Chapter 356 Jiangling City fell, Huang Zhong came

Author: Playing with Basilisk

Dark clouds as black as ink shrouded the sky above Jiangling City. Although it was daytime, it was as dark as dusk. It rained heavily, and the whole world was soaked by the rain.

Historically, this shower lasted for more than ten days, followed by two months of continuous light and moderate rain, making it a rare flash flood in a thousand years.

Although there have been more than 200 records of catastrophic disasters in the Yangtze River since the Western Zhou Dynasty, such extremely harmful disasters often occur only once in tens to hundreds of years, which is extremely rare. This shows how harmful such flooding is.

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Under such a heavy rain, the sky and the earth were covered in gray. The Yangtze River rolled toward Jiangling City. The water channels that were connected to the river completely overflowed, forming a terrifying above-ground river.

Lightning lit up the sky, thunder exploded overhead, and heavy rain ravaged the riverside city. With a loud noise like a thunderous wave, the city wall collapsed.

Countless Jiangdong troops fled north from Nancheng in embarrassment because the river was still pouring into the city, but then they came back.

Under the command of the general, many people rushed towards the rolling torrent like ants, using brought sand, woven straw bags, rolling boulders, and even their bodies to fill the terrifying breach.

But no one can stop it. The power of nature is extremely terrifying. In the stormy waves, people are like dust, easily swept into the waves by the river, making no sound.

"It's over, it's over."

"Hold me, don't let go, ah"

"Ah! Heaven! Heaven! Why are you doing this!"

Some members of Jiangdong Army held their heads and cried, some were swept away by the wind and waves, and some raised their hands and roared to the sky.

The sky is still raining, and it will not give people any response except the violent storms that cleanse everything in the world.

Countless turbid river water poured into the city, and boards, debris, houses, brick walls, and debris eventually converged into a torrent that swept through the entire city.

At this time, Lu Meng was still facing the menacing Shen Chen army on the north city tower. When he heard the loud noise behind him, he immediately rushed to the rear city wall. When he saw the roar of the collapse, his face turned pale.

The city was already in chaos. Water flowed into the city along the water gates extending in all directions, quickly overflowing all the streets, and many low-rise houses were submerged.

Although it has not yet reached the height of five or six feet recorded in history, when the flood reaches a height of one foot, whether it is one foot or five or six feet, it has no meaning.

Because even among the houses in the city, few were more than one foot tall. A large number of grain and grass stored in higher-lying warehouses were submerged, and there were very few supplies and ordnance left. It was difficult for Jiangling City to hold on any longer.

Many soldiers were swept up by the wave and could only run towards the city wall. The east-west wall was the longest, 1.8 kilometers, and the north-south wall was shorter. Even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was only 1.2 kilometers. At this time, it was only 0.7 kilometers.

The section of the city wall, which was only five kilometers long, was densely packed with people.

Lu Meng's eyes were red, looking at the flooded city in the rain, and he ran to the north like crazy, shouting: "Shen Chen, how did Shen Chen do it? Did he know that the wall was going to collapse today? He

How did you do it? It’s impossible!”

The roaring up to the sky did not bring any response, and Yu Fan tried hard to dissuade him: "General, now is no longer the time to worry about this. The river has surged and flooded the city. If we don't retreat, the entire army will be annihilated."

"Authentic, authentic."

One general pointed to the gushing river in the distance and shouted: "They dug tunnels outside the city, so the river surged in and the tunnel collapsed, causing the city wall to collapse."

Lu Meng's ferocious face looked toward the city, and what he saw was the river gushing in the tunnel, bubbling like a fountain.

Countless soldiers were swallowed up by the rolling river water and were swept into the waves without a splash.

After just one glance, Lu Meng turned back to look at the north of the city. The melodious horns of "Woo-Woo" sounded in the distance, faintly heard even in the wind and rain. The Nanyang army moved southward in mighty force, getting more and more fierce.

Approaching the city.

He roared: "Open the east gate and withdraw from Jiangling."

"Retreat, retreat quickly."

"Jiangling City cannot be defended anymore. The general asked us to open the east gate and withdraw."

"Go towards Yunmengze quickly."

The soldiers shouted one after another, and the city was in chaos. Countless soldiers crowded at the east gate and ran towards the east gate with water flowing.

Compared with Jiangling City, which has become Zeguo, the situation outside the city is not bad, and the water flow is only up to the ankles. This is only because the city wall collapsed and the river water poured in, causing the water level in the city to skyrocket.

After opening the east gate, a large amount of water poured out of the east gate like a flood. Soon the water level dropped slightly, and countless soldiers swarmed down the city wall and ran outside.

Some of the more than 30,000 soldiers were on the city wall, some at the east gate, and some were submerged in the water. An unknown number of corpses floated in the torrent in the city.

At this moment, Xu Sheng's troops were stationed outside the city at Yunmengze Pier.

Sun Quan gave Lü Meng 60,000 men to defend Jiangling. Except for the 8,000 that Ding Feng took away, the rest were divided into two groups. One was in Jiangling City, and the other was near the dock on higher ground in the east of the city to guard the ships.

The situation on Xu Sheng's side was much stronger than that on Lu Meng's side. Almost as soon as Shen Chen's army moved south, he had already started to gather soldiers as soon as possible.

The scout quickly reported to him the news that the wall in the southeast corner of Jiangling City was soaked by floods and the roots of the wall were corroded and then washed away by the river. Xu Sheng was shocked and immediately sent soldiers to respond.

There was a commotion outside the East City. The most troublesome thing was that Shen Chen's army from the far north was still attacking this way. However, because the Yangtze River was also flooding from south to north, they were almost overwhelmed.

It's flooded and can't get up any faster.

Shen Chen was soaked to the skin at this time, and the water under his feet had reached his calves. The wind and waves were surging. Fortunately, it was autumn and winter, and the north wind was blowing from the south. If the southeast wind was blowing in the opposite direction, it would probably be even worse.

General Shen Tao approached him and shouted to him: "General, are you going to attack now?"

"ah?"

"Attack now?"

"Wait a little longer."

Because the sound of wind, rain and water flow was so loud that I had to roar.

Shen Chen could only gesture to Shen Tao, indicating that they should go southeast first to cut off Lu Meng's road out of the city.

At this time, Jiangdong's army filed out of the east gate, flopping in the water in a panic and struggling to move.

The Nanyang Army quickly approached and did not attack immediately.

The reason is that Xu Sheng's soldiers have set up an offensive on a slope in the southeast. As long as they dare to come, the enemy can launch an attack from the flank.

Therefore, Shen Chen decided to wait and see the situation, wait until the enemy was ready to retreat and board the ship, and then take advantage of that chaotic period to launch a general attack.

"Bang!"

There was another huge thunderous sound, which shocked everyone so much that they couldn't help but crouch down and bend down to dodge.

This is human instinct, and even Shen Chen is no exception.

When he raised his head and looked into the distance again, Lu Meng's army withdrew from Jiangling like ants and left towards Yunmengze's dock.

The terrain of Xu Sheng's camp was relatively high. They were condescending, and the archers aimed at the northwest.

Although in this northerly weather, if they shoot arrows against the wind, the range will definitely not be far, but after all, they are wading through water, and the speed is slow and difficult to dodge, making them easy targets, so there is no need to cause casualties.

Lu Meng walked out of the city with difficulty. He glanced at the city for the last time. Before he could feel any nostalgia, there was another bang. The city wall in the southeast corner collapsed completely. The river from the south poured in again, and the entire city was immersed. There was a vast land.

"Ziming!"

Seeing that Lu Meng's army had successfully withdrawn, Xu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and went up to greet them, saying, "It's good that you're safe and sound."

Lu Meng's whole face was distorted, and he said sadly and angrily: "God does not bless Jiangdong."

Xu Sheng could only comfort him: "The top priority now is to evacuate to the ship as soon as possible. What if we let Shen Chen return to Yizhou? Liu Bei lost Jingzhou after all, and Wu Hou won a great victory in this battle."

"Big victory?"

Lu Meng laughed miserably and said: "Letting Shen Chen go back is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain. There will still be a fight between Liu Bei and the Marquis of Wu in the future. Liu Bei still has strength. Isn't it for Cao Cao's gain? The only way is to kill Shen Chen and destroy all the troops in Jingzhou. , they don’t dare to fight with us.”

"well."

Yu Fan sighed, patted Lu Meng's back and said, "Ziming, retreat first."

"withdraw!"

Xu Sheng replaced Lu Meng and issued military orders.

More than 30,000 people evacuated in embarrassment toward the high slope to the east, and then headed toward the dock.

In the distance, Shen Chen's army was scattered outside the north of Jiangling City, about half a mile to the east. They were wading through the water and heading here, and the two sides were already very close.

Seeing that the enemy was about to flee, even Lu Chang hurriedly waded over like a duck and shouted: "General, they are about to run away."

"Can't run away."

Shen Chen pointed to the surface of the mighty Yangtze River in the south and said to him, "What do you think that is?"

All the soldiers around were looking that way.

I saw countless tall ships appearing on the gray river. I don't know when they had appeared. They lowered their sails and relied solely on the water flowing down the river. They undulated in the flood and came all the way.

After arriving in Jiangling, one of the ships did not choose to continue going south, but headed straight east towards Yunmengze.

Jiangling is due north of the Yangtze River, but the Yangtze River turns sharply southward due east of Jiangling. To the east, an alluvial fan plain was created under the erosion of the river, which was located in the Shashi District area in later generations.

At that time, this was also land, and Xu Sheng's army was stationed here. The Yangtze River washed this area into a high slope, and the higher terrain was not flooded.

However, this place is also connected to Yunmengze in the north, with a ditch directly connected to it. In later generations, this ditch connected the Chang Lake, Jiangjin Lake and the Yangtze River. However, due to the surge in river water, Yunmengze is still waiting for several reasons to start from this ditch. Going north, we went directly to Yunmeng Zeli, east of Jiangling.

The water flow in Yunmengze is not as fast as that of the Yangtze River, so Jiangling's ships are all placed at Yunmengze Pier. At this time, the main force of Jiangdong Army is heading towards the pier, heading north along the high-slope road.

Countless Jiangdong soldiers marched in the rain. They were on the left bank of the ditch connecting Yunmengze and the Yangtze River. As they were moving forward with difficulty, they turned around and saw a fighting ship in the ditch that was higher than the hill. It was flying like a flying boat.

Driving into the lake in Yunmengze.
To be continued...