Weinan County wasn't very far from the Li Family Zhuangzi. It was more than 70 li away.
They needed to cross a river.
The Winged Knights didn't wear light armor or carry too much weight. They didn't carry crossbows, bows, or arrows. It was considered a normal march.
The three of them took turns to carry a shovel or pick. The other things were loaded in the car.
The car was also loaded with tents and food for the horses.
In the past, the Winged Knights would carry 20 kilometers of full weight every ten minutes. Li Yi had provided a way to count the kilometers.
Now that they were farther away, they carried less weight.
Li Yi didn't pursue speed. In the heavy rain at night, the Non-commissioned Officer ran very energetically.
"Don't get wet. The Winged Knights will run over. Just treat it as training. Don't rush into the houses or people."
Li Yi sat in the car and kept muttering.
He didn't want to bring people over to provide disaster relief. It would be best if he found that there were no major problems and then helped to repair the houses.
Li Yi took out a lot of rechargeable flashlights for the team to use.
The Winged Knights didn't run very fast. Li Yi felt that they could cover a kilometer in five minutes.
It was fine to maintain this speed, even if it was a kilometer in six minutes or ten kilometers in an hour.
They reached their destination in three hours. The Tang dynasty was less than 500 meters.
If the Winged Knights couldn't even finish a three-hour march in the heavy rain, they would be useless.
Li Yi felt that he could get off the car and run, but he didn't.
He was going to save people. Drowning people were secondary. More importantly, people with scratches in the water would be troublesome if their wounds got infected.
The team didn't talk as they ran. They just listened to the sound of their footsteps. It was booming when they were far away, but it was piapia when they were close.
"Don't worry. Save your energy and adjust your breathing …"
After an hour, Li Yi wandered in the car and took a nap. He looked at his watch and shouted through the car's loudspeaker.
The team still didn't make a sound. The footsteps were still so orderly.
However, the people running at the front kept switching back and forth. They were considered to be in the lead, and the others just had to follow the rhythm. Being in the lead was the most stressful.
None of the infantrymen of the Tang dynasty knew about this, and Li Yi specifically taught it to the Winged Knights.
It was easier to deal with a large army, but if a small army of a hundred or so people did not adjust their leaders, it would affect their combat effectiveness.
Half an hour later, the group arrived at a village in Weinan County. There was indeed water in the village, and in some places, the water was up to their ankles.
However, the Wei River didn't burst, and it was still filled with water.
The people in the village had low standards. Now, they were groping around in the dark to find something to block their way.
If the water entered the house and soaked in it for a long time, the house would be ruined.
The village chief, Zheng Dalin, did not sleep. He led his men to check the situation from house to house. He held an alcohol lighter and a candle in his hand.
He was the village chief and also the wealthiest person in the village.
It was because he was rich that he was chosen to be the village chief. The large families in the area had the surname Qin. Many of them combined were not as rich as Zheng Dalin's family.
"Xiao Yi is a widow in the west of the village. She's the only one. Bring two children and go take a look. Why is it raining in winter?"
Zheng Dalin did not care about his image at all and directly called her a widow.
A group of people surrounded him and rushed to the west of the village.
When they arrived, some people were holding lanterns and umbrellas. They could vaguely see someone running out. Then, the house collapsed, and the splashing water reflected the light of the lanterns.
At this moment, they saw a woman holding a child in each of her arms. Her back was facing the direction of the house.
"Xiao Yi, don't be afraid. We're coming." Zheng Dalin shouted. He did not care about anything else and rushed out from under the umbrella.
He was rich and could bribe the village chief. However, he did not have much influence in the local area. The people there were from the Qin family.
Therefore, he had to pay more to gain the support of the villagers. Otherwise, he would be taken down.
When the house collapsed, the water was pushed up and surged, covering a woman and two children in an instant.
In an instant, it retreated and surged again.
Zheng Dalin ran over and stood between the three people and the house. He opened his arms and half-squatted to withstand the waves.
"Wah ~ ~" The two children were so scared that they cried. The woman comforted them in a low voice.
"Xiao Yi, let's go to another place. It's too low here. When we rebuild the house, we have to pad it up. At least two feet high. The village will build it for you."
Zheng Dalin was afraid that the woman would think about the house, so he first talked about repairing it.
The others also ran over and helped carry the children and shelter them from the rain.
Under the light of the lanterns, the woman used her hand to stroke the hair that covered her face and smiled. "Thank you, everyone. It's okay, it's okay. I can do it. I can do it alone."
When everyone looked at her, there was pity in their eyes.
Zheng Dalin was about to speak when everyone felt the ground tremble. At the same time, there was a rumbling sound.
They were stunned. What was that sound? Was it a breach? A flood? No, the sound was too uniform.
While they were in a daze, a bunch of light shone over. They raised their hands to block their eyes.
"Report, there's someone outside. One of the houses collapsed." The soldier at the front who was looking with a flashlight shouted first.
Following closely behind, the sound was transmitted to Li Yi's car.
"Get ready to poach people." Li Yi shouted through the loudspeaker in the car.
"Get ready to poach people." "Get ready to poach people." "Get ready to poach people."
Li Yi's order was transmitted back.
The team at the front had arrived.
"How many people are in the house?" The battalion commander who shouted just now pointed his flashlight at the water and asked loudly.
"There's no one, just the three of them. A widow and two children ran out first," Zheng Dalin shouted excitedly.
He saw the word on the person's chest. It was a big word, "Fei."
"Move, this person came out. Move, enter the village." The battalion commander did not move and went around the people in the village.
The team at the back continued to go around until the ambulance appeared.
A circle of lights flashed around the ambulance. Six illegal horses were pulling it.
When Zheng Dalin and the others saw the ambulance, they immediately knew who was coming.
They were the people of Ji County. How could they not know that the Li Family Zhuangzi's car was Li Dongzhu's?
The soldiers at the back continued to move forward. They did not need to stop in this village.
It was enough to leave some of them. There were 10,000 people.
"200 people stay here. Choose a high ground, set up tents, and boil water. There are three people here who need to be settled down. I'm not sure what will happen next. "
Li Yi ordered in the ambulance. He put on a raincoat and got out of the car.
Taohong turned on a flashlight. At this time, she was not beautiful and did not wear a beautiful palace dress.
Li Yi came to the two children who were still crying. One of them was five or six years old, and the other was two or three years old.
"I'm Li Yi. Is anyone hurt?" He glanced at the two children and then looked at a young woman who was about his age.
The two children suddenly stopped crying and looked at Li Yi.
"Wah!" Little Yi, who was smiling and saying that she was fine, burst into tears.
Jin Ju ran over and hugged Little Yi.
Seeing their mother crying, the two children cried as well.
"It's not a big deal. It's just a house that collapsed! Let's stay in the tent first. When the weather clears up, we will build a new house. The Tang dynasty has funds. "
Li Yi looked at the pile of houses and knew what was going on.
His eldest brother had funds. Let him pay for the construction.
Otherwise, how could they survive the winter? Freeze to death?
The people at the back chose a place to set up the tents. Some people even ran into the tents to light the charcoal.
Li Yi got into the car and followed the team. He did not need to care about this.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
