Fang Zi'an woke up after staring for an hour, and after drinking two cups of hot tea, there was the sound of drums outside in the middle of the night. Fang Zi'an cheered up and waited quietly. Time passed slowly, and another half an hour passed, just when the bored Fang Zi'an kneaded Shen Ling'er's buttocks a hundred times, and Shen Ling'er was already out of breath, there was movement outside. Heavy footsteps came from the direction of the lobby, accompanied by the loud shouts of the thunder tiger.

"Lord Fang, Lord Fang."

Fang Zi'an jumped up, walked quickly to the door of the public house, and shouted, "Where is the fire? ”

"Inside the Qiantang Gate, the Hongyun Restaurant on Gongyuan Street and the Baziqiao shops caught fire." Lei Hu said loudly.

Fang Zi was shocked in peace, one south and one north, and the fire point that gathered for several miles was under the jurisdiction of the Wanghuo Tower in Qiantang Gate, and the special was very obvious.

"Gather your men and go now." Fang Zi'an commanded loudly as he ran towards the front yard.

There was already a commotion in the front yard, and Li Dalong had already assembled the audit team and was ready to go. Song Xiang and more than 20 of his subordinates were already standing at the entrance of the yamen.

"Lord Fang, where are you going?" Song Xiang shouted.

Fang Zi'an said: "Hongyun Building, Gongyuan North Street, Baziqiao shop, where do you want to go." Lead the horse, lead the horse. Come on, lead the horse! ”

"What about you? Where to go? Song Xiang shouted.

"I'll go to Hongyun Building." Fang Zi'an replied, striding out of the yamen, Shen Ling'er had already taken the first step to lead the horse.

Fang Zi'an heard Song Xiang giving a quick order. "Yuan Zhutou, you take some people to the site of the Bazi Bridge to investigate, and Master Fang and I will go to Hongyun Tower."

Fang Zi'an didn't care what he arranged, turned over and got on the horse, urging the horse to leave. Song Xiang rushed over and grabbed the reins of the horse and said, "Lord Fang will bring this official with you." ”

Fang Zi'an frowned and said, "There are only two horses, you can find a way to go by yourself." ”

Song Xiang shouted, "Where to find a way now?" I had to be on the scene as soon as possible to be able to survey the site. ”

Fang Zi'an scolded, jumped off the horse and handed the reins to Song Xiang and said, "This horse is for you." ”

When Song Xiang was about to ask, 'What should you do', Fang Zi'an had already flown onto Shen Ling'er's horse, hugged Shen Ling'er's waist and said loudly, "Hurry up." ”

Shen Ling'er shook the reins and urged the horse, and the horse galloped out and rushed out of the alley. Song Xiang also hurriedly got on the horse, and repeatedly scolded and urged the horse to follow. In the rear, Li Dalong, Lei Hu, Yuan Zhutou and others each rushed into the darkness with their hands.

Gongyuan North Street, crowds are surging and the sound is noisy. Hongyun Restaurant is the tallest restaurant near the left side of Gongyuan, with three floors high. The fire started from the wing room on the side of the head, and when it was discovered, it had spread to the wall on the east side of the restaurant, burning the wood on the porch on the east side, and gradually spread uncontrollably. The fire has been along the corridor pillars and wooden roof on the cloister directly to the second floor, and the entire Hongyun Restaurant except for the first floor of part of the wall is bluestone, the second and third floors are almost all wooden walls, doors and windows, once completely ignited, the consequences are unimaginable.

When the fire was discovered, the surrounding people had already spontaneously started to rescue it. People carried water in wooden barrels and poured it on the fire, but the effect was very limited. Because the fire was between the first and second floors, there was no way to even spill water on the place where the fire was ignited. Many people have realized in their hearts that this fire may not be extinguished, and Hongyun Restaurant is afraid that it will be burned to the ground. Not only that, but there is a lot of night wind tonight, and the surrounding area is full of houses and shops, and I am afraid that the fire will soon spread to the adjacent shops and the adjacent Heyi Fang. Everyone was frightened, worried, and overwhelmed. Some have even begun to pack up and prepare to evacuate with their children and the elderly.

After a quarter of an hour, the Qiantang Gate Defense Army's submarine fire team finally arrived, but only seven or eight people came. They also carried only improvised fire-fighting tools, water bladders and buckets, as well as linen and sprinkler hoses. After some action, the fire was not controlled at all, because it was difficult to extinguish the spread of the fire with this effective means of firefighting. The fire had already burned the wooden walls on the east side, and the thick columns had begun to burn, and soon spread to the center of the second floor and the third floor. Once the main columns on the second floor are burned, the whole building will collapse, and then it will be a large bonfire that cannot be extinguished.

Fang Zi'an and Shen Ling'er rode over, and facing the situation in front of them, Fang Zi'an frowned. He thought that this fire was another remote place, but he didn't expect that the place where the fire caught fire this time was near the shops and the people's square, which means that the other party has been unable to succeed in a row, and has begun to lose his heart and reckless about the consequences. In order to deal with themselves, they have not hesitated to endanger the safety of the city and the safety of the people with the most dangerous and crazy actions.

"With such a big fire, why did these people come? Where is Chen Niuer? Fang Zi'an jumped off the horse and asked loudly.

Chen Niu'er was the newly appointed tower chief of the Qiantang Gate Watchtower, and he rushed from the front with a black and gray face to salute Fang Zi'an.

"Where's the dragon king car? What about ladder trucks? What about the rest of the manpower? What do you eat? Fang Zi'an said angrily.

Chen Niu'er hurriedly said: "It's all behind, and I haven't arrived yet." The speed of the dragon king car and the ladder car is too slow. The subordinates asked two teams to come with more than 20 brothers pulling the vehicle behind, because they were worried about the fire, so they brought a few brothers to extinguish the fire in advance. ”

Fang Zi'an frowned and groaned, he knew that what Chen Niu'er said was the truth, the Dragon King Car and the Cloud Ladder Car were indeed moving slowly, this was an objective reason. Chen Niu'er could think of sending the only dragon king car and ladder car to come here, and that was already a good prediction.

But waiting like this is not the way to go. Fang Zi'an turned around and ran to the people around him, and shouted: "Everyone, I am Fang Zi'an of the Yamen of the Fangyu Army, and our fire-fighting vehicle is on the way here, because there are no mule-drawn carts, so it is moving slowly. I was afraid that if it came too late, the fire would spread. I beg your help to push the cart, and if you arrive early, you will be able to extinguish the fire sooner. Helped everybody. ”

If in the past, if the people of the defense army had asked the people for help, the people would have ignored it at all. However, in recent times, the defense army has been saving the people and helping the people, and it has been uninterrupted every day. The people's impression of the defense army has greatly improved. Many people also knew the name of Lord Fang of the Defense Army, so when they heard Fang Zi'an sign up for help, some people immediately shouted.

"Walk around, go and help. 100,000 people who are in a hurry and have the strength to go. ”

Everyone echoed, and Fang Zi'an said loudly: "As long as there are twenty or thirty young people, the others will do a favor, get out of the way, and don't block the vehicles from entering." Follow me. ”

Fang Zi'an rushed ahead, dozens of young and strong people ran to follow, and ran a street to the west, and saw a group of soldiers of the Defense Army desperately pushing the dragon king car and the ladder car towards this side. Both vehicles were heavy equipment, so they were sluggish. Especially for the dragon king car, the Yamen's requirement is to ensure that the water tank is full of water, so as not to have time to fill the water when fighting the fire, so it is even heavier. Relying entirely on a human-powered cart, the movement is indeed very slow. Therefore, more than 20 soldiers of the defense army were tired and panting, but they could only slowly let the vehicle move.

When the reinforcements arrived, dozens of people joined the team of the carts, and the heavy vehicles suddenly sped up a lot, and soon arrived at the fire near the left side of the restaurant. Without waiting for Fang Zi'an's order, the soldiers had already begun to lay water bags, raise ladders and water tanks as they had trained on weekdays, and quickly prepare to extinguish the fire.

"Lord Fang, I'm afraid this fire can't be extinguished." Song Xiang had been at the scene, watching that the fire had risen to the wall of the third floor, and the east side of the second floor was almost burned down, and said worriedly.

Fang Zi'an didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, pulled him aside, and shouted loudly: "Three water belts, two to suppress the fire, and one to spray the periphery to prevent it from spreading." Others are ready to replenish water. ”

The crowd shouted their promises and hastened their preparations. A soldier slowly sorted out the tangled hose, Fang Zi'an went up and kicked it open, lifted the leather hose and shook it a few times to untie it, and climbed up to the square bucket above the ladder.

"Preparation, maximum flow, maximum height, boiling water." Fang Zi'an yelled.

The sluice gate opened, the leather water belt shook like a python, Fang Zi'an and the other two soldiers stood at the top of the ladder, less than two feet close to the fire, endured the scorching flames, tightly grasped the water gun in their hands, and aimed it at the raging fire. Three water dragons gushed out and went straight to the fire, starting a decisive battle between water and fire.

The sound of wood clattering, steam and black smoke filled the sky, the fire burst out from time to time, and the burned wooden pillars, doors and windows fell from time to time, and the scene was thrilling. The crowd of onlookers from afar let out a constant cry of exclamation. Several explosions of fireworks seemed to engulf the three people on the ladder car, but the smoke and dust receded, and the three figures still stood on the ladder and sprayed three fierce water dragons into the flames.

"Add water, add water, quick." The soldier in charge of checking the water level of the dragon king car roared loudly, because the three water dragons sprayed at the same time, so that the water level in the water tank of the dragon king car dropped rapidly, and the water must be replenished in time.

The soldiers carried buckets and poured water up, but they were far from being able to keep up with the consumption of water. The water in the tank was almost past the centerline, and the fire was still not extinguished.

"Everyone's help, what are you waiting for? Carry water. I don't know who among the people shouted, and suddenly all the people who had buckets and wooden basins in their hands rushed over, and they lined up in three columns from the side of the river, and continuously passed the water to the dragon king's car, and the three soldiers continued to pour water into the water tank of the dragon king's car. Finally, the water level is no longer falling, but rising.

The battle between water and fire was finally overtaken by water, and the suppression of the three water columns gradually caused the fire to lose its ability to rage, and when the last flame was extinguished by the water column, the people let out loud cheers. Although many people were sweating profusely and panting, the joy in the hearts of the people was unparalleled. I thought that this fire would not be extinguished at all, but the defense army actually did it and forcibly extinguished the fire that would have caused serious consequences. The surrounding merchants and the people living in the neighborhood all breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly thanked God for blessing and the defense army for their ability to fight the fire.

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