Chapter 192: Flooded Kaifeng
"What? Water floods Kaifeng? Who did this?" After hearing that someone actually flooded Kaifeng, Ma Mingfeng was extremely shocked, because the situation today was actually very obvious. If there were no such things as water flooding Kaifeng, Li Zicheng would definitely be seriously injured. Li Zicheng, who was seriously injured, had no strength to fight against the morale official army.
Therefore, this time the Kaifeng defense battle will definitely win smoothly. In this way, Li Zicheng can only retreat to Shaanxi in the future. Even if he attacks the capital in the future, he can only occupy the entire southern and central plains, and it will not be affected at all. This will definitely be beneficial to the future revival of the Southern Ming Dynasty.
But now that the water floods Kaifeng, the entire Kaifengcheng will inevitably be destroyed. This strong city that has been built for hundreds of years is probably no longer able to stand proudly in the Central Plains. From then on, Li Zicheng can start from Shaanxi without any scruples and enter the capital, and the entire northern land can only change its ownership.
Therefore, it is obvious that flooding Kaifeng is definitely a foolish move, harming others and not being beneficial to oneself. Although it can stop the counterattack of the Investigation Army to a certain extent, and even bring certain losses to the Investigation Army without any preparation, it will cause the official army to lose the strong fortress of Kaifeng from now on, which is definitely a matter of not worth the loss.
It is precisely because of this that Ma Mingfeng felt extremely angry. The person who did this was simply brainless.
At this moment, Ma Mingfeng suddenly received bad news. When the flood was released, Henan General Zhang Shenghe was preparing to chase and kill the remaining enemies under the gate of Xicheng, but was directly swallowed up by the flood. Zhang Shenghe and the two thousand soldiers under his command were all buried at the bottom of the water, and none of them survived.
After Ma Mingfeng received the news, he felt very distressed. When he was the prefect of Kaifeng, Zhang Shenghe helped him train the Minzhuang camp. Later, after becoming the general of Henan, he even followed him to fight in the east and west, but he didn't expect to die here.
This made Ma Mingfeng even more hated the culprit of flooding Kaifeng. He really wanted to tear him to pieces to vent his hatred.
However, it is not difficult to find out who did it at this time. You just need to investigate who is not in Kaifeng City.
Just a moment later, Gao Mingheng found out who was not in Kaifeng, and that person was Huang Shu, the left governor of Henan.
"Hmph, I knew it would be this wolf-hearted thing!"
"It must be that he was jealous of the governor's achievements in repelling the thieves, so he used water to flood Kaifeng and snatched the credit that was thrown into his hands."
"Hehe, not just that? I guess he was also thinking about using the opportunity to flood Kaifeng to frame us. Think about it, if we were not in the high ground at that time, if we were fighting the thief army under the gate of Xicheng, or even the governor, what would happen?"
"Originally, according to the regulations, it was the Governor who led the Minzhuang camp to wipe out the thieves at the Xicheng Gate. Later, the General volunteered, and the Governor avoided a disaster."
"This dog thief's heart is so vicious..."
Everyone around him cursed at Huang Shu, and even the King of Zhou who rushed over after hearing the news was indignant and immediately expressed his intention to write a letter to the emperor to impeach Huang Shu.
At this time, he saw the Kaifeng prefect Jiang Pingjie suddenly said, "Although Huang Shu is the governor, he has no troops in his hands. How can he accomplish such a flood of Kaifeng? Who is he colluding with?"
But Ma Mingfeng gritted his teeth and said, "It must be a collusion with Yang Wenyue. This guy was ordered to come to support Kaifeng, but he did not dare to enter the city at all. He just secretly stationed in the former Xuanwuwei land 30 miles away from the city. It is estimated that because of the news that our army was about to launch a counterattack, he quietly came to Kaifeng outside and then participated in the flooding of Kaifeng in order to seek credit for himself."
After hearing this, Yu Zhenlong, who was standing aside, snorted coldly and said, "This Yang Wenyue has been to Henan since he was in charge of the commander Fu, and later went to Shaanxi, but he has never played any good role in the battlefield. In addition, the general Li Guoqi under his command is simply the second He Renlong. In fact, this Li Guoqi is not even as good as He Renlong. After all, He Renlong has made military achievements for the country. Where is he Li Guoqi? It is useless."
Hu Dawei, who was standing beside him, suddenly felt blushing when he heard Yu Zhenlong's words. No matter what, Yang Wenyue was once his superior, Li Guoqi and him were colleagues. These two people were so timid and afraid of fighting, even he felt ashamed.
But he saw Liu Zhaolin on the side and said, "This is thanks to General Tiger, otherwise all the people in Baoding would be lost by them."
Liu Zhaolin's words were naturally to protect the power of the tiger. Hu Dawei's heart was naturally clear, so his eyes looked at Liu Zhaolin full of gratitude.
At the same time, Hao Yaoqi, Yang Chengzu, Gao Jie and others all pleaded loudly, hoping to capture the culprits Huang Shu and Yang Wenyue.
Ma Mingfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Now there are floods everywhere, and Huang thieves and Yang thieves are on the high ground. We can't do anything to them. All of this is my fault. It's all my fault. I'm too confident at the beginning and didn't take Huang Shu seriously. If I had tried to squeeze him away from the beginning, I'm afraid that I wouldn't have happened today. Fortunately, the people migrated early. This time, the flood of Kaifeng will not cause any harm to the people. This is also a blessing in disgrace. However, from then on, Kaifeng City is over, and all our food and food resources have been washed away, so we can only find a way to take refuge in Lufeng or Nanjing."
After pausing, Ma Mingfeng said again: "Fortunately, the rebel army was also hit by the flood this time. It is estimated that all the rebel army camped at the Xicheng Gate were swallowed up by the flood. In addition, the rebel army was ambushed by us today. It is estimated that the rebel army has lost at least 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers today, which is definitely a heavy blow to them. I believe that after dawn, the rebel thieves will definitely order the retreat."
After listening to Ma Mingfeng's words, Jiang Pingjie sighed and said, "It seems that he has to do this. This damn Huang Shu and Yang Wenyue, we were able to be confident that this time we could launch a counterattack, causing the thieves to suffer heavy losses, so that he would never dare to peek at me in Kaifeng again. However, he did not expect that his flooding would have helped the thieves. From then on, Henan was barren for thousands of miles and could no longer become the thieves' worries. The thieves could attack the northern border with confidence. Alas, my Ming Dynasty had many disasters and difficulties, and I really don't know when it would be."
Chapter completed!