Welcome to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms podcast.

This is episode 95.

Last time, Guan Yu was in a stalemate against a Wei army led by Yu Jin and Pang De.

While Yu Jin was busy sabotaging Pang De out of jealousy, Guan Yu was busy plotting both of their

demices. Yu Jin had unwittingly garrisoned his army inside the ravine. With it being the middle

of the fall rainy season, Guan Yu devised the plan

to unleash the rising torrents of a nearby river to drown Yu Jin's army.

Yu Jin might have been unaware of this pending threat, but one of his officers, a man named

Cheng He, was knocked. In fact, Cheng He went to see Yu Jin and told him,

Our troops are camped inside the ravine at a rather low elevation.

Even though there are some hills, they are relatively far from our camp.

With all the rain lately, it's been hard on the troops.

Also, there have been recent reports that the enemy

troops have moved to higher ground and are preparing rafts at the mouth of the Han River.

If they use the river's water against us, we would be in dire straits. We should plan for that

possibility. Yu Jin, however, admonished Cheng He. How dare you damage my

troop's morale? If anyone dares to speak of this again, he shall be executed. Well, you can't say

Yu Jin didn't get any warning. Cheng He humiliated by his commander's rebuke, went to relay his worries to Pang De instead.

I share your concerns, Pang De said. Commander Yu refuses to move his troops, but tomorrow I will move

my own troops to another location. But tomorrow turned out to be too late.

That night, a strong gale kicked up and heavy rain poured down.

As he sat in his tent, Pang De suddenly heard an earth-shaking noise that sounded like

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