The heavy rain for several days made Zhang Ji's mood as cloudy as the sky. The Jiaozhou army outside the city had moved the camp to the hillside high ground far away from the city at this time. The heavy rain minimized visibility, and Zhang could not see the Jiaozhou army's camp even when he stood at the top of the city. However, not being able to see does not mean that there is no existence, and a huge sense of threat still hangs over Zhang Ji's heart, which makes him extremely annoyed.

Since the first day when the Jiaozhou army came to the city, the clouds have not opened, and the Jiaozhou army has not attacked the city. This made Cao Jun in the city very optimistic, thinking that God was on his side, and God blessed His Majesty King Wei. However, Zhang Ji had a very bad premonition, he vaguely smelled the smell of conspiracy, but he couldn't tell what the enemy's conspiracy was, so he was even more depressed.

Zhang Ji hadn't slept well for several nights, and tonight was no exception, but in order to deal with the Jiaozhou army, which didn't know when it would attack, Zhang Ji had to force himself to rest. He lay in bed and listened to the sound of the rain outside the window, tossing and turning, thinking about how the enemy was going to attack the city. Suddenly, Zhang Ji heard a loud roar in the distance, like thousands of horses running, and like a war drum shaking the ground.

Taken aback, Zhang Ji suddenly sat up from the bed and was about to change his clothes and leave the house. But as soon as his feet hit the ground, he found that his shoes were soaked in water, and the cold rain did not cover the surface of his feet. This made Zhang Ji's heart suddenly become as cold as the soles of his feet, and he finally knew the strategy of the Jiaozhou army.

When Zhang Ji stood at the head of the city, he saw that the water had suddenly arrived in all directions, and most of the houses in the city were submerged in the water. Cao Bing panicked, and there were countless people who followed the waves. The flat land is deep and deep, and only the roof and city wall can stand on it.

The heavy rain gradually stopped all night, and the sky was white, but this did not make the soaked Cao Jun breathe a sigh of relief. Guo Jia led the soldiers to wave their flags and shout and came by boat.

Zhang Ji stood at the head of the city and looked left and right, with only hundreds of soldiers around him. After a rain of arrows on the opposite ship, half of the city's soldiers fell. The adjutant general advised Zhang Jidao: "Most of our sergeants are wounded, and there is no way out, so it is better to surrender." ”

Zhang Ji was furious when he heard this: "I have received the great favor of Your Majesty, how can I be willing to condescend to others!" After that, he drew his sword and hacked the lieutenant to death, and said sharply to the soldiers: "Let's talk about the surrenderer, take this person as an example!" ”

Cao Bing saw that the commander was so desperate to resist the enemy, but where were the hundreds of Cao troops the opponent of tens of thousands of Jiaozhou troops? The Jiaozhou army on the ship didn't need to get close at all, just fired a salvo of bows and crossbows, and the Cao army was shot away. There are three marksmen Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Huang Xu, and Zhang Ji could not escape the fate of being hit by an arrow, and he was shot in the shoulder by Huang Xu and fell into the water, which was still Huang Xu's subordinates who wanted to catch him alive.

Guo Jia saw that Zhang had fallen into the water, so he ordered his soldiers to come forward to fish. The unsinkable vine armor army in the water was like wearing a life jacket, and its movements in the water were extremely flexible, and Zhang Ji was quickly captured. When the rest of the Cao army saw that the commander was arrested, they surrendered one after another, and those who fought to the death were all killed by the Tengjia army.

After sweeping the Cao army in the city, Guo Jia ordered people to take a boat to rescue the people. Fortunately, there is a city wall to block it, although the water potential in the city is large, but there is no torrent wind and waves, most of the people have the opportunity to take refuge in high places, and the casualties are not too heavy.

Guo Jia transported the soldiers and the people to the hillside and the high ground, then raised the tent and sat down, escorted Zhang Ji and asked: "Chen Liu's stay has been broken, are you willing to surrender?" ”

Although Zhang Ji was defeated, he stood proudly under the tent and said: "I heard that the brave will not be cowardly to death, and the strong man will not destroy the festival and survive." I have received great grace from Your Majesty, and today I am captured only by death, how can I bring you down? ”

The quality of a loyal servant is certainly valuable, but it also depends on who it is. Guo Jia didn't have a good impression of the enemy's loyal ministers at all, and ordered the knife and axe hand to push out and behead him. Guo Jia's attitude towards the enemy is the same as that of Nan Ye, if you can collect it for your own use, you don't need to kill more, and if you can't take it for your own use, you have to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. Nan Ye never thought of subduing Xu Chu, Xiahoudun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. As soon as Chen Liu's stay is broken, there will be no stronger city in Yanzhou, and it is only a matter of time before Guo Jia takes Yanzhou.

However, it was said that Nan Ye had been pretending to be three soldiers and horses under Xuchang City for many days, and the surrounding stones had been used up, and Nan Ye had to go farther to find the ammunition used in the thunderbolt car. Of course, he could also use the boulders all over the city outside Xuchang City, but to carry those boulders was to risk being hit by a thunderbolt in the city, and Nan Ye didn't want his soldiers to sacrifice in such a meaningless matter.

The lack of ammunition meant a weakening of firepower, and Li Ru clearly felt this change in the city. The reduction of the boulder in the air did not make Li Ru relax, but made his brow furrow. Something was wrong, and Li Ru had sensed it a few days ago. Whether it is Nan Ye, Liu Bei, or Sun Quan, they will not do useless work, and their performance in the past few days is like doing useless work. The key is that none of the fine works sent by Li Ru from the north gate have returned, which can only indicate that the outside of the city intends to block the news in the city.

If he wants to block the enemy's news, it must mean that he has extremely important information that he does not want to be known by the enemy, and this is often news that can change the situation of the battle. However, Li Ru tried his best to find out the slightest news, and it was not until today that the thunderbolt outside the city slowed down the attack, and Li Ru thought of a possibility - the three families withdrew.

It is not difficult to come to this conclusion, if there are 300,000 troops outside the city, even if the quarrying location is far away, it can still supply the consumption of Thunderbolts, and even create more Thunderbolts to increase firepower, there is no reason for the firepower to be weakened.

What makes it difficult for Li Ru to judge now is how much the soldiers and horses outside the city have weakened. There is no doubt that Nan Ye is still under the city, there are at least enough soldiers in the three camps to drive the thunderbolt car, and there are thousands of soldiers outside the north gate to intercept and kill the fine work, otherwise it is impossible for hundreds of fine works to leave the city without any news.

Li Ru calculated according to the manpower of the thunderbolt car in the city, there were 50,000 troops outside the city, and it was possible that Nanye's 100,000 Jiaozhou troops were all under the city. If this is the case, the whereabouts of Liu Bei and Sun Quan are self-evident, they must be going to take the annexed state, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou. It didn't matter to Li Ru where they went, what mattered was why Nan Ye would be so generous to let the two families take advantage.

From the time Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Li Ru began to deal with Nanye. Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and Sima Yi may all be more witty than Li Ru, but in terms of understanding and research of Nan Ye, the three of them together may not be as good as Li Ru. Nan Ye's expedition has an obvious characteristic, that is, all of them pay attention to righteousness first. However, Li Ru also discovered a hidden feature, that is, Nan Ye never suffered losses in wars, or always took advantage. Forming an alliance with the victor and obtaining greater results at a smaller cost are the characteristics of Nanye's operations.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Nanye National Teacher is benevolent and generous. But in Li Ru's eyes, Nan Ye is a miser. It was hard for him to imagine that Nan Ye would selflessly contain himself for Liu Bei and Sun Quan, unless it would be equally beneficial for Nan Ye to contain himself. Thinking about the three roads under the city, and then thinking of the three states behind Xuchang City, Li Ru came to a conclusion that the soldiers and horses under the city at this time were by no means 100,000 Jiaozhou troops, but 50,000 or even less. Nan Ye is not only for Liu Bei and Sun Quan to contain Xuchang's soldiers and horses, but also for himself.