Chapter 344: From Joy to Despair (Second Update)

There is a small village thirty-five miles south of Xiling City.

Near the village, a medium river passes by.

This river is very rebellious and will cause heavy floods in previous years.

At this moment, the sky was covered with dark clouds and heavy rain poured down.

On the bank of the river, there is a stone house, and there are several middle-aged men in the house. These men are all the names of villages in small villages.

More than ten days ago, the heavy rain that washed away the drought came quickly and went quickly. After that, it did not rain for five or six consecutive days.

Just when the people were desperate, it started to rain again. But it rained heavily for five or six days.

At this moment, the men in the stone house had changed from joy to silence.

There is one such stone house in almost every village near the water, who is responsible for monitoring the river. It was an order issued by the government ten days ago.

If the river water suddenly surges, they will be responsible for reporting the news so that the villagers in the country can retreat in time.

Without the government's forced, these men came to monitor them on their own initiative, because behind them was their own village.

The rain has been falling for five or six days in a row. These men have also persisted for five or six days.

What made them a little happy was that although the river water soared with such heavy rain, it did not overflow the river bank and entered the earth.

If there were heavy floods in previous years, such heavy rainstorms would have been flooded.

Of course they know why this happens.

Everything is General Yang Wu. He spent money and food, digging river channels, and rectifying river channels, so that their villages could be protected from flood attacks.

First there is drought, deep wells, and then floods, and rivers are rectified.

The gratitude of several strong men to Liu Feng was almost beyond recognition.

The heavy rain continued, and the river water was still rising, but it never overflowed.

This kind of thing happened outside most villages in Changsha, Jiujiang, Jiangxia and the three counties. A stone house is responsible for the people who are guarding the people.

But there are some misfortunes.

This heavy rain was too heavy. The water system in Jiangxia was too developed.

There are rivers everywhere. Even if some rivers have been dug deep, they still cannot store the skyrocketing river water and overflow the river. For example, this river called "Danshui" has a large village to the east, so there is a stone house responsible for monitoring outside this river.

At the first moment when the river overflowed, these people rushed out of the stone house and rushed towards their village in heavy rain.

"Dongdongdongdong." Looking at the gong in his hand, he shouted: "It's flooding, it's flooding, it's flooding, get out quickly."

"It's flooding, it's flooding, retreat quickly." There were loud shouts, mixed with the sound of gongs. The people in the village changed their faces for a moment.

Fortunately, more than ten days ago, the government had notified them that they had packed and prepared to retreat at any time.

Although the people are now panicked, they are not messy.

Under the leadership of the elderly and middle-aged people in the village, the village began a well-organized retreat.

The area of ​​this village is a bit low-lying, and their goal is to run to a village next to it. Jiangxia is not a place where there are drought all year round, but it occasionally has heavy floods.

The experienced elderly people in the village know which village will be submerged and which village will be peaceful.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the elderly, women, children get on the ox cart, and the rest run east quickly." The middle-aged men in the village shouted.

But this village is a big village, and it takes a little time to gather.

When the skyrocketing river water flooded the soles of the feet, the people in the village gathered together and set out to the neighboring village.

In the heavy rain, although the villagers' faces were panicked, they were not panicked.

They were still calm and even had a small amount of joy. In previous years, when floods broke out, some people were killed or injured because they were unable to retreat, but this year they did not.

Isn't this enough joy?

There are only some elderly people who are worried. Because of the arrival of the flood, the crops are gone. How should we live next year?

This is quite unlucky.

Some villages and some people have disappeared due to the speed of retreat and the speed of the river surge.

Although there were all kinds of frustrations, the three counties' policies to rectify rivers were all very successful. Such heavy rain and soaring river water, casualties and injuries were suppressed within a very small range.

The three counties of Jiangxia, Jiujiang and Changsha were lucky because they had the foresight of Liu Feng. Although some were not satisfactory, such as in drought, they could not completely guarantee crops. In floods, losses could not be reduced to zero.

But compared to most of Jingchu and Jiangdong, it is already a joyful person.

This heavy rain that affected most of the south of the Yangtze River and a small part of the northern part of the Yangtze River, and the starting point to the west was probably Xiangyang.

The rainfall in Shangyong and other places west of Xiangyang has been significantly reduced.

In other words, Xiangyang, Wuling and other places are in the upper reaches. There is no higher upstream peak of the Yangtze River. The threat is much smaller.

But despite this, there are still large areas of villages in Jingzhou that are flooded.

Countless ordinary people fled from their homes in a hurry, looking for nearby highlands to hide from the flood. On the way, in a panic, countless people were separated from their relatives.

Some people may find relatives after safety, while others may be separated by heaven and man forever.

The only thing that makes people thankful is that Jingchu is also in a place where heavy floods occur occasionally. The elderly in the village also know where to escape from the floods and where to avoid them.

The experience of the elderly allowed most people to escape.

But when the heavy rain that lasted for six days stopped and when the sky was shining for the first time, what appeared before the people of Xiangyang were.

A vast ocean.

Occasionally, you can see corpses floating in the flood, human corpses, and animals. There are domestic animals and wild animals.

Experienced elderly people know that it will take one or two days to recede, but what is difficult to endure is that it will take one or two days to recede.

After the flood, countless people and animals were killed or injured.

A terrible plague may sweep across Jingchu.

In the city of Xiangyang, the floods were all over the knees. The carriage was made of wood, so it was difficult to walk in such a big water.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue had no choice but to ride horses and come to the top of the Nanmen City.

The two of them were wearing regular clothes and their faces were heavy. They thought the drought had passed, but they didn't expect that the heavy rain would come after a few days of joy.

After a erosion, I don’t know how many people will be killed or injured.

What’s even more fat is the food. Originally, every family had a surplus, but in the flood, the people would definitely not care about the food. Even if they were taken away, the food soaked in water would become moldy.

Jingzhou, which has never had a food crisis, may have a food crisis this time.

It would be strange if the two were in a good mood.

Soon, surrounded by guards, the two rode their horses under the city gate, turned over and dismounted, and stepped onto the steps.

The two of them came to the top of the city and looked at the vast ocean in front of them, and occasionally there were floating corpses. They took a breath together.

What is terrible may be not just food, but also plague.

After looking at each other, both of them saw the heavy weight in each other's eyes.

"Although Jiangling's grain has been emptied, we still have some inventory in Xiangyang. Fortunately, fortunately." Cai Mao touched the sweat on his forehead and said with gratitude.

At this point, even people like Cai Mao can no longer remain calm.

"The food can indeed be barely maintained, but the plague." Kuai Yue nodded, but his face was heavy. After thinking for a while, he immediately ordered the minor officials around him: "I ordered the concentrating troops, and when the flood retreated, I immediately organized people to bury the corpses of humans and animals."

"I ordered all clinics to prevent doctors from hoarding drugs to treat plagues and control them. I was ready to defend against plagues at any time."

Kuai Yue is still very capable, and at this moment, temporary measures have been considered.

"No." Under Kuai Yue's order, the small official, who was already very frightened, immediately calmed down, responded to the promise, and quickly stepped down the city wall.

The carriages and horses went to the Nan General's Mansion of Chengzhongzhen, preparing to spread Kuai Yue's orders throughout Jingchu.

"Now the situation in the north is becoming increasingly stable, and it may have been the past two years since Cao Gong went south. I hope there will be no trouble." Looking at the vast ocean, Kuai Yue sighed.

"Oh." Cai Mao also sighed, but this was not what he was worried about in his heart, but his son-in-law Liu Feng.

I don’t know how Jiangxia is. However, according to the news, Liu Feng has been rectifying the river channels before and unblocking them.

The disaster situation should be better than Jingxiang.

Thinking of this, Cai Mao felt a little relieved.

Jingzhou is still well-founded, and Cai Mao and Kuai Yue still have some hope for the future.

But Shinno is different.

This heavy rain that swept across many places, starting from Xiangyang in the west. Xinye is in the north of Xiangyang and has also been affected.

The disaster situation at this moment is similar to that in Xiangyang, with the vast ocean and occasionally floating corpses.

At the southern city gate, Liu Bei stood with many civil and military ministers under the tent, Zhuge Liang, Liao Li, Xu Shu, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Chen Dao, and Wei Yan.

Looking at the vast ocean that was tortured by the flood in front of me, they were speechless.

The IQs of these people are not low, and they can also think of what Kuai Yue and Cai Mao can think of, plague, food, and Jingchu has a lot of foundation.

But Xinye doesn't have it. Not to mention food, even if it's medicine, there may not be much.

They don’t know how to survive this flood, and they have no idea.

A group of people behind him were speechless, and Liu Bei, who was standing in front, was even cold all over. What kind of career of kings and domineering ambitions?

Liu Bei thought it was all bullshit.

If he could not overcome this disaster, he might not even be able to save his last piece of territory.

Although Zhuge Liang could not see Liu Bei's front, judging from Liu Bei's shaking shoulders, he could guess that Liu Bei was in despair.

He stepped forward and persuaded, "Lord, it's not the time to be sad now, so I'd better think of a plan to overcome the crisis in front of me."

Liu Bei was in despair, but Zhuge Liang said it was sad.

Liao Li curled his lips in his heart.
Chapter completed!