Chapter 124: The Power of Nature
It's just that before Yan Baihu could find his large army, there was a roar in the distance. Yan Baihu had a black question mark on his face, there was no heavy rain tonight, and there was no lightning in the sky, where did this sound come from? Yan Baihu stood in place, and the soldiers under his command were also discussing.
Soon, Yan Baihu knew the answer, and after a while, the flood came suddenly, and at this moment everything was silent, Yan Jun was no longer noisy, and all the hustle and bustle came to an abrupt end.
Through the faint light of the fire, the picture that catches the eye hits everyone's nerves and shocks everyone's heart.
The surging water of Pengbai was like a devouring beast, and at a fast speed, it rushed towards the entire army, whether it was led by Yan Baihu or from afar, they all showed fear on their faces.
In the face of the power of nature, how small human beings are, Yan Baihu understands this truth at this moment.
It's like a flash flood, no, it's a flash flood, and the pouring water rushes with a frenzy of rags, and in an instant, Yan Baihu is submerged in the overwhelming torrent.
Chen Zhi stood on the high ground, his body was covered with mud, but he did not hide his tall and proud posture. It was pitch black below, and I couldn't see the situation in it, but the sound of the roaring stream, Yan Jun's wailing and screaming, was endless, all telling Chen a message, Yan Baihu, it's over.
A contemptuous smile appeared on Chen Zhi's face, and he took the initiative to attack in order to choose favorable terrain. In the past few days, it happened to be pouring rain, delaying the speed of Yan Baihu's march, and Chen Zhi's plan in his heart also had enough time to implement.
The 3,000 Xiangyong in the army are said to be Xiangyong, but they are actually farmers, and they can't fight, but they can still do the work of breaking the embankment and releasing water. It happened to be pouring rain, and the water in the Songjiang River was already turbulent, and it didn't take 3,000 people to break the embankment, but Chen Zhi still sent them all out.
The 3,000 farmers worked day and night, and the water level of the Songjiang River rose to a terrifying height, and it was almost flooded across the embankment.
At this time, as long as you dig a little, in an instant, a large amount of river water will swarm out.
All he had to do was to take advantage of the night to lure Yan Baihu to a low-lying place, and then quickly inform the farmers, and the rest would be handed over to the turbulent Songjiang water.
As for the 3,000 soldiers who were brought out, they didn't know anything about it, and all they knew was that they attacked at night. So defeat, it's a real defeat, no matter how sharp Yan Baihu's eyes are, he can't see the slightest wrong.
If you want to catch a big fish, you have to be fat enough bait. In this regard, Chen Zhi not only used 3,000 soldiers as bait, but even threw himself into it for the sake of insurance, all in order to lure Yan Baihu out.
In the dark night, he retreated to a safe place according to the marks left before, but his soldiers were not so careful, there were 3,000 people when they went, and less than 500 people returned, but it was worth it.
If Yan Baihu hadn't been ambushed, it would have been a good thing, and the night attack would have been successful, and it would have been a big victory to burn his heavy grain and grass.
But these are just expectations, the battlefield is changing rapidly, even Chen Zhi can't guarantee that he can come back alive, how can he guarantee that this battle can be won? Fortunately, God is on his side, and Yan Baihu is also very face-saving, and led the army to chase him out, which is why he has the current situation.
Thinking of this, Chen Zhi put away the smile on his face, don't be complacent, this is a taboo for soldiers. Chen Zhi calmed down and turned to leave.
Now it's pitch black, and you can't do anything if you go down, so it's better to wait for dawn before receiving the results. At that time, the soldiers and soldiers of Yan had become chickens in the soup, and they basically had no strength to resist, and they were much safer and brisker.
Yangzhou has a well-developed water system, and most of the people here have good water properties, or in other words, there are very few people in the south who can't swim.
Last night's flood was put to the north, and I am afraid that less than one percent of the soldiers will survive. But in the south, Chen was finally liquidated, and the number of prisoners was as many as thousands.
These soldiers of the Yan army barely survived in the water, but after soaking in the water all night, they had long lost their strength. The soldiers under Chen Zhi's command were like duckweed, and they were easily caught on the boat, all of them were pale and shivering.
In addition, there were many corpses floating in the water, including the soldiers who followed Chen to the night attack last night, but they were lost in the night and finally drowned by the merciless flood.
Chen Zhi sat on a small boat, ignoring the soldiers who were still soaked in the water, but looking for something. Yes, what Chen Zhi is looking for is Yan Baihu, Yan Baihu didn't bring the whole army out to chase after him last night, and there are still thousands of people left in the camp.
As long as Yan Baihu is found and captured, these soldiers can be forced to land, and there is no need to fight hard. It's just that it took a lot of effort to find Yan Baihu from the morning to the afternoon, but Yan Baihu was not found.
In the end, when a soldier went into the water to fish for people, he found Yan Baihu who was crushed under the water by broken branches, Chen Zhi looked at Yan Baihu's miserable white corpse, and didn't know if it would be useful to take his head.
Fortunately, after a while, the soldiers in the distance suddenly burst out with a burst of cheers, and when Chen Zhi rushed over, he knew that it was Yan Baihu's younger brother Yan Yu who had been caught.
Yan Yu was wrapped in a blanket and shrunk in the corner, his body trembling incessantly. Chen Zhi laughed and ordered the soldiers to take him ashore, and the battle should be over.
The soldiers in the camp saw their two commanders, one dead and one captured, and there was no one in charge of the army, and the dragons were leaderless. In the end, in the midst of the shouts of surrender from the soldiers outside, he threw away the weapons in his hands and expressed his willingness to surrender.
The final statistics were sent to Chen Zhi's hands in the evening, plus the surrender army in the village, more than 6,000 Yan troops were captured, and the remaining thousands of Yan troops were not drowned, but were washed away by the flood to other places.
In addition, with the support of large and small families, Yan Baihu's grain and grass can be said to be very rich. Thinking of these rebellious families, a sneer appeared on Chen Zhi's face, if the monk can't run away from the temple, he is talking about these guys.
With a little trimming, Chen Zhi supported those families who did not know the outcome of this battle, marched overnight, and recovered the counties in the south of Wu County with lightning speed.
At the same time, there were more than a dozen large and small families who participated in the rebellion, and all of them were arrested by Chen Zhiyi.
Chen Zhi wanted to kill all the rebellious guys, but after thinking about it, Chen Zhi still sent someone to send a letter to Jiang Hong in Moling, so that Jiang Hong could decide.
Raise these guys for a while, and then whether they will live or die is a matter of their own words.