Chapter 346: Where the people want, the army will finally arrive
"Your Excellency!"??
"Your Excellency!"
"Your Excellency!"
Xu Zhenggui finally failed to stabilize his crumbling body.
Squatting on the muddy ground again.
"Is there any news from the Hou County Order?"
"Is there any news from Zhu County's order?"
"Does His Royal Highness King Yan have any news??"
Xu Zhenggui struggled to stand up with the support of several officials.
His pale face was full of despair.
But there was a faint hint of hope in the eyes of the herald soldiers around him.
However, the voice fell.
Several heralds bowed their heads in unison.
It seems that he can't bear to look at Xu Zhenggui's eyes full of tiredness and despair, and despair is mixed with a little hope.
"Say! Hou County Order! Zhu County Order! His Royal Highness King Yan! Is there any news!"??
The look of hope in Xu Zhenggui's eyes gradually dissipated, but he still asked without giving up.
"Click!"
Another flash of lightning streaked across the gloomy sky.
When the lightning flashed, the heads of several messengers swayed weakly.
"Huh...... Hehehe......"
"Haha...... Hahaha."
"Heavenly ...... Heaven is dead, I am in the city! Heaven is dead, I'm looking at the city!"??
The look of hope in Xu Zhenggui's eyes completely dissipated.
In its place was an indescribable look.
There was a hint of tiredness, despair, powerlessness, and anger at the injustice of God.
"Boom!"
A dull loud bang exploded above the gloomy clouds.
A little raindrop and just a little bit of breath have a tendency to connect into a line again.
The torches under the grass hut on the side to illuminate the road between the officials, soldiers, and people became bright and dark again in the wind and rain.
At the foot of the barren mountains.
Xu Zhenggui and several messengers stood in a daze in the storm.
No one spoke of the cold rain.
No one even said anything about going to the grass hut to take shelter for a while.
Although everyone has different knowledge, different experiences, and different statuses.
But in my heart I know the same thing.
That is, there is a high probability that the city will not survive tonight.??
Once the Sanggan River bursts its banks, all that awaits everyone is early death or late death.
The skin does not have hair, will it be attached?
"Click!"
"Click!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Gradually, gradually.??
The lightning grew faster.
The thunder continued to explode in the sky like the beat of a marching drum.
The storm intensified at this moment.
Just when Xu Zhenggui and others were desperately waiting for death.
Several black figures led the horses and staggered towards the grass hut not far from the foot of the barren mountain.
Before you know it, the hut against the barren mountain has become the only light in this place except for lightning.
"Where is the Xu County Order now."??
"Today, on the orders of Hou County, I am here to find Xu County! There is something important to do!"
"Who knows? Lead the way!"
"Where is the Xu County Order now?"
"Today, on the order of Zhu County, I am here to find Xu County! There is something important to do!"
"Who knows? Lead the way!"
The two officials marched into the grass hut at the foot of the barren mountain one after the other, and when they looked around, they saw that there were panicked figures everywhere, so they had to shout loudly.
"Hou County Order? Zhu County Order?"??
Not far from the grass shed, Xu Zhenggui, whose heart was like ashes, instantly had a little hope in his eyes when he heard this.
"This official! Officer
Here!"
"Ho...... What is the matter?"
"Is it that Hou County Ling and Zhu County Order led people to help?!"
Xu Zhenggui was like a person who was about to drown, and suddenly saw that there were still three or two straws beside him.
Immediately, he staggered towards the straw hut with all his might.
At this time, Xu Zhenggui had long forgotten his previous agreement with Hou Wenyuan and Zhu Qingxiong.
It was agreed that Zhonghou and Zhu were only responsible for preparing shovels, pickaxes, sacks and other things, as well as transferring the grain and grass of Sancheng County to a high place.
There was no one to help.
"This official is Xu Zhenggui."
"Tell me what's coming."
Before Xu Zhenggui entered the grass shed, his eager voice had already reached the grass shed.
"Return to Xu County."
"The things raised by my family's Zhu County Order have been outside the city."??
"We're heading here."
"It won't be here in a long time."
"Wangxu County Commander has made preparations early."
A servant bowed his hand and quickly opened his mouth to report.
"Return to Xu County."
"My family, Hou County, is now trapped in the area of Mengzhuang Township."
"I'm afraid it's going to be late, I hope Xu County will make preparations early."??
The other official bowed his hand in a panic.
As soon as the words fell, the official quickly turned around and led the horse out of the straw shed.
Xu Zhenggui was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning when he heard this.
Up to this point.
Xu Zhenggui only remembered that Hou Wenyuan and Zhu Qingxiong were just going to prepare supplies.
But even so.
The trip still didn't go well.??
"Xu County Order?"
Just when Xu Zhenggui's mind was blank, he didn't know what to do at all.
In the pouring rain of the grass hut, there were three figures leading horses again.
Xu Zhenggui turned around and looked at him solemnly.
I saw that the three people who came were all thin and weak, but the horses beside them were unusually strong.
And the muddy body has a faint outline of armor.
"This official is Xu Zhenggui."??
"Whoever comes...... It's ....... coming."
For some reason, Xu was afraid of being disappointed again.
Xu Zhenggui clearly had a guess in his heart, but he couldn't blurt it out.
"On the orders of the Prince."
"I'm here to fetch shovels, pickaxes, sacks, and other items to He Shui Town."
The leader walked to the grass hut and quickly faced Xu Zhenggui with a fist salute.
"Big ...... Has the army arrived in Heshui Town?"??
"Swallow...... His Royal Highness King Yan is here too?"
Xu Zhenggui was in a trance.
After a few breaths, Xu Zhenggui trotted towards the three heralds with ecstasy and disbelief on his face.
"The army has arrived in Hoshui Town!"
"He Shui Town bursts! The people have been killed and wounded!"
"If we don't control it, I'm afraid it will spread to the whole city!"
"Xu County ordered people to quickly order people to transport shovels, pickaxes, sacks and other items to Heshui Town!"??
"This is the royal decree!"
The leading herald said with a serious face.
"Yes, yes, yes! I'll arrange for someone to deliver it! I'll arrange for someone to deliver it."
"Ho Shui Town, Ho Shui Town, Ho Shui Town."
"Quick! Stop that guy!"
"Hurry, hurry! Mengzhuang Township is the closest to Heshui Township! Let's go!"
Xu Zhenggui raised his hand and slapped himself twice in the face, forcing himself to calm down.
Then he quickly faced the official beside him and ordered.
"Hurry, hurry! The road on the left! That's the only way to Mengzhuang Township!"
"Go! Go!"
Xu Zhenggui looked at the Pan County officials with an anxious face
urged.
Although there were several officials of the city around him.
But Xu Zhenggui, who is aware of the water crisis everywhere, will not easily use the city's officials who can act as guides.
Therefore, the Pan County official became Xu Zhenggui's best choice.
The words fell.
The Pan County official was slightly stunned, then immediately abandoned the horse, quickly rushed out of the grass shed, and went straight to the road on the left in the face of the storm.
"Xu County Order, where else is there an emergency."
"Come quickly, I'll return to the Ming Lord immediately."
The herald asked.
"Mengzhuang Township, Ziliu Township, Wangjiatun, Hejia Township."
"The rivers in these four places are in an emergency, and I hope that the three of them will immediately return to His Royal Highness King Ming Yan."
Xu Zhenggui blurted out without thinking.
The words fell.
Xu Zhenggui quickly turned around and looked at several officials beside him.
"You go with the three generals as soon as possible."
Xu Zhenggui quickly opened his mouth and commanded.
"Yes."
Several officials looked upright, bowed their hands, and quickly led their horses towards the heralds.
"You can't be called a general."
"Xu County ordered Duoduo to take care."
"Everyone, follow closely, the road is slippery in the rain, don't be left behind."
The first herald soldier politely exchanged a few words, and then quickly rushed into the majestic rain curtain with several officials.
Wait for everyone to completely disappear behind the majestic rain curtain.
After several times of despair, Xu Zhenggui, who was about to usher in the dawn, finally had a sincere smile on his face.
"Yes, yes, yes! The straight slick thief is finally saved! Hahahaha."??
Gradually, gradually, Xu Zhenggui could no longer suppress the ecstasy in his heart and laughed out loud.
However, the laughter was heard.
Xu Zhenggui suddenly stopped laughing.
The whole body rushed out of the straw shed as if it had no exhaustive strength.
Running straight towards the embankment not far away.
Fang Yi is close to the river embankment.
Countless trumpets, crying and wailing, and scolding instantly hit Xu Zhenggui's ears.
"Cry, cry, cry! Are you an old of a straight sissy thief?! Cry a fart cry! Hurry up and move stones for Lao Tzu!"
"Can't stop it! The eastern section really can't be blocked! Come on!"
"Where are all the straight mothers and thieves dead! If you don't come, you'll have to die today!"
"Cheer up! Parents, wives and children are behind us!"
"Oh my God, please let us go!"
"Feng Laosan! Straight lady thief hurry up for Lao Tzu! When is the time for the straight lady thief! Give me back to being lazy!"
"Feng Laosan?! Feng Laosan?! Feng Laosan!! Don't scare Lao Tzu! Feng Laosan!!"??
"That's it! Don't shout for the straight sitch! The man was dead! Exhausted! Hurry up and help! Hurry up! Rub on your ass!"
"Say it again! I'm going to kill you today! You're dead! Feng Laosan! Wake up Lao Tzu! Hurry up, you straight thief!"
"Straight bitche! If you want to kill Lao Tzu, you have to wait for today to pass! Hurry up and move the stones! Hurry up!"
Xu Zhenggui stood beside the river embankment, letting the huge noise continue to rush to his ears.
His gaze looked at the officials, soldiers, and people lying in the mud with great complexity.
Since the first wave of rainstorms stopped, it has been cleared, and more than 200 people have died of exhaustion in this place alone.
At that time, Xu Zhenggui was a little sad, and he didn't feel anything else.
But at this time, when countless officials, soldiers, and people were pale and lying in the mud, and the scene of the cold rain constantly beating on the door really appeared in front of him.
The huge impact instantly shattered Fang Cai's joy.
"This is a natural disaster! This is a natural disaster
!」
"This is the dead! This is the dead!"
Xu Zhenggui stood in the storm in despair.
When the cold number is placed straight in front of it.
The huge fear instantly enveloped Xu Zhenggui to death.
If Xu Zhenggui sacrificed his life and forgot to die, he proposed to release water to flood the city, he had seen this scene.
I am afraid that it will be difficult to mention the plan to release the water and flood the city.
"Who's that over there! I'm still stunned!"
"No more stones or sacks! Hurry up and drag the corpse over to block the water!"
Just when Xu Zhenggui was stunned.
A slightly thin man gritted his teeth, his face flushed, and dragged two equally thin corpses towards the eastern section of the river embankment step by step.
"Corpse...... Corpse...... The corpse fills the embankment ......"??
Xu Zhenggui instantly came back to his senses when he heard this.
"Smack! Smack!"
After counting the interest.
Xu Zhenggui raised his hand and slapped him twice in the face.
"Keep saying that it is for the people and for the people! I can't even see the corpse now?!"
"Xu Zhenggui, Xu Zhenggui! You have the courage to sacrifice yourself for righteousness!"
"You straight coward! Villain! Hypocrite!"??
Xu Zhenggui scolded angrily and walked quickly to a corpse not far away, forcibly enduring the discomfort in his stomach and reached out to grab the corpse's trouser legs.
Pulling hard, it was full of mud, and it was no longer possible to distinguish the original color, and the trouser legs were directly shattered.
Xu Zhenggui stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
After finally stabilizing his body.
In desperation, Xu Zhenggui had no choice but to grab the corpse's ankle behind him.
Fang Yi starts.
A touch of cold touch hit the deepest part of Xu Zhenggui's heart.
"Gross~!"
"Gross~!"
Xu Zhenggui sat paralyzed in the mud again, and his stomach instantly turned over like a river and a sea.
"Who's that over there! Can you fuck it faster!"
"I'm waiting for the eastern section to burst! None of us can run! They all have to die!"
"Hurry up! Wait for Lao Tzu again!"
The thin man panted and squatted on the ground to rest for a while.
Seeing that Xu Zhenggui was still grinding there, he was instantly angry.
Hear the scolding.
Xu Zhenggui instinctively wanted to reveal his identity and teach the thin man a lesson.
But through the rain curtain, I saw the man squatting in the mud panting and out of breath.
and two corpses beside him that had been dragged dozens of paces away, leaving two long trails on the muddy ground.
Xu Zhenggui instantly became dumbfounded and stood up without saying a word.
Forcibly endured the internal organs like turning over the river and the sea, turned around and slowly squatted down with his back to a corpse.??
"Straight sissy thief! Let's go!"
Xu Zhenggui grabbed the corpse's ankles with both hands, gritted his teeth and scolded angrily, then got up and walked towards the eastern section of the river embankment step by step.
I don't know if the straight lady thief is scolding the sky, or the thin man.
Or is he scolding Fang Cai's weak and incompetent self.
At this time, Xu Zhenggui just wanted to drag the body in his hand to the eastern section of the river embankment as soon as possible to make up for the lack of stones and sacks.
As for boosting morale with the army of King Yan?
It seems that there is no need to do this at all.
Before the catastrophe comes, the people under the rule may have such and such problems.
When a catastrophe strikes, the people under his rule may use various reasons and excuses to escape the disaster and steal their lives.
But when the catastrophe really comes! And there is no way to avoid it.
The people who remain in their homeland will spontaneously unite in one place to fight the disaster.
Even if they lose their lives, they will rush forward! Rush forward!
They may not even know a single big word.
Perhaps the furthest they have ever been in their lives is the city of Dawn, or even the towns near the village.
They may not know what it means to sacrifice one's life for righteousness, what it means to give up one's small family for everyone, and what it means to have no hesitation!
They only know that they can't retreat, and they don't dare to retreat.
Behind them is not the righteousness of the family and the country, but the family!
"Perhaps, this is the real Chinese style!"
On the eastern section of the embankment, Xu Zhenggui panted and worked with others to pile the body in front of an embankment that was about to be washed away.
I couldn't help but think in my heart.
......??
......
He Shui Town.
In the past, it was the most prosperous town in the city, but now it is knee-long.
And as time goes on, the water continues to rise.
In a short time, the water level was already below the adult's thigh.
And it is rising rapidly towards the waist.
Lightning and thunder roared.??
Boats, planks, tree trunks and other objects can be seen constantly rampage through the floodwaters.
No matter how desperately the people who controlled the boats, planks, tree trunks, etc., tried to control the direction.
In the end, it was difficult to withstand the impact of the surging floods.
Around boats, planks, tree trunks, and so on, countless people struggled in the floodwaters.
Every now and then, dozens of people disappear in the floods.
On a dirt slope in Heshui Town, which can barely be considered a highland.
More than a dozen white-haired old men stared at the raging storm and constantly comforted more than 100 children around them.
Even though the whole body is cool, I still don't forget to shelter the children next to me.
On the slope of the earth under the majestic rain, there was no other sound except for the old words that sounded from time to time.
More than 100 children sat on the dirt slope with pale faces, staring blankly at the panting flood below, and the figures who were constantly struggling in the floodwater.
Or they fall on the dirt slope with a red face and swollen eyes, and roll silently and painfully from side to side.
Time.
The small dirt slope was full of despair.
"Ahh
"Sir! Mr! Mr. Geng! Collapsed! It's collapsed!"
"Mr. Geng! Mr. Geng! Li Erhu fell! Li Erhu has fallen!"
"Mr. Geng! Zhao Minjie also fell! What should I do, Mr. Geng?"
Not much.
Accompanied by several "faint and inaudible" sounds of falling water.
There was a sudden panic on the small dirt slope.
"Don't panic, kids! Don't panic!"??
"Lean on the gentleman's side!"
"Don't panic! Don't panic! Come here!"
Geng Maocheng, who was called Mr. by the children, slowly stood up.
The already hoarse voice erupted again with a voice as loud as when he lectured in a private school.
"First...... Mr....... Li Erhu fell."
A childish boy trembled and walked towards Geng Maocheng, crying as he went.
"Sir, and Zhao Minjie and Zhao Minjie also fell."??
"Sir, Sun Chengye can't find it!"
"Sir...... Sir."
In an instant, several more children trembled and wept tremblingly.
"First...... The gentleman got it.......
"Child....... Hurry up, kids."
"Little ...... Beware of slippery ...... under your feet."
Geng Maocheng, who was close to the age of the sixtieth year, sighed silently.
Immediately, he forcibly cheered up and beckoned the children to stay away from the edge of the dirt slope again.
I don't know how long it took in the panic
。
When all the kids are in one place.
Geng Maocheng couldn't hold on anymore, and under the dizziness, his body shook and fell straight to the side.
"Mr. Geng!"
If it weren't for the quick eyes of an old man beside him, I am afraid that this would be permanent.
"Mr. Geng, if you insist, everything will pass, everything will pass."??
The old man beside him supported Geng Maocheng and slowly sat on the dirt slope.
"He Lao, can you really pass?"
Geng Maocheng looked at the old man beside him weakly.
"It will pass, even for the sake of these children."
He Shui, who was called He Lao, patted Geng Maocheng earnestly.
"Yes, it will pass, it will pass!"
Geng Maocheng let out a sigh of weakness and cooperated with comprehension.
Sure enough.
As soon as these words came out, the panic among the children gradually dissipated a little.
And the despair between the more than ten old men became more and more intense.
......
......
A real high place outside the town of Heshui.
Xu Yi turned over and dismounted, and quickly led a group of generals towards the halfway slope of the high ground.
Not much.
Xu Yi stood on the slope of the high ground with his brows tightly locked, and quickly observed the water situation below with the light of lightning.
After getting up again.
All the generals showed grim expressions, stood upright, and quietly waited for Xu Yi's order.
When it comes to marching and fighting, they are good at it.
But when it comes to disaster relief and disaster relief, the generals think that they can't compare to Xu Yi, who has turned the tide and saved dozens of nearly a million victims in Guanzhong.
Dozens of breaths later.??
Xu Yi stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, and then ordered in a deep voice, "Xin Sixuan!"
"The end will be!"
When Xin Sixuan heard this, he instantly took half a step out of the queue and saluted with his fists heavily.
"Immediately lead 3,000 soldiers into Heshui Town!"
"After entering Heshui Town, go straight east for three miles!"
"After three miles at an intersection, go right for a mile and a half!"
"After a mile and a half, go east and two miles to the embankment in no time!"
Xu Yi's mind quickly calculated, combined with the facts and the map he had seen before, and quickly gave the optimal route.
"Obey!"
Hearing this, Xin Sixuan clenched his fists deeply again, and then quickly took the order away.
"Dong Xing!"
Xu Yi named again.
"The end will be!"
In the past, the deputy general of Xuanping Gate in Chang'an, the capital, and now Dong Xing, a thousand households in Wang Daying, quickly came out of the queue and saluted with his fists.
"I'll give you 2,000 soldiers and horses!"
"Half of them are used to dismantle floating objects such as door panels!"
"Half of them are used to search and rescue the people of Hoshui Town!"
"Three quarters of an hour later! Two thousand soldiers and horses in one place! Follow Captain Xin's route to the embankment!"
The words fell.
Xu Yi quickly took out two small talismans from his bosom and solemnly handed them to Dong Xing.
"Obey!"??
Dong Xing took the talisman with both hands, hugged his fists deeply and saluted, and then walked away quickly.
"Qu Baotian!"
Xu Yi named again.
"The end will be!"
When Qu Baotian heard this, he quickly came out and saluted with his fists.
"Mobilize 1,000 soldiers and horses to search for ships and bamboo rafts along the east-west ten-mile route."
"Another 3,000 soldiers and horses will be transferred to the east-west ten miles, and as much as possible, the door panels and other floating objects will be removed."??
"No matter how much you find, be sure to return here in half an hour."
Xu Yi ordered again in a deep voice.
"Obey!"
Qu Baotian quickly clasped his fists and saluted, and then strode towards the half-slope
Go down.
After the restlessness of the soldiers and horses below completely disappeared.
Xu Yi once again looked deeply at He Shuizhen below.
At the same time, my mind is constantly thinking about the next disaster relief matters according to local conditions.
He is not God, and he cannot be omniscient and omnipotent, so that he can formulate the time once and for all.
As a result, it can only continue to adjust its next disaster relief plan for a limited and short period of time.
"Report!"
"Report!"
"Report!"
Just when Xu Yi was constantly pondering.
A herald rushed down the slope.
"Say."
Xu Yi came back to his senses and turned to look at the herald.
"Lord Qiqi, Hou County's order has arrived with shovels, pickaxes, sacks and other things."
Herald Soldier Report.
"How many vehicles are there?"
Xu Yi sighed for a few breaths, and then asked in a deep voice.
"Back to the prince."??
"Horse-drawn carts, donkey carts, ox carts, mule carts, etc., all came down to seventy or eighty carts."
The herald was slightly stunned, and then quickly estimated.
"Niu Yuanheng!"
Xu Yi nodded slightly, and then quickly looked at the general in front of him.
"The end will be!"
"Immediately lead the soldiers and horses of this song to unload the shovel and other things."
"Replace oxen, donkeys, and mules with war horses."??
"The car was loaded with stones and carried to the embankment."
"If necessary, you can drive to fill the embankment!"
Xu Yi resolutely ordered in a deep voice.
If the flood can be stopped, why not lose 500 war horses?!