Orlando Province is located on the plain of northern Aracia, bordered by the Fortress of Kuba and the Gran Mountains to the north, and the Andes Mountains to the west. The other is the Haman River, which originates in the Andes Mountains to the west and flows from west to southeast to join the Leiden River in the southeast of Orlando Province, and is the largest tributary of the upper Leiden River.

The Haman River has been very dry in recent years, and it is almost impossible to produce a good crop harvest, so many residents here have to move to the warmer south, so the population of the entire Orlando Province is getting smaller and smaller, and the life of the Fifth Army is becoming more and more difficult.

The plain of the Haman River in spring, the Haman River did not form the flood of previous years because of the melting of ice and snow, it is still a small stream flowing quietly, and the dry wind of spring makes people feel that this plain will still be dry in the spring of this year, and it is difficult to be suitable for farming.

Two generals of the Fifth Army, Richard and Buster, loyal to Arad, each led 80,000 troops in their headquarters and appeared on the plains of the Haman River. According to the plan, he and the 300,000 troops of the barbarian country carried out a north-south attack on Montgossa, forcing Montgoser to be unable to balance the beginning and the end, causing Montgoser to fall into a military turmoil, forcing more troops to join Arad's camp, and then annihilating Montgossar in one fell swoop.

The reason for such a rush to the north was that the agreed period with the barbarian nation was only one month, and it was necessary to break up Montgossa's army within another month, and then destroy them separately. Richard and Buster, with the excellent equipment and adequate supplies of their army, have been pressing too much and too little for several years, and have never taken Montgosa's 400,000 men into account.

Montgossa, who received information on the enemy's movements, held a military mobilization meeting, hung the heads of two generals, Luo Fulin and Yanasso, on the banner of the Chinese army, and made the final military deployment! In the military plan to annihilate the 200,000 rebels, Higg's 3,000 cavalry assembled in the upper reaches of the Haman River, together with General Simak's 200,000 troops, waiting for the order to attack.

In the afternoon of the next day, Montgoser finally showed his cards and ordered the sappers upstream to open the dam in the valley of the Haman River, and the Haman River, which had been hoarding water for several years, finally burst into a flash flood and poured downstream, rolling towards the entire plain of the Haman River.

The flash flood that rushed out of the river valley was not blocked, and began to roar and spread on the plain, and the entire range of dozens of kilometers on both sides of the Haman River was full of water, at first it was just up to the ankles, slowly not to the knees, to waist deep, as the mountain torrents became bigger and bigger, the gap in the river valley became bigger and bigger, and the entire lower reaches of the Haman River became an ocean.

In the middle of the night, the 160,000 troops of Richard and Buster stationed on both sides of the Haman River did not expect that when they entered this plain, they would encounter such a monstrous torrent, which was destined to become their grave!

"Water, the big water is coming......"

"Run, ......"

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Almost all of them saw the flood suddenly appear in front of them, and after these mountain floods reached the plain, although the rise was slow, but the whole plain was full of water, and Montgoser blocked the Haman River downstream, so that the river could not flow into the main channel of the Leiden River through the channel, but could only pour on the plain of the Haman River.

"Retreat!" The two commanders were panicked and loudly commanded the army's retreat to the south, "Quick, don't want anything!" ”

The torrent was so fast that even if it had just been discovered, even if it had just reached its ankles, it was impossible to march. The mud caused by the flash floods made it impossible to stand on the ground, and the freshly thawed spring water was freezing cold and the water level was rising.

There was water everywhere, no one listened to the commander's orders anymore, they seized the commanding heights, and even fought for a position where they could stand on people, and the whole army was in chaos. The people who were still asleep just now left the warm bed and fell into the icy water, screaming, crying, scolding, and the terrifying gurgling sound of the water composed of tonight's theme song.

Richard and Buster couldn't care about the others, and took their guards with them to retreat south before the water level rose, knowing that even if they found a high point, it was difficult to say that they could not survive without being flooded, away from the riverbank, away from the flood.

Higg's 3,000 cavalry and the 200,000 troops of the Fifth Army did not have time to watch this great drama in the water, they took advantage of the night to march south from the upper reaches of the Haman River, directly into the base camp of the fourth theater of operations, this is a very risky military operation, 200,000 lone troops go deep, without any supplies, without any reinforcements, without rear, the retreat route has been cut off by the muddy and swampy Haman plain, they will stay in the enemy-occupied area for at least ten months, until autumn and winter, the dry season comes, It was possible to return to the base camp of the Fifth Army from the Harman Plains, which had been thoroughly dried and hardened.

No one knows how many of these 200,000 people will be left, but it will be a sharp knife that will go straight to the heart of Arad, making the civil war in all of Erathia even more confusing. What made Higg feel ridiculous was that Arad probably never dreamed that the Fifth Legion, which had never been favored by him, would take the lead in carrying the banner of the counterattack of King Qin's troops, so that Catherine herself knew. Let the main force of the army loyal to Catherine not only be concentrated in the south, but also in the north there are four or five hundred thousand troops!

The commander of the 200,000 troops was Simak who was only 40 years old, and Meng Gosa was indeed bold in employing men, and he knew that he could not send those steady veterans as the main generals when he went deep into the enemy-occupied areas, but he must send some young generals with determination and enterprising spirits, so that they would not be afraid of their heads and tails, and only then would they dare to fight and kill.

Montgosa's idea coincided with Higg, who also divided his 3,000 cavalry into three thousand pairs, with Johnson in the center and young Thomas on the right, and boldly appointed a young man who was just over sixteen years old.

The base camp of the fourth theater of operations in Arad was more than 1,500 kilometers away from the city of Bobohua, and most of the way was plain, and the 3,000 cavalry vanguard of Hig was specially designed to sweep away all kinds of obstacles and reconnaissance in front of the army, and even if it was marching on the plains, it would take at least 20 days for the 200,000 troops to march a distance of 1,500 kilometers.

The next morning, the plain of the Haman River was foggy, the water surface no longer rose, the current was already very gentle, hundreds of small boats and hundreds of bamboo rafts sailed on the surface of the plain, there were corpses everywhere, those corpses were not floating on the water, most of them stood with spears and froze to death, and the soldiers in armor were drowned, it was impossible to float on the water.

In fact, most of the soldiers were soaked in water and froze to death in the bitter cold wind, this kind of northern spring windy season is very dry and cold, the body is blown by this kind of wind for a night, and it is strange that it does not freeze into icicles.

There were not a few living people standing in the water, but those who could survive were crowded into small patches of high ground, squeezing each other warm. Some of the high places were originally small, but they were filled with the corpses of many people and horses, and many people survived.

Richard and Buster survived, and there were only a few guards left around them, each standing on a high place, trying to wait for the water to recede before escaping, but what awaited them were several boats with crossbowmen and halberders. All those who want to get on the ship, must lay down their weapons, take off their armor and get on board in order. There was no order to run on each other, and those who fought in a big way, whether officers or soldiers, were waiting for them with the arrows of the crossbowmen on the boats and rafts.

The rescue work of hundreds of small boats and hundreds of bamboo rafts was completed in two days, and more than 30,000 people remained, and more than 100,000 people and more than 20,000 war horses became fertilizer for this barren land.

The living have been saved, but the handling of the dead must also be stepped up, otherwise when the weather warms up, this will become an epidemic area. Moreover, the equipment and weapons of those dead soldiers were all longed for by the impoverished Fifth Legion, and Montgosa's best equipped troops had already gone south with Seamak, and there were still 100,000 men along the Leiden River to attack the base camp of Richard and Buster, and his remaining 100,000 men were like beggars.

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After completely blocking the entrance to the tunnel, Habaisa's troops finally withdrew from the fortress of Gran and returned to the fortress of Kuba to continue the defense to the north. The Second Army, which had recaptured the fortress of Gran, did not pursue the Habaisa Division, but hurried back.

Habaisa felt that he had suffered a lot, with more than 8,000 dead and 6,000 seriously wounded, and no loot, and even felt that Angela and Drew were uniting to make trouble for themselves. But when Montgosser's appointment came to him, he felt that it was all worth it, and he was directly promoted from colonel deputy commander to lieutenant general, although the position did not change much, but the rank was promoted several notches in a row.

Although Montgosa completed the fight and completed the counterinsurgency, the problems left behind were serious. His base camp of soldiers and horses, together with rebel prisoners, totaled 130,000 people, and 30,000 to defend the fortress of Kuba. 100,000 men were stationed at the base camp of Richard and Buster more than 200 kilometers to the south, cut off by the vast plains of Haman, and were in danger of being eaten at any time. 200,000 people have penetrated deep into the heart of the Arad control area, and they may be eaten at any time. The entire Fifth Army was divided into three completely unconnected parts, and the poorest and weakest were actually the soldiers and horses of the Chinese army.

The Haman Plain has become a swamp, there is no farming, no transportation, and so many more victims, and their own Chinese soldiers and horses will have an even more difficult time to survive in the coming year. It was only hoped that the 100,000 men and horses who attacked Richard and Buster would be able to bring back some military supplies from the Leiden River by boat.

Standing on the military field of Bobohua City, facing nearly 100,000 soldiers, Montgosa shouted loudly: "Execute immediately!" ”

Several axemen pushed the tightly bound Richard and Buster onto the newly built wooden platform, and the two executioners cut off the heads of the two rebel leaders amid the shouts of the soldiers, and the curtain finally came to an end after more than six years of civil strife in the Fifth Legion.