398 Flood

The battle of Huguang, Shaanxi Ming Court under Shi Lei's personal self, the mighty south, trying to defeat the Manchu southern army led by Azig in one fell swoop, therefore, this battle also attracted the attention of the whole world, everyone knows that this is now the world, the most powerful two forces direct contest, this battle also determines the future form of the world, the winner will dominate the world, and defeat, will disappear in the world. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Therefore, after the start of this war, except for Huguang, the rest of the world is quiet, waiting for the results of this battle, but unfortunately, originally in people's impressions, should be a vigorous war, after more than a month, but still in the tepid small fight, not to mention the large-scale battle and attack, not even a large-scale battle, so that those who try to watch the excitement and want to take advantage of it, disappointed, have to continue to watch.

Since Shi Lei led the troops south to Huguang, it has been almost two months, and the weather has become cold from the narrow environment in early autumn, even if the land of Huguang is in the south, but the weather is still below ten degrees, if it is daytime, it is better, at least there is still the sun in the sky to warm the earth, and at night, it is different, especially the place where the Ming army is now stationed is close to the Yangtze River, as soon as it is night, the cold wind begins to howl, so that the Ming army is not used to the Ming army in the cold world in the south, Divided into uncomfortable.

The only thing that made the Ming army feel relieved was that their winter clothes had already been issued, and the jackets made of thick cotton, worn on their bodies, were still very warm, and at the same time, they had nothing to complain about every day, especially every few days, and a meal of wine and meat to eat and drink, which made them feel even more narrow.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry up, hurry up and start work, we have already delayed many projects yesterday, and we must not delay today, otherwise, if we want to delay a major event, we will be dealt with by military law." In the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the middle of the night, there are many lakes leading to the outlets of the Yangtze River, and there are a group of people who are sitting in full swing on the project.

Fortunately, it has now reached ten points of severe winter, although the south is not as cold as the north, and the Yangtze River water has not frozen, but the original rushing Yangtze River water has become scarce, and even in some places, the Yangtze River water has become very shallow, so the lakes that originally needed the Yangtze River water to fill them with water now need to drain into the Yangtze River.

"My lord, now the weather is cold, the ground is frozen very strong, shovels and hoes can't play much role at all, the work that a soldier can do in peacetime, now it takes at least three people to be able to do it, besides, it's the dry season, we want to create a powerful flood, I'm afraid it won't work at all in a short time!" At the construction site of the dam, several people wearing generals' uniforms, surrounded by some soldiers, walked slowly towards here, and one of them, who looked like a captain, said to the generals.

Under the light of the fire, I saw those generals, who were Li Yan and others who led the troops to attack Wuchang Mansion this time.

After Li Yan and the others heard the captain's words, their faces suddenly became a little ugly, but he didn't blame him, but said, "Since this is the case, then send more soldiers to rush to work, no matter what, these dikes must be completed within ten days, otherwise, if it is discovered by the Qing army in the city, we are afraid that our efforts will be in vain, and if it is more serious, it will even affect the success or failure of our battle, for this victory, both the court and Lord Shi have paid a lot of price, Especially this plan, Lord Shi bears the notoriety for us, and if we still fail in this way, we have no other way but to apologize for our sins with death.

Therefore, no matter how much the cost is, these dikes must be completed, according to calculations, there will be a strong wind in ten days, and at that time, it is a good time for us to attack, so we must take advantage of this golden opportunity to break through the protective positions outside Wuchang City in one fell swoop, so as to take Wuchang City and lay the foundation for the victory of this battle. ”

After Li Yan's words were finished, the generals around him nodded yes one after another.

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In the second year of Daming Hongguang, November 18, the weather on this day is very cold, although it is a bit exaggerated to say that it is dripping into ice, but it is not far away, people may not imagine in later generations, in October, the weather has reached more than ten degrees below zero, what is it like, as if it is a person in later generations, I don't know, in ancient times, the hottest time in summer was only 356 degrees, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, because of the influence of the Xiaoice River, the weather during this time was particularly cold, Heavy snowfall in October is a common occurrence, and even in the south, it is bitterly cold.

The cold of winter is not only the cold of the weather, but the most powerful thing is the roaring north, and in the eyes of those who go out at night, the end of the world is nothing more than this situation.

In this case, although the Qing army and the Ming army inside and outside Wuchang City still insisted on confrontation, most people also knew that this was just a formality, and no general would attack at this time, because if you are not careful, something may go wrong, which will lead to the defeat of the army, and this is something that no general can afford.

The Ming army outside the city because of Shi Lei's special attention, coupled with Jia Hanqing and a group of capable officials in the rear, so as to ensure that the soldiers will not be without winter clothes, quilts, thus causing fearless losses, while the Qing army is particularly polarized, for those Manchu Eight Banners Army belonging to Aobai, they originally grew up in the northeast, for the cold of the south, there is no feeling at all, more importantly, they grow outside the pass all the year round, They had already learned how to survive in winter, and in addition, in order to maintain their physical strength and combat effectiveness, Ao Bai did not let them defend the city, but let them all stay in the barracks honestly, so they didn't feel anything.

The real offense is those Han soldiers who need to defend, especially the soldiers under the command of Wu Sangui who are stationed outside the city for defense, they can be regarded as suffering a big crime, the original Qing army did not prepare any winter clothes for them at all, because in the Manchu army, everything has to be prepared by themselves, of course, the result in exchange for this is that the property they looted in the war, except for a small part that needs to be handed over, the rest are their own, and Wu Sangui, these Han soldiers are different, They didn't have much chance to prepare winter clothes, and more than a month ago, the Ming army had already come to the city, and they didn't have time to prepare, so now in this weather of more than ten degrees below zero, many Qing troops stationed outside the city are still wearing single clothes and pants, I'm afraid no one will believe it.

"Da Da, Da, quick, quick, you are burning the fire a little bigger, cold, it's too cold, is this fucking going to kill Lao Tzu, not only did the winter clothes not come down, but even the food was not enough, his grandmother's dog Tartar forced Lao Tzu to hurry, it was a big deal to defect to the Ming army on the other side, and save yourself from suffering here."

"Yes, those **** Tartars and officials, they live in those warm conservatories in the city, let us stay in this dilapidated bunker, and they don't even have cotton clothes, it's really not a thing, I knew it was like this, I didn't kill me as a soldier, it's better to go to Shaanxi, do something casually, it's better than now."

"That's it, that's it."

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In the middle of the night, the Han army stationed outside Wuchang City should have rested a long time ago, but they were dressed in red and willow green, huddled in the bunker, surrounded by the fire, and kept scolding angrily, one would scold the Qing army, one would scold Wu Sangui, and the other would start to scold God. The reason why they wear red and willow green is because they put everything they can on their bodies in order to increase their warmth.

Although these people scolded happily, but they were just casually complaining and complaining, for them, at this time, it would be good to have a place to eat, compared to those hungry people who starved to death because they couldn't afford to eat, they were already lucky, of course, this is just the original, as they have more and more contact with the Ming army, especially after learning about the treatment of the Ming army, this kind of dissatisfaction in their hearts is also getting bigger and bigger, which is probably people's dissatisfaction!

Just when these people were scolding more and more happily, they didn't know that within a few hundred miles of their upper reaches, a big plan was beginning to be implemented.

In order to be able to break through the defensive position outside Wuchang City in one fell swoop, Li Yan can be said to have made a lot of money, he mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers, in nearly a month, all the river outlets within three hundred miles upstream of Wuchang Mansion were all built dikes, only the larger rivers have as many as eight, and the remaining small rivers, the lower streams can be described as many as countless, the day before yesterday, this huge project was finally completely completed, after these few days of water storage, Li Yan believes that as long as these dikes are opened, The power formed by those floods could easily swallow up the entire Wuchang City.

"My lord, the time has come, shouldn't we start acting?" When midnight came, Shen Ping, who was beside Li Yan, spoke.

"Okay, then let's start, convey it clearly to all the generals below, and let them start on time according to the time they spoke before, not sooner or later, otherwise, if the flood does not achieve the effect, this plan may be a complete failure." Li Yan said lightly.

After getting Li Yan's consent, Shen Ping said to the guards who had already prepared next to him, "Send a signal, let's start!" ”

As Shen Ping's words came out, he saw that the guard immediately lit the fireworks in his hand, and he heard a 'whoosh' sound, and a huge firework flew into the sky, and then exploded violently.

Just when the fireworks exploded, several huge explosions came from the Yangtze River not far away, and then, everyone saw that the originally cast embankments, in these loud noises, instantly collapsed, and then, behind the embankment, the flood that had been brewing for a long time, couldn't wait to rush out, injected into the Yangtze River, under the illumination of the continuous torches on the bank of the Yangtze River, they saw that at this moment, the originally calm Yangtze River water like a pool of stagnant water, suddenly soared, It's like an old man who was about to die, but suddenly rejuvenated again, and instantly rushed downstream like a dragon.

And this is not the end, just the beginning, before this plan, Li Yan and others have discussed, in order to make the flood achieve the maximum effect, they will not blow up those dikes at the same time, but will blow up one by one in chronological order, in this way, not only to ensure that there is enough water injected into the Yangtze River, but also to continue to promote the advancing floods, so as to make the power of the flood more powerful.

Sure enough, not long after, a huge firework flew into the sky not far away, and if anyone was around, you could see that the water of the Yangtze River, which was already turbulent, became even stronger after several dikes were unsealed, as if it were a bicycle with a rocket installed, rushing downstream as fast as lightning.

In this way, like a relay, within a range of hundreds of miles, the Yangtze River water has been violently injected into dozens of large and small rivers, and finally turned into a long dragon that has been galloping, with an unstoppable posture, rushing to Wuchang City, along the way, whether it is a moored boat, or the trees by the river, in front of this galloping long dragon, it is like a toy, he ravaged wantonly, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Boom, boom"

Just like what Li Bai wrote in his poem, "The flying stream goes straight down to 3,000 feet, and it is suspected that the Milky Way falls for nine days." ”

In front of the power of heaven and earth, let alone the ancients hundreds of years ago, even when science and technology are so developed now, there is nothing they can do, therefore, when this water dragon appears outside Wuchang City, no matter who it is, they are completely stupid at this time, they can't imagine that in this season that should have been dry, why is there such a huge flood, and this flood will appear in front of them at this time?

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