The reinforcement generals sent to Longyou by Xu Miao, the governor of Liangzhou, were headed by Hao Zhao, and were accompanied by the prefect of Jincheng.

While You Chu was discussing with Gongsun Zheng, on the other side of the city, Hao Zhao also said to the prefect of Jincheng, "In Xiangwu City, the officials are not trustworthy. When the Shu captives first arrived, the city's sergeants were frightened, and many people I want to take the city and surrender."

"You Chu first promised that if the Shu captives were in a hurry to attack the city and the city could not be defended, he would be willing to sacrifice his heads to save the people of Xiangcheng. Then he told the Shu captives at the top of the city to surrender in a month, and then he reluctantly destroyed the hearts of the people in the city. Settled down."

"Now it seems that the Shu captives are determined to besiege the city. If they are besieged for a month, I am afraid that the city sergeants will be uneasy, so we need to pay more attention."

"General Hao thinks Xiangwu City cannot be defended? Why not evacuate early?"

"You also saw it a few days ago. The Shu captives were unable to attack the city. There were only 50,000 people. How difficult is it to capture this city? If they could kill 10,000 or 20,000 people by defending the city, the Shu captives would be seriously injured. .”

"The more energy the Shu captives can use up, the more confident they will be in defending Liangzhou. Even if Xiangwu cannot be defended in the end, the Shu captives will not be able to catch up with us. What are we afraid of?"

After Hao Zhao finished speaking, he asked the prefect of Jincheng to personally guard the west gate in case of any danger.

Although the move of the Han army to the northwest of Xiangwu attracted the attention of You Chu and Hao Zhao, and even You Chu thought he had guessed Zhuge Liang's subsequent moves, he did not expect that the situation would deteriorate overnight.

The sun had not yet risen the next day. The cooks of the Wei army who were stationed on the south side of the Wei River took advantage of the morning light and walked down the river bank to prepare to fetch water from the river.

Unexpectedly, when we arrived at the place where we used to fetch water, we suddenly found that the Wei River had stopped flowing.

There were only some small puddles left, and there were "pop" sounds from time to time in the mud, and fish were tumbling about, seemingly making their final struggle.

The cook looked at everything in front of him blankly and rubbed his eyes in disbelief: Where is the water? The water was so big yesterday and disappeared overnight? What a ghost this morning?

"Stop flowing? How could the Wei River suddenly stop flowing?"

After hearing the news, Hao Zhao didn't hesitate at all and took his people directly to the edge of the Wei River. As expected, there was only mud left in the Wei River.

You Chu came one step earlier than Hao Zhao. He walked to Hao Zhao with a solemn expression, "General Hao, these Shu captives must have cut off the water upstream, so the Wei River stopped flowing overnight."

How could Hao Zhao not think of this? He even thought of more. His face was extremely ugly, "A few days ago, the Shu captives vigorously drove away the rangers from the west. It turned out to be to cover their actions of intercepting the river."

Hao Zhao, who was deceived, suddenly became angry. He looked at the Han army opposite and sneered, "Even if the Wei River is cut off, can they come over?"

The Weishui River Valley here is wide and deep. Even if there is no water, it will take a lot of effort for the Han army to come over.

Thinking of this, Hao Zhao mobilized his soldiers to guard the south bank. As soon as the Shu captives made a move, he would fire thousands of arrows.

After just waiting for a day, there was no movement from the Shu army on the opposite side. Instead, they erected arrow towers as if to guard the northwest.

This abnormal behavior made everyone in Xiangwu City even more confused: Wasn't the Shu captives cutting off the water just to reach the city?

According to common sense, this temporary water blockage will only last for a day or two at most. If they don't hurry up and come here, what are they waiting for?

Just when everyone in Xiangwu was in shock and confusion, the sentinel detectives in the west came with the news that at a flat place thirty miles away from Xiangwu, a large number of Han troops were gathering on the other side, and it seemed that they were preparing to cross the river while the Wei River was drying up.

Hao Zhao did not dare to neglect, and quickly sent the Jincheng prefect with 5,000 men and bald Xianbei's elite cavalry to stop them.

When he thought about it, if he kept guard for at most one day, or even half a day, the Wei River would be filled with water again, and because of the water blockage, if the Shu captives dared not return to the north in time, they would be washed away by the water, or they would die forever.

Stay on the South Shore.

On the third day, Hao Zhao arrived at the edge of the Wei River early. He saw that the soil inside had turned pale, cracked into huge turtle shells, and seemed to have opened countless small ditches.

His sense of luck was gone, and his face finally turned pale: How did the Shu captives do it?

At this time, Xiangwu was faced with a dilemma. If he went to support the Jincheng prefect in front, the Shu captives who surrounded the city on three sides would definitely take the opportunity to attack.

If they do not provide support, the Jincheng prefect may not be able to stop the Shu captives - in front are the elite Shu captives led by Zhuge Liang himself. The weird formation of the Han army caused even Hao Zhao himself to suffer a lot.

Should we retreat directly to Liangzhou before the Shu captives were encircled, or should we recall all our troops to defend Xiangwu?
Chapter completed!