ebookland Chapter 178 The water level will rise later
Chapter 178 The water level will rise later
Other generals were faced with such difficulties, which made them extremely anxious.
When they first received the task, they were given a clear requirement: they must hurry up and not delay, otherwise, once the flood overturned, people would not be able to escape...
The outbreak of floods will cause many subsequent troubles, such as landslides and the vast ocean as far as the eye can see.
So, they couldn't delay.
But faced with the pleading eyes of the people, who were reluctant to part with their hard-earned "belongings", they could not help but tear up when they were asked to put down the things in their hands.
The generals were unable to say a single harsh word and finally made different decisions. Some of them took action by force and helped the people throw away the extra things!
Some of them directly asked the soldiers to help move things without saying anything more. The way up the mountain was long, and it would take a cup of tea to get from the city to outside the city.
The way up the mountain will only be more difficult. If we stay in the city for too long, it will be too late.
After a busy night, more than 100,000 people in the city were resettled in three places. In the end, half of the people had been resettled, and the other half were still in queue, stuck halfway up the mountain.
It was already not an easy task for tens of thousands of people to climb to the top of the mountain, and they had to carry some things with them, which further slowed down the team.
Fortunately, Han Yaojun and others held a meeting and guessed early on that there would be problems and that more than 100,000 people could not be accommodated in one place.
Once a landslide or collapse occurs, hundreds of thousands of people plus tens of thousands of soldiers will really have nowhere to go.
To this end, Han Yaojun specially asked people to survey the terrain in advance, marked out the three safest locations, and divided them into three batches for resettlement.
One team is led by Han Yaojun, one team is led by Zhou Qi, and the other team is led by...Chu Jiang.
In the beginning, this decision was met with confusion and even resistance from many people. They knew that Chu Jiang was good at martial arts and had indeed made contributions this time, but they still couldn't leave such an important matter to Chu Jiang.
How could they be convinced by a young man who had joined the army for less than a month and was not even old enough to take an adult position?
Even if you have great martial arts skills, you can't do this!
Han Yaojun, however, rejected the objections of the crowd and said that military orders were as heavy as a mountain. If anyone disobeyed or failed to obey, they would be punished by military law. This temporarily suppressed the dissatisfaction of many generals.
Chu Jiang arranged Bian Hangqing, who had a good relationship with her. Han Yaojun knew that even though Chu Jiang was the eldest son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, he might have a trump card in the army.
But he estimated that there would not be much. He could not pin all his hopes on Chu Jiang holding the trump card, so he specially arranged for Bian Hangqing, who had a good relationship with Chu Jiang, to help him.
Chu Jiang's ability and wisdom are needless to say. When they were trying to outwit their opponent, chaos broke out and it was Chu Jiang who suppressed it single-handedly. If he hadn't used the toughest means to suppress the restlessness in those people's hearts,
I'm afraid that many people had been instigated and became deserters.
Whether from Chu Jiang's performance or his intelligence, Han Yaojun trusts Chu Jiang very much, and he feels at ease handing the third team over to her for command.
In order to prevent Chu Xi from being held hostage by others using their official positions, Han Yaojun specially promoted her to the position of deputy general before going up the mountain. The two deputy generals beside him were left vacant because of mistakes made by the Eighth Prince.
Even if Chu Xi was promoted to deputy general, the others could only endure it unwillingly. Apart from his qualifications, they actually had no fault to find with Chu Xi.
Besides, with Han Yaojun backing them up, they could do nothing even if they were unwilling to accept it.
Bian Hangqing didn't think there was anything wrong with Chu Xisheng going up there, maybe because he valued martial arts more, or maybe because after the news of what Sun Changfan and the others did spread...
Chu Xi has already made great contributions. The military has always emphasized clear rewards and punishments. Those who have made contributions should be rewarded, and he does not think there is anything wrong with it.
Besides, talented people emerge in every generation, and it is a good thing for a young man to achieve success. Even if he is promoted to deputy general all of a sudden, so what? General Han doesn't think there is anything wrong with it, so what's wrong with him?
Several hours were still not enough for everyone to reach the top of the mountain as they had originally planned.
Just as they expected, the next morning, the river dam broke early in the morning and the river water rushed into the city of Xi'an. The scene was very similar to the flooding of Chentang Pass that Chu Xi had heard of.
She stood high on the top of the mountain, overlooking the surging river below, her eyes deep and she said nothing.
Chu Er, who was standing beside her, was a qualified sword. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Chu Xi's back in front of him.
Chu Xi was still wearing the same red dress, with a straw raincoat and an oil-paper umbrella on her body. She stood on the edge of the cliff, as if she was ready to fly away with the wind at any time.
Bian Hangqing came over at this time. This was the second time he had seen this scene, but even so, the repressed and complex emotions in his heart remained the same.
"A rain can destroy countless people's homes. This happens every year." He sighed with a very complicated tone.
Chu Xi didn't say anything, but just looked at the surging river with heavy eyes.
Bian Hangqing didn't seem to expect Chu Xi to answer. Perhaps he just wanted to vent the pent-up emotions in his heart.
"Fortunately, General Han made timely arrangements and most of the people in the city have evacuated. The number of casualties this year is much better than in previous years."
Chu Xi did not answer Bian Hangqing's question, but changed the subject, "Let the troops speed up, the rain hasn't stopped yet, and the water level may rise further!"
Time is of the essence now. No matter how much regret I have in my heart, I can only endure it and continue to climb.
Bian Hangqing glanced at Chu Xi's fair and handsome profile, and saw that he was still calm. He knew that he was not cold-blooded, but knew what to do and when.
Therefore, he nodded without hesitation and said, "I'll go down and urge them now."
In fact, there was no need for Bian Hangqing to urge them. The people, who were extremely tired and wanted to find an excuse to rest, no longer dared to have any luck when they saw the danger coming.
The most dangerous ones were those who were still on the mountainside, at the tail end of the group. Most of the things in their hands had been held by the soldiers, but there were still a large number of people blocking the way in front of them.
Apart from the fact that they themselves were not walking fast enough, there were other factors as well, which made everyone feel restless and anxious.
I was afraid that I would be washed away by the surging river water in the next second.
After a night and a morning, until noon, seventy to eighty thousand people finally arrived at the planned mountain top.
Chu Xi had arranged thousands of soldiers here early on to smooth out the uneven and even sloping areas. Although it took ten hours and the work didn't look very good, it was finally completed.
The newly excavated soil may not be as solid as before, but it is better than a steep slope.
Tens of thousands of people were crowded on a not-so-flat mountain top. It was so densely packed that every word they spoke sounded particularly noisy.