The sound of rain was falling, and Sun Quan in the camp was upset. He was about to break the city, but the heavy rain stopped and his success fell short.
When I was feeling depressed, my own soldiers came in with medicine soup. I opened the curtain and saw the water column outside the door. Suddenly my heart moved and I hurriedly ordered: "Send Lu Fan and Jia Hua to come quickly."
When the two entered the tent, Sun Quan ordered: "The sky will not help me, giving Cao's army a chance to breathe. If we wait for the weather to clear, it will be difficult to attack the city again. We need to find another good strategy."
Lu Fan frowned and said, "It is already the plum rain season. With the weather in Huainan like this, it may be difficult to send troops."
Sun Quan sneered and said: "If you have a plan, you can easily destroy Shouchun."
Lu Fan asked: "I wonder if my lord has any good ideas?"
Sun Quan's eyes were slightly gleaming, and he said slowly: "In the past, the governor defeated Shouchun. Do the two generals still remember how Cao's army regained the city?"
"This incident shocked Huainan and the whole world knew about it. How could the general..." Lu Fanzheng was speaking, when his face suddenly changed and he exclaimed: "Could it be that my lord wants to..."
"That's right!" Sun Quan nodded slightly, clenched his fist and said, "If you don't break Shouchun, you won't be allowed to step into the Central Plains. The last time I was tricked by a thief, this time I used Cao's thief's plan to break his city. This is the law of reincarnation! "
Lu Fan hurriedly advised: "Cao's army flooded Shouchun before, which greatly lost the hearts of the people. If the lord uses this strategy, I'm afraid it will be inappropriate."
"Cao Cao was flooded, but Gu Ben couldn't be flooded?" Sun Quan shouted: "How many men from Jiangdong died in Shouchun, how do they compare with the tens of thousands of people in Huainan? Liu Qi has taken Guanzhong and will break through the Central Plains. If he doesn't march again, great things will happen. That’s it!”
Jia Hua cupped his fists and said, "What my lord said is absolutely true. Recently, more than half of the battalions have been lost, and the generals are often tempted to retreat. If this strategy had been used earlier to preserve the strength of the troops, we would have already entered the Central Plains."
Sun Quan looked at the two men and said: "The two generals are my confidants, so I will only discuss this plan with you two. Jia Hua needs to guard the central army, so he can only be led by Zi Heng. Jia Hua chooses a thousand confidants from among the guards." , disguised as common people digging embankments, this matter must not be leaked."
Seeing that Sun Quan trusted him so much, Lu Fan also knew that this matter had a great impact. He clasped his fists and said, "My lord has ordered me to do my best. However, once the embankment is dug, the water will be difficult to control, and the soldiers and horses of the battalions outside the city need to evacuate early."
Sun Quan laughed and said, "Zi Heng went to prepare himself. Later I summoned the generals to discuss matters. I only said that the rainy season is approaching and we cannot attack the city. We must retreat overnight."
Lu Fan took the order and left. Just as Jia Hua was about to send an order to raise his tent, Sun Quan waved his hand and said, "Don't be anxious. We must retreat now. If Cao Jun sentry detects this, he will be on guard."
Jia Hua asked doubtfully: "When will the announcement be made?"
Sun Quan stood up, walked slowly out of the desk, and calmly calculated: "It will take Lu Fan two hours to get to the river bank, it will take five hundred people an hour to dig the river channel, and it will take more than an hour for the flood to reach here. At the third watch, the account will be raised, and at Mao hour Break out the camp, retreat first with the baggage, and then retreat with the elite troops. When the flood comes, it will be enough to retreat!"
Jia Hua clasped his fists and said: "My lord is wise, if our army retreats, the flood will pour into Shouchun. Cao's army will not be prepared in time, let them also taste the taste of flooding."
"As the saying goes, retribution is not good, this time Cao Cao will definitely suffer the consequences!"
Sun Quan stood in front of the camp gate with his hands behind his hands, feeling the cold wind blowing from the crack in the door, and he had a strategizing attitude.
Lü Meng had sent people to report the news, and he successfully crossed the river and headed north. He bribed local officials along the coast, and his troops were gathering to attack Tan County.
At this time, it is no longer important whether Shouchun can be captured. As long as Cao Ren's troops are trapped in the city, Lu Meng can take advantage of Xuzhou's emptiness to capture Donghai County.
After Cao Ren's entire army was wiped out, Jiangdong's navy could move north to capture Pengcheng, and then join forces with Zhou Yu's troops to lead the army. Then, all three groups would attack together. Xuzhou was already in the bag.
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Chang Diao led his troops to the upper reaches of the Huai River, where the Nancha River flows to Shouchun, where Cao's army originally dug the river embankment.
At nearly the fourth watch, Cao Jun came to the shore in the rain. Most of the torches were extinguished by the rain. The flickering light did not dare to venture to the other side. Chang Diao divided his men and horses into three teams and took turns digging the embankment on the east bank.
While they were busy, Lu Fan led troops from the west bank and arrived quietly. Cao Jun would not have noticed it. Lu Fan detoured from the south fork of the river and saw a firelight beside the river embankment. He thought Cao Jun was on guard and frowned secretly.
He ordered the soldiers to hide in the distance and quietly came to the shore with ten guards. However, they heard a faint clanking sound and couldn't help but be startled.
Looking carefully, I saw many people on the other side, wielding shovels and struggling to dig the embankment.
"Hiss—" Lu Fan was startled and frowned: "Could it be that Marquis Wu didn't trust me enough and sent another team to dig the embankment?"
Thinking of Sun Quan's displeasure in his admonishment in the tent just now, Lu Fan sighed in his heart and immediately called the soldiers from afar over, ordering everyone to take action immediately and not to slack off.
Here Wu Jun lit torches and started to attack. Cao Jun on the opposite side was also stunned. They raised their shovels and pickaxes to be on guard. However, they saw that the opposite side was just digging dikes with their heads down and no weapons in their hands.
After Chang Diao was briefly surprised, he shouted excitedly: "You're stunned, why are you digging?"
Cao Jun saw that there were only ordinary people on the other side, with only shovels and no bows and arrows, facing each other across the river. There was no threat, so they started to attack again.
"Boss, what's going on?" The commander who was resting behind him was confused.
Chang Diao sneered and said: "This must be because the people of Huainan couldn't bear to be oppressed by the Wu army, so they secretly organized people to dig the Huaihe River and drown all the Wu dogs."
The captain laughed and scolded: "Sun Quan, a capricious villain, was killed by General Zhang Xiaoyaojin when he attacked Hefei last time. This time he came to besiege Hefei again, but was defeated by the boss. If he could drown Sun Quan, , Boss, you will become famous in one battle!"
"It's still too early!" Chang Diao smiled so hard that his eyes bloomed, and he said: "It all depends on you brothers. After the success, everyone will have a share of the reward. If there are five hundred more people, please give me a boost." , we can’t lose to those mud-legged guys.”
After the commander received the order, he immediately went to the rear to deliver the order. Cao Jun all cheered and stood up. They crowded to the shore to dig, scrambling to be the first, and it was so lively.
"Speed up and make sure there are no mistakes!" Lu Fan heard the cheers from the other side and thought they were going to take the credit, so he personally grabbed a shovel to dig.
People from both sides worked hard to dig embankments on the east and west banks. Under the dim firelight, shovels were waved, and the sound of iron tools and the sound of rain created a harmonious labor scene.
The river embankment that originally took at least more than an hour to be dug was dug by two teams of people who worked together and competed with each other. In less than a meal, they dug a foot wide hole.
The raging river water hit the bank and washed away the remaining earth and rocks. The stone gate left in the middle was in vain, like an isolated island that was instantly submerged by the flood.
Rumble——
The surging Huai River water poured down again, overflowing the channel of Nancha River, spreading to both banks, and rushing towards Shouchun.
"Well done!" Chang Diao looked at the people on the other side who were retreating, and told the soldiers to step back. He laughed and said, "Young blue eyes are unpopular, and God will punish you. Go back to the city and give orders."
Cao Jun waved his shovel and cheered away. They all understood that if the flood went down, Wu Jun's entire army would be wiped out, and the siege of Shouchun would be resolved. From now on, they would no longer have to worry and work hard to defend the city.
