Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Zhou Yu raised two difficult points in succession, which made Gu Yong frown.

Gu Yong understands water conservancy and governance, but knows little about military affairs. Naval battles and warships are areas that Gu Yong has never been involved in.

As for the two difficulties raised by Zhou Yu, Gu Yong briefly thought about it in his mind and understood them.

This is like throwing a brush into a stream. The possibility that the brush will get stuck between two stones of similar length is extremely small.

How can the raging torrent at the gap in the Yellow River be compared to that of a small stream?

If a ship gets within a certain distance of the gap, it will inevitably lose control and capsize.

Unless all the ships in the fleet were driven towards the gap at the same time at all costs, the gap might be blocked temporarily on the water surface by relying on sheer numbers.

But the gap is not a flat surface, and it will be effective if it is temporarily blocked on the water surface.

And how can the navy who steered their ships towards the gap escape?

No matter how much the military soldiers support Liu Bei, they are not willing to sacrifice their lives.

If it was Yangzhou, their home, that was about to be flooded, the soldiers might have been determined to fight to the death.

But letting the soldiers die in a foreign land like this, no matter how high the prestige of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu is, it is unlikely that they will get enough response.

Moreover, in order to achieve what Gu Yong said, the flow of water pouring out of the gap could be greatly slowed down by sinking the ships.

Even for large ships, at least five would need to sink to form a fairly tight stack at the gap.

All these conditions need to be met, and it is obvious that it is impossible just by thinking about it, which is why Zhou Yu spoke out against it.

It would be fine if it could be solved by committing suicide, but I am afraid that I will fail even after making great sacrifices.

However, in the face of Zhou Yu's concerns, Gu Yong's expression quickly relaxed, and he turned to ask the tiger guards who were protecting him.

"Where is the detailed list of the supplies carried by the fleet?"

Tiger Guard quickly found the detailed booklet that recorded the supplies carried by the fleet, and handed it to Gu Yong.

Gu Yong took the booklet and began to look through it quickly.

Since we knew in advance that we came to the Yellow River to control water and to plug possible gaps in the Yellow River.

No matter how hurriedly Gu Yong set sail, he would naturally prepare a series of materials and tools needed for flood control.

Needless to say, there are common supplies such as hoes, shovels, sacks, etc. Wujun has a large inventory of a large number of tools related to water control.

"found it!"

Gu Yong's tone revealed a hint of excitement as he pointed to an item on the booklet, which was ten iron chains of twenty feet, thirty feet, and forty feet each.

Immediately, Gu Yong opened his hands, gestured, and asked Zhou Yu.

"If two large ships were deployed on both sides of the gap, they would be fixed to the bank of the Yellow River with anchors and iron cables, and then connected to the large ship on the opposite side with iron cables."

"In this way, there will be a large number of iron chains across the gap like a big net. Can they stop the ships blocking the gap from being washed away by the rapids?"

Zhou Yu's eyes widened, and excitement unconsciously appeared on his face.

Judging from Zhou Yu's experience, the feasibility of doing so would undoubtedly be greatly improved.

There are a large number of iron chains blocking the gap. The ship slowly approaches the gap from the side to reduce the impact of entering the gap as much as possible. The iron chains may be enough to stop the ship.

Next, they can either sink the ship at the gap or allow the sailors on the ship to climb away along the iron chains above the water to avoid being buried in the water.

Zhou Yu couldn't help but answer.

"This plan is feasible!" Gu Yong replied. "In this case, there is no time to lose. Please help me try it immediately and block the gap in the Yellow River as soon as possible."

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With the support of Gu Yong, when Sun Ce led his army to try to block the gap, the news of the Yellow River bursting its dike quickly spread to the princes and families in the Central Plains and surrounding areas.

But most people thought it was just a natural disaster.

The flooding of the Yellow River has been a problem that the Central Plains has been unable to get rid of for countless years.

Although it is not the rainy season now, the imperial court has not had the spare energy to reinforce and repair the river embankments along the Yellow River for many years, so it is not surprising that the river embankments suddenly collapsed somewhere.

But when this news reached Liu Jun's camp outside Ruyang City, Li Ji's seemingly calm expression actually revealed an unquenchable rage.

No matter how unscrupulous you are, there should be a limit!

If Li Ji had not accidentally glanced at Jia Xu that day and subconsciously made some assumptions with the most unscrupulous thinking, he would never have thought that Cao Cao would make such a move.

At this moment, Li Ji couldn't help but feel a little scared.

If they had not noticed the possibility of the Yellow River bursting its banks in advance and waited for the news to be passed back before sending Gu Yong there, not to mention that the entire Xuzhou would have been flooded, but at least Donghai County would have been affected as well.

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In this way, half of Xuzhou would be completely destroyed.

Not only was there no one there, but even the farmland and houses were completely destroyed. It would take at least five years to restore them, and would also cost countless money, food and manpower.

Not to mention that after a flood, an epidemic will often be triggered, and the direct and indirect deaths of the people will probably cause great damage to the entire Central Plains.

Everyone knows that war can lead to serious population decline.

However, the number of people who die from "chaos" is often ten times that of those who die directly on the battlefield.

Next, as long as Gu Yong can plug the gap in time and let the flood recede as soon as possible, then everything can still be saved.

"I just wonder how Bofu is doing? I hope his life is not in danger..."

Li Ji muttered something, then drafted a letter to send to Liu Bei.

Based on Li Ji's understanding of Liu Bei, he would surely be furious when he learned that Cao Cao had dug up the Yellow River in a cruel way.

Appeasing Liu Bei was one thing, but suggestions on how to resolve the matter later were also included.

After Li Ji sealed the letter, he gave it to Gu Wei to send to Xia Pi.

Li Ji inadvertently looked at the map of Yuzhou hanging in the tent.

To be more precise, Li Ji was looking at the location of Yingchuan County in Yuzhou, then he smiled bitterly and muttered.

"Xun Wenruo, could it be that you are the one behind this?"

"But whether it is or not, it doesn't matter..."

"What you dug up is not only the Yellow River, but also the lifeblood of the entire family!"

Before this, Liu Bei had a very bad impression of the Yingchuan family.

Now that Cao Cao's advisers are mainly composed of the Yingchuan family headed by the Xun family, Liu Bei's resentment towards the Yingchuan family will inevitably increase.

More importantly, after repeated analysis by Li Ji, Liu Bei, even though he acknowledged the dangers of aristocratic families, still had some benevolence towards them.

Even though Liu Bei handed over many matters concerning aristocratic families to Li Ji, Liu Bei's attention to aristocratic families is enough to explain a lot.

Now, Cao Cao's digging of the Yellow River, supported by his advisers led by the Xun family, was enough to make Liu Bei completely determined to reform the aristocratic family class. (End of this chapter)