In the gray sky, the rain mixed with the sparse snow particles fell, knocking on the grass on the plains, the tent in the camp, and waking up the chill of winter.

As a result, the birds no longer cried, the cicadas stopped crying, the yellow grass and trees were adorned with crystal ice crystals, and drops of rain fell from the tips of the leaves, as if to mourn their old age.

Ji Jing sat in the wooden hut in the camp, listening to the sound of the rain clanging on the tent, and there was a hint of loneliness in his calm expression.

As the dreadnought army disappeared into the vast wilderness again after the dreadnought army attacked the camp, this battle-hardened veteran also felt a little more chill in his heart.

This large camp has not stopped building since his return, not only the walls are taller and stronger, the camp is full of arrow towers and watchtowers, and even the residences of the main generals have been replaced with wooden houses.

The war has returned to a stalemate, in addition to the 20,000 reinforcements assigned to Ji Zhen, now there are 10,000 horses in the camp, and the strength is more than three times that of the dreadnought. Every day, Ji Jing will send a large number of scouts to search for the whereabouts of the Dreadnought, in the hope of fighting them as soon as possible.

But the Dreadnoughts seemed to be missing, and they could no longer be found, and even the giant mastiff could not smell its whereabouts. Ji Zhen, who was on the north shore, did not find the movement of the Dreadnought. This made Ji Jing couldn't help but worry, how would this battle be fought if the enemy was gone.

There was a crackling sound outside the house, and a thousand households stepped on the mud and came to the wooden house.

"Zhenfu, the sons have run more than a hundred miles downstream along the Xiao River, and they have not found any trace of the Dreadnought." The soldiers wiped the rain from their faces and reported loudly.

Ji Jing didn't turn his head, his eyes looked into the distance through the silky rain curtain, and after a long time, Fang said softly: "Send people again, not only to go along the river, but also to spread people apart and search around."

Chiho took off his helmet, and despite the cold weather, there was still a trace of white air on his head.

This Qianhu had been following Ji Jing for a long time, and he saw the frustration of his own suppression, and after thinking about it, he still boldly admonished: "Zhenfu, it has been raining for three days, the road is slippery, and the camp is also damp and cold, so it is better to hold on. Anyway, we have a fortified village and plenty of food and grass, and those who can't hold it out should be the dreadnought."

Ji Jing slowly turned his head and looked at this Qianhu who had been with him for many years, "Geng Qing, but someone is looking for you to be a lobbyist."

Geng Qing's eyes flickered, and he bowed his head while holding his helmet and whispered, "Zhenfu, it has been raining continuously for the past two days, and it is not easy to run on the wasteland, so it is normal to have some complaints. Now the most fatal thing is that rumors are spreading, saying that the eldest young lord would rather abandon the people of the city in the north of the province, but also kill his father and usurp the throne, and he has no appearance of a king.

Although the lord was a little harsh on weekdays, he did not lose half of the land, and he suppressed it so much that the families did not dare to make a mistake. Now the soldiers of each family in the camp dare not say it openly, and secretly mock the southern army as a father-killing army, and the sons and daughters are really a little angry, and there have been many frictions. Pacify."

Geng Qing raised his head and stared at Ji Jing's eyes, "This battle, do you really want to fight?" If I were to fight against Xian Yu's family, I would definitely fight hard, but fighting against the lord's men is really a bit uninspiring."

"Are there many people in the army who think like you?" Ji Jing did not lose his temper because of the doubts of his subordinates, and calmly inquired.

"There are quite a few, soothing." Geng Qing's voice lowered, and after thinking about it, he still added, "But when you give an order, the sons and daughters still follow you."

"They don't know, don't you know. The reason why I fought against the lord was for the sake of the Ji family, for the sake of fewer deaths, and a few cities, and then I would take them back after the situation in the province was stable." Ji Jing took a step forward and stared at Geng Qing, so frightened that the other party took a few steps back, not daring to say anything more.

After a long time, Ji Jingfang sighed, "Forget it, you can go and let the scouts rest for a day." Persuade the sons and daughters more, since we have come to this point, there is no turning back."

Geng Qing put the helmet back on and arched his hand heavily, "My subordinates understand." After saying that, he turned around and walked outside.

"Wait, why is it so muddy in the camp, isn't there a ditch for drainage?" Ji Jing looked at the yellow mud on the other party's boots and asked.

"Oh, I don't know what's going on, I guess it's low-lying here, and it's raining for days

A lot of stagnant water can't be drained out, and I have moved the flooded tents to higher places." Seeing that Ji Jing's face was relaxed, Geng Qing was also a lot more active, "But although it has been raining for days, the water level of the Xiao River has not changed much, but has dropped a little, and it is estimated that there is a low place like Daying, and the water flows into it."

"Make more charcoal fires, so rainy is the most likely to breed diseases." Before Geng Qing went out, Ji Jing gave another order, more water is better than grass, the dreadnought army is good at fire attack, in such a muddy village, there is less risk of fire.

It was nearly dusk, and the camp was soon darkened due to the rain for several days. Ji Jing sat in the room uneasily, the dinner on the table had already become cold, but he didn't have any appetite.

The rumors in the army have already reached their ears, and it is estimated that everyone knows about it. He knew that this was Wu Gan's means to confuse the morale of the army and make his morale low. I had already learned this kind of method when I fought the rebels such as Lu and Gu.

Rumors are like flowing water, they can't be blocked, blindly banning them will only make the rumors worse, only by taking down the dreadnought army, can we win a big victory, so that my subordinates will naturally forget these nonsense.

Suddenly, Ji Jing's ears moved slightly, and the sound of the Xiao River, which had been endless day and night, suddenly became a little quieter. Ordinary soldiers may not be able to hear this kind of change at all, but it is very clear to a person like him who has achieved cultivation.

Get up and summon the guard at the door to come in and ask him to find out what is going on. After a while, the guard turned back, "Zhenfu, for some reason, the water of the Xiao River suddenly became much smaller, and the river water was much more turbid."

"Oh." Ji Jing stood up, ignoring the fact that the sky was still raining, and strode towards the river.

When we arrived at the river, it was quite lively, and some soldiers were undressing and leaning over to touch the fish and shrimp in the mud swamp by the river.

Ji Jing looked through the light of the lantern, and the river had receded a lot, so that a large area of silt was exposed near the riverbank. Many of the fish were held back by reeds and other aquatic weeds and were left in the mud, and these soldiers were catching these fish and shrimp.

Looking around, Ji Jing jumped into the water and ran up and down the river quickly. The water receded too much, and the surface of the water was lowered more than a foot and still lowered.

Ji Jing ran a few miles upstream, but he didn't find any vision, it could be that the embankment broke somewhere. Look at the book

As soon as he thought of this, Ji Jing quickly returned to the camp, and regardless of his original military orders, he sent dozens of scouts to run upstream to find out where there was danger in the Xiao River.

Unsettled, he gathered the young masters and townsmen of the village together to discuss countermeasures.

With so many people gathered together and chattering, Ji Jing realized that there had been many breaks in the history of Xiaohe. It is slightly better to be close to Hanlu City, and the Ji family sent people to repair the embankment, but further east to the territory of the various ten thousand families, it is not so dedicated, so there are many things that break the embankment.

Even the camp where the army was stationed was said to have been flooded, and the silt washed over the wilderness to form such a flat land.

After listening to these people's explanations, Ji Jing's heart relaxed slightly. It is always convenient to cross the river with shallow water, and if necessary, it is necessary to build a pontoon bridge by boat.

After the meeting, Ji Jing returned to his residence, and the scout had not yet returned. Thinking wildly until midnight, Ji Jingfang fell asleep.

In his sleep, Ji Jing seemed to hear someone shouting, and he suddenly woke up with a heavy heart, and hurriedly listened carefully. It's not shouting, it's water, it's just louder.

Relieved, Ji Jing lay down again, ready to squint for a while.

Suddenly, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves outside, and soon they came to their house without hindrance.

A quick knock on the door sounded, and it must have been a big deal for his subordinates to report despite their own rest. Ji Jing quickly sat up, "Come in."

Geng Qing dragged a muddy scout and rushed in, "Calm down, it's not good, the river is swelling, and it will soon flow near the camp."

"What's going on?" Ji Jingwen jumped to the ground when he heard this, grabbed the scout, "Tell me carefully."

The scout breathed a sigh of relief and recounted what he had seen and heard along the way.

It turned out that they were raining along the Xiao River

Going up, because of the difficulty of the road, not only is it difficult to move forward, but many people are also left behind.

I walked up for nearly 100 miles, but I still didn't find the location of the breach. While trekking, they suddenly found that the originally quiet river roared, and several people ran to the river to explore in the dark, only to find that the surface of the river that had originally descended was soaring at a speed visible to the naked eye. Two people were swept into the water due to the collapse of the river bank under their feet and their unsteady standing.

Soon, the scene that made them stunned appeared before them, and by the faint light of the lantern, a flood peak roared from the upstream like a vicious tiger, and where it passed, the embankments on both sides of the river could not bear the impact of the current, and collapsed countless earth and stones, and the river was suddenly much wider. Not only that, but it is faintly visible that higher and larger flood peaks are rushing downstream.

These people did not dare to slack off, and no longer cared whether the slippery road would hurt the horse's hooves on a rainy day, and beat the horses and galloped towards the camp. If these flood peaks rush into the camp, the entire camp will be flooded, and where should the tens of thousands of horses in the camp flee?

After listening to the scout's report, Ji Jing finally knew the source of his restlessness. The flood is not much slower than the speed of the horse, and I think that the sound of the water I heard is the first wave of the flood rushing towards this direction.

Cold sweat oozed from his palms, his face turned pale, and Ji Jing shouted hoarsely, "Quick, order the whole army to abandon the village and run to the south, to the heights."

The rapid sound of gongs and drums sounded in the camp, and many people were awakened from their sleep, and according to military discipline, they took the lead in putting on their armor and carrying weapons, and hurriedly got out of the tent, looking for the place of assembly.

"Run...... Run south, and the flood comes." There was a crying voice in the camp, and the soldiers instinctively looked to the north, and their eyes couldn't help but widen.

In the dark night, the sound of violent water was coming from far and near, and a black shadow as black as a mountain peak was roaring along the Xiao River from afar. It was a flood peak that had accumulated an unknown amount of strength, angrily tearing at everything along the coast, and everywhere it passed, the mountains collapsed and the ground cracked, and the waves were raging.

"The water is coming......" The screams rang out from the shore, but stopped abruptly.

Angry currents poured down the embankment, mingled with broken branches and stones, and rushed into the camp that had long since become Mizusawa, mercilessly knocking the soldiers who tried to escape to the ground and pressing them into the water.

The rumbling sound mixed with the breaking of wood and the mournful sound of war horses resounded throughout the camp. Everywhere there were headless flies, screaming, swearing, beating, trying to find a place to stay.

On a flagpole in the center of the village, there were dozens of people hanging, but with the continuous washing of the water, the flagpole was finally overwhelmed and fell heavily into the water, and these people disappeared into the dark water in a blink of an eye.

In the face of such a natural disaster, except for those who have a high level of cultivation, ordinary soldiers can only go with the flow, rolling and struggling in the water. But the heavy armor on his body, this partner who usually protects them well, has become the murderer who killed them at this time.

There were three waves of flood peaks passing through here, one wave more ferocious than the other. The whole camp has become a purgatory on earth, there is not a single light, there is no place to stay, and I don't know how many people are swallowed up by this darkness.

Heaven is dead to me, Ji Jing knelt on a high ground, his hands outstretched, raised his head and shouted at the dark sky.