Chapter 45: Sadness! Kaifeng was destroyed by floods

Another soldier said, "Alas! General, you don't know what to do! Nowadays, if people can catch a mouse, then it will be widely publicized, and everyone will praise him for his excellent luck! I wish I could catch a mouse with a mouse trap and so on, so that I could solve a meal! After all, meat is hard to eat! Not to mention anything else? Catching a mouse is a lot of luck! ”

"Alas!" Lin Xiangfeng looked up to the sky and sighed, he knew that Kaifeng had become a hell on earth now, he didn't want to stay in this hell on earth anymore, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear it, he would go crazy.

So Lin Xiangfeng decided to go back, he only hoped that Kaifeng could be relieved of the predicament as soon as possible and these innocent people could be rescued as soon as possible. But his wish was about to come to naught.

Li Zicheng is not a fool, he has been reminded by Zhang Biwu before, be careful of floods. Now that he heard that it was really difficult for the official army to rescue Kaifeng, the official army wanted to dig the Yellow River and flood the army of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai.

At this time, the river workers on the Yellow River had already reported the situation to the rebels, and this year's Yellow River looked more turbulent than in previous years, and now it is showing signs. In previous years, the government would recruit people to go up the river embankment to reinforce, once the Yellow River is in season, there are people on standby at any time, the Yellow River is in danger, people will rush to the rescue, will not let the Yellow River harm.

But now it's different, Kaifeng is besieged, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's army is gathering near Kaifeng, who will come to repair the river embankment? However, this year, the Yellow River will be even more terrible than in previous years!

Song Xiance and Li Yan have lived in Kaifeng, Henan Province for a long time, and they know the terrible flood of Ludao, and their ancestors have said for generations that when there is a big flood, it will become a catastrophe in the world. So the river embankment is the top priority!

Under the reminders of Song Xiance and Li Yan, Li Zicheng had to be cautious. And he came to the Yellow River to take a look, wow! That's a big deal! The whole Yellow River seems to be boiling! The river flows eastward. The sound was like a roar that shook the sky!

How could Li Zicheng not be afraid? He first ordered his army to move to the high ground first, so that he could keep his own army, but more than 10,000 of his and Luo Rucai's men and horses were still swallowed by the flood.

Although Li Zicheng moved to the high ground, he was thinking that if the other party dug an embankment to attack with water, and he also dug an embankment and attacked with water, could he succeed in breaking the city of Kaifeng? There is just one point, Kaifeng City is already ripe fruit, and it is very easy to pick it. You don't have to tap the water. But the opponent is attacking! Then see if you can use water to lead the enemy back and see if you can succeed!

Li Zicheng guessed: Maybe Kaifeng City is strong, the city is high and thick, and the flood cannot be poured into Kaifeng City, but will only go around the city, right? It should be easy to prepare ships to attack the city at that time! Don't worry about a lot of casualties on your side!

Moreover, the official army has dug the embankment, and the water of the Yellow River is rushing with an unstoppable momentum! If only we could lead the water to the other side, yes! As long as it does not come towards the army of its own side, it will lead to other places. Don't care, even if the entire Kaifeng City is flooded, it doesn't matter, as long as your army is safe and sound, this is the most important thing.

Li Zicheng thought of this. He slapped his thigh and he decided! Li Zicheng and the official army dug the embankment, so a catastrophe was inevitable. The officers and troops first dug an embankment in the Zhujiazhaikou River. And Li Zicheng also drove tens of thousands of refugees to dig the mouth of the Yellow River.

Li Zicheng and Huang Shu's idea is that Kaifeng City is high, and the height of the flood cannot reach the height of Kaifeng City! As long as Kaifeng City is surrounded by a solid city wall, it can still be safe. Just the towns around Kaifeng had to be destroyed by the flood.

One side wants to drown the thief, and the other side wants to divert the water. It will not flood our own army, but let the water rise near the city, so that we can break the city by boat. It can be said that the two sides of the embankment excavation carried out this plan in their own ways.

But man is not as good as heaven! What they didn't expect was that when the Yellow River broke through the embankment and flooded Kaifeng, the righteous and brave guards in Kaifeng were already angry with the officials!

They are starving and cold, and they are very dissatisfied! Now the bureaucrats in Kaifeng have abandoned these people, and as soon as the urn city is closed, it is equivalent to trapping them to death in the outer city, and they are not willing to be outcasts! Since we can't live, don't even think about it! Death everyone dies together!

It was under this idea that the abandoned people opened the gates of the outer city, and this time, the flood did not bypass Kaifeng, but poured in towards Kaifeng rapidly! In this case, even if the Daluo Immortal descends to earth, it can't prevent Kaifeng from becoming Zeguo.

Huang Shu never thought that the water of the Yellow River would enter from the north gate, if the water was not discharged, the city wall would overflow, which city gate was the best way to drain the water?

Huang Shu thought about it and thought that it was best to drain the water from the southeast gate, although if he did this, the best result would be that nearly half of Kaifeng City would be flooded and half of Kaifeng City could be saved. The worst result is that Kaifeng City cannot be saved, the entire Kaifeng City is still flooded, the only fortunate thing is that Kaifeng will not be completely submerged, at least some buildings can be exposed.

Therefore, Huang Shu had no choice, he asked the southeast gate to be opened, but there was no result that Huang Shu expected, and the whole city of Kaifeng City was still submerged.

Kaifeng is flooded! The life and death of the people inside are uncertain! Zhang Biwu, who was on the north bank, looked at the surging Yellow River water constantly pouring into Kaifeng, he was stupid, and in the end he couldn't stop it, and the news he got was not only Li Zichengdu, but also the official army dug, and the people who dug on the side of the official army were still the chief soldier Bu Congshan and the patrol according to the imperial history Yan Yunjing, and they did such a thing together without Zhang Biwu.

Zhang Biwu was very angry, he just wanted to beware of the Yellow River bursting, but now it's too late! Fortunately, Gu Yanwu brought all the ships here, and he also brought a lot of ships when he was in Ningyuan before, and with these ships there, then he could drive these ships to Kaifeng City to save people.

At this time, Hou Sui hurriedly came to Zhang Biwu, because he knew that Zhang Biwu had a ship, and Hou Sui just wanted Zhang Biwu to save people, of course, the most important thing was to save King Zhou and officials.

Hou Sui had already requisitioned three large ships to sail to Kaifeng City, so as to take the king of Zhou and others out.

Zhang Biwu drove hundreds of his boats, and also requisitioned a lot of people to Kaifeng, wanting to rescue the people of Kaifeng.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng was very annoyed, because he heard Zhang Biwu say that Kaifeng would be flooded, and he had always wanted to set up officials and manage the people after breaking Kaifeng, and take Kaifeng as the foundation, so as to expand to the surrounding areas to enhance his strength. However, this wishful thinking was also declared bankrupt with the flooding of Kaifeng.

Li Yan came to Li Zicheng, and he asked Li Zicheng if he could send someone to save people, and on the one hand, he had to beware of someone taking advantage of the fire to rob and suppress those robbers who drove a small boat to extort and rob.

It's just that it is difficult for Li Zicheng to want a boat, because most of the surrounding trees have been cut down, and even the people's houses have been demolished, and it is not easy to want wood to make ships.

It took a lot of effort to make boats and bamboo rafts, but the number of boats was still far from enough. However, Li Yan heard the news that Zhang Biwu already had 700 ships, and Zhang Biwu also sent someone to inform Li Yan, hoping that Li Yan's Yudong soldiers could save people with them and suppress those robbers.

Li Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't expect Zhang Biwu to take the initiative to propose, even more strange, where did Zhang Biwu get so many ships? But he ignored it, and he took a boat with Zhang Biwu to save people. Although they are only small boats, they can rescue civilians in large numbers.

When someone reported the news to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng couldn't help but be stunned for a while, Zhang Biwu actually didn't inform him first, but looked for Li Yan first! Although Li Yan is a native of Kaifeng Prefecture, he is very anxious about rescuing the people of Kaifeng, and if he begs him, he will act faster than anyone else. And for good reason.

It's just that why don't you inform Li Zicheng, who is the marshal of the master? This made Li Zicheng a little suspicious of Li Yan. It's just that he pretends not to understand anything on the surface, after all, Li Yan is a good strategist, and he still needs Li Yan to give him advice, and now the world is undecided, and it is impossible to do without Li Yan.

Zhang Biwu and Hou Sui agreed, he only saved civilians, and as for the credit for rescuing high-ranking officials and King Zhou, let Hou Sui take it!

Zhang Biwu and Li Yan began to nervously rescue the people of Kaifeng, and at the same time fought against some robbers who wanted to rob, and resolutely beat the robbers, preventing the robbers from doing evil and killing them for money.

Now Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's army and the official army have stopped fighting, and both sides are rescuing the people in distress.

Li Zicheng was ready to move to another higher place, he thought that if the Kaifeng area could no longer build a country, then he would have to choose another place as his fundamental place.

It is impossible to open feudalism, so Li Zicheng and his Shaanxi generals will love Xi'an the most! Chang'an, the former capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties! Li Zicheng's hometown!

If you can build another glorious Li dynasty in Xi'an, comparable to Li Tang, or even surpass Li Tang, this is what Li Zicheng wants to see the most, the greatest wish.

Li Ziyuan wanted to move to another place as soon as possible, because the Kaifeng area had suffered from floods, and it was difficult to get food here, so his hundreds of thousands of horses could not stay for too long.

Li Yan said that he was willing to lead his eastern Henan disciples to cooperate with Zhang Biwu Tongcheng first, first rescue a large number of victims, and then rendezvous with Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng agreed, but Li Zicheng was unhappy, and it was Li Zicheng's unhappiness that laid the bitter fruit for Li Yan...... (To be continued......)