In a dense forest on a high slope twenty miles outside Chenliu City, soldiers wearing raincoats and hats made of leaves were guarding the edge of the forest, watching every move outside the forest.
In the woods, there were patches of big trees that had been cut down. Through unremitting efforts, the soldiers of the Yan Army used those tree trunks to open up a large open space in the dense forest, where they set up camp and built wooden houses.
It can not only protect against wind and rain, but also hide the army.
Of course, it is impossible for 40,000 troops to hide in one place, because this forest is only enough for 5,000 people to hide. This is not only Gao Fei’s command post, but also the Yan army’s grain storage base. If you don’t overlook it from the air, no one can
Unexpectedly, the Yan army would have 5,000 people hiding here.
Gao Fei was sitting in the wooden house. There was a short tree stump in the house, which was used as a temporary table. There was a map spread on it. He said to Xun You, Guo Jia and Zhao Yun who were surrounding him: "Although the heavy rain is now
It stopped, but the sky is still cloudy
Bu, according to my calculations, the heavy rain should not stop here, and it will inevitably rain again. But Chenliucheng is right in front of us. If it is delayed due to the heavy rain, it will give Cao Cao a chance to breathe. How quick can you be?
A strategy to defeat the enemy?"
Guo Jia thought for a while and said slowly: "My lord, the entire Central Plains was extremely dry last year. Summer has just entered this year. In less than seven days, there have been two consecutive heavy rains. It seems that the rainy season has entered early. My subordinates thought that Chen Liucheng
The terrain is low-lying, so if we adopt a water attack, it will definitely save our army the big trouble of attacking the city."
"Water attack?" Gao Fei thought for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "The Yellow River is a hundred miles away from here. It would be too wasteful of manpower and material resources to dig a channel."
Guo Jia smiled and held a branch, pointed at the map and said: "Please take a look, my lord!"
"This is Suishui... This is Bianshui... This is Langtang Canal. Junyi County is the convergence point of three rivers. Nowadays, heavy rains continue, the river water level rises, and Chenliucheng is low-lying. If it can be in Junyi County
Dig a large pond to connect the three rivers and then cut them off
Its source, when the heavy rain falls again, will inevitably form a fierce flood. Once the flood overflows the temporarily built embankment, it will inevitably pour down and hit Chenliu City. Chenliu City is low-lying, with high surroundings and low in the middle.
Water is flowing nearby, and it's easy to flood Chenliu."
Xun You and Zhao Yun, who were surrounding the tree stump, nodded after hearing this, and said at the same time: "Feng Xiao's plan is very clever. It not only saves you the trouble of fighting the Wei army, but also easily captures Chenliu City. It really kills two birds with one stone, my subordinates."
Seconded."
Gao Fei glanced at Guo Jia and asked, "How much manpower and time will it take to dig a large water storage pond?"
"Ten thousand people are enough, just one day." Guo Jia replied.
Gao Fei said: "Very good, Taishi Ci's 10,000-strong army happens to be stationed in Junyi County, which comes in handy. Fengxiao, you can go to Junyi County in person and ask Taishi Ci to dig a large water storage pond on the spot, and we will
Come and flood Chenliu!"
Guo Jia nodded and continued: "My lord, please make preparations for flood control in the past few days, and also notify all armies to try to find high ground to camp, cut down trees to make light boats, in case of emergency.
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"Well, let Gan Ning, Wenpin, and Wang Weilai take care of the shipbuilding matter." Gao Fei said with a smile.
After the meeting, Guo Jia left the military camp on horseback and headed straight for Junyi County with twenty or thirty riders. Gao Fei asked Chen Lin to write the order and tie it to the leg of a carrier pigeon. The pigeon passed the message to Taishi Ci.
, let him obey Guo Jia's orders.
After nightfall, Xu Huang captured Hangu Pass and the news of the occupation of Hongnong was passed on by Xun Chen. The reason was that Xu Huang's carrier pigeon did not know that Gao Fei had arrived at Chenliu and flew directly back to Juan County Camp.
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When Gao Fei learned that Xu Huang had occupied Hongnong and Hangu Pass had disappeared, he seemed very happy, but at the same time he was also a little confused as to why Ma Chao had not withdrawn his troops. He secretly thought: "Ma Chao is no longer able to advance eastward, but he relies on
If you can't get out of Hulao Prison, do you want to see which one is better, me or Cao Cao?"
Later, Gao Fei personally wrote a letter to Xu Huang, warning Xu Huang to strictly guard Hangu Pass, and if he met Ma Chao, he would not let Ma Chao pass through Hangu Pass. After that, he handed it over to the carrier pigeon to deliver it.
When it was time to eat, it started to drizzle again. The weather was cool, but there was also a lot of humidity.
Gan Ning, Wenpin, and Wang Wei were all surprised when they received Gao Fei's shipbuilding order.
"General Gan, what does the Lord mean by asking us to build a ship now? How can we build a ship on land?" Wang Wei asked puzzledly.
"Just obey the order. Your Majesty has your own ideas. We don't need to interfere." Gan Ning replied slowly.
Wang Wei didn't get an answer from Gan Ning, so he turned to look at Wen Pin and asked: "General Wen, why do you think the Lord wants us to make ships?"
Wenpin said: "Of course the purpose of building a ship is to use it for riding. Lieutenant Wang, if you can't figure it out, don't think about it. In fact, General Gan and I can't figure it out either. My lord is pressing hard. Let's let the soldiers start work overnight and rush to build one first."
Approval of light boats."
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Guo Jia and his people were walking on the muddy road. Not far away, it began to rain heavily. Instead of taking shelter, the group rushed towards Junyi County without stopping.
In Junyi County, Taishi Ci had already fallen asleep. Although the storm outside kept roaring, it could not wake him up from his sweet dream. When he led his troops to Junyi County, the county magistrate abandoned the city and fled, taking away
He took away a large amount of property and food, leaving the county's granary empty. He was so angry that he led a thousand light cavalry in pursuit, and finally killed the county magistrate, and took back the food and a large amount of property.
According to Tai Shici's understanding, the county magistrate was greedy and bullied others. He often beat the people and acted arrogantly. Some people couldn't stand it and wanted to sue the county magistrate. The county magistrate sent people to bring the people who wanted to sue him to the police.
He killed them and robbed the people's property wantonly in the county town.
It is said that the people in Yanzhou have always lived and worked in peace and contentment, but in fact this is not the case. There will always be some very few corrupt officials.
Therefore, as soon as Taishi Ci arrived in Junyi County, he immediately opened warehouses to store grain and distribute property. The people in Junyi County also supported Taishi Ci's army very much, and also supported the Yan army.
"General...general..."
Taishi Ci was still sleeping. When he heard someone calling his name outside the door, he immediately woke up. He jumped out of bed, drew his sword from the bedside, and with angry eyes, he rushed to the door and shouted:
"who?"
"General, it's me, Hou Cheng!"
"Hou Cheng? What's the matter with you?"
Hou Chengdao: "General, I was keeping vigil at night, but Military Advisor Guo suddenly called the door and wanted to see the general. Only then did the general dare to come and wake the general. Please forgive me for any offense."
Tai Shici asked: "Where is Military Advisor Guo now?"
"We have arrived at the county government hall and are waiting for the general in the county government hall. He said that he has something very important." After Hou Cheng surrendered to the Yan army, he and Song Xian became Taishi Ci's generals.
, but I still have lingering fears, not to mention that Tai Shici treated the two of them quite well, so he never had any second thoughts.
"I understand. I'll be there as soon as I put on my clothes. Please wait a moment, Commander Guo."
Taishi Ci closed his weapon, put on his clothes, and went out. When he saw the rain outside, which kept falling, he cursed: "God, this thief keeps crying and sad, and it makes me lose all interest in anything."
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After walking for a while, Taishi Ci came to the county government hall. Seeing Guo Jia waiting there anxiously and soaking wet, he hurriedly asked: "Military advisor, what are you..."
"General Taishi, my lord has an order for you and your subordinates to obey my orders. From now on, you must obey my words." Guo Jia directly interrupted Taishi Ci and said.
Taishi Ci spread his hands forward and asked, "Is there any general order written by the lord himself?"
Guo Jia was stunned for a moment and replied: "No!"
"Then I'm sorry. I can't listen to you. It's okay for you to be a staff officer. You came dozens of miles away from my lord and even got caught in the rain. Is it just to tell me this?" Taishi
Ci asked rhetorically.
Guo Jiadao: "Of course not, I have important things that I need General Taishi to cooperate with me to complete."
"Then say it!" Tai Shici said straightforwardly.
Guo Jia immediately told Chen Liu's plan to flood Chen Liu. After hearing this, Tai Shi Ci nodded vigorously and kept saying "hmm". When Guo Jia finished speaking, he held his cheek and said: "Hmm...
...This is a clever plan, so please ask Commander Guo to rest, and we will implement it early tomorrow morning."
Guo Jia was also short of men and horses, not to mention that there was only an hour left before dawn. He had to have a good rest so that he would have more energy to direct the excavation of the large water storage pond tomorrow.
Early the next morning, the rain that had been falling all night stopped, and Taishi Ci also got up very early. Not long after he got up, he saw Song Xian running over, and asked, "Why are you so worried?"
"The lord's flying pigeon delivers the message!" Song Xian handed a note to Tai Shici.
After Taishi Ci read it, he laughed and said: "Guo Fengxiao, what he said is actually true. It seems that I was too rude to him last night."
After finishing speaking, Taishi Ci wrote a new letter, handed the letter to Song Xian, and asked Song Xian to use the flying pigeon to send the letter. He himself walked directly to Guo Jia's room, raised his hand and knocked on the
Knocked on the door twice.
"Dong dong dong..."
Taishi Ci waited outside the door for a while, but no one responded.
So he opened the door to the room and saw that the whole room was empty. Guo Jia's dirty clothes were all on the floor, but Guo Jia was nowhere to be found. He asked suspiciously: "Where is Mr. Guo Fengxiao?"