In August 198 AD, Yuan Shu misjudged the situation at that time, and as a result, he was not only defeated by Cao Cao as in history, but also unexpectedly that the princes around his territory would go out under the edict of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty. {To see the latest chapter, go to: ww. Because he concentrated the main force of troops and horses in the northwest, he intended to capture Xu Du and capture Liu Xie and confirm the name of the emperor, which led to the emptiness of the rear and was unexpectedly killed. Cao Cao pressed forward step by step, and Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Liu Biao and Liu Xuan's four-way military horses took advantage of the weakness and went straight to Shouchun City.

In this way, Yuan Shu, who came violently, was forced to retreat to Jiujiang County in less than two months and returned to Shouchun. However, the five-way army has a total of 210,000 troops, and the effect of the attack is simply devastating, and when Yuan Shu retreated to Shouchun, Liu Xuan, Liu Biao, Lu Bu and Sun Ce's four-way army has been divided into four ways to look at the east of Shouchun City, and Cao Cao in the northwest is also chasing all the way, and the troops are in Xia Caicheng on the north bank of Huaishui, intending to cross the river to the south and attack Shouchun.

At this time, news also came from the north, Gongsun Bai's five thousand white horses raided from the north to the south, the Ping'a city guard in the north of Jiujiang County surrendered without a fight, and took the initiative to donate grain and grass to support Gongsun Bai, Gongsun Bai stayed in Ping'a City for a day, and then continued to go south non-stop, garrisoning the north bank of Huaishui, and the soldiers went straight to the Dangtu City on the shore.

Yuan Shu, who was panicked, had to defend in an all-round way. He ordered Zhang Xun to lead 80,000 soldiers and horses to camp along the north bank of the river, set up camps and trenches, and protected them with strong bows and crossbows to prevent the four-way coalition army from crossing the river and attacking; At the same time, Ji Ling and Liang Gang led an army of 50,000 to defend the south bank of Huaishui, facing Cao Jun in Xia Cai City across the river. And before he crossed the Huaishui, he had already swept away the fishing villages on the north bank of the Huaishui, and within a distance of 100 miles, not only could not find a fishing boat to cross the river, but also could not find a small bamboo raft.

Relatively speaking, the one who received the least attention from Yuan Shu was Gongsun Bai in the north. Yuan Shu has always been proud of the background of the third prince of the fourth world, where can he look down on Gongsun Bai, who is from a humble background, so he only sent Lei Shu to lead an army of 10,000 to defend Dangtu City. Although the White Horse is invincible from the north and the south. But after all, the cavalry could not cross the river and wade into the river, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were enough.

Don't look at the army of 210,000 princes of the Six Roads,

The momentum came violently, but Yuan Shu knew. The consumption of 210,000 soldiers and horses is not a small number, as long as he sticks to it for three or four months, and stays with the wind and snow, the princes of all walks of life will be like the princes of the eighteen roads back then, scattered as birds and beasts. And with the protection of the two major rivers of Huaishui and Weishui. It is impossible for the combined army to fly over, especially the four-way coalition army in the east of the river, once it is a long time, I am afraid that their own people will fight. The feud between Sun Ce and Liu Biao has not yet been settled, and at the same time, there is also an unreasonable grudge with Liu Xuan, although Lu Bu and several of them have no conflict for the time being, but with Lu Bu's character, I am afraid that sooner or later there will be a rift with the two "Han clan relatives".

Therefore, Yuan Shu was not panicked at all, with 150,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses. There is no problem at all in defending an army of 210,000 by the river.

The Huai water is surging, the river wind hunts, and there is a faint layer of smoke and mist floating on the river surface.

On the north bank of the Huaishui River, tens of thousands of soldiers in armor gathered on the river beach like a black oppressive dark cloud, some of them were ready to shoot at any time with bows and crossbows, and some were patrolling the river back and forth on the bank, and the entire river bank was full of murderous spirit.

Hundreds of craftsmen were clanging in a large clearing downstream, with iron nails and planks scattered everywhere. Several wooden boats had already begun to take shape, and it was clear that Cao Jun was trying to build a boat to cross the river and attack Chen's army.

Under a red banner embroidered with the word "Cao", hundreds of ironclad cavalry stood proudly, surrounded by Cao Cao and five henchmen such as Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Cao Hong, Cheng Yu, and Man Chong.

Cao Cao's crotch riding claws, Huang Feidian's divine horse. Leaning on the heavenly sword at his waist, his eyes squinted, looking at the rolling Huaishui and the Chen military camp that could be seen in the distance opposite, and the river wind of hunting made the red big wind behind him hula.

"Our army is brave and invincible, and Chen's army is losing and retreating, and it is vulnerable! Just cross the river. Yuan Shu will be cornered, and Sikong will be able to see Yuan Shu's head at that time, and the head of this thief is destined to be Sikong. If he can take the lead in attacking Shouchun City and take down Yuan Shu's head, Sikong will not only greatly increase his prestige, but also take the opportunity to cover the entire land of Yuzhou and Jiujiang and Lujiang counties, and he will get the entire territory of Yan, Qing and Henan, and half of Sili and Yangzhou. Cheng Yu on the side said with a smile.

Cao Cao nodded imperceptibly, looked at the craftsmen who were busy in the distance, and asked, "I want a thousand rafts and 10,000 bamboo rafts, when will they be completed?"

The man next to him said helplessly: "The bamboo raft is easy to build, but it is difficult, it will take at least two months, but if there is no raft in front, crossing the river purely on a bamboo raft will inevitably cause heavy damage......"

Cao Cao's expression changed slightly, and then he regained his expression, just smiled faintly: "It's okay, it's okay, two months is two months, as long as Ji Ling is captured, then Yuan Shu's defenses on all sides will be broken in one place, and it will be broken everywhere, and then the six-way coalition army will be exhausted, and he will not be afraid of ......." ”

Suddenly, halfway through his words, a thought flashed in his mind, and his face changed again, his face suddenly became cloudy, and he changed the topic and asked, "How is Gongsun Bai?" ”

Man Zhong smiled slightly: "Gongsun Bai, like us, was also blocked on the north bank of Huaishui. Even though Bai Ma Yicong is invincible in the north, if he goes to this place where rivers and lakes run south of the Yangtze River, he may not be able to exert any power. According to Xiaguan's knowledge, Gongsun Bai came all the way, except for Ping'a Cheng County, who took the initiative to donate the city, so far he has not made an inch. Now that the lord has defeated the main force of Yuan Shu, and is about to fight in Shouchun, in this battle, Gongsun Bai is destined to become the foil of the lord. ”

Cao Cao was still full of solemnity, and his heart was uneasy.

Man Zhong did go to the bottom of his heart, this time to fight Yuan, he did have the idea of competing with Gongsun Bai, one is to increase his prestige, and then logically expand his territory, and the other is also to give the Han Emperor Liu Xie a deterrent, it is obvious that Liu Xie let Gongsun Bai, who was far away in Jizhou, participate in the fight against Yuan, just to give him a dismount.

Since the war with Yuan Shu, his main force has been exhausted, defeating the main army of Yuan's army, making Yuan Shu flee in a hurry and retreat to Shouchun. But now that the army of the Five Roads has been blocked, blocked on the opposite bank of Huaishui and Weishui, the battle against Yuan has fallen into a stalemate, if Gongsun Bai suddenly crossed the river, broke the deadlock, and took the lead in the city of Shouchun, causing Yuan Shu's defense system to collapse, I am afraid that this credit may not be smaller than him.

Cheng Yu seemed to know Cao Cao's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Gongsun Bai and his subordinates have lived in the north for a long time, they are not good at boating, and they don't bring craftsmen, how can they build ships?" If it was just to make a bamboo raft to cross the river, not to mention whether it would be possible to break through the arrow array of the thunder book above the wide waves of Huai Shui, those horses that were one in a hundred miles had such a big target, I am afraid that most of them would be killed in the rain of arrows, how could Gongsun Bai dare to take the risk? ”

Cao Cao nodded

When Tu City, the county government.

The main general, Lei Shuzheng, and Dangtu Ling Yang continued to drink in the hall, and there was a beautiful woman next to each of them, who was already half drunk.

"General Lei, after drinking this bottle of wine, you and I will disperse, and we will drink again tomorrow. Now the white horse Yicong of Gongsun Bai, the hussar general of the Han State, has been stationed on the opposite bank, but he has to be carefully defended. Tu Ling said with a smile.

Lei Shu laughed disapprovingly: "Yang County's order is too nervous, although Gongsun Bai's white horse is powerful, he can't fly over with wings, and he can't even find a small fishing boat on the other side of Huaishui, let alone those healthy horses If they don't have a big boat, how can they be transported across the river?" You and I, even though we drink, will not return home if we are not drunk tonight. ”

Yang Xu had no choice but to continue to accompany Lei Ji to drink and have fun.

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The night is deep, the waning moon is like a hook, the water surface of the Huai River is dim, and you can only hear the sound of the river wind and the rolling waves of hunting.

In the Chen Jun Water Village on the south bank, the lights gradually dimmed, and the soldiers guarding the village had already fallen asleep, even those soldiers who were on duty at night only fell asleep.

Don't say that Gongsun Bai doesn't have a boat, even if he has a boat, it's not realistic for this black light to want to cross the rolling Huaishui, the Huaishui waves are wide, but it is no better than an ordinary river, and if it is not good, the boat will capsize and die, Gongsun Bai and his subordinates are from the north, and it is impossible to take risks.

The waning moon is slanting to the west, and the night has been three watches.

On the north shore of Huaishui, Gongsun Bai sat on the back of the Flying Blood Divine Horse, staring at the hazy water, standing like a mountain, the river breeze blew his clothes, and the cloak behind him fluttered.

Behind him, Zhao Yun, Wen Chou and Guo Jia led five thousand white horse followers, standing solemnly, waiting for his orders.

Next to the white horses, there were hundreds of ragged people, reading books (ww.uukansu, all of them were young and strong, the muscles of the whole body were bulging, and the hazy night could not hide the moisture on their faces and bodies, it was obvious that they were fishermen who had been begging for a living on the water for a long time.

These fishermen were all recruited by Gongsun Bai from the fishing villages along the Huaishui, since Yuan Shu confiscated their fishing boats, the lives of these fishermen have disappeared all at once, naturally they are full of complaints, but Gongsun Bai sent people to find them, give them food, and tell them that as long as they help to cross the river by boat, they can also return their fishing boats that were confiscated by Yuan Shu, these people are naturally very happy.

However, what puzzled them was that Gongsun Bai invited them to help drive the boat, but there was no shadow of half a boat on the water, and everyone was full of doubts.

Guo Jia raised his head, looked at the moonlight, and said to Gongsun Bai: "Lord, it's time for the third watch." ”

Gongsun Bai slowly turned around, glanced at hundreds of fishermen, took a deep breath, urged the horse under his crotch, and went straight to the river beach.

A miracle happened!

In front of everyone's eyes, a behemoth with black shadow pupils suddenly appeared above the Huai Shui, and it stopped steadily above the deep water in front of it. (To be continued.) )