The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 153

Li Dian has been very excited recently, sweeping away the previous listlessness and drunkenness.He is about to use troops against Hebei, and he has another chance to make contributions.Li Dian has been looking forward to this day for a long time. He is a professional soldier, and he feels uncomfortable when he does not fight. As long as he hears the sound of horns and sharpening knives, his muscles will tense, and he will feel impulsive for no reason.

Someone came to report early this morning that a team of about two to 3000 people was found outside the south gate, and it was Yuan Jun.They are holding shovels and digging holes on the bank of the Yellow River, as if they want to divert the water from the Yellow River to pour it into Cangting City.

Li Dian was startled at first, and sat down again after thinking about it. This was clearly a trick to lure the enemy.It is simply impossible for two or 3000 people to dig through the Yellow River.The enemy has only one purpose, which is to lure me out of the city.The main force of the enemy army must be ambushing halfway at this moment.

At this moment, the outside of the city is muddy and the road is difficult to walk. If you encounter an ambush, you can't escape, so you should stick to the city.The Yellow River is tens of miles away from Cangting, and it will take at least half a month to dig through the river with two to 3000 people.When the weather cleared and the ground dried up, he went out to give this group of tired and half-dead idiots a blow. He still wondered how Wen Chou and Jushou were so stupid. Two or 3000 people came to dig the river. Who is laughing to death.

He only sent more than 600 spies out, and asked these people to closely monitor the excavation situation, and if the enemy increased their troops, they would report back immediately.I thought it must be safe now.Instruct the generals guarding the city to take strict precautions and not to give the enemy an opportunity.I went up to the tower and turned around twice, and felt that there was no problem, so I went back to take a nap.After sleeping until dinner time, the spies reported that Yuan Jun was still digging there stupidly, but there were five or six hundred more people.And divided into five or six times to increase, somehow.

Li Dian secretly laughed, and was even more sure that this was a tactic to lure the enemy.I thought this was a spy who wanted to confuse me, making me think that he really invested a large number of soldiers to dig the river, so that he could send troops out of the city to stop it, so that I would not be fooled.An increase of 600 people is the same as no increase.

After dinner, Li Dian flirted with his newly married concubine for a while, then fell asleep with the nephrite jade in his arms.Thinking that if there is a situation, the spies will definitely come back and report.He didn't know that dozens of spies under him had been killed by a dozen silent ghost-like guys without knowing it.

Among the thirty spies, some had their throats severed with a knife, some had their foreheads pierced by an arrow, and some had their necks broken. These people had two common characteristics. One was that they didn't even groan before they died.The second is that they didn't see what the person who put them to death looked like at all.The arrow was shot from a hundred steps away, and the person who was hugged around the neck from behind didn't even hear the sound of footsteps——

Pei Bao, the captain of the special forces, led his ten soldiers in black night clothes into Xu Shu's tent, put the dagger in his deerskin boots, clapped his hands easily and said, "It's all settled. There are three people in total." Ten of them, none alive, the governor can use his troops with confidence."

Xu Shu looked at the group of super killers cultivated by Yuan Xi, with a horrified look in his eyes: "Really." Pei Bao waved his big hand and said, "If you miss one, you will chop my head off later."

Xu Shu nodded. Yuan Xi boasted about his special forces, and he didn't know whether it was true or not. Half of the success or failure was on them.Immediately ordered that all the soldiers hidden in the barracks be sent out to dig the river.

The soldiers almost went crazy with joy. The reason is very simple, because at this moment, nearly 20 people were crowded in each tent that originally lived in 200 people. Crackling sound.Xu Shu used this method of reducing the number of tents to hide the number of soldiers.

Pei Bao carelessly said arrogantly: "Commander, it's been too hard for the brothers digging the river, this is good, I will lead a few brothers to the city to open the door, so that everyone can walk in, wouldn't it be easy."

Xu Shu thought to himself, that's your house, if you say go in, go in.And it's useless to go in. Yuan has few soldiers, so he can't defeat the defenders in the city. Maybe someone will close the door and beat the dog.Xu Shu can't understand this Pei Bao, what kind of thing, walks and shakes and looks at no one, there is no one else in the world except you, I don't believe you can enter Cangting City.

Xu Shu murmured: "Okay, then General Lao will go to the city as an internal response."

Pei Bao just tried his skills for the first time, and the opponent's soldiers, under his two-year honed killing skills, are like chickens and wooden dogs who put in a bid to sell the first, and they knew that they could do the job with one hand and one foot tied up. .He also used seven hours of hard training every day.Now that his self-confidence is extremely inflated, he wished that the lord would send him to Xuchang to directly pick off Cao Cao's head, and he would not be interested in killing Li Dian.Asking him to go to the city as an internal response, he felt that he was overqualified.I remembered that I shot three arrows in a row while running just now, and the arrows won the bid, and then I climbed up a big tree in the blink of an eye, and when I fell down, the dagger was inserted into the Tanzhong acupoint of Cao Bing below.A Cao Bing turned around yawning, his eyes were horrified, his mouth was half-opened, and the dagger pierced his heart accurately from between the two ribs on his left chest. It was impossible for him to make any sound.The feeling that killing people is easier than killing chickens made his whole body look like a sail full of wind, feeling like it was about to burst.

Xu Shu increased the number of soldiers digging the river by ten times, and the speed increased by fifteen times, because the light rain continued and the soft soil brought convenience to the digging work——

The next morning, Li Dian got up early and asked the soldiers if any spies had reported back, but the soldiers all answered that they had not.Li Dian took a bite of the pot helmet and immediately spat it out, saying sharply, "No, hurry up, send someone to investigate."

The inquirer came back as soon as he went out; "There is no need for the general, the Yellow River has already reached the bottom of the city. There is a vast ocean outside the south gate, and the roads and farmland are submerged. The water is waist deep, and the water level is still rising sharply."

"Report, general, Wen Chou outside the north gate came with troops, almost 5 to [-] horses. They brought ladders and crossbow carts, and they looked like they were about to attack the city."

Li Dian hurriedly ordered to guard the north gate.When he put on his armor and straddled his horse in the city, the Yellow River had overflowed into the city from the top of the city. Before his horse reached the north gate, he heard the soldiers report that the north gate had been captured, and the soldiers in the city were fighting in the streets. .

Wen Chou scolded sharply: "Nonsense, the city gate was captured in less than half an hour, and you are all living on nothing." The soldier said with a bitter face: "The general does not know that the city gate was captured from the inside. "

Wen Chou cursed even more: "Fart, the city gate of Cangting hasn't been opened for two years, how could there be spies sneaking in." The soldier shook his head; "General, this last general doesn't know, but the city gate was indeed hacked by more than a dozen hackers. The man in the clothes opened it from the inside. These dozen or so people are like devils. They kill each other with ease. There are five or six hundred soldiers guarding the city gate in the early morning. When they see these people, they rush forward. It was so precise that it knocked down fifty or sixty of us in a short time, and all of them were killed by one arrow. The part hit by the arrow was almost at the center of the forehead. If you shoot him with an arrow, he will dodge as soon as he rolls on the ground. In the midst of it, another arrow will kill another person. General, almost none of these guys' arrows will miss."

Li Dian was so frightened that sweat broke out on his forehead: "Don't scare me here, even if the arrows are accurate, it's impossible for ten people to kill five hundred of you, right?"

The soldier said: "General, these bastards are not human at all, and I don't know how they grow. Climbing a three-foot-high city wall is like running on flat ground. And they cooperate with each other. One person climbs on the wall, and the others climb on the wall. , stood on the ground and lifted it up. When the person couldn't hold it anymore, he fell, was dragged and flew up again. After a few vertical jumps, he reached the door, and with the efficiency of one knife, he finished the brothers by the door. Then he lowered the bolt and opened the city gate, and Wen Chou's soldiers rushed in like a flood."

The shouts of killing in the distance were approaching, and Li Dian couldn't believe it anymore; "Who the hell is this? Didn't you catch any of them?" The soldier said: "General Qi, they are outnumbered when they slip. I caught one." Li Dian said anxiously, "Bring it to me."

The soldier shook his head and said: "It's useless, General. He took poison and committed suicide as soon as he was caught. The poison was hidden in his teeth, and he bit it hard, and he died."

Li Dian took a deep breath: "Soldier, this is a dead soldier trained by Yuan Jun. Damn it, Cangting can't hold it anymore. Even if Wen Chou is defeated, we can't stop the flood. Let's withdraw and order the three armies to withdraw to the Yellow River Camp with your back on the bank. Never cross the river."

After a period of mild resistance, Li Dian's soldiers withdrew from the west gate and moved to the Yellow River ferry.Although there were floods and city subsidence, the losses were not large, and there were at least [-] left.What Li Dian made was a strategic shift, not a retreat.This is what he thought, if the cangting was soaked by the flood, if he managed to hold on, he would suffer heavy losses due to internal and external troubles, and the entire army might be wiped out by the flood.Withdrawing from the city in this way can save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers.What Yuan Jun wanted was the ferry of the Yellow River, but he had already guarded both sides of the Yellow River with his back under the water village, and sent [-] Li to rush back to Xuchang to report the letter.Just wait until the prime minister's army comes to help and recapture Cangting.

But Cao Cao's army has arrived in Yingchuan at this moment, and is preparing to confront Liu Bei.

Xu Shu entered the city to make peace with Wen Chou and ordered people to block the gap in the Yellow River.Wen Chou and Xu Shu looked at Pei Bao and other special forces with admiration and admired them wholeheartedly.Pei Bao was heartbroken for losing a brother.This group of special forces is a rarity, different from others, it is true that every death is one less.No one can take his place.

Wen Chou exchanged pleasantries with Xu Shu for a while, and then asked, "I wonder how Governor Xu plans to enter the army next."

Xu Shu was the commander-in-chief of the attack on Li Dian this time, and as usual, the defender Wen Chou was to be coerced by him.Xu Shu knew that Wen Chou was the No. 1 general in Hebei, and he was a little confused about commanding him. After all, he couldn't even command a fool like Lao Hu!
Xu Shu coughed and said, "Li Dian must have rushed to notify Xu Chang when he carried the underwater stronghold, meaning to prevent our army from crossing the river. He seized Baima Yanjin and approached Guandu."

Wen Chou said: "Li Dian's army is newly defeated and morale is low. It's better to rob the camp at night." Xu Shu thought to himself, it's just what I want, since you are going by yourself, why not do it.Immediately smiled and said: "Thank you, General." Wen Chou cupped his hands: "The general's order is like a mountain, and Wen Chou will not hesitate to do so."

Xu Shu was so moved that he almost burst into tears, Yuan Junzhong finally has someone who understands military discipline.

Wen Chou said: "There is a saying in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", 'The period of being a commander in chief is like going up a ladder and going up a ladder; I don’t know why. Gathering the three armies and throwing them at danger is the general’s business.’ That is to say, the general’s assignment to the army should be like climbing a height and removing a ladder so that they can advance and never retreat. In this way, soldiers will fight to the death. Now Li General Dian has lost his battle and cut off his rear, and I'm afraid Cao's soldiers will do their best."

Xu Shu nodded, Wen Chou was indeed talented, capable of writing and martial arts.He said with a smile: "Sun Tzu's Art of War is true, but "Wei Liaozi Tianguan" Art of War also said, "Back to the water is a desperate situation, and Xiangban is a waste army." Arranging an array is a taboo in the use of troops. Such an array is doomed to bad luck. Han Xin placed his back in the array, in order to lure the enemy to underestimate the enemy and attack from both sides.

The second reason is that Zhao Wangxie has no plan, and the military discipline of Zhao Guo's army is lax, it is a mess, and it will be chaotic if it encounters setbacks, so it is bold to put the soldiers in danger.The situation at this moment is different. Firstly, Li Dian has no intention of making a quick battle. After a long time, Cao Jun's spirit has been greatly reduced, so he has no idea of ​​fighting to the death. Secondly, our army has good military discipline, compact formation, strong fighting power, and does not panic in case of chaos. , Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his color remained unchanged.In the face of such a regular army, if you dare to put your back on the water, you are actually looking for a dead end. "

Wen Chou also felt that Xu Shu was quite talented, and he said convincingly: "Mr. Xu is indeed a talent, my lord is right, please sit down, sir, and Wen Chou will go and kill for a while."

It was raining continuously.

It was a starless night, the sky was as dark as the bottom of a pot, the wind was so slight that even light rain couldn't blow it.There is also a slightly salty taste in the wind.

A veteran who had served in the Cao army for more than ten years was on duty on the three-foot-tall archery tower in front of Muzhai, when suddenly a powerful arrow with white feathers came from outside the sky, piercing his eyebrows with the sound of piercing through the air.He was taken two steps back by the inertia of the arrow shaft, his upper body was hanging on the arrow tower like a limp noodle, and his blood flowed like broken beads to the bottom of the arrow tower.There are two archery towers in front of the village gate, with antlers all over the front of the archery towers, and hundreds of tents behind the archery towers that can accommodate [-] to [-] infantry cavalry.Li Dian divided the camp into three parts: the left, the middle, and the right, and arranged them on the high ground by the bank like an eagle spreading its wings. His own tent was in the middle, which was the camp in front of him.This is conducive to the response from the head to the tail, and it can also preserve the vitality to break through when there is a fire attack.

"Peng", the second powerful arrow, was shot from a steep slope facing the second watchtower. The soldiers on the watchtower who were looking down on the slope were shot through their throats without making a sound.The blood dripped into the high-set copper basin with burning flames below, making a chi chi chi chi chi sound, and the cluster of bonfires flickered from time to time.

(End of this chapter)