The Three Kingdoms: Home Travel

Cao Cao, preoccupied with his thoughts, hadn't even reached the camp when Jiang Zhe arrived with a dozen or so men.

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Upon meeting, Jiang Zhe said to Cao Cao, "Mengde, prepare two thousand chariots and follow me."

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"Ah?" Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, then exclaimed with delight, "Could it be that Shouyi already has a good heart?"

"Strategy? How can two thousand soldiers possibly break through Yijing?"

"You'll find out soon enough!" Jiang Zhe said mysteriously.

Left with no other choice, Cao Cao selected two thousand soldiers and entrusted them to Jiang Zhe. After much deliberation, he decided that he should...

Let's go and see.

Jiang Zhe, along with Cao Cao, Zhao Yun, Li Tong, and two thousand soldiers, arrived at the banks of the Yi River. Cao Cao looked at them with suspicion.

He glanced at the thin ice on the Yi River, lost in thought.

Jiang Zhe turned to the group of soldiers and said, "Go and find some branches, odds and ends, and pebbles around here."

It's alright, but be careful not to make them too heavy. Then throw those things into the Yi River!

"Yes, sir!" Although they didn't understand why Jiang Zhe gave such an order, the two thousand Cao soldiers still obeyed.

I did as Jiang Zhe instructed.

"Wen Da, Jiang Zhe is calling Li Tongdao."

"Your subordinate is here!" Li Tong stepped forward and clasped his hands in greeting to Jiang Zhe.

Nodding, Jiang Zhe gestured with his hands as he asked, "Do you know what a ladder is?"

"Building?" Li Tong looked at Jiang Zhe's gestures with confusion, and after a long while, he finally understood something.

Xu nodded and said, "If the ladder you're talking about, sir, is just two long poles with some short sticks tied to them..."

"Your words are understood, sir!"

"Please go and cut down some trees nearby. Use them to make the ladder I mentioned. Remember, you must..."

"Guess!" Li Tong said, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

As Jiang Zhe turned around, Cao Cao said, "Mengde, could you allocate five hundred soldiers to Wenda?"

"Alright!" Cao Cao nodded, drew his sword from his waist, and said to Li Tong, "You take my sword."

Go find General Li Dian!

"Yes, my lord," Li Tong said, taking Cao Cao's sword and leaving.

Looking at the Yi River, one could see his men continuously throwing branches, clods of earth, and stones into the river.

"Son," Cao Cao approached Jiang Zhe. Bu Sheng asked, "Shouyi, what are you doing?"

Mengde asked me to find a way to capture Yijing, right? Then the Yi River will be a big problem. If we can...

"Let it freeze, then I can wait and it will pass, right?"

"This?" Cao Cao was shocked and exclaimed, "How can a person stand on ice?"

Let alone our 20,000 soldiers, even if it were only 2,000, the ice on the river would likely melt!

"Yes!" Jiang Zhe glanced at Cao Cao and said with a smile, "So I'm making preparations now."

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"Hmm?" Cao Cao frowned, clearly not understanding Jiang Zhe's thoughts, but looking at his chest...

Seeing his confident demeanor, Cao Cao still chose to trust him.

Zhao Yun, who was beside Jiang Zhe, was also puzzled, but he had already advised Jiang Zhe once.

Jiang Zhe, however, had his own ideas.

Half an hour later, Jiang Zhe shouted to his soldiers, "Cease fire! From this moment on, you two..."

The thousand men are divided into two teams, and they must come here every hour. Do as I just said. You all understand.

"Yes, sir!" the two thousand chariots shouted in unison.

Since he couldn't understand it, Cao Cao decided to leave it to Jiang Zhe to command his soldiers.

A faint curiosity lingered in his mind: could people truly stand on ice? Or were there really so many?

taxi

But looking at the thin layer of ice, Cao Cao shook his head. He was very worried about it.

Leaving aside Cao's soldiers busy at the Yi River, let's talk about Gongsun Qi in Yijing.

When Gongsun Qi heard that two thousand Cao soldiers had arrived at the banks of the Yi River, he was truly surprised.

They thought Cao Cao's troops were about to attack the city.

But upon closer reflection, Gong Duoqi felt relieved. Not to mention the trenches behind the Yi River,

Cao's troops probably won't even be able to cross the Yi River!

But what Guan Jing said upon arriving filled Gong Duoqi with both surprise and doubt.

My lord, Cao Cao is surely planning to attack my Yijing when the Yi River freezes over!

Gongsun Qi laughed heartily upon hearing this, pointing to the Yi River outside the city and saying, "You are not ignorant, are you? The Yi..."

Water may freeze and people may walk on it, but how can it support thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers?

After hearing Gongsun Qi's words, Guan Cai was somewhat relieved, but he still hesitated.

He said, "If someone else had led the troops, I wouldn't be so panicked. My lord, Jiang Zhe is already..."

On the banks of the Yi River!

"What?!" Gongsun Qi was greatly alarmed, then said with a mixture of shock and anger, "This person has seen through Tian Kai's disguise!"

"A scheme that cost the lives of my soldiers counting money—truly despicable! And now, are they plotting against me again?"

"Lord Tian has already stated his position," Guan Jing sighed, "Jiang Zhe's strategies are unparalleled."

Empty. Without a trace, it always seizes the initiative when we are not paying attention, and now it is at the Yi River.

"This is something our lord must also be wary of!"

Hearing Guan Jing's words, Gongsun Qi felt very uncomfortable. He thought to himself that he had dominated Youzhou for many years, regarding the crows as...

The Wan and Xianbei people acted as if they didn't exist, yet now, facing a mere twenty-year-old, they harbored suspicion and reservations. This is truly...

laugh!

"Stop talking!" Gong Duoqi waved his hand angrily. "If Jiang Zhe really dares to..."

Leading thousands of troops across the ice, Bao Heng... Let's see how he ends up!

"My lord," Guan Jing hesitated, watching Gongsun Qi leave in anger, and sighed inwardly, "Jiang..."

Zhe. Do you really not know that the ice on the Yi River is prone to collapse?

Several more days passed, and Cao's soldiers continued to throw miscellaneous items into the Yi River as Jiang Zhe had instructed.

Gong Xiaoqi, on the other hand, would drink wine with his wives and concubines in the city every day.

He had a vague premonition that his days were numbered.

As a result, Gongsun Qi's temper grew increasingly volatile. He would order anyone around him to pull away at the slightest mistake.

He was killed in battle.

As a result, the people of Yijing were filled with panic and fear.

For several days, Chief Clerk Guan Jing wanted to see Gongsun Qi, but Gongsun Qi had his men stop him at the door.

Finally, when Cao Cao's army had only three days' worth of rations left, Zhong Zhong sat anxiously in the main tent.

Suddenly, Zhan received a report from one of his men, Che.

"Reporting to my lord, the Yi River has frozen over!"

"What?" Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, then a flash of joy crossed his face. He said in a deep voice...

He asked, "How thick is the ice layer?"

The Cao soldier said with delight, "We don't know what method you used, sir, to freeze the ice layer so finely."

thick! "

"Hoo," Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he stood up, saying heavily, "Lead me forward..."

go!,

"promise!"

Cao Cao rode his horse to the banks of the Yi River and saw Jiang Zhe and several hundred of his men standing on the riverbank, seemingly...

Several taxi drivers stood cautiously on the Yi River, testing the thickness of the ice.

Ignoring his frosty expression, Cao Cao strode to Jiang Zhe's side and loudly proclaimed, "Uphold righteousness!"

How about it? Can it establish a person?

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly, pointed to the taxi on the ice of the river, and said, "Mengde, take a look!"

Cao Cao turned to look at the ice on the river, and saw the taxi with the remaining name still cautiously moving about.

Now, it runs and jumps non-stop on the ice.

Cao Cao swallowed back the words of concern he wanted to express, staring intently at the ice.

Layer. The ice layer remained completely still.

"Good!" Cao Cao clapped his hands and laughed. Shi Jiangzhe said, "Shouyi truly has a plan that can startle the world."

Once Yijing is captured, Shouyi will be credited with the victory!

"I dare not accept such praise..." Jiang Zhe smiled slightly. He cupped his hands and said to Cao Cao, "There's no time to lose, Meng..."

De Ke Dian raised his troops and attacked Yi Jing!

"Shouyi is absolutely right!" Cao Cao gazed at Yi Jing, who was so close at hand, his eyes filled with coldness.

峻。

"You old scoundrel of the public publication, I, Cao Mengde, have arrived!"

In early November of the second year of Fengping (1561), Cao Cao led his army to attack Yijing…

As the vanguard, Li Dian and Yue Jin dared not slack off in the slightest, each leading three thousand soldiers.

They climbed onto the ice of the Yi River.

At first, the group was skeptical about the ice beneath their feet, but as more and more people joined in...

There were many. But when the ice beneath their feet remained completely still, they smiled…

It was the gentleman! It was the gentleman who made the ice so solid!

Six thousand soldiers roared and charged toward the trenches before Yijing, which were only a dozen or so zhang long and a little over thirty or forty meters wide.

The wide Yi River could no longer stop Cao Cao's army.

"This is impossible!" In the trenches, Chen, a general under Gongsun Qi, who had been eager to witness the tragic end of Cao Cao's soldiers...

Huan looked astonished. "The ice on the Yi River couldn't possibly be that thick!"

Yang Jing, atop the city wall of Yijing, was also shocked, staring in astonishment at the river and muttering to himself.

Not a single one of Cao Cao's soldiers slipped on the ice.

Meanwhile, Cao Cao, who was beside Jiang Zhe, was also very puzzled by this question.

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly and said to Cao Cao, "Mengde, take a look at their feet, are there any..."

What's different about the nose?

"Huh?" Cao Cao examined it closely for a few moments. He hesitated before saying, "It looks like something's tied up."

"Yes!" Jiang Zhe took something from the Tiger and Leopard Camp soldiers beside him and said to Cao Cao.

"This is it!"

Cao Cao took the item Jiang Zhe handed him and asked curiously, "Dried grass?"

"Hehe!" Jiang Zhe pulled a stick from Cao Cao's hand and said casually, "The reason why it was on the ice..."

Slipping on the upper floor is due to insufficient traction on the soles of the shoes. Tying dry grass around the shoes would increase traction.

With such a significant enhancement, you naturally won't slip...

"Mo what?" Cao Cao asked, his face filled with confusion and curiosity.

Friction itself!

Oops! So that's why you slip—not enough friction! Hmm! Cao Cao glanced around.

Under the gazes of those around him, he nodded dismissively and said, "Shouyi is knowledgeable and erudite, Cao..."

I admire you, but...

"Just what?"

Pointing to the dried grass in his hand, Cao Cao said strangely, "Yesterday I heard that Shouyi, you will feed the warriors..."

"They took all the horse hay; is it for this?"

"Ahem!" Jiang Zhe coughed, looking seriously at the battlefield, and said, "Mengde, please watch..."

The soldiers have passed by!

Cao Cao rolled his eyes at Jiang Zhe and shook his head speechlessly.

The thousands of soldiers around him all shouted excitedly.

When it really happened, Zhao Yun could hardly believe his eyes, and kept stealing glances at Jiang.

Zhe thought to himself, "This gentleman is truly terrifying."

"Since it's over," Jiang Zhe smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said, "Li Tonghe..."

exist!,

"Your subordinate is here!" Li Tong hurried to Jiang Zhe's side and knelt on one knee.

"It's time for you to make your appearance!" Jiang Zhe said gently.

Li Tong was overwhelmed with excitement. Although being Jiang Zhe's bodyguard was a great honor,

Li Tong secretly hoped to fight on the front lines. However…

Seeing Li Tong's hesitant expression, Jiang Zhe smiled and said, "Go!"

Li Tong clasped his hands in a fist and bowed respectfully, saying, "Yes, sir!"

Amidst Cao Cao's astonished and bewildered gaze, Li Tong led nearly a thousand chariots straight towards the walls of Yijing.

They carried over a hundred of the "ladders" that Jiang Zhe had mentioned.

"What...what is this?" Cao Cao asked, pointing at Li Tong's departing troops. Could it be...?

For siege?

"Mengde is amazing!" Jiang Zhe said with a smile. "It's exactly what's used for siege warfare, called a ladder."

son! "

With a wry smile, Cao Cao seemed to notice something strange, still pointing at Li Tong's troop.

Speaking of "why"

It's wrapped with iron chains... but what's the purpose of those two iron chains at the top and in the middle?

With a chuckle, Jiang Zhe said mysteriously, "You'll find out in the next chapter!"

On New Year's Eve... I'm writing... all alone. My parents are out.

The firecrackers are going off loudly outside, and I feel a little sad.

Haha, just kidding! Happy Chinese New Year everyone! May the Year of the Tiger be even more awesome!

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