System Blessing: The Young Master of the Dong Family and Diao Chan's Fate

"Yesterday, General Zhao and General Liang completely wiped out Cao's troops in Yanjin."

"Our troops have crossed the river at Yanjin and Baima."

"Calculating the time, if nothing unexpected happens, the army will be able to cross the river within three to five days."

Guo Jia bowed and told Dong Yu the current situation in the army.

"Where are Cao's troops?"

"Any developments?"

"Where is Cao Cao now?"

Dong Yu nodded slightly and asked.

But he remembered that Cao Cao had already defeated Brother Liu and was currently on his way to withdraw.

"According to spies, Cao Cao's army is on its way to Changyi."

"If they leave the waterway, the logistics and transportation of tens of thousands of troops and over a hundred thousand civilians will be enough to overwhelm him."

"So he can't leave Surabaya no matter what."

"Currently, Wen Ruo has led his troops to Changyi. Calculating the time, they should be arriving soon."

Guo Jia cupped his hands and tapped the map with his finger.

"Water attack?"

Dong Yu narrowed his eyes and immediately thought of a feasible option.

Spring is one of the rare flood seasons in a year.

The spring flood is also called the peach flood.

In spring, the ice and snow melt, and a large amount of ice and snow will melt from both sides of the river that has been silent for a winter and flow into the river channels, providing the river with a large amount of water.

"Yes."

"Wen Ruo must be thinking of using Si Shui."

Guo Jia nodded and agreed.

"If I can think of it, how could Cao Cao not think of it?"

Dong Yu asked suspiciously.

His IQ is not low now, but in terms of strategy, he may still be a little inferior.

"By the time he thought of it, it was too late."

"The Sishui River branches off from the Jishui River and flows towards Xuzhou."

"The Ji River splits into two streams in Dingtao. One, the Si River, flows to Xuzhou, and the other flows to Daye Lake on the north side of Juye."

"If Wen Ruo leads his troops to capture Dingtao first, he may intend to block the tributary leading to Daye Lake, thus diverting all water to Sishui."

"Another large army will block the river in Changyi to store water. It will only take a few days. By then, whether Cao Cao takes the water route or not, the downstream area will become a swamp."

"You know, the Sishui River isn't the only spring flood that happens in the spring. Wherever the flood passes, thousands of smaller tributaries contribute to the flooding."

"By then, even if Cao Cao found a high place in time to avoid casualties, he wouldn't be able to return in a short time."

"After such a long time, the lord's army has already taken over all of Yanzhou."

Guo Jia stroked his short beard and told everyone his guesses one by one.

In fact, what Guo Jia guessed was almost the same as what Xun Yu thought.

However, in comparison, Xun Yu's methods are definitely not as ruthless as others.

After blocking the river, Xun Yu ordered his soldiers to relocate all the people from the two counties downstream.

If it were Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others who were making the plan, there is a 90% chance that they would not care about these people.

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"This strategy is not what I want."

Xun Yu stood on the city wall of Changyi, with a hint of guilt in his eyes.

Although the people were relocated, a large amount of property was still lost due to the haste.

Houses, food, property and fertile land that had just been cultivated.

After all, time is running out, and the soldiers of each army will not allow the people to miss military opportunities because of such problems.

It would be great if we could allow them to take away some food.

If it were someone else, who would care about the lives of these people when a flood occurred?

"Your Excellency, over 100,000 people from Dongmin and Jinxiang counties have been relocated to Changyi."

Huang Zhong cupped his hands and reported seriously.

"General Huang, thank you for your hard work."

"Then we just have to wait for Cao Cao to arrive."

Xun Yu nodded and looked into the distance again.

"According to the time, Cao Cao should be arriving soon."

Zhang He stood beside Xun Yu, estimating Cao Cao's marching time.

The marching speed of an army of more than 100,000 people can be said to be very slow.

It’s enough to walk about ten or twenty miles a day.

After all, once the number of troops increases, the number of accompanying civilians and supplies will also increase exponentially.