A woman closest to the outer city came to the edge of the river on a spring evening to wash her clothes, and the rain for several days caused the water to increase dramatically. For this situation, the woman has become accustomed to it, her mood today is still better than in the past, today finally does not have to carry an umbrella to wash clothes, the drizzle in the sky The woman still intends to endure it, after all, there are not many clothes today.

The original river had been submerged, and the woman could only carry the hem of her skirt and carefully step on the bare stones, intending to wash her clothes quickly and leave. As soon as the woman immersed her clothes in the water, she felt the violent flow of the river, and it was not strange that the river flowed, but the point was that the river flowed in the opposite direction, not along the river to the outside of the city, but to the city.

The woman began to be surprised, and she straightened up and looked at the city gate, and vaguely she felt as if she had heard a rumbling sound. As the woman was about to go ashore to see, she heard a cry from the top of the city, which was so terrible and frightened that she began to get nervous, and she quickly pricked up her ears and began to listen to what the people of the city were shouting.

"Run....... The flood is coming! ”

The woman's eyes widened, she couldn't believe her ears, and by this time the woman had not moved until she saw that the gate had broken and broken into pieces, and then the raging flood rushed in through the gate, and the woman collapsed to the ground. She was so frightened that her whole face was distorted, and her face, which was not very beautiful, was even more ugly, and she cried and tried to crawl in the direction of her home, but unfortunately the flood came so quickly that she was completely submerged before the woman could climb many paths.

In fact, the flood in the first year of Qianfeng did not directly cause much damage and casualties to the capital, and the most severely affected were the poor people in the outer city, not only their homes were destroyed, but also some people were missing.

This flood was not sudden, after all, the heavy rain in the previous days was indeed the main cause of the flood, and in the face of this natural disaster, the people quickly ignored a very important factor. In order to appease the people, the imperial court immediately sent a disaster relief team, which temporarily stabilized the capital.

Returning to the imperial city, Emperor Liang slammed the book in front of the hundred officials, and looked at these ministers kneeling in front of him with a gloomy face.

"Huazhou City has been reduced to Zeguo under the attack of this flood, where is the Ministry of Industry?"

Shangshu Yu of the Ministry of Industry rushed out of the column and replied: "Back to the emperor, the trend of Huangshui has always been along the capital all the way to Duzhou, which is a law that has been formed since ancient times. And today's flooding of Huazhou City has even affected the capital, which makes no sense from the perspective of natural geography. ”

"According to you, this is not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster?"

"Back to the emperor, this matter must be so. Someone must have deliberately raised the water level and changed the watercourse to cause the river to backflow and cause such a serious disaster. ”

After Yu Chong's reminder, Emperor Liang finally cooled down his brain and began to understand the possible conspiracy behind this matter.

"The other side of Huazhou is Bingzhou, and Bingzhou is currently under the control of the Lower Tang Dynasty, and the Lower Tang Naval Division is stationed outside the city of Bingzhou, and the Lower Tang Dynasty must be inseparable from this matter." Shen Qianji spoke, and he pointed the finger at the Tang Water Division.

"It's not a day or two that the Lower Tang Navy Division has been stationed in Bingzhou, isn't their every move under the supervision of the Guangyuan Army? If the people of the Tang Dynasty were to make such a huge project, how could the Guangyuan Army not know at all? "Emperor Liang's anger has spread from the Ministry of Industry to the Guangyuan Army." At this time, Yang Zhong didn't even see a figure! ”

In a fit of rage, Wengu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, according to the last general's investigation, Huazhou was flooded this time and suffered heavy losses, and the Guangyuan Army also failed to escape. It's only been half a day since it happened this morning, and I ask the emperor to allow me to go and investigate immediately. ”

Emperor Liang looked at Wengu and nodded in agreement after thinking for a while: "Just do what you say." However, I have a little doubt, even the capital has suffered from flooding, and you can be stationed outside the city unscathed? ”

Emperor Liang had good reason to be suspicious, and when he received the information that Huazhou City was flooded, he immediately paid attention to the two armies, which were the last two armies that Liang could currently have. Yang Zhong has not been seen since the flood, but Wengu arrived in the imperial city as soon as possible.

Tangtai Wengu's heart twitched for a while, and sure enough, all this was in the calculation of the Tangtai Scythe, and he was already ready for the next words.

"The last general had been to the outside of Huazhou City a few days ago, and when his subordinates went to scuttle and sink the Tang ship that night, they found that there was a change outside the city of Bingzhou, but the last general was not sure, so he asked people to sneak over to investigate, but the night was hazy and the heavy rain was pouring Tuo and he couldn't see it clearly. After coming back, the last general found out the trend chart of Huangshui and began to study, and the last general began to suspect that the Tang people were making trouble. ”

"You've found out?" Emperor Liang began to question.

"Your Majesty, everything is guessed by the last general according to the situation of the investigation, and the last general's speculation has no basis after all, so the last general does not dare to tell the emperor without authorization, what he can do is to temporarily move the army to a higher ground. What the last general thought at that time was that if everything was unfounded for the last general, then the last general would take the initiative to go back to Beijing to ask for guilt; But what if all this speculation is true? ”

Tangtai Wengu didn't say anything more when he said this, and Emperor Liang began to understand what he meant. There was some debate about who to choose to defend Huazhou, Shen Qianji and Yan Keran both thought that Yang Zhong's Guangyuan army was more suitable, while Cai Quan and Zhang Huaiyuan and others supported the Divine Killing Cavalry. There was a lot of argument in the main hall, and in the end, Liang Dili insisted on choosing Yang Zhong despite public opinion, on the grounds that Yang Zhong was older and more calm, after all, he was also the queen of the gate, and his previous performance was at least decent, if not amazing.

If the person chosen at the beginning was Wengu, would the result be different? Emperor Liang couldn't help but look at Shen Qianji and Yan Keran when he thought of this, the two of them were really deflated at the moment, what else could they say in the face of such a result?

"Your Majesty, if Huazhou City is handed over to General Tangtai, it won't be the end of this now." Zhang Huaiyuan had already seen that Emperor Liang was doubting, so he seized the opportunity to admonish.

"Things have happened, and nothing can go according to our assumptions." Shen Qianji didn't intend to sit still, he said calmly: "Your Majesty, this is not the time to be held responsible, the damage to the capital is not serious, but Huazhou is almost completely flooded, once Huazhou is gone, the capital will be in danger." ”

"What Lord Shen said is extremely true!" Tangtai Wengu spoke again, these words were not what the Tangtai Sickle told him to say, but where would he let it go after grasping this stubble? "The reason why the Lower Tang Water Division did not act is that they are waiting for such an opportunity, and now it is a great opportunity for them to attack, and now the Guangyuan Army has suffered heavy losses, and the only one who can take on the responsibility of defending the capital is the Divine Killing Raider!"

Cai Yan also stood on the side of Tangtai Wengu, "Your Majesty, Weichen also agrees with General Tangtai, if the Tang Dynasty attack, it is still worth relying on the god killing turchariots." ”

Cai Quan couldn't help but close his eyes and then opened them, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, it is still unknown whether the Lower Tang Dynasty will take this opportunity to attack the capital, but it is also a blessing for Daliang to have a god killing cavalry to protect the capital." Lao Chen thought that the most important thing at the moment was to repair the city wall, and then send people to rescue Huazhou City, trying his best to find General Yang Zhong. ”

Although Cai Yan has long been accustomed to his father singing against him, this time it is clear that he did not say the wrong thing, why didn't he give himself a chance to perform? Cai Quan didn't bother to take care of this son, he glanced at his son and continued: "Your Majesty, don't delay the matter urgently. This matter still needs a reliable person to take care of it. ”

"It's still thoughtful Cai Xiangxiang!" Emperor Liang naturally couldn't admit that he was at a loss when he faced such a serious natural disaster in the first year of ascending to the throne, so he asked Cai Quan: "Cai Xiang is more suitable to tell me?" ”

As soon as Cai Quan's eyes rolled, the candidate in his heart was about to blurt out, but someone turned out to be the first. Shen Qianji said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a candidate!" ”

Cai Quan's face suddenly became gloomy, and there was even a hint of murderous intent flashing in his cloudy eyes, although it was fleeting. Shen Qianji ignored Cai Quan's face, he said anxiously: "Wechen agrees with Cai Xiang's opinion very much, it was Cai Xiang who reminded Wechen that Wechen has a person who thinks he is a very suitable candidate." ”

"Tell me about it."

"Jiang Weizhen of the Household Division."