Chapter 91 Catch it

"The boat home, the boat home." Xia Hou Dun was overjoyed and waved desperately. It doesn't matter whether your fierce dress will scare others.

Although the weather has cleared up and the sun has begun to shine, due to a heavy rain, the river is very turbulent, and the public ship's slurry shook very hard. It took a long time to lean over. This made Cao Shen and others burn their eyebrows anxiously. They were afraid that they would pat it slowly, and the pursuers behind them rushed up.

"What are the orders of several military masters?" After seeing more than a dozen people on the shore dressed and embarrassed, the boatman was a little nervous. He did not lean the boat ashore, but shouted loudly not far away.

"The boatman comes here, as long as you help some people cross the other side of the river, there will be a lot of rewards." Xiahou Dun touched his body for a long time, but he couldn't find a golden leaf. He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

"Scient soldiers, you also know the current. How can Caomin's broken wooden boat be rocked to the other side?"

Cao Hen and the Xiahou brothers looked at the river and felt that what the boatman said was very reasonable. If they agreed, things would be a little strange. Cao Wei looked behind him. Fortunately, there was no trace of the enemy. He said helplessly, "Is there any way to get through it?"

"Ten miles downstream, there is a place called Goma Beach, where the water level is shallow and the speed is not very fast, but it can be crossed."

"If you lean over the boat, you can go to Goma Beach first, and then cross to the other side."

The boatman hesitated again and looked at Cao Yan on the shore. After a while, he stammered, "It's nothing to cross it. It's just that you have a total of more than a dozen military masters, plus horses. It's impossible to finish it all at once."

Xia Houyuan also asked anxiously, "How many people can go?"

The boatman stretched out three fingers and rowed, and then said, "At most, only three people can add one horse."

"Well, you can row a few more times, and I will get a reward."

"All right." The boatman smiled on his dark face and looked very happy. After a while, he ran the boat down.

Xia Houyuan was the first to jump up, and then helped Cao down with Xia Hou Dun one after the other.

As soon as Cao's feet stepped on the boat board, he swayed. He was so scared that he screamed and shouted, "The boatman, stay steady."

The boatman still smiled and said, "Sy generals may not be on the boat at ordinary times, right? Optimous from your actions just now, you will definitely be shaken like that. Sit down. The grass is going to row a boat.

"It's more stable." Cao was shocked and undetermined.

"I will." The boatman shouted loudly, "Get up." As the bamboo pole opened, the boat left the shoal. With the direction of the river, it began to drift down, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

This boat is a good means. The ability of the pulp is really first-class. In the turbulent current, it is used like flying, and it is safe to go down the stream, and nothing happened. The boatman sang the ballad freely, but the three people on the ship were dizzy and nauseated.

At this moment, the boatman suddenly stopped singing and asked with a laugh, "Are the three soldiers Cao's soldiers?"

Cao Qian was stunned and forced to cheer up and said, "How can the boatman guess like this?"

"The accent you say is the people around Yanzhou."

Cao Wei faintly felt a little bad and said, "Have you seen the Hebei Army?"

"Of course, you can often see the Hebei army patrolling on this river during this period." As if he hadn't seen Cao's gloomy face, the boatman continued to say happily.

"Oh? Boatman, can you avoid the Hebei army? How is the Goma Ferry?

"Not necessarily, it depends on luck."

These words made Cao and the three of them jump again. Is it possible that they just came out of the tiger's mouth and entered the wolf's nest again?

After rowing for a while, I saw that the water was getting slower and slower, and the speed began to slow down. The boatman's smile became brighter and brighter, and his eyes flashed with an inexplicable light and said, "Three soldiers, the one in the middle is not tall, his eyes are small, and his beard should be Cao Jian. As for the other two, they should be the Xiahou brothers.

"Aren't you a boatman?" Xia Houyuan already felt that something was wrong. He suddenly drew his sword and said angrily.

"Hahaha, three military masters, enjoy it." After saying this, the boatman suddenly threw down the wood pulp, jumped into the river, and jumped directly. The remaining three dry ducks looked shocked. Look at me, I look at you. On the contrary, Xiahou Yuan moved fast enough. He immediately returned the sword to the sheath, grabbed the wood pulp, and tried his best to paddge the water to control. Unfortunately, Xiahou Yuan's horse kung fu was first-class, but rowing was really not what he was good at. The boat kept spinning in the water, shaking for a long time, and did not move forward a few meters.

At this moment, the water suddenly sounded one after another, and then the hull of the boat began to shake fiercely. Before the three of them understood what was going on, the whole wooden boat completely overturned.

Cao Yan, Xia Hou Yuan and Xia Hou Dun fell into the water at the first time. Due to the weight of the armor, they did not have a head and sank directly.

"Caught a big fish, get up the net." With a happy voice, a big head appeared in the river, with a happy smile on his face. Isn't Gan Ning and who is it?

... The battle of Guandu affected the whole trend of the Central Plains.

Hebei has repeatedly designed traps step by step, and finally tempted Cao's elites to sneak up on the black nest. As a result, it can be imagined that Cao Qian suffered the biggest defeat since the rise of the army. The Guandu camp, which had been operating painstakingly for half a time, was broken. Cao Qian's younger brother Cao De, the eldest son Cao Ang, and the fifth son Cao Xiong were killed one after another. The clan generals Xia Hou Shang, Xia Houjie, Cao Ling and Cao Meng were killed in the battle. More than ten members of his generals, including Li Tong, Shi Lu, Mao Wei, Qin Lang and Liu Jing were defeated one after another. The halberd sinks in the sand. Guandu's nearly 100,000 defenders, in the fierce attack of the Hebei army all night, persisted for less than four days, then the whole line was defeated. Except for Cao Hong and Cheng Yu, who led thousands of guards to evacuate, more than tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in the battle, and countless soldiers were surrendered. When Liu Ye, Wang Lang, Wang Su, Jiang Ji and others retreated, they were captured by the traitorous and surrendered soldiers.

If this is the case alone, perhaps Cao's Group still has the hope of a comeback. But to make matters worse, Cao Jian, the leading flag figure, was captured alive on the spot by Gan Ning, who pretended to be a fisherman at the Yellow River ferry. Including the fierce generals Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, they could not escape bad luck. They completely became prisoners and were secretly imprisoned by He Chen.

As soon as the news of Cao's arrest came out, it shocked the whole Cao army. The morale swered to the freezing point. In addition, the eldest son was killed in battle. It became a big problem about who replaced Cao's position. There are supporting the second son, Cao Pi, the third son, Cao Zhi, etc. According to their respective words, the power groups are inevitably forced to fall apart.

Officer Cao was defeated, and the Northern Army was even more unstoppable. After sweeping away the fallen leaves with the autumn wind, he drove down the Yellow River for a long time. The whole Central Plains shook, and the whole world was shocked. After more than ten years of chaos in the Central Plains, I finally saw the dawn of unification. Among the remnants of Cao's army, it was forbidden to surrender, Cao Ren retreated, and the counties of Hanoi, Dong'a, Xudi and Chenliu fell in the wind. Overnight, He Chen's land was nearly a thousand miles away, and his power extended into Yanzhou and Sizhou, including Luoyang and even the whole territory of Qingzhou.

Cao Jun, a core figure, in order to avoid He Chen's edge, had to return to Runan, Yuzhou, and was ready to revive.

By now, the general trend of the world has begun to be completely clear. He Chen broke through the power of the official's victory, sat in the four states of Hebei, swept Yan, Yu, and took the whole territory of Qingzhou, and almost included almost two-thirds of the territory of China into his arms. The limelight was infinite for a while. The return of small princes everywhere is like bamboo shoots springing up after rain, and Luoluo is endless. There are countless officials who come to Taiyuan to worship, just like the Lord of the River. They were convinced by He Chen's strong force and had to think about their future.

And now only the Cao Group is trapped in Runan and Shouchun. Although Liu Bia has seven counties, he has actually faintly felt a strong threat from the north; while Sun Jian, although there are 81 prefectures in six counties in Jiangdong, plus parts of Yangzhou, compared with the whole Hebei and the Central Plains, he can only be in a corner, with a lot of difference. As for Liu Zhang, before he felt the shock brought by He Chen, he had already felt the murderous atmosphere from Guanzhong. Not long after Ma Teng settled Chang'an, under the signal of He Chen, he began to use troops against Shu from the land of Qinchuan.

Just as the whole Central Plains looked up and wondered whether the Northern Army would work out and go south to Yuzhou to completely eliminate Cao's forces, He Chen suddenly stopped and returned to the court. It's not that he doesn't want to take the opportunity to go down, but this war has been fought for too long. Although the four prefectures of Hebei still support the supplies and grain needed for the war, the soldiers are poor, the morale is exhausted, and there are many homesick thoughts. In addition, the northern army goes far to the south, which is not what He Chen expected, at least not at present.

Soon, He Chen went to the court to appoint Zhao Yun as the general of Zhennan and the Marquis of Zhending. He led 50,000 troops and stationed in Yingchuan, leaving Gao Lan on the front line of Zhen Runan. Hao Zhao was the left and right deputy, restraining the inside and outside. At the same time, Deng Zhi was appointed as the herdsman of Yanzhou, allowing him to assist Zhao Yun, in charge of the resumption of production, and the resettlement of many internal affairs of the people. Then, He Chen worshipped Wei Yan as the general of Zhendong, and also led 50,000 troops, supplemented by Ma Dai, Zhao Jun and others. Dong Zhao, who is becoming more and more loyal, is the herdsman of Qingzhou to deal with internal affairs. Later, Tian Yu and Tian Chou were sent to Youzhou, temporarily under Zhang Liao's subordinates, prepared for two years, and then transferred back to Zhang Liao to promote the two to the top, in case of Xianbei, Wuwan and other aliens.

He Chen's painstakingly managing the two places of Henan and Qingzhou is obvious. He wanted to use these two places as a springboard to get out of the fortress and prepare for the beginning of the next year. After the rotating soldiers came, he would let the two generals go south to completely destroy the Cao's group and not give them a chance to rest and recuperate.

From the moment he broke through Guandu, He Chen knew that the battle had been achieved and had been overfulfilled. Originally, I just wanted to destroy Cao Hen's living force, break up his elite troops, and pave the way for the next southward, but I didn't expect to capture Cao Hen in a battle. That's too much significance. Cao Jian was captured, and the main force of his company would not die in battle, or surrender, and the remaining few stubborn people would go to prison. In particular, Xu Zhenhumenwei and Cao Chun's "tiger and leopard cavalry" were killed by the whole army, and there was no scum left, leaving Cao's elite strength empty.

Who else can resist their steps to the south now?

(to be continued)