Chapter 152 Haisheng Stays
This person can be used by the marshal.
When they arrived at the bridge, Bai Zongren was leading people upstream to use long bamboo poles to hook up the garbage floating in the river.
Everyone knows that garbage blocking the river will cause the river water to rise. If the river is dredged, the water level will go down.
Many branches, wood, and weeds floated on the river. Some of the branches and wood were blocked by protruding rocks, and some were stuck in the mud on the river bank.
The weeds block the flow there and the water cannot pass through, so the water surges onto the river bank and the bridge deck.
Dredging the river is a good idea.
Unfortunately, the river is too wide, and after dredging one side, the other side is blocked again.
Bai Zongren and his colleagues worked for a long time but achieved little results.
"Captain Bai, can I dive over and clear the blockage?"
Wang Haisheng volunteered because he was good at swimming.
Bai Zongren was using a bamboo pole to pull out a branch as thick as his arm. The branch was intertwined and had lush leaves, and it had something else caught on it. He tried his best to pull it out but couldn't.
Turning around, he saw Haisheng, wiped the rain off his face and said loudly, "No, the river is too deep. If we walk into the middle, we will be washed away!"
Wang Haisheng hurried down to help him pull, and Luo Yang and others also came forward to help.
It took the combined efforts of five or six men to drag the branch back, along with the weeds, out of the water with a splash. The river flowed forward, and after a while the water level seemed to have dropped a little.
"Call more people and wait until the water level drops a bit. I'll go check the bridge again. Maybe it'll be passable!"
Haisheng said happily, wiping the water off his face that was obscuring his vision.
The men who were not wearing hats were all drenched, and it was standard practice for them to wipe their faces from time to time, not knowing whether it was river water or rain.
"You're quite clever, Luo Yang. Go back and call for help!"
Luo Yang was happier than anyone else after finding a way to cross the bridge.
He immediately climbed up the shore using his hands and feet and ran towards the campsite.
After a day of hard work by dozens of people, the garbage that had previously blocked the bridge hole was cleared out, but debris kept floating in from upstream, and it was still unrealistic to clear it all and allow Nangong Min's army to pass through.
"Brother, we can't wait for Major General Nangong anymore, so let's go help Li'er first?"
"Yes, his team has so many people, they will naturally find a way to cross the bridge when the time comes. Let's go and meet up with Li'er first."
Bai Zongren looked at his two younger brothers, and Luo Yang, who was looking at him expectantly with tears in his eyes. He sighed and said, "It's getting late today. We should set off early tomorrow morning. But I really have to abandon this Eight Ox Crossbow... I really don't want to leave it behind!"
"Captain Bai, I have an idea, but I'm not sure if I should share it with you."
"Tell me about it."
Luo Yang cleared his hoarse and burning throat before speaking.
"We can leave the Eight Ox Crossbow in Sunjiazhuang. I've dealt with the village chief a few times and he seems to be an honest and responsible man. We can trust him.
Leave a few dozen soldiers behind to watch and wait for Major General Nangong and his men to tell them how to cross the bridge.
If the Eight Ox Crossbows still can't cross the bridge by then, those people will continue to guard the Eight Ox Crossbows until the river recedes or someone arrives from Yuanzhou."
“That’s a good idea, but we’re short of manpower right now, especially people who are familiar with the Eight Ox Crossbow and the Repeating Crossbow.
There are 103 of us, so we each have our own place. Can't anyone be left behind?"
"Captain Bai, you can leave Haisheng here and let him take half of the people from Wangjia Village to guard the Eight Ox Crossbows. That would be the most appropriate decision."
"Brother, I think it's okay. Haisheng is a brave and careful kid, and everyone in his village listens to him."
"That's right. They've just joined the army and are unfamiliar with marching and fighting. They won't be able to help much if they rush to Yuanzhou. It would be best to ask them to guard the weapons."
"That's settled then. Let's go to Village Chief Sun's house."
Luo Yang went to find Haisheng, who had just gone to change his clothes.
When she heard she was going out, she threw away the half-dry clothes she had on her hands and stuffed them into her brother's arms, saying, "Help me dry them again. I'll change when I come back later, so they don't get wet again."
"Brother, where are you going?"
"I'll take your brother to the village chief. Don't worry, I won't sell him out."
Luo Yang joked with Hai Lin, making the grown man feel embarrassed.
"I, that's not what I meant."
"Hai Lin, after the cook finishes cooking, have Xingzi and Ermu cut the wood and branches they brought back today into sections and bring them to the stove to dry so they can be burned again tomorrow."
"Okay brother, go ahead and don't worry."
Luo Yang and Haisheng walked out of the tent, "You two brothers have a good relationship."
"We're all born of the same parents and grew up together, so how could it be bad?"
Haisheng touched his wet hair and smiled foolishly. He didn't understand why Manager Luo found it strange when this was a very normal thing in the village.
Luo Yang sighed and said, "Let's go. Captain Bai and the others should be at the village chief's house. We can't keep them waiting!"
After saying that, he stopped talking and walked away with his head down.
Haisheng touched his mouth. Did he say something wrong?
Luo Yang saw his panic out of the corner of his eye, but did not explain.
He didn't want to admit that he was jealous of him, because his family was simple and full of affection.
Unlike his family, there is no family affection and no love. The family members are full of calculations and intrigues. If you are not careful, you will fall into an irretrievable situation!
If he hadn't been lucky enough to escape, he would have been a pile of bones and a handful of dirt by now...
My thoughts drifted away and I didn't notice that Haisheng had stopped and was standing at the door of a farmer's house.
"Manager Luo, Manager Luo? We're here!"
"oh oh!"
The gate was not closed. Village Chief Sun must have left it open to wait for them.
The two men entered the yard and lit an oil lamp in the house. The light was dim and they could barely see things.
Several people were talking in the room, and it was obvious that Captain Bai had already stated the purpose of this trip.
"Thanks to Captain Bai for his kindness. Trust Sunjiazhuang and Old Man Sun. Leave the weapons here. The more than 300 people in Sunjiazhuang will surely cherish them as if they were their own eyes. They would rather lose their lives than lose the weapons!"
"Village Chief Sun, you're too serious! If we encounter special circumstances, the lives of the villagers are more important. We cannot let a single villager be injured because of a weapon."
"Captain Bai, you are all great. The people of Da Zhou have you protecting them, so we can live in peace. Thank you so much."
"You're too polite, Village Chief. With your support, our Great Zhou will never be bullied by foreign enemies!"
The two men came in and the conversation inside paused.
"You're here just in time. Luo Yang hasn't told Hai Sheng yet, right?"
"I haven't said anything yet, I came here in a hurry."
"Well, Haisheng, I'll arrange for you to stay in Sunjiazhuang with fifty people to guard the weapons. Is that okay?"
Haisheng was a little confused and felt that there was something wrong with his hearing.
Such an important task as guarding the weapons was left to a rookie like him?
"Haisheng? Haisheng!"
“Hey, hey!”
"I'm asking you a question, why are you standing there in a daze?"
"No, are you really going to give me such an important task?"
"Just ask if you dare to agree!"
"dare!"
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