Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms Chapter 223 The variable is behind Boss Yuan (I haven't asked for a monthly pass for a long time, ask for a monthly pass!)
Chapter 223 The variable is behind Boss Yuan (I haven't asked for a monthly pass for a long time, ask for a monthly pass!)
In the Yuan army's camp, Gao Lan returned after failing to attack the city and came to Yuan Shao to plead guilty.
These days, Gao Lan comes back every day to plead guilty, which is like a routine matter...
Let Gao Lan go down and rest first.
Yuan Shao was sitting in the main tent, not looking anxious.
In his opinion, Cao Jun's defense will one day be broken by him, it is just a matter of sooner or later.
After pondering for a moment, Yuan Shao asked the judge standing below: "Zhengnan, how is the progress of the digging army?"
When the judge heard Yuan Shao's question, he stood up and said, "My lord, the digging army is about to reach the moat. As long as they can pass through the moat smoothly, the digging army can dig down Cao Jun's city wall!"
Yuan Shao smiled and replied: "Okay! Keep digging. As long as the city wall can be dug down, Cao's army will be in chaos."
Yuan Shao was repeating his old tricks, preparing to use the same tactics that Gongsun Zan had used to dig down the walls of Yijing City to deal with Cao Jun.
At this moment, a messenger from outside suddenly came to report hurriedly, saying: "My lord, General Han Meng was defeated by Cao's army at Jiluo Mountain and returned with a great defeat."
The news that Han Meng was defeated and returned diluted the joy that the Dizi Army was about to complete its mission.
And Xu You, who was standing at the head of all the counselors, looked even more ugly at this moment.
He was the one who came up with the plan to hijack the grain road, but now the partial division that robbed the grain has returned in defeat. Isn't this just a slap in the face in public...
Although the failure of the grain robbery does not harm the overall situation, after all, it was his own plan, and it would still look a little ugly if he failed.
What Xu You is worried about now is not the failure to borrow food. He is more worried about his competitor Guo Tu. "Guo Tu looks like a villain... Isn't he laughing at himself at this moment?"
Thinking of this, Xu You couldn't help but glance at Guo Tu.
Sure enough, the guy was staring at Xu You with a half-smile, which made Xu You feel a chill in his heart.
If it had been Jushu, he might have been slapped with a big ear by now, but Xu You considers himself a gentle man, and he would not do such a thing.
In fact, Guo Tu was not just watching Xu You's jokes.
You must know that when Xu You was in Jizhou, he was somewhat greedy for money, and his family was even more unscrupulous in plundering people's wealth.
In order to assume the position of mastermind, Guo Tu had sent people back overnight to collect evidence against Xu You.
Poor Xu Ziyuan, who prides himself on being unparalleled in resourcefulness, only thinks that Guo Tu is seeing his joke...Human heart, Xu You underestimated the viciousness of the human heart after all.
Less than a quarter of an hour after the messenger came to report, Han Meng stumbled in with disheveled hair and the smell of smoke.
Yuan Shao, who was still a little angry in his heart, was shocked when he saw Han Meng who was about to be smoked into bacon.
"My lord! My subordinates were unwary and Cao's army set fire to the mountain. As a result, the army was unfavorable and suffered a great defeat..."
"Set the mountain on fire?! Is Cao Jun so cruel??" Yuan Shao was surprised again.
You must know that there may be many local people relying on the mountains for their livelihood. If a fire breaks out, it may not only cut off the livelihood of the people, but may also affect the survival of the surrounding people.
However, under Cao Cao's rule, the people in Yingchuan and Chenliu territory had already been lifted out of poverty and became rich. Even those who lived at the foot of the mountain might have to find a new place to live.
"Cao Jun is really crazy..." Yuan Shao sighed and said, "Han Meng, please explain the process in detail."
Han Meng then told the story of how he ambushed Cao Jun in Jiluo Mountain, but Cao Jun set fire to the woods with rockets, and how he was finally defeated.
Of course, in these words, the main focus is on Han Meng's bravery and fearlessness in ordering the soldiers to retreat, while also weakening the small details that he was ambushed because he underestimated the enemy and advanced...
After listening to Han Meng's narration, Yuan Shao was speechless and fell into deep thought.
After a few breaths, Yuan Shao said: "That's it, Cao's army set fire to the mountain, and no one can resist it.
Moreover, disturbing the grain road is the icing on the cake. Even if Cao's army has grain, they will inevitably be defeated after some time."
Han Meng escaped, and then immediately knelt down on one knee and begged for his life: "Master, please give me one more chance to make amends!"
Yuan Shao said: "Since you are determined to make up for your mistakes, then when Cao Jun's defense is broken in the future, you can go to the vanguard to destroy the city and build the stronghold for me."
Han Meng was overjoyed and bowed deeply: "I guarantee with my life that I will live up to my lord's high expectations!"
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Two days later, Yuan Jun's digging troops finally passed under the moat.
The general in charge of the digging army calculated the distance and shouted loudly: "Brothers, according to the estimated distance, we will reach the bottom of the city wall in a few steps. Everyone, work harder to complete the work. There will be meat when we go back today."
Drink the soup!!”
As soon as the Dizi Army heard that there was broth to drink, bursts of cheers broke out, and even the shovels they waved in their hands became lighter and more powerful.
Yuan Jun, who was at the front, dug hard with his shovel, but suddenly there was a sound of metal and stone clashing.
"Hang!" a clear voice sounded, and the digging soldier turned around and shouted: "General, I seem to have dug a big rock in front of me!"
Upon hearing this, the general of the Dizi Army pushed aside the crowd and came to the front. Using the faint light of the fire, he groped and carefully examined the large rocks in front of him.
After a while, the general seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly started to curse: "What kind of big stone is this! The stupid thief actually built the city wall underground!"
It turned out that when Ren Jun was building the city wall, he got Lu Yan's suggestion and laid the foundation underground.
Moreover, the fact that Gongsun Zan was dug down by Yuan Shao was known all over the world, so Ren Jun did not stop and laid the foundation to a depth of two feet, which can be called crazy.
The tunnel should not be dug too deep, otherwise the risk of hypoxia and landslides will be doubled.
Yuan Jun's excavation troops dug tunnels to a depth of about four to five meters. Their current depth is still about two meters away from the deepest part of the city wall foundation.
The soil above the moat is extremely unstable, and it may collapse due to being soaked by water. If Yuan Jun dared to spend time digging deeper, it is possible that the city wall would not fall, but he would be buried first...
In desperation, the general of the Dizi Army had no choice but to report the problems he encountered to Yuan Shao.
Knowing that this plan might not work, Yuan Shao finally had to give up the method of digging tunnels.
Cao Cao foiled another plan, and Yuan Jun could only return to the tug-of-war with Cao Cao...
But in another place, another change came.
We all know that the Yellow River often floods or changes its course.
Even because of a serious flooding event that broke its banks, the middle reaches of the Yellow River in the late Eastern Han Dynasty actually diverted its flow.
In other words, the Yellow River bifurcated somewhere, and the two rivers were separated by several miles or even hundreds of miles and went eastward side by side, and finally merged somewhere and finally merged eastward into the sea.
Yanjin and Baima are both crossings of the Yellow River, but these two crossings are only crossings between the northern streams after the diversion.
The reason why Cao Cao dared to abandon Baima after abandoning Liyang and other important towns in Hebei and continue to shrink defenses at Yanjin Ferry to the south was that he relied on the south flow of the Yellow River and Guandu Ferry as the final barrier.
Now that Cao Jun and Yuan Jun are facing each other in Guandu, Yuan Jun is hundreds of miles behind, leaving room for Cao Jun to make a difference.
Cao Ren, Xu Huang, and Le Jin of Hanoi County have disappeared from everyone's eyes for a long time.
Now that Yuan Shao has left a large space behind him, this gives Cao Ren and others room to show off their operations.