Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 340 Flooding the Seventh Army and Persuading Cao Hong to Surrender
On May 24, the 22th year of Jian'an, it began to rain in Nanyang.

Due to the special geological structure of the Funiu Mountains, it is often rainy in the mountains. The upper reaches of the Lishui River is a river that flows from the accumulated rainwater all year round, which shows how abundant the rainwater here is.

However, the rain this year was exceptionally heavy. After the rainy season came, it had been raining continuously for several days in Funiu Mountain, causing mountain torrents to erupt and the flow of Lishui River to soar suddenly.

On the 26th, with a loud noise, several embankments that Shen Chen had originally built in the mountains collapsed, causing floods.

Cao Hong and Zhao Yan had already had a premonition a few days ago, so they sent someone to send a letter to Yecheng immediately. Yecheng had sent reinforcements here before, but the situation of being suppressed and beaten was still not reversed, so they could only send the letter to Chang'an. Please Cao Cao decide.

At this time, Cao Cao was still in Wudu of Xiliang. Recently, his offensive was very fierce. He beheaded Liu Bei's generals Ren Kui, Fu Jin, and Xiang Cun, and broke through several camps. road.

Now if Liu Bei retreats again, he can only retreat into the next debate.Because the wooden gate is not the only way to Xiabian, it is difficult for Qi Shan to defend, so he can only go back to Xiabian City.

Therefore, Liu Bei's current situation is very poor, and he urgently needs the Eastern Front to help him relieve the pressure.

Shen Chen besieged Cao Hong for two months, Cao Hong stood still, but today, Cao Hong stood on the high oar and watched, and saw a scene that he will never forget.

The monstrous flood is coming!
The flood even directly destroyed the camp of the Nanyang Army, mixed with a large amount of sawdust, clods, and gravel, and swept towards his camp.

Cao Hong hardly had time to react, because the speed of the water flow was too fast. In just a few breaths, the huge wave had already jumped hundreds of feet away, like a galloping and roaring giant beast, as if it was going to kill him. engulfed their camps.

"flood!"

Zhao Yan came to his senses after a second and shouted loudly: "Blow the whistle!"

"boom!"

Before the soldiers who sent the order blew the warning whistle, the flood water more than one foot high had already slammed into their outer fence. In an instant, Cao Ying's Dongying near the Lishui River was directly washed away, and the damaged area was as long as two feet. There are as many miles.

Immediately after encountering an obstacle, the waves splashed high, Zhao Yan was still shouting one second, and the wave mixed with sand and soil fell into his mouth the next second, and the entire mountain was covered by the waves.

When the water receded, both Cao Hong and Zhao Yan were drowned, but they couldn't care less, and quickly turned to look at the loss of the camp behind them.

With the flashing lightning, the flood surged into the camp, submerging all the hoods, and many unlucky soldiers were washed away directly. The monstrous waves quickly swept the entire camp. The island was densely packed with panicked Cao Jun.

A steady stream of water was still rushing towards the camp. Cao Ying and Nanyang Army were both located in a diagonal line from northwest to southeast. The camps stretched for more than ten miles. They were not connected together, but were divided into more than ten camps, large and small, and stationed independently.

But at this time, most of the camps near the Li River in the southeast were destroyed, one-third of the entire camp was flooded, and the remaining two-thirds were not washed away, but they were also submerged.

Hearing the sound of rushing water from all around, the wailing of soldiers, cries for help, and the sound of crackling raindrops hitting his body, Cao Hong was filled with despair for a moment. of.

When a person encounters a catastrophe, he is often at a loss because of the sudden situation. Cao Hong is in such a state now, and it was Zhao Yan who called him several times to bring him back to his senses.

"General, General!"

Zhao Yan slapped his face and kept shaking.

"what?"

Cao Hong came to his senses, at a loss.

A moment later, without waiting for Zhao Yan to speak, he woke up suddenly, and said in shock and fear: "The camp!"

Zhao Yan said with a bitter face: "General, let's retreat to the western camp, the camp here can no longer be defended."

"Can't you keep it? Why can't you keep it."

Cao Hong said angrily, "Even if the fence is breached, the walls and earthen hills inside the camp are still there, even if the water recedes, can Shen Chen charge over?"

"But people have boats."

Zhao Yan pointed to the north and said, "Look, General."

Cao Hong looked in the direction he pointed, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Although it was still raining at this time, the black clouds in the sky had thinned a lot, the sky was gray, and light could be seen faintly.

In the Nanyang military camp a few miles away, countless large and small ships poured out along the opened camp gates, or the gaps in the fences that were washed away by the flood, densely packed, no less than a thousand ships.

"General."

At this moment, several nearby guards fished up a large fragment of the fence from the water, and said to Cao Hong, "General, quickly withdraw to the West Camp."

"Yes, General, we can no longer defend this side."

Zhao Yan also persuaded.

"Ugh!"

Cao Hong hit the wooden frame under the high oar on the side of the dirt mountain in a circle, then looked deeply into the distance, turned his head and jumped onto the fence fragments.

The size of the fragments of the fence is small, so only two personal guards are in charge of rowing. Zhao Yan and Cao Hong sat on it, and the rest stayed where they were. Moving to the northwest.

The surrounding earth hills were densely packed with Cao Jun and many generals. Someone saw Cao Hong fleeing towards the west camp on the fence, and immediately shouted: "Is it the general? Where are you going?"

"what happened?"

"It seems to be General Cao. He fled to Xiying alone."

"It's really the general."

"The general wants to abandon us?"

Because the sky was dark at first, many people couldn't see clearly.

But as a flash of lightning flashed across, lighting up the space, Cao Jun soldiers on the surrounding earth hills immediately saw Cao Hong clearly, and immediately shouted.

Cao Hong stood on the fence, anxious and angry, shouted: "I am not abandoning you, just!"

"General, you can't just leave like this."

"The general is abandoning us."

"He doesn't even care about our lives, what are we still doing with him?"

Cao Jun around didn't care about his explanation, because they saw Cao Hong on the fence leaving towards Xiying, and they were all very disappointed.

"me."

Cao Hong was ashamed and indignant, and suddenly said to the soldiers rowing: "Get closer to that earth mountain."

"General, the great cause is the most important thing."

Zhao Yan was shocked and said: "At this time, go to the west camp first to defend the camp. If the general is here, how can he be Shen Chen's opponent? Only by going to the west camp can he be safe. Otherwise, if the pavilion is lost, the north will be completely visible. , Wei Wang's great situation in Xiliang will also be ruined."

Cao Hong pushed him away and said, "You go to Xiying to gather troops first, and I will stay here to boost the morale of the army. Just hold on for a while, and when the water recedes, Shen Chen will naturally have nothing to do with us, Zhou He, come to the shore immediately."

The personal guard named Zhou He didn't say a word, just paddling the boat silently.Zhao Yan also yelled at him: "The general's safety is more important, don't dock, and continue to row west."

"Get to the shore!"

Cao Hong pulled out the saber from his waist and clamped it around Zhou He's neck.

Zhou He had no choice but to paddle towards the nearest dirt hill with another personal guard.

Zhao Yan begged bitterly: "General, you must not stay."

"I've made up my mind."

Cao Hong jumped onto the dirt hill, and the surrounding soldiers rushed up. He turned his head and said to Zhao Yan, "You go to the West Camp first, I want to be with my soldiers."

"General!"

"Go quickly."

"I"

Zhao Yan had no choice but to leave by boat.

After he left, Cao Hong looked around and said loudly, "I will never leave my soldiers behind. Listen up, soldiers, everyone is on the hill, readying bows and crossbows. If the enemy dares to come, kill them!"

“Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

Shocking roars erupted from the surrounding earth hills.

At this time, the soldiers were trapped on the earthy hills on such an isolated island, and the surrounding camps were submerged, and even the walls of the village were only a little bit exposed. This was the most desperate time.

If Cao Hong left, the soldiers on the earth mountain would naturally become more desperate. As soon as Shen Chen came, they might vote immediately.

But now Cao Hong stayed, and immediately inspired the army, and the soldiers shouted.

"The generals stayed, they didn't abandon us."

"I knew the general would not abandon us."

"Listen on the opposite side, the general told us to stay on the hill and prepare our bows and crossbows. If the enemy dares to come, shoot them and pass them on quickly."

"it is good."

The nearby island-like earth hills were seven or eight feet apart, shouting to each other, and soon spread throughout the Dongying camps.

And at this moment, the Nanyang Army arrived.

The ships that covered the sky and the sun sailed in the flood, charging northward with the current.

"Surrender to avoid death!"

"Surrender to avoid death!"

"Surrender to avoid death!"

The more than 3 Nanyang troops who set off roared loudly.

Only bows and arrows answered them.

"kill!"

Seeing that Cao Jun was stubborn, Shen Chen gave an order for a general attack.

Cao Jun is now besieged by floods. Although Cao Hong ordered people to pile up a large number of earth mountains, the soldiers could not gather together.

This caused Shen Chen's army to besiege dozens or hundreds of people on a dirt hill with thousands of people.

After a round of arrow rain, a large number of Cao Jun's corpses floated in the flood.

And Cao Jun in the back can only watch Cao Jun in front of the camp being slaughtered, because the distance is far away, he can't help at all.

After shooting and killing the surrounding Cao army, one after another ship smoothly floated into the Cao army's camp.

The soldiers on the ship would hold shields to cover the archers, and the two sides would shoot at each other. Originally, fewer people beat more people, and they were still fully equipped. Cao Jun was no match at all.

In just a quarter of an hour, a large number of Cao soldiers were shot and killed, and many were even forced to jump into the flood to protect themselves.

But the turbulent water only had a few waves, and it drowned this group of northern Cao troops who were not very good in water.

Shen Chen stood on the second deck of the battleship with his hands behind his back and watched.

There was indifference in his eyes, no mercy.

Marching and fighting is a matter of death. The so-called kindness does not command soldiers. If you let the enemy soldiers go because of kindness, then it is obviously cruel to your own soldiers.

Therefore, as long as those who do not surrender and those who resist stubbornly, they will basically be killed without mercy.

Thousands of warships sailed into several camps in the east, and the periphery of these camps was quickly cleared, and thousands of Cao troops were shot and killed.

But I don't know why, but Cao Jun's resistance is very tenacious. Sometimes he would rather jump into the flood than surrender.

After another quarter of an hour, Shen Chen knew the reason.

In the middle of Cao Jun's middle battalion, on a large earth mountain, thousands of Cao soldiers gathered. Cao Hong lived in the center and constantly commanded the soldiers around him to fight.

The Nanyang army that was going to besiege was quickly attracted. Hundreds of ships approached and shot arrows back and forth at each other, but they were still unable to capture.

The other Cao troops on the nearby Tushan Mountain also supported and defended this area tenaciously.

Shen Chen's central main ship soon learned of the news, the order was issued, and the ship yawed to the left, heading towards the direction of the earth mountain.

After a while, the main ship and the surrounding hundred frigates arrived outside the mound, and just when they approached, countless arrows were shot at them, and the densely packed arrows were nailed to the deck, making a bang bang bang sound.

Here is a big battlefield, the enemy and our forces are intertwined, the earth mountains and fleets are dotted, and a large number of Nanyang Army's small boats shuttle between the earth mountains, shooting each other continuously.

When Shen Chen and the others arrived, they happened to be surrounded by three earthy mountains. If they wanted to go there, they had to kill all the soldiers of the Cao Army above.

"Humph!"

Shen Chen glanced at Cao Jun who was standing on the edge of the earth mountain not far away, who was constantly bending his bow to build, snorted coldly, stretched out his hand and said to the guard: "Bring my bow."

The surrounding guards protected him with shields, and the soldiers on the deck ran to the edge of the parapet on the first and second floors, and also started shooting arrows.

The personal guard handed him a two-stone strong bow that he was carrying on his back, and at the same time offered him a sharp arrow.

Shen Chen felt the wind speed, and the southeast wind was blowing now, and their direction also happened to be attacking from the southeast to the northwest, so they were in a tailwind state.

The earth mountain in the distance is more than 30 feet away, which is not very far, but Cao Jun's earth mountains are two or three feet high, condescending and occupying a favorable location.

It is still relatively difficult to shoot from below to a height of more than 30 feet away.

However, Shen Chen bent his bow and set his arrow, pointed a little ahead, then adjusted the angle, aiming at the head of a general who was constantly shouting at the soldiers on the distant dirt hill.

"Buzz!"

"Whoosh!"

First the bowstring sounded, and then the sound broke through the air.

The arrow drew a brilliant arc in the air, then began to fall, and shot towards the general very quickly.

The Cao Jun general was still commanding the soldiers to defend, because the sky was already dark, and the enemy and our soldiers were shooting arrows, and the arrows were constantly flying back and forth in the air, so he didn't notice that an arrow was coming straight towards him.

When he found out, the arrow fell like a meteor and hit him directly in the chest.

"Ah, puff!"

The general screamed and backed away, even the armor on his chest didn't protect him, the armor-piercing arrow pierced an inch, just piercing his chest cavity.

"pity."

Seeing the general lying down covering his chest from a distance, Shen Chen smacked his lips with regret.

He obviously aimed at the neck.

But the effect has also been achieved.

The general was shot to the ground and seriously injured, and the command system fell into chaos at the same time.

The surrounding Nanyang Army immediately swarmed up, shot randomly, then rushed up to occupy the piece of dirt hill, and then began to continue to advance northwest.

Soon nearly a thousand soldiers of Cao's army were wiped out from the nearby earth hills, and the fleet sailed to Cao Hong's larger earth hill.

Shen Chen stood on the deck, looking over there, the battleship slowly approached, and the distance between the two sides was more than 20 feet.

"Cao Hong, surrender! Surrender, and save your life!"

He said so.

　A friend said that in the last chapter, the reason is that there is no need to transfer Jingzhou’s army away, just find an excuse to start a war with Sun Quan, and there is no need to destroy Jingnan. He also said that even if there are many troops in Jingzhou, Sun Quan will definitely send troops, because It's in his interest.

　　Let me explain, first of all, it is about the Jingzhou army. In history, Liu Bei was much weaker than it is now, and Sun Quan hesitated for a long time. He didn't dare to send troops until the second master went to fight Fancheng and there was no army in the rear.It is very far-fetched to send troops now, and he will not dare to act if he does not transfer the Jingzhou army, unless I am really like the reader said, force Sun Quan's wisdom and let him go.

　　The second is that in ancient times, teachers were famous. Liu Bei's reason for attacking Cao Cao was the clothes and belts. What excuse should he use to beat Sun Quan?Please think about how to become famous as a teacher.

　　As for smashing Jingnan to pieces, Sun Quan will not smash Jingzhou to pieces. He wants Jingzhou territory and strength development. Liu Bei and Liu Zhang have fought in Yizhou for more than a year, and Yizhou has not been smashed.The princes need the common people, except for Cao Cao, no one would be foolish enough to destroy the means of production they need, unless Sun Quan is sick.

　　In the end, it was in Sun Quan's interest to send troops to divide the world, so according to this friend's understanding, Ying Jiang's troubles are not in Da Mao's interest, so Da Mao should neutralize Ying Jiang?

　　It is in Sun Quan's interest to beat Liu Bei and get Jingzhou to send troops. If he can't beat Liu Bei, he will kill himself. I don't need to teach such a simple truth.

　　I can only say that my friend, you are right. Perhaps fiction needs logic, but reality does not. If this is true in history, when Jingzhou still has an army of 10,000+, Sun Quan might really go out to give it away.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)