readx; Hauge asked why there was no water in the river, and Chen Yonglai immediately replied with his own cleverness: "Master, from here to the west is the Taihang Mountains, and to the east is the plain, and the terrain is high in the west and low in the east. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoSince the Hongwu period, the number of people in the prefectures and counties of Zhili near the Taihang Mountain has increased day by day, and the daily firewood has to be cut from the mountains. After a long time, Taihang Mountain slowly became bald. The bald mountains cannot hold water, and it is not surprising that the riverbed has dried up due to successive droughts in recent years. ”

Haoge was relieved when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The great rivers and mountains have been ruined by the Han people." After the Central Plains was leveled, the king would suggest to the emperor that the Han people should not be allowed to enter the mountains, so that in a few years, the Manchurian warriors could hunt in the green mountains and green waters again. ”

As he spoke, Hauge urged the Blue Banner army to continue the pursuit. But the further you go, the higher the terrain rises, and the low hills gradually turn into tall peaks, and the rugged mountain roads turn around the mountains, and the pursuit slows down greatly with the dry and flat but deep river beside it. Some of the places are so narrow and steep that you have to dismount and walk to get through.

Haoge couldn't help but be anxious, and he saw that he was catching up with the Ming army, if the Ming army escaped because of the terrain, wouldn't it be that the fat in his mouth would be spit out again? Therefore, he desperately urged the Qing troops to move forward, because the mountain road was too narrow, and at a fork in the road, Hauge simply divided the whole army into three, and marched in unison along the northern, central, and southern river valleys. As long as there is a way to go around to the front of the Ming army to cut off the way, the Ming army will be difficult to fly.

Despite this, the cavalry walked on the mountain road, and the speed really did not increase much. Suddenly, Chen Yonglai pointed ahead and shouted, "Master, look! ”

Hauge raised his eyes and saw that some of the fleeing Ming soldiers were also afraid that the mountain road was difficult, so they abandoned their horses and went down to the dry riverbed to escape on foot. It is said that for the cavalry, the war horse is their life; However, in this kind of terrain, horses become a burden. After losing the horses, don't look at the Ming army walking at the bottom of the densely cobblestone riverbed, after all, the road is flat, and the speed is much faster.

Hao Gedeng's eyes lit up: Yes, the Ming army can walk the river, why can't the Qing army chase from the river? The river next to it is ten feet wide, which is much easier to walk than the narrow mountain road. Although it was necessary to abandon the horse and walk, the Ming army had become a lost dog, and the Qing army had a great advantage in strength, so there was nothing to worry about.

Therefore, Hauge immediately ordered half of the Qing army to dismount and enter the river, while the remaining half of the Qing army still pursued along the mountain road on horseback. Sure enough, the Qing army in the river was moving much faster than the Qing army on the mountain road, and soon turned a bend in front of it. At this rate, there will be at most half an hour to catch up with the Ming army.

At this time, Mang Ku, another general with a blue flag, reminded Haoge: "Master, the slave has heard the Han people talk about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and Zhuge Liang burned Bowangpo, burned the wooden doorway, and burned the valley above, but they all took advantage of the narrow valley to set fire to the enemy. Han people are cunning by nature, could it be that they lure us into the mountains and then attack us with fire? ”

Hauge laughed and said, "You're still willing to use your brains, but you only know one thing, not the other." You see, it's all rocky mountains all around, and there's not even a slightly taller tree. How can such a bare place be attacked with fire? If it was a high mountain and dense forest, this king would have been prepared for it. Besides, this king also let the sentinel climb the mountain to see, and there was no Ming army ambush on the top of the mountain, where did he set the fire from? ”

Mangku suddenly realized: "Hehe, it turns out that the master has already calculated, and the slave will have to learn from the master in the future!" ”

This sycophant is very useful, and the cool breeze in the mountains is coming, and he feels more refreshed, and he is more energetic to chase forward.

At this time, the Qing army in the river had already chased far away, the river was winding, and there were mountain peaks blocking the view, and it was no longer visible. Hauge's heart suddenly moved, and he immediately shouted: "Go and inform them, don't chase too fast, and wait for the army to catch up and then act together!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a few dull explosions suddenly sound in the valley not far to the west. Hauge was taken aback and said, "What, could it be that the Han people still arranged artillery in front?" ”

Soon, though, Hauge knew he had guessed wrong. After the explosion, the sound of muffled thunder roared from far and near, from small to large, and then the whole valley was filled with terrifying echoes!

And it wasn't just the sound, Hauge felt that the ground under his feet began to tremble! This is definitely not something that the Ming army can do, but an extremely terrifying behemoth, rapidly approaching here at an incredible speed!

"Stop!" Hauge had just let out a hoarse roar, and then he saw a silvery-white bright line appear at the bend of the river in front of him, and then this bright line poured down with the momentum of ten thousand horses galloping!

"Flood!"

Hauge had just instinctively uttered these two words, and the front of the flood was already like a tiger that had just escaped from an iron cage, roaring from the river beside the mountain road and rushing downstream. Hauge often thought that when the Eight Banners cavalry charged in formation, it could be called "overwhelming"; But today, when I saw how high the waves were, I knew what the real "overwhelming mountains and seas" was!

If you look closely, it is not only the flood that is pouring downstream, but also countless Qing soldiers inside! They all went down to the river to pursue the Ming army just now, and at this time they were carried down by the powerful flood, or they were hit in the river and their brains burst, their bones were broken, or they were directly choked to death in the flood, and their corpses turned over and drifted downstream. Don't look at the weight of more than 100 catties, in the roaring river, it is just like a fluttering duckweed!

It was only now that Hauge reacted from extreme shock, and couldn't help but buzz in his mind, realizing that he had fallen for the Ming army's tricks!

But now that it was too late, Mangku cried out in horror: "Master, the river is still rising, and it is almost flooding the mountain road!" ”

Hauge looked down, but no, because the water coming from the upstream was too fierce, the narrow river channel could not accommodate so much water for a while, and the water surface rose inch by inch when he saw it, and it had already overflowed the edge of the river in an instant!

At this time, Haoge still had the heart to pursue the Ming army, and immediately shouted: "Hurry back!" ”

The Qing army on the mountain road was in a mess, you pushed and shoved, all scrambling to run back, and no one wanted to be swept away by the ruthless torrent in an instant.

But as the saying goes: it's easy to go up the mountain, but it's hard to get down. Originally, the mountain road was narrow and rugged, and the Qing army was still all cavalry, so it was not easy to go down now. Soon, the highest mountain road had been washed away by the flood, and dozens of Qing soldiers and horses fell into the river, and they were swept away without a trace in an instant.

At this moment, the top of the mountain peak in the west shook loudly, and the Ming army came back!

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