Chapter 264: The Aftermath of the Catastrophe
"Ahh Zhang Zheng, who officially entered the Lingqu channel, suddenly sneezed a few times. The rain in the south of the Yangtze River is coming, and it was still like a drizzle in the last second.
Zhang Zheng is about to open the oil-paper umbrella and feel the style of the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River. In the next second, the whole person became a soup chicken.
It's like the sky is leaking!
"What the hell weather!" Zhang Zheng sat on his small bed and wrapped his whole body in the quilt. The weather in Jiangnan is really strange, it is already early spring, and a rain is freezing and Zhang Zheng is shivering.
"Shao Langjun, the rain is too heavy, I can't see the direction clearly, the ship can't sail, do you need to dock to rest!" Chen Yu's request was mixed with the loud sound of raindrops falling on the deck.
Zhang Zheng replied loudly: "Can you dock?" Chen Yu also replied loudly: "There is no dock nearby, and the helmsman at the helm said that the boat can only be driven to the shallow water area and then anchored!" ”
"Okay, listen to him!"
"Yes!" Chen Yu answered, and then hurriedly ran away. The rain is too heavy, and the only way to deliver the message is by roaring!
After a while, Zhang Zheng suddenly felt the boat start to shake. Outside, I heard the crackling sound of raindrops falling on the deck.
Zhang Zheng's heart inexplicably swelled with a trace of unease. With such a heavy rain, there will be no flooding!
However, according to the law of what you are afraid of, it is obvious that Zhang Zheng has a crow's mouth. The ship shook more and more often, one time more and more powerful.
Li Chengqian, Zhang Fusheng and Huang Jiahao braved the heavy rain to come to Zhang Zheng's room. After Li Chengqian entered the door, he slapped the water droplets off his body.
looked at Zhang Zheng and said with a solemn face: "Brother Zheng'er, looking at this kind of rain, I'm afraid that there will be a big flood, and we have to find a way to go ashore!" ”
"Go ashore, how to get on, there is no dock nearby!" Zhang Zheng glanced at Li Chengqian, and spread his hands back.
"I ...... Ah......h
"Bang!" The boat suddenly shook violently, and Li Chengqian didn't pay attention to a dog eating.
"I really can't do it, so I can only abandon the ship!" Zhang Fusheng's face was a little solemn. Li Chengqian finally got up and stood firm, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but veto loudly: "Abandon the ship, how can this work, how can we go to Lingnan without the boat?" Zhang Fusheng didn't say anything, stared straight at Zhang Zheng, who was sitting on the bed as steady as an old dog, and said, "Be cautious, make a decision early!" ”
"Ahh Zhang Zheng sneezed again and looked at the three people in the room with solemn faces. I also know that now is not the time to joke.
Then he said to Zhang Fusheng: "Brother Zhang, please measure the water level and see how much the water level in the river has risen since it rained." ”
"Good!" Zhang Fusheng did not hesitate when he heard this, turned around and braved the heavy rain to come to the deck. Then stick the penny with the scale in your hand into the water!
"It's a foot!" Zhang Fusheng, who rushed back, reported a number in his mouth. Several people in the room instantly turned ugly.
It has only been half an hour since it rained, but the water level has risen by more than a foot. There is only one explanation, and that is that it has been raining heavily upstream!
"Abandon ship!" In an instant, Zhang Zheng made a decision. If you don't abandon the ship, if you wait for the arrival of the flood peak upstream, more than 100 people on board will all die in the belly of the fish.
After making a decision, the four of them no longer hesitated. Turning around and going down the deck, he went to the sailors' room and gave the order to abandon ship to the sailors who were operating the ship.
What does it mean to abandon ship? That is, you don't care about the depth of the water level, just hit the shore headlong! The sailors who operate the boats are all sailors who beg for a living on the river all year round.
He knew better than Zhang Zheng and others what the flood represented. So at the moment after Zhang Zheng gave the order, he shouted: "Sit tight!" Then, without the slightest hesitation, he turned the bow of the ship and rushed straight towards the shore.
The other sergeants on the ship were terrified. I don't care about the heavy rain in the sky, so I hold on to what is around me.
"Bang!" The hull of the ship was stunned, and a sense of weightlessness came, and Zhang Zheng and Li Chengqian stumbled under their feet and almost fell.
Zhang Fusheng and Huang Jiahao stretched out their hands and grabbed the two. Without thanking them, looking at the higher and higher water level outside the window, several people came to the deck and shouted: "Everyone listen to the order, get off the boat, get off the boat quickly!" After the ship stopped, the soldiers on board reacted quickly.
Some of them disembarked with tools and began to open the way. Some of them were tightly surrounded by the four of them. After a few minutes, Du Cong ran to the four of them wrapped in muddy water and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Uncle Zhang, and two knights, the road has been opened up, please get off the boat!" ”
"Let's go, get off the boat!" Zhang Zheng supported Li Chengqian and wiped the rain from his eyes. The oil-paper umbrellas that Chen Yu and another soldier held up on the heads of Zhang Zheng and Li Chengqian were completely useless.
The rain was so heavy that it fell from the umbrella like a waterfall. Fortunately, Zhang Fusheng and Huang Jiahao are not ordinary people, and they hugged Zhang Zheng and Li Chengqian respectively.
After getting off the boat, everyone was climbing up the hill along the path opened up by the soldiers who opened the way.
Under the heavy rain, they couldn't even tell the direction, and Zhang Zheng and Li Chengqian couldn't care about anything else, so they climbed up the ridge with their hands and feet.
But the ground was the same muddy, and every step forward was extremely difficult.
"Chen Yu, go, see if there are any cliffs or tall rocks nearby." Zhang Zheng took a breath and yelled at Chen Yu.
The most important thing now is not to stay away from the river, but to find shelter as soon as possible. Otherwise, a mudslide will come down and everyone will be doomed.
Chen Yu said to Zhang Fusheng and Huang Jiahao: "Please!" Then he followed the path that the soldiers had carved out.
But it was only a short time, and it came back again.
"Yes, yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, Uncle, there is a cliff ahead!"
"Great, everyone rushed to the cliff to take shelter from the rain!" Where there are cliffs, it means that the mountain structure is stable and not prone to mudslides.
Although there was no way to escape the heavy rain, at least his life was guaranteed. Zhang Fusheng pulled Zhang Zheng, and Huang Jiahao pulled Li Chengqian.
The four of them were escorted by the soldiers and walked towards the rock wall in Chen Yu's mouth. Finally, after rolling in the mud, a group of people rushed to the bottom of the cliff.
Maybe it was because Zhang Zheng and the others were too lucky, waiting for a group of people to rush to the bottom of the cliff. Looking back at the river, I saw that I had been on a naval battleship for more than half a month.
After a few waves, it becomes a pile of firewood floating in the murky waters. Then, as the muddy water flowed forward, it disappeared in a few breaths.
"Whew, thankfully, if it's a quarter of an hour late!" Looking at this scene, everyone's hearts gave birth to a sense of the aftermath of the catastrophe.