399 The Roaring Flood
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"What kind of thunder, this sound sounds like ten thousand horses galloping, and it looks like artillery firing in unison, it can't be that the Ming army is starting to attack the city!"
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When the flood was surging towards Wuchang City, as the sound continued to increase, at this time, whether it was the Qing army and people who had begun to sleep in the city, or the Qing army outside the city who could not sleep because of the cold, they were awakened by this increasingly loud and louder sound.
"It's not good, it's flooding, it's flooding, everyone run, everyone run!" First of all, it was not the Qing army stationed in the city that reacted, because, it has been cloudy for the past few days, and the natural moon has been blocked by layers of black clouds, resulting in a dark sky, and many soldiers also have night blindness, so although the flood is not far from them, they have not found it at all, but among the people in Wuchang City who have just been awakened by this huge sound, someone shouted loudly.
It's not that these people know the news in advance, but because these people can't understand the sound of the flood, just like the people in the northern border for the situation of thousands of horses galloping, that is the memory that exists in the bones, because Wuchang City was originally built on both sides of the Yangtze River, all, basically every year they can withstand several such floods, of course, for the summer flood attack, they have long been experienced, don't think that the ancients are not as smart as modern people, A lot of wisdom of the ancients, that is modern people can not imagine at all, just like the drainage system of Nanjing City, hundreds of years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang period built the drainage system, can still be used in good condition, and the so-called modern most scientifically designed drainage system, but Nanjing City has become an ocean.
The southerners' understanding of the flood has been deep into the bones, at the beginning, there were still some people who were confused, but as more and more people began to scream, all the people in Wuchang City instantly understood, this huge sound, is the Yangtze River flood, although many people for why the Yangtze River, which should have been dry, will flood now, but this problem was immediately left behind by them, now the most important thing is not to think about those messy things, but to escape, so, After reacting, the originally dark Wuchang City instantly became brightly lit, countless torches illuminated half of the sky, and all the people in Wuchang City helped the old and the young to go to the highest place in the city.
These actions of the people in Wuchang City made Ao Bai and Wu Sangui, the Qing army generals become puzzled, they also knew at this time that the people in Wuchang City were so confused, thinking that this increasingly loud sound was the situation of the flood, but after listening to it, they felt funny in their hearts, they would rather think that this was a galloping horse, or that the Ming army was attacking Wuchang City, and would not believe that this was the so-called flood, because as long as the smart people know that there will be no flood in winter, Even if the south is a little warmer than the north, there will be no floods, so after discussion, they have always thought that this is the people in Wuchang City, because they do not understand the situation, and the fear of floods in their hearts makes them so nervous and excited.
It's a pity that at this time, they don't have time to care about the lives of those people, although they don't think that the louder and louder sound is the sound of flooding, but they still think that this is caused by the Ming army outside the city, as for how it was caused, they don't know yet.
"Come on, hurry up and go outside the city to see, what's going on, is it the Ming army taking advantage of the night to attack, at the same time, order all the soldiers to get ready, it seems that this time the Ming army is preparing for a hard attack, in this case, we must also be prepared, the province is at a critical time, what went wrong." While quickly anxious about the generals, Ao Bai commanded to the soldiers around him.
Just when Ao Bai and the others were discussing, the Qing soldiers outside the city who were originally in charge of the defensive position were already stunned at this time, and everyone saw that not far from them, there were white flowers, as if they were like a black dragon stained with frost, and they were rushing towards them quickly along the Yangtze River, and the white flowers were getting higher and higher with the advance of this black dragon, and when they were three miles away, the white flowers had become seven or eight feet high. Although this height is not as high as the city wall of Wuchang City, it is already almost the same.
"Flood, flood, flood."
"Quick, quick, run, run."
Although the people who shouted these words were frightened, they still had some basic sense, but many of them were completely stunned or went crazy in the face of the rapid rushing waves and floods.
"Ah, the dragon, the black dragon, the dragon god has appeared, everyone kowtow!"
"Hahaha, kill, kill, kill, you demons and monsters, you dare to scare me like this, but this Heavenly Master cast a spell to accept you."
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Paragraphs of gibberish, miserable screams, shouts, constantly from the mouths of the Qing soldiers, but unfortunately, in the face of this gushing, as if falling from the nine days of the heavenly river-like flood, no matter what their reaction at this time, it is no longer important, the flood from hundreds of miles away, in the way through the continuous injection of a large amount of river water, although this flood is man-made, but it is not much inferior to the flood in the summer, so, in the blink of an eye, the flood rushed through a few miles, It slammed into the artificially built bunker group outside Wuchang City.
In fact, the real terrible part of the flood lies in the indomitable momentum and impact power when he rushes down, if someone can avoid the first attack, then there will not be many casualties, and it stands to reason that the bunker group built by the Qing army outside Wuchang City is not much built on the Yangtze River, less than one-tenth, and the remaining ninety percent is elsewhere, logically speaking, the Qing army should not have many casualties, but unfortunately, the actual situation is not like this.
You must know that the defensive formation arranged by Wu Sangui is set up according to the special terrain outside Wuchang City, what is the terrain outside Wuchang City, that is, there are many lakes, many waters, and water networks criss-cross, thus forming a piece of small islands, so, on this basis, Wu Sangui arranged this defensive formation, and even Wu Sangui in order to achieve the best effect of this defensive formation, so as to form a defensive formation without dead ends, Wu Sangui also asked the soldiers to artificially connect many water networks with lakes. Form an artificial water network, so as to ensure an all-round, no dead angle defensive formation.
Originally, this defensive formation and plan were very successful, and it was precisely because of this that the Ming army led by Li Yan attacked for a month, and did not achieve any results at all, but now it is different, you must know that whether it is a water network or a lake, Wu Sangui's defense is based on the premise that there is little water in the Yangtze River in winter, and if the Yangtze River water suddenly surges, then his defensive formation is not a defensive formation, but a formation waiting for death.
I saw that when the surging waves of the Yangtze River passed through the defensive formation of the Qing army outside the city, and thus rushed towards Wuchang City, the Qing troops stationed outside the city had not yet breathed a sigh of relief, and then they found that an even more cruel situation had happened.
You know, within 300 miles, all rivers and lakes at the same time open the sluice to release water concept, that is, equivalent to the Yangtze River water volume increased more than ten times, or even dozens of times in an instant, this situation, will not pass with the wave of the past, those excess floods, is also slowly towards the Yangtze River on both sides, low-lying places backwards, that is why, as long as a flood, often cause a huge area of disasters, the reason is this.
And these lakes outside Wuchang City, originally when the summer flood came, was used for the Yangtze River flood discharge place, at this time, they also came in handy, they saw dozens of times more Yangtze River water than the original, crazy along those streams or water nets, to the lakes outside Wuchang City, and in the middle, those Qing soldiers who originally wanted to use the water network to block the Ming army, they were completely affected, and they saw that their bunkers were originally built between the water networks, but the sudden backflow of the Yangtze River water, Let those water nets overflow suddenly, thus occupying their original habitat, one by one the pillboxes that were not very strong, under the washing of the flood, collapsed one after another, although this did not make the Qing army lose much, but after losing the protection of the bunkers, they were completely exposed to the water one by one.
The cold wind is howling, the cold and biting river is constantly spreading, flooding, one by one the Qing soldiers who were originally thinly clothed, just in the flood kept wailing, screaming, the reason for this, because many of these soldiers are northerners, because Wu Sangui believes that northerners are hard-working, more courageous and bloody than southerners, so when he recruits soldiers, most of them recruit northerners, and northerners are good for others, the only thing is the same, that is, most people can't swim, if it is usual, Better, in places where there is water, they can still take boats, but now, although the river is not deep, but they were originally struggling to resist the cold, in the icy river soaking, after a while, some weak Qing soldiers fell into the river.
At this time, the Qing generals such as Ao Bai and Wu Sangui in the city had already lost their previous sanity, and were flying towards the high ground surrounded by the guards around them.
I have to say that although the strategy of using the flood to break through Wuchang City is very cruel, it is a very successful strategy, because Wuchang is different from other cities, if it is another city, in the face of floods, at most it will only cause the city to become an ocean, and there is no other trouble, but Wuchang is different, Wuchang City was originally built next to the Yangtze River, to be precise, Wuchang City, is the place where the Yangtze River water and the Han River meet, the water flow can be described as huge, in addition, When the Yangtze River waterway reaches Wuchang City, it becomes much narrower than other places, so from the early years of the Ming Dynasty, when Zhou Dexing of Jiangxia Hou expanded Wuchang Mansion City, because the original Wuchang City was expanded a lot, two water gates were built at the city wall.
Different from other places, the role of these two water gates is not for the circulation of water sources inside and outside the city, but for the summer when the Yangtze River water breaks out in the flood, to prevent floods and design for the city, therefore, these two water gates, are set up with a thousand catties of giant gates, as long as it is before the flood comes, after the two giant gates are combined, the entire Wuchang City is like a copper cast iron, no matter how big the flood can not help him, and in the dry season, these two giant gates are opened, This ensures that the people in the city can easily travel or use water.
This convenient design not only made Wuchang City successfully stand on the edge of the Yangtze River, but also made Wuchang City an important trading city on the Yangtze River, which is why it was later called the 'thoroughfare of nine provinces'.
It's a pity that although Ao Bai and Wu Sangui and others occupy Wuchang City, they don't know these insiders at all, besides, even if they do, it won't work at all, who would have thought that in winter, the Yangtze River would break out in floods? Therefore, the Qing soldiers in Wuchang City, Emperor Chen, was tragic.
Because the sluices at the two water gates were not closed, the surging Yangtze River water, like a hooligan seeing a beautiful woman, couldn't wait to rush in, the result was that Ao Bai and others in the city were also completely tragic, and more importantly, because the terrain of Wuchang City was relatively low, so, after the Yangtze River water poured into Wuchang City in large quantities, it began to wreak havoc everywhere, and for a while, I saw the overwhelming river water everywhere, and the houses collapsed one by one. All kinds of things were swallowed up by more and more floods, and those Qing soldiers or people who had no time to flee to high places also cried and cried in the flood for help, but unfortunately, in this case, their calls for help were useless at all, and in a short time, they completely disappeared.
The only thing that makes people feel fortunate is that because the people in Wuchang City have taken precautions in advance, most of the people have taken the opportunity to flee to high places, and most of the people who fall into the water now are Qing army soldiers, especially those Manchu Eight Banner soldiers with bright armor, under the ravages of the flood, they did not even leak their heads, and they were swallowed up by the flood.
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