Listening to Cai Mao's words, Liu He suddenly cried and laughed, he really didn't expect his wife's uncle to be so undisciplined, but fortunately, at the last moment, they raised Jingzhou and surrendered, although they lost most of the land, but after all, there are still more than a dozen counties, 50,000 elite soldiers, and a large number of civil and military generals. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu He then let Cai and Liu Cong go to Chang'an and issued them with a warrant, but left Cai Mao with a smile on his face, and asked him to return to Xiangyang with him, and still appointed him as the Taishou of Nanjun, and asked him to assist him in defending Xiangyang.

Cai Mao was originally opposed to this, but Liu He insisted that he do so and did not issue a warrant to return to Chang'an.

Cai Mao had no choice but to agree, but fortunately, with Liu He's protection, he should not worry about his life.

At this time, Liu He got the news that Guan Yu, the vanguard of Liu Bei's army, was launching a crazy attack on Xiangyang, but fortunately, the general Wen Ping led the people to defend the city and mobilized the people to defend the city, which blocked the first wave of Guan Yu's army's attack.

When Liu He got the news, he immediately sent Xu Huang to lead his troops to urgently reinforce him.

Although the military situation was urgent and he was a passive response, Liu He was not in a hurry at all, because he was confident in his own strength.

"Hehe, Liu Bei only dared to attack my Xiangyang with only 40,000 troops, but he didn't know what he could do, even if he added Liu Qi's 30,000 people, it was only 70,000 people, and only now, there were more than 50,000 people in Xiangyang, plus the troops that came one after another, the total number could reach 780,000, which was completely comparable to Liu Bei's army, and even more so I have Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Xu Huang, Pang De, Ma Dai, Zhou Cang, Yu Ban and other generals, even if Liu Bei moved in the nest, it was enough to match."

Liu He believes that as long as he is there, Liu Bei will not be able to play any tricks.

But said that after Guan Yu led the army to occupy Jiangling, he couldn't wait for Liu Bei's main army to arrive, and he couldn't wait to lead the army to Xiangyang, in his eyes, Liu Biao's command was full of wine bags and rice bags, and no one could stop his attack at all, with the strong combat effectiveness of him and his soldiers, perhaps by the time Liu Bei's army arrived, Xiangyang had already fallen into his hands.

"After capturing Xiangfan and capturing Liu Congjunchen, I will use Nanjun as a base to recapture Changsha and occupy Jiangxia, hum, although Liu He is hateful, but it is not as hateful as Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, these two boys actually took advantage of my attack on Jiangling when they attacked my Changsha, not only discredited me, but also caused me to almost lose my life, this shame I Guan Yu will have to get back sooner or later."

The last defeat of Changsha has always been a lingering shadow in Guan Yu's heart, originally with his temper, he should immediately lead his troops to recapture Changsha County, but Liu Bei has a clear order here, let him take care of the overall situation, and must not lose big because of a small loss, Guan Yu had no choice but to agree, lead the army to capture Jiangling first, and then try to Xiangyang, and then attack Sun Quan after occupying Nanjun, recapture Changsha, and plot Jiangxia, with the shame of Xue's defeat in the past.

Guan Yu led the army to capture Jiangling with lightning speed, and he didn't pay attention to Xiangyang, so he just came to Xiangyang City, and when his foothold was not stable, he led the army to launch a fierce attack.

Guan Yu thought that with his prestige, Xiangyang City should surrender to the wind, but he didn't expect to be met with stubborn resistance, and in two hours, he didn't gain anything except for the loss of thousands of people.

However, Guan Yu did not feel frustrated because of this, after some investigation, he finally came up with a clever plan, believing that as long as this strategy is implemented, Xiangyang City will be at his fingertips.

This strategy is to flood Xiangyang.

Xiangyang City is located at the confluence of the two rivers of Han and Chu, and the moat is also built on the basis of these two major water systems, so the moat is very wide, and the city wall is also built strong, which can definitely be called a strong city soup pool. However, it has a fatal weakness, especially now that it is the season of continuous autumn rains, and the water level of Hanshui and Chushui has risen a lot, it can be said that Philadelphia has abundant available water resources, and if it is flooded at this time, Xiangyang City will definitely not be able to resist.

So Guan Yu ordered the soldiers to secretly prepare the raft, pack up the rain gear, and ordered the flooding of Xiangyang.

In fact, it is said that there are also wise men like Kuai Yue stationed in the city, and they should be able to understand Guan Yu's intentions, but Guan Yu has the characteristic of "flooding", the effect of this characteristic is that when launching the "flooding" skill, anyone whose intelligence value is less than 20 cannot see through it, because of this, Kuai Yue also sent a message to see through Guan Yu's scheme, so that he succeeded.

At midnight the next day, Chen Yun, the soldier guarding the city, was nervously observing the movements of the outside world, and suddenly heard a huge roar, which made Chen Yun very surprised in his heart, lit the torch and watched carefully, this watch did not matter, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat, because what appeared in front of him was the white water.

Although the water did not overflow the city wall, it could not overflow the city wall, but it was already half a city wall high, even if it was a strong city wall, it would definitely not be able to resist the soaking of the water, not to mention that there were many common places inside and outside the city, which caused the water to begin to flow into the city, which would definitely cause a huge disaster.

It wasn't until then that Chen Yun knew that the roar he heard just now turned out to be the sound of flowing water!

"No, it's not good, it's a big water." When Chen Yun saw this scene, he hurriedly shouted loudly, and then saw the soldiers patrolling around him running when they heard the news, and when they saw the white water, their faces were also pale, and their hearts were flustered, and they didn't know what to do.

At this time, Wu Fei, the captain of them, suddenly said, "What are you doing in a daze?" Hurry up and report to the general. Also, not only the general, but also the people in the city should be notified, and they can save as much as they can, this big flood, I don't know how many people will be ruined, alas, what a sin! ”

The surrounding soldiers woke up like a dream, and they went down to the city tower one after another, or reported to the clerk who guarded the city, or went to save the people.

However, when they got down to the tower, they found that the water was waist-deep, and fortunately they all grew up near the water, and most of them were proficient in water, so they all swam forward at the critical moment, because it was much faster than walking on foot.

In fact, there is no need to be notified by the soldiers guarding the city, Wen Ping already knows that there is a big flood in the city, because Wen Ping has almost never rested in order to be able to hold the city, and he saw that there should be some conspiracy on this day about not attacking the city, so he was doubly careful in his heart, which was accompanied by his own soldiers to patrol the city, but he saw the water coming from outside the city and washed down the city gates.

It was only at this time that Wen Ping realized that Guan Yu's conspiracy turned out to be flooding Xiangyang, so he immediately took countermeasures and ordered: "Quick, prepare ships, prepare to meet the enemy, and in addition, send 500 people to rescue the affected people everywhere!" ”