Chapter 678
: The Dog Emperor's Flesh Became a Peak!
Chapter 678: The Dog Emperor's Flesh Became a Peak!
Hong Feng!
Experienced Xun Bing immediately saw the danger!
Under the torrential rain, the water level of the flooded Yellow River flood was higher and the flow speed was faster. The flow speed of the Yellow River flood from west to east was already turbulent. The waves that destroy everything!
Looking at the flood in front of him, Xun Bing shouted: "Hong Feng! Hong Feng is coming again!"
When the surrounding rural migrant workers heard that the flood peak was coming, they all looked shocked. Everyone knew what the appearance of the flood peak meant. If they did not evade in time, everyone would be swallowed by the huge flood peak and disappear in the rapid flood.
But looking at the precarious dam in front of them, no one retreated.
As soon as Eunuch Wei heard that Hong Feng was coming, he quickly tugged on Zhu Youxiao's sleeve: "My lord, my lord, please listen to my servant's advice, you can't take risks!"
"Your maidservant listens to you when you visit privately. If you want to come to Henan, your servant will listen to you. If you come to Xingyang, your servant will not be able to stop you. But now that Hong Feng is coming, you have to leave here quickly. If something happens to you, Daming is over, my lord!"
"Your Majesty, let's go now. The ministers in Xingyuan should be anxious to death if they can't find you. Once someone thinks something they shouldn't have, there will be a big problem, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Youxiao let Eunuch Wei tug on his sleeves, his eyes fixed on the ever-swelling river.
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty have many seeds of infatuation, and everyone has their own hobbies and specialties. Every emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not easy to get along with. If their tempers come together, who can stop them?
Seeing that Zhu Youxiao couldn't be moved, Eunuch Wei quickly said to Zhang Haogu who was beside him: "Master Zhang, what are you still doing in a daze, take the emperor away quickly, this Hong Feng is here, something happened, you and I are Sinner of all ages."
The actions of Zhu Youxiao, Eunuch Wei and Zhang Haogu did not attract the attention of the people around them, because everyone's attention was now focused on the soaring river.
The seventh-rank official who led Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu over stood on the embankment and shouted loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers!"
"Men and gentlemen from all over the world came to help!"
"Hongfeng is coming. If Hongfeng can't be stopped, and the dam in Xingyang collapses again, the whole of Henan will suffer!"
"Aren't we here to stop the flood and prevent other places from suffering?"
"We must stop this flood peak!"
"There are old and young in the family, and the only child. Come out. I can't let your family lose their pillars."
None of the elders and folks who gathered around stood up, and the seventh-rank official was anxious: "What are you doing, don't care about the old and young at home?!"
A man shouted: "Magistrate Huang, don't you also have a seventy-year-old woman in your family?"
County magistrate Huang took off his bamboo hat and let the heavy rain hit his face: "I, Huang Liqing, am the county magistrate of Xingyang! I am the official of Xingyang's parents! I have to be responsible for the big guys in Xingyang."
"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be fulfilled. I, Huang Liqing, have been entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the imperial court and the governor to guard the Xingyang embankment. How could I retreat!"
The elders and villagers shouted: "Magistrate Huang, we will not retreat!"
"Yes! Magistrate Huang, we will not retreat either!"
"They are all raised by parents, we are just like you, we are all good men!"
"This Xingyang embankment, we will guard it with you!"
"Yes, guard together!"
Looking at these hard-working people, Huang Liqing didn't know whether it was rain or tears on his face. He grinned, and took a big Ming mountain, river, sun and moon flag from Xun Bing's hand, and then planted it heavily at his feet: "Today, I, Huang Liqing, have the honor to guard this embankment with my fellow villagers, and the flag is here, the flag is there, the embankment is there, and the people are there."
"Fathers and folks, block the flood peak!"
Shouting, Huang Liqing was the first to carry a bag of sand and rushed to the gap, and the folks behind also carried the sand, chanting and followed Huang Liqing to the river embankment, throwing bags of sand into the gap.
Zhu Youxiao looked at this scene, and he also moved, carrying a bag of sand from the ground and running towards the embankment, Zhang Haogu and Zhang An followed behind each carrying two bags of sand, Eunuch Wei was anxious He stomped his feet and said to the guards dressed as farmers around him: "Why are you still standing there? Follow up and protect the emperor. If there is something wrong with the emperor, let's apologize together!"
Thick lead clouds cover the sky. In the gloomy sky, the piercing cold wind keeps whistling. The torrential rain hits people's bodies, hitting people's cheeks with pain. It is the pressure on everyone's heart, which makes people despair when looking at the roaring Yellow River.
Can such a flood really be stopped?
How should I block it?
Bag after bag of sand was thrown into the gap, and was washed away by the flood in an instant. Even if it was blocked with wood, it was washed away in a moment.
Seeing that a black line has appeared in the distance, Hong Feng is approaching!
Once the flood peak comes, the dikes and dams in Xingyang will definitely not be able to support them, they will all collapse!
The people threw sandbags and stones into the flood in an attempt to fill the gap, but it was unsustainable. The flood was too fast and the water flow was too fast. These sandbags and stones disappeared in the flood as soon as they were thrown, and they could not be stopped at all. .
"Magistrate Huang, you can't stop it!" a soldier shouted loudly.
"Hong Feng, Hong Feng is coming!"
"Men and young men, work harder, stones, wood, sandbags, whatever you throw, you must block this hole!"
"Fathers and folks, for the sake of the old and the young at home, and for the sake of the fields at home, you must block the hole!"
The villagers screamed and threw stones and sand into the gap. They couldn't tell the difference between rain or sweat on their faces. Everyone could hardly open their eyes, and their bodies were drenched and cold.
Huang Liqing looked at the flood peak from far to near, and then looked at the dam in front of him. He gritted his teeth, tied a hemp rope around his waist, handed it to the villagers beside him, and then jumped with a bag of sand in his arms. into the gap.
This frightened the surrounding people: "Magistrate Huang, what are you doing?!"
"County Huang, come back quickly!"
"Magistrate Huang, this won't work, how can people stop Hong Feng!"
However, a man also imitated Huang Liqing's appearance, wrapped a rope around his waist and handed it to his brother: "Brother, you have done it."
As he said that, the man also jumped into the flood with a bag of sand to gamble on the gap.
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the new army took off their coir raincoats one by one, and jumped into the flood with sandbags in their arms, forming the first human wall like Huang Liqing. Huang Liqing couldn't help shouting: "Why did you get down?"
A school lieutenant laughed and said: "Magistrate Huang, I used to look down on you scholars, but now I realize that I was wrong. Aren't all scholars just like those Donglin party members who only know about corruption and extorting bribes, and there are also those who cheat. You are such a real man."
"You can come down as a scholar, why can't we Ming soldiers?"
Seeing that the soldiers of the new army also entered the water, the common people couldn’t sit still anymore. One by one, the men tied ropes around their waists, the elder brother handed it to the younger brother, the father handed it to the son, and then they picked up bags of sand and jumped into the rapids like this. in the flood.
Zhang Haogu didn't hesitate, and tied a rope around his waist: "Anzi, grab it."
As he spoke, Zhang Haogu jumped into the river with two bags of sand in his arms, and used his body to block the gap in the embankment just like the surrounding folks.
Zhu Youxiao couldn't bear it anymore. He looked around and handed the rope to Eunuch Wei: "Wei Banban, grab it."
Without waiting for Eunuch Wei's reaction, Zhu Youxiao also jumped down, and then Huang Zongxi and the other guards followed suit by jumping into the flood with sandbags in their arms to bet on the gap.
Hong Feng has arrived.
With the impact of wave after wave of turbulence, the flood peak changed from far to near and from fast to slow. In the blink of an eye, it changed from a black line to a rolling torrent, as if the roar of thousands of galloping horses exploded in everyone's ears. They came whistling, falling on the embankment like a great weight, and falling on the backbone of every father and villager standing in the flood and carrying the peak of the flood.
The tens of thousands of floods were photographed, and several men fell into the flood immediately, unable to hold on, and the people around quickly reached out to pull them to the surface of the water.
Everyone stepped on the sandbags and stones, and then one after another, they linked their arms and stared at the flood in front of them through gritted teeth.
come on!
How many times have you survived a critical situation these days, and the dignified man will still be afraid of a flood from you?
Wave after wave, the rapid flood hit people's bodies. In the muddy flood, from time to time, stones and logs rolled in the undercurrent, hitting the embankment and the human wall.
But from the beginning to the end, everyone gritted their teeth, held each other's arms tightly, gritted their teeth, and held on tightly. No one wanted to fall down at this time.
The soldiers of the new army formed the first human wall, and then the common people formed the second human wall, followed by the third and fourth!
In this way, the soldiers and common people of Ming Dynasty joined hands, stopped in the flood, stopped in front of the embankment, connected with the embankment with their flesh and blood, and blocked the stormy flood peak.
The torrential flood was raging and swift, and hundreds of millions of catties of water hit everyone's body, trying to destroy this human dam, but no matter how fierce the flood was, this human wall stood here, never falling down, never retreating.
The strong wind was still howling, and the heavy rain had lasted for five full days. The flood seemed to be endless, howling, crashing, and hitting the human wall.
However, the soldiers and common people of the Ming Dynasty who stood in the flood still stood there, letting the biting cold wind blow their muscles and bones, letting the icy-cold torrential flood hit their bodies, the Ming Dynasty flag standing on the embankment, even if it was covered by rainwater Soaked, entangled on the flagpole by the howling wind, it still stands there, never blown down.
Time passed by, the flood became more and more fierce, a flood peak passed, and before the soldiers and the people took a breath, there was another black line in the distance that was visible to the naked eye that rapidly enlarged in sight, and the roar of ten thousand horses galloped Let everyone's heart rise to the throat: another flood peak!
The people on the shore couldn't stand anymore, and another group of men rushed into the flood with stones and sandbags in their arms. This Xingyang dam must not collapse!
If the dam in Xingyang collapses, the prefectures and counties behind will be finished, and Kaifeng can't even try to hold it!
The flood peak swept again, like thunder, and the flood wave after wave converged into high and stormy waves, whizzing towards the shore, like a turbulent wave crashing on the shore, or like a mountain collapsing. Down, without a wall of people.
The flood became more turbulent and rapid, and the soldiers and people standing in the flood struggled to support themselves. Some people disappeared in the river, and someone immediately filled the gap, so as not to let the flood break the dam.
In the howling wind and the torrential rain, the people and soldiers in the flood couldn't hear anything at all. The people around were shouting hoarsely, and everyone held their breath and held back the flood.
I don't know how long it has passed, the wind stopped, the rain stopped, the strong wind lost its power and dissipated without a trace, and the torrential rain gradually stagnated from continuous drizzle.
The rain cleared, the dark clouds dispersed, and the soldiers and civilians who were still struggling after being smashed in the flood suddenly found that the sun was shining through the thick clouds, and Hong Feng finally made it through.
"The rain stopped, the rain stopped, the rain stopped!"
"Hahahaha! The rain has stopped! The rain has stopped!"
The people cried out excitedly, the torrential rain that lasted for five days finally stopped, and the flood peak finally survived.
The soldiers and common people in the flood looked at me and I looked at you, and they all couldn't help cheering and crying bitterly:
"Heaven bless Henan, the rainstorm has stopped!"
"The momentum of the flood has passed, we have survived, we have survived!"
"Hahahaha, heaven bless, heaven bless!"
"The rain has stopped, the rain has stopped, my God, the flood is over!"
At this moment, the bodies and faces of the people and soldiers were covered with mud, but no one cared about it, and no one disliked it. Everyone laughed and cried happily.
Huang Liqing couldn't help laughing, he was already exhausted, if he hadn't held on with the breath in his heart, he would have collapsed a long time ago.
Now he couldn't hold on any longer, and he staggered and fell into the flood.
The people on the side found out and hurried forward to fish Huang Liqing out of the water: "Magistrate Huang? County magistrate Huang?!"
"Hurry up, magistrate Huang has passed out!"
"Magistrate Huang fainted!"
The common people came over one after another and hurriedly carried Huang Liqing to the shore. It was only when the big guys realized that Huang Liqing's face was pale, and there were wounds all over his abdomen and legs, which were obviously scratched out by the gravel and branches mixed in the flood.
But Huang Liqing didn't say a word, he was standing in the front.
The doctor hurried over, washed Huang Liqing's wound and applied herbal medicine, and then sent him to the high ground to rest. At this time, the captain took over the command responsibility: "Magistrate Huang fainted, and I, Wang, is the supreme commander."
"Listen, guys, it's not time to rest, take advantage of the wind and rain, and hurry up to repair the river embankment."
The soldiers and villagers did not complain, nor did they ask when to rest and when to eat. Everyone silently filled the embankment and repaired the loopholes.
Zhang Haogu, Zhu Youxiao, and Huang Zongxi were also among them. At this time, their faces were covered with mud and dirt, and their legs and hands were covered with scratches, but who cares about this now?
When Hong Feng passed by, everyone held their breath and seized the opportunity to rush to repair the embankment. Under the command of Captain Wang, the embankment was repaired bit by bit and restored.
And women, old and weak, have already set up big pots to cook porridge at this time. In order to make the big guys stronger, the porridge contains not only vegetables but also meat.
A bowl full of rice porridge full of vegetable leaves and minced meat, plus steaming potatoes, sweet potatoes, noodle cakes, steamed buns, are all ordinary meals, but everyone eats them extraordinarily sweet.
Not to mention the food treatment of the soldiers of the new army of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu, the dignified emperor of Ming Dynasty and the chief assistant, the food treatment is the highest standard, why have you never eaten delicacies from mountains and seas?
But right now, Zhu Youxiao is squatting on the river embankment, holding a bowl full of porridge with wild vegetables and minced meat, and ignoring his dirty hands holding a corn, wild vegetables, and beans. image, gobble it up.
Eunuch Wei looked at Zhu Youxiao distressedly, and while the people around were not paying attention, he quietly stuffed a piece of preserved meat to Zhu Youxiao: "My lord, you eat this."
Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up when he saw the meat, but then he shook his head: "No, everyone is like this now, and I can't be an exception."
As he said, Zhu Youxiao watched the meat jerky take a bite of the steamed bread, and then took a sip of the porridge: "This is very good, it's full."
"My lord." Eunuch Wei burst into tears of distress.
This Zhu Youxiao was raised by him since he was a child. Although he is a master and he is a slave, but this feeling is here. How could Zhu Youxiao, who was pampered and pampered since childhood, have suffered this kind of suffering?
When the flood peaks came calling, Eunuch Wei raised his heart in his throat, for fear that something might happen to Zhu Youxiao, and he would really be to blame for death.
Fortunately, God still blessed Daming, and nothing happened to Zhu Youxiao.
As night fell, good news followed. The flood had shown signs of receding, and Huang Liqing Huang County Magistrate woke up.
Huang Liqing looked at the river embankment that had been repaired, and said to the common people who came over to greet them, "Thank you, folks, for your hard work."
A woman shouted: "Magistrate Huang, what are you doing?"
"In the past few years you have been in Xingyang, what kind of life we ordinary people have lived, we know in our hearts that it is all thanks to you. This Xingyang is in trouble. You have never come down from the river embankment. The big guys are watching In my eyes, thank you is the big guy, thank you."
An old man also said: "Yes, County Magistrate Huang, you are a rare honest and good official. The people of Xingyang are blessed to have you. We must thank you, County Magistrate Huang."
Someone shouted again: "Magistrate Huang, we believe in you and are willing to follow you. Why are you talking about this?"
"That's right, isn't it all about protecting one's own home? If we don't work hard, who will do the hard work?"
"Magistrate Huang, you did a good job, we all have to thank you."
"Magistrate Huang, are you hungry or not? There is still food left for you."
"Don't worry, County Magistrate Huang. With you here in Xingyang, we will definitely be able to build better!"
Looking at the well-meaning people around him, Huang Liqing's eyes were filled with tears. He said that the people were untouchables, mud-legged, illiterate, ignorant of kindness, etiquette, loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. They were full of their own little plans.
But when the disaster is imminent, these common people don't know how much better than those hypocrites who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, those Confucian scholars who talk about sages and righteousness, but keep their mouths clear about party disputes!
Huang Liqing trembled deeply: "Liqing, thank you folks."
(End of this chapter)
Hong Feng!
Experienced Xun Bing immediately saw the danger!
Under the torrential rain, the water level of the flooded Yellow River flood was higher and the flow speed was faster. The flow speed of the Yellow River flood from west to east was already turbulent. The waves that destroy everything!
Looking at the flood in front of him, Xun Bing shouted: "Hong Feng! Hong Feng is coming again!"
When the surrounding rural migrant workers heard that the flood peak was coming, they all looked shocked. Everyone knew what the appearance of the flood peak meant. If they did not evade in time, everyone would be swallowed by the huge flood peak and disappear in the rapid flood.
But looking at the precarious dam in front of them, no one retreated.
As soon as Eunuch Wei heard that Hong Feng was coming, he quickly tugged on Zhu Youxiao's sleeve: "My lord, my lord, please listen to my servant's advice, you can't take risks!"
"Your maidservant listens to you when you visit privately. If you want to come to Henan, your servant will listen to you. If you come to Xingyang, your servant will not be able to stop you. But now that Hong Feng is coming, you have to leave here quickly. If something happens to you, Daming is over, my lord!"
"Your Majesty, let's go now. The ministers in Xingyuan should be anxious to death if they can't find you. Once someone thinks something they shouldn't have, there will be a big problem, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Youxiao let Eunuch Wei tug on his sleeves, his eyes fixed on the ever-swelling river.
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty have many seeds of infatuation, and everyone has their own hobbies and specialties. Every emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not easy to get along with. If their tempers come together, who can stop them?
Seeing that Zhu Youxiao couldn't be moved, Eunuch Wei quickly said to Zhang Haogu who was beside him: "Master Zhang, what are you still doing in a daze, take the emperor away quickly, this Hong Feng is here, something happened, you and I are Sinner of all ages."
The actions of Zhu Youxiao, Eunuch Wei and Zhang Haogu did not attract the attention of the people around them, because everyone's attention was now focused on the soaring river.
The seventh-rank official who led Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu over stood on the embankment and shouted loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers!"
"Men and gentlemen from all over the world came to help!"
"Hongfeng is coming. If Hongfeng can't be stopped, and the dam in Xingyang collapses again, the whole of Henan will suffer!"
"Aren't we here to stop the flood and prevent other places from suffering?"
"We must stop this flood peak!"
"There are old and young in the family, and the only child. Come out. I can't let your family lose their pillars."
None of the elders and folks who gathered around stood up, and the seventh-rank official was anxious: "What are you doing, don't care about the old and young at home?!"
A man shouted: "Magistrate Huang, don't you also have a seventy-year-old woman in your family?"
County magistrate Huang took off his bamboo hat and let the heavy rain hit his face: "I, Huang Liqing, am the county magistrate of Xingyang! I am the official of Xingyang's parents! I have to be responsible for the big guys in Xingyang."
"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be fulfilled. I, Huang Liqing, have been entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the imperial court and the governor to guard the Xingyang embankment. How could I retreat!"
The elders and villagers shouted: "Magistrate Huang, we will not retreat!"
"Yes! Magistrate Huang, we will not retreat either!"
"They are all raised by parents, we are just like you, we are all good men!"
"This Xingyang embankment, we will guard it with you!"
"Yes, guard together!"
Looking at these hard-working people, Huang Liqing didn't know whether it was rain or tears on his face. He grinned, and took a big Ming mountain, river, sun and moon flag from Xun Bing's hand, and then planted it heavily at his feet: "Today, I, Huang Liqing, have the honor to guard this embankment with my fellow villagers, and the flag is here, the flag is there, the embankment is there, and the people are there."
"Fathers and folks, block the flood peak!"
Shouting, Huang Liqing was the first to carry a bag of sand and rushed to the gap, and the folks behind also carried the sand, chanting and followed Huang Liqing to the river embankment, throwing bags of sand into the gap.
Zhu Youxiao looked at this scene, and he also moved, carrying a bag of sand from the ground and running towards the embankment, Zhang Haogu and Zhang An followed behind each carrying two bags of sand, Eunuch Wei was anxious He stomped his feet and said to the guards dressed as farmers around him: "Why are you still standing there? Follow up and protect the emperor. If there is something wrong with the emperor, let's apologize together!"
Thick lead clouds cover the sky. In the gloomy sky, the piercing cold wind keeps whistling. The torrential rain hits people's bodies, hitting people's cheeks with pain. It is the pressure on everyone's heart, which makes people despair when looking at the roaring Yellow River.
Can such a flood really be stopped?
How should I block it?
Bag after bag of sand was thrown into the gap, and was washed away by the flood in an instant. Even if it was blocked with wood, it was washed away in a moment.
Seeing that a black line has appeared in the distance, Hong Feng is approaching!
Once the flood peak comes, the dikes and dams in Xingyang will definitely not be able to support them, they will all collapse!
The people threw sandbags and stones into the flood in an attempt to fill the gap, but it was unsustainable. The flood was too fast and the water flow was too fast. These sandbags and stones disappeared in the flood as soon as they were thrown, and they could not be stopped at all. .
"Magistrate Huang, you can't stop it!" a soldier shouted loudly.
"Hong Feng, Hong Feng is coming!"
"Men and young men, work harder, stones, wood, sandbags, whatever you throw, you must block this hole!"
"Fathers and folks, for the sake of the old and the young at home, and for the sake of the fields at home, you must block the hole!"
The villagers screamed and threw stones and sand into the gap. They couldn't tell the difference between rain or sweat on their faces. Everyone could hardly open their eyes, and their bodies were drenched and cold.
Huang Liqing looked at the flood peak from far to near, and then looked at the dam in front of him. He gritted his teeth, tied a hemp rope around his waist, handed it to the villagers beside him, and then jumped with a bag of sand in his arms. into the gap.
This frightened the surrounding people: "Magistrate Huang, what are you doing?!"
"County Huang, come back quickly!"
"Magistrate Huang, this won't work, how can people stop Hong Feng!"
However, a man also imitated Huang Liqing's appearance, wrapped a rope around his waist and handed it to his brother: "Brother, you have done it."
As he said that, the man also jumped into the flood with a bag of sand to gamble on the gap.
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the new army took off their coir raincoats one by one, and jumped into the flood with sandbags in their arms, forming the first human wall like Huang Liqing. Huang Liqing couldn't help shouting: "Why did you get down?"
A school lieutenant laughed and said: "Magistrate Huang, I used to look down on you scholars, but now I realize that I was wrong. Aren't all scholars just like those Donglin party members who only know about corruption and extorting bribes, and there are also those who cheat. You are such a real man."
"You can come down as a scholar, why can't we Ming soldiers?"
Seeing that the soldiers of the new army also entered the water, the common people couldn’t sit still anymore. One by one, the men tied ropes around their waists, the elder brother handed it to the younger brother, the father handed it to the son, and then they picked up bags of sand and jumped into the rapids like this. in the flood.
Zhang Haogu didn't hesitate, and tied a rope around his waist: "Anzi, grab it."
As he spoke, Zhang Haogu jumped into the river with two bags of sand in his arms, and used his body to block the gap in the embankment just like the surrounding folks.
Zhu Youxiao couldn't bear it anymore. He looked around and handed the rope to Eunuch Wei: "Wei Banban, grab it."
Without waiting for Eunuch Wei's reaction, Zhu Youxiao also jumped down, and then Huang Zongxi and the other guards followed suit by jumping into the flood with sandbags in their arms to bet on the gap.
Hong Feng has arrived.
With the impact of wave after wave of turbulence, the flood peak changed from far to near and from fast to slow. In the blink of an eye, it changed from a black line to a rolling torrent, as if the roar of thousands of galloping horses exploded in everyone's ears. They came whistling, falling on the embankment like a great weight, and falling on the backbone of every father and villager standing in the flood and carrying the peak of the flood.
The tens of thousands of floods were photographed, and several men fell into the flood immediately, unable to hold on, and the people around quickly reached out to pull them to the surface of the water.
Everyone stepped on the sandbags and stones, and then one after another, they linked their arms and stared at the flood in front of them through gritted teeth.
come on!
How many times have you survived a critical situation these days, and the dignified man will still be afraid of a flood from you?
Wave after wave, the rapid flood hit people's bodies. In the muddy flood, from time to time, stones and logs rolled in the undercurrent, hitting the embankment and the human wall.
But from the beginning to the end, everyone gritted their teeth, held each other's arms tightly, gritted their teeth, and held on tightly. No one wanted to fall down at this time.
The soldiers of the new army formed the first human wall, and then the common people formed the second human wall, followed by the third and fourth!
In this way, the soldiers and common people of Ming Dynasty joined hands, stopped in the flood, stopped in front of the embankment, connected with the embankment with their flesh and blood, and blocked the stormy flood peak.
The torrential flood was raging and swift, and hundreds of millions of catties of water hit everyone's body, trying to destroy this human dam, but no matter how fierce the flood was, this human wall stood here, never falling down, never retreating.
The strong wind was still howling, and the heavy rain had lasted for five full days. The flood seemed to be endless, howling, crashing, and hitting the human wall.
However, the soldiers and common people of the Ming Dynasty who stood in the flood still stood there, letting the biting cold wind blow their muscles and bones, letting the icy-cold torrential flood hit their bodies, the Ming Dynasty flag standing on the embankment, even if it was covered by rainwater Soaked, entangled on the flagpole by the howling wind, it still stands there, never blown down.
Time passed by, the flood became more and more fierce, a flood peak passed, and before the soldiers and the people took a breath, there was another black line in the distance that was visible to the naked eye that rapidly enlarged in sight, and the roar of ten thousand horses galloped Let everyone's heart rise to the throat: another flood peak!
The people on the shore couldn't stand anymore, and another group of men rushed into the flood with stones and sandbags in their arms. This Xingyang dam must not collapse!
If the dam in Xingyang collapses, the prefectures and counties behind will be finished, and Kaifeng can't even try to hold it!
The flood peak swept again, like thunder, and the flood wave after wave converged into high and stormy waves, whizzing towards the shore, like a turbulent wave crashing on the shore, or like a mountain collapsing. Down, without a wall of people.
The flood became more turbulent and rapid, and the soldiers and people standing in the flood struggled to support themselves. Some people disappeared in the river, and someone immediately filled the gap, so as not to let the flood break the dam.
In the howling wind and the torrential rain, the people and soldiers in the flood couldn't hear anything at all. The people around were shouting hoarsely, and everyone held their breath and held back the flood.
I don't know how long it has passed, the wind stopped, the rain stopped, the strong wind lost its power and dissipated without a trace, and the torrential rain gradually stagnated from continuous drizzle.
The rain cleared, the dark clouds dispersed, and the soldiers and civilians who were still struggling after being smashed in the flood suddenly found that the sun was shining through the thick clouds, and Hong Feng finally made it through.
"The rain stopped, the rain stopped, the rain stopped!"
"Hahahaha! The rain has stopped! The rain has stopped!"
The people cried out excitedly, the torrential rain that lasted for five days finally stopped, and the flood peak finally survived.
The soldiers and common people in the flood looked at me and I looked at you, and they all couldn't help cheering and crying bitterly:
"Heaven bless Henan, the rainstorm has stopped!"
"The momentum of the flood has passed, we have survived, we have survived!"
"Hahahaha, heaven bless, heaven bless!"
"The rain has stopped, the rain has stopped, my God, the flood is over!"
At this moment, the bodies and faces of the people and soldiers were covered with mud, but no one cared about it, and no one disliked it. Everyone laughed and cried happily.
Huang Liqing couldn't help laughing, he was already exhausted, if he hadn't held on with the breath in his heart, he would have collapsed a long time ago.
Now he couldn't hold on any longer, and he staggered and fell into the flood.
The people on the side found out and hurried forward to fish Huang Liqing out of the water: "Magistrate Huang? County magistrate Huang?!"
"Hurry up, magistrate Huang has passed out!"
"Magistrate Huang fainted!"
The common people came over one after another and hurriedly carried Huang Liqing to the shore. It was only when the big guys realized that Huang Liqing's face was pale, and there were wounds all over his abdomen and legs, which were obviously scratched out by the gravel and branches mixed in the flood.
But Huang Liqing didn't say a word, he was standing in the front.
The doctor hurried over, washed Huang Liqing's wound and applied herbal medicine, and then sent him to the high ground to rest. At this time, the captain took over the command responsibility: "Magistrate Huang fainted, and I, Wang, is the supreme commander."
"Listen, guys, it's not time to rest, take advantage of the wind and rain, and hurry up to repair the river embankment."
The soldiers and villagers did not complain, nor did they ask when to rest and when to eat. Everyone silently filled the embankment and repaired the loopholes.
Zhang Haogu, Zhu Youxiao, and Huang Zongxi were also among them. At this time, their faces were covered with mud and dirt, and their legs and hands were covered with scratches, but who cares about this now?
When Hong Feng passed by, everyone held their breath and seized the opportunity to rush to repair the embankment. Under the command of Captain Wang, the embankment was repaired bit by bit and restored.
And women, old and weak, have already set up big pots to cook porridge at this time. In order to make the big guys stronger, the porridge contains not only vegetables but also meat.
A bowl full of rice porridge full of vegetable leaves and minced meat, plus steaming potatoes, sweet potatoes, noodle cakes, steamed buns, are all ordinary meals, but everyone eats them extraordinarily sweet.
Not to mention the food treatment of the soldiers of the new army of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu, the dignified emperor of Ming Dynasty and the chief assistant, the food treatment is the highest standard, why have you never eaten delicacies from mountains and seas?
But right now, Zhu Youxiao is squatting on the river embankment, holding a bowl full of porridge with wild vegetables and minced meat, and ignoring his dirty hands holding a corn, wild vegetables, and beans. image, gobble it up.
Eunuch Wei looked at Zhu Youxiao distressedly, and while the people around were not paying attention, he quietly stuffed a piece of preserved meat to Zhu Youxiao: "My lord, you eat this."
Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up when he saw the meat, but then he shook his head: "No, everyone is like this now, and I can't be an exception."
As he said, Zhu Youxiao watched the meat jerky take a bite of the steamed bread, and then took a sip of the porridge: "This is very good, it's full."
"My lord." Eunuch Wei burst into tears of distress.
This Zhu Youxiao was raised by him since he was a child. Although he is a master and he is a slave, but this feeling is here. How could Zhu Youxiao, who was pampered and pampered since childhood, have suffered this kind of suffering?
When the flood peaks came calling, Eunuch Wei raised his heart in his throat, for fear that something might happen to Zhu Youxiao, and he would really be to blame for death.
Fortunately, God still blessed Daming, and nothing happened to Zhu Youxiao.
As night fell, good news followed. The flood had shown signs of receding, and Huang Liqing Huang County Magistrate woke up.
Huang Liqing looked at the river embankment that had been repaired, and said to the common people who came over to greet them, "Thank you, folks, for your hard work."
A woman shouted: "Magistrate Huang, what are you doing?"
"In the past few years you have been in Xingyang, what kind of life we ordinary people have lived, we know in our hearts that it is all thanks to you. This Xingyang is in trouble. You have never come down from the river embankment. The big guys are watching In my eyes, thank you is the big guy, thank you."
An old man also said: "Yes, County Magistrate Huang, you are a rare honest and good official. The people of Xingyang are blessed to have you. We must thank you, County Magistrate Huang."
Someone shouted again: "Magistrate Huang, we believe in you and are willing to follow you. Why are you talking about this?"
"That's right, isn't it all about protecting one's own home? If we don't work hard, who will do the hard work?"
"Magistrate Huang, you did a good job, we all have to thank you."
"Magistrate Huang, are you hungry or not? There is still food left for you."
"Don't worry, County Magistrate Huang. With you here in Xingyang, we will definitely be able to build better!"
Looking at the well-meaning people around him, Huang Liqing's eyes were filled with tears. He said that the people were untouchables, mud-legged, illiterate, ignorant of kindness, etiquette, loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. They were full of their own little plans.
But when the disaster is imminent, these common people don't know how much better than those hypocrites who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, those Confucian scholars who talk about sages and righteousness, but keep their mouths clear about party disputes!
Huang Liqing trembled deeply: "Liqing, thank you folks."
(End of this chapter)