Lei Shaoxuan said embarrassedly: "Forget it, let me die." ”

Bahu Lake, the crest of the dam.

Thick black clouds rolled in, blocking out the sun's rays, and the sky was dark and heavy.

The rain stopped, but the wind still blew fiercely, hitting the spears and hunting.

As soon as the 8,000 sergeants boarded the dam, they stuck their swords and guns next to the dam and began to divide the work in an orderly manner: digging earth and loading sandbags, digging stones and preparing materials, and cutting trees for piles...... On the dam, people are busy one after another.

Lei Shaoxuan held a big gun, stood by the gap in the dam, watched the turbulent water, rolled up in a huge whirlpool, rapidly approached the gap, and then disappeared suddenly. The torrent poured down, making a loud roar, and fell down the dam, forming a choppy river that flowed into a vast ocean in the distance.

Beside Lei Shaoxuan, stood the generals of the Eastern Army and the surrendered officials in charge of river management in Lianzhou. Zhou Zhou had been taken away by Ma Shaoteng, and Lei Shaoxuan brought the officials in charge of river management in Lianzhou to Bahu.

Su Min and the others watched not far away, whispering, with a worried face, the gap in the dam is not very big, but it is extremely deep, and it is not easy to plug the gap.

"General, all the materials such as stones, dirt bags, and wooden stakes are ready, can you start?" said a thin old man wearing a seven-grade official uniform in South Vietnam, who was none other than Bu Jingshou, the water supervisor of Lianzhou.

Lei Shaoxuan nodded and said in a harmonious voice, "How are you going to start?"

Bu Jingshou pointed to the other side of the gap and said, "General, the sergeant on the other side has cleared the sandbags that the Taiping army blocked the floodway. The general only needs to throw stones, piles, and fill in the gap from both ends of the gap at the same time to fill the gap. As the gap is repaired, the water level of Bahu Lake will gradually rise, and the lake water can be drained out of the floodway (drainage) and returned to the Heng River along the old river. ”

Hearing this, Lei Shaoxuan's face was slightly hot.

The sandbags in the spillway were planted by the Northern Wei army when they blocked the spillway, causing the dam to overflow and finally burst, and then planted it to the Taiping army.

Of course, this matter cannot be broken, otherwise Bu Jingshou and other Lianzhou troops and the recruited Dongxing young men would have to mutiniate immediately.

Lei Shaoxuan breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Pass the order, all battalion soldiers, everything is under the command of Master Bu." ”

Bu Jingshou was stunned for a moment and said: "General, I am a lowly official who surrendered to South Vietnam, and I am afraid that it is inappropriate to order the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty." ”

Lei Shaoxuan said disapprerovingly: "On the battlefield, the most taboo is for laymen to command insiders, I don't understand water conservancy, and chaotic command will cause chaos." ”

"But ......," Bu Jingshou said in fear.

"There's nothing!" Lei Shaoxuan looked at Bu Jingshou and asked lightly: "Among the officials and soldiers present, who wants to plug the gap in the Bahu Dam and eliminate the flood?"

"Most of the lower reaches of Bahu Lake are South Vietnamese territory, and the people who want to plug the gap in the Bahu Dam are naturally our local Vietnamese officials and South Vietnamese officials and people. ”

"Isn't this the end of the term? Lei Shaoxuan waved his hand and encouraged: "I will give you people, give you power, and even I will obey your command, if you don't arrange the dam construction well, you will be a party to the river control official in vain." The torrent of Bahu Lake, the lives of countless South Vietnamese people, are in your hands, and it will be up to you today!"

Bu Jingshou listened, his blood surged, and he said solemnly: "In this way, you will be allowed to transgress your duties!"

Bu Jingshou stood beside the gap, stretched out his voice, and said loudly: "Cast ...... Stone!"

The four big men lifted a big stone, shook it vigorously together, and threw it out violently.

"Whoa!" there was a loud bang, and the stone dragged a long rope into the rushing water.

For a moment, the rope tightened abruptly in the air, but suddenly loosened and collapsed limply on the ground.

Bu Jingshou hurriedly stepped forward and stood suddenly, his face changed slightly.

"General, the stone was washed away by the water. Bu Jing said.

"What's the rope about?" Lei Shaoxuan was a little puzzled, "Why is there a rope on the stone?"

Bu Jingshou explained: "A rope tied with a slipknot is tied to the stone, which is used to detect the depth of the gap and the slow flow of water. If the rope can sink to the bottom of the river with the stones, it means that the stones can withstand the current, so we can cast stones of about the same size and slowly fill the gap. ”

Bu Jingshou blushed and said: "The rope fell off, indicating that the water was flowing too fast, and the stone was washed away, and the depth of the water was unknown, and it was necessary to continue to probe." ”

Lei Shaoxuan nodded, to plug the gap, we must first know the basic situation of water depth and water flow, and tying a rope to the stone is undoubtedly a simple way.

Of course, Lei Shaoxuan didn't need this method, his mind was swept away, and it was clear at a glance, but unfortunately Lei Shaoxuan couldn't say it.

"Go to six people and carry bigger stones. Bu Jingshou ordered.

Six strong sergeants, lifting a larger stone, threw it.

"Plop!" the stone was submerged in the water, and before it could splash, it was submerged by the rushing current.

The rope tied to the stone was tense for a few more moments, and then suddenly loosened and fell to the ground.

Lei Shaoxuan frowned slightly.

In his mind, after entering the water, the heavy stone rolled down the slope of the gap, was swept by the current, kept tumbling, and was quickly washed out of the dam.

The bottom of the gap ditch is a little sloping, very deep, and the water is turbulent, and the stones carried by the six people are as light as wood in the water, and after falling into the water, they can only touch the bottom, and they have been washed away by the rapids.

Bu Jingshou showed a slight look of anxiety on his face, and said, "Go on, choose the stone that eight people carry." ”

A larger stone, quickly carried by eight men, was moved to the edge of the missing port.

Four thick wooden poles, crossed and tied into a tic-tac-toe, with this large stone placed in the middle, were carried by eight sergeants, and they were thrown out again in a leisurely manner.

For a moment, the rope that fell off indicated that the stone had been washed out of the dam again.

The gap was full of people, and everyone looked at Bu Jingshou with solemn faces.

In the past, there was a gap in the collapse of the river, and it was only necessary to drive piles, push sandbags, and slowly extend to the middle little by little, and the gap could always be slowly filled and narrowed, and finally blocked.

However, the gap in the Bahu dam is too deep and steep to be like a crack, and the sides of the gap are too steep to drive piles. Therefore, you can only throw boulders, slowly plude the bottom of the gap, and then either drive wooden stakes or pile sandbags to slowly plug the gap.

If the bottom of the gap cannot be raised, then there is no way to plug the gap.

"How about trying it with a bigger stone carried by ten or twenty people?" asked Lei Shaoxuan.

Bu Jingshou smiled bitterly: "At most, you can only use stones carried by twelve people. Carrying larger stones, for example, when more than 12 people are needed, there are no people standing next to the stones, so they can only swing wood or splash water into ice, and drag them with crowbars and ropes, which is extremely difficult. ”

Bu Jingshou pointed behind him and said: "You see, the boulders are all on the mountain, and it is necessary to dig out such a boulder and move it to the rolling logs in a few days." The gap in front of us is not one or two stones that can be solved, but dozens, and it is not possible to complete it in a few months just by digging and transporting stones. By then, before the stones were ready, the gap in front of us had completely collapsed, and the dam was completely destroyed. ”

Lei Shaoxuan suddenly realized, it's not impossible to use a big stone, but he can't afford to wait!

Historically, the ancestors used huge stones to build a city or repair the emperor's tomb, often lasted decades or even a hundred years, in addition to the huge project, it is very difficult to chisel the huge stone, and it is time-consuming and laborious to transport the stone and pile up the stone, and it can be completed in a short time.

It is effortless to carry a stone that can be lifted by one person, and it is effortless to carry a stone that can be carried by ten or a hundred people, and it is necessary to make special excavation tools, collect manpower, and even build a special transportation road, and the amount of work and time have increased by more than ten times and a hundred times!

Bu Jingshou said in a deep voice: "Come here, choose another big stone, and twelve people throw stones." ”

Twelve men stood beside the tic-tac-toe pole and struggled to lift a large stone to the breach.

The heavy stone could no longer be thrown, and the twelve strong sergeants pushed the stone out half-lifted and half-pushed.

Huge stones, dragging taut ropes, submerged in the current.

In his thoughts, Lei Shaoxuan saw this stone, slowly rolling along the slope, rolling obliquely towards the outside of the dam, and crushing a long shallow ditch in the mud at the bottom of the gap.

Looking at the soft rope, Bu Jingshou fell into despair.

Everyone around was silent, and there was a dead silence on the dam, except for the sound of the wind howling.

After a while, Bu Jingshou said in a hoarse voice, and said helplessly: "General, I'm sorry, such a boulder can't sink to the bottom of the gap, and I really can't think of how to plug the gap in Bahu." ”

Lei Shaoxuan looked at the gap, and saw the water of Taotao Lake rolling in, surging towards the gap and falling suddenly, the water was turbulent and unstoppable.

There is no way to build a bridge on the water surface of this kind of rapids, which means that you can't throw rocks and materials in the middle, you can only start to pile up soil and throw sandbags from both banks, and extend to the opposite bank little by little until they close.

However, even the thousands of pounds of stones carried by the twelve people were washed away by the rapids, and the lighter sandbags were not even expected to be able to fill the gap.

The water at the gap was so deep and steep that it was impossible to drive a stake, so it was no wonder that Bu Jingshou was desperate.

The only way is still to throw stones at the bottom!

However, there are no large quarrying and transportation vehicles in this team at the moment, and it is desperate to think about the increase in numbers and the simple way of digging and transporting boulders.

"Boy, you are a fighting army, not a professional river control craftsman, just do your best, don't be too reluctant. Su Min comforted on the side.

Knowing that something can't be done, but still reluctantly doing it, it's just adding to the troubles.

Guozijian is a national management institution, as a teacher, Su Min naturally understands some basic principles of river governance, and has already seen Bu Jingshou's despair.

The sergeants on the dam silently watched Bu Jingshou and Lei Shaoxuan, waiting for the final decision.

"Donor, I'll come!" a voice said quietly.

Monk Xuyun didn't know when, standing behind Lei Shaoxuan.

The figure of the Xuyun monk Qingxiao stood alone in the wind, and the shabby monk's robe floated up, as if it was blown away by the wind at any time, only the eyes flashed with a deep gaze, as if he had seen through everything, giving people a feeling as deep as the mountains and the sea.