I am Da Song

Chapter 231
Several kilometers of dykes blocked the torrent of the flood, the warship docked smoothly, lowered the boat, and rescued three trapped civilians from the dyke.

Seeing this, Su Chi was overjoyed, and said to Yue Fei: "Master, you can call the army and civilians to come here to stock up on sand, fences, and stones."

Stationed near here is the Shenwu Youjun, the most elite lineage of the Great Song Dynasty, and the king's division brought out by Yue Fei.

Yue Fei immediately said: "The most dangerous part, of course, will be topped by our most elite soldiers. The order will be passed on, and the first, second, third, and fourth commanders of the Shenwu Right Army will immediately board the ship with sandbags on their backs, and go to the embankment to build it with all their strength." Embankment."

Su Chi went to the rope, boarded the boat himself, and said to Yue Fei: "Commander, it is extremely difficult to transfer every ounce of material on the embankment. I will personally go there to direct the formation of regulations as soon as possible, and fix the sand and stones, so as not to be thrown down and be thrown away." The current washes away. The people on both sides of the strait will be handed over to the command of the envoy, and they will be surrounded in the middle as soon as possible."

Yue Fei persuaded: "Su Shilang has the full power to supervise the river defense and go to the dangerous situation in person, what should I do if something goes wrong?"

Su Chi was firm, and said, "If more than [-] soldiers from the Shenwu Right Army can go ashore, I will naturally be able to go ashore. Every moment in the morning, if the gap is blocked, tens of thousands of people's lives downstream will be saved."

Yue Fei was deeply impressed by his devotion, so he said no more, "Shenwu Youjun will spare no effort to help Su Shilang stop the embankment from breaking. Su Shilang can give any orders directly."

Su Chi nodded solemnly, and then stepped onto the small boat. When the warship arrived near the embankment, he and the small boat were put down together, and then boarded the boat without hesitation to break through the waves and rushed onto the embankment.

Standing at the bow of the ship, Yue Fei could only see a figure stepping on the side of the stormy river dam in the wind and rain.

This figure is so small in front of the huge waves, but it gives everyone infinite confidence. Da Song will eventually rely on this small figure to block the rolling Yellow River, and manpower will eventually win the sky!

As this figure went to the front line in person, thousands of soldiers rushed up the several-kilometer-long embankment with great enthusiasm.

There was an endless stream of fleets, dozens of huge ships and hundreds of small boats formed a continuous line, sending a large amount of sand, stones, logs, and a large amount of steel bars to the front line.

Da Song's unparalleled financial and material resources exploded at this moment.

Not only are 10,000+ craftsmen working day and night to fill the dam on both sides of the broken embankment, but there is also a steady stream of wealth and supplies from the rear.

The government of the Song Dynasty purchased steel bars and iron bars directly from the people, and the private iron-smelting industry ushered in the most brilliant development.

After Su Chi and two thousand soldiers from the Shenwu Right Army arrived at the embankment, they immediately began to prepare to fill in the breach.

All the officers and soldiers of the Shenwu Right Army listened to his dispatch, and he ordered: "The materials here are all transported by ships, so every grain of sand is extremely precious, and there is no room for waste. According to my previous experience in water control, the sandbags are thrown directly. When they enter the river, they will be washed away in large quantities. But although the current is fast, it is difficult to push the rock."

"So try to weave steel bars and iron bars into fences, put them directly into the bottom of the water, and then quickly fill them with sandbags and logs."

The two thousand soldiers were ordered to take action immediately, and vividly showed Su Chi what it meant to be a strong army.

A group of people wove steel bars and iron bars into fences with bare hands. These powerful soldiers were so strong that they bent the steel with their own hands to form hooks and hook them together.

Then, in order to strengthen these steel fences, they were tied with a large amount of hemp rope, and the joints were firmly fixed.

Hundreds of soldiers chanted slogans and together lifted the heavy fence to the gap.

Su Chi shouted: "Now the river embankment has a breach area of ​​several miles, and the water flow near the bank is not too fast. After throwing it down, the fence should not be washed away. But to be on the safe side, someone needs to go down and fix the fence to the bottom of the river."

Dozens of soldiers rushed out immediately, shouting: "I am proficient in water skills, Su Shilang let me go down."

"I will go, I am strong and strong, and I will never lose."

"Don't fight, I'll go! I'm an officer, and I have the duty to lead the way."

Seeing a group of young soldiers who are desperate and eager to be the first, Su Chi was moved to tears. There are so many loyal and enthusiastic young soldiers in the Song Dynasty.
Soon the officer selected ten soldiers, took off their military uniforms, tied hemp ropes, and stood in line on the shore. With an order, all of them leaped into the water without hesitation while leaning on the fence.

Eleven soldiers disappeared into the torrent in an instant, without leaving even a bubble, and everyone was in tears.

Suddenly, a hemp rope seemed to lose all its weight, and floated down lightly with the current.

"No!"

"No!"

"Pull the rope! Save lives!"

The fluffy rope instantly became an unbearable weight for everyone, and countless soldiers holding the other end of the rope desperately pulled back the rope.

The soldiers tried their best, regardless of the muddy ground and heavy rain, they just wanted to fight for a possible result.

But what was pulled back was only half of the hemp rope with loose ends of thick threads, and the soldiers who broke at the other end disappeared completely.

Everyone clearly knows what this means.

In the heavy atmosphere, the soldiers who dived into the water showed their heads one after another, and were pulled back impatiently by the soldiers on the shore.

Eleven people went into the water and ten came back.

The leading officer spoke in a low voice, but very capable, and said: "Su Shilang, the fence has been fixed in the mud, but there are a lot of sand and gravel under the water, which can cut the ropes behind the soldiers, and may also cut off the hemp rope on the fence. "

Su Chi didn't have time to be sad, and immediately said: "We can't let down the precious time gained by the sacrifice of the soldiers, and immediately throw sandbags and stones down."

The soldiers were in high spirits, and they all went all out, not afraid of hardship at all.

A soldier often carries two or three bags of sandbags, strides like flying, and quickly throws the sandbags into the water.

With the hard work of thousands of soldiers, the dam was formed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The gap where the Yellow River broke its embankment is also rapidly narrowing.

After the filling process on the embankment was initially on the right track, Su Chi took a boat and left the embankment, and found Yue Fei who was instructing the civilians to fill the breach from both banks to the middle.

The Song Dynasty brought over 10,000 troops at one time, 10+ civilians, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians. They dared to change the sun and the moon into a new sky, and even had the ability to make the Yellow River easier to repair the broken embankment. Ants are generally busy on the embankment, and the repair process is extremely fast.

But Su Chi was not in any relaxed mood, and said to Yue Fei with a serious face: "Master, I am waiting here to repair the breach. Even if this place is successfully blocked, other places are still at risk of breaking the embankment."

(End of this chapter)