Chapter 1001 Awakening the Fury of the Sleeping Dragon
The big river is a ribbon that stretches across the land of the Central Plains. It was free and unrestrained at first. Legend has it that in ancient times, before Longmen was built and Luliang was not dug, the river came out above Mengmen, overflowed and reversed, and there were no hills. Gaofu destroyed it.
It's called a flood.
At that time, the big river was known as the "Nine Rivers", with many distributary channels, flowing from the northern part of the Bohai Bay to the sea. Because the river channels were numerous and irregular, it was common for floods to occur. When the autumn water came, hundreds of rivers filled the river, and the Jing River flowed through it.
It is so big that there are no cattle and horses between the two Zhuzhu cliffs, and the floods flow across the world and spread all over the world.
It is said that it was not until the time of Dayu that the tribes in the Central Plains, forced by floods, formed an alliance and gathered the strength of all tribes to finally tame the river and control the floods.
From then on, the course of the Yellow River was fixed into one. People called this Yellow River "Yu River". The water in the river is also clear. There is a poem to prove it: "The bumps cut down the sand, and the river is thousands of miles away. The water is clear and ripples."
, except for a few floods during the Shang Dynasty, it was generally peaceful.
But peace is only temporary, it is always restless. In the fifth year of King Zhou Ding (602 BC), this giant dragon, which had been sleeping for more than a thousand years, woke up. It twisted its body slightly, causing the river to shift.
It was the first breach in recorded history:
The floods took over the river from Suxukou (today's confluence of Qi River and Wei River) and traveled eastward to Luochuan to Changshoujin (today's northeast of Huaxian County, Henan Province). Then they separated from Luochuan and merged with Zhanghe River in the north to Zhangwu (
Northeast of today's Cangxian County, Hebei Province) enters the sea, and this new river course is to the south of the Yu River.
Since then, the river course has been fixed to the west of Puyang, Weidi. As the population in the middle reaches of the river increases, especially in Hedong, Henan, and Hanoi, it has become the most populous area in the world. Forests and grasslands have been widely reclaimed as farmland, and streets
They are connected, the villages face each other, and the river contains more and more sand.
This river was called the "Zhuo River".
The accumulation landform formed by the transportation of sediment by the river caused a breach every generation downstream. The princes Zhao, Wei, and Qi who were close to the river had no choice but to build their own dams to block the flood when the river burst.
After being blocked, he went to harm his neighbors on the other side.
This kind of beggar-thy-neighbor dike does not consider the overall interests, and makes the river wander unsteadily. When the water goes away, it will become fertile farmland, but when the flood comes, it will suddenly float away, and the princes downstream will suffer greatly.
Natural disasters come from time to time, and man-made disasters also begin...
"With water instead of troops, Wei suffered the most."
As the grandson of Lord Xinling, Wei Wuzhi received an excellent education from an early age. After the death of Wei, he lived in exile and hid by the river, and was familiar with the story of this river.
When Zhang Ao decided to take 3,000 people on an adventure, he still tried to make the final stop. He said to Zhang Ao: "When the seven heroes are fighting, they have already made water to flood the enemy's country. As far as I know, there have been four times!"
"The first time was in the twelfth year of King Hui of Wei (359 BC). At that time, Wei attacked Zhao, and the Chu State sent out troops to attack Wei. Jing She was the general. As for the Zhuo River, it actually cut off the water to irrigate the east of our Changyuan.
Floods flooded several counties, killing and injuring tens of thousands of people."
"The second time was during the time of Zhao Suhou. Qi and Wei jointly attacked the State of Zhao. The State of Zhao drained the river to irrigate it. Qi and Wei lost thousands of people and had to retreat. The flood spread for dozens of miles and it took more than a month to retreat."
"The third time it was Zhao Guo's fault."
Wei Wuzhi said solemnly: "King Zhao Huiwen attacked Wei and broke the river at Hukou, causing disaster in Puyang. The water flowed for hundreds of miles. Eighty-nine thousand people drowned due to the bursting of the dike. Tens of thousands of houses were damaged.
Thousands of people were affected by the disaster and had to move and take refuge!”
As for the fourth time, it was an everlasting pain in the hearts of Wei people: Seventeen years ago, Wang Ben sent Zheng Guo to attack Yingkou, build a dam, and divert the river water into the ditch to flood the beams. The beams were flooded, resulting in many casualties in the city.
The city of Daliang was destroyed, and the King of Wei asked for surrender.
But fortunately, due to Zheng's proper planning, the main disaster was Daliang, and the rest of Wei was not seriously affected.
In short, the four times in history that "water replaced troops" and the use of rivers resulted in Wei's unlucky results.
Wei Wuwu wanted to warn Zhang Ao that if he crossed the river to repel the Qin soldiers, Wei would still be the one to suffer in the end.
However, Zhang Ao had been a minister of the Qin Palace since he was a child. He was vicious and did not have much affection for Wei. He actually said: "Why can someone only hurt me with a knife, but I can't hold the handle back and use it to hurt him?"
people?"
"This knife will also cut Wei Guo deeply."
Wei Wuzhi still hoped that Zhang Ao would give up this idea: "In the past, the princes were beggaring their neighbors and the river was difficult to control. Since Qin Shihuang came to power, he sent Zheng Guo to patrol along the river and demolished many Yongsai Sichuan defenses. The river has been peaceful for more than ten years."
The power of a unified dynasty is the necessary foundation to control river troubles. Under the strong hand of Qin Shihuang, the yellow dragon that had been ravaging both sides of the river bank for more than a hundred years because Qi, Wei and Zhao had turned to beggar-thy-neighbors was once again surrendered and fell into a deep sleep.
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The stabilized river brought fertile soil in the middle and upper reaches, improving the salt brine land in the lower reaches. Near the embankments on both sides of the river, the land was wide and the soil was fertile. Because of the large population in Dongjun, there was no place to herd cattle and horses in the fields and cottages.
Land. After Qin Shihuang ordered to "remove the people from their fields", people along the river moved into the surrounding areas one after another, reclaimed land, built villages, and also took on the task of guarding the dams. At least tens of thousands of people lived there.
Wei Wuzhi grabbed Zhang Ao's horse and said: "Water can destroy a country. You are planning to break open the dike. It is midsummer now and the river is full of water. If it bursts out and surges southward, not only tens of thousands of people and animals along the dike will be destroyed."
If there is no survival, even the counties in Dongjun will be affected by the disaster. By then, I am afraid that except for Puyang City, which has a high city and a deep pond, the rest of the countryside will be flooded by the flood!"
This year's river water is larger than in previous years. Once the levee is deemed to have breached, the turbulent river water will rush into the Dongjun plain in an instant, and it will be out of control, causing more terrible consequences than the four man-made disasters in history.
This is exactly the result Zhang Ao needs: "As long as Puyang City can stay."
He was not ashamed to say: "Anyway, most of the other places have surrendered to Qin, so they are the towns of the enemy's country! The people of the enemy's country!"
Wei Wuzhi couldn't bear it: "This is related to hundreds of thousands of lives!"
"Are their lives as valuable as the King of Wei?"
Are the lives of a group of mediocre ants more important than the heroic hero Zhang Er's restoration of the country, his reputation as a knight, and his loyalty and ideals?
Zhang Ao actually said:
"If the sacrifice of these people can cause the Qin army to be defeated, it will save the Wei State and it will be worth it!"
Zhang Ao insisted on going his own way. He held the tiger talisman given by Zhang Er, so he refused to listen to Wei Wuwu's words and left Dunqiu with three thousand young knights from Dongjun.
And Wei Wuzhi, without the courage of his eldest father to steal the talisman to save Zhao, could only watch Zhang Ao leave...
Zhang Ao and his party of 3,000 people were mostly Wei knights who admired Zhang Er's reputation and were not afraid of death. Most of them were from Dongjun. After hearing the words of the Zhang family and his son, "Qin will massacre Dongjun", they were determined to die.
, determined to fight the Qin army to the end. Many people were originally ambitious, but when they arrived at their destination the next night, they were dumbfounded.
What everyone arrived was not Puyang, which was heavily besieged, but the "Huzikou" dozens of miles northwest of Puyang!
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At Huzikou, the night was still dark, and what appeared in front of the young heroes was a generous embankment. Behind the embankment was the raging river, with the sound of galloping horses and endless waves.
Huzikou is the place where Zhao Jun cut off the river more than seventy years ago. It is also the most vulnerable area of the entire downstream river. The river passes through Zhaodi in Changyuan County and returns to Mugou. The river is still stable, but when it enters Puyang
Later, as the river bed was raised by sediment, the natural banks could no longer prevent the river from being soaked, so artificial embankments had to be added.
The above-ground river in this section often breaks free. Puyang has been hit by many disasters in the past, so it must be repaired every year. Otherwise, the river water will burst out of the embankment and flow to the low-lying plain irrigation area in the southeast...
For a moment, the light knights guessed what they were here for - this time they brought not only weapons, but also agricultural tools such as picks, picks, shovels, etc.
"dig!"
Zhang Ao had sent people to scout out the place in advance and pointed to a dike: "Dig the dike and pour out the water to the southeast, and the Qin army in Puyang can be wiped out!"
The Three Thousand Heroes were silent. You looked at me and I looked at you, but no one made any move.
"Whoever digs first will be rewarded with ten gold coins!"
Zhang Ao shouted loudly, but everyone still did not move until someone came out and said nonchalantly: "Zhang Jun, the villain's brother's home is in Zhencheng in the southeast. If the water is strong, his home will definitely be washed away. I
I would like to follow Zhang Jun to Puyang to fight to the death with the Qin army, but this dam cannot be used..."
"Kill him!"
Zhang Ao shouted angrily and asked his cronies to pin the man on the Huzikou embankment and chop off his head. The round head rolled down the embankment and fell into the water.
Like a sacrifice to He Bo...
After tasting the blood, the Yellow River, this sleeping dragon, seemed to feel something, and the water flow became more cheerful. It knew that someone wanted to imitate the historical Zhao Wang Chu general Qin Shuai again, in order to take advantage of his surging body,
And wake yourself up.
Awakening the wrath of the sleeping dragon, the price is hundreds of miles of yellow flood zone and more than 100,000 lives.
"Whoever digs the embankment first will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins!"
After killing someone, Zhang Ao raised his eyes with red eyes and increased the reward. This time, someone who did not live in Dongjun stood up, picked up the shovel, and was eager to try...
"Can't dig!"
More Dongjun rangers shouted: "We can die ourselves, but our family members and friends will be swept away by the flood!"
They were agitated and opposed. Zhang Ao's men were divided into two parts and became at war with each other.
Zhang Ao himself, with his personal guards, stood under the embankment, raised the iron tool high, and shoveled it down heavily!
From the Spring and Autumn Period to the present, it has taken many years to build and repair this embankment. The amount of work is no less than that of the Great Wall, or even larger than that of the Great Wall.
But to destroy it, it only takes a few days, or even a few hours, for manpower to dig a hole, and the rest is left to the huge force of nature...
A thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest!
With the first sound of the iron shovel, the sleeping dragon, which had been sleeping for more than ten years, opened its eyes!
She is the mother of this civilization.
It is the blessing of breastfeeding him until he grows up.
It is also a nightmare that has hung over his head for thousands of years!
She can bring prosperity and well-being to this country, but she can also bring fear and disaster.
Like a three-body star that is constantly rotating, civilization rises above it, creating cycles of chaos and chaos.
In addition to unavoidable natural disasters, crazy people are always trying to use power that they cannot overcome, and drown themselves time and time again!
She bared her fangs and swung her tail, eager to break through the shackles again!
The light knight who received a heavy reward accelerated the excavation, and the light knight of Dongjun, who did not want to see his hometown reduced to Zeguo, also began to draw his sword and fight with Zhang Ao's cronies.
In the midst of this chaos, a firework suddenly rose into the sky and exploded over the mouth of the gourd!
This is the signal for the Qin army to fight at night and become a custom.
Dawn is approaching, with the white light on the horizon and the sound of footsteps, a black army appears around the mouth of the gourd, forming a siege and pressing towards the light heroes!
"I knew you would come and dig the embankment!"
Guan Ying was naturally the captain of this Qin army.
Duke Xia also sent advisers from the Winged Battalion to the troops attacking Wei. Since the river was near the river, they naturally calculated the pros and cons of breaking the dikes and flooding Puyang...
The conclusion was that the consequences were beyond their control, so they gave up the idea, but Guan Ying kept an eye on it: "If the Wei people are desperate, will they break the dike?"
He sent scouts to monitor near the entrance of the gourd, which was most likely to be in danger, and sure enough, Zhang Ao arrived.
Guan Ying's gloomy face was hidden behind his thick armor. He looked at the young man jumping on the river bank, like a group of grinning termites on the embankment. It made people want to reach out and crush him to death!
"Drive those people down the river to sacrifice to the river god!"
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The battle lasted for an hour, and the Qin army was overwhelming. The young knights were dying and falling. Zhang Ao was also hit by several arrows, stumbled into the river, and was swallowed up by the turbid water.
When there was no more Wei people on the river embankment, the river became calm again.
The work began again, this time the Qin soldiers threatened the prisoners and used the sticky bones and blood of their dead companions as pulp, mixed with the sand and soil of the river, to repair the excavated embankments.
As the shackles were tightened again, the dragon, whose eyes were already wide open, closed his eyes in disappointment.
She fell into deep sleep again.
We can only wait, wait for the next natural disaster that occurs once in a century, and wait for the next crazier man-made disaster!
Only the river continues to flow, like the deep snoring of a dragon.
Whether it's clear or turbid.
Is it a disaster or a blessing?
She will accompany the Chinese civilization in its youth forever!
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PS:
I didn’t expect it! I wrote it when I got back early, and posted it as soon as I finished it. This chapter is considered 6.30.
Because the author was constantly mumbling, I couldn't finish the book in June. I was so angry that I had to continue it in July. It's the final finishing stage, and I hope to finish it in mid-July.
In addition, I am not asking for monthly votes this month, but I am asking for recommendation votes. I hope that after finishing this book, the total number of recommendation votes will be more than the number of words, which will make me feel more proud (akimbo).
