On the eighth day of the heavy rain, the water had flooded all the bare land on both sides and was approaching the city gate, but if you want to break it down, you will find that the situation in Huazhou and Bingzhou is different: Huazhou has more submerged land than Bingzhou.

Yang Zhong stood on the corner tower at the head of the city and looked in the direction of Bingzhou, the muffled thunder before became louder and louder, and he began to find that this sound might not be thunder, after all, he had not seen any lightning before the thunder. Could it be that the Tang people are doing some tricks? Yang Zhong stretched his body out of the lookout platform of the corner tower as much as possible, and looked into the distance, he wanted to see the situation of Bingzhou City through the rain curtain.

The body that leaned out had been soaked in heavy rain, and all Yang Zhong could see was the white rain curtain, and finally a loud bang shook his ears, this sound was so loud that Yang Zhong felt that the corner towers under his feet were shaking.

Before Yang Zhong could recover from the pain in his ears, he found that he could no longer move his eyes, because he had seen the most incredible phenomenon in his life for more than thirty years. From the Huangshui River outside the city, a wall of water half the height of the castle suddenly swelled, rolling turbidity waves towards Huazhou at a speed obvious to the naked eye.

Yang Zhong really thought that his eyes were spent, and he must have looked at the rain curtain for too long to have such an illusion. It's a pity that the reality is cruel, no matter how Yang Zhong wipes his eyes, all he can see is the tall wall of water, and it is closer to Huazhou City than before.

"The river is pouring in, the river is pouring in!" Yang Zhong finally came to his senses, and he immediately ran towards the corner tower, shouting loudly as he ran: "Come on, come now!" ”

In the face of such a wall of water, Yang Zhong really couldn't think of any other way in a short period of time, what he could do was to immediately close the city gate and rely on the city gate to resist the turbulent river. After all, the speed of the river is so fast, and any human power is so vulnerable in the face of nature.

The soldiers at the head of Huazhou City also saw such a terrifying scene, some of them fell directly to the ground, their whole bodies paralyzed; Others stand in place, dumbfounded; The more agile ones have already begun to shout for their lives. If Gu Hongxuan hadn't come to the city with a big knife and killed the few deserters who had escaped from the battle, I am afraid that he would have led more soldiers to escape. But is it useful to run away? If you escape, you can only flee to the city, this monstrous wave is enough to submerge Huazhou City, where can you escape?

Gu Hongxuan stood at the head of the city and saw it more clearly than anyone else, this continuous wall of water advanced towards the city, and the speed was only seen in his life. Aren't you afraid? How can you not be afraid? Gu Hongxuan asked himself that he would never take a step back in the face of the enemy, but in the face of such a natural disaster, his ability was extremely weak.

At this time, Yang Zhong's voice came from the corner tower, and his order sounded right at first glance, but the gate of Huazhou City had been closed, and it had hardly been opened these days. Can a single gate withstand this wave? Gu Hongxuan was skeptical about this, although he hoped that Yang Zhong's method would work.

Yang Zhong ran to the city panting, he stood beside Gu Hongxuan, because the distance was closer, and he could see it more realistically. Yang Zhong was surprised to find that this water wall was obviously low now, which means that the amount of water on the water wall has decreased a lot from the beginning to this way, so does this mean that Huazhou City can escape this catastrophe?

Yang Zhong didn't speak, he didn't know the answer, what he knew was that Gu Hongxuan, who was standing on the side, would definitely not know.

"General, the walls of Huazhou City are all made of glutinous rice slurry poured with fine blue strip stones, which should be able to withstand this flood." Gu Hongxuan said categorically, and at the same time his eyes looked at Yang Zhong.

Yang Zhong immediately understood his intentions, how important people's hearts were at this time, Yang Zhong immediately shouted loudly: "Huazhou City is solid, the previous Tang Dynasty has nothing to do, just these flood cities will definitely be able to withstand it!" All the soldiers obeyed my orders, stuck to their posts, and absolutely did not escape without authorization, otherwise they would be dealt with by military law! ”

With the general's affirmation and the threat of military law, those soldiers who had already retreated finally stopped retreating, even if they were still afraid in their hearts.

In the early spring, the weather was still a little cold, and it was still raining heavily on this day, but Yang Zhong's forehead still dripped, and compared with these cold rains, Yang Zhong obviously felt the trembling of his body. Yang Zhong worked hard to maintain his image, he must not let the soldiers see his fear and weakness, and at this critical moment, he must be an example of the Guangyuan Army.

It's coming, it's coming! The eyes of all the soldiers standing at the head of the city were round, and he may have wanted to close them, but the scene in front of him simply robbed them of all their attention, and they could not do anything else.

When the wall of water, which was already a little shorter, was approached, this feeling of oppressive persecution was still not something that everyone could bear. The sound of hula and hula sounded in my ears, as if there was nothing else in the whole world except this wall of water and myself, indeed, standing in front of the wall of water, all I could see was the wall of water and myself.

Jiang Weizhen, who was kneeling on the avenue of the official office, only felt that his legs were no longer numerous, and he knew that he would definitely not be able to get up at this time, even if someone came to help him, he might not be able to stand up smoothly. After the whole body was soaked, the cold followed, and the breath condensed into a white mist in the air, and Jiang Weizhen's body began to shake unconsciously.

It's been half a day, although there are a lot of people watching the excitement, but they haven't waited for the people Jiang Weizhen wants to see, so they retreated to the second, and there is no one who even took the initiative to ask a word in this half a day. Maybe Jiang Weizhen's official position is really humble, and no one knows him, so naturally not many people care about his life or death.

Jiang Weizhen thinks that he has seen through the reality of officialdom over the years, but today he realizes that he is too naïve, and the complexity and cold-bloodedness of officialdom far exceed his own understanding. Thinking of this, Jiang Weizhen raised his head and looked at the official office, where there were still some people looking at him with a probe in their heads, with doubts, mockery, and indifferent expressions on their faces. At this point, Jiang Weizhen began to sympathize with them, they have merged with this impersonal officialdom, they themselves are trampled on and at the same time find every opportunity to trample on others, but what they don't know is that if they continue like this, it will become a luxury for them to even live.

Jiang Weizhen lowered his head, his brain could no longer turn, and he had no idea how to find a countermeasure. But he found that the rain had suddenly stopped above his head, and he looked up into the distance, and the ground was still splashed by raindrops a few feet away, and he looked up again to see an oil-paper umbrella propped up above his head.

This? It can't be because of the cold, right? Jiang Weizhen looked behind him along the oil-paper umbrella, and finally saw Shen Ming standing behind him with the umbrella.

"Master Shen?"

"It's no use if you kneel down any longer, so get up quickly."

Jiang Weizhen had to admit that he had failed again, he wanted to get up, leaning on the support of his hands, but his legs really didn't have a trace of feeling, and his body was just raised a little before he almost fell because of the weakness under his feet. At the critical moment, Shen Ming made a move, he held Jiang Weizhen's arm with one hand, and then pulled the person to stand up with one hand.

Jiang Weizhen was still a little unstable, and Shen Ming actually took him into his arms. With the reliance, Jiang Weizhen finally stood firm, and at the same time felt the warmth from Shen Ming.

"What you gave me didn't work out. Maybe both of us wouldn't have succeeded in the first place. ”

"But...... Time is running out, it's been the eighth day of this heavy rain, and it will be ....... if it goes on like this."

"Whatever happens, all we can do now is protect ourselves."

"I really can't do it, I can't watch the people of Li suffer this natural disaster! I am an official of the imperial court, and it is my duty to protect the people! ”

Shen Ming's eyes when he looked at Jiang Weizhen had changed, and he said, "If there were more officials like you in the imperial court, maybe Daliang would not have fallen to today's field." Unfortunately, if your judgment is true, then we must first ensure that we have escaped this fate. ”

"That'...... Where can we go? ”

"Let's go back to the Fat Kui Restaurant first!"

Shen Ming supported Jiang Weizhen with an umbrella and walked farther and farther away from the official office, and the two people upstairs in the official office stood in front of the window and watched their backs.

"What if what he says is true?" It was Yan Keran who asked.

"Then we can only sacrifice Huazhou again." It was Shen Qianji who answered.