Chapter 846: The situation is critical, flesh and blood
Chapter 846: Critical situation, flesh and blood
"Send an order to Dawa Tata to leave a thousand people and all migrant workers behind to ease the flow of water in the dam as much as possible! Immediately send a horse to notify Tian Guanhua that everyone is forced to evacuate! Send the prepared boats to the second dam for thousands Jump into the water for rescue!"
Shen Tang ran towards the second embankment while giving orders to the people around him!
With the current water potential, it is simply impossible to completely block the flow of water at the first dam.
Only at the second dike, with a buffer of 500 steps, can we have a chance to temporarily block the flow of water and buy time for the repair of the first dike.
Before Shen Tang could reach the second embankment, he saw the first wave of water hitting it directly! After only ten breaths, the newly built embankment was already crumbling!
"boom!"
There was a loud noise, and the second embankment was also washed out by the water waves, and a dozen or so soldiers who were building frantically were also directly involved in the current!
"Quick! Hit me with rocks! Push those cars over and throw them directly in!"
Niu Dabing frantically commanded his men and horses, trying to block the gap.
However, how can a gap of seven to eight feet be blocked so easily?
Even those large cars would be destroyed by the water flow if they were thrown directly.
"Sir, get down quickly, it's dangerous here!"
Seeing Shen Tang rushing up, Niu Dingbing hurriedly stepped forward to stop him! If the gap cannot be blocked, the entire embankment will be completely washed away in a short time. By then, everyone on the embankment will be submerged.
"Stop talking nonsense and come up with me!"
Shen Tang roared and rushed directly to the fracture!
The water flow at the break was surging, with a shocking and frightening momentum! The surrounding soldiers threw everything they could get into the break, but the effect was not obvious!
Seeing the surging water rushing towards the distance like a terrifying dragon, Shen Tang took a deep breath! At this time, they could no longer hesitate. If the dam was completely destroyed, all their efforts would be in vain. Will turn into ashes!
"Niu Dabing, give the order to everyone, line up and listen to the order!"
Shen Tang gritted his teeth and drank.
"Line up!"
Niu Dabing roared loudly!
Afterwards, the soldiers who followed gathered in the direction of Shen Tang! The 3,500 soldiers of the Song Dynasty, except for the dead and wounded, are all here!
Shen Tang looked at the muddy bodies, the pale faces, the blood-soaked palms and the firm eyes! His heart felt like blood dripping!
These are all good men of the Song Dynasty. Once, he sent them to the battlefield to fight to the death, but now, he will send them to another battlefield! And this battlefield is no less dangerous than the previous battlefield!
"Brothers, behind us are the people of the Song Dynasty! And we are the guardians of the Song Dynasty! Now, we must block the gap in the dam as quickly as possible, otherwise, the consequences will be unpredictable!"
"Commander, give the order! We men of the Song Dynasty are not afraid of death!"
"Commander, give the order!"
"Commander, please give the order!"
"good!"
Shen Tang gritted his teeth and shouted, stepping forward and standing in line with the soldiers in the first row!
"Tie rocks to each person's body, and then group two hundred people into groups and connect them together with ropes! Jump down and block the gap!"
Shen Tang's hoarse voice spread, "If we die, I will make amends to you in the underworld.
If you survive, I’ll treat you to a drink!”
"Bi Yongchang, go and gather the people here!"
"My lord, this is not possible!"
Bi Yongchang had long been stunned by Shen Tang's words. How could he use his flesh and blood to stop this huge flood?
"Bi Yongchang, you are the magistrate of the county and I am the magistrate. How dare you disobey orders?
If you delay any longer, thousands of people will die in our hands!"
Shen Tang shouted loudly, "Below, there are thousands of people, and behind you is your Guangdu County, with tens of thousands of people among them! Do you want us to be poked in the back by the people?"
"I...I..." Bi Yongchang trembled all over, "Ah..." he roared wildly, "All the civilians in Guangdu County, come here!"
Pairs of civilian husbands ran up!
"Come on, I am the prefect, and I gave this order too! Tie it on me first, I will be the first one!"
Shen Tang's eyes were red and he shouted at the civilian husband who came up!
"Sir, let me come!"
"let me!"
"You still need to be in charge here!"
"roll!"
Shen Tang yelled, "I am the prefect, and also the pacifier of Chengdu Prefecture! If I don't go down, who else is qualified?"
Brush! Shen Tang held a big stone in his arms and shouted to the farmer in front of him, "Come!"
The civilian husband stepped forward and tied the stone and Shen Tang together with force, and then took the rope to tie up the next person!
"I'll go first!"
Niu Dabing stepped forward and lined up with Shen Tang!
Qian Hong and the other guards did not speak, but silently stepped forward!
Row after row, team after team! Just like warriors who are about to die, they stand on this embankment!
"Bi Yongchang, after we go down, this rope will be handed over to you! Our lives will also be handed over to you! In addition, when the water here eases, you immediately organize the peasants and people to get up behind us as quickly as possible. The speed of casting a dike will seal this gap!"
Shen Tang gave the last order, and then walked step by step to the break with the people in the first row.
"Jump!"
Shen Tang roared loudly, and then he was the first to jump into the water! Then, the people behind him jumped in with Shen Tang without any hesitation!
"Pull in and stand firm! Hold on to the wooden stakes in the front row and move forward to block the break!"
Fortunately, after these five hundred steps of buffering, although the water flow here is fast, the depth of the water is only about five feet! Therefore, it can only reach the chests of Shen Tang and others!
The cold water hit his face, and his whole body felt as heavy as lead! Shen Tang firmly held the wooden stake in front of him and moved forward step by step with difficulty.
The water flow carried stones or wood from upstream and rushed down, hitting someone hard! The huge force was suffocating. Then, the life of the person who was hit gradually disappeared, and slowly floated to the top of the water flow, just on the rope. Can't leave due to the involvement of...
"Guangdu County men, tighten the rope for me! They are fighting for us in Guangdu County. Even if we die, we can't let go of the rope!"
There is huge power involved in the ropes.
However, these ropes are the lives of Shen Tang and others! The men on the embankment have already become red-eyed! They tied the hemp ropes on their arms and waists, and wrapped them around their hands several times. Even if the flesh and blood were rubbed away, and the dense white bones were exposed, they just gritted their teeth and no one said a word...