It is not easy to be a military advisor in this era, not only to understand geography, but also to understand astronomy and meteorology. It's a pity that Liu Ye doesn't have a feather fan, otherwise shaking the feather fan would make it look even more fairy.

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said, "Good! ”

He immediately ordered Cao Hong to lead people to cooperate with Liu Ye to build the embankment, and at the same time began to cut down trees and build rafts.

In this era, the military advisors of the Yuan family are all alive. Tian Feng, Xianpei and others are not vegetarians.

Liu Ye can see that there has been heavy rain recently, and they can also see it.

Tian Feng is still an honest man, he said to Yuan Shang: "There may be heavy rainstorms in the near future, we should do a good job of rain prevention." ”

He said: "Our Yecheng city wall is made of stone, as long as the flood does not exceed the height of the city wall, it will not flood the city." We can take advantage of this to dig up the Zhanghe River and flood Cao Cao's soldiers and horses outside the city. ”

Tian Feng was a little unbearable, and persuaded: "If the Zhanghe River is dug up, the ordinary people outside the city will also be flooded, and that is more than 100,000 lives!" ”

The judge sneered: "Once Cao Cao attacks the city, he will start to slaughter the city. Aren't the hundreds of thousands of people in the city also hundreds of thousands dead? ”

Yuan Shang, this kid, is very beautiful, but his heart is very poisonous, he doesn't think about the life or death of the people at all, and directly waved his hand to stop Tian Feng's argument, he said: "There is no need to argue, it is decided like this." Who to send to do this? ”

"Of course, it's Ju Yi," the judge suggested: "Eight hundred Xiandeng troops can break through the encirclement of Cao's army and dig up the embankment of the Zhanghe River. ”

As a result, Yuan Jun in the city also demolished the door panels of the people's houses and made rafts, preparing to salvage the important people of Cao Jun who fell into the water in the flood.

In this way, both sides are waiting for rain and waiting for the other to flood.

And Ju Yi also led the 800 first camps to break through and successfully ran in the direction of Bingzhou. Cao Cao thought that Ju Yi was going to move the rescue soldiers, but he didn't care.

Both sides are estimated to be God to help themselves, since yesterday Yecheng area has been pouring heavy rain, so that Cao Jun built more and more water behind the embankment, to this evening, the water surface has been less than a zhang from the top of the dam, according to the current rain estimate, less than tomorrow midnight, the water behind the embankment will pass the embankment, so Cao Cao and Liu Ye and others discussed, decided to start tomorrow night.

That night, the rain gradually lightened, which was just right for the attack of Cao's army, and the boats and temporarily tied rafts bought and looted from the people were dragged to the hillside, and Cao Cao sent Xiahoudun and Cao Hong to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard them. When the embankment is dug tomorrow and the flood peak in front has passed, the water flow behind will slow down, so that Cao Jun can take a boat or raft directly into Yecheng and catch or eliminate the Yuan soldiers in the city, Yuan Shang, Shen Pei and others.

Cao Cao ordered the whole battalion to start packing, preparing to move the camp to the hillside as soon as it dawned tomorrow.

What they didn't expect was that Ju Yi had already started digging the embankment a few miles away from their embankment.

The current water surface, according to the prediction of the trial, cannot submerge the city wall, but it is more than enough to submerge Cao Ying.

With Ju Yi's order, the soldiers of the Yuan army on the embankment cut a small gap at the top of the dam, and the big water behind the embankment immediately rushed out, and soon the small gap became bigger and bigger, and the flood peak several feet high also roared and rushed towards Yecheng downstream.

The distance of twenty miles passed in a flash, and when Hong Feng arrived in front of the city wall of Yecheng and rushed into the camp of the Cao army, the soldiers of the Cao army were still busy packing their luggage, and there were not many people who fell asleep.

But the flood is merciless, it is neither awake nor asleep. The surging flood broke the tent and swept away Cao's soldiers. Cao Cao and others were also among the victims of the flood, in the face of natural disasters. There is no distinction between a general and a soldier.

Because Cao Cao and the others raised the embankment of the Zhanghe River, the water storage of the Zhanghe River this time exceeded the projection of the trial. After the flood broke down the Cao camp, it actually crossed the tall wall of Yecheng and rushed into Yecheng, except for those Yuan soldiers who were guarding on the city wall and did not dare to sleep at all for the past two nights, most of the Yuan soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people in the city fell asleep, and when they heard the roar from far and near, they thought that it was thundering in the sky, and as a result, the unsuspecting soldiers were not swept away by the water except for the unsuspecting soldiers who clung to the flagpole or other things, and the other defenders and people in the city were swept into the surging flood.

Outside the city, along with the flood, Xiahoudun and Cao Hong on the hillside hurriedly took 5,000 Cao soldiers to board boats and rafts to salvage Cao Cao and the military generals of Wenchen; And inside the city, rafts, planks, and tubs floated up, and soldiers and civilians rushed to make a mess.

Because of the obstruction of the tall city wall of Yecheng, after the flood entered the city, there was no momentum of pouring thousands of miles, but the water level rose rapidly. Yuan Shang and the others are okay, because they all have high-rise buildings in their homes, and even some people live in high-rise buildings, so these rich and powerful people can climb to the roof of high-rise buildings to avoid water and wait for people to rescue.

The common people were miserable, they soaked in the water one after another, and those who did not know how to water splashed a few times, and then sank and never floated again.

The Cao camp outside the city was also more miserable, and a large number of soldiers were swept up by the flood and there was no trace. When it resurfaced, it was probably 10 miles away. A soldier who doesn't know how to water becomes a floating corpse!

Cao Cao's subordinates, the generals had better physical strength, some were salvaged, some held the war horses, rose and fell on the water, and they were not drowned for a while.

The strategists were miserable, and the first to bear the brunt was Liu Ye, who was not dexterous in his legs and feet, and was usually in a wheelchair. As soon as the flood came, he was swept up in the water and could not float at all. Drowned alive.

The plan to flood Yecheng was proposed by him. Now that I am doing it myself, it can be said that God has eyes and retribution! It can be regarded as a funeral for hundreds of thousands of ordinary people.

Both sides were soaked in the water, and after dawn, they were able to see each other. But they don't have the psychology of fighting and fighting.

Cao Jun transported all the rescued people to the hillside. Of the 60,000 soldiers, there are now less than 20,000 left. A large number of lieutenants and adjutant generals died, and more than a dozen of the strategists were missing.

After the water crossed Yecheng, it continued to flow to the surrounding flat land, and the tall city wall soon revealed the water. It became a place where you could stand on it.

Yuan's generals commanded the men to raft the people on the top of the tall buildings to the city walls. The top figures of Yuan Jun have not suffered any casualties, but their families and children have suffered countless casualties. Not to mention hundreds of thousands of people, only tens of thousands survived. Of the 100,000 soldiers alone, only more than 30,000 survived.

A great flood harmed others and oneself, and seriously attenuated the strength of both sides.

Cao Cao jumped on the hillside and scolded, and Yuan Shang also jumped on the city wall and scolded. Neither side understood why the situation was the way it was.

(End of chapter)