Chapter 42: A Clever Plan Breaks the Enemy's Courage!
The torrent is coming!
Cai Mao, Wen Ping, and 30,000 Jingzhou soldiers all saw the incoming torrent, and in an instant, the morale of the Jingzhou army, which was originally in good spirits, collapsed.
The Jingzhou soldiers who were still in the river, where could they still care about the formation, they threw down their weapons and flags, and fled to the shore desperately.
As for the Jingzhou army that had already come ashore, they all scattered in a bang, scurrying in all directions, for fear of being swept away by the torrent that poured ashore.
The 30,000 Jingzhou army fell into chaos in an instant.
Driven by instinct, the frightened Cai Mao rode his horse to the shore, and exclaimed even more: "At this time, how can there be a big flood upstream, it's impossible!" ”
Cai Mao and his Jingzhou army, and even Wen Ping, were in a panic at the moment.
At this time, the water level of the rivers is still low, and in the absence of rainfall in Dawei, how can there be a sudden torrent in the upper reaches of the water, which is not at all natural.
Wen Ping, who was on the run, his thoughts were rolling like a tide, and suddenly, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he realized the mystery.
"It turns out that Diao Xiong actually cut off the upstream water flow in advance!"
When Wen Ping was shocked, it was too late, and the flood peak carried the power of nature, and it was already rushing to it in a blink of an eye.
The screams one after another, as well as the turbulent waves, suddenly rose in an instant, and the chest-high torrent crashed into the more than 10,000 Jingzhou troops in the river.
Although the torrent was only chest-high, it carried the momentum of the upstream swoop, and in the blink of an eye, more than 10,000 Jingzhou troops were slapped into the water, and the turbulent water swept countless howling bodies, rushing towards the downstream and continuing to roll.
The torrent came and went as fast as it came, and after a few moments, the flood peak crossed over, leaving behind a mess.
Nearly half of the more than 10,000 Jingzhou troops who had not yet landed were swept away by the torrent, and the other half were like ants that had been washed away by the rain, howling and rolling in the water.
The Jingzhou army, which was lucky enough to escape the impact of the torrent, scattered on the water's bank in a chaotic manner, looking at their comrades who were suffering miserably, and forgot to help them for a while.
The 30,000 Jingzhou army, which seemed to be an indestructible iron array, collapsed.
Cai Mao's face was stunned, looking at his embarrassed soldier in horror, almost unable to believe what was happening in front of him, and he thought that he had a delusion.
On the opposite side, a few hundred steps away, the officers and men of the Mink Army who watched the flooding of the enemy army were all stunned.
It was only at this time that Xu Rong and Ji Ling understood why Diao Xiong was so confident, why he deliberately outnumbered the crowd, and deliberately lost to Cai Mao.
It turned out that all of Minkxiong's abnormal actions were all to lead Cai Mao to the front line of confusion, and use this torrent to easily destroy Cai Mao's seemingly indestructible iron array.
It's just that after Xu Rong and the others understood Diao Xiong's intentions, they immediately fell into a new surprise and confusion.
"It's too ...... that the general could have predicted a torrent upstream Too ......" Xu Rong was so shocked that he couldn't think of any words to describe his amazement at Diao Xiong.
At this time, there is a flood in the water, which is a rare thing that occurs once in a century, and Diao Xiong can even predict this in advance, which can no longer be described as a miracle calculation.
Facing the exclamation of his subordinates, Diao Xiong only smiled, pointed at the wolf smoke that rose into the sky, and said with a smile: "How can there be a flood at this season, this is all Pang Shiyuan's clever plan, this plan is really ruthless and wonderful!" ”
General Xu Rong also turned his gaze to the black smoke that rushed into the sky, looked at each other, and suddenly woke up from a dream.
"Mr. Pang's plan, could it be that he built a dam on the upstream barrage in advance, and now he will release a signal that Li Zhengfang will dig the dam so that the water can be released to flood the Jingzhou army?" Xu Rong finally guessed the cause and effect.
Mink Xiong smiled, as a default.
According to Pang Tong's strategy, as early as a few days ago, Diao Xiong secretly ordered Li Yan to lead more than 1,000 infantry to rush to the upper reaches of the water in advance, blocking the water flow with mud bags, so that the water level that was originally waist-high was only knee-high.
And when Cai Mao thought that the water was shallow and waded across the river with confidence, Mink Xiong sent a signal to Li Yan upstream to open the mud dam and release water to flood the Jingzhou army in the middle of the crossing.
It is not easy to block the river with mud bags, but if it is placed in the water-rich river in the south of the Yangtze River, this plan may not be possible.
But this confusion water is located in the Central Plains, the water potential is not urgent, and now at this time, the water potential will be weaker, it is precisely taking advantage of such a favorable time and place, this strategy can have some miraculous effect.
This is the clever plan that Pang Tong offered to Mink Xiong that day, defeating the strong with the weak.
In front of him, Diao Xiong had to admit that although Pang Tong was young, he was cunning, and he took risks to ask him to go out of the mountain, and the deal was really worth it.
When Xu Rong and the others finally understood, they all threw unprecedented amazement at Diao Xiong, marveled at Pang Tong's wisdom, and even more marveled at Diao Xiong's courage to dare to adopt Pang Tong's "whimsical" strategy.
Mink Xiong's smile retracted, his eyes gradually became murderous, and he said coldly: "Shiyuan's plan has been successful, and next, it should be time for us to make a big kill." ”
The young man's blade-like gaze slowly shot towards the Jingzhou army hundreds of paces away.
A moment ago, the Jingzhou army was still arrogant and seemed to be powerful, but in the blink of an eye, it had become a chicken in the soup, drowned, frightened, frightened, and scattered, and the whole army was extremely chaotic.
Mink Xiong's face was as cold as fire, and the depressed mood of the soldiers on the left and right was suddenly ignited, and it became blazing in a blink of an eye.
The silver spear pointed fiercely, and the mink male roared sharply: "My mink heroes, kill me happily, let the Jingzhou army be afraid for our blade, kill me-"
Silver spears, black armor, and young men shot out like black and white lightning.
The soldiers of the Mink Army, whose 8,000 battle intent had skyrocketed to the extreme, shouted and slaughtered at the terrified enemy with boiling blood and murderous intent.
Offensive and defensive momentum, reversal!
At this time, Cai Mao, who was in the chaotic army, just came back from the torrent, and turned around to see the surging army of Mink Xiong, which was even more turbulent than the torrent, and in an instant, Cai Mao's heart fell into an even more frightened abyss.
"Mink male thief, so deceitful, I actually fell for his poisonous scheme!" Cai Mao gritted her teeth with hatred.
At this time, Wen Ping came to his senses first and shouted urgently: "General, our army is in chaos, and we can't fight anymore, let's retreat quickly, if we don't retreat, the whole army will be wiped out!" ”
Cai Maokong was unwilling, but he knew that the defeat was decided, so he gritted his teeth fiercely and shouted: "Retreat, the whole army retreats to the south bank of the water." ”
Cai Mao is not stupid, and he also realizes that the defeat is decided, if he doesn't want to die here, or be a ghost under the knife of Mink Xiong, he can only choose to retreat.
Before the order came out, Cai Mao turned his horse and fled first.
As soon as Cai Mao retreated, the remaining 20,000 frightened Jingzhou soldiers all dispersed and rushed towards the river.
At this moment, the river is over the waist, and the difficulty of wading across the river is far better than that of Fang Cai, but in the face of life, nothing is important.
20,000 Jingzhou troops, you pushed me, howled, and jumped into the river desperately.
It's just that when there were more than 10,000 Jingzhou troops in the water, Diao Xiong's 8,000 cavalry also slaughtered.
The more than 1,000 cavalry led by Xu Rong were the first to kill, and the swords in their hands swept through like autumn wind sweeping leaves, cutting off people's heads.
Xiliang Iron rode rolling, mercilessly rolling towards the frightened ants, trampling them into flesh.
The screams soon overshadowed the sound of boiling water, and the corpses lay all over the river, and the gushing blood stained the riverbank into a bloody swamp, and the crimson blood flowed into the water, and the river was stained red.
When the cavalry was killed, the infantry army under the command of Diao Xiong was also killed.
The mink male spears like the wind, kills like madness, and vents his anger wantonly.
Aren't you Liu Biao crazy, don't you want me to give up Nanyang, today I will kill you without leaving a piece of armor, so that when you think of my mink Xiong's name, your heart will be broken!
Eight thousand mink soldiers drove more than 20,000 Jingzhou troops into the water like pigs and dogs.
Although the river that is over the waist is not a river, because the water is quite fast, it is not easy to escape to the other side for a while.
After the mink army chased to the shore, they used their bows and crossbows to shoot at the Jingzhou army in the water, and the Jingzhou soldiers who were unfavorable in their actions were like a steady and slow live target, allowing the Yan army to shoot and kill.
Blood stained the surface of the water red, countless Jingzhou soldiers died in the icy water, and floating corpses were swept away by the current.
This wanton shooting lasted for about half an hour, until the last remaining Jingzhou sergeant climbed onto the opposite bank in embarrassment and panic.
As far as the eye can see, the entire river surface has been covered with floating corpse blood, and the banks of the river are crawling with corpses, and the entire muddy water has become a burial ground for the Jingzhou army.
Cai Mao, who was lucky enough to escape ashore, looked at this tragic scene, and her face was so embarrassed that she twisted and deformed.
The army of 30,000 lost half of it so inexplicably, and this battle was really a humiliating loss.
After losing so many soldiers, let alone capturing Nanyang, I am afraid that if I stay for another moment, Minkxiong's army will cross the river and chase after him, and even self-protection will be a problem.
The painful Cai Mao looked at the other side from afar, the big banner of the word "mink" flying proudly in the wind, and the hideous and distorted face surging with horror and resentment.
"Ermine male dog thief, don't be complacent, today's shame, I will report it sooner or later, sooner or later-"