Chapter 345: Water floods Huainan

Yong'an, Zhang Xiu's official residence.

Zhang Song hurried into the side hall, clasped his fists to Zhang Xiu and asked, "The general saw the summons late at night, don't you know what urgent matters?"

Zhang Xiusu pointed to Lei Tong next to him and said in a deep voice: "Let General Lei Tong say it."

Lei Tong nodded and said, "The recent actions of the army are very suspicious. General Zhang Ren ordered the general and the governor to tell the general and the governor to be vigilant and beware of Cao's army taking a small path to attack Yong'an."

"Oh?" Zhang Song said in a deep voice, "Can General tell me how suspicious the actions of Cao's army are?"

Lei Tong said: "Cao army has been building a plank road in Jiangyou. General Zhang Ren thought Cao army was building a plank road openly and crossing Chencang secretly."

"Build a plank road openly and cross Chencang secretly?" Zhang Xiu looked shaking, and turned to look at Zhang Song and said, "Mr. Zhang, is there really another way to get from Jingzhou to Sichuan?"

"This..." Zhang Song pondered for a moment and shook his head, "It's really hard to say. Although I know the terrain of Xichuan, I can't visit every corner of Xichuan. Wushan and Bashan are hidden in the depths of Bashan. However, even if there are small paths to pass, they must be extremely steep. Is it difficult for the army to pass?"

Zhang Xiu said: "If there is really such a path, how about Chencang Road and Ziwugu Road?"

Zhang Song said: "That should be about the same."

"Yes." Zhang Xiu said, "I understand."

After saying this, Zhang Xiu said to Lei Tong: "General Lei Tong."

Lei Tong clasped his fists and said, "The last one is here."

Zhang Xiu said: "General, you can rush back to Lufupu overnight. Please be sure to tell General Zhang Ren that his 30,000 troops are stuck there like nails. No matter what happens outside, you are not allowed to act rashly, and you are not allowed to attack without authorization! Even if Yong'an is captured or even Chengdu is captured, you don't have to pay attention! As long as he defends Yufupu, it will be a great achievement. On the contrary, if Yufupu is thrown away, even if he kills Cao Cao in front of the formation, this general will punish him!"

Lei Tong said: "The last one will obey the order."

Zhang Xiu waved, "God away quickly, General."

"I will surrender at the end."

Lei Tong bowed and turned around and left.

When Lie Tong left, Zhang Songyouyou said, "Is the general ready to respond to all changes with the same goal?"

"Yes." Zhang Xiu nodded, "Cao Cao has experienced many battles and used his troops to cheat. The lord and military advisor are extremely afraid of him. If the general leads his army to attack and fight him in a decisive battle, he will definitely be defeated. The general thinks that the best strategy to reject Cao should be to defend the city and respond to all changes in the same way! He divides troops to guard the fortress. The strategy of the city looks passive and is easily defeated by Cao Cao and erodes one by one, but this is exactly what the general intends!"

"Well." Zhang Song said in a deep voice, "The general's intention is to divide his troops and resist the enemy, and exchange his troops and space for time, right?"

"That's true." Zhang Xiu clenched his fists and shouted, "No matter how powerful Cao Cao is, can he fight from Yong'an to Chengdu within half a year? But half a year later, the lord had already won the battle in Huainan. When the time comes, he will sweep Jingxiang. It's too late for Cao Cao to return to the army to save himself! The reason why the last general made Zhang Ren's 30,000 army stuck in the fish belly like nails was to force them to walk the path again, hehe."

Zhang Song stroked the willow beard on his chin and suddenly asked, "But have the general ever thought about what if the Prime Minister is defeated in Huainan?"

"No." Zhang Xiu said decisively, "This is absolutely impossible."

Zhang Song said: "General, don't forget that from ancient times to the present, there are many examples of defeating the strong with the weak and attacking the masses with the weak. Not to mention the distant ones, just talking about the battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, did Cao Cao defeat Yuan Shao's 300,000 army with his 300,000 weak brigade?"

"That's different! Sun Quan is not Cao Cao, and the lord is not Yuan Shao." Zhang Xiu said this, and a trace of eloquence suddenly flashed through his eyes. He turned to Zhang Song and said, "Tell me ten thousand times, even if the lord is really defeated in Huainan, that's okay. Don't forget that there is still Ma Chao under the lord's lord. The major general has been expeditioning to the Western Regions for more than a year, and he may return to the Central Plains at any time."

Zhang Song said: "General, don't get me wrong. That's what I said. In fact, the entire Xichuan gentry is now tied to the Prime Minister. It can be said that one will prosper and one will lose. I and the entire Xichuan gentry will never betray the Prime Minister! I will leave this to you today. I will give this life to you. If you live in Yong'an, Zhang Song will survive. If you live in Yong'an, Zhang Song will die!"

"Okay." Zhang Xiu said aloud, "Your friend will be settled by this sentence for you!"

The two big hands were held together heavily, and the two looked at each other and laughed loudly.

The next morning.

Outside the East Gate of Yong'an, Wei Yan, with dozens of Qiao Zhuangbadong woodcutters, lurking in the grass in Dongxiao, was watching the movements of Yong'an. From a distance, he saw two teams of iron armored soldiers standing outside the East Gate of Yong'an. A small school and two soldiers were carefully interrogating the people entering the city. When they met those who carried firewood to push carts into the city, they had to check it carefully.

Wei Yan couldn't help but look back at the dozens of bundles of firewood behind him, which contained weapons.

"General, the situation is not very good." A famous soldier leaned forward and whispered, "The Liang army's search is very strict. Judging from this posture, he can't even hide his weapons in the woodsheath and get into the city. What should I do?

Another soldier said, "How about not bringing weapons?"

"No." Wei Yan said decisively, "If you don't bring weapons into the city, you're going to die."

"What do you think you should do, General?"

"Yeah." Wei Yan pondered for a moment, summoned the three soldiers to the front and ordered, "You three go and test first. When interrogating the defenders, you must be calm and calm. Don't show your strength. Remember?"

"Don't worry, General." The leading veteran carried two bundles of dry firewood and greeted the other two soldiers, "Let's go."

Wei Yan waved his hand and led the remaining soldiers into the grass, staring nervously as the three soldiers walked over to the Yong'an city gate. When he was just approaching the city gate, the defending school brought two soldiers to greet him and shouted sternly: "Stop, what are you doing?"

The leading veteran Cao army hurriedly put down the firewood bundles on his shoulders and smiled apologized: "June, the old man is a woodcutter in the nearby mountains. He didn't bring his two sons to the city to hawk by a bundle of dry firewood bundles. He planned to exchange a few feet of cloth to go back to talk to his younger son about marriage, hehe, hehe."

"The woodcutter in the nearby mountains?" The defending school surrounded the veteran Cao's army twice and shouted suddenly, "No, I think you are like a spy, come and tied up this guy!"

"Abide by the order!"

The two soldiers responded with a loud promise and rushed up like a tiger and wolf.

The veteran Cao's army changed his face, turned around and winked at the two soldiers behind him, shouting: "Search the guy, kill him!"

With a sudden whistle, three spies from Cao army took out three machetes from the firewood bundle. The sword light slashed at the two soldiers who were approaching. The little school of the defenders looked dark and shouted sternly: "Okay, it's indeed a spy!"

In the distance, among the grass.

"Hey." Wei Yan pounded the ground hatefully and said annoyedly, "This idiot!"

"General, why not take the opportunity to seize the city gate?"

"Take the opportunity to snatch the city gate? Are you looking for death!" Wei Yan turned around and glared at the soldiers who were asking questions, shouting, "Go back! Yong'an's guards are too tight, we can't get in at all."

Yufupu, Zhang Ren Daying.

"I understand." Zhang Ren nodded and said to Lei Tong, "I already understand the intentions of General Zhang Xiu and Lord Zhang Song."

Lei Tong asked, "What is the purpose?"

Zhang Ren replied: "This is to exchange troops and space for time! Our army is guarding the Yufupu, just waiting for the Prime Minister to defeat Sun Wu in Huainan and take advantage of the situation to sweep Jingxiang, it is difficult for Cao Cao to retreat! Haha, things in the world are really changing. Just yesterday, I was worried that Cao Cao would really send out a surprise troops, but now, I hope that Cao Cao can really find a small path to enter Sichuan."

Huainan, Yanfengjin.

Yanfengjin is located at the intersection of Yingshui and Huaihe River. It was originally just a twenty-mile area of ​​water, and then there was a large area of ​​alluvial sand beach.

After forcibly moving the people of Xuzhou into Huainan, Zhou Yu recruited 400,000 labor service to build a cofferdam, which expanded the waters of Yanfengjin from just twenty miles to more than two hundred miles in a radius. Lu Xun stood on the cofferdam embankment and looked from afar. The entire waters were like an endless ocean! In a flash, a trace of extra solemnity flashed across Lu Xun's young handsome face.

Once the cofferdam dike is dug, it will not only be the 200,000 cavalry and infantry army of horse butcher and Gao Shun's 100,000 elite troops, but also the more than 4 million innocent people in Huainan! In terms of heart, Lu Xun was really unwilling to dig the cofferdam dike, but the military orders are like mountains. For the sake of the great cause of the lord and the life and death of the Wu army, Lu Xun had no choice.

The evening breeze blows Lu Xun's cloak, making a sound. At this moment, Lu Xun's figure looks particularly cold.

"General!" the deputy general leaned forward and said with some helplessness, "Are you waiting?"

"No need." Lu Xun raised his hand and shook his head, "No need to wait any longer, no miracles will happen again, and time will not wait for anyone. If the Liang army's horses discovered Yanfengjin's cofferdam embankment and made preparations in advance, the great governor's good intentions will be wasted."

"well."

The deputy general sighed and turned his head sadly.

Lu Xun looked up to the sky, the stars were shining, as if the lights of thousands of families were lit. In a flash, a trace of cold and ferociousness had already bloomed on the corner of Lu Xun's mouth, and he shouted word by word: "Send the order to dig open the cofferdam embankment!"

"Abide by the order!" The side general responded with a loud promise, turned around and waved his hand and shouted, "General has an order to dig the embankment!"

Two thousand Wu soldiers who were waiting for the battle quickly waved their hoes to start digging. In less than a moment, they dug a hole on the embankment. The gentle lake water slowly overflowed along the opening. Under the omnipotent water of the lake water, the soil on both sides of the gap softened and collapsed, and then expanded rapidly. Soon, the lake water in the cofferdam dike turned from a gentle woman to a violent lion, rushing down...

Thirty miles southwest of Shouchun, the Liang army camp.

When Gao Shunzheng was discussing affairs with Ganning in the central army, a small school suddenly hurried into the tent and knelt down and said anxiously: "General, Prime Minister's Military Order!"

"The lord is urgently ordered?" Gao Shun shouted, "Tell me quickly."

The junior school breathed: "The Wu army may flood Shouchun at any time, so let the general prepare in advance!"

"What? Water floods Shouchun!" Gao Shun, who had always been Mount Tai collapsed without changing his qualities, couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning and asked in a voice, "Are you saying that the Wu army wants to flood Shouchun?"

The junior school nodded and said, "That's right."

"Of course, it seems that the Wu army is going to take a gamble." Gan Ning said sternly, "Fortunately, the lord discovered the conspiracy of the Eastern Wu in time. Otherwise, when our army arrived at Shouchun City without any defense, it would have hit the huge waves head-on. After the flood, Shouchun would have a radius of hundreds of miles. At this time, the Eastern Wu naval army came out to chase after it again, and the consequences would be unimaginable!"

"It's broken!" Gao Shun shouted suddenly, "Come here!"

"What are the general's instructions?"

As Gao Shun finished speaking, personal soldiers had already stepped in to the tent.

Gao Shun shouted: "Immediately, quick horses and order General Xu Chu to retreat immediately!"

"Affect the order."

The personal soldiers responded to the promise and took the order and left.

Gan Ning suddenly stepped out and shouted: "General, if the Wu army really wants to flood Shouchun, then the water storage cofferdam will be built upstream of the Huai River! Why not let the general lead the Jinfan navy up the Huai River and look for the water storage cofferdam of the Eastern Wu? If you can arrive before the Eastern Wu dig the cofferdam, it is still possible to destroy the Wu army's plan!"

"It's too late!" Gao Shun shook his head and said, "If the Wu army really decides to flood Shouchun, how could it leave such a flaw? Besides, the general led the Jinfan naval army to the Huai River at this time, and he might bump into the flood head-on. This is too risky! After the Battle of Huainan, the lord will definitely call on elite soldiers and strong generals to take advantage of the situation to attack Jiangdong. The Jinfan naval army without the general will not be able to do so, so this general will never let you take this risk."

It was late at night, and everything was silent.

Zhou Yu stood solemnly at the Shouchun city surrounded by Taishi Ci, Zhu Ran, Xie Jing and other generals. Looking at the Liang army camp in the north, from afar, he saw that the Liang army camp was bright and the crowded. Teams of Mobei cavalry with full military generals were patrolling back and forth along the fence outside the camp. It looked just an ordinary and peaceful night.

The rapid footsteps suddenly sounded, and Zhou Yu looked back leisurely, and saw Lu Meng coming quickly surrounded by Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng. When he arrived in front of Zhou Yu, Lu Meng clasped his fists and said, "Grandmaster, all the navy warships have been anchored and tied the cables! No matter how big the flood is, as long as the city wall of Shouchun does not collapse, the navy warships will never be washed away!"

"Um."

Zhou Yu nodded after hearing this, and then no longer responded.

General Xie Jing couldn't help but punch and hit the female wall hard, shouting loudly: "It seems that the Xiliang army is unprepared. Haha, this sudden flood will definitely drown most of these hundreds of thousands of Xiliang pigs, and the remaining half will be handed over to Governor Lu's naval army. Haha, on the water surface, these Xiliang pigs are simply vulnerable. Our army will definitely win this battle!"

"That's it!" General Zhu Ran also echoed, "I am worthy of being the Grand Commander. I destroyed the hundreds of thousands of troops of Ma Butcher Ma with just raising my hand, haha."

Zhou Yu's face suddenly became extremely embarrassed, and he turned around and left.

It was not until Zhou Yu's figure disappeared into the enemy building that Zhu Ran and Xie Jing looked around in panic and said, "What's wrong with the Grand Governor? Did the general say the wrong thing?"

"Of course the Grand Governor was angry!" Lu Meng groaned and stepped forward and said, "Are you happy? Well? Is there anything to be happy about? Is this worth being happy? So what if the hundreds of thousands of Xiliang army that destroyed Ma Butcher Ma? Under the rule of Ma Butcher Ma's territory is vast and has a large population, it will be able to regain hundreds of thousands of troops in a few years!"

"Also, don't you know that after this flood, the entire Huainan will become a territorial country? Do you know how many innocent people will die in this disaster? What will the surviving Huainan people look at us? From now on, we will set foot in Jiangbei and suffer unimaginable resistance. Do you know these?"

"So what?" Xie Jing said disapprovingly, "When it comes, people will die. It is better to let the people die than let the soldiers die? Besides, what can these unarmed people do? So what can they do if they resist? Just be disobedient and use a knife to cut them. Last winter, wasn't it also used this method to drive them from Xuzhou to Huainan?"

Zhu Ran also echoed: "That's right, although they have millions of people, we can drive them to Huainan like sheep, just by sending a few thousand people."
Chapter completed!