Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 105: Full of favors and an oath, Zhuge Qiao’s transformation (Pursuit)

"Father!"

"General!"

Cao Tai Niujin reacted the fastest and quickly supported Cao Ren who was vomiting blood.

Cao Ren suppressed the discomfort in his heart, wiped the blood from his mouth, and stared fiercely at Hu Xiu and Fu Fang who were still trying to persuade them to surrender outside the city.

When a tiger falls on Pingyang and is bullied by a dog, if he loses, he will lose. If he loses, all the blame will be placed on me, Cao Ren.

Do you really think that I, Cao Ren, have no temper?
  "Let the archers take aim at the two thieves!"

Seeing that Cao Ren was fine, Cao Tai bent his bow and aimed an arrow at Hu Xiu.

When Hu Xiu saw archers pouring out of the city, he was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat. He jumped directly into the flash flood and clung to the raft.

Fu Fang was also frightened, his neck shrunk, and an arrow grazed the towel and flew away.

Seeing that the people in Fancheng refused to surrender, Guan Yu ordered his troops to attack and rained a large number of arrows on the city.

From Wei Shi to Shen Shi, and from Shen Shi to You Shi, Guan Yu's attack came to an end when it was getting dark.

However, Guan Yu did not withdraw his troops, but instead ordered food and drinks to be sent from the camp to prepare for a night battle!
  When Cao Tai saw this, he was frightened: "Father, today's crisis is beyond human control. It is better to take advantage of Guan Yu's troops to besiege the city and abandon the city in a light boat tonight."

After hearing this, all the generals also looked at Cao Ren. As Cao Ren's son, they all had the idea of ​​abandoning the city and fleeing. This shows how low the military morale in Fancheng is.

Cao Ren was silent.

If he had heard Cao Tai's words before the mountain flood flooded the city, Cao Ren would have beaten Cao Tai on the spot.

But now, Cao Ren hesitated.

Yu Jin surrendered, Hu Xiu and Fufang surrendered, and most of the food, drinking water, and firewood in the city were destroyed by flash floods.

Even though Cao Ren has the courage of heaven and man, he has no confidence to defend Fancheng at this moment.

Just when Cao Ren was hesitant, Man Chong shouted sharply: "Cao Tai, you are a small captain, how dare you talk nonsense about military affairs here, why don't you retreat quickly!"

If Cao Tai was not Cao Ren's eldest son, Man Chong would kill Cao Tai immediately.

Cao Tai looked annoyed and stopped talking.

However, Man Chong ignored Cao Tai and instead gave Cao Ren an admonishment: "General, today's mountain torrent is raging because of Guan Yu's interception of the river."

"I expect this flash flood to come and go quickly. Now that the heavy rain has stopped, the water level will be reduced by half in a day at most."

"If you escape overnight, you will play into Guan Yu's hands. General, please hold on and don't think of abandoning the city again!"

Cao Tai was scolded by Man Chong and felt dissatisfied: "Even if the water level drops by half tomorrow, we are still trapped in the city, and our chance of even abandoning the city and escaping is cut off."

Man Chong scolded: "What do you know? The water level dropped by half, and the mountain torrent outside the city became Fancheng's natural moat."

"Although we can't get out, Guan Yu can't get in either! Even though we are trapped in Fancheng, it can still arouse the soldiers' determination to fight to the death."

"Guan Yu stormed Fancheng today and wanted to fight at night. He must also be worried about the sharp drop in water levels tomorrow."

"If I hadn't looked at General Zhengnan's face, I would have killed you today to correct military regulations!"

Seeing the strange expression on Cao Tai's face, the generals also hesitated.

Man Chong then ordered people to push his white horse into the mountain torrent outside the city, and swore: "Today I drown the white horse and swear that I will live and die with you!"

"As a minister, you must die for the country! How can you follow the example of Jin, Hu Xiu, and Fu Fang, who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and have been reviled for thousands of years?"

The expressions of all the generals changed, and they all felt ashamed.

When Cao Ren saw this, he also looked up to the sky and laughed, broke his arrow and swore: "Everyone in history has been willing to die for the country. As a member of the Wei King's clan, how can I be greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"Today, I, Cao Ren, am willing to live and die with you all. If I violate my oath, I will shoot you like this!" "Anyone who retreats will be killed even if he is my own son!"

The generals were awe-inspiring, and Cao Tai felt ashamed in his heart. He angrily swore: "My child is willing to live and die with Fancheng. If he violates this oath, both heaven and man will be killed!"

outside the city.

Zhuge Qiao couldn't help frowning when he saw Man Dou Shen's White Horse swearing: "Man Dou Shen's White Horse swears, this means he has seen through the intention of the prince."

"The heavy rain has stopped now, and the water accumulated in the interception has almost been released. Tomorrow the water level will drop sharply, and it will be difficult to attack Fancheng again."

"None of these Cao Wei veterans is simple."

"To break Fancheng, we have to find another way."

Guan Yu also noticed the change in Fancheng's morale. Not only did his morale not drop sharply due to the half-day attack, but he became more determined to fight to the death.

It's Xu time.

Guan Yu saw that the sky was dark and all the soldiers at the top of the city were fighting to the death, so he led his troops to retreat.

If he was sure that Fancheng could be captured tonight, Guan Yu would naturally not want to retreat; since he was sure that Fancheng could not be captured, Guan Yu did not want his soldiers to fall into the water due to exhaustion.

Cao Ren and others were on land, while Guan Yu's troops were on the water. The level of danger was incomparable.

When Guan Yu returned to the camp, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Although they took advantage of the water force to capture Yu Jin today, they failed to capture Fancheng and achieved full success. Instead, the water force became Fancheng's geographical advantage.

"Are you worried that Fan City will be difficult to defeat?" Seeing Guan Yu's worries, Zhuge Qiao had a guess in his mind.

Guan Yu nodded: "Aqiao asked this, and he must have understood the favorable location of Fancheng. With the water outside Fancheng blocking it, we will not be able to attack the city for at least a month."

"Although Yu Jin was captured today, as long as Fancheng is still in Cao Ren's hands, Cao Cao's reinforcements will come again."

"Now whether to advance or retreat, Guan is hesitant in his heart."

Zhuge Qiao had already made a plan: "Although there is water in Fancheng that prevents our army from attacking the city, it also prevents Cao Ren from leaving the city."

"This is Cao Ren's geographical advantage, and it is also our army's geographical advantage!"

"After Yu Jin was captured, Cao Cao could only mobilize three troops, one in Chang'an, one in Juchao, and one in Xudu."

"As for these three troops, Xudu's soldiers dare not move without permission, and the distance between Chang'an and Juchao's soldiers is too far."

"I thought we could put up false flags at Sizhong and Weitou to act as a suspect. After hearing the news, Cao Ren would not dare to risk leaving the city."

"At the same time, block the Han-Mian waterway and be on guard against surprise attacks by Lu Chang from Xiangyang and Wenpin from Jiangxia."

"The prince himself brought heavy troops to Yancheng to create a momentum of attacking Xudu. Xu Huang from Wancheng will definitely take risks to stop the prince after hearing the news."

"Before the rest of Cao Cao's reinforcements arrive, defeat Xu Huang's lone army first!"

Before breaking the ban, Zhuge Qiao's thinking seemed active, but in fact it was still fixed on the historical trajectory of flooding the seven armies and crossing the river in white clothes and he did not dare to make plans easily.

After experiencing heavy rains and flash floods for more than ten days, Zhuge Qiao's thinking gradually relaxed from the fixed historical trajectory.

Soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape.

If you solidify your thinking, you can only wait for a fighting opportunity, and the waiting opportunity may not be something Zhuge Qiao can control.

Just like this continuous rainstorm, if it had not been for the half-life battle experience of Yu Rongma, the seven armies that were flooded would be the friendly forces that were flooded.

Seeing that Zhuge Qiao's words and deeds were a little more spiritual than before, and his tactical layout was more reasonable, Guan Yu subconsciously stroked his beard, and Danfeng's eyes were filled with admiration.

　Two updates is too few, let’s go to three updates

　　
  　
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