Chapter 534: Countdown
Zhou Heng did not dare to delay and quickly walked to Ning Wang.
He still admires Ning Wang very much. This man had just undergone a major operation and didn't eat anything. He sat upright at this moment and could not see any serious injury at all. This calm attitude is worthy of admiration.
"Have you met Your Highness Ning!"
King Ning waved his hand and signaled Zhou Heng to get closer.
"The staff here will be able to come up soon. I wonder how those horses will be rescued. Do you have a perfect solution?"
Zhou Heng paused. He really wanted to say that even if someone came up, he would be considered a great victory.
However, Zhou Heng knew that these horses were the lifeblood. The Datong garrison was not all cavalry. These thousand horses were important combat preparations and must not be given up easily.
"Your Highness, people can be transported, but horses cannot do it. I think they can go in two steps. First, send some grass down to ensure the survival of the horses. A few people can be left behind to guard the horses so that the horses will not panic.
After that, either dig a road and catch the surviving horses, or clear the dam, and then follow the original road to the valley."
King Ning thought about it and looked at Zhou Heng. After all, after hearing Zhu Yunmo's report, he knew the harm of the current landslide lake, and he couldn't help but frown.
"Wouldn't this damming lake be even more dangerous if it is not disposed of?"
Zhou Heng nodded, looked up at Zhu Yunmo, and instantly realized that they had discussed this matter. Zhou Heng naturally had nothing to keep. Now, the top of the mountain is the safest place.
"The dam lake must be dealt with. When we came up just now, I carefully looked at the location of the exit of the valley on the east side. The height of the road on the cliff was almost the same as that on the road, and there was continuous falling rocks and mud and sand rolling down there. In addition, the rise of the river water will overflow the dam of the dam lake until the evening.
At this time, water and mud will form a new mudslide and pour down. The villages and fields exiting the east side of the valley will be out of stock. If we wait until the natural dam breaks, it is better for us to divert a small amount of flow. The impact and destructive power of the small stream will be reduced. However, this matter requires evacuation of the people to high and low first, and time is very tight."
Zhu Yunmo seemed to want to say something, and King Ning reached out to stop him and said quickly:
"You just said that the damming lake must be disposed of, that is, we can artificially divert the water?"
Zhou Heng nodded, but unexpectedly, King Ning's insights were indeed different. He suddenly discovered the key to the problem. The best way now is to divert it, but this is also very dangerous.
"It can be done. One way is to go up and cover the blocked stones with ropes. Then, the manpower and the flying balls work together to pull the stones down. This way, a gap appears. The water flow will not be large at the beginning, but it will gradually become large, but the people involved will be very dangerous.
Another type is to fly the ball over, then throw down our specially made earth thunder and explode that place. This one is relatively safer without anyone going down, but it is just a waste of money."
Ning Wang gave in. He didn't understand what this money was like for a while. Zhu Yunmo waved his hand quickly. He knew very well about the matter and quickly explained to Ning Wang:
"My father doesn't know anything. We have studied a lot of things used with flying balls, including incendiary bombs, iron eggs, and earth thunder. Each of these costs a lot. Zhou Heng was just worried that the amount of this would not be small, so he wasted money."
King Ning waved his hand, "If you have nothing to do, just use this latter method. We have the money, and reducing casualties is the right way."
Zhou Heng nodded immediately. The boss is not afraid of wasting money, what are we afraid of? Besides, if this thing is wasted, it is not only his own, but also the prince's.
"Okay, then I'll make arrangements now, but it's best to wait until the diversion is not right. After all, you have to confirm that the people have been transferred first, otherwise even if the diversion water and stones roll down, it will be very dangerous."
Ning Wang nodded, very much agreeing with Zhou Heng's statement. He looked up and saw that more and more people were rescued from the edge of the cliff. It was enough to see more than half of them. He glanced at Zhu Yunmo.
"I ordered ten strong and strong people to leave them all the dry food, so that they could take care of their horses, and then they would start to clear the river at the bottom of the valley before they could, so that they could bring the horses out."
Zhu Yunmo nodded quickly and called Pang Qi and Pang Ba. They went to inform each group of preparations respectively. Just when Qu Ziping was carrying a man in armor, he ran towards Zhou Heng and the others.
Zhou Heng quickly reminded him, and King Ning turned his head and stood up quickly.
The other party had already walked closer. Zhou Heng recognized that the man in armor was the youngest son of General Cang at a glance, and this person quickly saluted King Ning.
"The Imperial Guard General Cangde Camp paid a visit to His Highness Ning. I will ask Your Highness to forgive me in the future!"
Ning Wangxu helped him and smiled at Cangdeying.
"Come on, please get up quickly. General Cang Zhonglang has worked hard all the way. It is not easy to march so quickly. I am very grateful."
Cangdeying was stunned, with a panic on his face. You know, when he was in the capital, he heard many rumors about the Ning King, especially the left and right guards were controlled by General Su, who was even more under King Ning. How strict that person was, King Ning was naturally even better.
He quickly bowed, his attitude on his face became even more humble, and he glanced at the person on the edge of the cliff. There were hundreds of people here.
"The general felt guilty. Seeing that the people in the army had already come up, is it too late for us?"
King Ning looked at the man and nodded slightly. Since this man was Su Hexiong's subordinate, he naturally would not have any other thoughts. He quickly waved his hand and said:
"Don't say that. It's already scarce to arrive here day and night. Otherwise, you might as well take a break. I have sent Datong Army to clear the villages at the exit of the east side of the valley. You can participate after resting."
Cangdeying quickly hugged his fists.
"Your Highness just give you instructions. There is no need to rest for the job. We have already rested ten miles away this morning and are competent. Please allow us to participate in the cleaning up the people."
Ning Wang nodded, since he said this, there is no need to be pretentious.
"Okay, Pang Qi accompanied General Cang Zhonglang with him. He had already gone to the valley entrance with the general. There were many villages there. We wanted all the personnel to quickly evacuate to Taoer Mountain, bring a few carriages, and transport people with limited mobility by carriage. In two hours, the landslide lake will be blown up here."
Cangdeying quickly knelt on one knee, "The last general will take the order."
Pang Qi quickly clasped his fists and ran towards the direction of the imperial guards with Cangde Camp. Two hours were really time-consuming, so many people needed to be relocated, and the task was arduous.
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Eastern foot of Maya Mountain, outside the valley.
Pang Qi and Cangde Camp rode their horses to catch up with the general's team. Pang Qi quickly asked with his fists:
"The General Sui didn't know how many villages have been cleaned?"
The general tightened the reins and spat, with annoyed look on his face, and said with a whip and pointed to the east side.
"Don't mention, we just left two hundred people to evacuate Zhengbianbao Village on the east side, but the people did not cooperate and were forcibly driving away with people. There were seven villages in a row to the southeast. We were about to go over."
Cangdeying thought for a while and said:
"We have a total of 1,700 people left on both sides, so two hundred people are responsible for a village. The remaining 300 people are here to spread out along Taoer Mountain and set up road guides to ensure that all the people can stay away?"
General Sui nodded. He had never thought about such a distribution, but it would be good if someone helped him, so he hurriedly hugged his fists.
"You're still thinking carefully, then every main general leads the team. If there is no one, the leader will apologize for his death!"
Cang Deying pursed his lips and nodded vigorously, "Okay, let's arrange it like this. Two hours later, the mud and sand flood will come. If you and I cannot complete this task, you and I will have no face to live. We are not familiar with this place. Please follow the general to be responsible for the road guide. I will take people to evacuate the five villages in the back."
The general clasped his fists and his face was a little excited. The warrior didn't have any gorgeous words, he just clasped his fists.
"I'm working hard, I'll give you five people. They are more familiar with this place. At least each village can call out the names, and the local dialects are more familiar, which will help you. The end of this place, I, Lao Sui, invite you to drink and eat roasted lamb, let's go!"
Cangdeying laughed, "Okay, I'm sure, but I want to drink Wuliangye!"
After saying that, Cangdeying took Pang Qi and everyone to ride away. General Sui was stunned and turned around to look at the person beside him.
Chapter completed!