Chapter 685

Hearing the promise and comforting words of Baili Jinxiu, Gong Xiaoxuan's mouth overflowed with a smile. He nodded and turned to walk towards the city gate. There were people and soldiers waiting for him.

The people of Jiangbei City all know how terrible the consequences will be once the River breaks through the dyke, so no one selfishly stays at home. Except for those who are infected with the plague and can't leave, as well as those old people, women and children, other people rush to the city gate after receiving the notice.

The soldiers Gong Xiaoxuan brought were well-trained. After settling the people one by one and distributing tools, Qi Qi waited for Gong Xiaoxuan at the gate of the city.

When Gong Xiaoxuan arrived at the gate of the city, he happened to see the people waiting for him. He laughed apologetically. Without time to explain, he took them to the river.

At present, there are two places that need to be reinforced along the riverside, one is the silt pond that he and Baili Jinxiu talked about earlier, and the other is a gap in the downstream where the dike has broken before.

If something goes wrong in this mud pond, the river will directly submerge the whole Jiangbei City. If something goes wrong in the downstream, only some residences near the river will be destroyed, and the consequences will be minor.

Therefore, in contrast, Gong Xiaoxuan divided his work into two groups. Most of the people followed him to reinforce the newly excavated dyke in the mud pond, while a small number of others followed a general to repair the dyke downstream.

It was noon, but the sky was already gloomy, as if it was going to be night. The people and soldiers along the river were still strengthening the embankment. Even Gong Xiaoxuan was too anxious to join the army.

"Mr. Wang, look at the weather. I'm afraid the heavy rain will come soon. I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up."

A somewhat obscene looking man approached Gong Xiaoxuan. He looked at the color of the day and said to Gong Xiaoxuan in a panic. But as soon as his words were frightened, the sky began to drop rain. But in a flash, it turned into a rain curtain, and then it turned into a pouring rain.

Gong Xiaoxuan took a look at the man beside him. He thought that the crow's mouth was really tight, but he also knew that the rain would rain no matter what, so he restrained his expression. Looking at the people and soldiers who were scared because of the sudden heavy rain, he said: "don't panic, we'll finish it soon. We'll be safe when we finish it in a hurry."

Gong Xiaoxuan's words are not used to comfort the people. What he said is true. Before, he had completed more than half of the projects with his soldiers by the river. Now the number of people is increasing rapidly, and everyone is working hard without any laziness. Naturally, they are working very fast.

People listen to Gong Xiaoxuan's words and look at the levee which is only one or two meters away. They put away their worries and concentrate on building the levee. After all, they have no other choice. If they don't reinforce the levee, they are joking about their own lives.

The torrential rain fell down from the sky. Because of the rain gathering around the river, the river water rose up little by little, but Gong Xiaoxuan's dike was still one meter away.

"How long will it last?"

The sound of the rain was so loud that Gong Xiaoxuan could only shout at the deputy general who was watching the water level. After hearing Gong Xiaoxuan's words, the deputy general quickly looked at the water level again and roared back: "Lord, there is still about a long time for incense."

A stick of incense... A little anxiety flashed in Gong Xiaoxuan's eyes. In another stick of incense time, the river will be overflowing. At that time, it will rush to the original bank of TA, and the current will rush to their new bank. They must reinforce the bank in this time, and then retreat to a safe place.

Looking at their present progress, Gong Xiaoxuan frowned. If it goes on like this, it's too late, but he can't go, so he began to boost his morale: "come on, everyone. There's still a little time for the water to smell. We have only a little bit left. We can go back to Jiangbei City and have a rest. We'll have more food then!"

The common people listened for a while, but what they were concerned about was gong Xiaoxuan's last word "add meal". For a moment, his morale increased greatly. Gong Xiaoxuan watched the gap about one meter rise rapidly. In less than half a column of incense, the gap had been completely repaired.

A smile flashed in Gong Xiaoxuan's eyes, and the soldiers quickly gathered together. Their task was successfully completed, and they could go back to Jiangbei City and wait for the storm to pass.

But after a while, a general ran over and yelled in the rain, "Lord, all the people here are here, but the people who went downstream to reinforce the dike have not come back, and no one has come to deliver any news."

When the officer said that, Gong Xiaoxuan remembered that there were still some people sent by him to repair the dyke downstream, but the water level in the river was about to flood the old dyke. Looking at the slowly rising river, Gong Xiaoxuan's mood at the bottom of his eyes was very complicated.

However, the current situation did not allow Gong Xiaoxuan to think more. He quickly pulled over two soldiers and said, "arrange someone to take these people back to Jiangbei City, and the other soldiers will follow me downstream."

In this bad weather, the gap between the soldiers and the common people is reflected. After such a lot of work, some people have been panting in the heavy rain, while the soldiers are still the same as before, and there is no discomfort. It can be seen that the physical quality is still stronger. The two generals heard Gong Xiaoxuan's command and went to execute it. But a few minutes later, some soldiers led the people to go back to Jiangbei City, while Gong Xiaoxuan took a group of soldiers to go downstream by the boiling river. In this heavy rain, the visibility is quite low, so Gong Xiaoxuan and others can only follow the previous memory and walk towards the gap of the bank dike, and the river beside the bank dike is only a little bit away, and then it may overflow. 1; 150850295305065 "everyone, come on, there's only a little bit left. It's almost finished! Hold on Gong Xiaoxuan fumbled for half a sound in the heavy rain, and finally heard the voices of the people. He hurried to the place where he made the sound, and Gong Xiaoxuan's original heart was finally released, as long as nothing happened. When Gong Xiaoxuan walked in, he could see the situation beside the bank. The bank had been destroyed before, so it was covered with sticky mud. Now people are building the bank with stones and earth on the sticky mud, and the bank is only one part short of completion. Looking at the progress, Gong Xiaoxuan directly waved his hand and signaled the soldiers to come to help, while the deputy general who followed Baili Jinxiu consciously went to observe the water level. Gong Xiaoxuan also went to the responsible general in the downstream and praised him directly: "well done, I will be rewarded after I go back."