Xiahou Yuan coveted the water village, which was nothing more than wanting to get a boat to cross the river before the Huaishui froze. Compared with attacking Xia Cai, Xiahou Yuan cared more about Shouchun. As long as he can attack Shouchun, he can basically force Zhang Yi to retreat.

Shouchun and Xia Cai faced each other across the Huai River on the land boundary, so Xiahou Yuan attacked Xia Cai, and Shouchun had already known about it. Facing the Cao army thirty or forty miles away, the people of Shouchun seemed a little panicked. They've only been living a good life for a few years, are they're going to be gone?

But the officials in the city did not panic at all, and they didn't look down on Xiahou Yuan's five thousand people at all. It's not that they are arrogant and have no one in their eyes, but that tens of thousands of troops are stationed around Shouchun, and nearly 20,000 recruits are trained. Don't say 5,000 people, even if there are 50,000 people, they can't break Shouchun.

None of this is a secret, but for the people of Shouchun, it is not public news. Zhang Yi governs the army and attaches great importance to military information, and if he leaks military information, he will be removed from the military and serve for at least three years.

After Zhang Yi went out, Shouchun's defense was handed over to Fan Lihua, who heard that Xia Cai was attacked, and immediately mobilized 3,000 people to support Shuizhai.

When Xu Sheng dispatched the water army before, there were less than 1,000 people left in the water village, and when Zhu Wu first arrived in the water village, he also felt that the strength in his hands was slightly insufficient. The water village is very strong for the defense of the water, but it is much worse for the defense of the land. However, Zhu Wu still worked hard to build the defense, trying to make it as tight as possible, and deceived Xiahou Yuan's previous Tanma. However, he was able to deceive for a while, but he couldn't deceive for a lifetime, and in the end, Xiahou Yuan saw some horses.

But fortunately, before Cao Xiu arrived at Shuizhai, the 3,000 soldiers and horses supported by Shouchun arrived on the south bank of Huaishui first. There is a dock on the south bank of Huaishui, which is used to build Huaishui naval ships. Because Huaishui is relatively narrow compared to the Yangtze River, it is enough for this ship to need a fighting ship level, and it does not need Meng Kang to preside over it.

Three thousand soldiers and horses crossed the Huaishui by boat, and after arriving at the water village, Cao Xiu's soldiers and horses arrived outside the water village.

With these 3,000 soldiers and horses, Zhu Wu's courage also came up. Looking at the soldiers and horses brought by Cao Xiu, there were only 1,000 people, and he was even more courageous.

Cao Xiu also found out that something was wrong, he received information before, didn't he say that there were less than a thousand people in the water village? How can there be so much? After recruiting Tanma and asking, I found out that Shouchun had actually reinforced Shuizhai before his arrival, almost 3,000 people.

Cao Xiu is known as the Cao family's thousand-mile horse, and he is not useless. He immediately reported to Xiahou Yuan and asked if this step of the strategy would continue. At the same time, the probe horses are excluded to see if the ice surface is frozen. As long as the ice surface is frozen, it doesn't matter whether he hits the water village or not, he can be harassed by the Huaishui.

Xiahou Yuan received Cao Xiu's military report and was also a little depressed. Calculate that Zhang Yi's army in Xia Cai is more than his own, how can he attack this. Just when he was about to prepare to suspend the attack, Cao Cao sent him another 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Xiahou Yuan asked Cao Zhen, who sent the soldiers and horses, "Zidan, where is the lord now?" ”

Cao Zhenyan said: "The lord is in Xiapi." ”

Cao Zhen can be regarded as Cao Cao's appearance, his father was killed when he was doing things for Cao Cao, so he was adopted by Cao Cao, and now he is the crowned person. Cao Zhen is brave and abnormal, and he is very loved by Cao Cao, and he often takes him with him to teach. This was Cao Zhen's first time in the army, and Cao Cao familiarized him with the army. The first task also gave him an experience, which was to send troops to Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Zhen are not very familiar with each other, but they are both a family and still know each other. That's why Xiahou Yuan asked him where Cao Cao was, if ordinary people really couldn't understand Cao Cao's itinerary very well.

After Cao Zhen finished sending the soldiers and horses, he immediately turned back, and he had to go back to Cao Cao to restore his life.

After Xiahou Yuan got 5,000 soldiers and horses, he immediately asked Liu Fu to send these 5,000 soldiers and horses to Cao Xiu, so that he could attack Shuizhai with all his might.

Cao Xiu received a report from Tanma, and there were signs of freezing on the Huaishui, but from time to time, Zhang Yi's army swam in the Huaishui, and all the ice that was not thick was washed away.

Cao Xiu had no choice but to wait for Xiahou Yuan's next order. However, he was not idle, and built siege equipment outside the water village.

Zhu Wu saw that Cao Xiu was not moving, so he secretly gathered the soldiers. He now has nearly 4,000 people in the water village, four times the number of Cao Xiu, what else is he doing defending? So he gathered 2,000 soldiers and horses, opened the water village, and attacked Cao Xiu's camp.

Zhu Wu has an action here, and of course Cao Xiu knows about it. The two sides are only two miles apart, and if there is any wind and grass, you will definitely be able to find it. However, Cao Xiu had no choice, his soldiers were killed, and the enemy did not take advantage of the field, so Cao Xiu chose to defend the camp.

In this way, the situation was reversed, and the offensive and defensive sides came to a switch.

Zhu Wu commanded his soldiers to attack Cao Xiu's camp, and Cao Xiu's camp was not built because of the new construction, and there were not many defensive measures. It's just enclosed with a car array, and it's not very tight. There are also some antlers, but they only block the big gaps, and the small ones are still there.

Cao Xiu let the archers stand on the cart and shoot arrows, condescendingly dominating. But Zhu Wu was not a fool either, he did not let the soldiers storm the chariot formation, but let the shield bearers cover the archers, shooting at Cao Xiu as he moved. Alternately covering the advance, gradually approaching Cao Xiu's camp.

Killing in front of the car formation, many soldiers rushed into the camp through the gap in the car formation. Cao Xiu's soldiers kept killing or pushing these soldiers out, but their numbers were too small, and many of them still rushed into the camp.

The camp was breached, and Cao Xiu was also in a hurry. He personally led people to block the enemy troops who came in, but there were more and more loopholes, and Cao Xiu gradually couldn't stop them.

In desperation, Cao Xiu could only abandon the camp and "retreat!" ”

Zhu Wu drove Cao Xiu out of the camp, pursued and killed Wuli, and then withdrew his troops and returned to Shuizhai. The camp that Cao Xiu discarded, everything that could be moved was moved into the water village, and those that could not be moved were burned down.

Cao Xiu watched his camp being burned down from afar, and he couldn't help but hang his head. Just as he was about to go back to Xiahou Yuan to plead guilty, Liu Fu came over with 5,000 people.

When Liu Fu saw Cao Xiu's appearance, he knew that he had lost the battle. As far as he knew, although Cao Xiu was young, he was also a good general, how could he lose so badly? So he asked, "Who is the general in this water village?" ”

Cao Xiu said: "I didn't know, I only knew the surname Zhu." ”

Liu Fu heard it, "Cai Cheng and Zhu Wu are timed, this person is Yunwen Yunwu, and he is very famous in Xia Cai." ”