The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Shi Bei led 3,000 cavalrymen to the south bank of Sishui to block the Lu army in Rencheng. Wei Cuo ordered the captain beside him: "You take 1,000 people to build five more arrow towers in the east!" - Yes.

The main force of the Lu army was also rushing to Sangcheng at this time. Sima Caoyue saw that the marching speed was a bit slow, and shouted loudly: "The whole army should move forward quickly and must reach Sangcheng by noon!"

A scout came over and said: "Sima Lord, the Wei army has built a large number of arrow towers and barriers around Sangcheng. Our army cannot enter Sangcheng and can only camp at Sishui!"

Sima Caoyue thought for a while and said: "Divide the troops into two parts, order one part to camp 20 miles away from Sangcheng, led by me personally, Ji Yong, you take a total of 30,000 people to camp on the banks of the Sishui River, so that we can form a horn and support each other!"

Deputy General Ji Yong asked: "Sima Lord, can't our army send a detachment to directly support Sangcheng?" Sima Caoyue explained: "Sangcheng has been surrounded by the enemy. If our army had gone to support it last time, we might have suffered heavy casualties! So we didn't go to support it." Ji Yong asked again: "Sima Lord, how can we defeat the enemy?"

Sima Caoyue replied: "Attack from three sides. I will lead the army to fight the Wei army from the front. You take the opportunity to attack the left wing of the Wei army, and immediately send people to Rencheng to ask the Rencheng garrison to attack the rear of the Wei army! This will surely defeat the Wei army!" Ji Yong praised: "Sima Lord, this is a good plan!"

In the Wei army camp, Wei Cuo took the intelligence from the scout and said to the generals: "Everyone, the main force of the Lu army has arrived near Sangcheng, with a total of 80,000 troops. The Lu army is divided into two places, one stationed in Sangcheng. Twenty miles from the city, there is another one stationed on the Sishui River. There are a total of 30,000 Lu troops stationed on the Sishui River, and a total of 50,000 Lu troops stationed 20 miles away from the three cities. Do you have any plans to defeat the enemy? "

A lieutenant general said: "General, we can first send an army to contain the Lu troops near Sangcheng, and then send the main force to directly annihilate the Lu troops on the Sishui River. This way, we can avoid the Lu army's two-sided attack on our army!"

After listening, Wei Cuo nodded and said: "That's fine, but our army only has 50,000 people, so it's a bit difficult to contain them. Since the Lu army is stationed on the Sishui River, we can use water to attack. The Lu army is stationed on the Sishui River, which is downstream, and we can Build a dam upstream, so we can use water attack to eliminate the Lu army on the banks of the Sishui River. Then we will fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Lu army. Our army will confront the Lu army from the front, and send cavalry to attack the flank of the Lu army, and we will surely defeat it! "

A deputy general asked: "General, what about the defenders in Sangcheng? It will be difficult if they go out of the city to attack our rear"

Wei Cuo smiled and said: "This is why I built so many arrow towers and barriers around Shangcheng. If the enemy wants to go out of the city to fight, they must pass through these arrow towers and barriers, and our soldiers guarding the arrow towers and barriers can cut off the Lu army one by one and eliminate them bit by bit. If they want to evacuate, they must go out through this gap, andThis is the place where I leave them to die!"

Wei Cuo said again: "Order 10,000 people to guard the fortress and arrow tower, I will personally lead 40,000 troops and 7,000 cavalry to fight the Lu army. Tonight, you will lead 3,000 soldiers to build a river dam upstream to prepare to flood the Lu army!" - Yes!

Rencheng, the Rencheng garrison received the order and ordered: "Join the army and go to Sangcheng immediately." - Yes!

Upstream of Sishui, a group of Wei soldiers were moving wood and transporting soil, and the river was half blocked. A Wei army lieutenant looked around and said to the centurion on the side: "Ask the brothers to hurry up! "Quick, block this place, and add a few more stones. The trees in the surrounding woods were cut down by the Wei soldiers to block the river. Several Wei soldiers mixed mud and small stones and applied them to the river dam. ...

In the Wei army camp, a soldier came in and said to Wei Cuo: "General, the Lu army has issued a declaration of war." Wei Cuo settled the account book and threw it directly into the brazier beside him, saying: "Hang up the exemption from war sign, we will not fight for the next few days and have a good rest. Order the whole army to relax for the next few days, do what they should do, and go fishing by the Si River." The captain next to him asked: "General, it seems that hanging up the exemption from war sign cannot prevent the enemy from attacking. What if we rest for a few days and the enemy suddenly attacks? ”

Wei Cuo laughed and said: "Lu has always followed the Zhou Li. According to the Zhou Li, if the enemy army hangs a banner of exemption from war, we cannot attack, so Lu will not take the opportunity to attack us. Lu is a stubborn person and still follows the Zhou Li. It is ridiculous. Since they follow the Zhou Li so much, let our army rest for a few days, and it will not be too late to fight the Lu army again."

"——Yes!

In the Lu army camp, Sima Cao Yue listened to the soldiers' complaints and said to the generals on the side: "The enemy army hangs a banner of exemption from war, so our army can no longer attack. Order the whole army to rest for a few days until the other side is willing to fight with our army. "A general hurriedly said: "Sima sir, now is not the past. Now these Zhou Li are not important at all. Wars between countries have long been about deception and fraud. What if the enemy army attacks our army? And since the enemy army hangs a banner of exemption from war, our army can also attack them! ”

Sima Cao Yue said sternly: "My Lu State has always followed the Zhou Li, how could it be possible to violate the requirements of the Zhou Li? Since the enemy army has hung up the banner of exemption from war, then our army can no longer attack them, and since Wei State may not be trustworthy, then our army should be well prepared, why do we need to launch a sneak attack! Don't say such things again in the future!"

A few days later, it rained heavily in the sky. Wei Cuo looked at the heavy rain and said to the captain beside him: "God helps me. You go to the Lu army camp again and tell them that we will rest for a few more days. After all, it is raining, what's the point of fighting! It's not too late to fight after the rain stops." - Yes!

Just as the captain was about to go out, Wei Cuo stopped him again: "Tell the generals to come to my tent to discuss matters quickly!" - Yes!

After the generals came in, Wei Cuo said to the generals: "Everyone, it is raining heavily now, and the water level of the Si River will definitely rise, so tonight we will attack the Lu army by water!" ——Yes!

At night, thousands of Wei soldiers came to the river dam, and a general said: "Dig!" Thousands of Wei soldiers took shovels and started to dig the river dam. The river water was almost overflowing. When several gaps appeared in the river dam, the general of the Wei army shouted: "Okay, stop digging, a thousand-mile dam is destroyed by an ant hole, come up quickly! "Sure enough, the river water had several gaps to flow out, and the dam gradually failed. With a bang, the dam collapsed, and the turbulent river rushed downstream!

The Lu army in the Sishui military camp was sleeping, because the Wei army came again and said that due to the rain, the war would be delayed for a few days, so the whole military camp showed signs of laxity, as if they came here for a picnic, not for a war. Several Lu soldiers guarding the camp gate were also drowsy. One soldier was still complaining: "Why am I here to guard the camp in such a heavy rain, how could the enemy come to attack!" Suddenly the whole earth was shaking, like a thousand horses galloping, and a Lu soldier saw a black tide rushing towards them. He suddenly understood what this was, and hurriedly shouted: "The river is coming! Run! ”

The river water easily broke through the defense measures of the military camp, and the Lu army was submerged in the river without knowing it. The entire military camp was in a mess. Some soldiers were choked by the river water and struggled in the water, trying to find a place to land. Help! Save me! The 30,000-strong army was annihilated by the Wei army's water attack.

In the Lu army camp, Sima Cao Yue took over the battle report, his eyes red, and ordered: "Attack the Wei army immediately!" As soon as the voice fell, a soldier rushed in and said: "General, the Wei army has already deployed its battle formation and has already killed in front of our military camp!" Sima Cao Yue ordered: "Go out of the camp to meet the enemy!"

It was still raining in the sky, but the war had already begun. The Wei army's battle formation had already been ready. Wei Cuo stood on the chariot and saw that the Lu army had already deployed its battle formation and ordered: "The whole army attacks! "Kill, kill~~

The Wei army marched in neat steps and gradually approached the Lu army. The formation of the Lu army was still the formation of the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, chariots in front and infantry in the back. Sima Cao Yue saw that the Wei army was actually infantry coming, and laughed: "Chariot troops, charge the Wei army formation!" Hundreds of chariots came and rushed towards the Wei army, and the Wei army suddenly stopped at a point. Wei Cuo picked up the red flag and said: "Bowmen, prepare, shoot!" In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, and many of the Lu chariot troops fell down in an instant, and some chariots even crashed into their own chariots. But it was impossible to stop the charge of the chariot troops!

Just when the chariot troops were still seventy steps away from the Wei army, the chariots in front suddenly sank, and the chariots behind had no time to stop and fell into the big pit. Wei Cuo saw that the chariot troops of the Lu army were in chaos, and hurriedly ordered: "The whole army attacks! "Kill, kill~~

The Wei army attacked the Lu army's chariot troops. The soldiers on the Lu army's chariots had to get off the chariots and fight with the Wei army. The Wei army soldiers fought ten to one and slaughtered the Lu army crazily.Soldiers, the Lu army was retreating step by step. Wei Cuo waved his hand and said, "Soldiers, follow me to kill!" A Lu army general hurriedly shouted, "Form a formation! Quickly cut into a defensive formation!" Hundreds of army soldiers immediately formed a defensive formation under the command of the general, but the Wei army still relied on its strong combat power to directly break through the Lu army's formation. The Lu army's resistance seemed like a rag that broke at the touch. At this time, the Lu army was already timid and fled.

Sima Cao Yue in the rear was not careful, because he still had two trump cards to play. The deputy general Ji Yong said hurriedly: "Master Sima, the chariot troops have been defeated. Should our army go up to support them?" Cao Yue smiled and said: "Don't worry, this chariot unit is used to contain the Wei army. When the defenders of Rencheng and Sangcheng come out to fight, we can attack from both sides and annihilate the Wei army! You take 5,000 people to support them, try to delay the attack of the Wei army, and wait for the defenders of Rencheng to come." - Yes!

The Sangcheng defender also learned that the main force of the Wei army had been contained, so he ordered: "Soldiers, follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!" The gates of Sangcheng were wide open, and more than 5,000 Lu soldiers followed the Sangcheng defenders out of the city, but what greeted them was the crazy output of more than a dozen arrow towers against them. The Wei soldiers on the arrow towers and ramparts held the Shenbi bow and kept shooting at the Lu army. When the general of Sangcheng tried to retreat back to the city because they could not break through, a Wei army attacked them, and a cavalry of more than a thousand people also rushed towards them.

The general of Sangcheng said to the soldiers after seeing this: "Soldiers, which direction should we retreat to!" The Sangcheng defenders followed their general and immediately fled to the gap. As a result, as soon as they entered the gap, they found that it was full of Wei army's arrow towers and barriers, and the gap was the opening that let them in!

On a rampart, a Wei general held a yellow flag and said with a smile: "Shoot!" The crossbow carts and crossbows on the rampart shot arrows crazily. The Sangcheng defender escaped under the protection of several soldiers, while the Lu soldiers surrounded inside were slaughtered by the Wei army. Some Lu soldiers even put down their weapons but were still shot by the Wei army. The whole encirclement was full of wailing and begging for mercy. A Wei general drew out his sharp blade and said: "Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"...

The Rencheng defenders were rushing to Sangcheng. Suddenly, a cavalry unit blocked their way. The leading general said: "Everyone, I have been waiting here for a long time!"

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