Chapter 173: The Transverse Wave is Gone

Yuwen Junping and his Yuzhou army had never experienced such heavy rain, except for hiding in the tent and cursing the weather every day, they didn't feel much.

But Wu Daoming was born and raised in Jiangling, and he clearly felt that this rain was different, and the rain was much heavier than the flood rain in his impression. However, he has lived in Yonghua City for more than ten years, and he is not sure how much such rain will affect the embankment.

Wu Daoming was used to being cautious, and he still hesitated to discuss with Yuwen Junping whether to move to a higher place.

Yuwen Junping was already upset by the wet weather, and when he heard Wu Daoming's suggestion, he said unceremoniously: "With such a heavy rain, you still want to toss the whole army?" If General Wu is afraid, he will go by himself, and my people will not move. ”

When Wu Daoming heard this, he was trembling with anger. Since the last time Xiangyang City retreated, the feud between the two was even better. Wu Daoming hated Yuwen Junping's uselessness, and caused him to lose Lan Jing'an at the last moment. And Yuwen Junping hated Wu Daoming even more that he secretly went to Hanshui to catch Lan Jing'an, and almost caused them to be besieged by the Northwest Army in Xiangyang.

Wu Daoming and Yuwen Junping didn't talk more than half a sentence and didn't say much, but instead summoned the officials of Fancheng to inquire about flood control. The last time the embankment in Fancheng was seriously strengthened was about a dozen years ago, and there were only a few of these officials in Fancheng, and many of them came after the embankment burst on the north bank of the Han River four years ago.

At the beginning, the north bank of the Han River burst the embankment, and Emperor Dayong was also furious, intending to kill a group of officials in the south to set an example. However, under the persuasion of many high-ranking officials who took advantage, they changed their minds and agreed with the statement of natural disasters, and at most punished the officials below with a penalty and demotion, but did not punish the culprit at the root. In addition, the treasury was diverted by Emperor Wei and squandered, and there was not much silver that could be approved to repair the embankment.

And now these officials saw the huge amount of oil and water to build the embankment, and they couldn't help but stretch their hands here like their predecessors. Except for the plugging of the embankment that broke four years ago, the embankment has not been reinforced. Fortunately, the water was not strong in the past two years, so there were no major problems, and these people slowly relaxed their vigilance, and each thought that the embankment was fine.

In addition, this greedy matter can't be put on the table after all, the official of Fancheng will naturally not expose his shortcomings, and can only boast to Wu Daoming that the embankment is strong.

Seeing that everyone said that the embankment was fine, Wu Daoming was also relieved. In addition, he thought that if there was really a flood, it would not be too late to transfer, so he also threw away his hand and no longer thought about it.

On the third day of July, the continuous heavy rain finally stopped. On this day, Lu Min and others were all looking at the sky and sighing, believing that the cadres had lost a golden opportunity. And Yuwen Junping on the north side of the Han River was extremely happy, the heavy rain that corrupted the interest of the people finally stopped, and he hurriedly ran a few laps to evacuate the bones that had been locked up for a few days.

Unexpectedly, the heavy rain only stopped for two days before it returned. And this time, the rain was even more intense than the last time. In particular, the rain in Nanyang County, upstream of Xiangyang, did not decrease in the first two days, causing the upper reaches of the Han River to rise sharply, and the water level was as high as day by day.

By the eighth day of July, the water level of the Han River was less than a foot from the embankment on the north bank. On the ninth day of the seventh month, the dark sky indicates another heavy rain. Lan Jing'an has ordered everyone to prepare again, if there is an overflow on the north bank of the Han River, see if there is a chance to take advantage of the situation.

What no one expected was that the rain on the ninth day of the seventh month was not ordinarily heavy, and it was not only in the Hanshui basin, but even the water level of Tangshui, a tributary of the Hanshui, skyrocketed, which further contributed to the water potential of the Hanshui. By the evening of the ninth day of the seventh month, the Han River had risen to the height of the embankment on the north bank.

This time, even Yuwen Junping agreed to move the camp to a higher place early tomorrow morning. Who knows, the embankment on the north bank of the Han River was soaked for days and neglected to maintain it on weekdays, and the pressure was too great, and it burst at the beginning of that night, and there were more than one breach.

The overflowing Han water found an exit and gushed in frantically, and the huge impact further tore the breach, and everything was irreversible. On the north bank of the Han River, another flood occurred four years later. This once-in-a-century heavy rain, with the cooperation of man-made disasters, has caused even more tragic consequences than the last one.

Yuwen Junping and Wu Daoming, who were in Fancheng, were in a dream, only listening to the sound of thousands of horses galloping, which shook the heavens and the earth, and both of them were shocked, and hurriedly went out of the tent to check. I saw that in all directions, the water suddenly came, and the soup was hot. All the camps in Dayong were in chaos, and in the dark, there were cries and shouts everywhere, and there were countless people who followed the waves.

At this time, Lan Jing'an, who was in the General's Mansion, had already heard the news of the collapse on the north bank of the Han River. She didn't know whether to thank God for giving her a chance, or to complain about God's cruelty. But in any case, the north bank levee has collapsed, and it is time not to attack, let alone when. She ordered her people to be ready to go, just waiting for the water to be a little smaller, and then followed the breach to attack Fancheng on the north bank of the Han River.

However, in one hour, the flat land on the north bank of the Han River was more than deep, and Fancheng was also washed open by the flood, and the city wall was also damaged in many places, and there were countless casualties in the city. In addition, the dam burst occurred in the middle of the night, which caught the sleeping soldiers and civilians by surprise, and caused heavy casualties.

Before Wu Daoming and Yuwen Junping could withdraw to Fancheng from the vicinity of Daying, they were besieged by the flood. No, they had to find high ground to avoid the water. Wu Daoming was more familiar with this terrain, and took the lead in bringing more than 100 people and fled to the vicinity of Tuanshanpu.

The sky was about to dawn, and before the people of Dayong could react, Lan Jing'an had already led people to attack from Xiangyang. This time, Lan Jing'an brought all the cadres and troops over, and there were countless large and small boats, including many fishing boats of local people. The people of Dayong watched in despair as the ships of the Qianjun army rushed into the breach, knowing that this time it was really over.

Yuwen Junping didn't know how to water, and when he saw Lan Jing'an and the others coming, he was still making a stubborn resistance with the hundreds of people around him. As a member of the Yuwen family, he still has the last pride, and he will never allow himself to surrender to Lan Jing'an. He and the loyal people around him kept bowing and crossbowing, and did not give the cadres and ships the slightest chance to get closer.

Lan Jing'an braved the pouring rain, dressed in armor, standing on the bow of the boat, holding the powerful bow given to her by the Marquis of Dingyuan, aiming carefully. At the beginning, Yuwen Junping used his bow horse to shoot and wound Lu Min, killed Pang Tu and Tun Cavalry Captain, and let himself fall from his horse. Now, let him die by his own arrows.

When she was about to shoot that arrow, Lan Jing'an forgot the chaos in front of her, forgot all kinds of shouts in her ears, and only Yuwen Junping who led the army to attack Xiangyang and caused tens of thousands of casualties in her eyes. Her full bow was full of her anger, and she used all her strength to release arrows at Yuwen Junping.

Yuwen Junping also saw Lan Jing'an standing on the bow of the boat, and he knew how powerful her archery skills were. Hearing the sound of the breaking wind, he hurriedly dodged to the left, but only heard a pop, and the arrow had already entered the flesh.

Yuwen Junping looked at the arrow that was inserted in his heart in disbelief, raised his eyes and glanced at Lan Jing'an, and then he couldn't control his body anymore and fell off the horse. A generation of heroes finally died under Lan Jing'an's arrows.