Chapter 364: Breaking the Yellow River

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The Yellow River is a river that people love and hate, she gave birth to an ancient civilization, but it often comes with a tyrannical rage, making the people near the river miserable.

At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, when the Jurchens invaded and the country was in ruins, Tokyo stayed behind to defend Du Chong to open the Yellow River embankment, using water as a soldier to block the Jin cavalry from moving south. Time has passed, and the original merits and demerits have been reduced to smoke, but the river can never go back.

This burst caused the Yellow River to flow south in Henan, Shandong, and Yingtian, and then seized the Huai River into the Yellow Sea, which was a very important change in the Yellow River.

The Yellow River, which was breached by the embankment, did not form a stable river channel, and divided into shares to seize the rivers of Si, Bian, Sui, Whirlpool, Yingtian and other rivers in Henan, Shandong, and Yingtian, and finally the main stream of the Huai River flowed into the Yellow Sea, flooding the areas along the line, which was a very serious disaster.

It was not until the Jiajing and Wanli periods, after the governance of several river ministers, especially after the taming of the river by Pan Ji in the Wanli period, that the main river channel of the Yellow River flowing from the southeast of Henan to Xuzhou Prefecture was basically stabilized.

When Hou Xuanyan arrived in Yanzhou Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion, Guide Mansion, and Xuzhou Mansion were already full of oceans, muddy roads washed over nearby villages, and people fleeing in droves, like animals migrating on the grassland. Speaking of losing his conscience, these traitors and Qing soldiers never let him down, and before he left Laizhou Mansion, the news of Wu Sangui Kong Youde breaking the embankment came.

The flood carried the sediment, and there was no longer any life in the place where it passed, and more than 200,000 people and horses in the Houtu Camp and the Hunan Barracks rescued the people and fled south. Although there have been letters from Hou Xuanyan warning for a long time, it is impossible to prevent floods everywhere, and there are still heavy losses.

The crowd in front of them, helping the old and the young, the whole family was ragged and covered with mud. A man was pushing a wheelbarrow, with all his net worth and his daughter-in-law and a blind old lady on it, and a well-behaved child lying on his back, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

There were stones blocking the way in the muddy water under his feet, and the man pushed the cart and suddenly poured it into the water. Hou Xuanyan was quick and stretched out his hand to hold his car, and the man was taken aback, if he fell into the water this time, the old lady's body and bones might not be able to withstand it.

He held the car with both hands, unable to salute it all, bowed his head with gratitude in his eyes and said, "Thank you for this general." ”

Hou Xuanyan waved his hand and motioned him to continue walking, this road is extremely long, and this man will fall down ten times.

Xia Wanchun said in a deep voice: "Commander, since ancient times, after the flood, there was a famine, even if we have more food, it is impossible to easily transport it into this quagmire. ”

Hou Xuanyan rolled up his trouser legs, frowned and asked, "Can the river in Xuzhou still be open to boats?" ”

"Most of the rivers are still clear, but a few near Henan have been blocked with sediment. It is still possible to transport refugees if you want. ”

Hou Xuanyan nodded and motioned for them to start arranging. As far as the eye can see, there are people fleeing, who have been devastated by the war, and who have survived to this day, but have been completely driven out of their homes by a devastating flood.

If the hometown of these people is compared to an anthill, the bursting of the Yellow River is like pouring water into it, which is an extremely vicious act.

The damage caused by this levee burst is bound to be long-term, and may even exceed that of the Southern Song Dynasty. In the Jianghuai region, it is quite possible that several new river channels will be born.

In Kaifeng Mansion, Wu Sangui and Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi gathered together. In the past, Shang Kexi was always close to them, but since the Fengyang War, Shang Kexi's attitude has changed. He began to be keen to participate in various conspiracies of the four feudatories, and the other three knew that he had clearly seen the fact that the Manchu court was not majestic, and saw that the wind turned the rudder.

But Shang Kexi is from Phi Dao after all, Kong Youde still regards him as one of his assistants, and he will no longer be held accountable for his previous behavior.

The two warlord forces in Liaodong finally came together, among the four people, Wu Sangui was born in the Guanning Army, and the other three were born in Phidao. Although there is a gap between each other, after all, they are all Liao, and the low-level officers and non-commissioned officers do not have a deep hatred, and they get along quite harmoniously.

Wu Sangui sits at the top, his strength is the strongest, he has not fought almost a tough battle all the time, and he deeply knows how to retain his strength in the chaotic war. Glancing at the other four people, Wu Sangui opened his mouth and said: "After the embankment of the Yellow River is broken, Hou Xuanyan's most capable three battalions of men and horses will not be able to enter Henan. The pocket arrays he laid out from Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Fengyang, Xiangyang, and Hanzhong also existed in name only. In a few months, it is a rare fighter, we must take advantage of the situation to take Xiangyang, otherwise there will be no more chance. ”

Kong Youde opened his arms, grabbed a few handfuls on his body, and said: "It's easy to defeat Xiangyang, but then what? We really want to kill the Qing court to the south, even if we defeat Huguang, what can we do, we have attracted the main force of Hou Xuanyan, and we can't beat it. The decisive battle of Jingxiang was fought again, and Hou Xuanyan's chances of winning were a hundred times greater than last time. ”

Speaking of the decisive battle of Jingxiang, Wu Sangui's face was a little unnatural, if it wasn't for the fact that he refused to take out the main force to fight hard with the Northern Expeditionary Army in order to preserve his strength, he would have dominated the world early in the morning. Although Kong Youde has formed an alliance with Wu Sangui, because of Mao Wenlong, he has never had a good impression of Guan Ningjun. The words were secretly mixed with ridicule, which was already commonplace for him.

Geng Zhongming quietly pulled his clothes, and Kong Youde put away the mocking face just now and shut up. At present, even Kong Youde knows that he must unite.

Wu Sangui is worthy of being a person who does great things, the anger on his face flashed away, and he calmed down and said: "What King Dingnan said is also reasonable, but even if we don't fight Huguang and take Xiangyang in our hands, it will still be beneficial and harmless." With Xiangyang, we are not afraid of the remnants of the thieves in the Loyalty Camp invading Henan. ”

"There are 200,000 people in the loyal battalion, all of whom are veterans who have experienced a hundred battles during the Chongzhen period, and Gao Yinxi is not a mediocre talent, so I think it is more difficult to conquer Xiangyang than to go south." Geng Zhongming's tone was soft, completely different from Kong Youde. But in Wu Sangui's eyes, this smiling tiger is much more terrifying than Kong Youde. He frowned and asked, "According to Brother Geng's wishes, what should we do?" ”

Geng Zhongming stood up and walked around the hall three times before he stopped, and said word by word: "Recapture Hanzhong and enter Sichuan to defend yourself." ”

"I look all over the world, only Sichuan and Shu can survive. The general trend of the world is becoming clearer, and a winner will be decided between Hou Xuanyan and Dolgon, and it seems that Hou Xuanyan has a much better chance of winning. We are in Henan, and sooner or later we will be besieged, and Hou Xuan's previous deployment of pocket formations is to remind us of this. If it weren't for the Yellow River, we would have been on the board by now. ”

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