Sometimes I really should thank Li Zicheng. If Li Zicheng hadn't suddenly captured Yuzhou City, the group of gentry and powerful people in Kaifeng Prefecture would not have spit out this bit of blood. It's a little less, but it's still better than Yu Chenglong. Yu Chenglong hasn't shown anything yet
None.
Min Zhengyuan came with the gift list, and Tie Mo's expression softened a lot. He smiled and handed the gift list to Hai Lanzhu next to him. Hai Lanzhu nodded and went out with the gift list.
"Don't worry, Mr. Min. It's my duty to exterminate the bandits. No matter what, I will stop the bandits in Zhuxian Town. However, I have just arrived and my troops are limited. I want to defeat the bandits in a short time."
, I’m afraid it’s a little difficult.”
Min Zhengyuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and quickly raised his hands and said: "What do you say, Supervisor? As long as we can report that Kaifeng is worry-free, we will thank the Supervisor for his help. The rogue bandits are so powerful and their tail is so big, how can they be wiped out in a short time?" Min Zhengyuan is a shrewd man.
, will never make any unreasonable demands. Now he has somewhat grasped Tie Mo's background. As long as he doesn't cause trouble, Inspector Tie Mo is still easy to talk to.
The two talked about some things in Henan, and Min Zhengyuan left with an excuse. In the hot late summer, with a heat wave blowing in the wind, Tie Mo frowned and looked at the direction Min Zhengyuan left. Min Zhengyuan was a very smooth person, and he had just come into contact with him.
During this period of time, during the conversation, the other party spoke very cleverly. It seemed that they were trying to make a relationship, but in fact they kept a certain distance.
Since the rogues entered the Central Plains, the Southern Zhili troops in Runing Mansion and the fact that they did not confront the rogues in Nanyang Mansion meant that the cabinet dominated by the Donglin Party had somewhat abandoned Min Zhengyuan and Yu Chenglong. In this case,
Min Zhengyuan needs to stand up again, but this guy is extremely slick and never answers directly. Tie Mo thinks that it won't be difficult for Min Zhengyuan to get closer to him. At least so far, he Tie Mo represents Emperor Zhu Youjian.
However, Min Zhengyuan did not express his position, so he obviously had other options.
At some point, Wang Zuoguan came to Tie Mo. The two had known each other for a long time. Sometimes, they knew what the other person was thinking without saying anything. Wang Zuoguan held the fan and fanned the wind leisurely.
, "Superintendent, Min Zhengyuan is really impeccable in his work. I just accompanied my wife to check, and the materials sent by Min Zhengyuan's subordinates are exactly the same as the gift list."
"Oh?" Tie Mo raised his eyebrows in surprise. It is not uncommon for officials to call on the gentry to donate money and materials due to important military and political matters. But it is almost unique that Min Zhengyuan did this with perfect accuracy.
The gift list is a gift list, but the actual material and financial items are often slightly different, either more or less. More is to please, less means there is some greed in the middle. Generally speaking, no matter how much, the recipient of the gift will
I won't say anything. If it's too much, just keep it in mind. If it's too little, just pretend it never happened. Just like this time, if the money received is more than the gift, it means that Min Zhengyuan is deliberately trying to please and want to build a good relationship, then
The chances of winning over Min Zhengyuan are great.
However, no more, no less. This can only show that Min Zhengyuan thought very clearly that this was a pure transaction, sending supplies, and the Xuanfu troops were responsible for blocking the rogue bandits in Zhuxian Town. Once the matter was over, there was no mutual exchange.
We owe each other, and each goes his own way.
...
Entering mid-August, it is no longer as sultry as before, but the still hot climate has brought greater trouble to the Central Plains. Ruzhou and Nanyang Prefecture were hit by military disasters one after another, and Ruzhou Prefecture in particular was almost full of corpses.
The peasant army only knew how to loot and had no habit of cleaning the battlefield, so the corpses were exposed. In this season, the corpses decomposed very quickly, mosquitoes and flies were rampant, and epidemics inevitably occurred.
On August 16, the main force of 30,000 troops under Tie Mo arrived in Ruzhou City. As if aware of the danger, the peasant army suddenly abandoned the Malingguan area and retreated thirty miles. The generals of the Xuanfu were gearing up.
, planning to fight a big battle, the peasant army suddenly retreated, which was really surprising.
The peasant army retreated, and the pressure on Ruzhou City was temporarily relieved. Tie Mo could also relax a little. Walking on the streets of Ruzhou, one could feel the desolation. Under the military disaster, people in this county could walk or escape.
Less than half of them escaped, and less than half of them stayed. This is still the case when the rogue bandits have not captured Ruzhou. Once they fall into the hands of the rogue bandits, the situation will only be worse.
Unknowingly, they arrived at the south gate. Previously, the city defense had been handled by soldiers from the Henan Prefecture Guards. When the Xuanfu soldiers entered the city, they took over the defense of the south city. At this time, Liu Guoneng was commanding his soldiers to build the city defense and was very busy.
Very happy.
Walking up to the top of the city, Liu Guoneng came over to greet him. Tie Mo smiled and asked, "How is the situation?"
"Hey, the city defenses were too crude before, and everything had to be rebuilt. Also...many refugees have come outside the city recently..."
"Refugees?" Tie Mo frowned, feeling a little weird in his heart. During this time, Ruzhou was experiencing constant military disasters, and beggars knew how to avoid Ruzhou. What were the refugees doing in Ruzhou City when they were asking for a living?
Liu Guoneng hesitated for a moment and continued: "They are indeed refugees. They seem to be people nearby. However, something is not right. Many people are sick..."
"Sick?" Tie Mo's heart skipped a beat. At this time, he had already thought of something and understood why the bandits suddenly withdrew from Maling Pass. Standing at the top of the city, holding a telescope and looking into the distance, he saw in the woods south of the city.
Outside, many people gathered. Their faces were sallow and disheveled. Some of them were lying on the ground, hunched over, like people about to die.
Within the field of vision, a young man coughed violently. He covered his mouth, and when he took his hand away, his palms were full of blood. There was also a woman, leaning against a tree, swaying continuously.
Tie Mo's hands began to tremble slightly, he put down his telescope, and immediately gave a serious order: "I will order all the ministries to guard the city gates. From now on, no one will be allowed to come in. Also, send someone back to Luoyang to inform Madam
Please try to find some doctors and get more medicinal materials. If the prediction is good, I'm afraid there's going to be an epidemic."
Liu Guoneng was horrified, and his face became extremely ugly. Liu Guoneng knew how terrible the epidemic was. At that time, there was civil unrest in northern Shaanxi, and there were dead people everywhere. After the fighting, a febrile disease swept through Yan'an Prefecture and Suide Prefecture.
In the Sui area, there is almost no one left.
"Have a rest, Supervisor, I will take care of it now!" Liu Guoneng was about to leave, but Tie Mo raised his hand to stop him, "Also, set up more patrol teams, pay attention to the situation in the city, and isolate anyone who is sick immediately.
All the dead things in the city were burned, and people prepared lime and other materials and sprinkled them all over the city."
"yes!"
Tie Mo's heart was heavy. The thing he least wanted to see happened. It doesn't matter whether you are a bandit or an officer. As long as you catch it, you will be in trouble. I don't know what the situation is in Nanyang Mansion, but I hope it won't be too serious.
, otherwise under the plague, they will be forced to do nothing, and the bandits will do something outrageous and resentful.
In the east city of Ruzhou, a young man sat behind the battlements and cried bitterly. While crying, he complained about the unfairness of the world. "Team leader, please open the door and let my father and the others come in."
"Xiao Shizi, aren't you embarrassing my brother and me? The supervisor just issued an order. No one is allowed to open the city gate, and no one is allowed to enter or leave Ruzhou City!" The leader of the team patted Xiao Shizi on the shoulder.
, let out a long sigh. The bandits were raging in Ruzhou, and the number of refugees was increasing. Many people who could not survive began to come to Ruzhou City. If not for any other reason, it was because Ruzhou City had its own descendants.
Many of the Ruzhou guards were natives of Ruzhou, and most of the refugees outside the city came to seek refuge with them. However, orders were issued from above. Due to the threat of rogue bandits, the city gates were temporarily closed and they were not allowed to be opened at will.
As a result, those people were blocked from the city. Xiao Shizi's father was in poor health and was already weak and about to die.
"Team leader, aren't you and Mr. Hu Qian from the North Gate good friends? Please tell him, can you let my father in? The North Gate is still under our control. It should be okay if we let a few people into the city.
!”
Seeing that Xiao Shizi was really pitiful, the people around him also said: "Boss, why don't you help Xiao Shizi? The people outside are all fellow villagers. It's not a problem to keep blocking the outside of the city. My sister is also outside.
Well, if they really don't care, they will have no choice but to wait for death."
Everyone was talking to each other, and the opponent was a little unable to resist, so he had to smile bitterly and said: "Okay, then I will go find Mr. Hu Qian. I can't guarantee whether it will succeed. Ye Shoubei is not in charge now, so you have to be more careful in everything.
.”
In the evening, some refugees arrived outside the North City. Mr. Qian Huao held on to the battlements and frowned, "Old Chen, are there too many people? If the higher ups discover this, we will not be able to reap the benefits.
"
Team leader Chen Qiyuan took Hu Ao's hand, quietly stuffed a jade pendant, and then patted the back of the other person's hand, "Old Hu, just help me. Look, these are all family members. We can't stop him in the city."
Don’t worry about it, right? At this time, the patrol has just passed by, so as long as we are fast enough, no one will notice it.”
"Okay, hurry up. If something really happens, don't blame your brother for being unloyal!" Hu Ao touched the jade pendant and nodded with satisfaction. This is Chen Qiyuan's family heirloom jade. He has been a fan of it for a long time.
I just want to get it. I don’t have any hobbies in my life, except collecting beautiful jade. If it weren’t for this piece of jade, I wouldn’t have risked opening the city gate.
Hu Ao said hello to the people below, and the soldiers began to slowly open the city gate. When the city gate opened, dozens of people who had already gathered outside the city rushed in eagerly. Xiao Shizi was already waiting at the door, and saw everyone
He came in and ran towards a staggering old man, "Dad...Dad..."
Perhaps it was because the bandits were raging and they suffered so many rare things. When their relatives met and entered the city, many people couldn't control themselves and started crying. The crying was contagious. Gradually, many people at the north city gate turned red.
Eyes, weeping bitterly.
Hu Ao's expression changed greatly, and he quickly pushed Chen Qiyuan, "Old Chen, what are you doing standing there in a daze? Let these people disperse quickly. The patrol team was immediately attracted. Aren't you harming me?"
Chen Qiyuan also reacted and immediately asked people to disperse with their relatives. Not long after the crowd dispersed, the patrol team who heard the news came to Beicheng.
Li Yuanqing went to Hu Ao with a cold face and shouted loudly: "President Hu Qian, the governor has repeatedly given orders, but you are not allowed to open the city gate without giving orders. Why did you open the city gate privately? What crime should you do?"
"How can this happen?" Hu Ao was stunned at first, and then became furious, "What kind of unscrupulous person is spreading rumors? I have always obeyed the general's orders and never disobeyed him. General Li, you can't listen to some rumors and wrongly blame the general.
Ah, if you don’t believe it, you can ask the brothers guarding the city..."
"Huh, if people don't know, you have to do it yourself. If there is no evidence, do you think that I will come to trouble you when I have nothing to do?" Li Yuanqing glared at Hu Ao fiercely, "Mr. Hu Qian, you care about your hometown.
This is not wrong. But do you know why the governor ordered the city to be closed? And have you never thought about why the rogue bandits suddenly withdrew from Malingguan? Some of the people you let into the city were sick, you
Have you never thought about it?"
Hu Ao was a little confused. He suddenly felt that he had done something wrong. After hearing what Li Yuanqing said, he remembered the situation of those people entering the city. Some of them were obviously sick.
"Isn't this... this... to prevent bandits from sneaking into the city?"
"Huh, if only it were that simple. I won't hide it from you now. Now that an epidemic has broken out in the southern part of Ruzhou Prefecture and Nanyang Prefecture, the Superintendent was afraid of causing panic, so he temporarily blocked the news. But he didn't expect that after repeated orders,
You still dare to open the city gate against the order..."
"What are you still doing? Who is coming to the city? Come on one by one. If something goes wrong, your head will be waiting to be moved!" Li Yuanqing was not trying to scare Hu Ao. If it was because of this, he would
The disease spread throughout the city, so Huao deserved to be cut to pieces by a thousand cuts.
"I..." Hu Ao had cold sweat on his forehead. At this time, he finally panicked.
.......
Hu Ao's secret release of refugees into the city completely angered Tie Mo. Henan Province's lax military laws and lax armaments had long been expected, so he issued a death order and emphasized it many times. But even so, there are still people who dare to secretly
Open the city gate.
As Hu Ao was captured, the epidemic could no longer be concealed. The epidemic quickly spread throughout the city. Not only did the people in the city panic, but the army was also affected. All the departments of the Xuanfu were also affected.
Feeling nervous and restless, morale is greatly affected.
Since he couldn't hide it anymore, Tie Mo simply created an isolation area in Dongcheng and locked up all the refugees and their families who entered the city. At this time, he could not show any conscience.
What Tie Mo was really worried about inevitably happened. Just two days later, more than a dozen people in the quarantine area became infected.
I have to be thankful that the quarantine was fast enough. If we hadn’t been quarantined in time, we don’t know how far it would have spread.
Under Tie Mo's strict order, Ruzhou City began to clean up the streets and burn all dirty things. People who died in the isolation area were also burned, and those who were seriously ill were isolated separately.
They say they are in solitary isolation, but in fact they are waiting to die.
With the current conditions in Ruzhou, it is impossible to treat so many people.