In the big tent, Cao Cao was sitting on the bed, wearing a brocade robe. On the left and right sides of the bed, Liu Ye, Sima Lang, Chen Qun, Man Chong and other counselors were sitting respectively. Everyone looked serious.
Cao Cao called everyone in late at night, obviously there was something important.
Cao Cao coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "My lords, the news has just been sent back to Xiangyang. Liu Bei and Zhang Fei have been killed by Wang Can, the Han army has been defeated, and Wang Can has occupied Xiangyang."
As soon as he finished speaking, whispers sounded in the big tent, appearing surprised.
Cao Cao waved his hand and asked the soldiers to hand the bamboo slips to everyone to browse.
The bamboo slips clearly record what happened in Xiangyang, no matter how big or small, everything is on it.
Liu Ye read it quickly, passed the bamboo slip on, frowned and said: "The city of Xiangyang is strong, and Liu Bei's defense of the fortified city was actually captured by Wang Can. It is incredible. Fortunately, although Wang Can captured Xiangyang, he also took the city of Xiangyang.
The defense was destroyed, and the Shu army also suffered heavy losses, which gave the lord an opportunity. If the lord and Sun Jian join forces, there is a chance to severely damage Wang Can."
Liu Ye did not say that he killed Wang Can, but only severely injured him.
It is very difficult to kill Wang Can.
As long as Wang Can's power is severely damaged, Wang Can can be stopped for a period of time, which will buy Cao Cao time.
After Chen Qun read it, he continued: "My lord, Qun also agrees with Zi Yang that he can fight Wang Can. However, I think the key point is not whether he can defeat Wang Can, but the food and people of Xiangyang. Although Liu Jingsheng is not
The leader of the development has more than defended it. The country of Xiangyang under his rule is rich and prosperous. If we lead troops to Xiangyang, we can plunder food and grass and coerce the people, and bring the people and food and grass back to Yanzhou to strengthen Yanzhou's strength."
Cao Cao laughed and said: "Chang Wen (Chen Qun's character), we are not plundering the people, but we are raising righteous troops to rescue those people who are trapped in water and fire."
After hearing Cao Cao's words, everyone laughed.
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When Sun Jian was on his way with his troops, news from Xiangyang came back.
At that moment, Sun Jian ordered the army to stop advancing.
Sun Jian led troops to support Liu Bei. He did not take Cheng Pu and Huang Gai with him, but asked them to lead troops to deal with Huang Zu. Sun Jian took Zhu Zhi, Zhou Yu, Sun Ce and others to Xiangyang.
After Sun Jian spread the news of Liu Bei's defeat, everyone fell silent.
With a smile on his face, Sun Jian said: "Liu Bei died very well."
People around him didn't understand what he meant and didn't understand what Sun Jian was thinking. Because Liu Bei was killed, there was one less person in the world who could deal with Wang Can. This was not a good thing.
If Liu Bei is missing, an ally will be missing.
Sun Jian continued: "Ziyu (Zhuge Jin), the news came back that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were killed by Wang Can, but Zhuge Liang was missing and was not caught. From this, it can be inferred that Zhuge Liang is still alive, but was killed by Wang Can
He left when the city was destroyed. You immediately write a letter to persuade him to surrender to the Kingdom of Wu. I will send someone to find Zhuge Liang, give him your letter, and ask him to come to Soochow."
Sun Jian was not thinking about the gains and losses after Liu Bei's death, but wanted to win Zhuge Liang under his command.
Zhuge Liang was sent as an envoy to Soochow, and Sun Jian favored Zhuge Liang very much.
After Liu Bei died, Sun Jian had the opportunity to recruit Zhuge Liang, so he immediately proposed it.
Zhuge Jin thought for a while and said calmly: "My lord has ordered me to do it, and I will definitely do it. But the second brother has always had his own ideas. If the lord wants to recruit him, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort."
Sun Jian waved his hand and said proudly: "You are only responsible for writing the letter, and leave the rest to me."
"No!" Zhuge Jin agreed with his hands raised.
Lu Su immediately said: "My lord, Liu Bei is dead, and Wang Can has also captured Xiangyang, which may be difficult to defeat. Now our army has not captured Jiangxia, and there is still a big problem in the west, Ganning, so it is no longer appropriate to continue sending troops. Therefore,
, Su believed that only by sending his troops back to deal with Jiangxia, and then using all his strength to get rid of Gan Ning, could the great cause of the Wu State be stabilized."
Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "Yu doesn't agree with Zijing's words."
He stood up and said loudly: "Our army goes north and joins forces with Cao Cao. If we can jointly capture Xiangyang, we can divide Jingzhou from the south to the north with Cao Cao and block Wang Can's road from Jingzhou to Shu. In this way, we will again
Try your best to destroy Gan Ning and block Wang Can's waterway out of Shu. This will block Wang Can in the middle of Shu. Therefore, Yu believes that it is better to send troops north to defeat Wang Can together with Cao Cao.
Jingzhou."
After hearing this, Sun Ce immediately agreed with the final opinion.
Sun Ce also clasped his fists and said: "Dad, everyone in the world says that Wang Can is invincible in every battle, and the people in Jiangdong have long heard of Wang Can's reputation. We will defeat Wang Can in this battle and kill Wang Can's spirit."
Sun Jian said with a smile: "Gong Jin's words are reasonable. Let's go north to Xiangyang first, besiege Wang Can with Cao Cao, and then return to Jiangdong to get rid of Gan Ning. However, in order to conquer Zhuge Liang, we also have to attack Wang Can. Regardless of success or not, we will
The king has avenged his former master. With this relationship, wouldn't it be a natural progression to conquer Zhuge Liang?"
After hearing Sun Jian's words, everyone didn't know what to say.
Sun Jian's idea is really different.
However, this also shows that Sun Jian attaches great importance to Zhuge Liang.
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The living water of the Xiangyang City moat is mainly the river water injected by the Tangbai River. The Tangbai River is the largest tributary of the Han River. It is formed by the confluence of the Tang River and the Bai River and is called the Tangbai River.
The Tangbai River merges into the Han River near Xiangyang and is the main source of running water for the moat.
After Wang Can captured Xiangyang, it rained heavily for three consecutive days, and it did not clear up until the fourth day. Even so, the river water surged, and the water in the moat also rose a lot. In the upper reaches of the Tangbai River, the river water changed from one place to another.
It flows through higher places and flows downstream, but embankments were built at this place to block the flow of the river.
On both sides of the embankment, there were more than two hundred soldiers standing, all with serious expressions.
Zhuge Liang stood aside with a solemn look on his face.
He looked at a young man and asked, "Guanping, have the tributaries of Tangbai River been blocked?"
Guan Ping is the eldest son of Guan Yu.
During the Battle of Xiangyang, Liu Bei led his troops to intercept Wang Can in the city, and Guan Ping also asked for orders to go there. However, people were needed to guard the city tower, so Liu Bei ordered Guan Ping to stay on the city. It was in this way that Guan Ping escaped the disaster.
He was not killed by Wang Can. Not only that, Zhang Fei's descendants were not killed either and escaped with Zhuge Liang.
When Guan Ping heard Zhuge Liang's words, his eyes lit up and he clasped his fists and said, "Come to the military advisor, all the tributaries have been blocked."
Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, then looked at Zhang Bao and asked: "Zhang Bao, can the lower reaches of the Tangbai River be blocked?"
Zhang Bao cupped his fists and said, "Come to the military advisor, the downstream is also blocked."
After Zhuge Liang heard this, his nerves became tense. After he escaped from Xiangyang, he did not leave Xiangyang. Instead, he asked the soldiers to cut off the upper and lower reaches of the Tangbai River at the same time. In this way, the cut off water in the middle of the Tangbai River was affected by the rain.
It was injected, swelled slightly, flowed into the moat, and then flowed into the Han River from the moat, without much impact.
However, the upper reaches of the Tangbai River were blocked, and the water in the river became higher and higher, accumulating more and more.
At first, both Guan Ping and Zhang Bao thought that Zhuge Liang was afraid of death and ran away, so they were unwilling to follow him. However, after hearing Zhuge Liang's plan, they both showed cheerful smiles and became convinced. Now they are even more eager to try it.
Guan Ping said: "Military advisor, can we dig out the embankment?"
Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and finally nodded.
After Guan Ping received the order, he immediately asked the soldiers to rush to the embankment blocking the river, and quickly dug a large hole to let the river flow through. After the soldiers left, the river water continued to wash away, and the gap opened in the embankment became increasingly large.
It was so big that it finally exploded with a loud bang. The surging river water quickly rushed down from the high ground and hit the ground below, causing a burst of white flowers to appear.
The river water broke through the obstruction and rushed down quickly. The deafening sound made Zhuge Liang change his color.
This time, the evil done was great.
If two armies faced each other and used fire or water attacks to kill each other, Zhuge Liang would not feel burdened.
However, the current river has burst its embankment, and the lower reaches of the Tangbai River have been blocked. The water that rushes down cannot flow down, and will rush towards the moat. When the time comes, the river water flows into it, and the water in the moat swells and breaks through the embankment, and it will definitely rush forward.
Enter the city and turn Xiangyang City into a flood.
The river rushed into the city, and the people were affected and homeless. This was Zhuge Liang's fault.
However, Wang Can also faced a huge test, and Cao Cao and Sun Jian led troops to kill him, so Wang Can could not gain a foothold in Xiangyang.
This was the biggest reason why Zhuge Liang took action.
Ps: The third update is completed, there will be an additional update in the evening, but it will be very late.
