The heavy rain stopped at the beginning, and the heavy rain that fell for three days and three nights finally showed a tendency to stop. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although the sky was still overcast and covered with dark clouds, there was no sign of dissipation, as if the next bigger storm was brewing.

When the 20,000 recruits led by Cheng Jia and Sun Shuao rushed directly to the intersection of the three forks of the rivers in the Jianghan Plain, the flood water from the upstream Huai River into the great river was mixed with sand, gravel, furniture, cattle, sheep and livestock, and even the eaves of houses along the way...... From time to time, some people can be seen floating on some wooden planks or tree trunks, rushing down the river, rushing into the more turbulent river, and finally merging into the Yunmeng Zedi.

The deafening sound of the rumbling water constantly whipped against the embankments on both sides, turning the place into an ocean.

The tsunami of rivers and thousands of horses galloping is not as good as this, and the momentum is monstrous.

Everyone stood by the river in shock.

Gong Nian stood on the high ground and tightened the wooden ruler in his hand, "Can this flood really be stopped?"

The rushing river is too scary......

And those people who are floating on the river, they can't do anything to save them.

Cheng Jia and the others frowned tightly as they watched the rushing river roar past them, leaving them to hold their breath and condense, without saying a word.

Both sides of the embankment were already full of people, and with the arrival of Cheng Jia and them, under the leadership of Yin Jiangze of Jiangxia County, a group of people greeted them.

Jiang Ze was a middle-aged official, he led people to the side of the carriage, and greeted Cheng Jia and Sun Shuao who got off the carriage...... You've finally arrived, and we've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"Master Jiang, hard work!"

Cheng Jia looked at the official who came barefoot with a haggard face and nodded.

Jiang Ze looked dejected when he heard this, and then while leading the way in front, he joked with a smile, "Alas, it's all my fault that Lao Jiang took the wrong name, so it caused all of our Jiangxia County to become a piece of land." ”

Both sides laughed when they heard this, and their hearts that were shocked by the flood were also relaxed.

"What does this have to do with Master Jiang?"

"Alas, speaking of which, this is all the fault of our Jiang ancestors, if we don't belong to the Jiang, fortunately, this Yunmengze will not become a place where rivers converge everywhere......"

"Hehe, Lord Jiang said that he laughed, Lord Jiang is a descendant of Jiang Kingdom, and he is ...... after the famous family" The ministers shook their heads with laughter.

Jiang Ze laughed and talked about the interesting story of the Jiang family, and quickly talked about the situation on Yun Mengze's side, and Cheng Jia and the others strode with Jiang Ze towards the embankment.

Located in the east of Yingdu, Yunmengze between the Han River and the Great River was originally a lake, and now the flood from the upstream Jing River, Huai River, all impact, directly flooded this place into a vast ocean.

The officials who came from Yingdu had clean court clothes and were muddy with a foot deep and a shallow foot on the earthen embankment, and all the dirty ones could not be seen or worn.

Every other distance, you can see the bags of sandbags that Jiang Ze asked people to prepare for a long time ago, which is also what Cheng Jia mentioned to the following counties that may be seriously affected a month in advance, it seems that Jiang Ze, the county Yin, is very conscientious and has been prepared for a long time, which also saves time for them to fight the flood, and tents have been set up on the high ground in the distance to direct the flood fighting, and there are also conscripted conscripts next to them who are neatly piling up the filled sandbags on the side, ready to be used at any time, and can be moved to the embankment at any time.

Although the water level police boundary stone monument erected along the embankment is not more than halfway, all kinds of materials, government soldiers, and conscription are arranged in an orderly manner.

Seeing Jiang Ze and their first scene of flood control and flood control with their own eyes, Cheng Jia's hanging heart finally let go of a lot, the situation is at least better than he imagined, if the most severely affected place in Yunmengze in Jiangxia District is controlled, it can be regarded as Ying, the lower reaches of the river.

Cheng Jia also nodded slightly, turned around, and looked at Jiang Zedao, who was leading the way in front, "Lord Jiang, after this flood, after this flood, after this disciple returns to Beijing, he will definitely ask the court for credit for you!"

"The right disciple has praised it falsely!"

Jiang Ze was ashamed again and again when he heard this, and began to tell his joke about "Jiang Ze" again, which couldn't help but make Cheng Jia's heart finally feel relieved.

Cheng Jia nodded, turned his head to him and ordered, "Lord Jiang, please arrange our accommodation." ”

"Okay, don't worry, you and Captain Sun, the residence of all the people of Lord Gongyi has been arranged. After speaking, Jiang Ze led Cheng Jia up the embankment, where the government soldiers commanded the conscription, as well as the local people who had been conscripted and the slaves from the wealthy families were filling the sand and gravel that had been washed in on the spot into sand and gravel bags.

Cheng Jia walked into the tent, although the tent was not very big, but all the tables, chairs and beds had been prepared, such as today's cloudy, and the tent also nodded oil lamps.

Because of the lack of chairs, all the officials were standing, and the only chair was not even Cheng Jia, so he gave the public who did the recording work to sit.

Everyone gathered around the only long table to unfold the water scripture map, and then ordered Jiang Ze to mark the actual situation they monitored in detail, "These are the two places where our Yunmengze area is now bursting the embankment, one is flowing into the Han River, and the other is flowing into the river, once the heavy rain falls again, my Lao Jiang is really worried, and it will directly flood to Yingdu and Echeng and other places below." ”

As soon as Jiang Ze finished speaking, everyone's expressions became stern again.

Cheng Jia thought for a while and said solemnly to all the officials in Jiangxia County, "Lord Jiang, what are you still lacking? Food, sandbags, manpower, if you need it, just ask, as long as I can do it, as long as I can apply to the court, I will not hesitate to support you! And after this flood, I will make a contribution to all the officials of Jiangxia County." ”

Cheng Jia's words seemed to be asking for credit for them, but all the officials in Jiangxia County knew that they were actually putting pressure on them, and if he tried his best to fulfill all their requirements, and this flood still did not resist the past, it is conceivable that this credit will not be obtained.

After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch. ，

On the contrary, once such natural and man-made disasters cannot be controlled, they will still bear great responsibilities and responsibilities.

But now that Cheng Jia has come to the scene to supervise, they have to do it well if they don't do it well, and Jiang Ze is not a person without a sense of responsibility, nodding in response, "Cheng Youtu, at present, all the burlap bags of the people's homes and merchants that we can collect have been recruited, but if it is free of charge today, it will definitely be compensated to these merchants and people afterwards, and the sand and gravel is good to say, a large amount of sand and gravel has been washed from the upstream to our Yunmengze area, and the people and conscripts are already moving, and I took a look at the army that has come now There are also 20,000 people. Yunmengze's flood control work, from last month, Lord Youtu, you issued the "Flood Control Order" as soon as possible, we have begun to prepare to start the second level of alert, and there are people on the embankment to monitor the water level at any time, and now it has been raining heavily for three days, and it has entered a state of full alert. Many of us have been drenched in the rain for a long time, soaked in heavy water, and our bodies have reached their limits, and we need people brought by adults to take over quickly. ”

Hearing Jiang Ze's explanation, Cheng Jia didn't speak, and after muttering for a while, he immediately said to Sun Shuao, "Okay, Shuao will immediately replace the recruits we brought, and the 10,000 sacks we brought will be handed over to Master Jiang, and you must cooperate with them to ensure the safety of the riverbank embankment." ”

"Yes!"

Uncle Sun Ao was ordered to go out to make arrangements.

For Cheng Jia's quick response, without even the slightest arrangement of dragging the mud and water, Jiang Ze finally let go of his heart, he was really afraid that the first thing these ministers from the court would do was to let him take them to have a good rest, and then wait for them to rest before they started talking about the flood fight, and then they could only rely on their own support.

As soon as the words fell, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and a patrolman supervising the river embankment with a red golden phoenix flag on his body walked in and said quickly, "Lord Jiang, it's not good, the water level in the upper reaches has soared, and it is estimated that it will rush to our Jiangxia Yunmengze side soon, and it is estimated that it will cross the border in less than three hours!"

As the patrolman's words fell, Cheng Jia and everyone else changed color.

The water level has risen upstream, and at the current speed of the river, they only have three hours left to step up their flood control work.

Whether it was all the officials or soldiers who had just arrived at Yunmengze, let alone sit down, it was estimated that there was no time to eat, and after three hours, it must have been dark again, and the flood at night was not clear, and this pressure increased instantly.

After a moment of silence, Cheng Jia said to everyone, "Hurry up and tell all your soldiers and conscripts to rest, eat something, nourish their spirits, and there will be a big battle at night!"

"All urgent!"

"Yes, Lord Right!"

Everyone acted like clockwork, racing against time and rivers.