966 Flooded Seventh Army
Guan Yu didn't believe it, and asked suspiciously: "Now that the rain is not stopping, I don't know what the trick of the Mo military division is?" ”
Mo Qianxun took the map, pointed and said: "The place where our army is located is a hilly area, but the enemy army is in the plain, so it can be flooded by a big flood. ”
Guan Yu suddenly realized, couldn't help laughing, and praised Mo Qianxun's clever plan: "Someone once said that the sleeping dragon and phoenix chicks can settle the world by one person." In my opinion today, it is also possible to have a strange military division! ”
Mo Qianxun's face was cold, and he didn't answer this conversation. Immediately, after some deliberation, the two decided to launch an operation on the Zhenkou River, which was ten miles away from Cao's army.
The shape of the Zhenkou River resembles a huge funnel, with high valleys on both sides, the mouth of the funnel facing the camp of Ban and Pound, and a valley road several miles long that leads to the Han River.
Guan Yu immediately dispatched 20,000 soldiers and horses to the front of the Zhenkou River in the rain to pile up earth and rocks to form a circular embankment dozens of meters high, and at the same time, he sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to dig a canal from the rear of the Zhenkou River to divert water into the valley.
At this time, Yu Ban and Pang De were also in a dilemma, and the heavy rain for days could not challenge Guan Yu at all, and the soldiers were drenched, and the number of sick people was increasing day by day.
Yu Ban and Pang De wanted to withdraw to Fancheng, but they heard that Fancheng had entered the water and were making every effort to fight the flood and provide disaster relief.
If Guan Yu went to fight Fancheng at this time, he was afraid that Fancheng would be difficult to keep, so Yu Ban and Pang De did not withdraw in line with the purpose of blocking Guan Yu's army for Fancheng, and still insisted in the rain.
Seeing that Fancheng was in danger, Cao Ren hurriedly led 20,000 soldiers and horses into Fancheng to fight against the flood with the common people.
After more than ten days, the heavy rain still has no intention of stopping. However, the army sent by Guan Yu was already on the side of the Zhenkou River, encircling and forming a dammed lake dozens of meters high, and the water was monstrous.
The strategist always felt that something was wrong, and it was raining so heavily that he couldn't fight at all. Cao Jun's insistence was for the safety of Fancheng, so why did Guan Yu agree not to retreat for a long time, there must be a conspiracy in it.
It's a pity that the heavens are not beautiful, and Cao Jun did not discover Guan Yu's actions in Zhenkou River. The puzzled Man Favor still found Yu Ban, and said: "General Yu, although the place where our army is located, although the terrain is open, it is still in the mouth of the river, if the Han River floods, wouldn't it be dangerous?" Please find another place to camp. ”
"Sir is too worried, there are mountains blocking the mouth of the river, how can the flood pass guò? This is the only way for Guan Yu to enter Fancheng, and once he evacues, he will be taken advantage of by Guan Yu. Yu Ban didn't agree.
"General, the stakes are too big to be guarded against." Full of pets.
"If you lose Fancheng, can you afford it?" Yu Ban asked a rhetorical question.
Manzhong's whole body trembled, and he knelt down on his knees, not daring to raise his head, but still said: "If you fall into Guan Yu's scheme, the army is not protected, and Fancheng is not protected!" ”
"You!" Yu Ban was very annoyed, when Lao Tzu was willing to stay here, it was easy to mobilize the soldiers to persevere, but you were here to make nonsense and alarmist: "Don't bewitch the army, and if you want to say more, behead!" ”
Full of favor retreated, although he didn't know what Guan Yu was planning, he always felt that it was definitely not as simple as he saw. Seeing that he couldn't convince Yu Ban, the unwilling full favor came to Pound again and expressed his worries.
Pound was not as assertive as Yu Ban, he felt that Manzhong was reasonable, Tong Guò last time, Pang De had already seen Guan Yu's wit, and it was impossible to rest on his laurels for no reason.
"General Pang, this matter must not be delayed!" Man Pet said anxiously.
"Don't worry about the general for now, tomorrow I will move to another place with my own troops." Pound was relieved.
Man was worried about Yu Ban, but he didn't trust himself, thought twice, got up and left the camp, and returned to Fancheng, hoping to persuade Cao Ren to give an order to let Yu Ban stop sticking to this place.
Full of pets rode wild in the rain, the rain drenched him, and his whole body had no temperature at all, but the anxious fire in his heart had already made him forget it.
While rushing back quickly, Man Pet analyzed Guan Yu's motives, and suddenly the horse's legs bent, and Man Pet was thrown into the mud pit. The mud pit is not very big, but in the panic, Man Pet did not climb up several times, and then the sound of horses chirping in his ears was enough to recover some reason, and he found the right direction and touched it.
choked on several mouthfuls of water, and spit out desperately, secretly glad in his heart, fortunately the pit was not big, otherwise he would have been drowned alive.
Oops, not good!
Man Pet was really woken up by the rain this time, and he already understood Guan Yu's intentions, so he didn't care about anything else, turned over again and returned to Fancheng all the time. It was already late at night, and for some reason, Man Chong felt a flustered for no reason, and he didn't care about changing his clothes, so he found Cao Ren in a wet water.
"Why is the gentleman so flustered?" Cao Ren said.
"At the place where the seven roads of the forbidden soldiers are at the mouth of the river, if the Han River floods, the army will not be protected!" Man Pet said hurriedly.
"There are mountains in the way, and Mr. is too worried!" Cao Ren's thoughts were similar to Yu Ban's.
"Guan Yu is powerful, if we work together to dig the water mouth, the river will pour down, if the general hesitates, disaster will come!" Full of tears, hard persuasion.
Cao Ren hesitated for a moment, but still decided to believe in Manzhong, and immediately sent a messenger to order Yu Ban to move troops elsewhere, Manzhong burst into tears, and his legs fell to the ground unconscious.
It's a pity that it's still a step too late.
At this time, Guan Yu's army had already built a large number of bamboo rafts and transferred the team to the Sadaguchi River. Looking at the raging dammed lake, Guan Yu laughed and said: "In the big water, Yu Ban, Pang De and Fancheng are all fish and turtles!" ”
"General, if things slow down, there will be changes, and you can attack tonight." Mo Qianxun said excitedly, no matter who he helps, in short, this battle will definitely be fought very beautifully.
In the middle of the night, Cao Ren's messenger rushed to the Yu Ban camp and conveyed the order. Yu Ban couldn't find Manchu Pet, so he knew that this guy must have gone back to Fancheng to move the rescuers.
However, Cao Ren's order, Yu Ban did not dare to disobey, and asked the soldiers to prepare immediately and withdraw the army in Tianming. But at this moment, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from outside, like ten thousand horses galloping, and the mountains collapsed.
Yu Ban was frightened, and immediately rushed out of the tent, only to see a soldier rolling and crawling to report, Zhenkou River, a monstrous flood poured in, the wave head was as high as more than ten zhang.
Yu Ban was immediately stunned, he couldn't figure it out, even if the Han River flooded, it wouldn't be so big!
The soldiers panicked out of the camp, did not listen to the general's orders, scrambled for war horses, seized the road and fled, the speed of the flood was very alarming, less than half an hour, Yu Ban, Pang De's seven road armies, all were submerged in the flood.
The wails came and went, and those who knew how to swim desperately in the water were still scratched all over their bodies by mud, sand, branches, and other things, and those who couldn't water were simply choked to death by the flood, and the 50,000 troops of Yu Ban and Pang De died more than 30,000 in the flood.