Chapter 593: Target Dongping
A large group of women rushed over, Diao Chan picked up the little boy, and asked with a distressed face, "Did the fall hurt?" The little boy sobbed with his mouth curled and his big cute eyes, "No, no! No, it doesn't hurt! β
Yan Yuyao squatted down in front of the little girl and complained: "My brother fell, why didn't Weiwei help him?" That's not right, you know? The little girl pouted and said, "Got it." He turned his head and glanced at the little boy, and said angrily: "It's too bad, Weiwei doesn't cry when she falls!" The little boy looked at the little girl aggrievedly. Yan Yuyao educated her: "You are an older sister, you should take care of your younger brother, if you don't take care of it, it is your dereliction of duty, you know?" The little girl puffed out her cheeks.
Diao Chan said: "Sister, don't blame Weiwei. β
The little boy saw several beautiful butterflies flying up and down not far away, and his eyes immediately widened, looking excited and yearning. He left his mother and ran towards the butterflies. The little girl also saw the butterflies and ran over happily.
Yan Yuyao and Diao Chan came together, watching the two children fluttering butterflies and playing among the flowers, with a relieved smile on their beautiful faces.
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Zhang Lang looked at the letter from Jia Xu that had just been sent, revealing a look of thought. Zhang Liao and the others will stand below, all very curious.
Zhang Lang put down the letter, glanced at the generals, and said teasingly: "Wenhe wants to treat me as a suspicious soldier again." Touching his chin and thinking about it, he muttered, "But this strategy should be very feasible!" Raising his head, he gave a series of orders.
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In Yanzhou, Jia Xu continued to come to the hall, and a tiger officer handed Zhang Lang's handwritten letter to Jia Xu, saying: "The general said that a qiΔ will be carried out according to the plan. The general asked his subordinates to remind Mr. that before the official attack is launched, it is extremely necessary to do a good job of concealment, so as not to let the enemy perceive the main intention of our army! Jia Xu hugged his fists and said: "The troubles are returned to the lord, the subordinates know the joints, the lord doesn't have to worry!" The officer clenched his fists and said, "My subordinates retire." Jia Xu immediately said to a staff member next to him: "Send a general for me." The staff immediately stepped forward and accompanied the officer away.
Jia Xu hurriedly opened the letter, read it, and smiled.
Two days later, Zhang Lang led a large army across the Huaishui River and headed for Xuzhou. Along the way, I only saw smoke and dust, and the flag was long.
Xun Yu received the report of the scout, and immediately ordered the city gate to be closed, without his order, anyone who approached the city wall would be killed, and at the same time ordered 100,000 defenders to prepare for battle, and sent scouts to report the situation to Cao Pi.
Cao Pi received Xun Yu's report, and when he saw that it said that Lu Bu's hundreds of thousands of troops crossed the Huaishui River and drove to Xuzhou, he couldn't help but become nervous, and muttered: "I hope Xun Yu and they can resist the attack of Lu Bu's army as we expect!" Sima Yi said: "Xun Yu is cautious and resourceful, 100,000 soldiers are all elite soldiers, and the city of Xuzhou is high and the river is wide, so he will definitely be able to resist the attack of Lu Bu's army!" Cao Pi nodded.
Xu Chu rushed in at the door, hugged his fists and said: "Lord, just now the scout came to report that there is an army in the direction of Yanzhou to move to the south." β
Cao Pi immediately looked at Sima Yi. Sima Yi thought for a long time: "It must be that part of the enemy army on the Yanzhou side is moving in the direction of Xuzhou to support Xuzhou in the war. This is all to be expected. Fortunately, so far, the enemy's movements have been all we expected. β
Cao Pi said: "Now it's up to Cao Ren to open their jaws!" Cao Ren Li Dian escaped from the south of the Yangtze River, all the way back to Xuzhou, the relevant report was then sent to Cao Pi, Cao Pi wanted to behead Cao Ren Li Dian to show the public, but was dissuaded by Sima Yi, under Sima Yi's Jianyi, Cao Ren was appointed as the governor of the offensive operation, commanding the three armies of the land and water, Zhang Jaw as the deputy governor, Li Dian, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei as the general.
Sima Yi frowned and said: "As long as there are no accidents, we should be able to achieve great achievements and change the situation in one fell swoop!" β
Cao Pi nodded and muttered, "May the heavens bless you!" β
In the next few days, news continued to come about the continuous convergence of Lu Bu's troops, horses, and grain and grass towards Xuzhou, and even the most ordinary soldiers felt that Lu Bu was about to launch a fierce offensive against Xuzhou. The Great War is about to break out!
However, the battle on the Xuzhou side did not start, but the Dongping side started the battle first! Countless Lu Bu's army stormed Dongping like surging waves, and countless boulders launched by catapults covered the sky and the sun, smashing up and down the city wall, only to see smoke and dust debris flying all over the sky, and the whole earth seemed to tremble; Standing on the city wall and looking at it, Lu Bu's army couldn't see the end, the swords and guns were shining like a forest of cold light, and the banners were overwhelming!
Cao Pi, Sima Yi and others hurriedly climbed the tall building of the government and saw the scene outside the city, and they were all taken aback. Cao Pi said incredulously: "How can this be?!" Where are so many enemy troops?! Look at this posture, there are at least 800,000 people! What's going on?! β
Sima Yi said with a stern expression: "I'm afraid that we will be fooled!" Lu Bu's main direction of attack is not Xuzhou, but Dongping! Cao Pi was taken aback.
The Lu Bu army outside the city continued to storm fiercely, and the city had fallen into a bloody battle, and the soldiers on both sides sacrificed their lives to fight on the city, and the battle was extremely tragic; The heavy catapult advanced some distance, and then opened fire, and saw the meteor-like stones whistling over the city wall and falling very heavy, and with a loud bang, I saw the houses fall and the houses collapsed, and there was a wail; An assault force of the LΓΌ Bu army rushed under a section of the city wall and piled up bundles of things, and then one soldier poured a jar of fire oil on it, and another soldier threw torches on it, and the army immediately retreated.
Bang!! With a loud bang, the ground shook, and a huge cloud of smoke rose violently from the side of the city wall, spreading its teeth and claws like a monster; The soldiers on both sides of the city wall were shaken to the ground, as if the earth had moved; Even Cao Pi and Sima Yi, who were far away in the attic of the mansion, also stood unsteadily and swayed.
When he calmed down, he saw that the originally difficult city wall had collapsed in half, forming a steep slope leading straight to the wall.
The war drums in Lu Bu's army beat earth-shatteringly, and the 1,000 ironclad cavalry of the Longtao Army led the elite of the 20,000 Longtao Army infantry and the 20,000 foot soldiers of the Luoyang Army, roaring towards the gap, the iron hooves rushed, and the dust swept the sky, and the power was amazing!
A general of the Cao army on the city wall was shocked when he saw Lu Bu's army rushing towards him, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Release the arrow!" Hurry up and release the arrows!! The crossbowmen hurriedly fired arrows at the ironclad warriors who were rushing like a torrent, and for a while the arrows rained down, but the dense rain of arrows hit the ironclad warriors like raindrops, and there was no effect at all, and the ironclad warriors stared at the rain of arrows and killed fiercely!