Records of the Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao breached the Si and Yi rivers to flood Xiapi, captured Lü Bu and Chen Gong, and killed them both.; Records of…
Cao Cao breached the Si and Yi rivers to flood Xiapi, captured Lü Bu and Chen Gong, and killed them both.
時公連戰，士卒罷，欲還，用荀攸、郭嘉計，遂決泗、沂水以灌城。
Location: 魏書 武帝紀 (卷01) 建安3년
Cao Cao aided Liu Bei and besieged Lü Bu at Xiapi, capturing him.
助先主圍布於下邳，生禽布。
Location: 蜀書 先主傳 (卷32) 建安3년
Cao Cao dug a moat around Xiapi and besieged it for a long time, and as the troops tired, Xun You and Guo Jia advised that Lü Bu was brave but reckless and should be attacked quickly. They led in the Ji and Si rivers to flood the city.
操掘塹圍下邳，積久，士卒疲敝，欲還，荀攸、郭嘉曰：「呂布勇而無謀，今屢戰皆北，銳氣衰矣。
Location: 資治通鑑 卷062 (원문 단락 #5140, 198년)
Lü Bu, seeing Cao Cao, said 'From today on, the world is settled,' and asked Liu Bei to say a word on his behalf, since the binding was too hasty. Cao Cao also spoke with Chen Gong.
布見操曰：「今日已往，天下定矣。
Location: 資治通鑑 卷062 (원문 단락 #5142, 198년)
Place: 下邳
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