Qin Huaidao looked at Xue Rengui: "Brother Xue, what do you think?"
"I don't dare." Xue Rengui led everyone to the sand table in the territory of the Han Dynasty: "Everyone, please see, our Han Dynasty is connected by the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers throughout the territory. If it is according to what the letter says, these rebels want to take advantage of the flood to start an uprising, I will come here
Look, the levees will be blown up at key locations. We already know the location of the explosion in the Yangtze River. That is to blow up the Jingjiang levee under the leadership of Your Majesty. Where is the location of the Yellow River? Most of them will be blown up at Hukou, Sanmenxia or Xiaolangdi.
Once the embankment is blown up, a natural defense line will be formed under the flooding. Not to mention whether the elite troops can quickly and effectively form a contact battle situation with the opponent, I am afraid it will be difficult to even ensure the army's food and grass."
Qin Huaidao nodded repeatedly as he listened. Xue Rengui's words were exactly what he wanted to express. Based on Xue Rengui's words, he added a few more points.
"Not only that, once a flood breaks out and I can't get through, they won't be able to get over either. They will take this opportunity to consolidate their territory, and I will also need a large number of manpower to participate in disaster relief and flood fighting. Therefore, I think we can provide disaster relief first and suppress chaos later."
"But if we leave the rebels alone and let them grow bigger and stronger, things will get out of hand." Wei Zheng looked suspicious.
Before he finished speaking, Qin Huaidao pointed his finger at the sand table with great confidence: "Who said I just let it go? This place, this place, and this place are all my own."
Seeing the places Qin Huaidao pointed to, Wei Zheng was stunned and said: "Your Majesty, do you mean to send border troops into the court?"
"Exactly!"
The generals of the border army were all people who had a close relationship with Qin Huaidao. They were either marshals or top ten generals. It was natural for them to take action against the six-pronged bandit army.
"In that case, we will obey your Majesty's orders!"
It rained heavily for several consecutive days again.
Wei Shuyu has quietly left Chang'an. It will take some difficulty to blow up the Jingjiang embankment without letting Tianji Pavilion know that His Majesty's tacit approval is the case, and without causing casualties.
There is no problem for the people behind the Jingjiang embankment to evacuate in advance. The imperial court dealt with the issue of river defense for the entire Yangtze River and the Yellow River in this way. Because the decree was issued in advance in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, more than half of the people have been evacuated from many places. Even if the dam breaks now, there will be no problem.
A lot less losses than before.
Henan Fu Embankment Section.
Feng Jiazhang led a large number of government troops and river workers to work quickly, filling many sacks with a lot of sediment, and transported it all to the dam, so that it could play its due role when the flood came.
The government army, who had been working hard for many days, looked at the defense lines piled up with sacks and couldn't help but feel suspicious. He looked at Feng Jiizhang, the only old river worker on the embankment.
"Mr. Feng, do you think the sediment in these sacks can prevent the river water?" This soldier looked very young, not even older than Feng Jiazhang's son.
Feng Jiazhang smiled and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, we can definitely block it. My son is also on the embankment. Am I going to let him come and die?"
The young government army also laughed after hearing this: "What did Mr. Feng say? Of course we believe Mr. Feng. I heard that when Mr. Feng followed Marshal Cheng in the battle, he was so majestic and brave that even the descendants of the Cheng family not long ago
Everyone has come to visit.”
What he was talking about was, of course, an encounter he had when Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chumo and others went down to the south of the Yangtze River some time ago and passed by here to look at the river embankment.
Feng Jiazhang still needs to rely on this to suppress these government troops at this time. Otherwise, how could these guys with their eyes above their heads follow the river workers obediently and work for so long?
"It's all in the past, let's not talk about it. But you young people have a bright future and you need to work hard."
"With Lao Feng's guidance, we will naturally do a good job, don't you think?" The young soldier waved to his colleagues around him, and everyone laughed happily.
They were convinced by Mr. Feng Feng.
A small town downstream.
Grandpa Baibeard and a little girl were walking with the large team on the evacuation road.
"Grandpa, the crops in the field have not been confiscated. When can we go back?" The little girl looked at her grandfather curiously with her eyes wide open.
From time to time, the white-bearded grandfather looked back in the direction of his hometown and comforted the little girl: "Little Man'er, when it stops raining, we can go back."
Little girl: "Then when will it stop raining?"
Grandpa Baibeard: "This depends on God's will."
As early as many days ago, the prefecture received an order from the imperial court for them to evacuate. By the time the news reached the county, and then from the county to the town, ten days had passed, and there was no time to harvest food in advance.
allow.
According to the official's wishes, the Yellow River dam will burst at some point, and if it remains in the town, there is a high probability that it will not survive.
But this displacement will also cause many people to die.
Some people fell ill during the evacuation, and some starved to death on the way forward. People died every day, and the food promised by the court was not delivered for a long time. It was not known when it would be delivered.
"Let's go, let's go, leave your home..."
"Let's go, let's go, it will rain again..."
Some people were singing sadly in the rain, and the low mood continued to spread, making the evacuating team's steps become heavier.
Scenes like this continue to occur in various state capitals.
It stands to reason that the imperial court has even provided military rations, and the food in the entire disaster-stricken area should be sufficient. However, there are always some young people who deduct a few days here and delay there for a few days, resulting in that the food is always not enough.
This is happening in the county responsible for disaster relief food in this small town.
"Lord County Magistrate, the disaster relief food has arrived. I heard that the evacuated people have begun to die. We had better send the food and clothes early to ensure the safety of the people."
The county clerk was extremely anxious. If too many people died, it would all be their fault.
Seeing that the Registrar was about to forcefully distribute the grain, the county magistrate mysteriously pulled him aside and said to him quietly: "Master Registrar, don't be anxious. What if I wait a few days later to distribute the disaster grains?"
The chief bookkeeper said: "One in ten people who evacuate will probably die. Based on the population of our county, this will be an extremely terrifying number."
"The dead people naturally no longer need food. If you and I work together to sell the excess food for money... I heard that the price of food has soared by more than three times. With such a large amount of money, wouldn't the bookkeeper be moved?
?" The county magistrate fanned the flames for him.
"But the food has already arrived, how can we fake it?"
The county magistrate said: "The heavy rain makes it difficult to walk on the mountain road. It is common to be a few days early or a few days late. The court will not pursue it too closely. As long as the food is indeed delivered, you and I will have no problem. How about that?"
The chief clerk's face turned green and red, as if he was engaged in a battle between heaven and man. After a while, he bowed to the county magistrate and said, "Everything is up to the county magistrate."