Plan, postpone?

"Listening to what Fengxiao said, could it be that something happened on the Hefei front line?" Yuan Fang guessed it in a blink of an eye.

Guo Jiaqi said: "How did the Lord guess that something happened in Hefei?"

"Cao Cao was so shocked that he was killed. His wounds were not licked yet. How could he dare to commit another crime again? As for Lu Bu, he was more brave than cunning. With Zizheng and Yuan Hao sitting in Youzhou, nothing happened to Lu Bu. Only Sun Ce could do this.

He has a well-equipped army and abundant food, and he has many ministers and generals under his command. His strength cannot be underestimated. If something goes wrong, it will naturally only happen to him."

Yuan Fang is well aware of the actual situation and strength of the enemies around him.

Guo Jia sighed with emotion for a moment, and then sighed: "The Lord is indeed right. Hefei Wenyuan has just sent an urgent report, saying that Sun Ce is building a cofferdam around Hefei, intending to divert fertilizer water to Hefei, and sail the warship directly

Go up to the city wall, Hefei's defense is not going well, please send reinforcements quickly to relieve the siege."

A cofferdam around the city?

"To think of such a means of attacking the city, the people of Jiangdong really rely on water. Everything is inseparable from the word water. It is probably only Zhou Yu who came up with this plan."

Yuan Fang was only slightly surprised, but the development of the war in Hefei did not exceed his expectations.

Historically, Zhang Liao's defense of Hefei was indeed as solid as a rock. He repelled several large-scale attacks by Soochow, leaving the people of Wu to look at the city and sigh, but they were helpless.

Although Zhang Liao was strong, that was because his opponent was an opponent with low military capabilities like Sun Quan.

Now the situation is very different. What Zhang Liao is facing is Sun Ce, who is far more powerful than Sun Quan. He is also assisted by Zhou Yu.

Frankly speaking, Yuan Fang does not think that Zhang Liao will be Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's joint opponent. His ability to defend to this day has exceeded Yuan Fang's expectations.

"Sure enough, the plan cannot keep up with the changes. It seems that the plan to capture Guanzhong can only be postponed for a while. We must first move to the southeast and teach the Wu people a lesson."

On the same day, Yuan Convenient made a decision to temporarily stop the attack on Tongguan and withdraw the army to the central government.

On the Tongguan front line, Yuan Fang only left two generals, Zhang Fei and Xu Huang, with 20,000 troops stationed in Hongnong County to defend Luoyang and prevent the Xiliang armies from returning to Guanzhong.

Yuan Fang himself led a hundred thousand troops and moved to Huainan to relieve the siege of Hefei.

As for the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops, they will remain stationary for the time being. They will take off their armor and rest in preparation for the future attack on Guanzhong.

One hundred thousand horsemen traveled through the starry night, first entering the Huaihe River from Guoshui, reaching the Shouchun line, and then heading south along the Feishui River, heading towards Hefei.

…

Outside Hefei City, Jiangdong Army Camp.

On the cofferdam several feet high, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu stood side by side on horseback, looking at the direction of Hefei City in the distance, their brows full of determination to win.

"Bo Fu, you see, in less than ten days, our cofferdam will be built. Once we dig out fertilized water and pour it into the cofferdam, we can take a warship and rush directly to the city of Hefei. Let's see how Zhang Liao can resist.

."

Zhou Yu pointed his horsewhip forward, arranging the situation in the near future with high spirits.

Sun Ce nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Gong Jin's plan of building a dike and flooding the city is really brilliant. If Hefei is defeated in this battle, you must be Gong Jin's first creditor."

The usual strategy of digging water to flood the city would cause the water to flow over the wild areas. At most, it would only be able to soak the city wall for a few feet. It would not take long for the water to disperse in all directions.

Zhou Yu's strategy was to build a weir around the city to trap the water of the Fei River around Hefei, so that the water could reach the top of the city. In this way, they did not need to attack the city on land, but could directly attack the city in warships.

Go to the top of Hefei City.

Zhou Yu smiled: "As soon as Hefei City is reached, the gate of Shouchun will be opened. Bo Fu, you can capture Huainan and conquer the Central Plains. The day is just around the corner."

Sun Ce laughed heartily and his pride was evident.

"Yuan Fang has defeated Cao Cao. Once he defeats the Xiliang army, he will definitely move to Huainan. Su thinks that my lord and Gong Jin should not be too optimistic."

Behind the two of them, the scholar in blue shirt had a worried look on his face.

Zhou Yu glanced at the man and sneered: "Zijing, you are good at everything, but you like to boost other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige. Don't forget, the Xiliang people's 100,000-strong army can all

It's the cavalry, that little thief Yuan Fang, it's easy to defeat Cao Cao, but it's not that easy to repel a hundred thousand cavalry."

The young scribe whom Zhou Yu called "Zijing" was none other than Lu Su.

The Jiangdong army lacked horses, and what they feared most was the cavalry. Therefore, in their eyes, Xiliang's cavalry division was a more formidable opponent than Yuan Fang.

"But..." Lu Su looked worried, but he didn't know what to say.

Sun Ce said: "Zijing's concerns are reasonable, but I just don't believe that Yuan Fang can defeat the Xiliang cavalry so quickly. Even if he can win in the end, we have already captured Hefei, and even Shouchun."

, at that time, even if he moves to the southeast, we have nothing to fear."

"What Bo Fu said is true." Zhou Yu nodded in agreement.

As soon as he finished speaking, a horse galloped up to the cofferdam, and it was his general Jiang Qin who came.

"My lord, please make a detailed report from the north. Yuan Fang has defeated the Xiliang army. Now he has moved to the southeast. The vanguard has reached Shouchun. There is a strong tendency to send his troops south to reinforce Hefei."

Shocking information, crashed into the head.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's expressions suddenly changed in shock, and they looked at each other with expressions of surprise.

"The little thief defeated one hundred thousand Xiliang cavalry so quickly? How is this possible? How did the little thief do it?" Zhou Yu asked Jiang Qin in a hoarse voice.

Jiang Qin then asked Yuan Fang to use a fire attack to defeat the Xiliang army at Hangu Pass, and all the generals came out.

"Yuan Fang's military tactics are so unpredictable. One hundred thousand Xiliang cavalry were defeated by him like this. It's really..."

Sun Ce was so filled with emotion that he no longer knew how to describe his admiration for Yuan Fang.

At this time, Lu Su was the first to wake up from the shock and said hurriedly: "My lord, Yuan Fang marched south with the remaining power of his great victory. Hundreds of thousands of troops rushed towards Hefei. They were so sharp that our army was no match for him. It's better to take advantage of the opportunity."

Before the army arrives, please return to Jiangdong as soon as possible."

As soon as he finished speaking, when Sun Ce was still hesitating, Zhou Yu shouted solemnly: "Our army has not yet retreated to Hefei, Bo Fu, we must not give up Hefei this time."

Sun Ce frowned.

Lu Su said, "Our army is good at water warfare but not at land warfare. If we don't retreat now, will Gong Jin have any strategy to defeat Yuan Fang's hundreds of thousands of powerful land troops?"

Lu Su's words made Zhou Yu speechless. Veins surged on Scar's face, and he turned red instantly.

"Gong Jin, I understand your desire for revenge, but Zijing is right. Yuan Fang's hundreds of thousands of land troops cannot compete with them. It seems that this time, we have to give up Hefei City again.

"Sun Ce sighed.

Zhou Yu's mood became more and more urgent, and he rolled his eyes several times. Suddenly, a cold and gloomy look flashed in his eyes.

"Since the little thief is very sharp, it is difficult for us to compete with him head-on. If he can't do it through conspiracy, then the only way to do it is to use evil. Humph, Yuan Fang, I, Zhou Yu, will definitely kill you this time!"

Hearing Zhou Yu's cold and confident words, Sun Ce and Lu Su were both shocked. They looked at each other with doubts on their faces.

"Bo Fu, let's do this..."

…

Forty miles north of Hefei.

Boats and rafts are heading south along the Feishui River towards the city of Hefei, which has been besieged for several months.

Although the Qi army was not good at water warfare, it had to rely on rivers to transport grain and grass and transport soldiers.

Now Yuan Fang led his army all the way from Luoyang. In order to save the soldiers' physical strength, they naturally had to rely on water transportation to transport troops to and from Hefei.

According to the intelligence from the scouts, the main force of the Jiangdong Army was besieging Hefei. On the way south along the river, there was no Jiangdong Army navy blocking the way. Therefore, Yuan Fang did not have to let his troops disembark and land to avoid the enemy navy.

"Sun Ce clearly knew that his Jiangdong Army was no match for me in land warfare. He heard that my army was coming to help, but he still refused to retreat. What were he and Zhou Yu thinking?"

On the bow of the flagship, Yuan Fang stood with his hands behind his hands, his mind racing, and a trace of suspicion flashed on Yingwu's face.

"My lord, if you go any further, you will enter the activity range of the Jiangdong Army and Navy. The general recommends that just to be on the safe side, my lord, we should move to the shore." Behind him, Xu Sheng advised with cupped hands.

There were few generals in Yuan Fang's army who were good at water warfare, Taishi Ci was one of them. Unfortunately, he had to guard Chenliu, leaving only Xu Sheng, a general who was good at water warfare. Yuan Fang naturally relied on him.

Yuan Fang looked at the water ahead. Except for a few fishing boats on the left, there was no sail. There seemed to be no threat from the Jiangdong Navy.

However, Yuan Fang decided to adopt Xu Sheng's advice and prepared to march to the shore.

After all, although Yuan Fang is practicing Zang martial arts, his water properties are average. Once he falls into the water, he may not be as good as an ordinary pawn who is proficient in water properties.

"When can we form a powerful navy, we won't have to worry about Jiangdong's navy anymore..."

Yuan Fang sighed with emotion and prepared to transfer to the boat and move to the land.

At this moment, the warship beneath his feet suddenly swayed.

Immediately afterwards, a muffled sound of "dong dong dong" came from below the water, which sounded like something was hitting the bottom of the boat.

Yuan Fang suddenly became suspicious, and the other officers and soldiers on the boat, including Xu Sheng, were also doubtful or hesitant. They all stuck their heads out of the boat to see what was happening underwater.

Boom, boom, boom!

The sound of the collision became louder and denser, and the shaking of the entire ship's hull became more and more violent.

Yuan Fang's heart soon felt an ominous premonition.

“It’s not good, it’s not good~~”

Suddenly, a sailor climbed up from the cabin and exclaimed: "Come on, sir, it's bad, the bottom of the boat is leaking, the bottom of the boat is leaking everywhere!"

The bottom of the boat is leaking?

Xu Sheng's expression suddenly changed, and he said in surprise: "No, someone lurked under the water, dug through the bottom of the ship, and wants to sink our ship. Please abandon the ship and evacuate to the shore quickly!"

Yuan Fang suddenly realized that he could feel the entire ship disembarking quickly.

Without thinking too much, he quickly changed boats under the protection of several sailors, abandoned the ship, and rowed towards the shore.

Not far away, the man on the fishing boat looked at the scene in front of him with a proud sneer on his lips.
Chapter completed!