Chapter 333: Do you still want to break my undefeated myth? The power of nature, troops were annihilated! Cursing the sky is useless!
"I understand. Xiao Fang's trick is not to fight to the death, but to escape from the battlefield and lure our army to pursue him across the river."

"Once that happens, our army's formation will be disrupted, and the Chu army will be able to attack us halfway across the river!"

"Third Young Master, this is Xiao Fang's real trick!"

Feng Ji spoke with a firm tone, and the guilty look on his face was replaced by confidence.

Yuan Shang suddenly realized what was happening, anger flared in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and cursed:
"This country bumpkin, does he think I'm a three-year-old kid? He thinks he can trick me with such a petty trick!"

Feng Ji snorted coldly, pointed to the other side and said:
"The Third Young Master has always been guarding Ye City, but he has rarely led troops in battle. Xiao Fang must have taken advantage of the fact that the Third Young Master is not good at fighting, so he dared to use this plan."

Yuan Shang's eyes were filled with more anger, as if he was angry and ashamed of being looked down upon.

Feng Ji rolled his eyes a few times, but said:
"I think the water level of the Jialu River is not that deep, barely above the knees. If the enemy can wade across the river, then we can too."

"The key to attacking the enemy halfway across the river is that the enemy needs to cross the river by boat. Otherwise, the army cannot cross the river at the same time and cannot form a battle array in time to occupy the riverbank."

"Since the Jialu River is not deep, we will continue to advance in formation, wade across the river, and push directly to the other side."

"In this way, we won't be afraid of the Chu army attacking us halfway across the river, and Xiao Fang's trick will be shattered!"

Yuan Shang's frown suddenly relaxed.

Feng Ji's words enlightened him and made him see the flaw in Xiao Fang's plan.

"Xiao Fang, since you despise me, Yuan Shang, today I will destroy your myth of perfect planning!"

Yuan Shang smiled coldly and waved his silver spear:
"Pass the order down, the front and center armies continue to advance in formation and wade across the river!"

"Tell Su You to hold steady no matter what. Don't mess up the formation!"

The order was passed down.

After a short pause, the Wei army continued to advance towards the south bank in a mighty manner.

In front.

Five thousand Chu troops had "hastily" crossed the river and began to re-form their battle array on the south bank.

Wei Yan turned his horse and looked towards the north bank. When he saw that the Wei army had also started to cross the river, he was completely relieved.

"Prime Minister Xiao not only grasped Yuan Shao's mind, but also easily grasped Yuan Shang's mind. This kid really waded across the river to chase him."

Wei Yan sighed with emotion, his face full of respect.

During the military meeting in Xuchang, Xiao Fang once said that Yuan Shang dared to volunteer to seize Xuchang, he must be striving to make a great achievement to prove that he is not just an embroidered pillow who can't march or fight and can only guard the city in the rear.

Yuan Shang also wanted to use a victory to force Yuan Shao to make up his mind and make him the crown prince.

Then Yuan Shang must be eager to fight and will definitely seize the opportunity to annihilate their 5,000 main forces.

In this way, there were no soldiers to defend Xuchang City, and Yuan Shang was able to capture it quickly.

In this way, Yuan Shang would definitely fall into the trap and wade across the river to chase after him.

Putting aside his emotion, Wei Yan's eyes flashed with irony, and he sneered and waved his sword:

"Light up the signal smoke quickly and send a message to Zhang Wenjin!"

In a blink of an eye, three thick smoke plumes rose in the air.

A few miles upstream of the Jialu River.

More than 2,000 cavalrymen of Zhang Xiu's rank gathered on the shore, staring eagerly towards the downstream.

Behind them, a sand dam stretched across the river, intercepting most of the Jialu River.

This was built yesterday when Zhang Xiu led them to build it with tens of thousands of sand bags.

It is because of the existence of this sand dam that the water level upstream is raised, causing the water level downstream to drop to just above the knees, allowing people to wade across the river.

"It's a smoke signal, General!"

The guards beside him shouted excitedly.

Zhang Xiu looked carefully and saw a column of smoke rising in the sky downstream.

"The Prime Minister's plan worked!"

Zhang Xiu laughed loudly and then shouted:
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and open the sandbags and flood the enemy!"

At the command, two thousand cavalrymen immediately jumped on their horses, rushed to the sand dam, and pulled apart tens of thousands of sand bags.

In a blink of an eye, the sand dam collapsed, and the accumulated river water, nearly two people high, rushed down like thousands of troops and swept towards the battlefield downstream.

"Yuan Shang, you are just a useless person, but you are so arrogant and bold as to challenge Prime Minister Xiao."

"Now, let's see what Prime Minister Xiao is capable of."

Zhang Xiu looked at the rolling torrent with a sarcastic sneer on his face.

The next moment, the sneer turned into a solemn murderous intent.

"All troops, listen up! Get on your horses immediately and follow me to kill the enemy!"

Two thousand Chu cavalrymen, full of fighting spirit, roared along the northern bank of the Jialu River.

Downstream.

The 6,000 vanguard troops commanded by Su You have landed one after another and began to occupy the beachhead.

Most of the 10,000 central troops led by Yuan Shang had already gone down the river.

The water level was knee-deep, but the soldiers did not have difficulty walking and they were able to keep their formation steady.

The more than 4,000 Chu troops had already formed a battle array on the south bank, but they watched helplessly as more and more Wei troops landed, and they dared not launch the "attack halfway across the river" strategy.

Apparently, his strategy of forming a formation to cross the river worked.

My formation is not in disarray. I have landed in formation, and you dare to attack with 4,000 soldiers. Isn't that like hitting a rock with an egg?

"Xiao Fang, you must not run away. It is best to order your troops to attack by force."

"In this way, I can take advantage of the situation to annihilate your 4,000-plus soldiers and horses, and then I can quickly capture Xuchang..."

A sinister sneer flashed across Yuan Shang's lips, and he was looking forward to the attack of the Chu army.

Sudden.

There was a strange noise in my ears.

It was like rolling waves, or like the roar of thousands of troops galloping, reaching my ears from upstream.

Yuan Shang subconsciously reined in his mount and turned to look towards the west.

At the end of the field of vision, there seemed to be a huge white wall coming downstream.

"Flood, it's a flood!"

Feng Ji's face changed drastically, and he shouted while pointing his fingers tremblingly.

Yuan Shang's eyes popped open and he suddenly woke up.

Only then did he see clearly that what was approaching was not a huge white wall, but a rolling torrent.

Yuan Shang was stunned for a moment.

It is now past autumn and winter, and the water levels of all the rivers in the Central Plains have dropped drastically. The water level of the Jialu River has clearly dropped to the knee level.

Moreover, there are no signs of heavy rain upstream.

Why did a flood suddenly occur upstream for no apparent reason?

Moreover, what a coincidence that the flood occurred just when his army was crossing the river?

"Yuan Tu, this, this..." Yuan Shang was shocked and his face turned pale with fear in an instant. He looked at Feng Ji with disbelief.

Feng Ji's face was also pale, and his eyes were filled with horror as if he had seen a ghost.

The master and his minister were both in great shock and confusion.

The Wei soldiers who had already landed and were crossing the river, as well as those who had not yet crossed the river, were all in chaos.

"Third Young Master, quickly retreat to the north bank!"

"If this flood comes, our 20,000-strong army will be finished!"

Feng Ji was the first to wake up, and he shouted excitedly.

Yuan Shang suddenly woke up, turned his horse around and shouted:

"Retreat, the entire army retreats to the north bank, quickly~~"

The sound of the gong rang out over the Jialu River.

The nearly 10,000 Wei soldiers in the river were like birds whose nests were blown up. They no longer cared about their formations and rushed to the north bank, throwing away their weapons and armor.

Su You and his more than 6,000 vanguard troops who had already landed, fled back to the north bank like frightened birds.

It's too late.

The flood came too fast and too suddenly, and it swept over before most of the Wei army had escaped to the shore.

Down, drown, sweep away...

Under this force of nature, the Wei army soldiers were as small as ants. In an instant, hundreds and thousands of them were submerged and swept away by the flood.

And on the South Bank.

The four thousand Chu army soldiers were all shocked by this unbelievable scene, and they were all stunned.

It was not until half a while later, when the 20,000 Wei troops were scattered and wailing was heard everywhere, that they reacted.

Thunderous cheers followed.

"Without a single soldier, only a few sandbags were used to defeat the 20,000-strong Wei army!"

"The Xiao Kingdom's use of geographical advantages has truly reached a state of perfection..."

Looking at the Wei army that was defeated by the flood, Wei Yan sighed.

This is Xiao Fang’s plan.

Wei Yan led 4,000 soldiers and horses and formed a battle array with their backs to the water in order to lure Yuan Shang to form a battle array and wade across the Jialu River.

Zhang Xiu built a sand dam upstream in advance to cut off the water flow. When Wei Yan sent out the smoke signal, he opened the sand dam and released the flood.

By the time the flood reached the downstream, Yuan Shang's 20,000 troops were halfway across the river.

In this way, the torrent easily defeated the 20,000 Wei troops.

In history, Han Xin used this strategy to defeat Xiang Yu's general Long Ju.

Xiao Fang was well versed in historical military tactics, so he took advantage of the geographical location and used the same strategy to defeat Yuan Shang's 20,000-strong army.

As Wei Yan was sighing, the flood peak had already passed.

The nearly 6,000 Wei troops who had landed had no time to escape back to the north bank and were cut off on the south bank.

Wei Yan's eyes lit up with murderous intent, and he pointed his long sword at the enemy:
"Comrades of the Chu army, follow me and kill all the Wei dogs!"

The four thousand Chu soldiers were in high spirits and surged forward like a tide.

Although the Wei army had a large number of troops at this time, they were cut off on the south bank. The morale of the army had fallen to the bottom and the army was in chaos.

The Chu army arrived and instantly killed the Wei army, which had lost all fighting spirit, leaving them in pieces, howling in terror.

"Form a formation, form a formation to meet the enemy!"

"Don't panic, form a formation for me—"

Su You, amidst the chaos of the army, was still screaming in panic, making his final dying struggle.

The Wei army was so demoralized that they no longer listened to his orders. They threw away their weapons and weapons and fled in all directions.

"Wei Yan is here, die!"

With a thunderous roar, Wei Yan broke through the chaotic army and went straight for Su You with the bloody knife in his hand.

When Su You reacted, the long sword had already struck him from the air like lightning.

There was no time to block before the blade passed in front of my eyes.

"puff!"

A head flew down in response.

Su You was beheaded.

Seeing their commander being killed with one clever move, the Wei army collapsed.

On the south bank, 6,000 Wei troops were almost wiped out.

And now on the North Shore.

Yuan Shangcai managed to escape to the shore first and avoided the fatal blow of the flood.

When he looked back with lingering fear, he saw tens of thousands of his soldiers being ruthlessly swept away by the flood.

What we saw was that 5,000 soldiers on the south bank were trapped on the opposite bank and were killed by the Chu army.

In the blink of an eye, an army of 20,000 was destroyed, leaving less than 5,000 people.

"How could this be?"

"Oh my God, what did I, Yuan Shang, do wrong? Why did you suddenly send down this flood and destroy my 20,000-man army?"

"How can I recover Xuchang? How can I explain this to my father?"

"Why, why are you doing this to me?"

The lingering fear turned into grief, anger and confusion. Yuan Shang gritted his teeth and angrily asked the sky.

"Third Master, save me, save me~~"

Feng Ji's cry for help brought Yuan Shang back from his grief and anger.

Yuan Shang raised his eyes and saw Feng Ji crawling in the mud like a drowned chicken on the beach not far away, with half of his body still in the water.

It was obvious that he was a step too slow in escaping and failed to reach the shore in time, so he was drowned by the flood.

Fortunately, although he was washed away by the flood, he managed to struggle back to the north shore and saved his life.

Yuan Shang immediately put away his grief and anger, and wanted to ride forward to rescue Feng Ji.

Just as they were about to set off, there was a sudden rumble of thunder from upstream.

Yuan Shang became alert again and looked upstream involuntarily.

Upstream direction.

The two thousand cavalrymen led by Zhang Xiu were sweeping along the north bank, creating a cloud of dust.

Yuan Shang's whole body was trembling, his face frozen in a moment of horror and despair.

(End of this chapter)