Chapter 650: Flooding the Sanyang Mansion
Late summer of the fifth year of Xianping.
Chenguang received the carrier pigeon released by Chang Xi again, Chang Xi took 50,000 people to hold on to the southwest, and Xue Ling had an army of 150,000 under him, Chang Xi couldn't hold it anymore. Although he did not say it explicitly in the letter, the hurried tone in which he inquired about the war in the east could be felt that he was a little anxious.
Chenguang did not reply.
The army set off from Luxing Mansion and headed for Sanyang Mansion in the central part of Longxi Kingdom.
Sanyang Province is a big city, not a military fortress, but it is very prosperous.
Sanyang Mansion was built on the edge of the Wujiang River, which is the second largest river in Longxi Kingdom, and the land near the water source has been developed since ancient times, and Sanyang Mansion is no exception, with many literati, scholars, politicians, and business celebrities.
According to Xu Maode, once Sanyang Mansion gathers the surrounding garrisons, there will be about 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers guarding Sanyang Mansion, which is just an ordinary local garrison, and the people in Sanyang Mansion are at least 50,000, and the observation of Sanyang Mansion makes Xiong Yi very difficult.
When Xu Maode said this, he was recuperating from old injuries and new injuries in bed, he was beaten half to death by his father, but in the end, he was his own, his father did not beat him alive, the old man committed suicide and martyrdom once and was rescued, and then he probably thought about it, so he stopped, but he refused to talk to Xu Maode again.
Chenguang left him in Luxing Mansion because Xu Maode was injured, let him go home by himself after he was well recovered, and by the way, he also left Xu Chuan in Luxing Mansion, did not give him military power, but let him manage the post-war reconstruction of Luxing Mansion.
Xu Chuan sarcastically mocked her, saying that it was too hypocritical for her to pretend to comfort someone after killing someone.
Chenguang didn't care, and replied with a smile:
"In the past, this was not my place, I could do whatever I wanted, but now this is my place, I can only be harmed, you can rebuild it well, and you are not allowed to harm it."
Xu Chuan was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
With the addition of the number of people in Sanyang Mansion, it is very likely that Long Xi Kingdom will send 100,000 people to fight against her, which makes Chenguang once again annoyed that Long Xi Country is rich in products and has sufficient population. How much silver she smashed, including the captives of Long Xiguo, only collected a total of less than 200,000 people, and Long Xiguo's 300,000 troops were sent out to fight and there were even garrisons in the country, and the stark contrast made people angry.
The 50,000 soldiers of the Fengying Kingdom are in the southwest, and coupled with the attrition during the war, there are only 120,000 people left under Chenguang's men. Using these people to confront the garrison of Sanyang Mansion is not that it can't be fought, but it takes time to fight with real knives and guns, not to mention, it will also consume combat power.
Now every soldier in the Phoenix Underworld Kingdom is very precious, because if one dies, one dies, and no one can fill it behind.
Because of this, Chenguang decided not to launch a frontal attack on Sanyang Mansion, and she led 120,000 people to the vicinity of Ronglin Village in the upper reaches of the Wujiang River.
Sanyang Mansion is in the lower reaches of the Wujiang River.
The water of the Wujiang River is fierce, containing a lot of sediment, and the Sanyang Mansion is full of rain, and floods occur in spring and autumn every year.
According to the old man who met by chance in Luxing Mansion, from the old man's ancestors, Wujiang River has been flooded for many years, and the people are miserable, until the new emperor ascended the throne and stationed a dam near Ronglin Village, the flood disaster was alleviated, but when the rain is sufficient, there will still be floods overflowing the embankment, at that time, in order to protect Sanyang Mansion, the Yamen will discharge flood water to the farmland around Sanyang Mansion to prevent Sanyang Mansion from being flooded.
Although the newly built embankment is stable, this situation is only a few, but the old man's family still encountered two floods, the old man's son because he couldn't stand this situation, and he heard that the people of the Feng Ming Kingdom might become a battlefield when they entered Sanyang Mansion, so he moved his family to Luxing Mansion half a year ago to make a living, but he didn't expect to move so far and still couldn't escape the war.
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The weather was still sunny when Chenguang arrived at Ronglin Village, Ronglin Village was some distance from Sanyang Mansion, not far, but not close, she first ordered the nearby villages to be controlled, and then went around the upper reaches of the Wujiang River with Si Qian.
When she returned to her starting point, Chenguang stood on the high embankment, and Huo Wu used a beautiful little paper umbrella to shade her.
Chenguang faced the direction of Sanyang Mansion downstream, tilted her head and thought for a while, and suddenly stomped the rammed earth under her feet, she turned her head and said to Si Qian, who was standing under the embankment:
"Dig it."
"Yes." Si Qian responded softly.
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After the order was handed down, part of the 120,000 troops were digging the dam in Ronglin Village, and the other part was going to block the diversion of the nearby Wujiang River.
As Xu Maode said, at this time in Sanyang Mansion, Xiong Yi has gathered a total of 50,000 surrounding garrisons to guard Luxing Mansion, in addition, the people of Sanyang Mansion have also been concentrated, and a total of 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Sanyang Mansion have made up their minds to swear a heavy blow to the army of Feng Yingguo under Xiong Yi's mobilization.
However, the army of the Phoenix Kingdom did not come.
The people of Sanyang Mansion were full of fighting spirit and waited for the attack of the Feng Ying Kingdom army, until the initial fighting spirit was almost exhausted, and the Feng Ying Kingdom army still did not come.
Later, after investigation, Xiong Yi finally knew that the army of the Feng Netherworld Kingdom did not come to Sanyang Mansion, but had been stationed in the upper reaches of Sanyang Mansion.
Xiong Yi didn't understand what the enemy was trying to do, at first, he first tried to send out a soldier to warn the Feng Ying Kingdom army that the Sanyang Mansion already knew their location.
The Feng Netherworld army didn't react much, just defended, and used a little strength to drive them away, and then stood still, making Xiong Yi wonder if they were waiting for reinforcements.
Xiong Yi was disturbed by the strange behavior of the Feng Ying Kingdom army, and originally wanted to test it again, but unexpectedly, the autumn flood arrived.
As soon as the autumn flood arrives, there are constant thunderstorms over Sanyang Mansion, and this kind of weather is not suitable for mobilizing troops.
Sanyang Mansion is okay, there is shelter, Xiong Yi thought happily in his heart, once the Sanyang Mansion area is in spring and autumn, it will not be an ordinary rainstorm, but a storm. It is difficult to even support the camp in a stormy day, and the army of the Feng Netherworld is stationed in the strongest area of the upstream storm, where the terrain is even more unfavorable, if you don't want to be defeated by the storm, the army of the Feng Netherworld can only retreat and come back later.
Just when Xiong Yi was secretly happy and relieved in his heart, a natural and man-made disaster that he did not expect suddenly came.
Due to continuous heavy rains and blocked water outlets in tributaries, the water level of the Wujiang River continued to rise, and finally broke the dug dam one day.
The Wujiang River burst, and the surging flood flowed down the river, like a giant beast rising from the Hell River, opening its bloody mouth in the lightning and thunder, and in an instant, it brutally engulfed the Sanyang Mansion.
The people in Sanyang Mansion didn't have time to resist, and some people were killed by the raging flood before they could understand what was going on.
The rainstorm was ferocious.
Chenguang stood on a high place, looking at the raging flood that swallowed Sanyang Mansion in the blink of an eye. It was too far away for her to hear the screams. But she knew that the 100,000 people who died in the city would curse her even if they went to hell.
"I'm so bad." She looked ahead without blinking, and after a moment, muttered quietly.
Fire Dance, who was holding an umbrella for her, glanced at her.
However, Chenguang only spoke, and after saying that, she left happily.