On February 18th of the second year of Dade, He Lanzong and Chen Qing of the Qinglong Army led their troops southward. However, when they passed Lianglang Pass, their hearts sank when they saw the scene inside the pass.
It is spring now, even the ice and snow in the northern part of the Great Wall have begun to melt, and the flowers should be blooming in the pass. But when you enter Lianglang Pass, you can see that the people are withering, and the flowers in the past are no longer there, and you can't see them on the streets.
What merchants and traffickers from the north and south are doing? Even the morale of the Wolf Guard is low. In the past, there were at least nearly a thousand Wolf Guard soldiers guarding the city wall, but Helan Zong glanced over and found that there were only a few hundred people on the tall and solid Lianglangguan city wall.
, not even a hundred people.
"What's going on?" He Lanzong pulled Chen Qing and asked. Chen Qing was also confused and quickly sent someone to inquire.
Soon after, the inquiring news came back. It turned out that a plague broke out in Lianglangguan last winter, and the plague broke out among the 7,000 soldiers from the epidemic village who came to Lianglangguan, so that the people of Lianglangguan fled south one after another.
By the time the soldiers and civilians in Lianglang Pass reacted, many people had already been infected with the plague, so that after the Spring Festival, there were deaths every day in Lianglang Pass.
Fortunately, Helan Zong had already ordered the soldiers to bring face masks into the city and bring their own water, which prevented the plague from infecting the team again. Unfortunately, there were only three thousand Qinglong Army soldiers who had previously fled from the epidemic village to Lianglang Pass.
More than a thousand people are still alive, and more than three thousand of them have died.
They were filled with regret after seeing the Helan Sect, and they all knelt on the ground and cried loudly. In Lianglangguan, they were just political chips, but they became outcasts because of the outbreak of the plague.
Naturally, the Wolf Guards at Lianglang Pass didn't have a good look on a group of abandoners who opened their mouths for food, stretched out their hands for money, and asked for medicines. Their fate was much more miserable than that of the people in the Plague Village.
At that time, there were only more than 1,300 people left in the epidemic village. After a winter of cultivation, when spring came, only more than 200 people died of the disease, and the remaining more than 1,100 people survived. They originally hated Zhang Xiaowu very much.
So much so that when they received the order from the imperial court, no one in the epidemic village chose to stay in Mucheng.
But looking at the fate of these Pao Ze, they felt sad. Many soldiers clamored for revenge against Murong Yan. Chen Qing and He Lanzong looked at each other, became angry, and immediately led their troops to surround the General's Mansion at Liang Lang Pass.
Murong Yan was startled, but fortunately there were many generals in his house, and the wolf guard barracks was stationed not far away, so he quickly sent people to call in the wolf guards to protect him.
Chen Qing was riding on his horse, pointing at the gate of the General's Mansion with his two wolves, and yelled: "Murong old dog! When you tricked my Qinglong Army officers into following you into the gate, you ended up causing more than half of them to die. What do you have in mind? Old man.
Dog! Don’t hide in there and pretend to be dead! Do you think it’s okay to kill thousands of my Qinglong Army? I tell you, no way! If you don’t come out to apologize today, I will set Lianglangguan on fire! I will kill you Wolf Guards!”
Chen Qing was bragging. Although the Wolf Guards were infected with the plague and many people were being treated in the army, there were more than 20,000 Wolf Guards. The emaciated camels were bigger than horses, and in terms of fighting power, the Wolf Guards were no better than them. They were like this
Three thousand remaining soldiers returned
How could he kill the wolf guard? So he just yelled and cursed at the door, but did not do anything excessive. The purpose was to show all the people of the two wolf cities and the wolf guard that Murong Yan had killed thousands of people for his own selfishness.
Soldiers.
He Lanzong sneered and remained silent, paying attention to his surroundings at all times, but when he saw the Wolf Guards arriving, he waved his hand, rode forward and said: "General Murong, I know you accepted my Qinglong Army soldiers with good intentions, but you also saw that, you
of kindness
But it was of no help. Less than 200 of our Qinglong soldiers in Mucheng died of illness, but as far as I know, more than 3,000 and nearly 4,000 of the Qinglong soldiers who stayed at Lianglang Pass died. We are here today,
I just want to tell you that these people cannot die in vain!"
When Murong Yan saw the Wolf Guards appearing, he opened the door and walked out. He looked around at the indignant Qinglong soldiers and felt ashamed. In order to impeach Zhang Xiaowu for being a good person, he personally led people to take the sick soldiers back to the two wolves.
Guan, unexpectedly the impeachment was successful. Zhang Xiaowu's General Saibei was dismissed and only served as the commander-in-chief of the Ghost Guard, which was equivalent to being demoted one level. However, the price for him was too heavy.
So far, more than 300 people in the Wolf Guard have died of illness.
So far, more than 800 people in Lianglang City have died of illness.
More than 5,000 people from Lianglang City fled.
Murong Yan shot himself in the foot. How could he not blame the soldiers for his grievances? But those soldiers were all brought by him, so the entire Wolf Guard was also dissatisfied.
As the commander of the Wolf Guard and the guard general of the Two Wolf Cities, who also serves as the prefect of the Two Wolf Cities, Murong Yan will definitely not admit his mistakes in public. Recently, Helan Zong and Chen Qing led their troops to besiege the General's Mansion of the Two Wolf Cities, which has disgraced him even more.
, How can we just give up? Murong Yan's eyes were red and he said angrily: "Young little military commander, you dare to be so arrogant, you are really bullying others too much! The Wolf Guard will obey the order and capture this traitor!"
He Lanzong yelled: "Who dares!" He quickly took off his bow and arrow, opened his bow and shot at Murong Yan. Murong Yan was startled and sat on the ground unexpectedly. He heard a loud cry and his helmet was hit by the bow and arrow and fell to the ground.
He Lanzong yelled: "Whoever dares to attack our Qinglong Army soldiers, I will kill him. Murong Yan, you, a border guard general, dare to order the murder of the Holy Han Forbidden Army. Do you want to rebel?"
Murong Yan touched the top of his head and felt scared. After hearing what He Lanzong said, he realized that he was a little angry. If the Wolf Guard really encircled and suppressed the Qinglong Army, he, the Marquis of Yingchuan, would not even be able to do it. No matter how old he was,
As long as his official position involves treason, the court will never be lenient.
Murong Yan stood up again under the protection of his family general, pointed at Murong Yan and said: "Take your people away, so as not to harm our Wolf Guard troops and people here."
He Lanzong kept sneering and said: "Marquis Yingchuan, the hatred between our Qinglong Army and you has been settled. You just wait. As long as there is one Qinglong Army soldier alive in the future, your life, Marquis Yingchuan, will never be easy!
"After saying that, he turned his horse's head and left here. Behind him, the two armies of the Qinglong soldiers merged, and more than 6,000 people supported each other and left Lianglang Pass.
Murong Yan's face was ashen. He also knew that these Qinglong Army would definitely hate him, but who could they hate? He was not a fortune teller. He knew that the plague was so fierce and even the Wolf Guard had been severely damaged. Who could he ask to reason?
go?
After thinking about it, Murong Yan felt that he blamed Zhang Xiaowu. If Zhang Xiaowu hadn't become the commander of the Ghost Guard, if he hadn't caused trouble in Saibei, he would not have brought sick soldiers into the pass, let alone offended the Qinglong Army. He was the one here.
Outsiders are not human beings.
At this time, a messenger reported: "There are several caravans requesting to leave the customs and go to Saibei Mucheng for trading."
"Customs transaction?"
"Yes."
"There is a trading market in Two Wolf Cities, why do we have to go out?"
"They said that Mucheng is more convenient for trading with herdsmen..."
Murong Yan was furious: "From today onwards, Lianglang Pass will be closed! Except for postmen, no merchants will be allowed to leave the pass, and no common people will be allowed to enter or leave Lianglang Pass. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"