After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

At night, the light rain that was not very heavy before suddenly turned into heavy rain.

Jiang Yan's heart suddenly became heavy. He had originally planned to leave the city for a sneak attack and immediately stopped his action. Although Ning Ruyan only told him the approximate flood area, Nanyang happened to be the only place where flood discharges must pass. The Yangtze River is very close. Once the upper reaches of the Yangtze River breaks its banks, disaster will inevitably occur on this side.

"Master Marquis, why did you stop?" Fu Junli was in charge of guarding the city. He originally wanted to send people out of the city before going up to the tower, but the team stopped before the city gate was opened.

"The rain is too heavy. If it continues and the Yangtze River overflows, this place will definitely be flooded." Jiang Yan's face was solemn. "You have someone notify the people that they must move out overnight."

"what?"

"No, hurry up and evacuate to Cangzhou." Jiang Yan made up his mind in an instant, "I will give you two hours to inform everyone in the city. If you want to leave, we will follow the team. If you don't want to leave, don't worry. reluctantly."

"Yes." Although Fu Junli felt it was a bit exaggerated, he still obeyed the order firmly.

The people in Nanyang City actually didn't sleep, because this place is located in the south of the Yangtze River and rains frequently. Every year during this season, they pay great attention to it. Fortunately, large-scale floods have not happened in recent years, so everyone's life is still quite stable. of.

Therefore, when people from the Yamen informed everyone to evacuate, many people refused.

Of course, some people agreed. After all, the rain was indeed a bit evil.

But in the end, only about one-third of the people packed their things and prepared to follow.

Fu Junli saw that this was not going to work, so he could only continue mobilizing: "After we leave, Nanyang City will be empty. After all, it is impossible for the court to put the army here to take risks. By then, it will be dead, but everyone left with Li. Maybe there is still a way to survive.”

In the end, almost 70% of the residents left with the army, while the remaining 30% would not leave no matter what.

Xia Chunlin had always sent a stall to investigate around Nanyang City. Although it was raining heavily, with so many people acting together, it would naturally be noticed.

"Relocation?" Li Zhou frowned, "What is Jiang Yan doing?"

Xia Chunlin frowned and pondered, and after a long time he raised his head and looked at the scout: "Do you mean all the people are leaving or are only the troops leaving?"

"My subordinates saw many people dragging their families and families out of Nanyang City and heading north."

Li Zhou couldn't help but smile: "Is he going to abandon Nanyang City?"

"Going north..." Xia Chunlin tapped his fingers lightly on the table, "Abandon the city? How is that possible?"

"Why is that?" Li Zhou frowned, "We have evacuated all the people. Is it a plan to empty the city?"

Xia Chunlin shook his head: "This matter...why does it look so strange?" He said to the scout, "Continue to investigate, and report any situation."

The scout took the order and went down.

However, after the scout went out, he did not come back until dawn.

Everyone knows that if the scout does not come back at the specified time, it is basically in danger.

We could only continue to send scouts out, but after several scouts went out, none of them came back.

"This is a scam." Xia Chunlin suddenly stood up.

"Yeah." Li Zhou also noticed something was wrong, "What should we do now? Fight or not fight Nanyang City?" He paused and asked, "Is it because there is not enough food and grass that we are evacuating now?"

Xia Chunlin frowned and said nothing. It took him a long time to make a decision and send someone to attack the city.

The rain was so heavy that even walking was difficult, let alone attacking the city. Although the sight of the officers and soldiers guarding the city was not good, they only had to throw stones and arrows from the tower, which was relatively easy.

"My lord, we can't attack the city. This will undoubtedly hurt both sides. Let's wait until the rain stops." Li Zhou dissuaded anxiously.

Xia Chunlin also knew that this wouldn't work, but for some reason, he just felt uneasy in his heart. He always felt that something bad was going to happen. However, at this time, looking at the soldiers falling one by one, he could only retreat. make. At this time, it is at the north gate.

Jiang Yan was sitting on the horseback wearing a raincoat, watching the soldiers escorting the people out of the city in an orderly manner, slowly moving away from Nanyang City.

"Sir, it's almost dawn, let's go."

"Have everyone evacuated?"

"Those who were willing to follow us have all withdrawn."

Jiang Yan glanced at Nanyang City and sighed slightly. It wasn't that he wanted to give up those people, but he was really powerless. If they didn't leave, he couldn't carry them away, and he couldn't give up the country just for the sake of those few people. Some people's lives immediately turned around and said: "Let's go."

The sky slowly became brighter and the rain seemed to lighten a little.

After marching for most of the night, some people could no longer bear it, especially the old, weak, women and children.

Jiang Yan asked these people to get to the car. They had not reached the safe zone yet and could not stay for the time being.

Since the people have followed, they will naturally obey the arrangements.

Finally, at noon, the rain stopped completely, and Jiang Yan ordered a rest.

Because this place happens to be a high ground, you can look at Nanyang City in the distance.

"Are we leaving now?" An old woman cried and asked her child, "Can we come back?"

"Mom, you will be back."

"But where can I go after I leave?"

"That's right, my home is gone."

"Woooo..."

"There is no need for everyone to be so depressed." Fu Junli stood up and comforted loudly, "People move living trees and dead trees. Since our Lord Marquis asked us to leave, he will not ignore everyone. Moreover, he wants to save everyone."

"Why not fight the rebels?" someone questioned.

"Yes, are we going to give it up to the rebels?"

"The prince said that it was the prince who bewitched the emperor, so he rebelled against it..." The man had just finished speaking when his mouth was covered.

"It's not that we don't fight, but the flood is coming." Jiang Yan stood up and told everyone with his inner strength, "The rain this year is too heavy. The upstream dams cannot stop the flood, and Nanyang City will be flooded."

Everyone started whispering, not quite believing it.

Jiang Yan didn't explain too much. After all, he had sent people from the Ministry of Industry to investigate before. The dam upstream was in disrepair. Even if the local government was ordered to reinforce it, the news returned was not ideal. Those people were still there. It was perfunctory. If the rain had been lighter, I might have been able to survive it, but with such a heavy rain, it was impossible to survive it.

Fortunately, most people came out.

"Master Marquis, the rebels have entered Nanyang City." At this time, Li Qi rushed over.

"Keep on going." Jiang Yan nodded.

However, just as everyone got up to clean up, suddenly there was a rumbling sound in the distance. (End of chapter)