Let's say that Zhang Yu and Yu Ban discussed for a while, and finally decided not to kill Wei Tuling, to catch him, so as to threaten his brothers, as long as the vanguard of their four brothers is subdued, then the Xianbei army's sharp spirit will inevitably suffer a heavy setback, so it is not a problem to swallow Xianbei in the end.

At ten o'clock in the starry night, Zhang Pre brought the army to bring the head of the river, they had already blocked the river there, and it took more than ten days to finally cut off the river, but after all, it was not a modern project, and in order to ensure that it was convenient to release water, most of them used huge wood, and each wood was tied with a rope.

When he reached the edge of the dam, Zhang ordered the soldiers to tie the ropes on the woods to the horses, and then drove dozens of horses at the same time, only to hear the sound of rolling wood, followed by the loud sound of flooding down. Seeing the flood falling, Zhang Pre immediately withdrew there with his army, and then took the wooden boat they had already prepared, ready to enter the battlefield, they were not good at water warfare, so they just chose to surround Wei Tuling and make him surrender.

However, a large part of the army has received Zu Zhao's water training, and these troops were specially trained by Zu Zhao from the south to rescue most of the troops who attacked tonight. In fact, they were all more or less able to fight on the water, and the Xianbei army was not good at fighting on the water, and they were submerged by this great water, and there were no warships, so this battle was almost lost. However, Zhang Yu still didn't dare to be careless, and ordered the army to be on standby at all times, which was equivalent to prohibiting the place from issuing an order and surrounding it.

The guards heard this sound, and they didn't know what the sound of this thing was, like the sound of big water, but they didn't know that the third watch in the middle of the night, the weather was also Qinglang's, how could there be such a sound of water, so they hurriedly reported it to Wei Tuling's personal guard. The guard entered Wei Tuling's tent and was about to report, but he saw that Wei Tuling had also woken up, so he stood up directly and asked what was going on.

The guard reported that everyone didn't know what the sound of the road was, it sounded like the sound of running water from the waterfall, but he didn't know why it was such a loud sound, and he was about to report the situation. Wei Tuling listened, and also went out to check, and asked people to light torches, but the irradiation range of the torches was not so far at all, how could they see the situation there.

Yu Tuling also vaguely felt that something was wrong in his heart, what was going on with this sudden sound of water, if it was the sound of water, it would be fine, after all, although it was low here, it would not necessarily be flooded, because there was still enough space for the flowing water to slip out. So he immediately sent an army to see what was going on.

When a pair of soldiers received the order, they immediately lit their torches, mounted their mounts, and hurried away. After walking for a short time, there was a sound of water under his feet, and when he looked closely, it turned out that the horse's hooves had been submerged in the water for almost half of his legs, and the sound in front of him was still rumbling. The soldiers were horrified, they had also come here to patrol during the day, but there was no water here, why did they suddenly have so much water at this time.

Just as he was hesitating, suddenly a snow-white came in front of him, and at the same time he heard the sound of tumbling and flying. When the soldier at the front saw this kind of driving, he knew that there was a flood rolling on it, and according to such a respectful situation, it would definitely break down their barracks, not to mention the grain and grass they brought and the weapons that the soldiers could not afford to pick up, they would definitely be swallowed up by this great water, and the most terrible thing was that such a large water was enough to wipe out their entire army.

"It's not good, it must be the enemy attacking with water, go back quickly and report to the general, let everyone retreat." A soldier said, but before he could finish speaking, before he could turn his horse's head, a huge wave crashed up, and he was already drowned in the water with his men and horses. The other soldiers, who were too late, were also swallowed up by the water. None of them knew the nature of water, and when they swallowed it, they were immediately filled with water, and at last they lay on their horses and floated up with their mounts, but all of them were wounded, and their faces were full of scars. They did not move to swim and could only be swept away with their horses. Some of the cowardly ones were washed straight off the horse's back, and with a terrible cry, they disappeared into the dark water.

The rest of the soldiers saw that several people had been swallowed up by the water, where to stay here for a moment, immediately turned the horse's head and galloped back to the base camp, on the way there were cowards, and when they turned around and saw the water following behind them, they were directly frightened and weakened, and finally fell off the horse's back, fell into the flood and disappeared.

The few soldiers who were fortunate enough to escape returned to the camp wet, and hurriedly reported to Wei Tuling: "Tell the general, the mountain is rolling in, and it is about to flood our barracks, please give the general the order to leave quickly." ”

Although Wei Tuling's heart was shocked, he did not show panic, but said calmly: "What are you panicking, it's dry this day, where will there be so much water." Are you mistaken? ”

The soldier kowtowed and said: "How dare you deceive the general, it is really a flood rolling in, many of our brothers have been swallowed up by the water, if you don't leave quickly, the barracks will soon be flooded, and now where we are, the terrain is a little higher, so there is not much reaction, I guess other low-lying places are already full of floods, even if you leave now, it is also a little dangerous." ”

Wei Tuling scolded: "You don't want to be alarmist and shake the hearts of our army. Even if the big water really comes, it will naturally flow out, we are in a high place, what are we afraid of. Hugh should panic and wait and see what happens. A strategist next to him said: "General, now that the flood is coming, it is really a little unusual, could it be that the Han army opened the gate upstream.4 It has been nearly half a month since they arrived here, if they let them block the water on it, and now there is water to flood us, the consequences really cannot be underestimated." ”

Wei Tuling said: "Why are you so panicked, the so-called soldiers will block the water to cover the earth, this water has a place to come, naturally there will be a place to go, the canyon in front is so big, no matter how big the water from above is, it is impossible to rush here." ”

As he was talking, a soldier suddenly came to report that the water level had been rising, and now it had flooded to Yuanmen. Wei Tuling was shocked when he heard this, the terrain here is on the high side, and the mouth of the canyon below is much lower than here, so it is really incomprehensible that the water will come up like this. He took the generals to the gate to take a look, and sure enough, he saw that the front of the gate had been flooded, and the water at the door had reached more than half a person's height.

Wei Tuling panicked and said, "How can this be, can anyone tell me how this happened?" How did this water come here? What the hell is going on? ”

"General, don't panic, we are leaving quickly now, retreat from the way we came, the water level is not very deep now, we can go back directly on horseback, this must be a trick of the enemy, if we wait for them to surround us, then we really have no way out." The strategist said from Wei Tuling's side.

Wei Tuling had no idea now, so he could only listen to the words of the strategist and immediately ordered the soldiers to mount their horses, while the infantry without mounts followed the cavalry hand in hand, and everyone slowly withdrew from the palace. Everyone got the order, and the cavalry quickly got on their horses, but the infantry was a little panicked, and some of them directly tore the cavalry off in order to survive, trying to go up on their own. As soon as this head was opened, how could it be obtained, and the whole army was in an uproar.

Wei Tuling saw it in his eyes, angry in his heart, he used to see that his army was quite well-trained, and he even saw that they were full of confidence when he took the enemy's ten villages during the day, how could it be that at this time, this was not yet a matter of life and death, and they had already begun to mess up.

"Stop it all, listen to my orders, and kill those who violate the order." Wei Tuling said loudly. When the soldiers heard his shouting, they stopped fighting and stood still, while the cavalry breathed a sigh of relief and finally did not have to be pulled off their horses. At this time, a cavalryman at the door saw that the water level had been rising, but Wei Tuling had not yet given the order to leave, so he panicked, and directly patted the horse's back, and went out of the door, stirring up bursts of water. His move made all the cavalry want to move, and the infantry saw that the cavalry was leaving, and they all wanted to do it again.

Wei Tuling couldn't help but be angry, took the bow and arrow from the hands of the archers, and aimed at the cavalry who was the first to flee is an arrow, only to hear a string sound, the arrow went like a meteor, the bow opened like the autumn moon, the cavalry was shot by an arrow, fell off the horse and fell into the water and disappeared. The mount was frightened, hissed, and fled.

Wei Tuling held the bow in his hand, drew an arrow, and said loudly: "Whoever dares not obey the military order will be killed." Obey my orders, the cavalry mounted their horses, and walked slowly towards the downstream side, and the infantry all held hands, and walked slowly in the direction of the upper reaches, and withdrew from here, and whoever dared to mess with it would not blame me for the ruthlessness of the bow and arrow in my hand.

The soldiers saw that Wei Tuling said so resolutely, and did so decisively, they no longer dared to mess around, obediently obeyed his command, the cavalry rode horses and walked below, and the infantry walked hand in hand, and slowly retreated to the high ground outside.

Seeing that they were about to withdraw from this hollow place and go up to the place where there was no flooding, suddenly torches were lit in all directions, and there were two generals standing in front of them, it was Zhang Pre and Yu Ban, and the soldiers around them, some were responsible for lighting the torches, and some were pulling their bows with arrows and aiming their bows at them.

"General Wei Tuling, we finally met, are you okay?" Yu Ban asked loudly.

"Who are you?" Wei Tuling asked fiercely.

"I am the vanguard general Yu Ban, and I have been waiting for you here for a long time. Will you surrender or not? Yu Ban asked.

Wei Tuling shouted loudly and said: "You use such despicable and shameless means to frame me, what kind of general, I think you will use such a conspiracy and tricks, you have no real ability, if you have the ability, you will fight with me, if you can defeat me, I will surrender, otherwise I will not surrender even if I die." ”

Yu Ban smiled: "You are trapped here by me now, haven't you failed?" Do you want to fight again? What are you going to do with me? ”

Wei Tuling was very unconvinced and said: "I won your ten villages in a row in one day, isn't this my ability?" If you don't use this trick, I will take the rest of your three villages tomorrow and force you back to the Han soil, and I will lead the army to kill your Han Dynasty and destroy you. ”

Yu Ban Ha Luha laughed for a while, and then said coldly: "You are already a prisoner, and you dare to speak so loudly, you take me Shizhai, it is better for me to take you once." Now that our soldiers have taken aim at all your troops, as long as I give an order, arrows rain down, you have no way to retreat, and you will all die here, you vanguard general, but you have so easily killed all your five thousand foot soldiers here, I will give you a quarter of an hour to think about it, and if you don't have an answer to me at that time, then I will order you to be shot. If you want to force your way in, then you can try it too. After Yu Ban finished speaking, he took Zhang Pre to push down the back and let the soldiers surround all the exits.

After retreating to the back, Zhang asked Yu Ban: "Wen Ze, will Wei Tuling really surrender?" ”

Yu Ban shook his head and said: "I heard that this guy is the kind of person who refuses to admit defeat, he naturally won't surrender like this, he will definitely prevent the soldiers from launching a breakthrough, but do you think he can break through?" ”

Zhang Yu shook his head and said: "They are in the water, they have no ability to resist at all, and there are also our troops on the water behind them, they can't advance or retreat, how can they break through." But since he is the kind of person who refuses to admit defeat, will he surrender in the end? ”

Yu Ban said: "I don't know about this. However, if he really does not surrender, then he can be captured alive, and if he can't be captured alive, he can only be killed. There are generals in the art of war, attacking the city, you can kill people in the first city, keep people in the second city, you can also keep people in the first city, kill people in the second city, of course, you can also keep people in the first city, and the second city also keep people, it depends on the specific situation, the reason why you want to do this is nothing more than to deter other armies. ”

"I bet he won't surrender, he'll fight to the death." Zhang said.

Yu Ban smiled: "Okay, I'll make a bet with you once, and the two of us will bet on a can of Silla apples specially made by the lord, and I bet that he will eventually surrender, is it feasible?" ”

Zhang Yu smiled and said, "Bet so big? Well, I'll bet that he will fight to the death and not surrender. When the time comes, you'll be ready to buy me a can of canned apples. It used to be something that only princes and nobles could afford. ”

The two were really talking, and suddenly a soldier came to report that Wei Tuling had ordered the soldiers to be divided into three parts and break through on three sides. Yu Ban was stunned for a moment and asked, "Then which side did their vanguard general Wei Tuling choose to break through?" ”

The soldier replied without knowing what to say, after a period of confusion, he disappeared Wei Tuling, and now they broke through from the south, east, west, and west, and the team in front of them was extremely strong, and it seemed that Wei Tuling was in this team.

Yu Ban shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, that guy can choose to break through on three sides at this time, it seems that he still has a little brain." And he will face the main breakthrough target on our side, then he himself is likely to go downstream or in the opposite direction. ”

Zhang pre-picked up the gun and asked, "Then where will he go?" ”

Yu Ban said: "If my guess is correct, he should break through in the opposite direction of us." If you think about it, we all signed up for discipline, so he naturally knew that it was even more hopeless for him to directly confront the main general, so he broke through in the opposite direction, he was more familiar with the terrain of this generation, and it was easy to cross our pursuit and turn back, and we naturally wouldn't waste energy to track him down. So that he could take advantage of the terrain and return to their army before us. ”

"So, I'll get on the boat and intercept him at once?" Zhang Yu said.

Yu Ban nodded and said: "Go, but you must be careful, this Wei Tuling is very brave, although he is in the water now, but the water is not strong, it can only cause them to be restrictive and reduce their combat ability, but not let them completely lose their combat ability." ”

Zhang Yu agreed, picked up his gun and left. After walking a few steps, he turned around and asked, "If I capture him alive, will it be considered surrender or non-surrender?" ”

Yu Ban smiled: "If you can capture him alive, even if you win, I will definitely buy a can of canned apples for you when I go back." ”

Zhang Zhuha laughed loudly, took the people and horses, jumped on the small wooden boat, and rowed quickly to the opposite side along the upstream direction. Wei Tuling has no boat, so he can only rely on horses, but there is no good horse that can walk on the ground in the water, so it is naturally impossible for Yu Tuling to exceed Zhang Yu's speed.

After Zhang Yu left, Yu Ban also came to the front of the army, only to see that part of Wei Tuling's military strength really formed a formation and wanted to slowly lean over to the shore, and at the same time shot at the Han army from time to time.

Yu Ban saw the formation of the Xianbei army, and admired it in his heart, their circular formation is very suitable for breaking through, both offensive and defensive, it is indeed a good formation, it seems that this captain Tuling has some research on the army in his mind, that is, he won ten villages in a row and was a little careless, the biggest mistake is that he divided his troops and defended, and stationed on this low-lying terrain = down, just intermediate, otherwise to defeat him, it really takes some energy.

Seeing that the Xianbei troops were slowly approaching, Zu Zhao asked the soldiers to attack and persuade them to surrender, as their casualties further increased, the formation began to waver, and Yu Ban also asked the soldiers to stop attacking, saying that as long as they did not resist, then let them go ashore smoothly, but they needed to lose their weapons to ensure that they would not hurt any of them.

After hearing this, the Xianbei Breakthrough Army began to do an ideological struggle, and they also knew that it was very difficult to break through like this, even if they went ashore, they would not be able to defeat the Han army, but if they really lost their weapons, if they broke their promise, then they would no longer have any room to fight back, and they could only wait for death.

Yu Ban said: "I, Yu Ban, promise you that as long as you lay down your weapons and surrender, I will not hurt you a little. ”

When the Xianbei soldiers heard this, some people completely gave up resistance in their hearts, threw away the lance and ton in their hands, and stood quietly in the water watching Yu Ban's troops. Sure enough, Yu Ban did not let the soldiers, but let them go ashore, and when they saw this, all the people gave up resistance and threw away their weapons and climbed ashore. Yu Ban really didn't shoot them, and let them make their own fires to keep warm, but of course there were soldiers around them, and if they tried to mess around, then they would have to kill them.