Yong'an, Zhang Xiu's official residence.

Zhang Song hurriedly walked into the side hall, hugged his fist at Zhang Xiu and asked, "The general was summoned late at night, I don't know what is urgent?" ”

Zhang Xiusu pointed to Lei Tong next to him with his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Let's let General Lei Tong talk about it." ”

Lei Tong nodded and said: "The recent movements of the army are very suspicious, General Zhang Ren ordered the last general to tell the general and Lord Assassin Shi that they must be vigilant and beware of Cao Jun taking a small road to attack Yong'an." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Song said in a deep voice, "General, can you tell me how suspicious Cao Jun's actions are?" ”

Lei Tong said: "Cao Jun has been building a plank road on the right side of the river, and General Zhang Ren thought that Cao Jun was repairing the plank road in the Ming Dynasty and secretly crossing Chencang. ”

"Ming Xiu plank road, secretly cross Chen Cang?" Zhang Xiu's expression was grim, and he turned his head to look at Zhang Song and said, "Lord Zhang, is there really another way to enter Sichuan from Jingzhou?" ”

"This ......" Zhang Song shook his head after pondering for a moment, "It's really hard to say, although I know the terrain of Xichuan quite well, it is impossible to visit every corner of Xichuan, and it is completely possible that there are hidden paths in the depths of Wushan and Bashan that I don't know, but even if there is a small road to pass, it must be extremely steep, and the army is afraid that it will be difficult to pass?" ”

Zhang Xiu said: "If there is really such a path, how is it better than the Chencang Trail and the Meridian Valley Trail?" ”

Zhang Song said: "That should be about the same." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Xiu said, "I understand." ”

After saying this, Zhang Xiu said to Lei Tong: "General Lei Tong." ”

Lei Tong hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "The end will be." ”

Zhang Xiu said: "The general can rush back to Lubaipu overnight, please be sure to tell General Zhang Ren, let his 30,000 army be stuck there like nails, no matter what happens in the outside world, you are not allowed to act rashly, let alone attack without authorization!" Even if Yong'an is captured, or even Chengdu is captured, don't pay attention to it! As long as he guards the Yubelly Pu, it will be a great achievement, on the contrary, if he loses the Yubelly Pu, even if he kills Cao Ying in front of the battle, the general will punish him! ”

Lei Tong said: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Zhang Xiu waved his hand and said, "The general should go quickly." ”

"The last will be retired."

Lei Tong shook his hand, turned around and walked away.

Seeing Lei Tong leave, Zhang Song said quietly: "The general is preparing to respond to all changes with no change? ”

"Not bad." Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Cao Ying has experienced a hundred battles, and the army is treacherous, and the lord and military division are also extremely jealous of him. The strategy of dividing troops to guard fortresses and cities seems to be indeed passive, and it is easy to be broken by Cao Ying, and eaten away one bite at a time, but this is exactly what General Ben intended! ”

"Hmm." Zhang Song said in a deep voice, "The general's intention is to divide his troops to resist the enemy, resist step by step, and exchange troops and space for time, right?" ”

"Exactly." Zhang Xiu clenched his fists and shouted, "No matter how powerful Cao Ying is, can he fight from Yong'an to Chengdu within half a year?" But half a year later, the lord had already won the battle of Huainan, and when the time came, it was too late for Cao Ying to return to his division to save himself! The reason why the last general let Zhang Ren's 30,000 army get stuck like a nail in Yubeipu is to force them to take the path again, hehe. ”

Zhang Song stroked his willow whiskers under his chin, and suddenly asked, "But has the general ever thought about what if the prime minister is defeated in Huainan?" ”

"No, you can't." Zhang Xiu said categorically, "This is absolutely impossible." ”

Zhang Song said: "General, don't forget, throughout the ages, there have been many examples of defeating the strong with the weak and attacking the crowd with outnumbered, not to mention far away, just talking about the battle of Guandu between Yuan Shao and Cao Ying, didn't Cao Ying defeat Yuan Shao's 300,000 army with 30,000 weak brigades?" ”

"That's different! Sun Quan is not Cao Ying, and the lord is not Yuan Shao. Zhang Xiu said this, a trace of essence suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he turned back to Zhang Song and said, "Retreat 10,000, even if the lord is really defeated in Huainan, it doesn't matter, don't forget, my lord, there is Ma Chao under the lord's account, the young general has been on an expedition to the Western Regions for more than a year, and he may return to the Central Plains at any time." ”

Zhang Song said: "General, don't get me wrong, this official is what he said, in fact, now the entire Xichuan scholar clan has been tied to the prime minister, it can be said that one is prosperous and one is lost, and the official and the entire Xichuan scholar clan will never turn their backs on the prime minister!" This official will put his words here today, this old life is handed over to you by the general, Zhang Songcun will survive in eternal peace, and Zhang Song will die if Yong'an is lost! ”

"Okay." Zhang Xiulang said, "Lord Chong's words, your friend will be handed over at the end!" ”

The two big hands clasped together, and the two looked at each other and laughed loudly.

……

The next morning was early in the morning.

Outside the east gate of Yong'an, Wei Yan took dozens of soldiers of Qiao Xiang Badong woodcutter to lurk in the grass of Dongxiao, was observing the movement of Yong'an, and looked from afar, only to see two teams of ironclad soldiers standing outside the east gate of Yong'an, a small colonel with two soldiers were carefully interrogating the people entering the city.

Wei Yan couldn't help but look back at the dozens of bundles of firewood behind him, these bundles of firewood could hide weapons.

"General, the situation is not good." A soldier leaned forward and whispered, "The search of the Liang army is very strict, look at this posture, don't even want to hide your weapons in the bundle of firewood and sneak into the city, what should I do?"

Another soldier said, "Why don't you bring weapons at all?" ”

"Nope." Wei Yan said categorically, "If you don't bring weapons into the city, you're not going to die." ”

"What do you say, general?"

"Hmm." Wei Yan pondered for a moment, summoned the three soldiers to him, and ordered, "You three go and test it first, and the defenders must be calm when they interrogate, don't show your feet, remember?" ”

"General rest assured." The veteran in the lead took two bundles of dry firewood and beckoned to the other two soldiers, "Go." ”

Wei Yan waved his hand, led the remaining soldiers to hide in the grass, and watched nervously as the three soldiers swaggered towards the Yong'an City Gate. ”

The veteran of the Cao Army, who was in the lead, hurriedly put down the firewood on his shoulders and said with a smile: "Master Jun, the old man is a woodcutter in the mountains near here, and he didn't take his two sons to cut a few bundles of dry firewood and come to the city to sell, and he plans to change a few feet of cloth and go back to prepare to tell his younger son about family affairs, hehe, hehe." ”

"A woodcutter in the nearby mountains?" The junior colonel of the defending army circled around the veteran of the Cao army twice, and suddenly shouted, "Nonsense, I think you look like a thin man, come here, tie this guy!" ”

"Yes!"

The two soldiers responded with a bang, and pounced like wolves.

The face of the veteran Cao Jun changed, he turned around and glanced at the two soldiers behind him, and shouted: "Copy the guy, cut the fuck!" ”

With a sudden whistle, the three Cao Jun annihilated and took out three machetes from the bundle of firewood, and the sword light Huo Huo slashed at the two defenders who came forward, and the defender colonel's face sank, and he shouted: "Okay, it's really annihilation!" ”

In the grass in the distance.

"Hey." Wei Yan slapped the ground hatefully and said in annoyance, "This stupid! ”

"General, why don't you take the opportunity to seize the city gate?"

"Take the opportunity to snatch the city gates? You're looking for death! Wei Yan turned his head and glared at the questioning soldier and shouted, "Go back!" Yong'an's guards are so tight that we can't even get in. ”

……

Yubellypu, Zhang Ren Daying.

"Understood." Zhang Ren nodded and said to Lei Tong, "General Ben already understands the intentions of General Zhang Xiu and Lord Zhang Song. ”

Lei Tong asked, "What is the purpose?" ”

Zhang Ren replied: "This is to exchange troops and space for time!" With our army guarding in Yubeipu, just waiting for the prime minister to defeat Sun Wu in Huainan and take advantage of the situation to sweep Jingxiang, it will be difficult for Cao Ying to retreat! Hehe, the world is really changing, just yesterday, General Ben was worried that Cao Ying would really surprise the army, but now, General Ben hopes that Cao Ying can really find a path into Sichuan. ”

……

Huainan, Yanfengjin.

Located at the confluence of the Yingshui and Huai Rivers, Yanfengjin was originally only twenty miles of water, and then there was a large area of alluvial sand.

After forcibly moving the people of Xuzhou into Huainan, Zhou Yu levied 400,000 laborers to build a cofferdam, so that the water area of Yanfengjin expanded from a mere 20 miles to a radius of more than 200 miles. Suddenly, a trace of extraordinary solemnity passed over Lu Xun's young handsome face.

Once this cofferdam embankment is dug up, it will not only be the 200,000 cavalry army of the horse butcher and the 100,000 elites of Gao Shun who will be drowned, but also the more than 4 million innocent people in Huainan! Speaking from his heart, Lu Xun was really unwilling to dig the cofferdam embankment, but the military order was like a mountain, for the great cause of the lord, for the life and death of the Wu army, Lu Xun had no choice.

The evening breeze was blowing, blowing Lu Xun's cloak, hunting sounded, at this moment, Lu Xun's figure looked particularly cold.

"General!" The adjutant general leaned forward and said with some reluctance, "Are you waiting?" ”

"No need." Lu Xun raised his hand, shook his head and said, "Don't wait any longer, there will be no more miracles, and time waits for no one, if the Liang army's exploration horses discover the cofferdam embankment of Yanfengjin and prepare in advance, then the good intentions of the governor will be in vain." ”

"Ugh."

The adjutant sighed and tilted his head.

Lu Xun looked up to the sky, the stars were brilliant, like the lights of thousands of homes, and suddenly, the corners of Lu Xun's mouth had bloomed with a trace of cold hideousness, and he shouted word by word: "Order, dig up the cofferdam embankment!" ”

"Yes!" The partial general suddenly agreed, turned around and waved his hand and shouted, "The general has an order, dig the embankment!" ”

Two thousand soldiers of the Wu army who were waiting for the battle quickly waved their hoes and began to dig, and in less than a moment they dug a hole in the embankment, and the lake water that was as gentle as a woman slowly overflowed along the opening, and under the all-pervasive infiltration of the lake, the soil on both sides of the gap quickly softened and fell, and then expanded rapidly, and soon, the lake in the cofferdam embankment changed from a gentle woman to a raging lion, rushing down............

Thirty miles southwest of Shouchun, the camp of the Liang army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, when Gao Shunzheng was discussing with Gan Ning, a junior colonel suddenly hurriedly entered the account, knelt on the ground and said urgently: "General, the prime minister's military order!" ”

"The Lord's urgent order?" Gao Shun shouted, "Speak quickly." ”

The little colonel gasped and said, "The Wu army may flood Shouchun at any time, let the general prepare in advance!" ”

"What? Flooded Shouchun! Gao Shun, who has always been Mount Tai collapsing in front of him and not changing color, couldn't help but gasp, and asked in a condensed voice, "You mean that Wu Jun wants to flood Shouchun?" ”

The colonel nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

"His grandfather's, it looks like Wu Jun is going to make a desperate bet." Gan Ning said awe-inspiringly, "Fortunately, the lord discovered the conspiracy of Dongwu in time, otherwise when our army rushed to Shouchun City unprepared, it hit the monstrous waves head-on, and after the flood, Shouchun will become Zeguo within a radius of hundreds of miles, and at this time, the Dongwu Navy will come out to chase and kill, and the consequences are really unimaginable!" ”

"It's broken!" Gao Shun suddenly shouted, "Someone! ”

"What does the general command?"

Gao Shun's voice fell, and some soldiers had already stepped into the tent.

Gao Shun shouted: "Immediately send an order to General Xu Chu and let his eight thousand iron cavalry retreat immediately!" ”

"Yes."

The soldiers agreed and took the order.

Gan Ning suddenly came out and shouted: "General, if the Wu army really wants to flood Shouchun, then the water storage cofferdam must be built in the upper reaches of the Huai River!" Why don't you let the last general lead the Jinfan Navy to go up the Huai River to find the water storage cofferdam of Soochow? If you can arrive before the cofferdam is dug in Eastern Wu, it is still possible to destroy the plan of the Wu army! ”

"It's too late!" Gao Shun shook his head and said, "If Wu Jun really decided to flood Shouchun, how could he leave such a flaw?" Besides, the general led the Jinfan Navy to go up the Huai River at this time, and it was too risky to hit the flood head-on! After the end of the battle of Huainan, the lord will inevitably dispatch elite soldiers and strong generals to take advantage of the situation to attack Jiangdong, and the Jinfan naval army without the general will not be successful, so the general will never let you take this risk. ”

……

It was late at night, and everything was silent.

Zhou Yu stood at the head of Shouchun City under the support of Tai Shici, Zhu Ran, and Xie Jing, and looked at the Liangjun camp in the north.

The sound of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded, Zhou Yu looked back leisurely, and saw Lu Meng hurrying forward surrounded by Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng, and walked in front of Zhou Yu, Lu Meng clenched his fists and said: "Governor, all the warships of the navy have all anchored and tied their cables!" No matter how big the flood is, as long as the city wall of Shouchun does not collapse, the warships of the naval army will never be washed away! ”

"Hmm."

Zhou Yu nodded when he heard this, and then did not react.

The general Xie Jing couldn't help but slam his fist on the female wall, and shouted loudly: "It seems that the Xiliang army is defenseless, haha, this sudden monstrous flood will definitely drown most of these hundreds of thousands of Xiliang pigs, and the remaining half will be handed over to Lu Dudu's army, hehe, when it comes to the water, these Xiliang pigs are simply vulnerable, our army will win this battle!" ”

"That's it!" The general Zhu Ran also chimed in, "It is worthy of being the governor of the capital, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the horse butcher were wiped out with a single gesture, haha." ”

Zhou Yu's face suddenly became extremely embarrassed, and he turned around and left.

It wasn't until Zhou Yu's figure disappeared into the enemy tower that Zhu Ran and Xie Jing looked around in a panic and said, "What's wrong with the Metropolitan Governor?" Did the Admiral say the wrong thing? ”

"Of course the Metropolitan is angry!" Lu Meng snorted and stepped forward and said, "Are you happy?" Well? What is there to be happy about! Is this something to be happy about? What if the hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops who wiped out the horse butcher? Under the rule of the horse butcher, the territory is vast and the population is large, and in a few years, he will be able to raise hundreds of thousands of troops again! ”

"Also, don't you know that after this flood, the whole of Huainan will become a flood? Do you know how many innocent people are going to die in this disaster? How will the surviving Huainan people view us? From now on, if we set foot in Jiangbei again, we will suffer unimaginable resistance, do you know this? ”

"So what?" Xie Jing said disapprerovingly, "In a war, people have to die, and it's better to let the people die than to let the soldiers die, right?" And what can these defenseless people do? What about resistance? If you are disobedient, you can just cut them with a knife, and last winter, didn't you also use this method to drive them from Xuzhou to Huainan? ”

Zhu Ran also chimed in: "That is, don't look at the millions of people they have, but as long as we send a few thousand people, we can drive them to Huainan like sheep." ”

"Alas, last winter, millions of Xuzhou people were able to move so easily to Huainan because the lord's reputation was better than that of the horse butcher, but after the battle of Huainan, it will be different." Lu Meng said this, shook his head and sighed, "I don't understand these things, I don't understand these things, let's go down and prepare, there is still a fierce battle waiting for you after dawn!" ”

(To be continued)