Chapter 30: Brother, cherish
"Then listen to the analysis below. Brother Zhu has also seen Ronggu City, the rain is lacking, the river is dry, if there is no embankment, we will not have any harvest this autumn, let alone provide any food to the Dongxu battlefield. Zheng Yu began to say.
Zhu Minglang listened while observing the weather.
The weather was changing, and the unusual air pressure was making people's chests tight.
This stuffiness is often a precursor to rainfall.
Teacher Duan Lan is already spreading the clouds.
"Our fertile Ronggu City, which is watered by valleys, is still like this, so what about the harsher environment and the more barren soil?" Zheng Yu raised his gaze and looked into Zhu Minglang's eyes.
"We don't have rain, and we don't have rain. Zhu Minglang said.
"Yes, the soil system is primitive, the agriculture is backward, the people are barbaric, there is not half a drop of rain this autumn, and now it is about to enter winter......" Zheng Yu said this, and suddenly a huge thunder sounded in the gray sky!
"Boom !!!!!!"
The thunder shook, and the originally clear heaven and earth became obscure at some point, and this lightning bolt streaked over Ronggu City, and the fireworks lit up the ancient streets in front of them, illuminating the cloth-clothed civilians who were waiting for rain on the side of the street.
Their faces were full of anticipation and joy!
They have already smelled the rain, the source of life.
In front of the mansion, Zheng Yu did not move a step, still standing in front of Zhu Minglang with a humble attitude.
Zhu Minglang looked at the young city lord and was a little touched in his heart.
It's just that what touched me was not the dawn of the rain and thunder, but Zheng Yu's words.
It's the way he thinks about current affairs.
"This war ......" Zhu Minglang set off some waves in his heart.
"There can only be one outcome. Zheng Yu said in a deep voice.
Zhu Minglang looked to the east.
In fact, the dense clouds covered only this small valley, and the sun was still fierce in the distance.
"Tick~"
A raindrop fell on the back of Zhu Minglang's neck impartially, that cold, that moist......
"Tick~"
"Tick Tick Tick Tick ~~~~~~"
More and more raindrops hit the old stone slabs of the road, making a pleasant sound like a piano key.
From gentle to abrupt, like a soft and slow movement of orderly variations, gradually excited, gradually high-pitched, and then the mind completely fell into this wonderful palace of rain sound.
"It's raining!"
"It's raining!!"
In the streets, in the houses, in the fields, there was a cheer.
This rain is sweet even when you smell it.
The rain broke the knots in everyone's hearts.
The rain was like blood flowing in a dry body, bringing this valley and this city to life!
The cheers of the people from the bottom of their hearts were better than the celebration of the New Year and the triumph of the battle.
Listening to the sound of the rain that moistened all things, and listened to the joy of the whole city, Zhu Minglang stood under the eaves of the door, and the fluttering rain curtain wet his sleeves and shoes.
And the city lord Zheng Yu stood outside the eaves, still did not move half a step, and still maintained that humility......
But the rain poured through his hair, drenched his robe, and fell on the side of his face, and made his weak face extraordinarily resolute, and his eyes, at this moment, had a light, but an indomitable light.
"Why don't you laugh with your people, you have delayed the time to let this rain fall, and now even if you tell the two division commanders of your deeds, you can say that this rain has filled the reservoir. Zhu Minglang laughed and looked at this hypocritical city lord.
"Brother Zhu, how long have you been talking to me?" Zheng Yu said sincerely.
"Only a few minutes. ”
"Do you know that before we meet you, there is a battle report from the front line, or a delayed battle report?" Zheng Yu continued.
Zhu Minglang's face changed slightly.
A delayed battle report??
Zheng Yu had already analyzed the Wutu War just now, and Zhu Minglang very much agreed with what Zheng Yu said.
Yes, there is only one outcome of this war - it will be lost!
Why was the Zulong city-state defeated?
Obviously has excellent equipment, obviously has a clever army, and obviously has a towering city fortress......
But so what??
Wutu faced the greatest disaster.
Zhu Minglang has lived in Wutu, and he knows very well that the vast majority of the people of Wutu work for a year and eat for a year.
Their land is barren, and it is no longer easy to fill their stomachs, and there are very few such things as storing food and clothing.
And right now, since he left Wutu, there has not been a single rain, and Ronggu City, which has valley irrigation, is facing a crisis of dry and herdsmanship, not to mention Wutu!
There was no rain, the fields were deserted, the fruit trees withered, and there was no food at all.
In winter, there is no hemp and cotton to make clothes, how to keep out the cold, the winter of Wutu is cruel!
They are completely in a desperate situation!
There is no room for them to survive!!
This is where the riots began.
The closer to the end of autumn and the closer to winter, the more and more people of Wutu realize that they will not survive the next year.
It's not that the mob covets the fertility of the ancestral dragon city-state, but that they are being driven to the border by a god of death called "Winter", either breaking through the impregnable fortress and barely surviving, or all dying in the mud!!
It doesn't matter what kind of soldiers are good or what dragons and beasts are fierce in their eyes, and the desire to survive will make the people of Wutu like moths to a fire......
They fought to stay alive.
Zulong City fought for dignity and for the land.
Who wins and who loses?
There is only one result of this war, Zheng Yu is very clear, and Zhu Minglang is also very clear now.
So the delayed battle report......
Ronggu Castle was only fifty miles from the front line of the fortress.
Moreover, this is a city in the valley, even if you climb high, you can't see the flat land outside, and the army of the Wutu rebellion will soon arrive here!
"Dada~~~~~~~~~~~~~da
The rain is loud and noisy.
The people celebrated.
As the lord of the city, Zheng Yu stood in the heavy rain, and he could hide in the eaves with just one step, but he didn't.
"The rain came, and the city perished. Zhu Minglang finally understood why Zheng Yu couldn't laugh.
"Brother Zhu, now you can tell me, please also tell the two division commanders to take the students to leave quickly, and express my gratitude to the two division commanders and the dragon training students on behalf of Zheng, and thank them for their mercy on the common people. Zheng Yu bowed deeply to Zhu Minglang again.
The rain beat against his desolate back, and it poured into the hem of his clothes and ran from his hair to his cheeks......
Zhu Minglang let go of the previous suspicion, knocked his hands together tightly, walked down the steps, let the rain baptize, slowly lowered his body, and then slowly lowered it, and bowed deeply.
"Zhu is powerless, Brother Zheng take care. Zhu Minglang said.
After saying goodbye, Zhu Minglang ran in the rain, but his mood was extremely heavy at this time.
Zheng Yu did not abandon the city and fled.
He was going to fight to the death against the rioters who had just broken through the fortress.
He wants to protect the people of Ronggu City, who have just received Qingyu.
......
The bird pseudosaurus slowly lifted into the air in the rain, their bloodline came from the pterosaurs, they were flesh wings, and the rain did not wet their feathers, but there was some more resistance.
The thirteen students put on the leather robes that had been prepared a long time ago, and Teacher Duan Lan and Teacher Ke Bei also stood on the back of the Eagle Beast Dragon.
They were slowly breaking away from Ronggu City, and when they reached a height of two hundred meters, they could see dense raindrops at the mouth of the valley, and a large group of people rushed into the valley like ten thousand beasts galloping, rushing towards Ronggu City!
It's a riot army!!
Their shouts became louder and louder, and even the heavy rain could not hide it, as if endless rolling thunder was constantly approaching in the sky!!
On the ground, you may only see a few figures, but from a high vantage point, those figures are endless, some even wearing armor that has just been disarmed from the soldiers of the city-state, and they rush desperately towards the rice fields that have just sucked the rain, and rush towards the city!
"The fortress is being breached??? "One of the dragon shepherd students couldn't believe this scene, and said dumbfoundedly.
"Mentor Kebei, we are also the people of the Ancestral Dragon City-State, can we just watch these mobs invade our city, we are dragon herders, why should we be afraid of these untouchables!" Nan Ye said loudly.
As a disciple of the Nan clan, he can also be regarded as the imperial relative of Ancestral Dragon City, and now that his family's territory is trampled on like this, how can he bear it!
Duan Lan and Ke Bei, with these two division commander-level dragon herders, and thirteen students who all have dragon sons, they should be able to slaughter this group of mobs!
"After entering the Dragon Training Academy, unless it is to attack the evil city, you will resolutely not participate in any war, don't you understand this rule!" Tutor Kebei said sternly.
"But those are the beasts of the earth, they are evil people, they obviously have their own land, but they want to step into the territory of the ancestral dragon city-state, they don't deserve mercy!" Nan Ye said excitedly.
Why not make a shot?
The two mentors can definitely stop the rioters, at least until the reinforcements arrive!
"They're not beasts, they're just trying to ......survive," Duan Lan was already a little choked up in his words.
Originally, he was for the people and prayed for dragon rain, but he never thought that his dragon mystic art would only save the residents of a small valley, and he could not save the tragedy under this natural disaster at all.
Even if there was no explicit ban from the Dragon Training Academy, what should Duan Lan do?
Slaughter a group of men who are fighting their way out for their wives and children, or protect people who are suffering from the drought and autumn?
Nothing can be done.
Dragon Herder.
Beyond the mortal spirit, as small.
"Rumble Rumble Rumble~~~~~~~~~~~"
Suddenly, loud noises came from the depths of the valley, and under the vast rain curtain, you could see that the small stream valley road was being hit by some desolate ancient beast, and the rocks and trees were violently stirred into it, and with the frenzied sweep, it ran towards the road into the valley......
"Flash Flood ????"
Everyone was stunned, how could the mountain forest, which had been dry for a long time, cause a flash flood because of this rain!
This rain, at most, nourishes the mountains and forests, and it is impossible to cause such a raging flash flood.
I saw that the flood filled the stream, rolled unstoppably through the fields of Ronggu City, and poured wantonly into the narrow passage that must enter the valley!
The narrow passage into Ronggu City was overcrowded, and it was the rebel army that had gathered from the mud, how could their long line have thought that such a flood of valley would come from the calm valley city......
A wail!
I don't know how many people of the land were swallowed up by the flood of this valley, and they wanted to retreat, but because of the narrow terrain of this valley, they didn't even have a place to hide from the torrent!
Tens of thousands of people were devastated by the torrent, crashing to death on rocks, drowning in the water, and being washed into the valley triangle.
The fierce and riotous army was able to easily break through the city, but most of it was disintegrated by this critical flash flood, and the corpses drifted along with the mountain stream.
Looking down from a high place to this shocking scene, Zhu Minglang's heart rolled up and the same huge waves!
He remembered the polite scholar at the foot of the steps of the mansion.
I remembered the young city lord who was indomitable in the heavy rain.
His eyes shone with determination in the gray rain.
The water overflows and does not let go.
I would rather suffer the people than resolutely not let go of the sluice.
"Before winter, the Dongxu fortress will be breached, and the lips and teeth will be cold, and at that time, Ronggu City, which is not much guarded, will definitely be slaughtered by mobs, and even eaten by blood. ”
"The people can survive the winter by all means, but they cannot do without weapons to resist aggression. ”
"I know that they are suffering, but compared to suffering, I hope that they can survive in this troubled world. ”
"I wish you brother, cherish. ”
The heavy rain was noisy in his ears, and he couldn't stop the rain, Zhu Minglang's mind was full of the thin figure drenched in the rain, and the last wordless bow was exactly the words that he didn't say to himself!
Zhu Minglang took a deep breath, inhaled all the sour and humid air, looked at the fluttering rain curtain, and then looked at a desolate earth, you and I are mortal.
"There is still a riot army behind, oh my God, how many people have joined this riot!" Li Shaoying suddenly exclaimed.
Flying out of the valley, you can see the valley at a glance, it is unimaginable that outside the valley, there are thousands of rioters, and only some of them have entered Ronggu City!
The rebels were indeed badly wounded, but they could not hurt their huge foundations!
The reservoir will eventually drain up, and the valley will slowly emerge, and the rebel army will still pour into this valley granary city!
With the brutal acts of Wutu, it is difficult for the civilians of Ronggu City to survive.
"The narrow road is low-lying, as if it has been deliberately dug up, and the torrents are not all lost, but are accumulating into a depression lake, flooding the valley road, and the mob must swim across the muddy depression lake to be able to attack Ronggu City. Nan Ye said excitedly.
The lake is the only entrance to the valley, and it is exactly like it was designed.
When the road is flooded, horses and beasts cannot step into it, and the valleys on both sides of the lake are steep, making it extremely difficult to climb, and it is easier to fall and die after rain......
This lake can be said to have turned into a valley barrier in Ronggu City, making it difficult for the riot army to pour in in groups.
"As long as you set up a post at the other end of the lake and fire arrows at the enemy who jumps into the lake, a thousand people can block the army of 10,000 people, is this a miracle torrent given by God to Ronggu City???" A female student also couldn't help but let out a cry of joy.
The riot army, which can't even stop the fortress, has nothing to do with this small Ronggu City!
"Teacher Duan Lan's rain has saved all the people in Ronggu City, even if the riot army temporarily cleans up Wahu, it will take a day or two, and by that time the reinforcements have already arrived......" The other students couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
This torrent is like a miracle!
But only Zhu Minglang knows that all this comes from a weak scholar.
He kept the water and did not let go, it was for this Ronggu City to retain the last line of defense, and it was he who defended this city and protected his people with his outstanding vision and wisdom!
Brother Zheng, you also cherish it.
Please survive this troubled time.
Zhu Minglang stood on the back of the Eagle Beast Dragon and bowed deeply in the direction of Ronggu City again.
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(After thinking about it, this paragraph is still read coherently, so I put out the manuscript, and everyone voted for it~~~)