"But ......" Liu Xian hesitated for a moment and asked, "Lord, you say, can Cao Cao accept Yuan Shao's suggestion?" Will Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu be ordered to go north? ”

"Of course, when is this? Once the Central Plains War failed, Li Yi immediately laid the foundation for dominating the world, how many days can Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu live? Liu Biao sneered, "As long as they are not idiots, as long as they still have loyalty to the big man in their hearts, they will definitely be ordered to go north." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Knowing that the future is in jeopardy, they have to fight hard. At this moment, when both prosperity and loss are lost, who dares to take social income and their own net worth and life as a child's play. ”

"However, once the Central Plains War is won, Yuan Shao ......" Liu Xian looked at Liu Biao cautiously and said in a low voice, "We are all descendants of the clan, so we can't help but guard against it." Yuan Shao suddenly changed his course and respected the Son of Heaven, in fact, his original intention was to serve the Son of Heaven to command the world, which was a step further than what he had done in the past. The Central Plains War was won, Cao Cao and others were weak, their family was dominant, plus his meritorious deeds were world-famous, if he wanted to ......"

Liu Biao shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, don't think about this kind of thing for the time being, it's in vain to think about it, let's take one step at a time." We don't know what the outcome of the Central Plains War will be, who will win and who will lose, so for the sake of the community, everyone should work together at this moment. In any case, the biggest enemy at the moment is not Yuan Shao, but Li Yi. If the Central Plains War is lost, if we want to turn things around again, it will all depend on Yuan Shao to fight Hebei. If Yuan Shao doesn't fall, we still have hope, if Yuan Shao falls, I'm afraid that the country of this big man will ......"

A gust of night wind blew, the candle flame was suddenly extinguished, and Liu Biao and the words in his mouth were suddenly swallowed up by darkness.

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Jiyin County, Yanzhou, Dingtao City.

Under the blue sky, billowing smoke soared upwards and enveloped the entire city.

The sound of war drums, the sound of fighting, the roar of ballistas, and the roar of arrows tearing through the air were intertwined, converging into a thrilling wave that shook the heavens and the earth.

Cao Ren stood under the big wall, looking through the gap in the shield, looking at the dense siege army under the city in front of him, and his heart trembled.

"Zixiao, did you see it, that's Zhang Yan's battle flag." Xiahou Yuan's angry voice sounded from behind Cao Ren, "The left and right armies of the Northern Frontier Army have converged. ”

Cao Ren slowly closed his eyes, trying his best to calm his excitement. Changyi was lost, the life and death of the family were uncertain, and the heavy responsibility of blocking the Northern Xinjiang Army fell on his shoulders. Big brother, where are you? Where's the reinforcements?

"Boom......" There was a loud bang, and the crossbow cart roared loudly beside Cao Ren, as if it wanted to pour out all the grief.

Xiahou Yuan asked, "Zixiao, do you want to send someone to send the news of Changyi's loss?" ”

"We'll talk about it in the evening." Cao Ren shook his hand, "Find a few scouts who know how to swim overnight ......"

Before he could finish speaking, a flaming flame flew into the air from the corner of his eye. The catapults of the Northern Frontier Army are being launched again.

"Disperse, disperse quickly......" Cao Ren roared, pulling Xiahou Yuan to dodge quickly.

The burning stone roared all the way, like a fire dragon with teeth and claws, dragging a long black tail, and hit the flagpole with a big bang, "Dang ......" a muffled sound, the flagpole was overwhelmed, and the waist was broken. The big silk fell suddenly, staggering and falling under the city.

"Killing ......" The soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army under the city thundered with joy, and the huge roar was like a shocking and angry wave, overwhelmingly crashing into the sky. Dingtao City trembled violently in this earth-shattering roar.

Guan Yu opened his arms and shouted hoarsely on the deafening battlefield: "Fight, fight, give me ......"

"Order the charioteers, give me all the strength to bombard, knock down the tower, burn it, burn it for me......"

"General Guan, General Guan......" When Sima Yi stood in Guan Yu, he shouted repeatedly, "General Zhang Yan has arrived ......"

Guan Yu didn't seem to hear it, sitting on his war horse and shouting and roaring, as if he was fighting bloodily on the city tower. The guards around were as excited and excited as Guan Yu, and their roars rose higher and higher.

Zhang Yan and the others looked at Guan Yu's cheering figure, looked at each other and smiled.

Sima Yi's voice was hoarse, but Guan Yu still didn't hear it, Sima Yi couldn't help it, rushed up on his horse, hugged Guan Yu's waving arm, and said loudly: "General Guan, General Zhang Yan has arrived......"

Guan Yu turned his head sharply, beckoned to Zhang Yan and Bian Xi, then turned the horse's head, quickly caught up, and asked loudly, "How many people are here?" ”

"Except for Mu Shun who led 3,000 people to stay in Changyi, everyone else has arrived." The sound on the battlefield was so loud that Zhang Yan could only open her mouth and shout, "When will we enter the siege?" ”

"Take a break and don't fight today." Guan Yu scolded and pointed to the city in the distance and said, "There are too many troops in the city, at least more than 20,000 people. If we forcibly attack the city, even if we destroy all the army, we will not be able to take the city. ”

Zhang Yan and Bian Xi were taken aback: "20,000 people? ”

The Second Legion and the Fifth Legion combined had only 64,000 foot soldiers, and after the losses of the siege along the way, plus the troops left behind to garrison along the way, it would be good to have a complete force of 40,000 men. Attacking a city garrisoned by 20,000 with more than 40,000 men would be unimaginably heavy if the city was captured by storming alone.

"I fought for two days and tried to attack four times, and each time I lost a lot." Guan Yu shook his head and said, "We have to think of another way." Have you met Big Brother? ”

"Nope." Bian Xi leaned into Guan Yu's ear and said, "The lord set up a large array of 20,000 people in Fangdong to scare Liu Bei, and then withdrew to the direction of Chengwu overnight. Where are the iron horses of Mrs. Li E and General Zhao Yun? ”

After Zilong hit Cao Cao in the direction of Cao Ting, Cao Cao immediately turned around and went north to complain. The two immediately led their troops to both sides of the Jishui River and continued to block Cao Cao. Guan Yu shook his head and sighed, "Although Cao Cao can't come, I can't eat Dingtao for a while, and it's a big trouble." ”

………………

Henan, Xinzheng City.

On the galloping road, the 20,000 Jingzhou army was advancing rapidly.

Wen Ping stood in the grass on the side of the road, looking intently at the feet that walked in front of him.

"Zhongye, what are you looking at?" Su Feihu asked curiously, "Is there a treasure on the ground?" ”

Wen Ping laughed and said: "There are more than 1,000 miles from Xiangyang to here, and the army travels 100 miles a day, and the soldiers are already exhausted. You see the way they walk, they are crooked, and many of them have injured their feet. ”

Su Fei sighed and said helplessly: "If you go to war like this, the result can be imagined." ”

"Take a good rest for a few days." Wen Ping nodded and said, "Order, stop the march, and stay on the spot." ”

Su Fei looked at him in surprise and asked, "Zhongye, are you ......?"

"Commands are dead, but men are alive." Wen hired the whip in his hand and gently patted the weeds at his feet, and said slowly, "As long as we get to Henan, the goal will be achieved." ”

General Su Fei asked suspiciously, "Will Zhang Fei withdraw his troops?" ”

"Of course." Wen Ping smiled, "Do you think Cao Cao can keep Dingtao?" Forget it, he wouldn't have believed it himself. ”

Su Fei said: "But ......"

"If you want to return to Xiangyang alive, remember my words." Wen Ping said solemnly, "The speed of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry is too fast, so we must move slowly, otherwise we will die." ”

………………

Henan, Guandu.

Zhang Fei, Wang Ling, and Guo Jia were stationed on the bank of the chasm, looking at the Yuan army camp on the other side.

The chasm water is beautiful and pleasant against the background of the blue sky and white clouds. On a whim, Guo Jia talked about the origin of the chasm water with great interest.

The chasm water is also called Guandu Shui, but because when Chu and Han fought each other, Gaozu Liu Bang and Chu Overlord divided the world equally with this boundary, so the "chasm" is known all over the world.

During the Warring States Period, King Wei Hui (361 BC) built twice and dug a chasm for the needs of war. It diverts the water of the Yellow River from Xingyang in the west as the source, flows through Zhongmu and Kaifeng in the east, turns south, enters the Yinghe River and leads to the Huai River, and connects the main rivers between the Yellow River and the Huai River, such as Ji, Pu, Bian, Sui, Ying, Whirlpool, Ru, Si, He, etc., to form a chasm water system. The chasm is regulated by the nursery and the water is abundant, and the water level of the river connected to it is relatively stable, which is very beneficial to the development of shipping. It runs through the Huai River and the Yangtze River to the south; To the east, through Jishui, Surabaya, along the Jishui down, can pass the Ziji Canal; It leads to the Yellow River to the north, traces the west direction of the Yellow River, and connects with the Luohe River and Weishui, making Henan the core area of the country's waterway transportation. The excavation of the chasm created the conditions for the later excavation of the North-South Grand Canal.

After Qin Shi Huang unified China, he made full use of the chasm water system and Jishui and other rivers to transport a large amount of grain collected from the south to the north, and built a large-scale Aocang at the junction of the chasm and the Yellow River as a transfer station.

In the twentieth year of the reign of King Qin (225 BC), Wang Ben led an army of 600,000 to attack Wei, surrounded the Wei capital Daliang, and led the Yellow River and the chasm to irrigate Daliang.

"The Wei State was strong because of the digging of the chasm water, but in the end it was defeated by the chasm water." Guo Jia said with a generous face, "Current affairs are changeable, changeable." ”

"Taohuayu is the boundary between the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, right?" Wang Ling asked.

"Yes, yes." Guo Jia nodded and continued, "The Yellow River has been flooding repeatedly, and the channel from Taohuayu to Putianze has long been swallowed up by sediment, and now the water in the chasm comes from the Bianqu. The Bianqu was also dug by the Wei state, and at that time, they considered the problem of flooding and sediment blocking the channel, so they dug another channel. Who would have thought that hundreds of years later, this secondary channel would replace the main channel. ”

Zhang Fei squinted his eyes and took a deep breath of the fresh river breeze, pointed the horsewhip in his hand obliquely in the direction of Zhongmu, and said with a smile: "You say, do we also follow the example of our ancestors, block the chasm water, and pour back into Zhongmu City?" ”

Wang Ling laughed and said, "If Yuan Shao is willing to give us time, we might as well give it a try." ”

"This is not a decisive battle, does it need such fanfare?" Guo Jia waved his hand disdainfully, "When the main force of the army advances to Henan, we won't be too late to try." (To be continued.) )