Chapter 74: On the Plague
Kaifeng Jiali Jia in Zhongzhou, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Yuan Shizhong group of thieves for a long time, before and after three attacks on Bianliang, the casualties of men and horses are not counted, but the king of Zhou scattered Kujin to help guard the beam, and the governor Gao Mingheng went to the city day and night to supervise the battle, so that the thieves returned.
Now the thieves have surrounded Bianliang, Li Zicheng will pull out the beams with hatred, and he has long cherished the heart of the city, just because he is afraid of the female treasures in Bianliang City, so he has no plan to break the river.
Now Li Zicheng has been surrounded for a long time, the grain will be exhausted, and he heard that Sun Chuanting is about to leave the customs, and he is ashamed and angry, so he decided to irrigate Kaifeng with the water of the Yellow River, hundreds of miles east of Henan, and instantly turned into a Zeguo.
The city of Bianliang was flooded, the people were killed and injured very heavily, and the city was full of swollen floating corpses, floating with the current, and the stench was stinking.
The water of the Yellow River rushes from the breach, pouring in continuously, and the surviving people, perched on the city walls and roofs, and the food is cut off in a day, and the occasional algae drifts on the water surface with the wind and waves, and the people must compete for food, and the scene is extremely miserable.
There is a vast ocean all around, the people do not wait for supplies for several days, the hungry people, have to fish for the corpses of prisoners for food, the king of Zhou forbids it, the people eat cloth and paper again, and those who eat cloth are temporarily alive, and those who eat paper will die.
In Kaifeng City, there is a person Zhang Minbiao, this is a big family in Kaifeng, a hundred and ten people in the family, a collection of 10,000 books, when the water arrives, he only holds the tablet of the ancestors and the paper of the poem manuscript on the raft.
He drifted along the water, there were many people who asked for help along the way, Zhang Mingbiao couldn't bear to refuse, moved the raft to rescue, the raft was overwhelmed, capsized in the water, he swam to the house, was rescued by being beaten with a rope, and sat on the roof.
Zhang Mingbiao was old and had no food, but fortunately he met Zhou Lianggong, a doorman, and was able to survive.
His eldest son Zhang Yunsold, swam to the south gate, wanted to save Zhang Mingbiao, drowned, scolded the thief and died, the second son Zhang Yunjiao hugged a piece of driftwood, and an old servant woman on the roof to avoid the water, two days and two nights without eating, the old servant woman was hungry, wanted to kill Yun Jiao, Yun Jiao hurriedly jumped into the water to escape.
Pity the original family, under a heavy flood, only two people survived.
There is also a big merchant Jia Qian in the city, seeing the great water, hurriedly tied two beams with ropes, tied the gold and silver under the beam, and hid the dry grain on the beam, and the family wealth was destroyed in a flash, only one or two people lived on the beam and drifted along the current, so they survived.
The situation of the gentry in Kaifeng is still like this, and it is unimaginable how miserable the ordinary people will be.
A few days after Li Chuang broke the river, the supervisor Hou Sui learned that the Yellow River had been executed, so he urgently ordered the general soldier Bu Congshan to go south from Fengqiu and go to Kaifeng to rescue by boat.
Governor Gao Mingyu and the family of King Zhou were also trapped in the city for seven days and seven nights, the official army raft boat to Kaifeng City, with a raft to save people, hundreds of thousands of Kaifeng people, only King Zhou and other 20,000 people were released, the rest were all submerged in the river.
Kaifeng fell, the governor Gao Mingyu broke away by boat, the emperor saw that he was three guards of Bianliang, and did not punish heavily, but Gao Mingyu saw the tragic situation of Kaifeng, and felt guilty, and soon resigned due to illness and returned to his hometown.
If according to the trend of history, Gao Mingyu resigned and returned to Yizhou, Shandong, and soon the Qing army entered the Kou Pass for the sixth time, the Qing army broke Yizhou, Gao Mingyu and his wife both committed suicide and martyrdom, and the Ming Dynasty lost a cadre.
Gao Yihuan and Gao Zurong were trapped on the high ground with tens of thousands of troops, and a few days later, the river rushing out of the breach finally found an outlet, poured into Suishui, Whirlpool River and other tributaries of the Huai River, and rushed south into the Huai River, and the flood gradually subsided.
At this time, although the river water receded, the entire Kaifeng Mansion was submerged in several counties, the fertile fields were flooded by the river, the ground was muddy, and the beams became a piece of chicken ribs.
Li Zicheng saw that the water in Kaifeng City would not recede in a short time, and the women, wealth, and silk were all flooded, which was already unprofitable.
Since Li Yan snatched out of the camp that day, Gao Yihuan has not seen Li Yan again, and he doesn't know which high ground Li Yan is trapped in.
At this time, the army wanted to go west to collect food and meet Sun Chuanting, and Gao Zurong also had to accompany him, but Gao Yihuan did not plan to continue to follow the army.
"Dad, this time Li Zicheng has killed countless people, brutal and abnormal, I don't think he can be Huang Chao, Red Eyebrows and the like, and it won't be a big deal after all." The intrusive army on the high ground had already begun to pack up and prepare to go west, Gao Yihuan and Gao Zurong stood aside, seeing that the people on the left and right were busy, and they didn't notice them, so they whispered.
Gao Zurong heard Gao Yihuan call Li Zicheng's name, his face did not show surprise, he sighed, "Those who want to do great things, should be people-oriented and have a righteous heart, Li Zicheng is unkind and unright, and there is indeed no one who looks like a master." ”
In troubled times, it is not very important to be benevolent or not, but the right heart is an indispensable condition for those who achieve great things. They always have to have a righteous goal and a righteous and awe-inspiring slogan, Li Yan thought of a slogan for Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng seemed to only use Li Yan and the slogan he proposed, and did not really take the people to heart.
People have compassion, not to mention that Gao Zurong is still from Henan, and he has a local feeling for Henan.
At this time, Gao Zurong glanced up at Gao Yihuan, and suddenly asked: "Son, since you think that Li Zicheng is no more than Huangchao and red eyebrows, and it is difficult to achieve a big thing, what are your plans in your heart?" ”
Gao Yihuan didn't have a chance to mention his thoughts to Gao Zurong, he listened to Gao Zurong's words, it seemed that he had already asked him to find another way, his eyes suddenly deepened, and he resolutely said: "Dad, I am ready to go back to Luyi and develop my strength, Li Zicheng can't save Henan, I'll save it!" ”
"Good! Good! Good! Gao Zurong was shocked when he heard this, his expression was stunned, and he immediately said yes, "Then you should go back quickly, this time Kaifeng was hit by a disaster, and the refugees will inevitably run to Guide Mansion, you should go back to Luyi now to prepare." As for the matter between you and Zhou Ronghua, Dad will help you deal with it. ”
Gao Yihuan said this, which was tantamount to preparing to betray the army, he originally thought that Gao Zurong would be shocked and hesitated, but he didn't expect Gao Zurong to think about it a little, and actually supported his idea and gave him advice.
Gao Zurong was a thief, and he was originally coerced. He originally thought that Li Chuang was powerful, and even Li Yan took refuge in Li Zicheng, thinking that Li Zicheng had a chance to win the world, so there would be no big problem for them to change the dynasty, but at this time he changed some of his views on Li Zicheng.
At the end of each dynasty, most of the people who disturbed the world first died in the middle of the world, and the fruits were usually seized by those who came after them to make wedding dresses for others.
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in history are like this, so are the yellow scarves and red eyebrows, Yang Xuangan, Wagangzhai, Dou Jiande, and Du Fuwei are the same, even at the beginning of this dynasty, Liu Futong, Han Shantong, and Zhang Shicheng are all the same, and they all made wedding dresses for the people behind them.
Gao Zurong originally thought that Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang were Chen Shi and Wu Guang, and Li Zicheng might be the last person to pick peaches, but now he didn't think so, Li Zicheng had millions of people, but he was still a thief, which made him feel a little disappointed and hated his behavior.
Originally, Gao Zurong felt that the battle for the world was coming to an end, but now he felt that this dynasty revolution might have just gone halfway.
He agrees with Gao Yihuan, but it doesn't mean that he supports Gao Yihuan to dominate the world, as far as Gao Yihuan's shrimp soldiers and crab generals are concerned, he can't have such an idea now.
He just felt that since the battle for the crown had just begun, and their father and son were going to stand in the chaotic and chaotic times, there was nothing more reassuring and reliable for him than having their own strength.
This time, Kaifeng Mansion was hit by a disaster, and a radius of hundreds of miles turned into a Ze country, and the people had no homes and livelihoods, so they would inevitably flee the famine on a large scale.
The water of the Yellow River will definitely drive the victims to the direction of Guide, and among these refugees, there will inevitably be all kinds of talents that Gao Yihuan needs.
"Dad, then I'll rush back to Luyi." Gao Yihuan nodded heavily, and suddenly said: "Dad, since you see clearly that Li Zicheng is difficult to achieve a big thing, Dad will also find Li Gongzi to find an errand as soon as possible, it is best to get a Taishou to be a pawn~"
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