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While Sima Yi was hurrying on his way, Zhang He's army finally set off from Wushi and followed the Jing River to Linjing.
Linjing, as the name suggests, is located on the Yangtze River of Jingshui River. It is also the administrative seat of Anding County.
Liangzhou is already wild, and urban construction everywhere cannot keep up with the Central Plains.
But Linjing is an exception.
On the one hand, it is the seat of Anding County, and on the other hand, it is also because Linjing is a strategic location on the upper reaches of Jingshui River.
When it was first established, it was to restrain the eastward advance of the Qiang and Hu and to defend Chang'an.
Therefore, Linjing City was fortified and deep, and when Cao Cao raised his troops this time, it was also used as an important rear town to support the front line.
However, now in order to prevent Liu Ke's main force from continuing to advance westward, Cao Cao has stationed his army in the Yiju and Yinpan areas.
Linjing, the rear area, was guarded by Xiahou Dun.
Who knows, what Cao Cao never expected was that he and Liu Ke's main force had not yet taken over.
Linjing, deep behind, was threatened first.
Ma Chao went down the river with great momentum, and arrived at the foot of Linjing City in just a few days.
Xiahou Dun was Cao Cao's number one general. He followed him since he started his army, and he was very loyal to Cao Cao.
So Ma Chao understood that it was absolutely impossible for him to persuade him to surrender.
Rather than wasting words, it would be better to take advantage of this time to make siege equipment and capture Linjing City as early as possible.
And Xiahou Dun's scouts also detected Ma Chao's existence early.
Therefore, Xiahou Dun was prepared in advance, and in the past few days he was concentrating on stabilizing the city defense to welcome the enemy's arrival.
At the same time, he also immediately compiled a book and sent it to Cao Cao's base camp, stating his interests and asking for support.
But Cao Cao still has to meet Liu Ke's main army at this moment, and his hands are already stretched. There are no extra soldiers to support Xiahou Dun.
Therefore, he asked Xiahou Dun to hold on for the time being, and then go to support him when he was behind.
After receiving the order, Xiahou Dun sighed helplessly and had no choice but to bite the bullet.
At this time, Xiahou Dun had a total of 30,000 troops in Linjing City, relying on the strong city to deal with Ma Chao's 50,000 troops.
It wasn¡¯t too difficult, but he had already heard about the power of the enemy¡¯s siege equipment from the defeated deserters of Wushi.
So, I still have some worries in my heart.
But Zhang Ji beside him said: "General, don't worry. Although the enemy's siege equipment is powerful, as long as they are kept out, they will naturally not threaten us."
Xiahou Dun was overjoyed when he heard this, and even one of his eyes shone brightly.
"Oh, does De Rong have any clever ideas?"
Zhang Ji then continued: "I heard that the enemy's siege equipment has a shortcoming, that is, it moves slowly and has high terrain requirements.
We excavated the land outside the city into pits and diverted Jing water for irrigation, making it even more muddy and difficult to walk through.
By then, the siege equipment will not be able to enter, and naturally it will no longer be a threat to the city!
" Moreover, when the opponent is building roads, our army will go out of the city to harass the opponent, affecting the opponent's progress.
???????? Not to say too much, one or two months can definitely be delayed.
As long as Ma Chao's army is trapped here, the king will be relieved of the threat of enemies from both sides. "
"Hahahaha, De Rong is such a capable minister! Send the order and immediately excavate the land three miles outside the city.
And he diverted water from Jing for irrigation, so I spent it with him in Linjing! "
Cao Cao's soldiers were so numerous that they dug pits and devastation outside Linjing City in just two days.
Those who didn¡¯t know would have thought that this place had already experienced a war!
Moreover, Xiahou Dun also dug up the dike upstream of the Jingshui River, drawing a stream of water from there to flood the outside of the city.
Since Linjing City is close to Jingshui River, sufficient planning was done during construction.
Its terrain is the highest in the surrounding area, so even if the outside of the city is covered, it will still not affect the inside of the city at all.
Therefore, when Ma Chao rushed to Linjing City, he saw an unexpected scene.
There was a vast country in front of him, with only an isolated city standing in the middle, welcoming his arrival.
Ma Chao sent someone down to give it a try, only to find that the seemingly calm water was actually full of potholes and traps.
This is like a natural moat, but it is three miles wide, making it difficult to pass.
"This Xiahou Dun is really ruthless! He actually started such a battle!"
Ma Chao sighed helplessly.
Pang Tong, who came with him to investigate, did not expect that the other party would do something like this.
For a time, even though he was very resourceful, he did not immediately think of a way to crack it.
Therefore, the army had to station down first, and then attack again after having a good strategy to break the city.
In fact, after Ma Chao arrived in Linjing, he was no longer so anxious.
Although I was restricted here by Xiahou Dun, I couldn't rush to join Liu Ke.
But the other side also has to send out a lot of troops.
Liu Ke already had enough troops and food. He would not have more than 50,000 troops and horses, but he would not have much if he had less than 50,000 troops.
But Cao Cao was different. He originally had a small army, and Xiahou Dun was stationed here and could not move.
? Then there will be less available in your hands.
So on the surface it seems that Xiahou Dun trapped Ma Chao, but in fact Ma Chao also trapped Xiahou Dun.
It¡¯s hard to say who has the upper hand.
Ma Chao didn¡¯t understand it at first, but it was only after Pang Tong¡¯s explanation that he finally realized it.
In this case, Ma Chao was no longer anxious, and instead stopped outside the city with peace of mind, showing no signs of impatience.
After a few days like this, Xiahou Dun couldn't sit still.
The other side was besieging but not attacking. They sent a few sergeants here every day to observe the whereabouts of the water, but nothing about the environment outside the city was revealed.
And after Xiahou Dun destroyed the ground outside the city, his troops could not leave the city to harass.
On the contrary, it made him passive.
Zhang Ji, who originally came up with the idea, never expected that something like this would happen.
Afraid that Xiahou Dun would hold him accountable, he did not dare to say another word.
Ma Chao can send people to act arbitrarily outside the city and bring everything outside the city under his control.
¡° Moreover, Pang Tong finally had a strategy to defeat the enemy and approached Ma Chao that night.
"Shi Yuan, seeing the joy on your brow, could it be that you already have an idea?"
After this period of cooperation, the relationship between the two gradually became closer, and even the names were not as formal as before.
Pang Tong smiled and said: "It seems that I still can't escape Meng Qi's eyes! Yes, I have already thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy!"
"Oh, please give me a try!" Ma Chao quickly asked him to sit down and humbly asked Pang Tong for advice.
"Actually, I have been thinking about a question in the past two days. Linjing is already a fortified city, so why bother?
Make the periphery look like this. Now I finally figured out that Xiahou Dun wanted to drag us here.
In order to reduce the pressure on Cao Cao in the rear! "(Remember the website address of this website: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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