Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 570 Retreat

In July of the fourth year of Yuanguang, the Yellow River broke through Dingtao again. It was summer, and the continuous heavy rain increased the water potential, causing the river to leak for thousands of miles.

Actually speaking, there is an inseparable causal relationship between this breach and the previous one.At that time, Zheng and Ji An spent great efforts to block the breach of Dunqiu, but they failed to solve the fundamental problem. The river flowed from the southeast of Huzi River into Juyeze.The Huzi River has a limited channel and cannot bear much water at all. When summer comes, the water volume increases sharply, and the barely built embankment immediately collapses.

The emperor was so angry that he almost fainted.

When the preparations for the Western Expedition were in full swing, and when the emperor thought that the sacrifice to the gods was a great success and he had obtained his destiny, the Yellow River, which had just been successfully blocked, burst again, which undoubtedly slapped him loudly and made him a joke.

How to face the accusations of the ruling and opposition subjects?
How to face the group of heroes who are about to move?
Can the Western Expedition continue?

The Son of Heaven was flustered and stupefied, he didn't react at all except his complexion turned red and pale for a while.

Han Anguo and the others were terrified and hurriedly called out.After a while, the emperor let out a long breath and waved his hands weakly. "Han Gong, you act on behalf of the prime minister. First call a group of ministers to discuss and see how to deal with it. I feel a little uncomfortable and need to rest."

"Wei!" Han Anguo didn't dare to neglect, he responded loudly, and asked Sang Hongyang to call the imperial physician so that he could take care of the emperor, and he took Zheng Shi and others out of the hall together.Zheng's face was ashen at the time, and he followed closely.He is one of the responsible persons, and the Yellow River burst again, and his responsibility cannot be shirked.If the emperor wants to find a scapegoat to confess to the world, he is undoubtedly the most suitable one.

They didn't go far, and they had an urgent discussion in the side hall.

After taking their seats, they looked at each other, not knowing where to start.Things started in a hurry, they were not prepared at all, and they were a little panicked.After a while, Xu Le and others arrived and were ordered to discuss countermeasures with Han Anguo and others.

Han Anguo has the highest official position and the longest age. He first calmed down and asked the first question: "How many counties will this breach affect?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, no one knew.Seeing this, Han Anguo had no choice but to ask King Wuqiu Shou to ask the emperor, use the map, and estimate the damaged area.As soon as the words came out, they were vetoed by Sang Hongyang.

"All the maps of the world are in Chang'an. There are only maps of the Western Regions here, but no maps of Shandong."

Han Anguo suddenly realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he quickly shut his mouth.In order to worship the gods, the emperor has been in Ganquan Palace for nearly a year.In order to prepare for the war in Hexi, the emperor had a map of Hexi with him, and other maps were in Chang'an, so he was anxious to find where to find them.

Seeing Han Anguo's embarrassment, Zhu Fuyan said: "Although there is no map, there are many people from Shandong present here. According to the trend of the river, we can roughly analyze the affected areas. First make a rough plan, and then send people back to Chang'an to call the map, go to On-the-spot inspections in Shandong, it is not too late to verify each other."

Han Anguo nodded repeatedly.He is a native of Liang, and he was granted the title of Marquis of An, located in the southwest of Dingtao.He has done Liang's domestic history, and he is familiar with the situation around Liang.Zhufu Yan and Yan An are both from Qi, and they also know the topography of Shandong.They calmed down and analyzed it, only to feel that the breach was not as serious as imagined, at least not more troublesome than the previous breach, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

However, no one came to a conclusion.The actual benefit is one aspect, and the invisible harm is more troublesome.The Yellow River broke through again to prove that the emperor used the disaster relief funds donated by the aristocratic family to repair the Ganquan Palace and sacrifice to the God of Taiyi with great fanfare.Now God used the Yellow River to burst again to prove the stupidity of the emperor, and countless people are waiting to see the joke.How to explain to the world may be more important than how to solve the Yellow River breach.

Young people want face, not to mention that the most urgent thing for the emperor now is to prove that he is the destiny. After several victories, he has just built up a little confidence. How can he bear such a sudden sap.

Han Anguo suddenly felt a little lucky, fortunately Dong Zhongshu was not here, otherwise he would have to talk nonsense again.But after thinking about it, Han Anguo felt that it was inappropriate for him to be grateful. He had just read Dong Zhongshu's article. Although he no longer insisted on the relationship between heaven and man, Dong Zhongshu's attitude against using troops in Hexi was also very clear.Now that the Yellow River broke through again, wouldn't it prove him right again?
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, no one spoke, the atmosphere was awkward and dull, as if a storm was coming.

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Fu Yishan and Liang Shan raised their clairvoyant eyes and watched closely the soldiers of Yuzhang County who were exercising in the forest.

Guan Fu stood aside, waiting anxiously, rubbing his hands together.As soon as Liang Xiao put down his clairvoyance, he hurriedly snatched it, put it on his eyes, and searched for the distant hills. "How, how, did you win?"

Liang Xiao said angrily, "You don't know how to read?"

"I'm not... Ai, ai, ai, these useless grandsons!" Guan Fu became furious and cursed, almost stepping on nothing.The guard beside him quickly reached out and grabbed him to prevent him from falling headfirst.

Liang Xiao raised his eyebrows, and smiled knowingly at Wu Bei who had just put down his clairvoyance.

Today is not an ordinary exercise, but a confrontation exercise between the soldiers of Yuzhang County commanded by Guan Fu and the three hundred entourage brought by Wu Bing.Wu was taken on a building boat and came to Yuzhang in the name of visiting friends to bid farewell to Liang Xiao and his wife.Liang Xiao asked him to conduct a confrontation exercise with Guan Fu's subordinates to test the training results during this period.

Both Wu Bei and Guan Fu participated in the war to pacify the two countries, and both had personal experience of jungle warfare.Guan Fu followed Liang Xiao's suggestion and stayed in Yuzhang with peace of mind, waiting for the opportunity to send troops to pacify South Vietnam. Wu Bei was going to go to Yizhou, and also faced the possibility of fighting with the natives of Yizhou. Jungle warfare became their common topic. , When we meet each other, we will naturally have to compete.

The result of the comparison made Guan Fu very depressed.Although he brought out the best elite, he still lost a game. Wu Bei's subordinates snatched the red flag symbolizing victory and captured the mountain first.This hit him hard, and he yelled at him in spite of his dignity.It's just that he wasn't scolding Wu Bei, but his subordinates.

"Okay!" Liang Xiao called out, interrupting Guan Fu's anger. "Come here, see the result before scolding."

Guan Fu came over reluctantly, sat on the opposite side of the quilt, lowered his head, and muttered in his mouth, not knowing what he was saying.

"Judging from the result, you lost. However, judging from the timing, you have improved again this time, and the improvement is more obvious." Liang Xiao sat down at the head, set up the war game on the boulder, and restarted the game . "Overall, this is the most exciting confrontation I've ever seen. The battles of both sides are well used, and the individual skills and tactics are also well played..."

Guan Fu slowly raised his head, staring at the moving game.Although it was only a small-scale battle to compete for the top of the mountain, it tested the soldiers' skills and tactics and the commanding ability of the front-line generals. From the final analysis, although Guan Fu's Yuzhang County soldiers lost, they still performed well. Highly rated.

At first, Guan Fu thought that Liang Xiao might be giving him face, but after seeing the specific figures, he realized that the performance of his subordinates was not as bad as he thought, and even surpassed any previous internal exercises.

Puzzled, Guan Fu took off his helmet and scratched his head vigorously. "how so?"

Liang Xiao put down the chess piece, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of wild tea. "I think there are two reasons: first, the soldiers who participated in the battle today are all selected soldiers, and their average combat power has improved significantly. Second, they met a well-matched opponent today, which inspired their fighting spirit."

Guan Fu stared at the chessboard thoughtfully for a long time, and finally clapped his hands regretfully. "Unfortunately, we still lost."

"Losing is not necessarily a bad thing." Liang Xiao shook his head.A vulgar guy like Guan Fu only knows how to show off his bravery, but he is not a qualified general after all.He only asked about the victory or defeat, but he didn't know how to learn from the victory or defeat. No wonder he hasn't been named a Marquis until now. "Actually, I was very surprised to be able to fight like this today. Don't forget, Mr. Wu is the leader of Huainan's second quilt, and his subordinates are also famous swordsmen in Jingchu. Looking at the world, except for His Majesty's guards Lang, you probably won't be able to pick out another three hundred pawns with such a high overall level."

"Really?" Guan Fu stared at Wu Bei suspiciously.

Wu was smiled and nodded. "These three hundred swordsmen are the guards with the best martial arts skills in the Huainan Palace. They are incomparable to warriors like Guan Jun, but compared to ordinary rangers, they are all slightly better."

Guan Fu laughed loudly, and his depression was swept away.Some of his subordinates are his own trilogy, and some are Yuzhang's county soldiers. It is indeed proud to be able to fight against an opponent composed of all the guards of the Huainan Palace like this.

"Next time, we'll see Mr. Guan running amok in South Vietnam."

Wu Bei flattered Guan Fu again, and Guan Fu was even happier, beaming with joy, and immediately became hot with Wu Bei.They talked and laughed for a while, judged the pros and cons of the exercise, and rewarded the outstanding performance of the soldiers of both sides, and then they returned happily.

Liang Xiao bid farewell to Guan Fu, boarded Wu Bei's boat, and returned to Lushan by the way.

Seeing the Guan Fu on the shore getting smaller and smaller and gradually becoming unrecognizable, Liang Xiao turned his head and looked at Wu Bei and the soldiers behind him. "This time farewell, I don't know when we will meet next time."

"I hope it's not too fast, I'm afraid I won't have time to prepare." Wu was laughed.

Liang Xiao also laughed.What Wu was worried about was not that it was too late to develop Yizhou, but that he didn't want the development to reach that point.After all, going to sea is only a last resort choice, what he hopes most is to stay in the Central Plains, become a general and a minister, and become famous all over the world.If we look at the true face of history, his hope may not be realized at all, but now the history is different, Liang Xiao thinks, maybe there will be a day when it will be realized.

However, he didn't want to tell Wu Bei about this possibility.Once a person has a retreat, he will not go all out.If he knew that he had the opportunity to share the world with the emperor, Wu Bei might not be so attentive to the development of Yizhou.But for Liang Xiao, no matter how the situation in the Central Plains changed, he hoped that intellectuals like Wu Bei would retain a strong sense of adventure instead of staying at home and camping.

"Mencius said that life is born in sorrow and death is in peace. If there is no opponent, everyone will forget about it. Wu Jun, you have to fight the emperor. This is a great mission from heaven."

Wu was laughed and said nothing, but his eyes were a little more heroic.

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Back in the other courtyard on Lushan Mountain, Liu Ling had already prepared the relevant materials, and as soon as Wu Bei arrived, he immediately loaded the ship.Finally, Liu Ling handed a roll of blueprints to Wu Bei, and said solemnly: "Mr. Wu, this is the latest design of the building. After you arrive at Yizhou and settle down, you can modify it according to the drawings."

Wu was going to open the drawing, but found that the soap pouch was covered with sealing mud. Liu Ling obviously didn't intend to let him read it now.He was very puzzled and looked at Liu Ling suspiciously.

"This is the key to whether you can defend Yizhou." Liang Xiao pressed Wu Bei's hand. "With Mr. Wu's ability, it is not difficult to gain a foothold in Yizhou. Your real threat is not the native barbarians of Yizhou, but the sailors who fight across the sea. These designs allow you to win more with less and hold the sea defense line .”

Wu was understood, and quickly handed it to his cronies to put it away, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, people are here."

Liu Ling quickly said: "Wu Jun said seriously. I have no other meaning, but I just don't want to cause unnecessary trouble. After all, this is the design of a warship, not a facility like the Ping An Ship, so there is no sense of keeping it secret."

"Someone understands." Wu Bei cupped his hands again, said goodbye to Liang Xiao and Liu Ling, and sailed away.

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At present, Wu was disappeared between the water and the sky, Liang Xiao got on his horse and walked side by side with Liu Ling.

"There's news from Huainan that the river has breached again." Liu Ling said softly, "I don't know what the Son of Heaven is going to do this time, whether to sacrifice to the God of Taiyi again, or send someone to block the breach."

"It's useless to block it." Liang Xiao shook his head.

Liu Ling tilted his head, looking at Liang Xiao with a half-smile. "Why, you also agree that blocking is worse than sparse?"

Liang Xiao sighed softly, his eyes somewhat helpless.In his memory, the Yellow River, the mother river, is also a disaster river. It has been diverted many times in history, and Shandong has been hit by disasters repeatedly.But the crux of the Yellow River breach is not in the downstream, but in the upstream.The over-exploitation of the Loess Plateau and the Guanzhong Plain is the root cause of the continuous breach of the Yellow River.

"No, it doesn't matter whether it's blocked or sparse, I'm afraid it's a temporary solution rather than a permanent cure."

"How can we cure the symptoms?"

Liang Xiao shook his head. "I don't know either. Perhaps, this issue is more important than the gains and losses of the Qin government that Master Dong is currently studying. We should make overall arrangements, make a large research plan, and conduct on-site inspections before we can draw conclusions."

Liu Ling smiled and said, "Congratulations, your chance has come."

Liang Xiao was stunned for a moment. "what?"

Liu Ling smiled even more alluringly. "Wei Qihou has heard the news that he has sent an edict to the emperor, requesting that you be appointed to manage the river. It is estimated that in a few days, the emperor's edict will arrive, but I don't know how big a jade ring will be given this time."

Liang Xiao was startled, and immediately cursed. "This old man, is he trying to trick me?"
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(End of this chapter)