The Yellow River embankment that Liao Fengmao went to control is located in Henan Province, near Hebei Province, which is far from Hedong Province.

The water from the rupture of the Yellow River will not affect the east side of the river, but there is a high probability that the victims will rush to this side.

It can harm hundreds of thousands of civilians in several states, which is far more than the number of troops that are now at war with the Eastern Turks.

"Miao Yan, there should be very few people who know this news, right?"

Fang Yuan pondered for a while and said in a deep voice.

It is a matter of great change, and it is necessary to prepare as early as possible.

If tens of thousands of refugees arrive, the ripples will be severe.

"The news has also been transmitted back to Chang'an City, and without His Majesty's permission, it will definitely not spread everywhere."

Du Miaoyan didn't know why, but answered truthfully.

This kind of thing is too big, and if it spreads indiscriminately, it will cause panic, and we will be held responsible.

"Someone!"

"Will Zhang San, Juzi, Lu Xia, Wang Wenshu, Zhou Kaile, Hongxu Qingyuan, Xue family sisters, Mrs. Li's family. Called! ”

Fang Yuan returned to his seat and sat down, and muttered for a moment before commanding.

The above are all trustworthy people, except for Mrs. Li's family, it can be said that they are all their own team.

For this kind of extremely important matter, Fang Yuan had to discuss a general direction with everyone first, and then convene a meeting of more people.

"Shall I go back first?"

Du Miaoyan saw Fang Yuan calling these people, and thought that there should be something important to discuss.

Some of them are not in official positions, presumably they are all people who Fang Yuan can trust to be called by her.

Although she thought that Fang Yuan would trust her, Fang Yuan didn't speak, and she was embarrassed to stay here with a cheeky face.

"What else do you do?"

Fang Yuan asked with a frown.

"Nope."

Du Miaoyan shook his head and said.

"I'm sorry, it was my rudeness."

"You go inside first, I'll go in later."

Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Du Miaoyan thought.

He got up and walked towards Du Miaoyan, and even put his hand on Du Miaoyan's back with some affection and pushed it gently.

Du Miaoyan's heart trembled suddenly, but her expression was still natural, and she bowed her head slightly and walked in the direction of the conference room.

After a period of time, the people named by Fang Yuan all arrived one after another, which also attracted the attention of many people who did not attend the meeting.

Chang'an City, the imperial study of the imperial palace.

Li Shimin was tired for a long time and was dozing off.

It was fine, but suddenly he woke up suddenly, and his face was full of fear.

The eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting on the side were all surprised when they saw this, they had never seen Li Shimin like this.

"Did anything big happen?"

Li Shimin took a sip of tea, suppressed the false alarm in his heart and asked.

He dreamed that something big had happened, which was even more terrible than the drought and locust plague that came out in the second year of Zhenguan.

But what happened to me and I couldn't remember when I woke up.

I only know that hundreds of people are in dire straits.

"Back to Your Majesty, no."

"But Du Gongzi, the eldest grandson and others jointly sent a letter."

"When the villain saw that you were resting, he didn't wake you up."

The eunuch Wang De said respectfully.

It's just a letter from a few sons, and it must not be very important.

"Get it!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately asked Wang De to bring the letter.

He thought the opposite of Wang De, he felt that Du He and the others had important matters.

It must be very important to allow several sons to save time bypassing their fathers and sending messages directly to themselves.

"Yes."

Wang De hurriedly responded and took out the letter from his arms.

Li Shimin quickly took it and opened the letter to watch.

When I looked at it, I suddenly felt a roar coming from my brain, as if I had been struck by lightning.

Sure enough, when I woke up from a dream, something really big happened!

"Your Majesty?"

Wang De was shocked.

He had never seen Li Shimin show such a look.

Presumably, the content of the letter was terrifying, so terrible that even the monarch of a country was shocked.

"Quick, quickly call the Shangshu of the six departments of the three provinces to come over!"

Li Shimin drank loudly.

The Yellow River dam is about to burst!

The river will plague hundreds of thousands of people in several states!

This is just the surface, it may also affect the national war with the Eastern Turks!

This undoubtedly also involves the issue of food!

As soon as he thought that there was an incomparably scarce food to support the war, Li Shimin's head was about to explode.

"Yes, yes."

Wang De should be again and again.

personally went to arrange for someone to invite Du Ruhui and them to come.

Calling the scholars of the three provinces and six departments at one time is a big deal.

Thinking that he hadn't woken up Li Shimin earlier just now, Wang De was so frightened that cold sweat oozed from his back.

Not long after, Pei Lian, Du Ruhui, Wang Jue, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and other scholars from the six departments of the three provinces all arrived.

"Your Majesty."

The crowd saluted.

Curious what the hell is going on.

You must know that Li Shimin rarely called them together.

"The Yellow River dam has burst!"

Li Shimin's words instantly changed everyone's color.

Everyone has long known that there is a problem with the Yellow River embankment, and they have already sent people to repair it.

But I never thought that the Yellow River embankment, which had been repaired for several months, was not only not good, but would collapse like this?!

"Your Majesty, is the news conclusive?!"

Du Ruhui couldn't help coughing violently, coughing so red that his face was red.

The news was shocking, but none of them received it, so they doubted the truth of the news.

"Du He and the eldest grandson rushed back to them in a joint signature, and the letter was sent back urgently for eight hundred miles."

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Although he has not yet received information.

But presumably Du He and Eldest Sun Chong, these children would not joke about this kind of thing

"That must be true!"

When Du Ruhui heard this, his heart suddenly sank.

can't fake it, Du Miaoyan told him a few days ago that Du He helped Fang Yuan transport cement.

"Is it a problem with cement?"

Pei Lin was the second to speak.

When you open your mouth, you have the idea of who will be held responsible.

But his words were also what some of the people present wanted to say.

Things are too big, someone has to take the blame, and the person who provides the cement is undoubtedly the most likely to take the blame.

"Whose problem is going to be discussed later, right?"

Eldest Sun Wuji interjected.

My own son is also involved, and I don't know how much it has to do with it.

Whose fault it is, or what caused it, it's better to talk about it later.

"When is it, and who is responsible?"

"Let's discuss how to deal with the collapse of the Yellow River embankment!"

Li Shimin's face sank, and he said in a deep voice.

The matter is urgent, and I and others must come up with a plan as soon as possible.

The letter said that the Yellow River dam is bursting, and it will be about a day or two before it erupts.

They still have a little time to deliberate on how to deal with it.

The letter from Du He and the others was different from the one sent to Du Miaoyan, and the letter did not mention the secrets they had discovered.

The crowd stopped discussing anything else and began to discuss how to deal with the collapse of the Yellow River dam.

In the end, Li Shimin and others discussed the first response plan: order the people near the Yellow River embankment to be urgently relocated.

Henan Road, by the Yellow River.

The turbulent Yellow River flows endlessly.

The water of the Yellow River came up from the sky, rumbling and deafening.

It's magnificent, and people can't help but be in awe when they look at it.

Liao Fengmao and others, who were repairing the embankment by the river, were long gone.

In one of them, there was a half-meter-long breach that kept flowing out of the water, because there was a large rock in front of it, so that the current was not very turbulent.

However, the water of the Yellow River hit the big stone again and again, splashing everywhere, which also made the big stone shake unsteadily.

Looking at this situation, it is unlikely that the repair will be possible, so that Liao Fengmao and they have long since gone.

Suddenly, a loud roar sounded along the Yellow River, and the large stones were swept away by the current, and the breach was wirelessly expanded.

The endless water of the Yellow River gushes out from here, and it goes out in a frenzy, as fast as a horse.

At this time, the imperial court had already received an order from the prefectures and counties of Henan Province to organize the emergency evacuation of local people.

However, this kind of large-scale migration is unlikely to be fast or smooth.

The people complained as they packed their belongings and what they felt were valuable.

"Alas, it's annoying, how can you take so many things away?"

"Speaking of the Yellow River embankment cracking, our county is so far away from the Yellow River, and it won't be our turn to burst."

"That's it, I don't know what the county government thinks, I still have a piece of land that is not good."

"We're still fine, it's ugly to look at those rich families, and the big cars and small cars are full and can't be pulled."

The people were talking.

Some have already hit the road in the direction of the Yellow River.

Others are slowly packing their bags, as if they don't want to leave the land where they are raised.

Suddenly,

"Water, water is coming!"

I don't know who screamed loudly.

People subconsciously looked in the direction of the Yellow River.

I saw a large area of the river rushing towards this side.

From a distance, the speed of the water is not large, and it does not seem to be high.

But the experienced fisherman immediately sensed the horror contained therein.

"Quick, run!"

The fishermen were the first to react.

He just ran away, and he couldn't care about his luggage or anything else.

Seeing this, the others also began to panic and quickly left.

The speed of a person is not as fast as the speed of water.

The people who walked at the back soon saw water flowing through.

The force of the current was small, but it quickly flooded their ankles.

"Run, run!"

"The water is flooding, the water is flooding!"

People shouted.

I can't wait to put on my wings.

They ran frantically.

But the water was running faster than they could.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the water rose to their knees.

More and more people are fleeing, and more and more water is pouring out.

There were cries of terror everywhere, and there were cries for help everywhere.

The first to suffer were the young children, who were not tall and were carried away by the current.

The second is the elderly, because of their limited mobility, they fell down due to the impact of the water source when they were hurrying quickly.

"Run!"

"If you can't run, look for a tree to hug!"

"Those who were swept away by the water are looking for floating objects to save themselves!"

Running away in a frenzy.

Several people rode back and forth to rescue people.

They are Du He, Changsun Chong, Qin Huaiyu and a few others.

They hadn't left yet, and after sending the news back, they stayed in the county and worked with the county order to find a solution.

The final plan was similar to that of the imperial court, keeping the people away from the Yellow River and avoiding disaster.

The migration order has been issued long ago, but the effect has been mediocre.

There was no way, Du He and the others could only carry out the second plan.

That is, the one who has a horse, immediately rode back and forth to rescue the people.

Duhe and the others on their horses, relying on the speed of their horses, first ran to the rear, rescued one or two people in danger, pulled them on their horses, and then went back to the front position, put the people down and then continued to save people.

This method is very useful.

But there are too many people to do this.

"Save me, Childe save me!"

When the fleeing people saw the rescue of Du He and others, they immediately extended a hand to Du He and others for help.

Some were even more excessive, they quickly ran towards Du He and the others, wanting to get on Du Ho's horse and interfere with the rescue of Du He and the others.

The water source is getting deeper and deeper, and it has become a trouble for Du He and others to save people, and they may be pulled into the water by some people, and for a while, they are in a dilemma.

On a higher level, Du He and the others were stopping here to rest for a while.

"What should I do?"

"It's a drop in the bucket if we save like this!"

Qin Huaiyu's face was difficult to look at the fleeing army in front of him.

Just now, he was almost pulled off his horse by several big men left and right.

It can be seen that there are people in front of them who have been washed away by the water source, and they can't bear it.

"Why are there only five of us?"

"What about those officials of the county government, didn't they let them also ride horses to save people?"

Changsun Chong did not answer.

But it's also ugly.

Compared to them who were almost pulled into the water by the people, he cared more about the rescue of the county?

From the beginning just now to the present, they have all been saved for an hour, and the horses are so tired that they can't run, why haven't they seen the county order to organize people to save people.

"Don't think about it, the county must have started to flee too."

Du He said in a deep voice.

The bursting of the Yellow River dam could harm hundreds of thousands of people in several states.

Those people in the county must have fled quickly after determining the situation here.

Among them, horses can play the greatest role in escaping, ignoring the interference of this flood.

It's just that there are only so many horses in one county, and after they rode five horses, the others did not appear here.

"So what do we do?"

Cheng Chumo touched his war horse painfully.

Soldiers, the horse is their second life.

Although Cheng Chumo has not been on the battlefield, he has always been a natural soldier.

He liked the mare under his crotch very much, and it hurt to see him panting from exhaustion.

"Go back and let them save themselves."

In the end, Qin Huaiyu and the others said.

It's not that they don't want to save, it's that there are too many people to save.

If they continue to be saved in this way, not only will their horses be unable to bear it, but they may also be dragged into the water.

The five of them took a deep look at the rising water level in front of them, as well as the people struggling in the water, and they all ran in the opposite direction.

The water level is getting higher and higher.

The water is also getting stronger.

More states and counties have been affected.

More people were affected.

Henan Province is closest to the Yellow River, and the area is like a purgatory on earth.

There were cases of fleeing everywhere, fleeing in the opposite direction of the Yellow River.

The order of the affected states and counties has collapsed, and the county orders can hardly find people.

A few days later.

A small mountain village in Hadong Province.

It's a long way from the Yellow River.

But even so, the Great Escape is about to begin.

Not by the water of the Yellow River, but by the panic of the refugees.

In a family of four.

"Dad, hasn't the flood reached us yet, why do you want to run away?"

This is the question of a ten-year-old boy.

"If you don't come now, it doesn't mean that you won't be late, you see so many people fleeing to us."

The mother, who was packing her luggage, said hurriedly.

"But it's really far from the Yellow River."

The boy still didn't understand.

But he obediently helped pack his luggage.

"Xiaobai, my father has read books for a few years and understands a truth."

"The book says that what is terrible is not the flood, but the refugees after the flood."

The boy's father stopped what he was doing, looked at the boy, and said solemnly.

"Dad, why?"

Xiaobai still doesn't understand.

As a young child, he didn't understand this.

"Did you see the refugees today?"

The boy's father asked.

"See."

Xiaobai nodded solemnly.

He noticed this morning that hundreds of refugees were present in the village.

All of them were disgraced, as if they had been starved for a long time.

As soon as they appeared, they asked for water to drink, and some even went to the village well to draw water to drink.

It's scary.

"I heard that they had been on the run for days."

"Those who are on the run, sooner or later the money and food in their hands will run out."

"The floods may not affect us, but there will certainly be tens of thousands of refugees passing through us."

"Our village is too small to accommodate a few hundred people, and once they come, our village will be destroyed, and we will become refugees, and the sooner we leave, the better our chances of survival."

The boy's father spoke earnestly.

"I seem to get it."

Xiaobai nodded heavily, but shook his head again.

He felt he understood, but he didn't.

"Awesome!"

"Xiaobai, if we get separated, you must remember to take care of your sister!"

The boy's father complimented the boy, then admonished.

"Okay!"

Xiaobai looked at his sister, who was only two years old sitting on the ground, and said solemnly.

Soon after, the family began to flee.

At this time, more refugees poured into the small village.

Some refugees begged for help, hoping to give them some porridge and water to drink.

Some of the refugees were more brutal and forced their way into their houses.

The gate of Liaozhou City.

The five of Duhe returned here.

There was also a carriage behind them, carrying the seriously injured Liao Fengmao.

There is no sign of flooding, and people come and go without being affected at all.

"We're bringing some of the refugees here, I wonder if we'll be blamed by Fang Yuan?"

Du He looked at the ordinary city gate in front of him and sighed.

Along the way, he saw some states and counties that were reluctant to accept refugees.

In the face of Du He and others' request for rescue, they said that their county would also save themselves.

Presumably, they are worried that there are too many refugees to control it and dare not rescue them.

"Let him be, at most he will not do business."

Qin Huaiyu sneered.

It is estimated that it is more likely that they do not want to save it.

After all, if it is not well controlled, the refugees will affect the local people, and then cause even greater disasters and lose their official positions.

But they brought in the refugees, and it was his business whether Fang Yuan accepted it or not, and if he had any blame, the most he could do was to stop cooperating with the business he had negotiated before.

"Let's talk about it in the city."

The eldest grandson rushed and walked towards the city gate.

When the others saw this, they stopped talking and went into the city together.

After they entered the city, they hurried in the direction of the Assassin's Mansion.

(End of chapter)