Yuncheng, located in the lower reaches of the Shahe River upstream of Rushui, was an extremely important waterway hub in Yuzhou, and because it was 100 miles southeast of Dingying City, which was controlled by Liu Bei, Cao Cao stationed heavy troops here to prevent Liu Bei's attack. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info From 30,000 a few years ago to 50,000 now, it seems that with the expansion of Liu Bei's military horses, the number of people stationed in Yuncheng has also increased. Today, Yuncheng has become a complete military camp, with 50,000 Cao troops stationed in it, and all the relevant things in the city have become related to the army. With the arrival of September, the weather turned cooler, and after receiving the news that there seemed to be a large number of Liu Beijun stationed near Dingying County, the atmosphere in Yuncheng became tense day after day, and people were speculating, "There is really going to be a war, between Cao Cao and Liu Bei." ”

Fighting is the most feared thing for the people. Because war means that a war will come upon you. "Soldiers" are military disasters, but the ** caused by defeated soldiers is worse than encountering thieves. And "fire" is fire, which comes with military disasters, and always ruthlessly burns everything to the ground.

What to do? The tree dies, and the man lives. Whenever possible, no one will watch the calamity befall them without any action to deal with it. Because this time, the actions of preparing for war with each other were so obvious, and the time was so long, that the people who were the least sensitive to information also knew the bad situation without exception. As a result, they began to flee from their lands, and a situation of polarization arose: the wealthy clans all ran to Cao Cao, believing that Cao Cao would be able to win the war, and that if they could endure it for a while, they would eventually be able to imagine the original pleasure in the same place. Because he fled to Cao Cao's side, it was undoubtedly a kind of support for Cao Cao; As for the people who didn't have any property over there, they ran to Liu Bei one after another. Because they all heard of Liu Bei's benevolent name, and most of them longed to live in that place. Although they were not very familiar with Liu Bei due to Cao Cao's strong blockade, most of them still chose to gamble because they really had nothing more to lose, and at worst it was the same as now, and if they won the bet, it could be even better.

Cao Cao wanted to stop this trend of fleeing, but the prevalence of too many people and the things he needed to be busy with, as well as the kind of fierce posture that Liu Bei had opened, made it impossible for him to take care of so many trivial things. I can only open and close my eyes helplessly. When Cao Cao had packed everything up and was about to stop it again, he was surprised to find that all the people here had run out. Between Yuncheng and Dingying, it has become a vacuum of no man's land, almost all the acres and villages have been abandoned, and only the two lonely county towns are separated by a distance of 100 miles.

"Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and righteousness is ......better than mine," Cao Cao muttered when he heard about this in Xuchang. Although he never thought that he had done anything wrong, but in such a comparison, he couldn't help but feel a little lonely - people are the most afraid of comparison.

The war was about to begin. On the border between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, which had never been formally demarcated, the scouts on both sides fell into a situation of undying from the right start. The chase between each other, the fight between each other, the damage was not big, but there were a lot of battle reports, which made Liu Bei's Dingying County Ling Guan Ping and Cao Cao's Yuncheng County Ling Dianman feel a headache. They all unanimously issued a message that "there is no need to report such news again", and that they must be ready at any time to parade a small group of cavalry within fifty miles of the city. Although these things are small and annoying, they don't seem to want to cut their face because of such a small thing. The battle will go on.

Because the periphery of the city was not very safe, Dianman had to let the team that transported grain and grass to Yuncheng take a safer waterway, that is, to transport the grain and grass from Chenliu to Chenjun, and then Chenjun loaded it on a ship, and transported it directly to the wharf in Yuncheng through the waterway. Although it is a long way, due to the use of ships, the carrying capacity has become larger, but it can get more things in a short time, and of course it is also safer. At least after Cao Cao defeated the Jiangdong Water Army with the best strategy of the Water Army, Liu Bei's Water Army, who originally liked to make trouble on the water system in Yuzhou, gradually lost his voice. In the years after that war, Cao Cao's army did not have any safety problems with water transportation within his own territory.

In this regard, Cao Jun was still very vigilant at first, but now, nearly two years later, those under Cao Cao, even Cao Cao himself, have become accustomed to it. Of course, they didn't know that in fact, Liu Bei's army had already had a plan for Cao Cao's water transportation line, and this plan was linked to the campaign to annihilate Cao Cao's entire northern Runan, which could be said to be a heavy blow to Cao Cao by Liu Bei's Runan Army -- the people of Cao Cao's army who were talking about this were of course impossible to know at the moment, but what they were concerned about at the moment was such a thing: a fleet of ships with the word "Cao" was swaying towards the dock of Yuncheng. It's a really puzzling thing.

"Huh? Have you heard that a fleet is coming here? A soldier of Cao Jun asked his commander in a low voice: "Didn't you say that you should go once every five days?" Why did you ...... in just three days?"

"Strange, I haven't heard of such a thing, have I?" The asked Shi Chang wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hand and said puzzledly, he thought for a long time and finally cautiously gave an order: "All be on guard." You...... Go stop them and ask for their identity. He casually pointed to the soldier he had just asked himself.

"Why me? If it's an enemy, it's dangerous......" The little soldier muttered, and when he raised his head, he saw Shi Chang's sharp and gloomy gaze, but he trembled excitedly, and hurriedly ran away, but he didn't dare to say anything more. He ran to the high platform by the river, picked up the red flag on the side of the platform, and waved it vigorously towards the fleet on the river, while shouting loudly: "Who is coming?" Stop, stop! ”

The ship slowly stopped, and an officer dressed in full armor walked out of the cabin of the previous warship, but replied to the little soldier with an angry face: "Captain Zhu Ling of the Great Han Zhaowu is here, why are you blocking my way?" ”

"Well...... in the face of the angry look of the high captain, the little soldier seemed to be stunned and speechless. The chief below him looked bad and hurriedly, climbed up to the high platform, smiled and saluted the captain over there, and said very politely: "Lord Captain Hugh is going to be angry, I am just waiting for such an inquiry for official business, after all, the current situation is really tense." Please don't blame you. He smiled brightly, but as if he had suddenly thought of something, he asked happily, "Isn't the grain and grass we receive once every five days?" Why did the Captain come so quickly? It's only been three days. ”

"So you're wary because of this...... This is also understandable. The displeasure on Zhu Ling's face receded slightly, and he squinted at Na Shi Chang but said with a little frustration: "I'm afraid this is the last time we go to the waterway." We have just received a notice that Liu Bei's army is ready to be dispatched. ”

"What......" Shi Chang looked a little surprised.

“…… Their water army has already appeared in Xiang County. Zhu Ling said, "I must see the captain immediately." There was something extremely important that had to be told to him. ”

"Oh...... This can also be done. Shi Chang understood that there were some things that no one of his status could know, so he immediately agreed. So, Shen Suo gave way, and the chief immediately reported the news to the hundred generals, who organized a group of men to carry out the loading and unloading of the ship. Since the people here knew Zhu Ling, Zhu Ling was not asked to provide any proof of identity, but let him go and let him hurry towards the city with his men.

The large number of soldiers, the crowded inns, the large number of well-dressed travelers, and the various things that have prospered in response to this crowd have brought a strange prosperity to this city. Although it looked good, Zhu Ling felt very uncomfortable when he walked and deeply understood all this. "It's weird." He thinks so. No matter how many times he walked, his thoughts did not change in the slightest. Of course, it's not just him who thinks so, but the people behind him seem to have similar thoughts. They didn't say much, they just said it, and their faces were gloomy.

The pawn, who also served as a prefectural magistrate, did not live in the prefectural office. He himself is a military general, and he seems to be very unaccustomed to the atmosphere of those civilian officials, but he lives directly in the barracks. Such a strange move may not work in other places, but in Yuncheng, which has become a large barracks at all, it seems to be a proof of devotion to duty, which Cao Cao likes. Cao Cao was partial to Dianman because of his father, because no matter how much the army in Yuncheng increased, everyone was temporarily placed under Dianman's name. Although this is only the case in non-war times, everyone knows that once the war breaks out, Dianman will at least be able to lead an army out of so many tens of thousands of people.

He was always with the soldiers, he liked to practice with them, and he liked to fiddle with his doubts in the surprised and adoring gazes of the soldiers. As the son of Dian Wei, he was also born with a tiger head and a tiger brain, and his martial arts are really good, at least in the eyes of those soldiers, his martial arts are no different from generals like Zhang Liao and Xu Huang.

Like countless times before, Zhu Ling still found it on the school field of the military camp. At this time, as in any daytime, he was shirtless and strong, practicing with the soldiers.

"Zifeng!" Zhu Lingyuan's summoning was full.

"Wenbo?" Dian Man turned around and saw Zhu Ling, but there was some surprise on his face: "Brother Wenbo, how did you get here?" It's not the right time. Noriman asked with a smile. Zhu Ling often escorted Chen Jun to Yuncheng on this way, and he was naturally familiar with him as the guard of Yuncheng, and the two could be regarded as friends. If it is divided today, such as Yuncheng and other countries because they are at the junction of different forces, they are also equivalent to national borders. Dian Man stayed here, separated from his family in Xuchang, but he also seemed lonely, so he was very happy to see Zhu Ling as a friend. He didn't suspect anything about Zhu Ling, his question was just an instinctive surprise.

"Hehe......" Zhu Ling pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, but he smiled a little reluctantly: "I was blocked by Liu Bei's army." Huainan's navy has been dispatched and has arrived at Xiangcheng, and I can't advance, so naturally I can only go back like this. ”

"What?" Suddenly hearing the news, Dian Man was very surprised: "This ...... What's going on? As he spoke, he put down his work and hurried over. Liu Bei's water army appeared? He asked anxiously.

"Exactly." Zhu Ling nodded, but suddenly whispered: "Actually, I came here, but I still have something to tell you." Zhu Ling said mysteriously.

"What's the matter?" Dian Man was puzzled, but he approached Zhu Ling a little curiously.

The smile on Zhu Ling's face suddenly turned into a sinister sneer: "What I said is that you have been captured by us, Captain Dianman." He smiled, and at some point a dagger appeared in his right hand, but it quickly wrapped around Dianman's neck, and pressed the sharp blade tightly against Dianman's throat.

"Huh? What do you do? Isn't that a joke? Frightened by this sudden change, Dianman's face changed slightly, but he quickly shook his head and said.

"Wenbo? Who is Wenbo? Zhu Ling smiled and peeled off a whole piece of dough from his face with one hand: "That guy Zhu Ling refused to surrender and killed us." I'm just borrowing his cheek here. A majestic face appeared in front of Dianman, and Dianman was angry and sad when he saw it.

"You...... You guys...... It's cruel! Dianman gritted his teeth in annoyance, "Who the hell are you?" ”

"We? It's just a bunch of Avengers, the Avengers against your Cao Army. Now it is under the account of the emperor's uncle Liu Bei. The man smiled coldly: "I don't have a name anymore." You can call me Man Seven. ”

"Person Seven?" Unable to comprehend, he struggled hard, trying to break free from Ren Qi's hands, but no matter how he moved, the dagger in Ren Qi's hand still pressed tightly against his throat and further increased the force of strangulation of his body. "This man's power is above mine!" Noriman felt this.

Accidents happened here, and the soldiers over there naturally sensed that things were not good. When they looked over in twos and threes, they realized that it was not the two generals who were joking. A terrible whistle sounded sharply. The soldiers of the Cao army urgently mobilized and spontaneously took out the weapons in their hands and surrounded them.

"Let go of our general." The soldiers said one after another. There is no unity, but the meaning is the same. From the squads they had formed on their own initiative and the concern on their faces, Ren Qi came to these two conclusions: "They are elite, and this pawn in their hands is undoubtedly a very beloved commander in the hearts of their soldiers." ”

"Snort......" Ren Qi sneered, he looked at the soldiers who came around without any fear, still tightly suppressed the struggle of Dianman, and walked out calmly.

The spontaneously organized soldiers of the "Stand ......" stopped at the entrance of the barracks, trying to stop the seven men from continuing with the men.

"Hmph......" Ren Qi glanced at the soldiers in front of him disdainfully, and did not speak, but turned his head slightly to signal the people who followed him to negotiate with those "insignificant" soldiers.

"Get out of the way......" The man stepped forward, and the words he spat out were also cold.

"Hurry up and take it. There are only a dozen of you, and you can't get out. One of the soldiers, a bit of a bold man, shouted loudly.

"Huh? So that we can be caught? That's a naïve idea. Maybe I'll say yes, but I don't know what I have. The man said with his hands raised, but he threw out four black balls and exploded a thunderous roar around him, and for a while, more than a dozen soldiers who did not dodge in that direction were blown up, and they were blown to the ground and seriously injured on the spot. Although he couldn't die all of a sudden, the black-black burning appearance and the appearance of the ** wailing in his mouth made everyone look at it with a chill in their hearts, and a feeling of fear rose.

Stop, they wanted to shout the word again, but they couldn't stop after all. It's not that they want to stop, it's that they can't speak, and the tension in their hearts is reflected in their pale faces and involuntarily trembling bodies.

Trembling, everyone was trembling. Because they all saw it. Although there is a rumor circulating among Cao's army that something that can cause such a loud noise is not some kind of divine power, but a weapon, those who have such knowledge are high-ranking officials on the Xuchang side, and the current soldiers and pawns have never known this because of their location and status. They don't know anything about what just happened. Because of this ignorance, they all felt fear.

Forward, the seven people were full of pawns, and they did not say anything more step by step.

The soldiers who retreated and surrounded themselves were forced to do so. Because Cao Cao favored Dianman, he handed over the entire Yuncheng to Dianman for management, and did not assign any deputies such as the second person to Dianman - all the officials in Yuncheng, except for the original civilian officials, were all pawn generals, so that after Pawnman was taken hostage, the entire Yuncheng was a plate of scattered sand, and no one could turn these autonomous behaviors of soldiers into an organized advance and retreat.

If such a dull and silent advance and retreat can be regarded as a kind of confrontation, then the current popularity and the soldiers of Cao Jun can be regarded as a kind of confrontation. As the gates drew closer, more and more soldiers gathered around, and the speed of both sides seemed to slow down as the number increased. It's like a person pushing goods forward, and as the goods in his hand increase too much, he becomes more and more powerless.

The gate arrived, but it stopped. It is said that these soldiers who organized themselves spontaneously really had some courage when they arrived here, and when they saw that they were about to leave the city, they refused to back down and stopped there, completely stopping them.

For the other party's obstruction, the person who arrived here stayed for a long time, the mocking smile on his face was still there, but there was no anxious look, as if he still had something to rely on.

The two sides confronted each other nervously like this, staring at each other intently in silence, and neither dared to act rashly.

The two sides confronted each other nervously like this, staring at each other intently in silence, and neither dared to act rashly.

What broke it all was the thunderous explosion on the pier west of the city and the sudden sound of rumbling horses' hooves from the south of the city. Internally, the army took advantage of the chaos to attack, this is where the seven people can have nothing to fear, and it is also Liu Beijun's long-planned strategy to conquer Yuncheng.

At present, Yuncheng exists as Cao Cao's barracks and grain and grass hoarding place to prepare for the attack on Liu Bei. Although Cao Cao's army has completed the basic establishment, it has not yet set off from Xuchang, and there is obviously still something to be done. In this case, once Liu Bei was able to break through the fulcrum of Yuncheng, then Liu Bei's army could attack Dingling, Wuyang and other places to the west, echoing Zhang Fei's Nanyang army, and to the north, he could attack Linying and directly threaten Xuchang.

It can be said that once Yuncheng was conquered by Liu Beijun, it would definitely be a very big thing for Cao Cao. As long as Liu Bei can quickly make some arrangements after conquering Yuncheng, such as temporarily blocking relevant information, so that the news of the fall of Yuncheng will not be spread so quickly, then it is not impossible to raid Linying with Yuncheng's documents - in fact, this is exactly what Ma Tan made to Liu Bei.

"Conquer in Yuncheng, and then attack Linying with light troops, and break it, then our troops can reach directly under Xucheng, so that the world is shaken, and Cao Cao will inevitably flee to Yecheng under internal and external difficulties. Once such a situation occurs, after the land of Henan is returned to the lord, the lord can achieve hegemony in this way. Ma Jian said this, most of the advice he gave to Liu Bei was very risky, just like the current one, if it can be successful, it is really possible that such a situation will occur. Of course, Ma Tan did not say what would happen if this situation failed. Because everyone understands that Liu Bei and Cao Cao are actually not on the same level in terms of strength. Liu Bei wanted to defeat Cao Cao, but there was no way but to fight quickly. Liu Bei understood this himself, so he chose to gamble in the end.

"Give it a try. Hopefully it will be successful. Liu Bei said. He knew that this time Cao Cao was determined to destroy himself. He didn't want to be destroyed, so he had to attack Yuncheng directly, which was such a very important strategic point for Cao Cao. "If we succeed, we can still fight, but if we fail, we have to think about our future." Liu Bei saw these separately. He handed over the only 10,000 cavalry in his legion to Chen Dao, and he came to raid Yuncheng as the vanguard.

At this moment, the cavalry with the sound of horses' hooves drove directly under the city, but the inside and outside of Yuncheng were shocked by the fact that the commander was full of hijacking and the sudden bombing of the dock outside the west city. Everyone paid attention to these two things, but they were much more relaxed about the South Gate. Since he had never heard of Hou Dao's return to charge the city, and Yuncheng itself did not know that Chen Zhi's group of men and horses had already latent into the near left of the city, although there were some guards in the south of the city, they could only be regarded as average. And at the moment when this kind of change is frequent, the south of the city is even weaker and defenseless.

Liu Beijun, who entered the city, was very planned. The team of 5,000 men was divided into two groups, one group running around the city, shouting and building momentum, and one group heading straight to the West Gate and the "Avengers" over there.

The sound of the horse's hooves, the shouts of thousands of people, and the noise, crying, panicking, and bewilderment that arose in response to some sounds, but in the blink of an eye, Yuncheng quickly became chaotic.

In the direction of the West Gate, as Chen Zhi led his men and horses to attack from behind, the strong impact of the cavalry was displayed behind the soldiers who were encircled, but the Cao army in the west of the city was scattered in a hurry. No one was going to organize any resistance or anything like that, because to be able to command them, the general was still in the hands of the man on the other side.

As a result, Yuncheng fell. There is no doubt that it is occupied by Chen Zhi. Almost no one could escape, because all the soldiers who tried to flee were blocked back by the cavalry that Chen had gathered around the city. There may have been one or two accidents, but they also encountered Mi Fang's 1,000 infantry in the north of the city. In this raid, Liu Bei did a good job of lurking.

Then Liu Bei entered the city with the army, reorganized the team, collected all the people and horses gathered by Cao Cao in Yuncheng, and went out to settle the people, but he firmly controlled the four gates, and implemented a strict order that only allowed to enter but not to exit, and at the same time let Guan Ping and Mi Fang each lead an army to take advantage of the fact that Yuncheng was attacked very urgently, to deceive Xiping, Xiangcheng and other places along the Yingshui coast, and sent Chen to lead a road of soldiers and horses to Linying, and attacked it urgently.

Within three days, the military report came, and Guan Ping and Mi Fang successfully occupied Xiangcheng and Xiping. But Chen Zhi, who went to attack Linying, was very unfortunate to encounter the headquarters of the Southern Expeditionary Army led by Cao Cao. Cao Cao's plan to deceive the city was seen through by Cao Cao, and under the conflict of the tiger and leopard cavalry, Chen Zhi's 5,000 cavalry lost more than half, and he had to return to Yuncheng with the remaining 2,000 men - Ma Tan's plan was the last thing he and Liu Bei wanted to encounter.

"Strategist, what now? Cao Cao's army is in Linying, and I don't want to run into him head-on. Liu Bei's face was anxious, but instead of asking Ma Yan as calmly as possible. A trace of cowardice grew in Liu Bei's heart - as long as he met Cao Cao, he would never be able to win once. What happened this time is related to the key to his own life and death, although Liu Bei is not afraid, he is also unsure of his heart.

"Well...... this" Ma Tan groaned slightly, glanced at Liu Bei, who seemed to be a little weak, and said: "Since the original plan has been recognized, and it is impossible for Linying to capture it urgently, then please turn the attack into defense, defend Yuncheng, and let the three generals go out of Wan, attack Luo, and threaten Cao Cao from the east." and sent people to Jiangdong Sun Quan and Yizhou Li Sheng, and asked these two families to send troops at the same time, so that Cao Thief could not care about each other. ”

"Hmm. The military advisor's plan is good, but Sun Quan's side is okay to say, but Zixu is there, he has already clearly told us that he wants to go west and south, what should I do? Liu Bei was first overjoyed when he heard this, and then he became gloomy as if he had thought of something, "What should I do then?" ”

"Although Li Sheng is going to go on the western and southern expeditions, it is unlikely that his strength will be weakened by these two battles. We also don't ask Li Sheng to send troops in person, but let Li Sheng make some trouble with Cao Cao on the border between Hanzhong and let them contain Cao Cao, such a request, presumably Li Sheng will not refuse. In this way, Cao Cao will inevitably worry about the west and reduce the pressure on us. Ma Tan explained.

"It's doable. But Yizhou and Jiangdong are far enough away from us, and I'm really worried that we haven't heard back from them yet. We're in danger on our side. Liu Bei nodded, but asked such a question again.

"This scruple is important, but I don't think we can't even wait for that time. In fact, I don't need to wait for the replies from both sides to promote this, Cao Cao is on the other side, we just need to spread a lot of such rumors. Cao Cao is a suspicious person, he will definitely try to check these things well. That's what we're all about. Ma Tan said with a smile.

"I see." Liu Bei nodded understandingly, and finally approved Ma Yan's plan: "Then ask the military advisor to act according to this plan." ”

"No......!" Ma Tan agreed.