The weather in Jingzhou this summer is very strange.
In June, a season that should have been filled with heavy rains, not a drop of rain fell.
July is extremely hot and dry.
Because most of the troops brought by Guan Yu were water-resistant, and Guan Yu set up the camp on the edge of the Han River, Fancheng's defenders could not hold out, so although Liu Bei's soldiers felt very hot, But after all, there was the Han River and the wind to escape the heat, so morale was not greatly affected.
But at the end of July and beginning of August, the end of summer was cut off, and God suddenly started to rain.
In the early days of August, it rained heavily for several consecutive days, causing the water level of the Han River to rise.
Zhang Xi looked at this strange phenomenon in confusion and began to wonder, could it be that the second master is really the reincarnation of the Martial Saint in heaven? !
What do you mean, the heavy rain that originally only occurred in the 24th year of Jian'an, God was so helpful, did he plan to move it to the 22nd year of Jian'an for the second master? !
It's really "if God helps me", right? !
But this is not possible. The current Jingzhou Army, in order to ensure the maximum utilization of the navy, is camped on the edge of the Han River. If the Han River really surges like it did in the 24th year of Jian'an and destroyed the river embankments, then Couldn't the first unlucky one be the 40,000 troops brought by Guan Yu? !
Zhang Xi couldn't sit still and wanted to talk to Guan Yu, but the heavy rain stopped after only three or four days.
The Han River has indeed risen a lot, and the current has become a lot faster, but at least it has not exceeded the river embankment, and there is no possibility of destroying the river embankment.
So, is Zhang Xi overthinking it after all? !
Zhang Xi turned around and looked at the hillside ten miles north of Fancheng where Yu Jin had chosen to camp.
That's right, Yu Jin is a veteran after all. After decades of fighting, how could he make the stupid mistake of camping in a low-lying area?
There is the Han River on the edge of Fancheng. If we camp in a low-lying area, are we really not afraid that Guan Yu will divert the Han River to flood the camp? !
Digging a diversion canal and building a temporary dam is not a difficult task for thirty to forty thousand soldiers.
Therefore, Yu Jin's camp was not set up in a low-lying area, but on a hilly mountain. Although the height was not too high, compared to Guan Yu's camp, he was still camping at a high place.
But, the difference between Guan Yu and Yu Jin is that Guan Yu is a famous general.
Besides, after all, Guan Yu still had a dog-headed military advisor like Zhang Xi to help him.
Before, Guan Yu thought of going to Juedao and letting Zhang Xi attack Fancheng. The two had different strategic concepts, so there were some minor conflicts.
But now, Yu Jin has led his troops to help, and the two of them have the same goal in an instant - to kill Yu Jin and the 30,000 soldiers he brought.
As for how to kill the heavy rain a few days ago, give Guan Yu some inspiration.
"In summer and autumn in Jingzhou, there are often heavy rains. If we can take this as an opportunity to divert the Han River to irrigate it, we will surely defeat the enemy!" Guan Yu came to Zhang Xi and told him his thoughts.
Sure enough, the Second Master still wants to flood the Seventh Army.
Although the second master in history took advantage of the situation and was not as awesome as in the novel, the second master was able to arrange for the soldiers to board the boat in time to avoid the sudden rise of the Han River. At least it shows that the second master was well prepared and had a good understanding of the hydrology of the Han River. The conditions are very clear.
But now, the weather is not right, and it is impossible to have such a heavy rainstorm to help. It may be difficult to divert the Han River to flood the ban.
Zhang Xi stared at the map for a long time, and then said, "Our army came from the waterway. The terrain where we camped was flat and there were no undulations. On the contrary, Cao's army camped on a hill, located at a high place. How can we divert water to flood it?" !”
This is the first question.
Guan Yu led his troops from the water and went ashore to camp on the north bank of the Han River. Places where ships can be parked are generally places where the current is relatively gentle.
Even if you want to divert water from this place, there is no height difference and not many people will be flooded. At most, it will create a tidal flat on the bank of Han River.
Besides, Yu Jin’s camp is thirty miles northwest of you, and the camp is also on a hill, higher than you. If you attack with water, will you drown yourself or others? !
Guan Yu smiled, pointed to a place on the map, and said, "It's not difficult to set up camp thirty miles ahead."
Zhang Xi stared at the movement of Guan Yu's fingers and found that Guan Yu's fingers stopped somewhere on the upper reaches of the Han River.
This place. Well, I can’t see it on the map, but when following Guan Yu’s navy to defeat Cao Jun’s navy, Zhang Xi had been to this place and knew that there was a large Jiangxinzhou here.
In this place, because of the Jiangxin Island, the water flow will be divided into two, the water surface will be much narrower, and the terrain here is also high. If a dam is built here to intercept it, it will easily cause changes in the flow rate and height difference of the water flow.
Then make an opening in a suitable place. It can really be attacked with water.
However, it can only be attacked with water.
Still the same problem, Yu Jin is now stationed ten miles north of Fancheng. When the Han River breaks its banks, the first people to be flooded will be Fancheng and Guan Yu's army.
Furthermore, even if it is the flood season of the Han River, the water flowing down from the upper reaches of the Han River is not very fast. Even if a dam is built, I am afraid that the water will not be able to flood the Yujin camp ten miles north of Fancheng. At most, it will only flood the camp. Soaking the roots of Fancheng's city wall with a little water is meaningless.
This question is the second question, and it is also the main purpose of Guan Yu's visit to Zhang Xi.
"My intention is to lure Yu Jin to fight. I pretended to be defeated and gave up the camp, and led Yu Jin to camp on the bank of the Han River." Guan Yu stroked his beard and said, "However, although Yu Wenze is not a good general in the world, he has commanded the army for many years. , it’s common to cheat and fail, so it’s hard to trick him into being fooled. I wonder if Yuan Chang has any plans?!”
Yes, Zhang Xi understands.
Guan Yu's army camped thirty miles upstream and could still threaten Fancheng, but the distance from Yu Jin's army was far. If Yu Jin just wanted to have a stalemate with Guan Yu, he could not move, but if he wanted to defeat Guan Yu, he had to Move camp.
Once the camp is moved to the Forbidden City, there are not many suitable places to camp on the battlefield on the east side of Fancheng. The best place is Guan Yu's original camp.
Since then, Yu Jin has come from the hills to the flat ground, and after Guan Yu retreated, he occupied the upper reaches of the high ground. Although the gap between them is not too big, in the end they have the basic conditions for a water attack.
But what Guan Yu is worried about now is that even if he deceives his arrogant enemy, Yu Jin may not be fooled.
Yu Jin is not a fool. If Guan Yu is so unwilling to fight, does he still need to lead troops to rescue Fancheng? !
This is something Guan Yu never expected. He came to Zhang Xi just to discuss with Zhang Xi what to do about this matter.
Zhang Xi is also thinking about this matter.
According to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the reason why Yu Jin acted so unwisely was because he was jealous of Pound and was afraid that Pound would make a great contribution by defeating Guan Yu, so he would not listen to anything Pound said.
This thing is pure nonsense, Luo Guanzhong made it up.
Because Yu Jin later surrendered, Pang De would rather die than surrender. When the two endings were compared, Lao Luo started his spring and autumn brushwork, making Yu Jin look like a villain.
And the current deputy general Yu Jin is not Pang De. Pang De is still serving as a vanguard officer under Liu Bei's account in Hanzhong to attack Xiahou Yuan.
There really was no need for Zhang Xi to write a special letter to remind Liu Bei that Pound was a great talent. With Old Liu's way of looking at people, could he tell whether Pound next to Ma Chao had any real ability? !
Besides, Liu Bei wanted to use Ma Chao but didn't dare to use him. After all, Ma Chao had a bad record.
But as for Pound, Lao Liu didn't feel any burden to use him. Moreover, when Ma Chao borrowed Pound from Liu Bei, he would only think that he was paying attention to himself, and would not think that Lao Liu was deliberately poaching.
After all, Pound was not Liu Bei's general, but Ma Chao's general. In the context of the dual monarchy of the Eastern Han Dynasty, if Ma Chao did not die, Pang De was Ma Chao's man, and Liu Bei could only borrow him.
Typical of my lord's lord, not my lord's set of theories.
Well, that’s too much nonsense.
Yu Jin's current lieutenant is Xu Chu, not Pang De. Both of them are founders of Cao Wei. It is not easy to use the contradiction between them to cause something.
However, there is no solution at all.
Therefore, Zhang Xi thought for a long time and came up with an idea for Guan Yu.
"Xu Chu is a close minister of Cao Cao. He is brave if he is brave, but he has no ability to lead an army." Zhang Xi said, "Cao Cao sent this man here this time with the intention of making him meritorious and rewarded, so he must be eager to fight. .”
Guan Yu thought for a while and nodded.
Zhang Xi continued, "There has never been any clever strategy in banning troops, and he has always been law-abiding. He is capable of training and running the army, but commanding troops in combat is not his specialty. This time he goes on an expedition, and he should put stability first."
When Guan Yu heard this, he finally understood.
Yu Jin took a risk once in his life, and this risk was not external, but internal.
He risked being suspected by Cao Cao and sent troops without authorization to quell the disaster after the love incident in Wancheng, which violated Cao Cao's taboo. It was only with Xiahou Dun's protection that Cao Cao gave up his suspicion on him.
But since then, although Yu Jin has gained a lot of fame and high official salary, and Cao Cao has never treated him badly, his opportunities to lead troops alone on expeditions have become very rare.
It is impossible for Yu Jin not to know this. It is rare for him to lead troops on this expedition. He will not do too many things that would offend Cao Cao and will be very cautious.
But Xu Chu is different. Xu Chu usually doesn't have the opportunity to lead troops in battle. This time he has a rare opportunity, and he will definitely be eager to express himself.
You must know that Xu Chu has only held the official position of captain until now. As a real bodyguard, Cao Cao would not and had no reason to give Xu Chu a high salary.
Xu Chu naturally knew this, so sending troops to assist Yu Jin this time could be said to be one of Xu Chu's few opportunities to make meritorious deeds, and he would definitely want to seize it.
But the problem is that Xu Chu is not the kind of person who can hold his temper. He will definitely be eager to make meritorious deeds, but he must be stable in the ban and will definitely not be eager to enter the army. There are still conflicts between the two that can be exploited.
Zhang Xi's suggestion was to ask Guan Yu not to step forward himself, but to let his subordinates take action and fake defeat a few more times to arouse Xu Chu's desire to perform meritorious deeds.
At that time, Xu Chu is eager to make meritorious deeds and will definitely ask Yu Jin to send troops. But will Yu Jin really stick to his principles and offend Xu Chu, Cao Cao's close servant? !
If he were younger, maybe Yu Jin would still do this. After all, he was still angry at that time, and Cao Cao's mentality was different from his current mentality.
But now it’s really hard to say.
(End of chapter)
