"You don't see, the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky, rushes to the sea and never returns! ………………。 ”

This is the surging momentum of the Yellow River written by the poet immortal Li Bai, which makes people fascinated.

However, in fact, the pictures in the poems are often very far from reality, and the surging Yellow River is indeed magnificent, but it makes the hearts of the people along the coast, especially the Yellow River rushing above everyone's heads, like a sharp sword choosing the top of their heads.

Kaifeng City,

An eight-hundred-mile urgent messenger rushed directly from the Yellow River embankment to the imperial palace.

"Qiqi Guanjia, the water level of the Yellow River is almost reaching a critical point, and several pipe gushing places have been discovered." The messenger was anxious.

Zhao Xu's heart sank and said, "Has Fan Xianggong ever found a place to discharge the flood?" ”

Fan Zheng on the side nodded and said: "Qiqi official's house, the imperial court unanimously discussed to lead the water of the Yellow River to Liangshanbo, and the flood discharge site is fifty miles west of Yuncheng, with the help of the high terrain in the west and low in the east, the water of the Yellow River flows into Liangshanbo. ”

"Liang Shanbo?"

Zhao Xu immediately found the topographic map of Liangshanbo, and found that although the area of Liangshanbo was very large, it was not close to the Yellow River.

Fan Zheng explained: "The officials don't know that Liangshanbo is the only large lake in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and although it is far away from the Yellow River, once the water of the Yellow River is introduced into Liangshanbo, the flood can be discharged at the minimum cost. ”

If the water of the Yellow River is allowed to overflow, many places will be affected, and if the water is brought into Liangshanbo, the area affected will be greatly reduced.

Zhao Xu frowned, now that the situation of the Yellow River is critical, is it too late to lead water into Liangshanbo now.

Fan Zheng sighed slightly: "The 800-mile water area of Liangshanbo is the best place for flood discharge, and the imperial court already has a method to govern the Yellow River, if the water of the Yellow River can be introduced into Liangshanbo, and the Liangshanbo will be silted up with the help of the sediment of the Yellow River, in time, the Great Song Dynasty will get 800 miles of fertile land." ”

"Eight hundred miles of fertile land!"

Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel excited, if this was the case, Da Song's adventure at the moment was still worth it.

"Is this your recipe again?" Zhao Xu suddenly reacted and asked.

Can come up with the help of the water of the Yellow River to silt up 800 miles of paddy fields in Liangshanbo, I'm afraid only Fan Zheng is so bold.

Fan Zheng nodded without shame and said: "Although the Yellow River is flooding, but it has brought a lot of sediment, so that the fertile fields on both sides of the river, in this case, why not take the opportunity to turn the good fields into treasures, turn harm into benefits, Liangshanbo is located in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, 800 miles of water bandits continue, if you can use the water of the Yellow River to silt it up, you can solve the problem of Liangshanbo bandits, and you can get a lot of fertile land." ”

In this era, Liangshanbo is not a good place, because the waters of Liangshanbo are wide, and it is the intersection of various roads, it is almost a three-regardless location, and it is also a hiding place for many criminals, which makes the Great Song Dynasty have a headache.

Fan Zheng's proposal was in the hands of the imperial court, and he immediately agreed to use the water of the Yellow River to silt up the evil side of Liangshanbo.

"This!"

Zhao Xu looked at Fan Zheng speechlessly, Liangshanbo continued to be bandits, which was a headache for the Great Song Dynasty, who would have thought that Fan Zheng would actually think of the idea of fighting poison with poison.

"However, now the Yellow River is critical, and it will be urgent for 800 miles in one day, if it is ............." Zhao Xu said worriedly.

Zhao Xu worries that the Yellow River is flowing too fast, and that if the project to divert water to Liangshanbo is not completed, the embankments of other sections of the Yellow River will have collapsed.

In this way, the people on both sides of the strait will not have embankments, which will certainly cause irreparable losses.

Say it!

Zhao Xu sent urgent memorals from officials on both sides of the Yellow River, and almost all of them were in urgent need of manpower.

Seeing this, Fan Zheng said in a deep voice: "The imperial court must buy time for the flood discharge of Liangshanbo, and there is a way to solve the shortage of flood control manpower. ”

Seeing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but tremble, with his understanding of Fan Zheng, he must know that Fan Zheng's so-called method must be another evil recipe!

"Although Fan Taicheng said bluntly, as long as I can withstand this flood, I will not hesitate to pay any price!" Zhao Xu gritted his teeth and said.

Fan Zheng took a deep breath and said solemnly: "If you want to buy time for the flood discharge of Liangshanbo, you need a large number of people to inspect the Yellow River embankment. ”

"Forbidden Army!"

Zhao Xu was suddenly shocked, he didn't expect Fan Zheng's evil recipe to use the forbidden army to fight the flood.

"There are hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops near my Kaifeng City, and these forbidden troops are strong and disciplined, which is the best choice for fighting floods." Fan Zheng said proudly.

The Song Dynasty adopted the strategy of strong cadres and weak branches, in addition to guarding against the soldiers of Liaoxia, the most forbidden army is around Kaifeng, as long as Zhao Xu gives an order, there will be hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops to the Yellow River embankment.

"But the forbidden army is marching to fight and defend the country, how can it fight the flood?" Zhao Xu hesitated.

The traditional forbidden army was the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, and in order to resist foreign enemies and quell rebellions, there was never a precedent for using it to fight floods.

Fan Zheng persuaded him: "The forbidden army resists foreign enemies, defends the country, and shelters the people, but now the Yellow River embankment is in danger, and the people on both sides of the strait are in danger. ”

Zhao Xu was silent for a moment, although what Fan Zheng said was impeccable, but as an emperor, how could he not hesitate to use such a large-scale army so rashly.

Not to mention Zhao Xu, he knows very well how their Zhao family won the country - the Chen Qiao Mutiny!

At the beginning of the Chenqiao Mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin got the talisman to mobilize the forbidden army, and finally added the yellow robe at Chenqiao.

But now Zhao Xu is facing the same choice as Emperor Chai Zongxun of Zhou Gong, whether to use the forbidden army.

Fan Zheng sighed slightly, how could he not know Zhao Xu's worries, but the water and fire were ruthless, and the situation in the Yellow River could not be hesitated at all.

"The situation of the official family is naturally different from that of Emperor Gong, who was only seven years old, while the official family has reached adulthood and has been in power for several years, and has successively defeated Liaoxia, and has a high prestige in the army."

Fan Zheng's words made Zhao Xu proud, his current achievements are enough to surpass the emperors of previous dynasties, and they are enough to compete with Taizu Taizong.

"What's more, when the forbidden army goes to fight the flood, naturally they don't need to carry weapons, and even armor is cumbersome, just a shovel is enough, are the officials really afraid of such a forbidden army?" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.

Zhao Xu stayed there for a moment, right! This is to fight the flood, not to fight, all the forbidden troops are unarmed, how can they rebel?

Zhao Xu smiled bitterly, Fan Zheng deserves the title of an evil doctor, every time he gives advice, it is an evil prescription, but people have to follow the prescription.

When Zhao Xu ordered in the Vertical Arch Hall to let the 200,000 forbidden troops around Kaifeng unload their armor and go to the Yellow River embankment to fight the flood, the entire imperial court was almost boiling.

"Think twice! The forbidden army is the pillar of the country, and how can it be used easily. ”

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty were in an uproar and wrote to dissuade them.

"This must be Fan Zheng's evil prescription, Weichen implores Fan Zheng to be severely punished!" Without waiting for other officials to act, Fan Chunli had already been angry and ruined.

If it was ordinary Fan Zheng who messed up with the evil side, it would be fine, and now Fan Zheng actually went out of the evil side to move the forbidden army, with the experience of the Chen Qiao Mutiny, once these forbidden troops are in chaos, and Fan Zheng who came out of the evil side will be the culprit.

Zhao Xu looked around proudly and said loudly: "You Aiqing's worries are clear in my heart, but now that the Yellow River embankment is in danger, and tens of millions of people are under the threat of flooding, I am afraid that the only one who can protect the Yellow River embankment is the forbidden army." As the son of heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, how can I sit back and watch tens of millions of people in the flood. If even the soldiers who unloaded their armor are on guard, how can they rest assured that the army will sweep the world. ”

Hundreds of officials have been silent, and now Zhao Xu can be said to be extremely confident, especially after giving full authority to Zhang Qi and Zeng Bu to command hundreds of thousands of troops, the original embankment of the generals has gradually decreased.

Besides, this time the armies were for flood relief and all of them were unarmed, which made the mutiny a little less threatening.

"The official family is sage! I wait for admiration! ”

Hundreds of officials bowed their heads one after another.

With Zhao Xu's holy decree, a large number of forbidden troops unloaded their armor and immediately rushed to the Yellow River embankment.

The forbidden army is all brave men, coupled with well-trained and disciplined, can mobilize the most forces in the shortest possible time, once there is a danger, an order, immediately have a large number of soldiers to support, plus the local people.

In a short period of time, several pipe gushing openings were blocked, and the danger of the precarious Yellow River embankment was suddenly alleviated.

However, what makes everyone's hearts heavy is that the water level of the Yellow River is still rising slowly, and if it continues, it will be a matter of time before the Yellow River bursts.

………………

"Quick! Immediately evacuate the people and hurry up the construction of the earthen dam! ”

Outside Yuncheng, Song Jiang, a small official, led a group of young and strong people, under the unified command of the government, began to build an earthen dam, preparing to divert the flood water of the Yellow River into Liangshanbo.

"Song Oshiji! We are waiting here to build an earthen dam, in case the Yellow River suddenly bursts, we will not die without a place to be buried. A young man said with a worried face.

"So you have to hurry up the construction of the earthen dam, this time the imperial court directly dispatched the forbidden army to defend the embankment, give me only three days, if the earthen dam is repaired in three days, you will be rewarded, if it is washed away by the flood, you and I will not escape punishment!" Song Jiang said worriedly.

The young men did not dare to slack off at the moment, and immediately began to build the earthen dam allocated to them, and they only had three days.

Everyone did not dare to stop, except for a simple meal and rest, everyone was racing against time, and soon, three days had passed, and a simple earthen dam was built directly from the Yellow River to the vicinity of Liangshanbo.

"It's finally done!"

Song Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, this simple earthen dam naturally could not hold back the raging Yellow River, but it could use the topography to divert the water of the Yellow River to the vicinity of Liangshanbo, and at the same time reduce the area affected by the flood.

"The imperial court is going to flood?" A young man said curiously.

Song Jiang nodded and said: "The real flood discharge location is not here, but fifty miles away, and when the water of the Yellow River flows here, the water potential has been greatly reduced, as long as the first wave of impact is blocked, we will be half successful." ”

As soon as Song Jiang's words fell, they saw a roaring sound in the distance, and everyone looked up, and their faces were suddenly shocked, only to see a yellow wave rolling in.

Not far away, some dilapidated houses collapsed under the impact of the waves of the Yellow River, drowning in the flood, and the wooden beams mixed in the flood added 30% of the power to the flood level.

Soon, the flood water rolled in and rushed diagonally towards the earthen dam.

"Boom!"

The water wave collided with the earth dam, which suddenly stirred up a large splash of water, making Song Jiang drenched.

But Song Jiang didn't care, staring at the earthen dam under his feet, until the earthen dam blocked the impact of the flood, and the tumbling flood water flowed down the embankment in the direction of Liangshanbo.

"Finally blocked!"

Song Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, although there were still floods overflowing in some places, but the overall flow of floods was in the direction of Liangshanbo. The river is mixed with a large amount of sediment, and if it is like this every year, I am afraid that within a few decades, Liangshanbo will be silted up by the Yellow River.

However, Song Jiang looked at the direction of Liang Shanbo, and when he thought that Liang Shanbo would disappear, he felt a sense of loss in his heart, as if he had lost something important.

Kaifeng section of the Yellow River embankment! The water level of the Yellow River has reached its highest level in years, and the pipes are gushing everywhere.

"Come on the punching bag!"

After a night of struggle, the largest pipe gushing was finally blocked, and all the forbidden soldiers suddenly collapsed on the ground, without any strength.

At this moment, the sky had just turned white, and a young soldier looked at the rushing Yellow River with a muddy face, and he found that the water level of the Yellow River seemed to have dropped a little.

"The flood is out! The water of the Yellow River has receded! ”

The young forbidden soldier immediately cheered.

The forbidden army struggled to their feet and rushed up the embankment, and sure enough, they found that the water level of the Yellow River was dropping, and it was clear that the downstream flood had already begun to discharge.

"We finally made it through three days!"

The forbidden soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and some tired soldiers even fell asleep directly.

The water of the Yellow River receded, and the news of the downstream flood discharge reached Kaifeng City, and the whole Kaifeng City cheered.

The water level of the Yellow River was the most dangerous, but it was the least affected ever, and hundreds of people survived because of the advance preparations in the flood discharge area, and people moved to higher ground or took refuge outside.

"God bless the Great Song!"

Zhao Xu sighed along the sky, this time he fortunately obeyed Fan Zheng's evil side and used the forbidden army to surround the Yellow River embankment, otherwise with the water potential this time, it would definitely make the Great Song Dynasty suffer heavy losses.

Fan Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The official family of Qiqi, now it is only a flood discharge, although it has been prepared in advance, there are still millions of people affected by the disaster, and the imperial court still needs emergency relief." ”

This time, due to the short period of three days, although the people in the flood discharge area fled in advance, they still suffered heavy losses, and if they did not prepare for disaster relief, I am afraid that it would provoke a civil uprising.

"Ordered the prefectures and counties in the flood discharge area to give porridge to the victims first, provide disaster relief, and doctors to prevent plague after the disaster." Zhao Xu ordered in an orderly manner.

Now that the flood has been discharged, there is no major risk to the Yellow River embankment, and the next step is only disaster relief, which is not too difficult for the mature Great Song system. (End of chapter)