The third day when Li Zicheng left Beijing to attack Wu Sangui.

Li Laiheng went to the Yamen of the General Office of Epidemic Control in Gyeonggi Province and prepared to obey Li Yan's instructions.

When I arrived, I found that everyone in the Yamen was in panic, and Li Yan was nowhere to be seen inside or outside.

He casually grabbed a small official with a sword and pen and asked, "Where is Military Advisor Li?"

The clerk Daobi was a little scared, and said with a grimace: "I heard that many people in the Red Lady's camp were infected with the plague, and even the Red Lady was sick. Mr. Li didn't care about official matters. He just gave a few instructions in the morning and then went to the Red Lady.

The lady is in the camp."

"What?" Li Laiheng was shocked when he heard this, and then questioned, "The plague control in the capital has been quite effective, how come there are so many people in the Red Lady's camp who are infected with the disease?"

"Hey," the clerk sighed, "Hong Niangzi camp was the main force in the epidemic control in the past. It had many contacts with those plague patients. Calculating the date, now is the time when many people should be sick.

By the way, before leaving, Military Advisor Li also ordered that if General Li comes, he will inform General Li to check the infected people in the children's camp again as soon as possible, and take protective and isolation measures to avoid spreading the disease to other people and causing the plague to spread in the capital.

Wreaking havoc again.”

Li Laiheng was distracted for a moment after hearing this. He loosened the collar of the knife and pen clerk, but couldn't help but murmured: "How could this happen? How could this happen?"

After coming back to his senses, Li Laiheng immediately returned to the camp, summoned generals at all levels, and ordered everyone in the camp to return to the camp to check for those who were infected.

He also ordered that triple isolation be carried out as usual.

First of all, isolate those who have the plague, then isolate those who have been in contact with the plague patients, and then isolate the entire children's camp!

After giving these instructions, Li Laiheng was still uneasy, so he went to Hong Niangzi Camp to learn about the development of the epidemic in Hong Niangzi Camp and asked Li Yan how to deal with the situation at hand.

When they arrived at the Red Lady's camp, Li Laiheng saw that the security outside was many times tighter than usual.

There were still dozens of steps away from the camp gate, and the guard on the archery tower shouted: "Stop, those who come!"

Li Laiheng halted his horse and said loudly: "Um, this is Li Laiheng of the Boy Camp. I have something important to see Military Advisor Li!"

Holding a flag, he walked out of the camp gate and shouted to Li Laiheng from a distance: "Many people in the camp have been infected with the plague and have been quarantined. They are not allowed in or out. General Li, please come back."

Li Laiheng said: "Can't we ask Military Advisor Li to come out to meet us?"

"General Li, wait a minute, I'm going to ask."

In desperation, Li Laiheng had no choice but to wait dozens of steps away from the camp gate with a group of guard cavalry.

Before I could reply, I saw someone pushing wheelbarrows from inside.

The carts were obviously filled with soldiers who had died of the epidemic, and many of the people pushing the carts had coughs and pimples on their bodies.

In front of Li Laiheng and others, more than a dozen wheelbarrows pushed the bodies of dozens of infected soldiers into a large pit not far from the camp. They ignited them with firewood and coal stones prepared nearby and burned them.

Seeing this, the young cavalryman who looked several years older than Li Laiheng couldn't help but said: "Chief, the epidemic situation in the Red Lady Battalion is probably more serious than we thought. We should pay attention when we meet with Military Advisor Li later."

, don’t get infected.”

Li Laiheng frowned and nodded, "I know."

Finally, Li Yan walked out, but his face was pale, his lips were chapped, and he looked haggard.

He walked out of the camp gate and stopped a dozen steps away from Li Laiheng and others. He cupped his hands and said, "General Li, what do you want to see me for?"

Li Laiheng immediately asked: "Commander Li, how many people in the Red Lady camp are infected with the disease?"

Hearing this, Li Yan looked even worse.

He sighed: "Currently, only a few thousand people are sick, and it is still uncertain whether the rest have been infected.

By the way, in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic in the camp, I have ordered the entire camp to be under martial law and no one is allowed in or out.

It’s just that there is a shortage of supplies in the camp. In the coming days, we will have to trouble General Li to send people to send the supplies needed by the Red Lady Camp to outside the camp.”

After listening to Li Yan's words, the cavalrymen behind Li Laiheng turned pale.

Thousands of people are sick?

Can this be described in just words?

There are only over 8,000 people in Hong Niangzi Camp, not those large camps that take in everyone and have tens of thousands of people.

Li Laiheng frowned even more, with a worried look on his face, and asked, "Is there anything else in the camp that needs my help?"

Li Yan hesitated and said: "General Li should know that plague patients are not destined to die. If they can eat and drink better and take good care of themselves, they may still get better.

The Red Lady Battalion is mostly made up of elite soldiers who have been fighting in various provinces with His Majesty for several years. It would be a pity to lose one more. Therefore, I hope General Li can try to raise more food, grass and medicinal materials so that the Red Lady Battalion can have more soldiers."

After speaking, Li Yan solemnly bowed to Li Laiheng.

Li Laiheng had a lot of contact with Li Yan, and Su Lai admired and even admired Li Yan's character.

Seeing this, he hurriedly dismounted and went back to pay homage, and said sternly: "Commander Li, don't worry. I will definitely find a way to prepare more food, grass, and medicinal materials."

"Nayan and Madam would like to thank General Li first."

Say goodbye and say goodbye.

Li Laiheng paid his respects again, took a deep look at Lady Hong's camp, and then left with his bodyguard and cavalry.

Li Yan waited for Li Laiheng's back to disappear, then sighed and turned back to the camp.

In fact, he didn't want to deceive Li Laiheng, but he had to do it.

Therefore, the two prayers he just performed were not only to thank Li Laiheng for agreeing to help raise food and grass, but also to apologize for deceiving him.

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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Li Laiheng sent food and grass for the first time, which was indeed half more than what the Red Lady's Camp deserved.

After leading the soldiers to transport the grain and grass back to the camp, the Red Lady's bodyguards, the four commanders of the army, as well as Fang Zhenghua, Liu Xiaolian and other people who had been ordered by Chongzhen, all called to the general's tent.

Zhu Aao, Red Lady, and Li Yan are already waiting here.

Although this is the military tent of the Red Lady, Zhu Auao is sitting in the commanding position at this time, while Li Yan and the Red Lady are standing below on both sides.

When the time came, Zhu Yuyao nodded, and Li Yan spoke up: "Everyone, according to the itinerary, King Chuang has led his army outside Shanhaiguan today. If nothing goes wrong, tomorrow there may be a decisive battle with Wu Sangui and the Qing army.

Regardless of Chuang Wang's victory or defeat, it's time for us to leave the capital.

Therefore, I ask the four captains to go back and lead the soldiers under their command to prepare, and we will break camp and leave tonight."

"Your Majesty!"

The four captains of the Red Lady Battalion responded in unison and left.

When it came to leaving the capital for Sichuan, Li Yan and Lady Hong had passed the Qi earlier than the four of them, and they also knew how to prepare.

Li Yan then said to the remaining people: "Everyone, in order to hide the intruders for a few more days, we still need to make some arrangements inside and outside the camp."

Then, Li Yan and Lady Hong gave orders to everyone except Zhu Aina unceremoniously.

Fang Zhenghua, Liu Xiaolian and others have gotten to know Li Yan and the Red Lady's abilities and personality in the past few days, so they are all very cooperative.

But speaking of it, they actually don't need much help in setting up the camp. Most of the things are done by the people from the Red Lady Camp.

Soon it was midnight.

In the Red Lady's camp, which had been moved from the outer city to the outside during the epidemic control period, soldiers, carriages and horses came out of the camp like a flood, making only some inevitable slight noises.

At the beginning, Li Yan and Lady Hong deliberately chose the camp more than a mile away from the outer city on the grounds of avoiding the spread of the plague.

Therefore, no one noticed the departure of thousands of people from the Red Lady Camp at this time.

After people left the camp, they could still see many torches and braziers emitting a faint light in the camp.

Against this dim light, no matter on the gate tower, on the watchtower, or on the watchtower, one can see figures wearing Red Detachment of Women uniforms standing motionless.

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"Okay, we are already five or six miles away from Beijing. Let's turn on the lights. Otherwise, it will be too slow for everyone to just rely on those who don't have night blindness to lead the way."

After five or six miles from the capital, the red lady said this and asked her bodyguard to order each team to turn on the lights.

In order to facilitate the night march of the Red Lady's Camp, Zhu Yuyao brought more than 20 portable lanterns before and after.

With the number of people in the Red Lady Camp, there can basically be one for more than 400 people.

Coupled with some torches and people without night blindness to look after them, the speed of the team immediately increased significantly, catching up with the speed of the march during the day.

Fang Zhenghua, Liu Xiaolian and others rode behind Zhu Aona, then turned and looked back.

Seeing the bright lights like the legendary candle dragon's eyes piercing the night and shining forward, I felt it was so spectacular, and I felt inexplicably excited and excited.

"We will definitely return to the capital again!"
Chapter completed!