There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Chen Dao thought about it for a while, and said, "Your Majesty's words are very kind."

"Uncle Zhi, immediately order to move the soldiers and horses to the high ground to take shelter from the rain."

"promise!"

There was a dragon hanging in the sky, the wind was strong, and the clouds were densely covered. Naturally, it was not just Guan Yu who saw it.

The people on the potter's side naturally saw it too.

The spies of the school office also reported the movement of Guan Yu's soldiers and horses to the potter.

After hearing the soldier's report, the potter's face became gloomy.

"Sure enough, the soldier surnamed Guan moved to the upper reaches of the highlands, and he didn't hold his fart as I imagined."

Tai Shici stood aside and said, "What does Guan Yu want?"

"He wants to use the method of filling the city."

Zhao Yun suddenly said: "That's right, we have never lived here for a long time, and we don't know the weather around the Han River. Recently, there has been a strong wind and dense clouds. It seems that the rainy season is approaching. Guan Yu took this opportunity to flood the city. Wouldn't it be a good opportunity?"

"Great opportunity?" The pottery merchant snorted, and said, "After filling the city, what was the most affected? It was the fields near Fancheng, and the farmers, not to mention the destruction of this year's harvest, at least [-]% to [-]% of the land would be destroyed in the future. Re-irrigation is needed to make it suitable for farming. It is not easy to reclaim a piece of wasteland as good land, but it is a matter of time to destroy a piece of good land.”

After a pause, the potter said calmly: "Fancheng is flooded, and the surrounding farmers will not have a harvest next year. How can they rely on food? Guan Yu?"

Zhao Yun shook his head: "I don't think Guan Yu will have such kindness. Even if he takes down Fancheng, the next step is to immediately look at Xuchang, or the land of Wancheng. As for helping the victims, he should not have such a mood."

"That's why people die like this!" The potter slapped the table and said, "In fact, the number of people who died during the war was not the most. The largest number were ordinary people who were affected. He thought they were Shui Yancheng is smart, but he doesn't know how much his move will set back the regional economy and population around Fancheng? He doesn't even know how to calculate it."

Tai Shici sighed and said: "Few people are like the third younger brother. When going to war, they still have to think about the future. For them, the present is only concerned about the present."

Zhao Yun stood up and said, "Then what should we do now?"

"Of course it is to stop him. The method of enforcing the city is too bad, and we must not let him succeed! In addition, send people to Nanchang and Jinling, let Lu Su, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and the others raise troops to attack Jiangxia and harass Liu Bei's flanks. Tao wants to transfer Turn defense into offense, advance to Jingzhou."

After hearing this, Tai Shici pondered for a moment, and said: "Third brother, we have not long since conquered the Central Plains, so it's a little too impatient to do this."

The potter nodded, and said: "I originally thought the same way, I wanted to consolidate the situation in the Central Plains first, and then go on conquests, but the current situation seems to be impossible, as long as I don't stop for a day, Liu Bei will not stop for a day." Instead of being so passive, it would be better to preemptively move the center of the battlefield to Jingzhou, but before that, we must first defend the embankment and defeat Guan Yu."

Tai Shici came out of the squad and said: "In this case, the last general is willing to be a pioneer."

"Don't worry, first stop calmly and see where Guan Yu plans to break the embankment. The strategy of flooding is a major event, and it is by no means a one-time job. If there is no accident, he should build the embankment first, and then break the embankment after the water accumulates. , it won’t be too late for us to take action after observing clearly.”

Chapter 832 The Battle of the Dam

The rain in the south falls as soon as it is said, without warning.

There are continuous rains in spring, frequent rains in Qingming, and non-stop plum rains. In summer, there are mostly torrential rains, with a huge amount of water and continuous rainfall, which usually lasts for several days at a time.

At the most violent time, it can even reach more than 100 mm within three hours.

And it was during this time period that Guan Yu's soldiers and horses began to act.

The soldiers of the three armies all wore coir raincoats and bamboo hats, carried sandbags in the heavy rain, and cast embankments upstream against the bank of Fancheng.

This dike was almost cast before the rainy season, and now it only needs to be reinforced for a while, and when it reaches a certain water storage capacity, it can be dug up and used to flood Fancheng.

Guan Yu stood on the embankment, personally commanded and dispatched the soldiers under his command, striving to reach the goal as soon as possible.

At this moment, there was a sound of heavy footsteps in the rain.

Although the rain was so strong that it easily blocked people's five senses, some people still heard the sound and looked towards the place where the sound came from.

But I saw a group of men and horses wearing coir raincoats, approaching in a hurry. Although I couldn't see which group of troops the other party was, I was sure that the other party was definitely not one of my soldiers.

"General Guan, there are people over there!"

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, turned to look at Lai Bing, his jujube-colored complexion deepened.

It was raining heavily, and it was beside the river, and there was mud everywhere under the feet. Whether it was horse fighting or using bows and arrows, it was not suitable for the current situation.

The only thing that can be resolved quickly is infantry combat.

Guan Yu ordered people to continue to strengthen the dam, while he himself led the personal guards, armed with the Qinglong Saber, and strode towards the approaching Jinling army.

Even if the enemy saw through his own strategy, Guan Yu did not panic.

Seeing through is seeing through, but whether you can pass through your own front barriers, this has to be a real hard work in your hands.

Guan Yu rushed in front of the Jinling soldiers without hesitation, swung the green dragon knife in his hand, swept across, and cut a soldier into two pieces directly from the middle.

His bravery shocked the soldiers of both sides.

And the Jingzhou army behind him also rushed forward, frantically organizing the Jinling army to rush forward.

In this way, the two armies fought on the riverside filled with mist.

Guan Yu took a step forward, wielding the Qinglong Saber, opening and closing it wide open. Even in foot combat, his power was unstoppable, causing a bloody storm among the crowd.

"Dang Lang." A silver spear came from a slanted stab and blocked Guan Yu's face.

Guan Yu's footsteps were stifled, and he turned to look at the person who came, but the face of the person who came was more tightly blocked under the bamboo hat, but Guan Yu couldn't see clearly.

However, the martial arts skills of the comers were beyond Guan Yu's imagination.

Zhao Yun also fought on foot, forcibly blocking Guan Yu's way.

The two fierce generals fought on the spot, wielding both swords and guns, recruiting each other's vital points, and their power far surpassed that of others.

Just because Zhao Yun caught Guan Yu, it doesn't mean that there are still people who can catch the rest of the generals in Fancheng.

Tai Shici and Xu Rong fought towards the embankment from two directions respectively. They bypassed Guan Yu's barrier, broke through, boarded the embankment quickly, and drove the Jingzhou army down from above.

Chen Dao turned to go back to rescue, but was blocked by Tai Shici, unable to escape.

But Xu Rong seized the opportunity to seize the initiative of the embankment. He boarded the embankment and asked the soldiers to guard along the bank, carefully guarding against the Jingzhou army under the embankment to prevent them from counterattacking.

Seeing that the dam was seized, the Jingzhou army was in a hurry.

The young general Guan Ping took the lead bravely and led a Jingzhou army onto the embankment, rushing towards Xu Rong and the others.

While fighting hard, Guan Ping yelled at Xu Rong: "How dare the thief general occupy my embankment? You want to die!"

While fighting Guan Ping, Xu Rong sneered and said, "Looking for death? Hehe, it's not certain who will die and who will live!"

"You still dare to speak wild words?" Guan Ping slammed hard, and the saber in his hand hit Xu Rong's bamboo hat from bottom to top, knocking the entire bamboo hat off his head.

And coincidentally, at the same time, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky.