The war in the north continues, and the south is not peaceful.

After the news of the battle of the Daimyofu reached the southwest, a few days later, the heavy rain came and went, the water level of the Minjiang River was high, and it had already entered the flood season.

Although he was worried about the battle situation north of the Yellow River, since the water situation began to report, Ning Yi and the team of the Huaxia Army drove to the direction of Dujiangyan.

In the eyes of later generations, the Chengdu Plain is the land of abundance, but the most harmful thing to this side every year is the flood. Minjiang River enters the Chengdu Plain from the Yulei Pass, goes from west to southeast, but it is the authentic hanging river on the ground, the drop between the river and the plain is nearly 300 meters, so the Chengdu Plain has been controlled since the Qin period, to another period of history in the Song Dynasty, the water control is systematic, after the formation of Dujiangyan, the flood pressure here is greatly relieved, and the country of abundance is gradually worthy of its name.

But even so, in the 20th century, the Chengdu Plain had two major floods, and the flooding of the Min River and the lower Tuo River caused the entire plain to become a Ze country. At this time, too, if the Minjiang River can't be held, the next year, the days on the plain will be quite sad, and the Huaxia Army will become a real fool's dream if it wants to go out of Sichuan in a short time.

At present, the Huaxia Army is not only facing the threat of natural disasters, in view of the current situation that the Huaxia Army controls the Chengdu Plain, the intelligence department has already received a tip that the Wu Dynasty is trying to secretly sabotage the Minjiang River.

This kind of desperate plan to create a flood and flood the three armies was quite marketable in the mouths of many scholars of the Wu Dynasty, and it was not much of a secret that when the Jurchens attacked Bianliang, the idea of breaking the Yellow River to retreat from the enemy turned in the minds of many people. When the Huaxia army first occupied the Chengdu Plain, if it really encountered a big flood, it would be like hanging a big burden in the next year or two, so although it seems alarmist, if someone really wants to do something, it is not surprising.

In early April, all the political departments of the Fifth Army of China were dispatched, and at the same time, 40,000 soldiers were mobilized, and nearly 50,000 people in villages and counties near the Minjiang River were mobilized to participate in the work of fighting floods and fixing embankments - in fact, the early propaganda had already begun two months ago, and when the water increased in April, the Huaxia Army also increased the scale of mobilization, and Ning Yi personally went to the front line to sit in the town, in terms of requisitioning migrant workers and propaganda management, It can be regarded as using all the belongings, and after this flood fight, some of the money and grain that the Huaxia army grabbed when they occupied the Chengdu Plain were almost spent.

However, such a big move is naturally beneficial for the nearby people to unite with the army and experience the Huaxia Army's serious military discipline and determination to control the flood at close range. In order to facilitate the rapid linkage between various localities, the managers assigned to the villages and counties mobilized the people who did not go to the front line to fix the embankments, and the managers assigned to the villages and counties mobilized them to repair and open up roads, which could be regarded as leaving a fortune for the future.

In mid-to-late April, the sky over the Chengdu Plain was gray every day, and heavy rain fell from time to time. Ning Yi found a few houses on the edge of the county near Dujiangyan to sit in the center, also to deter the clowns who wanted to make up their minds in this natural disaster. The news from outside gathered in this direction every day, and on April 19, after completing the sweep of the Daimyo's Mansion north of the Yellow River, the news came that Yan Chang quickly started his next move.

Liangshan Shuibo, where tens of thousands of family members of the Guangwu Army and Dulonggang gathered, the army guarding the town is now only more than 2,000 people.

Thousands of miles apart, even if you are in a hurry, it is useless, and at the moment of getting the news, it is estimated that the hundreds of thousands of Han troops who were forced by Wan Yanchang have almost completed their assembly.

However, on April 23, slightly better news came.

After the great battle in the Daimyo's Mansion, the people who still survived appeared one after another, and near Liangshan Shuibo, there were hundreds of people, or dozens of people, more than ten people, and even lonely survivors began to appear one after another, although there were not many survivors, many news was embarrassing.

Among these people, some of them survived for half a month in the barren mountains and mountains under the Jurchen blockade before finally breaking through the defense line with difficulty, some were seriously injured and survived, most of their comrades-in-arms died, some were separated, some were captured, and they were each injured, but gradually, they gathered back here.

Some of the people were helped by the enemy or the nearby people, a small number of people were obviously let go by the members of the Han army who searched the mountain, and some members of the Guangwu army or the Huaxia army were hidden by the nearby people after being wounded, and when the news came that Yan Chang's next step was to attack Liangshan, these people could not stay any longer, and many people rushed back to the direction of Liangshan with their still unhealed injuries.

This is also strange, in the ten years after the Jurchens conquered the Central Plains, there was a period of high resistance at first, but gradually, most of the people who resisted died, and the remaining people began to become numb. By this time, the Jurchens went south, and the Guangwu army attacked the Daimyo's Mansion, and there were actually not many people who really responded. And among them, especially for the banner of the Huaxia Army, most people do not have a good impression.

In the eyes of the world, although the existence of the Huaxia Army was born from the Han people and named Huaxia, the vast majority of the Central Plains people may only regard them as Shura characters who are no different from the Jurchens. Therefore, the Huaxia Army has always had no mass base in the Central Plains.

However, after the fiasco of the Daimyofu, at least in the land north of the Yellow River, many people who were already unable to make a living seemed to ...... At least a little bit of them are starting to accept them.

The Guangwu army that broke through at the end of the Daimyo's Mansion plus the Huaxia army who came to help was close to 30,000 people in total, and the estimated number of sacrifices has not been counted by anyone at this time, but at least half of them have been captured, and thousands of people have been captured, and the tragic slaughter has begun. The survivors—I don't know how many survivors remained—gradually returned, heading towards Liangshan to engage in what was likely to be an even more tragic war.

It's like a spark.

On April 27, the list of the generals who had been determined to have died was gradually returned, and the tragedy of the prisoners being slaughtered one after another in the city was also recorded and transmitted. At this time, the water potential of the Minjiang River has become more and more violent, and while the various units of the Huaxia Army are fixing the embankment to fight the flood, the intelligence department is also reporting back rumors in various localities that the pro-military forces are preparing to break the embankment, and screening them one by one.

On the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, the rumor that a group of people were preparing to break the embankment was confirmed, and the leader was Chen Song, a local Confucian in Chengdu. Chen was originally a Sichuan Shu Wang clan, after the Chinese army occupied the Chengdu Plain, some of the gentry fled with their families, but the Chen family did not leave, until the beginning of this year's spring flood, the Chen family thought that the flooding of the Minjiang River could have the most impact on the Chinese army, so they secretly connected some of the heroes of the rivers and lakes, knowing the righteousness, ready to start at the right time.

Chen Song originally thought that the saddest thing about this matter was the psychological barrier, who knew that as soon as the flood season came, the Huaxia Army dispatched in batches, although it also mobilized a large number of people, but the guards and patrols in the vicinity were extremely strict. In May, the Huaxia army entered the house to control everyone, and Chen Song had prepared a large amount of gunpowder before he could figure out where to start.

The action to arrest the Chen clan and its henchmen was quite vigorous, and Ning Yi accompanied him. Catching Chen Song was in a separate garden not far from the Minjiang River of the Chen family, Ning Yi saw this old man with half-white hair - the two had met several times before, this time, the old man no longer had the confusion he seemed before, and scolded Ning Yi in his own hall.

Ning Yi pulled up a chair and sat in front of him, quietly listening to him scold.

In the past, when dealing with Confucian scholars, especially young scholars, Ning Yi liked to debate calmly with the other party, but this time, he had no interest in arguing, and there were all kinds of martyrs, Qian Xiwen, Qin Siyuan, Kang Xian, and Wang Qisong, whom he had never met...... For those who are determined to die, there is no point in arguing.

He just listened to the old man's scolding with serious eyes before he spoke: "Ten days later, you and your family will hold a public trial in front of thousands of people, and the guilt is severe, and if it is necessary to break the embankment, you can talk about it then." ”

On the way back, the heavy rain gradually turned into a light rain, at noon, Ning Yi and others rested at the post station on the way, there were three riders dressed in lily clothes in front of them, and when they saw Ning Yi and others, they got off the horse and entered the store, the person in front took off their clothes, but it was a tall woman, but it was Juan'er who had always handled trivial matters for Ning Yi, and she brought some news from the north.

At this time, with the passage of time, some information near the Daimyo's Mansion and even Liangshan has begun to become clear, and the death of some people has been verified, including the sacrifices of Xu Ning, Hu Yanzhuo, Nie Shan and others have been repeatedly confirmed, but there are also generals such as Qin Ming, Li Jiakai, and Xue Changgong, who have returned to Liangshan. There were more than 4,000 generals and soldiers who came back in the first batch, which was the main force that was really retained in the Daimyo's Mansion Breakout Battle.

Due to the fact that some troops and soldiers were scattered in the half-month-long blockade and sweep of Wanyanchang, it is probably possible that these soldiers will return one after another or will not return again, and the number should not be large.

That is to say...... Nearly 30,000 people, with a maximum of 6,000 ...... left" In the room of the post station, after listening to Juan'er's simple report, Ning Yi muttered.

"There are a lot of people who have been arrested, and the people over there are planning to rescue them."

"Don't think about it, Wan Yanchang is not a dead man, a guy who is known for doing things safely, he kills people publicly, he just wants to fish." Liangshan's situation is urgent, and in the past few days, the news has begun to become clear again, and the intelligence officers on the front line have been summed up one by one, and a large amount of news has been sent at the first time, so that several love newspapers are densely written, and Ning Yi frowned while looking at it.

Juan'er stood for a moment, Ning Yi glanced at her and smiled slightly bitterly: "Sit down." There have been too many things going on in the past two days, I'm in a bad mood, and you don't have to stand...... I'll have to write a letter to Liangshan later......"

"Uh......" Juan'er's expression was a little strange, "the last page...... One thing was reported. ”

"What?" Ning Yi frowned and turned the last page.

Seeing that Ning Yi began to look, Juan'er pursed her lips and sat on the stool on the side.

On the last page, it is written that Master Li is going to get married.

The operation to rescue the Guangwu Army was a life-and-death operation, but in a normal battle, the Huaxia Army also tried its best to fight for that glimmer of life. The Han army under Wan Yanchang had an extremely difficult life, and the intelligence team led by Yan Qing had made great efforts to try to persuade some Han generals to release water or even defect, such an operation naturally had successes and failures, but what few people knew was that Li Shishi, who was originally in Liangshan, also participated in this operation.

When he learned that the Huaxia army defeated Shulie and came to the southeast, Li Shishi knew that it was impossible for Zhu Biao and others not to rescue Wang Shanyue, who had fallen into death, and when the Huaxia army went out, she also made her own actions from Liangshan, she went to lobby a general of the Han army, named Huang Guangde, to try to let the other party release water in the siege, and after the battle entered the round-up stage, let the other party help save people.

This Huang Guangde was originally a lifter of the Wu Dynasty, in the early years in the capital because there was no backer, after the lifting has not been able to make up for the real shortage, he wandered the capital, for a long time had stayed overnight in the alum building. At that time, the teacher girl was popular, Huang Guangde was naturally difficult to get close to, and she was only a few faces, to the reign of Li Xizhi, Huang Guangde was on his hand to rise, at this time in the Han army mobilized by Yan Chang, he was still a relatively powerful general, with more than 10,000 brothers under his command, and many henchmen, who did some things.

Master Li found Huang Guangde, Huang Guangde was entangled at first, but later, I don't know what conditions he agreed, and finally lent a hand. At this time, I learned that the teacher girl had agreed to Huang Guangde to marry him as a concubine - it was also a loss to Huang Guangde, who was already nearly fifty years old, to be bold, or to miss the good years of the year and take risks - at this time, the master girl had already lived in the backyard of the Huang Mansion.

Ning Yi read the news carefully, frowned a little tighter, and then turned back to the front, and skimmed over the entire news, he naturally knew what Juan'er's expression was at this time, and the anger in his heart became worse, and he put the information on the square table: "Who is the person in charge of intelligence on the other side of Liangshan?" ”

Juan'er blinked: "Uh, this ......"

"Neurotic!" Ning Yi stood up and slapped it on the table, "An intelligence officer, write everything down in detail!" Write a story! Huang Guangde is forty-nine years old and wants to tell me? Master Li is in his thirties, and when he gets married, he writes a whole page of things that can be completed in two lines, and he thinks I have too much time? Thought I was interested in something!? If the two are happy, let them be together, and if they force Liang to become a prostitute, give me this Huang Guangde! Is it necessary to write it to me? ”

Ning Yi's voice was already roaring in the room: "Thought I didn't know what he was thinking!" That's thinking that I have a leg with Master Li! Who the cares if I have a leg with Master Li! Tens of thousands of people died! A group of heroes left their lives on the battlefield, and tens of thousands of their families were about to be slaughtered! Where such important information was written, he wrote me a whole page of Master Li! Neuropathy! The guy who sent this information must make a serious review! ”

Juan'er nodded, put away the information, Ning Yi was angry for a moment, and sat down again: "I will write a letter to Liangshan tonight, at least ...... Encourage them. Tens of thousands of family members in Liangshan, plus thousands of people, although they occupy a geographical advantage, but they can't get by, it's hard to say. On this side of the southwest, the life, death and future of hundreds of thousands of people are also hanging here, and there is really no need to account for so much news from one person, can't people be happy with each other......

He glanced at Juan'er: "You're also insane......

Juan'er lowered her head: "I thought it ...... You at least care a little about the teacher......"

"I've known each other for so many years, and when I was in the capital, people took care of me, right...... But what about caring, after reading this kind of information, do I have to send an order from thousands of miles away to let people rescue the teacher? If the two are really happy, now the children are already pregnant. ”

Ning Yi touched the bridge of his nose, paused, and he looked at Juan'er: "Moreover, I really don't have a leg ...... with someone else's teacher and girl."

Juan'er smiled, the two stopped talking about this topic, after eating at noon, they braved the light rain to go back to the front line of Dujiangyan, and there was a lot of news from the outside world, one of which was: The envoy of the eldest princess of the Wu Dynasty will come to the sea in a few days.

“…… An old friend, welcome to him. Ning Yi said.

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When arriving near Dujiangyan, it has passed the Dragon Boat Festival, on the seventh day of the fifth month, the weather is clear, Chengzhouhai rides a horse accompanied by the escort team, and sees the scene of the nearby villagers in full swing to repair the road. The soldiers of the Huaxia Army participated in it, and there were also managers wearing red armbands, standing on big rocks to preach and cheer up the villagers who were building roads.

"Why is that?"

"Mr. Ning said that the workers and troops who know how to control the water are fighting the flood at the front, and everyone in the rear is working together to ensure the smooth flow of the road, all for the sake of water control, and one piece of work is contributing." The Huaxia Army personnel who followed Cheng Zhouhai explained.

Cheng Zhouhai nodded: "After the water is cured, the road here has also been repaired, and the big guys have gotten along well...... Dripping water is not leaky, it is Ning Liheng's style. ”

Most of the scenes I saw along the way were such labor scenes, and when I arrived at a military medical camp where many people saw doctors, Cheng Zhouhai saw Ning Yi. The two have not seen each other for more than ten years, Ning Yi has entered middle age, and Cheng Zhouhai is nearly fifty years old, he got off the horse and bowed to Ning Yi, Ning Yi also came over and saluted back, the two looked at each other, both smiled and did not speak.

Then Ning Yi leaned over and pointed into the distance: "There, my son." ”

"Ning Ji, follow the one who is the doctor." Cheng Zhouhai smiled, when he was under Qin Siyuan, he had a very good evaluation of poisoners, he had followed Zhou Pei all these years, and he was the chief butler of the princess's mansion, and he was probably the one who paid the most attention and knew about all kinds of information on Ning Yi's side, except for Li Pin.

He then said: "I released the news that the Minjiang River would burst its embankment, and some people were also arranged by me. ”

Ning Yi nodded, but before he could answer, Cheng Zhouhai smiled and said, "Give me some benefits, I won't interfere with you." ”

"If you can do it, I'll lose." Ning Yi also smiled.