The climate at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was very extreme. In summer, the sun was scorching the earth, and it was almost thirty degrees or even forty degrees. It was sweating all over and was bare-armed and felt hot, let alone war.

Therefore, large-scale battles are rarely carried out in summer, and there are difficulties in marching, difficulties in transporting baggage, and too many mosquitoes.

Lu Bu originally led 30,000 Danyang soldiers to Chenliu and Zhentian Camp to meet, but was still preparing.

Zhuge Jin sent a message that the water volume in the upper reaches of the Yellow River has surged, and some sections of the river are at risk of dam collapse.

Qingzhou is sparsely populated, but the consequences of dam collapse are terrible.

When Lu Bu saw that this was a problem, stop fighting, go north to rescue disasters.

"The Gongtai is optimistic about his home in Xuzhou, so I lead my army to rescue the disaster."

The fire and water are ruthless, Chen Gong was a little worried: "Lord, let Zhang Hemen, plus the city defense camp, and the soldiers of the city patrol camp go to rescue the disaster."

Lu Bu shook his head: "I understand Zhuge Jin. If it weren't for the critical situation, he wouldn't have asked for help. The city defense camp only had 3,000 people, and Zhang He's team only had 8,000 people, mainly because the number of small boats was too small. What's more, the rivers around Jinan County were densely covered, and the Yellow River collapsed, and floods would occur everywhere. I have to take us to reserve disaster relief boats to help the people."

"Okay, then lord, go quickly. The boat has been reserved for many years and there are quite a lot of people."

Xuzhou alone reserves thousands of small boats, and the life-saving boat is a little larger than the carriage, and it just happened to be fixed to the carriage with a rope.

Lu Bu transferred a thousand carriages, and each of the 30,000 Danyang soldiers prepared more than 100 kilograms of grain on the back seat of the iron horse. The carriers carried their luggage, and the brigade set off.

The march was still very fast, and we marched in the morning and afternoon, and we were resting at lunch, and we marched more than a hundred miles a day.

The post station along the road was well prepared and arrived in Jinan County in a few days.

When I arrived at Lu Bu, Jinan County, my heart was cold. The high ground was fine, but the water in the low-lying land was deep.

"It hasn't rained heavily recently, where did the heavy water come from?"

"We don't know about Cao Cao's territory when we return to the lord, but it rained heavily near Baima in Guandu, southern Jizhou. The slope is relatively large and the water has flowed down. When it reaches the lower reaches, the situation of the Yellow River hanging in the Yellow River is relatively serious, so this situation occurs. It's all because I haven't put a lot of effort into building the river embankment in the past few years."

"Tiyu doesn't have to blame himself. You have done well enough. Qingzhou has insufficient manpower after all. The way of heaven is impermanent and cannot be fought against by human power. Let's do our best. What's the situation now?"

Zhuge Jin pulled the map: "There are more than a hundred miles of disasters, and there are about sixty villages along the way. Most of the villagers have been moved out, and there are still a small number of left-behind. Due to the shortage of small boats, Zhang He's army can only watch, not to mention that they have to prevent Cao's army from attacking. Now the lord has brought the boat to come, so he will quickly transfer the people out and settle down. Wait until the river water disappears before rebuilding."

Lu Bu led a lot of troops, but there were only more than 1,000 small boats. Each boat arranged four soldiers wearing cork armor and joined the local patrol army to enter the flood area to rescue the people.

Linjia Village is located in a low-lying area more than 100 miles north of Jinan County. The scenery is usually rich in water and geese and ducks in the village, so it lives a wealthy life.

Lin Danda is in his thirties this year and is a well-known goose breeder in the village. Because the goose eggs they raise are big, they get such a name.

As early as five days ago, the government shouted that the Yellow River embankment might collapse and asked the village to move it quickly.

The villagers were careless. Most of them thought that the Yellow River was dozens of miles away from here, mainly because it had not rained much recently, and no one believed that the flood would come to the village.

The night before yesterday, when I was sleeping until midnight, I suddenly rang the gong like crazy, calling everyone to retreat to a high place.

Most of the people evacuated, but Lin Dadan and his family thought about transferring Goose eggs. As a result, the two adults and two children were trapped in the family. As soon as the flood came, they reached their chests. Fortunately, it was not rushing, so the whole family went to the roof.

His house was built in bluestone and was relatively sturdy, and was trapped by four people.

When I saw it at dawn, I was stunned. There was a vast ocean all around me, and my big goose had already disappeared.

Lin Dan relied on his ability to do so and ventured back to the house to rescue more than a dozen goose eggs. Of course, robbing goose eggs at this time is not for money, but for survival, so it is impossible for people not to eat.

It was these dozen goose eggs that saved the family's lives. The four of them used branches to shade the roof, endured hard during the day, and hugged each other at night.

But the water has not subsided.

The adults were fine, but the children couldn't stand it anymore, and they were frightened by hunger and began to have a fever.

Lin Dan thought he could not wait any longer, so she said to her wife: "The bed is still there in the house. I will dismantle the bed board. Our family of four will float down the water. It should be possible to get to the dock in a short distance. This may lead to survival. If you stay on the roof, it may be difficult to survive."

"I can only do this. I think I will die if I continue like this."

Lin Danda was about to go into the house again to remove the bed board. Suddenly the child pointed not far away: "There is a boat, and a boat is here."

Lin Dan looked up and Yanran found that the Xuzhou flag was floating on the bow of the boat.

"Hi, here, here. Here."

He got off the boat and rushed over quickly, and the two boats took the four people away.

"Come, fellow villager, drink water." A strong man handed over a kettle.

Lin Danda was not willing to drink first, and licked his thirsty lips: "Give it to the child first."

More than a dozen small boats searched carefully in the village, and saved more than 30 people and moved them to nearby resettlement sites. The rescued villagers hugged their heads and cried.

There are more than 400 people in the village, and there are still about 350 people. The rest are gone without thinking about what is going on.

The big-mouth officer who led the team comforted everyone: "Don't worry, everyone, the tent, food and clothes are delivered, and we will temporarily resettle them. When the water recedes, we will rebuild our homes. There is no difficulty that will stump us."

Li Zheng introduced to everyone: "This is General Wenhou Lu, everyone will pay homage to the general."

Everyone was stunned. Unexpectedly, Lu Bu would come to save them. You must know that water and fire are ruthless, and Lu Bu's daughter-in-law actually took risks for the common people.

Everyone saluted: "Thank you, General Lu."

"Everyone doesn't need to be polite. The more we get to this point, the more we should be humble and polite to each other. Anyone who dares to rob supplies and cause trouble will be rectified on the spot."

"Don't worry, General, we will give in to each other."

Lu Bu issued this military rule, because whenever there is a disaster, there will always be some people snatching things or even women. If this is not specified, when the materials are distributed, the large households can survive, while the small households cannot be separated.

There are so many people who work hard, and the work efficiency of a thousand small boats is still very high. They rescued all the trapped people in two days.

But things are far from over. Tents are settled, supplies are distributed, and medical staff are rescued.

The villagers are ignorant when burying drowned poultry and livestock. They don’t know that these things are poisonous and always think that eating them is very likely to cause plague.

Lu Bu returned to the city after two days in the first tier. It was not that Lu Bu was unwilling to be on the front tier. It was because Lu Bu was the highest-ranking person in Xuzhou.

Once Lu Bu left, Zhuge Jin and Zhang He had too much security pressure. In order to relieve them, Lu Bu still returned to the city.

Lu Bu was also an idle person, and Xu Shitou wore casual clothes and walked on the street.

At this time, Jinan City had already begun to take shape, which was different from the city full of cattle and horse manure a few years ago. Now the roads are clean and crowded with people. There are shops on both sides, and hawkers walking and selling goods are constantly shouting.

"Tofu, hot, tofu." A melodious hawk was heard.

Suddenly the vendor was stunned when he saw Lu Bu, and then put down his burden and bowed: "The villain met the general."

Lu Bu looked carefully and found that he was a middle-aged man in his thirties and had no impression of him.

"Are you a retired army?"

"That's right, the head of the Little Man Iron Horse Army, the former General Gao's headquarters, retired the year before yesterday."

"You are not old, why have you retreated?"

Lao Jun raised his left hand, which was a wooden arm.

"When Jizhou attacked the city, it was cut off by the enemy, and I was lucky enough to save my life. General Gao asked me if I was willing to stay in the team to feed the pigs and would be willing to go home. The villain had a wife and children at home, so he came back."

Lu Bu was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.

He patted the old army on the shoulder, and once the general succeeded, he had no blood and sacrificed in the war.

"How is the business? Can you support your family?"

"When I go back to the general, the villain has a lot of military achievements. In fact, I can't be hungry even if I'm idle at home. But in my life, I have to do something, so I opened a tofu shop."

"Okay, if you have any difficulties, just go to the government. We will not forget every old army."

Lu Bu continued to move forward, and the man who was repairing shoes at the entrance of the alley next to him raised his hands as his chest. This was also an old soldier.
Chapter completed!