Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2091 The Broken Crock Pot in Cao Mengde's Hand

The sun rose slowly, and the golden brilliance shone on the flags of Cao Jun's large and small ships in the Han River.

Although the Jingzhou navy has suffered heavy losses, it still has some foundations. In addition to the remaining buildings of the Cai family, it is not too big a problem to build a navy that looks like it.Anyway, the hussars are now all land troops, plus some other factors, so Xiahou Dun and others dared to bring the water army close to the military base.

Xiahou Dun was sitting in the boat, with a large map spread out on the table.

Cai Hao was on the lower side of his head, sliding his hand on the map, "Look, general..." Cai Hao pointed to the sign of Fancheng on the map and said, "This is Fancheng. If the cavalry comes at full speed, it will be within half a day. ..." Cai Mao took a peek at Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Dun didn't express anything, and didn't seem to notice what Cai Mao meant.

"When the hussars sent people to build this military fortress, they spent a lot of thought..." Cai Mao could only continue to say, "It was built on the mountain, with two layers inside and outside, like Japanese characters, even if the outer layer is broken , there is still an inner layer to defend...but...to defend such a stronghold, naturally a lot of people are needed, and now there are only a thousand people here...』

"However, if you attack along the mountain road, it will inevitably be damaged..." Cai Mao said, "You might as well use the waterway to bully you, use the building boat to suppress the high point of the military fort, and then send people to attack its wing, first break a little, and disrupt its defense. When he mobilized his soldiers, he was wounded by the arrows of the buildings and boats, so he could kill many people... If he couldn't take care of it, he could advance both land and water, and break it in one fell swoop! 』

After Cai Hao finished speaking, he looked up at Xiahou Dun again, then fell silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help but said: "The only thing to worry about..."

Xiahou Dun said, "It's okay for De Gui to speak out." 』

"It's the army of Fancheng, only half a day away, if..." Cai Mao sneaked a glance at Xiahou Dun again, but he didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear.

In fact, the problem of the military base is not that big, or as long as the troops are sufficient and well prepared, it is not very difficult to conquer the military base, but the focus is not on the military base, but on Fancheng.

The hussars in Fancheng can reach the army base within half a day. Of course, Xiahou Dun can have the advantage on the water, and he can fight as much as he wants. It can't be done, but on this land...

Can the Cao army who went ashore defeat the hussars?
Cai Hao didn't have much confidence, but he couldn't say this in front of Xiahou Dun. Even if Xiahou Dun said that he could "speak up", it didn't mean that he could "speak up" about everything.

Xiahou Dun looked at the map quietly, as if thinking about something.

The sound of water is rippling, smooth and long.

In the military base, Xu Yu and Liu Xiong were also standing on the wall of the military base, looking at the Han River.

Xu Yu is just not a brother of Xu Huang's clan, but a handsome man from Longyou, and he is from the same hometown as Yang Fu.

Although Xu Yu and Liu Xiong are both school lieutenants, strictly speaking, they command 1000 taels to 400 people, but firstly, there are not so many soldiers in the military base, and secondly, Xu Yu and Liu Xiong Xiong is a miscellaneous lieutenant, and none of his subordinates are dissatisfied with the ranks, so the combined number of soldiers of the two is less than [-].

Both Xu Yu and Liu Xiong were veterans who had been on the battlefield, so Cao Jun's trips to and from Hanshui became more frequent in the past two days, which naturally attracted the attention of the two of them.

Since receiving the news that Wancheng was attacked, Xu Huang withdrew his troops from Fancheng to be on the safe side. The military fortress became the first line of resistance against Cao Jun, and he might be attacked by Cao Jun at any time. People and horses, if it is true that Cao's army is attacking in a big way, it is not a big problem to support it for a few days, but if there is no reinforcements, it will be difficult to say if it takes a long time.

"Captain Xu, this Cao Jun..." Liu Xiong said worriedly, "It looks like he's about to counterattack..."

"Not only here, but Wancheng..." Xu Yu shook his head and said, "This Cao Jun is simply crazy!"Can Wancheng fight?If Wancheng is really captured, why not try to threaten General Hussars with the trick of the Overlord of Western Chu? 』

"I heard that there are not many defenders in Wancheng! "Liu Xiong said with some concern, "It is said that Huang Xiaowei's two horses rushed to rescue Wancheng, so it should be too late..."

"Definitely come in time!" ”Xu Yu said, stretching out his hand and pointing, “But now, we should worry about ourselves...Look!Cao Jun ships! 』

『Convex(艹盘哦)! Liu Xiong shouted, "Cao's army is attacking!"Trumpet!Warning!Go to Fancheng to send a letter, saying that Cao Jun attacked the army base! 』

The low horn sounded from the height of the military base, and the long and low voice suddenly tore through the peaceful sky where the military base was located.Immediately, the warning gong sounded, and the soldiers emerged from the wooden tents one after another, and began to assemble nervously and orderly.

Cao Jun's warship seemed to be wobbling, but in fact it was not slow. It quickly arrived in front of the military base, and then formed a formation. With the sound of war drums also sounding on Cao Jun's warship, Cao Jun also took action one after another. stand up……

"In such a hurry?This is to do it as soon as it comes up..." Xu Yu opened his eyes wide, staring at the approaching Cao Jun ships, and suddenly shouted, "Raise the shield! 』

A black cloud suddenly floated above Cao Jun's ship, and it seemed as if one could hear the screaming sound of this black cloud tearing the air!
Xu Yu's loud roar woke up many people.

The shield hand raised the shield involuntarily, and immediately heard the sound of bows and arrows.

Soldiers without shields rolled and crawled to hide inside the shelter, reducing their exposed area.For a while, it was obvious that the soldiers in the military fortress ordered orders to be prohibited, and their hands and feet were nimble, but in fact it was not entirely because of the strength of Commander Xu Yu and Liu Xiong, but that in the army, they moved slowly and did not respond to orders. The pawns who are dangerous and stupid are often the first to be eliminated, and none of them who can survive a few battles are stupid.

A huge rain of black-gray arrows whizzed over, and the long arrows were nailed to the wall of the village with the sound of wind and thunder, nailed to the wooden shed, and shot through the curtain of the tent, sending out all kinds of horror The sounds of "swish", "thump", and "crack" are breathtaking.

Some arrows collided with each other in the air, resulting in insufficient range and falling in front of the wall, and some flew to the other side because the range was too far, but the arrows that accurately landed on the wall had great power, not to mention those The unlucky guy even caused some shield soldiers to be hit by long arrows continuously, and their shields were knocked out of the way...

The wooden roof and wooden pillars of the village wall are full of long arrows inserted obliquely everywhere in the blink of an eye, like gray-black mold in spring, a large piece of it has grown in a blink of an eye!

Standing at the front of the warship, Cai Mao was very satisfied with the shooting skills displayed by the Jingzhou navy, and he loudly ordered to the orderly standing behind him: "Send orders!Keep shooting!After ten rounds, switch to Rockets!Three consecutive rounds! 』

Xiahou Dun, who was slightly behind the line, also ordered several warships to start rushing to the shore, ready to land and cooperate in operations.There are some strong soldiers of Cao Jun in the gang, but they can't help but look a little pale...

Many of Cao Jun are landlubbers. Although they have practiced a lot in the past few days, they are still a little uncomfortable on the bed, uh, going in and out of the boat, until they stand on the shore. The soldiers couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief one after another, and howled vigorously again.

Liu Xiong took advantage of the break between the rain of arrows, and stretched out his head to look outside, but he only showed a small head, and was swept away by the head-on arrow.Liu Xiong was so frightened that he shrank his neck and didn't dare to move anymore, but he heard the shouts of Cao Jun soldiers, the sound of running, and the sound of knocking heavy objects...

"Cao Bing is digging antlers! ’Liu Xiong shouted loudly, ‘There are also iron chains blocking the river!Archer!come forward! 』

Immediately, more arrows struck again, and this time it was a rocket, like a fire crow, flying across the sky with black smoke, landing on the wall of the military base, and also falling on the military base among!
"Extinguishing!Pay attention to fire! ’ Xu Yu shouted.

Although there is a layer of mud on the wooden shed in the military fortress, there is no way to say how fireproof the tent is, so if it is ignited, it is really a troublesome thing, so on the side of the tent in the camp, it will be There is always a water tank. If you are hit by a rocket, you just need to unplug the rocket immediately and extinguish the sparks. However, even so, there are often negligence, and some tents will still be set on fire. of……

The drums were louder and louder.

Cao Jun was still advancing, and under the cover of bows and arrows, he had successfully pried up the antlers, and even approached the iron chains pulled up by the military base to block the river, and the sound of clanging was heard from time to time.

"Shoot, shoot! Liu Xiong yelled loudly, taking advantage of Cao Jun's archers entering the rest period, he quickly counterattacked and suppressed.

The archers in the barracks quickly stood up from behind the wall and started shooting at Cao Jun.

With the shield held high, Cao Jun resisted the arrows shot from the fort while struggling forward.

Although occasionally Cao Jun was shot and then fell down screaming, the rest of Cao Jun's soldiers were not at all chaotic and were still moving continuously. Some soldiers even leaned slightly under their own shield soldiers. I don't pay much attention to...

It's not that Cao Jun underestimated the bows and arrows in the military base, but because the shooting angle of the military base on the mountain is not good. There are not many positions on the ground, and Cao Jun's attacking positions are very scattered, such as in the water, on the shore, and at the foot of the mountain, so the density and lethality of bows and arrows at the military fortress are naturally reduced a lot.

The main defense of the military base is the enemy attacking on land. After all, it is difficult to have the best of both worlds, so the military base is not very powerful against the water surface.

Although the archers on the barracks shot down some of Cao's troops with powerful long arrows, they still had insufficient suppressive power against scattered and moving Cao's targets. After a while, when Cao's troops on the water launched their second round When the shooting was suppressed, many archers above the military base were shot, and they had to give up the continuous suppression immediately, and could only wait for the next time the opponent's shooting gap came...

The arrows in the air intersected each other, amidst the sound of war drums, the soldiers of both sides gradually approached, and the fierce battle finally started again on this piece of land...

……（‵ ′）╯ヽ(`dish)……

The nameless dock.

Liao Hua looked at Zhuge Liang who seemed worried, and asked, "What is Kong Ming worried about?" 』

Zhuge Liang turned his head, smiled, and said: "It's nothing..." After a while, he felt that his denial was a little bit of fooling Liao Hua, so he added, "It's just worrying about the war..."

Liao Hua said: "Didn't Kong Ming pay a visit to the general of the Zhenjun to make a statement?"The general of the town army will make proper arrangements! 』

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "I hope so. 』

"Um? Liao Hua frowned and asked, "Kong Ming means..."

Zhuge Liang looked to the east, as if he was looking in the direction of Cao Jun, and he seemed to be looking at his own hometown...

Zhuge Liang's hometown is Langya.

Langya's original name was Langya, where Lang was for beautiful jade and Yan was for ivory like jade.The place name constructed from two characters representing beauty is also enough to prove the extraordinaryness of Langya.

Langya was first said to have existed when Jiang Ziya was entrusted to Qi, and eight gods were enshrined in Qi, including Langya Four Seasons Lord.Later, after the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, from the former Qin Dynasty to the Western Han Dynasty, and to the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu even granted his son to Langya and became the King of Langya, but now...

Zhuge Liang was born in a family of officials and eunuchs, but he did not have a good childhood.

He lost his mother at the age of three and his father at the age of eight, and has lived with his uncle ever since.

Zhuge Liang doesn't remember much about what happened when he was three years old. He only knew when he grew up that it was the Yellow Turban Rebellion...

Langya's richness before became Langya's crime. How beautiful Langya was before, how miserable she was during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.Zhuge Liang never asked his father how his mother died, because every time it was the anniversary of his mother's death, the young Zhuge Liang could always see his father sad and in great pain.

Later, Zhuge Liang's father also passed away, perhaps because he missed him too much, or maybe because of other reasons...

That year, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing.

Then...

"Cao Mengde..." Zhuge Liang said slowly, "Yuan Jian knows... Cao Mengde invaded Xuzhou many times? 』

Liao Hua was taken aback for a moment, then nodded slightly, "I know a little bit... Kong Ming's meaning is..."

Zhuge Liang closed his eyes, as if he saw some scenes he didn't want to see.

According to some well-known sayings in later generations, Cao Cao's massacre of Xuzhou was ultimately for the benefit of the people of Xuzhou, just like a certain academy. Cao Cao, who is like a child, is still one step too late. This can only show that the consciousness of Jingzhou people is not high enough, and they have not been able to understand the deep meaning of Cao Cao's move...

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if they killed them... Then, what, can a slap be loud enough?Shouldn't you first review your own mistakes?Why run?Why run away?If you don't run or escape, will Cao Cao be angry?Isn't wearing revealing clothes and running around intentionally leading people to commit crimes?
But in fact, there was only one real reason why Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou back then...

At that time, Cao Cao preliminarily occupied Yanzhou and became another powerful local faction after Liu Yan of Yizhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Yuan Shu of Yuzhou, and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou.

Fish diving?At that time, no one paid attention to Fei Qian, and not many people even paid attention to Chang'an.These local powerful factions in Shandong are like Gu worms spawned by the local factions of the Shandong gentry, biting and killing each other.

At that time, Yuan Shu saw that it was difficult to win the attack on Liu Biao, and his general Sun Jian had died, so he had to turn his attention to other places. In addition, Yuan Shu's ally Gongsun Zan's power was frustrated, and Yuan Shao's power suddenly expanded, which made Yuan Shu even more uneasy. Because Jin Shang, the governor of Yanzhou, was expelled by Cao Cao, Yuan Shu changed the direction of attack, took Jin Shang in, and marched to Fengqiu County in Yuzhou. Steady Cao Cao.

At the same time, Yuan Shu also contacted Tao Qian, wanting to march together to wipe out Cao Cao, with a menacing aura...

But Cao Cao was not intimidated, and fought with Yuan Shu at Kuangting. As a result, Yuan Shu's army marched a long distance, the army was exhausted, and there were no brave generals to boost morale. Under the impact, Yuan Shu's army was defeated and fled, and then the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Heishan, Runan and other places, seeing that the momentum was wrong, ran faster than Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was defeated, but Cao Cao refused to give up. Taking advantage of the power of victory, he surrounded Fengqiu County. Yuan Shu was afraid of being surrounded and captured alive by Cao Cao, so he abandoned his luggage and led the remnant army to flee south of the city in embarrassment.

Normally speaking, if this is the case, you can withdraw your troops, but Cao Cao didn't. Seeing Yuan Shu's escape, Cao Cao waved his army and continued to pursue Yuan Shu's army frantically.In this way, before Yuan Shu fled to Xiangyi County and set up camp, Cao Cao's army followed closely!Yuan Shu hadn't organized his army well yet, seeing that Cao Cao was coming again, it was hopeless to fight back, and there was still a shameful risk of being besieged in Xiangyi, so he continued to lead a small number of troops to flee south again...

Yuan Shu escaped all the way, Cao Cao chased him all the way, not because the hatred between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu was so high, but because Cao Cao knew that if Yuan Shu was not beaten thoroughly, Cao Cao himself would continue to be hurt by others. Yu Yuan Shu's threats and harassment!

Cao Cao finally completely beat Yuan Shu to the ground, but did Cao Cao not pay any price?

Cao Cao himself has the will to pursue Yuan Shu, and the generals around Cao Cao, the Xiahou family of Cao's family, should have no problem communicating, but what about other ordinary soldiers?How can these soldiers understand Cao Cao's grand goals and strategic intentions?
Simple, there must be a brave man under the reward!

If Cao Cao has established a stable foothold in Yanzhou, and has a lot of financial and material resources, it is not a big problem, but the problem is that Cao Cao has no money... At least in the process of chasing and killing Yuan Shu, Cao Cao has no cash, so he must be Time and time again, he promised these ordinary soldiers that after the war, he would definitely, definitely, definitely give more rewards, big rewards, big rewards!

And then won...

After winning the battle, Cao Cao still has no money.

Even in the process of chasing and killing Yuan Shu, some spoils have already been distributed, or have been consumed by eating and drinking. After Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, he had to face a large number of empty checks and a large number of IOUs promised before. The Huabei bill...

As a result, Yuan Shao thought about the man standing behind Cao Cao and refused to give, or only gave a little.Yuan Shao thought bitterly, he was paralyzed, he thought he just wanted a bag, but now he wants a baby!How can this be given?

Ever since, Cao Cao became impatient.

The Yanzhou gentry naturally refused to give it. After all, this nima has such a big hole, who can live in it?Whoever promised to find whom!
Cao Cao had to honor it, otherwise he might mutiny in an instant and the whole thing would collapse!
So Cao Cao opened up everyone to find fault with Yanzhou, and at the same time began to look for the direction to transfer to the outside world. Naturally, Yuzhou is the closest, but Yuzhou, because of the relationship between Xun Yu and others, Cao Cao blinked and turned. He turned his head to Xuzhou, which is still considered wealthy...

Later, there was "Zhiqian... Guobaqulu, Juling, and Xiaqiu were all slaughtered, and the number of men and women killed was 100,000 people."There are no chickens and dogs left, and Surabaya does not flow...』

Only by allowing his soldiers to slaughter and plunder can the huge gap in the previous promise be filled. It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao, who regained the support of his soldiers, was able to fight back with his soldiers once again when Yanzhou rebelled. Another win!
Now, Cao Cao is almost once again facing a predicament similar to that of the past. If he cannot obtain supplies from Jingzhou, it means that he cannot maintain the current situation. In order for the entire political group to continue to survive, Cao Cao will sit back and watch Jingzhou continue to be defeated by Hussar Generals. Draw blood, and then grinningly accept the remaining shriveled shell?
After listening to Zhuge Liang's analysis, Liao Hua's eyes widened, "This...so that's the case...but..."

"Huh..." Zhuge Liang sighed, looking in the direction of Xu County and said, "If the earthen jar is intact, it is natural to handle it with care, lest it break... But now the earthen jar is full of cracks and gaps, and Cao Mengde can still count on it Is it okay to cherish this earthen jar?If someone expected it to be right, now Cao Jun is by his side! 』

(End of this chapter)