Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

Weak water bank.

More than 30,000 Han soldiers were still concentrating on crossing the river, and most of them did not notice that there were any changes on the top of the Juyan city wall.

"Prime Minister, General of the Cavalry, there is a sudden smoke signal on the top of the Juyan City Wall!"

Deng Ai had sharp eyes and was the first to notice the abnormality in the enemy city.

Zhang Fei and Xiao Fang raised their heads at the same time and looked towards the north towards Juyan City.

really.

On top of the city wall, three smoke beams had risen at some point, and they were clearly visible in all directions.

"It's just a few smoke signals. What's the big deal?"

Zhang Fei disagreed and continued to urge his soldiers to cross the river.

At this time, he and his generals were eager to end this pursuit so that they could return to Jicheng with Cao Zhang's head as soon as possible to report their merits to Liu Bei.

Zhang Fei didn't take it seriously, but Xiao Fang couldn't possibly take it lightly.

If it was only Cao Zhang, the three smoke signals would naturally be unremarkable and nothing to be suspicious of.

The key is that Cao Zhang has two wise men, Guo Jia and Yang Fu, by his side.

This made him unable to help but be alert in case there was any fraud.

"Guo Jia, Yang Fu, with your wisdom, you should not let Cao Zhang sit and wait for death in Guyan."

"So, what strategy will you give Cao Zhang?"

Xiao Fang's thoughts raced as he stared at the three smoke signals, suspicion growing in his eyes.

...

Weak water upstream.

More than a thousand Qin soldiers were hiding on the inner bank of the river.

Jiang Xu rested his hands on his brow, feeling anxious, and kept looking towards the direction of Juyan City downstream.

Just at the riverbank under his feet, a temporary sand dam made of sandbags had blocked the Ruoshui River in the middle.

The water seepage through the sandbags cannot completely intercept the weak water, but it is enough to reduce the water level to about half of its original level.

It is because of the existence of this sand dam that the water level downstream is only up to the knee level.

"I wonder if Yang Yishan's plan will succeed, and whether Xiao Fang will fall for it and cross the river."

"I really don't want to follow King Rencheng and eat sand on the grassland..."

Jiang Xu murmured to himself, deep anxiety revealed between his brows.

Sudden.

Jiang Xu's eyes focused and he suddenly became excited.

Above the Juyan City downstream, the signal fire was slowly rising and came into his sight.

Cao Zhang sent a signal.

Jiang Xu immediately tensed up, took a deep breath, drew his sword and shouted:
"King Rencheng has given the order. What are you waiting for? Remove all the sandbags!"

After the order was given, a thousand Qin soldiers hiding under the river dam immediately swarmed forward and tried their best to lift up the sandbags blocking the river one by one.

The sand dam was demolished in the blink of an eye.

The water that had been accumulated overnight rushed down the river like a wild horse breaking free from its reins, heading towards the direction of Juyan City downstream.

This torrent rushed down, carrying the last hope of the Qin army.

"Since the King of Rencheng has ordered the digging of a dam, it must mean that the Han army has fallen into a trap and is crossing the river without any defense!"

"Once my flood arrives, it will surely wash the Han army to pieces!"

"It seems that Yang Yishan's plan has worked. We don't have to flee Liangzhou and go to the grassland to eat sand!"

Looking at the rolling torrent, Jiang Xu's eyes were filled with joy and he talked to himself excitedly.

...

Downstream, south bank of Ruoshui.

Xiao Fangzheng stared at the smoke signals from the top of Juyan City, deep in thought.

The strategist's intuition told him that Cao Zhang must be scheming in this battle.

But I haven’t figured out where the trick lies yet.

"Prime Minister, Ma Ziyue just mentioned that the water level of the Ruoshui River should not be so shallow in this season." "I always feel that there is something strange. And the sudden beacon smoke on the top of Juyan City also makes me think it is not simple."

Deng Ai, who was beside him, was also a wise man and noticed that something was wrong.

His words reminded Xiao Fang, and he looked at the Ruoshui in front of him again, subconsciously looking upstream.

Sudden.

The fog has cleared.

Xiao Fang smiled.

"Don't you have any creativity of your own? You are just picking on me..."

Xiao Fang smiled coldly, then said to Zhang Fei:

"Yide, quickly send someone across the river to give Guan Ping an order, and order him to lead the vanguard troops that have crossed the river and immediately move away from the riverbank."

"Order all soldiers who are crossing the river to retreat to the south bank."

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"immediately!"

Zhang Fei, who was about to cross the river, was stunned and said blankly:
"Prime Minister, what do you mean? Why are you withdrawing for no reason?"

Xiao Fang had no time to explain, and said in a deep voice:
"I will explain it to you later. Now you must withdraw all your troops."

"If we were a moment later, our 40,000-strong army would be in utter disaster!"

Hearing the word "catastrophe", Zhang Fei shuddered all over and shuddered.

Since the wise strategist had said so, how could he dare to question it anymore?

"Hurry up and send an order to withdraw all the troops that have crossed the river back to the south bank!"

"Tell my nephew to lead the front troops that have crossed the river and immediately move away from the river bank!"

"Hurry, hurry up~~"

Zhang Fei didn't dare to ask any more questions and shouted at the top of his voice.

The scout immediately galloped away.

The Han soldiers who were already in the river were all confused by this sudden order.

However, military orders were as heavy as a mountain. Even if they had doubts, no one dared to disobey orders.

Guo Huai, Ling Tong and other generals immediately shouted at their soldiers and turned around to run to the south bank.

And on the North Shore.

When Guan Ping received Zhang Fei's military order, he was also confused and puzzled.

After hesitating for a moment, Guan Ping gave the order, ordering the front army soldiers who were lined up on the shore and ready for battle to move north immediately and away from the river beach.

At this moment, the 40,000 Han soldiers fell into a brief chaos.

"Prime Minister, why did you suddenly stop crossing the river and keep the front troops away from the river bank? I really don't understand."

After the order was passed down, Zhang Fei could not help but yell to Xiao Fang.

Xiao Fang pointed his whip at Ruoshui and said:

"Cao Zhang clearly knew that if he stayed in Juyan City, he would be waiting for death, but he still had the confidence to not flee. He must have been fearless."

"Didn't Ma Ziyue just say that the water level of Ruoshui River shouldn't be so low in this season? There must be something fishy going on."

"So I guess that Yang Fu and Guo Jia must have given advice to Cao Zhang, imitating the same strategy I used back then."

"Cao Zhang must have secretly sent troops to block the river upstream with sand bags, storing up flood water, and then he dug up the sand dam when our army crossed the river, hoping to drown our army."

"The smoke signals from the top of Juyan City were Cao Zhang's signal to the people upstream, asking them to dig a dam."

"If we don't withdraw our soldiers, when the flood arrives later, won't my 40,000-strong army be swept away and wiped out?"

Xiao Fang finally exposed Cao Zhang's plot.

Zhang Fei's face turned pale with horror.

All the generals around were suddenly awakened.

Zhang Fei, awakened by the shock, gasped and cursed:

"Well, Cao Zhang, that bastard, actually used the same old trick again and tried to use your strategy against us twice. How hateful~~"

Just as Zhang Fei was cursing, the flood from upstream was rolling in with the force of a landslide. (End of this chapter)