The last three kingdoms

Chapter 905 Flooded Xindu

The rain was so heavy that it rained like a torrential rain, and it lasted for a long time. The entire Xindu area was completely submerged in a vast ocean, and the camp of Fuliu Huns was also deeply troubled by floods.

"Report to King Zuo Xian, the camp was flooded." A soldier urgently reported to Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan glared at him, and said in a deep voice: "Why panic? It's just raining. There's nothing to make a fuss about. Pass on my military order. All battalions will stick to their camps and don't make noise. Anyone who shakes the morale of the army will be killed." amnesty!"

"No." The sergeant trembled in fright, and quickly took the order to retreat.

Liu Xuan reprimanded the sergeants, but he also frowned deeply. Such a heavy rain was indeed unprecedented in his life, at least once in a hundred years. Liu Xuan's big tent was the highest point in the entire camp. It has already reached the ankle, and one can imagine what the situation is in other places. Most of the shallow water is about knee depth, and the deep water does not even reach the horse's belly.

No wonder the Shu army moved overnight. It turned out that they had expected heavy rain. Now the Shu army had occupied all the highlands they could occupy. The Huns were a step behind. If you can't do it, if you want to snatch it again, try to reach the sky.

However, Liu Xuan didn't panic too much. It was going to rain and his mother was going to get married. There was nothing to make a fuss about. In the position, there will always be a time when the clouds will open and the sun will rise.

If it was really a last resort, it would not be too late to leave. No matter how heavy the rain was, there would still be a process for the water to rise, and there would always be a moment for him to retreat calmly.

But Liu Xuan didn't expect that this was already his last night in this world.After three consecutive days of torrential rain, the rain finally subsided, which made Liu Xuan, who had been tense all the time, finally heave a sigh of relief. For the past two nights, he hardly closed his eyes and yawned continuously. Seeing that the rain was slowing down, Liu Xuan It's also a great mood, and I can finally sleep peacefully.

But just in the middle of the night, Liu Xuan was awakened suddenly by the earth-shattering rumbling sound. He asked the left and right why, the soldiers on the left and right were ashen-colored, their teeth were chattering, and they couldn't speak at all. Liu Xuan pushed the soldiers away. Opened and stepped out of the tent, but the scene in front of him completely stunned Liu Xuan.

The huge waves several feet high are like a high wall, roaring towards the mountains and seas, making a huge roar, and destroying everything they pass by. Liu Xuan saw with his own eyes that countless Huns were killed by horses. Swallowed by huge waves, no matter how powerful the cavalry is, it is as insignificant as a speck of dust in the face of the power of nature.

The monstrous huge waves rushed towards Liu Xuan, Liu Xuan's body trembled a little, but he had thought of many ways to die, but he never thought that he would be swallowed by the flood in the end.

What he couldn't figure out was that no matter how heavy the rain was, it was impossible to create such a huge wave, so where did the flood that swallowed him and the Hun cavalry come from?Is it not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster?

Liu Xuan had no time to think about it anymore. The huge wave came in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, Liu Xuan and the tens of thousands of Hun cavalry stationed in Fuliu were all swallowed by the torrent, not even a single person was left alive.

Naturally, such a large flood cannot be caused by rain, but can only be caused by rivers bursting their embankments, and this river bursting, apart from natural reasons, is also only caused by human beings.

As early as ten days ago, Liu Yin had already made full preparations. In addition to sending scouts to investigate the highlands and draw topographic maps, Liu Yin sent Zhuge Shang to lead the army to garrison along the Zhanghe River to dig embankments. be prepared.

Water is the earliest resource used by ancient military strategists. It is as far away as Zhibo Zhibo of the Spring and Autumn Period chiseling Jinshui to irrigate Jinyang City, and as close as Guan Yu and Fancheng being flooded with water. The Chinese army is almost vulnerable in the face of floods. Proper use of water attacks can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, the prerequisites for water attack are relatively harsh, and it must be at the right time and the right place to be successful.First of all, the Xindu area is low-lying, known as a thousand hectare depression, and its terrain is the lowest in the Jizhong Plain, which creates the first favorable conditions for water attack.

The second is water. If according to the previous weather, it has been dry for several months, and the river will almost dry up, Liu Yin will never have the idea of ​​using water to attack.And this time the rainstorm is about to fall, which inspired Liu Yin. Xindu is low-lying. If the Zhang River and other rivers are soaring, isn't it a godsend opportunity?

Of course, if you want to kill Liu Yin, you can't just kill the Zhang River. Qinghe to the east of Xindu is also under the control of the right army of the Shu Army. The river may not cause enough trouble for Liu Yuan, but if Xin is surrounded by floods on both sides, it is estimated that Liu Yuan will have to peel off his skin if he is not dead.

Zhuge Shang rushed to the embankment of the Zhanghe River, followed Liu Yin's order to select the location where the embankment would break, and only waited for the river to surge.

Liu Yin also ordered Deng Zhong and Ma Rong to prepare a large number of ships, and when the flood flooded, they could attack by boat and wipe out the remaining enemies who escaped by chance.

The heavy rain came as scheduled, and the five armies led by Fu Qian had safely evacuated to higher ground, and the conditions for water attack were ripe.

The three-day torrential rain caused the water level of the Zhang River to skyrocket, and the entire river was filled with the ocean. When the Zhang River was in the Xindu section, the water flow was extremely slow. Even if the Shu army did not break the embankment, the dam would inevitably collapse due to such a torrential flood. Dangerous, after all, this rainstorm can be said to be once in a hundred years.

Zhuge Shang gave an order, and the soldiers of the Baidi Army worked together to dig seven holes in the embankment of the Zhang River.

The opening doesn’t need to be too big, the river water that was originally confined in the river channel now seized the opportunity to break through the restraint, and rushed towards the gap violently. After a while, the waves collapsed to a width of several feet, and then with a bang, the several-mile-long levee collapsed all at once, and the water of the Zhang River poured down like a wild horse that had run loose.

Fuliu's terrain was the lowest and the closest, so it naturally became the first target of the flood. The monstrous flood formed a huge wave that was more than ten feet high, and swept down with the power to swallow the sky and destroy the earth. Liu Xuan and the Huns had no time to do it. If there was any reaction, it would have been swallowed by the flood, and the bodies of countless Huns drifted with the waves.

The flood swallowed everything in Fuliu, and continued to move forward with a mighty momentum, and wherever it went, it was as if it was destroyed.

(End of this chapter)