Chapter 6: The turbulent tide of water

Queweipo, Xu Huang’s camp.

Xu Huang was wearing a cloth robe and happily sat outside the tent watching the two soldiers wrestling. Both soldiers had their armor untied, bare arms, exposed their bodies of grubs, and their four arms were clamoring, looking at each other with four legs, jumping back on the ground, raising up groups of dust. The soldiers on both sides shouted: "Smash him! Smash him!"

The entire camp was in a peaceful atmosphere, unlike before the war.

Xu Huang is in his fifties and has gray hair. Due to excessive thoughts, his wrinkles on his face are like a knife carving. He is one of the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms. He is known as the "Five Generals" together with Yu Jin, Zhang Liao, Le Jin and Zhang He. Cao Cao conquered the world, and they are all old ministers of Yuanrong, and he is working hard. At present, among the "Five Generals", Zhang Liao, Le Jin and Zhang He are dead. Yu Jin belongs to Ji Han, and he is the only one left in Cao Wei.

Xu Huang was frugal all his life and was very strict with himself. He made contributions in every battle, but he rarely asked for rewards, nor did he compete for merit. There was a saying in Cao Cao's army that "If you don't get a salary, you belong to Xu Huang." Xu Huang did not respect strangeness but was stable, "first to be invincible, then fight." But as long as he won, he would go straight to a thousand miles, regardless of his life, and strive to catch up, expanding the results of the battle to the greatest extent. It is known in history that "chasing for profit, and the soldiers have no time to eat", which is a portrayal of his style. He has been in the army for thirty-five years, blocking east and west, fighting north and south, and killing countless famous generals under a huge axe.

Speaking of which, leaving Jingzhou was something that Xu Huang was extremely reluctant to do. There was nothing in the world that could make him bow his head, let alone a little Zhuge Jin and a little Lu Xun. He had been in Jingzhou for nearly ten years, and when did he lose on the battlefield in Jingzhou? Who was he? Back then, Guan Yu fought north and was in great danger of China, Wanluo was in turmoil, and Emperor Wu almost wanted to move the capital. He led a piece of miscellaneous army that he had put together and went south and won consecutive battles. , and broke through the ten-layer trench of the Han army and repelled Guan Yunchang. At that time, Cao Gong personally met ten miles away, holding his own hand, and compared himself to Sun Wu's rebirth. After that, he was almost invincible and invincible. Who dared to catch lice on the tiger's head? Of course, he also understood that leaving Jingzhou was not because he could not stop Sun Wu's men, but strategically considering it. Your Majesty wanted to use his big axe to go to a more important battlefield and kill more fierce enemies.

In the past two years, Cao Wei's strength has indeed declined. In a battle in Weinan, 100,000 elite soldiers were destroyed. Since ancient times, Yongliang Land, which had many elite soldiers and generals, was taken away by Ji Han. The Wei army has no power to step west of Huashan. Sun Wu has repeatedly invaded the border and fought more and more battles. The battles are getting bigger and bigger. The Central Plains have not received any rest. This time, the Wei Dynasty took the initiative to give up Jingzhou in exchange for the support of the Eastern Wu, and it was a last resort. However, Xu Huang fought more and more south and north, but he was not a person who did not know the practice or the depth. When he knew the intentions above, he still tried his best to go So, he knew that he would have a newer and larger battlefield to use himself after he withdrew from the battlefield in Jingzhou. Therefore, when Ji Han went south and attacked Xinye and other four counties, he suddenly withdrew his troops and crossed to the east of the Qingshui River. Then he raided with surprise troops. He pretended to be the Han army to attack Wu, and then pretended to be the Wu army to attack Han. His troops were all elite soldiers. He also roamed the old place he managed, so he naturally easily deceived the two foreign troops of Wu and Han and led their fierce battles. When he heard Zhuge Jin personally led his army to surround Ji Han's troops, Xu Huang couldn't help laughing. He tried it in one fell swoop, but Xu Huang was not old.

Very good. The battle between Han and Wu can be ignited with a little spark, but as long as it is ignited, it cannot be destroyed. In order to win over Eastern Wu, Wei State invested a lot of money this time and did not need them to advance. In Eastern Wu, there will naturally be a large number of civil servants and military generals who will try to lead the war to the west. After all, the land of Bashu was Sun Quan's dream. Zhou Yu wanted to attack Bashu several times, but was taken first by Liu Bei. At present, Ji Han and Cao Wei were fighting with Cao Wei, and Eastern Wu moved nearly 200,000 main troops of Cao Wei. If Eastern Wu led troops westward, or even if the Eastern Wu did not move, it would not be very difficult to defeat Ji Han with the power of Cao Wei.

Now, as long as Wen Pin enters the designated location and he will preside over the defense of the Eastern Wu and continue to advance, Xu Huang will lead the army northward and attack Wancheng. Zhuge Qiao is just a child, and he only has 10,000 troops, and the rest are newly recruited farmers, so he is unable to resist himself. At present, the Eastern Wu has turned against Ji Han and will definitely not go north to help Ji Han. In this way, he can easily break the siege of Wancheng, and then he crosses Funiu Mountain to the north and attacks the Luoyang battlefield through Luyang Road. Ji Han has not yet attacked Luoyang for several months, and his morale has declined. His sudden appearance of his troops will definitely turn the situation around.

At this time, the Mahjong came to report and Zhuge Qiao led his army to attack him.

Xu Huang was stunned, quite inexplicably. What was this child thinking? He wouldn't think that his little man could block his cavalry, right?

If he goes south and fights with himself this time, what else can he do besides moving the battlefield south? However, no matter what, since he sends the meat to his mouth and doesn't eat it himself, he is so sorry.

Xu Huang passed the order and said: "The entire army is ready to defeat Ji Han's troops in one fell swoop!"

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Zhuge Qiao led his army south, like fire and wind, and marched a hundred miles in one day, defeating Cao Wei's small group of troops on the west bank of the Qingshui River, and facing the Wei army across the river.

This battlefield was not ideal for Ji Han, and it was the same for Cao Wei. Jingzhou has a lot of water, which is different from Wenpin's good at water battles, and Xu Huang is good at land battles. Zhuge Qiao's main force came from a mountain city like Shangyong, so he naturally had to add another word.

Along the way, the generals questioned why they did this. At present, Cao Wei and Dongwu obviously had to wear a pair of pants, and they would still have to send themselves to their deaths. Even if they thought about it with their toes, they knew that without the help of Dongwu, it would be impossible to block Cao Wei's tiger general Xu Huang.

Fan Jiang and E Huan came to meet Zhuge Qiao in person: "Sir, we are in danger."

"Not bad." Although Zhuge Qiao's behavior was a little crazy, he looked so crazy that he was not very crazy.

"Then why do we still do this?" Fan Jiang almost screamed.

Zhuge Qiao smiled bitterly: "Okay, I know you have questions in your heart, and don't want to run so far and use weak forces to fight against the famous general Xu Huang. But do you think I think? At the moment, the war between the Three Kingdoms is in full swing, and Cao Wei uses Jingzhou to buy Eastern Wu. He wants to draw troops from the south to help. Once they return to the aid, my father (Kong Ming) will greatly increase his pressure in Luoyang. This time, Ji Han will be determined to attack Luoyang by the whole country. If he loses a lot of money, then I will be punished.

Da Yan. I originally thought that with the friendship between Ji Han and Sun Wu over the years, His Majesty personally sent someone to mediate. Moreover, the two generals of the Eastern Wu in Jingzhou were both relatives of Shu, so they should be able to ensure that there would be no conflicts in their actions. But I thought it simple. In the face of interests, it is difficult for family affection to gain a foothold, especially in recent times when we have been in return for the Eastern Wu, my uncle (Zhuge Jin) was unable to cooperate with our army in order to avoid suspicion."

"But we have few people and we must not have the participation of the Eastern Wu. Without their help, my troops would not be able to stop the forces of Cao Wei. I was not thinking about it a little bit. I could guess it without thinking. In the next step, Cao Wei will definitely go north to break the siege of Wancheng, defeat me, and then go north to Luoyang. At that time, the Eastern Wu will be too far away to help us. We will still face this situation at that time. Since that is the case, I might as well face this situation first."

Fan Jiang was confused by Zhuge Qiao's words: "Sir, since we are facing a crisis, we are in a relationship with the Eastern Wu anyway, and they will not help us. What is the effect of going south to fight this war? If we start a war near Wancheng, the soldiers don't have to run so far. Wouldn't that be better?"

Zhuge Qiao smiled and said, "It is different from not being able to help or not. When war starts in Wancheng, the Eastern Wu cannot help but want to help. This is caused by geographical factors. If the Eastern Wu does not come to help, it will be political and emotional factors. If we get into the ground, if the Eastern Wu learns that, it will definitely make my uncle (Zhuge Jin) seize the territory and stop sending troops to help us. Then we will be passive, and when we send troops, I will not believe it since we enter the crisis, and he can ignore me."

Fan Jiang and E Huan opened their mouths in surprise and were speechless for a while. They thought that since the general was the son of Kong Ming, they would definitely have good skills. Even if they attacked Cao Wei this time, they would have a clever plan and made their opponents unable to defend themselves. However, he came to die. In order to drag me into the water, he threw himself into the mud pit first. It was cruel enough.

But, is this really possible? What if Zhuge Jin doesn’t come?

As if seeing through their ideas, Zhuge Qiao said: "We are recruits. We can't be used easily and cannot be compared with the elite soldiers of Cao Wei at all. Therefore, in this battle, I will not attack, only defend, and will never let the Wei army enter Nanyang. You set up defenses for me and fight to the death. I don't want you to go to the front line, just supervise the law enforcement team for me. Any soldier takes a step back and kills immediately. What's wrong with the recruits? I don't believe they can't even stand there and fight to the death!"

In the early morning of August 26, under the hazy mist, Cao Wei's warships rushed to the Qingshui River. Huge rocks were growing on both sides of the river, with bows and arrows fast, and the sound of killing was endless. In just one morning, Ji Han's men and horses were torn a ten-mile-long and three-mile-wide hole, and the giant axe split a terrifying huge hole in Ji Han's camp.

However, Zhuge Qiao's tactics also played a huge role. The new recruits were ordered to die and could not retreat at all. Even if they died in battle, they were not allowed to move one step. This seemingly stupid tactic had an unexpected effect. Only by killing Ji Han's men could they eliminate their resistance. If they wanted to kill them, they had to pay the same price of bleeding. Although the casualties ratio between the Wei army and the Han army was one to three or even one to five, the Wei army's advance attack was still delayed. Their charge speed slowed down, their swords were slowed down, and they began to get tired.

At this time, Zhuge Qiao organized a counterattack. He asked E Huan to lead the army and suddenly rushed out with his central army. E Huan, who had the spirit of raising his feet, waved Fang Tianhua halberd, and rushed forward with Ji Han's elite soldiers who had the same spirit of raising his feet, like a tiger entering a wolf pack, killing the Wei army blood flowing into a river.

However, Zhuge Qiao's new recruits were on the battlefield, and no one ordered them to attack on their own initiative, and they could not continue to expand the results of the battle. Although E Huandi's counterattack pushed the Wei army near the mouth of the river, he was still pushed back inch by inch. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhuge Qiao used the new recruits to fill the battlefield.

Xu Huang looked at the other side of the river, furious and wanted to cross the river and kill E Huan himself. His son Xu Gai Lian's father was old and personally danced axe to lead the army to fight E Huan. Although E Huan was not arrogant, he rarely encountered opponents. He didn't care about such a young man. He swung his stern to meet him, fought for more than 30 rounds, and there was no difference between the winners and the defeat. Xu Huang looked at the other side of the river, commanding his troops to cross the river, interspersing left and right, and raiding the Han camp. E Huan could not resist and had to fight and retreat.

Xu Gai shouted loudly: "That barbarian, don't leave, eat my axe."

Although E Huan grew up in the southern barbarians, he was not a barbarian. Seeing Xu Gai's arrogantness, he was angry and secretly drew out a bow and arrow. He raised it and then took an arrow. Xu Gai avoided it, but shot it on his shoulder, fell off his horse, and was rescued by someone.

Xu Huang had no choice but to retreat. That evening, Xu Huang personally led his army to cross the Qingshui River to steal the camp and rob the village. Zhuge Qiao was prepared for a long time. He set up several empty camps and set up more items to attract fire. When the Wei army attacked, he ignited the air camp. When the Wei army was in chaos, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and he immediately shot countless Wei army. He thought that the Wei army's stealing camp would end here. But he knew that Xu Huang was brave and the soldiers were defeated. Even though he was defeated, Xu Huang did not retreat.

With a move of axe, it rushed out of fire and rushed straight to Zhuge Qiao's main camp. With an arrow, he shot down the command's lamp and killed him. Ji Han's new recruits fought for a day and were exhausted. They were not as physically and experienced as the elite Wei army. They were also in a panic and could not trap the Wei army. They fought until dawn. The Han army was killed thousands of people by the Wei army and threw seven camps in a row. In the dark night, Zhuge Qiao was almost caught up by Xu Huang. Fortunately, E Huan tried to block it to death, so he saved his life.

The next day, Pingming, the Wei army was sleepless and attacked the Han camp again. Zhuge Qiao secretly ordered Fan Jiang to lead two thousand troops to the upper reaches of the Qingshui River, quietly cross the river, sneaked into the Wei camp, and set fire. Xu Huang was stable and retreated first. Zhuge Qiao took the opportunity to reorganize the army, which was scared and sweated. If Xu Huang ignored the rear and attacked again, he was afraid that his camp would have to be dispersed. At that time, the soldiers would be defeated like a mountain, and these new recruits would dare to disperse the camp themselves.
Chapter completed!