"Huh? Mr. Zhengnan, do you think something is wrong?"
Yuan Shang looked at Shen Pei with a smile and asked.
"Since Cao's army failed to attack the city, why would they use such boring methods?"
Shen Pei expressed his doubts.
Yuan Shang, Feng Ji and others looked at each other and laughed.
"This further proves that Cao A is incompetent and furious!"
Everyone laughed for a while, and seeing that the judge's expression was still serious, Yuan Shang said seriously,
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhengnan, I will make people more vigilant."
"So good!"
Shen Pei nodded.
In the next period of time, Cao Jun did not attack the city again, but kept sending people to the front of the formation to yell and curse.
Starting from Yuan Shang, including Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shao, and even Yuan Shao's father Yuan Feng, the eighteen generations of the Yuan family were almost scolded by Cao Jun.
However, Yuan Shang didn't care. He just ordered his people to close the city gate tightly and not be able to get out.
For a time, everything inside and outside the city was safe and sound.
On the other hand, Cao Cao followed Yang Ling's suggestion and not only blocked the water inlet near the Huan River and built a dam to store rainwater, but he also ordered a large army to start digging waterways to divert water from the Yellow River.
Yuan Shang in the city still didn't know anything about it, he just spent his days drinking and drinking, drunk and dreaming.
Nearly half a month passed like this, and soon the peak flood season in Hebei area came.
It rained heavily for more than ten days in a row, and the amount of water in Huanshui increased rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this situation, Cao Cao and others were extremely happy!
…
The head of Yecheng city.
In accordance with the usual practice, the review officer conducts inspections on duty in the military.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhengnan, I'm keeping an eye on you. Nothing will happen."
Governor General Ma Yan said with a smile.
After making sure that everything was as usual, the judge smiled slightly and said,
"Then we'll have to trouble General Dudu."
"Sir, you're welcome. We're both working for our lord, so there's no need to worry!"
Shen Pei nodded and said nothing more.
But when his eyes looked towards the enemy troops outside the city, they froze slightly.
I saw a large number of Cao's troops coming out of the camp and rushing towards the hillside not far away.
"General Dudu, what is going on?"
Shen Pei asked with a frown.
Ma Yan glanced at it and smiled nonchalantly,
"They should be moving the camp, right?"
"Move the camp? Why don't you report such an important matter to the lord and us?"
The judge's face darkened.
"Sir, please don't get excited."
Ma Yan quickly explained,
"My lord has been drinking and having fun, so I can't disturb him."
"Besides, it rained continuously in the past few days. The terrain outside the city is low-lying. It is reasonable for Cao Jun to move the camp!"
"So I didn't report it."
Shen Pei said nothing, and just stared at Cao Jun outside the city.
If it was really to avoid the heavy rain, then Cao Jun should have moved his camp as early as when it rained.
Why did the camp move only after the weather calmed down?
There is something really weird about this.
At this moment, Shen Pei's eyes fell on a small river not far outside the city.
This small river is a tributary of the Huan River. When there is no war, most people in Yecheng get water from here, and people often go boating on the river.
However, at this time, the water level of the river actually dropped, and even the river beaches were exposed in some places.
The unattended boat was also stranded by the river.
The judge couldn't help but be shocked!
You know, it was raining heavily some time ago. How could the water level of the river fall instead of rising?
There is only one possibility: someone is accumulating river water upstream!
"You bastard!"
Shen Pei pointed at Ma Yan, cursed loudly, and hurriedly ran towards the city.
Ma Yan was scolded and suddenly felt a little confused.
"What did I do?"
When Shen Pei got off the city, he didn't dare to delay at all, and ran all the way towards Yuan Shang's mansion.
In the lobby of Yuan Mansion, a group of singers were dancing to the music of musicians.
Yuan Shanggao sat in the hall, drinking Maotai wine and enjoying the singing and dancing in front of him.
When he saw the excitement, he clapped his hands and laughed and said,
"If you perform well, everyone who comes will be rewarded!"
At this moment, Shen Pei ran into the lobby and gasped,
"Lord...Lord!"
"Mr. Zhengnan? You're here just in time. Come on, come on, sit down and drink with me."
Yuan Shang stood up drunkenly and pulled Shen Pei to sit down.
The judge was so anxious that he threw Yuan Shang away and said hurriedly,
"Lord, something big happened!"
"The big thing right now is drinking with me!"
Yuan Shang said a little unhappy.
Fortunately, Feng Jishang on the side was somewhat sober and quickly called Yuan Shang.
"Lord, you might as well ask Mr. Zhengnan what the big deal is?"
"That's fine! Judge, what happened?"
Yuan Shang said impatiently.
The judge did not dare to neglect and hurriedly told the two of them what he had discovered.
"Harm, what did I think it was? Isn't it just storing water?"
Yuan Shang smiled indifferently and said,
"The water in the river outside the city can't even flood the city gate."
"You can't say that, my lord!"
The judge said with a solemn expression,
"The river outside the city is a tributary of the Huan River. Since it has no water, it means that Cao Jun started to intercept the water in the upper reaches of the Huan River."
"Coupled with the heavy rain some time ago, I'm afraid Yecheng will be completely destroyed!"
Hearing this, Yuan Shang took a deep breath and woke up from the alcohol!
As Shen Pei said, Huanshui is a big river!
If the Huan River is diverted, there is a real possibility that Yecheng will be flooded!
"What...what should I do?"
Yuan Shang panicked.
Shen Pei and Feng Ji looked at each other with wry smiles on their faces.
No matter how smart they are, they are still somewhat powerless in the face of the power of nature.
"There are only two ways to go now."
Fengji thought for a while and said,
"The first is to build more ships before Cao Jun's water attack!"
"Okay, do it immediately!"
Yuan Shang nodded quickly,
"What about the second way?"
"I pray that the water accumulated by Cao Jun is not big enough!"
Fengji sighed helplessly.
Yuan Shang was stunned.
…
"Rumble..."
The sound of galloping horse hooves came from the wilderness, but it was a group of cavalry galloping from a distance.
When they came to the edge of Huan River, they reined in their reins and stood still.
"Prime Minister, after inspecting this circle, I feel that there is enough water. And the ships in the army are also sufficient."
Yang Ling rode forward and smiled at Cao Cao.
During this period of time, Cao's army was divided into two parts.
One part was responsible for storing Huan water and digging waterways along the Yellow River.
The other part retreated to higher ground and began building boats.
They followed Cao Cao just now and carefully checked the situation among the generals.
"Yes, in order to avoid a long night and many dreams, we will start attacking the city in the afternoon!"
Cao Cao nodded slightly.
Following Cao Cao's order, Cao Jun took action quickly.
On the edge of the Yellow River.
Yang Ling nodded slightly towards Zhou Cang.
Zhou Cang stepped forward knowingly, raised the torch in his hand, and lit the black powder fuse!
