The first thousand three hundred and fourteenth chapters
Chapter 1,314: Using all things to eat a dog
What does it mean that God is not doing his best?
It had obviously not rained for several months, but this time there was such a downpour.
What's even more terrible is that it's at this juncture.
Cao Ren is now riding a tiger and can't get off.
The water level should have dropped with the passage of time, but now... under the heavy rain, the place for the soldiers on both sides of the shore to stay has become smaller and smaller.
If Cao Ren hadn't discovered it quickly, even the center of their army would have been almost surrounded by rising water.
Many of the soldiers who stayed on the small island in the middle of the lake were already suffering from hypothermia because they were already wet. They were asked to follow the ropes thrown by the people on the shore and escape from the increasingly turbulent water.
The difficult landing is really too difficult for someone to do.
These people now have difficulty even walking, let alone holding on to the rope.
In the blink of an eye, the situation became extremely critical.
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, the deputy general next to Cao Ren knelt down on one knee and petitioned Cao Ren, risking being reprimanded and questioned:
"General! We can't delay here any longer! If we stay any longer, everyone will be in danger, let alone attack Xiakou!"
"What did you say?
Don’t you want me to give up on my subordinates?”
Cao Ren was indeed angry.
His temper was on the verge of exploding. He was already extremely dull, but now he was angered by the deputy general's words. With red eyes, he immediately yelled at the deputy general.
Everyone heard this sentence, and everyone looked at the two people in confusion and silence.
Especially the trapped soldiers...the dullness and confusion in their eyes were probably the most distressing expressions the deputy general had ever seen in his life, right?
They were not captured because they were defeated, nor were they unable to resist because they were ambushed...
They did it because of natural disasters and irresistible reasons...
But now, they have to watch helplessly as they make the decision to abandon them.
No one can be calm at a time like this, right?
The key is... the rescue is still going on, and many people have been rescued on the other side. Maybe... maybe with just a little more time, the remaining hundreds of people will have a chance to be rescued.
But... at this time, who would notice that the water level was still at their knees half a quarter of an hour ago, but now it has reached the level of their thighs?
At this rate, if the army does not leave and find a high ground for safety, the entire 50,000-strong army will be in danger.
So even if he couldn't bear it, the lieutenant general still made this proposal.
Cao Ren's anger is perfectly normal.
"Yes! That's it! General! Even if you want to punish me in the future! I can't see the general being so stubborn anymore! You'd better take a look at the situation around you! If you don't leave, the entire army will be trapped.
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Cao Ren really didn't expect that his deputy general would yell at him so forcefully.
But because of this, he suddenly woke up.
Looking around for a week, the hillside that was still clearly visible in the distance was now completely submerged.
Half of the roads that were numerous just now have now disappeared.
The water in the distance was originally just a small river that could be easily crossed. Now, for some reason, it seemed to be a beast with fangs exposed, and it was as turbulent as a river in flood.
Under the layers of black clouds and the thunder, Cao Ren seemed to have seen the scene of doomsday.
He woke up, but the unbearable feeling in his heart made Cao Ren extremely sad.
The trapped people seemed to be aware of the same situation.
Everyone heard the deputy general's roar.
Everyone has also woken up.
Looking at their comrades not far away in front of them, their hearts were filled with pain.
This is a natural disaster...a natural disaster that no one can resist.
I don't know who it was... He let go.
One end of the iron rope that many people had struggled to carry suddenly lost its traction, and the rope fell feebly into the turbulent flow in front of them, just as their hearts fell into the endless abyss.
give up…
Someone gave up.
Everyone gave up.
The nearly five hundred soldiers standing blankly in the middle of the lake shouted towards Cao Ren, who was a little stiff on the other side:
"General! Leave us alone! We all know it! You can't blame the general for this!"
"Take the brothers and leave quickly!"
"Yes, General! It's no big deal! Twenty years later! We will be a good man again! Then we will still be the general's soldiers!"
The sound also became smaller. It may be that the water flow is too strong, the thunder is too fast, or it may be that Cao Ren's consciousness is gradually blurring...
His eyes were covered with mist, and rain fell from the corners of his eyes——
"good!"
"The whole army retreats!"
"Let's go to the northwest highlands to take shelter from the rain!"
“See you later!”
“See you later!”
The sound of the after-party was reverberating in the wind, seeming to be a sign of regret for the life that was about to pass away.
Cao Ren tried his best not to look at the scene behind him, but silently led the army to climb high quickly.
Along the way, Cao Ren has witnessed too many joys and sorrows...but somehow, the more this battle goes on, the more depressed he feels inside.
——
The heavy rain shows no signs of slowing down…
Cao Ren's face became increasingly ugly.
Looking at the floods below the hillside, a lot of ground that was still exposed was now completely swept away by the water.
They were on the high slope...but the situation did not ease at all.
Should we retreat further?
Maybe return to Shiyang?
Waiting for a better opportunity?
Cao Ren hesitated. Because of the heavy rain, it was difficult for him to get news from Jiangdong——
I'm afraid that even if the scouts who were released were not swept away by the flood, they would still be far away and unable to report.
How is Xiakou?
With such a huge flood, maybe Xiakou has been submerged?
Cao Ren couldn't help but think so.
In fact...he was right.
This heavy rain, which has been rare in decades, caused the water levels of Jianshui River, Han River and the downstream river sections to rise sharply.
The Yunmengze Lake area even became a vast ocean in the next few days... as if it had the style of the largest lake in the world in the ancient mythological period.
But for small people, these are all disasters.
Xiakou was flooded instantly, just like the floods in Suixian County...and because it was further downstream and the terrain was lower, the city where Liu Bei lived temporarily to resist Cao Cao was almost destroyed by the flood——
Everything was as Cao Ren thought.
God is fair...
The world is unkind and regards all things as suckers. In the eyes of God, there is no difference between humans and birds and beasts...
So he sent heavy rains, as if he wanted to cleanse the world of turmoil.
But... God is fair, but that doesn't mean people have to accept the consequences.
Humans cannot resist natural disasters, but sometimes, the power of natural disasters can be used by humans.
for example…
When he knew that the Han River was about to overflow, a general on the lower reaches took his troops out of the city that was destined to be flooded and came to a safer height...
If you just wait for the right time and take advantage of the power of natural disasters to sweep away the enemy's army, the cooperation between manpower and natural disasters may be the most desperate cooperation.
Hanchuan…
Guan Yu's green robe was wet from the rain, but there was no timidity in his eyes.
"Are the Zodiacs ready?"
"Return to the General! Everything is ready!"
"very good…"
He said lightly, as if he had already known that the enemy was passing dozens of miles away but did not make any move.
