Lü Bu relied on Huaiyin City and Cao Cao to bloody for three days, and on the afternoon of the third day, Lü Bu could no longer hold Huaiyin, and the army retreated to Huai'an. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Cao Cao just stepped into Huaiyin County, raised his eyes and looked around, in addition to the city walls that were attacked and tattered, he could see the south gate from the north gate at a glance, the city was a depression and ruins, and he couldn't find an intact house, Cao Cao was so angry that he jumped to his feet. Lu Bu dismantled the bricks of the house and put them on the city wall to defend the city, but the timber of the house was piled up at the south gate in the distance, and there was nothing else.

"There's a fire spot over there?" A guard pointed to the pile of wood at the south gate and said to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao carefully observed for a while, and shouted, "Fight the fire!" ”

Not long after he finished speaking, a fire burst into the sky. It turned out that Lu Bu had already dismantled the timber of the house and piled it up at the south gate city wall, just to burn the city wall with a fire.

Cao Cao did not immediately order the army to pursue, but ordered to save the city, he really guessed Lu Bu's plan, Lu Bu burned Huaiyin with a fire, that is, to send troops from Guangling to attack Xuzhou in the future to clear the checkpoint, there is no Huaiyin city, Cao Cao wants to set up another checkpoint, not a year and a half can do, there is no city wall to rely on the defenders can not always be highly energetic to defend the Lu Bu army that can go north at any time.

Cao Cao put the soldiers into the northern city, intending to let the soldiers rest in peace for a night, after several days of bloody battles, serious casualties, seeing low morale, pointed to the fire that was being rescued in the distance and smiled: "Lu Buyong, so we don't have to worry about finding firewood for heating tonight." ”

The soldiers around him quickly spread Cao Cao's words throughout the army, and the low morale caused by the capture of a ruin was slightly revived. Even though it was close to May, the few pieces of sackcloth on the soldiers' bodies were still unable to withstand the cold of the night wind.

Seeing that the moon and stars were scarce and it would not rain, Cao Cao canceled the camp and let the army rest in the open air for one night on the fire, and he himself did not make exceptions to set up a tent alone, but let people light a fire in the middle of the ruins.

Cao Cao summoned all his major generals to the fire to discuss the next step, and waited for everyone to sit in a circle around the fire before saying:

"Although our army has broken through Huaiyin now, the situation is not optimistic, what is the good plan for the princes?" Cao Cao rubbed his eyebrows, which would alleviate the headache appropriately.

"Lu Bu's strategy is a very simple strategy to exhaust the enemy. We can deduce Lu Bu's strategy by looking at this ruined Huaiyin City, he knew that he would not be able to hold Huaiyin before destroying Huaiyin City to this point, and then resist and delay our army little by little, and use delaying tactics to drag down my 100,000 army. Look. Guo Jia pointed to the soldiers around him who were just lying on the ground and snoring like thunder.

Guo Jia said worriedly: "Our army is exhausted, I am afraid that Lu Bu will use the same method to contain it when he flees to Huai'an, until he drags down our army." ”

Cao Cao grabbed a burning door and poked it on the head, after listening to Guo Jia's analysis, he had a splitting headache and couldn't bear it, Xu Chu's eyes were quick, he stretched out his hand to snatch the fire head, and quickly retracted it, the freshly healed wound on his palm that was cut by Lu Bu cracked again, fortunately, only a little finger was broken, which did not affect his combat effectiveness.

"Lu Bu's plan is a conspiracy, seize the death hole of our army, if you want to conquer Lu Bu, you must attack Guangling city by city according to his plan. It's just that even if our tired soldiers attack Guangling, what can they do? Can you still capture Guangling City, which is defended by tens of thousands of soldiers in Lu Bu? During the attack on Guangling, it was necessary to exclude the factor that Yuan Shao took the opportunity to attack Xuchang. Huaiyin has been taken, and General Cao Ren led his soldiers to attack Yandu, and the two counties of Huaiyin and Yandu were each other's horns, which was enough to block Lü Bu's army from attacking Xuzhou in the north. In this way, the prime minister is invited to withdraw from the army. ”

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he knelt down in front of Cao Cao and pleaded.

"Please ask the prime minister to withdraw and return to Xuchang." The soldiers by the fire also knelt down one after another and said.

Cao Cao heard that all the ministers and generals wanted to return to Xuchang, his head became even more painful, and he asked with the last glimmer of hope: "Jiangdong Sun Ce can send news?" ”

"Nope."

Cao Cao was unwilling in his heart, and crusaded against Lu Bu for nearly a year, seeing that Lu Bu was dying and not dying, he kept gasping for a long time, so that he returned in vain, and could no longer bear the headache and fainted.

"Quickly pass on the military doctor... Prime minister... Prime Minister..."The military generals were flustered.

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As soon as Lu Bu's army was defeated and retreated into Huai'an City, there was news that the city of Yandu was broken, and Chen Gong led the army to camp at Baima Lake.

"Ordered Chen Gong to set up more camps in Baima Lake." Huaiyin and Yandu City were destroyed in Lu Bu's expectations, and even Huai'an would only resist Cao Cao's attack a few times, and Lu Bu would give up, and he would use the illusion of resisting to paralyze Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao would mistakenly think that he was implementing a delaying strategy.

Lu Bu was stationed in Huai'an for a day and a night, and he didn't see Cao Cao chasing after him, thinking that Cao Cao had led back to Xuchang, and sent someone to inquire, only to know that Cao Cao was in Huaiyin City, where he was in the army, and he didn't know what he was doing.

The news of Guangling finally came, Zhang Liao had already left Guangling with his troops and handed over Guangling to Wu Dun for defense.

"Raise the account." After receiving the news from Guangling, Lu Bu knew that the matter was half done, and without being completely sure, Zhang Liao would not leave Guangling to induce Cao Cao to pursue. Under Lu Bu's account, there were only a few important people under Lu Bu's account, such as Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Sun Kang, Wei Yue, Chen Yu, Xiao Xiong, and Li Damu, who could barely be recruited, and the others were not in Huai'an City.

"Order Chen Gong to investigate the dangerous places near White Horse Lake that can be used to ambush the army, the more dangerous the better." Lu Bu nominally recruited them to discuss matters, but in fact, he told them to go back and straighten out the soldiers and prepare for a decisive battle with Cao Cao. Except for Chen Yu and Zang Ba, who could reluctantly discuss, everyone else belonged to Lu Bu who would beat whoever Lu Bu told them to beat.

"Lord, why bother so much, I have a plan to break the army of 100,000 thieves." When Chen Yu heard that Lu Bu was going to fight Cao Cao, he immediately got up and offered his advice.

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard this, and it seemed that he had a successor: "What's the plan? ”

"Some time ago, I transported grain and grass to White Horse Lake, and found that there are many swamps around White Horse Lake, and all the rivers in all directions are gathered here, and the water in the lake is many and deep, and the lord only needs to dig up White Horse Lake, which can make Cao Cao's 100,000 army destroyed in an instant." Chen Yu said excitedly, not noticing Lu Bu's increasingly ugly face at all.

Lu Bu suddenly stood up and pointed to the gate and shouted angrily at Chen Yu, "Go out." ”

The people in the hall were admiring Chen Yu's clever plan, and when they saw Lu Bu, they were suddenly furious, if he was not Chen Gong's son, he would probably draw his sword and kill him, and the joy on the faces of several people was shocked before it subsided.

"Why would such a clever lord suddenly become angry?" Zang Ba asked before Chen Yu could leave.

"Humph! Coup? I think it's a poisonous ploy to flood millions of people. Once the Baima Lake bursts, nearly a million people from Huai'an to Guangling will be drowned, and once the Hongze Lake that is connected with it is involved, not only the people of Guangling will be finished, but even millions of people in Yangzhou on the west bank of the Huai River will also be finished. I, Lu Bu, killed Pengcheng and the Huaiyin family because they didn't care about the lives of the people in the world, and they should be killed. When I burned Pengcheng, did the people in the city burn it together? When the husband is alive, there is a so-called inaction. After Lu Bu finished speaking, he lost a lot of anger, and said to Chen Yu in a soothing tone: "Go and ask your father first, and if your father agrees, come and tell me." ”

Chen Yu knew that his father was upright and fair, and he had long thought of this strategy, and he had never dared to say it to his father, for fear of being blamed, and he found out at this time that Lu Bu had never slaughtered the people, and hurriedly knelt down: "Yu is stupid and ignorant, and he almost ruined the lord's reputation, please punish the lord." ”

"Ugh." Lu Bu sighed first, Chen Yu's talent can only barely be regarded as a third-rate strategist, it seems that the real generation is not as good as the generation: "You misunderstood what I meant, I, Lu Bu, don't have a good reputation, why do you come to be ruined, you have to remember that we are not fighting for ourselves, but for the people of the world." ”

After Lu Bu finished speaking, he remembered that he had always flaunted his loyal ministers, and added: "It is our mission to fight for the Son of Heaven and the people, and don't disregard the people for personal gain." Look at how many people in Xuzhou were flooded by Cao Cao's excavation of Surabaya last year. Once we dug up the lake, the number of people submerged was far from comparable to that of Surabaya. ”

When Chen Yu heard Lu Bu's explanation, he felt remorseful in his heart, and his forehead slammed on the ground: "Yu is stupid and ignores thousands of people, and Yu will definitely focus on the overall situation in everything from now on." ”

"Well, knowing your mistakes can improve a lot. Remember what you have done today, and don't rush into the future, learn more from your father, and do things with great thought. Lu Bu repeatedly taught Chen Yu that he very much hoped that Chen Yu could become a pillar of talent, rather than harm the world. Lu Buning can be attacked by fire and will not be flooded, fire attack can be saved, and flooding is ruthless. In later generations, Surabaya has long disappeared in the long river of history because from now on the end of the Han Dynasty, the northern barbarians invaded south, and they dug the Yellow River embankment to flood it, and even a river could be submerged, not to mention the people of Limin.

"Then what if Cao Cao's battle is unfavorable and the White Horse Lake is dug up and flooded Guangling?" Sun Guan got up and said worriedly.

"He didn't dare! White Horse Lake is not Surabaya, once the embankment is dug, it will become a sinner for thousands of years, and from now on, everyone will not have to fight, wielding a hoe every day to dig the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and the world will be flooded to the bottom. ”

There are very few examples of dikes and flooding, only Guo Jiashui flooded Pi and Guan Yu, a reckless man in the future, will break the embankment again regardless of the people and flood the Seventh Army, and it is difficult to find a few large-scale breaking tactics in the entire turbulent Three Kingdoms era. The flood hurt too many living beings, and there was no way to save them, and few people dared to flood the enemy army regardless of the common people.