044. The test of human nature
Within the scope of his ability, the city lord of Atu has been quite decisive. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info according to Lu Zhong's warning, it is not only the people in the villages who must be transferred, but also everyone in the city.
According to the laws of Pakistan, the city should store enough food for one year in good years to prepare for famines. Ah Tu himself stayed in the city and did not leave, but he sent the warehouse division to transfer the stored grain to the high places in the mountains of the western boundary first, and was escorted by a small army formation led by the second division of the army.
The mission of Building 2 is not only to escort food stockpiles, but also to set up temporary camps in order to organize and resettle people in the aftermath of the disaster. The entire two patrol formations have been sent to various places, and there is only a squad of seven sergeants left around the second building, and there are not many people around the city lord.
Huwa spoke: "The one who reminded the flood in the sky before was Lord Lu Zhong, the monarch of the Chinese Chongchen Ministry. This flood is unprecedented, like a tide of fierce beasts devouring people, the entire territory of Nether City will be swallowed up, and the high hills near the villages will also be swept by huge waves, and no one will be spared.
This monarch holds the Zhenguo Divine Sword to convey the order of Ba Jun, and all the people west of Pishui, regardless of age or age, if they have not yet moved to the high place of the Western Boundary Mountain, they will all go to the city within seven days and wait for the dispatch of the city lord. This is a wartime order, and anyone who fails to arrive within the time limit and obstructs the king's life will be sentenced to prison. ”
Ah Tu: "When will the flood arrive? Such a monstrous disaster, the location of the city outline will not be spared, why did Lord Peng Keng's family order the people west of Pishui to reach the city outline within seven days?"
Huwa: "The flood will arrive in seven days, and there are people who can temporarily stop it in the west of Pishui." I'll give you another three months to organize the entire city to move to the heights of the Western Boundary Mountain......"
The conversation between the tiger baby and the city lord of Atu was heard by all the people in the city, and the tiger baby had its own immortal magic power to spread the sound all over the place, and at the same time, the spell cast the voice of Atu was also transmitted. He directly ordered the city lord to carry it out, and within seven days, all the people on the west bank of Pishui who had not been transferred were gathered in the city outline, and then given three months to move the people of the whole territory together.
Only three things were allowed to be brought with you when you moved: food, clothing, and tools and tools for logging and farming. The lords of the city were to dispatch all kinds of chariots and cattle to pull carts, and the chiefs of the tribes and the local officials were also obliged to abandon all valuables and other goods. If there is a violation, it will also be punished with imprisonment.
At that time, those who do not carry out the orders on the east bank of Pishui can be sentenced to prison on the spot, but those who refuse to evacuate in time on the west bank do not care whether they will be punished by the city lord or not, and they will definitely die when the time comes.
Huwa revealed his identity and spread his conversation with the city lord all over the place, and the situation was really different, and the people who had not yet evacuated got up and rushed to the east bank of Pishui. Pishui is a river that originates in the mountains of the western boundary and flows into the river from north to south, and there is only one bridge over the river, which is very crowded for a while.
Many people did not only bring the three things mentioned in the order, but a large number of altars and jars, and even nobles organized slaves to hurry up and transport a large number of goods, and a few days later a large number of people were stranded at the bridge. The tiger babies didn't pay attention to it, because they had to migrate after they arrived at the city outline, and let the city lord be responsible for the specific implementation of the decree, how to organize and punish it, that is also the responsibility of the city lord.
Huwa simply threw the bamboo cane onto the skin water, and turned it into another, wider bridge, which would allow the people of the west bank to reach the east bank in at least seven days. The bamboo cane bridge must be cast with the great magic power of the immortal family, the tiger baby is a real immortal after all, although the magic power is still weak, but it can still be done with the artifact bamboo cane to build a bridge on the skin water for seven consecutive days.
The villages west of Pishui gradually emptied, but a few people quietly remained. They were already at the back of the ranks in various places, hiding in hidden places when people were unprepared. There were also some people who had already moved to the Western Boundary Mountain, and now they had quietly descended the mountain into the nearby village.
Those who came down the mountain came back to "get things". I had been in a hurry, and I didn't have time to bring a lot of daily necessities, but now I heard that there were still a few days before the flood came, so I wanted to go down the mountain to get more. It may be a little far away to return to your own village, but that's okay, the people in the nearby villages are already empty.
Since nothing will be left behind after the flood has passed, let's take as much as we can at this moment. When I entered the village and searched, I found a lot of valuable goods, and people who only wanted to take some ordinary daily necessities couldn't help but change their minds one after another, grabbing time to search for goods as much as possible.
As for those who deliberately went to the end of the line and stayed quietly, they intended to loot valuable money in the nearby villages in the first place. Of course, they did not plan to cross the river with the large group, but searched the villages along the way as they walked north, planning to run up the West Boundary Mountain before the flood arrived.
How many things can a person carry? Often a batch of goods is looted, and when he arrives at the next place, he finds something more valuable, throws away one batch and replaces it with another, and so on and so forth, and the things on his back become heavier and heavier.
The more remote and wild the place, the more simple the folk customs are, but after the rise of agricultural civilization and the establishment of cities, the more rare and valuable goods, the more people's desires. These selfish distractions are not innate, and the reason why they have not been seen before is because many trials they have not experienced.
Fortunately, the vast majority of the people still obeyed the orders of Lord Peng Keng and the city lord of Atu, and more importantly, the city lord of Atu has sent officials at all levels, government officials, and city patrol formations to all parts of the city.
The lord of the city has ordered that no one in the village should turn back until they reach the designated place. This is mainly done to maintain order, if someone remembers that there is something they haven't brought with them and then goes back to get it, and the people from the villages behind are constantly coming, the roads will be congested, and there is no guarantee that everyone will be able to cross the river on time.
Those who stayed quietly, and those who came back from the mountains without permission, were actually violating the orders announced by the city lord during the state of emergency, but no one could control them at the moment.
Seven days later, the embankment on the east bank of Pishui was full of people. Although the lord ordered everyone to gather at the castle outline and wait for the next unified arrangement, many people still ran out. Lord Peng Keng said that the flood was coming in seven days, and it was such a sensational flood that everyone wanted to see what was going on? Even the patrol army could not stop it, because there were too many people.
There are also people who can't believe that this kind of thing can really happen, and they must see it with their own eyes before they die. Many others thought of another question, since the west bank of Pishui was not spared, how could a river hold back the flood? They wanted to know what method Master Pang Keng's family was going to use to stop the monstrous water he claimed.
There were also many people who had just crossed the bridge to the east bank, where they were resting and gasping for breath, and they were also turning to look back at the west bank. Only one of the last ox carts remained on the east bank of the road, driven by a middle-aged fat man who was struggling to drive the oxen with a whip. The cow frothed at the mouth and faltered, looking tired and dying.
This middle-aged fat man has a very high status in a certain tribe, and a lot of valuable goods that he usually accumulates in private are loaded on this ox cart. The things in the car were too heavy, so they walked very slowly, and his wife and son, because they were on foot, had already crossed the river with the crowd. The bridge was guarded by sergeants, and as long as people came, they could not go back.
Standing on the shore of Pishui, you can see the majestic mountains in the western wilderness in the distance, and the great river spirals down from the valleys between the mountains. You can see it, but there's still a long, long way to get there. In the view of the people, someone suddenly let out an irrepressible exclamation, and on the peaks on both sides of the river rushing out, a large trace of white flowers suddenly appeared.
From a great distance, it looks like an overwhelming flock of sheep rushing down. But in the eyes of the tiger baby, it was not a flock of sheep, but an overwhelming flood that poured over the col, breaking the trees and slapping the rocks, and rolling up one huge wave after another. The "flock" soon rushed to the plain, like a monster devouring everything, and the people on the east bank of Pishui gradually heard the voice.
At first it was like the wind blowing the trees in the mountains, then it was like the galloping of horses, and the sound of hooves was intertwined, and at last it became the rolling thunder of the middle of summer. As the flood drew nearer, one could already see the huge swell, the river disappeared, and the whole plain was swept by the rushing waves, and the embankment at the foot was trembling gently.
All the villages along the way were washed away, and even the so-called hills on the plains were swept directly by the waves, and not even a single tree could be left. People have already felt a deep fear, if they can't be transferred in time, I'm afraid that even the corpse will not be found at this moment.
At this time, someone near the bridgehead on the east bank suddenly shouted, "Everyone run!" turned around and ran in the direction of the city, and then everyone followed him and turned around and ran. Because the flood was very close, looking at the monstrous waves and hearing the rolling thunder, I felt the ground trembling under my feet, and the river in front of me seemed to be unstoppable.
Immediately afterwards, a loud shout was heard, and the person who took the lead in shouting and running at the front had been beheaded by General Erdong of the Chengkuo Division. The general's voice was like a thunderbolt: "Everyone should keep order, and no conflicts should be arbitrary, and those who cause chaos should be beheaded...... Lord Peng Keng's family is here, since everyone wants to retreat to the east bank of Pishui to avoid trouble, they will be able to protect the people from harm!"
General Erdong was too fierce, holding a bloody long knife and standing in the middle of the road, as if killing a god, scaring the crowd that had just been chaotic at the bridgehead. On the east bank of Pishui, especially in the area of the two bridgeheads, there are too many people gathered, men, women and children, everyone does not listen to the orders of the city lord to come and see the excitement, and the general of the second building can't stop it.
But at this moment, if everyone is rushing back, on such a narrow road, there must be chaos, and many people can be trampled to death by pushing and trampling. General Erdong was also decisive and stopped this state of affairs at the first time. In another case, he wouldn't have had to kill, but at this point he had to control the scene immediately.
Those who ran back didn't want to think about it, if the water couldn't stop the tide, according to the flood, even the city would be destroyed, how could they have time to run away? More people stood on the bank of the river and didn't move, not only because their legs were weak, but also because Master Peng Keng's feet were in the air, stepping on a white auspicious cloud.
With Huwa's prestige in Pakistan, no one dares to disbelieve his words, and even more so at this moment, because this unprecedented flood is really coming. Then Lord Peng Keng once said that retreating to the east bank of Pishui can avoid disaster, then it should be fine. The voice of the tiger baby immediately reached everyone's ears in time: "You don't need to panic, the flood will not cross the skin water for at least three months." ”
Huwa also deliberately turned her head and glanced down at the second building standing in the middle of the road at the head of the bridge. This person was originally the general of the Xuegong Guard, and he gave the impression that he was a good old man who was only submissive, and no one could be offended on weekdays. It's no wonder that the disciples of the school palace are either rich or expensive, and even the scholars who accompany the school are all from extraordinary backgrounds, and he can't afford to offend anyone, even if he suffers from the guilt, he doesn't dare to make a noise.
But since he held the Zhenguo Divine Sword given by the tiger baby and beheaded Geng Liang, a disciple of the sect, in front of the palace, the whole person's spirit and spirit have been completely different, as if a reborn transformation has occurred. Although he was ruthless in killing people in public, it was absolutely effective and necessary in this situation.
Seeing the monstrous flood rushing towards the face, a woman at the head of the bridge cried out, "Run...... Go and help him and get him back!"
The flood had arrived, but the ox cart had not yet crossed the bridge, and the middle-aged fat man on the cart had already seen the crowd at the head of the bridge and on the other side of the river, and had turned back to find the monstrous flood. He was so frightened that his legs were so weak that he could not stand up on the ox cart, so he could only whip the ox like crazy, and the ox could no longer run, and could only move forward step by step with foaming at the mouth.
The woman was supposed to be his wife, and she was kicking and tearing at the sergeant in front of her, crying and screaming. The patrol army was ordered to stand in a row at the two bridgeheads on the east bank, all with their backs to the place where the flood had come. When the sergeants sent to the village returned, General Erdong also rushed back, gathered the army formation on the spot and maintained order at the bridgehead.
Except for the slight movement here, almost all of the people along the east bank of Pishui did not move or speak, for they were already stunned by the huge waves that resembled mountain peaks. But there were many other things fleeing in all directions, wild beasts such as snakes and rats, many of which swam frantically across the river from the west bank and fled like a tidal wave into the wilderness on the east bank.
Huwa suddenly heard Chongbo's voice: "Feng Xianjun immediately put away the artifact and gather all his strength to help me at any time." ”
There are two bridges, one large and one small, on the water, and the wide bridge is made of the bamboo cane dropped by the tiger baby, and it is instantly put away at this moment. The ox cart was smashed to pieces by the swift waves, and the people on the cart were gone, along with the cart of goods. Chong Bo Kun finally threw the Divine Bead from the clouds.
Except for the tiger baby, no one can see Chongbocang's movements clearly, and no one knows about his existence. I saw that along the west bank of Pishui, a long causeway was raised in an instant. This long causeway is long in the wind, crosses the river and extends to the territory of the river city on the opposite bank, and then turns a bend to meet the mountains of the Western Wilderness, and is rising and widening at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it turns into a mountain range. (To be continued.) )