"Uncle, I just saw fireworks rising from the place where your soldiers and horses attacked the city, I don't know what happened, what are the casualties of your soldiers and horses?"

Liu Qi had just beaten his horse and came to Liu Bei's army to approach, so he asked a few times, Liu Bei bowed and bowed, and said, "I've seen the son!" ”

Liu Qi stepped forward to help Liu Bei up, and Liu Bei continued: "Thank you Gongzi for your concern, our soldiers and horses fell into the enemy's tricks, and were cut off by the enemy's fire oil, and the two thousand soldiers and horses suffered heavy casualties and were almost wiped out. ”

Zhuge Liang took Liu Bei's words, told Liu Qi and the others about the battle just now, and said: "This battle is a little careless for our soldiers and horses, but unexpectedly, two thousand soldiers and horses were lost, which is really heart-wrenching!" ”

Liu Qi pondered for a moment and persuaded: "Your soldiers and horses have not yet fought with the defenders of Jingling, and they don't know much about their combat strength, and the tricks of the Chinese enemy are inevitable, I don't know how Mr. plans to attack the city next?" ”

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, and said: "I don't know how much fire oil there is in the city, if every time the city is about to be broken, the defenders of the city will use fire oil to deal with my siege soldiers and horses, this Ling City is categorically difficult to capture, for today's plan, we can only fill the moat first, and then continue to attack the city, if we can fill the moat, our soldiers and horses can attack with all their strength, and then we will be able to quickly break the city!" ”

When the Jingzhou army attacked the city before, Cai Mao first filled the moat and attacked the city again, one was to fight steadily, and the other was to kill time by the way, but this time it was different, this time Jingzhou had faced the threat of life and death, Cai Mao could only go all out, seeing that Liu Bei's soldiers and horses did not fill the moat and directly attacked the city, they also went directly to the city, and now a fire in Lingcheng destroyed Liu Bei's two thousand soldiers and horses, which also shows that Lingcheng has been prepared for this, They would only bring shame upon themselves if they attacked the city like this.

Therefore, Cai Mao did not speak, but Liu Qi was still leading the army for the first time, and he didn't know much about the war, and when he heard Zhuge Liang's words, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "What Mr. said is good, but the moat of Lingcheng is turbulent, if you fill the moat, I am afraid it will have to be delayed a lot, and now the military situation is urgent, I don't know what good plan Mr. has to help me quickly fill the moat?" ”

Zhuge Liang has long considered this, the reason why he said in front of Liu Qi about the filling of the moat is also in this regard, hearing Liu Qi's question, Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and replied: "I don't know if the prince has ever heard of Yuan Yao's attack on Huangzhou?" At that time, Yuan Yao's army was facing a similar situation to our soldiers and horses, and Gongzi knew how Yuan Yao filled in the moat outside Huangzhou City? ”

The battle of Huangzhou was a battle that occurred when Yuan Yao led the army to attack Jiangxia County, and it was because of this battle that Jingzhou lost the strategic location of Jiangxia County, and when facing Yuan Yao's army, it had to be in a passive situation, and this battle was a great shame for Jingzhou!

Liu Qi, as the prince of Jingzhou, naturally knew the beginning and end of the battle, Liu Qi recalled the situation of the battle of Huangzhou, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and said: "As far as I know, when Yuan Yao led the army to attack Huangzhou, he sank several warships full of stones to block the flow of the moat, and then very easily filled the moat outside Huangzhou City. ”

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "Yes! If not, if our army wants to fill the moat outside the city, it will take at least a few days, but if this is used, it will only take two days at most to fill the moat here. ”

When Liu Qi heard Zhuge Liang's words, his eyes lit up, and he immediately had this idea, but the Jingzhou sailor was really under Zhang Yun's control, and Zhang Yun only obeyed Cai Mao's military orders, if Liu Qi wanted to act according to this plan, he also needed Cai Mao's cooperation.

Thinking of this, Liu Qi looked at Cai Mao and said, "I feel that Mr. Kong Ming is reasonable, I don't know what the general thinks?" ”

The most important thing in Jingzhou is the naval warship, and now that the military situation is urgent, Cai Mao also wants to break the city as soon as possible to save the situation, and when he heard this, he said: "But a few warships can save a few days, this is naturally the best strategy, and it will be feasible for this purpose, and please give an order!" ”

Liu Qi saw Cai Mao giving himself face like this, and he was also a little happier in his heart, and said: "Since this is the case, then this matter will be handed over to the general to deal with, and after the capture of Jingling, I will definitely personally pay tribute to my father for the general!" ”

Although Cai Mao is not too rare for Liu Qi to say something for him, but if he wants to deal with Liu Bei, he still needs Liu Qi to at least remain neutral, after all, now Liu Qi has also mastered 20,000 strong soldiers, which is not what it used to be, and if Liu Qi is completely united with Liu Bei, it can also bring him a lot of trouble.

Cai Maosui bowed down and said, "No, the last general will take the order, and he will live up to the trust of the son!" ”

Liu Qi saw Cai Mao bowing to him, his heart was even more cheerful, and he responded with a smile: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to the general!" ”

"The last general will go and arrange this matter."

After Cai Mao said goodbye to Liu Qi, he took his guards and horses and went straight to the location of Zhang Yun's water division. Zhang Yun saw Cai Mao coming on a horse, and hurriedly put down a small boat to meet Cai Mao in person, Cai Mao told Zhang Yun about the battle just now and the conversation with Zhuge Liang, Liu Qi and others, and then explained to him about blocking the river with boulders and warships.

This matter has already been set by Yuan Yao, and Cai Mao personally came to give the order, Zhang Yun, as Cai Mao's henchman, of course he would not question Cai Mao's military order, Zhang Yun bowed down and agreed, and immediately sent five medium-sized warships to load the boulder.

After the five medium-sized warships were loaded with boulders, Zhang Yun ordered the sergeant to sink three of the five warships at the entrance of the moat to intercept the current, and the remaining two were silent at the exit of the moat to intercept the sand.

Zhang Dingbian, Zhou Yu and Xu Shu and others also discovered the movements of the Jingzhou army, as Yuan Yao's generals, they naturally knew about using warships to block the moat to help the army fill the moat, but the Jingzhou army and the Xinye army were eyeing outside the city, and they did not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle, and they could only watch the Jingzhou army sink five warships in the designated position.

Liu Qi, Cai Mao and others were extremely happy to see that the five shipwrecks really had an effect, and the water flow of the moat outside the city was extremely slow, unable to wash away the sand and soil, and it would definitely be easy to bury a lot.