Suddenly, there was lightning and thunder all night, and it rained heavily.

The sycamore plain is full of ravines, and suddenly the streams are extremely muddy. In such bad weather, the Jin people, who were mainly cavalry, would definitely not initiate and avoid large-scale battles. After days of fierce fighting, the rebel alliance also suffered huge casualties, and the soldiers and horses were exhausted.

Therefore, the two sides unanimously reached a truce.

The sky was gloomy, which made the military tent a little dim, and Chu Tianya asked someone to light the lamps and candles and read some battle reports. At noon, Xiao Linglong asked the cook to make a meal and bring it to the handsome tent to dine with Chu Tianya.

The heart is heavy and troubled, Chu Tianya has not had any appetite in the past few days, and the guide zhì people have also lost weight. Xiao Linglong saw it in her eyes and worried in her heart, she finally got a fresh fish today and stewed some of Chu Tianya's favorite fish soup, so she personally gave it to him. I want him to eat and drink.

"Everyone avoids it, the lord is going to eat." After Xiao Linglong came in, she invited Liuhe and the others who accompanied Chu Tianya to participate in the military plane.

"What?" Chu Tianya looked at her and smiled, "It's just a meal, do you need to make such a big move?" ”

"Did you know that you haven't had a good meal in four or five days?" Xiao Linglong glared at him with a little disgust, and personally brought the food box to Chu Tianya, "I don't care, you will accompany me to eat this meal today no matter what." If you don't finish eating, I'll burn your military newspaper documents! ”

"Good, good." Chu Tianya smiled and said happily, "The county lord has a life, how dare I disobey?" …… Hey, the smell of fish soup! ”

Xiao Linglong smiled and took out the fresh fish soup. She rarely does this coquettish and willful attitude of a little daughter in front of Chu Tianya, and occasionally uses it once in a while is a trick, and she tries everything.

"Well, I'm feeling hungry." Chu Tianya smacked his lips very appropriately, "Come, let's eat together!" ”

Xiao Linglong was satisfied with a bowl of rice, a big bowl of fish soup, and half a fresh fish into his bowl, "Finish eating!" ”

"Okay." Chu Tianya smiled and nodded, picked up the chopsticks and picked up the fish, saw that the tail of the fish was red, and said casually, "Carp?" It's fresh! - In front of the two armies, it is difficult to catch fresh fish! ”

"Well, I specially sent a few brothers who are familiar with water to fish by the Yellow River." Xiao Linglong added, "Yellow River carp, a famous dish in Tokyo." It tastes good. ”

Yellow River carp, Songjiang perch, Xingkai Lake fish, Songhua River salmon are known as the four famous fish in China. There are rumors that "if you eat fish, you will be the carp of the river", and "Luo carp and bream are as expensive as cattle and sheep". Even if you put it in Tokyo, the Yellow River carp is an excellent ingredient.

"The county lord has a heart. It's rare to have a good fish soup at a time like this. Chu Tianya smiled gratefully, "Let's eat together!" Where can I eat such a big fish? ”

"Okay, I'll be with you." Xiao Linglong sat down with a smile, and also filled a bowl of fish soup herself, and said casually, "The rainstorm falls, and the Yellow River rises and flows rapidly, making it inconvenient to fish." After eating this meal, it's hard to eat again. So, you eat a little more. ”

Chu Tianya's heart seemed to suddenly pass by a flash of brilliance, and the chopsticks stopped when they caught their mouths, "What did you say?" ”

Xiao Linglong was stunned and said blankly: "Yes, it is the flood season and with such a heavy rain, can the Yellow River not rise?" A section of the Yellow River is swollen and rushing, how to fish? ”

"Horn!"

Chu Tianya slapped the chopsticks on the table and burst into flames.

"Liuhe!!"

"In!"

Liuhe flashed in and looked at Chu Tianya in surprise, "What does the lord command?" ”

"Call Anu to take a team of people, dress up and dress, and accompany me out of the camp!"

"What does the lord want?"

"Go to the Yellow River!"

Xiao Linglong is such a smart person, as soon as her eyes lit up, she knew what Chu Tianya was going to do. She hurriedly got up and stopped Chu Tianya, and said almost begging: "I'm not in a hurry at this time, I'll accompany you after eating this fish, okay?" ”

Chu Tianya's heart was already excited, and he couldn't wait to appear by the Yellow River immediately, and when he heard Xiao Linglong say this, a burst of warmth surged in his heart.

"Alright! - Eat before you go! ”

After a short time, Chu Tianya and Xiao Linglong took a team of tiger guards, wore hats and clothes, and left the Wutongyuan military camp to look at the Yellow River.

Most of the nearby villages were fishing villages, because the fighting had long since been emptied, and all that was left was empty villages, small fishing boats soaked in the rain, and broken fishing nets.

"It would be nice if we could find a few fishermen from nearby villages." Chu Tianya said, "Liuhe, take people to search around to see if there are any folks who are hiding." Remember, don't hurt them and scare them. ”

"Yes, my lord!"

After about half an hour, Liuhe and the others tried their best to dig almost three feet into the ground, and finally found two old men in their seventies, saying that they were old fishermen in nearby villages, because they were too old to walk, and they were reluctant to carry their family business, so they did not flee and hid in their own cellars.

Chu Tianya explained his identity and comforted them with kind words, which finally made the two old men frightened and willing to communicate with him.

"Old man, since you make a living from fishing in this area, you must be quite familiar with the hydrology of the Yellow River in this vicinity." Chu Tianya asked, "Can you tell me when the flood season of the Yellow River is?" ”

"Five days later, it will be the first flood season of the year." One of the thin old men said with great certainty, "I have been fishing by the Yellow River for sixty years, and no one is more familiar with it than me!" ”

"Nonsense!" Another old man with leprosy said angrily, "You know that bragging, boasting for sixty or seventy years and still not repenting—the prince will listen to his nonsense, I have been on this Yellow River for sixty years, and I am more familiar with it than I am with myself—six days later, it will be the flood season!" ”

"You're talking nonsense!"

"You fart!"

“…… Old thing, you still swear? I'll fuck you! ”

"I—I'll your grandma!"

……

The two old men combined were almost one hundred and fifty years old, and they actually scolded their mother in front of Chu Tianya and others like naughty boys.

Chu Tianya couldn't help but laugh, and his heart was full of joy.

Whether it's five days or six days, it's almost the same.

The two old men quarreled fiercely, Chu Tianya asked Liuhe to persuade them to leave, sent some rice grain, and then went to the Yellow River by himself.

In the rainstorm weather, the Yellow River is muddy, and the rushing roar is very turbulent.

Throughout the ages, the flooding of the Yellow River has been the most important natural disaster in all dynasties, and there is no dynasty that has not made great efforts to control the floods of the Yellow River. People displaced by the floods of the Yellow River are not uncommon in all eras.

Because it is a section of the Yellow River embankment near the imperial capital, the imperial court has invested a lot of manpower and material resources to prevent floods and build embankments over the years. This section of the embankment is very stable and strong.

Looking at the surging Yellow River rushing eastward, Chu Tianya's brows were tightly furrowed, his eyes were cold, and he fell into a long silence and thought. Everyone didn't know what Chu Tianya was thinking, so they all quietly watched with him and rained. Only Xiao Linglong's heart burst for a while, and after a long time, she couldn't help but step forward and whispered: "Tianya, you have to think twice...... The bursting of the Yellow River is not more idle. If you don't control it well, a radius of hundreds of miles will be an adult's purgatory! ”

Chu Tianya's whole body trembled slightly, and he looked sideways at Xiao Linglong.

"Think again." Xiao Linglong said softly, and she didn't talk much.

Chu Tianya turned his face noncommittally, still looking at the surging Yellow River.

This one, the mother river of China.

"A good mother will not only spoil her child, but also criticize and correct him harshly when he makes mistakes." Chu Tianya whispered to himself, "When he saw his children being bullied by bad people. Then, no matter who the bad guy is, she will fight against him regardless of Qiē and swear to defend her child to the death! ”

Others were a little confused when they heard it. Xiao Linglong trembled slightly, "Tianya, you ......"

"Would you do that if we had children?" Chu Tianya turned his head and asked.

Xiao Linglong took a deep breath and nodded, "I'd rather die myself than let my child be hurt a little!" ”

"What if he falls overboard?" Chu Tianya said lightly, "You don't know how to swim." ”

"Then I'll jump too!!"

Chu Tianya took a deep breath and nodded slowly, "This may be the decision I want to make." ”

"You! ......" Xiao Linglong's face turned a little white. Seeing that there were many people on the left and right, she couldn't help but say it.

"Go back!"

Resolutely turned around and got on the horse, and Chu Tianya ran away first. Xiao Linglong and the others hurriedly followed.

After returning to the camp, Chu Tianya first found a few people who were more familiar with the city of Tokyo, and carefully inquired about the terrain in that area. Then he sent a fine scout to once again inquire in detail about the distribution of Yan Zongwang's military camp.

In such a rainy weather, people don't know what Chu Tianya is busy with in a hurry and with a little nervousness and mystery. They only vaguely felt that Chu Tianya was brewing a heavy plan.

The next rain, the wind and rain were more urgent, the lightning and thunder roared, and the barracks were muddy, and the horses were tied into the circle and did not dare to release them. Chu Tianya came to the Yellow River again and saw that the water was even more turbulent than yesterday.

This time, he examined in detail a nearby embankment six or seven miles long. After returning to the camp, he secretly ordered Anu to personally supervise the work, and asked the craftsmen in the barracks to rush to work and supervise the shipbuilding.

In the evening of that day, Tang Ang rushed to Wutong Plain. In addition to the more than 1,000 tiger ben that came with it, there were also thirteen Shenwu cannons that had just been successfully cast.

As early as the time of evacuating Taiyuan, Yelu Yanchen's Gunpowder Factory Bureau in Qixingzhai had already produced a large number of new explosives and several Shenwu cannons. The power of explosives had already been tried in Xiaocangshan, which made Wanyan Zonghan, who followed behind, suffer a big loss and was dizzy.

The power of the cannon has not been proven, and it has only been test-fired many times in the suburbs on the banks of the Luoshui River. In view of the critical situation of the battle, Chu Tianya urged many times, Yelu Yanchen has been very cautious and said, "The Shenwu cannon is not perfect."

But now that they are about to be wiped out, where can Chu Tianya take care of a lot? As a result, the thirteen-sided semi-finished Shenwu giant cannon was moved by Chu Tianya, and even Luoyang did not leave a side.

In such weather, the escort cannons are being carried day and night, and the iron-beaten Tang Ang is almost out of human form, not to mention those soldiers and people. Chu Tianya comforted them and came to inspect the cannon in person.

"My lord, old man Yelu has repeatedly told me that the power of these cannons is too great, far more than ten times more powerful than the thunderbolt cannons in Tokyo. However, there is also the possibility of exploding. In that case......" Tang Ang whispered in Chu Tianya's ear.

"In that case, I'll test the cannon myself." Chu Tianya said lightly.

Suddenly, a circle of gunners fell down, "The lord must not!" ”

"I'm willing to go to the fire for the Lord - please test the gun!"

"Brothers, please get up!" Chu Tianya hurriedly stepped forward to help each other one by one. These people were all gunpowder craftsmen or apprentices who followed Yelu Yanchen, and they were also gunners who operated the cannons. Thirteen cannons, more than fifty gunners, each of them, was ready for such a thing as "exploding".

"If the lord doesn't agree, I won't get up later!" The gunners insisted, "Lord, don't test the guns yourself!" ”

"Okay, I promise you." Chu Tianya sighed lightly and said, "Tang An, I order you to give preferential treatment to these brothers. Prepare a pension for each of them in advance, double the pension. They...... It's gambling with your life. Whether they win the bet or not, they are all heroes in our army! ”

"Yes, my lord."

"The matter of the Shenwu Giant Cannon must be kept strictly secret." Chu Tianya said, "Before the giant cannon is officially unveiled on the battlefield, no one is allowed to come to visit except me and you. If you violate the order, you can cut it first and then play! ”

"Yes, my lord!"

It has been raining heavily for three days, and it is getting more and more intense. From Chang'an to Luoyang and then to Tokyo, almost all of them were shrouded in a rain cloud for hundreds of miles, and the heavy rain continued day and night.

The water of the Yellow River is surging all of a sudden, and there is a tendency to flood.

Late at night on the fourth day, Chu Tianya and Anu secretly went out of camp with a group of henchmen of about 1,000 people and came to the Yellow River embankment.

"Lord, do you really want to blow up this embankment?" The fierce man Anu, who has always been fearless, was a little apprehensive, "The Yellow River bursts, this is the wrath of the heavens." By then, there will be flooding for 100 miles, and I don't know how many people will die in the floods, and I am afraid that even Tokyo will not be spared. Lord, please think again! ”

"I have already found out, as early as the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, I have long considered the flooding of the Yellow River." Chu Tianya said, "The selection of the site and the construction of the city in Tokyo have made full preparations for flood control. First, it is far away from the Yellow River and the terrain is high, and there are many ditches around it, which can guide the direction of the torrent. Moreover, because of the war between the two countries, most of the nearby villages, towns and counties are already empty cities, and our troops stationed on the Wutong Plains Heights will not be affected much. On the contrary, Wanyan Zongwang's army was located in a low-lying area, and the torrential rain in the past few days had made them miserable, and many camps had been forced to move their camps, but they could not find a highland like Wutong Yuan to garrison their more than 300,000 troops. As long as the Yellow River bursts, the first to be swallowed up must be the Jurchens! ”

"However, it is inevitable that there will be many civilian ......"

Chu Tianya waved his hand vigorously, "It's a war, and you will die!" - How many of our brothers will die in battle these days than the next to die in the flooding of the Yellow River? If we continue to fight like this, we are very likely to be completely annihilated, Tokyo will fall, and even the country will be ruined! By that time, there will be more and more miserable deaths! ——The eldest husband stands in the world, acts informally, but asks for a clear conscience! ”

Anu was speechless when he said this, and a chill broke in his heart. He looked at Chu Tianya with one eye, and for the first time, he felt that the young man in front of him had changed compared to when he first saw him in Taiyuan.

Maybe it's really in his position, planning his own things; People are always changing.

Anu couldn't help but think in his heart: "No matter what is right or wrong, take responsibility for the past events, and leave right and wrong for future generations to comment...... It's really a hero! ”

"Let the brothers prepare!" Chu Tianya took a deep breath, frowned and made a decision, "Tomorrow night, blow up the embankment!" ”

"Yes......"

The time of one day and one night is as long and difficult as a lifetime.

Making this decision, Chu Tianya's heart couldn't be easy. Therefore, his face was always ugly, and even Xiao Linglong did not get a good word from him.

Blowing up the dikes and letting the Yellow River flood and devour living creatures, to put it mildly, this is the opposite! Damnation awaits mankind!

However, war is so cruel, either you die or I die. If he had to make a choice between "destroying the country and ruining his family" and "drowning 300,000 Jurchens", Chu Tianya could only make one decision even if he knew that he would be thundered by the sky in the next second!

Wanyan Zongwang is not stupid, and there are many people under him who are familiar with the geography and hydrology of the time. The heavy rain for several days and the fact that it was the flood season of the Yellow River had already aroused the vigilance of Wanyan Zongwang. On the one hand, he ordered the military camps stationed in the low-lying areas to be withdrawn and moved to higher places in a step-by-step manner, and on the other hand, he sent many cavalry to patrol the banks of the Yellow River.

Anu and his people hid in a small fishing village and were almost discovered several times.

After Chu Tianya learned the news, he decisively decided to launch a surprise attack and not let the Jurchens put their attention on the Yellow River.

So, Yang Zaixing, a fierce general under Cao Cheng, set off with 5,000 men and horses. With the posture of a moth to a fire, he launched a "late-night robbery" of the Jurchen military camp.

The battle was fierce, and almost one-tenth of the 5,000 people Yang Zaixing brought out returned. The angry Jurchens fought back strongly and killed before Wutong Plain.

The Shenwu cannon appeared on the scene, the heavens and the earth were shaken, and the Jurchens were terrified and retreated like a tide.

Yang Zaixing, a god-like man, relied on a horse and a gun to single-handedly kill a few people in the Jurchen barracks, and no one could stop him.

When he threw more than a dozen Jurchen centurions, thousand-neckers, and a few flags into the tent, everyone was speechless, and the scene was deadly silent.

Chu Tianya's heart was also shocked. In the past, he had only seen the kind of character who "took the rank of general in a million army" in literary novels, movies and television, and Chu Tianya had always regarded it as an exaggeration of some kind of myth, or a legend that people imagined.

Today, I finally saw it with my own eyes.

Yang Zaixing is worthy of the name of "martial arts" and the god of war.

Seeing that Yang Zaixing was covered in blood and returned with injuries in many places, coupled with the loss of more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, Cao Cheng's face was so blue that it was very ugly.

"Lord Wang, you already had a huge cannon to kill the enemy, why did you let my brother go to death?!" He pulled Yang Zaixing, shook his robe, snorted, and walked away.

Yang Zaixing didn't say a word, but he looked at Chu Tianya's eyes, extremely indifferent.

Liuhe and the others were furious, and almost chased after Cao Cheng on the spot and killed him.

Chu Tianya stopped them. Say to them, If such a thing would happen to my four thousand brothers and your love, I would do the same.

This raid and robbery camp, knowing that he would be defeated, coupled with Yang Zaixing's martial arts and the brilliant power of the giant cannon, can be regarded as making the Jurchens both shocked and angry, and re-nervous. Since the southern army dared to rob the camp without taking any measure, the battle could occur at any time, and Wanyan Zongwang had no choice but to temporarily stop moving the camp and searching, and ordered the whole army to be on alert and ready to fight at any time.

Four thousand heroic souls, in exchange for the temporary safety of Anu, a group of human executioners.

As night fell, there were more than two hours left. Soon, the wrath of the Yellow River will descend on the heads of the 350,000 Jurchen invaders.

Chu Tianya poured a whole jar of Jiannan Burning Spring, and slammed the horsewhip to the ground with red eyes.

"I also admit that the sky is thundering! - Call Anu, do it!! ”