Liu Yanqing is a veteran of many battles. He said these words, and the other generals frowned deeply.
Han Shizhong gritted his teeth and shouted: "If you go hundreds of miles deep into the thieves' den, can you retreat in vain? In this situation, it is natural to gamble with your life. The master will give me three thousand elites. I, Old Han, will attack him first and then look for clues." "
Cao Cao patted Han Shizhong and said, "Brother Han, you are a handsome and talented man, and you need to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. You must know that nothing in nature is perfect. Is this Fangzhou an exception?"
Han Shizhong's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Brother Wu, do you really have a good idea?"
But Xu Guanzhong clapped his hands and shouted: "Ah, what a clever idea! Brother is right, since ancient times the heaven and earth have not been complete, let alone this city!"
Han Shizhong was so anxious that he scratched his head and said, "Do you know what Brother Wu is thinking?"
Xu Guanzhong smiled and said: "I dare not say that I guessed it right. Brother Wu, why don't you write it on the palm of your hand and see if what you see is similar?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Yes!"
At that moment, the people took the pen and ink, turned their backs, each wrote in the palm of their hand, turned around, looked at each other, turned their palms over at the same time, a bunch of heads came over, and said in unison: "Water!"
Cao and Xu blinked and laughed at the same time.
Liu Yanqing blinked, looked at the Nanhe River not far away, and said curiously: "Dig water to attack the city? With all due respect, this strategy may be feasible against Xiangyang. Fangzhou is located high on a hill. If we wait to dig water, won't we flood ourselves first?" ?”
Cao Cao pointed at Xu Guanzhong and said, "General, don't be impatient and listen to Guanzhong's explanation."
Xu Guanzhong smiled and said: "It's not about digging for water. We only need to do this, this, this, and this, and the city will collapse if it is not attacked."
When the generals heard this, they were in disbelief at first, then surprised and happy, and finally their faces were full of ecstasy: "Ah, this plan is indeed wonderful!"
Han Shizhong bowed deeply and said sincerely: "I heard it said before that a general should know astronomy, geography, know the strange gates, know the yin and yang, observe the formation map, and understand the military situation. I thought it was compiled by scholars. The words are nonsense, but today we know they are true!"
Liu Yanqing was also overjoyed: "We have been fighting for a long time. The flaws that are clearly in front of us will be as hard to see without you pointing them out."
On that day, the entire Song army came out and surrounded the mountain. Ten thousand people used shields and wooden planks to protect them. Another ten thousand people only looked for the dense areas of weeds and dug hard. Ten thousand people were waiting in formation. All the generals were full of murderous intent and were on guard. Suddenly troops came out to fight in his city.
When Li Zhu and others got their reward, they saw the Song army digging holes and started talking about it. Li Zhu said disdainfully: "How easy is it to break the city with tunnels?" He immediately ordered people to collect large jars all over the city and bury them every few feet along the edge of the city wall. Next, people sit in a vat and listen to the sounds underground. If the sounds are wrong, tunnels are dug and water is poured with boiling oil and boiling water.
The next day, Wang Qing also went to the city to have a look in person, and said with a smile: "Although there is a clever plan by the military counselor, seeing him digging day and night will eventually disgust everyone. It would be better to send troops to raid and kill him."
Then he ordered the four generals Li Xiong, Bixian, Liu Yuan and Pan Zhong recommended by Fang Han, each with a thousand men and horses. Hearing the sound of war drums in the city, they opened the four gates and went down together to kill the generals.
The four showed off their power and were waiting at the door with their soldiers and horses. When they heard the sound of the drum, they immediately opened the four doors and went down the mountain with the noise. Bows and arrows were also fired from the top of the city.
Unexpectedly, the Song army had received the instructions early. When they saw the enemy troops coming out, those holding shields and planks protected each other. They covered the earth digging army behind them and slowly withdrew. When the thieves rushed closer, the general They immediately led people to push up.
How heroic are the few of Cao Cao's men? After a chaotic fight, outside the east gate, Lu Junyi stabbed Pan Zhong to death with one shot; outside the west gate, Sun An killed Li Xiong with three sword moves; outside the north gate, Han Shizhong shouted that he must be killed first, but outside the south gate, Zhu Jing , Geng Gong and Liu Yuan fought fiercely for more than twenty times, but Liu Yuan was not defeated and he fled back to the city.
Wang Qing was shocked when he saw that only one of the four generals came back from the battle. He kept shouting: "You know that generals have been defeated many times! It turns out that this group of people is so powerful." He also ordered a heavy reward for Liu Yuan: "Your martial arts are even more impressive. If you are extraordinary, if you make good contributions in the future, I will be rewarded heavily."
This time, the city did not dare to fight easily. Although they fired bows and arrows from time to time, the Song army was well prepared and did not hurt many people.
The next day, rolling water came out of several cave entrances. Cao Cao was so happy that he quickly asked people to expand the cave entrances and let the water flow out.
The defenders on the city saw it and didn't know why, so they quickly reported it. Li Zhu hurriedly walked up to the city and took a look. He saw that the mountains under the city had been dug into deep pits, and there were seven or eight holes in them with large pools of turbid water. Guang Gu, his face changed in shock, he patted his thigh and cried out in pain: "Who knew there was such a master among the Song Army! He would use such a desperate plan!"
At this time, Wang Qing and others came. They were all dumbfounded and said in shock: "Song Jun, why is this? Do you need to take a bath in the hot weather?"
Li Zhu said angrily: "You are blind, and there is a river next to you. He still has to dig for water to take a bath?"
Fang Han said angrily: "You are a man who always likes to play tricks on the king's respect, but now you have offended your father. He failed to dig a hole and was flooded instead. Isn't it a good thing?"
When Li Zhu saw that what had happened and how stupid these people were, he felt an unknown fire rushing straight into the sky. He jumped up and knocked down Fang Han with a scratch on his ear. He pointed and cursed: "Poor Li, I can't use his talent at all." , I just want to find a wise master to do something great in the world. I thought Wang Qing was very brave, but he actually reused you and other villains. It can be seen that he is not the person to do big things after all! Now the enemy has used a plan to wipe out the family, you still think it is a good thing , People like you are important ministers, what hope does this great Chu have?"
When Wang Qing heard that Li Zhu even scolded him, he couldn't help but became furious and shouted: "Commander, why do you say such treacherous words? Fang Han is mediocre in ability, but he is loyal and courageous, so why should you look down on him?" ?With everyone working together, there is nothing we can’t handle.”
"Can you handle it?" Li Zhu swayed and said sadly, "Send someone to look at the wells in the city and you will know the clues."
Li Zhu has always been calm and calm. This is the first time Wang Qing has seen him lose his composure. For a moment, Wang Qing couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart. He glanced at Li Zhu and sent someone to look at the well.
Not long after, his subordinates reported in panic that the water from the wells all over the city had receded without a trace. They went down to the well to dig several feet deep, but only a little turbid mud gushed out, and it disappeared again after a while.
Only then did Wang Qing and others learn about Cao Cao's intention of digging holes everywhere, and said with gnashed teeth: "How vicious is this man? He wants to cut off the water veins of this city and destroy my foundation?"
Li Zhu laughed miserably and said: "This city was built on a hill only because there was an underground river on this hill. Now it has been cut off and it has become an abandoned city. It's ridiculous that Li thinks he is so wise and wants to wait for others to run out of food, haha , Now it seems that before the Song army is starved to death, we will die of thirst first."
Wang Qing and others looked at each other, all of them looking pale.
The next day, there was no water in the whole city. It was almost July, the sun was blazing like fire in the sky, and the soldiers and civilians all complained.
Wang Qing sent Li Zhu to set up an altar to pray for rain, but to no avail.
At night, a small group of soldiers and civilians escaped from the city. Cao Cao had already sent people to patrol around, and all the civilians were released, while the thieves were captured and detained.
On the third day, the city was full of noise. Wang Qing led more than ten thousand soldiers, swarmed the people in the city, and fought out in the middle of the night. Cao Cao was well prepared. In an instant, countless fires were lit, illuminating the battlefield as bright as day. Without water for two or three days, their combat power was greatly reduced. The Song army marched in formation and were invincible in the face of a weak enemy. It looked like a truly strong army.
The battle ended very quickly. The common people and traitors knelt down and asked to surrender. Fang Han, Qiu Xiang, and Shi Jun were all captured. Liu Yijing and Liu Yuan, the two fierce generals, protected Wang Qing and led more than 3,000 remaining troops to fight back to the city. During the battle, the veteran Liu Yanqing drew his bow and tried to shoot Wang Qing, but Shangguan Yi, the deputy guarding the city, died unexpectedly.
Cao Cao rode his horse and chased him to the bottom of the city. The opponent had tightly closed the city gate. When he led his troops back, he saw that there was still a fierce battle. When he went over, he saw that Lu Junyi was fighting with others.
The man was not wearing any armor and was wearing a long robe. However, the sword in his hand was so fast that it was like thunder and lightning. Lu Junyi shouted repeatedly and stepped back, unable to hold back.
Youfenjiao: With a good plan in your belly, you can reach the sky, and with your sword, you can reach high. After the battle, all the heroes suddenly tied up their hands, and the heroes paid homage to Cao Cao today.
Dead.
The cold seems to be almost gone, and he is indeed a tough guy.
(End of chapter)
