This sudden flood stunned both warring parties at the same time.

In view of the huge losses they suffered, both sides almost unanimously believed that this was an attack by the other side.

The Ming army's camp of the West Route Army, which was closest to the flood, suffered the most losses. Hundreds of people were missing. All the supplies and supplies in the camp were destroyed. The artillery camp that the West Route Army managed to put together was almost destroyed.

, except for the people who escaped, all the cannons and ammunition in the artillery camp were swept away by the flood.

This is also because their artillery battalions are basically three-pounders, which are too light in weight. They need to replace them with the rapid-fire mountain artillery battalion directly under the military and political yamen. The gun body weighs more than a thousand kilograms. Even if it is washed away by the flood, it will definitely not be able to wash away much.

When the flood recedes, it can always be dug out of the mud not far away, and it can still be used after some digging and pulling.

But the three-pounder cannon is easy to say. Not to mention that although the flood has weakened now, no one knows where it was washed away.

However, the camp of the East Route Army was some distance away from the camp of the West Route Army. This distance gave them enough buffer time. Compared with the West Route Army, which suffered hundreds of casualties, the camp of the East Route Army was much nicer.

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Although there were still a lot of losses in baggage, food, grass and various equipment, the number of people was basically the same. After counting the number of people, Li Zicheng discovered to his surprise that except for a dozen guys who hid somewhere to sleep when the flood came, the entire East Road

Basically, all military camps were spared from the flood this time.

As for the main army camp further away, it goes without saying that by the time the flood reached them, it had become much calmer, so that they still had enough time to move their baggage and artillery positions, although they were still in a hurry.

However, the cannons they saved and transferred finally maintained the only long-range firepower for the entire Ming army.

The Ming army's experience in the face of this sudden flood was not good, but it was not too miserable either.

At least, they were much better off compared to what happened to Hou Jin's army.

Although Gushan Fort has always existed as a stronghold and military fortress of the Later Jin Dynasty, from the perspective of the Later Jin Dynasty, it was obviously just to maintain a deterrent against the Kuandian Swamp, and it was enough to have the Zhenjiang Fort that originally belonged to them.

Therefore, whether it is scale, defense, or even the various strategic materials stored, they are far inferior to Zhenjiang Fort. To put it harshly, when it comes to defense, they are closer to Zhenjiang Fort.

Phoenix City in the Kuandian Everglades is a little better, but in terms of scale, they are actually not as good as Phoenix City, which is the logistics transfer base for the entire Kuandian Everglades.

This is doomed that Huang Taiji and his army cannot all be stationed in Gushan Fort.

When the flood came, there were basically camps of the Hou Jin army around Gushan Fort close to the city wall. However, the flood didn't care whether the camps inhabited by troops belonged to the Ming army or the Hou Jin. They just came roaring,

Directly destroying all obstacles in front of them.

Of course, it would be too difficult for these floods to destroy Gushan Fort, but the floods cleared away the debris around the military fort. Flood said that this was still no problem.

What's more terrible is that the Ming army is the attacking party. When the flood comes, they can choose to retreat or move to higher ground. They have enough space to avoid danger. However, the Houjin army under the Gushan Castle is not like this.

Good luck.

They were on the defensive side, with the flood in front and the tall city wall of Gushan Fort behind them. The flood gave them little time to react, even though countless ropes and everything that could pull people down had been dropped on the wall.

The number of people who were dragged out alive was less than one tenth compared to the number of people washed away by the flood.

The Ming army, who had had a lucky escape, stood on a high place and saw the tragic situation on the other side of the water. They were all happy and gloating. This is like a person who originally thought he was very unlucky, and then raised his head and suddenly found that his opponent was worse than his opponent.

I was even more unlucky, and I couldn't hide my joy no matter how hard I tried.

Except for the top generals of the Ming army, all the Ming army were very happy.

However, the generals of the battalions headed by Jiang Wan really couldn't be happy.

Because they were worried that this was a poisonous plot by the Tatars, and their foothold was unstable after avoiding danger, each battalion sent out troops to guard against a sneak attack by the Tatars. At the same time, each battalion had to count the number of people, count the losses, and redistribute

Food, grass, weapons and other resources.

The generals were very busy.

There is no need to worry about ordnance and weapons for the time being, but food is in urgent need. Nearly two-thirds of the military rations were washed away by floods, and it is not known whether the food and grass transportation in Phoenix City will be hindered by the floods. The entire

The army's rations suddenly became tight.

The main army that had not suffered any losses immediately provided support to other fraternal armies with their rich supplies of food, grass, and weapons. At the same time, the armies of the West Route Army and the East Route Army, which were almost only taking refuge with weapons, needed to immediately obtain

placement.

The spring in Liaodong is not as gentle as that in the south of the Yangtze River. Let alone water, even if there is no water, it is normal to put the army in the wilderness without cover and freeze to death overnight.

In short, everything became extremely chaotic because of this sudden flood.

Jiang Wan was extremely busy.

After confirming that the Tartars suffered greater losses than himself, Jiang Wan felt a little relieved. However, while dealing with the chaotic situation of his own army, he sent out troops in the direction of the flood and the wind direction of Phoenix City.

A troop of troops inspected the situation.

To check the origin of the flood, we naturally wanted to confirm the origin of the flood and even catch the culprit. The purpose of sending troops to Phoenix City was to make sure that the safety of Phoenix City was safe and that the distance between Phoenix City and the camp was safe.

Food and military routes are still open.

Only after these two things were confirmed could he truly feel relieved.

In the afternoon, the two troops sent out received news.

The sudden flooding was caused by the river bursting its banks, and judging from the scale and direction of the river bursting its banks, it was basically certain that this was man-made.

Fortunately, the direction of the flood was only in the direction of Gushan Fort. The grain and military roads leading to Phoenix City were not affected, and no trace of the enemy was found along the way. Regardless of whether someone deliberately broke the embankment and released water, at least at this moment.

The rear of the Ming army is safe.

After hearing about the situation in the camp here, Phoenix City has urgently allocated a batch of military uniforms, shoes, hats, and food and grass to be transported over. This batch of supplies will arrive at the Ming Army camp in three days at the latest.
Chapter completed!