Chapter 499: The Flood Kills
"Captain Hua, you immediately take people to the north to the river, let Hou quickly cross the river to the west, and when you get rid of the disturbance of the Yan army, then turn around and cross the east side of the river, retreat from the mountain road in the Dongpo Valley, and meet the general!"
Yuan Hong saw that the Yan soldiers were in hot pursuit, in order to avoid dragging down the hind legs of the entire front army, Yuan Hong said this, Hua Tieli said anxiously: "How can you stop those Yan thieves with hundreds of people?" ”
"X doesn't need to block them, X only needs to drag them, as long as the Yan army is leaked, X has his own way to get out!
Hearing this, Hua Tieli no longer hesitated, and immediately led hundreds of remnants of the Lin Department to run to the river under the slope, and Yuan Hong watched the battlefield information, and immediately ordered the soldiers of the department to turn to evacuate.
Yuan Hong ran from the south slope to the upper reaches of the river valley, turned around to look, thousands of Yan soldiers in hot pursuit, there is a great situation of falling into a crisis, but the sky changes quite quickly, a few days ago, the entire eastern boundary of the river, the dark well tumbling yellow soup, at that time Yuan Hong these people were still surprised, but the war was blurred, they gradually shifted their attention, but did not expect that the sky changed greatly at this time, so that Yuan Hong was shocked, he stood on the slope of the river valley and looked, the whole river valley is intricate, but the root is still the branch of Weishui, as the sky is gloomy and dark, the wind is rising, The river began to churn, making it unsettling.
"Oh no, there's going to be a flash flood!"
After Yuan Hong reacted, he immediately ordered all the soldiers to run up the hillside, and at the same time, he ordered the soldiers to whine the horn to warn, but the wind roared again and again, and the warning sound of the horn could not reach the ears of Hua Tieli and those people.
In just a moment, a thunderbolt fell from the sky, followed by a heavy rain, and the Yan soldiers who were chasing Yuan Hongbu immediately stopped, and the Yan military camp captain looked around and was suddenly shocked.
"His grandmother's... That's not right..."
Speaking kung fu, the hillside under the feet of the Yan army began to shake, only scared the Yan army not lightly, in Jianghuai, the terrain is mostly hilly, basically there is no mountain torrent this said, now it is slammed into it, it is difficult not to be afraid.
In the river valley, Zhao Yuan, Huang Qi, and Li Hu led the cavalry of various units to finally escape the pursuit of the Yan army, but looking back, the two generals Hua Tieli and Yuan Hong did not follow, and Zhao Yuan was uneasy in his heart.
"The two of you immediately retreat in the direction of the Chinese army, and I will go to pick up Hua Tieli and Yuan Hong!"
"Brother Yuan, you're crazy! Looking at the momentum, it is estimated that a flash flood is about to break out... Before the flood tide arrives, let's go! Li Hu hurried.
"Don't fart to Lao Tzu, let Lao Tzu throw his brothers and run for his life, Lao Tzu can't do this!"
Zhao Yuan scolded Li Hu, let him only take a hundred horses and some war horses to run back, Huang Qi saw this, and said to Li Hu: "That's it, you and I will retreat first, and when the situation stabilizes, you and I will come to respond!" ”
On the west side of the river valley five miles away from Zhao Yuan, Hua Tieli led his brothers from his headquarters to cross the water to escape, and finally got rid of the Yan army, but before he could catch his breath, a chaotic horn sounded and Hua Tieli couldn't tell the difference, and he was uncertain for a while.
"This is Yuan Hong's warning, could it be that he doesn't want me to do this again?"
"Probably not!" The colonel hesitated: "There is no place to hide on the western slope of this valley except for the hills, besides, our camp and army are in the east, if we don't go to the south, how can we return to the east army from the trail?" ”
What the little school said was reasonable, Hua Tieli no longer hesitated, and immediately complied, but as soon as they went into the water to cross the shore, streams of yellow soup muddy water flowed from upstream, Hua Tieli was shocked when he saw this: "It's not good, the river is turning over the pond, and it's going to flood!" ”
Hearing this, the surrounding brothers were terrified, and if a flood hit in this valley, they would have nowhere to escape.
In the crisis, Hua Tieli understood what the intermittent horn warning meant, and immediately, Hua Tieli did not dare to hesitate, and immediately ran to the hill on the western slope, but how can the speed of the flood be comparable to two legs?
When Hua Tieli and the others had climbed up to a mile, he turned his head to look to the northwest, where there was a rapid dull sound in the winding river, and he could faintly see a bright and faint tumbling over.
"Damn... Sure enough, it's a torrent, hurry, hurry up! ”
Hua Tieli shouted, but the wind and rain were urgent, the valley slope was muddy, it was not easy to climb at all, when Hua Tieli just climbed a raised slope rock, the chaos behind him came, Hua Tieli looked, the torrent has rushed to the river where he is located, wait for a wave to pass, the last dozens of soldiers will disappear, in the heart, Hua Tieli is very similar to rescue, but in front of the torrent, they are like ants, small and invisible.
Finally climbing the uphill rock, Hua Tieli carefully gathered his subordinates, but there were only a hundred people left, and there was no road further up, and the flood under his feet continued to rise in the turbulence, and it only took a moment to flood to their location.
At this point, Hua Tieli was sad: "No wonder the river has turned to the bottom recently, the well water has dried up, and it turns out that God is going to condemn again..."
"Captain, what are we going to do?"
The school was anxious, Rao is Hua Tieli can't do anything, the way back was flooded, and the mountain where he escaped was a place of cliffs and rocks, seeing that Hua Tieli was cold and hopeless, but another horn came, Hua Tieli looked, on the opposite slope, there were hundreds of horses standing.
"Blow the horn!"
In the heavy rain, Zhao Yuan gritted his teeth and made a quick sound, Mao Yun puffed out his cheeks and blew hard, and then, Zhao Yuan saw that Hua Tieli and those people couldn't help but wave their arms, Zhao Yuan slowed down, took a five-stone strong bow, he put on three feather arrows, tied hemp rope at the end, and threw it out after warning with a loud sound.
Hua Tieli saw a flash of light in the air, and three off-rope feather arrows shot down the slope, and they were about to be washed away by the water.
"Lord Xiao has come to save us, quick, take out all your bows and crossbows, tie the hemp rope and throw it at the other side!"
Hua Tieli's words fell, and one hundred and ten brothers pulled up strong bows one after another, and used feather arrows to drag ropes as bridges, but they didn't have Zhao Yuan's arm strength, and many feather arrows fell into the water.
On the other hand, Zhao Yuan, the five-stone strong bow requires five hundred catties of strength, plus the feather arrow towing rope, he needs at least seven hundred catties of arm strength to be able to get to Hua Tieli and these people, if it is on weekdays, it is nothing, but now the wind and rain, the situation is in crisis, Zhao Yuan has just fought for a few moments, and most of his physical strength has already been consumed, but the three-way throw, the nine feather arrows have already made his arms tremble, but Zhao Yuan is unwilling to give up, and he shoots again, after the four-way arrow is shot, he actually falls off the horse.
"General!"
Mao Yun hurriedly stepped forward, but Zhao Yuan said: "Quick, tie and wrap the twelve hemp ropes, let the rear warning horn, hurry... Fast! ”