The flood discharge area is filled with vast oceans. The flood discharge started in the early morning and has been going on for seven or eight hours now. Almost all the villages and fields in the flood discharge area are submerged. When passing two or three villages, the houses in the villages are flooded to the eaves.
, only the tops of the trees were exposed. The water surged through, and many mud houses collapsed.
There were corpses of domestic animals, pigs and dogs floating on the water. The situation was really shocking.
Seeing such a situation, the woman sat on the raft and cried loudly, thinking that her parents might not survive. Sunjia Village was located on a low ground, and all the houses were afraid that it would be submerged.
When we arrived at Sunjia Village, it was true that only treetops were left in the entire village. The houses in the village were submerged under the water, and only some roof tiles were left exposed. It was dark, the light was dim, there was water everywhere, and there were dilapidated houses everywhere.
The situation is very dangerous.
Li Hui and others decided to launch a search, rowing bamboo rafts around the village twice, but found no one. The woman cried miserably, thinking that her parents must have drowned.
Li Hui was also anxious. In this situation, he shouldn't search anymore. It was dark, there were dangers everywhere, and he might have to take several lives. But seeing the woman crying miserably, he decided to look for her one last time.
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However, all the trees and roofs in the village were searched, and all the places where people could hide were searched, but nothing was found.
Li Hui felt that if the two old men were still alive, they could not have gone very far. They would die after falling into the water, so they must be hiding somewhere high. So he asked the woman if there were any taller buildings in Sunjiazhuang, which was in the village.
There is room for hiding people nearby. Is there any place missing?
The woman thought about it carefully and suddenly said: "There is an abandoned tower in the east of the village. I don't know if it is still there. It is a stone tower built in an unknown year, and half of it collapsed. People can be hidden on the top. I often played up there when I was a child.
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Li Hui hurriedly ordered people to paddle bamboo rafts to the east. Based on the woman's memory, he found the ruined tower in the darkness, which was about a few feet above the water. The woman shouted loudly, and a response came from the tower.
The woman was overjoyed, they were her parents.
The two old men were soaked to the skin and shivering from the cold. After being picked up on the raft, the woman scolded and complained about them, but she was very happy in her heart. Li Hui and others rowed them a few miles and sent them to Ru
At the bottom of the southern slope of Xushan Mountain, let them get down the bamboo rafts and return to the temporary resettlement place on the mountain.
The family of three knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Hui and others, thanking him repeatedly. Exhausted, Li Hui and others then rowed bamboo rafts back to the river embankment. It took them two hours to reach the river embankment.
By the time, it was almost the first update of the day.
The water level of the Ruxu River continued to drop slowly. It dropped by half a foot in two hours, and there was no unusual situation on the river bank. Li Hui felt relieved and ordered people to set up a tent and eat some casually.
After getting things done and arranging the manpower for night patrol, everyone slept on the muddy river embankment to recover from the fatigue of the day.
The next morning, Li Hui rushed back to the Jiaohu Lake Embankment. As the river water poured in, the water level of Jiaohu Lake was slowly rising. The danger of the Ruxu River was over, and the Jiaohu Lake Embankment became the focus of prevention.
In the next few days, the inflowing lake water rose to the top of the flood discharge mound. The four flood discharge areas located under the polder area began to assume the function of flood storage. After the warning water level was reached, the four dam mounds began to discharge the overflowing lake water into the flood discharge area.
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Li Hui ordered people to check the flood discharge area in advance, and no one was allowed to stay to avoid the situation that happened before. Some people did sneak home to stay, and some threatened to drown at home.
Unwilling to leave and refusing to listen to dissuasion, Li Hui could only take coercive measures and ordered people to take them away by force.
The mood is understandable, but how can you spend time explaining too much to them at this time? If someone points your nose and scolds you, you can only deal with it forcefully.
For several days in a row, Li Hui led his people to stick to the Jiaohu embankment, always paying attention to the water level of the lake and the situation in the flood discharge area. He walked back and forth for dozens of miles every day to inspect the embankment, braving the scorching heat, sleeping with everyone, and eating.
He was eating dry food, drinking water, and lying on the muddy ground. His whole body had turned into a clay figure.
Many people advised Li Hui to go to Juchao County to rest at night, but how could Li Hui do this? Under the current circumstances, could he still sleep in the county government office? He had to deal with dangers at any time and judge the water potential.
In the past few days, there has been no heavy rain in Juchao County, and there have been occasional sunrises. However, the water level in Jiao Lake has remained high. The four flood discharge areas have become a vast ocean in a few days, absorbing a large amount of water.
floods. However, the water level in Jiao Lake fluctuated and never returned below the warning line.
There are also many dangers on the Jiaohu Embankment. The main embankment above the warning water level is soaked in water. Under the impact of wind and waves and the soaking of lake water, collapse will occur from time to time. This is something that must not be taken lightly. This must not be taken lightly.
This type of collapse means that once the embankment is damaged, it will not be able to withstand the pressure of the water level and collapse, causing serious consequences of dam collapse.
Everyone must be alert, constantly deal with dangers, constantly strengthen the polder dam, and fix it with piles on the slope facing the water surface. The consequences of a dam failure will be unbearable.
Everyone is looking forward to the water level dropping. After all, the continuous rain has passed, and the flood storage area is full of floodwaters. It stands to reason that the water level should also drop. The water level of Jiao Lake is indeed slowly declining while rising and falling.
However, the situation quickly began to deteriorate, which caught people off guard. Early on the morning of June 11, the water level of Jiaohu Lake began to rise violently. News came from the Ruxu River that the water level of the Ruxu River increased and poured into the river.
The water volume of the lake increased sharply. By the afternoon, the water level of Jiao Lake rose to less than two feet from the embankment.
This is already an extremely dangerous water level, exceeding the water levels of major floods in the past years. And the water levels in the four flood discharge areas are less than one foot away from the flood discharge mounds. In other words, the flood discharge areas can no longer bear too much flood discharge.
Function. Next, it is likely to be reversed.
Moreover, the water level in the flood discharge area is too high and it will not be able to absorb the accumulated water caused by waterlogging. The overflowing water in rice fields and county rivers must also be discharged to the flood discharge area to ensure that the fields are not submerged. Therefore, some space for drainage must be reserved.
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Under the current situation, the flood discharge area can only absorb one more day's water before the water level remains flat.
Everyone was panicked, with extreme disappointment and fear in their hearts.
In the past twenty days, we have been working hard, wallowing in muddy water, and holding on to great hope. Now that the water in the lake is rising instead of falling, all the hard work is meaningless. People are a little desperate.
The main force around Li Hui also wavered, and some officials such as Song Yande also believed that the embankment could not be saved. It would be better to simply dig an opening in Dalianwei, where a large number of rice fields are located, and let the water drain in, so as to protect the area around Juchao County.
Li Hui flatly rejected these proposals and gave Song Yande a stern warning. At this time, saying these words would discourage everyone. You can't vent your anger. If there is a war, saying such words will confuse the morale of the army.
To be beheaded.
Song Yande and others kept their mouths shut and did not dare to say anything more. However, although they could suppress speech, it would not do any good to the current situation. And the disappointment and helplessness in the eyes of the people could be seen. In fact, they also
I feel desperate and have no motivation. The water in the lake is rising instead of receding, which is indeed a huge blow.
To make matters worse, in the late afternoon, the embankment patrol team discovered a dangerous situation on the slope of the south embankment in Juchao County. A thin crack appeared above the embankment. The crack was found on the outside of the embankment. Although it was not facing the water on the inside of the embankment, it
Such cracks are often a sign before the embankment breaks.
According to experienced people living in the nest, once such a crack appears, it will spread to the inside. Within a day, water will seep out of the crack, and then the water will become larger and larger, and finally form a piping, emptying the inside of the dam body, causing a large amount of damage.
The collapse of the dam.
As soon as the news came out, the people in Juchao County immediately began to panic. The wealthy people in the city took the lead and began to pack up their belongings, pick up men and women, and drive to escape. Naturally, the people in the city were also extremely frightened, and they also prepared to flee Juchao County.
For a time, the entire Juchao County was in chaos, and people's hearts were also in chaos.
Zhou Che scolded this group of wealthy people for taking the lead in causing trouble, which made people panic. He suggested to Li Hui to block the city gates and arrest these wealthy people and severely punish them. Block the people in the city and prevent them from walking around.
But Li Hui did not let Zhou Che do this. In fact, this cannot be blamed on their panic, but once this section of the lake embankment breaks, Juchao County will become a vast ocean. It is indeed dangerous for the people to stay in the city. How can we prevent them from escaping?
Danger. Not only cannot it be prevented, but it must be guided.
On the one hand, Li Hui asked Zhou Che to lead the people to guide the people to Gushan outside the east gate to avoid danger in an orderly manner. On the other hand, Li Hui tried his best to calm down and analyze the current situation. He considered whether he should dig up the lotus as Song Yande said.
The dikes in Wei will be used to protect Juchao County and large-scale flood discharge will be carried out. This will relieve the pressure on the dams and protect Juchao County.
But after analyzing the reasons for the sudden rise in the lake water, Li Hui gave up the idea. He wanted to make a last ditch effort.
Li Hui convened a meeting on the dike in the south of Juchao County. Nearly 400 people, including members of the joint defense team, came here to participate in the meeting.