Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

After two days of visits and inquiries, Lu Yan finally had a certain understanding of this Shouchun City.

In fact, Shouchun is surrounded by water on all sides.

To the west and north is the Qianli Huaihe River, to the east is the Dongfei River, and to the south is Wabu Lake. Nearly 4000 square kilometers of rivers in the surrounding area almost all flow through Shouchun.

At first glance, it seems unbelievable that the location where Shouchun City was built is a low-lying place compared to its surroundings.

It stands to reason that this kind of place is prone to flood disasters, but the ancients just built Shouchun City here!

Do you think the ancients were really stupid?

If someone really thinks the ancients were fools, then he is actually a big fool himself.

Lu Yan vaguely remembered that one year in later generations there was a huge flood that almost swept across the entire East China region.

But in the face of such a catastrophic flood, after the ancient city of Shouchun was besieged by the flood for more than 50 days, the people in the city were safe and sound!

According to the local people, the flood outside the city was overwhelming, but life in the city was normal, and they were basically not affected.

Why is it so good?

That's because Shouchun City has its own drainage system!

In Shouchun City, there are two strangely shaped buildings, which are the ancient drainage system called Moon Dam.

At the root of the city wall, there are several huge culverts for drainage.

Even if there is a flood outside Shouchun City, its tall city walls can block part of it first.

The accumulated water in the city can be drained to the moat outside the city by means of the culverts connected to the sewers in the city.

With such an "advanced" underground drainage system, the last thing Shouchun City is afraid of is water attack.

This is why since ancient times, there has been almost no case of Shouchun being dug into the city in the history books.

The only shortcoming caused by the terrain problem was solved by the wisdom of the working people.

Then the rivers and lakes surrounding Shouchun City, together with the Bagong Mountain standing in the north of Shouchun City, all of these have become the natural barriers of Shouchun City.

"Controlling Huaiying, and carrying Jiangtuo, is the hub of the northwest and the shield of the southeast", Shouchun deserves such an evaluation.

Three days later, Cao Cao led his army to the city of Shouchun.

Boss Cao brought Cheng Yu and Jia Xu to the Chinese army tent in Lu Yan's camp.

"Sir! You saved Cao's life again!" Cao Cao opened his arms and gave Lu Yan a man's hug when he saw Lu Yan.

Lu Yan resisted the idea of ​​blowing old Cao away with his innate qi, and replied, "Mr. Cao, what kind of storms and waves have you never seen? How could you lose your life so easily?"

After letting go of Lu Yan, Cao Cao nodded and said, "It's true that I didn't lose my life, but the pressure was quite high during that time. Look, my hair is a little thinner."

Lu Yan looked at Cao Cao who seemed to be getting fatter, the corners of his mouth twitched, and said, "That's really wronged you."

"Don't be wronged, don't be wronged! Hahaha!" After Cao Cao laughed heroically, he looked at the generals lined up in the big tent, and said with emotion: "I think back then, my Cao had only four or five generals under his command...now It is really embarrassing to see that there are already so many great generals!"

"Brother, let's take down Shouchun first and then feel sorry... That Shouchun is a tough nut to crack." Only Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun dared to speak to Cao Cao so directly.

"Zixiao, you are right, we can't be too happy too early." Cao Cao put away his smile and asked Lu Yan: "Sir, you came a few days earlier, have you found any news?"

"Yes!" Lu Yan nodded, and then told all about Shouchun and its surroundings, including his own views.

At this time, Jia Xu suddenly cupped his hands and said to Lu Yan, "Before I came down, I suggested to my lord to store water to flood the city...Now it seems that I am ashamed...ashamed!"

"Wenhe is just not familiar with Shouchun's situation." Lu Yan waved his hand with a smile and said, "Actually, I only learned from them that Shouchun City is not afraid of flooding when I visited the people the day before."

"Know yourself and know your enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles... Lu Piao is worthy of being a famous general in the world!"

"Don't come here." Lu Yan gave Jia Xu a white look, and then asked, "Tell me, can this Shouchun Fortified City be broken?"

Without waiting for Jia Xu to reply, Cao Cao suddenly replied, "I don't care if we can break it or not! Since the three coalition forces of Cao, Liu and Sun have arrived, we have to go up and try the strength of Shouchun City!"

Even if the city ahead is as solid as iron, I will go up and take a bite of it!

Sure enough, this is Boss Cao, and he will never be intimidated by difficulties!

Chapter 121 Invisible Pretending, the Deadliest

After Lu Yan joined Cao Cao, Cao Cao originally hoped that Lu Yan would continue to lead the 2 horses, but Lu Yan said with disgust: "Those who want to do hard work, whoever wants to do it..."

After Boss Cao was ruthlessly rejected by Lu Yan on the spot in front of so many people, he could only barely explain his embarrassment with a laugh that was worse than crying.

"Hehe..." After laughing, Cao Cao leaned into Lu Yan's ear and whispered, "Sir, those who can do more work! Besides, you are the source and guarantee of the army's confidence. If you don't go up, won't it affect the morale of the army?" ?”

"It's simple!" Lu Yan would not be fooled by Lao Cao. After thinking for a while, he replied: "As long as my banner is raised during the war, I will stand under the banner again."

Who wouldn't be a mascot?Maybe you can still eat melon seeds and watch a good show.

Seeing that Lu Yan was determined to make soy sauce, Cao Cao no longer persisted.

But he still had a question, so he asked, "If you don't go, who can?"

Hearing this, Lu Yan turned his head to look at Xiahoudun without showing any signs, and said in a voice that only he and Cao Cao could hear: "Why don't you give your brother a chance to make a contribution?"

"It's okay..." Cao Cao thought about it carefully and thought it was okay, but after a while he felt something was wrong, so he asked, "What if he loses again this time?"

Lu Yan remained expressionless, and replied calmly, "Then cut it off."

"Eh... this..." Cao Cao definitely couldn't bear to cut off his brother.

Under the dilemma, Boss Cao's heart has become tangled at the moment.

Seeing that Cao Cao's face was almost tangled up, Lu Yan finally couldn't hold back his smile and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Cao, we will win this battle!"

Seeing that Lu Yan was full of confidence, Cao Cao's heart moved, and he said to himself: "It seems that we have won a complete victory in this battle in history?"

In fact, the first battle of Shouchun was indeed a complete victory for the coalition forces.

But at that time the defenders were Li Feng, Chen Ji, Le Jiu, and Liang Gang. Compared with Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, Lei Bo, Han Xian and others today, they were still a lot worse.

After knowing that this battle will be won in the end, Cao Cao felt at ease.

After making up his mind, he turned to the direction where the generals were standing in the big tent and shouted, "Where is Xiahou Dun?"

Xiahou Dun suddenly heard Cao Cao's roll call, subconsciously walked out, clasped his fists and replied, "The end is here!"

"I order you to take over Lu Yan's military power and continue to command the existing troops."

"Ah!?" Xiahou Dun's eyes widened suddenly, as if he had heard something incredible.

After a few breaths, Xiahou Dun came back to his senses, and then quickly waved his hands vigorously and said, "No, no! How can I take over the military power of Lu Hussar?"

"It was Mr. Lu who recommended you. He hoped that you would take the blame and make meritorious deeds. You must not fail his painstaking efforts." Cao Cao said to Xiahou Dun earnestly, but added in his heart: "The main thing is that Immortal Lu feels stable, and he wants to Lazy..."

Xiahou Dun suddenly turned his head to look at Lu Yan, his gratitude and touch were so overflowing that he was a little at a loss and spoke incoherently, "Changsheng... Hu... the last general... the last general..."

I always feel that there are a lot of things I want to say, but when the words reach my mouth, it seems that I can't say anything. Xiahou Dun blushed for a while.

Seeing this, Lu Yan smiled and helped Xia Houdun out of the siege and cheered, "Yuan Rang, believe in yourself, you can do it. Take a deep breath and close your eyes."

Hearing this, Xiahoudun closed his eyes and took a deep breath, actually slowly calming down his excitement.

After opening his eyes, Xiahou Dun only had firmness in his eyes. He clasped his fists and said loudly to Cao Cao and Lu Yan: "The last general takes orders! If you can't break through Shouchun City, I will come to see you!"

"Fuck! Can you come to see me without moving?" Lu Yan slandered in his heart. After being teased by Xia Houdun, he felt a little nervous, "Could it be that Xiahou Dun was tricked? This brother's luck doesn't seem to be good. How about it, there haven't been many victories in history..."

Gan!I wanted to be lazy, but what military order did you say you issued?

Now it's all right, in the end I still have to work hard to help Xiahoudun think about how to break the city, can't I really just watch him raise his head to see him?

However, Cao Cao should only be planning to test the defense of Shouchun City tomorrow, so he doesn't need to think too much about it yet.

Something happened here, and Lu Yan finally got off work early and returned to his camp.

But he didn't know that what he did in the Chinese army tent today made all the generals present respect him a little more in their hearts.

Not only did he personally put out the fire for Xiahoudun, but he also left the best chance for Xiahoudun to make meritorious service in the end, so as to restore his image in the hearts of Cao Cao and his colleagues.You say a trustworthy person who thinks of his subordinates in everything, who wouldn't think of him well?

......

The next day, the army left the camp.

There were nearly 4 soldiers on Cao's side, [-] under Liu Bei's command, and [-] troops from Sun Ce to the south. They were divided into three directions, east, south, and north, and each surrounded a city wall of Shouchun.

There were 11 allied forces, and the mighty Chen Bing under Shouchun City, there were loud shouts from time to time, which can be said to be like a rainbow; on the other hand, Shouchun City was still silent, and the soldiers who guarded the city seemed to be asleep.

Lu Yan sat on the white dragon horse, followed by Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan, and Huang Zhong supported Lu Yan's banner with his own hands, and became the flag bearer.

Wei Yan originally wanted to join in the fun, but was snatched away by the like-minded Boss Cao.

In Cao Cao's words, there are too many fierce generals on Lu Yan's side, and two people need to be pulled over to balance the combat power...

Cao Cao has already passed the temper with Liu Bei and Sun Ce ahead of time, there is no need to play any tricks today, as soon as the agreed time comes, we will go straight up and start working!

After looking at the sky, Cao Cao gave the order: "Siege the city!"

"Siege!"

"Dong Dong Dong!!!"

With the sound of the drums in the army, the coalition forces on three sides of Shouchun City began to enter the fighting state.

Although the coalition army attacked from three sides, the main attack was actually the north gate that Xiahou Dun and Cao Cao were in charge of.

As for Liu Bei in the east and Sun Ce in the south, whether it was because of lack of strength or intention to retain their strength, in short Cao Cao didn't have much hope for them, as long as they could restrain part of Ji Ling's attention.

On Cao Cao's side, Xiahou Dun was in charge of commanding the attack, because most of the reinforcements from Yingchuan were ordinary infantry, and most of Cao Cao's men were special troops, who were reluctant to waste time in the siege battle...

Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun did not think about taking Shouchun in one go, but it is always good to test out the true strength of the enemy as much as possible before a real large-scale attack.

"Catapult, shoot!"

"Archer, let go of the arrow!!"

Xiahou Dun kept giving orders, and from the current point of view, his performance was fairly stable.

It can be said that he worked extraordinarily hard. If it weren't for commanding the army, Xiahoudun would have wanted to go up and attack with a gun.

Chapter 122 Shouchun Offensive and Defensive Battle

The defense of Shouchun City is very complete.

There is a moat several meters wide outside Shouchun City, and the city wall is also ten meters high.

Moreover, there are not only turrets and police auxiliary buildings built on the city wall, but also watch holes and perforations on the battlements of the city wall.

The city wall, which is more than 6 or 7 meters wide, is equipped with sufficient ballistas, rocks, rolling logs, bows and arrows, boiling oil, boiling water, gold juice, etc., almost defensive items that can be thought of, are already available here.

After the coalition forces launched the siege, some reactions finally appeared on the silent walls of Shouchun City.

General Yuan Jun and his soldiers began to shout, and the archers on the city wall also raised their bows and set up arrows, waiting for orders.

When the soldiers of the coalition army entered the range of the bow and arrow, Yuan Jun Xiaoxiao gave the order to shoot.

"Fire the arrows!" Following the Xiaoxiao's order, Yuan Jun's archers threw the arrows into the coalition formation.

Most of the soldiers of Liu Bei and Sun Ce's army wore leather armor, and even some low-ranking soldiers wore cloth armor.In addition, the lineup during the siege was inevitably a bit dense. Yuan Jun's cluster of arrows rained down, and the two armies were hit again and again, and they fell down like wheat being cut in an instant.

However, for the large number of Sun Cejun, the death of hundreds of people is not a big deal; but for Liu Bei, every time a group of soldiers fell, his heart would throb.

It's just such a small fortune, Liu Bei clenched his distressed hands.

Look at Cao Jun again, because they are all well-equipped regular troops.

At least everyone is wearing iron armor covering the chest and back, and most of them are equipped with at least one wooden shield.This caused Yuan Jun's bows and arrows to have limited damage to Cao Jun. After a rain of arrows, only a few dozen unlucky ghosts were shot to the end, and most of them were only injured but not fatal.

Yuan Jun didn't pay attention to the casualties of the coalition forces. Their archers followed the rules and fired arrows at the coalition forces, killing as many as they could.

However, the archers of the coalition army also fought back. Although the effect was not great, it could serve as a little cover.

However, there was one thing that made the generals of Yuan Jun feel terrified, and that was the stone bullets that flew from Cao Jun's position, which could not be stopped by manpower!

Countless stone bullets streaked across the air, with beautiful arcs, or landed in the city, or hit the city wall, or simply hit some soldiers...

In short, those soldiers in Yuan Shu's army who had never experienced the baptism of trebuchets finally understood Ji Ling's feelings before.

Anyway, their current psychological shadow is huge, and some of them even have to look up at the sky all the time, afraid that a stone bomb will suddenly roar and hit their heads in midair...

Ji Ling personally sat on the north wall and commanded the soldiers to resist Cao's attack.

However, he has already seen that the first round of the coalition's attack was just a trial, and it felt like there was too much thunder and little rain.

Sure enough, in the first round of attack, the coalition forces just threw a lot of bags of soil into the moat.

They didn't even have the idea of ​​touching the city wall, and finally left two or three thousand corpses and retreated.