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Chapter 177 Flooded Shouchun
The Wushuang Cannon was robbed, and the two brothers Rui Liang and Rui Xuan were killed in battle.

This news spread quickly to Liu Gan's ears as if he had grown wings, which was undoubtedly extremely bad news for Liu Gan.

Without the unparalleled cannon, Liu Gan would not be able to break through the city walls of Shouchun.

"Damn Lu Jun, I can't spare you!"

Liu Gan gritted his teeth, the name Lu Jun had become a taboo for him, and he wished he could tear Lu Jun to pieces right now.

Liu Gan has already made a clear investigation, all of Lu's family members are in Shouchun City, as long as Shouchun is broken, the entire Lu family will survive or die, only at Liu Gan's whim.

Although the unparalleled cannon is gone, Liu Gan has no intention of giving up playing Shouchun.

At this time, Yuan Shu's troops in Shouchun were scarce, and it was a great opportunity to wipe out Yuan Shu in one fell swoop. Liu Gan would not miss such a good opportunity.

Liu Gan still sent people to insult Yuan Shu loudly under Shouchun City every day, and even ordered people to write several articles to criticize the eighteen generations of Yuan Shu's ancestors.

Among these essays, the one written by Hua Xin was the most eloquent, with thousands of words eloquently scolding Yuan Shu's family.

It is said that after Yuan Shu read Hua Xin's proclamation, he was so angry that he wanted to kill Hua Xin on the spot to vent his anger, and vowed to catch Hua Xin and cut him into pieces.

"Now that there is no unparalleled cannon, what is the best way for you to break the city?"

Liu Gan summoned all the generals to camp and threw out the problem of breaking Shouchun. He believed that the three cobblers were better than Zhuge Liang.

Even if these people are not as good as Zhuge Liang, they are better than the cobbler.

One person counts the short, and the two count the long. It didn't take long for someone to stand up and offer advice, but these tricks were not very good in Liu Gan's mind.

If the strategies are divided into the top, middle and bottom three strategies, then the strategies made by these people are all bad strategies, and some are even worse than the worst strategies.

After a long time, Liu Gan also got annoyed. He didn't expect that there were so many civil servants and generals under his command, and he couldn't even think of a good way to break Shouchun.

"What a bunch of rice buckets!"

Liu Gan cursed mercilessly in front of the generals.

For a moment, the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing, the faces of the generals were dull, but there was no way to refute.

After a long time of silence, when everyone was at a loss what to do, one person stood up.

"Marshal, I have a plan, which can help our army break Shouchun!"

Everyone looked for the voice, only to see a person standing behind Xu Kun.

The name of this person is well known to everyone, Shangqin Xiasong, Biaozi Wenbiao, is Xu Kun's adviser.

Liu Gan walked up to Qin Song unhurriedly. He was nine feet tall and looked at Qin Song condescendingly. He said in a deep voice, "Will the plan come out?"

Qin Song cleared his throat and said respectfully: "Shouchun has the Huaihe River in the north and Feishui in the east. Our army only needs to send an army to divert water to attack and flood the city. No matter how high the city wall of Shouchun is, it will not help. It doesn’t cost a single soldier, it’s just a bit time-consuming and labor-intensive.”

Hearing this, Liu Gan couldn't help but rest his chin in thought, and was speechless for a while.

In the camp, the generals discussed a lot, some were full of praise, some strongly opposed.

The strategy of flooding Shouchun is certainly excellent, but if you want to cause a flood, you must break the embankment to divert the flood.

Once the dam is broken, the flood will be merciless, and the nearby villages and farmland will be destroyed under the impact of the flood, countless people will be displaced, and many innocent creatures will also suffer disaster.

Although this move to kill the enemy is wonderful, it is a sinister strategy that is against the law of heaven.

When Liu Gan was hesitant, Qin Song spoke again: "Commander, Yuan Shu is our army's old enemy in Yangzhou. The Yuan family has four generations and three princes, and the disciples and old officials are all over the world. If our army can defeat Yuan Shu, the world will be defeated." People with insight will surely come to vote one after another, if Yuan Shu can be eliminated in this battle, then our army will be like a flying dragon ascending to heaven, and then no one in the world will be able to stand against our army!"

"Commander, this is a god-given opportunity for our army, don't miss it!" Qin Song looked deeply at Liu Gan.

"Okay, let's act according to this plan!" Liu Gan gritted his teeth and made a decision, and ordered: "Before the dike breaks, you must send people to evacuate the people nearby. I don't want to see unnecessary casualties."

"The handsome and wise!"

……

The first year of Jian'an, August.

Liu Gan broke the embankment to divert the flood, and the water from the Guanhuai River and Feishui River poured into Shouchun City. Under the irrigation of the flood, Shouchun City was in a mess.

Yuan Shu's subordinates, Chen Lan and Lei Bo, joined forces to rebel, intending to capture Yuan Shu alive and sacrifice him to Liu Gan.

Fortunately, Yuan Shu not only has rebel generals, but also many loyal and good generals. The two generals headed by Li Feng and Liang Gang fought fiercely with Chen Lan and Lei Bo.

Along with the civil war, the flood did not recede, and the whole Shouchun City became a mess.

At the juncture of life and death, Yuan Shu resolutely abandoned his family and escaped from Shouchun overnight in a small boat under the protection of his own soldiers.

As soon as Yuan Shu ran away, the generals of Shouchun surrendered without a fight.

After Liu Gan entered Shouchun City, he wiped out all of Yuan Shu's family members. Yuan Shu's sons and nephews, including Yang Hong, the most important adviser, all became Liu Gan's prisoners.

After Shouchun was defeated, Yuan Shu immediately withdrew Xia Cai's army in order to save his life.

In the face of Liu Gan's powerful army, Yuan Shu did not dare to compete with him, retreated again and again, and finally retreated into Peiguo, giving up half of Jiujiang County.

Liu Gan wanted to destroy Yuan Shu in one go, but Cao Cao suddenly sent an envoy to mediate. After careful consideration, Liu Gan decided to give up beating the dog in the water for the time being.

On the Xuzhou battlefield, Li Shu joined forces with Xiaopei's Liu Bei to defeat Lu Bu with wildfire and prairie fire under the attack from the north and the south.

Lu Bu, who had lost Xuzhou, suddenly found that he had already made enemies everywhere, and there was almost no way out in the world.

Lv Bu looked around, and the only one who had no enmity was Liu Gan in Yangzhou. In desperation, Lv Bu led the remnant army south to attach himself to Liu Gan.

Liu Gan welcomed Lv Bu's arrival very much, and went directly to the emperor, conferring on Lv Bu the general who conquered the east, and at the same time conferring rewards on Lv Bu's leading generals Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others.

Liu Gan placed Lu Bu in Zhongli City in Jiujiang County. This place borders Xuzhou to the east and Peiguo to the north. Once a war breaks out, this place will bear the brunt.

Liu Gan was aware of Lv Bu's capriciousness, and he also hesitated whether to seize the opportunity to seize Lv Bu's military power. Not to mention, Liu Gan has always been interested in the mysterious trapping camp under Gao Shun's command.

However, Liu Gan thought of Gao Shunning's loyalty and integrity rather than surrendering to Cao. If Liu Gan really seized Lu Bu's military power, he would definitely lose the opportunity to recruit Gao Shun.

The camp without Gao Shun is not perfect, and that is not the result Liu Gan wanted.

The so-called haste makes waste, Liu Gan chooses to take it slowly for the sake of Gao Shun and the camp.

After defeating Yuan Shu, Liu Gan occupied a large area of ​​land, not only sitting on the six counties of Yangzhou, but Ruyin and Runan counties in Yuzhou also fell into Liu Gan's arms.

Of course, the main credit for taking down these two counties should be attributed to King Chen Liu Chong.

This well-known King Chen was only known by his name but not his person. After defeating Yuan, the lands of the two bordered each other, and Liu Gan couldn't wait to meet Liu Chong.

Isn't it interesting that the king sees the king?
Unfortunately, the sudden arrival of a letter from home changed Liu Gan's originally planned itinerary.

A major incident happened at home, and he had to return to Lujiang early.

(End of this chapter)