After the lieutenant left, Sun Dingzong fell into an anxious wait.

It didn't matter if he waited, he waited for two days before Sun Dingzong waited for the news from the deputy general.

But fortunately, the torrential rain in the vicinity has not stopped in the past two days, otherwise Sun Dingzong would have been unable to sit still.

In fact, according to the local climate, the rainy season here in Tianzhu should only start in the second half of the year, and under normal circumstances, the first few months of the year are the driest time in Tianzhu.

But that's just in general.

This year's climate in Tianzhu is very strange, the first month of the Great Zhou has not yet passed, and it has rained heavily in Tianzhu.

Of course, all this is also thanks to Sun Dingzong's accurate judgment.

Before entering Tianzhu, Sun Dingzong also had a detailed understanding of Tianzhu's climate and geographical conditions, and knew that this season was the driest time of the year in Tianzhu.

But not long after entering Tianzhu, Sun Dingzong had a new view.

As the commander of the first army, you must have a detailed understanding of the local geography, hydrological conditions and even climatic conditions.

Sun Dingzong is such a person.

After entering Tianzhu, Sun Dingzong found that the local air was not as dry as he imagined, and even as time went by, the smell of humidity in the air became heavier and heavier.

This made Sun Dingzong have a preliminary judgment: in the near future, it is very likely that heavy rain will fall in the eastern part of Tianzhu.

When he arrived at the city of Calcutta, Sun Dingzong became more and more sure of his judgment, so he did not rush to attack the British army in the city of Calcutta, but chose to wait for the opportunity.

It is also God's mercy, such a once-in-a-lifetime good time, finally let Sun Dingzong wait.

Therefore, Sun Dingzong ordered the deputy general to make corresponding preparations early, and waited to deal a fatal blow to the British army in the city of Calcutta.

Now that everything is in place, the east wind has come, and we are waiting for Sun Dingzong to give the last order.

Not daring to hesitate for a moment, after getting the exact news, Sun Dingzong hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Someone! The herald ordered all units to assemble within half an hour on the high ground ten miles to the north, and to discard all the equipment in the barracks. ”

"In addition, it is reported that on the other side of the Hooghly River, in an hour, the embankment will burst immediately!"

"Subordinate Order!"

……

"Lord Governor, the Zhou army outside the city has retreated!"

In the city of Calcutta, a soldier who was in charge of monitoring the movements of the Great Zhou army from the city walls hurriedly broke into the provisional governor's palace in the center of the city to report.

"Really?" Frank was overjoyed when he heard this, "It must be that the sudden rainstorm in the past two days has caused supply difficulties in the logistics of the Zhou army, and the Zhou army has to retreat." ”

General Hill did not agree with Frank's view, after all, the Zhou army had only arrived in Calcutta for a few days.

Besides, even if there are difficulties in the logistics supply of the Great Zhou now, General Hill is not convinced that there is no logistics reserve on the side of the Great Zhou army.

So after a little thought, General Hill noticed something unusual, and hurriedly asked the soldier who reported the news: "In which direction did the Great Zhou army retreat?" ”

"It's north of the city!"

As soon as the soldier said this, General Hill felt more and more that it was not normal, where could he care about what to say to Frank? Hurried in the direction of the city wall.

Panting to climb the tower, General Hill took out his binoculars and looked in the direction of the retreat of the Great Zhou army. ”

Thinking of this, General Hill hurried back to the Governor's Mansion and replied to Frank, "Lord Governor, hurry up...... Quickly ordered the soldiers to go out of the city to hide, and the Zhou army was to flood Calcutta. ”

"General Ciel, aren't you crazy?" Frank said disapprehantly, "How is this possible? How did they flood Kolkata? I took a walk around the river in the city this morning, and the river showed no signs of falling! ”

"But isn't the river not rising?" General Hill said hurriedly, "General, you think, with such a heavy rain, the river should rise a little." But why hasn't the river risen? ”

That's when Frank realized something was wrong.

General Hill continued: "I just found on the city wall that there is a high ground in front of the retreat direction of the Zhou army, do you think this is normal, Lord Governor? ”

Frank suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly ordered: "Someone, pass on the order of the governor, and order all the troops in the city to leave the city and go to the nearby high ground to avoid the flood." ”

But Frank was too late to give the order.

The 40,000 British troops in the city were distributed in all directions of the city, and it would take time to pass on orders.

What's more, how can the high ground outside the city be so easy to find?

The high ground that Sun Dingzong led his people to hide was the largest high ground outside the city of Calcutta, although there were other high ground outside the city, but the area was not large, and it could not accommodate so many troops.

What's more, when the British army spread the news that the Zhou army was going to break the embankment and flood Calcutta, it was inevitable that the residents of the city would know about it.

Is this still worth it?

The local residents immediately begged the British to take them away.

Although in the end the British army was freed from the entanglement of the local population, it was inevitable that it was delayed for a while.

As soon as the British army walked out of the city gate, they heard a loud "boom" in their ears.

Hearing the voice, Frank immediately turned pale and limp, and almost fell off his horse, and said incessantly: "It's over!" Finished! It's all over! ”

When the other British soldiers heard this loud noise, their hearts were completely panicked, and they began to wander around like headless flies, trying to find high ground to hide.

But fortunately, at this time, General Hill still had a trace of sanity, and when he saw this situation, he hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and take shelter on the city wall!" ”

"Hurry up to the walls and take shelter!"

……

Hearing General Hill's voice, the surrounding soldiers remembered that even if the Great Zhou army broke the embankment of the Hooghly River, the city wall was so tall that the flood would definitely not be able to submerge it.

Kolkata was originally an important town in the eastern part of Tianzhu, and the walls were built so tall and majestic that some floods alone could not break the walls.

That's what General Hill thought, and so did many British soldiers.

So after hearing General Hill's order, why did the soldiers hesitate? Scrambled to turn and climb the walls.

But the space on the city wall is so large, where can so many people climb at the same time?

People crowded and pulled people, and when General Hill supported Frank and just climbed the city wall, the flood outside had already rushed in front of him.

General Hill looked around and saw that there were only more than a thousand people on the city wall, and then looked down at the city, and saw that the soldiers below were densely packed like fish and shrimp, flooded......