Chapter 548: The Great Flood Floods the Central Plains
I saw Sima Lao bowing to Cao Cao, and the originally calm expression before saluting was already changed to a murderous aura on his face after he raised his head again. Sima Yi looked in the direction of the north and said to Cao Cao: "Yi's plan is to break the water of the Yellow River to flood Zhang Xiu!" "Hiss one one one"
Guo Jia and the others in the tent gasped at the same time when they heard this, and the expression on Cao Cao's face became extremely solemn!
When Xun You heard this, he immediately said, "No! The amount of water in the Yellow River is so large, and it is summer now, and it is the flood season of the Yellow River, if it is done, the entire western part of Yanzhou and the northwest of Yuzhou will be flooded by the Yellow River! These are all places that the lord has been operating for more than ten years, and once there was a big flood, the number of Liangtian City was destroyed! At this time, Cao Cao's face was cloudy, obviously thinking about the pros and cons of this obituary.
Sima Yi saw it and said: "Although what Xun Shangshu said is reasonable, but at this time, our army has no chance of winning in the face of Zhang Xiu's army. And Zhang Xiu only needs to wait for Nanyang to break through Xiangcheng, then not only Xuchang is in danger, but our army will also suffer from the enemy. And if this water plan is carried out, one is to break the army of embroidery here.
Second, the western part of Yanzhou and the northwest part of Yuzhou became an ocean, and Zhang Xiu's army could not come again, so that our army could turn to attack Nanyang. I know that there are a lot of mountains in Nanyang County, which is not suitable for Zhang Xiu's cavalry. ”
After a pause, Sima Yi continued: "Although the water of the Yellow River will flood the western part of Yanzhou and the northwest of Yuzhou, it will not escape the catastrophe of Sizhou due to the backflow of the river. The two Xiongguan of Tiger Prison and Bishui can be destroyed overnight, and in the future, our army will also attack Sizhou when there is no danger, and the fertile fields east of Luoyang can be destroyed. And with the power of the water, Luoyang City is afraid that it will not escape it. Luoyang, which Zhang Xiu worked so hard to manage, was destroyed all at once, and the loss of Luoyang City can definitely be worth the loss of Yanzhou and Yuzhou! Fourth, if our army breaks Zhang Xiu, then the morale of the 300,000 troops in Hebei will be greatly boosted, and the situation in Hebei will turn into favorable to our army! With such a number in one fell swoop, Yi thought that this plan was absolutely feasible! ”
Liu Yan heard this, and said with eyebrows: "Having said that, as soon as the water of the Yellow River is released, the entire western part of the Central Plains will be destroyed, and millions of people will be affected, and the foundation of the lord will only be afraid of ......."
Before Liu Ye finished speaking, Cao Cao waved his hand on the throne and said, "No need to say more!" This phase decided to do this plan! Xun You and Liu Ye were anxious when they heard this, and they all looked at Guo Jia with their eyes.
Guo Jia shook his head when he saw it, and said: "Gongda, Ziyang, Jia is also in favor of Zhongda's plan. If this battle can't hit Zhang Xiu hard, then there will be no way to stop Zhang Xiu's power from now on. In this plan, although our army suffered heavy losses, Zhang Xiu also did the same, but our army still had the strength to fight. If Liu Bei's side is defeated, our army will have no chance, so Jia Yi has to do it! ”
Cao Cao "Teng" stood up, pressed his sword in his hand and shouted: "Those who achieve great things are not informal!" Fengxiao, Zhongda, this plan is implemented by the two of you, Ziwen, and the people of your headquarters obey the dispatch of the two gentlemen, and there must be no mistakes! Guo Jia, Sima Yi and Cao Zhang arched and responded in unison: "No...... Under Xiangcheng, Zhang Xiu's army was in the array.
Xu Min saw that Cao Jun was retreating step by step, and the formation was not in chaos, and he knew that Gao Shun could not take much advantage there. So he snorted lightly and ordered loudly: "Order Li Yan to lead the Jingyan team forward!" Let Zhang Ren and Ling Bao lead the army to guard the Jing Yan team! Ordered the Breaking Front Battalion to line up for the time being! ”
Xu Min's three orders were issued, and Li Yan took the lead in directing the well guards to advance, and there was a "crunching" sound when the well guards were advancing. Xu Huang, who originally hated this kind of voice very much, heard it today, but his mood was extremely comfortable.
Li Yan commanded the Jingqian team to advance, and Zhang Ren and Ling Bao each led a large army to line up to guard the Jingqian team and follow the Jingqian team to advance. And after Gao Shun in front heard Xu Huang's order, he also stopped and rearranged the phalanx.
Xu Huang half-squinted his eyes, waiting for the Jing Yan team to push not far from the city wall of Xiangcheng, and suddenly waved his hand, and the war drum that had erupted into an earth-shattering sound stopped. As soon as the war drums stopped, it was the order for Xu Huang and Li Yan to make an appointment to attack before the battle, only to see Li Yan in front of him suddenly shouting: "Well team, release arrows!" Shoot all the enemies at the head of the city! "Boom Blah Blah 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Li Yan gave an order, and the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time on the well would be soft, and sharp arrows poured one after another on the city. Although it didn't take long for the hands of these soldiers to be cut by the bowstring in many places, there was such a chance to kill the enemy without any danger, and the soldiers would not let it go.
The soldiers on the well were afraid that there would not be enough sharp arrows, so they grabbed another cluster before they could finish shooting. This shows the high morale of the sergeant in the year.
Sharp arrows poured down on the city, suppressing the defenders of Xiangcheng at once. Seeing this, Xu Min in the back shouted: "Drumming!" Ordered Zhang Ren and Ling Bao to lead the headquarters to attack the city! The Breaker Battalion is on guard in the rear! But Xu Huang was worried that there were preparations in the city, and he was afraid that there would be too many casualties among the soldiers of the Pofeng Battalion, so he first asked Zhang Renshang and Ling Bao to lead the army to attack the city, thinking that it was a temptation.
On top of Xiangcheng, Le Jin held a shield and braved the rain of arrows as soon as he rushed to the city, when he found that Zhang Xiujun had begun to attack the city in a big way. Le Jin walked quickly to the top of the city tower and came to Cao Ang's side.
At this time, Cao Ang was in command, and when he saw Dele coming in, Cao Ang hurriedly said: "The enemy army is about to attack the city, Wen Qian, you will lead an army to the top of the city to resist the enemy's attack!" "Le Jin listened) frowned and said="The eldest prince) The enemy army is strong) Jing Yan is powerful and 111111"
Before he finished speaking, Cao Ang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Ben Jiang has already asked people to bring up the fire oil, and Wen Ze is also preparing flammable things such as rolling wood, only if it is burned with the fire, it can be resisted today."
Le Jin listened, nodded knowingly, snatched the Bopi shield in the hand of a scholar next to him, and rushed to the edge of the female wall outside with a war knife.
At this time, Zhang Ren and Ling Bao had already commanded the army to attack up, because the Cao army in the city was suppressed by Jing Yan, many Zhang Xiu soldiers below were able to rush to the city. Le Jin didn't dare to slack off, holding a leather shield to resist the bitter rain in one hand, and dancing a war knife in the other, casually slashing down the two Zhang Xiu sergeants who rushed to the city!
Later, Cao was rare to be brave and brave, and his morale soared, and with a cheer, he danced weapons and killed several Zhang Xiu soldiers who rushed to the city! "Puff puff 111111"
However, these Cao Jun were not happy for long, and Sergeant Zhang Xiu on the top of the well saw the gap, and the sharp arrow shot out suddenly. With a few soft sounds, several Sergeant Cao soldiers were shot in the head and killed on the spot. Le Jin saw it) anxious = "Pay attention to the sharp arrows on the head, one by one, one by one" before Le Jin's words were finished) Suddenly, a strong wind appeared in his ears, Le Jin dared to slacken, the war knife in his hand was turned over, only to hear a "ding" sound, a sharp arrow was knocked away by Le Jin's war knife, but the sharp shock of the hands made Le Jin feel that the arm strength of the archery shooter was extremely strong, and it was not comparable to ordinary soldiers.
Le Jin looked up, and sure enough, he saw a general on the well holding a big bow aimed at him. Before Le Jin could take a closer look, the sharp arrow struck again. In desperation, Le Jin stepped on the mysterious steps and dodged before the sharp arrow came.
On the top of the idle well, Li Yan saw that one of his arrows was blocked, and one arrow was dodged. But he snorted lightly and muttered to himself: "I will see how long you can hold on!" After speaking, he took another sharp arrow and shot towards Le condescendingly!" P-swoop ......"
At this time, Le Jin was extremely angry in his heart, Li Yan on the top of the well had already fought against him, and the big 5 in his hand only recognized himself. Wherever he went, his bow and arrows found him. Li Yan is not a weak hand, although he has always held a civilian job, but his martial arts have not been pulled down.
With a bow and arrow in one hand, Lejin kept dodging in the city, and there was no chance to lead Cao's army to resist the attack of Zhang Xiujun's army below. "Throw the oil! Throw the oil ......"
At this moment, Le Jin only heard Cao Ang's shouting from the side, and then saw the soldiers behind Cao Ang throwing an urn of fire oil into the city. "Herding Rocket...... Throwing torches...... "Hoo 111111"
The oil was dropped, followed by rockets and torches. The city has long been covered with a large number of rolling logs, which is when Le Jin and Li Yan were entangled, Yu Ban led people to throw them down from the city. And when the oil was dropped, it splashed on the rolling logs, and the rockets and torches ignited the oil under the city at once, and spread rapidly!
Seeing the fire ignited, Cao Ang, Le Jin, Yu Ban and others all breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the formation of the army outside the city, Xu Huang snorted coldly and scolded: "Survive!" Then he waved his hand and shouted: "Order, Mingjin withdraws the troops!" Xu Huang is not an unwise person, although his heart is full of revenge anger, but in the face of a fire that cannot be resisted by manpower, Xu Huang also knows that continuing to attack like this is just a joke with the lives of the soldiers, so he ordered the troops to be withdrawn.
The battle lasted for most of the day, except for the last time when Zhang Ren and Ling Bao led people to attack the city, they suffered more losses, and the army basically did not suffer much losses. A little bit of statistics shows that there are more than seven wounded in total, of which less than 1,000 were killed. On the other hand, the Cao army's losses in the city cannot be counted, but outside the city alone, the Cao army has already thrown down more than 3,000 corpses. The vast majority of these Cao troops were killed by the Pofeng Battalion.
A head-to-head battle can kill so many enemy troops and lose less than one-tenth of the enemy's losses, such combat power is truly terrifying! Although the previous Breaking Battalion claimed to be able to fight ten against one, it could not really do it, at most it was one against five, and it still needed the war to go smoothly. However, in the face of the elite Qingzhou soldiers of the Cao Army today, the Broken Front Battalion can indeed achieve one enemy and ten, worthy of the name of elite!
Xu Huang, Li Yan and others, who met for the first time, thought of such a casualty ratio, and their hearts rose with incredible looks. At the same time, I also understood why Zhang Xiu attached so much importance to Gao Shun and could train such a strong army, but he was afraid that he was the only one in the world.
Looking at the head of Xiangcheng, Xu Huang just smiled coldly, and said in his heart: "Cao Jiazi, this will depend on how long you can defend this Xiangcheng!" On the day the city is broken, you will have to pay for it with blood! ”
While Xu Huang was pondering, a junior colonel quickly came to Xu Huang's side and reported: "General, the people of the eldest prince's department immediately went to Funiu Mountain, and they have not returned at this time......
Before he finished speaking, Xu Huang's face changed greatly, and he lost his voice: "What! Then he shouted: "Then don't you go to the frog quickly" "Wait! ”
When Xu Huang was anxious, when he heard this voice, he suddenly looked over and saw that it was Chen Gong who spoke. Xu Huang endured his anxious mood and asked, "What's wrong with Gongtai?" Chen Gong smiled slightly and said, "The eldest prince may be able to perform miraculous feats here, and Gongming doesn't need to worry about it." ”
Xu Yan heard this, opened his mouth and said: "Having said that, the eldest prince is the eldest son of the lord after all
Chen Gong smiled and said: "The lord let the eldest prince lead the troops, but also to let him exercise more and not want the eldest prince to become a gentleman." It's not a good thing for Gongming to be too protective of him, but I'm afraid that the lord will blame him for it. ”
Xu Yang heard it and said helplessly: "Mr. is reasonable, then let him be." After speaking, he said with a big smile: "Go back to the camp!" "Zhang Xiu camp in Yanzhou.
Zhang Xiugang inspected the camp and returned to the tent when he found that there was nothing wrong. Soon after entering the account, I saw Jia Xu and Zhang Liao rushing in from outside. The two of them didn't care about saluting, so Jia Xu said loudly: "Lord, something is wrong!" Leave the camp now! Zhang Xiu rarely saw Jia Xu so anxious, so he said strangely: "Why is Wen He panicking?" ”
Zhang Liao couldn't take care of it, stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Xiu and said: "Don't talk nonsense, my lord, Cao Jun dug the embankment of the Yellow River and released the water of the Yellow River to flood the Central Plains!" At this time, Hong Feng is about to arrive in Longxian, and I am afraid that he will come here in less than half a day! ”
When Zhang Xiu heard this, his face suddenly turned pale, and he couldn't care about anything else at this time, and went out directly after snatching the tiger head golden gun. At this time, Hu Che'er had already brought Sa Lu, and Zhang Xiu jumped on the horse before asking: "Wenhe, can you let the soldiers escape?" ”
Jia Xu also got on the horse at this time and said: "My lord, rest assured, Xu has asked Pang Zhen and Pang De to take the scooter out of the camp and go to Guancheng first" and stationed on the wall of Guancheng. Meng Qi and they have also ordered the cavalry, and the lord will go first. ”
At this time, Wang Shuang had already led a team of soldiers and horses to come, and after seeing Zhang Xiu, he couldn't take care of the salute and said, "Lord, go quickly!" ”
Zhang Xiu nodded and said to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan protects Wenhe, Lao Hu, let's go!" After saying that, he rode forward, and Wang Shuang led the army to open the way.
Jia Xu and Zhang Liao followed, only to hear Jia Xu hurriedly say: "The lord and go to the southeast, the west of Meishan is occupied by Cao's army!" Zhang Xiu nodded knowingly.
At this time, Zhang Xiu's camp was already in chaos. In addition to Pang Rou leading the foot soldiers to set off first, Ma Chao, Hua Xiong, Zhou Cang and others couldn't help but point out in the camp, and felt that the number of people was enough and didn't care about those who were slow, so they immediately led the army out of the camp and fled to the southeast.
The entire battalion of nearly 70,000 troops suddenly fled and staged a thousand-mile escape in the western part of Yanzhou! Fortunately, the place where Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao fought was some distance away from the Yellow River, so they had a chance to escape, otherwise they would be confused and become a ghost in the water. As for the Tiger Prison, Bishui and Luoyang, Zhang Xiu can't take care of it anymore. At this time, it can be said that every second is at stake, and life is at stake!
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