Chapter 361 Locked
Even if the rain doesn't turn into heavy rain, the dam might collapse. Now it's raining heavily and the dam can't withstand it at all.
Zhao Kangjie rushed into the tent in a hurry. The moment he came in, Su Qingqing was about to come out. The two of them bumped into each other head-on. Zhao Kangjie took several steps back and wiped the rain off his face.
“General, the rain is too heavy, the dam can’t bear it at all, we have to drain the water, but the soldiers I sent to dig the canal haven’t come back yet, and there are still people in the village over there, I’m not sure if they have been evacuated.
But it is too late to confirm it now. If we don’t divert the water, once the dam collapses, the flood will rush directly to the city.”
"Divert them. First make a small hole to divert them over there. Then send people to that village and force them to leave."
"yes."
Zhao Kangjie received the order and immediately went to execute it.
The remaining soldiers stacked up the prepared sandbags layer by layer and piled them at a breach in the dam.
Once the diversion fails and the dam collapses, it is necessary to ensure that people here have enough time to evacuate.
They were busy in a hurry and orderly. Among the refugees, there was a young man in the prime of life who could not stand still. He felt that others were busy protecting themselves while he had arms and legs to just sit there and enjoy the fruits of their labor, which was really embarrassing. So he simply rolled up his sleeves and went over to help, but was stopped by the military doctor.
"We all understand your intentions, but now is not the time to help."
Wiping the rain off his face, the military doctor screamed in the night.
"Some of you have a fever, and no one is sure whether it is a common cold or a precursor to an epidemic. You are all considered close contacts. You cannot go to the military until the quarantine observation is over."
Soon, news came from Zhao Kangjie, and he was so anxious that his eyes were full of anger.
" General , the people in that village refused to evacuate. When our soldiers forcibly took them away, several of them were locked in their houses. Now the people have evacuated, but our soldiers haven't come out yet. It seems that the flood is about to spread to that side. What should we do?"
Those were the soldiers he had trained, but they were locked up in the house by the local people while they were fighting the flood and providing disaster relief. Zhao Kangjie was so upset.
Jixiang stood behind Su Qingqing in astonishment. She really didn't understand how such common people could exist.
They knew there was a flood here and that the people were going to rescue them, so why didn't they follow them but instead locked up the people who were going to rescue them?
How can it be so bad?
It's definitely too late to rescue people now.
But no rescue...
Are you going to watch the flood pour down on your own soldiers?
Jixiang looked at Su Qingqing. Su Qingqing's face turned pale under the candlelight. It was obvious that she was also stimulated by the other party's move. She bit her back teeth.
No matter how angry she was, she had no choice.
If the water is not diverted, the people in an entire city will suffer when the water from this side rushes over.
"Continue to divert the water, control the water outflow, and try to reduce the water flow within the dam's tolerance range. Select fifty people with good swimming ability to rescue people."
It is impossible not to rescue our own soldiers.
This is the best she can do.
Zhao Kangjie's voice was shaking, "Yes."
He took the order and left, his figure disappearing in the rain, his back revealing a great sense of frustration.
This is not dying on the battlefield, nor is this falling into the enemy's trap. This is dying at the hands of the people he protects.
There were constant thunder in the sky and the rain was getting heavier.
In the city .
The eyes of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Xu Kefeng, gleamed, and the muscles on his face twisted with a smile, "Your Majesty is really wise, this rain came just in time.
They had no choice but to divert the flow to save the city.
The Duke had people hide in the village in advance, pretending to be civilians and locking the soldiers of the Su family army in the house.
No matter what decision Su Qingqing makes, there will definitely be a gap between the Su family army and the common people. Moreover, as long as Su Qingqing orders the diversion, even if she is forced to do so, it will be a thorn in the hearts of those soldiers.
Their generals would not save them at all at the critical moment, they were just stepping stones.
Don't worry, Duke. I have already asked those people at the foot of the city wall to change the direction of their abuse. Everyone knows how to attack people's minds."
Under the eaves, there is an armchair.
Duke Xue sat in the armchair with his eyes half closed, looking at the heavy rain in front of him with an expression of enjoyment.
"She is too young to fight me. As long as she guards outside the city gate, we will be safe. When she can't hold on, it's because she is incompetent!
Today's heavy rain is enough to take half of Su Qingqing's life.
Locking up a few people in a village is nothing."
There was a chill in Duke Xue's eyes, a sinister gleam that made people shudder when they looked at him.
Xu Kefeng was stunned, and turned to look at Duke Xue, "Does the Duke have any other plans?"
Duke Xue said: "Of course, otherwise what's the point of me digging that canal."
In the dark night, lightning occasionally streaked across the sky, creating a dazzling white light that split the rainy night in half.
Under the white light, two people could be vaguely seen swimming out of the underground river channel at the base of the city wall.
They had just emerged from the water and climbed ashore, and had not yet wiped the rain off their faces when they suddenly heard two loud bangs from something heavy hitting something.
The two men only felt a dull pain at the back of their heads, and then their vision went black and they lost consciousness.
In the tent.
Su Qingqing frowned and studied the map in front of her.
Jixiang was so anxious that his eyes were blazing with anger that he was spinning around in his tracks. He didn't know whether the trapped soldiers had been rescued or not.
She was almost dying of anxiety.
"General!"
In the silent tent, a shout that sounded a bit like splitting hairs suddenly came from outside.
Jixiang paused in his spinning motion, rushed to the door of the tent and pulled open the curtain, "Rescued?"
She asked bluntly.
However, the people who came were not the ones who went to rescue people.
The man standing at the door wiped the rain off his face and said, "We caught two people over there in the dark river."
Su Qingqing raised her eyes and looked towards the door. "Go to the trial. I want the result. "
The two people at the door immediately took the order and left, but came back after a moment.
"This was found on them. The military doctor has examined it. It is the same powder as the one that caused the plague in our army a few years ago."
The soldier handed over the porcelain bottle that he had found, and Jixiang immediately presented it to Su Qingqing.
Su Qingqing didn't take it. She glanced at the medicine bottle and told Jixiang, "Put it away."
The soldier continued to report, "Duke Xue sent them here."
The same medicine powder, it is hard to say that the last plague in the army was not caused by Duke Xue.
Jixiang was so angry that his teeth ached, "Why is he so mean!"
Su Qingqing had no expression on her face. She only said to the soldier, "Take twenty people and continue to guard the mouth of the dark river."
