Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 99 The heavy rain is coming, and Yu Jin’s hard days are coming (2225)

Guan Yu felt cold when he heard that Yu Jin had stationed his troops and horses in Weitou and ordered people to cut down bamboo and wood to build siege equipment.

"Heavy rain is coming, so I cannot enter Fancheng and camp on high ground to avoid the rain. Instead, I garrison troops in the low-lying areas of Weitou and waste manpower on building siege equipment."

"We can't enter Fancheng, so we must rob Yancheng quickly!"

"Cao Ren did not understand the celestial phenomena and thought that Guan withdrew his troops in order to lure Yu Jin into Fancheng. This was a clever move that was mistaken for him."

"Heavy rain is coming soon, how will it give Yu Jin a chance to rob Yancheng?"

"Without Fancheng's supply of food and drinking water, Yu Jin's support troops would be short of food and drink."

When the army is out, they have to make fires to make food, get clean water, shelter from the sun and rain, and store grain, grass and firewood, so the requirements for a stronghold are extremely high.

If the stronghold is not stable, it will often affect victory or defeat.

That's why Yu Jin issued the strict military order to Fu Fang: "If the stronghold is not stable, behead it."

Yu Jin also knew the disadvantages of establishing an unstable stronghold, so he initially hoped to enter Fancheng to reorganize his army. After being rejected by Cao Ren, he wanted to quickly capture Yancheng.

however.

Although Yu Jin responded promptly, he did not expect the heavy rain to come.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and you will fall into passivity if you are not careful.

Yu Jin had just arrived, and unlike Guan Yu, he had a local guide to guess whether it would be fine or rainy. In addition, Cao Ren didn't have this awareness, so naturally he wouldn't remind Yu Jin.

So when there was lightning and thunder in the middle of the night and heavy rain fell suddenly, Yu Jin was completely stunned and his face became extremely pale.

"Why is there a heavy rain tonight?"

When heavy rain comes, the road will become muddy.

This is not the concrete asphalt road of later generations, which will not affect walking after heavy rain.

If you want to walk five miles to Lincheng before the weather clears and the water dries up, your morale will drop by half before you reach Lincheng!
  "General, don't worry. With the heavy rain tonight, Guan Yu won't dare to rob the camp. This is God's help, General!"

"There are many showers in the south. This rain will last until dawn at most. Tomorrow will definitely be a scorching sun. Based on the experience of the general, we can march tomorrow evening."

"We will attack the city at night, and we will surely capture Yan City!"

"At that time, the general will rely on Yancheng and set up another camp outside the city to face each other in a corner-to-corner manner."

"No matter how brave Guan Yu is, he can't do anything to the general!"

"When their food supplies are exhausted, the crisis in Fancheng will naturally be lifted."

"General, you have been working hard for many days. You can have a peaceful sleep tonight."

Military officer Guo An cautiously spoke.

This Guo An was Guo Tu's nephew. After Cao Cao pacified Hebei, he killed Guo Tu and others, as well as Guo Tu's wife and children.

Guo An escaped by chance and became a farmer.

This time Yu Jin enlisted the people in the fields to serve as an army, and Guo An sensed an opportunity. He not only responded to the call for military commanders, but also took the opportunity to recommend himself to Yu Jin.

Yu Jin was already short of personnel. Seeing that Guo An was proficient in literature and ink and knew some military affairs, he promoted Guo An to be a military official to help handle military affairs.

Seeing that Guo An was right, Yu Jin's frown relaxed a lot.

"Guo An, the King of Wei has always promoted talents only, and he does not avoid relatives and enemies when promoting talents."

"You are so good at your work. Once the crisis in Fancheng is resolved, I will definitely recommend you to King Wei."

"As long as you are talented and loyal to King Wei, it doesn't matter whose nephew you are!"

Yu Jin knew Guo An's identity and did not hesitate to promise.

Guo An was overjoyed: "If I can be exempted, I will never forget the general's great kindness."

Yu Jin glanced at the lightning and thunder rainstorm, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and returned to the commander's tent. During this period, Yu Jin was busy with military affairs and did not have a peaceful sleep.

There were more than 20,000 temporary field soldiers, and there were not many good generals and officials under their command. Even Guo An wanted to absolve himself of the crime.

Yu Jin had to do almost everything by himself, making decisions on all military matters personally, for fear of making any omissions.

The next day.

Yu Jin woke up from the sound of thunder.

Listening to the sound of heavy rain outside the tent, Yu Jin's face became gloomier.

The heavy rain has not stopped!
  Yu Jin hurriedly called Guo An: "Call the Jingzhou people in the army to come see me immediately!"

"I'll call you soon." Guo An was also anxious.

This heavy rain did not end as expected, which means that last night's heavy rain was not a common thunderstorm in the south!
  After a long time.

Guo An then summoned a few people from Jingzhou who had some knowledge of astronomical phenomena from the army.

These Jingzhou people were all under Liu Biao's command in the past. They were allotted farmland because of their crimes.

After Yu Jin promised to be exempted, these few people spoke one after another.

Yu Jin has a fake axe. If he says he can get away with it, then he can really get away with it.

"General, this is not a common thunderstorm, but a heavy rain caused by the southeast sea breeze. It can take as short as three to five days and as long as half a month."

"General, the thunderstorm will clear up in a few hours at most. As Zhao Li said, it is caused by the sea breeze. It will definitely not stop raining today."

"General, even if the heavy rain caused by the sea breeze occasionally becomes smaller, it will still get heavier every few hours. I think it should rain again tomorrow."

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A few people from Jingzhou said something to each other, but they all said the same thing.

Yu Jin's face became increasingly ugly, and his gloomy eyes seemed ready to hurt someone at any moment.

Guo An quickly asked everyone to retreat. Seeing Yu Jin's sad face, he whispered: "General, the terrain here is very low. Although there are mountains, they are a little far away from the camp."

"If this heavy rain really lasts for half a month, the camp will be flooded. Why not move the camp to Tushan?"

Yu Jin frowned: "If the heavy rain only lasts for three to five days, and we move camp to Tushan, and Guan Yu hears the news and surrounds Tushan to cut off our water source, the more than 20,000 soldiers will inevitably rebel."

Guo An didn't take it seriously: "I have heard at the end that he is condescending and powerful. If Guan Yu dares to come and besiege Junshan, wouldn't he be asking for his own death?"

Yu Jin snorted coldly: "It's just a rotten scholar's opinion! If I lead veterans who have experienced battles for a long time, I can naturally defeat the enemy."

"However, the more than 20,000 new recruits were all improvised, and I managed to restrain them with strict military laws."

"Do you think they will have the courage to fight to the death when facing difficulties?"

"Don't say that the situation is overwhelming at that time, it will be good even if you don't abandon your weapons and surrender!"

"Although the terrain here is low-lying, even if there are heavy rains for days, at most we can endure the pain of flooding the camp without facing difficulties."

"Even if the battle against Guan Yu is unfavorable, the armies will still have a way to retreat."

"As long as the soldiers in the camp are still there, I can pose a threat to Guan Yu and prevent him from attacking the city at will!"

Guo An was not a great strategist. After hearing Yu Jin's analysis, he suddenly realized that he was just talking on paper. He quickly apologized and flattered: "What the general taught me is that I thought too simply."

Yu Jin saw that Guo An was interested and told him: "Lead an army and find more clean water sources, and then go to the mountains to find more dry and fine bamboo trees to dry in the camp."

"These recruits are all farmers. They can endure the hardship of flooding the camp, but if it affects their food and drink, they will rebel."

"If you dare to mess with me like that Fu Fang, don't blame me for killing you to correct the military law."

Guo An shuddered and said quickly: "General, don't worry, I won't make any mistakes."

(End of this chapter)