Chapter 503: 100,000 Qing troops are exhausted
Feeling the water flowing to the surface of his feet, Duoduo was stunned, the rain did not suddenly become heavier, why did the water under his feet increase?
As he was stunned, more water rushed in, and the water slowly rose from the top of his feet to his ankles, and then he heard a loud noise, the sound of tents being destroyed by the flood.
It's a big flood! Duoduo quickly understood, although he didn't know why this was like this, where the water came from, but he didn't need to think about it, it must have been the Ming army.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a brilliant masterpiece that the Manchu Eight Banners generals enshrined as the holy book of soldiers, Duoduo has naturally read it, and also knows the allusion of Guan Yun's long flooding of the Seventh Army.
When there is a big flood, it is natural to flee for your life, and Duoduo can no longer think about what will happen to the 100,000 Qing army under the big water.
But before he could take a few steps, a wave struck him, and at once brought him to the ground, drowning in the gushing water.
"Lord Wang!" When a few of the guards were screaming and about to help, they were swayed by the flood and were too busy to take care of themselves......
Although the Qing army camp was built on the high ground northwest of Yangzhou City, it was relatively high, but now, the inexplicable flood rushed into the Qing army camp, destroying the camp tents, and many soldiers were flooded by the flood in their sleep.
The water of Shao Bo Lake arrived first and was only a trickle, and then came the monstrous waves from the breach of Hongze Lake, from north to south, quickly swept through the Qing army camp that stretched for dozens of miles, and 100,000 Qing troops fell into the surging flood.
Exclamations and cries rang out, and the entire camp was wiped out.
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The sudden flood hit the city wall of Yangzhou, like a wave hitting a boulder, making a huge noise and splashing countless water.
And when the Qing army camp was destroyed by the flood ten miles away, a huge noise was also heard.
Such a big movement caused the whole city to wake up, and the people hid in their houses in fear, secretly wondering what was happening? Could it be that Hou Ye led the army to attack the Manchu camp at night?
However, at this time, Yangzhou has implemented military management, since the arrival of the Qing army, Chen Yue has issued a curfew, and the people are not allowed to go out to the streets at night, so the people can only hide at home and speculate.
At this time, Chen Yue had already led a team of personal soldiers to climb the Xicheng Arrow Tower with torches, poked his head out of the arrow, and by sticking out the torches outside the city, he could see the sparkling water under the city wall and hear the sound of rushing water.
Listening to the noise coming from the Qing army camp in the distance, as if he saw the miserable situation of the 100,000 Qing troops at this time, Chen Yue showed a knowing smile on his face.
A great flood submerged 100,000 Qing troops and saved the crumbling Ming Dynasty, so the record must be able to write a heavy stroke in the history books hundreds of years later, and it can be compared with Guan Yunchang's flooded Seventh Army.
However, the surging flood also inundated countless fields and villages in the Huaiyang area, millions of acres of wheat that were about to be harvested were destroyed in the flood, countless people were displaced, and the wounds caused by the flooding of the Huaiyang flood could only heal for at least a few years.
The sky slowly brightened, and the city wall of Yangzhou was full of soldiers of the Pingnan Army, and even the prefect of Yangzhou, Ma Ming, and the governor of Huaiyang, Wei Yinwen, also rushed to the city wall when they heard the news.
Everyone stared blankly out of the city, at the monstrous flood. The entire outside of the city has become a sea of water, sparkling everywhere, and the many hills outside the city have become isolated islands in the vast sea.
And there is a city wall to block the flood outside Yangzhou. It was the gap in the city wall that was destroyed by the Qing army, and in order to set a trap, an urn city was built as a trap behind the gap. Xiao Qinhuai, who flows through the city of Yangzhou, lowered the river gate as early as yesterday to cut off the water gate, so that the flood water outside the city could not enter the city.
"Ma Fuzun, look, the Qing army camp in the northwest of the city has disappeared, this is God helping my Ming! Da Ming is saved! Looking at the situation outside the city, Huaiyang Governor Wei Yinwen danced excitedly.
"Dig the embankment of Hongze Lake and drive the flood to flood the strong enemy, such a strategy is not something that a wise and brave person can come up with, Pingnan Hou is really a martial marquis!"
Wei Yinwen sighed in admiration.
However, Ma Mingming was far less excited than Wei Yinwen, but frowned at the flood outside the city. Pingnanhou a flood submerged 100,000 Qing troops, established a monstrous feat, but brought endless disasters to the two prefectures of Huaiyang, I don't know how many people died in this flood, and the millions of acres of fertile land in Huaiyang will be harvested!
Think about the people who were waiting to be fed after the water, think about the fertile fields that were washed away, and the disaster relief after the war were all the business of the local government. As a magistrate, Ma Mingli felt a pain in his head when he thought about it, and he also had a lot of complaints about Chen Yue who used such a desperate strategy.
At this moment, Chen Yue, Marquis of Pingnan, had already boarded a warship, and with tens of thousands of soldiers on hundreds of warships, he was heading towards the direction of the Qing army camp on the west side.
The water level outside the city is nearly one zhang high, which can hold up the flat-bottomed boats, and the flood will be discharged quickly, because the south of Hongze Lake is the plain area, and the big water can roll south and go straight to the Yangtze River. In less than two days, the water level will drop.
At present, even if it is by the soldiers of the Qing army, it must be isolated by the flood on the highland hills, and it is a good time to rely on the naval army to clear the siege.
The fleet sailed on the water outside the city and rowed towards the hilly terrain to the west of the city.
After the flow in the middle of the night, the momentum of the flood peak has passed, the flood flow has stabilized, presumably most of the water in Hongze Lake has been emptied, but there are Huai River and Yellow River connected to Hongze Lake, and it will take some time for the water to disappear completely.
The surface of the water was full of various floating objects, planks, trees, clothes, and corpses everywhere, both human and drowned.
On a section of floating trees, Chen Yue suddenly saw a long snake rolled up, wrapped around the trunk with its body, and stretched its head desperately above the water.
A few hundred ships could send a mighty fleet ten miles long in the canal, and it would not be conspicuous in this vast water.
Under Chen Yue's order, the boats dispersed, searching for the people who might survive while encircling and suppressing the Qing soldiers. There are many rivers in the Huaiyang area, and many people are familiar with the nature of the water, although there is a great possibility of surviving the sudden flood.
Sure enough, he didn't drive far before Chen Yue saw a person on the water not far away, holding a log, desperately waving towards the boat.
In this way, the search fleet dispersed and headed for the hilly area west of the city.
At this time, Wang Yin also led hundreds of warships to set off before dawn, and went down the river from Hongze Lake, had crossed Shaobo Lake, and searched from the north.