Chapter 6725 Testing people’s hearts

Chapter 6725 Testing people’s hearts
When Zhuge Liang sent people to Kandahar for an on-site investigation, the flooding in Kandahar had already reached a very serious level. When Cao Cao built Kandahar, the ceramic sewer pipes built under the city not only did not drain water, but were even leaking out.

Half of the entire Kandahar city has been submerged in water, and Ardashir's main force is stationed on the high ground outside the city. Judging from the situation alone, Cao Cao's situation is now obviously unfavorable, and it seems that Ardashir's destiny is about to collapse.

However, things were quite different from what Zhuge Liang and others had thought. That is, this time the AI ​​Cao Sikong really did not intend to mess around. After receiving Zhuge Liang's warning, he even issued an advance warning to the people of Kandahar to prevent heavy rains.

However, it was useless. This rainstorm was essentially the result of the three empires suppressing the celestial phenomena.

According to the Indian Ocean monsoon, there should be some precipitation here in June, but under normal circumstances, the scale of this precipitation will not be large.

Due to the special nature of the Seraphic Ring disrupting the global climate, the theoretical precipitation in the Northern Guizhou region should have increased significantly this year, causing certain floods. However, in order to kill the locusts, the three major empires pressed this monsoon with moist rain in the Indian Ocean and have not started until now.

The monsoon blowing towards Beigui arrived two months later than before, and its intensity increased significantly because it had been brewing in the Indian Ocean for a longer time. The amount of rainfall it carried became even more outrageous. Under such circumstances, the climate inference made by Zhuge Liang about the Beigui region was actually quite wrong.

The previous speculation was actually only based on the overall impact of the Seraphim Ring on the world's climate. However, the climate problem now faced by the Northern Gui region is no longer just a problem of the Seraphim Ring. In fact, there is also the problem of celestial phenomena reversal caused by the three major empires fixing the celestial phenomena for a long time.

This is actually the problem that caused the Climate Committee of the three empires to prohibit Severus from messing around again, because no one can say for sure whether large-scale fixation of celestial phenomena will continue to cause more serious climate problems. However, judging from the current situation in Beigui, it will definitely happen.

In short, the current situation is very clear. AI Cao Cao will not be dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's plan because of emotions. Pure rationality makes him choose the most correct answer and notify the people under his rule in advance. But the same thing applies. Floods rarely occur in Beigui. Even when the Han Dynasty rebuilt the city here, they also built sewers according to the local conditions, but they have not been used for many years.

The descendants of the local Dayuezhi were even confused about the floods that Cao Cao mentioned, because most people here had probably never seen a flood in their lives. This was also the reason why they were very confused when Guan Yu flooded the seven armies in Altay. Most people here had never seen a flood.

Even though Cao Cao issued the correct order, when the heavy rain came, Cao Cao's rule still fell into chaos. The brothers of Beigui said that this was the first time in their lives that they had seen water pouring down from the sky. It was simply outrageous!
But no matter how outrageous it is, the area of ​​Kandahar was really flooded. As for the change of weather that Zhuge Liang and others wanted, it was pure nonsense. This was a climate problem created by the three empires together. Even if it was to be dealt with, it would take at least the size of an empire to delay it. Now with the limited manpower under Cao Cao, even if he was the best player in changing the weather, it would be of no use in facing this super-disaster climate. Xun Yu almost drained the spiritual reserves of the bureaucrats under his rule, but it was of no use.

Because it is impossible to stop the monsoon head-on, and it is also impossible to push the monsoon to the Himalayas faster, now the rain can only develop naturally in the direction of the monsoon. Moreover, due to the earlier misjudgment of Xun Yu and others, they thought they could block this wave of monsoon, and the explosive change in the weather caused the monsoon to stay in Kandahar for a few days, and then the sky was like a leak.

Anyway, due to some strange mistake, Kandahar is now in such a mess, and the city is almost submerged.
"Now we can only make the best of a bad situation." Xun You said with a very grim expression. Most of his mental power had been drained away by Xun Yu, and his condition was not very good. But things had come to this point, and Xun You felt that he could only make the best of a bad situation and let Ardashir see the hope of conquering Kandahar, stay here tightly, and then wait until Kabul is flooded!

"But if we keep dragging it out like this, we won't have much time left. The rain has greatly reduced the morale of our army." Chen Qun said with a rather gloomy expression, "Besides, the temperature in Kandahar has dropped drastically after the rain. Our army has some problems with warmth and waterproofing supplies. The only advantage is probably that Ardashir won't take the initiative to attack now."

Ardashir did not take the initiative to attack because the rain was too heavy. If he took the initiative to attack, he would have to face this kind of buff. It would be better for him to linger on the opposite hill and wait for the heavy rain and floods to end. Then he would rush over and make it impossible for Cao Cao to provide rescue for the flood. The plague and turmoil that followed would most likely give Ardashir the opportunity to take Kandahar.

However, Chen Qun and others are not worried about the latter, because the monsoon blows from the Indian Ocean to the Himalayas, so when it starts to rain in Kandahar, Kabul cannot escape. The water conservancy equipment in Kandahar cannot prevent the flooding. In Kabul, there are no flood control facilities in places like Ardashir, and the problem will only be more serious.

After all, the descendants of the Great Yuezhi and the Parthians in the north rarely saw floods, just like the reason why the housing construction requirements of northern Chinese are very different from those of southern Chinese. The environment and climate they have to deal with are different, so they have different demands on architecture.

In other words, Cao Cao's city of Kandahar was flooded into such a terrible state even though it had sewers. How terrible would Kabul be in a place that doesn't even have sewers?
Therefore, Kandahar is still confident of victory. It can be said that as long as they can survive this wave of heavy rain, they will win for free. But the problem is that the rain is so heavy, and the loss of agriculture is put aside. The loss of personnel alone is enough to give Xun Yu a headache.

In places like Beigui, in the 21st century, an occasional major flood would cause hundreds of thousands of people to be affected, hundreds of thousands to millions of acres of agricultural areas would be basically wiped out, and hundreds of people would be drowned. If it were the 3rd century, when the gap in flood control methods was even more obvious, the death toll would be even greater.

If many people died during the flood, plague would inevitably break out after the flood stopped. The problem of the plague alone was enough to make Cao Cao's forces feel terrified. Considering that after the flood was over, Cao Cao would have to attack Kabul with all his strength to complete his own strategy and solve the follow-up problems of the flood disaster, Xun Yu was overwhelmed.

"We need to form an epidemic prevention team and medical personnel now. The rain should stop within ten days, and the situation may not be as we think. It is impossible that Kandahar will clear up and Ardashir will receive the news of flooding in the rear when he wants to attack." Mao Jie said with some fatigue, "If you want to rely on destiny to achieve victory, I'm afraid it won't work."

The scale of the monsoon is too large. It is impossible for it to pass through Kandahar and then rush to the Kabul Valley and then let Kandahar go. According to the observation results of the climate personnel on Cao Cao's side, it is highly likely that Kandahar and Kabul will be in the same world at that time. That is, when it rains heavily in Kabul, the heavy rain in Kandahar has not ended yet, and both sides will be hit.

This led to a very bad result. When Ardashir received the message and retreated, if Cao Cao really wanted to fight, he had to follow him in the rain. In short, this situation was very bad, and it was very different from the situation that Xun Yu and others had estimated before.

"I suggest abandoning this plan." Chen Gong, who had been silent, said slowly, "When Kabul was hit by the flood, the rain did not stop here. Ardashir also retreated in the rain. We will also face the same risk if we pursue him. More importantly, it is still a question of how many troops we can mobilize at that time."

As Chen Gong was speaking, he looked at Cao Ang, who was sitting in the first seat on his right, and the officers of the Cao and Xiahou families who were under him. Under the current circumstances, it was impossible for Cao Cao to mobilize troops on a large scale. If the scale was not large enough, the difficulty of executing the previous plan would increase significantly.

Taking into account the current internal problems of Cao Cao's forces, although they have been reduced due to heavy rains, floods and external enemies, they are still a long way from being completely eliminated.

In this situation, if the backbone elite troops were deployed to take risks, once a mistake was made, the losses would be really unbearable. Chen Gong, in his pursuit of safety, felt that there was no need to take this risk.

"We are sending rescue personnel now. Three armies have been formed to carry out disaster relief work." Cao Ang glanced at the civil officials opposite him with a fierce look, and finally his eyes fell on his father. If he had not repeatedly confirmed that this wave of disasters was a pure miscalculation, and had Zhuge Liang's handwritten testimony, Cao Ang would have suspected that it was a trap set by his father to reunite the territory under his rule.

After all, although the current situation is difficult, the original rifts under Cao Cao's rule are being bridged at an astonishing speed. In particular, Cao Cao ordered Cao Ang to form a disaster relief team relying on the backbone of the army, and even directly mobilized the regular army for disaster relief in the later period. After sacrificing a small number of soldiers, he effectively rescued a large number of people under his rule and quickly stabilized people's hearts.

Even now, except for the troop size needed to maintain the defense of Kandahar city and the troop forces for emergency rescue and preparedness, most of Cao Cao's legions have been deployed to local areas for rescue. Xu Huang, Le Jin and Li Dian, who are not here, are now carrying out disaster relief work in local areas.

In other words, Cao Cao has now deployed more than 50,000 regular troops and a large number of militiamen to rescue people, and his social reputation is improving at an alarming rate.

After carefully confirming that this was indeed an accident, Cao Ang couldn't help but think of something disrespectful - the AI ​​father seemed to be more reliable than the previous old father, and at least he wouldn't hold him back.

"Except for the necessary mobile forces and security personnel, send everyone else to rescue." Cao Cao spoke slowly, with almost no expression on his face. The luster in his eyes also revealed a pure rationality. "Xiahou Yuan, select the most elite 8,000 troops from each army, and be prepared to storm the Kabul Valley after the rain in Kabul."

Chen Gong was stunned when he heard this and looked at Cao Cao unconsciously. Cao Cao's judgment was beyond Chen Gong's expectation. According to Chen Gong's suggestion, Cao Cao should discuss it anyway. He didn't expect that the other party was actually preparing to take advantage of this opportunity to attack the Kabul Valley.

"This is an opportunity, Gongtai." Cao Cao said calmly, "Our current water conservancy facilities cannot cope with this flood, and the Kabul River Valley is even less able to cope with it. I even suspect that the Kabul River may flood the entire valley."

Chen Gong nodded when he heard this. There was no point in denying the facts. What Cao Cao said made sense. Kandahar was flooded like this, and Kabul would be even worse by then. After all, the Kabul area was a river valley area, and by then it would not only face rainfall in the Kabul area, but also floods from other mountainous areas. Even mudslides would be a matter of course.

"We have too few people, and may not be able to hold off Ardashir." Cheng Yu said slowly, "If the Holy Death Knights charge with all their strength, with a force of 8,000, even if they rely on the terrain and Xuan Xiang, there is a possibility that they will be broken through and beheaded. The force size is not enough."

"That's enough." Cao Cao shook his head and said, "After ten days, we will select officers who are willing to go into battle. Our army has many elite backbones, but we lack elite backbones who can fight for our army."

This may sound like a cold joke, but it is true. Some of the veterans under Cao Cao have participated in the Imperial War no less than the veterans on the Ganges side from the Yuanfeng year to the present. Their actual combat effectiveness is not inferior to those veterans. It's just that the mentality of both sides is different.

Most of the veterans on the Ganges side previously had the mentality of serving Lord Xuande until their death, while the veterans on the Kandahar side just came here to get paid, waiting for Lord Xuande to come and recruit them. There are even more outrageous ones, who directly serve under Liu Bei and come to Cao Cao just to observe what outrageous things this morally low old Cao can do.

In short, the situation of the main backbones under Cao Cao is the same as that of the officers under the Kushan Karnak and Gars. They have participated in the largest and longest imperial war and are still alive and well. Putting aside their combat effectiveness, their experience and actual combat are absolutely first-class.

It's just that when these guys were fighting for Cao Cao, they basically used seven out of ten of their strength, and the remaining three was used to be ready to retreat or run away at any time, so that it seemed that the officers under Cao Cao's command were not that strong. In fact, there is no weakling who can fight in the imperial war for so many years without dying.

All I can say is that this group of people didn’t find any reason to fight for Lao Cao before. Put yourself in their shoes. We are not idiots. It’s like a nuclear war. The big guys can enter the nuclear shelter, but can ordinary launchers enter?

Therefore, even if a nuclear war breaks out, it is impossible to cover the entire world, because at that point, it is not the so-called big guys who decide the direction of human civilization, but the small guys who are the largest in number and have the least presence. After all, small guys cannot enter nuclear shelters.

To put it bluntly, the three idiots are still being assassinated by people from Luoyang. Do you think Cao Cao was assassinated by people from Xuzhou? It's the same principle.

Therefore, the soldiers working for Cao basically took the attitude of just getting by and doing whatever they wanted. After all, the soldiers under Cao were all aware of what happened in Xuzhou.

When everyone is in a moral vacuum due to the chaos, it would be fine if they do anything to survive. But if someone suppresses the chaos, raises morality, and allows ordinary people to survive, then the people will also consider whether they should avenge their dead family members?

I didn't consider it before because I couldn't even survive and I had already tried my best to survive, so where did I get the time to think about such things? Now I finally have the time and energy to do it. When facing such people, the soldiers who are also ordinary people don't talk about empathy or anything like that. They just be direct and give them a little leeway.

After all, these days, the common people at the bottom know very clearly whose side they stand on. Apart from anything else, at least they can clearly recognize who are their own people like them. Risking their lives for Lord Xuande is natural, but risking their lives for Cao Cao, forget it. They should figure out where their own dogs can find to eat shit!

The fact is so terrible that the soldiers under Cao Cao were somewhat against Cao Cao. After all, with the development of the times, many things that were not made public were gradually made public. These soldiers also knew what Cao did and what Liu Bei did, so they naturally knew how to choose.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of Cao's subordinates has always been a mystery, because the longer they live and the more they know, the less the veterans want to work for Cao Cao.

The normal Cao Cao would not be able to recognize this, because he does not care about the people at all, but AI Cao Cao is purely rational and can judge these things from the value perspective, so he is now doing his best to rescue the people. This behavior allows those soldiers who have a rebellious mentality towards him to recognize Cao Cao's changes at the conscious level while rescuing these people.

As I said, it’s no use saying it a hundred times, you will understand once you experience it.

Therefore, AI Cao Cao estimated that if he wanted to recruit a group of desperate soldiers this time, he should be able to recruit them. What makes people willing to die, in addition to interests, is also faith. Compared with the brave men who fight for a huge reward, the warriors who fight to the end for their beliefs are more terrifying.

"I will lead the team myself then." Cao Cao said slowly, "I want to see if Ardashir will abandon the people of Parthia who are in the flood!"

There's no hope. I can't get up. I absolutely can't get up. Aaaah!