The situation is critical and it is too late to fill the soil. Moreover, the soil is soft and will be washed away immediately after filling it.

Wang Chang was not happy to think about it carefully and jumped into the ditch.

The water flowed fast and had a great momentum. Wang Changxi was unable to stand steadily and fell down suddenly and was washed away by the river in an instant.

"Captain!" Seeing this, the team members shouted loudly, and without any hesitation, they then jumped into the ditch one by one.

Two more team members were washed away, and the other team members who were not washed away were hand in hand, connected with the soldiers on the shore, standing tenaciously in the river.

This "human body dam" made the water stagnant, the momentum was much smaller, and the trench no longer expanded.

"Hurry up, go and move the food and grass!" Hu Xuan had no time to check Wang Changxi's life and death, and quickly shouted loudly.

Bags of grain were carried up and threw them into the ditch. After a while, the ditch was filled.

The Hougang Dam has been preserved.

Hu Xuan then asked his men to find Wang Changxi and the other three.

Ma Bao rushed over and saw that the dam was fine. He let out a long sigh. Seeing that Duoduo's ship had already flowed into the Yellow River and was rowing hard. He quickly pointed to the boat and ordered: "Sink that boat to me!"

Ten "Ye Owls" with guns rushed to the river when they heard the order and raised their guns and fired them.

"Big and Bitch!"

After a round of gunfire, the sails were shot down. The boat opened and floated on the river. Then it was stabilized by the boatman and rowed tenaciously northward.

The gun could no longer reach it, so Ma Bao had to watch the boat swaying toward the north shore, and slapped his thighs in anger: "Hey! Let Duoduo escape."

At this time, Feng Shuangli and Lin Zhengping arrived and greeted Ma Bao respectively.

"Shuangli, General Lin, now is not the time to talk. Let's deal with the Qing soldiers first and return to Kaifeng before talking. How about it?" Ma Bao said.

"But according to the orders of my uncle," said Feng Shuangli and Lin Zhengping bowed.

"Okay, Shuangli, you lead troops to the left, General Lin, you lead troops to the right, my master is in the middle, and chase after them in three directions. Even if these 30,000 Qing soldiers go to heaven and earth, they will all be annihilated. Otherwise, staying in Henan will be a problem after all."

"The last one will obey the order!"

Feng Shuangli and Lin Zhengping loudly accepted the order.

"Hu Xuan!"

Ma Bao thought about it and felt that Lin Zhengping's strength was a little weak, so he quickly called out.

"I'm in my position!" Hu Xuan had just found the bodies of Wang Changxi and the other two. He was in grief and angry. He heard Ma Bao's call and hurried over to obey the order.

"Changxi found it?" Ma Bao asked.

"I found it, but the person is no longer able to do it." Hu Xuan replied.

"Okay, don't feel uncomfortable. How can people not die in war? You are temporarily under General Lin's command and vent your hatred on the Tartars!"

"Abide by the order!" Hu Xuan replied loudly.

"action!"

At Ma Bao's order, the three Ming army troops were like three torrents, chasing the Qing soldiers westward.

The weapons and morale were not as good as the Ming army. One of the commanders led the army to escape, two were killed, and one river was separated by a large river. It was impossible to return to the north bank. Ma Jinzhong led his troops to capture Xingyang, and even if he fled to Zhengzhou, he would be dead.

Kulecha and Wulimei were also smart. Knowing that the Ming army would not kill prisoners, they were desperate, they had to lead their troops to surrender.

According to Duoduo's strategic concept, Wu Sangui of Xi'an was originally ready to move and wanted to take advantage of the Yellow River to break the dam. When he heard that Duoduo was defeated, he had to give up this idea and hurried in Xi'an city, not daring to move.

When Li Dingguo's army came to Kaifeng, the first thing he did was to save the people.

The court's relief had not arrived yet and the military rations were not much, so we had to set up a porridge shed in front of the government office so that the people could eat three meals of porridge every day.

This move can only help the people survive temporarily.

In addition, we sent troops to Songshan, a hundred miles away, to cut down wood and fire bricks to help the people rebuild their homes.

...

On the eighth day of the eighth month, Li Dingguo's victory memorial and a record-breaking report written by the military reporter of the "Da Ming Weekly" came to Zhu Youlang's desk.

After reading the memorial and reading the article about Wang Changxi's deeds, Zhu Youlang finally let go of his heart that had been unstoppable for a long time.

"Li Hong, Xuan's cabinet went to the palace to discuss matters."

"Yeah!"

Li Hong retreated and passed the imperial edict.

Zhu Youlang said to Yang Ai and Chen Zhenhui: "The Henan affairs finally have a perfect ending, and my heart has finally settled. Next, if we manage this devastated province, it will become a big problem."

"Your Majesty, the ending of Henan's affairs seems to be a military victory, but in fact it is a political victory, and the result of the battle between Your Majesty's great benevolence and the Qing soldiers. If the Qing soldiers were not kind, Lin Zhengping would not have turned against him at the last minute; if Your Majesty had not loved the people as much as his son, Wang Changxi would not have been desperate." Yang Ai looked at the handsome face of the lover and said with reverence.

"Hahaha, you, I'm talking about governance, so you praise me." Zhu Youlang knew that in Yang Ai's eyes, everything was right, and her judgment was often based on perceptual knowledge, and often not on rational knowledge.

"Your Majesty, what Lord Yang said is extremely true, and I also feel the same way." Chen Zhenhui quickly praised.

"Don't say anything about the sage, just talk about how to govern Henan." Zhu Youlang waved his hand and said.

"Your Majesty, Henan is a plain area and a province with a large grain production. It has been in chaos in recent years and has not settled down. Now the whole province is basically liberated, and the next step is to rest and recuperate. I suggest that the province be exempted from taxes for three years. I wonder what Your Majesty wants?" Chen Zhenhui said.

"It is reasonable to reduce taxes. Not only Henan, but also all Jiangbei areas will be exempted for three years. I have taken this one," Zhu Youlang said.

"Your Majesty, I think that the first to govern Henan is to govern the Yellow River. If the Yellow River is not eliminated, it is always a sharp sword hanging above the four provinces of Henan, Hebei, Shandong and Su. I don't know when the one-pointed decision will cause immeasurable losses." Yang Ai was unwilling to fall behind and also mentioned one.

"Well, it's not bad, quite insightful. I have taken this one too." Zhu Youlang nodded, agreeing with Yang Aiti's one.

"Also, Kaifeng City is low in terrain, and the Yellow River embankment is several feet higher than this city. Once the entrance is broken, the city will flood. Bianliang City is so brilliant that it is also buried deep in the ground. Therefore, I suggest that the Henan capital be moved to Luoyang." Chen Zhenhui mentioned another one.

Zhu Youlang does not agree with this article.

"Dingsheng, I think this is not desirable. First, Kaifeng was flooded several times, not due to the dangerous terrain, but caused by the Yellow River flood, so it must be cured; second, Luoyang is located in the west, and even if the Henan governor needs to be moved, it cannot be moved to Luoyang. I think it is enough to move to Zhengzhou. Zhengzhou is located in the center of Henan and is also a thoroughfare between the north and the south, and is much better than Luoyang in terms of geographical location." Zhu Youlang shook his head and said.

The capital of Henan in later generations was Zhengzhou.

As for why the capital was set up in Zhengzhou, instead of Kaifeng, known as the ancient capital of the "Eight Dynasties", Zhu Youlang only understood this life.
Chapter completed!