Chapter 28: Meng De Offers a Plan to Siege the City, Zhang Jiao Retreats to Guangzong
Cao Cao stood up and said, "The land of Yuzhou is flat, crossed by three rivers, and Xihua City is located downstream of the Ying River."
These words successfully attracted everyone's attention to him, and he continued: "Perhaps we can cut off the water flow at the intersection of the three rivers and wait for the weather to flood the city with river water. Xihua will be destroyed without an attack!"
I have to say that this is an excellent strategy. The power of water and fire is the most ruthless. The rivers will flood the city, and the whole of Xihua will probably face a catastrophe.
"Brilliant plan! As soon as this plan comes out, Xihua will be defeated soon!" Huangfu Song couldn't help but clapped his hands after hearing this.
"In the past, the Crown Prince attacked with fire, and in the later, Meng De stormed the city." Zhu Jun also nodded, obviously very satisfied with this strategy.
"Huh!" Sun Jian snorted coldly, but did not stand up to refute. He just had some problems with Cao Cao, and he was not brainless.
As a Yuzhou native, Liu Jing was quite familiar with the water of the three rivers in Yingchuan. "General Huangfu, I have something to worry about at the end."
"Your Majesty, please speak." Huangfu Song was not carried away. Naturally, he wanted to listen to other people's opinions, especially the locals.
There were two locals present, Cao Cao of Pei State and Liu Jing of Chen State.
"The Yingshui River is wide. Now in late May, it is the time when the river is turbulent. It may not be advisable to cut off the river flow. Moreover, the intersection of the three rivers is close to Xihua County. If the bandits discover our intentions and move early, how can they Isn’t it a failure?”
Liu Jing was not targeting Cao Cao, but felt that there were too many constraints in the implementation of this plan.
First, you have to wait for the weather. It is useless to accumulate water. You have to wait for heavy rains before water can flood Xihua City. Second, the Yingshui River is wide and the river flows rapidly in May and June. It is still dangerous to cut off the river flow. nature, and using a huge amount of manpower. When the time comes, there will be too few soldiers to cut off the river, and they will be attacked by bandits, and they may be defeated.
"What the prince said is exactly what I am worried about. Although this plan is good, it may not succeed. We have to obey the destiny." Cao Cao is a native of Peiguo in Yuzhou. Although he is far away from Yingchuan, he still has some understanding of Yingshui. of.
Huangfu, a native of Songbei, and Zhujun, a native of Jiaozhi, had limited knowledge of the terrain in Yuzhou. At this moment, they hesitated after hearing the explanations of the two locals. They were the commanders of two armies, and every decision they made determined the movements of tens of thousands of people. , life and death, have to be considered carefully.
The atmosphere that was hot just now suddenly cooled down.
"Let's come here today. General Zhu and I will discuss it again tomorrow." Huangfu Song ordered and everyone dispersed.
Liu Jing did not return to his military camp, but followed Cao Cao all the way.
"Brother, don't take what you did today seriously." Liu Jing apologized as soon as he sat down.
"You and I don't need to say anything about what you said!" Cao Cao said that he didn't need to care. "I know that my dear brother was thinking about the war and it was not a deliberate move. Even if you don't say it, I will say it."
Liu Jinglai's apology was not too sensitive. Everyone led the troops to protect the country and defend the country. Isn't protecting the country and building meritorious service in exchange for advancement in official career?
Cao Cao gave up his credit to help Liu Jing last time in exchange for the friendship between the two brothers. However, Liu Jing opposed Cao Cao's strategy this time, which was clearly inappropriate.
However, Cao Cao's attitude at this time did not mean to care at all.
"It's good that the elder brother understands. The younger brother is afraid that this matter will ruin the friendship with the elder brother." Liu Jing still tends to have a good relationship with Cao Cao. After all, Cao Cao has both high [Command] and [Intelligence], and he currently has no famous ministers or generals. He was afraid that he would not be able to defeat Cao Cao.
"My dear brother, you are worrying too much. You should rest early. We have not yet decided on a strategy to defeat the enemy. I still have to think about it."
"Goodbye, little brother."
Just when the left and right officers were having a headache for Xihua Peng in getting rid of a group of thieves, big events broke out in the other two places.
Wancheng, Nanyang County, Jingzhou.
At the beginning of the uprising, Zhang Mancheng, the envoy of the Yellow Turban God of Nanyang, formulated a strategy to capture Wancheng and defend the city to become invincible!
Wancheng is the seat of Nanyang County. The city is tall and invincible. This is by no means a boast.
Zhang Mancheng led tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans to capture Wancheng with lightning speed and killed Chu Gong, the governor of Nanyang County. After hearing the news, Luoyang urgently ordered Jiangxia Captain Qin Jie to be the new Nanyang Governor and lead troops to attack Wancheng Yellow Turbans.
Qin Jie's strength alone was definitely not enough. As soon as he received the order, he arrived at Hanshou, Wuling County.
Jingzhou can be called by many place names, such as Xiangyang, Xinye, Wancheng, Fancheng, Jiangling, and Jiangxia. But in fact, the place where Jingzhou was governed was Hanshou. After Qin Jie went to Hanshou to communicate with Xu Wei, the then governor of Jingzhou, he got Xu Wei's name.
support.
Qin Jie led the Jiangxia Army and the Jingzhou Army sent by Xu Zhuan to help him to Wancheng to fight against the rebellion.
Zhang Mancheng was a ghost. When he saw that the enemy's momentum was strong, he stayed behind closed doors and allowed Qin Jie to scold him outside the city. He was happy and happy in Wancheng.
Wancheng was built on the Huishui River and surrounded by a moat. Qin Jie could not attack the city and could only shoot some arrows. There was a river passing by, so Zhang Mancheng did not have to worry about water sources.
From time to time, he saw Qin Jie's soldiers resting and making food, so he sent a small force to sneak attack Qin Jie's army, which made Qin Jie restless and wanted to cut him into pieces!
After nearly a hundred days of stalemate, Zhang Mancheng has gradually changed. He feels that Qin Jie seems to be an ordinary person. It has been almost three months. This person should have no way to deal with him.
Coupled with the compliments he received from his subordinates from time to time, Zhang Mancheng felt a little arrogant. He looked at the talented people under his command, including Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, Sun Xia, and his Yellow Turban tribe, which numbered hundreds of thousands.
Zhang Mancheng's thoughts gradually changed. He had food, people, and generals, so why not open the city to confront Qin Jie? I had heard rumors that the Yellow Turbans in other places were unstoppable. He was the envoy of the gods. He had been shrinking in Wancheng. Isn't it a bit sorry?
Did God use this title?
Time slowly advanced to June. Zhang Mancheng discussed with his men for several days and finally decided to go out of the city to attack Qin Jie and revive his reputation as a divine envoy!
At this moment, bad news came from Luoyang. The atmosphere in the court hall was a bit depressing. Xiao Huangmen had just read out the memorial sent back from the border, saying that there was another "Tianzhu General" in Jiaozhi who had gathered to rebel and had been captured.
The governor of Jiaozhi and the governor of Hepu.
The "General Tianzhu" issue has been going on for three months and has not been resolved yet. Another "General Tianzhu" has appeared in Jiaozhi. Can Liu Hong look good on it?
In fact, the Jiaozhi Rebellion was not accidental. After the sale of officials in Xiyuan, injustice was everywhere in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After paying money to buy officials, and then plundering the people's wealth and anointing after arriving in the fiefdom, the burden ultimately fell on the people.
Cochin is rich in treasures. Most of the people who went to Cochin to serve as officials wanted to search for treasures. Several officials in a row did this. Of course, the people could not bear the pressure and had no choice but to do the opposite.
"Another General Tianzhu has appeared in Jiaozhi, and there will be generals all over the place. I don't think the barbarians will come in, and my big man will destroy himself!" Liu Hong sat on a high position and let out a burst of emotion! His emotion was mixed with anger.
There is nothing you can do.
After hearing this, all the officials of His Highness knelt down on the ground, with panic on their faces. They didn't know whether it was true or not, but Liu Hong's remarks really shocked them.
"What's the use of kneeling? Now that Jiaozhi is in rebellion and General You Zhonglang is out fighting again, who else can relieve my worries?" Liu Hong glanced around and found that most of them were useless people, and a small number of them could not be used. There were also
Some immovable people.
In such a large court, when it comes time to employ people, no one is available.
"Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong." Liu Hong named the three princes.
"I'm here." Deng Sheng, Yuan Wei, and Zhang Wen came out and replied.
"You will discuss who should go to Cochin to quell the rebellion. I will hear the countermeasures tomorrow."
"yes!"
Among the two fronts of the crusade against the Yellow Turbans, the north was far ahead of the south. In the first six months, Lu Zhi won one after another, killing more than 10,000 enemies.
Zhang Jiao saw that Lu Zhi's army was fighting fiercely, so he had no choice but to retreat to Guangzong City in Julu County. His younger brother Zhang Bao, the "Di Gong General", guarded Quyang, and Zhang Liang, the "Ren Gong General" guarded Guangping.
, to guard against enemies on multiple fronts at the same time.
Lu Zhi did not dare to act rashly. At this moment, he was looking at Guangzong City in the camp: "Hey!"
The deputy general was a little confused: "Why is General Lu Zhonglang sighing?"
"All life in Jizhou is in ruins. The rebels are now occupying the city like a horn. The end of the war is far away!"
Lu Zhi saw many tragic scenes in Jizhou along the way. As a civil servant, he was quite sensitive to this scene. He also knew deeply that the source of such dark scenes lay in the upper class, but he should be loyal as a minister.
"General Lu Zhonglang has never been defeated all the way, and his subordinates believe that the end of the war is just around the corner!" The clan members had great confidence in Lu Zhi. He followed Lu Zhi all the way north and never suffered even a small defeat. For most of his life,
I have never felt so happy.
Lu Zhi smiled and said nothing.
The three brothers of the Zhang family were originally from Julu County, which was the hometown of the three of them. Now they are guarding the city, and Guangping and Guangzong support each other. According to Lu Zhi's calculation, there are at least two cities in Guangping and Guangzong.
Between seventy and eighty thousand Yellow Turbans, Xiaquyang, as the isolated city in the north of Julu County, is in charge of its own operations, and there may be even more tribesmen!
The Yellow Turbans under the three brothers of the Zhang family cannot be compared to the gang of gangsters in Yuzhou. The three of them understand people's hearts, assess the situation, and arrange their troops. Their combat power cannot be underestimated!
Although there were successive victories along the way, there were also many casualties. Lu Zhi now had less than 20,000 soldiers under his command. On the other hand, looking at Taiping Road, any city had more troops than Lu Zhi. It was not a good strategy to attack the city and win.
"Build ladders, and at the same time build walls and dig ditches to protect against enemy attacks."
"yes!"
The clan members responded to the order, but they were very puzzled in their hearts! Wasn't the ladder built to attack the city? Why did they build strongholds and dig trenches? Isn't it unnecessary?
Lu Zhi didn't explain much, and the clan members didn't ask any questions. The entire army quickly got into action, working enthusiastically.
The camp is not too far from Guangzong City. The soldiers on the tower can see some movements of the enemy camp from a distance. They don't know why, so they can only send people to report to the Great Master before making a decision!