Cao Jun's camp, after dark.

In the big tent, Cao Cao sat on the bed, wearing a brocade robe. On the left and right sides of the bed, Liu Ye, Sima Lang, Chen Qun, Man Chong and other strategists sat respectively, and everyone looked serious.

Cao Cao brought everyone in late at night, obviously there was something important.

Cao Cao coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Princes, just now there was news that Xizuo sent back to Xiangyang, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei had been killed by Wang Can, the Han army was defeated, and Wang Can occupied Xiangyang. ”

As soon as the words fell, a whisper sounded in the big tent, looking very surprised.

Cao Cao waved his hand and asked the soldier to hand the bamboo slip to everyone to browse.

The bamboo slips clearly record what happened in Xiangyang, and everything is on it.

Liu Ye quickly read it, passed on the bamboo slips, frowned and said: "Xiangyang City is strong, and Liu Bei was actually taken by Wang Can to defend the strong city, which is really incredible." Fortunately, although Wang Can took Xiangyang, he also destroyed the defense of Xiangyang City, and the Shu army also suffered heavy losses, which gave the lord a chance. If the lord and Sun Jian join forces, there is a chance to hit Wang Can hard. ”

Liu Ye didn't say that he killed Wang Can, but only hit him hard.

If you want to kill Wang Can, it is very difficult.

As long as Wang Can's strength is severely damaged, Wang Can can also be stopped for a while, which will buy time for Cao Cao.

After Chen Qun finished reading it, he continued: "Lord, Qun also agrees with Ziyang's opinion that he can fight with Wang Can. However, the humble position believes that the focus is not on whether Wang Can can be defeated, but on the grain and people of Xiangyang. Although Liu Jingsheng is not the master of pioneering, but more than enough, Xiangyang under his rule is rich and the people are rich, we lead the troops to Xiangyang, we can wantonly loot grain and grass and coerce the people, bring the people and grain and grass back to Yanzhou, and enhance the strength of Yanzhou. ”

Cao Cao laughed and said: "Changwen (Chen Qunzi), we are not looting the people, but the teachers of justice to rescue those people who are trapped in fire and water. ”

Hearing Cao Cao's words, everyone laughed.

……

When Sun Jian was leading his troops to hurry, the news of Xiangyang came back.

At that moment, Sun Jian ordered the army to stop advancing.

Sun Jian led the troops to support Liu Bei, and did not bring Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, but asked the two to lead the troops to deal with Huang Zu, while Sun Jian took Zhu Zhi, Zhou Yu, Sun Ce and other cadres to Xiangyang.

After Sun Jian broke the news of Liu Bei's defeat, everyone was silent.

Sun Jian smiled and said, "Liu Bei died very well, very well. ”

The people around him were puzzled and didn't understand Sun Jian's thoughts. Because Liu Bei was killed, there is one less person in the world to deal with Wang Can, which is not a good thing.

One less Liu Bei is one less ally.

Sun Jian continued: "Ziyu (Zhuge Jin), the news that came back said that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were killed by Wang Can, but Zhuge Liang was nowhere to be found and was not caught. It is inferred from this that Zhuge Liang is still alive, but he left when Wang Can broke the city. You immediately wrote a letter to persuade him to submit to the kingdom of Wu. This king sent someone to find Zhuge Liang, give him your letter, and let him come to Eastern Wu. ”

Sun Jian was not thinking about the gains and losses after Liu Bei's death, but wanted to draw Zhuge Liang under his command.

Zhuge Liang sent an envoy to Eastern Wu, and Sun Jian favored Zhuge Liang.

Liu Bei died, and Sun Jian had the opportunity to recruit Zhuge Liang, so he immediately brought it up.

Zhuge Jin thought about it for a while, and said unhurriedly: "The lord commanded, I will definitely do it." But the second brother is always assertive, and if the lord wants to recruit the second brother, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort. ”

Sun Jian waved his hand and said arrogantly: "You are only responsible for writing the letter, and the rest will be handed over to this king." ”

"No!" Zhuge Jin agreed.

Lu Su immediately said: "Lord, Liu Bei is dead, and Wang Can has also taken Xiangyang, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat." Now that our army has not taken Jiangxia, and there is still a big problem of Ganning in the west, it is no longer appropriate to continue to send troops. Therefore, Su believed that only by waving his troops to return, solving Jiangxia, and then exerting all his strength to get rid of Gan Ning could he stabilize the great cause of Wu. ”

Zhou Yu shook his head and said; "Zijing's words, but Yu disagrees."

He stood up and said loudly: "Our army goes north to join forces with Cao Cao, if we can join forces to capture Xiangyang, we can carve up Jingzhou with Cao Cao in the south and north, and block Wang Can's road from Jingzhou to Shu." In this way, we will do our best to destroy Gan Ning and block Wang Can's road out of Shu by water, which is what will block Wang Can in Shu. Therefore, Yu thought that it was still necessary to send troops north, defeat Wang Can together, and share Jingzhou with Cao Cao. ”

After Sun Ce heard this, he immediately agreed with the final opinion.

Sun Ce also clenched his fists and said: "Daddy, the world says that Wang Can is invincible, and the people of Jiangdong have long heard of Wang Can's prestige. We want to defeat Wang Can in this battle and kill Wang Can's sharp spirit. ”

Sun Jian said with a smile: "Gongjin is reasonable, let's go north to Xiangyang first, besiege Wang Can with Cao Cao, and then return to Jiangdong to get rid of Gan Ning." However, in order to subdue Zhuge Liang, we also have to attack Wang Can. Regardless of success or not, this king has avenged his ancestors, and with this relationship, wouldn't it be natural to subdue Zhuge Liang again? ”

After listening to Sun Jian's words, everyone didn't know what to say.

Sun Jian's idea is really different.

However, this can also show that Sun Jian attaches great importance to Zhuge Liang.

……

The living water of the moat of Xiangyang City is mainly fed by the Tangbai River, the largest tributary of the Han River, which is formed by the confluence of the Tang River and the Bai River, and is called the Tangbai River.

The Tangbai River joins the Han River near Yangyang and is the main source of living water for the moat.

After Wang Can took Xiangyang, it rained heavily for three consecutive days, and it only cleared up on the fourth day. Rao also caused the river to rise sharply, and the water in the moat also rose a lot. In the upper reaches of the Tangbai River, the river flows downstream from a higher ground, but in this place an embankment is built to block the flow of the river.

On both sides of the embankment, there were more than 200 soldiers, all of whom had serious expressions.

Zhuge Liang stood aside, also with a solemn expression.

He looked at a young man and asked; "Guan Ping, are the tributaries of the Tangbai River blocked?"

Guan Ping is Guan Yu's eldest son.

At the time of the Battle of Xiangyang, Liu Bei led his troops to the city to intercept and kill Wang Can, and Guan Ping also asked for orders to go, but the city tower needed to be guarded, so Liu Bei ordered Guan Ping to stay in the city. It was precisely because of this that Guan Ping escaped and was not killed by Wang Can. Not only that, Zhang Fei's heir was not killed, and escaped with Zhuge Liang.

Guan Ping's eyes lit up when he heard Zhuge Liang's words, and he hugged his fists and said: "Yu Junshi, all the tributaries have been blocked. ”

Zhuge Liang bowed slightly, looked at Zhang Bao again, and asked, "Zhang Bao, can the lower reaches of the Tangbai River be blocked?" ”

Zhang Bao clenched his fists and said: "Yu Junshi, the downstream is also blocked." ”

After Zhuge Liang heard this, his nerves tensed. After fleeing from Xiangyang, he did not leave Xiangyang, but asked the soldiers to cut off the upper and lower reaches of the Tangbai River at the same time, so that the water cut off in the middle of the Tangbai River swelled slightly due to the injection of rainwater, and flowed into the moat, and then flowed into the Han River from the moat, which did not have much impact.

However, the upper reaches of the Tangbai River have been blocked, and the river water is getting higher and higher, accumulating more and more.

At first, Guan Ping and Zhang Bao thought that Zhuge Liang was afraid of death and fled and did not want to follow, but after listening to Zhuge Liang's plan, they both showed a happy smile and were convinced, and now they are even more eager to try.

Guan Ping said: "Strategist, can you dig up the embankment?" ”

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and finally nodded.

After Guan Ping received the order, he immediately asked the soldiers to rush to the embankment blocking the river, and quickly dug a large hole to let the river flow through. After the soldiers left, the river continued to wash, and the gap in the embankment became larger and larger, and finally exploded with a bang. The surging river rushed down from the high terrain and crashed below, causing a burst of white flowers.

The river that broke through the barrier rushed down rapidly, and the deafening sound made Zhuge Liang change color.

This time, the iniquity of creation is great.

If the two armies face each other and kill each other with fire or water attacks, Zhuge Liang will not have a burden in his heart.

However, now the river has burst its banks, and the lower reaches of the Tangbai River are blocked, and the water that rushes down cannot flow downstream, and will rush towards the moat. When the time comes, the river water will be poured into it, and the water of the moat will swell, and if it breaks through the embankment, it will definitely rush into the city and turn Xiangyang City into a flood on the side.

The river rushed into the city, and the people were affected and left homeless, which was caused by Zhuge Liang.

However, Wang Can also faced a huge test, and Cao Cao and Sun Jian led troops to kill, so Wang Can could not gain a foothold in Xiangyang.

This is the biggest reason why Zhuge Liang made a move.

PS: The third watch is completed, and there will be a change in the evening, but it's very late.