People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1615: Flooding 3 Miles, God’s Punishment

Chapter 1615: Flooding Miles, God’s Punishment

Black clouds are threatening to destroy the city.

The wind was cold and strong, and the rain was heavy like a waterfall.

On the top of the mountain, Li Xuan looked out at the Shanzhou City which had completely disappeared from sight and shook his head slightly.

The next moment, he raised his head and looked at the night sky above him with surprise.

Heavy raindrops were already falling.

It hit him directly in the face.

Heavy rain in May is not surprising, but it is rare to happen so suddenly.

But before today, Li Xuan had no idea that there would be heavy rain in the near future.

At this moment, the water vapor between the sky and the earth does not seem to come from the north and the south.

This is the entrance to the plateau. Water vapor should gather from the north and southeast, and eventually collide to form rain.

But the water vapor at the moment seems to be coming from the northwest and south.

The northwest is the direction of the Western Regions. The sources of water vapor in the Western Regions are huge, some of which come from further north, and some from the extreme west.

Yes, the Atlantic Ocean.

The water vapor from the Atlantic Ocean passes through numerous plateaus and eventually reaches the east of Suiye City.

This is why that grassland became the foundation of the Western Turks.

This is the magic of heaven and earth.

But today, a stream of water vapor actually passed through the four towns of Anxi, entered Western Tuyuhun from Shanshan, and finally crossed Qinghai Lake and came to the north of Riyue Mountain.

At the same time, there was also a stream of water vapor in the south of the sky, rising from the Nanyang of Tianzhu, rushing into Fanzhou, and finally crossing the plateau, rushing through the Nanshan Mountains of Qinghai, and coming here along the Riyue Mountains.

Two extremely rare streams of water vapor between heaven and earth collided directly at this moment, and a rare rainstorm fell from the sky.

Just when Li Xuan needed rain the most, it came from the sky.

Li Xuan had a feeling that this rain might be related to his defeat of the Western Turks and the destruction of four thousand Arab cavalry.

In addition, Li Xuan looked towards Tianzhu. Few people knew that this time, he got a large amount of food from Tianzhu.

So Li Xuan had no shortage of food.

If he was not worried that Yangzhou could not hold out for too long, he would not have made such an elaborate plan to lure Wang Xiaojie to Shanzhou.

Shanzhou has a special terrain. Although it is still tending towards a plateau as a whole, the trend is slowing down.

If Wang Xiaojie had really dared to send out the cavalry to charge last night, Li Xuan would have taught him a lesson.

However, such a fight would not only cause Li Xuan himself to suffer considerable losses, but the key point is that it would be difficult to break people's hearts.

Given the character of the Tang people, bloody massacres would more easily arouse their bloodiness, which would not be a good thing.

People's hearts are what Li Xuan really wants to conquer.

It's not just the soldiers of the Left Guard, the Right Guard, and the Right Guard, but also the entire Lanzhou city, the entire Dingxi, the entire Tianshui, and even Chang'an.

Only a devastating flood can extinguish all resistance.

Only in this way could Li Xuan reach Chang'an in one breath.

Chang'an, Chang'an.

That is Li Xuan’s ultimate goal.

"Pass the order!" Li Xuan turned sideways and said calmly, "Left Jinwu Guard and Right Xiaowei Cavalry retreat, Right Guard Marines prepare."

"Yes!" Li Lang bowed immediately, then turned around and left quickly.

"Send a message to Jishishan. At noon tomorrow, open the dam to release the floodwaters. The Left Guard and the Right Leading Army Guard will attack at the same time."

Li Xuan clenched his fists immediately.

Compared with Wang Xiaojie in Shanzhou, Li Xuan wanted to deal with Ma Sizong in Tiaohezhou more.

With his head, Li Xuan could completely win over the hearts of the entire Longxi Li family.

After all, Wang Xiaojie's killing of Emperor Zhongzong was just a frame-up by Li Xuan, but Ma Sizong's killing of Li Xian was a real fact.

Although Empress Wu had intentionally suppressed the news before, after Li Xuan exposed it, the news had already spread rapidly in Longxi, Chang'an, and Luoyang.

This has been confirmed by people from Bazhong Prefecture and Zongzheng Temple.

Moreover, Ma Sizong's whereabouts during that period were indeed unclear.

There was a big fuss about this matter.

Although Empress Wu had the intention of forcing Li Xian to die, in the final analysis, he committed suicide. However, Li Xian, the deposed crown prince who stayed in Bazhou peacefully, had no power dispute with Empress Wu.

If you are worried that he will be used by Li Chongzhao and Li Xuan, then you can take him to Chang'an and Luoyang and put him under house arrest, just like you did to Li Dan. There is no need to kill him.

Right now in Chang'an and Luoyang, the people who were causing the most trouble against Ma Sizong were the people from the Dou and Dugu clans.

Since Empress Wu could treat Li Xian and Li Xian like this, why couldn't she treat Li Dan like this in the future?

A flood directly wiped out tens of thousands of troops.

It could be Li Xuan’s method, or it could be a punishment from God.

The position is not right!

Disregard for human ethics!

Li Xuan stood calmly on the top of the mountain under the heavy rain, watching his soldiers begin to prepare quickly.

Everything had been planned out in Changzhou. From the moment Wang Xiaojie broke out of Changzhou, today was doomed.

……

The rain has decreased a lot without us noticing.

After one night of heavy rain, the entire sky and earth were filled with knee-deep flood.

The Huangshui River, whose water level had dropped due to the damming, overflowed again at this moment.

The water level of Yanhai Lake was several dozen centimeters higher.

That's it.

Li Xuan calmly looked towards the slightly white sky in the east, turned sideways and said calmly: "Open the dam."

Li Zhu took a step forward, and the signal cannon in his hand exploded in the sky. A loud "boom" sounded from the mountains more than ten miles northwest, and the next moment, the roaring lake water rushed down along the opened river channel.

The Huangshui River suddenly overflowed from the river channel and then flowed towards Shanzhou along the mountain.

The flood was rushing forward throughout the valley.

Li Xuan looked far towards the direction of Shanzhou.

The Huangshui River does not flow in a straight line throughout the valley, but rather meanders back and forth.

Some are straight forward, while others are slanted toward the northeast or southeast.

Especially the Shanzhou city defense line.

The river channel to the west of the state capital turns from northwest to southeast, and then flows eastward along the south of the city.

Li Xuan could imagine that the raging flood would not follow the river channel at all. It would directly rush onto the river bank, rush into the county town, then pass through the county town and directly merge with the river channel that turned north again in the east of the city, and then rush towards Lanzhou.

Wang Xiaojie is finished.

……

In panic, Wang Xiaojie rushed out of the house holding a long spear. In the distant western sky, there was the sound of a vast and rushing water, which was rushing towards Shanzhou madly.

Without any hesitation, he mounted his horse and shouted loudly in the city: "Everyone, get on the city wall, everyone on the city wall."

Some of the soldiers who woke up followed Wang Xiaojie's orders and rushed to the city wall, while others rushed out of Shanzhou with him and headed towards the northern hillside.

The river channel is in the south of Shanzhou City, and the flood is most powerful in the south of the city.

With a loud "boom", Wang Xiaojie, who had just rushed up the hillside, looked back and saw that a large section of the city wall in the southwest corner of the city wall had collapsed.

Seeing this scene, Wang Xiaojie murmured, "It turns out that he has always wanted me to enter the city."

The sky after last night's battle, the exhaustion from having just fought our way out of the mountain road, the empty city that seemed to be full of traps but could be dismantled with care.

What reason does Wang Xiaojie have not to go into the city?

What's more, he was confident that he could hold the city. If Li Xuan really came to kill him, with the subsequent crossbows and arrows delivered, Li Xuan would only be dragged down in Shanzhou by him.

However, he never imagined that Li Xuan had a dam in his hands, a dam filled with huge floods.

Before this, Wang Xiaojie knew nothing about this.

Just at this moment, heavy rain came, adding the final fuel to the fire.

It's all over.

……

After the flood, the ground was in a mess.

Countless corpses floated on the water.

After a short struggle, not many people were able to run out of the city wall in time. More people were directly knocked down by the flood and then submerged by the water.

In the distance, densely packed flat-bottomed boats came from Sun and Moon Mountain.

While the river water was still rushing towards the provincial capital, the flat-bottomed boats rushed into the city, and countless crossbow arrows were aimed at the empty soldiers of the Left Guard, Right Leading Guard, and Right Prestige Guard on the city wall.

Those people immediately became like lambs to be slaughtered.

Li Xuan, dressed in black clothes and black armor, calmly sailed through Shanzhou City.

He didn't have time to stay in Shanzhou for long, his destination was Lanzhou.

The flood trend is decreasing. When all the flood is confined into the river channel, it will be time for Li Xuan to rush to Lanzhou.

The soldiers in the city were being cleared out quickly.

Those who surrendered and explained their identities were directly incorporated into the Right Guard, while those who could not explain their identities were killed directly.

Those who refuse to surrender and resist stubbornly will only end up dead.

Soon, two figures were tied up and came to Li Xuan.

The Right General of the Guard Hua Dazhi, and the Right General of the Guard Min Wengu.

……

"I heard from my soldiers that they didn't find any trace of General Wang, both of you?" Li Xuan stood at the bow of the ship and looked calmly at Hua Dazhi and Min Wengu.

Min Wen Gu turned his head subconsciously, and Hua Dazhi was a little hesitant.

Li Xuan smiled at Hua Dazhi and said, "Brother Hua, how about you continue to serve as the General of the Right Army Guard? How about you hand over all the soldiers under your command, as well as the other soldiers who are defeated and surrender in the future, to Brother Hua?"

Hua Dazhi looked at Li Xuan in surprise: "Really?"

"Really!" Li Xuan nodded directly.

"Good!" Hua Dazhi breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Li Xuan and said, "Wang Xiaojie was the first to break out of the city, leading his 1,000 left guard cavalrymen and marching along the mountain. Half a day has passed. I don't know if he is ambushed in the mountains or has returned to Lanzhou."

"Thank you, Brother Hua." Li Xuan nodded slightly, and the next moment, the long sword at his waist suddenly came out of its sheath and instantly pierced through Min Wen Gu's throat.

Hua Dazhi, who was standing by, looked at the blood splattered on his face and was so shocked that he didn't react for a moment.

Li Xuan looked at Hua Dazhi calmly and said, "Brother Hua and Xuan have a sense of solidarity, but he doesn't have that for this one."

The sword flashed again, and all the ropes on Hua Dazhi's body were cut off.

Li Xuan looked at Hua Dazhi and said, "General Nan Ju of the Right Guard will arrive here soon. After you have sorted out the trouble here, please rush to Lanzhou... Lanzhou, Dingxi, Tianshui, and there are more soldiers who need you to gather them."

"Yes!" Hua Dazhi bowed solemnly.

……

Soon, someone took Hua Dazhi away and took over the cleaning of the entire Shanzhou City.

Those who were able to survive this flood had their sins washed away.

After all the flood was confined into the river channel, Li Xuan led more Jiangnan water soldiers into the Huangshui River without any hesitation and rushed directly towards Lanzhou.

In such a short time, the only way Wang Xiaojie could get to was Lanzhou.

We didn’t even make it to Lanzhou.

But no matter what, this time, Li Xuan needs to keep Wang Xiaojie.

The most thorough stay.

(End of this chapter)

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