Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 239 Returning to Beijing
At night, except for the staff on duty, everyone else was lying on the bed, listening to the movement.

Whether the bandits will dig up the Yellow River dams and flood Kaifeng, no one knows.

If the Yellow River dams are dug, the consequences for the people of Kaifeng will be disastrous.

In today's chaotic world, it is already difficult enough, coupled with the raging water of the Yellow River, it really makes them very scared.

Therefore, this night, all the gods and Buddhas in the sky were prayed by the people of Kaifeng, hoping that the thieves would not be so mad.

However, the reputation of being a thief is there.Wherever they passed, all the villages were destroyed, food and people were taken away, and they were driven to fill the city.

With all these things, can you hope that they will show mercy at this time?
People in Kaifeng are really worried!

The banks of the two rivers in the city have been heightened and strengthened a lot. Behind the embankments, there are still a lot of sacks, some of which are clothes, bed sheets and the like.

There is no way, if the water of the Yellow River really breaks through the dam, Kaifeng City will be flooded, and there will be nothing left.Therefore, the people did not complain. Except for the clothing on the body, everything that can be used to hold soil has been used.

The staff on duty lit torches and checked to see if the river was rising after a while.For them, every time they check, it is a psychological test.

After checking again and again, the water level has not changed. As time goes by, I gradually feel relieved.

After midnight, when I heard the direction of the Yellow River, there seemed to be a thunderous sound.

Upon hearing this, the experienced person immediately changed his face: "Quick, get ready for the alarm, I'll check the water level again, Bodhisattva bless you, Bodhisattva bless you..."

"No, the water level has risen, it has risen!" With a terrified tone, the staff on duty yelled like crazy, "Quick, hurry up and ring the alarm gong, hurry up and ring the alarm gong..."

"Clang clang clang..."

The rapid beating of the gong suddenly sounded in the silent night.

As the sound sounded, the torches and lanterns were immediately lit up one by one. In just a short while, the two banks of the two urban rivers in Kaifeng City became brightly lit.

During the day, it has been arranged in advance, who will be on duty, how much time will be on duty, the alarm will sound, and what should be done...

Thanks to the prior arrangements, Kaifeng city was tense and worried but not chaotic. In just a short period of time, both sides of the river in the city were filled with the first batch of personnel on duty.

Under the light of the torch, the naked eye can see that the river is surging and the water level is rising rapidly.If it hadn't been heightened and reinforced in advance, there would be river water everywhere in Kaifeng City right now!
On the top of the city, there were soldiers on duty shouting that there was water everywhere outside the city!
Needless to say, the bandit cavalry entered the Yellow River embankment in the dark, trying to flood Kaifeng in the dark.

God damn it, when did God accept those thieves, don't let them harm the world!
Almost every Kaifeng commoner and soldier was in their hearts, or simply cursed out loud.

At a high place outside Kaifeng City, Liu Zongmin has been observing the movement of Kaifeng City.

Before he came, Li Zicheng had explained to him.It is said that if the surprise attack fails, non-Henan men will be selected to dig the embankment of the Yellow River in the middle of the night and flood Kaifeng.

In short, in this way, it can be regarded as breaking Kaifeng.By the way, find something for the court to do.

Now, the embankment of the Yellow River has opened, and he watched with his own eyes the Yellow River, which was already soaring, rushing out of the gap.

With this amount of water, Liu Zongmin was sure that Kaifeng would be flooded.

For this reason, he breathed a sigh of relief, talking and laughing with his personal guards, this Kaifeng city was finally resolved.

However, most of the thieves just silently looked at Kaifeng City in the distance in the dark, without speaking.

As the people from the lower class, especially those in the Yellow River Basin, they know exactly how much disaster the Yellow River's water bursting will bring.

Slowly, Liu Zongmin's voice of talking and laughing became quieter, and finally everyone stopped talking.

Because they found that from the lights of Kaifeng City, it seemed that Kaifeng was flooded, but Kaifeng was not in chaos.

The two fire dragons in the city have always been there.The torches on the top of the city are still in order.

In this regard, Liu Zongmin was very puzzled, what is going on?It's impossible for everyone in Kaifeng to drown in their sleep, right?
Looking at those lights, he was very puzzled.Because this idea is actually very unreasonable.

However, if it is said that the people in Kaifeng City have taken precautions and can guard against such turbulent water of the Yellow River, he does not believe it.Because with this amount of water, if you cram for a while, it will be too late!
It can't be said that the city of Kaifeng has long been prevented from flooding Kaifeng, right?

However, this idea was only expressed after the general left.It's me, I didn't think of it beforehand, so Sun Gouguan would have thought of it?

To be honest, Liu Zongmin was a little unbelievable.Because it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to prevent such a large amount of water.If it was possible, who would be full to do this!

The previous two attacks on Kaifeng City, didn't this happen, Sun Gouguan could figure out that Kaifeng would be flooded this time?

Liu Zongmin couldn't figure it out all the time, so he waited until the daytime to see the specific situation.Maybe it's because the sight is not good at night, so I couldn't find more.

He only dug the Yellow River embankment in the middle of the night, so it didn't take too long for the sky to dawn.

I saw that the surrounding areas of Kaifeng City and the lower terrain had been completely flooded.

The water of the Yellow River has overflowed the embankment of the Bian River, and it is still gushing out continuously.As far as the eye can see, there are swamps and water pools.

However, at the head of the city of Kaifeng, those court officials and soldiers were still there, and they did not move around.

Just by looking at this movement, you can know that Kaifeng City has not been flooded!
Seeing the situation clearly, Liu Zongmin couldn't help being a little dumbfounded, and also very unwilling.

The raid did not succeed, and Kaifeng did not succeed, what a fleeting time!

So what did the Sun Dog officer do?will do this?
Reconciled to unwilling, helpless to helpless, seeing that Kaifeng City is still not in a panic, Liu Zongmin could only order the cavalry to set off and report to Li Zicheng.

On the other hand, at the head of Kaifeng city, Sun Chuanting looked down at the two rivers in the city, expressionless.

Although it was expected by him, it seemed that he had a clever plan, but he couldn't be happy.

The Yellow River burst its embankment, and Kaifeng Prefecture and its lower reaches were flooded.The people in Kaifeng City saved their lives, but how many people in the downstream will be buried in fish belly because they didn't expect it!
Also, the world is already difficult, but now that a large area of ​​land is flooded, how many people will starve to death?There is also the plague, which will definitely follow!

The thief's move is really wicked!In the future, I will definitely catch Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and that Liu Zongmin myself, and cut them all to pieces!
Now the people in Kaifeng City are also besieged by the flood and cannot get out of the city.However, it is possible to send someone to leave by boat to report the news.

Because the thieves have receded, the only thing left is the flood.

It is estimated that the people in Kaifeng will not return to normal until the winter freezes or the Yellow River dries up.Only when can manpower be deployed to repair the embankment of the Yellow River.

The Battle of Kaifeng was considered to have a result, and it was defended.

The purpose of coming here has been achieved, and it is time for me to return to Beijing to pay the order!
Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting called Gao Mingheng and others who had a happy face after the catastrophe, and told them their plans.Gao Mingheng was in charge of the city defense of Kaifeng, and he would personally report their contributions to the emperor.

When the people in Kaifeng learned that Sun Chuanting was leaving, they all came to see him off, regardless of ordinary people or those gentry.

When Sun Chuanting came to Kaifeng at first, they actually had a problem with Sun Chuanting.Especially those squires, they didn't know how many times they scolded Sun Chuanting behind their backs.

Not to mention sending their families to the north of the Yellow River, they also spoiled the uncooked food outside the city, and even robbed everyone in the city of food. What kind of centralized distribution is going to be done...

In short, everything about Sun Chuanting's arrival in Kaifeng made them unhappy.

However, slowly, with the passage of time, everything that Sun Chuanting did turned out to be the right one!

If Sun Chuanting hadn't wanted to evacuate the old and the weak, and if all the food hadn't been arranged centrally, the tragedy of eating tree bark and changing children to eat would have occurred in Kaifeng city long ago!

Not to mention, Sun Chuanting's ingenious calculation saved everyone in the city once again.To put it bluntly, even the rats in Kaifeng City must enshrine Sun Chuanting's ranking.

Up and down in Kaifeng, thinking that he had misunderstood Sun Chuanting and scolded Sun Chuanting before, he felt even more guilty.

As a result, almost all the people in the city, including the king of Zhou, came out, wanting to send Sun Chuanting off.

Looking at all this, Sun Chuanting didn't know if he was born with a dead fish face, but he didn't show any expression. He just said to them: "I am just here to guard the city by order and to do my duty. If you really want to thank If you really want to be grateful, thank you, Emperor Ming! It was His Majesty who sent me here, and it was His Majesty who instructed me. I am only following orders!"

When people nearby heard the words, they spread the words far away, and it didn't take long for all the people in Kaifeng to know.

Immediately, when it comes to paying respect to Emperor Chongzhen, among all the cities in the world, Kaifeng is probably the most pious!

The emperor's brilliance and martial arts were deeply engraved into their bones at this moment.

But they also know good and bad, and know that Sun Chuanting has contributed a lot.

After all, officials in some places, even if they followed the order, would not be able to do so well, and they might even take the opportunity to search the place.

However, when Sun Chuanting came, he only brought a hundred cavalry guards with him, and when he left, he was still only a hundred cavalry bodyguards.Just based on this, how many officials can do it?

Under their watchful eyes, Sun Chuanting took King Zhou's boat and took his personal guards to the north bank of the Yellow River, then turned overland to Weihui to the capital.

(End of this chapter)