Chapter 890: The Rain of Kaifeng, the Water of the Yellow River

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When it rains in Luoyang, it is also raining in Kaifeng.

Since learning that the Hu Ben Army conquered Luoyang and King Fu was "unknown", the atmosphere in Kaifeng City has been quite strange. Ordinary people at the bottom, including those refugees who fled from outside, are of course eager to see the Hu Ben Army liberate Kaifeng and change their current predicament. However, the upper-class people were in panic all day long, fearing that the Hu Ben Army would really come to attack Kaifeng and turn everything they currently have into vanish.

In order to prevent accidents, Henan Governor Yu Yinggui and Kaifeng General Chen Yongfu issued martial law orders in the city. After nightfall, it is strictly forbidden for idle people to appear on the streets. If they are caught, they will be punished for communicating with the enemy. Even during the day, a large number of officials patrolled back and forth on the streets to supervise everyone's movements. For a time, everyone in the entire Kaifeng city was in danger, and Zhang Zhun's slutiness changed.

However, the government's various high pressures and various news even further aroused the determination of resistance from the lower-level people. They secretly colluded in the corners that the government could not see, waiting for the arrival of the Hu Ben Army. Some of the brave ones also used various excuses to escape from Kaifeng City and join the Hu Ben Army in advance.

This heavy rain completely soaked half of Kaifeng City in water. The disrepaired sewer could not completely fade so much water, causing the water level in the city to accumulate higher and higher. In the end, even the square in front of the governor's office was full of knee-deep water. Many people said that flooding Kaifeng City was definitely not a good thing.

Since the north of Kaifeng is the surging Yellow River, and the water level of the Yellow River is much higher than the ground level of Kaifeng, every time it rains heavily and the water level of the Yellow River rises, Kaifeng City must send people to the embankment to check the water level and take countermeasures. This is a task that cannot be neglected. Otherwise, if the Yellow River lacks a dam, Kaifeng City will be flooded by the rolling Yellow River water.

As the governor of Henan, Yu Yinggui also had to go on a walk on the bank of the Yellow River and reminded his subordinates to pay attention to the safety of the embankment. After returning from the border of the Yellow River, his hands and feet were covered in yellow mud, and his body was dirty, and he felt very uncomfortable.

When he hung his head and returned to the Governor's Office and sat down, he felt very uncomfortable. He looked at the Yellow River and felt very uncomfortable. When he returned to the Governor's Office, he saw the emergency documents on the table. Sometimes, Yu Yinggui even wanted to be uncomfortable by the Yellow River and was not willing to come back to the Governor's Office and felt uncomfortable.

So many urgent documents are actually the same content. It is to learn from the "reliable" channels that the Hu Ben Army is going to launch an attack on Kaifeng City, and the direction of the attack is still on the Yellow River. What does this mean? Yu Yinggui once conducted a detailed study. His final conclusion was that the Hu Ben Army might have to blow up the Yellow River embankment and flood Kaifeng City.

In the history of Kaifeng, it is not uncommon for the entire city to be almost destroyed due to the flooding of the Yellow River. It can be said that before the Yellow River is diverted, the safety of Kaifeng City was really too dangerous. Especially during the flood season, the Yellow River water hanging high above its head was simply a nightmare for Kaifeng officials, and no one dared to take it lightly.

Fortunately, in the past few years, the Central Plains region has been continuously drought and the Yellow River water has greatly reduced, so Kaifeng City has been over a stable period. But now, it has started to rain again, and the water level of the Yellow River has begun to rise slowly. With the threat of the Hu Ben Army, Yu Yinggui only felt that he was as big as a fight and didn't know how to deal with it.

"Zhang Zhun..."

"Tiger Army..."

Sitting on the chair of the Grand Master, Yu Yinggui muttered to himself, and his mind felt blank. In fact, he wanted to think about something seriously, but for some reason, his thinking was just not obeying control and he couldn't think about what he wanted to think. His thoughts could only be wandering around without any reins.

Yu Yinggui is the most familiar with the name Zhang Zhun! When Zhang Zhun made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace in Shandong, he was the prefect of Jinan Prefecture. Fortunately, before Zhang Zhun occupied Jinan Prefecture, he successfully operated successfully and became the governor of Henan. Looking back on the past, Yu Yinggui felt that his mouth was only bitter.

When he was in Shandong, Zhu Dadian took action and was unable to kill Zhang Zhun. Now, Zhang Zhun's wings are already full, and it is too difficult for him to kill Zhang Zhun. Yu Yinggui asked himself that his military level is far worse than Zhu Dadian. In other words, Kaifeng is destined to be a dead city.

Speaking of running away, Yu Yinggui really wanted to escape, and escaping to Jiangnan was a good choice. However, if the King of Zhou is here, can he run away? Unless the King of Zhou follows him, otherwise, losing the vassal king is definitely a death sentence among the death penalty! Even if he can run out of Kaifeng City, he still cannot avoid the severe punishment of the court.

What should I do if I can't fight but run away? Yu Yinggui thought about it, but never thought of any good idea. Now he regretted it. If he had known that Zhang Zhun was so fast, he wouldn't have come to Henan to be the governor. It would be better to find a prefect to be a prefect in Jiangnan! No matter what kind of prefecture, as long as he could avoid Zhang Zhun and the Hu Ben Army.

No wonder when he was the governor of Henan, almost no one fought for him. It turned out that others had long estimated that the position of the governor of Henan was a hot potato. It was easy to sit on it, but it was difficult to get off. For example, he is now full of trouble!

"Where is Sun Chuanting?"

"Come here! Please ask Lord Sun Chuanting and Lord Sun!"

Suddenly, Yu Yinggui remembered something and shouted hurriedly.

Yu Yinggui is indeed not very good at military command. Chen Yongfu, the general under his command, seemed to be half a bucket of water. This guy was confident in defending the city. The soldiers in the *** were considered as if they were to go out of the city to fight the Hu Ben Army, or lead the army to Luoyang, he shook his head desperately. At the moment, he could only ask Sun Chuanting for advice. After all, Sun Chuanting had been on the front line of pacifying bandits for a long time and had rich military command experience.

Sun Chuanting was stranded in Kaifeng City by heavy rain. His mission had been completed. However, he couldn't leave even if he wanted to leave, so he had to delay for a long time. Hearing Yu Yinggui looking for him, Sun Chuanting, who was bored, soon arrived. After listening to Yu Yinggui's cry, Sun Chuanting said in disbelief: "You said, Zhang Zhun was so arrogant and said he wanted to attack and open the fining?"

Yu Yinggui hurriedly said: "That's true. This is the information we have obtained from multiple aspects. There will be no mistakes. Zhang Zhun has already expressed this in public."

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said, "There must be a fraud here. The basic essence of military strategy is to surprise and attack him unpredictable. How can you speak out and publicly say that you want to attack Kaifeng? Is he going to remind you to strengthen the defense of Kaifeng? The soldiers are never tired of cheating, and Zhang Zhun is probably lying to you. If you scare you away, he will get Kaifeng City without bloodshed."

Otherwise, Zhang Zhun reserved a place for Sun Chuanting, this guy is indeed a talent. From the perspective of military command alone, in the late Ming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting's ability was definitely the first-class, even better than his master Hong Chengchou. Sun Chuanting could see through Zhang Zhun's scaring strategy at a glance.

However, Sun Chuanting saw through Zhang Zhun's plan, which was useless, because Yu Yinggui didn't believe it at all! Sun Chuanting was a bystander, so he could see clearly and clearly. However, Yu Yinggui, who was in the chime, was not so calm. The governor did not think so naively that Kaifeng City was not in danger.

In Yu Yinggui's opinion, Sun Chuanting was not concerned about his own affairs and was able to come to such a conclusion. He said it lightly that the Hu Ben Army would not attack. But what if the Hu Ben Army really came to attack? If the Hu Ben Army really came to attack, it would be too dangerous with Kaifeng's current garrison force.

Thinking of this, Yu Yinggui said with a little unnatural expression: "Governor Sun, I naturally agree with what you said. But what if Zhang Zhun really comes to attack?"

Sun Chuanting frowned and said, "Yu Futai, think carefully about how many troops the Hu Ben Army is, can they turn around?"

Yu Yinggui hesitated and said, "I would like to ask the Governor for advice."

Sun Chuanting said clearly: "Zhang Zhun must be bluffing, deliberately putting pressure on you, wanting you to give up Kaifeng. If you really give up Kaifeng, Zhang Zhun's strategy will succeed."

Yu Yinggui said with some concern: "But Kaifeng is very close to Shandong. There is information that in Cao County, there will be a large number of Hu Ben Army troops. If the Hu Ben Army cavalry advances east from Luoyang and the Hu Ben Army infantry advances west from Cao County, Kaifeng City will still be very dangerous!"

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said, "No. It is certain that the Hu Ben Army cavalry stationed in Luoyang will definitely not be able to attack and open the seal. They must stay to protect Luoyang. As for the Hu Ben Army troops near Cao County, there are at most one or two thousand people. Their main task is to protect the security of Shandong, rather than attack and open the seal."

Yu Yinggui asked suspiciously: "Why are you so sure?"

Sun Chuanting said calmly: "This is basic military common sense."

Yu Yinggui still had suspicion on his face.

Sun Chuanting was a little dissatisfied with Yu Yinggui's reaction. You came to me and asked about these things. I told you, but you didn't believe it. Then what are you asking me for? Are you trying to spend my time? If you want to make an official position, we are both of the same rank. You are the governor of Henan, I am the governor of Shaanxi, and we are all second-rank, why do I need to be spent by you?

However, in the end, Sun Chuanting took the initiative to relieve himself. After all, others were not professional military commanders, so it was not surprising that such a reaction was made. The Hu Ben Army conquered Luoyang, which really made the defenders of Kaifeng City very nervous. Just imagine that Luoyang has the Hu Ben Army, Shandong has the Hu Ben Army, and the Yellow River next to it, and the Hu Ben Army's gunships appear from time to time. There are Hu Ben Army activities on the east, west, and north. How could you be very calm?

After pondering for a moment, Sun Chuanting said slowly: "If you are worried, retreat all the nearby defenders to Kaifeng City. As long as there are 50,000 or 60,000 defenders in Kaifeng City and hedgehogs are integrated into a group, what are you still worried about the Hu Ben Army?"

Yu Yinggui thought about it, and retreated all the surrounding troops to Kaifeng. Tens of thousands of people gathered together. Unless the Hu Ben Army really lost the dike and flooded the city, it could stop it for a while. Thinking of the lack of dike, Yu Yinggui couldn't help but say, "If the Hu Ben Army digs the Yellow River embankment..."

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said without hesitation: "Don't worry! Zhang Zhun won't do such a conscience! You don't need to arrange too many troops when you are close to the Yellow River!"

Yu Yinggui was only a little relieved.

At this time, the rain gradually became smaller, and Sun Chuanting immediately said goodbye and left. He was still anxious to go back to Tongguan and report his collusion to Hong Chengchou. The matter of Kaifeng City will be left to you Yu Yinggui alone. You are the governor of Henan, who is not interested in? Now you know that this position is not easy to sit in?

"Sir, the prince asked you to come."

Yu Yinggui was thinking about it when suddenly his subordinates came to report.

"Oh, I'll go there right away."

Yu Yinggui came to his senses and said hurriedly.

After finishing the shower, Yu Yinggui changed into clean clothes again, and then came to the Zhou Palace uneasy. At this time, the rain had gradually become smaller, and only the drizzle of rain fell intermittently. King Zhou stood in front of the dripping eaves of the palace and listened silently to the rain.

At this time, the King of Zhou was named Zhu Gongye (xiao), who was nearly 60 years old. He inherited the title of King of Zhou in the first year of Tianqi and had been a prince in Kaifeng for more than ten years. Among so many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty royal family, the King of Zhou was considered relatively promising. He had profound attainments in medicine.

After asking Yu Yinggui to be exempted from the gift, Zhu Gongyi asked with concern: "Futai, there is news that Zhang Zhun is coming to attack and open the seal. Have you ever sent someone to verify it?"

Yu Yinggui said cautiously: "Reporting to the prince, there are indeed such rumors. The accuracy of the eye is above the top, and he took Luoyang and tasted the sweetness, he wanted to come and disturb Kaifeng."

Zhu Gongzi said with some concern: "If Zhang Zhun comes to attack, what will happen to Kaifeng?"

Yu Yinggui said resolutely: "I am determined to live and die with Kaifeng."

Zhu Gongye nodded with satisfaction.

Yu Yinggui followed and said, "The Prince of Good Teaching learned that Bei Zhi decided to concentrate all the defenders around Kaifeng in Kaifeng to defend. Sun Boya has already said that as long as Kaifeng is besieged, Hong Hengjiu will definitely send troops to aid."

Zhu Gongzi praised and said, "It's so good, so good, thank you for your hard work. Please reward me with some silver on behalf of me to the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and I say that I look forward to their performance."

After saying that, he clapped his hands gently, someone carried out 50,000 taels of silver and handed it to Yu Yinggui. Yu Yinggui stood up and thanked him, then said goodbye and left. After returning to the governor's office with the silver, Yu Yinggui habitually took out 10,000 taels by himself, and then handed over the remaining silver.

At this time, he was completely unaware that his future opponent, Li Yan, had already left Luoyang with the power granted by Zhang Zhun, and rode his horse towards Kaifeng at a speed of lightning.
Chapter completed!