Zhang Ting, the county lieutenant, let Lin Ruofu withdraw is kind, and an old man who has been over seventy years old can pick up the burden at this time of fear, which has already made him sincerely admire.

However, he knows that what Lin Ruofu said is true, and now Lin Ruofu is the backbone of the embankment, once Lin Ruofu withdraws...... It is bound to be a rush to disperse.

Even the dignity of a county doesn't care, who can control these people and officials to fight to the death?

Desperately maintaining the embankment, it may still be able to survive when the water level recedes; But if you give up now, it will almost certainly be less than two hours, and the levee will collapse and flood the situation......

Looking at the momentum that is now flourishing in the heavy rain, Zhang Ting can only smile bitterly and sigh, turn around and command the servants and people to continue to frantically fill the earth and stones into the river embankment that has just been swept out of a gap by the flood.

Heavy rain poured in, the river swelled, and many low places on the river embankment were already overflowed.

With mud under their feet and rain overhead, all the people of Jingyang and the government officials clenched their teeth, overdrawing the last bit of strength in their bodies, vowing to contain this monstrous flood in the river and prevent it from breaking the embankment and destroying their homes.

However, manpower is sometimes poor, in the face of a huge natural disaster, the disadvantage of numbers leads to overstretched everywhere, the flood is pounding on the embankment, the soil and rocks in many places have been washed away, the gap is getting bigger and bigger, until a certain place completely collapses, the surging flood will pour down along this cathartic outlet, and raze the Jingyang City not far away to the ground with a monstrous momentum......

At the moment of urgency, someone suddenly rushed from under the embankment, and the sound of tearing pierced through the wind and rain and penetrated into everyone's ears......

"The army is coming! Your Majesty has brought in an army of 5,000 to help us hold the embankment! ”

This shout was like a cloudy sky covered in heavy rain being split by a bolt of lightning, and everyone's hearts were first shocked, and then a bright light!

Lin Ruofu wiped the rain on his face, took a hard step, dragged the people who ran up under the embankment, and asked in a trembling voice: "Is this true?" ”

There was also news that the imperial court would allocate a large army to help fight the danger, but Lin Ruofu had been sticking to the embankment and had never seen the documents sent by the Ministry of War, so he didn't care about it. In his mind, even if the imperial court really sent troops to rescue, when the coordination of the various yamen was completed, it would have to be three or five days later......

The man looked excited, and said loudly: "The small one went with Dou County Cheng to meet the imperial court rescue army, and this time the army came with Fang Jun, the squire of the military department, and Cheng Zhijie, the prince of Lu Guo, five thousand of the most elite right guards came in the rain, and now they are still walking under the dam, and the small one is walking on the riverside path, and he came to report the news one step ahead!" ”

There was an instant thunder of joy on the embankment!

Although everyone is desperately guarding the river embankment from being broken, but the physical strength has been exhausted and the number of people is too small, so why is the power of this heaven and earth domineering? Now with the addition of 5,000 elite Right Guards, this will greatly increase the success rate of guarding the embankment!

Lin Ruofu was excited, but still asked: "Didn't the waiter go to the county to meet with the county first?" ”

He had heard of this Fang Shilang, the son of Fang Xuanling, the head of the current Zaifu, the son-in-law of His Majesty, and the concubine of Princess Gaoyang, who was really a first-class gentleman. For the officials from the children of the family, Lin Ruofu really has no good impression. It's not that the children of the family are incompetent, on the contrary, these people have a family background, almost all of them are outstanding, but their personalities are arrogant and have never experienced hardships, and they lack the necessary responsibility and tenacity in the face of natural and man-made disasters.

Look at our county lord who was born in a family, the people of the city are playing with their lives on the embankment, but they stay in the county government to enjoy the tea and rain......

The person who reported the news laughed: "Meeting with the county honorable? No, no, Fang Shilang personally led the army through the city and did not enter, saying that the disaster was like fire, and he came straight to the embankment! He also ordered the secretary to serve the imperial history Liu Xun and Liu Yushi to impeach the county for the crime of fearing difficulties and dangers and dereliction of duty! ”

Lin Ruofu's spirits were greatly lifted, and he couldn't care about the inappropriateness in the words of the informant, why could a soldier be able to order the secretary to serve the imperial history? Feel good and shout happy!

There was a cheer and a lot of people on the embankment!

Everyone played here to guard the embankment and protect their homes, and the county commander, who was the leader of a county, actually sat in the yazhai safely, in order to show his noble status...... Who can have no grudges in their hearts?

Lin Ruofu just wanted to speak, and heard a burst of low footsteps in the wind and rain, and a large number of black figures rushed from under the dam!

Immediately hurried forward, and when he saw the young official who abandoned his horse and walked in mud for the leader, as well as a burly general in military uniform, he quickly tidied up his clothes, shook his head, and shouted: "Lin Ruofu, the people of Jingyang, meet the waiter!" Meet Lu Guogong! ”

Fang Jun will see this person when he walks to the top of the embankment, and he was slightly stunned, and looked at the county Cheng Dou Zhili beside him.

Who is this man?

Dou Zhili hurriedly said: "Go back to the room and wait, this is the former director of the Ministry of Works, and now he has returned to his hometown and is recuperating." It's just that this time the flood is critical, and the county is unwilling to go to the embankment to direct the rescue, so the only way to let Lin Lao drag his sick body to call on the people of the city to fight the flood and save the danger, and vow to live and die with the embankment! ”

Fang Jun was in awe, and hurriedly replied: "It turned out to be Lin Lao...... Disrespectful and disrespectful, to be able to stand up in this time of crisis, not afraid of hardships and dangers, is really a model for our generation! ”

It seems that this old man has a lot of prestige in Jingyang, otherwise how could he replace the county order to command the rescue?

Lin Ruofu sighed with emotion: "The old decay was born in Si and grew up in Si, at this critical juncture, I can only throw this old bone on this embankment, I only hate the limited ability, and I can't turn the tide of the tide...... Now that Fang Shilang has come by the emperor's order, the old man has no worries! You are a great talent in water conservancy, and most of the rivers and canals in Guanzhong were built under your auspices when you were in charge of the Ministry of Industry, so you must be more confident about flood control and dam protection! ”

Obviously, this former official of the Ministry of Industry has also heard of Fang Jun's deeds in the Ministry of Industry......

Fang Jun hurriedly said: "You don't dare to say this, the younger generation is ashamed...... Since you are an official of the Ministry of Industry, then this official only asks you, can this embankment be kept? ”

Don't look at the fact that he has been claiming all the way that "the embankment is in the people, and the embankment is bursting and the people are dying", in fact, it is just to calm the people's hearts, otherwise when the entire Jingyang people see that Tianwei is unstoppable, they scatter and flee for their lives, relying only on a mere 5,000 soldiers How to protect the embankment?

Five thousand right guards is already the limit, and there can't be more.

No matter how much it is, it will inevitably cause a chain reaction in many ways, and it must be known that the current situation is not calm and calm......

But if he can't keep it, Fang Jun can't really let the people of Jingyang live and die on the embankment.

Whether it is a city or a possessions, what could be more precious than life? Fang Jun knows very well the feelings of the people in this era that "it is difficult to leave their homeland", and I don't know how many people would rather stay until the last moment, even if the flood is not topped, they will not give up, so the 5,000 right military guard army will become a force to force the people to move away from Jingyang......

Lin Ruofu immediately cut the railway: "Fang Shilang rest assured, the embankment will definitely be able to hold it!" ”

Fang Jun didn't dare to be gullible, frowned, and said solemnly: "Old Lin, this official admires you as a person, and I also know that you must be of noble character, but this official hopes that you can know that compared with the city and the homeland, only people are the most important!" If people are alive, their homes can be rebuilt, but if they are gone, then what kind of homes are there to talk about? ”

Lin Ruofu naturally knew what Fang Jun meant, waved his hand, and said proudly: "Although Fang Shilang can rest assured, this embankment was built when the old man was an official, and although the old man was at home for many years, he never dared to forget whether the embankment is strong or not means that Jingyang can be safe, so every spring and autumn when the water level rises will be inspected on time, if there is loose soil and rock, and the embankment is unstable, the people will be called on manpower to reinforce. The old man swore by his ancestors that as long as he did not break out of the gap by the flood, even if this levee was flooded, he could stand for three days without falling! ”