Thinking of this, a dense cold sweat broke out on Lu Zhao's forehead, if his guess was correct, it would be a terrible conspiracy, and the state army would take advantage of the rising water level of the Zhanghe River to launch a water attack, and Xindu would definitely fall into a huge crisis.

Although the gates of Sinto were closed, the rising flood water still poured in through the cracks in the gates, gushing so fast that the water in the gates was several feet high and began to flow into the city.

Under the huge pressure of the water, the two heavy gates also creaked, as if they were overwhelmed.

The city gate can withstand the onslaught of siege engines, but the destructive power of the flood is a thousand times that of siege engines, and just listening to the terrifying sound of the city gates, you know that those two gates will not last long.

Lu Zhao hurriedly sent people down to strengthen the city gate, now the only thing that can stop the flood is the city gate, once the city gate is damaged, the unstoppable flood will pour into the city of Xindu, causing immeasurable losses.

Just when Lu Zhao was actively organizing people to fight the disaster and rescue him, suddenly Lu An hurriedly ran up to the city and said to Lu Zhao: "Father, something is wrong, there has also been a flood at the south gate, and the city gate has been destroyed, and a large number of floods have poured into the city. ”

The south of Xindu is the Qing River, if there is also a flood in the south, it must be the Qinghe River burst, it seems that the state army is extremely ruthless, the water of the Zhanghe River alone is not enough to flood the Xindu City, but if you add the water of the Qing River, the two floods converge in Xindu, it is really a disaster.

Lu Zhao's face turned pale, his eyes were empty and helpless, and he muttered to himself, "It's over...... It's all over ......."

At this moment, the city gate hole made a huge noise, shaking so that the city wall was shaking uncontrollably, although Lu Zhao sent people to strengthen the city gate, but the pressure of the flood still broke the city gate, the flood poured in, instantly the entire city gate hole was submerged, and frantically poured into the city, the city of Xindu was quickly reduced to a sea.

Under the impact of the flood on the north and south sides, the water level in the city of Xindu rose rapidly, and when people found the flood at first, it was only up to the ankles, but only a few pillars of incense, the flood had reached the knees, and the entire streets and alleys of the city were covered by water.

Originally, there were not so many people in the entire Xindu City, but since the implementation of the plan to clear the wilderness, a large number of people from outside the city have been forcibly relocated to the Xindu City, causing the Xindu to be overcrowded.

At this time, the flood came, and the whole letter was in chaos, and people fled frantically for their lives, some fled to the rooftops, some climbed upstairs, and instinct drove them to run to high places, and only high places could save them from being flooded.

However, the terrain in Shinto Castle is relatively flat, and there are basically no places that are too high or too low, so most of the entire city is flooded, and judging by the speed of this flood, even if it escapes to the roof, it may not help.

At this time, someone shouted: "Go to the city wall!" ”

Many people have just woken up, indeed, the tallest building in the entire Xindu City, except for a few attics, the tallest is probably only the city wall, and the city wall is extremely strong, can accommodate a lot of people, those wooden attics can not fit a few people, and secondly, it has been blistered for a long time, and there is a risk of collapse, which is far less solid than the city wall.

So the people in the city rushed to the city wall, it stands to reason that the city wall is a military forbidden place, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter the city, but more and more people gather under the city wall, and the flood in the city has reached a waist-deep position, they struggle in the water and cry out, the crowd is angry, if they refuse to go to the city, there is no doubt that a popular revolt will be provoked.

Lu Zhao looked at the crowd on the street and ordered the defenders to lift the ban and let the people climb the city wall.

Although the circumference of the inner wall of Xindu has reached more than ten li, and the width is also two or three zhang, hundreds of thousands of people continue to pour onto the city wall, which still makes the city wall overcrowded and crowded. The army and the people were crowded together, and it became extremely difficult to even turn around.

Lu Xun said to Lu Zhao: "Father, this is not good, if the state army takes advantage of the situation to attack, it will be impossible to defend, and now it is necessary to prevent the people from landing in the city." ”

Since the flood water could only flow in from the south and north gates, the water level in the city rose much more slowly, and it also left a lot of time for the people in the city to flee, but many people drowned in the water, but most of them were frail old people and unattended children, and there were many corpses floating in the streets, and many people were struggling in the water.

By this time, the flood had already reached the chests of ordinary adults, and it would not be long before the flood would flood their heads and even most of the houses in the city, and those who remained in the city would not be spared.

Although the city wall was already overcrowded, Lu Zhao was still moved and compassionate, he did not follow Lu Xun's advice, and continued to let the soldiers go, so that more people could have a chance to live.

After all, the city wall has now become the only refuge in the entire Xindu City, and most of the city will be flooded, if at this time, the state army launches an attack, even if there are no people on the city wall, they will not be able to resist.

Rather than this, it is better to continue to let the people climb the city wall to avoid the flood, after all, the flood is limited after all, it cannot rise all the time, and there will be a time when it will subside.

But Lu Zhao's heart was broken at the moment, he calculated everything, he didn't expect that the Bingzhou army would take the hand of water attack, this flood, the destruction of Xindu City is almost catastrophic, whether it is the army or the people, the retreat to the city wall is very hasty, in the face of the disaster, or to save their lives, so after escaping to the city wall, they found that all the grain and grass materials have been swallowed up by the flood, people have no food and clothing, and they are completely in a desperate situation.

These hundreds of thousands of people have poured onto the city wall, there is no food, grass, no supplies, it is equivalent to being in a desperate situation, no matter when the flood subsides, this catastrophic consequences have already appeared, the army has no food is chaotic, the people have no food and panic, the fall of Xindu is already irreversible.

Lu Zhao didn't know when the Bingzhou army would come back, it was estimated that it was after the flood subsided, and he no longer had any hope for Sima Shi's reinforcements, the land of Xindu was a vast ocean, and the flood flooded everything, even if the reinforcements arrived, he could only sigh with admiration.