Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Cao Jun attacked the city for three consecutive days. The casualties of the army were close to 5,000, and the shortcomings of the Qingzhou Army were gradually exposed.

The Qingzhou soldiers were originally selected by Cao Cao from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. The morale was strong when fighting against the wind, but when fighting against the wind, the morale was down. Therefore, Gongsun Zan took advantage of the shortcomings of the Qingzhou soldiers' impervious battle in the first battle of Pingchang that day. He held on to Pingchang City for several days. When the Yellow Turbans were demoralized, they suddenly went out to fight. Therefore, the Yellow Turbans were defeated and Cao Cao picked up a bargain.

The Qingzhou soldiers were based on the Qingzhou Yellow Turban thieves. They were able to entangle with the Danyang elite soldiers in the field battle, but after a few days of siege, their morale was low.

"Huh!" Cao Cao returned to the barracks angrily holding a Gehu Euphorbia, and inserted the Gehu Euphorbia on the ground casually.

"My lord, what's wrong with you? Is it because you are worried about the situation?" Cheng Yu saw Cao Cao's expression of anger and comforted him: "Siege battles have lasted for many years since ancient times. The battle between Qin and Zhao Changping lasted for three years before and after, and Wang Jian destroyed Chu. The battle also took more than a year. Our army has attacked several counties in northern Xuzhou for less than a month, and besieged the Xiapi district for three days. Don’t worry."

Cao Cao sighed: "Zhong De, these generals know that it is not that the generals have no confidence, but that the Qingzhou soldiers cannot fight for long. Nowadays, the morale of many battalion generals is low, I am afraid it is..." At this point, Cao Cao looked Shen.

Cheng Yu frowned: "So, did the lord go out to patrol the camp just now?"

"Huh! A group of Qingzhou soldiers actually wanted to escape, and they were executed on the spot." Cao Cao said murderously: "It's just that the Qingzhou soldiers are impatient and worry about the fact that in the future our army will definitely be more difficult than the siege of Xia Pi. It’s not impossible for the city to be besieged for years and months. I was so impatient in just three days. How could this be?"

Cheng Yu smiled bitterly: "Lord, these and other things are things that need to be considered in the future. Now what I need to think about is how to break down the city of Xiapi."

"Oh, the Qingzhou soldiers are impatient to fight hard, and their morale has long been not as high as before. What is hateful is that Liu Xuande brought Guan Yu Zhang Fei and the gang of fierce generals as well as the Plains Army to help, otherwise the general would have attacked Xia Pi long ago!"

Cao Cao hit the table with a fist and suddenly said, "By the way, where has Zhicai gone and why is he not?"

Cheng Yu shook his head: "Zhi Cai took dozens of Qingzhou soldiers to the surrounding area to check the situation of the mountains and rivers in the daytime."

Cao Cao laughed: "Zhicai is really too cautious. Yuan Shu looks on the sidelines. Our army and Tao Qian do not distinguish a victory or defeat. Zhang Xun's 10,000 troops will never be dispatched. Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son are guards. Dog of the household, besides Liu Xuande, who else will send troops to rescue Xia Pi?"

"Master!"

A shout suddenly came in from outside the barracks, and Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Master, Zhicai is back."

Cao Cao saw Xi Zhicai walk in and sighed: "Zhicai, Qingzhou soldiers are not tolerant of hard fighting. They have already defected today. Do you have any plans?"

Xi Zhicai was full of excitement and confidence: "The lord does not need to worry, someone already has a plan to break the enemy!"

Cao Cao and Cheng Yu were shocked and looked at each other. Then Cao Cao asked: "Zhicai, will the plan come out?"

Xi Zhi was not rushed or slow, and slowly walked to the side of the map, and said: "As the saying goes, soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent. Qingzhou soldiers cannot fight for a long time. It is already difficult for our army to break down Picheng. A few days ago, Mr. Wen Ruo, who was stationed in Qingzhou, sent me a letter stating that the military ration can support one month at most."

Cao Cao nodded and said sadly: "Yes, if you can't take down the city within one month, then our army will have to retreat."

Cheng Yu was curious and said, "Zicai, don't betray you. Hurry up and tell me what your plan is."

Only after Xizhi smiled, his **** slowly separated and pointed at the Sihe and Yihe rivers around Xiapi City.

Seeing Xi Zhicai's movements, Cao Cao and Cheng Yu suddenly realized.

"Zicai, what do you mean?"

"Water and fire are ruthless!" Xi Zhicai said sternly: "Xiapi City is the capital of Xuzhou. The city is strong. As long as there are enough troops stationed, it will be difficult to break through ten times the army for a while. But as long as it can temporarily block Sihe There are also the two rivers of Yihe River. After ten days, they suddenly dug their dams and hit Xiapi City with a water offensive force. You will surely be successful!"

"At that time, the city of Xiapi will be submerged, and the enemy army will be greatly reduced, and we must go out of the city to fight with our army. Our army is several times the Xuzhou army, and it will definitely win!"

"It's a trick, it's really a trick, so it's effortless." Cao Cao nodded happily with a look of appreciation.

Cheng Yu was rather lamented. Originally, he thought that his "human" strategy could be regarded as vicious, but he did not expect that the usual gentle and elegant aspirations would be able to come up with such a vicious strategy.

You must know that the water attack can not only drown the defenders in Xiapi City, but also the tens of thousands of residents in Xiapi City can hardly escape death. As the saying goes, the success of this strategy is the success of this strategy. , Xiapi City will be destroyed.

Cao Cao decided to say: "Pass the order! Let Cao Ren and Cao Hong immediately lead ten thousand troops to block the Yihe and Sihe rivers, and execute them immediately."

"In addition, let Yuanrang and Miaocai continue the warlord's attack on the city these few days, but don't have to be too aggressive, just behave."

"promise!"

Cao Cao adopted the strategy of Xi Zhicai. Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren and Cao Hong to lead 10,000 troops and horses to dig a **** to block the water of the Sihe and Yihe rivers. It happened that there was another heavy rain in the past few days, and the water of the two rivers was getting worse. The tide is rising.

Although Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan were still responsible for the siege, their offensive was far less violent than the previous few days.

"Brother, what's the matter with Cao Jun? In these few days, I have been attacking the city, often with archer firepower, but the pawns attacked the city late, and each time they attacked the city, they retreated within half an hour." Scratched his head strangely.

Guan Yu explained: "This is also normal. After all, the Qingzhou soldiers were born as Yellow Turban thieves. Yellow Turban thieves have always been like this.

Liu Bei nodded calmly: "Yes, Yide, the Yellow Turban thief has always been like this. We have fought against the Yellow Turban thief many times, don't you know the behavior of the Yellow Turban thief?"

Zhao Yun suddenly said: "Nevertheless, I have heard that Cao Cao is a man of great talents. He has gathered a group of talented men in Yingchuan. Cao Jun's style has become very different in the past few days, I'm afraid..."

Zhang Fei patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder: "Yes, Zilong, I also think Cao Jun has a problem."

"Soldiers will come to block, water will come to cover up." Guan Yu said.