Chapter 1316: Flooding Liao Jiawa
The sudden surge of the flood quickly submerged the Han army's position, due to the low depression of Liaojiawa, after the flood poured in, Liaojiawa quickly became an ocean, the depth of the water can reach several feet, the deepest can be completely submerged by the head. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Han army, which had been fighting for days, was already tired, and after camping at night, except for the vigilant troops, the rest of the people fell asleep.
In order to prevent the Wu army from stealing the camp and robbing the village, Hu Ji arranged enough men and horses to serve as guard guards, once there is any wind and grass, these patrol men and horses are the first line of defense of the Han army, and the Wu army wants to take advantage of the weakness, which is basically an extravagant hope.
But what these men and horses who were patrolling outside the camp never expected was not the soldiers and horses of the Wu army, but the monstrous flood. If it is the soldiers and horses of the Wu State, no matter how many there are, the Han army can resist one or two, but how can they stop this flood like a mountain and a tsunami?
The mighty flood swept everything along the way with an unstoppable force, and those Han soldiers who were on guard on the periphery ran fast, and luckily could still pick up a life, and those who escaped slowly were swept into the flood, and even the corpses could not be found.
The patrol post of the Han army soon issued a warning whistle, and the Han army in the camp heard it, and thought that it was the Wu army attacking, so they hurriedly ran out of the camp and prepared to meet the enemy, but what awaited them was a roaring flood.
In the face of the power of nature, no matter how many people are ants, the Han army will not be able to reach the flood at all, and there is no other way to do it except flee for their lives.
But Liao Erwa is a lowland, the flood is pouring in, the speed is amazing, the Han army wants to escape, it is not an easy task, in the dark, the Han army is like a headless fly, crashing around, such an escape has no meaning, many people in the waves of the flood, lost their lives.
Most of the Han army were northerners, who did not know the nature of water, and once they fell into the water, they were almost certain to die.
Hu Ji was awakened by the sound of the flood, he was originally lying with Jia, and after hearing the loud noise, he immediately turned over and ran out of the tent, but was stunned by the scene in front of him.
Hu Ji's Chinese military tent can be regarded as the commanding heights of the whole camp, but Hu Ji has just come out of the camp, and the flood has sunk into his calves, and the entire Han army camp has long been a water town.
Hu Ji's eyes suddenly straightened, and the whole person was completely stunned, these days, he has been emphasizing attacking and attacking again, and striving to push the battle line further in the direction of Xiling. When fighting during the day and camping at night, Hu Ji was always on guard against the Wu people's sneak attack methods, because he knew that the more tired he was, the easier it was for the enemy to attack, and if he was not careful, he was likely to lose all his efforts.
But Hu Ji defended day and night, but in the end he still didn't prevent it, but it was not the people and horses of Wu who attacked, but the monstrous flood.
Of course, Hu Ji would not think that this flood was flowing by himself, it must have been the Wu people who did it, but he didn't notice it for a while and fell into an ambush by the Wu people.
Water attack is a common trick used by soldiers, not to mention far away, let's just say that during the first Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army in Fancheng, captured and beheaded Pang De, and was famous in China.
However, the conditions required for water attack are more harsh, and the time and place are indispensable, Xiling is mountainous in this area, and most of the areas passed by the Han army are relatively high mountains, such a terrain, there are no conditions for water attack at all, so Hu Jicai was a little negligent and did not take the possible water attack of the Wu army to heart.
And the Zhou is carefully calculated, from the south of the road to Xiling, there are several depressions, among which Liaojiawa is the most suitable for water attack, Zhou has long secretly sent people to the Yangtze River's tributary Fushui upstream to set up a water barrier, and when the Han army attacked Liaojiawa, the dam was broken overnight, and the water was flooded.
It was already the autumn flood season, and the river level had skyrocketed due to days of rainfall, and after the breach, the flood water raged and was unstoppable.
Zhou has already been prepared, and now the Wu army has basically retreated to the high ground, will not be troubled by the flood, in addition, Zhou has already arranged a lot of small boats, until the flood hits, all Wu soldiers are taking advantage of the boat, to attack the Han army besieged by the flood.
Hu Ji ordered the Han army to move to the high ground, and in the waist-deep flood, the Han army was embarrassed and struggled to move forward.
The small boat of the Wu army is like a fish in water, advancing briskly in the flood, the far ones use arrows, the near ones use knives and guns, the Wu army is in the water, against the Han army who has no power to resist launched a massacre, the Han soldiers who wade through the water are completely slaughtered, the blood stains the water surface red, the corpses of the Han army float around with the current, and sometimes even block the waterway.
This one-sided hunt lasted until dawn, after dawn, the Han soldiers who could escape to the higher terrain were temporarily able to escape their lives, as for the Han soldiers who were still struggling in the water, it was a complete tragedy, and the Wu soldiers with a wide field of vision cruised back and forth on the water by boat, killing all the Han soldiers who were stranded in the water.
Hu Ji luckily led a small number of men and horses to escape from Liaojiawa, and looked back, Liaojiawa has become an ocean, and I don't know how many Han soldiers have been buried in this ocean.
Thinking about the time when he first sent out the army, Hu Ji was full of ambition and infinite scenery, but at this moment, it was desolate, just overnight, the 50,000 Han army seemed to evaporate from the world, and ceased to exist.
"General, this place is not a place to stay for a long time, let's leave quickly, maybe the Wu people will chase after us soon." The soldiers around him persuaded him.
Hu Ji sighed, drew his sword and said, "Now what face do I have to go back to see Your Majesty?" I have the grace of God, and I can only die to atone for my sins! ”
The people around him were shocked and hurriedly persuaded: "Victory or defeat is a normal thing, the general can still reorganize the army and horses when he returns to Xiangyang, and it is not too late to fight Xiling again, and the general must not have the idea of suicide." ”
Hu Ji is right to think about it, now Ji Han is no longer the Shu Han of the year, even if he loses 50,000 horses, it will not hurt his muscles and bones, and he will regroup in the future, and he may not be able to destroy Wu, so he followed the advice of the left and right, and fled all the way to the north.
However, as soon as he walked out of more than ten miles, he heard the sound of killing behind him, and Zhou personally led the army to pursue him, Hu Ji was sleepy at the moment, unable to fight again, and had to wait to be captured, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really heaven and I Hu Jiye!" ”