Chapter 225: Pretending to release water

The three of them climbed to the third floor of the "Drunken Xianglou", asked for a private room to sit down, Xiangyang is now in a depression, this was once the first floor of Xiangyang, which was once a city, and now it has become a crowd, and it is usually difficult to book a private room on the third floor in place, and now there are ten rooms and nine empty.

Zhou Xue looked very excited, opened the window of the private room and went out to look around. The level of architecture in this era is not high, high-rise buildings are rare, three-story buildings are already rare, climb high and look into the distance, can climb high-rise buildings, overlooking the street view is indeed a good experience.

Liu Hou has seen no matter how tall the building is in the later generations, and no matter how open the scenery is, the three-story height really can't arouse his interest, so he sat down and drank the tea brewed by Xiao Er to quench his thirst. Sima Yi obviously frequented this "drunken Xiang Lou", so he was not interested in watching the street scene outside the window, and he also sat down to drink tea and chat with the little emperor.

The work of ordering food was naturally handled by Sima Yi, a regular customer, and after he ordered a few specialties of "Zuixianglou" with ease, he began to report to the little emperor.

"Your Majesty, the strategy of flooding the Seventh Army......"

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Hou interrupted him and said, "Zhongda, I have already said that this strategy will hurt the people, even if the implementation of this policy can make our army die a lot less soldiers, however, compared with the tens of thousands of people affected by the disaster, I would rather sacrifice a few more soldiers."

Moreover, the last time my second uncle implemented the strategy of flooding the Seventh Army, it happened to be raining heavily for several days, and the river was surging, so that he could use the power of this heaven and earth to make things happen.

Now the situation is different, there has not been any rain recently, and besides, after the last flooding of the Seventh Army, the Wei army must have strengthened the construction of water conservancy facilities, so even if we do use this method, it may not be effective.

The most important thing is that the last time the second uncle released the water to flood, it was Yu Ban and Pang De's troops outside the city, and Cao Ren was guarding Fancheng, although the water poured into the city, but it was not deep, and it was not enough to inflict a devastating blow on the defenders in the city. So Cao Ren gritted his teeth in the end and held on until the arrival of reinforcements.

What's the use of us trying to use this method now? If the current defenders follow Cao Ren's example and stick to it, then this flood will not only kill the people, but also fail to achieve the desired effect, then why use it? ”

"Your Majesty, these ministers all know that the ministers don't want to continue to persuade Your Majesty to release floods and pour floods into Fancheng, but the ministers have another idea, which can allow the Wei army to obediently give up Fancheng without harming the people." Sima Yi said.

"Oh? With such a good plan, Zhongda is not quick to come. After Liu Hou heard this, Long Yan was overjoyed and hurriedly asked Sima Yi to tell him a clever plan.

"Oh, Your Majesty, the minister's plan is very simple, it is a bluff, pretending to dig a river and release water to flood Fancheng." Sima Yi said.

"This ...... What's the difference between this and the previous strategy? Liu Hou asked puzzled.

"The difference is that we didn't really flood Fancheng, we just pretended to do so to scare the Wei army." Sima Yi said.

"What's the point of doing that, even if they do flood the city, they won't necessarily give in, and if we just scare them, what good will it do?" Liu Hou was puzzled.

"If we want to get this trick, the capable people in the Wei army should also be able to think of it, if we have dug the river and flooded Fancheng has become a fact, maybe they have no choice but to choose to defend to the death. Of course, it is also possible to withdraw from the army, after all, not everyone is as resolute as Zixiao (Cao Ren's character).

However, if we have not yet dug the embankment, but make it look like we are going to dig the embankment at any cost, the Wei army will think about it and weigh the gains and losses. After all, if the city is flooded, the Wei army will inevitably suffer heavy losses, in this case they will inevitably suffer from gains and losses, and their main general is likely to retreat before the losses are caused, so as not to cause irreparable losses. Sima Yi said.

Liu Hou understood that Sima Yi wanted to fight psychological warfare. If the Shu army doesn't say a word, digs the river first, and floods Fancheng, in the absence of a choice, the Wei army may break out in adversity, and will fight with the Shu army to break the net.

However, if they know that holding on is a fatal situation, they are likely to choose to flee for their lives when they have a choice.

"Will this work?" Liu Hou is not very good at grasping people's hearts, and is a little worried about the effectiveness of this plan.

"According to Weichen, there is at least an eighty percent chance of success, but it will take some time to implement, and this matter will not come in a hurry." Sima Yi said.

"Time is not a problem, I originally planned to rest in Xiangyang for three months, but now it has only been a month, and there is plenty of time." Liu Houdao.

"Then it's no problem, Weichen's plan only takes ten days and eight days to take effect, even if it doesn't work, it's just a waste of time, and we don't have much to lose." Sima Yi said.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's go and give it a try, and leave this matter to Aiqing." Seeing that Sima Yi was so sure, Liu Hou immediately agreed and handed over the matter to Sima Yi.

As soon as he finished talking about it, Xiao Er brought the meal. The dishes that come up are not precious dishes such as dragon liver and phoenix marrow, but some local specialties of Xiangyang, such as sand-filled pork, wrapped hooves, braised hooves, sweet and sour cabbage, steamed bream, three-inlaid plates, and jade belt cakes.

After all, it is still a war period, although Liu Hou is the lord of a country, he can't always enjoy those delicacies, especially in military life, Liu Hou usually eats very simply.

It's already very rich like today, and I've been with Liu Hou for a while, and Sima Yi also knows that this little emperor is very frugal in his personal life, and he doesn't have many requirements for eating, and he doesn't have any pressure when ordering, so he didn't deliberately order those expensive and rare dishes, but chose some delicious specialties.

Liu Hou was obviously very satisfied with these dishes, and after visiting for a morning, he was already hungry, and after he said hello, he let go of his belly and began to eat, Zhou Xue and Sima Yi were not polite, picked up the chopsticks and ate and drank. Sima Yi even toasted Liu Hou frequently. The wine they drank was a very characteristic rice wine in Xiangyang.

It is said to be rice wine, but it is not yellow, but milky white and translucent. This wine has a good aroma, a slightly sweet and sour taste, and only a slight wine flavor. Liu Hou estimated that the alcohol content of this wine may only be 2-3 degrees, which is a very low alcohol wine, and when he first drank it, Liu Hou even thought that this wine had become sour after being overbrewed.

After drinking a few more glasses, I feel that this kind of wine is really good, there is a sweet and sour feeling when drinking, which makes people have a great appetite, sweats slightly after drinking, relaxes the muscles and activates the body, and is a good drink to relieve the heat. And because the alcohol content is very low, it is estimated that there is no damage to the stomach and liver.

In addition, the raw material for brewing it is glutinous rice, and generally speaking, glutinous rice wine is a nutritious and high-calorie wine, which is very beneficial to the human body. The more Liu Hou drank, the more he loved to drink, and praised this Xiangyang rice wine.

Sima Yi saw that Liu Hou liked to drink, of course, he kept persuading him to drink a few more glasses, Liu Hou drank more than a dozen glasses unconsciously, this was the first time he drank so openly, of course, maybe this is not wine, such a low degree thing can only be regarded as a drink.