"Iron battalion and flowing soldiers, why does Huang Hou value the military flag so much?" It has been three days since the withdrawal to Kaifeng, Li Zicheng and Xu Ping rarely have the opportunity to spend such a leisurely time, they have been constantly fighting and training troops for two years, and there will be no suspense in the upcoming Kaifeng siege battle, the Shanlan battalion will retreat on its own, and the other Bianjun troops have no fighting spirit.

"Hou Ye once said that he hoped that the battalion he established could be passed on," this kind of thinking had a great impact on Xu Ping, and he also hoped that the troops he created could exist in the world for a long time: "As a martial artist, what else can be passed down to the world?" One army, one art of war, ***. ”

"But if the flag is lost, this battalion will not be rebuilt?"

"Yes, Hou Ye thinks that the glory of a battalion is recorded on its military flag, and if the battalion flags of the Panshi Battalion and the Xuanfeng Battalion are lost, they will not be rebuilt, and although the Evergreen Battalion is completely destroyed, but the battalion flag is back, Hou Ye will allocate it to the new officers and soldiers of this battalion." Under the influence of the Marquis of Zhendong, Xu Ping also agreed with his subordinates that if the Guards Battalion or any other battalion lost their flag, the establishment of this battalion would be cancelled.

"It's interesting." Li Zicheng had already agreed to Xu Ping's suggestion and agreed that the Shanlan battalion would withdraw from Kaifeng with all their equipment and banners, in exchange for the fact that the battalion would not stay in the north and continue to fight with the camp: "It's just that I'm still a little worried, worried that when we attack the Jingshi, we will run into these people again." ”

"Hou Ye......" Zhendong Hou's credit record is really nothing to praise, but Xu Ping intuitively felt that the other party was not lying: "I don't think Hou Ye has to lie to us, anyway, there is a teaching team, as long as the imperial court pays the army, Hou Ye can train as many soldiers as he wants, if the Shanlan camp stays in Kaifeng, maybe he can delay us for a while so that he can train more soldiers." ”

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After receiving Xu Ping's secret letter, Jia Minghe went to see Gao Mingheng again, Xu Ping's conditions were very generous, which was extremely rare in history. Jia Minghe was very suspicious of what kind of tacit understanding Zhendonghou had reached with Xu Ping, and every time he thought deeply about this issue, he would feel a lot of suspicion inside, and even tremble - although Jia Minghe refused to examine the thoughts that came to his heart, he still felt fear.

Although the Hou of Zhendong did not ask for it, and one of the conditions put forward by Xu Ping was that he was not allowed to cover the governor of Henan and the king of Zhou to break through, Jia Minghe still planned to take these two people away: "You don't need to talk about any credit with the thief," Jia Minghe can talk about *** is that the Hou of Zhendong, whom he has always admired, never pays attention to keeping his word to the enemy, whether it is external or internal: "Hou Ye always makes decisions on the spot, and he always asks us to make decisions on the spot." ”

And Gao Mingheng has a lot of headaches, as the governor of Henan, he has the responsibility to guard the land, and the king of Zhou can escape, but he definitely can't. The fall of Kaifeng means that the whole territory of Henan has fallen to the camp, although now 99% of the land is no longer surnamed Zhu, but as long as Kaifeng is still there, the imperial court will still retain the last fig leaf; Although the orders of the Henan Governor Yamen could no longer go out of Kaifeng City, the officials at all levels in this Yamen were still readily available, and all the orders were still issued to the Henan Governor Yamen by themselves, and then issued by the Henan Governor Yamen to the Kaifeng City garrison, as if the Henan Governor Yamen still controlled the whole province.

It is impossible for the governor of Henan to escape to Zhili to work, Gao Mingheng knows that the imperial court will not tolerate such a ridiculous phenomenon no matter how much he cares about face, on the contrary, Gao Mingheng estimates that he is likely to be killed by the imperial court as a scapegoat - ask yourself, Gao Mingheng is not a scapegoat, when he took over, Henan only lost one Luoyang, and all the other prefectures were completely lost in his hands.

"If it weren't for the misfortune of Xu Ping trained by Zhendong Hou, why would Henan's affairs be like this?" Different from another time and space, Gao Mingheng can now confidently put the responsibility for the fall of the province on Zhendonghou in his heart: "Now let Jia Minghe be this good person?" How unreasonable! ”

Angry to angry, Gao Mingheng's only way is to keep writing to Hou Xun outside Kaifeng, the latter is Gao Mingheng's last lifeline, he begged Hou Xun to send reinforcements to Kaifeng to relieve the siege: now even Zhendong Hou's new army is planning to escape.

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Coming back from Li Zicheng's camp, Xu Ping looked at the map in his camp again, Zhendonghou's suggestion was full of irresistible force, and if he went west, Tongguan was insurmountable; And going south will make the soldiers feel that the end of the war is far away, Xu Ping can make these soldiers feel that the capture of the Jingshi can *** the Ming Court and end the war, even those soldiers who still have illusions about the Ming Court may also believe that the siege of the Beijing Division can lead the imperial court to carefully consider the issue of recruitment, many people always think that the Son of Heaven is still Shengming, once he sees through the deception of the traitorous ministers, he will recruit An and keep his promise.

Xu Ping's train of thought was interrupted by the noise coming from outside the barracks, and before Xu Ping could get up and ask questions, several close guards broke into his camp, and they rushed to his side without even saluting Xu Ping, and dragged him out of the barracks with Xu Ping on their left and right. Shocked and angry, Xu Ping couldn't help but struggle, and at the same time scolded the guards: "What are you doing? ”

"My lord, let's go, the Yellow River is broken!" Several guards dragged Xu Pingzhong out of the camp without saying anything.

After hearing the news, Xu Ping was also stunned for a while, before he came to his senses, he had been dragged outside the camp by the guards, dragged on his horse and went straight to the nearby high slope.

After Xu Ping was protected by the guards and fled to a high ground, he heard a muffled thunderous sound from the sky, which was not real thunder, but the roar of the broken Yellow River when it rushed on the earth. Xu Ping, who had just recovered a little, couldn't help but ask the guards around him: "King Chuang, where is General Li?" What about the others? ”

These guards could not answer Xu Ping's words, they only knew that when they discovered the breach of the Yellow River, the sentries scattered in all directions and informed the commanders of the battalions.

In the vast night, Xu Ping couldn't see the distant scenery clearly, but the muffled thunder he heard just now had become louder and louder. At the same time, the surrounding land was already filled with exclamations of people. The ground around the mountain was full of people running, and these vague figures looked like swarms of ants.

Finally, the thunder had reached his ears, and the flood appeared in front of Xu Ping's eyes, and Xu Ping saw a line of water shining with black luster rushing towards him. In the moonlight, the wall of water didn't seem to move fast. But the people on the ground were ruthlessly chased one after another, Xu Ping watched the people on the ground run frantically in front of this wall of water, but they were ruthlessly caught up by this seemingly slow waterline, and the camp was swallowed up in a blink of an eye.

More and more people gathered around Xu Ping, and the surrounding soldiers and ordinary people all ran towards the highest peak of the mountain as much as possible. In this case, Xu Ping's guards were no longer able to maintain order, these people were all huddled together, the whole mountain was full, and when the waterline crossed the side of the mountain, those who were crowded at the foot of the mountain were still ruthlessly carried away by the water, these people waved their arms in the water, shouted, and all disappeared.

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When the cavalry shouting "The Yellow River has breached" rushed past the barracks, Qin Dedong was probably the first person in the entire barracks to react, and he immediately woke up the brothers in the whole camp, so that they could find everything around them that could be used to float, or simply tie themselves to a tree. When Qin Dedong and his brothers heard the whistling sound of the big water rolling over the ground, Qin Dedong, who had just informed his brothers, picked up two wooden basins and ran to his house. When he had already run to the door of the house, Yue Mu rushed past him, and Qin Dedong threw down a wooden basin and grabbed this subordinate.

"Brother Yue, where are you going?" Qin Dedong looked at Yue Mu, who was bare-handed: "Why don't you even have a plank on you?" ”

Yue Mu struggled desperately, trying to escape from Qin Dedong's hands, "I'm going to Liu's family, they don't know what's going on?" ”

Qin Dedong let go of his hand, but immediately followed and grabbed it again, and Yue Mu, who was about to run away, was grabbed by Qin Dedong again.

"This is for you, Brother Yue!" Qin Dedong slammed a wooden basin into Yue Mu's arms, Yue Mu didn't have time to speak, Qin Dedong ran away away with another wooden basin in his arms. At the same time, I heard Qin Dedong shouting: "Needless to say, go find the Liu family." ”

When Qin Dedong ran into the house, the biting ice water had already reached the surface of his feet, Qin Dedong's wife and children were sitting on the bed in panic, and after seeing Qin Dedong rushing into the house, the two of them broke out with joyful cries and a howl respectively. Qin Dedong held his one-year-old son in his arms without saying a word, and pulled his stunned wife up from the bed with his other hand, Qin Dedong dragged the two of them to rush out of the door. When he ran to the door, the water had already reached his thighs, it was so cold, and the river water in October instantly soaked Qin Dedong's military pants, making his teeth start to fight. Trembling all over, Qin Dedong put his son into the wooden basin, and then ran out with his wife holding the wooden basin.

The water was getting bigger and bigger, and it began to form waves, Qin Dedong and his wife struggled in the dark night, and they could always hear the desperate cries from other people who had fallen into the water.

The waves are getting bigger and bigger, and more and more water is entering the tub, and there is a threat of capsizing at any time under the impact of the waves. And Qin Dedong's son also let out louder and louder cries in the basin, and it didn't take long for the water in the wooden basin to be less than half, and the husband and wife were also exhausted at this time. Qin Dedong saw that his wife was already unable to fetch water, and almost tied the weight of his whole body to the wooden basin, which made the burden of the wooden basin even heavier, and the edge of the wooden basin that had been filled with half a basin of water was only a millimeter away from the water surface.

"I knew I wouldn't give Yue Mu that bastard a basin!" Qin Dedong couldn't help but think in his heart.

At the same time as this thought came to him, Qin Dedong let go of his hands, and as he let go of the hands that were holding the edge of the wooden basin, the huge waves of water quickly separated Qin Dedong from his wife and children, and in the dark night Qin Dedong could hear the sad cries of his wife and children and the sound of them calling his name. Qin Dedong struggled alone in the water, and gradually he felt that his whole body had lost his strength, and the clothes on his body were already soaked, dragging him into the water like a lead block. When Qin Dedong struggled to poke his ears out of the water for the last time, he heard his wife and children still calling his name, and with the firm belief that his wife and children would be able to get out of danger, Qin Dedong sank to the bottom of the water like a stone, and in the endless darkness around him, Qin Dedong's last thought was: "Finally killed by that bastard of Yue Mu." ”

When the flood came, the burst water swept away everything they encountered... The thatched huts that the Kaifeng people had just built were ruthlessly swept away, and some half-sized saplings were uprooted by the flood.

In the trees outside Liu's house, the newborn magpies chirped, and although they didn't know what was going on, they instinctively felt a huge threat. Before the flood hit the tree's nest, the mother of the group of young magpies returned to the nest. The mother bird landed on the heads of her children, shielded them with her wings, kept them between them and the flood, and comforted the chicks with a gentle cry, and the chicks were also quiet under the wings of their mothers until they were swallowed up by the flood with their mothers.

When the sun was born, the camp camp, as well as the temporary residence of the people of Kaifeng, had become an ocean, Xu Ping, who was immortal, and his guards and countless soldiers and civilians crowded side by side on the hill where they took refuge, the soldiers on this mountain were Xu Ping's subordinates who had experienced a hundred battles, but at this moment they were all trembling, and many people had been frightened to lose their souls, a good man who had proven his courage on the battlefield many times in the past, and was even scared to pee his pants.

As the water slowed down, more and more human and animal carcasses began to float on the surface by noon. Xu Ping looked around, all the heights he could see were crowded with people, Xu Ping didn't know what the fate of his subordinates, friends, and colleagues was, and he couldn't send anyone to investigate. Some of the people who had been squeezed on the edge of the hillside took advantage of the fact that the water had receded a little, and began to reach the floating objects in the water, and these people scooped up some floating branches from the water, intending to make them into rafts and go out to reconnoitre.

"What's going on?" Xu Ping was also like a lost soul at the moment. The people around looked at each other, but they couldn't say anything.

Finally, a colorless guard came back to his senses, his lips trembled, and his face was full of uncontrollable horror: "We have been fighting in Kaifeng for too long, and neither we, nor the officers and men, have had the energy to repair the embankment for a year, and it is estimated that it has collapsed." ”

"It's providential...... Providence ......" Xu Ping muttered in his mouth, more than a year of hard work, painstaking management, and enough troops to resist the imperial court seemed to have come to naught overnight, he raised his head and looked at the sky, his heart was full of resentment: "Heavenly Father, the faint king has no way, and the remnants of the people are succeeding, why do you want to help him?" ”

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