In August 198 AD, Yuan Shu misjudged the situation at that time, and as a result, he was not only defeated by Cao Cao as in history, but also unexpectedly that the princes around his territory would go out under the edict of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty.
Because he concentrated the main force of troops and horses in the northwest, he intended to capture Xudu, capture Liu Xie, and sit on the emperor's name, which resulted in the emptiness of the rear and was killed unexpectedly.
Cao Cao pressed forward step by step, and Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Liu Biao and Liu Xuan's four-way military horses took advantage of the weakness and went straight to Shouchun City.
In this way, Yuan Shu, who came violently, was forced to retreat to Jiujiang County in less than two months and returned to Shouchun.
However, the five-way army has a total of 210,000 troops, and the effect of the attack is simply devastating, and when Yuan Shu retreated to Shouchun, Liu Xuan, Liu Biao, Lu Bu and Sun Ce's four-way army has been divided into four ways to look at the east of Shouchun City, and Cao Cao in the northwest is also chasing all the way, and the troops are in Xia Caicheng on the north bank of Huaishui, intending to cross the river to the south and attack Shouchun.
At this time, news also came from the north, Gongsun Bai's five thousand white horses raided from the north to the south, the Ping'a city guard in the north of Jiujiang County surrendered without a fight, and took the initiative to donate grain and grass to support Gongsun Bai, Gongsun Bai stayed in Ping'a City for a day, and then continued to go south non-stop, garrisoning the north bank of Huaishui, and the soldiers went straight to the Dangtu City on the shore.
Yuan Shu, who was panicked, had to defend in an all-round way.
He ordered Zhang Xun to lead 80,000 soldiers and horses to camp along the north bank of the river, set up camps and trenches, and protected them with strong bows and crossbows to prevent the four-way coalition army from crossing the river and attacking; At the same time, Ji Ling and Liang Gang led an army of 50,000 to defend the south bank of Huaishui, facing Cao Jun in Xia Cai City across the river.
And before he crossed the Huaishui, he had already swept away the fishing villages on the north bank of the Huaishui, and within a distance of 100 miles, not only could not find a fishing boat to cross the river, but also could not find a small bamboo raft.
Relatively speaking.
The least concerned by Yuan Shu was Gongsun Bai in the north.
Yuan Shu has always been proud of the background of the third prince of the fourth world, where can he look down on Gongsun Bai, who is from a humble background, so he only sent Lei Shu to lead an army of 10,000 to defend Dangtu City.
Although Bai Ma Yi was invincible from the north and south, the cavalry could not fight across the river after all, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were enough.
Don't look at the six princes with a total of 210,000 troops.
The momentum is surging, but Yuan Shu knows that the consumption of grain and grass of 210,000 soldiers and horses is not a small number, as long as he sticks to it for three or four months, and waits for the wind and snow together, the princes of all walks of life will be like the princes of the eighteenth road back then, scattering birds and beasts.
And with the protection of the two great rivers of Huaishui and Weishui, it is impossible for the combined army to fly over, especially the four-way coalition army to the east of Weishui.
Once it's been a long time, I'm afraid that my own people will fight.
The feud between Sun Ce and Liu Biao has not yet been settled, and at the same time, there is also an unreasonable grudge with Liu Xuan, although Lu Bu and several of them have no conflict for the time being, but with Lu Bu's character, I am afraid that sooner or later there will be a rift with the two "Han clan relatives".
Therefore, Yuan Shu was not panicked at all, with 150,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses.
There is no problem at all in defending an army of 210,000 by the river.
The water is surging.
The river breeze hunts, and there is a faint layer of smoke and mist floating on the surface of the river.
On the north bank of the Huaishui River, tens of thousands of soldiers in armor gathered on the river beach like a black oppressive dark cloud, some of them were ready to shoot at any time with bows and crossbows, and some were patrolling the river back and forth on the bank, and the entire river bank was full of murderous spirit.
On a large clearing downstream.
Hundreds of craftsmen were clanging and busy, the ground was littered with iron nails and planks, and several wooden boats were already taking shape, apparently Cao Jun was trying to cross the river by boat and attack Chen's army.
Under a red banner embroidered with the word "Cao", hundreds of ironclad cavalry stood proudly.
Surrounded by Cao Cao and Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Cao Hong, Cheng Yu, Man Chong and other five henchmen.
Cao Cao's crotch claw Huang Feidian Divine Horse, his waist hanging from the Heavenly Sword, his eyes squinted, looking at the rolling Huaishui and the Chen military camp that could be seen in the distance opposite, and the river wind blowing the hunting river wind made the red big dan behind him hula-la-la.
"Our army is brave and invincible, the Chen army is defeated and retreated, and as long as he crosses the river, Yuan Shu will be cornered, and then Sikong will be able to see Yuan Shu's head, and the head of this thief is destined to be commonplace.
If he can take the lead in attacking Shouchun City and take down Yuan Shu's head, Sikong will not only greatly increase his prestige, but also take the opportunity to cover the entire land of Yuzhou and Jiujiang and Lujiang counties, and he will get the entire territory of Yan, Qing and Henan, and half of Sili and Yangzhou.
Cao Cao nodded imperceptibly, looked at the craftsmen who were busy in the distance, and asked, "I want a thousand rafts and 10,000 bamboo rafts, when will they be completed?"
The man next to him said helplessly: "The bamboo raft is easy to build, but it is difficult, it will take at least two months, but if there is no raft in front, it will inevitably be seriously damaged if you cross the river purely by bamboo raft."
Cao Cao's expression changed slightly, and then he regained his expression, just smiled faintly: "It's okay, it's okay, two months is two months, as long as Ji Ling is captured, then Yuan Shu's defenses on all sides will be broken in one place, and it will be broken everywhere, and then the six-way coalition army will be exhausted, don't be afraid." ” Suddenly, halfway through his words, a thought flashed in his mind, and his face changed again, his face suddenly became cloudy, and he changed the topic and asked, "How is Gongsun Bai?"
Man Zhong smiled slightly: "Gongsun Bai, like us, was also blocked on the north bank of Huaishui.
Even though Bai Ma Yicong is invincible in the north, if he goes to this place where rivers and lakes run south of the Yangtze River, he may not be able to exert any power.
According to Xiaguan's knowledge, Gongsun Bai came all the way, except for Ping'a Cheng County, who took the initiative to donate the city, so far he has not made an inch.
Now that the lord has defeated the main force of Yuan Shu, and is about to fight in Shouchun, in this battle, Gongsun Bai is destined to become the foil of the lord. ” Cao Cao was still full of solemnity, and his heart was uneasy.
Man Zhong did go to the bottom of his heart, this time to fight Yuan, he did have the idea of competing with Gongsun Bai, one is to increase his prestige, and then logically expand his territory, and the other is also to give the Han Emperor Liu Xie a deterrent, it is obvious that Liu Xie let Gongsun Bai, who was far away in Jizhou, participate in the fight against Yuan, just to give him a dismount.
Since the war with Yuan Shu, his main force has been exhausted, defeating the main army of Yuan's army, making Yuan Shu flee in a hurry and retreat to Shouchun.
But now that the army of the Five Roads has been blocked, blocked on the opposite bank of Huaishui and Weishui, the battle against Yuan has fallen into a stalemate, if Gongsun Bai suddenly crossed the river, broke the deadlock, and took the lead in the city of Shouchun, causing Yuan Shu's defense system to collapse, I am afraid that this credit may not be smaller than him.
Cheng Yu seemed to know Cao Cao's thoughts, and laughed: "Don't worry, Gongsun Bai and his subordinates have lived in the north for a long time, they are not good at boating, and they don't bring craftsmen, how can they build a boat If they just make bamboo rafts to cross the river, not to mention whether they can break through the arrow array of the thunder book on the wide waves of Huai Shui, those horses that are one in a hundred miles have such a big target, I am afraid that most of them will be killed in the rain of arrows, how dare Gongsun Bai take risks" Cao Cao nodded When Tu City, the county government.
The main general, Lei Shuzheng, and Dangtu Ling Yang continued to drink in the hall, and there was a beautiful woman next to each of them, who was already half drunk.
"General Lei, after drinking this bottle of wine, you and I will disperse, and we will drink again tomorrow.
Now the white horse Yicong of Gongsun Bai, the hussar general of the Han State, has been stationed on the opposite bank, but he has to be carefully defended.
Tu Ling said with a smile.
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Lei Shu laughed disapprovingly: "Yang County's order is too nervous, although Gongsun Bai's white horse Yicong is powerful, but he can't fly over with wings, and he can't even find a small fishing boat on the other side of Huaishui, not to mention those healthy horses If there is no big boat, how can they be transported across the river, even if you and I drink, we won't get drunk tonight." ” Yang Xu had no choice but to continue to accompany Lei Ji to drink and have fun.
The night is deep, the waning moon is like a hook, the water surface of the Huai River is dim, and you can only hear the sound of the river wind and the rolling waves of hunting.
In the Chen Jun Water Village on the south bank, the lights gradually dimmed, and the soldiers guarding the village had already fallen asleep, even those soldiers who were on duty at night only fell asleep.
Don't say that Gongsun Bai doesn't have a boat, even if he has a boat, it's not realistic for this black light to want to cross the rolling Huaishui, the Huaishui waves are wide, but it is no better than an ordinary river, and if it is not good, the boat will capsize and die, Gongsun Bai and his subordinates are from the north, and it is impossible to take risks.
The waning moon is slanting to the west, and the night has been three watches.
On the north shore of Huaishui, Gongsun Bai sat on the back of the Flying Blood Divine Horse, staring at the hazy water, standing like a mountain, the river breeze blew his clothes, and the cloak behind him fluttered.
Behind him, Zhao Yun, Wen Chou and Guo Jia led five thousand white horse followers, standing solemnly, waiting for his orders.
Next to the white horses, there were hundreds of ragged people, all of them were young and strong, their muscles bulging, and the hazy night could not hide the moisture on their faces and bodies, it was obvious that they were fishermen who had been begging for a living on the water for a long time.
These fishermen were all recruited by Gongsun Bai from the fishing villages along the Huaishui, since Yuan Shu confiscated their fishing boats, the lives of these fishermen have disappeared all at once, naturally they are full of complaints, but Gongsun Bai sent people to find them, give them food, and tell them that as long as they help to cross the river by boat, they can also return their fishing boats that were confiscated by Yuan Shu, these people are naturally very happy.
However, what puzzled them was that Gongsun Bai invited them to help drive the boat, but there was no shadow of half a boat on the water, and everyone was full of doubts.
Guo Jia raised his head, looked at the moonlight, and said to Gongsun Bai: "Lord, it's time for the third watch." ” Gongsun Bai slowly turned around, glanced at hundreds of fishermen, took a deep breath, urged the horse under his crotch, and went straight to the river beach.
A miracle happened In front of everyone's eyes, a behemoth with black shadow pupils suddenly appeared above the Huai Shui, and it stopped steadily above the deep water in front of it.
To be continued
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