The sky was gloomy, and the whistling river wind was blowing in the face, carrying the smell of bursts of silt, which made people sick. This is a plain country, the whole land is like an ocean, the hills in the distance are like islands in the sea, and the low trees have all been submerged. Only a few branches and leaves are still floating on the water. Standing on a high post, Li Chengqian looked at the miserable scene in front of him, and his face was as cold as a sky covered with lead clouds.

The heavy rain was still falling, and the endless rain poured down from the sky like a pour, and the whole sky was as if the Tianhe River had burst its embankment, and the scenery in front of him could not be seen really from three or five meters away, Li Chengqian could only see a large area of misty rain, and there was only the sound of the rain in his ears, and the roar of the river. There seems to be a faint cry for help coming from the heavy rain, but such a call can only make the hearts of those who hear it chill, and no one can save people in such weather.

The entire Huaihe River basin was hit by an unprecedented rainstorm in the sixth year of Zhenguan, as if God would punish this place again, and the land would be thoroughly cleansed with endless rain. Countless urgent reports requesting the imperial court for disaster relief were sent out by local officials, but only 12 out of 10 were able to reach Chang'an safely. The rest were swallowed up by the raging flood on the way. No one even knows where the corpses have gone.

These people are the real heroes of Datang, maybe no one can match their name, maybe they didn't complete their mission, but they gave everything for the entire disaster area. But no one knows who they are, because there are so many people who have lost their lives in this super flood, and the entire Huai River valley is constantly dying, and people are constantly being killed by the flood. The deceased is long gone. Only those who are still alive shed a few tears for them, but these living people do not know when they will follow in the footsteps of those who are dead.

Li Chengqian stood on the hill of Funiu Mountain. Listening to the sound coming from the flood like an ocean, my heart was indescribably uncomfortable. He is the master of this empire, these people are his people, even if he has done a lot of wrong things, but that is also he vented his inner depression, he has never relied on his power to do evil, even if he steals cattle, he will leave some silver coins while stealing cattle, but these silver coins are not accepted by the people who lost their cattle.

"What should I do?" Li Chengqian looked at the continuous torrential rain and couldn't help but question in his heart. Leading thousands of soldiers behind him to save people in the rain? But can such a vast disaster area be brought down? And under such bad weather. Who can guarantee that they will find the people trapped in the water? Besides, his group brought countless food, countless tents, and even a lot of medicine, but they didn't bring boats, how to search for those trapped people in such deep water? At the foot of this Funiu Mountain, it is the most affected area in the whole area, because the Huai River bursts its embankment here.

"Your Highness, we need to act quickly. Otherwise, many more people will die in the flood! Behind him, a commander of the Xuanjia Guard in armor said to Li Chengqian, this time, in order to relieve the disaster, Li Er sent a full team of 1,000 Xuanjia guards to Li Chengqian, which is a full third of the Xuanjia guards. Recently, after the Xuanjiawei trained according to the new training method proposed by Li Kuan. The combat power is even stronger, and this thousand people are worth three thousand elite horsemen.

"Lone also wants to act, but how? This piece of Ze country. Where will there be people waiting for our help? How do I search? And we don't have ships, so what should we do? Li Chengqian showed his immature side at this time. No matter what kind of education he received, he was still a fifteen-year-old boy after all. Suddenly faced with such a thing, how to make up your mind.

"Your Highness, you can't delay it any longer, you must immediately organize soldiers to start search and rescue work, first cut wood and build ships, and then start searching and rescuing in all directions in groups of three, how much can you save, no matter what, it's better than coming here in a hurry!" Xuanjia Wei Qianfu admonished. Although he had never faced such a scene, his years of experience in searching and rescuing wounded soldiers on the battlefield had taught him how to search and rescue the most efficient.

"Yes, that's it, now we will cut down and build ships, no matter what, and now we will search our area!" The affected area is too vast, this time the flood caused the Huai River to burst its banks, affecting several prefectures and counties, the local officials organized the government to carry out the search and rescue has already been carried out, but it has not had much effect, because this area is a plain, occasionally a little hills, so that the flood as soon as it rushed down the ocean, directly rushed to the low houses of the people on this land. This immediate impact would have washed away the houses in the first place, and then enveloped in the flood to bring an even more powerful blow to the next target. So the people would have no safe place to take refuge in high places.

The soldiers began to cut trees in the mountains and forests behind them to make rafts, which was the simplest boat, because at this time the shape was critical, the Huai River had not been blocked, and it was raining heavily, making the possibility of survival of the people even more slim. So if you can build a boat a minute earlier, you can go into the water a minute earlier to search for people who are still alive. The soldiers were all working hard and began to get busy.

I have to say that these thousands of soldiers were able to come with Li Chengqian to provide disaster relief, and they were all the elite of a group of elites, and they divided labor and cooperated, and rafts were quickly made out one after another, and then placed in front of Li Chengqian in rows.

"Now you go to search and rescue the people who have been affected by the disaster, and you are here to cheer for you!" Li Chengqian held a drumstick in his hand, standing in front of a big drum in the army to practice for these soldiers, at this time he stood in the rain, the heavy rain wet his gorgeous python robe, and the long hair on his head was also attached to his cheeks, and the rain flowed down his cheeks, but it could not shake the expression on his face.

"No!" The soldiers bowed down to the promise, and then one by one, thousands of people picked up the pennies on the ground, pushed the raft into the water, and scattered in all directions. The drumstick in Li Chengqian's hand also slammed heavily on the big drum, and it ...... Boom......

The drums of war fluttered in the heavy rain, like a guiding light, echoing in the roar of the heavy rain. Li Chengqian stood on the hill and prayed for his soldiers and the people of the Tang Dynasty in the torrential rain.

In Chang'an City, Li Kuan stood in front of Li Er, and at this time he was listening to Li Er's relay of the Hongling emergency report from the disaster area in the Huai River Basin: "The affected area has begun to spread, and Cheng Qian sent an urgent report in the disaster area, saying that the affected area is too vast, and many places cannot confirm whether there are any people in the area, and the search and rescue has little effect at all, and it is in vain, and sometimes there are even soldiers who fall into the water because of the simple raft scattered, and are swept away by the water!" Kuan'er, you have always been strategic, what should you do at this time? Li Er frowned, these things shouldn't have happened, as long as the Huai River is well managed and the embankment is maintained and consolidated, then how can the Huai River burst the embankment? However, in the past few years, because of the war at the beginning, and then the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the treasury was empty, and money had to be used everywhere, so it was really impossible to spare grain, grass, money and silver to repair these water conservancy. In the final analysis, he, as the emperor, did not notice that the Huai River embankment was in disrepair for a long time, and if it did not encounter a big flood, it would suddenly become a big disaster when it encountered such a rare flood.

"Father, my son is willing to go to the disaster relief!" Li Kuan didn't know what Li Er's idea was, but since Li Erdu said so, his attitude had actually been indicated, that is, he hoped that Li Kuan would go to the disaster area, and Li Kuan also wanted to find something to keep himself busy during this time, and forget some calculations for the time being, so he agreed to it in one bite, so that there was no room for Li Er's back move.

"Then, take your 800 private soldiers to help Cheng Qian, and I will give you another 3,000 elites!" In this way, Li Kuan's decision to go to fight the flood was happily decided.

"Son's Command!" Li Kuan turned and retreated.

"Alas!" Li Er looked at Li Kuan who was far away, not only sighed, these two older sons, Li Er really spent a lot of effort, Li Chengqian was placed high hopes on him, but he was so uncompetitive that he was a little disappointed. Li Kuan is also very concerned in his heart, because this second son really makes him have nothing to say, and years of stocking have made this second son a maverick. Coupled with the mysterious master behind him who had never appeared, Li Er had always been relieved. Because of the mystery, it scared Li Er. Even if this second son has made a lot of contributions to Datang, who knows if what happened to their generation will happen again. The same eldest son is incompetent, and the same second son is outstanding. How can Li Er not hurt his mind when such a scene makes him.

The water and the sky are full of color, and the water sets off a monstrous wave, impacting the whole land. The surging torrent was like a wall, pushing sideways, and no one could stop it. Li Chengqian's heart became more and more desperate, because in front of the divine power of nature, he felt his own insignificance. But he was unwilling in his heart, standing on the raft in front of the waves, cheering for the soldiers loudly, and even went into battle in person to join the search and rescue team.

"Hold on, grab the bamboo pole!" Holding a penny in his hand, he stretched out to a man in the water who was crying for help, this person was standing on the roof of a low house, his house was still sturdy and not destroyed by the flood, so he held out until the soldiers arrived to search for it.

Holding the penny that stretched out, his heart was half on the ground, although the house was washed away, and the harvest at home was also turned into a dream bubble in this flood, but the people were still there, and the hope was there. Looking at his wife and children who were already standing on the raft, this simple man had hope in his heart again. (To be continued......)