"General, it's drowning!"

"We are done! It's done! ”

Chen Chao raised his head in surprise, and in his field of vision, on the bank of the Yonghe River, tens of thousands of bandits were crowded together, and people turned over on their backs.

When they found the flood rushing upstream and tried to escape, it was too late to react.

And the Daji cavalry that suddenly appeared seemed to know the plan to flood the bandits, and was urging the horses, frantically driving the bandits not allowed to go ashore.

The bandits could only flee downstream or within the territory of Qin.....

Thundered!

The bandits, who fled slowly, were the first to be submerged in the flood, and with the last few exclamations, they were swept into the water and disappeared.

The bandits, who didn't have time to escape, were also swept into the water together, and one after another screams rang out.

In a short time, where can you still see bandits along the Yong River?

Only the vast murky river roared and rushed downstream.

"General, our cavalry is safe, they retreat!"

The Oki cavalry were not fools and would not risk being swept into the river and end up with the bandits.

Seeing that the situation was not good, they had moved to a high slope not far away with the speed of their horses.

But the river was rising so fast that they urged their horses to flee farther away.

The water pouring down from the dammed lake upstream caused the water level of the Yonghe River to skyrocket, and the old riverbed, which was originally dry, was completely submerged by the water.

At the moment of speaking, the water splashed against the Yongguan city wall under his feet, eroding a layer of yellow mud, and the water level continued to rise.

Chen Chao waved his hand and ordered:

"Pass my generals, all the soldiers, prepare supplies, and go to the city wall!"

It was impossible for all the 5,000 soldiers to squeeze onto the city wall, so the 300 rafts made earlier came in handy, and a section of the raft was fixed on the city wall with ropes to prevent it from being swept away by the flood, and all the soldiers of the Changsheng army waited quietly for the flood to pass.

This wait is half a month, during which the water level in Yongguan City continues to soar, Tiangong does not know what to lose his temper at this time, it rains heavily that night, and the water in the city is three or four meters high!

For half a month, the Chang Shengjun did not do nothing, just under the city wall, hundreds of people were pulled up with ropes.

All bandits, all captives.

However, what made Chen Chao happiest was that he also brought up two craftsmen, and the siege crossbow was made by them.

So far, the flooded bandits have been a great success!

The army of 50,000 bandits led by Yao Wu all collapsed outside Yongguan City.

Once again, the victorious army wins!

.....

.....

A month later.

Pingyi City, as the absolute center of the battlefield, the two sides invested a total of nearly 300,000 troops here, and there was a battle for the city wall every three or five days, a dozen was several days, day and night, and countless people died.

The city wall of Pingyi City was broken by siege crossbows and trebuchets dozens of large holes, and the soldiers were hurrying to repair the city wall to cope with the enemy's next siege.

At this moment, a fast horse came from the north and galloped into the city.

The soldiers patrolling the city gate were alert and immediately drew their swords, but when they saw a few red feathers stuck in the helmets of the soldiers on horseback, they immediately removed the fence at the city gate and let the horses into the city.

This is a messenger in the army, with a red feather on his head, and he conveys the military information of 100,000 urgent.

No one is allowed to stop him, otherwise he will be killed.

Pingyi City, in a deep mansion compound in the center of the city, where generals from all walks of life gathered to prepare for a battle meeting.

"Five days ago, bad news came from the Sanqian Gorge in the south, the pass has been broken by the bandit army, and the bandits are rushing to Pingyi City, at that time, Pingyi City will be attacked from both sides."

"It is to be expected that it will not be able to hold there, after all, the regular army of Chu State crossed the river there, and almost all the defenders of the Three Thousand Gorges were killed, and they cannot be blamed for the loss of the Three Thousand Gorges....."

"As long as we hold Pingyi City, this line of defense will not be lost, and we will have a chance to press the bandits back."

"How's the battle going in the north? Why hasn't there been any news from there? ”

"Who knows?"

"There is no regular army of Chu there, only bandits, maybe our prime minister will win......"

"Not really, I'm afraid I haven't been scared to pee my pants for a long time."

"Hahaha......"

The Chen Dynasty was ordered to garrison Yongguan as the prime minister, which is no longer a big secret among the high-level generals of Pingyi City.

Among the generals, no one can afford this prime minister who only knows how to dance and write.

When they heard that Chen Chao had taken the initiative to serve as the guard of Yongguan, they were greeted with endless ridicule in addition to the initial hint of admiration.

What I admire is that Chen Chao, as the prime minister, has the courage to come to Yunzhou, which is a place of right and wrong?

You must know that the relationship here is complicated, if one doesn't do it well, he will die in Yunzhou, he will never be able to go back, and he will never be the prime minister again!

But admiration is followed by ridicule.

Where is Yongguan?

The place where the bandits' attack strength was weakest in the entire defense line, there were no regular troops of the Chu State who had smuggled over, they were all bandits, and I am afraid that the bandits who attacked Yongguan could count them on one hand.

Chen Chao chose this place to garrison, isn't it scared, what is it?

Chen Chao is a person who stands and stands, which is really hateful.

While the generals were laughing, the supreme commander of Pingyi City, Zhou Mi, the secretary of the military department, slowly walked out of the back hall.

The old general was much older than he had seen before, perhaps troubled by the recent war, and could not sleep all night.

Zhou Mi appeared, and the generals hurriedly got up and clasped their fists to salute:

"Dashuai!"

Zhou Mi didn't have a good face for them, and his voice was low, "What you said just now, Ben Shuai listened to every word in his ears." ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals turned blue with fright and did not dare to answer.

"You are all my military generals, and now that the enemy is present, you don't think about how to resist the enemy, but you gather together and say bad things about the prime minister behind your back, what crime should you be guilty of!"

One by one, the generals knelt down, silent, and terrified.

Zhou Mi sat down in the main seat, looked around, and said coldly:

"Just now, the battle report on the northern front came, mentioning the battle situation at Yongguan!"

"Which of you will guess how the battle at Yongguan is?"

A general swallowed a mouthful of saliva, strengthened his courage, raised his head to look at Zhou Mi, and tried to say:

"Returning to the handsome, according to the foolish opinion of his subordinates...... There are several cities on the northern line, Yongguan is adjacent to Qin, the bandits are not so stupid, in case they accidentally provoke Qin when attacking Yongguan, it will lead to death, so the number of bandit armies attacking Yongguan is not more than 4,000 at most. ”

"Moreover, there is Fengcheng to supply grain, grass and ordnance behind Yongguan, and it is definitely not a big problem to defend the city, even if it is a year and a half."

Inside, the other generals nodded in agreement.

When Zhou Mi heard this, his throat squeezed out a hoarse mockery, and the generals instantly lowered their heads and did not dare to answer.

After a long time, Zhou Micai said in a deep voice:

"You, one by one, are not as good as bandits!"

"Yunzhou is precisely because of the indiscriminate command of you idiots that it has fallen to this point!"

Zhou Mi was furious and slammed the table:

"A month ago, the bandit army gathered, with 50,000 people, carrying siege crossbows to attack Yongguan, preparing to take advantage of the situation all the way south to Pingyi City."

"At that time, Pingyi City will be enemies on three sides, and it will fall into death!"

"As for that Fengcheng, General Liu, if Ben Shuai remembers correctly, then the chief officer of Fengcheng is your brother-in-law."

"During the Fengcheng War, the grain and grass ordnance of the seven cities on the northern front were deducted, the evidence was conclusive, half an hour ago, the commander had already ordered the dog thief to be beheaded for public display!"

"Dashuai, don't talk angry, how is it possible, how can there be so many bandits attacking Yongguan? Moreover, my subordinates dare to take the head to guarantee that my brother-in-law will never be so ignorant, he will never dare to detain the ordnance, someone must be accused, it is a foul accusation! General Liu climbed forward and explained.

Zhou Mi kicked this person away and shouted, "Come on, take off this thief's armor and saber, and put him in prison pending trial." ”

The matter of Fengcheng is definitely related to this person.

The general, surnamed Liu, was instantly wiped out by two soldiers.

The other generals were silent, and they couldn't say a word.

"Marshal, in this case, we have to send troops to reinforce the northern front, an army of 50,000 bandits besieged Xiaoxiao Yongguan, and there are even siege crossbows, Yongguan is afraid that it will not be able to hold on for even half an hour."

"Yes, Dashuai, the southern line has been lost, and the northern line must not fall into the hands of the enemy again, otherwise I will be the enemy on three sides of Pingyi City!"

"My land in Yunzhou will be handed over to others!"

The generals spoke one after another.

Zhou Mi snorted coldly, and threw the battle report just sent by the messenger in his hand on the table, in front of the generals:

"Everyone, take a good look at how a civilian official fights with his brain!"

The generals got up, quickly opened the letter, and read it word by word.

"On September 2, 50,000 bandits besieged Yongguan, and carried more than 10 siege crossbows, in the early morning, our Changsheng army with 5,000 body, relying on the strength of the city, set up traps and trenches, cut 9,000 enemies, and defeated the bandits!"

In the house, all of a sudden it became smelly of fallen leaves.

The generals are all dumbfounded, you look at me, I look at you.

Fake, right?

How can it be?

50,000 bandits are attacking the city, and the other party still has more than ten siege crossbows, how can Xiaoxiao Yongguan be able to defend it?

Not only defended, but also beheaded the bandits nine thousand!

No way.

What the hell is going on?

Looking down on it, there is still content in the letter.

"Seven days later, on September 9, our army took advantage of the Yonghe River to carry out flooding schemes, so far, there is not one of the 50,000 bandits, and Yongguan has won a great victory!"

"Half a month later, when the water receded, I Yongguan Changsheng's army went all the way south, cooperated with the cavalry of the Shaking Mountain Battalion, supported other cities, and destroyed 20,000 bandits! At this point, the bandits of the northern front were defeated. ”