Chapter 2092 The broken earthen jar in Cao Mengde’s hand
The sun rose slowly, and its golden brilliance shone on the flags of Cao Jun's ships in the Han River.
Although the Jingzhou navy suffered heavy losses, it still has some foundations. With the remaining buildings and ships of the Cai family, it is not a big problem to build a decent navy. Anyway, all the hussars are now
Because of the land troops and some other factors, Xiahou Dun and others dared to bring the navy troops close to the military base.
Xiahou Dun was sitting in the building boat with a large map spread out on the table.
Cai Hao was located on the lower side, sliding his hand on the map, "General, look..." Cai Hao pointed to the sign of Fancheng on the map and said, "This is Fancheng. If the cavalry comes at full speed, it can be reached in half a day."
..." Cai Mao glanced at Xiahoudun secretly. Xiahoudun didn't show any expression and didn't seem to notice Cai Mao's intention.
"When the Hussars sent people to build this military fortress, they put a lot of thought into it..." Cai Mao had no choice but to continue, "It was built according to the mountain and divided into two layers, the inner and outer, like a Japanese character. Even if the outer layer was broken
, there is still an inner layer to defend...it's just...to defend such a military fortress naturally requires a lot of manpower, and now there are only more than a thousand people here..."
"However, if we attack along the mountain road, we will inevitably suffer damage..." Cai Mao said, "We might as well use the waterway to bully the enemy, use buildings and ships to suppress the heights of the military base, and then send people to attack one wing, break it a little first, and disrupt its defense. If
When they mobilize their soldiers, they will be wounded by arrows from ships and boats. Naturally, they can kill many people... If they cannot take care of both, they can advance by land and water simultaneously and destroy them in one fell swoop!"
After Cai Mao finished speaking, he looked up at Xiahou Dun again, then was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help but said: "The only thing to worry about..."
Xiahou Dun said: "It's okay for De Gui to speak out."
"It's Fancheng's army, only half a day away. If..." Cai Hao glanced at Xiahou Dun secretly again, and didn't finish his words, but his meaning was clear.
In fact, the military fortress is not a big problem. In other words, as long as there are sufficient troops and sufficient preparations, it is not very difficult to conquer the military fortress. However, the focus now is not on the military fortress, but on Fancheng.
Fancheng's hussars can reach the military base in half a day. Of course, Xiahou Dun can have the advantage on the water and can fight and leave whenever he wants. After all, the cavalry wants to enter the water and have sex with ships. What kind of idiots are they?
What can't be done is just on this land...
Can Cao's troops who landed ashore defeat the hussars?
Cai Mao didn't have much confidence, but he couldn't say this in front of Xiahou Dun. Even if Xiahou Dun said that he could "speak frankly", it didn't mean that he could "speak frankly" about everything.
Xiahou Dun looked at the map quietly, seeming to be thinking about something.
The sound of water is rippling, soft and long.
In the military fortress, Xu Yu and Liu Xiong were also standing on the wall of the military fortress, looking at the Han River.
Although Xu Yu and Liu Xiong are both school captains, strictly speaking, they command ranging from 1,200 to 2,400 people, but firstly, there are not so many soldiers and horses in the military fortress. Secondly, Xu Yu
He and Liu Xiong were both captains with miscellaneous numbers, and their subordinates were not full of men, so the combined number of soldiers between them was less than 1,500.
Xu Yu and Liu Xiong are both veterans who have been on the battlefield, so Cao's army has been traveling to and from Hanshui more frequently in the past two days, which naturally attracted their attention.
Since receiving the news of the attack on Wancheng, Xu Huang retreated to Fancheng to be on the safe side due to the unknown situation. The military fortress has become the first line of resistance against Cao's army, and may be invaded by Cao's army at any time. With the current situation
If Cao's army really attacks in large numbers, it would not be a big problem to support them for a few days, but if there are no reinforcements, it will be difficult to tell if the time goes on.
"Captain Xu, this Cao Jun..." Liu Xiong said with some worry, "It looks like he is going to counterattack..."
"Not only our place, but also Wancheng..." Xu Yu shook his head and said, "This Cao Jun is simply crazy! Can Wancheng be defeated? If Wancheng is really captured, he must learn from the West.
Isn’t that move of Chu Bawang enough to threaten the hussar general?”
"I heard that there don't seem to be many defenders in Wancheng!" Liu Xiong said with some worry, "It is said that Huang Xiaowei and his two horses rushed to Wancheng to aid Wancheng. It should be too late..."
"It will definitely come in time!" Xu Yu said, raising his hand, "But now, it's time to worry about ourselves... Look! Cao Jun's ships!"
"Boom!" Liu Xiong shouted, "Cao's army is attacking! Blow the trumpet! Warn! Go to Fancheng to send a message, saying that Cao's army is attacking the military base!"
A low horn sounded from the heights of the military base, and the long, deep sound suddenly tore through the quiet sky above the military base. Immediately, the warning gong also rang, and the soldiers came out of the wooden sheds and tents one after another, nervous.
The sequence begins to assemble.
Cao Jun's warship seemed to be swaying, but in fact it was not slow. It quickly arrived in front of the military base, and then set up a formation. As the war drums also sounded on Cao Jun's warship, Cao Jun also took action.
stand up……
"So urgent? You're going to take action right away..." Xu Yu opened his eyes wide, staring at the approaching Cao Jun ships, and suddenly shouted loudly, "Raise your shield!"
A black cloud suddenly floated from above Cao Jun's ship, and it seemed that you could hear the scream as the black cloud tore through the air!
Xu Yu's loud roar woke up many people.
The shield bearer raised his shield involuntarily, and immediately heard the sound of bows and arrows being fired.
The soldiers without shields rolled and crawled to the inside of the shelter to reduce their exposed area. For a moment, it seemed that the soldiers in the military fortress were commanding and forbidding, and they were quick and agile, but in fact they were not all commander-in-chief Xu Yu and Liu Xiong.
How awesome it is, but in the army, soldiers who move slowly, do not respond to orders, and stand still when faced with danger are often the first to be eliminated. Those who can survive after several battles,
No one is stupid.
A huge rain of black and gray arrows roared in, and the long arrows were nailed to the wall of the village with a harsh sound of wind and thunder, nailed to the wooden shed, and shot through the curtain of the tent, making all kinds of terrifying sounds.
The soul-stirring "whoosh", "dong-dong" and "crack" sounds.
Some arrows collided with each other in the air, resulting in insufficient range and landed in front of the village wall, and some arrows flew to the other side because the range was too far, but the arrows that accurately landed on the wall had huge power, let alone those.
The unlucky guy even caused some shield soldiers to be hit by long arrows continuously, and their shields were knocked crooked by the force...
The wooden roof and wooden pillars of the village wall were covered with long arrows stuck diagonally on them in the blink of an eye, just like the gray-black mold in spring, and a large area grew in the blink of an eye!
Cai Mao stood at the forefront of the warship and was very satisfied with the shooting skills displayed by the Jingzhou navy. He loudly ordered the orderer standing behind him: "Pass the order! Keep shooting! After ten rounds, switch to rockets! Shoot for three more rounds."
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Xiahou Dun, who was slightly behind the line, also ordered several ships to rush to the shore, preparing to land and cooperate in the battle. Among the ships were some strong soldiers of Cao's army, but they couldn't help but look a little pale...
Many Cao soldiers are landlubbers. Although they have practiced a lot in the past few days, they are still a little uncomfortable with such real swordsmanship on the bed, uh, going in and out of the boat and up and down. Until they stand on the shore, these Cao soldiers
The soldiers couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and began to howl with vigor again.
Liu Xiong took advantage of a break in the rain of arrows and stretched out his head to look outside. As a result, his head was exposed, and an arrow shot from the opposite direction grazed his scalp and flew past him. Liu Xiong shrank his neck in fright.
, did not dare to move anymore, but he heard the shouts, running sounds, and the sound of heavy objects being knocked from outside...
"Cao's soldiers are digging for antlers!" Liu Xiong shouted loudly, "There are also iron chains blocking the river! Archers! Come forward!"
Immediately, more arrows pounced again, and this time they were rockets, like fire crows, carrying black smoke across the sky, landing on the wall of the military fortress, and also landing on the military fortress.
Among!
"Put out the fire! Pay attention to putting out the fire!" Xu Yu shouted.
Although the wooden sheds in the military base are covered with a layer of mud, there is no way to say how fireproof the tents are, so if it is ignited, it is really a troublesome thing. Therefore, on the side of the tent in the camp, there are
There are often water tanks. If you are hit by a rocket, you can just unplug the rocket immediately and put out the sparks. However, even so, there is often negligence, and some tents will still be ignited.
of……
The sound of the drums became louder and louder than the last.
Cao's army was still advancing. Under the cover of bows and arrows, they had successfully pried off the antlers of the deer, and even got close to the iron chain held up by the military base to block the river. Clang sounds could be heard from time to time.
"Shoot, shoot!" Liu Xiong shouted, taking advantage of Cao Jun's archers to enter a rest period, and quickly counterattacked and suppressed them.
The archers in the military fortress quickly stood up from behind the wall and began shooting at Cao Jun.
Cao Jun held his shield high, resisting the arrows shot from the military base, while moving forward vigorously.
Although occasionally Cao Jun was shot and fell down screaming, the rest of Cao Jun's soldiers did not mess up at all and continued to move. Some soldiers even just leaned slightly closer to their own shield soldiers, not at all.
Not much attention is paid to it...
It's not that Cao Jun underestimated the bows and arrows in the military fortress, but because the shooting angle of the military fortress on the mountain is not good down the mountain. The archers need to lean out a lot to shoot down the mountain. At the same time, they can stand on the wall of the military fortress.
There are not many positions on the ground, and Cao's army's offensive positions are scattered, including in the water, on the shore, and at the foot of the mountain. Therefore, the density and lethality of bows and arrows at the military base have naturally dropped a lot.
The main defense of the military fortress is from enemies attacking on land. After all, it is difficult to have the best of both worlds, so the military fortress is not very powerful against the water surface.
Although the archers on the military base shot down some of Cao's troops with powerful long arrows, they still had insufficient suppression in the face of scattered and moving targets of Cao's troops. After a while, when Cao's troops on the water launched a second round
During the shooting suppression, many archers on the military base were also shot. They had to give up the continuous suppression and could only wait for the next shooting gap of the opponent...
Arrows in the air intertwined with each other, and amid the sound of war drums, soldiers from both sides gradually approached, and a fierce battle finally started on this piece of land again...
……(‵□′)╯ヽ(`乩′)……
The place of Wumingwu Fort.
Liao Hua looked at Zhuge Liang who seemed a little worried and asked, "What is Kong Ming worried about?"
Zhuge Liang turned around, smiled, and said, "Nothing..." After a while, he felt that his denial was somewhat deceiving Liao Hua, so he added, "I'm just worried about the war..."
Liao Hua said: "Didn't Kong Ming meet with the General of the Zhenjun to express his feelings? The General of the Zhenjun will definitely make appropriate arrangements!"
Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "I hope so."
"Huh?" Liao Hua frowned and asked, "Kong Ming means..."
Zhuge Liang looked east, as if he was looking in the direction of Cao Jun, and also seemed to be looking at his own hometown...
Zhuge Liang's hometown is Langya.
Langya's original name is Langya, Lang means beautiful jade, and Ya means jade-like ivory. The place name constructed from two characters that represent beauty is enough to prove the original extraordinaryness of Langya.
Langya was first said to have existed when Jiang Ziya was granted the title of Qi. Eight gods were worshiped in Qi, including the Four Seasons Lord of Langya. Later, through the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, the pre-Qin and Western Han Dynasties, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu even gave birth to his son.
I was granted the title of Langya and became the King of Langya, but now...
Zhuge Liang was born into a family of officials, but he did not have a wonderful childhood.
He lost his mother when he was three years old and his father when he was eight years old, and has lived with his uncle ever since.
Zhuge Liang actually doesn't remember much about what happened when he was three years old. He only knew when he grew up that which year was the Yellow Turban Rebellion...
Langya's former wealth became Langya's sin. How beautiful Langya was before, how miserable it was during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Zhuge Liang never asked his father how his mother died, because every time his mother came to
On the anniversary of his death, the young Zhuge Liang could always see his father dejected and miserable.
Later, Zhuge Liang's father also died, perhaps because he missed him too much, or perhaps because of other reasons...
That year, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing.
Then...
"Cao Mengde..." Zhuge Liang said slowly, "Does Yuan Jian know...Cao Mengde invaded Xuzhou many times?"
Liao Hua was stunned and nodded slightly, "I know a little bit... Kong Ming's meaning is..."
Zhuge Liang closed his eyes and seemed to see some scenes he didn't want to see.
If we follow some public statements from later generations, Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, in the final analysis, it was for the benefit of the people of Xuzhou, just like a certain academy. The starting point was good, to prevent the people of Xuzhou from being used by the hypocrite Tao Qian and Liu Bei, but he loved the people
Cao Cao, who was like a son, hurriedly rushed but was still a step too late. This only shows that the consciousness of the people in Jingzhou is not high enough and they are unable to understand the profound meaning of Cao Cao's move...
Taking ten thousand steps back, even if we kill them...then, what, can a slap make a loud noise? Shouldn't we first examine our own mistakes? Why should we run? Why should we run away? Don't run.
Would Cao Cao be angry if he didn't run away? Wasn't he running around in scantily clad clothes deliberately causing people to commit crimes?
But in fact, there was only one real reason why Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou...
At that time, Cao Cao initially occupied Yanzhou and became another powerful local faction after Liu Yan in Yizhou, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Tao Qian in Xuzhou, Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Yuan Shu in Yuzhou, and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou.
Fei Qian? At that time, no one paid attention to Fei Qian, and not many people even paid attention to Chang'an. These local powerful factions in Shandong were like poisonous insects spawned by the local factions of the Shandong gentry, biting and killing each other.
At that time, Yuan Shu saw that it was difficult to win against Liu Biao, and his general Sun Jian died unexpectedly, so he had to turn his attention elsewhere. In addition, Yuan Shu's ally Gongsun Zan suffered a setback in power, and Yuan Shao's power suddenly expanded, making Yuan Shu more and more uneasy. With the help of the imperial court's dispatch
Because Jin Shang, the governor of Yanzhou, was expelled by Cao Cao, Yuan Shu changed the direction of the attack, took Jin Shang in, and marched to Fengqiu County in Yuzhou. He combined with the remnants of the Yellow Turban army from all walks of life and turned the attack to Yanzhou, which had just begun to show some improvement and had not yet established a foothold.
Stable Cao Cao.
At the same time, Yuan Shu also contacted Tao Qian and wanted to march together to destroy Cao Cao with great momentum...
However, Cao Cao was not intimidated and fought with Yuan Shu in Kuangting. As a result, Yuan Shu's army marched a long distance. The army was tired and there were no brave generals to boost morale. General generals were no match for those generals under Cao Cao. Therefore, after a series of fierce attacks by Cao Cao's army,
Under the impact, Yuan Shu's army was defeated and fled. Then the remnants of the Yellow Turban army in Heishan, Runan and other places saw that the momentum was wrong and ran faster than Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu was defeated and retreated, but Cao Cao refused to give up. Taking advantage of the power of victory, he surrounded Fengqiu County. Yuan Shu was afraid of being surrounded and captured by Cao Cao, so he abandoned his baggage and led the remaining troops to flee south of the city in embarrassment.
Normally, if you have reached this point, you can withdraw your troops, but Cao Cao did not. After seeing Yuan Shu escaping, Cao Cao sent his army to continue to pursue Yuan Shu's army madly. In this way, Yuan Shu fled to Xiangyi County before setting up camp, Cao Cao's army
They are coming soon! Yuan Shu has not yet organized his army. Seeing that Cao Cao is coming again, there is no hope of victory in counterattack, and there is a shameful risk of being surrounded and captured in Xiangyi, so he continues to lead a small number of troops to flee south again...
Yuan Shu fled all the way, and Cao Cao chased him all the way. It was not that the hatred between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu was that high, but because Cao Cao knew that if Yuan Shu was not beaten thoroughly, Cao Cao himself would continue to suffer from the pain.
Yu Yuan Shu’s threats and intrusions!
Cao Cao finally defeated Yuan Shu completely, but did Cao Cao not pay any price?
Cao Cao himself is willing to pursue Yuan Shu. The generals around Cao Cao and the Xiahou family of Cao should have no problem communicating, but what about other ordinary soldiers? How can these soldiers understand Cao Cao's grand goals and strategic intentions?
Simple, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward!
If Cao Cao has already established a stable foothold in Yanzhou, and has a lot of financial and material resources, and generous rewards, there will naturally be no big problem, but the problem is that Cao Cao has no money... At least in the process of chasing Yuan Shu, Cao Cao has no cash, so it must be
Time and time again, he promised his ordinary soldiers that after the war, they would definitely, definitely, definitely get more rewards, big rewards, huge rewards!
And then I won...
Even though he won the battle, Cao Cao still had no money.
Even if there were some spoils in the process of chasing Yuan Shu, they had either been given away or consumed by eating and drinking. After Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, he had to face a large number of empty promises and a large number of IOUs promised before.
Huabei bill...
As a result, Yuan Shao thought about the man standing behind Cao Cao and refused to give it, or only gave him a little bit. Yuan Shao thought bitterly, numbly, he originally thought he just wanted a bag, but now he wants a baby! This
How can I give it?
Ever since, Cao Cao became anxious.
Naturally, the Yanzhou gentry would not give it. After all, with such a big hole, who can live with it? Whoever made the promise will go to him!
Cao Cao had to fulfill his promise, otherwise he might mutiny in an instant and the whole thing would collapse!
So while Cao Cao started looking for trouble within Yanzhou, he also began to look for a way to shift the blame to the outside world. The closest one was naturally Yuzhou, but Yuzhou, because of the relationship between Xun Yu and others, Cao Cao blinked and turned.
He turned his head towards Xuzhou, which is still relatively wealthy...
Later, there was a saying of "attack Qian...if you overcrowd and slaughter them, they were all slaughtered in Juling and Xiaqiu. Hundreds of thousands of men and women were killed. There were no chickens or dogs left, and the Si River was blocked..."
Only by allowing his soldiers to slaughter and plunder can he fill the huge gap promised before. It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao, who regained the support of his soldiers, was able to fight back with his soldiers when Yanzhou rebelled, and
Won again!
Now, Cao Cao is almost faced with a dilemma similar to that of the past. If he cannot obtain supplies from Jingzhou, he will be unable to maintain the current situation. In order for the entire political group to continue to survive, Cao Cao will sit back and watch Jingzhou continue to be defeated by the cavalry generals.
Draw blood, and then accept the remaining shriveled empty shell with a smile?
After listening to Zhuge Liang's analysis, Liao Hua's eyes widened, "This...so it is like this...but..."
"Huh..." Zhuge Liang sighed, looked in the direction of Xu County and said, "If the earthen jar is in good condition, it is natural to handle it with care, lest it break... But now that the earthen jar is full of cracks and cracks, we can still expect Cao Mengde to do it."
Why don’t you cherish this earthen pot? As Ruomou expected, Cao Jun is already on the side!"
