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Just when Cao Ang was preparing to find another way out, Sun Ce in the south also adopted Zhou Yu's strategy of cutting off the water source, leaving Guiyang City without water.

Huang Zu learned that the river in the city had dried up overnight, so he couldn't help but hurried to the river to check.

When he saw the river bed that was still wet but had dried up, he felt dizzy instantly.

If there wasn't someone beside him to support him, he might have fallen onto the river bed.

"Sir!" A subordinate next to him helped Huang Zu and asked with concern on his face: "Are you okay?"

Huang Zu tilted his head, glanced at the subordinate, and couldn't help crying and said: "Look at me now, do I seem to be okay?"

The subordinate was a little embarrassed when he heard this.

Fortunately, Huang Zu sighed and stood up straight.

The subordinates on the side saw this and hurriedly said with relief: "Sir, this must be a natural disaster, so the river will dry up."

Huang Zu looked at the subordinate as if he were a fool, then helplessly held his forehead and said, "How could I have such stupid subordinates as you?"

"Around Guiyang City, the seasons are like spring and there is abundant rain. You have lived for more than 30 years. When have you ever seen the river here dry up?"

"This!" The subordinate's face was full of embarrassment. He was a military general. Although his skills were not high, he still had common sense.

I was talking nonsense like that just now, just to flatter him, but I didn't do it well and hit the horse's hooves.

Huang Zu no longer ordered his subordinate, but looked in one direction, gritted his teeth and said: "It must be those two damn guys Sun Ce and Zhou Yu who blocked the upper reaches of the river and stopped the flow in Guiyang City. .”

When his subordinate heard this, he understood instantly.

But immediately, he raised a question: "Sir, if Sun Ce cuts off the river, isn't he afraid that the people downstream will have no water?"

Huang Zu looked at his subordinate and wanted to slap him to death.

"Do you have any idea how much water our tens of thousands of troops in the city need every day?"

"It's not yet the spring planting season, so how much water can the people downstream use?"

In fact, if Zhou Yu and Sun Ce dared to do this, it was completely calculated.

It is not the spring planting season, so there is not much water.

Even if the river is cut off for a few days, it won't be a big problem. After all, every village will have a well in case of emergency.

But the situation in Guiyang City is different. People can go several days without eating, but they cannot go several days without drinking water.

Huang Zu naturally knew this. After he figured it out, he summoned all his subordinates.

"I believe you have all seen that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, two yellow-mouthed children, actually cut off the river water, causing us to have no water in Guiyang City."

"Now, we have two choices before us. One is to leave the city and fight to the death with them, and the other is to open the city gate and surrender."

Huang Zu's subordinates all looked at each other in shock when they heard these two options.

Obviously, they don't want to choose either of these two options.

Originally, they thought that with the strong and tall walls of Guiyang City and the sufficient military rations in the city, they could completely delay Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's withdrawal.

Unexpectedly, the water was cut off.There is food but no water. This is a rhythm that will trap tens of thousands of people in this city to death.

Everyone looked at each other, and the last subordinate stood up and said: "Sir, I am willing to fight to the death!"

Some people took the lead, and others also asked for battle.

Huang Zu smiled when he saw this and waved his hand gently: "Okay, we can't win. It's enough for you to have this heart. I don't want to see you die in vain."

"Sir..." The subordinate wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Huang Zu waving his hand.

Huang Zu stood up and said to his subordinates: "Tonight, I will lead a team of people to break out under the cover of darkness and find others for help. You can hold on in the city for two days."

"If I haven't come back within two days, then you don't have to insist. Just open the city and surrender."

When Huang Zu's subordinates heard this, they all looked unhappy.

Huang Zu didn't say anything more. He went directly to the cavalry team in the city and picked out twenty good men, preparing to break out under the cover of darkness tonight.

On the other side, Sun Ce is in the camp.

After Gan Ning cut off the water source of Guiyang City, Sun Ce sent people to Guiyang City to persuade him to surrender.

As a result, as soon as the people sent out opened their mouths, they were forced back by the defenders in Guiyang City with bows and arrows.

Sun Ce looked at his men who ran back in embarrassment and couldn't help but frown: "Does this Huang Zu still want to resist with his back?"

In fact, Sun Ce did not want to wait until the defenders in Guiyang City were almost dying of thirst before opening the city to surrender.

In that case, he would only get some defeated soldiers.

What he hoped for was to attack Kaicheng's heart and frighten the defenders into surrender.

Unexpectedly, the people sent out to recruit surrender came back in such a mess.

So Sun Ce found Zhou Yu and asked with some confusion: "Gong Jin, there is no water available in Guiyang City now, so why is the other party still unwilling to surrender?"

Zhou Yu looked at the map of Guiyang City and showed an enigmatic smile.

"Guiyang City is surrounded by mountains and forests. I predict that Huang Zu will personally lead his people tonight and try to break out under the cover of darkness."

"Oh? Gong Jin, why do you see this?" Sun Ce asked curiously, looking at Zhou Yu's confident look.

When Zhou Yu heard this, he smiled slightly and said: "Based on my understanding of Huang Zu, when faced with such a desperate situation, he will definitely not sit back and wait for death, but will make a final struggle."

"It's just that Huang Zu is suspicious by nature. He will definitely do such an important thing himself instead of teaching it to others. That's why I concluded that he will definitely leave the city under cover of darkness tonight."

"The mountains around this city are high and densely forested. As long as he escapes into the mountains, with his understanding of the surrounding terrain, I believe he can break out quickly and look for foreign aid."

When Sun Ce heard this, he said with a solemn face: "Gong Jin, we have spent so long here, if this guy Huang Zu escapes, then we will fail!"

When Zhou Yu heard this, he nodded slightly, and then pointed to a location on the map.

"Bo Fu, don't worry. Huang Zu will definitely break out from here tonight. When the time comes, let Gan Ning lead the troops and block him here."

When Sun Ce heard this, he frowned slightly, waved his hand and said, "No, just to be on the safe side, I will personally lead my troops to intercept and kill Huang Zu tonight!" (End of Chapter)