At night, except for the staff on duty, everyone else was lying on the bed, listening to the movement.
No one knows whether the thieves will dig up the dams of the Yellow River and flood Kaifeng.
If the Yellow River embankments are dug, the consequences for the people of Kaifeng will be disastrous.
Today's troubled times are already difficult enough, and coupled with the raging water of the Yellow River, it really makes them very scared.
Therefore, that night, the people of Kaifeng prayed to all the gods and Buddhas in the sky, hoping that the bandits would not be so crazy.
However, the reputation of bandits was there. Everywhere they passed, villages were destroyed, food and people were taken away, and they were driven to fill the city walls.
With all this going on, can we hope that they will show mercy at this time?
The people of Kaifeng are really worried!
The banks of the two rivers in the city have been much raised and reinforced. Behind the river embankments, there are still many sacks piled up, and some of them are even made from clothes, sheets and the like.
There was no way. If the water of the Yellow River really broke through the dam and Kaifeng City was flooded, nothing would be left. Therefore, no people complained. Except for the clothes they wore, everything that could be used to hold soil had been used.
The staff on duty held torches and checked to see if the river water had risen. For them, every time they checked, it was a psychological test.
I checked again and again and found that the water level had not changed. As time passed, I gradually felt relieved.
After midnight, I heard a thunderous sound coming from the direction of the Yellow River.
Upon hearing this, the experienced person's face immediately changed: "Quick, prepare the gong. I'll check the water level again. Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless..."
"No, the water level has risen, it's risen!" With a tone of fear, the staff on duty shouted like crazy, "Quickly, knock the gong quickly, knock the gong quickly..."
"Dang Dang Dang..."
The rapid sound of gongs suddenly sounded in the silent night.
As the sound rang out, torches and lanterns immediately lit up one by one. In just a moment, both sides of the two urban rivers in Kaifeng City became bright.
During the day, I had already made arrangements in advance as to who would be on duty, for how long, when the gong sounded, and what to do...
Fortunately, there were advance arrangements, and the city of Kaifeng was tense and worried but not chaotic. Within a short period of time, both sides of the river in the city were filled with the first batch of people on duty.
Under the light of the torch, it was visible to the naked eye that the river was turbulent and the water level rose rapidly. If it had not been heightened and reinforced in advance, the city of Kaifeng would have been filled with river water by now!
On top of the city, there were also soldiers on duty shouting that there was water everywhere outside the city!
Needless to say, the bandit cavalry climbed onto the embankment of the Yellow River in the dark, hoping to take advantage of the night to flood Kaifeng.
Damn it, when did God collect those thieves and stop letting them harm the world!
Almost every commoner and soldier in Kaifeng cursed in their hearts or even out loud.
From a high place outside Kaifeng City, Liu Zongmin has been observing the movements of Kaifeng City.
Before he came, Li Zicheng told him that if the raid failed, he would use non-Henan men to dig up the embankment of the Yellow River in the middle of the night and flood Kaifeng.
In short, in this way, Kaifeng can be regarded as conquered. By the way, we will find something to do for the court.
Now, the embankment of the Yellow River has opened, and he saw with his own eyes that the Yellow River, which had already surged, rushed out of the gap.
With this amount of water, Liu Zongmin was certain that Kaifeng would be flooded.
For this reason, he breathed a sigh of relief and chatted and laughed with his guards. Kaifeng City was finally solved.
However, most of the bandits just looked at Kaifeng City in the distance silently in the dark night and did not speak.
As the lower class people, especially those in the Yellow River Basin, they know very well how much disaster it will bring if the water of the Yellow River bursts its banks.
Slowly, Liu Zongmin's talking and joking voices became quieter, and finally everyone stopped talking.
Because they found that, judging from the lights in Kaifeng City, it seemed that Kaifeng was flooded, but there was no chaos in Kaifeng.
The two fire dragons in the city have always been there. The torches on top of the city are still in order.
Liu Zongmin was very confused about this. What was going on? It was impossible that all the people in Kaifeng City were drowned in their sleep, right?
Looking at those lights, he was very puzzled because this idea was actually very unreasonable.
However, if the people in Kaifeng City are already on guard and can guard against such a raging Yellow River water, he doesn't believe it. Because with this amount of water, it will be too late if you just cram it in!
It can’t be said that the city of Kaifeng has long been prepared to prevent flooding in Kaifeng, right?
However, this idea was only expressed after the general left. Even I didn't think of it beforehand, so Sun Gouguan could have thought of it?
To be honest, Liu Zongmin didn't believe it, because it would take a lot of manpower and material resources to prevent such a large amount of water. If it were possible, who would be so full that they would do this!
Didn't this happen in the previous two attacks on Kaifeng City? Sun Gouguan could have calculated that Kaifeng would be flooded this time?
Liu Zongmin couldn't figure it out, so he waited for daylight to see the specific situation. Maybe it was because his vision was not good at night that he couldn't find more.
He dug the dam of the Yellow River only in the middle of the night, so he didn't have to wait too long before dawn.
I saw that the lower areas around Kaifeng City were completely flooded.
The water of the Yellow River has overflowed the Bianhe River embankment and is still flowing out. Everywhere you look, there are swamps.
However, at the top of Kaifeng City, the imperial officers and soldiers were still there, not moving around randomly.
Just by looking at this movement, I know that Kaifeng City has not been flooded!
When Liu Zongmin saw the situation clearly, he couldn't help but feel dumbfounded and very unwilling.
The surprise attack did not succeed, and the flood of Kaifeng did not succeed. What a bad year!
So what did Sun Gouguan do? To achieve this?
Unwilling to give up, he was helpless. Seeing that there was still no panic in Kaifeng City, Liu Zongmin could only order the cavalry to set off and report to Li Zicheng.
At the top of the city of Kaifeng, Sun Chuanting looked down at the two rivers in the city with an expressionless face.
Although he had guessed it and it seemed that he had a clever plan, he was not happy.
When the Yellow River burst its banks, Kaifeng Mansion and the entire lower reaches were flooded. The people in Kaifeng City saved their lives, but how many people in the lower reaches died because they didn't expect it!
Also, the world was already difficult, but now a large area of land is flooded, and who knows how many people will starve to death? There will also be a plague, which will definitely follow!
This traitor's move is so wicked! From now on, I will definitely catch Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Liu Zongmin myself, and I will definitely chop them all into pieces!
Now the people in Kaifeng City are also besieged by floods and cannot get out of the city. However, it is possible to send people to leave in rowing boats to report the news.
Because the thieves have receded, all that's left is floods.
It is estimated that the people in Kaifeng will not be able to return to normal until winter freezes or the Yellow River dries up. Only then can manpower be allocated to repair the embankments of the Yellow River.
The battle of Kaifeng finally came to an end and was defended.
The purpose of coming here has been achieved, and it’s time for me to return to Beijing to pay my order!
Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting called Gao Mingheng and others who had survived the disaster, and told them their plans. Gao Mingheng was responsible for Kaifeng city defense, and he would personally report their contributions to the emperor.
When the people of Kaifeng learned that Sun Chuanting was leaving, they all came to see him off, regardless of the ordinary people or the gentry.
When Sun Chuanting first came to Kaifeng, they actually had some objections to Sun Chuanting. Especially the squires, who secretly scolded Sun Chuanting's eighteenth generation ancestors countless times.
Not only did they send their families to the north of the Yellow River, but they also wasted the uncooked grain outside the city. They even robbed everyone in the city of their grain, and they were going to do some kind of centralized distribution...
In short, everything that happened after Sun Chuanting arrived in Kaifeng made them unhappy.
However, slowly, as time goes by, everything Sun Chuanting did eventually proved to be the right thing!
If Sun Chuanting hadn't evacuated the old and the weak, and if all the food hadn't been arranged centrally, the tragedy of eating tree bark and exchanging children for food would have happened long ago in Kaifeng City!
Not to mention, Sun Chuanting's miraculous calculation once again saved everyone in the city. To put it bluntly, even the rats in Kaifeng City are probably worshiping Sun Chuanting's rank.
Everyone in Kaifeng felt even more guilty when they thought that they had misunderstood and scolded Sun Chuanting before.
As a result, almost all the people in the city, including the King of Zhou, came out to send Sun Chuanting away.
Sun Chuanting looked at all this, and he didn't know if he was born with a dead fish face, but he didn't have any expression. He just said to them: "I just came to guard the city according to the order and fulfilled my duty. If you really want to thank me,
, If you really want to be grateful, thank me, Emperor Ming! It was His Majesty who sent me here, and it was Your Majesty who gave me guidance. I am just following orders!"
When people nearby heard this, they spread the word far away. It didn't take long before all the people in Kaifeng knew about it.
Suddenly, in terms of respect for Emperor Chongzhen, it is estimated that among all the cities in the world, Kaifeng is the most devout!
The emperor's brilliance and martial prowess were deeply engraved into their bones at this moment.
But they also knew what was good and what was good, and knew that Sun Chuanting had made great contributions.
After all, officials in some places, even if they follow orders, cannot do so well, and they may even take the opportunity to loot the place.
However, when Sun Chuanting came, he only brought a hundred horse guards. Now that he left, he still only brought a hundred horse guards. Based on this, how many officials can do it?
Under their watch, Sun Chuanting took the King of Zhou's ship and took his bodyguard with him to the north bank of the Yellow River first, and then took the land route via Wei Hui to the capital.