Chapter 705: The Flood Is Relentless (Sixth Update)
When the flood hit, the Song army only heard its sound, but could not see the slightest trace of the flood, but the panic that broke out in the west of the camp still made the Song army a little frightened.
As the saying goes, fire and water are ruthless, and when the city of Shiyan was captured during the day, many soldiers were attacked by the Zheng army, and suffered serious casualties.
There was no time to catch their breath at night, and it seemed that they would be hit by another flood, and within a day, they were almost in the middle of a day.
At present, fleeing and staying behind, because of the diametrically opposed words of Meng Kuo and Song Qi, the Song army, which rushed out of the military tent, was suddenly in a dilemma.
Remove! If there is no evacuation order, they will openly disobey the military order, and if they do not withdraw, if the flood is too violent, General Meng's guess is wrong, and everyone will not become fish swimming in the water, and if they want to live, the chance is very small.
Withdrawing or not withdrawing, there is a danger to life, most, the Song army began to focus on Song Qi, Song Qi advocated a quick evacuation, if he is the first to leave at present, everyone will take the opportunity to follow.
As a general, Song Qi killed, but he was also greedy for life and afraid of death, he didn't listen to Meng Kuo's opinion at all, no matter whether Zheng Jun attacked after the flood, at this time, he had to save his life first, in case Meng Kuo guessed wrong, the flood was bigger, wouldn't he suffer heavy losses, and even he would die in Huangquan, this kind of uncertain and life-threatening thing, he wouldn't do it at all.
Glancing at the hesitant members of the Song army, he said loudly: "What are you still hesitating, hurry up and move to the northern heights, don't you want to die?" Yan grabbed the war knife in his hand and took the lead in fleeing.
The soldiers who hesitated on all sides, when they heard Song Qi's order, dragged their weapons one by one and ran quickly, after all, many of them had heard a soldier in the west to send a reminder, and as a result, the sound quickly disappeared, almost directly proving that the flood was very large.
Meng Kuo witnessed Song Qi's actions, and secretly sighed that the other party had the courage of a horseman, but he had no command qualifications, tonight was a flood, he was the first to flee, it would not affect the morale of the army, if he encountered a strong army, he took the lead in fleeing, and it would definitely shake the morale of the army.
I couldn't help but sigh secretly: Compared with the Song army and the Zheng army, the performance is far from the same as the life and death, and during the day, if the Song and Zheng armies switch the position of the amplifier, it is strange that the Song army is not killed.
The torrent came from the west, and everywhere it passed, I dare not say that the big trees were uprooted, but they also destroyed many things.
Wherever the flood passed, the bonfires in the barracks were extinguished, the tents were washed down, and many weapon racks were washed away.
Moreover, the water flow from west to east is extremely turbulent, and the water is mixed with a lot of debris, making the turbulent water flow extremely lethal.
The Song army was rapidly moving, chest high, extremely tyrannical, as if the water was deep and angry, wave after wave rushed over, and the people who had not had time to evacuate were swept away by the flood, and some were attacked by the debris in the flood.
For a time, the Song army was in a very bad situation, at least half of the military camp was flooded, and it is not clear how many Song troops were directly swept away by the turbulent and powerful waves.
The situation is extremely dangerous, and it seems to be the opposite of what Meng Kuo had predicted.
The Song army fled quickly, no one dared to stay for a long time, and in the wild running, they were glad that they had not listened to Meng Kuo's words before, otherwise at this time, they might be swept away.
In the wild running, Song Qi glared at Meng Kuo, who was moving quickly not far away, and was unhappy in his heart, fortunately he was worried about causing casualties, so he ordered the army to withdraw quickly, otherwise, if he obeyed Meng Kuo, the water flowing tonight would cause no less damage to the Song army than the casualties caused during the siege of the city during the day.
The chest-length water was slapped back and forth, and Song Qi had to use the long knife in his hand to move forward quickly, blocking the debris in the water by the way, causing damage to himself.
In the process, Song Qi saw with his own eyes that a huge wave was coming, and the tent, which had already been dyed by the flood, was rolled up and covered on the head of the Song army six or seven meters not far away.
Song Qi couldn't help but feel cold, in the big water, it was impossible to prevent it, no one knew what would happen in the next moment, whether it would be swept away by the water in an instant, or directly rushed into the turbid water.
According to his guess, even if the Yueya River is very rich, it is in the late autumn season, and the water level in the river has dropped a lot, and besides, the river is blocked in a short time, and there is not much river water at all, but things seem to be worse than imagined.
He didn't understand why the water level in the Yueya River suddenly rose, even if Ju Wentai led the army to deliberately intercept it, the amount of water would not be so fierce.
However, the current flood is serious, and his life is in danger at any time during the movement, and the situation in front of him is enough to prove that he had made a mistake in his previous prediction, if it wasn't for Song Qi's forcible order to transfer, according to his thoughts, the Song army would definitely have more casualties.
At this moment, he admired Ju Wentai from the bottom of his heart, and when the Zheng army was in a weak position, he actually had a way to cause serious casualties to the Song army, and I have to say that his military attainments were very high, and he was worthy of being the number one general in the Liang State, second only to Li Mu in the north.
In the big water, whether it is Song Qi, or Meng Kuo, or Yuan Muchun's movement speed, it is far inferior to the impact speed of the flood, not to mention that the three of them are difficult to walk an inch in the water, and the other people are not in a very good situation.
Soon, Song Qi's cheek was cut by the debris in the water waves, blood flowed from his cheek into his lips, exuding a faint smell of blood, Song Qi's left arm, by a wooden stake floating on the water, directly smashed on his left arm, the current injury is unknown, but judging from the pain in his cheek, the situation should be very serious. Only Yuan Muchun was in slightly better condition and was not attacked.
Fortunately, the flood was not serious, it came and went quickly, the Song army almost did not escape the flood range, the flood peak passed, the water flow began to slow down, the position also continued to decline, and the damage to the Song army was effectively controlled.
Just stabilized his figure, Song Qi stood knee-high in the water, staring at the messy military camp after the flood, and instantly became angry.
The flood was not serious, and it did not last long, but unfortunately after the flood, all the military tents in the camp were destroyed, and even the grain and grass transferred with the army must have been destroyed.
Thinking that Ju Wentai effortlessly brought very serious damage to the Song army, Song Qi was full of anger, and he wanted to lead his troops directly, capture Shiyan City, and directly kill in the city.
couldn't help but shout: "Ju Wentai, this old thief, is too despicable, one day, I will definitely break his body into ten thousand pieces." ”
Meng Kuo heard the voice, there was no speech, the two armies fought, each according to the level of means, during the day, the Song army relied on its own advantages, severely damaged the Zheng army, and at night, the Zheng army retaliated with a tooth for a tooth, which is also normal.
Song Qigui is the prince, but he has no tolerance for people, after all, it is difficult to win for a long time, he seems to win every time, directly slaughtering the city, so that the momentum of the Song army is guaranteed, however, he and the army led by him, the anger is too heavy.
When encountering ordinary troops, they may be able to show their prestige by slaughtering the city, however, if they encounter very strong troops, the other party will definitely take the lead in finding ways to annihilate them, so as to eradicate this trouble.
Wiping off the sewage all over his body, Meng Kuo said: "Lord Wang, first count the number of losses, build a military camp, and the local Ju Wentai will lead the army to kill." ”
He and Song Qi jointly fought together, which can be completely different from Song Qi's personality, although both of them have arrogance, but Song Qi is a person in the world, with natural arrogance, and seems to be inseparable from being born in the royal family.
At this time, he didn't want to have another dispute with Song Qi, lest Ju Wentai take the opportunity to turn around.
Song Qi was drenched, but his heart was full of anger, as if he was about to burn, but when he heard Meng Kuo's words, he didn't continue to chatter, he also knew that next, the situation could be very dangerous, and he had to take defensive measures.
After a sleepless night, the flood receded, and the Song army camp was still in sewage, and the situation was extremely serious.
After detailed sorting, last night's small flood directly caused 7,000 or 8,000 people in the Song army to be killed, more than 30,000 people were injured to varying degrees, and more than 10,000 people were directly ill.
These are only unilateral losses of the Song army, in the long run, the flood has passed, the land is swamped, the morale of the whole army is low, and the idea of quickly attacking Shiyan City for revenge is simply impossible to realize.
In any case, the Song army will be delayed for at least ten days, and in these ten days, they will be in a very difficult position, while the Zheng army in Shiyan City will be effectively alleviated.
In the next battle, the two sides come into contact, and there is bound to be a very tragic massacre.
However, the slaughter of the two armies of Song and Zheng against each other is Lin Feng's favorite thing, the two armies consume each other, not only will weaken the strength of the Song State, but through the battle between the Song army and the Zheng army, he can see the advantages and disadvantages of the Song army by the way, so as to find a suitable way, in the future war between the Yan army and the Song army, not to mention being in an advantageous position, at least it will reduce casualties.
This time, after Lin Feng and the others retreated to Yunzhou City, he always sent secret agents to closely monitor the movements of Zheng, Song, Chen, and the southern princes, so as to prepare to make a suitable choice.
At present, even if it is not clear for the time being that there will be a very serious battle between the Song and Zheng armies, it is clear that the situation of the Song army will develop in a worse direction in the future.
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