Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 601 Everyone Surrenders

Chapter 601 Everyone Surrenders
More than ten miles away on the upper reaches of Luojian River, Zhang Fen was waiting for Huo Jun's military order.

Zhang Fen stood on the high ground by the Luojian River, urging the soldiers under the tent, shouting: "Check the ropes on the wooden piles again to see if they are firm. If the inspection is completed, quickly retreat to both sides of the bank."

"promise!"

Dozens of soldiers wearing straw sandals approached the embankment piled with sandbags, and then carefully checked the thick ropes on the wooden piles to ensure that the embankment could be pulled down normally by their ropes.

"Is the rope tight?"

"Tie it tight!"

"Let's go ashore!"

After ensuring that the wooden pile could be pulled down, everyone looked at the river water that was ready to go. They did not dare to stay in the river for a long time, stepped on the shallow Luojian water to get ashore, and left the dangerous river embankment.

Zhang Fen sat on the ground and looked carefully in the direction of Beiqiu where Huo Jun was, to see if any smoke was rising.

As Cao Xiu said, the reason why Huo Jun opened a way out was actually to avoid Cao's army from fighting with trapped beasts. But in order to successfully capture Cao Wei's army in Huainan, Huo Jun asked Zhang Fen to lead his troops up the Luojian River.

Among the people surrounded by cavalry, Zang Ba followed the cavalry and wanted to cross the river and escape back to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Liu Ye, Man Chong, Jia Kui and other generals who had lived in Jianghuai for a long time might have made a memorial to persuade Cao Pi to withdraw his troops when Huo Jun seized Shaoyangzhou.

Therefore, when planning the Battle of Zhongli, Huo Jun did not have much reference to the Battle of Zhongli that took place between Wei and Liang. As mentioned before, the situation is different, but the purpose is the same, so the troops and formations are naturally different.

They used fire ships to burn down the pontoon bridge, cutting off the three armies of Cao and Wei from each other, and captured the Wei army in Shaoyangzhou. Then he used a large army to defeat the Wei army, and then used the rising river water to cut off the Wei army's return route, thus eating up the Huainan Wei army in one fell swoop.

The above is the content of Huo Jun's plan for the Battle of Zhongli. Wei Rui led his troops to seize Shaoyangzhou ingeniously. However, the Northern Wei Dynasty he faced was established by the Xianbei people and knew little about the climate and water conservancy of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. The Southern Han Dynasty wanted to replicate his strategy, but they underestimated Cao Wei.

Downstream of the Luojian River, due to the defeat of more than ten miles, the horsemen were the first to reach the river bank. Their speed was much faster than the infantry. They whipped their riding whips and waded across the river with water splashing from their horse hooves.

Behind the cavalry, there were a large number of defeated Wei soldiers who fled. They abandoned their helmets and armor and ran towards the Luojian River, hoping to imitate the cavalry and cross the river.

Zhang Fen followed Huo Jun's order and used sandbags to accumulate river water upstream. When Cao Wei's defeated army wanted to wade across the river, he would release the accumulated river water and cut off the return route of Cao Wei's defeated army. At that time, there was a big river in front and the Han army behind. Cao Wei's defeated army had no choice but to surrender to Huo Jun.

For example, in the Battle of Jiangling in history, Cao Pi ordered people to build a bridge to the island, but Pan Zhang wanted to use a fire boat to break the bridge. Just as Pan Zhang was preparing, Cao Pi had already adopted the advice of his men and asked the troops to withdraw from the island.

The sandbags that lost their support were instantly swept away by the pressure of the Luojian River. The river rushed northward layer by layer through the gap, like a wall of water pushing downstream.

The low and short sound of the horn resounded across the east and west banks of the upper reaches of the Luojian River. After hearing the order, the Han soldiers stood up one after another, grasped the ropes prepared in advance, and tugged on the ropes amidst the sound of the horns.

"pull!"

"General, the smoke is rising!"

When Zang Ba was approaching Luojianshui on horseback, he suddenly heard a strange rumbling sound, like thunder or the sound of horse hooves, coming from the south.

"Woo~"

The water from the Jianghuai River was used to replace the Han army and annihilate the Wei army on a large scale. The Han army that was squeezed out then occupied the dangerous position in advance and laid a solid foundation for the next stage of the military mission, that is, the Battle of Shouchun.

The ropes were so tight that the wooden piles on the embankment collapsed under the strain.

Of course, this is also Huo Jun's back-up plan. If Cao Xiu really escapes from the encirclement, or defeats Huo Huangquan. Huo Jun could use the method of half-crossing and attacking to make the Luojian River break through Cao Xiu, and also achieve the goal of annihilating the Wei army.

Cao Wei's defeated troops marched westward, and the Han army's pursuers followed them unhurriedly, especially the cavalry, who drove the defeated troops and prevented them from leaving the westward road.

Zhang Fen stood up quickly, grabbed the horn from the bugler's hand, puffed up his cheeks, and blew the signal representing the rope pull.

The servant took Zhang Fen's hand and shouted loudly.

Zang Ba held the reins, reined in his horse, and asked the people around him, "Did you hear any noise?"

He listened carefully and said, "General, the situation is critical now, so it is better to cross the river first."

"That's fine!"

The earth is huge today, so escape is the most important thing!
Just when Zang Ba was about to cross the river on his horse, he felt his horse neighing restlessly and refusing to move forward. "Damn beast!"

Seeing that his beloved horse had stopped moving forward, Zang Ba looked back at the pursuers behind him and cursed.

Not only was Zang Ba's war horse unwilling to move forward, but everyone else's horses seemed to have sensed it and refused to move forward.

In desperation, Zang Ba and the others had no choice but to dismount and pull the reins, trying to lead the horses to the other side of the river.

While Zang Ba was leading the horse, all the attendants on the left and right exclaimed: "It's flooded!"

Zang Ba raised his head and looked forward, only to see huge river waves knocking down Wei soldiers who were wading in the river. Hundreds of people in the river were swallowed up instantly, and then the river waves rolled up and rushed into the Huai River.

Zang Ba couldn't help but froze as he looked at the scene in front of him. His whole body felt as if it had been drenched in ice water, and the hand holding the horse was shaking so much that he could hardly hold the reins.

When he came to his senses, Zang Ba touched his beloved horse and sighed, "If you hadn't saved me, I would have drowned in the water."

"General, what should we do now?" The attendant asked in fear: "There is a big river in front of us, and there are chasing troops behind!"

"Why!"

Zang Ba looked at the desperate situation he was facing, sighed, and said: "The matter has come to this, the only choice is to surrender to the Han army!"

"promise!"

Not to mention that because the river blocked the way forward, the defeated Wei army surrendered to the Han army in a large and organized manner.

On the mound today, Pang De is asking Huo Jun for credit. He led his cavalry to capture Cao Xiu's body.

"Da Sima, Cao Xiu was defeated and committed suicide. De led his cavalry to capture his body, as well as the thieves who wanted to collect Cao Xiu's body."

Pound pointed his finger at Cao Xiu's cold body on the wooden board and asked, "What shall we do with it now?"

Huo Jun did not answer, but stepped forward to observe Cao Xiu's body and asked, "Is there any lie?"

"There is no such thing as a lie!"

Guan Ping glanced at Cao Xiu's body and said, "There are people under Ping's tent who asked them to identify the body. Everyone said it was Cao Xiu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Chong came to report and said: "Da Sima, according to reports from General Huang's scouts, Zhang Fen has opened the dam and the Wei army has been blocked by the Luojian water. Zang Ba and Yan Lu led all their troops to attack me. The army surrendered, now General Huang is gathering the defeated troops back to camp!"

"good!"

Huo Jun looked at Wu Ban and asked, "Does Hou Ru want to surrender this summer?"

Xia Houru led ten thousand people to guard Beiqiu, but he was restrained by Zhu Huan's troops and could not support Cao Xiu. When Xia Houru found out that Cao Xiu was defeated, all the armies had been routed and fled, leaving only his own army.

Seeing that the armies were defeated, Xia Houru didn't know what to do. He could only stay where he was and think of a way out.

When Huo Jun learned of Xia Houru's actions, he did not send troops to attack. Instead, he sent Wu Ban to try to persuade Xia Houru to surrender, hoping to capture the 10,000-strong Wei army in one fell swoop.

Wu Ban thought for a while and said: "Da Sima, when I met Xia Houru, Xia Houru wanted to surrender to our army, but he was very hesitant. He is still considering it now!"

"Tell Xia Houru that Cao Xiu died in battle, and Zang Ba and Yan Lu surrendered. Except for two or three thousand people who have escaped, all the Wei troops in Huainan have been captured by our army. He must lead his troops to surrender before sunset, otherwise we will Lead your troops to attack together," Huo Jun said in a deep voice.

"promise!"

After Wu Ban was ordered to retreat, Huo Jun looked at Cao Xiu's body, considered it a little, and said with a smile: "Cao Wenlie was a veteran general of the traitorous country. He died in anger after the defeat. He was very heroic. Our army does not need to disgrace his body."

"As for the strong men who collected Cao Wenlie's body, our army must have a benevolent heart. Now let the strong men carry Cao Xiu's body back home, and let them bring a letter to Cao Pi for me." Huo Jun said with a slight smirk.

"promise!"

Looking at Huo Jun's smile, everyone thought of Huo Jun's previous letters to humiliate his enemies, and they could probably guess Huo Jun's intentions. Sending Cao Xiu's body back to the country was a lie, but humiliating Cao Pi was probably true.

(End of this chapter)

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