets in the water village continued to throw stones outward, causing a lot of trouble to Cao Cao's army.

Cao Cao's army also used trebuchets, but they were all tall and bulky ones that needed to be built for a month or two. When he was fighting against Yuan Shao in Guandu, Cangting, and Yuan, he used trebuchets to throw stones at Yuan Shao's camp, which had a great deterrent effect.

Cao Cao was very anxious, not only because of the trebuchet, but also because he also wanted to attack Jizhou. As long as he defeats the Yuan clan and unifies the north, he can gather the power of the eight states, and he will have an advantage in the face of anyone.

Cao Cao asked Guo Jia and Xu You again, but they did not play a big role in the face of this kind of offensive and defensive warfare. Fighting head-on is not the strength of these strategists, their strength lies in winning by surprise.

"To win a war, the biggest weapon is nothing more than the word fire and water." Xu You talked eloquently, he actually didn't have any good way, but he couldn't lose face, "Now that the flood season has not yet arrived, the water attack cannot be implemented, so we can only find a way to attack the fire." ”

"There are also many forms of fire attack, we can carry some hay on our backs and pile up under the water wall, and then set the hay on fire. As long as the flame is ignited, even if it can't burn the entire water village, it can also burn and burn the wall. ”

When Cao Cao heard it, it made sense! As long as the wall is burned, it will be easy to attack the water village.

So Cao Jun started looking for hay, but now it's only April, and the hay is all from last year, and some of it is starting to rot. You can do it without hay or branches! Then I picked up some branches and dried them for a few days to dry.

After getting it done, it was just in time for Zhu Ling to attack the village. Zhu Ling ordered the soldiers to carry firewood on their backs and transport it to the wall.

On the wall, Zhang Yi and Li Jing could certainly see it. They are not stupid, how can they not be defenseless?

Seeing that the soldiers carrying firewood rushed to the wall fifty steps away, Zhang Yi immediately waved the flag, the gate of the wall was opened, and two armies were killed from inside.

Master Shang and Meng Liang rushed directly to Zhu Ling's general banner with a thousand people. And Lu Meng and Tang He rushed towards the enemy troops who were carrying firewood.

Zhang Yijun's sudden exit from the city caught Zhu Ling off guard. Those soldiers who carried firewood on their backs wanted to fight, but they found their behavior extremely inconvenient. One of them was killed by Lu Meng and Tang He.

The soldiers hurriedly put down the firewood, which reduced the losses. However, their sharpness had been lost, and they couldn't defeat Lu Meng and Tang Hebu at all, so they had to retreat while fighting.

When Zhu Ling saw the enemy army leaving the city, he was not in a hurry. Although the enemy army attacked suddenly, Zhu Ling was not defenseless, and he still had a reserve of more than 2,000 people by his side!

"Overseer team, go to supervise the war, those who want to escape, decide! The rest of the people formed a formation, and I blocked the enemy, and did not let the enemy get close to the general flag. ”

After the Overseer team was dispatched, it really stopped the retreat from the front line. After the soldiers had no way to retreat, they immediately attacked forward and resisted the offensive of Lü Meng and Tang He.

Zhu Ling's idea is very simple, that is, to drag these people down, and when the reinforcements from behind come, he will make dumplings for these people.

As a result, he didn't expect that a macho man came from the opposite side.

Master and apprentice Shang have a big shield in one hand and a Yue in the other, what is Yue? is a big axe, and the long-handled axe used to bite gold in film and television dramas is actually a Yue. However, the film and television dramas are too exaggerated, and the real Yue is not as big as Cheng Yanjin, and the axe is even smaller, probably the size of the axe commonly used to split wood now. The axe is one-third larger than the axe that splits wood.

Originally, like halberds, they were both ceremonial vessels, and they were very heavy. And Master Shang and his apprentice have great strength, and when they were fighting, they took a short-handled Yue, about seven feet long, which was more than half of the attack range of the ring head knife.

Master Shang and apprentice rushed into the enemy formation first and shouted: "Avenge Brother Jiaozan!" ”

His subordinates were also old subordinates, and as soon as they heard his words, they immediately burst out with hatred in their hearts. Hatred makes them forget everything, including death!

Under the leadership of Master Shang and his apprentices, he easily broke away from Cao Jun's blockade and rushed straight under the banner.

Zhu Ling was shocked, he couldn't make up his mind whether he should retreat or not. In just a while, Master Shang and apprentice were killed more than ten steps away from him.

Zhu Ling rode a horse, and Master Shang and his apprentice could see at a glance that this was a general, and directly threw the Yue in his hand, which happened to slash at Zhu Ling's thigh, causing him to fall off the horse.

Zhu Ling's horse was frightened and stepped on his chest, Zhu Ling felt like wind leaking from his chest, and his breath was cold.