Chapter 688 Qingzhou Flood
As the Yellow River burst, a huge amount of water gushed out from the gap. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, a large area south of the Yellow River had become a swamp.
A large number of soldiers and civilians who did not have time to escape were drowned in the torrent, and there was no chance to struggle at all. The entire southern area of Pingyuan County was hit by the flood in a very short time.
Fortunately, the Han army had already reached the high ground before the Yellow River water arrived. The flood did not have much impact on the Han army, and the number of soldiers who died in the flood was less than expected.
But even so, Ma Su's face was extremely ugly.
"Pseudo-Wei... TMD dug up the Yellow River?"
As the mother river of China, the Yellow River has a very bad temper and often bursts. But now is the dry season of the Yellow River, and it is absolutely impossible for the Yellow River to burst at this time!
And most of the time, the Yellow River will not burst from here. At this time, the Yellow River suddenly bursts, and there is only one real culprit.
Cao Wei in the north took advantage of this opportunity to dig up the Yellow River!
This really made Ma Su angry. He never thought that the remnants of Cao Wei would be so crazy! Digging up the embankment of the Yellow River would affect the entire Qingzhou!
The place where Ma Su was located was located between the Yellow River and the Ji River, and the terrain was relatively flat. After the Yellow River was cut off, the water of the Yellow River would flow southward and merge into the Ji River, forming a yellow flood area in the entire northern Qingzhou.
This was a minimal blow to the Han army, and there was basically no strategic blow. But the people here will probably suffer from floods in the next few decades!
"Wei thieves are really daring!!" Ma Su was really angry this time. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't believe that Cao Wei would be so crazy!
"General, what should we do next?"
Faced with such a disaster, Jiang Wei was also a little confused. After being confused for a long time, they all looked at Ma Su and asked the backbone of the idea.
"Withdraw the Jishui River, write a letter to the prime minister, and quickly transfer supplies for disaster relief!" Faced with such a scene, Ma Su could only shake his head helplessly and said with gritted teeth.
"The Yellow River is closed, and the scope of the impact is too large! Now we must make every effort to prepare for the famine and plague that will appear next!"
Generally speaking, the impact of floods is not the greatest at the beginning. But because it caused large-scale destruction and death, the affected areas will suffer from famine and plague in the following years.
Although there is the Jishui River as a barrier, the Yellow River can only take the Jishui River into the sea at most, and the scope of the impact does not seem to be large. But just such a small area, Ji Han has to go all out to deal with it.
"Withdraw the troops! Cao Wei will settle accounts with them later, and disaster relief is the top priority now!" Ma Su gritted his teeth, and finally began to sigh and gave an order.
But at this moment, Ma Su also really felt the madness of Cao Wei. This bunch of crazy people, when they march north to Hebei in the future, they will be slaughtered by him, not a single one can be spared!
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When Ma Su was angry at the madness of Cao Wei and had to withdraw his troops first and prepare to withdraw forces for disaster relief, Guanqiu Jian, with red eyes, also returned to Hebei.
On the north bank, Sima Shi had brought people to meet him.
The moment he saw Sima Shi, Guanqiu Jian rushed up directly. Then, regardless of the difference in status, he grabbed Sima Shi's collar.
"Sima Shi! What the hell did you do!"
Ma Su was not the only one who was furious with the Yellow River's silence. As a general of Cao Wei, Guanqiu Jian was also furious with red eyes at this moment.
"It's just that I just walked all the way here and happened to find that the Yellow River was silent, that's all!" Sima Shi was extremely calm at this moment and answered expressionlessly.
"Do you think I'm a fool?" Guanqiu Jian's face flushed with anger, and he wanted to draw his sword to chop Sima Shi.
"How many people will be killed by your actions? How many people of Wei will be implicated! You are killing people!"
"You will make Wei lose the support of the people in the world, and let Your Majesty bear the infamy of the world!"
Guanqiu Jian was still a Confucian scholar and general, and he also had certain moral standards. It was precisely because of this that he was more angry than Ma Su when he saw his family doing such a thing.
"It's nothing, General Guanqiu." However, in the face of Guanqiu Jian's anger, Sima Shi still looked calm and said calmly.
"The people of Qingzhou...are no longer the people of Wei."
"As for the infamy...if we can defeat the Shu army and revive Wei, it will be worth it. Besides, there is a huge gap between our national strength and that of Western Shu, so we can only resort to this last resort."
"General Guanqiu should also understand..."
"Understand you ****..." Guanqiu Jian was so angry that he even drew his sword directly at Sima Shi.
But soon, his sword was taken away by Sima Shi's confidant and was directly pressed. Sima Shi did not say anything about this, but just glanced indifferently at the situation south of the Yellow River, then turned and left.
As the descendant of Sima Yi, how could Sima Shi not know the consequences of doing so? It was because he knew too well the consequences of the Yellow River's closure that he brazenly ordered the digging of the Yellow River.
With Ji Han's temperament, he would definitely do his best to rescue and provide disaster relief after the Yellow River closure. By then, this disaster area could not only block the Shu army from going north, but also involve a lot of energy from Western Shu.
This way, he will have more time to develop in Hebei.
So, what seemed so unbelievable to others was the most suitable option for Sima Shi.
As for whether it would trigger the anger and infamy of Western Shu... Sima Shi obviously couldn't care about it now. Right now, he had to prioritize the survival of the Sima family instead of caring about those empty things.
And anyway, the Cao family was still nominally in power, so if there was any infamy, it would be Cao Fang first.
Let the people suffer, and let your Majesty bear the infamy...
"With Ma Su's character, he would definitely not have the energy to analyze and attack us at this time. Let's take advantage of this time to concentrate all our efforts to completely wipe out the remnants of Cao Shuang, and then start preparing for the next war."
Sima Shi gave orders without looking back and began the next deployment. From beginning to end, he never looked at Qingzhou again.
Perhaps only such a person can be called the successor of Sima Yi, right?
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When Hebei was in chaos, the battle on the Huainan battlefield was going on vigorously.
Zhuge Liang personally led tens of thousands of troops, with Deng Ai as the vanguard, to the south to fight a decisive battle with the Eastern Wu. After deploying the large army in an ambush, Zhuge Liang immediately sent Deng Ai to lead 3,000 troops to lure the enemy forward.