Chapter 5722: Death

Bohai Bay, Wuya warship.

Zhan Ying was dressed in military uniform. He was not looking at the battle map, but at a lunar calendar.

March 28th...

He kept repeating this date in his mind.

Wanyan Ku stood aside for a long time, and finally couldn't help but said: "Zhan Shuai, you have been looking at this old lunar calendar for almost an hour. What's wrong with March 28th?"

Today is March 16th, and there are still twelve days to March 28th.

Wanyan Ku thought, is March 28th Zhan Ying's birthday? Or this day has an important meaning to him.

Zhan Ying put down the old lunar calendar and set his eyes on the human world map.

He said slowly: "After the beginning of spring, the ice and snow of Kunlun Mountain in the west will melt, and a large amount of water will flow into the inland rivers, mainly from the Yangtze River in the south and the Huangyan River in the north into the East China Sea.

This wave of floods is called Taohua flood.

This year's Taohua flood will reach its peak around March 28th."

Wanyan Ku, who was born in the northern part of the Great Wall, did not know what Taohua flood was.

At this moment, the capital was in a war crisis, and he couldn't understand why Zhan Ying was paying attention to Taohua flood.

Zhan Ying did not explain much to Wanyan Ku.

He stood in front of the map and drew a long dividing line with a charcoal pencil.

This line was almost drawn along the Huangyan River, dividing the entire map into two.

Then, he heavily tapped the charcoal pencil on Yingzhou.

He said bitterly: "Not enough time. Xu Kai, Xu Kai, you disrupted all my plans! You are a sinner for all ages!"

Zhan Ying was quite unwilling in his heart.

According to the original plan, Niangzi Pass should not have been breached so early.

Being breached three months in advance made Zhan Ying feel that the direction of this catastrophe had gradually slipped out of his control.

Zhan Ying's plan was that Xu Kai could hold out until June or July this year, and then the battle for the capital would be launched.

In mid-to-late August, he would use the autumn flood of the Huangyan River to dig up the Huayuankou and Huanghukou of Yingzhou, forming a large-scale Yellow River flooding area in Hebei Province, which would not only severely damage the Heavenly Realm Army, but also smoothly delay the catastrophe until next summer.

However,

Xu Kai lost Niangzi Pass, which put the entire human defense line in a passive position.

The two defense lines of Shanhaiguan and Yumenguan, which had not yet been breached, had to be transferred and retreated in advance.

The most fatal thing was that according to the current offensive of the Anwenxiu Department of the Heavenly Realm, the battle for the capital would be decided in the next few days.

Zhan Ying could only change the autumn flood to the peach blossom flood in March.

There was a difference of five months between the peach blossom flood and the autumn flood.

After the autumn flood, it was winter, and the Heavenly Realm could no longer use troops to the south.

However, it is just the beginning of spring, and the peach blossom flood can only delay the offensive of the heaven for two months at most. At the latest in July and August, the An Wenxiu troops of the heaven will be able to cross the Huangyan River and attack the Central Plains.

The water level of the Huai River is far less than that of the Huangyan River. Even if the Huai River is dug up at that time, it will not be able to stop the heavenly army.

Before the beginning of winter this year, the heavenly army may be able to fight to the north bank of the Yangtze River and confront Jinling City.

After such a long time of fighting, Zhan Ying felt powerless for the first time.

However, Zhan Ying felt that the human world has not reached the point of exhaustion.

This time, his fleet will take away the human defenders of Shanhaiguan.

At that time, the two armies of the heaven will be merged into one place.

But the number and combat power of these two armies are not as good as the western army stationed outside Yumen Pass at this moment.

As long as Zhao Zian can hold back the millions of western army led by Phantom, then this battle will still be fought.

Zhan Ying set his sights on the location of Kunlun Pass.

He murmured, "Zhao Zi'an, you can't retreat anymore! You must defend Kunlun Pass. Otherwise, the world will fall into a more passive situation!"

At the same time, Yingzhou.

Zhao Xianfeng has arrived in Yingzhou.

At this moment, there are many rafts and boats on the surface of the Huangyan River in Yingzhou, and there are also more than a dozen simple floating bridges.

Lines of troops and civilians are retreating to Henan.

Zhao Xianfeng

is the only one who came out of the capital. He is not trying to live in disgrace, but to be the eternal sinner.

Zhao Xianfeng looked at the turbid river water rolling by, and his heart was filled with emotion.

In the past year, he came here secretly to survey several times, and knew what kind of disaster would be brought to the people of the Central Plains once the dike was dug.

But he had to do it.

"Zhan Ying! Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go!"

He attributed all the blame for this matter to Zhan Ying.

At least before Zhan Ying appeared, the civil and military officials in the court had never thought of digging the river dike to stop the enemy.

A large number of troops have already sealed off the two areas of Huanghukou and Huayuankou.

Barrels of black gunpowder have also been secretly transported to these two places.

As long as the capital falls and a large number of heavenly troops arrive at the north bank of the Huangyan River, Zhao Xianfeng will ignite the black gunpowder and perish together with the enemy.

The third day of the battle in the capital.

The two sides fought fiercely for two days and two nights. With the advantages of numbers and terrain, the human soldiers still did not lose the defense line on the top of the city.

Dense rain of arrows poured down, and rotating diamond umbrellas were sent out from the enemy formation.

The two sides fought back and forth, and it was difficult to tell who was better.

On the fourth day, several sections of the city wall in the south city were captured by the enemy.

The human soldiers organized several groups of death squads, but still failed to take it back.

His Majesty the Emperor knew that he had little time left.

He issued a desperate order.

Die with honor.

He would never leave a huge city to the enemy, and he would never let his people become food for the six-legged evil beasts in the heaven.

Everyone was armed, and those who could not hold a kitchen knife chose to commit suicide.

On this day, in many houses in the capital, there were elderly people hanging themselves on the beams.

Many young ladies who had avoided being spoiled were slowly floating along with the rope.

Many babies who are waiting to be fed have stopped crying forever and are in the arms of their mothers.

Pass peacefully.

Zhao Mansion.

Zhao Zian's wife, Princess Yuyang, burst into tears while holding her five-year-old son.

"Child, don't blame your mother..."

This is her and Zhao Zian's only child, but at this moment there is a dagger stuck in his chest.

The dagger was inserted by Young Master Yuyang himself.

At the beginning of last year, it was possible to send his youngest son out of the capital and take a boat to Yizhou, but Zhao Zian did not agree.

After Princess Yuyang killed her son, she wiped away her tears and took the sword handed over by a young man.

There is blood on the sword.

The body of another seven or eight-year-old boy was brought to the crown prince by his servants.

The blood on the sword belongs to that boy.

This is Zhao Zian's second son, born to his maidservant. He is eight years old this year.

He died by his brother's sword.

It was the young man who handed the sword to Princess Yuyang.

Princess Yuyang looked at the handsome young man next to her who was covered in blood.

Said: "Fu'er, you can't die. Although you are a concubine, you are the eldest son and grandson of the Zhao family. You must live."

The thirteen-year-old boy shook his head gently and said, "Just because I am the eldest son of Zhao, I cannot disgrace the Zhao family's reputation. Mother, Fu'er is willing to die with you."

Princess Yuyang laughed miserably and stretched out her hand to caress the stepson she had never liked.

Then, he led more than 300 people from Zhao Fu to guard the courtyard, servants and maids, carrying long swords, iron forks, kitchen knives... and walked out of the mansion.

Not long after, a raging fire broke out in the mansion behind him.

The streets that were crowded three days ago now have few regular soldiers in sight.

Civilians continued to gather with crude weapons.

Thousands of eunuchs and maids in the palace, after setting the palace on fire, also appeared on Zhuque Street carrying crude weapons.

Most of the capital began to burn.

This is the last battle, and everyone knows they won't survive until tomorrow.