Chapter 443: Nine Songs of the Yellow River (2)
In the anxious and uneasy waiting of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the Northern Han Dynasty, when the morning sun was rising, a faint invisible trickle suddenly appeared on the horizon, and this trickle rolled forward at the speed of a sprint, and in an instant it ran out of a distance of nearly 100 steps, and a roaring sound faintly came into people's ears.
Pang Tong looked at the horizon, watching the rushing stream getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but let out a sigh in his heart, the time to come finally came, Cao Cao and Sima Yi finally dug up the Yellow River, and introduced this ruthless wave into the territory of Jizhou, Ao Lie, Lu Bu and Zhao Yun obviously failed to find Sima Yi's hiding place and stop him.
Manpower is sometimes poor, especially in the face of the mysterious nature, and any one person seems so small. When the roar became more and more powerful, and the trickle turned into a huge wave in people's sight, everyone's hearts were filled with a wave of horror. The water and fire are ruthless, looking at the overwhelming raging current, like an ancient giant beast from the flood wilderness, unstoppably destroying everything that can be destroyed, many ordinary people of the Northern Han Dynasty can't help but kneel on the ground, praying silently to the sky, hoping that the sky can bless them and survive this catastrophe.
Wow -
In the process of rushing, the angry current touched a house, affected by the resistance of the house, the angry current was stirred up a huge wave more than three feet high, jumped into the air against the rising sun, paused for a moment, and then slapped down heavily, and the house in the waves was instantly crushed into powder with the momentum of destruction......
Scenes like this abound, and everywhere the angry currents passed, fertile fields were washed away and houses were washed away...... Anything that hindered this current of anger in the slightest way would be swept away in an instant under the raging current, and some people and livestock who did not have time to evacuate would be swept away. Not even able to resist a little, he was swallowed up by the current of rage, and he didn't even have time to call for help. After the surging waves had sprinted for some distance, countless human and animal corpses had floated on the surface, as well as the fragmented ruins of the broken walls. Those who have not seen this scene with their own eyes cannot imagine how cruel and ruthless the scene in front of them is. On the contrary, this scene will become a painful memory that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the Northern Han Dynasty will never be able to erase in the days to come.
Nearly half of the people shed tears of grief. Their homes were ravaged by the flood, but there was nothing they could do but stand on a high place and endure in silence, hoping that the disaster would leave as soon as possible, and that the raging torrent would leave their homes. And more than 100,000 soldiers of the Han army, each of them clenched the weapons in their hands, and a deep sense of powerlessness invaded their hearts and trampled on their dignity. As a great soldier. Protecting their families and defending the country is the fundamental reason why they joined the army, and it is also the military soul that Ao Lie has been setting up for them, but now, they can only be the same as ordinary people. can only endure silently, letting the pain and humiliation gnaw at their hearts little by little. The myth of invincibility for a long time is in the face of this ruthless torrent. In an instant, it was washed away from all color, leaving only a pale......
There will be many farewells in a person's life, and each goodbye is accompanied by labor pains. This labor pain is called growth. When bidding farewell to those compatriots who were swallowed up by the torrent, the Han elite soldiers also bid farewell to their past glory, this turbulent torrent made all the Han elite soldiers get a sublimation of life, so that they really realized a truth, in this world, there are still things they can't do, for example, blocking the torrent in front of them. All the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty realized that it was only the first step in the long march of thousands of miles to conquer and be invincible......
I don't know who led the way, all the soldiers of the Han army stood straight on the mountain rock, then took off their helmets and held them in their left hands, and raised the weapons in their hands above the top with their right hands, pointing to the sky, and chanted in unison: "The country is in trouble, I should go on the expedition." Horse leather shroud, strong and majestic! Wind! Wind!! Wind!!! "One chant after another, kept ringing, each more powerful than the other, and more sonorous than the other! In the increasingly passionate shouts of the soldiers of the Han army, whether it was the people of Wei County who had just joined the Northern Han Dynasty, or some other people who originally belonged to the Northern Han Dynasty, they all stopped crying, clenched their right hands into a fist and raised them high above the top, and shouted loudly with the Han army, they wanted to pour out the sadness in their hearts in this wave of shouting, as if they wanted to use the sound to resolutely confront the torrent in front of them!
In the earth-shattering shouts of the Northern Han soldiers and civilians, the surging torrent seemed to be afraid, the rapid momentum gradually weakened, and the monstrous waves also shrank to a height of about half a foot, and they were no longer turbulent before. When the torrent rushed for nearly a hundred breaths, it completely returned to calm, turned into more than a dozen tributaries, and honestly bypassed the high mountain where the Han soldiers and civilians were located, and flowed towards the distance.
The real reason why the angry current was tamed was, of course, not the sonorous and powerful shouts of the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Han Dynasty, but the dozens of scattered canals dug by Pang Tong with men and horses earlier began to play a role. Although Sima Yi's choice of digging the estuary is very hidden, so that the water of the Yellow River can instantly form an unstoppable torrent, covering the land of nearly 100 miles, but Pang Tong is not incompetent, he planned in advance several main routes where the Yellow River water may be rushing, and the corresponding digging of the scattered canals, to the greatest extent to protect the land, so that Sima Yi worked hard to dig the water of the Yellow River, only carried out a hundred miles of impact and gradually calmed down.
Pang Tong knew what was going on, but instead of telling the truth, he made up a beautiful set of lies to encourage all the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Han Dynasty: "Soldiers! Fathers and fellow villagers! You see, the water of the Yellow River has flinched in the shouts of unity of the army and the people, what does this mean? It shows that my big man's luck is flourishing! The glory of my great man will continue! In front of our Han army and people, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome! After a pause, Pang Tong shouted hoarsely: "The big man will win!" ”
Pang Tong's words could not be concealed from all the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Han Dynasty, and a considerable number of them knew the real reason for the retreat of the torrent, but no one objected to Pang Tong's words, and all of them followed the ideas given by Pang Tong. Raised their right hands in unison, and shouted in unison: "The Great Han will win!" Dahan will win!! ”
On the top of another mountain a few miles away, Ao Lie stood expressionlessly in the wind, and the pure white Shining Night Snow Dragon Pony stood obediently behind him, without making any abnormal noise to affect Ao Lie's thoughts. Lu Bu and Zhao Yun stood on both sides of Ao Lie on the left and right, both with a somewhat sad look in their eyes. Failed to find Sima Yi, let Sima Yi single-handedly plan this devastating disaster, no one is happy in their hearts, although the distance of a hundred miles is not too long, but the width of the Yellow River after being dug up is quite amazing. A hundred miles long, a hundred miles wide, within a radius of a hundred miles, after this torrent, I believe that there will be no living beings.
Countless fertile fields have been washed away, and the direction of the torrent after it has calmed down will also cause certain difficulties to the people downstream, coupled with the houses and fields that Pang Tong forcibly demolished in order to dig a scattered canal. It is also a lot of loss, and Ao Lie also has to take into account the plague that may break out at any time within a radius of 100 miles after the flood, as well as the subsequent resettlement of people who have lost their homes, and so on. If these problems are not solved in a timely and proper manner, they will not only bring panic to the people of the Northern Han Dynasty, but also affect the reputation of the Northern Han Dynasty, and this series of losses. Each of these doesn't seem too great, but when these losses add up, it's a loss. It's beyond the limits of what Ao Lie can bear.
"Sima Yi, if this king can't kill you with a thousand knives, he will not be a man!" Ao Lie said word by word with a blushing face.
Just when Lu Bu and Zhao Yun didn't know how to open their mouths to comfort Ao Lie, Pang Tong led hundreds of thousands of Northern Han soldiers and civilians to shout clearly, and the shout of "Han will win" passed through the space and into Ao Lie's ears under the chorus of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Wave after wave of shouts finally made the iron blue color on Ao Lie's face melt, and a trace of relief climbed onto Ao Lie's face.
Lu Bu wasted no time in saying to Ao Lie: "Second brother, did you hear that? This flood is not all a disaster, at least, the cohesion of our army is stronger. ”
Zhao Yun also nodded and said, "Yes, Senior Brother Mo Han, there is a good side to everything. Our army has been invincible and invincible for a long time, and it is inevitable that arrogance and pride will arise in the hearts of the officers and men, and I believe that after this disaster, the hearts of the officers and men will go through a baptism, and from a long-term perspective, it will be beneficial to our army. ”
Under the persuasion of the two, Ao Lie's mood improved a little, and he sighed lightly and said: "That's right, after this disaster, our army's willpower will inevitably be stronger than before, and the belief of the military soul will be firmer. It's just a pity that those areas that have been washed away by the water of the Yellow River, wherever they have been flooded, they can't grow food crops in a short time......" Speaking of this, Ao Lie's words suddenly paused, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind: not suitable for growing food, but it doesn't mean that this area will be abandoned, the water of the Yellow River is rich in sand, driven by the torrent, the area within a radius of 100 miles will definitely not be able to continue to grow food, but it can grow crops suitable for growing on sandy soil. For example, Zhimu, a medicinal herb that is most suitable for growing on sandy soil, and peanuts, which are known as longevity fruits, and so on...... The cultivation of these crops was very common in later generations, but in the Han Dynasty, people's thinking was limited by generations, believing that only good soil has the value of planting, but some plants can only receive the best results when they are planted on sandy soil.
In addition to the long history of the Yellow River, which has witnessed the development history of the Chinese nation for 5,000 years, the role of the Yellow River itself is also another important factor called the mother river.
Thinking of this, Ao Lie's mood instantly improved a lot, turned around and jumped on the back of the night snow dragon horse, and shouted to Lu Bu and Zhao Yun: "Big brother, Zilong, let's go back quickly, I have thought of something, we must discuss it with the prime minister, if so-and-so's idea can be realized, we will have another way to survive in the future." ”
After saying a word, Ao Lie impatiently rode his horse down the hillside, making Lu Bu and Zhao Yun look at each other, completely unable to understand why Ao Lie suddenly became so happy. However, Ao Lie's words are rarely wrong, this is a conclusion that has been tested by facts for a long time, and since he said so, he naturally has his reasons. Therefore, Lu Bu and Zhao Yun looked at each other and smiled, each crossed over their own war horses, followed Ao Lie's back with the heavy cavalry of Long Xiang and the bloody slaughter of a hundred battles, and galloped all the way down the mountain...... (To be continued......)
PS: PS: Speaking of which, peanuts were introduced to our country in the Ming Dynasty, Da Kun is not unaware, but just writing a novel, I hope that those friends who are familiar with history will not criticize Da Kun with this matter. It's going to be 11 o'clock again before I know it, alas, Da Kun is too busy this time, I'm sorry everyone, Da Kun is embarrassed, and he must break out once around the Mid-Autumn Festival.