At the beginning of the summer of 211 AD, Cao Ying used Jia Xu's strategy to break the embankment and flood Cai, forcing Zhang Lang to evacuate Xia Cai and hide in the mountains. In June of the same year, Cao Ying's army marched into Cai, on the one hand, to clean up the mess, on the other hand, to search for Zhang Lang's whereabouts, and began to prepare for the southward Shouchun.

At this time, Zhang Lang knew that he could not hide in the mountains, so he launched a surprise attack on the night when Cao Ying entered Caicheng, Quan Cong and Zhu Huan each led 10,000 soldiers to kill from the mountains on the north and south sides, and Zhang Lang led 30,000 to respond in the middle.

Because Cao Ying had to wake up and was prepared, the soldiers took turns to rest, and the patrol team was extremely serious. The whereabouts of Zhang Lang and his subordinates were soon discovered, and the two armies fought in a melee at night, killing each other, Zhang Lang saw that the sneak attack failed, and soon Mingjin withdrew his troops and retreated in the direction of Shouchun.

Where did Cao Ying dare to give up, and ordered Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun to lead the troops to chase all the way.

How do you know that after Zhang Lang broke the ambush, Cao and Xia were greedy for merit and were ambushed, and Zhang Lang led the killing of a horse pistol, if it wasn't for Cao Lang who heard the news and led the soldiers to come to relieve the siege, I was afraid that Cao and Xia would suffer heavy losses.

After this incident, Cao Ying didn't dare to pursue anymore, so he could only let Zhang Lang retreat all the way, sighing for a long time.

Although Zhang Lang was not captured alive, it didn't take a single soldier to take Cai Cheng, and Cao Ying was also very satisfied.

And at this time, Lu Meng took 20,000 horses to take advantage of Zhang Lang's opportunity to contain Cao Ying, secretly set off from the side of the mountain, and began to go up and down Yingshui, preparing to fight Yingshui again.

Due to the loss of Xia Cai, the form of Shouchun dropped sharply, and the vortex did not find any enemy movements, Ding Feng decisively sent Dong Xi with 10,000 soldiers to reinforce the vortex, hoping to help in case Shouchun was in danger. On the one hand, he was anxious to write to Moling, and asked Zhang Zhao to transfer 10,000 horses from Jingkou and Gu to enter Liyang, so as to prevent that if Shouchun was lost and retreated to the Yangtze River defense line, there would be a buffer place. On the other hand, the fast horse Xiang Xuyi and Guangling asked the Tibetan tyrant to bring 10,000 horses and quickly approached Zhongli.

At the same time, Sun Quan was also ordered to dispatch 10 large Mengchong warships, 30 building ships, and 500 red horse boats to the Huai River from Qu'a Ferry. Xu Shu's several transfers really made the people from all sides of Moling wipe a cold sweat in shock, because all kinds of actions seemed to imply that Shouchun's form was extremely bad and that it was on the verge of collapse. Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Lang asked people to take 20,000 horses back to Shouchun, which calmed the hearts of many people.

In June, Cao Ying personally sat in Xia Cai, and Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun each led 20,000 horses and began to sweep around Xia Cai. Make the last preparations for the southward Shouchun.

In mid-June, when the wind heard that Cai was in danger, Xu Huang of Runan led 30,000 soldiers to fight the enemy, broke through the siege, and forced the army into Dingcheng. Le Jin led the troops out to fight fiercely, and after several intersections, he was defeated by Xu Huang and defeated Xu Tian. Xu Huang's army took the opportunity to go straight to Qian County and wanted to end the momentum of Wuping City. The guards of the Cao army did not dare to be careless, and transferred several troops from all around, intending to besiege Xu Huang. Xu Huang changed his usual steady style, took the sword to the front, turned around and marched rapidly overnight, cooperated with Zhou Yu's army in the west, and went straight to Yingyang, preparing to attack Yingchuan County on both sides.

Xun Or was originally evenly matched with Zhou Yu, but Xu Huang in the middle of the road came to the fierce air cut, which quickly disrupted his overall deployment, and he couldn't help but start to be overstretched in command of the operation. Seeing that the situation was not good at this time, the general of Wuping could only mobilize the army that had just been assembled again, preparing to move west to encircle and suppress Xu Huang's troops, intending to share the pressure on Yingchuan.

After Xu Huang got the news, his subordinates strongly advocated evacuation, because the troops were alone and could not get effective real support, and once they were surrounded, they were afraid that they would never be able to pull out again. Xu Huang angrily reprimanded: "Today, the lord has issued a special golden order to mobilize the Wuping troops, and now it has just made a start, if I evacuate now, I am afraid that the Cao army will also return to Wuping, and what I did before will be in vain." ”

The deputy general analyzed: "General, it's too late to withdraw now, once Lejin really forms an encirclement, our army won't be able to withdraw if it wants to." Another lieutenant general said: "What General Yan said is very reasonable, now there are Xun or troops in the west waiting for them, Lejin in the south has been going south from the flag, and tens of thousands of Cao Jie's troops are coming quickly, if you don't retreat now, the back road will be cut off at that time, and you are afraid that you will fall into a heavy encirclement, and you can't retreat if you want to." ”

Xu Huang's will was extremely firm, and he said loudly: "Okay, if you want to retreat, lead the soldiers who want to retreat back to Runan." Obey the military order and don't want to retreat, then leave and fight to the death with Xu. ”

Seeing Xu Huang's pride, the lieutenant generals couldn't help but say in unison: "The general regards death as home, and we are willing to fight to the death with the general." ”

Xu Huang was overjoyed and said, "Okay, good, this is my good brother." Since everyone wants to fight side by side with Xu Huang, then we will immediately mobilize our troops again and continue to put pressure on Yingyang. Be sure to let Cao Jie bring the troops over. ”

The lieutenants gave the order in unison.

Xu Huang led more than 20,000 people and horses, firmly nailed to Yingyang, and attacked several times, Yingyang was fluttering, and the form took a sharp turn.

At this time, Xun Or finally made a big move, and asked his brother Xun to lead 20,000 Hebei soldiers to support Yingyang.

Xu Huang seemed to be determined to take Yingyang, and he simply ignored the support of Xunjia's troops, and attacked one after another.

Cao Jie, who was still hesitating, was overjoyed when he saw Xu Huang so reckless, and immediately changed the route of the march, bypassed from the side, and cut off his back road. At the same time, Le Jin was killed again by Xu Tian. Coupled with Yingyang's troops and Xunjia's support, Xu Huang was suddenly embattled and surrounded by Cao's army on all sides.

Xu Huang was surrounded, and there was no fear on his face at all, but he raised his arms and drank, encouraged the three armies, and encouraged loudly: "In the past, it was said that Xiang Yu broke the kettle and sank the boat, fought against the water, and created an immortal hegemony, but now our army is also in a desperate situation, and it is in a dilemma. You should follow the example of the Han army and rise up, perhaps a glimmer of life, or we will all die here. ”

The generals and soldiers shouted: "I am willing to fight to the death with the general." ”

Xu Huang led the soldiers to rush and kill, broke the Xun frame in Yingyang, and forced him to flee in the wilderness; Retreat to Xincai, and also axe several famous generals in the Cao battalion, trapping Cao Jie in Zhongyuan, so that he could not move. The name of Xu Huang is powerful in Yanzhou.

Helplessly, Cao Jun's momentum was huge, and when he regained his strength, several people began to echo each other from afar.

After a short period of glory, Xu Huang's army began to lose consecutive battles with the huge disparity in strength, and fled all the way to Changping.

Changping is only a small county, the city is broken and there is no danger to defend, Cao Jun can not retreat, and the surrounding Xu Huang troops are in a hurry many times.

In Changping County, it was said that the 30,000 troops who came out of Runan with Xu Huang dropped sharply to less than 10,000. And Cao Bing is endless, and the water around the 408 directions is impassable.

Xu Huang and his troops began to hold on, waiting for the best opportunity to break through.

Due to Xu Huang's brave performance, the three people did not dare to be careless, and besieged him in Changping, wanting to wait for his army to be exhausted and the food and grass were exhausted.

And Xu Huang fought to the death and did not surrender, and firmly pinned down the enemy army on the three routes in Changping County.

At this point, the conditions for Zhang Langshui to flood Cai have been fully met, due to Xu Huang's repeated transfers in the middle road, most of Cao Ying's army guarding the upper reaches of Yingshui has been transferred, and at this time, Lü Meng and Sun Ce led 20,000 soldiers to finally reach the upper reaches of Yingshui.

The storage of water from the newly blocked dam in the upper reaches of Yingshui was not only unexpected by Cao Ying, but also almost nothing was known except for a few core personnel such as Zhang Lang and Xu Shu. The upper reaches of Yingshui were originally anchored with 10,000 troops of Cao Ying, but after Xu Huang received Zhang Lang's order, he did not hesitate to move his life repeatedly, and finally transferred most of the troops around Wuping. Because of this, the troops led by Lü Meng and Sun Ce were able to easily wipe out the small number of troops living in the upper reaches of the Ying River, and began to store water with peace of mind and cut down trees to make platoons.

The first said to block the dam, and the second said that the water level began to rise, but it rose very slowly, which couldn't help but make Sun Ce anxious. On the one hand, I am afraid that Cao Jun's reinforcements will arrive, and on the other hand, I am afraid that the news will spread to Xia Cai, if this is the case, everything that has been done before will be wasted.

At this time, Lu Meng comforted him: "General Sun, don't worry, there will be a thunderstorm in my opinion, and the water will rise sharply." ”

Sun Ce said: "I'm not worried about this, but I'm afraid that after the Wuping guard learns that our troops have seized the upper reaches of Yingshui, they will send reinforcements to sabotage, and the most worrying thing is that they will quickly inform Cao Ying, so that Cao Ying can be prepared, so that everything will be over." ”

Lu Meng said with a smile: "General Sun, don't worry, tomorrow night at the latest, there will inevitably be heavy rain in the sky, and the water level of Yingshui will rise at a high speed." And from here to Wuping, and then from Wuping to Xia Cai, the fast horse will take at least three days and three nights to travel, obviously in terms of time, Cao Ying has already lost. ”

Sun Ce asked: "From here to Xia Cai, the fast horse is only two days, how can there be three days?" ”

Lu Meng laughed and said, "General, my subordinates ask you, who guards this place?" ”

Sun Ce didn't think about it and said, "It's the jurisdiction of Cao Jie." ”

Lu Meng said: "Exactly. Then something happened here, and the soldiers first had to report that it was Cao Jie, and then Cao Jie and then Cao Jie. ”

When Sun Ce heard Lu Meng say this, he suddenly realized, and his anxious mood relaxed a little.

Sure enough, as Lu Meng said, the second afternoon, the sky was full of dark clouds, the wind was strong, and then raindrops the size of beans began to rain wildly in the thunder and lightning. The Yingshui waterline began to rise in a straight line. By the evening, the water level had clearly exceeded the intended height.

Sun Ce grabbed Lu Meng's arm excitedly, and said excitedly: "Sure enough, as Ziming said, this is the Heavenly Lord." ”

Lu Meng was also very excited: "When Cao Ying broke the embankment and flooded Cai, did he ever think that one day the Guild of the Lord of My Family would use his trick and then decide Yingshui." If you can really destroy Cao, it is not God's help, but the master's resourcefulness. ”

Sun Ce clenched his fists tightly and said: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, Cao Ying committed such a evil deed, and he deserves retribution." ”

Lu Meng said with a smile: "Cao Ying would never have thought that when he decided the Yingshui embankment, now we will decide the Yingshui middle embankment, although the distance is a little farther, and the Yingshui tributaries will inevitably reduce the amount of water, but because the two embankments break at the same time, the effect is definitely not much less than last time, this time I am afraid that Cao Ying will be in trouble." ”

Sun Ce looked at Lu Meng, breathed a little shortly and said, "Ziming, can you start now?" ”

Lu Meng didn't answer and asked: "The two embankments need to be broken at the same time, can the general make an appointment with Cheng Pu?" ”

Sun Ce nodded and said: "Yesterday I was gone, and now it rains as Ziming said, and it is scheduled to break the embankment and release the water at three o'clock in the unitary hour." ”

Lu Meng looked at the sky and said calmly: "The time is almost up, so let's start, general." ”

Sun Ce was a little impatient and said, "Okay." ”

Sun Ce beckoned several lieutenants and said, "Immediately start breaking the embankment to release water, and instruct the soldiers to throw the prepared sandbags into the river." ”

Several lieutenants cheered in unison and walked away.

When he was young, an adjutant general came to the causeway with a hundred or so soldiers with excellent water surnames and began to destroy the embankment.

Soon, dozens of holes were knocked out of the embankment by soldiers with shovels, and the water flowed like a torrent. And this hole slowly collapsed under the strong water pressure, and it became bigger and bigger. In the end, the entire embankment collapsed, and the water roared down with a thousand pounds, and the water was turbulent and the waves splashed in all directions.

A few hours earlier, Cheng Pu led his troops to attack the military village guarded by Cao Bing in the middle section of Yingshui, and stayed until three o'clock in the unitary hour, and at the same time destroyed the embankment and released water. After the dam was destroyed, Cheng Pu led the soldiers to quickly leave the water area and began to prepare for the second day.

Tens of thousands of soldiers who had already prepared upstream threw sandbags made of stone and soil into the water. Maybe one or two sandbags don't do much, but 10,000 sandbags, its effect is extremely obvious. After Yingshui burst the embankment, and the sandbags were constantly thrown into the river, the water level obviously began to rise.

Sun Ce looked at the galloping Yingshui of ten thousand horses, majestic, booming, and his heart was agitated.

In less than an hour, the water had begun to overflow the embankment and flood into the earth.

And although Sun Ce knew that Ming Yue would start a vicious battle, he couldn't sleep when he was lying on the couch at this time, and he waited for the dawn to come. I finally fell asleep, but the rooster outside began to crow, and the sky slowly brightened.

Sun Ce immediately turned over and sat up with a carp and stepped out of the camp.

(To be continued)