Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Yellow River

"If there is really a destiny in the dark. Then my destiny is probably to stop this great catastrophe. Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart.

Zhang Xuan almost didn't sleep all night, and in the second half of the night, he could be regarded as a deep sleep, but before dawn, He Hutou woke up Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan was a little bored and said, "What's the matter?" ”

In the past few days, the army has been trapped in Xuzhou City, and there are not many things, otherwise Zhang Xuan would not have time to ask about Dongyu.

"Brother-in-law, there is a sheep newspaper from the upper reaches of the Yellow River." He Hutou said.

"What is the Sheep Newspaper?" Zhang Xuan asked.

He Hutou looked at Zhang Xuan, with a trace of doubt in his heart, and said secretly: "Didn't my brother-in-law say that he was from Zhengzhou?" Why don't you even know about the sheep newspaper? However, He Hutou also knew that now was not the time to talk about this, so he immediately explained: "Once the water rises upstream, immediately send someone to take a sheep boat down the river and throw the bamboo sticks that report the water situation to all parts of the coast." ”

"Isn't it nine deaths?" Zhang Xuan thought silently and said in surprise.

"Exactly." He Hutou said.

Whenever the sheep boat is herded, it must be the time when the water of the Yellow River swells. At that time, the Yellow River must have been very turbulent, and in such a big river, there was almost no control ability on it, and Zhang Xuan instantly remembered some dead rafting videos.

Just think about how dangerous it is.

From this, it can be seen how important the message conveyed by the sheep newspaper is, because once the obscenity is broken, it will not be one or two who will die at that time.

Zhang Xuan suddenly woke up from sleepiness and said, "Who found out." ”

"River Chief." He Hutou said, "It's outside now." ”

Zhang Xuan only had time to put on his clothes and said, "Let him in." ”

"Yes."

In a moment, an old man came in.

Zhang Xuan's room is the room of the previous prefect's house, although it is not splendid, but it is also carved beams and painted columns, and there is almost a small house-like step shaker, which is by no means accessible to this wrinkled, tiptoeing old river chief.

As soon as he came in, he didn't know where to put his hand.

Zhang Xuan tidied up his clothes, the ancient clothes were still a little unaccustomed to Zhang Xuan, he hurriedly put them on, it was inevitable that there was a little high here and wrinkles there, and while tidying up, he said: "Old man, don't be nervous, tell me how the water situation is this time." ”

As soon as the old river chief thought of the water situation, he suddenly became nervous, and he couldn't care about anything else, and said: "My lord, although this water situation is not too serious, but now the rain is still falling, and no one can say what it will become after that. ”

"What happened to the four years of the Apocalypse?" Zhang Xuan tidied up his clothes and said.

"The entire city of Xuzhou was flooded." The old river chief said.

Zhang Xuan's movements froze for a moment, and then he took a deep breath and returned to normal.

The old river chief's sentence instantly frightened Zhang Xuan.

I have to say that as a modern person, Zhang Xuan did not feel the pain of floods, and he did not live in the rainy south, and the Yellow River in later generations only had the meaning of breaking the flow, and there was absolutely no meaning of flooding. Even though Zhang Xuan got up in a hurry, he didn't feel that there was anything too important in his heart.

But the old river chief's words immediately reminded Zhang Xuan of Kaifeng City, which sank underwater. Suddenly Zhang Xuan's nerves tightened.

You must know that all of Zhang Xuan's capital is in Xuzhou City, if Xuzhou City is flooded, Zhang Xuan will not be whining and mourning, and he doesn't have to think about things in the future.

"Tiger Head." Zhang Xuan said: "Gather the generals. ”

The rain was still falling, and countless rains were falling down the dripping eaves in front of the door, like a waterfall.

Yuan Shizhong, Yang Shenzu, Jin Shenghuan, Cao Zongyu, and other battalion officials, and thousands of horse teams arrived.

Zhang Xuan introduced the water situation and said: "This is the situation, everyone says what to do." ”

"My lord, quickly evacuate Xuzhou City." Jin Shenghuan said: "Since Xuzhou City has become a dangerous place, don't stay here for a long time." ”

As soon as Jin Shenghuan's words came out, it attracted a lot of attention, and some people's whispers came from the scene.

Although Zhang Xuan had no intention of doing this, now in the right army, a situation has been formed in which Zhang Xuan is the leader, and then Yuan, Yang, Cao and Jin are the auxiliaries, and the remaining officers can only observe the deliberations. Now Zhang Xuan can also see that there seems to be a considerable number of people who agree with Jin Shenghuan's opinion.

Nothing else is important compared to your own life.

"Never." Cao Zongyu said: "Now Xuzhou is under the jurisdiction of the righteous army, even if the imperial court is there, every flood season has to climb the embankment to prevent floods, today Xuzhou is owned by me, but it is not as good as the imperial court?" Please give the order immediately and let the troops ascend the embankment. ”

"My lord, that's not good." Yang Shenzu said: "Now is the time of heavy rain, and we are not familiar with the water situation, if we can resist the past, forget it, in case someone secretly thinks about leading the Yellow River to irrigate Xuzhou City, wouldn't we be self-inflicted?" In the opinion of the last general, we still go south first, and as for the matter of the river embankment, we can recruit the people of Xuzhou, anyway, it is for their good. ”

"Your Excellency." Yuan Shizhong said: "Now the water situation is urgent, the more you delay, the more dangerous it is, let's send someone to take over the embankment as soon as possible, for a while, we can't go, before again, we must prevent someone from causing damage." A lesson from the previous car of Kaifeng. ”

Zhang Xuan's heart was cold, and he suddenly looked at Xuzhou differently, Xuzhou is very good, only the Yellow River is not good, it is enough.

"When the heavy rain stops, it's better to go south quickly." sheet

Xuan said secretly in his heart. He instantly dispelled the idea of repairing in Xuzhou, and said, "Someone will invite the old river chief." ”

"Yes."

He Hutou immediately brought in the old river chief. Zhang Xuan got up to greet him and said, "Old man, now that the water situation is urgent, we are rough people, I don't know where to start, and I ask the old man for some advice." ”

The elder of the old river was taken aback and said: "My lord, I am too polite, the old man is just a river watcher, what ability can he guide the adult." But I don't know what Ling Tong's sentence is, Ling Tong's sentence was responsible for water control before. ”

Zhang Xuan looked back, and Zhang Su immediately said in Zhang Xuan's ear: "Ling Tongju is already dead. ”

Zhang Xuan had no choice, he asked him again and again, and the old river chief agreed with a bitter face, he was afraid that if he didn't agree, Ling Tong would be sentenced to an end.

The military situation is like fire, the water situation is also like fire, not to mention who Xuzhou is almost surrounded by water on three sides, once something happens, it is a big thing, under the supervision of Zhang Xuan, tens of thousands of soldiers have gone out of the city, braving heavy rain, only a coat on their bodies, and they went out of the city.

Fortunately, in Xuzhou City, other things may have the meaning of deduction, but the things above the river defense, there is absolutely no deduction, who is deductible is unable to get along with the people of the city, not to mention the Chongzhen Dynasty, whether it is the finance of the imperial court or the local finance, there are large and small holes. Much of the money for river control was raised by wealthy families in the city. Ordinary officials do not dare to embezzle.

Zhang Xuan also followed the old river out of the north gate, and without walking a few miles, he went up to the river embankment.

This embankment is much stronger than the Xuzhou city wall.

The city wall of Xuzhou is just adobe bricks, but this river embankment is a stone paved city, which looks almost higher than the city wall from a distance. It looks spectacular.

By the time Zhang Xuan reached the embankment, the sky was already dark. The rain also stopped, but it hadn't cleared up yet, it looked gray, and the visibility was not very high, Zhang Xuan stood on the embankment, looked north, and saw the turbid waves, and he couldn't see the opposite side clearly for a while.

It was as if we were facing not a river, but a sea.

Although Zhang Xuan didn't know how to control the water, he saw a heavy turbid river, slapping on the rocks of the river embankment, falling apart, and then another wave repeated the story just now, one after another, endlessly. Zhang Xuan looked unsteady under his feet, as if he was not standing on the embankment, but on the bow of a ship.

I can't help but be secretly alarmed.

Seeing this, the old river chief breathed a sigh of relief and said, "My lord, the water situation is much better this year. ”

"That's it." Zhang Xuan said: "This is over. ”

"No, no, no." The old river chief shook his head again and again, and said: "Where is it so easy, where is the upstream thing accurate, last year the embankment was about to burst here, and the water suddenly receded, saying that Kaifeng had burst." Don't look good now, you don't know how it is for a while. ”

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