Water Margin people

The heavy rain continued until dark, and then it stopped, but the patter of rain had no intention of stopping. Black clouds covered the sky, making it impossible to see even one's fingers.

Although Tong Guan wanted to travel at night, the heavy rain kept coming and he couldn't see his fingers. He really couldn't march, so he had to rest in place overnight.

There was constant thunder that night. The "rumbling" thunder and the constant flashing of lightning kept Tong Guan awake all night.

Tong Guan is not a timid person. Thunder and lightning could not scare him before, but this night he kept having nightmares, always dreaming that he fell into the water and struggled for help.

"what!"

There was another thunder, and Tong Guan woke up from his nightmare again. This time he dreamed that he fell into a deep well and his whole body was sucked down by the well water.

"What is wrong with me?"

Tong Guan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead irritably. It was too weird tonight.

Looking at the darkness outside, without even a firelight, Tong Guan felt even more upset. He got out of bed and prepared to go out for some fresh air.

"what's the situation!"

But just as Tong Guan was about to stretch out his feet to find shoes, what he felt was a puddle of water.

"What are you doing! Why is there rainwater in the military tent? Soldiers! Soldiers!"

Tong Guan was even more irritable and shouted outside the military tent.

"Eunxiang!"

Several soldiers hurriedly ran into the camp, and you could tell from their voices that they had just fallen asleep.

"Why is there water in the military tent?"

Tong Guan roared angrily.

"Maybe... maybe the rain came in. There is water everywhere in the military camp now."

The soldiers quickly replied, and took out fire sticks to light the brazier in the camp.

When the fire light came on, Tong Guan could clearly see the situation inside the tent. There was already an inch of water in the entire tent.

"Has the rain stopped yet?"

Tong Guan was annoyed by the sight of water now and asked after hearing the patter of rain.

"not yet!"

The soldiers hurriedly replied that they didn't know why Tong Guan asked knowingly. The rain was so loud that he must not have listened.

"How many days has it been?"

Tong Guan asked again.

"It's already past the fifth watch!"

The soldiers replied that it should be dawn at this time, but now that there are dark clouds, the dawn will be delayed for half an hour.

"It's already five o'clock and you haven't beaten the drums yet. Let's assemble and set off!"

When Tong Guan heard that it was the fifth watch, he immediately put on his wet boots and shouted at the soldiers.

Walking out of the military tent, Tong Guan saw water everywhere he saw, and the entire military camp seemed to be soaked in water.

"Is the rain so heavy?"

Tong Guan frowned as he looked at the water in the camp. It was not like he had never encountered rain while marching, but this rain was too heavy.

"Tong Xiang, it's not good, the water is rising!"

Yang Keshi hurriedly ran from outside the camp and shouted.

"What's rising?"

Tong Guan looked at Yang Keshi and asked.

"Tong Xiang, the water in the channel is swollen, and the Wuzhang River is also swollen! The water is overflowing!"

Yang Keshi pointed to the south and said, the direction of the Wuzhang River.

"What did you say?"

Tong Guan looked shocked and grabbed Yang Keshi's leather armor, which had been swollen by the rain.

"The Wuzhang River has swollen, and the water is pouring back into Tokyo!"

Yang Keshi said quickly.

"Influx into Tokyo?"

Tong Guan felt his eyes go dark. He knew very well what had happened. The Yellow River had opened up, and Du Chong wanted to flood Liangshan Mountain, but now the flood was heading towards Tokyo. Tong Guan couldn't care about anything else and quickly thought of running south to see what was going on.

Everyone in the military camp was quickly awakened, and they all followed Tong Guan and ran towards the Wuzhang River.

"What is going on? How can the Wuzhang River flow backwards!"

Wang Zhen looked at the Wuzhang River in front of him in disbelief. The Wuzhang River had flowed from west to east since ancient times, but now it actually flowed from east to west.

"Why is this river rising so fast? It's all covered!"

"Why is it so muddy?"

……

All the generals looked at the Wuzhang River in front of them in horror. This was no ordinary river. The Wuzhang River passed through Tokyo. The water in the river surged and flowed backwards to the west. This would flood Tokyo.

"Quick, go back to Tokyo!"

Tong Guan roared angrily. He knew that Du Chong had caused trouble. Digging the Yellow River not only flooded Liangshanbo, but also implicated Tokyo. He could not afford to bear the blame.

……

Outside Zhencheng.

"Your Majesty, Liangshan Bo is now full of water, and all rivers and lakes have not overflowed. The peak of the flood has moved westward. After converging in Tokyo, it will divide into Bianhe River, Caihe River, Yingshui River, and finally flow into the Huaihe River to the east and flow into the sea!"

Tao Zongwang reported to Sun Lei.

"Do you think Zhao Ji will scold me?"

Sun Lei laughed and said that he had ordered Tao Zongwang to sort out the Liangshanbo water system and renovate the rivers and lakes a long time ago. Tao Zongwang had also been working on this for several years.

"His Majesty arranged it in advance. The Central Plains water system converges in Tokyo, so it will naturally become a diversion point!"

Tao Zongwang said with a smile that Sun Lei's earliest arrangement was for him to solve the floods in Liangshanbo. The floods in Liangshanbo came from the continuous bursting of the Yellow River's banks. The river water continued to pour in, and the floods continued.

Tao Zongwang thought of many ways, and even thought of building the entire Yellow River embankment, but the results showed that the amount of work was huge, and the results were not certain.

Finally, Tao Zongwang thought of Dayu's flood control. Blocking is worse than dredging. It is difficult to solve the problem of the Yellow River bursting its banks, so the losses caused by the bursting of the banks can be reduced. As long as the flood can be diverted away, it will not be a problem.

The way to divert it away is to separate the floods. Ordinary rivers cannot bear the flow of the Yellow River, nor can the abundant rivers in Liangshan.

So he thought of diverting part of the Yellow River floodwater to Tokyo. Tokyo has four main rivers, Wuzhang River, Bianhe River, Caihe River, and Yingshui River.

Among them, the Wuzhang River flows eastward through Liangshanbo, and then merges into the Beiqing River and enters the sea. The other three rivers all lead directly from Tokyo to the Huaihe River.

Tao Zongwang thought of pouring the flood water from the Wuzhang River into Tokyo, and then from the Bianhe River, Caihe River, and Yingshui River southward into the Huaihe River.

"Report, Your Majesty, Tong Guan's army is heading west."

A soldier came to report.

"Let them go, Tokyo also needs people to provide disaster relief!"

Sun Lei nodded. Since it was Tong Guan and the others who caused the evil, let them go about their business.

"Where's that Du Chong?"

Sun Lei said with a cold voice, he was not ready to let go of this evil thief who dug up the Yellow River.

"After digging the Yellow River, he returned to Kaide Mansion."

Reported by Lu Fangzhen.

"Bring someone to catch him for me. I will cut him to death with a thousand knives!"

Sun Lei looked at Lu Fang and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lu Fang took the order and went.

"The war here has been explained! Now it's time to talk about the war in the north. The Xixia people suddenly joined the war. Lin Chong is under great pressure. Now that the Jin Kingdom has invaded Hedong Road, the whole northwest is probably going to change."

Sun Lei looked at the crowd and said.

"Your Majesty, the north still needs more troops. As long as Juyong Pass is still in our hands, we can fight it out. The Jin people's logistics will not be guaranteed, and they will not dare to really go south."

Wang Jin immediately spoke.

"This is a good idea. Let's break out of Juyongguan and cut off the Jin people's escape route."

Lu Zhishen also strongly agreed. (End of chapter)