Yecheng.

Judging and matching, Feng Ji rushed into the general's mansion and said to Yuan Shang: "Lord, good news." ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shang, who was restless, hurriedly stood up when he heard this, and asked, "What good news?" ”

The judge said: "General Yuan Xi's Qingzhou soldiers have arrived in the east of Yecheng. ”

Feng Ji also said: "General Gao Gan's Bingzhou army has also passed the Huguan, and it is only two days away from Yecheng. ”

"Really?" Yuan Shang was overjoyed when he heard this, "Where is the horse butcher's Mobei Iron Horse?" ”

Feng Ji said: "Tian Yu has just sent a quick report to Malai, and the Mobei Iron Cavalry has already passed through Zhongshan Country, and there are still five days to travel from Yecheng. ”

"Great!" Yuan Shang said, "So the two armies of Yuan Xi and Gao Gan can rush to Yecheng before the Mobei Iron Cavalry?" ”

"Exactly." "Yecheng originally had 20,000 defenders, and now with the addition of General Yuan Xi's 30,000 Qingzhou soldiers and General Gao Gan's 20,000 Bingzhou soldiers, there are 70,000 troops stationed in the city. ”

"Whew...... Yecheng can be worry-free. Yuan Shang let out a long sigh of relief, and said to the two of them, "Zhengnan and Yuan Tu can go to the east gate with Gu to greet Yuan Xi's army. ”

"My lord, please."

Judge and match, Feng Ji Su gave way, and Yuan Shang flicked his sleeves and took the lead.

……

The east gate of Yecheng.

Yuan Shang stepped up to the gatehouse surrounded by trials, Fengji, and a group of Hebei civil officials and military generals.

Yuan Shang put his hand on the awning and looked up, only to see that there was a shallow yellow line slowly squirming in the distant sky in the east, and as time passed, this yellow line was slowly extending to the wings, and it was becoming thicker and thicker. In less than a meal, the Qingzhou soldiers in bronze armor of the brigade appeared in the field of vision of Yuan Shang and others.

The judge said excitedly: "Lord, it is General Yuan Xi's Qingzhou army that has arrived!" ”

Yuan Shang nodded, and was about to lead a group of civil and military generals down the city tower to greet him, when a small official next to him suddenly screamed: "Look, lord!" Northern! ”

"Huh?"

Yuan Shang, Xian Pei, Feng Ji and others turned their heads to look north, only to see that a faint amount of smoke and dust had risen on the distant horizon in the north, because of the great distance, it was difficult to find if they were not carefully distinguished.

The judge said: "It seems to be smoke and dust!" ”

Feng Ji said: "It's not like, it should be wind and sand." ”

"No, it's cavalry!" Suddenly, a colonel shouted in horror, "It's a brigade of cavalry!" ”

"Huh? Cavalry! Could it be the Mobei Iron Horse? Yuan Shang was taken aback suddenly, and when he turned back hurriedly, Yuan Xi's Qingzhou army was at least a thousand steps away from the east gate of Yecheng, so he immediately shouted, "Open the city gate quickly and welcome the Qingzhou army into the city, quickly!" ”

"My lord!" The judge hurriedly persuaded, "If it is really the Mobei Iron Cavalry who comes, it is too late to open the city gate to welcome the Qingzhou army into the city at this time, and it is possible that the Mobei Iron Cavalry will take advantage of the chaos to seize the city gate, and now it is the best policy to order General Yuan Xi's Qingzhou soldiers to line up in the east of the city, and Yecheng will be the horns of each other, which is the best policy!" ”

"Nonsense!" Yuan Shang said angrily, "Yuan Xi is connected with a lonely mother, flesh and blood, how can Lone not save him?" Come on, quickly put down the drawbridge, open the city gate, and welcome the Qingzhou army into the city, hurry! ”

The judge's expression was miserable, and he turned around and exchanged glances with Feng Ji, and both of them shook their heads gloomily.

Yuan Shang gave an order, the hanging suspension bridge was slowly lowered, and the closed city gate was slowly opened.

……

Five miles north of Yecheng, on the Hebei Great Plain of Guangmao.

30,000 Mobei iron horsemen swept across the barren land like locusts, horses marched with gold armor and silver spears, and battle robes like snow, riding horses galloping at the forefront of the riding array. Zhao Yun suddenly rode his horse forward, pointed his finger forward and said to the horse: "Childe, look ahead!" ”

Ma Zheng controlled the reins with his right hand, put up a canopy with his left hand and looked forward for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "An army is entering the city?" ”

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" Zhao Yun said excitedly, "If our army takes advantage of the situation to launch a surprise attack, not only can we defeat the enemy troops who have not yet entered the city, but we can even take advantage of the chaos to seize the city gate, so Yecheng is at your fingertips!" ”

"Good!" Ma Zheng said loudly, "Zhao Yun listens to the order!" ”

"The last general!"

"Lead 8,000 iron horsemen back to the east and launch a surprise attack from behind the enemy!"

"Yes!"

Ma Zheng said again: "Where is Xu Shao?" ”

Xu Shao hurriedly stepped forward and replied sharply: "The last will be." ”

"Lead two thousand iron horsemen to raid the city gate while the chaos is in chaos!"

"The last general commands."

"What's the point?"

Guan Qice stepped forward immediately and replied suddenly: "The end will be." ”

"Lead a brigade of iron cavalry to attack from the front and contain the enemy forces outside the city!"

"Yes!"

Guan said yes and took the order.

……

At the east gate of Yecheng, the most unexpected thing happened.

The sudden killing of the Mobei Iron Cavalry frightened the Qingzhou soldiers, and the former soldiers who had approached the city gate found that the city gate had been opened and the drawbridge had been lowered, so they rushed towards the city gate, because the long march was originally a little loose formation became more chaotic in an instant, Yuan Xi saw it in the Chinese army, and he was so anxious that he jumped to his feet.

Yuan Shang's wrong decision finally brought a catastrophe to the Qingzhou army outside the city!

If Yuan Shang closed the city gate tightly and ordered the Qingzhou soldiers to line up outside the city to resist the enemy, the Qingzhou soldiers might not be in chaos like this, but now once the city gate is opened, the psychology of the Qingzhou soldiers will immediately undergo subtle changes, if there is a choice, who would be willing to stay outside the city and wait for death? Of course, I can't wait to escape into the city and hide.

Yuan Xi tried his best, but he could only let more than 2,000 guards set up a defensive formation on the right flank of the army.

Thousands of horses galloped, iron hooves moved, the brigade led by Guan Qi Mobei Iron Cavalry was like a monstrous wave, sweeping overwhelmed, a wave of arrow rain swept up from the Qingzhou army, with a piercing scream in the Mobei Iron Cavalry array, dozens of Mobei Iron Cavalry fell down miserably, and in an instant they were trampled into meat by the swept iron hooves.

But compared with the entire huge cavalry formation, the casualties of these dozens of cavalry seemed to be minimal, like a few small waves splashing in the vast ocean, which was not enough to change the overall situation.

When the Qingzhou archers shot two arrows, the roaring Mobei Iron Cavalry had already been able to kill in front of the Qingzhou Soldiers, and when the surging cavalry was about to collide with the Qingzhou Soldiers' cold and sensible rejection array, Guan Qi suddenly raised his long knife to the left, and the Mobei Iron Cavalry that rolled forward turned their horses' heads one after another, cut diagonally from the front of the Qingzhou Soldiers, and swept towards the east.

The next moment, a sharp spear had already swept up from the Mobei cavalry formation, and fell towards the heads of the Qingzhou soldiers.

The tragic wail resounded in the sky in an instant, and hundreds of Qingzhou soldiers had fallen in a pool of blood with screams, almost at the same time, the most fatal blow came from behind, and the eight thousand iron cavalry led by Zhao Yun went around in a circle from the east, like a sharp boning knife, which inexorably cut into the two thousand guards and the chaotic Qingzhou army.

A Hebei bow and arrow can be stretched out of the longbow, is about to release the arrow, a Mobei cavalry patted the horse to kill, the sharp horse chopping knife from the archer neck fluttering lightly, the blood light appeared, the head of the person fell to the ground, only to hear the sound of "poof", the bowstring loosened, the wolf tooth arrow stored on the string flew out of the string, but it had lost the crosshair, and shot lightly into the air.

The other two Hebei archers turned around and rode by.

The two of them only saw a flash of silver light, and even felt a cold throat, and lowered their eyes with some difficulty, only to see the red blood splashing out of their throats like a fountain. Zhao Yun broke the throats of the two archers with a shot, slapped the horse and went straight to Yuan Xi in the Chinese army formation, Yuan Xi saw it from a distance, shouted, and hurriedly opened a bloody way from the chaotic army surrounded by hundreds of light horsemen, and went to the south gate.

Zhao Yun urged the horse to dance the gun, and led dozens of iron horsemen into the chaotic army to get Yuan Xi.

……

Gatehouse.

"Lord!" The judge hurriedly said to Yuan Shang, "Quickly order the jack gate to be released!" ”

Feng Ji also said: "If you don't let go of the jack gate, the city gate will be lost!" ”

"Ugh." Yuan Shang sighed painfully and waved his hand, "Ling, put down the jack gate!" ”

"Quick!" The judge stretched out his hand to wipe away the cold sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly shouted to the little school next to him, "Quickly put down the jack gate!" ”

"Quack quack...... Rumble! ”

The heavy jack gate fell suddenly, and the Qingzhou soldiers who were crowded in the city gate were immediately crushed to death, and the Qingzhou soldiers who were blocked outside the city gate by the jack gate immediately roared angrily, while frantically slapping the jack gate with the weapon in their hands, they roared angrily: "Open the door, open the fucking city gate, let Lao Tzu in......"

On the gatehouse, Yuan Shang turned a deaf ear to the angry roar of the Qingzhou soldiers under the city tower, closed his eyes in pain, and said to the judge and Feng Ji: "Go home." ”

……

Gwangjong.

The Mobei Iron Cavalry of the Brigade was slowly moving south.

In the middle of the Chinese army, Li Su rode his horse to Ma Yue and said loudly: "Lord, Tan Ma returns, Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army and Tian Yu's Youzhou Army have left Jixian County and are marching towards Hejian. ”

Ma Yue glanced sideways at Jia Xu, and the corners of their mouths showed a sly smile at the same time.

"Butsy." Pei Yuanshao said, "Once the Youzhou Army and the Black Mountain Army leave Jiancheng, it will be easy to break!" ”

Li Su said: "Yuan Shao's original old department of hundreds of thousands of people, among which only the old Jizhou army of the famous general Zhang He of Hejian, Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army and Tian Yu's Youzhou Army can barely be regarded as elite soldiers, Zhang He's old Jizhou army has surrendered Cao Ying in the Battle of Guandu, and then was completely annihilated by our army in the Battle of Xuchang, and now only these two armies have the power to fight. ”

Zhou Cang said: "If you let the Black Mountain Army and the Youzhou Army rush to Yecheng, it will be difficult to destroy it, why not plan it as soon as possible?" ”

"No!" Ma Yue shook his hand and said, "Tian Yu and Zhang Yan would rather abandon Youzhou than raise troops to rescue Yecheng, which shows that both of them are loyal ministers, not snobbs who support their troops and protect themselves, neither the Montenegrin Army nor the Youzhou Army have participated in the Battle of Guandu, and they are the only remaining elite divisions in Yuan Shao's old army, wouldn't it be a pity if such two armies were destroyed?" ”

Jia Xu said: "If the prince can force Yuan Shang to surrender without a fight, the two armies of Montenegro and Youzhou will be in the lord's pocket!" ”

……

Yecheng, the General's Mansion.

"My lord, the news of General Yuan Xi's capture has been confirmed." The judge glanced at Yuan Shang, and said tremblingly: "I have just seen General Yuan Xi on the tower of the South Gate, and in addition, the enemy army also shot in a letter from outside the South Gate, which said......"

Yuan Shang's expression was uncertain, and he said coldly: "What did the letter say?" ”

"The letter said that General Yuan Xi's Qingzhou army has been defeated, General Gao Gan's Bingzhou army has also retreated to Huguan, General Tian Yu's Youzhou army and General Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army are now trapped in the river by the Mobei cavalry and are unable to move, Yecheng foreign aid has been cut off, so let the lord not do the battle of the trapped beast again, so as not to burn the jade." ”

"Trapped Beast Fight? Jade burning? Yuan Shang said miserably, "In addition to the burning of jade, is there any other choice for Lone?" ”

Yuan Shang's voice fell, and Feng Ji suddenly entered the hall and said, "Lord, there is a messenger from the Liang Army who asks to see you!" ”

"Liang Jun Messenger? It must be forced to surrender. Yuan Shang snorted, and shouted to the captain of the pro-soldiers behind him, "You can ambush dozens of knife and axe men in the corridors on both sides, and if you raise your right arm, you will ambush the soldiers and cut them into pulp!" ”

The captain of the pro-soldier took the order and left.

Feng Ji turned around and made a gesture and said loudly: "The lord has an order, and the envoy of the Liang Army will come in." ”

Footsteps sounded, and a handsome young man jumped in, waved to Yuan Shang, and said loudly: "In the dismount march, see the general." ”

"Horse ...... Ma Zheng!? Yuan Shang was taken aback when he heard this, and lost his voice, "You are Ma Zheng?" ”

Judging and Feng Ji also looked at each other and were stunned, although the two had never seen Ma Zheng, they were no stranger to the name Ma Zheng.

Who doesn't know that Ma Zheng is the eldest son of Ma Yue, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty? Judging and Feng Ji couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, the horse butcher is the hero of the world, and his son is also extremely good, just because Ma Zheng dared to ride into Yecheng alone, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were out of reach, alas, why didn't the first lord have such a son as Ma Zheng?

Ma Zheng calmly responded: "It's exactly below." ”

"Hahaha...... Good! Yuan Shang suddenly laughed three times, his face had become hideous, and he said sharply, "It's just in time, you sent it yourself!" ”

Ma Zheng asked: "The general wants to use his surname as a threat to force my father to quit the army?" ”

"Clever." Yuan Shang cocked his thumb and said with a cruel smile, "He is worthy of being the prime minister's eldest son." ”

Ma Zheng said: "I take the liberty of asking, when did the general see his father being coerced?" ”

Yuan Shangdao: "This ......"

Ma Zheng said: "With the great talent of my father, how can I be held hostage because of a mere son? If Ma Zheng dies, Ma Zhan is still there, Ma Yang and Ma Qi are still there, and there are more than a dozen younger brothers under Ma Qi, and the foundation of the Ma family does not have to worry about no one inheriting it, but I want to remind the general that if the general is killed, then the Ma family and the Yuan family will really become a feud! ”

Yuan Shang smiled cruelly: "You are threatening Lone!" ”

"Don't dare." Ma Zheng said, "If you want to threaten the general, wouldn't it be better to send a small pawn into the city to spread the word, so why go into the tiger's den in person?" ”

Yuan Shang was silent.

Ma Zheng straightened his clothes and said solemnly: "The reason why I rode into the city alone is that I hope the general can understand that I am sincerely here for the future of the Yuan family, for the family in Yecheng City, and for the more than 7 million Li people in the four states of Hebei!" I really don't want to see the fertile Hebei become a ruin under the iron hooves of the Mobei Iron Rider! ”

Yuan Shang's expression seemed to be intentional.

Listening to Ma Zheng's tone, as long as Yuan Shang is willing to surrender, not only will his surname be worry-free, but he will also be able to continue the glory and wealth of the Yuan family?

The judge said: "If the prince is really for the sake of the more than 7 million Li people in the four states of Hebei, he should strongly persuade the prime minister to quit the army, and let the hundreds of thousands of desert northern iron cavalry return to the desert, wouldn't it be better?" ”

Ma Zheng asked rhetorically: "If I didn't guess wrong, this must be Mr. Matching, right?" ”

The judge said proudly: "It's exactly below." ”

Ma Zheng said: "Mr. is a famous person in Hebei, he should know the general trend of the world, Hebei is between Liang and Wu, is it enough to protect himself?" ”

The judge sighed: "It's not enough to protect yourself." ”

Ma Zheng said: "So does Mr. hope that Hebei will become a battlefield where the Liang and Wu armies have repeatedly fought and fought for many years, or do you hope that Hebei can be as stable and prosperous as Yong, Liang and Shuozhou?" ”

Saying this, Ma Zheng said to Yuan Shang: "If the general can comply with the will of heaven and raise the people of Hebei to surrender, then the Hebei scholars will be very lucky, the people of Hebei will be very lucky, and the general will also be able to obtain immortal miracles at his fingertips, and he will definitely be ranked as the third prince in the future!" The Yuan family is ranked as the third prince in the fifth generation, isn't such an honor better than the burning of jade and the destruction of the Yuan family a hundred times? ”

Yuan Shang was speechless for a long time.

If he had a choice, Yuan Shang certainly wanted to be a warlord like his father Yuan Shao.

But the reality is cruel, the situation that Yuan Shang is facing is far more dangerous than Yuan Shao's, and Yuan Shang does not have Yuan Shao's ability! In the first battle of the Central Plains, hundreds of thousands of Hebei troops could not defeat Zhou Yu's tens of thousands of Wu troops, and now, the horse butcher, who was ten times more powerful than Zhou Yu, carried tens of thousands of Mobei iron horsemen to the south, how could the Hebei army resist?

However.

If he chose to surrender, Yuan Shang was worried that the horse butcher would cross the river and tear down the bridge and turn his face ruthlessly.

Or Feng Ji understood Yuan Shang's thoughts and asked, "Is this just the personal will of the prince, or the will of the prime minister?" ”

Ma Zheng said solemnly: "If Mr. has heard about Xichuan, he should know that after the Xichuan clan headed by Zhang Song sacrificed Xichuan, my father did not interfere too much in Xichuan's affairs, and the interests of the Sichuan sergeant clan were protected to the greatest extent!" Therefore, the general and the two gentlemen do not have to worry about their father going back on their word, without the support of the Hebei scholars, my father would not be able to do anything in Hebei. ”

Yuan Shang hesitated: "Can you allow Gu to think about it first?" ”

"Of course." Ma Zheng said, "In order to show sincerity, before the general has made a decision, you can put the general under house arrest!" ”

"It doesn't have to be." Yuan Shang muttered, "The courage and courage of the prince of the world, Lone has already understood it, and Lone is ashamed." However, even if Lone decides to defend Yecheng, he will never threaten Shizi's surname again, so he still asks Shizi to return to the military camp outside the city first and wait patiently. Waiting for Ming, whether it is a battle or a surrender, Gu will definitely give the prince a quasi-letter. ”

Ma Zheng said: "Since this is the case, then I will leave first." ”

Yuan Shang said: "I will not send it far." ”

Ma Zheng arched his hand, turned around and walked away.

Seeing Ma Zheng's figure go away, Yuan Shang said to the judge and Feng Ji: "What do you think of Zhengnan and Yuan Tu?" ”

……

At the beginning of October in the twelfth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (199), Yuan Shang surrendered, and Ma conscripted troops to occupy Yecheng without blood.

In mid-October, Yuan Tan also surrendered to Gao Shun, and Gao Shun's general Xu Chu led 30,000 troops to Chenliu.

In November, under the persuasion of trial and matching, Feng Ji, Yuan Xi, Gao Gan, Zhang Yan, and Tian Yu all surrendered, so far, Hebei, Qing, You, and the four prefectures all returned to the territory of Xiliang, and Ma Yue added another 180,000 (20,000 Gao Gan Army, 50,000 Zhang Yan Black Mountain Army, 30,000 Tian Yu and Zhou Army, 30,000 Yuan Shangye City Defenders, 20,000 Yuan Xi Remnants, and 30,000 Yuan Tan Remnants) Hebei Army.

In the same month, Ma Yueqian Yuan Shang was the Great Sima, Yuan Tan was the hussar general, Yuan Xi was the chariot general, Gao Gan was the Sizhou Assassin History, and the prince Ma Zheng was the general of the expedition to the north, and the general leader of the four states of Hebei, and ordered the trial matching, Fengji, Xin Ping, Xin Bi to be the history of the four states of You, And, Hebei, and Qing, to assist Ma Zheng to calm the situation in Hebei, and then ordered Tian Yu and Zhang Yan to lead the 180,000 Hebei army to listen to the investigation in front of the tent.

Early December.

Ma Yue ordered Tian Yu to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Baima, Zhang Yan to lead an army of 50,000 to force Yanjin, and he personally led an army of 200,000 cavalry and infantry to enter Liyang, officially opening the prelude to the Central Plains.

……

Liyang, the big tent of the Chinese army.

Ma Yue sat according to the case, and Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang, Jia Xu, Li Su, Kuai Yue, Lu Su, Fang Yue, Gan Ning, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu and others were left and right.

"My lord." Li Su bowed his hand to Ma Yue, and said loudly, "In return, the guards of Baima and Yanjin are Quan Cong and He Qi respectively, according to the information collected below, these two are the best defensive generals among the generals of Eastern Wu, and that He Qi is especially good." He Qi was originally a general of Liu Xuan's army, and he was trapped in a lonely city with 300 county soldiers, and 50,000 Shanyue rebels attacked for two months without an inch. ”

"Really?" Ma Yue frowned when he heard this, and asked, "Except for Baima and Yanjin, are there any other ferries that can cross the river?" ”

Li Su said: "There are many ferries on both sides of the Yellow River that can be used to cross the river, but the only two large ferry ports that can be berthed by the large transport ships of the navy are Baima and Yanjin, and other small ferries can only dock small boats such as walkers, and if you rely on small boats to ferry, I am afraid that it will take half a year to cross the Yellow River with all the personnel, horses and a large amount of grain and grass." ”

Ma Yue said: "Half a year? Half a year later, the land of Jianghuai has entered the rainy season, and the weather in the south is humid and sultry, so there is no need for the Mobei cavalry to go south! It seems that we have to find another way, since other ferries cannot accommodate large transport ships, so what about erecting pontoon bridges? How long does it take to erect a pontoon bridge? ”

Li Su said: "It is not difficult to erect a prisoner bridge, just pull up two iron cables on both sides of the Yellow River, and then bolt the ship to the iron cable, and then nail a flat wooden board on the deck of the ship, it only takes half a month at most, but there are Dongwu sailors in the Yellow River waterway, and it is difficult for our army to erect pontoon bridges under the disturbance of the Dongwu sailors." ”

Ma Yue asked Gan Ning: "Gan Ning, where is your Jinfan sailor?" ”

Gan Ning said bitterly: "When the Yangtze River estuary was first launched, because there were few soldiers and more ships could not take care of it, our army had scuttled all the boats, and only drove large warships such as Lou Boat, Mengchong, and Fighting Ships to the sea to the north, but the warships of the Dongwu Navy were mostly on the boats, although they were not as big as Mengchong, Fighting Ships, and Lou Ships, they traveled like shuttles, and had an incomparable speed advantage. ”

"It's really a trick." Ma Yue sighed, "It seems that our army will not be able to cross the Yellow River before the Yellow River is cut off." ”

"There is no need to worry about the lord." Li Su said, "According to the experience of previous years, the Yellow River will inevitably be cut off in the first month of next year at the latest, and there will still be nearly five months before the Jianghuai land enters the rainy season, and five months is enough time for our army to conquer the two prefectures of Yan and Henan, as well as the three counties of Pengcheng, Yaoxi, and Donghai in the north of Xuzhou!" ”

"That's not all!" Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "In addition to the two counties of Yan and Henan and the three counties in the north of Xuzhou, there are also the remaining two counties of Xiapei and Guangling in Xuzhou, as well as Huainan County and Lujiang County!" Of particular importance is Huainan County! Sun Quan Xiao'er moved the governance office from Shu County to the north to Shouchun, which is a demonstration to Lonely, and it is a naked shirt! ”

Ma Yue stood up and shouted: "In this battle, we will never stop if we don't drive Sun Quan Xiao'er across the Yangtze River!" ”

Ma Yue's words may sound a bit pretentious at first glance, but they are not.

Before the war, Ma Yue and Jia Xu set the goal of not only seizing the Central Plains and Xuzhou, but also to eliminate the living forces of the Wu army in large quantities through one or several large-scale battles, limiting Sun Quan's power to the south of the Yangtze River, and ensuring that Eastern Wu would not be able to go on a northern expedition within ten years! Ten years later, Ma Yue's manpower and material resources from Yong, Si, Liang, Shuo, You, Qing, He, Ji, Yi, Yan, Henan, and Xu Eleven Prefectures would be able to form an overwhelming strategic advantage over Cao Ying's Jingzhou and Sun Quan's Yangzhou.

At that time, there will be no more suspense about the unification of the world.

……

Hakubadu.

Quan Cong, the fierce general of Eastern Wu, stood on top of the camp with his sword, looking at the soft silt exposed after the river receded, and was speechless for a long time, only a trace of indescribable worry flashed in his eyes.

In the sound of heavy footsteps, Jiang Qin, the fierce general of the navy, strode behind Quan Cong and asked, "Zihuang is worried that the Yellow River will stop flowing?" ”

"yes." Quan Cong nodded, and said worriedly, "The water level of the Yellow River in Baima has dropped several feet in ten days, and at this rate, your navy will have to evacuate Baima in another ten days!" In another half a month, the Yellow River will be completely cut off, and at that time, the Liang army will only need to lay planks and hay on the riverbed to cross the river on foot. ”

Jiang Qin scratched his head and said, "If you don't say it, you really haven't noticed that the water level of the Yellow River has dropped so much." ”

Quan Cong sighed and said: "It's a pity, if the Yellow River continues, our army can at least hold on until the beginning of spring next year, so that the Dadu Governor only needs to face the two armies of Gao Shun and Xu Huang, and the pressure will be much lighter!" ”

Jiang Qin patted Quan Cong's shoulder and comforted: "Zihuang doesn't have to blame himself, this is the will of heaven, it's not that you don't defend the city effectively, not to mention that the Metropolitan Governor only lets you hold on until the end of December, as long as it takes another half a month, the task will be completed." ”

"Report ......" Jiang Qin's voice fell, and a junior colonel hurriedly came to say, "General, the enemy army has begun to attack again." ”

"This Tian Yu is really not worry-free." Quan Cong breathed a sigh of relief and said to Jiang Qin, "If you go some, you can do it yourself." ”

With that, Quan Cong turned around and walked away.

Jiang Qin shouted at Quan Cong's back: "Zihuang, at the end of the month, a certain person will lead a team of small boats to meet him!" ”

Quan Cong turned his head and shook his fist at Jiang Qin, and said loudly: "There is Lao Gongyi." ”

……

(To be continued)