As of today, it is already the seventh day of the disaster!
Judging from the news received by the imperial court, the 20,000 Suzaku Army and 50,000 Xuanwu Army stationed in Julu and Handan, and the 150,000 Jiangdong soldiers only spent less than three days after receiving the edict from Longwei Mansion.
By that time, five routes had entered the boundaries of Taiyuan and Shangdang counties respectively.
Of course, the main reason for moving so quickly is that these four counties are basically adjacent to each other. Taiyuan County is next to Zhongjulu County, and Handan County is next to Shangdang County!
However, it can be said that Pang Ai, the governor of Julu County, was indispensable for being able to mobilize nearly 200,000 soldiers and civilians into the two most severely affected counties of Taiyuan and Shangdang so quickly.
From the fact that Julu City, the county seat of Julu County, was flooded by Dalu Ze, we can imagine that the disaster situation in Julu County was not much different from that in Taiyuan and Shangdang counties.
It was under such circumstances that Pang Ai, the 20,000 Suzaku Army stationed in Julu, not only stayed to rescue the floods in his own Julu County, but took the initiative to send it to Taiyuan County, which was in greater need of rescue. It must be said that Pang Ai's political consciousness was still
Very high.
This sudden flood is different from the drought in the first year of the second year. At least no one could die from the drought, right? After the food was gone, the court still had a lot of food, but this sudden flood would inevitably kill a large number of people.
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It is now July, the floods have just passed, the sun has come out, and the temperature has risen sharply!
Although on the one hand it does facilitate disaster relief, on the other hand it also intensifies the disaster situation. Because if the people who drowned in the flood cannot be cleaned and cremated, in such a hot and humid environment, they may die in a day or two.
rot.
Once large-scale corpses rot in flood-affected areas and are not handled properly, it is very likely that there will be a large-scale plague in the counties of Taiyuan and Shangdang.
Based on the current conditions of the Qin Dynasty, the flood would at best make the Qin Dynasty a little uncomfortable, but would not damage the muscles and bones; but once the plague really occurs, it is probably not just a simple matter of the muscles and bones of the Qin Dynasty.
The outbreak of plague in Taiyuan and Shangdang counties was what Hu Hai was most worried about.
The Qin Dynasty had only unified the world for more than 20 years, and obviously had no experience in dealing with large-scale floods, let alone early prevention of plagues. This was the main reason why he insisted on going north despite the opposition of five important ministers in the cabinet.
After all, there is no record of the plague in the historical materials of the Qin Dynasty, let alone any experience that can be used for reference. The only thing that can be used is Hu Hai's own experience from later generations to deal with it in a targeted manner.
Fortunately, neither Pang Ai, the Suzaku Army, nor the Xuanwu Army disappointed Hu Hai. There was no situation where everyone was sweeping their own troubles, and there was no slack in the disaster relief army.
This should be regarded as the best news Hu Hai heard after leaving Xianyang.
However, looking at the endless stream of refugees on both sides of the official road, what surprised Hu Hai was whether these refugees were from Hedong County or Shangdang County? In front of him was Pingyin County, Hedong County. The cabinet had already drafted the document when deploying disaster relief.
In each county, once refugees are found to be fleeing, each county must properly resettle them and cannot allow refugees to wander around the counties of Daqin.
This is a method that must be adopted to prevent the emergence of a plague that has not spread yet in flood-affected areas.
The first few days were fine. Although Hedong also suffered heavy rainfall, there were no major floods because the Yellow River burst its banks from Wu County and changed its course. At most, some weak houses were washed away and collapsed by the heavy rain.
But today, just after passing through Zuoyi County in Hedong County (near Yuncheng in Shanxi Province later), and only a hundred miles ahead was Pingyang County (near Linfen in later Shanxi Province) near the Yellow River in Hedong County, it was the first time that large-scale refugees appeared.
Judging from this scale, it seems that this refugee is just the first wave, and there must be a larger number of refugees heading south later.
What made Hu Hai confused was whether the refugees were disaster-stricken people from Pingyang County or Shangdang people who came all the way south from Shangdang into Hedong County. If they were Pingyang people, why did the official document submitted by Hedong to the cabinet not mention the Pingyang flood? Could it be Hedong?
Did the county cover up the report?
However, Hu Hai immediately rejected his speculation. The governor of Hedong County would never dare to lie to the court about such a major matter, not to mention that it was not only Hedong County that suffered from floods, and the court had never said that it would punish everyone for the floods.
County officials, if they conceal the report, it can only be said that the Hedong County Sheriff is looking for trouble. How can such a major event be concealed by concealing the report?
Then, the only explanation can only be that these refugees entered Hedong from Shangdang!
"Sir, I'll ask someone to drive these people away!?"
Seeing that the emperor was lost in thought for a while, and the large group of refugees reaching out to beg were getting closer and closer, with no more than twenty steps left, Long Yu could only ask for instructions in a low voice behind Hu Hai.
Long Yu's words immediately interrupted Hu Hai's meditation.
"Give all the food you bring to these refugees." Hu Hai looked at the frightened common people and said in a deep voice. After saying this, Hu Hai stopped talking and stared at the county soldiers who were walking on the official road.
Changlong, I don’t know what I’m thinking about.
Now that Hu Hai had spoken, Long Yu naturally obeyed immediately. Soon, dozens of Longwei Mansion guards dismounted and distributed the dry food and other items they carried to the people who had not yet gathered.
Fortunately, the guards of the Longwei Mansion were not easy to mess with at first glance, and the common people did not rob them when they saw the food.
"Where is this brother from?" Hu Hai stared at the team of county soldiers for a while, got off his horse and walked to a middle-aged man who was devouring food, and asked with a smile.
"Uh...ah..." Unexpectedly, whether it was because the middle-aged man was too hungry or because he was too focused on eating, he swallowed it.
Hu Hai's face changed and he said: "Water!"
Long Bing, who was following him, heard Hu Hai's words and quickly handed the water bag on his body to Hu Hai.
Seeing that the water bag in Hu Hai's hand had been swallowed, his eyes turned white. The middle-aged man, whose face turned red, seemed to have seen a life-saving straw. He grabbed the water bag in Hu Hai's hand and drank it in big gulps.
"you……"
Following Hu Hai, Long Xue, who was dressed as a man and stretched out his hand, did not expect this man to be so rude and scolded.
Hu Hai stretched out his hand to interrupt Long Xue's words and watched with a smile as the middle-aged man drained all the water in the water bag.
"Ha!" With the clear water, the bulge in the middle-aged man's throat was finally gone smoothly. He breathed in the long-lost air, and the middle-aged man couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!" The middle-aged man walked away from the gate of hell, and he naturally understood that if Hu Hai hadn't given him the water just now, he would have died.
"It doesn't matter! Where is this brother from?" Hu Hai waved his hand and said with a smile.
"Back to the young master, I am from Shangdang Tongtan (later Qin County, Shanxi)!" The middle-aged man naturally knew that the food in the hands of himself and others were given by the young master wearing a bamboo hat in front of him, not to mention just now She also saved his life, and now she knows everything she knows! (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)