Chapter 4: Trapping
Shouchun Water Gate is built on the right side of the north gate, about 100 steps apart, usually used to exclude the rainwater and sewage in Shouchun City, at this time because of the heavy rain in the whole Huainan City, three feet of water in Shouchun City, so the whole water gate has been completely submerged below the waterline, if you want to pass through the water gate, you must swim in the water.
But it was precisely because the Water Gate was completely submerged below the waterline that Cao Jun could not imagine that Yuan Jun would go out of the city from the Water Gate to counterattack, which alluded to the surprise winning factor in the Art of War.
And this is also the main reason why Ji Ling agreed to send troops.
When Yuan Wei came to the Water Gate with 800 elite soldiers with high morale, the soldiers of the Yuan army who were responsible for guarding the Water Gate had already twisted the inner and outer iron gates through a winch.
It's just that it's below the waterline, so you can't see it.
Yuan Wei was the first to jump into the canal, and the icy rain quickly soaked his whole body.
Even if he removed the oracle bones of his whole body, the ring head knife weighing more than ten catties still caused a great burden to Yuan No, and he had to tread water hard so as not to perish in the water.
Immediately afterwards, the eight hundred elite soldiers also jumped into the ditch one after another like dumplings.
After swimming in the canal for a while, Yuan Fu was the first to come to the water gate, Yuan Fu probed the vault of the water gate with his foot, and then took a deep breath, and plunged into the cold, turbid water.
The length of the water gate is only more than 20 meters, but in Yuan Wei's feeling, it seems to be as long as 100 meters.
When Yuan Fu finally swam out of the water gate, he stepped on the water hard, couldn't wait to surface, and then greedily took a deep breath of fresh air.
At this time, the siege of the Cao army has entered the white-hot stage, whether it is the Cao army auxiliaries who control the siege equipment, or the Cao army soldiers who are attached to the siege of the city, or the Cao army archers who are responsible for suppressing the defenders of the city, everyone's attention has been focused on the defenders of Shouchun City.
No one noticed at all that an elite Yuan army had quietly swam out of the Water Gate.
Behind Yuan No, more and more Yuan Jun's heads rose from the water, and then spread out along the left bank of the ditch, and behind, more Yuan Jun's heads kept popping up.
Yuan Wei looked around and found that all the soldiers of the Yuan army were looking at him with burning eyes.
A strange pride rose from Yuan No's chest in an instant, and then he climbed the edge of the canal with both hands and slammed it hard, and the person had already easily climbed up.
Almost at the same time, more than 20 elites of the Yuan Army in the front row also climbed up.
Yuan Wei took a step forward, slowly pulled out the ring head knife, and then turned back and smiled at the more than twenty Yuan Jun elites behind him, and then rushed towards Cao Jun in front without looking back.
Yuan No's simple action suddenly ignited the elite fighting spirit of Yuan Jun.
"Kill them all!"
"Kill them all!"
"Kill them all!"
The more than forty elites of the Yuan army who had already landed roared hysterically for a moment, and then drew their ring swords one after another, and followed Yuan Fu to kill Cao Jun.
(Dividing Line)
Cao's army was in the rear.
Cao Cao and his three henchmen stood on the high-twisted nest cart and watched the battle.
Cao Cao is in his forties, with a white face and a short beard, and a pair of small eyes that look bright.
For today's siege, Cao Cao placed great hopes on it, because Cao's army had little military rations left, and although Sun Ce borrowed some military rations from him, it was only enough to support three days.
In other words, if Shouchun City could not be broken within three days, Cao Cao would have to retreat in disgrace.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible to retreat, now, all the princes in the world are looking at him Cao Cao, he can't clean up Yuan Shu today, and tomorrow there will be more princes arrogating the throne as emperor, and then the Son of Heaven in his hands will become worthless, and Cao Cao will never allow such a situation to occur.
The view from the nest car was excellent, and the rain had stopped at this time, so the sight was not affected at all, so Cao Cao saw the Yuan army soldiers suddenly emerging from the side of the drainage canal for the first time.
"What's the situation?" Cao Cao pointed his finger in front and said in amazement, "Where did this rebel army come from?" ”
Although Cao Cao was stunned, he didn't take it to heart, it was just a rebel army of thirty or fifty people, and he couldn't make any big waves.
"Yuan Jun counterattacked?"
"Yuan Shu actually has the courage to go out of the city to fight back?"
"Lord, it seems that we really underestimated Yuan Shu."
The three strategists also looked at each other, but more as a joke.
However, as more and more Yuan soldiers appeared, Cao Cao and a few of his advisors finally realized that something was wrong.
"My lord, Watergate! The rebels are fighting back from Watergate! The strategist standing to Cao Cao's left shouted, this strategist was about twenty years old, his face was pale, and he did not look very well.
"Watergate? Ahh Bad things! Cao Cao shouted, immediately poked his head out of the nest car, and shouted sharply down, "Where is Xu Chu?" ”
A military general who was eight feet tall and had a waist of ten girths responded and responded: "The last general." ”
Cao Cao Qian shouted: "Immediately lead five hundred tiger guards to rush to the aid of the first echelon, the first priority is to protect the trench bridge, and keep the trench bridge at all costs!" Just go! ”
"No!" Xu Chu agreed with a bang, and rushed to the aid with five hundred tiger guards.
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At this time, the elite of the Yuan army led by Yuan Wei had already engaged with the Cao army outside the city.
Fortunately, the first to face Yuan was a Cao army auxiliary, and the Cao army auxiliary soldier roared, and his sword fell.
Yuan Wei instinctively raised his sword to block, but only to hear a sound, the rusty bronze sword in the hands of Cao Jun's auxiliaries had already broken into two.
However, the huge shock force generated when the swords struck each other also knocked Yuan Fu to the ground in one fell swoop.
The Cao army auxiliary was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted again, laughed fiercely, held the remaining half-cut sword, and slashed down viciously on Yuan No's head.
Yuan No's right hand was shocked to the point that his mouth was numb, his forearm was sore, and he couldn't even lift the knife at all, between life and death, Yuan Nuo instinctively raised his left arm to block, but he blocked it, only to hear a muffled sound, the broken sword of Cao Jun's auxiliaries had already cut through Yuan No's bronze armguard, but it only cut into it for less than half a minute, only hurting a little of Yuan No's fur.
Cao Jun's auxiliaries were stunned for a moment, and then struggled to draw their swords, but the broken sword was stuck in Yuan No's bronze arm guard and couldn't be pulled out.
At this time, Yuan Wei finally came back to his senses, and his right arm also regained its strength, and he didn't think about it at the moment, so he raised the ring head knife and stabbed straight into the mouth of Cao Jun's auxiliaries.
Yuan No's ring-headed knife was extremely sharp, and it pierced the heads of Cao Jun's auxiliaries in one fell swoop.
Red blood gushed out of the mouths of Cao Jun's auxiliaries in an instant, and then splashed down Yuan No's body along the ring head knife.
Yuan is a human being for two lifetimes, and this is the first time he has killed someone in his life, but he does not feel the discomfort that will occur when he kills for the first time in the legend, and some are just excited.
Yuan Que felt that the blood in his whole body was burning.
"Whew......"
Yuan Fu kicked the Cao soldiers to the ground, and then roared in the sky.
At this moment, Yuan Fu, who seems to be weak, is like a god.
Yuan Wei roared like a lion's roar, which immediately attracted a response from the Yuan soldiers, and all the Yuan soldiers who had already landed on the shore all followed the hysterical roar, and then brandished their weapons and pounced on the Cao soldiers on the opposite side.
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At the head of Shouchun City, Ji Ling stood on the convex pheasant tower, looking condescendingly at the battlefield below.
Seeing Yuan Wei raise his arms and exhale, the elite of Yuan Jun behind him suddenly responded, Ji Ling's pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly, and he was recognized by those elite veterans so quickly? It seems that he really misjudged the eldest son before, and maybe, the eldest son can really create a miracle this time.
A sea of shouts suddenly rang out from outside the city.
Suddenly looking up, Ji Ling saw an elite soldier coming from the Cao army's large array.
Cao Cao finally realized that he was a little careless, and there was a bit of disconnect between the two echelons before and after? However, is it too late to remedy the situation at this time?
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Under the walls, fierce battles were raging.
A tall Cao Juntun kicked a young Yuan soldier to the ground, and then held a ring-headed knife and slashed off the neck of the Yuan soldier.
Yuan Wei was right behind General Cao Juntun, and he didn't want to slash it with a knife.
Cao Juntun, who had his back to Yuan No, was caught off guard, and Yuan Fu immediately tore open a blood groove on his back, and Cao Juntun screamed in an instant, and the knife was also crooked by several inches.
The fallen Yuan soldiers seized the opportunity in time, and a carp hit the Cao Juntun general to the ground, and then hit the Cao Juntun general viciously on the forehead of the Cao Juntun general, Cao Juntun general screamed, and was immediately knocked to pieces, and before he came to his senses, the ring head knife of the Yuan army soldier had been stabbed into his heart.
"Brother, you're in good hands." Yuan Wei smiled and asked, "What's your name?" ”
"It's just a nobody, and a cheap name is not enough to worry about." After the young soldier finished speaking, he roared again, and threw the ring-headed knife full of gaps in his hand according to Yuan Wei.
In a hurry, Yuan Wei didn't have time to react at all.
"Shaft dares!" The hometown general Yuan Fu was shocked that something was wrong, but it was too late to save Yuan Fu.
said that it was too late, and the ring-headed knife thrown by the young soldier had already rolled and slid past the right side of Yuan No's cheek, and then, a terrible scream sounded behind Yuan No, and Yuan Ran turned around and saw a Cao soldier with a ring-headed knife nailed to his cheek, and he had fallen backwards with a hideous face.
Yuan Wei recovered from his horror and nodded at the young soldier.
The young soldier smiled at Yuan Wei and said, "Now we are clear." ”
"You don't owe me, but I owe you my life." Yuan Wei smiled, and when he turned around, he saw that the elite of the Yuan army had basically dispersed the Cao army auxiliaries under the city walls, and many of the elite of the Yuan army rose up, and even began to attack the Cao army soldiers attached to the cloud ladder by the ants, but this was a move to abandon the original and the last.
Yuan Wei took a deep breath, and immediately roared hoarsely: "Don't care about the ladder and siege tower, cut the moat bridge first, cut the moat bridge, cut the moat bridge, cut the moat bridge......"