The next day, the rain stopped, but the sky was still covered with dark clouds.

The mood of the soldiers of Pingyang defenders was as gloomy as the weather. They looked at the wilderness after the flood and the disappeared Zhou army camp in the southern suburbs of Fenqu, and felt a chill on their backs.

Yesterday afternoon, a sudden flood swept across the Fen River. Pingyang City was protected by the city walls, but the Zhou army camped in Fenqu was in trouble.

Now, although Pingyang is not sure about the casualties of the Zhou army, looking at the location of the Zhou camp where nothing is left, everyone understands that the Zhou army is over and Pingyang will no longer have reinforcements.

Some soldiers had not figured out how this flood came about, but many generals had actually understood that the upper reaches and the Fenshui River Valley must have been occupied by the Chu army.

The other party must have built a dam at a certain section of the river valley to store water, and then carried out a water attack.

The Zhou army was washed away by the flood, and the connection between Pingyang and Jinyang was also interrupted.

The Fenshui River Valley is a narrow and long valley running north and south, and is an important channel connecting north and south in the Hedong region. Since the Chu army can build dams in the river valley to store water, it can block this channel and cut off the Hedong region in half.

Pingyang is no longer saved because there will be no reinforcements; Jinyang is no longer saved.

More and more people figured out this. The Qi army soldiers on the city wall looked at the Chu army camp in the east and felt powerless.

The opponent easily destroyed the Zhou army camp. How long can Pingyang City be defended next?

Just when the defenders were in a state of uneasy, the Chu army attacked.

But the Chu army pushed more than a dozen large cars and stopped about two hundred steps east of Pingyang City, lined up in a row.

It seems that they are going to attack the city. These dozen cars are siege equipment?

The defenders were not sure what was wrong with these big cars, but they also took action and began to prepare for war to deal with the upcoming offensive of the Chu army.

Although the lonely city without reinforcements is difficult to defend, Pingyang may be defeated in the end, but if you open the door and surrender without a few battles, many people cannot overcome the hurdle in their hearts.

Pingyang is located on the border between Qi and Zhou countries and is the gateway to Jinyang. After years of war, the city walls are tall and thick. Not only are they gathering a large number of troops, but they also stockpiled a lot of food and grass.

Even if you stand alone, as long as you deal with it properly, you can still defend for a while. How could you be scared by a flood and open the door to surrender?

The defenders were preparing for the battle. The dark clouds in the sky became thinner and the sunlight leaked from the cracks of the clouds, illuminating the earth.

But it sounded like a bolt from the blue.

At the forefront of the Chu army formation outside the city, thunder sounded loudly, and at the same time, thick smoke gushed and the fire flashed. The soldiers on the east wall of Pingyang felt the ground under their feet vibrate, and then the dust flew.

It seemed that a heavy hammer hit the city wall hard, causing the city wall to tremble, and its strength was so strong that the rammed earth wall was smashed to "smoke".

Someone poked his head out and looked at the situation outside the city wall. After seeing it clearly, he was stunned: but he saw that there were several places outside the rammed earth wall collapsed, revealing pits.

The thunder sounded again, and thick smoke and fire burst out from the Chu army formation, and dust continued to rise from the east wall of Pingyang and trembled.

The defenders on the wall were frightened to find that the collapse on the outside of the city wall began to be serious, and the enemy carried out direct and effective damage to the city wall in an incredible way.

With a distance of more than 200 steps, even if they had a catapult, they could not effectively suppress the enemy's siege equipment. The other party could calmly destroy the city wall and continue like this...

The third round of "Boom from the Blue" came again. This time, it not only hit the city wall, but also hit the arrows on the wall. With a "bang", a large gap suddenly appeared in a female wall at the top of the city wall.

It seemed that something was whistling by. While destroying the female wall, it also "made" the soldiers standing behind the female wall split, and their remaining limbs and arms flew away.

This scene shook the fighting will of the defenders, and their faces were as white as paper.

The power of the enemy's siege equipment was so terrifying that they realized that not only flesh and blood, even the thick rammed earth wall would not last long.

After a while, more than ten Chu cavalry came to the city gate. The terrified defenders did not bend their bows and arrows, but watched the cavalry approach the city gate silently.

The war can't be fought anymore, and it will only kill people in vain. The defenders knew that these Chu soldiers must have come to persuade them to surrender, so there was no need to shoot arrows.

Sure enough, the Chu cavalry came to the city gate, shot out the letter of persuasion, and shouted loudly to the defenders at the city gate: "Everyone, Pingyang cannot defend it. Open the door quickly and surrender, and surrender without killing it!"

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On the west bank of the Yellow River, in the Tongzhou of Zhou, the large tent inside the military camp outside the city. Yuwen Hu, the Otsutoku, looked anxiously and said, "Yubi City is lost, and the Chu army's vanguard is approaching Puban."

This news was like a bolt from the blue, which made Yuwen Hu feel a little confused.

Puban is the location of Pujin, the Yellow River and Hejin, and is across the river from Tongzhou. If the army coming from Hedong wants to enter Guanzhong, it must cross the river in Pujin.

With a "bang", Yuwen Hu threw the urgent report to the ground, and then walked back and forth, feeling very anxious.

A few days ago, Wei Xiaokuan, who led his army to confront the Chu army in Pingyang, requested the court to mobilize the army immediately to defend against Hejin.

Yuwen Hu was not sure about the reason why Wei Xiaokuan made such a request, but on the verge of caution, he still allocated troops and was prepared for any trouble.

When he led his army from Chang'an, he learned that Wei Xiaokuan's army was completely washed away by a flood.

Yuwen Hu was shocked and continued to rush to Tongzhou. He happened to receive news that Yubi City had fallen and the Chu army approached Puban.

Yubi City, which Gao Huan led 100,000 soldiers to capture, was unable to hold on in front of the Chu army for a few days!

Fortunately, Yuwen Hu was decisive in his actions and just caught up. Otherwise, the Chu army would have crossed the river and entered Guanzhong!!

However, he was only irritable now and was not lucky that Wei Xiaokuan's army was washed away by a flood outside Pingyang City, which was incredible.

Yuwen Hu knew the terrain of Pingyang area. He and many people thought that it was right that the Fen Water level would rise during the rainy season, but it was impossible for the Chu army to launch a water attack under its own nose.

As a result, the other party really launched a water attack, but the location where the dam was built and the water storage should not be in the Pingyang area.

It should be in a certain section of the Fenshui Valley upstream, such as the Rat Valley in Jiexiu.

The Fenshui River Valley has a narrow terrain. After building a dam, a large amount of river water, rainwater, digging dams and releasing water can be gathered in a short period of time. The flood can completely eliminate the tens of thousands of troops camped downstream in Fenqu.

However, Yuwen Hu was still shocked by this tactic:

He knew that although the terrain of the Rat and Bird Valley was narrow and long, it would not be less soil in a short period of time, even if it was just a temporary dam, and it would not be necessary to use it for a long time.

Therefore, the enemy did not intend to build a dam there temporarily, but had already made plans.

The opponent's troops sent more troops to Hedong than he had imagined before!!

Moreover, the intention of the Chu army was not the "Pingyang blocking the aid" as judged before, but after Pingyang ate the main force of the Zhou army in Hedong, he went south with all his might and came to Guanzhong.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Zhou army divided its troops to defend Luoyang in the east, Wuguan Road in the south, Hanzhong in the south, and Yuan in the north, Xia, a monkey came to steal peaches and raided Guanzhong and raided Chang'an.

We must not only destroy Qi, but also defeat Zhou State to be destroyed.

It’s so cruel that the one named Li actually wants to destroy the two countries at the same time!!

The more Yuwen Hu thought about it, the more annoyed he became. The more he thought about it, the more he became more afraid: if he really wanted to cross the river and occupy Tongzhou, Guanzhong would be shocked by that time.

Thanks to Wei Xiaokuan's previous reminder, he acted decisively, to prevent the situation from deteriorating sharply.

However, is Wei Xiaokuan dead or alive now?

Yuwen Hu didn't know.

After that flood, the bodies of Zhou soldiers drowned in the downstream of the Fen River were everywhere, but Wei Xiaokuan and many generals were missing, and it seemed that there was a lot of danger.

Now, although he led his troops to Tongzhou, he must be cautious in how to deal with it next.

Because once the response is inappropriate, the Chu army really attacks the West Coast, and if he loses the battle, Guanzhong will be in danger.

After a while, generals arrived one after another, because Yuwen Hu had ordered the drum beat and summoned the generals to discuss matters.

Without further ado, Yuwen Hu asked the generals a question: Luoyang, should we give up?

Giving up Luoyang will reduce its troops to Shanzhou and support each other with Guanzhong.

Otherwise, Guanzhong would have to guard against Hedong and be unable to divide troops eastward, resulting in the Luoyang garrison being isolated and helpless when the Chu army in Henan and Henei were double-teamed, and eventually all casualties were all.

You know, the king of Chu is now in Kaifeng, Henan, not far from Luoyang.

Moreover, it is not the first time that Luoyang has "gained and lost again". After the Battle of Shayuan, the Chang'an court briefly recovered Luoyang, but later withdrew its troops because it could not resist the attack of the Eastern thieves.

However, although withdrawing troops now has benefits and disadvantages: what if the Chu army is more aggressive and takes Luoyang, continues to advance westward, attacks Hongnong, Shaanxi, and comes to Guanzhong?

Should I give up Hongnong and retreat to Tongguan?

If you retreat one step, you may retreat step by step. Perhaps the Chu army in Hedong is just a partial army, and he used his troops to face Puban to attack Guanzhong to force the Zhou Kingdom to shrink its troops and give up Luoyang.

However, the troops garrison in Luoyang retreated to the west and the troops in Shanzhou retreated to Tongguan, which means that their troops had shrunk and fewer flaws.

Perhaps another big victory like the Battle of Shayuan can reverse the situation and bring back all the previous lost ground?
Chapter completed!