Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 196 Desire to lose Zhu Ling in a quick battle

Chen Deng said: "My lord's words are true, but Jiangdong has always been good at water warfare. The water in the Central Plains is shallow, so I may not be able to train strong soldiers."

Cao Cao said: "I originally intended to train the navy on the river. However, the water level of the river is too high and too turbulent during the flood season, and it freezes in winter and cannot sail. The annual training is only three months, which is not enough for training."

"The river water is really not suitable for training." Chen Deng said: "The river water is chaotic, and some of the waterways are turbulent. And Wang Jing (AD 11) managed the river water (it has not been diverted for more than 800 years) to separate the river and the dams on both sides. The Central Plains will become the country of Qianli Ze.”

Cao Cao nodded, "Yes! I wanted to attack Jizhou this year and defeat the Yuan family first. But I don't want Zhang Yi to attack Xuzhou again, which makes me helpless!"

Chen Deng said: "It is not the time to deal with Zhang Yi for the time being. It is basically impossible to defeat Zhang Yi without the navy. Even if we cross the Huai River and defeat Shouchun, Zhang Yi can retreat to Jiangdong."

Cao Cao said: "I just want to keep Zhang Yi here. He has no heirs so far. As long as he is killed, Yangzhou will be in chaos."

Chen Deng grinned and didn't try to persuade him any more.Cao Cao's words were obviously angry, and he probably knew how unreliable these words were.If Zhang Yi was so easy to kill, he would not have survived to this day. Sun Ce would have killed him long ago.

Zang Ba also rushed to Ling County. The grain and grass he brought had run out, and he did not come to Ling County until the grain and grass in Donghai County were transported.

When Cao Cao saw Zang Ba's arrival, he asked him to repair for three days, and then he began to organize his army to attack Zhang Yi's water stronghold.

Chen Deng did not act with Cao Cao's army, he still has a lot of things to do.Before Zhang Yi besieged the city, the medicines in Ling County were insufficient. Many people were injured and were in urgent need of medicines.

On the day Ling County was rescued from the siege, he sent people to go north to buy medicinal materials, and now he is back.Cao Cao's army also has medicinal materials, but they have been distributed to the generals. Cao Cao can only ask Xia Houyuan to allocate some for temporary use.

Outside the water fortress, Cao Cao had ordered all the soldiers and horses, brought crash cars and well rails, and divided the army into four to attack the camp.Xia Houyuan, Xu Huang, Zhu Ling, and Zang Ba each led their troops to attack for a day.

After five days of continuous attack, the water stronghold was breached, but they were unable to break into the city no matter what.The trebuchets in the water village kept throwing stones outward, which caused a lot of trouble to Cao Cao's army.

Cao Cao's army also used trebuchets, but they were all tall and heavy, and it took a month or two to make them.When he confronted Yuan Shao at Guandu, Cangting, he used a trebuchet to throw stones at Yuan Shao's camp, which had a great deterrent effect.

Cao Cao was in a hurry, not only because of the trebuchet, but also because he wanted to attack Jizhou.As long as he defeats the Yuan family and unifies the north, he can gather the power of the eight states, and he will have an advantage against anyone.

Cao Cao asked Guo Jia and Xu You again, but their role in this offensive and defensive battle was not great.Fighting head-on is not the strong point of these strategists, their strength lies in winning by surprise.

"The greatest weapon for a decisive victory in a war is water and fire." Xu You talked eloquently. He actually had no good solution, but he couldn't lose face. "Now that we have not reached the flood season, water attack cannot be carried out. We can only I can think of ways to attack with fire.”

"There are also many forms of fire attack. When we attack the village, we can carry some hay and pile it under the water village, and then light the hay. As long as the flame ignites, even if the entire water village cannot be burned, we can burn the village. wall."

When Cao Cao heard it, it made sense!As long as the wall of the village is burned down, it will be easy to break into the water village.

So Cao Jun began to look for hay, but it's only April now, the hay was last year, and some of it began to rot.It’s okay without dry grass and branches!Then I picked up some branches and let them dry out in the sun for a few days.

After it was done, it was just in time for Zhu Ling to attack the stronghold.Zhu Ling ordered the soldiers to carry the firewood to the bottom of the wall.

Of course Zhang Yi and Li Jing could see it on the wall.They are not fools, how could they be unprepared?

Seeing the soldiers carrying the firewood rushing fifty steps away from the wall of the village, Zhang Yi immediately waved the command flag, the gate of the village opened wide, and two troops rushed out from inside.

Shang Shitu and Meng Liang led 1000 people directly to Zhu Ling's general flag.And Lu Meng, Tang Hezai rushed towards the enemy troops carrying firewood.

Zhang Yijun's sudden exit from the city caught Zhu Ling by surprise.Those soldiers carrying firewood found it extremely inconvenient when they wanted to fight.Dozens of them were killed by Lu Meng and Tang He in one face-to-face meeting.

The soldiers quickly put down the firewood, which reduced the loss.However, their vigor was gone, and they couldn't beat Lu Meng and Tang Hebu at all, so they had to retreat while fighting.

When Zhu Ling saw the enemy troops leaving the city, he didn't panic.Although the enemy made a surprise attack, Zhu Ling was not defenseless. He still had a reserve team of more than 2000 people around him!
"Supervise the battle team, go and supervise the battle. Those who want to escape, kill them! The rest of the people form a formation and block the enemy for me. Don't let the enemy get close to the general's flag."

After the supervising team was sent out, it really stopped the retreat of the front line.After the soldiers had no retreat, they immediately attacked forward and resisted the offensive of Lu Meng and Tang He.

Zhu Ling's idea is very simple, that is to hold these people back, and make dumplings for them after the reinforcements from behind come.

As a result, he did not expect that a strong man came across.

Master Shang has a large shield in one hand and a battle axe in one hand, what is a battle axe?It is a big axe. The long-handled ax used by Cheng Yaojin in the film and television drama is actually a Yue.However, the ones in the film and television dramas are too exaggerated, and the real axe is not as big as Cheng Yaojin's, and the ax is even smaller, probably as big as the commonly used ax for splitting wood.The Yue is one-third larger than the ax for splitting wood.

Like the halberd, the battle-axe was originally a sacrificial vessel, and it was very heavy.Master Shang and his disciples were powerful, so when fighting on foot, they used a short-handled axe, about seven feet long, which was more than half the attack range of the Huan Shou Dao.

Master and apprentice Shang rushed into the enemy line first, and shouted: "Revenge Brother Jiao Zan!"

His subordinates are also old subordinates, and when they heard his words, they immediately burst out the hatred in their hearts.Hatred makes them forget everything, including death!

Under the leadership of Master Shang and his disciples, he easily broke through Cao Jun's obstruction, and rushed directly under the general flag.

Zhu Ling was terrified, he was a little undecided whether he should retreat or not.In such a short time, master and apprentice Shang killed more than ten steps away from him.

Zhu Ling was riding a horse, Master Shang and his disciples could tell at a glance that this was a general, and he threw the ax in his hand, which happened to hit Zhu Ling's thigh, causing him to fall off the horse.

Zhu Ling's horse was frightened and stepped on his chest. Zhu Ling felt like the wind was leaking from his chest, and his breath was cold.

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