The fierce north is roaring, and spring is approaching, and everything is gradually recovering. The cold wind is blowing outside Xiapi City, and the withered weed fields last year are slightly green and gradually glowing with life.
Someone in later generations once said that there were more than 50 large-scale conquests in Xuzhou in the past dynasties, and it is difficult to say what is right and wrong.
In this fertile land of Huaibei, the Battle of Xiapi where Cao Cao conquered Lu Bu was one of the more famous among the more than 50 large-scale campaigns in Xuzhou.
The melodious sound of horns sounded on the desolate land.
This extremely penetrating long sound was far and near, one after another, resounding throughout the wilderness.
Standing on the White Gate Tower, you can see Cao Jun's camp in the southwest corner of the city. Countless military flags are fluttering, and dense black spots with no edges are constantly emerging from the camp.
Of course, not all of the 30,000 troops lived together. Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun at the west gate and Yu Jin at the north gate. He also sent Xu Huang, a partial army, to attack Juan County and Yuanwu. He stationed troops in the north to guard against Zhang Liao, who was serving as the Prime Minister of Lu State at this time.
Reinforcements.
If Lü Bu followed Chen Gong's advice and personally led his cavalry out of the city to camp in the wilds, at arm's length with Xia Pi, and cooperated with Zhang Liao, Zhao Shu, Li Zou and other troops outside, he might have had a chance to repel Cao's army.
But unfortunately, he did not do this. As a result, most of Lu Bu's main forces are now in the city, Yuan Shu did not send reinforcements to help him, Zhang Liao was watched by Xu Huang, and Lu Bu was now isolated and helpless.
The sun hangs high in the sky. When the temperature is relatively low, this bit of sunlight is as pale as a flame in the darkness. It cannot bring any warmth to people, but makes it even colder.
Cao Cao personally led about 15,000 troops, plus Liu Bei's pitiful one or two thousand troops. They were like a tide, rushing toward Xiapi City, outside the South Gate, about one mile away from Baimen Tower.
At that point, the team began to line up.
They were all arranged in a square formation, with rows of spearmen at the front, and all types of troops at the rear. Officers at all levels arranged everyone's positions in an orderly manner. In just over ten minutes,
The 15,000-strong army was already in formation, showing Cao Jun's extremely superb military qualities.
Farther away, in Sishui, northwest of Xiapi City, a dam has been artificially built. This year, the water flow in Sishui has not been as much as in previous years, but after the water storage, Xiapi's moat and water storage have been reduced.
All the rivers and ponds used have been filled.
The water in the lower reaches has almost dried up, and all the water in the upper reaches has gathered outside Xiapi City. Three years ago, this river was full of corpses, but now it has become a rolling river again.
Cao Cao was riding on horseback, staring at the city standing in the cold wind in the distance and feeling slightly chilly. There was no sign or warning. He waved his hand and said to the messengers on his left and right: "Dig a canal, give it to me."
The city gate is flooded."
"Sikong has an order to dig a canal!"
"Sikong has an order to dig a canal!"
"Sikong has an order to dig a canal!"
The messenger galloped in the wind on horseback, and the sound continued to spread to all directions.
Xiapi is located to the east of Surabaya, and the terrain is relatively low. Cao Cao sent people to block the Surabaya River, and then dug canals that originally flowed to Xiapi to store water for several days.
In fact, the water had already overflowed by this time, passing through the moat of Xiapi City and filling the entire city with a shallow puddle.
But at this moment, after the dam was suddenly dug, it was like there was a loud bang and the sky collapsed. Lu Bujun's expression on the city gate changed drastically, and the torrential water rushed towards the city, as if it was going to destroy the entire city.
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However, the ability to store water and discharge floods in ancient times was far inferior to that of the industrial era. In addition, under the influence of extreme weather in recent years, droughts have occurred all over the country. Therefore, except for the very special case of Guan Yu flooding the Seventh Army, most so-called
The flooded cities were just pouring water into the city.
It is impossible to really form a terrifying flood that destroys the city walls and wipes out all the people and houses. Therefore, the huge waves of the river are rolling in. It looks terrible, but it only forms a circle on the ground.
A huge layer of water began to submerge into Xiapi City.
No matter how tightly the city gate is closed, it cannot withstand the infiltration of water. Soon, the water level in the city, which was only a shallow layer, began to rise dramatically, covering the toes, the insteps, the ankles, and in the end, even
The lower legs were submerged by the skyrocketing water level.
Many people know that beriberi is caused by a lack of vitamin B1, but vitamin B1 is widely found in vegetables, fish, and whole grains. For example, the staple food of the Han people at that time was corn, which was rich in vitamin B1 and other nutrients. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Han people
You actually don’t get beriberi.
However, that is under normal circumstances. If a person's feet are soaked in water for a long time, the skin will be soaked and there are a lot of bacteria in the water, which will soon make people infected with beriberi. The whole foot will be soaked and swollen.
, pus, this is the most terrifying part of the flooded city.
Especially when Lu Bu placed a large number of troops in the city, when the water level began to spread and rise in the city, many people instinctively began to run towards the city wall and high ground, but the place was only so big, there were so many people, and everything was crowded.
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For a time, the whole city of Xiapi was filled with mourning. Before the soldiers started fighting, their morale almost fell to the bottom.
"hateful!"
Lu Bu stood on the top of the city, watching the water pouring into the city, gradually submerging the city. He punched the parapet in anger. At this time, he really regretted why he didn't listen to Chen Gong. If he had brought people earlier,
Once you leave the city, you can launch a surprise attack.
The left and right said: "General, the city has been flooded. If this continues, I'm afraid we won't even have a place to stand, and everyone will be trapped and die in the city. We might as well open the city gate and rush out!"
"Charge out?"
Lu Bu hesitated again, as he did every time. He looked forward and backward during a battle, often missing good opportunities.
At this time, there was a sudden noise at the West Gate.
Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Wei Xu and others had long been dissatisfied with Lu Bu. Taking advantage of Cao's army to besiege the city, they suddenly rebelled, kidnapped Chen Gong who was guarding the west city gate, and opened the city gate.
It was Xiahou Dun who was located at the west city gate. Xiahou Dun rushed to Liu Bei's aid six months ago to fight against Gao Shun and Zhang Liao. During the battle, Cao Xing fired a cold arrow and blinded one eye. At this moment, when he saw Lu Bu's army's city gate wide open, he thought that the enemy was about to rush out, so he immediately
He shouted: "Get ready to kill with me!"
"kill!"
Cao Jun's shouts of killing were loud and loud.
Fortunately, Hou Cheng and others quickly shouted: "We surrender, we surrender!"
Two or three thousand people came running out of the city and knelt down in front of Xiahou Dun's formation to surrender.
Seeing these soldiers of Lu Bu's army who had no fighting spirit and surrendered out of the city, they were immediately overwhelmed by Cao's army who was preparing to fight.
Fortunately, although the battle was not won, Xiahou Dun immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to break the city, so he issued a military order: "Enter the city!"
"Come on!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
"Dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong!"
The melodious horns and war drums sounded in unison.
Xiahou Dun wrapped his left eye with a cloth, and his right eye had an extremely narrow vision, but he had gotten used to it in the past six months. He clenched the sword in his hand, galloped his horse, and was the first to rush into the city.
Originally, only Hou Cheng and a small number of the Western City defenders opened the city to surrender, but after Cao's army entered the city, the entire city was immediately thrown into chaos.
Seeing the city in front of them being breached, a large number of Lu Bu's troops in the city dropped their weapons and knelt down in the puddles.
Lu Bu, who was at the south city gate at the moment, saw this situation and almost spit out a mouthful of blood. He said angrily: "Hou Cheng and other thieves have mistaken me."
"General, the situation is over, let's leave quickly."
The people on the left and right were regarded as loyal, and they quickly persuaded him: "Fleeing back to Bingzhou, there may be hope."
Lu Bu laughed miserably and said: "There is no place for me in this world. Cut off my head and surrender to Cao Cao."
"General!"
Neither the left nor the right can bear it.
"Then take me to see Cao Cao."
Lu Bu sighed, now that the army is approaching the city, the only way out is to surrender.
Soon all Lu Bu's troops in the city surrendered.
At that time, the moat of Xiapi was intercepted from the Sishui River, and a canal was dug and built around the city.
Cao Cao sent people to block the upper and lower reaches of the moat. After storing the water, the water from the upper reaches was washed down. Because the lower reaches were blocked, the river water poured back into the city.
After Lu Bu surrendered, Cao Cao ordered people to dig the canal downstream, then blocked the upstream, and opened up the Sishui River.
As a result, due to terrain problems, the water level began to drop rapidly. In less than an hour, the floods in the city receded, and a large number of Cao's troops had entered the city and controlled the entire city.
"Xuande, how are you?"
Cao Cao was riding on horseback and said to Liu Bei beside him.
Liu Bei had long hated Lu Bu deeply. When he learned that he had been captured, he said happily: "Gong Cao uses his troops like a god. He is truly the pillar of the country."
"Hahahahaha."
Cao Cao laughed and said, "Come on, come with me to see Lu Bu."
"only."
Liu Bei followed him happily.
During this period, Liu Bei actually really wanted to follow Cao Cao in his career.
Because just like the people in the world who were deceived, Liu Bei also did not know Cao Cao's nature for the time being.
Although he had experienced the massacre in Xuzhou, he had to choose to endure it in the face of the declining Han Dynasty.
Everyone knows that the imperial court currently relies on Cao Cao to survive in troubled times. If it falls out with Cao Cao, the Han Dynasty's originally slightly better situation will be overturned again.
So to a certain extent, the current Liu Bei is actually no different from Kong Rong and Wang Lang.
They were all princes from the same place. After losing their territory, they all responded to the call of the imperial court and came all the way to join Cao Cao. In the beginning, they all followed Cao Cao loyally in his great undertakings.
What is different from Kong Rong and Wang Lang is that after the Yidai Zhao incident, Liu Bei quickly understood that Cao Cao was a Han traitor, so he defected to another Yuan Shao who claimed to be "loyal" to the Han Dynasty and wanted to overthrow Cao Cao and welcome the emperor.
On the other hand, although Kong Rong knew that Cao Cao was a Han traitor after the Clothes Order, he was powerless, so he could only scold Cao Cao for fun all day long.
Wang Lang chose to defect to the Han Dynasty. I no longer wanted to be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. I became a loyal minister of the Cao Wei Dynasty. Anyway, it was just a change of emperor and master, as long as it did not affect the growth of my family.
The result was that when Liu Bei went to prepare to join forces with Liu Biao to attack Cao Cao, Yuan Shao was unable to use him and was directly defeated by Cao Cao in Guandu. As a result, Liu Bei was unable to return to the north and was forced to live in Jingzhou. Finally, with the help of Zhuge Liang, he entered Sichuan to establish his foundation.
However, Kong Rong was executed by Cao Cao and his entire clan was killed. Even the children knew that no eggs would be left intact after the nest was overthrown, and the entire clan was wiped out.
Wang Lang's life was much better. He was one of the three princes and had a high status in Cao Wei. Later, after Sima Yi rose up, he immediately fell into the arms of the Sima family. His granddaughter Wang Yuanji married Sima Zhao, making the Wang Lang family become the top in the two Jin Dynasties.
One of the families is called Donghai Wang family.
This is almost a true portrayal of several factions in the late Han Dynasty.
The aristocratic families who only cared about family interests took refuge in Cao Wei. Kong Rong, Xun Yu and others who were loyal to the Han Dynasty were killed. Liu Bei, who was also a royalist, had the foresight to understand that "Shen Sheng dies inside and Chong Er is outside."
"Sheng" principle, and built Ji Han.
But at least for now, Liu Bei didn't know what Cao Cao was thinking. He had to wait until Cao Cao bullied the emperor, Liu Xie issued a clothing edict, and then Dong Cheng, Wangfu, Zhongji, and even the pregnant Dong Guifei were killed.
Will understand.
So he happily followed Cao Cao to see Lu Bu.
Compared to Cao Cao, he hated Lu Bu so much that even peeling his skin and cramping his muscles could not eliminate Liu Bei's hatred.
The two quickly entered the city and arrived at the White Gate Tower.
Surrounded by Xu Chu, Guan Yu and others, Cao Cao walked in the front and went up to the tower. He saw that Lu Bu had been tied up by Wu Hua Da, and the soldiers of Cao's army escorted him to Cao Cao.
"snort!"
Cao Cao snorted coldly: "Lu Bu, I have asked you to surrender and be loyal to the imperial court over and over again. Why do you do it again and again?"
Lu Bu avoided answering, but his face was tense and he didn't speak.
"Um?"
Cao Cao frowned and looked at him: "How dare you be rude to a defeated general?"
Lu Bu said: "I treated my soldiers so well, but they betrayed me. It was not a fault of war."
"oh?"
Cao Cao looked at Lu Bu with a smile and said, "I heard that you had an affair with the wives of several of your subordinates behind your back. How can you call it a favor?"
Lu Bu remained silent. After a while, he said, "This rope is too tight. Please loosen it a little."
Cao Cao laughed and said: "The tiger must be tied tightly."
Lu Bu then said: "Gong Cao has got me today. I will lead the cavalry, and Gong Cao will lead the infantry. We can unify the world."
"Well?"
Cao Cao squinted his eyes and slowly stroked his beard, feeling quite moved.
Lu Bu is brave and invincible, and is very good at cavalry. He currently lacks cavalry. If he gets Lu Bu, it will indeed greatly increase the strength of his cavalry.
On the side, Liu Bei saw that Cao Cao seemed to be interested, and he became anxious. He and Lu Bu had a life-and-death hatred, how could he let him go?
So he immediately stood up and said, "Didn't Ming Gong see the matter of Ding Jianyang and Grand Master Dong?"
Lu Bu said angrily: "Big Er'er is the most unbelievable!"
"snort."
Cao Cao shouted: "Hang Lu Bu."
"only!"
Immediately move Lubra away from left and right.
Lu Bu shouted in panic: "Gong Cao, Gong Cao, Gong Cao!"
As he was pulled farther and farther away, his voice became smaller and smaller, and soon there was no news.
In fact, Lu Bu didn't know it until his death. The reason why he was not accepted was because of his capricious personality.
Many people say that Liu Bei is more like a slave with three surnames than Lu Bu, and he seeks refuge everywhere.
But the only person Liu Bei relied on from beginning to end was Liu Xie.
The first time I met Gongsun Zan was to help his old classmate resist Yuan Shao.
The second time I went with Tao Qian was to help Tao Qian fight against Cao Cao.
The third time with Cao Cao was actually with Liu Xie.
The fourth time he went with Yuan Shao was because after the imperial edict, he knew Cao Cao's nature and thought that Yuan Shao was a loyal minister. However, when he went to contact Liu Biao, Yuan Shao disappeared in Guandu.
The fifth time with Liu Biao was actually of the same nature as Zhang Xiu, and belonged to Liu Biao's guest army.
Therefore, Liu Bei has never sought refuge with anyone, either following the imperial court, or because Yuan Shao failed to do his job while working for Liu Xie and was forced to become homeless, and he has never backstabbed the person who took him in.
On the other hand, look at Lu Bu.
Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei.
Whoever takes him in will be unlucky.
Except for Liu Bei, who has a great fortune, if you take one in, he will stab the other to death in the back.
Because of this, Lu Bu's reputation for being capricious was so bad that even Yuan Shu felt that he was dishonest and did not come to rescue Xiapi when Cao Cao surrounded him, let alone others.
Therefore, the social evaluation of Lu Bu at that time was very poor. Chen Deng said that he "went as easy as possible", Cao Cao said that he was "ambitious", Chen Shou commented that he was "cunning, repetitive and only focused on profit", and Xu Zhong said that he was "repeatedly ambitious".
Without righteousness, he aims to go against chaos."
On the contrary, Liu Bei's social evaluation at the time was very good. No one had ever said that he was capricious, which shows that the credibility of the two parties was not at the same level.
Otherwise, how could Cao Cao, such an independent and talented person, listen to Liu Bei's advice and kill Lu Bu?
It's actually a bit embarrassing, because the protagonist is not involved, so things in the north are the same as in history, basically copying the history books. But since the important characters are gone, we still have to write about it, so there is nothing we can do about it. But for other things, I
Shorten it as soon as possible, and then let the emperor come to Nanyang as soon as possible.
The poor emperor's uncle, who was beaten up and displaced for half his life in Kanto, will soon go south.
In addition, before the Battle of Guandu, the general history was that only the protagonist changed the history of Jingzhou because he was in Jingzhou. After the Battle of Guandu, it will be a brand new history, so everyone can rest assured that we will never copy the history books.