Chapter 568: Natural Disaster, or Man-made Disaster?

Hua Duxiu and the four princes stood side by side at the bow of the boat, looking towards the shore by the bright moonlight.

Most of the ships in the port area were destroyed by the floods, and the sea was full of broken wooden planks and other debris, and less than 100 large warships survived, but most of them were washed into the deep sea area by the floods.

The wharf facilities were completely scrapped, and even if the flood drained, the silt and rolling stones would fill in the wharf, and the excavation and construction of more than half a month would be destroyed.

The flood on the land was surging, and it was still venting its anger to the sea all the time, and the barracks were no longer visible on the shore, and the camp of the expeditionary force, which had stretched for more than ten miles, was completely swallowed up by the flood, and there was no longer a single intact tent to be seen.

The big battalion, just ruined?

No, there's still a place to survive!

Hua Duxiu's eyes lit up, and she found that the area where the Four Princes' camp was originally located was inexplicably high, and it had exceeded the flood water, and there were many black spots moving around like ants on it, and it seemed that many people were walking.

After all, they were in the sea, a long distance from the shore, and it was night, Hua Duxiu could barely see any clues, and the four princes couldn't see anything.

He had given up and sat down on the deck, bowing his head and speechless.

"How so, how so?

As soon as Uncle Huang and King Chengying left, the camp was destroyed, and I ...... I haven't even seen the shadow of the enemy. ”

Hua Duxiu patted the fourth prince on the shoulder and said, "Your Highness, don't be discouraged, the battle is not over yet, our main forces are outside, and the loss this time may not be as big as imagined." ”

The fourth prince shook his head lightly: "No, you don't understand, the enemy must have calculated that the imperial uncle and King Chengying left, so he made a decisive move." Their purpose is not to kill or injure our main force, but to ......

Rather, it is to destroy all the war readiness of the expeditionary force. ”

Hua Duxiu was surprised: "You mean, this is not a natural disaster? It is deliberately done by the enemy? This kind of flood of magnitude cannot be controlled even by the power of Tianzun, right?"

After that, Hua Duxiu looked towards the shore with a condensed purpose, and the high uplifted area was still rising, driving a large area around it to rise and escape from the flood.

Even so, the camp was destroyed, and now it was just a place for the survivors to settle down.

The fourth prince shook his head and said, "I don't know how they did it, but this is definitely not a natural disaster, it is a man-made disaster!"

Hua Duxiu asked, "What should we do next?"

The fourth prince looked up at the shore and said in a deep voice: "Let's wait for the flood to drain up first, it is impossible for such a big water to flow all the time." ”

The flood washed away the whole night, and it was not until the next morning, when the sun was rising, that the water level dropped to the extent that several large rivers could carry.

The fourth prince is the deputy commander of the whole army and the highest commander of the current base camp, in order to avoid the panic of the survivors, Hua Duxiu took the four princes back to the shore early.

After half a day of dredging by the sorcerer legion, the flood water with a greatly reduced volume of water flowed into several widened rivers and into the sea, and the area within a radius of four or five miles of the original camp of the Four Princes was uplifted nearly three zhang higher than before, becoming a low hill.

After going ashore, the fourth prince saw a group of soldiers in tattered and filthy clothes, with a haggard and depressed expression.

On the contrary, Hua Duxiu and the fourth prince are relatively clean.

The soldiers stood silently and saluted the four princes. Seeing that the deputy marshal was fine, many people felt a sense of relief in their eyes, but many more were deeply numb.

Not long after the two went ashore, Tianhe Tianzun, who got the message, led several leaders to hurry over.

Tianhe Tianzun looked tired, but he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes, he grabbed the arm of the fourth prince, looked at him from beginning to end, and used Wuji True Qi to probe his physical condition.

"Your Highness, it's great that you're okay, it's a blessing in misfortune!

This flood came suddenly, and the minister led the army of sorcerers to hurry up, but he was still one step late, and he failed to protect the camp, which is really a sin.

The minister explored the area within a radius of ten miles earlier, and noticed that your breath was stable and unharmed at sea, because there was still a risk that the water on the shore had not receded, so he did not immediately bring His Highness back, and asked His Highness for forgiveness. ”

The fourth prince held Tianhe's big hand, sighed, and said, "Thanks to you, otherwise, the base camp will be wiped out this time." ”

The surviving soldiers around them all cast grateful glances at Tianhe Tianzun, if he hadn't led the sorcerer army to open a pure land in danger, eighty percent of them would have died in the great flood.

Tianhe Tianzun said with a serious face: "I'm ashamed to say that I just did a little insignificant work.

If you could have warned in advance, the power of the Wizard Legion should have been able to protect the entire base camp. ”

The fourth prince nodded: "Let's not talk about this for now, is there an inventory, and what are the casualties?"

Speaking of casualties, whether it was Tianhe or the surrounding soldiers, their faces all darkened.

"Your Highness, casualties ...... Very serious.

At present, I am afraid that less than 20,000 people have been rescued.

Casualties are one thing, after all, the main forces are outside, and those who stay in the battalion, except for our Wizard Corps, are basically logistics and support personnel.

The most troublesome thing is ......"

Speaking of this, Tianhe motioned for the Four Princes to follow him towards the center of the high ground, where there was a makeshift shelter.

Tianhe lowered his voice and said: "The most troublesome thing is that our grain and grass armaments have been washed away, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers fighting outside, and as soon as the grain and grass in the base camp are cut off, the expeditionary force will become a rootless tree, which is the biggest crisis!"

Not counting the main force of the expeditionary force that left ahead of schedule, there were hundreds of thousands of logistics support troops and civilians who stayed in the base camp alone. The fourth prince forcibly stabilized his mind and said quietly:

"There are still hundreds of surviving ships on the sea, let's get it in order first and see how much food we can find out, we tens of thousands of people can't mess around.

Did you send a message to the front?"

Tianhe said: "Two hours ago, General Li had sent three people out to deliver the letter. ”

Li Fugui, who was covered in mud, followed behind the two of them, and when he saw Tianhe mention him, Li Fugui followed closely and said:

"Your Highness, the minister has sent someone to the front camp to report the situation of the base camp to His Royal Highness King Minghong. However, the movement is so loud, presumably King Minghong has already noticed it. ”

The fourth prince nodded, and instructed several leaders to strengthen the passage outside, and did not mention the search and rescue survivors.

A dozen miles away from the surviving heights, there is a hill.

The hill is full of mud and mess after the flood, but the mountain is full of green trees, birds and flowers, and there is no chaos after the disaster.

At this time, several figures stood under a big tree, silently looking at the direction of the base camp of the expeditionary force.

Among these figures, there are two people, Beiguo Tienan and Bao Yibao!

After looking at it for a while, a tall young man with an extraordinary bearing suddenly laughed a few times and said:

"Thanks to the intelligence of the two of you, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to destroy the base camp of the expeditionary force so completely in this flood, haha, haha!"

Beiguo Tienan and Bao Yibao glanced at each other, Beiguo Tienan didn't speak proudly, Bao Yibao bowed slightly, hugged his fists and said:

"Your Excellency Shu Shu's method is really eye-opening, we are only providing some small distribution maps, compared to such a great deed, it is really not worth mentioning. ”

The tall young man is one of Shu Daqiang's several children - Shu Shu.

He was the mastermind behind this monstrous flood.

Shu Shu waved his hand and looked at Beiguo Tienan again: "This is the beginning, the main force of the empire has not broken its muscles and bones, and the big drama is behind." Boy, are you ready?"

Beiguo Tienan seemed to want to open his mouth to speak, but when the words came to his mouth and swallowed again, he just nodded.

Shu Shu continued to ask: "I haven't seen those seniors, and I don't know what their strength is. However, Zhao Xuanhuang is not a good stubble, he is ruthless when he moves, he is not a 'god king', can he stop him?"

Beiguo Tienan just smiled, still didn't speak.

Shu Shu frowned slightly, and said, "Brother, this is a major matter related to the life and death of our Shu family, and we must not be careless."

If you want me to say, it is only appropriate for your sect leader to come in person, and the two of us will join forces to discipline the army of the empire if there is no return, all of them will be folded here!"

Beiguo Tienan seemed to want to say a few words, but before he could open his mouth, a young man behind him who was also dark-skinned and had a face that knew Beiguo Tienan for seven points said:

"General Shu doesn't have to worry, although the cultivation of the two holy envoys of the Evil Sect is not at the realm of the 'God King', but they are only one foot away, and the two holy envoys will join forces to trap Zhao Xuanhuang. ”

Shu Shu glanced at the swarthy young man and said, "I feel the confidence of Brother Tie Ming, and I also believe in your sect leader's judgment, let's ......"

Before the words fell, Shu Shu's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Converge your breath!"

Everyone immediately held their breath and stood motionless, and in the next moment, a magnificent divine consciousness swept in front of them, only paused, and then spread farther without stopping.

After a while, Shu Shu frowned and said, "The strength of the old thief of Tianhe has reached such a realm?"

Beiguo Tieming snorted heavily and said, "It's just another lackey of the imperial family!"

Shu Shu said: "Intelligence says that Tianhe has not entered the realm of the 'God King' for a few years, and defeating Bai Yujing also relied on the power of the empire and mobilized several major sects to join forces.

When I saw it today, I am afraid that his strength will have to be reassessed. The divine sense can sweep more than ten miles away, which is not something that the 'God King' of the early Jin Dynasty can do. ”

Bao Yibao said: "If his divine sense can sweep such a wide area, why didn't he give an early warning last night?

Beiguo Tieming smiled: "Could it be that you slept too dead?"

Shu Shu shook his head and said, "The 'God King' powerhouse, how can he sleep soundly? You see that this area where he is bulging happens to protect Jun Ruoxi's Divine Machine Camp tent, and he has saved his army of thousands of magicians, I'm afraid he didn't want to save more people at all." ”

Beiguo Tieming was stunned: "Deliberately reserved?

Shu Shu groaned: "Whether it is deliberate, or if it is not as capable as it can only be so, it is difficult to say...... After all, if the 'God King' powerhouse wants to do something, how can we easily see through it?"

Shu Shu glanced at Beiguo Tienan again, Beiguo Tienan's expression has been the same since he came, and he was a little too calm.

"Boy, it's time for you to go back. If my guess is correct, King Minghong will shrink the battle line, it's not safe here, I can't stay for a long time, I'll see you in the old place if there is something. ”

Beiguo Tienan finally said one word with difficulty: "Okay." ”

Shu Shu went down the mountain first, and Beiguo Tieming saw that Tie Nan and Bao Yibao had no intention of sending them, so he took the initiative to catch up and talk far.

Bao Yibao frowned and looked at the back of Beiguo Tieming in the distance, and said dissatisfiedly: "Male brother, is this place respected by you, or by Beiguo Tieming?" His words seem to be too much. ”

Beiguo Tienan smiled rarely, and said, "I, I don't ...... I don't ......."

Bao Yibao was stunned: "You are not a person who talks about things here?"

Beiguo Tienan's face was slightly swollen/red, and then subsided: "I don't want to talk!"

Call...... Iron He, he likes to say, by ...... He said. ”

Bao Yibao's face was embarrassed, and after the Secret Dao Martial Arts Conference, Tie Nan's throat was injured, but he didn't expect that after so long, not only did it not get better, but he spoke more hard.

I'm afraid there is no hope of curing this stammering problem.

Bao Yibao said earnestly: "The head of the family of thousands is one person, since you are the person who talks here, the others should abide by the rules." Tie Ming is so overstepping, I am afraid that the impression on Shu's is not good. ”

Beiguo Tienan sighed silently and said, "They are all brothers and brothers, he is ...... with me Same. ”

Bao Yibao really didn't want to say much about the internal affairs of the Guo family in the north of the Iron King Temple, his eyes changed, and he lowered his voice and said:

"Brother, I met Hua Duxiu in the forest a few days ago......"