In late April of the tenth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao had already learned that Cao Cao had gone to Henan in person and defeated Gao Gan and Tao Sheng.

He didn't send someone to save him, because it was too late.

Gao Gan and Tao Sheng were confused by Yu Ban at that time, and they didn't know that the enemy's main general was actually Cao Cao, and they were defeated head-on, and the army was completely annihilated that day.

Even if Yuan Shao got the news the next day, if he sent people again, he could only help Tao Sheng collect the body.

Therefore, in addition to only sending 5,000 people to cross the river from Yanjin to defend Dangyin County and prevent Cao Cao from really attacking Yecheng on a whim, he began to launch a full-scale attack on the main force of Cao's army.

In fact, Yuan Shao was not worried about the rear.

After three years of recuperation, the total strength of Yuan's army has also reached 1780,000 people, this time the front line brought 120,000 people, and tens of thousands of horses were left behind Yecheng, Cao Cao will attack Yecheng unless he is crazy.

Therefore, he confidently and boldly began to attack the Cao army on the front line of Kuangcheng, but Xiahoudun sat in Cao's camp and did not move, attacking for several days, with little success.

In Yuan Shao's camp, he gathered several strategists to discuss countermeasures.

"Cao Cao rushed to Henan and broke Gao Gan and Tao Sheng first, it must be because many soldiers and horses in Guanzhong were approaching, which made him feel dangerous, so he went to stop the Guanzhong army first."

Guo Tu said eloquently: "Ming justice can take advantage of this opportunity to break through Cao Ying, which is called the snipe and clam competing for the benefit of the fisherman." ”

"Ahem, ahem."

Yuan Shao's face was slightly pale, he was sick last winter, and he barely got better after resting in the camp for more than a month, and now he has fallen ill, coughing from time to time, and said in a hoarse voice: "I don't know, it's just that Cao Ying can't hold out, and he can't attack it, Gonghe, do you have a way?" ”

He looked at Frustration.

Frustrated and meditated, he shook his head and said, "Ming Gong, I can't think of any way. ”

As a strategist, tactics are really not his specialty.

Guo Tu suggested: "Duke Ming can send a partial division to assist the eldest prince to defeat Cheng Yu Zangba and others first, and then let him attack Chen Liu from Jiyin, then he will definitely be able to defeat Cao Cao." ”

Yuan Shao glanced at Guo Tu.

I don't know what he had in mind?

is nothing more than wanting to help Yuan Tan make meritorious contributions, and when the time comes, the choice of the son of the world must be Yuan Tan.

It's just that Guo Tu's suggestion is also somewhat reasonable, and now Yuan Tan is still entangled with Zang Ba Cheng Yujun in the area of Shanyang, Taishan, and the two sides are in the stage of fighting.

If he can help Yuan Tan defeat the two, then Chen Liudong's face will be empty, and Yuan Tan can drive straight in.

Just as he was about to respond to Guo Tu's suggestion, Tian Feng said: "Ming Gong can't." ”

"Oh?"

Yuan Shao was puzzled and asked, "Why not?" ”

"Cao Cao personally went to Luoyang, and those princes in Guanzhong will definitely not last long, and I expect them to be defeated within a month."

Tian Feng said: "Although Zang Ba Cheng Yu and their troops are not many, they still have more than 10,000 horses. And the grain and grass are sufficient, and the city is defended, and it may not be breached in a year. Therefore, we must not divide our troops, and we should attack Cao Ying with all our might! ”

Guo Tu was unconvinced: "Cao's camp is guarded, and it is difficult for our 80,000 troops to break through. Could it be that Zang Ba and Cheng Yu's 10,000 people can compare to the 50,000 Cao troops here? ”

Tian Feng shook his head and said: "The camp and the city are naturally different, at the beginning, there were thousands of people in Zang Hong, and there was a lack of food, so they could still be trapped for more than a year, not to mention Cheng Yu Zangba?" If we can't defeat them, it will be difficult for us to divide our forces to attack and harass Chen Liu. ”

"Hmm."

Yuan Shao was reminded by Tian Feng, and suddenly remembered what happened to Zang Hong at the beginning, and he personally led tens of thousands of people to surround Dongwuyang, but Zang Hong also defended it for more than a year, and the defense of the city was indeed much stronger than the camp.

"So what are we going to do?"

Guo Tu spread his hands and said, "Could it be that you watched Cao Cao defeat the Guanzhong army?" Either we'll just go and rescue them. ”

"What do you do to rescue them? Does the public want to help Cao Cao solve Kuangcheng's urgency? ”

Frustrated sneered.

Their current forces have also been deployed, and Cao Cao did not mobilize the troops on the front line of Kuangcheng at all, but called the troops of Henan Yuban.

And Gao Gan and Tao Sheng, who originally saw that they were in the ban, were defeated, so their forces were either transferred from Yecheng or from the front line.

It is impossible for Yecheng to transfer men and horses, the rear is very important, once Cao Cao is evil to the guts, he really does something to attack Yecheng, and Yecheng's lack of troops makes him successful, that is called a joke through the ages.

If the front line mobilizes troops to support the Guanzhong Army, at least 20,000 people will pass, and if there are fewer people here, the combat effectiveness will be weak, and then the Cao army will be strong and they will be weak, how can this be done?

"This doesn't work, that's not good, there must be a charter."

Guo Tu looked at Fu Zhu with dissatisfaction, if it wasn't for the failure of his plan at the beginning, which led to the decline of his status, how could he have endured this kind of cynicism of Fu Zhu.

Tian Feng pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Recently, the big river is Xia Xun, and I think the water seems to have risen a lot. ”

Yuan Shao nodded: "The big river is indeed in the summer flood, and it is such a time every year. ”

"If you can dig up the water and help the water, what about flooding Cao Ying?"

Tian Feng came up with a plan.

The flood seasons of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are staggered, with the Yellow River flooding in spring and summer, a small flood in spring, and a major flood in summer.

This is because the flow of the Yellow River mainly comes from the melting of snow-capped mountains in the upper reaches, and the hotter the weather, the greater the water flow, and the upstream areas such as Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi will also receive heavy rain to increase the water flow.

The flood season of the Yangtze River is in the autumn and winter of each year, mainly from the southeast coastal monsoon every year to bring a large amount of water vapor, and then in the second half of each year in the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River heavy rain, such as the later heavy flood, is in the middle of June 98, Dongting Lake Poyang Lake area caused by heavy rain.

Tian Feng's strategy was to take advantage of the flood season of the Yellow River to dig up Pushui and Jishui, so that the flood would flood the Cao camp on the south bank of Pushui, even if it could not be washed away by floods, at least the Cao camp should be filled with stagnant water, forcing Cao's army to be unable to fight.

Yuan Shao's eyes lit up and said: "This is a good plan, Yuan Hao, let you go and finish this matter." ”

"Yui."

Tian Feng's old body stood up and bowed to Yuan Shao.

At that time, Tian Feng followed Yuan Shao's order, with a large number of auxiliaries and craftsmen, and began to dig and build ditches in the Pushui and Jishui areas upstream of Kuangcheng.

There is no need to build even the dam, because Pushui and Jishui are both tributaries of the Yellow River, and the water level of the Yellow River has skyrocketed at this time, causing the flow of these two rivers to also skyrocket.

After a month-long construction period, the canal was finally completed. Countless tunnels were excavated outside Cao Ying, and as the dam that held back the water was opened, the water suddenly swarmed towards Cao Ying.

Dong Zhao, Mao Jue, Guo Jia and others had actually sensed that something was wrong and wanted to stop it, but Yuan Shao sent Chen soldiers outside the camp, and once Cao Jun dared to leave the camp, countless arrows rained down on their heads and faces.

Therefore, even Xiahoudun wanted to send people to stop Tian Feng from digging and building a canal several times, but he was beaten back. The people could only dig and build an aqueduct in the Cao camp to block the flow of water into the camp.

But it's a pity that Xiahoudun and they still underestimated the flood tide.

The speed at which the water was poured and poured was far more exaggerated and rapid than they had imagined, and although a large number of aqueducts were dug in the camp, the soldiers even walked around the camp as if they were in a water city, and they had to walk through bridges built of wooden planks.

But even so, the water continued to rise wildly, and by the end of May, the camp had been covered with a thick layer of stagnant water, and most of the soldiers were soaked in the water, so they could only try to take refuge in the high earth hills.

For a time, the morale of the entire Cao battalion was very poor, if it was not for the timely transfer of grain and grass to the slopes of the high ground, I am afraid that this flood alone would directly wipe out tens of thousands of Cao troops.

And just when Yuan Shao was digging a canal and flooding Cao's camp, from mid to late May, on the 21st, Cao Cao also officially launched an attack.

On that day, he, Ma Teng and others raised fire as a signal and personally led the troops to launch an offensive against the Han Sui Department stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River.

At night, Han Sui, Hou Xuan, Li Kan, Ma Wan, Cheng Yin and others did not expect that the Cao army would attack at this time, and the camp was in chaos for a while.

Ma Teng and others took advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters, cutting off the retreat of Han Sui and others, and the two sides fought inwardly until dawn, and the entire Shaanxi County was ignited by the war.

Han Sui's camp was quickly breached, and Cao Cao sent Yu Ban and Han Hao and other generals to pursue him, while he himself watched from the slopes of the plateau below the Qinling Mountains in the south under the protection of Xu Chu.

In the middle of the night, countless torches shone brightly, and Cao Cao, standing on the top of the mountain, was paying attention to the entanglement of his army's torch team with the enemy's torch team.

When he saw that after the forbidden army raided Han Sui's camp, Ma Teng's army also attacked from the north, so he was relieved.

By the time the battle reached dawn, Han Sui and the others were defeated, and the dust had already settled.

"Ming Gong."

Zhong Xuan, Xunyou and others followed behind him, and seeing this scene, Zhong Xuan smiled and said, "The anti-intermittent plan has been successful. ”

"Hmm."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled: "After this battle, Guanzhong can also be peaceful for a short time, and I can concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shao, Yuan Chang, you continue to be the captain of Si Li, sit in Chang'an, appease Ma Teng and others, and wait for me to calm Yuan Shao, and then completely recover Guanzhong." ”

"Yui."

Zhong Xuan arched his hand and said.

Zhong Miao was also indignant about being driven out of Chang'an by people like Han Sui and Ma Teng.

Now that I go back again, I can be regarded as a long sigh of relief.

"Yuan Chang, I remember that Guo Yuan, the defender of Dayang County, is your nephew."

Cao Cao looked at Dayang County on the north bank of the Yellow River in the morning light on May 22.

The Guanzhong coalition forces were stationed in the north and south, and Hu Chuquan, Guo Yuan, Hou Xuan, Li Kan and others were stationed on the opposite bank.

The noise here had already awakened them, and the army had already watched on the other side of the river, but because they didn't know what was happening on the other side, no one dared to cross the river from the Maojin Ferry to save them, which fully reflected the fragility of the Guanzhong coalition army.

Zhong Xuan sighed and said: "I have written a letter, Guo Yuan is obsessed and does not want to belong to Ming Gong. ”

"It's a pity."

Cao Cao licked his dry lips, if Guo Yuan took refuge, he would be able to destroy the enemy on the north shore by the way.

While the two were talking, suddenly a messenger galloped and came close and shouted, "Report! ”

"Come in, what's the matter?"

Cao Cao turned his head, and the guards stopped the messenger.

The messenger was let in, knelt down on one knee in front of Cao Cao and said: "Report to Sikong, Yuan's army is digging Pushui and preparing to flood the barracks, and the military advisor has always made me report to Sikong!" ”

"What?"

Cao Cao exclaimed, "What's going on now?" Did Yuan Rang stop it? ”

The messenger replied: "The general led his men out of the camp several times to try to stop them, but they were all shot back by the arrows of the Yuan army, and the military sacrificial wine could only make everyone dig a diversion canal in the camp, and now I don't know the situation." ”

Cao Cao's face darkened, looking into the distance, he wanted to completely annihilate Han Sui and others in a battle, pacify Guanzhong, and then come to recover it in the future.

Now it seems that it may not work.

He coldly glanced at Han Sui's army that had collapsed in the distance, waved his hand, and said indifferently: "Mingjin, retreat!" ”

The sound of "jingling" suddenly resounded throughout the world.

Cao's army began to retreat one after another.

Ma Teng and others followed Cao Jun to storm Han Sui, at this time Cao Jun retreated, and sold him at once, and was immediately shocked, and he didn't care about chasing and killing Han Sui, gathered his troops, and retreated to Guanzhong.

All of a sudden, the entire Guanzhong army was instantly torn apart, and after returning to Guanzhong, the generals began to fight among themselves again.

(End of chapter)