Chapter 340 Flooding the Seventh Army to Persuade Cao Hong to Surrender
Chapter 340 Flooded the Seventh Army and persuaded Cao Hong to surrender
On May 22, the 24th year of Jian'an, it started to rain in Nanyang.
Due to the special geological structure of the Funiu Mountains, there are often rainy periods in the mountains. The upper reaches of Lishui River is a river flowing out of accumulated rain all year round. This shows how abundant the rain is here.
This year's rain has been particularly heavy. After the arrival of the rainy season, it has rained continuously in the Funiu Mountains for several days, causing flash floods and a sudden surge in Lishui water flow.
On the 26th, with a loud noise, several dams originally built by Shen Chen in the mountains collapsed, causing flooding.
Cao Hong and Zhao Yan had a premonition that something was not going to happen a few days ago, so they sent a message to Yecheng immediately. Yecheng had already sent reinforcements before, but it still did not reverse the situation of being suppressed and beaten, so they could only send the message to Chang'an. Let Cao Cao decide.
At this time, Cao Cao was still in Wudu, Xiliang. His recent offensive was very fierce. He killed Liu Bei's generals Ren Kui, Fu Jin, and Xiang Cun. He broke through several camps and forced Liu Bei behind Qishan Mountain, near the wooden gate. road.
Now if Liu Bei retreats again, he will have no choice but to retreat to Xiabian. Because the wooden gate road is not the only road leading to Xiabian, it is difficult to defend Qishan, so he can only go back to Xiabian City.
Therefore, Liu Bei's current situation is very bad, and he urgently needs the Eastern Front to help him relieve the pressure.
Shen Chen besieged Cao Hong for two months, and Cao Hong remained standing. But today, Cao Hong stood on the high oar and watched, and saw a scene that he would never forget.
The huge flood is coming!
The flood even directly destroyed the Nanyang Army's camp, mixed with a large amount of sawdust, soil, and gravel, and swept towards his military camp.
But I don't know why, Cao Jun's resistance was very tenacious. Sometimes he would rather jump into the flood than surrender. He seemed to be full of courage, and it didn't look like his morale had dropped to the extreme.
Shen Chen stood on the second deck of the battleship with his hands behind his hands and watched.
First the bow string sounded, and then the broken sound penetrated the air.
Shen Chen's central main ship quickly learned the news and issued an order. The ship yawed to the left and headed towards the mountain.
Shen Chen stood on the deck and looked over there. The fighting ship was slowly approaching, and the two sides were more than twenty feet away.
The general screamed and stepped back. Not even the armor on his chest was able to protect him, and the armor-piercing arrow actually penetrated an inch, just piercing his chest.
Zhao Yan reacted within a second and shouted loudly: "Blow the whistle!"
Because it was dark at the beginning, many people could not see clearly.
"good."
When people encounter great disasters, they are often overwhelmed by sudden situations. Cao Hong was in such a state now, and it took Zhao Yan calling him several times to bring him back to his senses.
After a rain of arrows, a large number of Cao Jun's corpses floated in the flood.
"Bang!"
Some friends said that the last chapter was a wise move. The reason was that there was no need to transfer the troops from Jingzhou. Just find an excuse to start a war with Sun Quan. There was no need to destroy Jingnan. They also said that even if there were many troops in Jingzhou, Sun Quan would definitely send troops because This is in his interest.
"ah?"
"flood!"
The general of Cao's army was still directing his soldiers to defend. Because the sky was already dark, and both our enemy and our soldiers were shooting arrows, arrows were constantly flying back and forth in the air. He did not notice that an arrow was coming straight towards him.
"I me."
"General, you can't leave like this."
The nearby island-like earth mountains were separated by seven or eight feet, and they shouted to each other, and soon spread throughout the camps in Dongying.
Thousands of warships sailed into several camps to the east. Cao's troops on the outskirts of these camps were quickly cleared, and thousands of Cao's troops were shot and killed.
"General, the great cause is our top priority."
The surrounding Cao troops did not care about his explanation, because they saw Cao Hong on the fence leaving towards the west camp, and they were all very disappointed.
The earthen hill in the distance is more than thirty feet away, which is not very far actually. However, Cao Jun's earthen hill is two or three feet high. It is condescending and occupies an advantageous location.
Cao Hong hit the wooden frame under the oar on the high mountain next to him in a circle, then looked deeply into the distance, turned his head and jumped onto the fragment of the fence.
After shooting and killing Cao Jun on the outskirts, a ship successfully drifted into Cao Jun's camp.
Although it was still raining at this time, the dark clouds in the sky had become much thinner, and the sky was gray, with faint light visible.
Cao Hong stood on the fence, anxious and angry, and shouted: "I am not abandoning you, just!"
The soldiers on the ship will use shields to cover the archers, and the two sides will shoot at each other. Originally, there are fewer people and more people, and they are well-equipped. Cao's army is no match at all.
In just a quarter of an hour, a large number of Cao Jun soldiers were shot and killed, and many were even forced to jump into the flood to protect themselves.
Zhao Yan was shocked and said: "At this time, we must go to the West Camp before we can defend the camp. If the general is here, how can he be Shen Chen's opponent? Only by going to the West Camp can we be safe. Otherwise, Taiting will be lost and the North Convenience will be unobstructed.
, King Wei’s good situation in Xiliang will also be ruined."
After a while, the main ship and hundreds of surrounding frigates arrived outside the mountain. As soon as they got close, countless arrows were fired at them. The densely packed arrows were nailed to the deck, making a banging sound.
Cao Hong said angrily: "Even if the fence is broken through, the walls and mountains inside the camp are still there, and even if the water recedes, can Shen Chen still rush over?"
"Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!"
The Cao army in the back could only watch the Cao army in front of the camp being slaughtered, and could not help at all due to the distance.
Cao Hong looked in the direction he pointed and was shocked and speechless.
In the Nanyang military camp a few miles away, countless ships of various sizes poured out through the opened camp gates or the gaps in the fences that were washed away by the flood. They were densely packed, no less than a thousand ships.
The surrounding mountains were densely packed with Cao Jun and many generals. Someone saw Cao Hong fleeing to the west camp on the fence and immediately shouted: "Is that the general? Where are you going?"
"Dock!"
"Can't you keep it? Why can't you keep it?"
However, the effect was achieved.
The general was shot to the ground and seriously injured, and the command system fell into chaos.
Soon, nearly a thousand Cao soldiers in several nearby mountains were cleared away, and the fleet sailed to Cao Hong's larger mountain.
With the flash of lightning, the flood surged into the camp, submerging all the tents, and many unlucky soldiers were directly washed away. The huge waves quickly swept through the entire camp, and a large number of mountains in Cao's camp were dotted like stars.
The island was densely populated with panicked Cao Jun.
Zhao Yan slapped his face and kept shaking him.
"snort!"
Zhao Yan pointed to the north and said: "General, look."
But as a bolt of lightning flashed across the space, the soldiers of Cao's army on the surrounding mountains immediately saw Cao Hong clearly and shouted.
In the middle of Cao's army's camp, on a large mountain, thousands of Cao's soldiers gathered. Cao Hongju was in the center, constantly directing the soldiers around him to fight.
"General, general!"
Cao Hong was filled with despair for a moment as he listened to the sound of rushing water coming from all around, the wailing and calling for help from the soldiers, and the sound of raindrops hitting his body. He was stunned and his head was completely buzzing.
of.
Cao Hong came to his senses, confused and undecided.
The sun-blocking ship sailed in the flood, charging all the way north through the current.
"General!"
Zhao Yan also advised.
The personal guard handed him a strong two-stone bow that he carried on his back, and at the same time presented him with a sharp arrow.
"Go quickly."
"pity."
Cao's army was now besieged by floods. Although Cao Hong had ordered people to pile up large mountains of earth, the soldiers could not gather together.
The surrounding mountains suddenly erupted into shocking roars.
The only answer to them was bows and arrows.
"Whoosh!"
Here is a large battlefield, with enemy and enemy forces intertwined, mountains and fleets dotted around, and a large number of Nanyang Army's boats shuttled between the mountains, constantly shooting at each other.
Shen Chen glanced at Cao Jun who was standing on the edge of the mountain not far away, bending his bow to build a bow. He snorted coldly, stretched out his hand and said to his guard: "Bring me my bow."
So he said.
Cao Hong pulled out the sword from his waist and clamped it on Zhou He's neck.
A steady stream of water is still rushing towards the camp. Both Cao Ying and Nanyang Army are arranged in diagonal camps from northwest to southeast. The camps stretch for more than ten miles. They are not connected together, but are divided into more than ten camps of different sizes and stationed independently.
Before the soldiers who conveyed the order blew the warning whistle, the flood of more than one foot high hit their outer fence hard. In an instant, Cao Ying's Dongying camp near Lishui was directly washed away, and the damaged area was as long as two meters.
So many miles.
"Surrender and avoid death!"
"He doesn't even care about our lives, so why should we follow him?"
The surrounding Nanyang troops immediately swarmed up, fired indiscriminately, then rushed up to occupy the mountain, and then began to advance northwestward.
Then the waves splashed high after encountering an obstacle. Zhao Yan was still shouting one second, and the next second the wave mixed with sand fell into his mouth, and the entire mountain was covered with waves.
He was clearly aiming for the neck.
Cao Hong pushed him away and said: "You go to the Western Camp to gather troops first, and I will stay here to boost the morale of the army. As long as we hold on for a while and wait for the water to recede, Shen Chen will naturally be unable to do anything to us. Zhou He, please dock immediately."
Secondly, in ancient times, it was important to have a good reputation as a teacher. Liu Bei's reason for attacking Cao Cao was because of the clothing edict. What excuse should he use to attack Sun Quan? Please think about how to achieve a good reputation as a teacher.
Zhao Yan begged bitterly: "General, you must not stay."
But the turbulent current only had a few waves, and it submerged this group of northern Cao soldiers who were not very good at water.
"The general is abandoning us."
Cao Hong barely had time to react, because the speed of the water was so fast. In just a few breaths, the huge wave had already jumped hundreds of feet away, like a roaring beast, as if it was about to sweep him away.
The camp was engulfed.
"Buzz!"
When he discovered it, the arrow suddenly fell like a meteor and hit his chest directly.
"I"
Zhao Yan said with a bitter face: "General, let's withdraw to the west camp. The camp here can no longer be defended."
"The generals stayed, they didn't abandon us."
Seeing that Cao Jun was stubborn, Shen Chen issued an order for a general attack.
"General."
"It seems to be General Cao. He escaped to the Western Camp alone."
"But I have a boat."
Shen Chen felt the wind speed and found that the wind was blowing from the southeast. Their direction of attack happened to be from the southeast to the northwest, so they were in a tailwind situation.
At this time, several nearby guards fished out a large fragment of the fence from the water and said to Cao Hong: "General, quickly retreat to the west camp."
When Shen Chen and the others arrived, they happened to be surrounded by three mountains. If they wanted to get past, they had to kill all the Cao soldiers above.
In the distance, he saw the general covering his chest and falling down from the shooting range. Shen Chen smacked his lips with a look of regret.
"kill!"
"Listen to those on the other side. The general asked us to stay on the mountain and prepare our crossbows. If the enemy dares to come, shoot them dead. Pass this on quickly."
Therefore, as long as those who do not surrender and resist stubbornly, they will basically be killed without mercy.
The surrounding guards protected him with shields. The soldiers on the deck ran to the edge of the parapets on the first and second floors and also started shooting arrows.
The soldiers were trapped on a mountain like an isolated island. The surrounding camps were submerged, and even the walls of the camps were only a little exposed. This was the most desperate time.
The fragments of the fence were not large, and only two guards were responsible for rowing. Zhao Yan and Cao Hong sat on it, and the others stayed where they were. However, the flood continued to come. They rowed desperately, but they were barely carried away by the flood. Moving to the northwest.
It is still difficult to shoot from below to a height of more than thirty feet.
The Nanyang army that went to besiege was quickly attracted. Hundreds of ships approached and fired arrows back and forth at each other, but they were never able to capture it.
Cao Hong jumped onto the mountain, and the soldiers around him rushed up. He turned back to Zhao Yan and said, "You go to the West Camp first. I want to be with my soldiers."
"Surrender and avoid death!"
At this moment, the Nanyang Army arrived.
His eyes were indifferent and showed no mercy.
Cao Hong was so ashamed and angry that he suddenly said to the rowing soldiers: "Get closer to the mountain."
If Cao Hong leaves, the soldiers on Tushan will naturally become more desperate. They might surrender immediately when Shen Chen comes.
After he left, Cao Hong looked around and said loudly: "I will never abandon my soldiers. Soldiers, listen, everyone is on the mountain, preparing crossbows. If the enemy dares to come, kill them!"
But at this time, most of the camps in the southeast near Lishui were destroyed, one-third of the entire camp was washed away, and the remaining two-thirds were not washed away, but were also submerged.
"Surrender and avoid death!"
When the water receded, Cao Hong and Zhao Yan were both drowned, but they couldn't care less and quickly looked back at the damage to the camp behind them.
The arrow drew a brilliant arc in the air, then began to fall, shooting towards the general very quickly.
"Cao Hong, surrender! Surrender and I will save you from death!"
Marching and fighting is a matter of killing people. It is said that kindness does not lead to soldiers. If you let the enemy soldiers go because of kindness, then it is obviously cruel to your own soldiers.
Let me explain, first of all, it is about the Jingzhou army. Historically, Liu Bei was much weaker than he is now. Sun Quan also hesitated for a long time. He did not dare to send troops until the second master went to attack Fancheng and there were no troops in the rear. It is far-fetched to send troops now. , unless I transfer the Jingzhou army and give him some courage, he won't dare to act, unless I really do what the reader said, forcibly giving Sun Quan wisdom and asking him to give it to him by force.
"I have made up my mind."
"Ah, poof!"
But now Cao Hong stayed, which immediately boosted the morale of the army and the soldiers cheered.
"well!"
"Is the general going to abandon us?"
However, Shen Chen bent his bow and nocked the arrow, slightly adjusted the advance, then adjusted the angle and aimed at the head of a general on the mountain in the distance who was constantly shouting to the soldiers.
The more than 30,000 Nanyang troops marching out roared loudly.
"I knew the general wouldn't abandon us."
Only after another quarter of an hour did Shen Chen know the reason.
Zhao Yan had no choice but to leave by boat.
"Really General."
Zhou He had no choice but to row towards the nearest mountain with another bodyguard.
"What happened?"
After a while, Zhao Yan woke up suddenly without waiting for a word, and said in shock and fear: "Yingzhai!"
Other Cao troops from nearby Tushan also came to support and defended this area tenaciously.
"Yes, General, we can no longer defend this side."
This resulted in Shen Chen's army often having thousands of people besieging a mountain with dozens or hundreds of people.
The guard named Zhou He didn't say a word and just rowed the boat. Zhao Yan even shouted to him: "The safety of the general is more important. Don't dock and continue rowing to the west camp."
As for the issue of destroying Jingnan, Sun Quan will not destroy Jingzhou. He wants the territory of Jingzhou and the development of strength. Liu Bei and Liu Zhang fought in Yizhou for more than a year, and Yizhou was not destroyed. The princes We need the people, and no one except Cao Cao would be stupid enough to destroy the means of production he needs, unless Sun Quan is sick.
In the end, Sun Quan's sending troops is in the interest of his three-thirds of the world. According to this friend's understanding, Yingjiang's troubles are not in Da Mao's interests, so Da Mao should neutralize Yingjiang?
It is in Sun Quan's interest to defeat Liu Bei and win Jingzhou and send troops. If he cannot defeat Liu Bei, it will lead to his own destruction. I don't need to teach you such a simple truth.
I can only say that you are right, my friend. Maybe novels need logic, but reality does not. If history is true, when there are still hundreds of thousands of troops in Jingzhou, Sun Quan may really go out to send them off.