Chapter 843: The people's heart is available, the figure flag
Chapter 843: People’s support can be used, silhouette and flag
The sky gradually darkened, but the wind and rain did not abate.
Fortunately, with the participation of thousands of soldiers, the embankment is much more stable! Five hundred steps downstream, Niu Dingbing's soldiers and horses have also laid a solid foundation. Presumably, after this night, they can build a Build a dam nearly ten feet high!
Simple tents have been set up in the open space next to the embankment! Fortunately, the cooks from the army also came with them and brought the first batch of food. Otherwise, there would be no dinner.
"Dawa Tata, Bizhi County, you organize people to rotate meals! After eating, teams of thousands of people will rest for an hour and then rotate!"
Seeing that the situation on the embankment had stabilized, Shen Tang issued an order.
The Bi Zhi County mentioned by Shen Tang is Bi Yongchang, the magistrate of Guangdu County!
"Sir, you go and eat first!"
Bi Yongchang said in a hoarse voice. In this windy and rainy weather, everyone had to shout at the top of their lungs to speak. Therefore, everyone present, including Shen Tang, had a hoarse voice.
"Let the civilians and soldiers go first! I will wait for you!"
Shen Tang waved his hand!
As Shen Tang's order was issued, the first group of civilians and some soldiers withdrew from the embankment. After a simple meal, they leaned over and found a piece of grass at random, or lay down on a hillock and quickly Fell asleep! In the wind and rain, everyone's strength and spirit were exhausted to the extreme. Even if the rain was still pouring down at this moment, they couldn't care less! They must fall asleep as soon as possible, because it won't be long before they have to rush again. Go up and replace the other brothers!
A thousand men in ragged clothes and looking tired were lying in a mess on the muddy ground! As for the tents, this was a precious place, and tents were needed for cooking. According to Shen Tang’s order, the government medical officer who came later needed them. tent.
Moreover, some of the people who were moved by Tian Guanhua and others moved to the nearby highlands, but most of them also moved here!
Among them, the sick, old and young also need tents! Therefore, faced with limited tents, these men can only lie on the ground in the open and let the heavy rain pour down!
At the door of a tent, a little girl about four or five years old looked eagerly at a soldier lying asleep in the mud not far from the tent! After a while, she found a big lotus leaf from nowhere. , dragging it with both hands and running barefoot out of the tent directly to the soldier's side!
The little girl squatted down and dragged the big leaf with both hands to block the soldier's head!
"Bang, bang, bang..." The raindrops fell on the leaves, but the little girl showed a bright smile!
Love is contagious, and the power of role models is extremely powerful!
One by one, the common people walked out of the tents and walked silently to a civilian or soldier. Some set up wooden boards, some took off their single clothes, and some even used their own bodies to help these sleeping people. Man, stop the rain!
Heavy rain is ruthless, but people are affectionate!
"Old man, help me!"
An old man had already given away his clothes to others. He looked at the little guy in front of him who was obviously only sixteen or seventeen years old. Not to mention the knife wounds on his body, he didn't know what he was carrying on his hands, and there were still blood stains on his hands. But he could only lie down in the mud and sleep soundly, and the heavy rain poured down on him, causing him to move around anxiously.
However, at this moment, someone handed over a thick and spacious green robe! The old man quickly took it and helped the person who spoke unfold the robe. Each of the two people stretched one side to block the little guy!
"I saw it just now. This little guy did it by himself. He could hold up three people! He carried a big stone of one to two hundred kilograms up the embankment by himself!"
The old man raised his head and looked at the man opposite.
At this glance, I was surprised! Isn't this person holding his clothes out to protect himself from the rain the county magistrate?
Look at the green robe stretched out in your hands, what else is it if it’s not the official uniform of the county magistrate?
"Lord County Magistrate?"
The old man exclaimed!
Bizhi County waved his hand, "Keep your voice down, don't disturb him!"
"Hey, it's a good thing that the magistrate didn't give up on me.
Otherwise, if the dam collapses, I don’t know how many people will be drowned!”
The old man looked a little excited and spoke unconsciously.
He looked at the long queue on the embankment from a distance, and felt his eyes moisten! Human life is despised. The old man has lived a lifetime and has seen countless disasters. However, this is the first time he has seen such a government.
This is the first time I have seen such a magistrate! Who cares about these common people?
Even if they are all dead, it is just a few numbers in a document reported to the court. Which official would really care about their life and death?
The two chatted softly for a while, then the old man pointed to the embankment and asked, "Your Majesty, who is that?"
I see that he has been standing there since the very beginning! Moreover, everyone here obeys his orders! Could it be that he is a high-ranking official in the government office?"
The county magistrate turned his head and looked at the red figure like a flag, with admiration and gratitude in his eyes!
"My father-in-law, this is Lord Shen, the newly appointed magistrate of our Chengdu Prefecture!"
"Master Prefect?"
The old man was stunned. On weekdays, even the minor officials in the county government were considered to be top figures. As for the prefect, he was not much different from the emperor in his eyes.
"As long as our Lord Magistrate stands there, everyone can be twisted into a rope! You see, these soldiers were all transferred here.
Don’t you know? Not long ago, the man who led the troops to fight out the Tubo barbarians was our magistrate! Look, aren’t those on the embankment the Tubo soldiers and horses?
They behave very well in front of our prefect!"
The old man looked at that figure with shock and admiration!
"So, our prefect saved my old man's life twice?"
The old man murmured, "With such a prefect and a county magistrate like you, I don't know how many lifetimes of blessings I have accumulated! I used to be afraid of the government, but now I know that the government
There are also good people among them..."
"Including those soldiers! They were also the soldiers who protected our Chengdu Prefecture before! I heard that the Tubo was defeated in that battle, but our sons of the Song Dynasty also suffered tens of thousands of casualties. But now, we are in trouble, they
He's standing in front of us again!"
Bizhi County is also full of emotion!
That figure on the embankment, he has been standing there, but that is enough! He represents hope, represents will, and also represents the confidence to win in the face of this disaster!