Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

Guo Jia's words instantly sobered Cao Zhang up a bit.

The disastrous defeat in the battle of Cangsong came to mind.

At that time, Yang Fu "plagiarized" Xiao Fang's strategy, reserved a secret passage in Cangsong City, and secretly sent assassins to sneak into the city to set fire, attempting to burn Cangsong and wipe out Zhang Fei's troops in one fell swoop.

The results of it.

Liu Bei's cavalry arrived at the right time and killed him so badly that he fell off his horse.

Half of the 20,000-strong army was destroyed.

This directly led to insufficient troops and the strategy of defending Fulu, which made Liu Bei worry about the long grain route and give up, and failed.

It has only been a few days since the tragic battle.

Now Yang Fu wants to learn from others again and use Xiao Fang's strategy to deal with Xiao Fang. How dare Cao Zhang use it again?

"I am ashamed to say that I cannot think of any unprecedented strategy to help Your Highness turn the tide."

"The only thing I can think of is to use Xiao Fang's plan to fight back."

"Whether this plan will succeed or not, I dare not guarantee it, but I think this is our last chance."

"If Your Highness does not want to go far away to live under the protection of the Hu people and see if Kebi can survive, you can only take this chance!"

"Whether this plan will succeed or not, and whether Xiao Fang will see through it, all depends on God's will!"

Yang Fu did not deny it and frankly admitted the fact that he "plagiarized" Xiao Fang's strategy.

He said it clearly, I can't guarantee success or not, the key depends on God's will.

Cao Zhang remained silent and fell into deep thought again.

After a long time, he took a deep breath, his face showing a look of iron determination.

"Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will never go to the grasslands and live under the protection of the Xianbei people!"

"I don't believe it either. God really wants to destroy my Great Qin and my Cao Zhang!"

"I have made up my mind. I will use the country folk's trick to deal with the Han army!"

"Success or failure depends on God's will!"

Yang Fu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately expressed his willingness to fight to the death with Cao Zhang.

Guo Jia had nothing to say and could only sigh.

...

Seven days later, five miles south of Juyan City.

Under the cloudy sky, a Han army of 40,000 infantry and cavalry were marching towards Juyan City along the Back Road.

Under the flags with the word "Han" on them.

The Han army soldiers were full of fighting spirit, each of them was holding back a lot of energy, and their faces showed an eagerness to make a contribution.

After they captured Jiuquan County, Zhang Fei and Xiao Fang took command of the Han army and marched northward day and night in pursuit after learning that Cao Zhang had fled without a fight and led 10,000 remaining soldiers to escape to the vassal state of Guyan.

Looking into the distance, you can see a long river coming from the southwest and winding eastward.

A city built of loess is located on the north bank, and its outline is already visible.

"Prime Minister, General of the Cavalry, the Ruoshui River is ahead, and the city on the north bank is Juyan City."

Ma Dai pointed his gun forward and said.

As a native of Liangzhou, Ma Dai knows every tree and blade of grass in Liangzhou very well.

When pursuing Cao Zhang this time, his brother Ma Chao did not follow the army, so Xiao Fang brought Ma Dai with him to serve as the army's guide.

Xiao Fang looked at him from a distance and asked:

"Did the scouts report back any news? Did Cao Zhang abandon Juyan City and flee north?"

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, according to my scouts, Cao Zhang did not lead his troops to abandon the city and flee, but instead worked day and night to strengthen the city."

"Looking at this situation, it seems that Cao Zhang wants to defend Juyan City with only 10,000 remaining soldiers."

Hearing Ma Dai's report, Xiao Fang's eyes moved slightly and a hint of doubt flashed across their eyes.

Cao Zhang actually wanted to defend Juyan City to the death? According to Xiao Fang's judgment, Cao Zhang only had two options left.

Or go west through Yumen Pass and escape to the Western Regions.

Or he could leave Guyan in the north and flee to the grassland to rely on Kebi Neng, and then use the power of the Xianbei people to invade the border states of You and Bing.

Only these two paths can help you survive and save your life.

Now this guy is hiding in Juyan City, pretending to defend to the death. What does this mean?
In order to defend the dignity of the descendants of Cao, they are unwilling to rely on the Xianbei Hu people and are willing to fight to the death with their honor?
Does Cao Zhang, that kid, have the courage to do this?
Xiao Fang expressed doubt.

Zhang Fei was extremely excited and laughed loudly:

"Okay, okay, this little bastard Cao Zhang actually has some backbone. He finally stopped running. Are you going to fight to the death?"

"This is what I have been looking forward to. Finally, I don't have to chase after him anymore."

"Pass the order down. The army will build rafts and cross the Ruoshui River immediately. We will destroy Juyan City and annihilate Cao Zhang and his 10,000 remaining soldiers in one fell swoop!"

When the order was given, the Han soldiers were immediately mobilized.

Forty thousand troops rushed to the south bank of the Ruoshui River, preparing to cut down trees and build rafts in order to force their way across the river.

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However, when they arrived at the bank of Ruoshui River, the 40,000 soldiers were happy.

This weak water is really too shallow.

The water level is so shallow that it is not even knee-deep. One can just roll up his trouser legs and wade across the river. There is no need to make a raft.

"Is this weak water... so shallow?"

Zhang Fei looked surprised and turned to look at Ma Dai.

Ma Dai scratched the back of his head and said:
"There are few rivers in Liangzhou, and the weather is dry, so most rivers are not very deep. It's not surprising that the Ruoshui River is shallow in this season."

"It's just that in my impression, Ruoshui doesn't seem to be so shallow at this time..."

Although Ma Dai was from Liangzhou, he had only been to Juyan once a few years ago, and his memory of the water level of Ruoshui was not very clear.

Hearing this, Xiao Fang couldn't help but become alert and noticed something unusual.

Zhang Fei didn't think much about it, he raised his snake spear and shouted:

"That's great. It saves us the trouble of making rafts. Send the order down. The front troops will wade across the river immediately and set up camp on the north bank to cover the central and rear troops that will follow."

Zhang Fei was a man of rough but careful mind. In order to prevent Cao Zhang in Juyan City from taking advantage of the situation and leading his troops out of the city, he attacked Cao Zhang's troops halfway across the river. Instead of having the entire army cross the river, he ordered the vanguard to cross the river first.

The order was passed down.

Guan Ping, the commander of the vanguard army, immediately led 7,000 vanguard infantrymen, rolled up their trouser legs and began to cross the river first.

The water level of the Ruoshui River was only knee-deep, so it was not difficult for the Han army to cross the river. In less than half an hour, the 7,000 vanguard troops had reached the north bank of the Ruoshui River.

Guan Ping quickly gave orders, ordering the troops crossing the river to line up on the north bank to keep on guard, in order to cover the main force of the central and rear armies crossing the river.

At Zhang Fei's command, the remaining 30,000 main troops also began to wade across the river.

Everything went quite smoothly. Before sunset, it seemed that the 40,000 Han troops would successfully land on the north bank and surround Juyan City.

And this moment.

On the tower of the south gate of Juyan City.

Cao Zhang was standing with his sword in hand, looking down with a sneer at the Han army that was crossing the river not far away.

"Your Highness, the Han army is indeed crossing the river, and they are completely unsuspecting."

"It seems that I have successfully learned the art of learning to walk in Handan this time!"

Yang Fu looked excited and shouted, pointing at the Han army in the direction of Ruoshui.

Cao Zhang laughed loudly and said happily:
"The good fortune of our Great Qin is indeed not over yet. God really cannot bear to let me live under the protection of the barbarians!"

"Light the signal smoke immediately and send a signal to Jiang Xu to take action immediately!"

As the order was passed down, three smoke signals shot up into the sky from the top of the Juyan city wall.

Cao Zhang clenched his fists, his eyes burning with ferocious excitement as he stared at the Han army crossing the Ruoshui River.

"Xiao Fang, you would never have thought that I would repeat my old tricks and use your strategy against you again, hehe..." (End of this chapter)