Chapter 144 - Let the people go first

A huge wave, Zhao Fan's years of painstaking management was ruined, the entire Shaanzhou City became a purgatory, after the water receded, the former prosperous urban area, now only the ruins and broken walls, full of devastation.

Li Maozhen led the army into Shaanzhou City with a high spirit, looking at the Xiongcheng City that had blocked him for many years and embarrassed him many times, finally fell into his hands at this moment, Li Maozhen felt a burst of relief in his heart.

The people in the city are not one out of ten, there are drowning people everywhere, the body is swollen and extremely terrifying, in this kind of inland area, there are really few people who can swim, especially in the face of this kind of natural and man-made disasters, human beings are extremely small, even if they can swim, they are easily swept into the rapids.

The 20,000 soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army were not much better, but fortunately, when the flood hit, nearly half of the soldiers were arranged by Zhao Fan to prepare for war on the city wall, which escaped a catastrophe, and the half of the soldiers who took turns to rest in the city were not so lucky, and many people were still washed away by the flood while still sleeping.

"Big brother, you've made a fortune, you've made a fortune!"

Sitting in the Taishou Mansion that had just been tidied up, Li Maozhen and the three were talking about this harvest, and Wang Xingyu jumped up and shouted excitedly.

"Third brother, but what treasure did you find?" Li Maozhen stroked her beard and squinted her eyes and said.

"Big brother, this time we took it by surprise and diverted water to irrigate the city, the Dog Emperor didn't have time to pack up his things, in the treasury of this city, there are nearly 600,000 taels of gold alone, gold coins of various denominations, my eyes are spent." Wang Xingyu patted the table and said in a high voice.

"My God, 600,000 taels of gold, if this is converted into copper coins, how much will it be!" Yang Shouliang on the side was stunned, and shouted in disbelief, and the trace of unbearability just now was also thrown into the back of his mind.

"Hahahaha, second brother, you are a little promising, when we take Luoyang City, it is estimated that there will be more than this small number." Li Maozhen glanced at Yang Shouliang and laughed loudly.

"It's a pity that this emperor kid ran away this time, otherwise our battle would be perfect, but it doesn't matter, when we take Luoyang City, presumably this emperor kid won't be able to run."

"Big brother don't worry, the younger brother has already arranged people to chase along all aspects, maybe we don't have to go to Luoyang City, we can arrest the Dog Emperor, so that we can capture Luoyang, it will be much simpler." Wang Xingyu smiled and said proudly.

"So very good, the emperor will definitely flee to Luoyang, let's send more people to pursue in the direction of Luoyang, if we can catch the emperor Xiao'er, Luoyang can go down without a fight, and everything in Luoyang will be our three brothers." Li Maozhen nodded and said appreciatively.

"Big brother, third brother, there are a lot of corpses piled up in Shaanzhou City now, have we arranged for someone to bury them properly?" Just when Li Maozhen and Wang Xingyu were excited, Yang Shouliang suddenly interjected and said softly.

"What's so easy to deal with here, the second brother doesn't have to think too much, the people in this city all died because of the emperor's children, not the three of us, do you understand? The corpses of those grass people were buried by the soldiers casually, and it was unfortunate to look at it like this. Li Maozhen was stunned when she heard this, glared at Yang Shouliang with some dissatisfaction, and said slowly.

This Yang Shouliang is good at everything, but sometimes he is a little inexplicable, he can't let go of his own scholar's shelf, after being a eunuch, what kind of benevolence, righteousness and morality are he talking about, isn't this funny?

"That's the only way, I'll arrange for the soldiers to bury the corpses, and the eldest brother and the third brother will talk slowly." Yang Shouliang nodded helplessly, sighed and said.

"Second brother, it's not me saying you, don't keep saying this kind of unhappiness, we should be happy to take Shaanzhou City, as for the death of some people, what can be counted, there is a day in the world that no one will die, you say yes." Wang Xingyu patted Yang Shouliang's shoulder and said softly.

Yang Shouliang nodded, didn't speak again, got up and arranged the affairs of the people, Li Maozhen and Wang Xingjian in the house glanced at each other, paused for a moment, and continued to discuss enthusiastically.

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Zhao Fan grabbed the plank that Qiao Xinchao and Xu Yong held up with their lives, and drifted in the water along the rapids.

Along the way, there were many people from Shaanzhou City and soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, who were also struggling in the water with all kinds of floating objects, and saw Zhao Fan sitting on the door panel, all of them desperately leaned towards Zhao Fan, and formed a circle around Zhao Fan, firmly protecting Zhao Fan in the middle.

From time to time, all kinds of debris collided on the surface of the water, but they were stopped by the soldiers and people surrounding Zhao Fan, but Zhao Fan, who was sitting in the middle, seemed to be sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai and did not suffer any damage.

Zhao Fan looked at the people and soldiers who were firmly surrounding him, and kept using his body to help him block the damage, and he was moved in his heart.

"Your Majesty, sit tight, but don't fall off, brothers, fellow villagers, everyone is firmly tied together with clothes, all of them are firmly grasped, don't sink into the water, the brothers on the periphery hold on, don't let those sundries hit Your Majesty." A junior colonel of the Mandate of Heaven Army, holding a piece of wood floating in the water, shouted loudly while firmly grasping the wood in his hand.

"Quick, there's a mountain bag over there, I'll work together, get closer to that side, and go ashore first!"

"Okay!"

"Your Majesty sit tight, I'm going to go over there."

"Hurry up, you'll be on the shore soon, you must hold on, don't sink at this last moment."

Under the command of the little colonel, everyone shouted the trumpet and paddled the water together, and slowly leaned towards the shore, but fortunately, the water had gradually slowed down at this moment, and everyone worked together to lean over.

"Your Majesty, you go up first." Xiao Xiao let go of the wood in his hand, jumped into the water, and found that the water was just up to his waist, and immediately shouted excitedly.

"I sit on this door, and it doesn't take much effort, the people have been soaked in the water for a long time, and they are already exhausted, let the people go ashore first." Zhao Fan smiled and said without hesitation.

"It's... Thank you for your kindness, folks, go ashore first! Xiao Xiao hesitated for a moment, and when he saw Zhao Fan's insistence, he said slowly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty is sympathetic to the people, and he is really a wise man!"

"Folks, go ashore quickly, if we don't go, won't we live up to Your Majesty's wishes."

The people thanked Zhao Fan one after another, and their eyes were full of admiration and respect.

Zhao Fan also sighed silently, this is the people of Datang, the people are simple and kind-hearted, as long as you treat them a little better, they will be grateful to you.

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