Leng Yi said: "How far have you gone up?" ”

The spy said: "It should be more than 100 miles, Hong Jie's idea, in order to hurry, we did not walk along the river embankment, but along the post road near the river, galloped forward for a while and then went to the river to check, so that the distance forward is relatively far." ”

"Excellent! Hard work, you go down and rest! ”

"Yes!"

Leng Yi put up a pergola in his hand and looked at the upper reaches of the Ba River, only to see that there was indeed a line of black in the sky, and there seemed to be a faint flash of white light. He groaned slightly, turned to Song Zhutou, who was following, and said, "You immediately send all the yamen soap subordinates to inform the people of the whole city that there may be a greater flood coming, and for the sake of safety, ask them to bring dry food and water, and immediately move to the city wall or the high place on the mountain outside the city." For those who are old, weak, sick and disabled, you must help them to transfer. You are responsible for maintaining order on the towers of the city, and for preventing disturbances and destruction. ”

Song Zhutou clenched his fists and agreed, and rushed away.

Soon, the sound of gongs sounded throughout the city, and the whole city was suddenly in chaos, and the streets and alleys helped the old and the young, and those who shouted for their fathers and mothers ran to the city towers.

Leng Yi also ordered all the people in the city to devote themselves to the work of reinforcing and raising the embankment.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Hong Feng, who was depicted like a group of little piglets, to enter Bazhou City!

The flood is starting to rise!

Due to the reinforcement of the embankment at the front, the flood is still under control.

At this time, the official sedan chair of the Liao Governor's Mansion hurriedly came to the river embankment. He opened the sedan curtain by himself and couldn't step out, because he was in a hurry, he almost tripped over the lifting bar of the sedan chair, and stumbled for a while, then he stood firm, carried the official robe, knocked on the embankment, came to Leng Yi, and said angrily: "Who ordered the people to move to the city tower?" ”

"It's me! Prefect, I'm worried about ......"

"What the hell!" Governor Liao rudely interrupted Leng Yi's words, "Why don't you report me?" ”

"I'm in charge of fighting the flood, and that's what your lord authorized. I have the right to order the transfer of the population! ”

"Do you know what the chaos is in the city right now? If the people take the opportunity to make trouble, how will you take responsibility? ”

"My lord, now I am not worried about trouble, but I should worry about the life and death of the people!" Leng Yi grabbed Liao Zhifu's arm, forcibly pulled him to the river embankment, and pointed to the river: "Look at it yourself, how much has the river risen?" It has overflowed the embankment before it was not raised! And it's still rising! ”

"Isn't the embankment already heightened and reinforced? Do you still need to get the people to move to the city walls? You're a nuisance! Liao Zhifu said angrily.

"It's better to disturb the people than to harm the people!" Leng Yi raised his voice, "The spies I sent to the upstream to investigate came back and reported that the flood peak had come, it had arrived just now, this is only the first wave, and the flood peak behind it may be even bigger!" Once the embankment breaks, what will happen to the people's surnames? ”

Liao Zhifu walked to the embankment, put his hand on the pergola to watch, and sure enough, the turbid waves were rolling, and the momentum was much greater than before. Listening to the chaotic voices faintly coming from all over the city, he lost his mind and said, "Forget it, it's already like this, I hope you're right." ”

Leng Yi slowed down his breath and said, "My lord, the so-called don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, human life is at stake." ”

At this moment, another sent catcher came galloping on horseback, almost as if he was about to collapse, and reported: "My lord, it's not good, the flood, the flood is coming!" ”

"What's going on?" Governor Liao hurriedly asked.

"The half-human-high flood peak is rushing down in rows!"

Governor Liao's hands and feet were suddenly cold, and he looked at Leng Yi: "Lord Leng, this ......, what can I do about this?" ”

"Speed up the transfer of people and continue to raise and strengthen the embankment! Strive to keep the embankment from falling! ”

"Good! Fast! Fast! ”

It didn't take long for Hong Feng to rush in.

It was a little piglet just now, but now it's half a human height! The flood was ferocious. Leng Yi looked at the embankment, and the distance between the water surface was half a foot high, which means that when the second flood peak arrived, the flood would rise to such a high embankment! It is very likely that there will be an overflow or even a burst!

Governor Liao was really panicked, and said to Leng Yi: "Lord Leng, the embankment will be handed over to you, and the mansion has to go back quickly, arrange for the transfer of the criminals in the prison, and pack up and transfer the important documents, just in case." ”

"Okay, Lord Liao move to a safe place as soon as possible, don't stay in the yamen anymore."

"Good!" With that, Liao Zhifu hurriedly left.

Leng Yi hurriedly ordered, on the one hand, to evacuate the people urgently, and at the same time to speed up the construction of the embankment! And let the catchers go up the city wall quickly, and force those young men to come and participate in the construction of the embankment.

One after another, young people came to the embankment and joined the embankment construction, and the speed increased slightly.

Deputy Song Catcher, who was responsible for evacuating the people in the city, came to report: "Master, some families in the city said that they were unwilling to move to the city tower and the mountains, saying that there would be no danger, and some were worried that people would leave and things would be stolen. Refuse to go. ”

Leng Yi said angrily: "It must be transferred immediately!" Not a single one is allowed to stay! You organize the yamen to arrest quickly, and all streets are guarded to prevent theft. After daybreak, if there are still people in the city, they will be dealt with according to the law of thieves! ”

Deputy Song agreed and left in a hurry.

Not long after, the foreman in charge of filling the sand came out of breath and reported a bad news from Leng Yi: "Master, the sand has run out!" ”

The sand they took was all the soil from the vicinity of the city. Due to the high and deep water of Bazhou Mountain, the soil layer is very thin, and there is not much sand nearby for sandbags.

Leng Yi hurriedly said, "How far is the nearest one that can be loaded with soil?" ”

"It's going to be ten miles away."

"Then I have to go!" Leng Yi said, "Collect carriages!" Go to the city immediately to collect wagons to transport earth! ”

However, there were very few horse-drawn carriages in the Song Dynasty, and only a few large families had them. The others are just ox carts, donkey carts, and there are not many of them. What's even more troublesome is that the people of the Yamen have never carried out compulsory expropriation in an emergency, and there are no supporting regulations in this regard, and many of the people have moved to the city wall, and there is no one at home, and they dare not forcibly break into the set of car requisition. As a result, very few vehicles have been requisitioned.

Leng Yi was so anxious that he stomped his foot.

And at this time, another bad news came, and the straw sacks filled with sand and soil were about to run out! And all the straw bags and sacks in the shops in the city have been used up.

Leng Yi was really dumbfounded at this time, he couldn't imagine that he would use it so quickly. He had no experience in fighting floods, and he didn't know how many sacks to use, but he had inspected the sacks in the whole city beforehand, and felt that it should be enough, but he didn't expect that the flood was far beyond his imagination, and the sacks were still not enough. If you simply use sand, the water will be gone, and you must protect it with sandbags.

His men looked at him one by one.

At this moment, Hong Jie and the others who were sent to investigate the water situation all rode horses and galloped, Hong Jie's face could be described as colorless, he flew off his horse and arched his hand: "Oh no! Master, we saw Hong Feng, which is rushing towards our Bazhou! The houses, farms, and trees along the river were all washed away! ”

"How big is the flood peak?"

"It's huge! That's almost a man tall! It's like a wall! Overwhelming! It's scary! ”

Leng Yi hung up suddenly, if the water level increased by one person, then the current embankment would not be enough at all! He said urgently: "How far is it?" ”

"It should only be twenty miles!"

According to past experience, it will be less than an hour to arrive in the state!

But now, the sand in the neighborhood is gone, the sacks in the city are gone, and the money for donations is almost gone! Nothing, what to do?

Leng Yi asked Hong Jie and the others to go back and continue to observe the water situation of the Ba River. At the same time, he nervously pondered what to do.

Cheng Luojie has been following Leng Yi's side, and when she saw this scene, she was also very anxious for him, and said: "There is rice in the granary, but it is too wasteful to use rice to build the embankment." ”

It's really a corner of the dreamer. Leng Yi's eyes lit up, and he high-fived: "That's right!" We still have some grain in the granary of Yamen, and many large households in the city also have granaries, although we can't use grain as sandbags to build embankments, but we can requisition their sacks! However, even if there is a sack, where can you find sand? There is sand ten miles outside the city, and it's too late to bring it back! You have to get the soil nearby! ”

Leng Yi's gaze fell on the shadowy houses in the dark night next to the river embankment, the people's houses could not be demolished, and they could only be demolished if they were to be demolished, his eyes fell on the towering city wall in the distance!

That's right! The outside of the walls is made of green bricks, but the inside is thick with dirt!

Leng Yi roared: "Quick! Go to all the big families in the city who have granaries, and take their sacks, and pour all the grain into their granaries, and bring the sacks with the earth! Tear down the nearby walls of the earth! Fast! Before the sack comes, the green bricks on the city wall are removed and put on the river embankment to prevent flooding! ”

At the sound of the order, everyone took action, and they lined up in several long queues to pass back the green bricks that had been dismantled by the city wall in front, and the people here were responsible for going up the base. Many people knew that they had run out of sacks to fight the flood, so they spontaneously used all the bags they could use at home to the river embankment to fight the flood.

Leng Yi took the soap and the people to the house of the largest rice merchant Jin Shopkeeper in person. He didn't bother to let the servants report it, and went straight in. The golden shopkeeper's house was in a mess, busy moving to the city wall. The servant saw that it was the general judge of the yamen who was coming, and while greeting him, he rushed to report it.

The golden shopkeeper got the news and hurriedly greeted him.

Leng Yi clenched his fists and arched his hand, and said: "The flood control situation is urgent, and I have offended you by recklessly breaking into your mansion, and I ask the golden shopkeeper to forgive me." ”

"The eldest lord is polite, but wherever there is a villain who can serve, it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Our spies have detected a strong flood peak in the upper reaches of the Ba River, which will reach Bazhou City in about an hour, but now, the sacks and straw bags in the city have been used up, so I want to requisition your grain bags and build embankments with sand and soil to fight the flood. After the flood, compensation will be made at the price. ”

(To be continued)