Chapter 173 Water Attack

It has been four days since Zhang Hu returned.

There are police in Kaifeng, and Henan Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion have really sent reinforcements, and the number is really quite a lot, more than 30,000, including nearly 8,000 soldiers. It stands to reason that the combat power of these officers and troops is not very strong, but at this time, Zhang Hu's troops are also not a division of a hundred battles, and the officers and troops have a three- or four-fold superiority in strength, and Zhang Hu is very dangerous.

However, Zhang Hu still won the battle, and it was easy to win.

The officers and troops of Henan Prefecture first drove to Bishui, set up a position along the Yellow River, and covered the friendly troops of Huaiqing Mansion to cross the Yellow River.

There is a relatively low-lying area between Zhengzhou and Zhongmu called Putianze, which is more than 30 miles from east to west and more than 10 miles from north to south. Legend has it that flooded in ancient times, here is a big lake, Dayu listed it as one of the nine rivers in the world. Later, the siltation water level of the river channel dropped, and the higher ground in the middle was raised, forming more than a dozen sand hills connected by size. By the Wanli period, these sand hills had been turned into farmland.

Gao Tengdou told Zhang Hu that the military tentacles of the Flying Beast Battalion were discovered in Hanzhong Mansion, Shaanxi, hundreds of miles away from Huguang, and they were embellished all the way for many days, which touched Zhang Hu a lot, so after entering Henan Province, he has been strengthening the ability to train his own detectives to investigate. On the contrary, the officers and armies of Henan and Huaiqing Prefectures relied on their overwhelming superiority in troops, and they were familiar with fighting in their own provinces, so they underestimated the enemy. After being stopped by the two battalions with Zhang Hu as bait, the Tanma did not do further detailed reconnaissance in Putianze, and returned to the battalion to report to the enemy, and the total number of enemy auxiliary troops was only 3,000.

Luoyang Deputy General Kou Zhizhang was beaten by Guan Shengyun last time, but fortunately, there was a powerful brother-in-law Wei Buqun behind him. Don't care how big a basket you broke through, anyway, it was a great victory that was reported, and in the end it was promoted to a registered general soldier - it can also be seen from here that there are not no people in the court who understand, otherwise it should be a real award. Of course, all the civil and military forces in Luofu will not give this guy any good face, and he is a hundred unconvinced in his heart, I heard that the thief is only one-tenth of his own strength, and Kou Erye's temper of not being able to hold Huo'er when he encounters a coward, he came up on the spot, and pounced on the people, and made up his mind that he must show his face in front of Qi Xiaoguang and the officials of Luofu.

The momentum was fierce to the garden, and the thieves were crushed at the first touch. General Kou was even more proud, and shouted a few times proudly, "Brothers, kill Zhongmu to eat lunch", and ordered the army to speed up. After walking more than three miles, the road connecting the two dunes was blocked by a trench. Behind the trench was a row of wooden fences, behind which thieves hid and shot cold arrows. Kou Dashuai sneered: "Just a rat, the mantis arm is a car!" "-Don't forget, Kou Dashuai really read for a few days back then, and from time to time he could pop out of his mouth a few words to bluff people into a daze! Kou Erye commanded the shield soldiers to cover the auxiliary soldiers and fill the trench with sack, and the archers rushed forward to shoot back the rain of arrows all over the world. Although there was a wooden fence blocking it, it didn't shoot any thieves, but the momentum was directly full on the spot! Besides, those cold arrows of the thieves almost didn't cause any damage, did they?

The trench was filled, and before the battalion soldiers rushed over with rams, the thieves behind the fence scattered! The thieves built the fence quite strongly, and it took a dozen blows to break through a big gap. The sound of the impact was loud, but it still didn't drown out the heroic laughter of General Kou.

Unexpectedly, after walking more than half a mile, there was a trench in front of me, and there was a wooden fence in the back! Kou Dashuai waved his hand: "Fill in the trench!" Give Ben Shuai to continue to bump into the girl! ”

After tossing for a long time, the army continued on its way. Then, less than a mile, there was another ditch, and there was still the same fence behind the ditch, and the thieves who were hiding behind continued to shoot cold arrows! Kou Erye was so angry: "Addicted, isn't it?" Mother's interesting, isn't it? ”

It's already the fourth trench. The battalion soldiers were busy sweating profusely in front, and Kou Zhizhang looked up at the sky: it seemed that Zhongmu could only have dinner. After shouting for a long time, he was a little hungry, Kou Erye compared his hand to his mouth, and the soldiers immediately trotted forward. Some untied a small square table from the horse, some put a small bench, this one took out an oiled paper bag from his arms and tore it, inside was a roast chicken, the one placed next to a stack of hot lotus leaf cakes, each thin and transparent, and a gourd on the waist on the table, unscrewed his mouth casually, and a smell of wine permeated. Kou Zhizhang tore off a piece of chicken, rolled it up with lotus leaf cakes and put it in his mouth, chewed and swallowed it, took a sip of the wine gourd, and rolled it up again. While eating, Kou Erye watched the soldiers in front of him hit the fence, and from time to time he shouted loudly, thinking in his heart, he was busy for a long time, and his voice was smoking, and when he entered Zhongmu, he had to let the soldiers find two women for him to defeat the fire...... The thieves are blocking the way here, which means that Zhongmu has fallen into the hands of thieves, well, don't have any hope for the women in the city, and they will be able to find a rough country girl.

Just as he was thinking about something good, he suddenly heard a big mess. Could it be a thief's counterattack? No, the voice came from behind. As soon as he stood up, the chicken burrito in his mouth had not yet been swallowed, and he heard the soldiers shouting: "Dashuai hurry up and get on the horse, the Yellow River has burst its banks, and the water is overflowing!" ”

Fighting such things, Kou Zongbing's ability may be a little worse, but when it comes to escaping from the battle, the whole Luoyang City, oh, no, the entire Henan Mansion, who doesn't know the reputation of Kou Erye, who doesn't know? So much so that the common saying in Luofu no longer says "run faster than a rabbit", but "faster than the surname Kou". said that it was too late, but it was too fast, only to see Kou Dashuai kick over the small table and fly on the horse, turn the horse's head and legs, clamp the horse's belly, raise his arms and whip, and shout like a spring thunder, "Get out of the way", and ran straight through his own soldiers, and the crowd walked a way, and the whole set of actions was done in one go!

However, it was still too late.

In fact, Kou Dashuai's personal soldiers made a mistake, and it was not the Yellow River that broke the embankment, but the Shahe River, which is known as the "Little Yellow River".

Of course, it was not a natural burst, and the embankment was cut open by Zhang Hu.

When Tanmalai reported that there were 30,000 or 40,000 reinforcements from the two governments, Zhang Hu was also taken aback. Whether it is Nanyang or Ruzhou, the officers and troops encountered are very weak, and Zhang Hu originally wanted to fight a rout battle by setting up an ambush. According to his thoughts, as long as he was taken by surprise, the officers and soldiers would rush for their lives to trample on each other, bluff themselves for a while, and then return to the army. At that time, even if Niu Youtian didn't take Kaifeng, the strength in the city should have been almost consumed. With the addition of the newly victorious soldiers, he should be able to take the city in one go, wash the Zhou Palace, and then make the next step. When he found out that there were so many officers and soldiers, Zhang Hu knew that the ambush could not be fought. Not only will they not be able to fight, but as soon as the two armies come into contact, there is a chance that their own soldiers will disperse in a hurry, and if they can't keep it, they will be bold, and it is by no means uncommon for them to start thinking of tying themselves up and sending them over, so we have to find another way.

There can be no escape. The war is based on morale, tens of thousands of people came all the way, don't say that you can't beat Kaifeng, and it's hard to say whether your gang can escape - Zhang Hu's personal experience is too profound: the time he escaped from Baoning Mansion, he was bitten by Sun Jie, forced him to abandon the army, and was bitten by Yan Minwang all the way in Xingdusi, Shaanxi, and he was also nine deaths. If it weren't for Sun Jie's return to the teacher by mistake, and the life-saving rain, it is not certain whether he can survive to this day! Zhang Hu had no choice but to bite the bullet to see the terrain.

This place is simply amazing! As long as the officers and soldiers are brought over, and then the water is flooded, not to mention that they can be killed and the whole army is annihilated, for a long time in the future, there is no need to worry about the officers and soldiers in this direction!

Zhang Hu's purpose was to rob, not to turn Kaifeng Mansion into a Ze country. Therefore, he would never dare to dig the embankment of the Yellow River, which is equivalent to putting a fire on his house in order to cook a chicken - it is still unknown whether the chicken can be eaten, and it is certain that he will burn it first. The officials of Zhongmu said that the upper reaches of the Shahe River are unified by the three streams of Suoshui, Jingshui and Zhengshui, and the section from Zhengzhou to Zhongmu is almost parallel to the Yellow River in the north, and then it circles the city in the north of Zhongmu City and then turns a big bend to the southeast. Zhang Hu then sent his own personal army out, and secretly dug the river embankment with more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers until only a thin layer remained.

At the same time, other auxiliaries dug trenches and erected fences along the passages of the various sand dunes in Putianze, with the aim of slowing down the advance of the officers and men as much as possible, and striving to block all the officers and soldiers in the flood discharge area of the Sand River.

Sure enough, as Zhang Hu expected, the officers and soldiers relied on the large number of people, and they filled the trench and hit the wall one by one. The marching procession was still the old habit, each battalion was in front of the soldiers, and behind was a cart full of armor and baggage, which was pushed and dragged by the auxiliaries, and before noon, tens of thousands of horses and horses poured into the fields. Moreover, the baggage of the battalions not only divided the troops into sections, but also blocked the narrow passages.

When the officers and soldiers smashed the third fence, Zhang Hu's herald gave the order to break the embankment. The auxiliaries cut open the last layer of embankment, and the raging water rushed out of the gap. The breach doesn't need to be very big at first: the river widens the breach faster and faster, and the surrounding embankment has been cut to pieces. At first, the Shahe River diverged at the breach, and part of the river water gushed out of the gap, and most of it still flowed along the original channel; However, it didn't take long for the torrent to change direction, and the original river channel became a trickle or even cut off, and almost all of the river was vented along the more convenient shortcuts, washing away all obstacles in its path.

The water on the ground had already reached their ankles, and the officers and men were in a mess, and they could no longer see their feet, and in a panic, one by one, they fell into the swamp next to the passage, and dragged the people next to them down when they struggled. In less than a cup of tea, the flood water has reached the calves and knees, and at this time, it is difficult for people to maintain stability in the water, pulling and trampling on each other, and it is difficult to get up if they fall.

Kou Zhizhang didn't run far before he was blocked by a heavy car. No matter how much you shout, it won't help - no matter how loud a person's voice is, what is it in the shouts of tens of thousands? A few guys stretched out their hands to him through their own soldiers, and they didn't know whether they were pulling and dragging him aimlessly in a hurry, or they still wanted to drag him off the horse and ride up to escape for their lives. Kou Dashuai wanted to reach out and draw the knife, but after touching the air, he remembered that he had just sat down to eat chicken, and he thought that the waist knife was in the way and handed it to his own soldiers, and that guy was not by his side at this time...... Danger is fraught. However, Kou Er Ye was lucky after all, he was tearing with everyone under the protection of several personal guards, and another two-foot-high wave rushed towards him, Kou Dashuai closed his eyes and hugged the horse's neck with both hands, and when he opened his eyes again, the people and horses were washed away from the land by the waves, and they were already in the water. I don't know if it's the lake or marsh next to the road or where, but it's already an ocean. There were people all around, some near in the water, and some people in the distance trudging through chest-high water, and after a while, the water rose higher and higher, and gradually, only human heads remained on the water, and no longer the body below the shoulders could be seen. Even more terrible than the flood is the large object that goes down the river, and it is dangerous to be swept by the trunks of large and small trees, but many people swim and suddenly sink without warning and never see a trace - it is a big car or something next to it that is struck by the underwater current, and then wrapped away.

A few small boats came on the water. On board were thieves, and they had been prepared to observe the results of the battle. There were too many men and horses drowning in the water, the current was turbulent, and the bubbling whirlpools were one after another, and they were also afraid of being overturned, so they watched from a distance for a while, shot a few arrows at the officers and soldiers around them, and then the boat rowed away. Kou Zhizhang clasped the horse's neck and drifted with the current, floating one corpse after another around him, each stomach swelling high, and he didn't look like he was dead.

Zhang Hu received a report that the water attack was a complete victory, and the dog officers and soldiers were drowned all over the field - in fact, it was not a return, standing on the wall of Zhongmu, you could see the water potential, this side had already waded through the water, and the terrain was a few zhang lower in Putianze, and at least more than half of the dog officers and soldiers should have given their lives.

Zhang Hu decided to immediately return to the east and go to Kaifeng!

However, before he could reach the Xinghua camp, he received a report that many brothers had died after the Kaifeng Mansion had been unable to attack for a long time.