Chapter 16: The Spring and Autumn Wind in the Baili Yishui (Da Zhang's Debt Repayment)
Zhou Yu used his naval force to enter the inland river, which was basically a dimensionality reduction strike.
This tactic is a routine operation in Europe, that is, in the Mediterranean and North Sea regions. From the Nile River to the British Isles, from Gaul to Asia Minor, there are countless similar battle cases. If we wait until the rise of the Vikings, then this kind of tactics
Tactics are so widespread that they can no longer be called tactics.
However, in the East, in the Han Dynasty, in this autumn of the sixth year of Jian'an, it was an unprecedented method.
The reason is very simple. In the Middle Ages, sea-going ships and inland ships were two completely different types of ships...the former was slender, and the main restriction on its entry into inland rivers was the draft, so when the water rose, it could be sailed into inland rivers;
On the contrary, the latter has a wide bottom and shallow draft, but it cannot withstand sea waves!
In other words, only sea-going ships can enter inland rivers, but no inland river ships can enter the sea. This tactic has always been based on the scale of the maritime navy.
And how many years has it been since the maritime navy was taken seriously? It only took a few years from the year when Yuan Benzhu was defeated. Even now, the only organic naval forces in the world are the Qingzhou Navy and the Xuzhou Navy.
Therefore, Zhou Gongjin's operation, in the context of the entire world, is purely a leftover of those marine civilizations, but in terms of the entire land civilization of the Han Dynasty, it is absolutely groundbreaking.
And now, once successful, the results are outstanding.
First of all, the inland river channel became Zhou Yu's unilateral high-speed troop transport channel, but at the same time it became the only way for Langya soldiers to transport troops!
Now 40,000 to 50,000 Langya troops have gathered at the foot of Tancheng. The logistics supply line has been cut off, and the back roads have been captured. People at the top and bottom are panicked. It is impossible to say that the entire army will collapse in four or five days. Therefore, since the Navy has cut off the Yishui River, it is equivalent to normal
In the sense of sealing one's throat at the sight of blood, Zhou Yu didn't have to do anything but wait for the Langya soldiers under the city to collapse.
Secondly, on the battlefield in the north of Xuzhou, only Zhou Yu can perform this operation, and the Qingzhou Navy cannot do it, because Yishui, Shushui, even Wushui, and Sishui all belong to the Huaihe River system, and the mouth of the Huaihe River is in Guangling County.
Inside! Zhou Yu carefully planned to let the Xuzhou navy take advantage of the shelter of Yuzhou Mountain outside Qu County (the main part of Lianyungang in later generations, which was a huge island at this time), and quietly let the navy transfer from the Huaihe River to Surabaya, and then avoid the Xiapi area behind it.
To get to this point... If the Qingzhou Navy wants to come over, it will either carry the warship and walk hundreds of miles on land and then put the ship into the Shu River, or it will have to sail thousands of miles without any logistical supply points.
, detouring around the mouth of the Huaihe River, and then breaking through countless important towns in Huainan along the way!
It is estimated that by the time they arrive, the war here will have been over for half a year.
In other words, Zhou Yu's move belongs to the most quintessence and essence of the art of war. It forms a local battlefield advantage that he can independently control on the battlefield he has predetermined... The Qingzhou Navy has always been in a state of conflict with the Xuzhou Navy.
At this point, it is basically useless and useless!
It's not that they can't do things, but as things stand now, the key to the battlefield is in the Yishui River, in the Shu River, in Tancheng, Kaiyang, and Jiqiu near the two rivers. You, the Qingzhou Navy, dug out Xuzhou's back road.
, what’s the point? And is it too late? It’s more than 500 miles from Buqi County, where the Qingzhou Navy is stationed (later Jiaozhou Bay area) to Xuzhou’s jurisdiction...
Things like fighter planes are meaningless if you are one step too late, and now the fighter plane seems to be controlled by Zhou Yu!
"We still need to invite the Qingzhou Navy to go south." The autumn air was crisp and the waves were rolling. In the evening, on a high ground on the shore of Yishui River, Zang Ba frowned as he looked at the slender ships cruising in Yishui River from time to time. "At least.
Please ask them to come to Ganyu area to provide support..."
"Does Mr. Zangfu want to cross the Shu River and withdraw his troops along the coast?" Guo Jia guessed what the other party meant before he finished speaking.
"Of course!" Zang Ba gritted his teeth and responded.
"It's useless." Guo Jia pointed to the downstream direction of Yishui River and said. "Yishui River and Shu River are almost parallel, only a few dozen miles apart. Then they meet with Surabaya River near Xiapi City. It's just as I expected.
Zhou Gongjin should have stationed hundreds of navy ships there... At this time, although most of the navy was moving up the Yishui River to cut off our army's back, it did not delay others from dedicating dozens of ships.
, cruising along the river as before, blocking traffic!”
"So, aren't we facing a dead end?" Wu Dun was panicked for a moment. "The supplies are cut off, and the camp will run out of food in a few days at most..."
"Then we have to find a way out within a few days." Guo Fengxiao's expression remained unchanged despite the autumn wind and waves.
"It's easy to say!" Wu Dun became more and more anxious. "Look at the direction of the wind... A sea-going ship will raise its sails if it goes against the current, and it will go straight down if it goes against the current. The speed is ten times that of marching on land. Not to mention finding a way out within four or five days, it means escaping.
The passage between these two rivers is difficult!"
"Then we can only turn around and attack Jiqiu. There is still some food in Jiqiu. Before they have a firm foothold, we can take Jiqiu back before the food is all eaten up. Then, regardless of Kaiyang, we will go north along the Yishui River to my
Ju County will be safe!" Sun Guan said harshly. "Then wait until October, when the water is shallow and frozen, and we can come back!"
"It's useless." Guo Jia raised his hands and responded. "If I were Zhou Yu, I would have told my generals to lay down the hill, immediately burn the food and military supplies, then abandon the city and ignore it, and board the ships to continue to open the Yangtze River...
… There is no food in Jiqiu, and judging from their speed, there is no chance that the sentries will report back tomorrow, saying that Jiqiu has been burned, in order to shake the morale of our army."
"Isn't that doomed?" Sun Guan looked ferocious, almost drawing out his sword. "It was Deputy Envoy Guo who asked us to attack Tancheng. An army of 40,000 to 50,000 people came here, but ended up like this... What happened now...
It doesn’t work either, it doesn’t work right, do you want us to kill you and surrender to Zhou Yu?!”
"Put down the sword!" Before Guo Jia could speak, Zang Ba shouted sharply, and then he looked at Guo Jia and Xu Shu, who also drew his sword behind him. "Deputy Envoy Guo..."
Guo Jia looked back at Xu Shu, who naturally sheathed his sword.
"Deputy Envoy Guo." After the atmosphere calmed down, Zang Ba faced him seriously. "There is no better trick than to cut off food. You should also know that for this expedition, 80% of our food in Langya is in Kaiyang City, and 20% is in Jiqiu.
The food in the camp is only that, and it is still locked in the narrow dead land between Yishui and Shu rivers. It cannot even be plundered... Once the food is used up within four or five days, it will collapse, and then let Zhou Gong
Jin went out of the city to hunt! At this time, we should be in the same boat. I see that you look normal, so you must have a plan to deal with it, right? Why cover it up?"
Guo Jia shook his head repeatedly: "Zhou Yu's use of troops this time was unexpected. I am not a god. How can I have any countermeasures?"
Xu Shu couldn't help but glance at the back of Guo Jia's head.
Zang Ba was silent for a moment, but he waved his hand to the rest of the crowd to leave for now. For a moment, there were only Langya generals and Guo and Xu on the hillside near the river.
"Although I didn't expect such a clever and vicious plan from Zhou Gongjin, I am indeed confident when I go south this time." The others retreated, and without waiting for Zang Ba to ask again, Guo Fengxiao took the initiative to speak. "Because long before the troops were sent out, I had a close relationship with Mr. Zang Mansion.
On the day of the meeting, I had written letters to the north and west, asking Duke Guan to move south, and Guan Gong went east..."
Zang Ba was stunned for a moment, and then he was surprised: "Have you both replied and agreed?"
"This is natural." Guo Jia answered frankly. "Since I noticed your sincerity, Mr. Zang, I knew that this time would definitely prompt the Langya soldiers to go south. And since there are 50,000 Langya soldiers here, it will always be easier to open them.
What's the situation, right? In fact, the reply letters from Guan Shen and Guan Shen arrived the day before departure..."
With that said, Guo Jia took out two documents from his arms. Zang Ba took them over and took a quick look at them. He felt relaxed all over. He then passed them to the generals behind him to read them. After reading them, everyone was so relaxed that they lost their composure.
situation.
"Deputy Ambassador Guo told you earlier!" Sun Guan, who had been facing each other just now, couldn't help but sigh. "It turns out that the east of Guan Town is at the junction of Lu State and Taishan County. From there, you can just follow the Wushui Channel.
It takes only three days to march directly down to Kaiyang. If you calculate it this way, General Guan will set off at this time. He may be able to take back Kaiyang in time when the Xuzhou navy is unprepared... and Kaiyang is close to the river, enough to build a pontoon bridge based on the city tower.
Connecting the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, in this way, although the situation is difficult, it is only temporarily difficult, and the victory is still with us."
"There is also Shen Qingzhou." Xiao Jian, who had been trembling and speechless before, was relieved for a moment. "Since Shen Qingzhou has arrived at Jiwu Pass, he can let the Qingzhou navy go ashore at any time, and then capture Ju County, which is stationed in Lao Sun.
, then if it doesn’t work, our way out is actually clear.”
"Now that you are relieved, let me say something more offensive." Guo Jia took back the two letters and smiled slowly. "Even if our entire army is annihilated, the overall situation will still be in Hebei... Our place does not matter.
What? It’s just to make a breakthrough in the deadlock in Guandu, and in Guandu, will my Yan Gong lose? Don’t you, gentlemen, make the wrong decision because of the temporary setback and regret it for the rest of your life.”
Sun Guan and others chatted for a while, and then made promises one after another.
"Okay." Zang Ba suddenly waved his hand. "Anyway, everyone knows the name of Shen Qingzhou. I know General Guan's character better. Since General Guan said he would come to support, he will definitely come! Before that,
, no matter how difficult the situation is, you must restrain the soldiers with me and support the situation... The army is outside, if there is disharmony, don't blame me for being unkind."
The Langya generals hurriedly agreed, but then left one after another.
When everyone else left and there were only Zang, Guo and Xu on the hillside by the river, Zang Ba, although his expression remained unchanged, asked a shocking question: "Deputy Envoy Guo, I recognize General Guan's handwriting.
Although the handwriting of the letter is similar to that of General Guan, it is not written by him... What is going on?"
Guo Jia was silent for a moment and then spoke: "I feel that the generals under Zang Fujun may not be trustworthy, especially Sun Guan, who volunteered too much. In addition, the Ju County where their Sun brothers are based happens to be sandwiched between the Yishui River and the Sushui River.
Among them, there is actually a vague appearance of forming a pocket formation together with the two rivers and Tancheng... If he followed his previous suggestion and retreated in embarrassment, the entire army would be annihilated in this sealed pocket. Therefore, this
I just prepared these two fake letters just in case, but I didn’t expect to actually use them in just a few days."
Zang Ba was about to speak but stopped.
"It seems that I guessed it right, right?" Guo Jia sighed. "The person who has nothing to do with Xuzhou is not Chang Xi. Chang Xi just disobeys Lord Zang and has an unruly nature. The one who is really shaken is Chang Xi.
It's the friendly young master and the loyal Sun Guan. They were originally dissatisfied with Lord Zang's surrender to Hebei... What, now that things have happened, do you want to capture me and then surrender to Zhou Yu?"
Zang Ba shook his head and said, "Deputy Ambassador Guo, please rest assured. If things really go wrong, even if I abandon Langya's foundation and these tens of thousands of troops, I will definitely return to Qingzhou with my feet intact. At worst, I will have to defend Jiwu Pass...
…How can we talk about surrendering Zhou Yu?”
After saying this, Zang Ba turned around and left without waiting for the other party to speak, as if he was also angry.
At this moment, Guo Jia sighed, but said sincerely to the other party's back: "I did have a letter to Guan and Judge that day, but I didn't have time to receive a reply."
Zang Ba was startled for a moment, then nodded heavily, and then left.
At this time, there were only two people, Guo and Xu, on the slope beside the river.
The two stood side by side for a long time, Xu Yuan looked straight at the Yishui River filled with golden afterglow, and sighed: "I don't even know which of your words are true and which of you are false..."
Guo Jia also looked at Yishui and shook his head with emotion: "Yuanzhi, you still don't have a big picture view...what's true or false in front of the big picture?"
"What exactly is the overall view?" Xu Shu frowned.
"I will tell you everything today!" Guo Jia turned around and held his sword, looking at the fellow countryman beside him and said seriously. "Yuan Zhi, first of all, the general trend of the world is that Hebei intends to annex the world, and the Central Plains will form an alliance to protect itself... In this battle,
Because Yan Gong did not rush forward after successfully conquering Yuan, but managed it for three years, waiting for the emperor to come of age, and then annexed Xiliang. In the meantime, he also fought a battle with Xianbei and occupied Yinshan, so Hebei has no future troubles, so even if we
If Hebei loses, they can start over, but if Central Plains loses, they will be unable to recover...right?"
"Yes!" After thinking for a moment, Xu Shu simply responded.
"Secondly, the real key to this battle itself lies in Guandu, and the situation in Guandu is that Duke Yan relied on the encounter on that day to determine a three-point advantage in one battle. Therefore, although there is a stalemate now, it is more obvious that Hebei dominates.
Excellent, right?"
"right!"
"As for the eastern front, it is simply because of the stalemate in Guandu. We in Hebei want to make a breakthrough, while Cao Liu in the south is at a disadvantage and is more anxious, so we want to regain two points and take a breath. We won.
, can naturally shake the overall situation of the Central Plains, but if Zhou Yu wins, the most it can do is give Guandu a little more peace of mind, right?"
"right!"
"So, at this point, there is no need to worry about Zang Ba's position. I said it thoroughly in the lobby of Kaiyang Temple that day. As long as he is a person, he will not be half-hearted, and I am confident.
Here...here we really lose and the whole army is wiped out, so what?"
"Just stay here..." Xu Yuanzhi finally noticed something was wrong in his thoughts. "Do you both regard the life and death of Langya's 50,000-strong army as nothing?"
"Why do you care about fifty thousand bandits?" Guo Jia's face remained as usual. "Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, more than millions of people have died in misfortunes in the world. If the war can be won, the division of the world will end a year earlier. It can be said that it is impossible.
Live half a million innocent lives!"
Xu Shu just felt like something was stuck in his throat. He wanted to speak out, but couldn't. He wanted to swallow it, but couldn't... Obviously, he knew that Guo Jia was right.
But they cannot recognize the other person’s mentality and behavior.
"Yuanzhi, since ancient times, kindness has no power..." Guo Jia understood clearly in his heart and couldn't help but put his hands behind his hands and said slowly. "I'm not saying that Zang Ba and I are definitely right, and you are definitely wrong.
.But by occupying one's position and seeking one's own things, and by going through such events one can refine one's mind. You and I are of the same age, and we are from the same hometown. Before Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, you and I had similar experiences. But what about after Dong Zhuo's Rebellion? At that time, you stayed
There was no war experience in my hometown, so I left my hometown and went to Hebei, where I almost fully participated in the war against Yuan. Later, I took up the post of Qingzhou, and then accompanied Guan Zhendong in the raids on Mount Tai.
The military advisor is in charge of the military aircraft... I have seen the decision-making of life and death ten times better than yours. I don’t know how many times I have experienced this kind of thing like abandoning one person for ten people. You asked me to lament their life and death, and I can naturally lament. Sometimes I drink
If there are too many, there will be some sentimental behavior. But if you want me to give up my responsibilities because of this, it is a joke. It's like I don't expect you to agree with what I do right, but I hope you can
Understand, at least what I did was not wrong."
Xu Shu nodded with difficulty.
"If you can understand this step, then the next step will be easier." Guo Jia also breathed a sigh of relief. "As for the Eastern Front itself, the first thing we need to look at is the trial of Qingzhou and General Guan. Duke Shen went south to Jiwu Mountain.
This can ensure that the overall situation of Qingzhou is not lost; and although General Guan's troops only have 15,000 troops, they are elites who have experienced many wars. General Guan's ability in commanding troops is even more outstanding, plus his trust in Xinnuo.
Even more important than Zang Ba... Now no matter what, I sent a letter to General Guan, and although General Guan did not reply, Zang Ba and I, both of whom have known General Guan for a long time, believed that,
This person will definitely move and come to Xuzhou!"
"I understand, on the eastern front, your biggest reliance is actually that Shen Qingzhou is behind you, and Guan Zhendong has other plans..." Xu Shu said slowly. "More on, it's like you did that night
As I said, the Langya generals are just a bunch of losers. If Zang Ba is not defeated, the overall situation is in hand. It doesn’t matter who the other generals collude with. The key is to see whether they pose a real threat."
"good."
"It's just... why did you have to forge that letter?" Xu Shu couldn't help but ask again. "If General Guan is bound to arrive, then he will have already arrived in Kaiyang in a day or two. Why do you need to take another step?"
"What if General Guan doesn't take the usual path?" Guo Jia suddenly laughed. "When you write these two fake letters, you always have to be prepared, right?"
Xu Shu was confused for a moment, but then shook his head: "You must have some plans, but now that things have happened, I have nothing to say!"
In other words, there is a natural road from the west of Taishan area where Guan Yu is located to the Yishui battlefield. That is the natural road brought by Wushui, a tributary of Yishui, through the southern mountains of Yimeng Mountain. If Guan Yu followed this road, three
You can reach Kaiyang with a quick march... This is why Kaiyang (later Linyi) is an important town of Qingxu, and why Zang Ba stationed here after occupying Langya.
This city blocks Yishui and Wushui from the east and west, and controls the Yimeng Mountain between Qingxu and Qingxu from the north and south. It is a battleground for military strategists.
Except for the Wushui-Kaiyang road, the rest is not without roads. However, south of Wushui is a hilly area represented by Zengshan Mountain, which is not easy to march. This area is under the control of the Central Plains Allied Forces.
Moreover, the end of the road is not Kaiyang, but goes east to Tancheng, or along the Yishui River to Xiapi further downstream.
Therefore, it can almost be concluded that Guan Yu's inevitable path to the Yishui battlefield is the Wushui passage, and Guo Jia's preparedness is more like a test of Zang Xuangao's unnecessary move.
"Who is the guard of Zan Kingdom?"
In the evening of that day, when tens of thousands of troops were on the battlefield in Tancheng, all of them were harboring evil intentions. Forty miles south of Wushui River, in the southwest corner of Langya County, in Zengguo County, only a few miles away from the county seat, a man with a height of nine feet and a long beard appeared.
General Piao Piao was fully clothed, looking thoughtfully at the dark city.
The man was walking halfway along the Wushui River, but suddenly he crossed the river to the south overnight, not taking the usual route, Guan Yunchang.
In the night, the army commander beside him thought for a moment and immediately replied: "According to the previous intelligence from Jing'antai, this person is called Hao Pu, whose courtesy name is Zitai. He is a general under Liu Bei and a native of Jingzhou. I heard that he is famous for his stability and honesty, so
I was selected to garrison here... Counting from May, I have been guarding Zengguo City for April and May, and there are about two thousand people in the city."
Guan Yu nodded slowly: "Two thousand soldiers and horses are enough to become a serious threat. If we cannot capture this city, our army will definitely not be able to easily go south... No wonder Feng Xiao allowed me to cross the river from here."
The surrounding generals did not dare to neglect after hearing this, and prepared their armor and weapons one after another.
"It doesn't have to be like this!" Guan Yu suddenly stopped his subordinates. "You are marching at night but you are not allowed to light torches. It is for this reason... Wang Zhi!"
"My subordinates are here!" One of Guan Yu's subordinates, called Wang Si, immediately moved forward after hearing this.
"Do you know what I mean by leaving the torch?" Guan Yu continued to twist his beard to ask.
"I understand roughly." Wang Si was engaged in Guan Yu's expedition and accompanied him along the way, so he naturally understood what his general meant.
"Then I want you to enter the city to persuade them to surrender and use deceit to lure them. Do you know how to speak?" Guan Yu continued to twist his beard and asked.
"What a deceitful way..." Wang Si was stunned for a moment, but he blurted out immediately. "If you use deceit to lure him, then this is what he should do... First tell him that I am working for Zhendong General Mansion to show my sincerity; then tell him that Guandu is already here.
To determine the outcome, Cao Cao was surrounded by Chenliu, and Xiahou Dun retreated from Xingye, so General Guan's army was able to raise 20,000 troops to this point; finally, the deadline was a quarter of an hour to open the gates and dedicate the city... If he surrendered, he could be reported to be safe, if not, he would take advantage of the situation.
Attack the city at night!" When it came to the end, Wang Si's words were clear and smooth. "I won't say much else."
"Shan!" Guan Yu raised his hand to indicate. "Go! I'll wait for your horn..."
Although Wang Si had some doubts in his heart, after receiving the order, he immediately mounted his horse and moved forward. Then he called at the door and called himself the envoy of Xiahou Dun. The people on the city wall were alert for a moment, and indeed there was a somewhat thoughtful attitude - no one opened the door, but
A hanging basket was hung down to let Wang Si go up to the city.
As they arrived at the city, Wang Si immediately revealed his identity and wanted to see Hao Pu. Hao Pu was indeed a conscientious man. Even though it was night, he hurried to the city to meet the man who first claimed to be the envoy of Xiahou Dun and then the envoy of Guan Yu.
people.
The two sides met at the top of the city. Although Wang Si was tied up, he was very slow and said all the words he had said before in public.
Although Hao Pu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, after thinking for a moment, he smiled and shook his head: "I believe it is General Guan who is doing this, but he may not be here to persuade you to surrender at this time? I'm afraid there are a few thousand soldiers and horses hidden outside the city to attack the city.
It’s not enough, so you want to trick me into opening the city and then stealing it? An army of 20,000 people has no evidence, and the defeat of Guandu is even more ridiculous..."
"How can we talk about having no evidence?" Wang Si replied proudly. "I am the only one in the city. Please step down and tie me up. Let me show you..."
Hao Pu was stunned for a moment, but he was an honest man after all, so he gestured for someone to remove Wang Si's bindings. After Wang Si was untied, he didn't say much, just went straight to the top of the city, and suddenly blew a whistle.
A horn hanging from his waist.
When the horn sounded, there was no reaction outside the city at first, not even a rough sound. Hao Pu almost laughed... But the next moment, a fire suddenly jumped up in the dark night, and then thousands of fires shot up one after another.
, forming a sea of fire in the north of the city.
The sea of fire below the city was dazzling, and the top of the city was illuminated like daylight. Haopu was dumbfounded, and then sweated profusely.
But it was not over yet. After the sea of fire appeared, countless trumpets suddenly sounded outside the city. Then an unknown number of people shouted and made noise along with the sound of the trumpets, which made people feel excited when they heard it.
"Hao Duwei." Amidst the noise, Wang Si pointed to the outside of the city and said. "Look carefully, there are no less than 20,000 torches under the city; and there is no sound at first, and then the trumpet calls, there are 20,000 troops.
They are undoubtedly elite, right? Such an army can only come here after General Guan receives support, right? And if Guandu was not defeated and Xiahou Dun escaped, why would General Guan lead 20,000 people to come here suddenly?! After the trumpet sounds three times, it will be a quarter of an hour. If you don't surrender, you will die.
, I hope we can make a clear decision!"
Hao Pu's mind and body were seized by the sea of flames outside the city, and he had already lost his consciousness. However, in the confusion, his greed for life finally gained the upper hand, so he nodded in a daze and promised to surrender.
After a while, the city gate opened wide, and two groups of 400 elites who had been ambushing here rushed in instantly and took control of the city gate. At this time, Guan Yunchang just slowly led the crowd into the city to control the situation.
Under the firelight, when Hao Pu saw Guan Yu, he had no hesitation and just leaned down to greet him. However, after Guan Yunchang helped him up, he responded frankly: "Hao Duwei has done his duty with all his heart, but Guan has no choice but to bully me...
In fact, the outcome was not decided in Guandu, nor did Xiahou Dun flee, I just led ten thousand people from my headquarters to sneak across to Wu River."
Hao Pu couldn't believe these words at this time. His face turned red and he shook his head repeatedly: "General Guan, why did you deceive me? I only have fifteen thousand men under my command. I know this. And I knew it at a glance just now at the top of the city.
There are about 20,000 people under the city. If the overall situation had not been decided elsewhere, how could there be 20,000 such elite troops here?"
"This is just a man with two torches." Guan Yu responded by twisting his beard.
Hao Pu suddenly realized, and then he was filled with shame, but suddenly he remembered something, and then he was relieved for a moment: "I didn't even go to Kaiyang, but abandoned all my troops and horses, crossed the river and climbed the mountain with my light troops. Could it be that I started from here, and then passed by?"
Zhuangshan, attack Tancheng from the flank?"
Guan Yu was confused for a moment.
"One step will not succeed!" Hao Pu responded solemnly. "The official temple in the city has its own military documents, and I will not hide it from you... The governor of Zhou used the navy to go up the Huaihe River, through Si River, and into Yishui, Shushui. Today, Yishui, Shushui
Already being locked up by the boat, the journey from now on seems to be a dead end, so it is better to go to Kaiyang as fast as possible for support... This step is smart, but it is misguided!"
After all, Guan Yu had a more arrogant personality, and since he had not intended to lure the opponent to surrender this time, he was finally moved and smiled: "Zhou Gongjin is indeed a talented general. It would be difficult to serve as a bait there... But why do you think I must be here?"
What about a sneak attack on Tancheng? Why can’t I launch a sneak attack on Xiapi, which is defenseless and empty?”
"If you want to reach Xiapi, you must at least cross the two big cities of Lanling and Wuyuan. There is nothing there. You can take it easily. By then, you will definitely alert the Zhou governor of Tancheng, and the navy will use the river to go down to rescue.
If you protect Pi, how can you possibly make it in time?" Hao Pu was anxious for a moment. "By then, not only will I be blocked on the west bank of Yishui River, but the Xiahou Governor over there will come, you are afraid that you will die here, right?"
Guan Yu shook his head and said: "This is not what I should know... In fact, today's plan is not my original intention, but the overall situation is such that I have to try it against my will. I will wait for a few days to settle the matter in Xuzhou.
If I don't want to serve in Hebei, I will just make my move and return to Huainan, and I will never break my promise."
Hao Zitai became more and more anxious, but Guan Yu had already abandoned this man and entered the city, and there were soldiers nearby who moved forward to take custody of this man and place him there.
The next day, Guan Yu detached two thousand soldiers and horses to carefully guard the city of Zhenguo and serve as backup, but they marched straight out of the city to the south without stopping. Although Hao Zitai was a prisoner, according to Hebei law, he surrendered voluntarily.
He should be appointed, so although he was under strict supervision, he still received some special treatment and was always by Wang Si's side.
But he accompanied Wang Sili on the top of the city and saw Guan Yu leading the crowd out of the city with his own eyes, but he was almost dazzled.
It turned out that most of the 8,000 people in the army below Guan Yunchang had abandoned their armor and ordnance, and piled them up in some cars collected from Zengguo City. Then they only wore ordinary people's white clothes and carried food and water with them. Among them, only
Only a few hundred people were fully armed, but they put on the Haopu tribe's armor and raised the Haopu tribe's flag!
Obviously, they wanted to pretend to be civilians who were recruited after the autumn harvest. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Zhou Yu's main force on the upper reaches of Yishui River, the so-called Kaiyang-Tancheng battlefield, they went south in white clothes to sneak attack Xuzhou Prefecture, which was also Zhou Yu's retreat and the entire east.
The base camp of the line is Xiapi City!
The war was in chaos. As the center of Xuzhou, Xiapi City was originally a gathering place for the people. There were also serious scriptures stamped with Haopu's seal. Who would stop it?
By the way, Hao Zitai stood beside Wang Si, his eyes fixed on the person in the city, but it was Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, the General of Zhendong who, regardless of his identity, soiled and messed up his beard, wore tattered civilian clothes, and personally pushed a cart!
However, Guan Zhendong, one of the most powerful people in the world, abandoned his clothes and armor, wore straw sandals, and pretended to be a farmer. However, he was very familiar with the posture of pushing a cart, just like an ordinary farmer!
He looks like a common man who is used to doing strenuous work!
Just like that, watching the opponent disappear from sight, Hao Pu, who was standing frozen at the top of the city, felt cold in his heart and knew that he had made a huge mistake... surrendering when the overall situation was decided, and being deceived by the enemy.
Surrender, which is the key to breaking the game, is not the same thing at all!
"Wang Zheng." Hao Pu turned around, his eyes red for a moment, and he gritted his teeth. "I was deceived by you. I didn't sincerely want to betray my family, Liu Yuzhou... Since you lied to me, you have to clear my name in the future!"
Wang Si did not react for a moment.
However, since Hao Zitai, who was less than 30 years old, had spoken, she did not wait for the other party to reply, and without any hesitation, she jumped directly from the top of the city towards the picket poles at the bottom of the city.
Blood spattered all over the ground, and internal organs flowed out, but because the city wall was not high enough, he could not die for a while, so he could only struggle painfully... Wang Si on the city realized what the other party meant, but he could only sigh while stunned, and then ordered his soldiers to go down and make up for the opponent.
One knife to end the pain.
————I am the dividing line where the city wall is not high enough————
"When the letter from Jia arrived, he proposed a strategy in white clothes and attacked Pi. Yu thought it was a rough plan, but he didn't want to do it. However, at the end of the letter, he found a piece of Taizu's handwriting, saying: 'Yun Chang is so heroic that he can be called a tiger minister. He is as brave as a country, and he can be worthy of it.
The enemy is ten thousand people. This is not the common people of Zhou Gongjin and Xiahou Yuanrang. However, the unification of the country is related to the common people, and he abandons his name and conspires!" Yu Dawu realized that he used Pan Zhang to pretend to attack Xiahou Dun with five thousand people, and led ten thousand people to him.
, abandoned his army and horses, crossed the Wushui River at night, attacked the country of Zeng, returned to his mother, wore straw shoes and white clothes, and pushed a carriage southward." - "Old Yanshu". Volume 69. Biography 19
