Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms as Lu Bu: I Have a Pseudo-Apocalypse System

At the eastern entrance of Zheliu Valley, Lü Bu led his army to arrive.

He reined in his horse and stopped, gazing at the precipitous canyon before him, his eyes slightly narrowed.

The cliffs on both sides are as if carved by a knife and axe, and the Dunhong River rushes out from the valley, carving out a shallow beach at the valley entrance. At the original entrance of the plank road, only a few wooden stakes stand alone.

Zhang Fei rode forward: "My lord, the scouts have been searching upstream along the river. There is a place about five miles away where the riverbank is gentler and we can get close to the water source."

Lü Bu nodded: "Lead the way."

The army marched eastward along the river for about five li, and sure enough, they came to a place where the riverbank was slightly gentler. The Dunhong River made a bend here, carving out a gravel beach, which was still steep, but barely climbable.

Lu Bu dismounted, walked to the water's edge, and reached out to test the water's flow.

"The water flow here is still slow; we can divert it."

He turned to his generals and said, "Yun Chang and Yi De, you two lead the army back to camp five li away and let the soldiers rest. We'll come back to collect the bodies early tomorrow morning."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei obeyed the order and left.

Lu Bu left only Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and a hundred personal guards to begin intercepting the river.

He took out a huge rock from his storage space and threw it into the river.

The boulder fell into the water, splashing up a towering column of water. The water flow was cut off, and the water level upstream began to rise, while the downstream area quickly dried up.

Qie Gu was dumbfounded, and knelt down to kowtow: "Your Highness is truly a divine being! This...this is simply moving mountains and overturning seas!"

Although Dian Wei and Xu Chu were used to Lü Bu's methods, they were still shocked.

Lu Bu, however, remained calm.

The water level upstream has risen several feet, forming a barrier lake.

"Next, we just wait." Lu Bu clapped his hands and looked towards Zheliu Valley. "Wait for the garrison to realize the water supply has been cut off, wait for them to panic, wait for them to be confused."

He paused, then added, "We need to add a little something extra for them."

After saying that, he stood by the landslide-dammed lake, and with a thought, the water in the lake was continuously collected into his storage space.

The lake level was slowly receding, but the rate of descent was slow due to the continuous inflow of water from upstream. Lü Bu would collect the water intermittently, stopping occasionally to ensure that there was always water in the lake, but not enough to overflow the stone dam.

And so, a day and a night passed.

……

In the valley, Qiequ gradually realized something was wrong.

"Why is the water level low?"

He stood at the cave entrance, gazing at the Dunhong River in the valley. The once raging torrent had now greatly diminished, revealing large pebbles on the riverbed.

"The water supply upstream has dried up?" the centurion asked, puzzled. "Could it be frozen over?"

"Impossible. This water, though cold, has never frozen." Qu Mi suddenly frowned. "Send people to investigate and find out what's going on."

Several scouts climbed the rock face with difficulty, making their way upstream.

An hour later, they returned with news: "General, five miles upstream, for some reason, a stone dam has been erected in the river, completely blocking the water!"

"A stone dam?" Qiequmi suddenly widened his eyes. "Where did this stone dam come from?"

"No... I don't know, it just appeared out of nowhere. That stone dam is a huge rock that blocked the middle of the river at some point, cutting off the Guo Hong River."

Qu Mi suddenly felt a chill in his heart, sensing that something was amiss.

"What's the situation with the Han army?"

"There was no movement. They set up camp five miles outside the valley entrance and haven't moved at all."

Qu Mi paced back and forth, unable to understand.

Just then, someone else reported: "General, the water level is still dropping! If this continues, the valley will dry up!"

Qu Mi suddenly gritted his teeth: "Never mind them, even if the Han army comes down, they won't be able to cross the plank road without the water barrier! Strengthen the defenses at all positions, and send more sentries at night!"

"yes!"

……

In the early morning of the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lü Bu returned to Shiba.

The landslide dam had accumulated a large amount of river water, with the water level nearly two zhang above the stone dam. With a thought, Lü Bu stored the stone dam in his storage space—the boulder vanished instantly.

The lake water, which had been accumulating for two days, poured down like a wild horse!

But this is not enough.

Lu Bu stood on the bank and released more water from his storage space—water he had collected from the Wei River, the Yellow River, the Guo Hong River, and other rivers along the way, accumulating an unknown amount.

A massive amount of river water surged out, merging into the original flow of the landslide dam lake, forming a flood peak several meters high, rushing towards Zheliu Valley with overwhelming force!

Rumbling--

Wherever the torrent passed, the stone walls on both banks trembled, boulders tumbled, and trees were uprooted.

The garrison in the valley, bewildered and confused, was still asleep.

Awakened by the deafening roar, some people rushed out of the cave and saw a towering, turbid wave rushing down from upstream!

"Flood! The flood is coming!"

Before the exclamations had even faded, the flood peak had already arrived.

The cave where Qu Mitu was located was the first to be hit. The floodwaters poured into the cave, instantly engulfing dozens of soldiers. The stone walls, chevaux-de-frise, and crossbows built in the strategic locations were swept away by the flood. The soldiers cried and struggled, but were swept up by the torrent, smashed against the stone walls, and shattered to pieces.

The plank roads in the valley had already been destroyed, and now the floodwaters had risen halfway up the stone walls, submerging even the places that were once climbable. Those soldiers who had managed to escape to the higher ground looked at the raging floodwaters below, their faces ashen.

The flood peak lasted for several hours before gradually subsiding.

When the floodwaters subsided, the valley was a scene of utter devastation. Of the two thousand defenders, most had been swept away, and fewer than three hundred had survived, most of whom lived in caves high in the mountains.

Qu Mi, clinging to a plank, was swept to a river bend, soaking wet and shivering. He gazed at the devastated Zheliu Valley, his eyes filled with despair.

"What kind of method is this?"

……

At noon on the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lü Bu took the lead, laying stone roads and plank roads as he led his army into Zheliu Valley.

The floodwaters had receded more than halfway, but the valley was still muddy and full of silt, broken stones, shattered weapons, and corpses lying everywhere. But this did not stop Lü Bu, who could build roads while marching.

Many of the defenders were still alive, huddled on the cliffs or in caves, shivering. Upon seeing the Han army flags, they all knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Spare me! Spare me!"

Lü Bu ignored the remnants of his army and ordered his men to gather the prisoners and continue his advance.

He stayed firmly in the group, his heart pounding with fear as he walked.

Those passes, plank roads, and stone walls that he once considered natural fortresses were all destroyed by the flood. The canyon that used to take half a day to traverse was now easily traversed by the army.

"Your Highness is truly a celestial being descended to earth..." he murmured.

Kings Hulandi, Himita, and Dulujian rode alongside the procession, watching all this unfold before them. They looked at each other, their last shred of hope vanishing.

Himita whispered, "With such methods, the four kingdoms of Yanqi are doomed."

Du Lujian sighed, "It was the right thing for us to obediently relinquish military power back then. Otherwise, this flood would have swept into our royal court."

After a long silence, Hu Landi said, "The Prince of Jin is blessed by Heaven and possesses extraordinary abilities that cannot be resisted by human power. From now on, let us obediently serve the Han court as its subjects."