"Wow, wow..."
It was getting dark, and several fast boats were moving forward in the middle of the country.
Huang Chengyan worriedly opened a roll of oilcloth, on which the topography and town distribution of Jiangxia were drawn. He made gestures on the drawing with his hands, then pointed to the front and said: "There, a little further ahead, there is a village!"
It was inconvenient to light the torch at night, so the young general Cao Zhen looked forward, but saw nothing. He said disdainfully: "My uncle is really kind. My brothers have been fighting for a whole day and they still have to save people. It's all water, where can it go?" save!"
Huang Chengyan sighed. He was old and his eyesight was not as good as Cao Zhen's. When he looked forward, he couldn't see anything, which made him even more anxious.
Could it be that this village also...
Cao Zhen dragged his fat body and knocked on the bow of the ship with his sword, making a clanging sound. At the same time, he shouted: "The great prime minister sent me to rescue the flood. Is there anyone in front who can kick the air?"
This arrogance is not like rescue, but obviously charity. Huang Chengyan is dissatisfied, knowing that he and Cao Jun are on the same side after all.
As he was shouting, a female voice with a voice like jade suddenly sounded from the bow of the boat.
"There is someone over there!"
But it was Da Qiao, dressed in men's clothing and veil, who spoke.
Cao Zhen looked at her a few more times, but he couldn't see anything special about this woman. He only knew that this person was taken care of by his uncle.
After seeing Cao Wu go back and block the river embankment with his own eyes, Cao Zhen admired Cao Wu extremely. Since it was arranged by his uncle Cao Wu, he would just take care of her. However, this woman was bossy and always liked to give orders, which made him unhappy.
He impatiently directed the ship in the direction pointed by Da Qiao Qing Congyu.
There is an old tree here, but there is a faint cry for help. The voice is small, it is a child calling.
"Aniang, Aniang, someone is coming..."
Cao Zhen took the torch first and saw a little girl holding a thin branch on the old tree and crying to herself.
The branch was too thin and could not bear the weight of the child. Cao Zhen looked down and was shocked.
In the water, a round ball with black hair was exposed there. It took a long time to carefully identify it, and then it turned out to be a person.
Cao Zhen immediately took the torch and looked up and down, and finally figured out the situation.
It turned out that there was a mother and daughter hiding in the tree. The water got higher and higher, and finally submerged the woman's body. The woman lifted the child up, leaving only her head exposed.
Da Qiao shouted softly: "Help!"
While Cao Zhen was thinking, he was startled by Da Qiao. He looked back and saw a pair of firm eyes. He knew that he did not have to obey Da Qiao, but he saw a kind of superior majesty in her, and still sent people to save people.
The soldiers helped each other, saving the little girl first, but they pulled her but didn't.
It turned out that her mother-in-law was still holding on to the child and refused to let go.
Cao Zhen frowned. He went to check the woman's breathing in person and was horrified: "Dead?"
"You're dragging your child with you to death?"
The soldiers were also shocked.
Huang Chengyan reacted, silently opened the woman's fingers, and carried the little girl onto the boat.
The little girl was happy to see the savior, but found that no one was going to save her mother, so she struggled and shouted: "Aniang, Aniang, save Aniang!"
Da Qiao sighed and was about to come over to say something, but Cao Zhen had already taken the child.
He said hurriedly: "It doesn't matter. My uncle also saved his parents from death when he was young... But fortunately, he has a foster father..."
Halfway through his words, he felt that this was not comforting at all, and he couldn't help scratching his head anxiously.
Cao Zhen's surname was Qin. His father died to save Cao Cao, and Cao Cao adopted him as his adopted son. Losing a loved one at a young age was a pain in his heart.
He is not a saint, and just now he was thinking of rescuing in vain, but now he sees the same bereaved child, how can he not feel sad, and his hard heart has melted.
In the end, Da Qiao took the child, held it in his arms, and comforted it.
When she looked up again, she found that the mood of the soldiers on the ship had changed.
Cao Zhen rescued the woman's body and confirmed that she was dead, then reluctantly gathered it aside.
Although Cao Zhen was young, he was used to seeing corpses on the battlefield. When he saw this man's stiff arms, he was still in a bad mood.
This woman may have died a long time ago. On this flooded winter night, the cold clothes could not block the bone-chilling cold.
At the last moment of her life, she failed to wait for any miracle, but left the chance of life to her children.
Those stiff arms held the child up until the rescuers arrived.
"What a sin!"
Huang Chengyan turned his back and lived in seclusion all his life. After all, he could not forget his love, and tears flowed from his muddy eyes.
Cao Zhen raised his sword, cut a gap in the side of the ship, and said sternly: "Sir Zhou Yu, when I, Cao Zidan, step into Wu County, I will take your head!"
Da Qiao's heart thumped, and her heart was filled with guilt.
Before the battle, Zhou Yu asked her many times whether she could use a strategy that would harm Tianhe.
At that time, she only thought that this strategy was aimed at Cao Jun, and didn't think much about it. Now that she thinks about it, hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangxia were affected by the disaster, and she was the reason.
He couldn't help but resent himself, and was also angry with Zhou Yu. His originally determined heart for the sake of Jiangdong's Sun family gradually grew cold.
Cao Zhen raised his sword again and said: "Listen, everyone, we are indeed tired today, but the rescue of people is extremely urgent. Can we please be patient and listen to Mr. Huang's instructions to save more people?"
The soldiers looked at the dead mother, each thought of their own family, and shouted: "Here!"
…
During the day, Zhou Yu's two thousand remaining soldiers passed by Xiakou from the Yangtze River and saw the tall city of Xiakou.
In order to guard Xiakou, Liu Bei had been preparing for nearly two months. When Zhou Yu passed by, he could still see busy figures on the city wall.
However, Zhou Yu's fleet did not enter Xiakou and continued eastward along the Yangtze River.
Ling Tong came over and asked in confusion: "Captain, don't we go to Xiakou to rest for a while?"
Zhou Yu shook his head: "The river will eventually flood Xiakou, which is already a dead city. But it seems that Duke Xuande can hold on for more than a year. The chance of Jiangdong's turnaround depends entirely on Duke Xuande."
Ling Tong looked at the Xiakou City Wall getting further and further away, his eyes narrowed.
His father died in the battle to conquer Jiangxia. Now that Huang Zu was finally killed, Cao Cao came again. After all, Jiangxia only occupied the land south of the Yangtze River. It seemed that it still couldn't get the land north of the Yangtze River.
Ten thousand of the most elite navy troops went out to fight, and now only these are left. He was angry in his heart and said cruelly: "Now Jiangxia is a vast country, so that Cao Cao knows that the Jiangdong Army is not easy to mess with!"
"Exactly!"
Seeing that Ling Tong could carry it clearly, Zhou Yu nodded in approval.
Ling Tong asked again: "Then why don't we go to Jiangnan and rest at General Boyang's place?"
General Boyang was Sun Ben who was stationed in Chaisang. Chaisang and Nanchang were all good cities south of the Yangtze River and had not been affected by floods. Chaisang was an outpost during Huang Zu's western expedition. It was a large city with enough for them to have more than two thousand people. People supply.
The morale of their remaining soldiers was extremely low, and even the brave Ling Tong felt that he needed to rest.
But the second location he mentioned was still denied by Zhou Yu.
"Let's not go to Chaisang, let's go to Hefei!"
Zhou Yu smiled.
"Hefei?"
Ling Tong was surprised. He was Zhou Yu's direct descendant. He had always followed Zhou Yu in battles and thought of Zhou Yu in everything.
Hefei was Cheng Pu's war zone, and the lord Sun Quan was also supervising the war there. The last time they received news from Hefei, the city had not yet been captured.
As a veteran, Cheng Pu was not convinced by Zhou Yu. Now that Zhou Yu was defeated, wouldn't he be humiliating himself by going to Hefei?
Zhou Yu nodded: "Go to Hefei. Before the flooding, Xiakou City could not be defended at all. Now that Cao's army has been frustrated and morale is low, Xiakou can be delayed for a year and a half. Tell the lord about this matter so that the lord can strengthen his confidence. , we must capture Hefei. In this way, Cao's army attacks Xiakou, and we take the opportunity to capture Jianghuai, lose the west and gain the east, wouldn't we regain the capital to conquer the world!"
"What the Governor said is absolutely true!"
Ling Tong was overjoyed and prostrated himself on the ground. Zhou Yu was not discouraged by his defeat and was still thinking about conquering the world. How could Ling Tong not admire him.
