After the military discussion, Sun Ce returned to his camp. Zhang Hong and Guo Jia are already waiting. General Pang Tong's discussion was repeated, and Sun Ce's opinion was also said. Zhang Hong also felt that this matter was a bit tricky, no one was bad, Sun Ce was well-intentioned, with his age and the record he had, it was very rare to treat the war so cautiously. But Zhu Jun is not bad, he has already done everything he can do, if he wants to do better, he needs more resources, but he doesn't.

Guo Jia agreed with Sun Ce's opinion. "I also think that Yuan Tan will not let us go so easily, there have been a lot of scouts near Junyi recently, and it is not easy for us to find out a little news, there are casualties in the scout camp every day, Yuan Tan must have some plans that he doesn't want us to know. Xin Bi suffered hardships, and he couldn't return to his home, so he probably held his breath and wanted to avenge this arrow. General, we can't be too careful. ”

Sun Ce smiled bitterly twice and waved his hand. "Now that the matter has been decided, let's not talk about it so useless, let's discuss how to do it."

Junyi City is located in the open land of the plains, there is no high ground nearby, but the water system is very developed. The chasm water comes from the west, from the northwest to the south, in the south of Junyi City to the east, and then to the north, there is only one hundred and fifty or sixty steps of space between the city wall and the chasm water, there are not many people who usually walk, the water gate that leads into the city in the southeast corner is the busiest south gate, and the Maize outside the south gate is the water area used to park the boat. Yuan Tan's army was stationed in the north of the city, if there was no boat, and if you wanted to enter the city from the south gate, you had to erect a pontoon bridge, and the water of the chasm with a width of more than 50 zhang was a big challenge, but you could directly reach the city by boat.

This is the reason why Zhu Jun accepted Sun Ce's suggestion and transferred a ship from Runan. With a boat, Zhu Jun can directly use the boat to build a pontoon bridge, or enter the city, or take Yu Yu and others out of the city.

Of course, Yuan Tan couldn't let them get their wish, and when he learned that a ship had arrived, he immediately sent Zhu Ling to cross the chasm and set up a formation outside the south gate. He also used a boat to build a pontoon bridge on the water to communicate between the two sides of the strait, so that he could meet Zhu Ling at any time. Sun Ce needed to transfer ships from Runan, but Yuan Tan already had ships, and all the boats he used to transport grain from Dongjun, Jiyin, Chen Liu, and others were ships. The big ships and good ships are basically in the hands of the powerful family, and it is too easy for him to mobilize.

If you want to open up the connection between inside and outside the city, you must first defeat Zhu Ling. To defeat Zhu Ling, it is necessary to cut off reinforcements from both the east and west directions.

Yuan Tan's meaning is obvious, that is, to force Zhu Jun to gamble.

This is also Sun Ce's biggest concern. He didn't want to accompany Zhu Jun to go crazy and lose all his belongings. Zhu Jun has so many troops in his hands, and he will be gone after the fight. Yuan Tan holds the entire Yanzhou, and he can re-levie it at any time. Even if their father and son are willing to stake all their belongings and accompany Zhu Jun to work hard, there is no chance of winning. With the support of the Yanzhou family, Yuan Tan can afford to gamble, but they can't afford to gamble.

Besides, the rabble under Zhu Jun has no combat effectiveness at all, so if they really have to fight hard, they have to rely on him in the end. If it weren't for the hope that Zhu Jun would sit in Luoyang and serve as a buffer zone for Yuzhou and Jingzhou, even if Sun Jian was Zhu Jun's former official, he would not be willing to play with him.

This battle is obviously not cost-effective, but it still has to be fought. Not only to fight, but also to win. This is a very nerve-wracking thing, and I can only hope to give full play to the wisdom of Zhang Hong and Guo Jia to see how to defeat the strong with the weak. After all, Guandu is nearby, Cao Cao can defeat Yuan Shao, and he also has a chance to defeat Yuan Tan.

Guo Jia hugged his knees, shook his body back and forth, and said with a smile: "This Yuan Tan has some ability, Zhu Lingzhen was subdued by him, and he stood up against the water, this is desperate." The general stayed away from him, he wanted to make meritorious service and wanted to go crazy, and he wanted to bite anyone he caught. Let Taiwei Zhu give it a try, maybe it will make him sober up a little. ”

Zhang Hong said: "It's a good thing to train in battle, but the scale still has to be mastered, and if the loss of troops is too large, it will be difficult for Captain Zhu to stabilize Luoyang." ”

Guo Jia nodded in agreement. "Mr. Zigang is right, he can't get away with it, and he was taken advantage of by Yuan Tan. If the loss is too great, it is better not to save the Montenegrin army, the gains outweigh the losses. In my opinion, if you can drag it out for a few days, Zhu Ling picked a place to die, maybe a rain can destroy him. ”

"What do you mean?" Sun Ce was puzzled.

"The general didn't know that Junyi was prone to flooding due to its low terrain, and that it was the rainy season between July and September, and eighty percent of the rain in the year was in these months. This year was a strange year, with only a few light rains. Generally speaking, there are two possibilities, one is a drought, and the other is that there is a heavy rain that is ready to start. In the past two years, there has been a war, Henan is in ruins, no one cares about the river workers, the river embankment is in disrepair, and if there is a heavy rainstorm, there is a great possibility that the embankment will burst. When Wang Ben attacked Daliang City, he used the river to flood the city. ”

Guo Jia shook the feather fan, slowly and logically, talking and laughing. Sun Ce was terrified when he heard it, and a cold air came out of his back.

"The Yellow River breaches?"

Guo Jia laughed. "Although Yuan Tan is not a local, Bian Rang and Xin Bi are clear. They took advantage of the fact that Zhu Ling was a foreigner, who was not familiar with the geography here, and who was eager to make meritorious contributions, so they occupied this dead place and blocked the attack of our army. Anyway, they are all sent to death, and what difference can there be between being hacked to death by us and being drowned in water? When the time comes, some ships will be sent to meet him, and he will have the grace to save his life. ”

Sun Ce was speechless. As the saying goes, one side of the water and soil is one side of the people, Guo Jia is a Yangzhai person, not far from here, of course, he knows the climate characteristics here. Bian Rang is a Junyi person, and Xin Bi is also a Yangzhai person, they are also aware of the possibility of this danger, but no one reminds Zhu Ling that it is really vicious.

Literati really don't use knives to kill people.

"So how do we prepare?"

"General, don't worry. Even if there is a heavy rainstorm and the river bursts, there will be no big problem, after all, there is no cofferdam to intercept the water, the water level will not be too high, at most some people will have to soak in the water for a few days. When the general moves to camp, set up camp on a high place and take precautions. In addition, it is also necessary to pay attention to one point: prepare more grain, if the river really wants to burst, it is not very convenient to go to the Chinese army to get grain. If possible, it's best to keep some boats on hand, and if you don't have boats, build some rafts. ”

Sun Ce nodded again and again. "In your opinion, how likely is it to rain a lot?"

Guo Jia's eyes were a little strange. "You want to inform Captain Zhu?"

"Of course, be prepared."

Guo Jia laughed twice and didn't say anything more, just gestured. "Seventy percent." He paused, put away his smile again, and said in a deep voice: "If it doesn't rain, then there will be a great drought in the autumn and winter this year, and there will be rain storms and thunders between the spring and summer next year, which may be even more terrible than the torrential rain this year." The general should seize this opportunity and take the four counties as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no chance next year. ”

After hearing this, Sun Ce did not dare to delay anything, and immediately asked Zhang Hong to rush to the Chinese army, inform Zhu Jun of this important information, ask him to make corresponding preparations, and allocate enough food for the army to eat for a month. After Zhang Hong left, he asked Guo Jiadao: "How did our ship cross the chasm and set up a formation in the west of the city?" ”

The task given to him by Zhu Jun was to set up a formation in the west of the city to block Yuan Tan's reinforcements to Zhu Ling. The boats from Runan were all in the Langlang Canal, and he couldn't cross Zhu Ling's defense area, and without a boat, he couldn't cross the chasm and set up a formation in the west of the city.

Guo Jia was prepared, took out a map, and dotted on it. "Simple, there is a small water in the east-west direction more than ten miles to the south, seven miles to the west, and then a tributary to the north, and at the end is the land of the Wei Qi Alliance, where you can go ashore and walk more than three hundred steps to enter the chasm. I've surveyed it myself and there are absolutely no problems. ”

Sun Ce looked at the map and sighed. "Fengxiao, with you as a military conspiracy sacrificial wine, I don't have to worry."