In Cao's tent, more than 20 scouts with water dripping from their armor knelt on one knee, shivering.

From which gates did Lü's army go out of the city? I don't know.

How many people did Lu Jun come out? I don't know.

Did they all go to Yanhuiling in the end? It's also not clear.

Co-author Guo Jia deliberately sent three times more scouts than usual, but he didn't bring back any news.

In this regard, the scouts explained that the rain was too heavy and too urgent, and they could only confirm that the Lü army had indeed gone out of the city, but they could not get close to check at all, because the grass in this area was soaked in silt under the heavy rain, and the war horses were very easy to get stuck in their hooves, and once they were discovered by the Lü army, they had no chance to run.

The scouts who were stationed at the foot of Yanhuiling Mountain were even more wronged, and they cried and explained that after a long day of heavy rain, the previous few low-lying areas had become rivers, and if they did not evacuate, they would not be able to return.

In fact, the terrain in this area has not been surveyed many times, and of course he knows that the scouts are not lying, this kind of heavy rain can turn the originally dry riverbed into a turbulent river in an hour.

In particular, the Huainan area is rich in rain, and in previous years, the rainy season will definitely wash out the marks of many ditches and river streams, and as long as these places encounter heavy rain, they will immediately become a small river.

The sergeants in the Central Plains area were not familiar with the situation here, and it was understandable that they would turn around and run away in fright when they suddenly saw such a battle.

Therefore, he could only scold a few words, and the symbolic punishment of them for two months was hastily finished.

"Sir, I don't have to worry too much, even if I didn't see Zhang Liao's people go up and down the mountain with my own eyes, then where else can they go, and they can't fight and sneak attack under the heavy rain, so as not to cut off our army's rear road.

Of course, there are also several county towns thirty miles east of Anfeng City, but if they run so far, unless Anfeng doesn't want it, Mr. doesn't have to be too cautious. ”

Looking at Guo Jia with a pensive face, Xiahoudun waved his hand aggressively, indicating that there was no need for too much pressure.

It's great to be able to see them go up the mountain, of course, but you can't see them, and you can guess that they have nowhere else to go.

The heavy rain in Anfeng is pouring down, and he counts 20,000 Lu troops in the city, and he always has to find a place to hide from the rain.

If you don't go to Yanhuiling, you can only go to the nearby county, but then you will lose the first hand to seize Anfeng, which is unreasonable.

"The scouts only know that someone has run out of Anfeng City, and they don't even know the number of people and where they are going."

Seeing Guo Jia shaking his head wistfully, Xiahou asked in a sullen voice, "So what?" ”

Guo Jia glanced at him and found that what this commander did was a bit too unsuccessful, "That proves that even if it is ordinary people who come out of the city, as long as they fly the banner of the Lu army, even if they go to other cities for refuge, we don't know." ”

After being sluggish for a while, Xiahou Xuan slowly got up and walked towards Guo Jia, leaned down with both hands on the table, and said in a deep voice: "What does Mr. mean that Lu Jun may not have left the city at all, or may he still have a large number of elites stranded in the city?" ”

Guo Jia didn't answer, but Xiahoudun instinctively followed this line of thought.

If this is really the case, after the heavy rain, the water level drops, he rushed into the city with the Cao army in the stockade, at that time it must be sleepy and lacking, and the Lu army suddenly killed, that time, I am afraid that it will be more tragic than the first night attack on Anfeng.

If the Lu army plays a little more ruthlessly, the thousands of people on the Yanhui Ridge will desperately attack their Dazhai, and then they will directly lose their place of refuge, and tens of thousands of people will all be buried in Huainan.

This thought made him a little scared, so Xiahou was scared, "Just wait for the rain to stop, I will lead the army into Anfeng, and directly slaughter the city management He is Lu Jun is the people, and kill it in one go to prevent future troubles!" ”

Guo Jia shook his head slowly, "Although Anfeng is not a big city, as a place of governance, there are still thirty or fifty thousand people, and they will not be able to kill them for a while and a half." Besides, after the general enters the city, will he fortify it first, or will he slaughter the city first?

If it is fortified first, there is really a Lu army in the city, how to parry? If the city is slaughtered first, what if the Lu army enters from outside the city when our army is exhausted? ”

Xiahoudun, who was speechless when asked, turned around directly, paced back and forth in the tent, walked for a while, turned back again, and said quickly: "If you directly flood Anfeng, so that even if there is Lu Jun in the city, we can do it once and for all!" ”

Guo Jia still shook his head and vetoed, "If Anfeng can't be used by me, then it will not be able to seize land in several counties south of Anfeng in the future, nor will it be able to cause a deterrent to Lujiang, and then the battle line will move eastward."

Therefore, Anfeng cannot be ruined. ”

Xiahou Dun, who had completely lost his patience, snorted coldly, "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, we can only stay in this big village, and wait for the rain to stop and watch Zhang Liao return to Anfeng, right?" ”

Guo Jia sighed, frowned, and said: "This person is quite scheming, and he has already calculated all of this, which is admirable." ”

"If Lin Mo is here, I believe that with this kid's evil and resourcefulness, he can really do such a thing, but now that he is in the northern country, is Mr. a little unfounded, so he imagined such a powerful opponent to come out."

A few days later, Xiahoudun began to think that Guo Jia was too cautious, although such a character would not make any big mistakes, he would not be able to win a big victory after all.

He admitted that his first battle was to underestimate the enemy and fall into the opponent's trick, but if he was restrained because of this, it was better to go home as soon as possible.

Guo Jia raised his eyes to look at Xiahoudun, stood up and patiently explained: "General, this person has seen through my plan to flood Anfeng, and he has used the strategy of luring the enemy to transfer strategic materials, which shows that his talent is by no means under Lin Yunwen, and he is not speculating." ”

After Xiahoudun spit out a breath of turbid air impatiently, he looked a little sloppy, "Okay, according to what Mr. said, there may be a hidden Lu army in the city, how should our army deal with it, should we send someone into the city to find out the household register, check it one by one, and cut it directly if it doesn't match?" ”

Guo Jia, who was teased, was not annoyed, but he was a little tired, and said slowly: "That's not necessary, look at this rain, it will last for four or five days, and it will take another five or six days when the ground dries and the water level drops, so our army must clear the Lu army in Anfeng City within ten days, and take the lead in seizing the city." ”

Xia Houdun clasped his hands on his chest and leaned back on the handsome chair, just like the attitude of the students in the back row in his previous life when he faced the head teacher's lecture.

Looking at his style, Guo Jia felt a little bitter in his heart.

In front of Cao Cao, he was high-spirited and scolded Fang Xuan, and no matter what kind of opinion he had, he could have a meaningful discussion with each other.

At this moment, Xiahoudun gave Guo Jia a sense of Yuan Shao's déjà vu.

When he was in the northern country, he offered advice several times, and Yuan Shao also had this attitude.

But, here, he can't just leave a piece of paper and swagger away.

After all, there is only one Cao Mengde in this world, whether it is Cao Cao's kindness to himself or the friendship of his confidant, Guo Jia has already made him inseparable from this hero.

For Cao Cao, he is also willing to restrain the pride in his heart.

Life will always give you different difficulties and tests, which cannot be bypassed, such difficulties and tests are not necessarily opponents, but may also be your own people, such as a reckless man like Xiahoudun.

Guo Jia said calmly, "After the rain stops, please send a team of people into the city to post a notice, saying that our army will slaughter the city in three days, so that if it is an ordinary person, it will inevitably flee when it hears the news, and the rest of the people will naturally be the Lu army." ”

Xiahou pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he smiled and said: "Wonderful, wonderful, this plan is wonderful!" With this bluff to scare away the people, if there are not many people left in the city, then they will be killed in one go; If there are too many people left, then divert the water to flood Anfeng! ”

This time, Guo Jia didn't refute him anymore, and Xiahoudun smiled even more happily.

Although I don't like Guo Jia very much, I have to say that this plan is really perfect, and it can be called invincible.

Xia Houdun leaned back on the handsome chair, looking up at the crackling dome washed by the rain, and was in a good mood.

Just now, he thought it was just Guo Jia suspicious that he conceived a Kuang Shixiong by himself, but now, he hoped that it was true.

And this person is scheming, so that the people disguised themselves as troops to go out of the city, in fact, they left the army in the city, and when the time comes, the flood will be rushed, and the shame of the defeat of Anfeng can be achieved.

Don't let me down, master.

Just thinking about it, Xiahoudun couldn't help but get excited.

From the third day, the rain finally eased, and by the fifth day, the sky was completely clear.

In the past few days, the water has risen by more than a zhang, all of which have overflowed the river embankment, and the entire Anfeng land boundary is muddy, with dozens of large and small streams.

Under such circumstances, the army could not fight in the wilderness.

Of course, according to Guo Jia's calculations, Lu Jun will definitely need to wait for the earth to dry up and the flood will recede before he dares to act.

Fortunately, on the road from Cao Jun Dazhai to Anfeng City, there was no river section out of thin air, so a group of people, that is, five hundred detachments, were sent to Anfeng City.

Although the topography of Anfeng City is low-lying, the county towns in Huainan area have drainage systems, as long as they do not encounter heavy rains that have not been seen for decades or artificially drain irrigation, they will not flood the city.

The small detachment of 500 people entered the city very smoothly, because the city gate was wide open, and there was not even the most basic patrol guard in the city, they were divided into four groups, and after posting notices at the four gates, they swaggered away.

The people of the city gathered around to look at it, pointing and pointing, not knowing what was written on it.

There is no way, the popularity of knowledge in this era is too low, and ordinary people are illiterate at all.

It's easy to wait for a literate village sage, and everyone is looking forward to it.

As a result, Cao Jun entered the city three days later, and slaughtered the city directly after entering the city, leaving no chickens and dogs, and those who didn't want to die left quickly.

This time it was directly fried, and there were no sergeants around, so the people immediately turned on the mouth escape mode, greeted Cao Cao's ancestors for three generations, and wished the disease to defeat Cao Cao as soon as possible.

As a demon who had a precedent of slaughtering a city, and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people in three counties in one slaughter, the people did not think that he would have good thoughts about the people in Anfeng City.

scolded and scolded, but after all, they were just incompetent and angry, and honestly went back to clean up.

In fact, this kind of thing is no stranger to people in this era, and the smoke of war is constantly going on, and they often leave their hometowns.

And the people here in Huainan have encountered a series of bad follow-up influences after Yuan Shu became emperor, and they are no strangers to this.

But, this time, they scolded fiercely, and they were crying and packing up.

Because in the past two years, in Anfeng, a once dilapidated governance center, they have finally found a sense of home.

Lü Buweng's son-in-law rented them oxen and quyuan ploughs so that they could go outside the city to cultivate in areas that were not fenced off by the family, and they also distributed fertilizer to make their harvest better every year.

What's more intimate is that in the past, the local government never cared about the floods, and Lu Buweng's son-in-law would also allocate money to deal with them.

Therefore, the hardships of life are a little harder, but at least they will not be unable to afford the taxes of the government, it is an exaggeration to say that they live and work in peace and contentment, but there is really no problem with food and clothing for a family.

Where are you going to find such a good day?

Now, because the Cao thief is coming, they are leaving this paradise, how can they not be sad.

So much so that when packing up and leaving the city, the big guys were cursing Cao Cao, and hoped that Lu Buweng's son-in-law would quickly defeat Xuchang, and finally peeled Cao Cao and cramped, so that everyone could be happy.

For the next few days, the scouts conducted reconnaissance every day, and although the mud kept engulfing the horses' hooves, making them very inefficient, they had learned from the past, and they did not dare to return without success, even if they were tired to death.

It can be confirmed that although the road conditions outside the city are very poor, the people still dragged their families and embarked on the escape journey with their few bags.

According to the density and pace of people leaving the city, at least 40,000 people have left the city in the past few days.

When the time of three days is up, the water potential of the water has slowed down a lot, and it is expected that there will be no more water potential that threatens Anfeng if there are two more days.

At the same time, the ground has also dried up a lot, and the large and small sections of the river have also dissipated.

That's why Cao Jun didn't rush out of the village, according to the calculation of time, it would take two more days before they could seize Anfeng.

But it is already possible to accept Guo Jia's knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger harvest.

Although the road conditions are much better, the people who go to investigate are still the same as the previous 500 people.

After they entered the city, they investigated very carefully, and even let go of private houses.

In the end, it was found that Anfeng City was really empty, empty, and there was nothing.

Xiahoudun, who learned the news, was not very happy, because in his expectation, it was best to drown Zhang Liao's people, but now not only is there no large part of the Lu army, but even a small group of elites, it is nothing.

So, of course, Ling Guojia is too suspicious, how can there be any bullshit.

In fact, Guo Jia himself was also very confused.

There is no reason, even if you don't leave a large number of Lu Jun, the elite will definitely leave a wave.

According to the soil and water vapor in Anfeng's area, it is impossible to dig any tunnels to hide soldiers, and it will collapse directly.

Could it be that they really all went to Yanhuiling?

However, this is also good news after all, according to this situation, two days later, most of the Lu troops on the Yanhui Ridge will not be able to rob them.

The distance between the two families is about the same as that of Anfeng City, but after the rainstorm, the scouts of Yanhuiling reported that there were several landslides on the mountain, which would definitely affect their march.

Wait two more days, and you can take Anfeng with peace of mind?

Just as he was thinking about this, one of the scouts began to shout from afar, "Urgent! Urgent! Get out of the way! ”

(End of chapter)