Chapter 209: Flood, Flood! (2)
night.
Wuzhou City.
Teams of elite soldiers moved back and forth, observing the Dongqi Bo army camp outside the city with extreme vigilance.
Two or three miles away from the city wall, the defenders placed a number of grease braziers. The blazing fire illuminated a large area, preventing Dong Qibo's army from launching a sneak attack under the cover of night.
Although the 64-zhang-high city wall of Wuzhou City basically cut off the possibility of night attacks by ordinary officers and soldiers, the generals of the Yulin Army and Baotu Cavalry under Lu Yi still followed the rules and made the most standard response strategies.
From a distance, the sound of "dong dong dang dang" could be heard from the Dongqi Bo army camp.
Dongqi Bo gave an order, and a large number of troops swept across the hundreds of miles around Wuzhou City like locusts, collecting a large amount of wood, and even dismantled the beams and pillars of the main halls of some wealthy families, and transported them back to the camp to build siege equipment.
In the sky, one huge albatross after another flew from the east and slowly landed in the camp.
The sword guards of Haojian Palace are constantly coming to provide reinforcements.
From all directions, armies of varying sizes were marching long distances in the dark, converging towards Dongqi Bo's camp.
Zhuge clan, especially those local officials from the Imperial Academy, played a huge role in the local official system. Many cities surrendered to Dongqi Bo without any resistance. The imperial guards in the city were either killed or imprisoned. Large groups of city defense troops took the initiative to join Dongqi Bo's camp.
The city defense forces of several county towns and prefectural cities closest to Wuzhou City have already arrived and joined Dongqi Bo's camp.
Dong Qi Bo welcomed the arrival of these troops with open arms.
We are about to attack the city, and no one would complain about having too many cannon fodder troops, right?
Dark clouds floated over the sky, and raindrops began to fall, and then it turned into a rainstorm of considerable size.
Around Wuzhou City, the water level of the Yangtze River has increased significantly, and the water in the dozens of streams and rivers leading to the Yangtze River has become turbid and agitated. The Yangtze River runs through the city, and the rising water hits the river bank, making a loud "splashing" sound.
Lu Yi, with a team of elite soldiers, was squatting at the water gate entrance of the west city wall of Wuzhou.
The outer wall of Wuzhou City is tens of feet thick, and a huge sluice gate was chiseled on the west wall to allow the river to flow into the city.
Lu Yi felt his heart beating inexplicably today. The mysterious sense of crisis made him lead a large group of people directly to the water gate of the west city wall.
When Wuzhou City was built, the builders put in a lot of effort.
The big river outside the city was split into two tributaries a few miles away from the west gate of Wuzhou City. One of the tributaries bypassed the north of Wuzhou City and continued to flow eastward.
Another smaller tributary passes through the water gate in the city wall, flows through the entire Wuzhou City, goes out from the east city wall, continues to flow eastward for more than ten miles, and then merges with the tributary to the north.
At this moment, in the water gate in front of Lu Yi, the turbid river water was swirling and whistling through the three layers of sturdy iron fences.
On the small dock next to the water gate, soldiers lowered ropes to measure the water depth and volume.
"Sir, everything is fine. Every spring when it rains in Wuzhou City, the river is full of water. The depth of the river right now is not as deep as it was a few years ago."
Lu Yi looked up at the sky.
There were dark clouds in the sky and it was raining heavily.
He pointed at the river in front of him and said in a deep voice: "I remember that every water gate in Dayin city has heavy gates that can be lowered to completely block the waterway, right?"
Without waiting for his generals to respond, Lu Yi pointed at the sluice gates and said, "I don't feel very well today. Lower the east and west sluice gates at the same time to cut off the river flow. Wait until Dongqi Bo's army outside retreats, then open the sluice gates to release the water."
Following Lu Yi's order, three solid gates made of pure metal, nearly ten feet thick, fell down with a "click" sound in the city wall above the water gate, accompanied by the dull sound of mechanisms, slowly and firmly cutting off the river flow.
Outside the sluice gate, the rushing water rushed towards the gate, but it could not shake the gate at all.
The river flowing through Wuzhou City was blocked, and the water level of the tributary to the north of Wuzhou City immediately rose a lot, and the water level became increasingly high.
The sense of crisis in Lu Yi's heart weakened a lot, and the dangerous feeling as if he was being pricked by needles all over his body disappeared, but there was still a hint of uneasiness in his heart.
He looked at the heavy gate in front of him, drew out the sword of a personal guard, and slashed heavily on the gate.
With a loud bang, the sword shattered and sparks flew on the gate, leaving no trace.
This gate, as well as this city wall, were all built by unknown builders using miraculous means many years ago. After countless years of wind and rain, this gate has no trace of decay or rust, and its strength is amazing.
"Increase your vigilance." Lu Yi warned his generals seriously: "You have seen this battle in the daytime. It is no longer an ordinary small fight. There are masters whose fate you cannot understand for the time being."
"If you are not careful, you will die without a complete body. You all...be alert."
After killing Wu Heyun during the day, Lu Yi was afraid that the cultivators of the Heart Sword Sect would get angry and take advantage of the night to sneak into the city - even though they were bound by that damn secret agreement of the three religions, the cultivators of the Heart Sword Sect were also orthodox Taoists and would not do anything too shameless.
But what if?
What if someone gets so angry that he does something desperate?
Lu Yi did not dare to be careless. After inspecting the water gate, he mounted the Dark Cloud Beast and led a large group of people up the city wall along the horse path on the wall and patrolled along the wall.
Neither Lu Yi nor Dong Qi Bo discovered it.
The soldiers under Lu Yi's command were all hiding in Wuzhou City, and all the scouts and cavalry outside the city had withdrawn. It was normal that they failed to discover the problem.
The scouts and cavalrymen under Dong Qibo were busy going to various places to "collect food", and they completely ignored some clues that could have been discovered. Therefore, Dong Qibo's army had no early warning.
In the upper reaches of the river, a dozen young men have used their tricks to create a large lake that is five to six hundred miles long, more than twenty miles wide, and three hundred feet deep.
The eldest brother of a dozen young men already had sweat on his forehead and heat rising from his head.
The light curtain dam that blocked the river was shaking violently with green light, and it kept making muffled "bang bang" sounds.
The green runes in the light curtain were also flashing violently, as if they were out of breath and could explode at any time.
The enchanting girl looked at the dark clouds in the sky, then at the raging water below the pleasure boat, and whispered, "Big Brother, it should be almost done. With so much water stored up, once it is released, it will wash over at least hundreds of miles. Those ants will all be suffocated to death, and not a single one will escape."
The eldest brother, who was sweating all over, took a breath and said, "I am afraid that I can't kill them all. After all, those sword cultivators among them, although they are not in good shape, are still sword cultivators after all."
He glanced at the charming girl and lowered his voice: "I am here with a group of fellow apprentices. If I accidentally hurt a few of them, where will my face be?"
The enchanting girl laughed: "So that's how it is? Then, how about..."
The girl looked at the handsome face of the senior brother, smiled slightly, and took out a handful of soybean-sized, pitch-black particles with some sharp protrusions on the surface from her sleeve.
"How about putting them into the floodwater and letting it wash down with it?"
The girl said leisurely: "Our first good show after leaving the mountain must be extremely perfect ."
The eldest brother smiled and nodded : "That's great. I will never forget your contribution."
The two of them looked at each other lovingly, and the young men and women on the side rolled their eyes and turned away, almost whistling to make a scene.
The charming girl chuckled, walked to the railing of the pleasure boat, and threw the small pellets in her hand into the water.
Then she pulled out several handfuls of small pellets from her sleeves and threw them all down one by one.
When these small particles enter the water and encounter the water, their volume immediately expands.
In just a few breaths, these small particles turned into large metal balls with a diameter of more than ten feet. The sharp protrusions on the surface also turned into conical iron stakes more than a foot long.
The surfaces of these large metal balls were engraved with countless fine lightning patterns. The heavy iron balls were almost completely submerged in the flood. Only when they rolled over, occasionally a few conical iron stakes protruded from the water surface, emitting a dark light.
"I can't stand it anymore... go!"
The eldest brother suddenly shouted loudly, spat out a mouthful of blood, and waved his hands fiercely.
The green light curtain that had been holding back the flood water of the river for most of the day flew up with a crackling sound, and turned into green rays of light that circled in the air for a while. Then, these rays of light suddenly stretched and turned into extremely faint green light, which fell to the two banks of the river downstream with a swish.
The flood peak, which was hundreds of feet high, roared towards the east.
Green light curtains stood on both sides of the river, stretching out a light curtain river channel that was dozens of miles long and almost reached Wuzhou City.
The light curtain was shaking violently. The flood was restrained by an invisible force and could not spread to both banks. Instead, it rushed towards Wuzhou City along the river channel circled by green light.
The flood peak rushed forward, making a loud noise like thunder.
On both sides of the river, the land was shaking violently.
Several girls stood at the bow of the pleasure boat, laughing loudly and continuously taking out pieces of talisman paper and throwing them into the flood.
The speed of the flood inexplicably accelerated, accelerated, and accelerated again...
By the time the flood peak was less than twenty miles away from the west wall of Wuzhou City, the speed of the flood had become as fast as a galloping horse. As the flood peak swept through the air, there were actually faint traces of white gas explosions.
Lu Yi, with a large group of troops, had just climbed up the western wall of Wuzhou City.
A strong wind blew from the west, carrying a thick layer of moisture in the wind. There were also continuous rumblings of thunder, and the ground was shaking slightly.
Lu Yi opened his eyes wide and looked towards the west, and saw a white tide roaring, like the hand of a world-destroying giant, rushing towards Wuzhou City with a suffocating breath.
flood!
flood!
flood!
The highest point is over a hundred feet high. Logically speaking, a huge flood is simply impossible!
"This is..." Lu Yi was shocked and lost his voice: "Does Wuzhou City have such floods every year? How do the people in the city survive year after year?"
No one responded.
All the soldiers around Lu Yi were stunned with fear.
