The sound of the sharp arrow breaking through the air was like the sound of wind and thunder, whining and flying over the heads of the soldiers, and went straight to the big banner of the word "Cao" fluttering high.

Click!

With the sound of wood cracking, the flagpole of the big flag was shot into four pieces and fell with a bang.

After a moment of silence, the army under the city let out a thunderous cheer, and the cheers spread all around, although most of the soldiers did not know what was happening, but they knew that something good must happen, and they also responded, and the cheers continued for a long time.

And those Cao army defenders, who were far away from the city and did not know where to go, heard the cheers of the Hao army, they were even more panicked, at a loss, and hurriedly sent people to investigate.

"Shoot the arrows!" Cao Cao roared angrily.

Hao Bai smiled slightly: "Heavy crossbowmen come out of the ranks, let them know what a real strong crossbow is!"

Before the words fell, countless crossbow archers carried big crossbows and came out in line, and a three-edged steel arrow with a branch several feet long was aimed at the sky above the city tower.

Thousands of crossbow arrows swept through the air, with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and then turned into an endless rain of arrows and poured towards the tower.

The rain of arrows finally fell from the sky, and Cao Jun suddenly fell down piece by piece.

Soon, a continuous wail sounded over the head of Yongqiu City.

The recruits, who had neither iron shields nor the experience to protect themselves, were hit hard by the first two waves of arrows from the crossbowmen.

However, under the threat of death, the recruits also quickly learned how to protect themselves.

When the third wave of arrows from the heavy crossbowmen fell, most of the recruits found a place to hide, except for the muscles in their heads.

After firing more than a dozen arrows, the heavy crossbowman began to retreat with the big crossbow in his arms.

The next moment, the soldiers in front of the formation spread out to both sides, and in an instant thousands of soldiers swarmed out of the formation, and before them, hundreds of behemoths, pushed by the multitude, made a thunderous sound, and behind them, there were countless strong men, pushing carts of boulders to follow.

"Lord, retreat!" Xu Chu and the others were shocked, and hurriedly hugged Cao Cao and retreated down the city tower.

Soon, the rumbling war drums rose to the sky, shaking the dust on Yongqiu City.

Just the sound of the war drums frightened the Cao army at the head of the city into a miserable face and fear.

That was the clarion call for attack.

With the forward pointing of the banner in front of the formation, the order to bombard Yongqiu was officially issued.

When the piercing ears broke through the air, they instantly filled the ears, and in the line of sight, hundreds of giant stone bullets flew out of the air almost at the same time.

Countless stone bullets drew a graceful arc, like falling stars, and roared down towards the head of Yongqiu City.

The city tower collapsed, howling loudly, and in the blink of an eye, the main city of Yongqiu was submerged in the wild dust rising from the sky.

Hundreds of trebuchets kept projecting at will at the enemy city, and after half an hour's bombardment, tens of thousands of boulders hit the city wall that was no more than four or five hundred steps long.

The stone bullets were exhausted, and the horrific attack finally came to an end.

The dust gradually fell, Yongqiu City reappeared, the wooden city tower had collapsed, and the thick city wall was full of pitted dents.

The head of the entire Yongqiu City is beyond recognition, and the description is terrifying.

But to the surprise of the soldiers of the Hao Army, under such a powerful bombardment, the main city wall remained standing, only slightly injured.

"Lord, it's better to take this opportunity to kill the city tower!" the generals beside him asked for battle in unison.

Guo Jia, Pang Tong and Jia Xu beside him all dissuaded.

Tens of thousands of boulders are all blown up, now the main body of the city wall is still there, there is an urn city behind, if you force a hard attack, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and the gains outweigh the losses.

What's even more depressing is that the tens of thousands of boulders, although they killed many of Cao Jun's people, also provided Cao Jun with rolling stones to defend the city.

Pang Tong sighed: "I can't imagine that although the Cao thief is at the end of his rope, he is a hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen, and such a temporary patchwork army will be so fierce." ”

Haobai shook his head, judging from the current situation, if you want to break through the defense line around Yongqiu, it is best to outwit.

The sky was about to get dark, so Haobai gave an order for the army to withdraw three miles away, camp on the spot to rest, and bury the pot to cook......

In the evening, in Haobai's big tent, Haobai and several strategists sat in front of the desk table eating and drinking.

After a while, after a few people were full of wine and food, Jia Xu said to Haobai: "If you want to break Cao Jun, you should use a water meter." ”

"Dig the river, break the embankment of the river, and divert the water to the Yongqiu!" Jia Xu further explained.

"Water Attack!"

The location of Yongqiu City is low and concave as a whole, there is no big river nearby, but there is a small river dozens of miles away, and if you really want to dig a river to divert water, it can indeed flood this place to a mess.

"The nearest big river from here is also more than 50 miles, digging more than 50 miles of rivers, how much manpower and material resources will be wasted, and how long will it take!" Pang Tong asked suspiciously.

"With 200,000 soldiers and horses, it will take a month, it is too difficult. Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "But you don't have to worry about breaking the embankment and digging the river to divert water will harm the people, this is a place of war, and there is almost no one in a radius of fifty miles." ”

Haobai thought for a moment and said, "It won't take that long, I will provide a few sharp weapons at that time, and the river can be opened in a few days." ”

Haobai's sharp weapons are naturally some modern excavation equipment, if you use some special methods, it is not difficult to dig a river out......

Under the city of Yongqiu, there was silence for several days, which made Cao Cao and his generals gradually become panicked.

In the end, Cao Cao couldn't help but be temperamental, and sent a small group of soldiers and horses to attack at night, but the opponent only greeted him with crossbow arrows, and did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

The Hao Army, which has always been attack-oriented, faced with the Cao Army, which was a lot weaker, actually adopted the way of defense-oriented, which one is this!

However, no matter what Haobai's idea was, the generals of Cao Ying were secretly panicked in their hearts, because if Haobai really put on a posture and blindly held on, and they would not be able to consume it at all, and they would not be able to afford it at all, and they must implement the next plan.

In desperation, Cao Cao had to order Cheng Yu to repair a few letters and send them to various places in an urgent manner.

There is only one meaning, and it is recommended that under the current situation, it is best to work together to resist Haobai.

At this time, a soldier came in a hurry.

"Qi Qi Sikong, the enemy camp army has completely withdrawn and is heading to the northeast, and the movement is unknown!"

"What!"

The generals of Cao Ying all showed incredible expressions.

Cao Cao was also full of suspicion, and immediately led the crowd out of the palace, whipped his horse, and went straight to the north gate of Yongqiu.

After hurrying to the top of the city, everyone was immediately stunned by the scene in front of them.

A few miles away from the north gate, the smoke and dust were billowing, the flag was rolled upside down, and the 200,000 army slowly retreated to the northeast like the tide, although there were more than 200,000 people, the retreat was orderly, so that the Cao Jiang secretly admired.

If Haobai can't hold on, it can also be explained as bullying Cao Cao's lack of food and grass, wanting to exhaust the opponent's food and grass, and then attacking while Cao Cao is short of food, and now taking the initiative to retreat.

Everyone looked at the dark clouds that were gradually moving away, and they all showed puzzled looks.

"There is a change in the rear of Hao Bai!"

The generals above the city all showed relieved expressions on their faces, which was a more reasonable explanation, and it was also the explanation that everyone was most willing to see.

Cheng Yu, who had been silent, suddenly shook his head and said with a wry smile: "No, even if there is a change in the rear, there is no need for the whole army to retreat, send a general to solve a few, the only explanation is that this place can not stay for a long time, the most likely is the water meter, diverting water to irrigate Yongqiu, but it is a little difficult to dig dozens of miles of rivers, and it cannot be completed in a short time, as for other reasons, I can't think of ......."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Cao's face changed instantly, and he said urgently: "Quickly send detectives out of the city and find out if there is a newly dug river!"

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves from the north, and a group of cavalry drove a puff of smoke and dust and went straight to the city.

The leader had also seen Cao Cao surrounded by all the generals, and he arched his hand towards the city, and then shouted loudly: "General Chuan Hao's words, before the time is around today, there will be a big flood, through the fifty-mile river, straight to Yongqiu, and ask Cao Sikong to deal with it in advance to avoid the army being flooded." ”

"What!"

There was an uproar in the city, the water plan has always been a conspiracy, how can it be clearly informed!

Cheng Yu couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "Sure enough, it is a fifty-mile long river, such a big stroke, it has been completed in just a few days, and it is so unscrupulous......

Cao's army of 300,000, half of which were makeshift recruits, gathered together and relied on defensive bunkers such as city walls and trenches.

Then stick to it with defensive weapons such as crossbows, arrows, trebuchets and rolling stones, and for new recruits, a little training is all it takes.

But if they withdraw from Yongqiu City, the disadvantages of these recruits will come out, and once the 300,000 army retreats, it will inevitably be a mess, and it will not be able to advance and retreat in an orderly manner like Haobai.

Even if the water failed to cause any damage to Cao's army in the end, as long as the formation was chaotic when retreating, Haobai took the opportunity to turn around and chase after him, and Cao's army would be defeated without a fight.

It was clearly stated that this was a blatant contempt and provocation, but Cao Cao was helpless.

Just like a clever chess player, who calculates that there are still three moves to win, he will directly tell his opponent that you have lost, don't struggle.

The hot sun was empty, but Cao Cao's heart was cold, and his face became pale.

At this moment, Cao Cao knew that he was really gone, and he was powerless to return to the sky.

The strategists and generals at the head of the city were also silent for a while, silent, retreating or not retreating, this is a question.

"Fifty miles of the river, how can it be said that it will be dug up, maybe Haobai is just bluffing, luring the lord to retreat, and then take the opportunity to cover up and kill, the lord needs to send scouts to investigate first and then make a decision, don't be fooled. ”

Some people still have a glimmer of hope after all, and this idea of self-comfort has been approved by several people.

......

There is still a distance of several zhang between the newly dug river channel and the river water, forming a large embankment between the empty river channel and the river water, as long as the distance of several zhang is dug up, the river water will slope out.

The flags were rolled, and the soldiers with weapons in their hands stood solemnly, looking at Haobai, waiting for orders.

A cavalry scout rushed over: "General Qiyu, all the troops have been evacuated." ”

"Breaking the embankment!"

Soon after the order was given, a small hole was dug in the embankment to allow the river to flow slowly.

Although the mouth is small, once the river gushes out, it rushes and gradually washes the soil on both sides, making the mouth bigger and bigger.

The command flag waved, and the soldiers hurriedly mounted their horses and retreated to the nearby heights.

The water that flowed out of the river was still rushing, making a huge roar, and the rushing waves of water continued to wash the soil on both sides of the gap, making the mouth bigger and bigger, and the roar became louder and louder, like thunder.

Then the whole embankment gradually loosened under the continuous washing of the flood, and at a certain moment, with a loud bang, in an instant, the surging flood was like a wild horse that had escaped the reins, galloping down!

Without the confinement of the embankment, the surging flood has completely lost its limit, and the surging flood is pouring down through the gap, forming huge flood peaks, roaring towards the lower places.

At this time, at the head of Yongqiu, Cao Cao was still waiting for the return of the scouts.

Suddenly, dozens of scouts rushed in unison, and before everyone could ask questions, the scouts were already shouting: "Water, the water is coming from the newly dug river, retreat quickly!"

There was an uproar in the city.

Cao Cao's face was no longer bloody, and he waved his hand bitterly: "The whole army retreats, retreat to the direction of Gaoyang Pavilion!"

Woooooo

The sound of the horn continued to rise, like a hurricane, blowing through the twenty-mile company camp and stirring in the sky above Yongqiu.

The 300,000 Cao army was in chaos in an instant, some soldiers heard that the flood was coming, and ordered the soldiers under their command to retreat as a whole, and some were reluctant to carry the baggage and grain and grass, so they ordered the troops to move the grain and grass and then run.

More soldiers are afraid of being flooded into fish and shrimp, the trees are scattered, and they run south in an uproar, only hating their father and mother for missing two legs, especially those recruits, who have long been thinking about leaving, and now they see where this opportunity will be missed, some people even threw away their weapons and just ran away.

Just when the soldiers of the Cao army were retreating from the south in a chaotic manner, there was a loud sound like shaking mountains from the direction of the north gate, and when someone looked back, they saw a monstrous huge wave rolling in a few miles away in the north direction, and it spread rapidly, surging forward, and then one after another huge waves roared, rushing into the field like ten thousand horses galloping.

This sudden and dramatic change made Cao's army more and more chaotic and collapsed

Most of the Cao army were foot soldiers, no matter how fast they ran, where was the flood running fast, but fortunately, it would take a while for the flood to spread to fill the flat land, so that when the flood spread to those low-lying hills, eighty percent of the Cao army had already retreated.

Only those soldiers who were reluctant to give up their baggage and grain and grass were driven up by the flood and gradually submerged.

The water rushed for a day and a night, and finally gradually calmed down, except for some higher places, most of them had been submerged, and the walls of Yongqiu City were also flooded more than half high.

In the early morning, the air was filled with water vapor mixed with the smell of earth, and on the high hill ten miles away from Yongqiu City, 30,000 Haojun iron horsemen stood solemnly, quietly looking at the white flood in front of them.

After a short time of standing in front of the army, a miracle occurred.

In front of him appeared a battleship with a capacity of dozens of people, and then a second battleship appeared, next to the first one.

Then the third, fourth, and fifth ships ...... In the end, the water in front of everyone was densely packed with warships, covering a full mile of land, and there were at least two or three hundred of them.

Although the veterans have long been accustomed to seeing it, there are still many new soldiers who are stunned when they see this strange sight for the first time, and they can't believe their eyes.