xymnovel Chapter 452 The dike breaks! Flooding Qianyuan County!
Chapter 452 The dike breaks! Flooding Qianyuan County!
Beneath the walls of Qianyuan County, the Yellow Turban army's offensive surged like a tidal wave. On the city walls, the defending soldiers, though valiant, could not withstand this overwhelming force.
Arrows rained down, and stone cannons roared; each loud bang seemed to proclaim the brutality of the attackers.
The people in the city hid under their houses or sought refuge in the corners of the city, their fear evident in their expressions, praying to God for a chance to survive.
Meanwhile, the Yellow Turban Army, marching towards Feihong Peak, kicked up dust as they went, their hoofbeats and war drums weaving together into a majestic battle song.
Everyone firmly believed that after this battle, the world would be transformed.
Along the way, the mountains rise and fall, shrouded in clouds and mist, and the summit of Feihong Peak seems to be the end of the sky.
There, the dragon flag of the Great Qian Emperor fluttered in the wind.
At that very moment, a secret order from the Suspended Mirror Bureau of the Great Qian Dynasty, like a whispering wind, silently reached several heavily guarded embankments along the Hanlan Cangjiang River.
At this moment, on the banks of the Hanlan Cangjiang River, the generals of the Daqian army had solemn expressions and heavy looks in their eyes.
They knew that this action was not only about the outcome of the battle, but also about the safety of countless lives.
However, they could not disobey the emperor's command and were bound by the fate of the nation. They could only grit their teeth and turn their reluctance into decisive action.
With each deep command, the soldiers began to move like machines, carrying boulders, wielding shovels, and pulling ropes, making tense but orderly final preparations before the breach.
An extremely oppressive atmosphere permeated the air, as if time itself had frozen at that moment.
Finally, everything was ready, just waiting for that final moment.
The generals exchanged glances, each seeing a resolute determination in the other's eyes.
"For the sake of the Great Qian Dynasty!"
Then, they all raised their weapons at the same time.
The sound was like thunder, shaking the heavens and the earth, as if it would sweep away the gloom in the world.
"Boom!"
Accompanied by several deafening roars, like thunder at the dawn of creation, the mighty Hanlan Cangjiang River, a flood beast that had slumbered for millennia, finally bared its ferocious fangs and roared angrily at Qianyuan County. Tch.
As several deep and resonant horn sounds rang out, it was as if the most ancient incantation in the world had awakened the sleeping behemoth.
At that moment, the air seemed to freeze, time stood still, and all things waited quietly for that earth-shattering moment.
Countless towering waves burst forth from several breaches, like wild horses running rampant, carrying destructive power and ravaging everything along the coast.
At that moment, the river water surged like an angry dragon emerging from the sea, with towering waves rising into the air, carrying the power to destroy everything, and surging towards Qianyuan County.
The river raged, like a furious god, wantonly unleashing its anger and power.
Countless towering waves surged forth, one after another, like the most magnificent painting in the world, yet carrying endless death and destruction.
The river, carrying mud, sand, rocks, and even washed-down trees and houses, formed an unstoppable torrent that swept away everything in its path, swallowing up all living things and buildings along its way.
The river surged like a raging dragon, carrying devastating power, and launched a fierce attack on the Yellow Turban army.
The hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers appeared so small in the face of this devastating flood.
Countless Yellow Turban banners fluttered in the gale, as if in their last struggle before the end of the world, but ultimately could not stop the monstrous waves from engulfing them.
Amidst the flood, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban army panicked and fled in all directions.
Countless soldiers were swallowed by the raging flood. Their figures appeared and disappeared in the floodwaters, eventually turning into bubbles and vanishing into the endless torrent.
The Yellow Turban generals in the camp watched helplessly as their soldiers were swallowed by the flood.
Despair and helplessness welled up in his heart, and his eyes were filled with endless grief and resentment.
Moreover, amidst this despair, some observant individuals noticed something unusual.
They discovered that before the floodwaters breached the dikes, Meng Zhang and Ouyang Jing's armies, which had slowed their advance much earlier, had already disappeared behind the Yellow Turban army.
They avoided the direct impact of the flood from a great distance, as if they had known in advance that this disaster was coming.
This discovery made the Yellow Turban generals even more desperate.
However, no matter how much they struggled and fought, the raging floodwaters continued to rage mercilessly.
Like a raging beast, it devours all living things and buildings.
The Yellow Turban army's battle flags swayed precariously in the floodwaters, eventually turning into fragments and disappearing into the endless torrent.
The Yellow Turban army, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, had been driving the Great Qian army into a series of defeats since its founding.
In this man-made disaster, it vanished into nothingness in an instant!
Qianyuan County City, once a prosperous and fortified city, now appears so fragile and vulnerable under the ravages of the flood.
The city walls teetered on the brink of collapse under the onslaught of the giant waves, and the people inside the city panicked and fled in all directions, trying to find a glimmer of hope for survival.
The city walls teetered on the brink of collapse under the onslaught of the giant waves, and the people inside the city panicked and fled in all directions, trying to find a glimmer of hope for survival.
However, faced with this raging flood, human power seemed so insignificant, like an ant before nature, helpless and desperate.
At this moment, Qianyuan County was in chaos and panic.
In the midst of the flood, both the brilliance and darkness of humanity were laid bare.
Some people abandon their companions and escape alone in order to survive; others step forward at this critical moment of life and death, using their own flesh and blood to build a line of defense for others.
However, both greed and courage seem so insignificant in the face of this raging flood, as if it were a merciless judgment of humankind by nature.
However, at this perilous moment, behind the Yellow Turban army, there was already a scene of orderly progress.
Ouyang Jing, Xuan Tong Daoist, and their troops, who had long since retreated to a safe area behind the Yellow Turban army and were in some higher-lying areas of Qian Yuan County, looked solemnly at the distant breaching of the dike, which seemed to be about to topple the sky, their hearts filled with complex thoughts.
"Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs."
The Taoist master sighed softly, his gaze piercing through the chaos of the mortal world, fixed on the battlefield ravaged by the flood.
This battle is beyond human control; the overall situation is beyond the reach of any one person.
However, even so, he was unwilling to give up easily.
After all, there are countless innocent lives on this battlefield, waiting for their redemption.
"Pass down the order to the soldiers of the Xuantian Guard to do their utmost to rescue the trapped civilians."
Master Xuantong spoke solemnly to the Dharma Protector Chong Heqing beside him.
Although he knew this was futile, as a Taoist, he still had a bottom line.
Let's try to save as much as we can.
Upon hearing this, Chong Heqing nodded in agreement and then turned around to relay the order.
The soldiers of Xuantian Guard also sprang into action, doing their utmost to rescue the trapped civilians.
Although they knew this was a drop in the ocean, at this critical moment, they were willing to use their meager strength to protect those innocent lives.