northernbook Chapter 481 Rescue
Chapter 481 Rescue
Nangong Jingxuan looked at the two frightened children and said, "Take the children back to the capital and tell the people what happened here. Ask the court to send rescue. I will go to Xuzhou City to rescue people first."
Shangguan Tang disagreed: "You take the child back to Beijing, I will go to rescue people."
Yun Man grabbed Shangguan Tang's sleeve: "Mom!"
Her face was a little pale: "Mom, I'm scared!"
Yun Zhuo was also crying loudly.
Shangguan Tang held them in her arms and said, "Children, Mom must go to save people. I'm sorry, Mom can't take you with me. It's very dangerous there."
No matter how she coaxed them, the two children were unwilling to leave, and Nangong Jingxuan was also unwilling to leave. He was the Prince of Yan, and only by going to Xuzhou City could he better appease the people.
Finally, the couple unanimously decided to let the secret guard take the child back to the capital, send him back to Prince Yan's Mansion, send a message to the capital, and the two of them would go to Xuzhou City together to rescue him.
Before going to Xuzhou City, Nangong Jingxuan ordered people to take his token and go to several neighboring cities to seek support.
Time was running out, and the golden time for rescuing people must not be delayed. The two ignored the child's crying, knocked the person unconscious, and let the secret guards take him away. Then the couple took the rest of the people to Xuzhou city.
Before entering the city, I saw chaos at the city gate.
The city gates and walls collapsed, and the officials guarding the city and the people entering and leaving the city were crushed by the rocks. Some of the people and officials who escaped the disaster were rescuing people.
Under the rubble, these ordinary people moved huge rocks with their bare hands, dug the soil, and rescued one person after another from the pile of rocks.
Shangguan Tang took out two pairs of gloves, one for Nangong Jingxuan and one for herself, and the couple, along with their guards and servants, ran towards the rocks.
"Get out of the way." Shangguan Tang took the lead and shouted loudly. Under the confused gazes of the officials and the people, he clasped his hands and lifted up a huge stone with force.
There was an old man under the stone. The officials and the common people had tried very hard to lift the stone but failed.
Shangguan Tang actually lifted the stone by himself.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and carry the person away."
Shangguan Tang put the stone aside, said something to the stunned officials and civilians, and went to find the next target.
There was a man with his foot trapped by a rock, and she went over and easily lifted the rock away.
Then he came to the place where there were the most rocks, lifted up the rocks that were easy to fall, and dug out the person buried in the ground with his hands wearing gold-wire gloves.
The guards rushed over to help carry the person.
There were not many people affected at the city gate, and Shangguan Tang and Nangong Jingxuan were busy for nearly half an hour before they rescued everyone.
Then the couple took their people into the city.
The city was in even greater chaos, with cries and shouts everywhere, and ruins of collapsed houses one after another. The atmosphere of despair and misery enveloped the entire Xuzhou city.
"My son! Where are you?" An old man walked on the ruined street, crying blindly, slapping his thigh and shouting miserably: "Damn it, God has no eyes!"
"Grandma Zhang, don't cry. I heard from your son this morning that he is going to Jiujitang to buy medicine for you. You should go over there quickly to see if you can find him." A man who was passing by with a wounded person saw Grandma Zhang crying loudly and said to her in a hurry.
Grandma Zhang stopped crying, said thank you, turned around and ran away.
The elderly man was running very fast because he was worried about his son. After falling down, he immediately got up and continued to run with a limp.
Shangguan Tang said to Nangong Jingxuan: "You go find the authorities, I'll save people here."
Nangong Jingxuan went there on horseback.
Shangguan Tang turned her eyes and saw a child trapped by a stone. She went up to lift the stone away, then directed the guards and servants to rescue the child according to her method.
"When rescuing people, you must be careful and make sure the trapped people don't suffer secondary injuries before you act."
Earthquakes are common in Xuzhou City. This is the third day an earthquake has occurred since the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty. However, compared with the previous two, this third earthquake is more severe than the previous two.
When Nangong Jingxuan brought his men over, they saw that the government office building had also collapsed. The prefect was leading his troops with a dusty face, trying to rescue people, and his wife and children were trapped under the rocks.
"Your Highness, it's not that I don't want to save people, but there are not enough people!" The prefect cried miserably.
Nangong Jingxuan did not blame him. The earthquake came suddenly. Not to mention the prefect, even if he encountered such a thing, he would inevitably be in a panic.
"If there are not enough people, organize the people to rescue people and help each other. No matter their status, as long as they are still alive, they must be rescued as soon as possible."
Nangong Jingxuan calmly gave the order: "Organize the city's medical practitioners to use the safe zone used during the ice and snow disaster, send the wounded in, and treat them together."
"Tents, food, all under one management."
"Everything must be done under my command. Those who cause trouble will be killed without mercy!"
Shangguan Tang exerted her divine power to the utmost. Wherever she went, as long as she saw people trapped by rocks, she would go up and lift the rocks away. Her appearance was like a ray of light, giving the people hope.
"Madam, please help me, save my son, he is trapped under the rocks!"
"My husband is trapped here, please help me, madam."
Amidst the cries for help one after another, Shangguan Tang ran from east to west, climbed from west to north, and from north to south. She lifted stones one by one, moved trees one by one, and rescued person after person, until she was exhausted.
However, the number of people in need of help has not decreased, but has increased.
Shangguan Tang panted and yelled at those people, "Stop arguing. My strength is limited. I can only rescue people nearby. I don't have time to go to distant places. Instead of asking me for help, you should think of a solution yourself. Don't always rely on others in times of disaster."
After she finished speaking, she ignored the reactions of these people, walked to a deserted place, took out food and water from the space to replenish her strength, then walked out and continued to rescue people.
After working for nearly half an hour, the city defense troops finally arrived.
There was also an earthquake where the city defense troops were camped, but that place was relatively flat and there were not many casualties.
After dealing with the situation in the military camp, the city defense army hurried to the city. Seven or eight hundred soldiers joined in, giving Shangguan Tang and Nangong Jingxuan a chance to catch their breath.
Another hour later, the garrisons from the two neighboring cities also arrived, and officials and volunteers also joined the rescue team.
Shangguan Tang came to the granary, moved away all the rocks blocking the entrance, and opened the door of the granary.
Before dark, the news of the earthquake in Xuzhou City finally reached the palace.
Gongsun Tianhua summoned Mo Cong, Guan Xiaoniu, Shangguan Peng, Su Minglang and others overnight, and led the Huoyun Army, the Mo Family Army and the emergency rescue team to Xuzhou City with the sacred jar.