The icy autumn rain fell from the sky like threads, and fell on the faces of the yacha and soldiers by the Yongding River, but they were unaware, only staring at the rising Yongding River with surprised and frightened eyes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Originally, with the opening of the sluice gate downstream, the river water that was less than two feet from the top of the embankment gradually fell, but in the blink of an eye, the river water suddenly rose, not only filling the water level that had just fallen, but also quickly overflowing the embankment, rolling towards both banks and pouring muddy water.

And this is not the most terrible, what is even more terrible is that the backflow of the river has not been cut off, but more turbulent, and at the same time, the river flowing down the river has not stopped, and the backflow is constantly colliding, and the waves are one after another, stronger than the other, rolling up layer after layer, and slapping heavily against the embankments on both sides.

Everyone knows that after this period of hard work, the Yongding embankment has already been soaked a little soft by the river, and if it encounters such continuous slapping, I am afraid that I don't know when, this embankment will be destroyed. Before the embankment was destroyed, the splash of water began to roll up the embankment, washing away all the tools and materials used to secure the embankment.

Thinking that if he and the others were still stuck on the embankment at this time and couldn't come down in time, I was afraid that many people would be buried under the water. You must know that these errands and soldiers are almost from the north, and almost none know water, and once they are really swept away by the water, they really can't even save themselves.

"Everyone, don't be stunned! The key is to evacuate the people who may exist in all directions, and to think of building new dams further away! When everyone looked at everything in front of them in a daze, a loud shout suddenly woke them up, and it was Yang Zhen who was bound by them to make a sound.

And after hearing his reminder, everyone suddenly became excited, and at the same time looked at him in shock, but they didn't expect that everything he just said was true, and the river really poured back. And if he hadn't forcibly held Sun Yizheng hostage and ordered everyone to retreat, he was afraid of ...... Thinking of the consequences, everyone was even more afraid in their hearts, and Xue Liang was even more shocked, but at this moment he also knew that it was not the time to ask, so he quickly ordered everyone to retreat according to Yang Zhen's intention to pass on the news, and at the same time find a suitable place to block the river that spread over.

Although it was only such a stunned effort, the rapidly rising water of the river had completely submerged the embankment, and without the damming of the embankment, the river had flowed freely in all directions, and the water here had quickly reached the knees of everyone, and the water level was still rising.

Everyone hurriedly pulled out their legs and ran back, and Yang Zhen, at this time, had already struggled with both arms, and then broke the rope that bound him, and then retreated back with them, and while walking, he also said to Sun Yizheng: "Sun Fuyin was offended just now, now you know that what I said is true, right?" ”

"You...... Ay...... I should have listened to your advice, so that I might have had some time to prepare, but it would be too difficult to hold back the river now. Sun Yizheng's face was full of regret and chagrin. But in fact, he also knew very well in his heart that even if the matter could really happen again, what he chose would inevitably be the same non-cooperation as just now, after all, it was a matter of his future responsibilities, and he would never withdraw his men from the embankment because of Yang Zhen's few words.

"Now we can only hope that the embankment can block the river as much as possible, and once it is really washed away, I am afraid that most of the city of Beijing will have to become Zeguo." As Yang Zhen spoke, he looked at the Yongding River from a distance with anxiety.

Yongding River Yongding River, this time, it must be impossible to be stable!

Things eventually turned out to be the worst. Not long after Yang Zhen and the others retreated to both sides and persuaded the people who were still staying here to leave, before they could figure out how to erect a long causeway to block the water out of thin air, a dull sound of collapse came from the Yongding River in front of them, and then the water flow increased, and the rumbling sound of the water became louder.

"Oh no, it's the dam that has finally been washed away by the water!" Xue Liang's face suddenly sank, and he screamed. Although the others did not speak, they also showed fear on their faces, the flood had completely broken out, and no one could prevent the fact that the capital of the Ming Dynasty was about to be captured by the river.

Only Yang Zhen was still calm at this time, and he shouted loudly: "Don't panic, everyone. Although the embankment was destroyed, the city of Beijing is huge, and the river cannot flood too many places for a while, as long as we act quickly to block the first wave of the river's attack, there is a way to block it later! ”

It was originally chaotic, and the scene of someone screaming from time to time suddenly fell silent with Yang Zhen's words that were quite majestic, and with internal strength and suppressed everyone's voices. Afterwards, everyone finally calmed down, and their respective superiors commanded them to quickly tear down the house and build a rudimentary barrier.

At the same time, the sudden surge of the river finally alarmed the other people in the capital, and after the initial panic, under the timely command of the government, this large city with a population of hundreds of thousands launched the arduous activity of saving itself and fighting the flood.

No matter how old or young, rich or poor, all of them did their best to protect their homes by all means, blocking the deeper and deeper water from surging forward.

Although manpower is so small compared to the forces of nature, although it is only half a day's work, because the river backs up and destroys the embankment, the water in the capital has quickly reached the waist of ordinary people from the knees, but the efforts of many people are still somewhat effective.

At least before dark, the water level in the city finally stopped rising, and people no longer had to worry about drowning in the sudden flood. However, except for a few places such as the Forbidden City, the entire city of Beijing has been completely occupied by the muddy river, and when the adults of the major yamen convey orders, they can only stand on the original table and speak, which is particularly ridiculous, but none of the subordinates can still laugh.

At the same time, as the king of the Ming Dynasty and the master of the city of Beijing, the Wanli Emperor (or the first assistant Zhang Juzheng) had successively issued more than a dozen decrees, on the one hand, let the government appease the people, and quickly allocate grain hidden in higher places to stabilize the mood of the people and fill their stomachs, while finding out the useless boats and sampans and other tools from the warehouses everywhere, and let the officials and soldiers take these simple tools to patrol the whole city to ensure the stability of the capital.

Subsequently, some officials in the DPRK and China who knew about water conservancy finally calmed down and suggested one after another that the river that had already submerged most of Beijing should be diverted and discharged to other places by dredging other waterways.

With the dedication of the people of the city, this flood finally did not bring devastating damage to the capital of the Ming Dynasty and the thousand-year-old city.

After three days and four nights of flood fighting, the surging river was finally discharged from the city, and at the same time, countless craftsmen were dispatched to repair the Yongding River embankment, which had resurfaced. By this time, the dam had already been washed away by the swelling river, and it would obviously take many days to repair it.

At the same time, because the cause of the flood was already known, the imperial court also sent a large number of people to rush to the lower reaches of the Yongding River. After several hard work, a channel was carved out of the rocks that cut off the river, allowing the river to fall faster. However, during this period, many craftsmen who ventured to dig stones were swept away by the rolling floods, and even the corpses could not be recovered.

Of course, people were able to put this flood down so quickly, and fortunately, God also gave everyone a chance during this time. The autumn rain that had been falling vigorously stopped on the night when the Yongding River suddenly poured in, which naturally facilitated the disaster relief work of the whole city.

And when the river was completely discharged from all parts of the capital, the weather simply cleared, and the big sun hung high above people's heads, revealing a bright smile.

It's just that the people can't smile, because many of their relatives and friends have lost their lives because of this flood, and their homes have been destroyed in this sudden flood.

At the same time, the officials were equally unable to laugh. Although under their correct command, the capital finally survived this flood, this credit is nothing compared to the sin that caused such a big disaster. Who knows who will bear the blame for this flood? And everyone knows that this disaster, which is enough to shake the world, and even shake China and the rest of the world, will inevitably be borne by some unlucky ghosts. What awaits them will surely be the end of raiding their homes and killing their heads......

Also unable to laugh is Emperor Wanli. He could never have imagined that things would turn out like this. Although it was only four or five days, the torment of him in these few days was unprecedented. And when the disaster passed, he was a little confused, and he didn't know how to deal with the aftermath and how to deal with the culprit of all this.

Maybe in the entire capital, there is only one person who has some joy in his heart - Yang Zhen. Although the catastrophe left hundreds of innocent people buried in the water, his credit will no longer be overshadowed. and his brother Yang Chen, presumably there must be many officials who remember his performance outside the palace on the day of the incident, he should no longer have to be trapped at the bottom of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and was quickly discovered by the emperor and the imperial court.

The flooding subsided, but the turmoil and strife in Beijing had only just begun......