roccoschili Chapter 1457 Can you keep it?
Chapter 1457 Can you keep it?
Chapter 1457 Can you keep it?
Zhang Ting, the county lieutenant, had good intentions in letting Lin Ruofu withdraw. An old man in his seventies who has been serving as an official for many years can take on the heavy responsibility at this difficult time, which has already made him admire from the bottom of his heart.
However, he also knew that what Lin Ruofu said was true. Now that Lin Ruofu was the backbone on the embankment, once Lin Ruofu withdrew... it would inevitably end in a rush.
If you don't even care about the honor of a county, who can control these common people's servants to fight to the death?
If you desperately maintain the levee, you may still be able to survive until the water level recedes; but if you give up now, it is almost certain that it will take less than two hours, and the levee must collapse and the flood will wreak havoc...
Looking at the vigorous momentum in the heavy rain, Zhang Ting could only sigh with a wry smile, turned around and commanded the servants with a hoarse voice to continue frantically filling the embankment with earth and rocks that had just been opened by the flood. .
Heavy rain poured in, the river surged, and many low places on the embankment had already been flooded by the river.
With mud under their feet and rain on their heads, all Jingyang people and government servants gritted their teeth tightly, with the last bit of strength in their bodies, vowing to contain this monstrous flood within the river, preventing it from breaking the dam and destroying their homes .
However, manpower is sometimes poor. In the face of massive natural disasters, the disadvantages in numbers lead to stretching everywhere. The floods are pounding on the embankment. If it completely collapses, the raging flood will pour down along this outlet, and will raze the Jingyang City not far away...
At this moment of urgency, someone suddenly rushed from under the dam, the sound of tearing pierced through the wind and rain, and penetrated into everyone's ears...
"The army is coming! Your Majesty has dispatched a [-]-strong army from Youwuwei to help us guard the dam!"
With this cry, it was like a lightning bolt splitting the cloudy sky covered with heavy rain. Everyone's hearts were shocked first, and then brightened!
Lin Ruofu wiped the rainwater off his face, strode forward with difficulty, grabbed the person who was running up from under the embankment, and asked in a trembling voice, "Is this true?"
There was also news that the imperial court would send troops to assist in the fight against danger, but Lin Ruofu had been standing on the embankment and had never seen the documents sent by the Ministry of War with his own eyes, so he didn't care about it.When he thought about it, even if the imperial court would really send troops to rescue, it would take three to five days after all the yamen were coordinated...
The man looked excited and said in a loud voice: "The young one went with Cheng Dou to meet the imperial court's rescue army. This time, Fang Jun, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Cheng Zhijie, the Duke of Lu, led the army. The rain is coming, and now we are still walking to the bottom of the dam, and the small ones are walking along the path by the river, so go ahead and report the news!"
There were thunderous cheers on the embankment instantly!
Although everyone is desperately guarding the river embankment from being washed away, but their physical strength has been exhausted, and the number of people is too small. How can the power of heaven and earth be so overbearing?Now there are [-] elite Youwuwei troops joining, which will greatly increase the success rate of guarding the levee!
Lin Ruofu was excited, but still asked: "Did the servant of the house come to the county to meet with the county lord first?"
He had heard of this Fang Shilang, the son of Fang Xuanling, the head of the current Chancellor, the son-in-law of His Majesty, and the son-in-law of Princess Gaoyang, he is really a first-class dude.Lin Ruofu really didn't have a good impression of officials who were descendants of aristocratic families.It's not that the children of aristocratic families are incompetent. On the contrary, almost all of these people have outstanding talents because of their origins. It's just that they have arrogant personalities and have never experienced hardships. They lack the necessary responsibility and tenacity when facing desperate situations such as natural disasters and man-made disasters. They often shrink back and do not fight. And crash.
Look at our county venerable who is a descendant of a noble family, all the people in the whole city are dying on the embankment, but he stays in the county government office drinking tea and enjoying the rain...
The person who reported the letter laughed loudly: "A meeting with the county magistrate? No, no, no, Fang Shilang personally led the army to pass through the city without entering. He said that the disaster was like a fire, and came straight to the levee! He even ordered Liu Jie, Liu Yushi, the censor of the book A letter to impeach the county for the crime of respecting the difficult, fearing the danger, and neglecting duty!"
Lin Ruofu's spirit was lifted, and he didn't care about the inappropriateness of the reporter's words. How could a minister of the Ministry of war order the secretary to serve the imperial censor?Feel good, shout happy!
There was a lot of applause on the embankment, and the voices were full of people!
Everyone spent their lives here guarding the embankment and protecting their homes, but the county magistrate, who is the magistrate of a county, sits safely in the Yazhai to show his noble status... Who can have no resentment in his heart?
Just as Lin Ruofu was about to speak, he heard low footsteps sounding uniformly amidst the wind and rain, and a large group of black figures came rushing down from the dam!
Immediately, he hurried forward to meet him. When he saw the young official who was leading him abandoning his horse and walking in mud, and a burly general in military uniform, he hurriedly straightened his clothes, bowed to the ground, and shouted: "Lin Ruofu, a citizen of Jingyang, Greetings to Fang Shilang! Greetings to Lu Guogong!"
General Fang Jun saw this person when he was about to walk on the embankment, he was slightly taken aback, and looked at the county magistrate Dou Zhili beside him.
Who is this person?
Dou Zhili hastily said: "Return to the servant, this is the former head of the Ministry of Industry, he has now returned to his hometown to take care of his old age. It's just that the flood is critical this time, and the county lord is unwilling to go to the embankment to direct the rescue, so only Let Mr. Lin drag his sick body to call on the people of the whole city to fight the flood and rescue the danger, and vow to live and die with the embankment!"
Fang Jun was respectful, and quickly returned the salute: "It turns out that it is Mr. Lin... disrespect and disrespect, who can stand up at this time of crisis, defy hardships and dangers, is really a role model for my generation!"
It seems that this old man has a lot of prestige in Jingyang, otherwise, how could he replace the county magistrate to direct the rescue?
Lin Ruofu expressed emotion: "This old man was born and raised here. At this critical juncture, I can only throw this old bone on this embankment. I only regret that my ability is limited and I can't turn the tide... Now Fang Shilang came here at the emperor's order, I don't have any worries! You are a great talent in water conservancy, and most of the rivers and canals in Guanzhong were built when you were the minister of the Ministry of Industry. You must be more confident about flood control and dam protection!"
Obviously, this former Ministry of Industry official has heard about Fang Jun's deeds in the Ministry of Industry...
Fang Jun hurriedly said: "You don't dare to take this old saying, the younger generation is ashamed... The disaster is like a fire, let's talk about gossip later, since you are always an official of the Ministry of Industry, then I just want to ask you, can this levee still work? Can you hold it?"
Don't look at him all the way claiming that "the dike is there and the people are there, and the people are dead when the dike breaks", in fact, it is just to calm people's hearts, otherwise, when the whole Jingyang people see the unstoppable power of the sky and flee for their lives, how about relying on only five thousand soldiers? Guard the dam?
Five thousand military guards is already the limit, there can be no more.
No matter how many, it will definitely cause a chain reaction in multiple parties. It must be known that the North Korea and China are not calm at the moment...
But if he really can't keep it, Fang Jun can't really let the people of Jingyang live and die on the embankment.
Whether it is a city or property, what can be more precious than life?Fang Jun is well aware of the feelings of the people in this era that "the homeland is hard to leave". I don't know how many people would rather wait until the last moment, even if the flood is over, they will not give up. The people moved away from Jingyang by force...
Lin Ruofu immediately said decisively: "Don't worry, Fang Shilang, the embankment will definitely be defended!"
Fang Jun didn't dare to believe it, frowned, and said solemnly: "Old Lin, I admire you as a person and know that you must be of high moral character, but I hope you can understand that, compared with the city, compared with your homeland Bi, only people are the most important! People are alive, and homes can be rebuilt, but if people are gone, what is the homeland?"
Lin Ruofu naturally knew what Fang Jun meant, waved his hand, and said proudly: "Don't worry, Fang Shilang, this embankment was built when I was an official. For many years, although I have been an official at home, I have never left it. Dare to forget that whether the levee is strong or not means whether Jingyang can be safe or not, so every spring and autumn when the water level rises, inspections will be made on time. If there are loose soil and rocks and unstable dams, they will call on the people to raise manpower to reinforce them. I swear by my ancestors that as long as the gap is not washed out by the flood, this embankment can stand for three days even if it is flooded!"
(End of this chapter)