Chapter 55: Flooding

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou took Zhou Xue to see the training of musketeers, and Zhou Xue was so stunned that Empress Liu took her hand and didn't notice it.

At this time, the scouts came to report, and the Dongwu brigade went out of the city and went straight to the upper reaches of the Yue River.

Liu Hou felt very strange, could it be that Bu Qi really wanted to dig up the river embankment and flood his troops? But his troops have already moved to the high ground. Even if he dug the embankment, he wouldn't be able to drown his own troops.

Besides, digging up the river embankment to artificially create a flood and drown hundreds of people is a thing that defies the condemnation of the world, does Buqi dare to do such a thing?

No matter what, the facts are in front of you, the Eastern Wu army is really out of the city, no matter what their purpose is, they must be stopped.

So, Liu Hou ordered E Huan to lead 5,000 vine armor troops to stop them. Liu Hou demanded that they must destroy this army, especially to be careful, and never let them attack the idea of the river embankment.

After issuing the order, Liu Hou turned his head to Zhou Xue behind him and said: "Buqi is this kind of person, disregarding the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people, he actually did the thing of digging up the river embankment. What a mad thing to do, you are still loyal to this kind of person, and you are still doing things for this kind of person. ”

"No, Uncle Bu is not this kind of person, there must be some misunderstanding here." Zhou Xue couldn't believe the facts, shook her head and said.

"The facts are in front of us, and they can't be fake, and they can't be fake. I hope that my troops can stop their atrocities, otherwise, Buqi will surely cause the wrath of the heavens this time. ”

Liu Hou scolded a round of steps, but he didn't mention that his second uncle Guan Gong had also done this kind of thing to flood the Seventh Army, I don't know if he took into account the feelings of the people at that time?

After this happened, the two no longer had the heart to patrol the camp, and finally broke up unhappily. Liu Hou asked Zhou Xue to be sent back to her tent, and he returned to the tent to deal with the incident.

Liu Hou summoned people to learn more about the situation, and only then did he know that Buqi had sent five hundred elites to sneak out of the city last night, wanting to take advantage of the cover of night to dig up the river embankment. It's just that Liu Hou has already arranged manpower and paid close attention to the river embankment, so they didn't succeed.

Unexpectedly, the sneak attack failed, this Bu Qi was so blatant that he dispatched a large team of people to do this during the day, and knowing that the people who went out of the city were meat buns and beat dogs, and there was no return, he did not hesitate to sacrifice 10,000 people to do this, Liu Hou felt that this Bu Qi was really mad.

The battle reports were constantly passed back, and soon there were scouts to report that the person who led the troops of the Eastern Wu soldiers this time was Lu Mao, and the number was definitely 10,000, and many of them were carrying hoes, obviously the purpose was to dig the river embankment. Otherwise, so many people risked their lives to go out of the city with hoes, and they would not have gone to farm.

Not long after, a new battle report came, Ehuan's department had been in contact with the enemy, and the Eastern Wu army refused to confront our army head-on, but hurried all the way to the river embankment, and Ehuan led people to chase and kill all the way behind.

Half an hour later, there was another military report that Ehuan had caught up with the enemy less than a mile from the river embankment, and was now encircling and annihilating the enemy. The enemy army resisted to the death, and repeatedly divided his troops to rush to the river embankment, but they were all beaten back by the Ehuan Division. Liu Hou felt very strange when he heard that 5,000 people surrounded and annihilated 10,000 people, and he didn't know how E Huan arranged his troops.

Half an hour later, the military report came again: the encirclement and annihilation were nearing the end, the Eastern Wu army suffered heavy losses, and only 3,000 people were left in the middle to survive, and there was no longer the strength to storm the river embankment. Liu Hou was relieved at this time.

He also felt that his worries were a little redundant, if the 5,000 invulnerable Tengjia army still couldn't win the 10,000 Eastern Wu army, E Huan could go and hit Tofu. The most fearful thing is that there will be some moths in Buqi, such as using these 10,000 people as bait, but secretly sending people to make a detour to dig the river embankment.

Therefore, in addition to sending Ehuan, the 5,000 vine armor army, he also sent scouts to keep an eye on the gates of Panyu City, and once there was any change in Buqi, he would also react immediately.

Another half an hour passed, Liu Hou did not wait for the report of E Huan's victory to come, and after another half an hour, there was still no news. Liu Hou felt bad and thought, something must have happened. So, I immediately sent someone to find out the news.

Not long after this time, a scout returned to report: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the big thing is not good. ”

Every time he heard this, Liu Hou was stunned in his heart, and he wanted to pull the people who reported these bad news to click away.

"The Yuejiang River lacks embankments, the flood under the mountain is monstrous, and the scouts can't go down the mountain to listen to the news, General E is afraid, I'm afraid ......" Although the scout who knelt on the ground on one knee didn't know what Liu Hou was thinking, because the news reported was too shocking, he was also worried that the prince would be furious, so his voice was also a little trembling.

"What?" Liu Hou smashed on the desk with one hand, making a "bang" sound, and the four treasures of the study room on the desk jumped up together, and landed on the table, and the inkstone full of ink spilled a few drops, and fell on the table like a few watermelon seeds.

"How can there be a lack of embankment? How did this Ehuan do it? Didn't he make sure to protect the embankment? Didn't the previous military report say that he was about to annihilate the Eastern Wu Army? How does the shape change so quickly? In the blink of an eye, if there is a lack of embankment, there is a lack of embankment. Liu Hou's first thought was: Could it be that E Huan is too incompetent? The second thought is: Is there really another arrangement for Buqi? ”

Liu Hou's questions were almost shouted. The scout, who was kneeling on one knee, lowered his head in fright, and said, "At present, there is a huge flood under the mountain, and we have not been able to get accurate information. ”

Liu Hou really wants to follow the example of the big names in those film and television dramas, sweeping the things on the desk to the ground with one hand, and then scolding: "waste", "rice bucket" and the like. Anyway, he still had some sense, and finally restrained this meaningless thought.

He waved his hand and asked the scouts to go down, and then asked his soldiers to call Fei Yi, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Zhu Bao and others to prepare an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the current situation.

Soon, everyone came, but after listening to Liu Hou's introduction, everyone was silent. Now that there are floods under the mountain and people can't get out, what else can be done? Fortunately, there is a lot of food stored on the mountain, and I believe that it can support the moment when the flood waters recede.

After a long time, Fei Yi was the first to speak: "The land of Lingnan is already rainy, and I asked the local aborigines, this heavy rain is rare in decades.

The land of Lingnan is barren and backward, the river works are deserted, and the river embankment has not been repaired for many years.

It doesn't have to be a human factor. Before figuring out what the reason is, please don't blame General E too much. The top priority is to determine the life and death of General E, as well as to make every effort to rescue the vine armor soldiers who were scattered by the flood. ”

Hearing Fei Yi's words, Liu Hou gradually calmed down, this time he was too careless, he had long known that the environment in Lingnan was harsh, but he didn't expect it to be like this. He had the impression that Lingnan was full of miasma, mosquitoes, poisonous insects, hot weather, and prone to various infectious diseases, but he did not consider the weather factors.

In fact, Lingnan is a place where flooding is prone to flooding, with abundant rivers and abundant rainfall, and almost no water conservancy facilities. Fortunately, he was still vigilant and moved the camp to the high ground in advance, otherwise this time he would have to learn Zhuge Liang to sing the song "Die before you get out of the school".

In the current situation, there is really no good way to think of it, let alone going north to rescue Guan Gong, Liu Hou himself is now in a crisis, once this crisis is not handled well, his troops will also suffer heavy losses, in the face of the power of heaven and earth, how small human beings are!

The only thing that can be done now is disaster relief, and the Shenma battle for hegemony in the Central Plains and the Shenma Northern Expedition can only be put aside for the time being. It's just that Liu Hou is very strange, why no one cares about the people, and even a scholar like Fei Yi who has read sage books only builds yì to search and rescue the Tengjia Army.

Liu Hou, who came from later generations, saw a lot of disaster relief scenes on TV, and they all dispatched the army to rescue the affected people, so at this time, in the case of such a major flood, Liu Hou naturally appeared in his heart The kind of disaster relief TV scenes in later generations naturally appeared.

Therefore, Liu Hou ordered the whole army to mobilize, cut down all the trees and bamboos on the hillside, and tie them all into rafts.

The raft was quickly set up, but it could not get into the water, because the flood water flow under the mountain was too fast, and as soon as the raft was put down, it would be washed away without a shadow, and in this case, I didn't know whether to rescue people or wait to save people.

Liu Hou was very helpless, so he could only wait, and waited until the next day, when the flood water flow under the mountain slowed down, so Liu Hou gave an order to go down the mountain to save people!

Except for leaving 5,000 musketeers on the mountain to protect the camp and protect themselves, none of the rest of the men and horses were driven down the mountain by Liu Hou to rescue the rattan armor soldiers and the people. Liu Hou specially explained that when he encountered the people in distress, he must treat them well, rescue them back to the high ground, and treat them well by himself.

This order issued by Liu Hou moved Fei Yi and other subordinates, and they all praised this prince for being virtuous and loving the people like a son, but people of insight were faintly worried.

The relief team of tens of thousands of people was indeed a large force, and soon there were rattan armor soldiers and victims who were rescued one after another.

Although the vine armor soldiers encountered a flood suddenly, but don't forget that the vine armor also has a superb function, that is, it can float on the water, and its buoyancy is enough to carry a person.

The 5,000 rattan armor soldiers led by E Huan are in a combat state, and wearing the rattan armor is undoubtedly equivalent to putting on a life jacket. Therefore, although the 5,000 wisteria armor soldiers were swept away by the flood, not many actually died.

It's just that they were washed away, and some of them were even washed away more than ten miles away, so it was not easy to find and rescue them. It wasn't until seven days after the flood that the rattan armor soldiers in their early 3,000s were rescued one after another, but nearly 10,000 people came back.

At this time, Fei Yi had a headache, and nearly 10,000 more people came out of thin air, and he had to spend thousands of catties of food every day. Originally, the Shu army was camped on a small hillside and had enough food for the army to eat for a month, but now that there are more people, the food has begun to be tight.

If this continues, it can be expected that more and more people will be rescued from the mountains, and the food crisis will worsen by then.

This is also why Fei Yi and others did not mention the matter of saving the people at the beginning. After all, when the army is fighting outside, we must be careful, and every decision must first ensure the safety of the army as the first priority. If there is a situation that might lead the army into a crisis, they will definitely solve it as soon as possible.

Now that the flood is cutting off the roads, the logistics and supplies can't keep up, and the food is less than one day a day, what if the flood does not recede for a while?

The only way is to abandon the common people, but will the prince agree? Fei Yi knew that with the temperament of his own prince, he would definitely not do this. The corners of Fei Yi's anxious mouth have been boiling in the past few days, and he really wants to go to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give up and continue to rescue the people, but he can't open this mouth.