In the spring of 203 AD, Liu Xie died, and the whole world was shocked.
Gongsun Bai supported Liu Yu as the emperor, and at the same time sent troops to Xu Du to conquer Cao Cao and avenge Liu Xie.
At the same time, he issued a document to punish the thief, ordering all the heroes of the world to raise volunteers and go to punish him, but the development of the matter was out of Gongsun Bai's expectations.
Jiangdong Sun Ce, in Wu County, supported Liu Ping, the son of Liu Dai, the ancestor of the Han family and the former Yanzhou assassin, as the emperor, changed the name of the year to Taiyuan, proclaimed himself a hussar general, raised 100,000 troops, and also issued an edict to avenge Liu Xie, and personally led his troops to attack the two counties of Runan and Chen in the south of Yuzhou occupied by Cao Cao.
Liu Biao of Jingzhou, naturally not to be outdone, directly under the support of Liu Bei, Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others, directly ascended the throne and called the emperor, changed the year name to Zhang Wu, and also issued an edict to avenge the first emperor, and sent Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead troops from Nanyang to attack Wancheng.
At the same time, Cao Cao knew that he could no longer hide it, so he simply announced that Liu Xie had died of illness, and established Liu Jun, the son of Liu Chong, a relative of the Han family and a former captain of the Han Dynasty, as the emperor, and changed the era name to Taihe.
All of a sudden, the four emperors of the world coexisted, all of whom were relatives of the Han family, and three of them fought against Cao Cao, but they did not recognize each other and fought for themselves.
However, supporting Liu Jun did not bring much benefit to Cao Cao, Gongsun Bai in the north was already unstoppable, Liu Biao and Sun Ce in the south were also menacing, and adding fuel to the fire was that Ma Teng in the west also sent troops to attack Guanzhong in the name of Cao Cao's rebellion.
However, in two months, Cao Cao was the enemy of the whole world, embattled, Cao Cao knew that the general trend had gone, but he was not willing to be captured, and ordered to forcibly recruit 300,000 new soldiers, tens of millions of grain and grass in Yuzhou and the land of Sili, ready to fight to the death with all the princes.
The entire Sili and Yuzhou, with a population of only two million, forcibly conscripted 300,000 soldiers and horses and tens of millions of grain and grass at one time, almost caught when they saw men, and robbed when they saw grain, but for Cao Cao, who used to use human flesh as dry food, it was really nothing at this time of life and death.
All of a sudden, this practice of scraping the ground made Sili and the counties of Yuzhou empty, and a large number of people fled north, but many people fell on the way to escape, either killed by the pursuers or starved to death.
Cao Cao, who drank to quench his thirst and forcibly gathered an army of 500,000, divided his troops into four routes: all the way to send Cao Zhen and Le Jin to lead an army of 50,000 to defend Wancheng to resist Liu Bei's army in the south and prevent Liu Bei from attacking Xu Du from Wancheng; Along the way, Cao Xiu and Lu Qian led 50,000 soldiers and horses to guard the north bank of Huaishui to resist Sun Ce; Along the way, Cao Zhen, Cao Ren, and Xiahoudun were sent to lead an army of 100,000 to escort Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and Cao Chong and all their wives and concubines to retreat to Guanzhong, holding the Tiger Pass in the east and Tongguan in the west as the final base; In the end, he personally led an army of 300,000 troops, and wanted to fight Gongsun Bai to the death.
Cao Cao knew in his heart that Liu Biao, Sun Ce and Ma Teng were just robbing while the fire was burning after all, and they would never fight to the death with him, only Gongsun Bai in the north was the real enemy, as long as he held Gongsun Bai's offensive, he Cao Cao would still have the power to return to the sky, otherwise it would be a catastrophe.
The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the spring is bright.
The wind came from the south, and there was a damp smell of dredging in the air.
At the end of the horizon, a thin black line appeared.
The black line slowly wriggled and gradually became thicker, like a black cloud close to the ground, slowly advancing along the bank of the Junshui River.
Closer, it was like a rolling raging wave, rolling and surging.
Finally, the surging waves revealed their hideous true colors.
It was a huge army array that stretched for miles as far as the eye could see, mighty and overwhelming.
The forest of swords and halberds, like the fangs of death, reflected a terrifying cold light.
The flag that rolls up like a wave, covering the sky and the sun, and in the center of the sea of flags, a huge red flag stands proudly, with four big characters written on it: "The world is peaceful".
Those hot-blooded soldiers of tigers and bears are proud of being able to protect themselves under the red flag.
This time, the vanguard of Gongsun Bai's army of thieves was the Taiping Army, one of the three elite soldiers under Gongsun Bai's command.
Under the red flag, Zhang He sat on his crotch and held his war horse, slowly raised his head, his eyes were like blades, shooting straight at the opposite bank.
At this time, it is the spring flood period, there have been several heavy rains in a row, the waves on the surface of the river are rolling, like ten thousand horses galloping, the river is endless, and the color of the river water has also turned yellow because of the mud and sand that has been carried along the way.
On the other side of the river, tens of thousands of Cao Jun's camp tents are spread all over the coast, and the water village stretches for dozens of miles.
Beside him, the deputy general Gao Chong looked at the rolling river, and said unconsciously in surprise: "The river is surging, and the enemy army is well defended, how to cross the river, it seems that we have to wait for the arrival of Wei Gong's army, and then sacrifice the treasure boat with immortal arts, or you can cross the river to break the enemy." ” Zhang He frowned, took a deep breath, and said: "If you wait until Duke Wei comes to cross the river, then Cao Cao's main army will also arrive, so we will lose the meaning of being a vanguard. ” As soon as he raised the long knife in his hand, a long and long horn sounded behind him, sweeping across the north bank of the river like a hurricane, and the 100,000-strong army rose and fell, constantly conveying orders backwards, and then slowly stopped.
The sunset is like fire, and the surface of the river is sparkling, and it is red, like a river of blood.
Zhang He rode along the north bank of the river, followed by Gao Lan, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, and a gan servant.
I saw that the water village on the opposite side was heavily defended, and it was scattered, and it was so wonderful that I couldn't help but admire it secretly.
On the surface of the river, the boatmen walked back and forth, patrolling the river, and when they saw the fishing boats that occasionally sailed to this section of the river, they drove them away, and even kicked the boatmen directly into the water and pulled away the fishing boats.
Suddenly, Zhang He was attracted by a touch of sail shadow coming from the river, only to see the incoming boats getting closer and closer, and it seemed that there were dozens of large boats, coming in groups, slowly going downstream, but the patrol boats on the river not only did not stop, but seemed to be waving to the boat.
These big ships have a deep draft, and it is obvious that there are a lot of supplies on board, for Cao Jun, who is plundering everywhere, not only does not organize warships to plunder, but takes the initiative to show goodwill, which makes Zhang He puzzled.
Zhang He immediately asked a military marquis who was familiar with the situation to come and ask about the situation.
The military marquis pointed to the big flag fluttering on the big ship, and said: "This is the merchant ship of the Zheng family in Xingyang, the Zheng family in Xingyang is a thousand-year-old family, there are many famous Confucians in the clan, and there are people under the command of Cao thief as officials, plus this war, the Zheng family donated 500,000 grains, 10,000 silk cloth, so Zheng's ship is unimpeded in Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Sili and other places, no one stops. ” The ancestors of the Zheng family in Xingyang can be traced back to the Zheng State of Zhou Xuanwang, and after the destruction of the royal family, Zheng is still the surname, and the hometown of Xingyang is the county, and after Cao Cao occupied the Central Plains, Zheng Hun, Zheng Tai and others took refuge in Cao Cao, and the family's business became more and more prosperous, all over the Central Plains, and it dedicated three to five percent of its profits to Cao Cao every year, so the Zheng family's caravan was a key protection object within Cao Cao's sphere of influence.
Zhang He looked at the big flag standing majestically in the mighty merchant ships, and saw a big "Zheng" character vaguely recognizable, with a flickering look in his eyes, thoughtful.
Suddenly, he turned around, looked at Gao Ran and said with a smile: "Yuen Long has trained a navy, so it shouldn't be a problem to rob this merchant ship." ” In the past few days, Zhang He and others have collected hundreds of fishing boats from the fishing villages along the upstream and downstream, although they are not comparable to the warships, but there are tens of thousands of sailors in the Taiping army who have been trained by Gao Ran for many years, and they had blocked the Yellow River before the Battle of Guandu, and if they plundered the merchant ships of the Zheng family, it would naturally not be a problem.
Gao Ran looked stunned: "Robbing merchant ships" Zhang He said with a smile: "Only rob the banner and the clothes and hats of the attendants, not the property, and do not hurt their lives." ” Gao Ran seemed to understand, and immediately responded: "Obey" Zhang He hurriedly stopped: "Don't be in a hurry, wait for it to go down twenty miles before you start, to avoid leaking the wind and giving up all your efforts." ” Three days later, more than 100 fishing boats of all sizes came from downstream, and had many confrontations with the warships patrolled by the Cao army all the way, and finally approached the Gongsun Army Water Village on the north bank.
Zhang He personally greeted Gao Yu Shuizhai and asked with a smile: "Yuen Long has worked hard all the way, how about going here?"
Gao Ran smiled: "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life" Zhang He said happily: "The time has come, beat the drum and raise the account" Knock knock As the trumpets and drums sounded, Zhang He summoned the generals and announced to them that he would do his best to kill Junshui and capture the enemy's water village in one fell swoop.
The generals have endured for a long time, and they have long been full of fighting spirit, and now seeing that Zhang He's determination has been made, all of them are boiling with enthusiasm and fighting spirit.
"General, the last general is willing to be the forerunner and kill on the south bank."
Zhou Cang was the first to call for a generous battle.
Gao Ran and Pei Yuanshao also fought bravely and wanted to take the lead.
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Zhang He waved his hand, suppressed the excited generals, and said calmly: "Man Zhong and Liu Ye are both famous generals of Cao Ying, not mediocre talents.
We have to approach the water village quietly, take advantage of the thief army's time to react, and kill in one fell swoop. ” Quietly seize the water village The generals looked at each other, and they all showed embarrassment.
More than 20,000 of Cao's 50,000 soldiers and horses were deployed in the water village outside the city, and if they wanted to attack the water village, they must cross the river by boat, which would inevitably attract the attention of the enemy, and how could they be quiet Zhang He smiled slightly, and turned his gaze to Gao Lan: "Yuen Long, I'm going to let you play a play now, are you willing?"
Gao Ran was stunned, and said suspiciously: "I don't know what the general wants to ask his subordinates to play" "Merchant."
Zhang He said two words contemptuously.
Gao Ran finally suddenly realized: "Zheng's" Zhang He laughed: "Exactly" Zheng's family, exactly, the pronunciation is exactly the same, and for a while, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang and others beside him were confused, and I don't know what kind of wit the two main generals played.
To be continued
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